AMC: So Far in 2009

December 29, 2008 to January 2, 2009: Still thinking she's Emma, a delusional and dangerous Annie confronts Ryan and Greenlee at the penthouse. Opal arrives with Emma, who flies into Annie's arms. Krystal throws herself into David's arms, telling him he's the only thing she needs. JR and Jake notice Krystal's growing connection to David. After sleeping with David, Krystal learns Tad is missing in the Congo. David dedicates the new wing of the hospital in Babe's memory and removes Jake from the hospital staff. Adam realizes that JR fell off the wagon and blames Amanda. Colby shoots Pete down when he asks her out on a date for New Year's Eve. Ryan and Greenlee spend a romantic New Year's Eve together at the penthouse. Greenlee is caught off guard by Ryan's sudden marriage proposal, but she says yes. Bianca and Reese decide to have a small commitment ceremony at the casino as soon as it reopens. Reese and Zach ring in the New Year together and share a friendly kiss. They dismiss their kiss and try to convince themselves it was nothing. Bianca is surprised when she opens her door to Simon, Reese's ex-fiance. Brot thanks Zach for getting the charges against him dropped. Taylor feigns a fall when she realizes Brot plans on leaving for good once she's up and walking again.

January 5, 2009 to January 9, 2009: Ryan and Greenlee are blissful as they anticipate their future together. Reese is affected by her close proximity to Zach while putting the finishing touches on the casino renovations. Bianca's insecurities rise anew when she arrives at the casino and finds Reese and Zach together. Reese later tells Zach they can no longer be friends. All of Pine Valley's elite attend the grand re-opening of the casino. Krystal faints upon getting the news that Tad has been found and will soon be coming home. Opal confronts Krystal after picking up on the connection between her and David. Krystal admits to David that she doesn't love Tad the way she loves him. Opal accuses Krystal of having an affair with David. Opal is watching Kathy and Jenny when Tad returns home sooner than expected. Opal makes a beeline to Wildwind, where she finds Krystal in David's arms. Kathy tells Tad that David has been spending time with her and Krystal. Krystal returns home to face Tad. Pete hires a call girl to try and make Colby jealous, but his plan fails miserably. Angie learns that Rebecca's tumor may have stabilized.

January 12, 2009 to January 16, 2009: Tad lays into Krystal after a drunken JR exposes her affair with David. Tad washes his hands of Krystal and leaves her with David. David hides his displeasure when Krystal says she wants Jenny to live with them at Wildwind. Tad files a restraining order against Krystal, barring her contact with Jenny. Krystal loses it when Tad refuses to let her take or even hold their daughter. David pays an attorney to make Krystal believe that Tad would most likely win full custody of Jenny. After being granted custody, Tad softens and tells Krystal she can see Jenny anytime she wants, but without David or the pills. Bianca and Reese's relationship is back on track. Pete pours his heart to Colby, who — although affected — insists they can only be friends. Randi's past catches up with her when Frankie finds some interns looking at her online porn. After vowing to get revenge against Zach, Josh snoops around the casino and secretly snaps of photo of Reese's blueprints. A masked Josh stages an armed robbery at the casino. Zach stares down the barrel of Josh's gun. Dr. Sinclair tells Ryan and Greenlee that she wants to get Annie well enough to stand trial for Richie's murder. Jesse gives Natalia his support when she tells him she wants to become a cop. Amanda prays she isn't pregnant after buying a home pregnancy test.

January 29, 2009 to January 23, 2009: Josh is shot in the head after exchanging gunfire with Zach. Erica cradles Josh as he drifts into unconsciousness. Zach stuns Erica when he says he needs Josh's heart in order to save Kendall, admitting how dire Kendall's condition really is. Meanwhile, Kendall goes into cardiac arrest, but David manages to stabilize her. After Josh is pronounced brain dead at the hospital, Erica makes the painful decision to allow David to go ahead with the transplant and give Kendall his heart Jake confronts Amanda with the check David wrote out to her. Bianca no longer has any doubts about Reese and is certain she wants to marry her. Angie confronts David with the illegal drugs she found at Wildwind. David turns the tables on Angie when he has Jesse arrest her for breaking and entering. Tad is incredulous when Krystal chooses David side over spending time with Jenny. David deftly replaces the illegal pills he gave Krystal with real prescription medication. David suspends Angie from the hospital. Brot is uncomfortable being out in public when Taylor takes him to dinner at ConFusion. Colby stands up for Brot when Ren and Corrina openly gawk at him. Aidan tries to keep Annie calm while talking to her through the air vent, reminding her to never let the doctors know if she starts to remember her past crimes. Annie remembers killing Richie.

