User:Malmcp85/The Young and the Restless episodes, 1977

January 1977
Vanessa is not looking forward to Valentine's Day, the date set for Lance and Lorie's wedding. She will not attend under any circumstances. While Lance takes a business call, Lorie tries again, to get through to Vanessa. Vanessa is silent as she listens to Lorie's glowing picture of their happy future, the three of them. Lorie is lulled into a false sense of security; she thinks she has made headway, but nothing could be further from the truth.

Leslie is now on a course to get Brad back. She chooses rugged plain speaking. She is disdainful of his unkempt appearance and the mess his apartment is in. She sets out to show him that he has been wallowing in self pity these man months, and she is finally good and sick of it. Her tactic is working. At their latest meeting their hands accidentally touch, and he mentions her perfume and asks her about her hair, did she cut it or change it? She leaves, pretending to feel busy. He faces the door saying "Les, come back". She does not hear him.

Liz is trying to follow Brock's advice and not mourn for Bill, but it is very hard for her. She must believe that this is the way the Lord meant it to be, but every mention of the circumstances of his death is another knife in her heart. Only she and Snapper know that she pulled the plug and every mention is a reminder of her of what she did. Meanwhile, Nurse Warner reported the pulled plug.

Chris does not want Nancy to be found because that would be best for Karen, but on the other hand, she would be good for the little girl too. When Karen asks if she can call Chris "Mommy" Chris is happy. Snapper is afraid that Chris will be the one who gets hurt.

Stuart's paper ran the police picture of Nancy with an article asking for information about the missing woman. Meanwhile, in a mental ward, where her name and origins are unknown, Nancy sits in a bare room remembering.

Chris finds herself elated by the lack of response to the picture of Nancy in the paper. Chris is finding fulfillment caring for the girl. Heartache is going on in Nancy's tortured soul The nurses see the picture and decide it could not be this patient, because she was brought in as Mrs. Jackson. The paper is tossed in a waste basket.

Peggy's approaching wedding is cause for deep concern in her family. Her sisters realize that she is not her old self, and they resolve to devote themselves to helping her as much as they can. Jack is desperate because he forgot a technicality; his name was never legally changed from Curtzinski. He is mainly afraid of Stuart's reaction to his ethnicity.

Lorie notes the change in Brad since Leslie has been to see him. He is shaven, for one thing. And when he asks her to cut his hair, she retorts "Have your wife do it" and leaves. She then arranges for her parents’ piano to be put out of tune to force Leslie to practice at the apartment. Leslie arrives and Brad, a big step for him, asks her to do his hair. When she discovers a picture of herself with the glass broken, she forces him to admit that it was broken because he stumbled.

Vanessa finally makes a truce with Lorie. Lorie was surprised and touched by the sincerity implicit in Lorie's impassioned declaration of friendship the last time they met. She makes a monumental concession; before they can become friends, they must stop being enemies. Vanessa will try. She will try. Lorie is so surprised, she almost sheds tears as their hands touch on a bargain. She is happy at the turn of events.

Dr. Atwater and the hospital administrator discuss the Foster case and regretfully conclude that, if need be, the police will have to be called in. If they find the plug was pulled before Bill died, it is a case of murder. Snapper is taken aback when Nurse Warner tells him that she has reported the plug being pulled.

Lorie continues to float on the clouds. She excitedly tells Lance of her new friendship with Vanessa, and is slightly chagrinned to learn that Lance knew what Vanessa was up to all along. He showers Lorie with gifts, a lovely necklace and a Mercedes.

Liz is still haunted by her actions. Her days are made more endurable by a visit from the young man whose sight was restored by Bill's eyes. Seeing this young man, now able to see, that is the grandest gift imaginable for Liz. To her, Bill does live on.

Snapper alone knows the full consequences that must now be faced now that Nurse Warner has reported the plug. A detective of homicide is investigating the matter, and Dillon is a determined man, intent on learning why the plug was pulled, who did it, and when. Snapper must protect his mother at all costs.

Chris is hurt by his refusal to talk about what is eating away at him. She does not understand that Snapper must carry this burden all by himself, lest he incriminate Liz.

On the spur of the moment, Lance and Lorie are married in Nevada. Of all Lorie's family, only Peggy is disturbed by the news, because her own wedding is off. Dreaming of her wedding night with Jack, she sees Ron's face coming close to her and she wakes up screaming. Stuart finds no joy in being proven right and he urges Peggy to seek professional help.

