May 2009


Tuesday, May 19, 2009 8:13 PM ET | By Scotty Gore (SoapOperaNetwork.com) — “One Life to Live” Episode Recap – Tuesday, May 19, 2009. IT HAPPENED TODAYPowell reveals the truth about Chloe to Todd and Marty, who are disbelieving at first but then come to believe that the baby really is their granddaughter. Powell explains to Todd how he’s going to use the baby to make him pay for ruining his life. Marty uses her skills as a psychiatrist as she convinces Powell that he saved her by bringing her here because she got her memories back.Powell places Chloe in Marty’s lap but seeing Todd’s relief at this causes him to spin back into a rage. Powell grabs his knife prepared to slit Todd’s throat. Meanwhile, John battles a syringe wielding Rebecca. Jessica is frantic to find Chloe, fearing she’s been kidnapped.Natalie and Jared tell everyone, including Bo, that Kyle…

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Tuesday, May 18, 2009 7:57 PM ET | By Jermetria Lacey (SoapOperaNetwork.com) — “Days of our Lives” Episode Recap – Tuesday, May 19, 2009. IT HAPPENED TODAY Sami and Rafe make love for the first time and profess their love for each other. Philip grows increasingly worried about Stephanie’s whereabouts as he tries to track her down. Desperate, he calls Owen asking if he knows Stephanie’s whereabouts. Owen, looking down at Stephanie, covers. Discouraged, Philip crosses with Brady and questions Brady’s loyalty to the family. Meanwhile, Owen finally picks up EJ’s call and tells him that he has successfully kidnapped Stephanie. Owen takes his next instructions as Stephanie awakens and realizes she has been kidnapped by the Kiriakis gardener and is being held in a morgue. Owen snaps Stephanie’s picture and sends it to EJ, using her phone. Stephanie tries to attack Owen, and he defensively slams her back into…

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Tuesday, May 19, 2009 7:48 PM ET | By Angela Rosa (SoapOperaNetwork.com) — “All My Children” Episode Recap – Tuesday, May 19, 2009. IT HAPPENED TODAY…Although still skeptical of Zach’s story, Jesse makes an arrest when he refuses to back down from his claim he committed the murder. Jesse suspects Ryan is hiding something. Jesse questions Krystal, who later gets her story straight. Jesse questions Kendall, who remains supicious of Erica’s whereabouts on the night of the murder.The surgeon cautions that Tad might suffer some long term effects after having the bullet removed from his brain. Liza shows up to act as Zach’s attorney and is surprisingly looking very pregnant. JR discovers that the dead man in the morgue isn’t his father, Adam – it’s his uncle Stuart! Annie, meanwhile, is hiding out in the Chandler attic with Emma and an unconscious Pine Valley resident, Adam.On the Next All My Children…Zach promises to keep Liza’s…

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Monday, May 18, 2009 7:30 PM ET | By Scotty Gore (SoapOperaNetwork.com) — “One Life to Live” Episode Recap – Monday, May 18, 2009. IT HAPPENED TODAY Locked in the room with Todd, Marty memories start to come flooding back. After suffering through the traumatic memories of the night she was raped, Marty has a breakthrough and starts to remember the good things such as falling in love with Patrick and giving birth to Cole. Blair and Tea’s lives are in jeopardy when Powell locks them in the boiler room at the fraternity house. Rebecca kidnaps Chloe from Llanfair and takes her to Powell. Starr and Cole know something’s not quite right when they find Kyle at Todd’s. Meanwhile, John races back to Llanview desperate to get to Marty. John roughs up an uncooperative Kyle before he has Fish take him down to the station. Starr finds Jack too scared…

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Monday, May 18, 2009 7:24 PM ET | By Angela Rosa (SoapOperaNetwork.com) — “General Hospital” Episode Recap – Monday, May 18, 2009. IT HAPPENED TODAY Michael wakes up to find Lulu at his side and wonders what’s happened to him. Unable to reach Carly because she’s turned her phones off, Lulu finally contacts Sonny with the good news about Michael. Sonny shares an emotional reunion with his son and sends Jason to let Carly know what’s going on. Michael questions why neither Sonny nor Carly were with him when he woke up and doesn’t remember the shooting. Michael has a brief memory of seeing Jax leading Carly out of his room before he woke up. Carly races to Michael’s side and doesn’t pick up on the fact that he’s slightly cool towards her. Claudia worries that Michael will remember her confessing her guilt during the visits she paid him. Holly…