January 26, 2009 to January 30, 2009: Brot impresses Greenlee, Taylor and Frankie with his ability to soothe Emma after she suffers a minor burn. Jake admits to Taylor he regrets not knowing what might have been between them. Ryan is disturbed by Dr. Sinclair's apparent vendetta against Annie after she makes it clear she wants to prove Annie is faking her psychosis and then send her to prison for killing Richie. Jake warns Amanda to play it cool so as not to alert David to the fact he could be her baby's father. A furious Krystal walks out on David after he gives her the divorce papers he had drawn up for her to give to Tad. Krystal bumps into Tad, who asks if she wants him to sign the papers, and he is disgusted when she says she doesn't know what she wants. Colby is blown away when JR tells her Amanda's having his baby. Bianca, Reese and Greenlee's bridal shower takes a turn for the worse when Erica reveals she invited Reese's mother as well as Greenlee's to the party. Reese has it out with her mother, who ends up slapping her just as Zach walks in. Greenlee and Bianca both end up at Kendall's bedside wishing for her to wake up and be with them again. Bianca and Greenlee's prayers are answered when Kendall wakes up, and they quickly spread the good news.

February 2, 2009 to February 6, 2009: Kendall appears to accept the news about Zach having acted as the donor for Bianca and Reese, but it's clear she's not as understanding as she claims. Back home, Kendall gets Zach to persuade Reese and Bianca to move to the casino. Amanda takes Kathy back to the yacht after finding her wandering on the docks. Amanda is moved when Kathy says she just wants a mother who will love her. Amanda tells JR she's changed her mind about giving up the baby. After seeing Kathy with JR and Amanda on the yacht, David manipulates the situation to his own advantage when he arranges it so Krystal can take the credit for "finding" Kathy. Krystal goes on the defensive when Tad insists that David must have had a hand in Kathy's disappearance. Tad and Krystal are filled with guilt when Kathy yells for them to stop fighting. Just as David predicted, Krystal ends up looking like a hero in Tad's eyes and is surprised when he suggests they share custody of Jenny. David tells Krystal she can thank him for what he did by agreeing to marry him. Krystal turns down David's proposal. Amanda realizes David fathered her child. Greenlee can't shake the feeling that she and Ryan have been doomed since deciding to get married. Aidan convinces Sinclair he wants to make Annie pay for her crimes. Aidan is curious to find out Sinclair's connection to Richie. Greenlee and Erica have it out at Fusion when Greenlee blames her for the company's financial crisis. Rebecca confesses to Frankie she's dying, but makes him promise not to tell Jesse, Natalia or Angie.

February 9, 2009 to February 13, 2009: Ryan tells Aidan the missing years in Sinclair's record match the time when Richie was in prison in Chicago. After hacking into her computer, Aidan reads a letter from the Chicago prison admonishing Sinclair for her improper conduct with an inmate. Kendall gives Bianca an ultimatum, saying she'll attend the ceremony if Bianca and Reese move back to Paris with Gabrielle after the wedding. A tipsy Reese tells Zach she can't go on denying what she feels and impulsively kisses him, which Ryan sees. Ryan accuses Zach of having an ongoing affair with Reese. Annie admits she remembers killing Richie in cold blood. Annie escapes. Tad and Krystal struggle through the divorce proceedings as they divide up their property. Krystal doesn't fight Tad when he wants the house and he readily gives her the Comeback property in exchange. Rebecca dies suddenly. Jake yearns for Taylor. Tad urges JR not to rush into marriage with Amanda. Amanda assures Frankie and Randi she didn't tell JR about Frankie altering the results of her sonogram.

February 16, 2009 to February 20, 2009: Kendall loses control of the car while arguing with Zach, ending up on the wrong side of the road with Greenlee's motorcycle coming right at them. Kendall and Zach are unhurt, but Greenlee's motorcycle has careened down into the ravine by the riverbank. Zach goes off to search for Greenlee, but only finds her wedding veil and what's left of her mangled bike. Greenlee is declared dead. Zach tells Kendall he's going to take the blame for the accident and claim he was the one driving. Aidan convinces Annie she needs to go back to Oak Haven to get well. Annie fights back with all her strength when Sinclair tries to attack her with a poison-filled syringe. Aidan and the administrator come to Annie's rescue. Sinclair is horrified to realize she's been stabbed with the syringe during the struggle. Thinking she is dying, Sinclair confesses everything, which exonerates Annie. Just after she marries Reese, Bianca's world comes crumbling down when Ryan tells her he's certain there's something going on between Reese and Zach. Bianca angrily confronts a repentant Reese, who begs Bianca to forgive her. Bianca shocks Reese with annulment papers. David puts pressure on Amanda to make sure he gets Little A, reminding her he'll tell JR about the deal they made if she doesn't deliver. Joe tells Tad and Jake it's up to them to continue the fight against David. Krystal defends David to Tad.