Vanessa reacts coldly to the news of the wedding, but she tells Lorie to enjoy it, while it lasts. She has no doubt htat Lorie will soon revert to the trash she thinks that Lorie is.

An opportunity to hold Jill's baby makes Kay remember how she saw Jill and Phillip together, through a window, and she tells the baby about it. Jill overhears and is disgusted, Kay knew all along that Phillip was the baby's father! And now even Jill's memory feels soiled.

When Liz learns of Kay's admission, she is infuriated and marches right over to have it out with Katherine. Kay asserts that even exchange was made: Jill got her husband, she kept his good name. When Liz says she is quitting her job, Kay reminds her that, although the baby is illegitimate, he is clothed and fed by her earnings. For the moment, at least, Liz is the one over a barrel.

Snapper is concerned about his mother, about the police investigation at the hospital, and about Chris. She is becoming too attached to Karen. What if either of her parents show up? What will it do to the child, who now regards Chris as her mother and hates the sight of Nancy's picture? Chris is sure her love for Karen can surmount any difficulty.

Stuart receives a call from the mental hospital asking Stuart to come and see if "Fran Jackson" is the woman he is seeking. Stuart is appalled when he sees Nancy's condition. He is further shaken by the suggestion that Karen may be the only person in the world capable of reaching Nancy. When told of Nancy, Chris tells her father she will not, under any circumstances, subject Karen to such an ordeal.

February 1977
Chris desperately wants for her and Snapper to become Karen Becker's legal guardians. She knows that without that legal right, Ron Becker could come and take Karen away from them. But if they don't get custody, what is to happen to Karen then? She hasn't got a prayer. Her mother can't help her. Nancy is completely withdrawn from reality. She is in no condition to fight for or care for Karen. To make matters worse, the doctors told Chris they hold no hope for Nancy's recovery. With these thoughts on her mind, Chris greets Greg's news with dread. He says he had to tell the judge about finding Nancy and this may hinder her and Snapper's chances of getting legal custody. While Chris is taking a shower the phone rings. Karen answers it and her eyes light up when she hears Ron's voice on the other end. Ron tells Karen they'll be together again very very soon. He also tells her to keep their conversation a secret from Chris. Adoring her father, Karen obeys his every word.

Peggy and Jack are secretly married. She tells him this will be the only way she can adjust to a marriage. She says that she loves him very much, but she is still not ready for the wedding night. She'll be better able to cope with the sexual aspects of their union if they ease into their sexual relationship very slowly. She has to do this completely on her own, she can't cope with any outside interference, her family, that's why she wants their nuptials kept secret. She tells Jack she'll be staying part with him and the other part, sleeping, with her family. Wanting to do anything he can to help, Jack agrees to her request.

Leslie and Brad share an intimate moment. She tells him she's pregnant. He hugs her with joy. Their union is now stronger than ever. There is no more talk of divorce.

Recently whenever she's been under severe stress, Jennifer has been experiencing attacks of breathlessness. She has no idea what's causing them, because the doctor didn't tell her about her weak heart. She worries that it has to do with her masectomy. She calls her doctor, he assures her it isn't the cancer, but tells her to stop by his office as soon as possible, though in the meantime she is to avoid all stressful situations.

But right now Jen is in a very heavy disagreement with Stuart. She can't get Stuart to see that his overpampering of Peggy isn't doing her any good. He should let Peggy work out her problems on her own. He should not interfere with her relationship with Jack no matter what his feelings about Jack Curtis are.

Stuart is confronted with Peggy's anger when he comes storming into Jack's apartment, thinking that Peggy has been conned into spending the night with him, without benefit of marriage. From the bathroom, Peggy hears her father accuse Jack of being selfish and conniving. Not wanting Jack to take anymore of this brutal treatment, she emerges from the bathroom, and Stuart is shocked to see that she's dressed in only the top of Jack's pajamas. Peggy then tells her father that she and Jack Curtis are married. She was spending the night with him just trying to get used to sleeping with a man, nothing else. The marriage has not yet been consummated, and she fears it never will. She tells her father she'll go home with him. He's already ruined the moment.

Lt. Dillon has a talk with Snapper. He tells him he was all set to call off the investigation until Nurse Warner informed him about a very interesting fact, that nobody knew where Snapper was during the period that the respirator plug was pulled from the wall. Snapper stares coldly at the detective. He acts highly indignant that he could even think to accuse him of such a thing. He says he doesn't have to stand there and listen to such crap. As Snapper is walking out the door. Lt. Dillon assures him that he hasn't seen the last of him. He's quite sure that it was either Snapper or a family member and he's not going to rest until he finds out who.