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Monday, May 18, 2009 7:11 PM ET | By Jermetria Lacey (SoapOperaNetwork.com) — “Days of our Lives” Episode Recap – Monday, May 18, 2009. IT HAPPENED TODAY… Daniel finds Philip collapsed and starts to call for an ambulance when Philip comes to and stops him. Philip insists he’s only having a bad reaction to his medication. Daniel worries it may have been another attempt on his life, but Philip convinces him that no strangers have been allowed in the house considering it’s surrounded by guards. Philip goes to look for Stephanie and is unable to find her. He recalls their argument about getting married. Philip is suddenly worried. While hiding Stephanie in a morgue drawer, Owen calls EJ to tell him he has Stephanie, but Sami grabs EJ’s cell and knocks it out of his hand, breaking it before EJ can answer. Furious, EJ tries to repair the phone while…

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Monday, May 18, 2009 6:59 PM ET | By Angela Rosa (SoapOperaNetwork.com) — “All My Children” Episode Recap – Monday, May 18, 2009. IT HAPPENED TODAY…A gunshot rings out at the Chandler Mansion. Jesse finds the victim of the gunshot wound, Adam. An armed Zach is cornered by the cops outside the mansion. Believing Kendall fired the lethal shot at Adam, Zach confesses to murder. Ryan leads Kendall away from the mansion. Ms. Hart is shocked and thrilled to learn that her son is still alive.Thinking he’s firing at the fleeing murderer, Jesse makes a tragic mistake and ends up shooting Tad.  Krystal, JR, Scott and Colby contemplate who the shooter is while being detained in the Chandler Library. Aidan takes off after JR tells him who he saw running around with a gun. Aidan realizes Emma had been taken from the nursery and heads to Ryan’s hoping to find her there.On the Next All My Children…Kendall grows suspicious of Erica. JR makes…

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Monday, May 18, 2009 12:58 AM ET | By Venus Stone (SoapOperaNetwork.com) — Tragic times… THIS WEEK ON: AS THE WORLD TURNS Emily finds herself getting kissed- by Hunter, Monday, May 18. Paul’s scheme begins to unravel when someone comes back into town and Rosanna steps back into Oakdale, Wednesday, May 20. The Inside Story: Heartbreak of the Worst Kind Brad and Katie learn that Mr. Quick, the lawyer Vienna and Henry introduced them to is a fraud. An angry Katie decides to busy herself at WOAK but is soon faced with the arrival of Vienna who is there to celebrate the news of being able to get the baby after all. Furious at her, Katie tells Vienna that the lawyer was a fraud and that she no longer wants their help. Trying to catch up to Katie who has huffed off on set, Vienna looses her footing on a…

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Monday, May 18, 2009 12:38 AM ET | By Venus Stone (SoapOperaNetwork.com) — Will she reveal the truth…. THIS WEEK ON: THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS Jill learns of the movie deal of Katherine’s life, Monday, May 18. That same day, Devon begins to wonder what Aunt Virginia could be keeping from him. Raul comes back to Genoa City to reconnect with old friends, Friday, May 22. The Inside Story: Unable to Let Go In an effort to put her life back in order, Sharon continues to plan her life and that of her baby’s with Jack and seek therapy When she meets with the therapist she informs her about her being with Nick, Billy and Jack, along with stealing items, the therapist begins to lay out the reasons why she’s doing the things she’s doing, Sharon gets upsets and ends the session. She soon finds herself in the bar…

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Saturday, May 16, 2009 10:06 PM ET | By Scotty Gore (SoapOperaNetwork.com) — It’s not every day that Soap Opera Network reports on news from outside the soap world, but this is one story that would make even the writers and executives at the Big Three Networks scratch their heads.  Soaps are no stranger to drama, especially if it involves the kidnapping and switching of newborn babies.  For decades, the various daytime dramas have frequently employed the plot device to spice up otherwise mundane storylines.  On “One Life to Live” for example, only one (Joey) of the five children of town heroine Victoria Lord Davidson had a normal childhood.  Two others were kidnapped, and the other two were forgotten by their own mother until after adulthood.  “All My Children” launched an ambitious cross over storyline with “One Life to Live” back in 2004, in which a baby went missing in Pinve Valley, and was passed off as the…

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