February 23, 2009 to February 27, 2009: Zach refuses to help Reese fight Bianca for custody of Gabrielle. Reese turns to Ryan, who wants nothing to do with her. Kendall agrees to help Bianca fight Reese simply because she wants Bianca to take Gabrielle and leave town. Not wanting to put Gabrielle in the middle of a war, Reese tells Bianca that she'll sign away her parental rights to Gabrielle and hopes that Bianca will forgive her one day and let her be a part of her daughter's life. Kendall pulls Bianca into an embrace before she leaves. Kendall coldly informs Zach they'll be sleeping in separate bedrooms. David pressures Amanda to speed up her efforts to make JR look like an unfit father so that he can take Little A away from him. Amanda admits to Krystal that David is the father of the baby she's carrying. Ryan refuses to allow Annie to see Emma before she's taken back to Oak Haven. Aida is starting to fall for Annie. Ryan remains angry at the world, intent on getting revenge on everyone who had a part in Greenlee's death. Reese is shocked as she eavesdrops on Zach and Kendall and learns that Kendall was driving the car that ran Greenlee off the road. Reese accidentally spills the news to Adam. Colby fears her family will end up in the poorhouse after Pete reveals Erica lost all the money Adam invested in Fusion.

March 2, 2009 to March 6, 2009: Zach forces Kendall to choose between loving him or hating him after pointing out that they would be lost without each other. Kendall follows her heart and she and Zach make love. Ryan still blames Zach for Greenlee's death even though he knows Kendall was the one driving the car. Reese is devastated when she spies on Zach and Kendall in the afterglow of their lovemaking. Zach is outraged when he thinks Ryan and Kendall are sleeping together. JR confronts Amanda about how she tried to manipulate him. David arrives at the mansion and exposes every detail of Amanda's misdeeds to JR. Amanda tries to defend herself, but JR isn't buying it and sends her packing. Amanda accepts Jake's invitation to move in with him, Tad and the girls. Erica and Adam are equally matched as they trade threats. Adam is speechless when Erica suggests he come onboard to help her get Fusion back on its feet, but ultimately accepts her offer. Krystal signs a pre-nuptial agreement without reading it. David and Krystal are married. Taylor and Brot are happy to wake up in each other's arms after a night of lovemaking. Opal picks up a strange vibe about Greenlee. Aidan grows closer to Annie, who might not be as well as she claims. Annie and Aidan share a kiss. An accident causes Reese to lose her sight.

March 9, 2009 to March 13, 2009: David sues JR for full custody of little Adam. Although she kept her part of the bargain, David cruelly exposes Amanda's lies in front of a stunned JR. Randi fears Frankie will lose his medical license for forging Amanda's pregnancy test. Dr. Burke tells Aidan he's concerned Annie is becoming too attached to him. Annie and Aidan make love. Aidan agrees to help Zach neutralize Ryan on the condition that Zach prevents Annie from going to prison once she's fully recovered and released from Oak Haven. After arguing about Ryan and Kendall's refusal to cut him out of her life, Zach decides to move to the casino. Kendall points out that she's never stopped loving Zach, but he believes she's never stopped loving Ryan. Brot finds a bit of comfort with Taylor on the anniversary of his accident. During an argument with Tad, Pete and Colby return home from the movies to find Cortlandt Manor in flames. Brot heroically rushes into the mansion and saves an unconscious Opal while Taylor rescues Kathy. Tad is eternally grateful to Taylor for saving Kathy's life. Jack tells Opal that she's broke. Pete tries to deal with the fact he's no longer rolling in money.