Brock warns Joann that his mother's deep loneliness and unhappiness causes her to do things which she really doesn't mean to do. Out of her desperate fear of being alone, she tends to clutch at people trapping them to be with her. She'll offer someone the moon, but she won't tell that person what this moon will cost! It's a fair and just warning. Kay is definitely trying to ensnare her new houseguest. She manipulates Joanne's kind and good nature to her advantage. She has already gotten Joanne to agree to give up her job at The Allegro and accept Kay's offer to be her paid companion.

Poor Joanne. She doesn't realize that by giving up this little bit of her own time, she has also given up more than that to Kay. The more hours she spends with Kay, the more Kay will possess her.

Greg has learned the truth about his father in the most brutal way. Lt. Dillon tells him about the plug being pulled. He also tells him that he suspects foul play, and he suspects that it's one of Greg's family members who did it. Greg storms out the door and heads for the hospital. He confronts Snapper with what he has just learned, and from the look in Greg's eyes Snapper quickly picks up that Greg suspects him. Greg still hasn't forgiven Snapper for not letting him be with their father when he died and now he may have found the reason. Unbeknownst to Greg, their mother Liz has confessed everything to their sister Jill. She told Jill she was the one who pulled the plug. It was an act of love. Bill was begging her to release him from the pain. Jill knows her father didn't want to go on living by artificial means. Jill cannot condone her mother's action. She cannot give her the forgiveness that she asks for.

While Lance and Lorie are honeymooning in Japan, three thugs barge into their hotel room and pull a gun on Lance. After a thorough search of the premises they then apologize to Lance saying they must have the wrong Prentiss. Lance then wonders if it's his missing brother Lucas they are trying to find!

Preparing their mother for Lt. Dillon's visit may have been the hardest thing Snapper and Jill ever had to do. Liz is terrified when the police are calling her act of love murder! Liz cannot believe it. She didn't think she was doing anything illegal. She was just honouring the final request of a dying man, a man she loved so very much.

Liz spirals downward in despair. She keeps flashing on the moment where she pulled the plug. She keeps hearing her husband's gasping voice and his pleas for release. She remembers the horrifying sound of the respirator. These torturous moments from her past now have a stranglehold around her. She suffers a minor stroke from all of the pressure. It leaves her left hand partially paralyzed and her mind without any memory of her husband's death. As it stands now, the only people who know what she did are Snapper and Jill, and neither of them have any intention of telling Greg, who relishes the moment when he will prosecute Snapper for the murder of their father!

Peggy takes a very big step. She packs her bags and moves in with her husband. She is no longer going to hide from the responsibilities of her marriage. She is going to confront her problem head on and hopefully be able to conquer it. She prays she will soon be able to be a complete wife to Jack.

March 1977
Vanessa is up to her old tricks again. No matter what she says to people she still fells Lorie isn't the woman for her Lance. She would much rather it was Leslie sharing Lance's bed. While Lance and Lorie are honeymooning around the world, Vanessa has Leslie over to her house for a chat. She tells Leslie how she feels about Lorie, and Leslie in turn does nothing but praise her sister. She tries to make Vanessa see what a good person Lorie really is. Leslie says "Lorie gave up fame and fortune for me! She never published her second book because of what it might do to my life". Vanessa's interest is peaked, but she doesn't let on to Leslie how much. After Leslie leaves, Vanessa calls her private investigator and asks him to find a copy of Lorie's second book and bring it to her. She hopes it will be valuable ammunition to use against Lorie. Lorie's honeymoon may be the only good moment she will share with Lance again. Snapper is intent on telling no one what his mother did. He still has faith the whole thing will blow over and nothing will come of Lt. Frank's investigation. What cements his decision to keep quiet is hearing his younger brother Greg say that the person who pulled the plug is a hateful, vile human being. Whoever it is, and Greg suspects it's Snapper, played God and nobody has the right to do that. He does not care what Snapper believed, medical science has been known to be wrong their father could have been a miracle. Greg's current mood make sit more than obvious to Snapper, if Greg wants to suspect someone let it be him. It will kill Greg if he knew it was his mother. What Snapper does not know is that this matter is not going to blow over. Lt. Dillon tells a fellow officer he's going to go to the state's attorney and press for an indictment. He's going to prosecute Snapper for murder.

