Una vita da vivere: Riassunti delle puntate anno 2001

Una vita da vivere - Trama anno 2001:

Blair agreed to marry Todd but put a stop to his plans for a quick wedding and said she wanted to wait and get married in Llanview. Blair remained torn over her plans for a future with Todd and shared these fears with Kelly, who tried to warn Blair away from Todd.
Todd learned that Skye was really Rae's daughter but didn't share this news with anyone. After going to Rae for advice about Blair, she told him to give Blair an emotional gift to prove how he felt about her. Todd then presented Blair with a copy of the Bible page and she was thrilled to learn a secret that could shatter Skye's world.

Skye was released from jail after passing a lie detector test that John had arranged for. Skye wanted to get revenge against Todd and Blair and eventually forgave Max for not believing in her innocence. Max and Skye then teamed up to destroy Todd and Blair.

Todd and Blair vowed to get even with all who had wronged them. To that end, Todd and Blair told Skye that Rae had shot Max. Todd and Blair then told Renee that Max knew the identity of her real son and also told Asa that Max had been scamming him. Thrilled with the havoc they had created, Todd and Blair spent the night together and made love.

Nora was still determined to get the truth from Colin, who grew even more obsessed with her and even built a secret shrine to her in his home. Lindsay tried to warn Colin about Nora's true motives but his arrogance prevented him from believing her.

Viki was horrified when Ben was kidnapped before her eyes. As it turned out, Ben's abductor was Gina Russo, his first love and member of the Russo crime family. Gina was furious when Ben asked her to help him bring down Tim Rourke and her brother Tommy, but she later agreed to help him. Ben then returned home, much to Viki's relief and delight.

Melanie turned down Bo's marriage proposal for fear of having her secret about her father come to light. Melanie disappeared one day but Bo soon realized where she had gone and tracked her down. Bo told Melanie she could tell him her secret when she wanted to and she accepted his marriage proposal.

Rae convinced John to investigate her in Max's shooting after Todd and Blair accused Rae of the crime. By doing this, Rae hoped to create reasonable doubt for Skye. Rae also decided not to tell Skye that she was her mother.

Max and Skye set out to destroy Todd and Blair. To that end, Max drugged Blair and arranged for Todd to see him and Blair in bed together. Todd, however, had no idea that Blair was unconscious from the drugs and thought she had betrayed him on the night before their wedding.

On her wedding day, Blair walked down the aisle in front of her guests and was shocked by what happened next. Instead of saying "I do," Todd announced to everyone in the room that Blair had shot Max in the back! Blair was speechless by Todd's betrayal and couldn't fathom why he had done this. But Todd wasn't done yet! After exposing Blair's secret, Todd announced that Skye was really Rae's daughter and that Max wasn't the real Buchanan heir. Todd later told Renee that Ben was her son and Ben admitted that it was true.

Todd and Blair were both arrested and Blair didn't understand why Todd had betrayed her as she still had no idea about Max's manipulations. Still thinking Blair had committed the ultimate betrayal, Todd agreed to turn over incriminating evidence against Blair in exchange for no charges being brought against him.

Jennifer Rappaport came to Llanview from her Switzerland boarding school. Jennifer was a troubled girl who put misplaced trust in her evil Uncle Colin MacIver. When Jen was a little girl, Colin helped her when she caught her mother Lindsay having an affair. Colin held this over Jen's head, convincing her she was responsible for her parents' divorce. Colin tormented Jen and even made a pass at her.

Roseanne was thrilled when Antonio asked her to move in with him. Roseanne's happiness was short-lived, however, after Antonio learned that she had deliberately withheld an urgent message for him from Sophia. As it turned out, Sophia was in desperate need of back up and Roseanne had jeopardized Sophia's life by failing to give Antonio the message. Antonio was furious with Roseanne and told her to pack up and leave. Antonio then cleared up the misunderstanding with Sophia and explained he never would have ignored her call for help.

After Antonio dumped Roseanne she was heartbroken. She got drunk, and devious Dr. Colin MacIver took advantage of her. The two ended up sleeping together. Roseanne was horrified when she realized what she'd done. Soon after, Antonio forgave Roseanne for not giving him Sophia's message, and they got their relationship back into gear again. Roseanne feared that if she told him about Colin then he would leave her again. When Roseanne finally told him the truth about Colin, Antonio was upset, but forgave her again.

Antonio and Sophia made it their mission to nail R.J. for all his crimes. Sophia suspected that Roseanne, who took over as receptionist at the Llanview police station, was tipping off career criminal RJ Gannon. Sophia tried to prove Roseanne was a mole, and even worked with former rival Kelly to do so.

Colin continued his campaign of threats and blackmail and added Roseanne to his list when he learned she was RJ's mole at the police station. Colin also took great delight in torturing Jen and had spent years making her feel responsible for Sam and Lindsay's divorce.

Nora's quest to expose Lindsay's role in her kidnapping led her closer to Colin, who promised to tell Nora everything if she made love with him. Nora was repulsed by Colin and made it clear she would never love him. This sent Colin even more over the edge and his behavior became increasingly dangerous.