March 16, 2009 to March 20, 2009: Aidan busts a nervous Pete for using his computer skills to help Ryan spy on Zach. Aidan strong-arms Pete into reporting back to him on everything he does for Ryan in exchange for a handsome fee. Randi impulsively proposes to Frankie in an effort to hold on to him. Amanda comes up with a plan to make sure David never gets his hand on her baby and begs Jake to help her. She wants to go away before her due date, find a loving family to adopt the baby and then tell David the child died. Jesse tells Ryan that Greenlee's body might have been found. At a Connecticut morgue, Kendall and Ryan don't look at the body under the sheet, as they're certain it's Greenlee after seeing her distinctive engagement ring in the bag containing her belongings. After Kendall and Ryan leave, Aidan enters the room and looks at the body underneath the sheet. Ryan and Kendall find comfort in each other's arms. Kendall admits to Ryan that she still has feelings for him and thinks they need each other now. Learning Ryan and Kendall made love Zach walks out on Kendall. Zach is pleased that Reese has regained her eyesight, but remains pained over all he's lost. Jack gives to Ryan the DVD Greenlee made for him to be watched in the event of her death. Tad has a full house when Opal and Pete move in. David secures a search warrant for Adam's mansion, determined to force him to return to Pine Valley with Little Adam. David seethes when JR makes a fool of him and later sneaks into the mansion via the tunnels. David slips poison in JR's soda water. Angie tells Krystal that David poisoned JR.

March 23, 2009 to March 27, 2009: With her eyesight returned, Reese literally sees things clearly for the first time in a long time and plans to stay in town to prove to Erica and Kendall that she's worthy of Bianca's love. Reese urges Kendall to fight for her marriage. Ryan warns Aidan that he's going to take everything away from Zach. Ryan informs Zach that he's taken over Cambias, as well as the casino. Kendall wants to fight for her marriage, but Zach thinks the relationship is beyond repair. Zach tells Kendall he believes Ryan has always been the problem between them and always will be. David seethes when Erica denies having any knowledge of Adam or Little A's whereabouts. Erica uses Jesse's own history with Frankie to remind him how important it is for Little A to stay with his father. Erica slips JR the address where he can find his son, but neither realizes that Krystal has witnessed their exchange. JR is happily reunited with Little A as they celebrate the boy's birthday together. David blackmails a judge to press kidnapping charges against Adam. With JR in jail, Little A is placed with Jesse and Angie. Gayle, David's cohort at the hospital, gives Jake an envelope containing the results of Greenlee's autopsy. Opal senses that Greenlee is cold and alone and needs help. Amanda is resolved to stick to her plan to have her baby out of town and then give it up for adoption while claiming the baby died. David rattles Amanda when he arrives to witness her sonogram. Frankie and Randi are married by the justice of the peace.

March 30, 2009 to April 3, 2009: Zach challenges Ryan to a game of Texas hold 'em with the stakes being the one thing Zach loves most. Kendall feels stabbed through the heart when the one thing Zach loves most turns out to be the casino and not her. In an act of defiance, Kendall throws her support behind Ryan while Erica backs Zach, who emerges victorious. Zach announces he's moving back into the house and refuses to allow Kendall to take Ian or Spike if she decides to move in with Ryan. Not wanting to uproot her sons, Kendall later tells Ryan she can't move in with him. Zach panics when he discovers Ian isn't breathing. Erica appeals to David to save Ian's life. David tells Kendall and Zach just how serious Ian's condition is. David's temper flares when Krystal tells him that he doesn't deserve custody of Little A in the state he's in. Krystal suffers a bruise to her face after falling during a tussle with David and races out to ConFusion, where she runs into Tad and Opal. Tad goes off to confront David after seeing Krystal's bruised face. Annie tells Aidan about her recurring nightmare from when she was a little girl, but still can't make sense of it. Jake comes to Amanda's rescue and claims he's the father of her baby when the adoption lawyer insists the father needs to be involved with the proceedings. Tad and JR head off to Philadelphia to try to track down a missing Adam and learn he's been behaving strangely. The police find Adam's stolen car smashed and abandoned. Erica is shocked to find Adam waiting for her in her suite.

April 6, 2009 to April 10, 2009: Adam dismisses JR's questions about his strange behavior at the hospital, claiming he was keeping up the ruse of pretending to be Stuart. Annie fears she killed Tori when they were little girls after Aidan tells her about the newspaper article he uncovered. Annie remembers seeing Richie with a baseball bat in the cellar with her and Tori. Aidan realizes that Richie killed Tori in a fit of rage and made Annie think that she was the murderer. Ryan refuses to let Emma visit Annie. Annie calls Emma and plans a secret visit. Kendall tells Ryan her energy is centered on her boys right now, but assures Ryan that she truly loves him. Krystal is devastated when Angie tells her it will be impossible for her to ever have any more children. Amanda tells Jake that she can't go through with running away, claiming she won't let him sacrifice his life for her. Brot tells Taylor he's going to work for a group called Wounded Soldiers, giving motivational speeches to injured vets. JR makes major cuts at Chandler Enterprises. Adam refuses to allow JR to pull the plug on Stuart's son Scott's production company even though it's losing money. Scott doesn't share the rest of the Chandlers' animosity toward David. JR tells Scott that Adam won't bankroll his new project. Randi plans a romantic surprise for Frankie on the night before he's supposed to ship out.