Peggy needs peace and time and she decides to get it by lying to Stuart. She tells him she and Jack consummated their marriage, he no longer has to worry about her.

Brad sensed the real reason for Vanessa's visit. She wanted to dig up more dirt on Lorie. But he still couldn't help but feel for the woman. He knows why she's doing the things she does. He can sympathize with her pain. He's been there. It was only recently when Leslie finally returned to him that he stepped out into the world, that he finally made the decision to accept his blindness and learn to live with it. While he has his blindness, Vanessa has her scars. It's what keeps her from functioning as a whole person. Vanessa confirms Brad's beliefs when she says "I died the night of that fire. The woman that I was, the beautiful woman that you say I still am, is no more". Brad decides that he and Vanessa can help each other. He's thinking of returning to practice of psychotherapy and Vanessa would be the perfect case to use to see if he still has the knack. He suggests the idea to Vanessa and she agrees to his suggestion that they get together for occasional talks. She tells Brad that aside from Lance, he's the only other person she feels comfortable with.

What Peggy told her father has come true, but not of her own choice. Unable to resist her charms any longer, Jack took her one night by force. He ignored her pleas to stop. She awoke the next morning feeling violated and used. She told Jack it was no different with him than with Ron Becker. If this is what sex is all about she wants no part of it! It sickens and disgusts her. Jack is not the sort of man who stays when the going gets tough. He's always on the look for greener pastures. This time it's his ex-wife Joanne who has captured his interest. Joanne is no longer the dumpy wife he remembers; she has lost weight and has blossomed into quite an attractive woman. The new expensive wardrobe she got from Kay didn't hurt either. Jack spies the new Joanne at the college cafeteria and is immediately impressed. He tells her he will help her with her school work. Joanne is delighted. She still loves him very much.

Snapper has been arrested for the murder of his father. The family is shocked when they hear the news. Greg calls him every hateful name under the sun. He screams Snapper murdered their father! How could he do that? He's a doctor! Greg's words pain Snapper, but his mother's hurt him even more. A look of such hate passes over her face as she screams at Snapper. Snapper could clear himself, but he doesn't. He knows the truth could kill his mother. She can't accept what she did; this truth has already caused her to have a stroke, now she doesn't remember that she is the one who pulled the plug.

Snapper swore Jill to secrecy but she broke her promise when she saw what a rift it was causing between him and Greg. Snapper needs Greg on his side. He's a lawyer. Jill tells Greg that it was their mother who pulled the plug. She did it out of love. She didn't think she was doing anything wrong. Bill begged her to do it. After learning the news, Greg goes to see Snapper and tells him he knows everything and understands. He'll stick by Snapper. He knows his mother has to be protected.

Joanne is Kay's lifeline. She clings desperately to her and resents every move Joanne makes on her own. She stops Joanne from making such moves by playing on her compassionate nature. All she has to do is shed a few tears and words of self pity and almost at once Joanne cancels her plans. Joanne understands what Kay is going through. She can't hurt her. Joanne ignores the fact that her compassion may ultimately cost her dearly. Kay will settle for nothing less that total possession.

Peggy's new marriage has become her private hell. She can't look at Jack without getting sick. When she sees his face all she thinks about is how he mauled her and consumed her under the guise of love. Jack doesn't realize how sick Peggy is. He still considers her sexual hang-ups a meagre problem that will ultimately work themselves out. All she needs is love.

Chris is in the dark no longer. Snapper's arrest has made it necessary for him to tell her everything that has been happening. He tells Chris he has no other choice but to take the rap for his mother. He has to protect her. She's no physically or emotionally able to handle the truth. Chris hugs her husband tightly. She says she agrees with his decision. She'll help him anyway she can. Her husband then says he needs bail money. Could she possible get $2000 from her father? Chris asks her father and after telling him the whole story, Stuart very quickly writes out a check.

Jack continues to delude himself. He still believes even though the signs point otherwise, that Peggy's problem is a minor one. She's not repulsed by sex, she just found the experience disappointing. he has to reason to hold onto this belief, Peggy does not confirm it in the least. It seems that it's too painful for him to admit the truth. He can't bear to think that they'll never make love again.

Peggy has told Jack that in addition to being repulsed by the physical nature of their marriage, she no longer trusts him. She has no reason to. After all he did make love to her without waiting for her okay and after he promised her that he would wait. Jack then suggests that maybe Peggy should go home for a few days. Peggy says she can't go home again.