April 13, 2009 to April 17, 2009: David begins to manipulate Zach into thinking Ian could need a new heart valve. Kendall is gut-punched when Zach tells her she no longer means anything to him. At the casino, a newly returned Liza and Zach have no-strings-attached sex. Frankie's family and friends throw him an emotional goodbye party before he ships out. Kendall gives Zach the signed divorce papers. Annie sneaks out of Oak Haven and secretly visits Emma at Ryan's while he's out. Annie narrowly avoids being caught by Ryan when he returns, but runs smack into Aidan while she makes her escape. Ryan finds Aidan's cell phone in the loft. Aidan promises not to abandon Annie when they learn Ryan pulled strings to have her transferred to a different facility to keep them apart. Adam puts the screws to Krystal when he tells her he knows where her skeletons are buried and threatens to expose her secret if she doesn't do his bidding at the custody hearing. Knowing Adam would surely expose the secret she's so desperate to keep, Krystal turns on David on the witness stand. David asks a devastated Krystal what Adam is holding over her, but she remains silent. Brot doesn't want Taylor to accompany him when he leaves town to make his first speech for Wounded Soldiers. Scott clobbers David when he comes upon him threatening to kill Adam. Adam offers to bankroll Scott's latest project after learning David would be Scott's main competitor. Jake comforts Amanda after she has a nightmare involving David, and they kiss. Jake pulls a gun on David when he threatens to take Amanda's baby away. Tad suspects Jake is falling in love with Amanda.

April 20, 2009 to April 24, 2009: Although he finds her intriguing, Zach evades Liza's personal questions after they make love at the casino. Kendall notices lipstick on Zach's neck and he bluntly states that he had sex with a woman he just met and doesn't even know her name. Liza, who has a law degree, reunites with Jake at the casino and agrees to place Amanda's baby with an adoptive family. The connection between Jake and Amanda grows stronger. Liza tells Jake that Colby wants nothing to do with her. Jesse alerts Ryan to the fact that Annie escaped from Oak Haven. A gun-toting Ryan bursts in on Aidan and Annie just as they're getting ready to take off for parts unknown. Aidan orders Annie to make a run for it as he and Ryan struggle. Kendall reacts badly when she learns Ryan is leaving Fusion. Annie heads to the Maldives, which has no extradition treaty with the States. Adam gives Krystal a slip of paper and she later arrives at a massage parlor where she reunites with a girl named Marissa. Marissa explains how her parents were killed in a car accident and Krystal tells her about Babe's death. JR and Scott are mesmerized when they meet Marissa. Brot is initially angry when he realizes Taylor followed him to Florida to watch him give his speech, but soon forgives her. David switches Adam's much-needed medication. Krystal's an emotional mess when Tad tells her David claims he wants to work things out. Tad is incredulous when Krystal heads back to Wildwind hoping David will take her back. Krystal starts to tell David her secret, but he silences her with a kiss, saying the past is behind them and it's time to focus on their future. Randi and Frankie celebrate their one-month anniversary via a webcam. Scott joins Randi when the connection is lost and Frankie sees them together when the picture returns.

April 27, 2009 to May 1, 2009: Opal is spooked by her vision of Annie and later experiences a disturbing image of a bloodied Tad. Ryan's caught off guard when he receives a package from Alexander Cambias Sr. containing a manuscript outlining the details of the Satin Slayer murders. Alexander takes credit for all the murders except Dixie's, claiming someone else killed her. JR asks Adam point blank if he killed Dixie. Tad vows to find out who killed Dixie. Bianca makes Reese's hopes a reality when she says she's ready to give their relationship another chance but cautions they'll need to take things slowly. Bianca and Reese happily head back to Paris together with their girls. Marissa goes to Wildwind looking for Krystal but ends up spending time alone with David. After learning she has nowhere to live, David invites Marissa to stay at Wildwind but warns her not to take advantage of Krystal's good nature. Krystal covers her discomfort upon learning Marissa is going to be moving in with her and David. Krystal is uneasy when she sees Marissa giving David a back rub. Adam announces to JR and Scott that he's going to retire at the end of the year and pits them against each other when he challenges them to prove which one he should hand over the reins of the company to. Zach and Liza are mutually intrigued by each other. Frankie's family fears the worst when they learn his convoy has been ambushed.

May 4, 2009 to May 8, 2009: Marissa abruptly moves out of Wildwind but leaves David the envelope containing the charred photo of her family Krystal tried to destroy. Adam takes pleasure in torturing Krystal, who says she will kill Adam if he ever reveals her connection to Marissa. Krystal tells Tad THAT Marissa is her daughter by David. Giving birth to twins, Krystal kept Abe and gave Marissa up for adoption. JR's blood boils when he realizes Adam used Little A as a bargaining chip to get David to agree to test their experimental heart valve on Ian. Tad tells JR he thinks Adam was involved in Dixie's death. Adam basks in the success of Chandler Enterprises being on the upswing after Ian's successful surgery. David tells Scott that he discovered a problem with the heart valve's design but was able to correct it during surgery. Aidan cannot locate a crazed Annie. Brot learns Frankie's hands were crushed during battle. Jake tells Amanda he loves her.

May 11, 2009 to May 15, 2009: Aidan convinces Opal that her mind is playing tricks on her when she sees Annie on Ryan's terrace. Aidan tries to talk Annie into fleeing. After taking a fall down the stairs and hurting his shoulder, Aidan awakes to find that Annie has tied him up in the basement. Annie tells Aidan she'll come back for him as she makes it clear she's calling the shots. Aidan loosens his restraints and searches for Annie. At Babe's grave, Marissa puts the pieces together after seeing that she and Babe share the same date of birth and demands answers from Krystal, who admits she sold Marissa when she was born but insists she's always loved her. Erica unleashes her fury on Adam when he admits he risked Ian's life in order to save his company. Zach attacks Adam, warning he'll kill him if Ian doesn't make it. Opal can't shake the unsettling feeling that someone's about to die. JR falls off the wagon after Adam informs him that he's leaving control of Chandler Enterprises to Scott in the event of his death. Tad becomes more and more convinced that Adam killed Dixie. Adam's enemies are on the warpath. Kendall, thinking Ian has died due to the defective heart, valve is out to get Adam.

May 18, 2009 to May 22, 2009: Kendall is shocked and thrilled to learn that Ian is alive. Stuart's death rocks Pine Valley. Thinking he's firing at the fleeing murderer, Jesse makes a tragic mistake and ends up shooting Tad in the head. The surgeon cautions Jesse that Tad might suffer some long-term effects after having the bullet removed from his brain. JR is certain that David is the murderer. Aidan realizes Emma had been taken from the nursery and heads to Ryan's hoping to find her there. Aidan comes face to face with Annie in the cellar at the penthouse. After Ryan allows her to spend time with Emma, Annie appears to be on the road to redemption when she calls the police to turn herself in. Jake won't go along with Liza's plan to pass Amanda's baby off as her own, but she remains undeterred. Colby pushes Liza away when she tries to reach out to her.

May 25, 2009 to May 29, 2009: Jesse questions Liza, who points the finger at another when she says she saw that person holding a gun on the night of the murder. Jesse comes to believe that the accused are lying to protect each other after finding discrepancies in alibis for the time of the murder. Angie and Jake are confident they have the goods on David when they take him before the ethics committee at the hospital, but a lying Nurse Gayle steps forward and takes the blame for his crimes. After paying Gayle off, David offers her a job taking care of a patient at a private facility in another town. Marissa's unexpected return gives Krystal hope that they might be able to form a relationship. Amanda is left chilled by a visit from David, who makes it clear he's going to stake his claim to their baby. Krystal is disgusted when she comes upon David offering Jake money to buy Amanda's baby. A repentant David admits to Krystal that he can't stop himself from doing horrible things, but she removes her wedding ring and walks out on him. Liza comes to a decision after an encounter with a teary Amanda. Colby overhears Liza talking to Jake and learns he was supposed to have been her father.

June 1, 2009 to June 5, 2009: Krystal shows up at Tad's after walking out on David. Tad proves to be a good friend when he welcomes Krystal home and invites her to stay at the house. A drunken David begs Krystal to come back to him, roughly grabbing her when she insists they're through as he violently tries to push her wedding ring back on her finger. Colby finds a packet of letters from Liza addressed to her while poking around in Liza's room at the Yacht Club. Colby reads the letters Adam deliberately kept from her and is deeply affected by Liza's outpourings of love. Pete and Colby notice blood on the most recent letter. Liza and Colby's moment of closeness is quickly shattered when Colby realizes her mother had been at the mansion on the night of the murder and accuses her of having shot Stuart. Thinking she could help fill the void in David's life, Marissa goes to him. David has a vision of Babe, who urges him to do the right thing. Liza explains to Colby why she was at the mansion on the night of the murder as she asserts her innocence. Ryan leaves to go see Adam after Annie tells him why she had been at the mansion with a gun. Annie's taken to the hospital after being stabbed by a fellow inmate, but her wound isn't life threatening. Frankie pushes Randi away after waking from the surgery that was performed on his hands. Knowing he'll never be able to live out his dream of becoming a surgeon, Frankie feels as though his life is over.

June 8, 2009 to June 12, 2009: Marissa finds David about to leave town when she goes to Wildwind. David feels he's being railroaded for a murder he didn't commit. Marissa urges David to stay and fight if he's really innocent and remains supportive even after he tells her about some of the horrible things he's done. Liza is David's new lawyer. Liza is left shaken after David accuses her of having taken his case just so she could purposely lose it. Frankie continues to push Randi away. Liza wishes Colby would move in with her but agrees to give her the money for the deposit to rent her own apartment with Corrina. Colby won't forgive Adam for having kept Liza's letters from her. Aidan and Adam clash over what's best for Annie. Ian is ready for surgery to replace the defective heart valve. Zach and Kendall kiss after getting good news about Ian. Kendall is moved by Zach's vehemence when he refuses to entertain the idea of her pleading guilty in order to get a lighter sentence. Tad gets ordained as a minister online so he can marry Jake and Amanda immediately. David barges in just as Jake and Amanda's ceremony begins. Tad punches David when he tries to make trouble. David ends up gagged and tied to a chair as Jake and Amanda exchange impromptu vows. Jake and Amanda head to the hospital in Barbados when she goes into labor unexpectedly. Amanda delivers a healthy baby boy and has Jake place him in her arms despite her earlier claim that she never wanted to see her child.

June 15, 2009 to June 19, 2009: Liza confesses the truth to Tad as she reveals she's faking being pregnant so that she and Jake can pass Amanda's baby off as being hers. Tad is vastly opposed to what Liza and Jake are doing. Remembering the ordeal he went through with Kathy, Tad doesn't believe any parent, even someone as despicable as David, should be duped into thinking they lost a child. Amanda musters up the strength to hand her baby over to Jake but not before saying an emotional and heartfelt goodbye to her newborn little boy. David tracks Jake and Amanda down to the clinic in Barbados. After getting the good news that Ian will soon be released from the hospital, Kendall tells Zach she wants to move back home even though she knows he doesn't want to get back together with her. Kendall tells Ryan of her plans and admits she doesn't know what she wants. Ryan remembers Greenlee when he receives a Christmas gift from her that Jack had found while packing up her things. Ryan gets a mysterious phone call. Adam tells Ryan he's helping Annie because she saved his life and there's no way he's going to walk away from her. When the judge assigns Annie house arrest at Adam's, Adam tells JR and Little A they must move since Annie cannot be around minors. JR proves to be a good friend to Marissa when she tells him she blames herself for the deaths of her adopted parents. Taylor and Brot address the fact that their relationship isn't what it used to be. Brot walks away unnoticed when he sees Taylor sharing a laugh with Tad. Frankie takes a major step when he allows Randi to feed him.

June 22, 2009 to June 26, 2009: North makes advances towards Randi as he clearly wants to rekindle their past relationship. Randi pulls away from North but later remembers the feelings they once shared. A nervous Randi goes to see North, telling him she didn't run away with him when he asked her to years before because she believes she would have been his downfall. North darkens when Randi states she's happily married and asks him to forget he ever knew her. Frankie is able to move his hands after his surgery. Brot tells Frankie that he and Taylor have lost what they once had and doesn't think they can ever get it back. Annie tells Aidan she no longer needs him because she has Adam now. Ryan enrages Annie when he states she'll never take his daughter away from him. Amanda is suffering the effects of postpartum depression. Tad wishes Liza would change her mind about taking Amanda's baby. Liza worries that Amanda will recognize her baby after learning she held him after he was born. David asks Amanda if he can bury their supposed baby's ashes with Babe and she agrees. Krystal reaches out to David in his time of grief.

June 29, 2009 to July 3, 2009: After a run-in with a cop, Tad manages to make it back to the house with the baby before Jake and Liza's plan goes up in smoke. Jake and Liza fool everyone into thinking she gave birth in the basement. Liza fears Amanda will recognize the baby as her own when she sees him but is greatly relieved when she doesn't. Tad fakes chest pains to draw attention away from Liza in order to stop the paramedics from taking her to the hospital. Liza tells Colby she's decided to name the baby Stuart. JR confesses to Marissa that he was thinking about Babe when he kissed her and apologizes. Aidan and Ryan are working together to prove Annie killed Stuart. Tad begins to have flashbacks to the night of Stuart's murder and remembers seeing a woman running from the terrace. Amanda asks Jake to tell her whom he gave her baby to. Jake makes Amanda feel better when he spins a story about what a great life her son will have, saying he placed him with a loving, young couple. Tad urges Jake to tell Amanda the truth, but Jake remains confident that everything will work out. Liza becomes emotional when Colby tells her she wants to live with her and help raise the baby. Madison confirms to Zach that North cheats on her and lets him know her husband is planning a weekend getaway. North drops in on Randi, who refuses to give in to his threats and go out of town with him. Aidan gives Annie his theory of how she killed Stuart when she catches him spying on her. Kendall has terrifying visions of her loved ones being forced to testify against her. Zach and Ryan fear Kendall might do something that will only add to her troubles. Erica confronts Annie, who reaches her breaking point and lunges for Erica's throat.

July 6, 2009 to July 10, 2009: Annie stops short of choking the life out of Erica. Erica seethes when Adam takes Annie's side over hers. North becomes violent as he forces himself on Randi, who smashes a bookend into his head to defend herself. Randi runs from the room, leaving North crumpled on the floor. North thinks Madison will help him when she arrives in the room, but she has something else in mind. Realizing her earring fell off in the room, a shaky Randi returns there and fears she killed North when she finds him dead. Jesse walks in to see Randi kneeling beside North's dead body. Jesse knows Randi was acting in self-defense when she says she was the one who killed North. Randi panics at the thought of being sent to prison, fearing a jury would never believe her. Randi reveals to Jesse that she's pregnant. Jesse takes action to cover up the crime by pushing North's car over a cliff with his corpse strapped inside. JR asks Marissa out on a date. David asks Krystal for a second chance. Marissa offers to help David prove his theory that Liza's baby is really his and Amanda's son.

July 13, 2009 to July 17, 2009: Madison lets Jesse know she watched the hotel surveillance tapes and saw Randi entering North's room. Madison knows Jesse covered up North's murder but tells him she destroyed the surveillance tapes. Taylor has an awkward encounter with Brot when she gives him back some of his things. Tad and Taylor try to be optimistic about the future. David vows to give up his obsession with Amanda after the DNA shows David is not baby Stuart's father. Jake tells Amanda the truth about her baby, explaining how Liza blackmailed him. Jake reveals to Amanda that Liza only thinks she has Amanda's baby because he switched babies and gave her a different child. Amanda shares an emotional reunion with her baby boy, Trevor. Jake explains to Amanda why they can't take Trevor back to Pine Valley. Scott doesn't rat Annie out when he catches her sneaking back into the mansion. JR wants to get Annie away from Adam. Emma insists to Ryan that she saw Kendall shoot Stuart. Zach doesn't believe Emma's claim, but Ryan thinks his daughter is telling the truth. Zach is adamantly opposed to the idea of Kendall accepting a plea bargain and turning herself in.

July 20, 2009 to July 24, 2009: Kendall scares Emma when she confronts her demanding the truth. Ryan puts a stop to Kendall's tactics, making it clear he won't have his daughter further traumatized. Kendall conjures up Stuart's ghost in her mind. Stuart's ghost tells Kendall he's going to help her get to the truth. After remembering more about the night of the murder, Kendall goes to Adam and tells him she's sorry. Zach finds Kendall, who says she thinks she killed Stuart. Adam accuses Annie of having shot Stuart after having another memory from the attic. Randi panics when she receives a bookend in the mail like the one she hit North with. Tad has his work cut out for him while he distracts Liza to give Jake, Amanda and Taylor the chance to sneak away with Trevor without being seen. Taylor promises Amanda she'll take good care of Trevor. The connection between Tad and Taylor grows when he stays to help her with the baby. While watching Trevor, Taylor realizes she wants a child of her own.