Colin told Will the truth about Lindsay's role in Nora's kidnapping and he angrily confronted his mother. Although disgusted by what she had done, Will agreed that he wouldn't turn Lindsay over to the police. Jessica began to suspect that Will was keeping a secret but he couldn't bring himself to confide in her.

Viki was immediately suspicious of Gina Russo and she had every right to be. When Viki confronted Gina about her "contacts" and need to spend time alone with Ben, Gina admitted that she wanted Ben back for herself! A strong Viki, however, remained confident that nothing would ever come between her and Ben.

Jen stole a fake ID from Break Bar and ended up almost dying from alcohol poisoning after drinking alone in the park. Cristian and Skye took Jen to the hospital and she recovered, but Will was determined to find out where she had gotten the fake ID. A short time later, Jessica discovered that Cristian was the person selling fake IDs to minors but didn't share this news with Will.

Max blackmailed Asa by threatening to tell the police that Asa had put the hit out on Ben. Blair forced Max to confess that he had drugged her and made Todd believe they had slept together. Before Blair could get to Todd, the police arrested her for shooting Max based on evidence Todd gave them. Todd got wind of Max's setup from Nora and scared Max into telling him the truth. Todd, deciding he and Blair belonged together, tried unsuccessfully to get the evidence back from the police. Todd planted a bomb in Bo's office, but Bo and Melanie managed to diffuse it before it went off. Meanwhile, Blair realized she still loved Todd, but followed Sam's advice and told Todd their life together was over.

Colin summoned his enemies to a "secrets and lies" dinner party and announced he was leaving for Maui. Colin also revealed that he was prompted to make the call that ended Sam and Lindsay's marriage after receiving a call from frightened Jen, who had witnessed Lindsay's affair. Later that night, Colin lay in wait for Nora to return home. Colin injected Nora with a mystery drug and planned to abduct her, but was confronted by an unseen visitor. Sam later rescued Nora from Colin's, but Colin was nowhere to be found. Bo began to investigate Colin's disappearance.

Viki discovered that Gina was Rourke's boss and that she was setting up the attempts on Ben's life to get him back. Gina forced Viki to leave Ben and lie that she was on a speaking tour by threatening to kill Jessica. Gina locked Viki in a room in her basement and convinced Ben to stay with her for his own protection.

While in the woods, Jessica and Will stumbled upon Colin's body. Jessica reluctantly went along with Will, Jen, and Cristian when they decided to rebury the body and keep quiet about their discovery. Jessica returned to the gravesite to retrieve a charm she lost and was spotted by Bo. Jessica panicked when Bo decided to have the grave dug up, but all the police found was a scarecrow. The foursome wondered what had happened to Colin's body, which was actually in RJ's possession.

Sophia and Antonio received an anonymous tip and raided RJ's warehouse, but instead of finding stolen goods, they found a box with a murdered Colin MacIver's body in it. During the raid, Sophia's back was injured and she was in need of intense physical therapy to regain full use of her legs. Sophia was sent to rehab in Minnesota and she made Kelly promise to uncover Roseanne as the mole and make her pay.

Kelly confronted Roseanne about this information, and forced her to tell Antonio the truth. When Roseanne told Antonio the truth he was very mad. He didn't tell anyone, but forced Roseanne to resign from the police station, and ended their relationship once and for all.

Jen took a liking to Cristian Vega, who stood by her when she was a suspect in Colin's murder.

After Todd failed to steal the evidence against Blair, her case was bound over for trial. With Kelly's help, Blair concocted a plan to get Max on her side. Blair lied to Max that she was pregnant with his child. Todd found out about the baby before Blair could clue him in to her scheme. Max forced Blair to take a pregnancy test at the hospital, and Blair was stunned when the test came back positive.

Ben grew suspicious about Viki's whereabouts, so Gina had Viki call him and say she had left town to get away from him. Ben learned from Gina that Asa had put the hit on him. To keep Ben close, Gina lied that Rourke was still gunning for him after Ben learned Asa called off the hit. Viki grew more agitated during her confinement and eventually turned into Niki Smith.

Determined to meet her father, Skye followed Rae to Port Charles.

Max learned from Renee that Asa was planning to remarry Alex. He rushed to the ceremony but was shocked when he discovered Gabrielle Medina was Asa's new bride. Gabrielle revealed that Asa had legally adopted their son Al who had disowned Max as his father. But Asa's marriage to Gabrielle was just part of an elaborate revenge plot against Max.

The forensics report proved that Melanie's hair matched the samples found at Colin's house. She confessed to killing Colin and also admitted to murdering her own father. Lanie was arrested but Nora and Bo didn't believe she committed the crime. Lanie returned Bo's engagement ring and called off the wedding. Meanwhile, Will concealed Colin's passport behind a picture in his apartment. Jen admitted to Will that she witnessed something that night at Colin's. In a shocking turn of events, Sam confessed to killing Colin. Jen and Cristian grew closer but she was unable to move forward because of the secrets she was keeping about Colin's murder. Lindsay spirited Jen into staying quiet and tried to keep her away from Cristian.

Bo suspected that Melanie was keeping a secret but she beseeched him to just let the matter drop. Bo, however, had no intention of just letting Melanie walk out of his life and became determined to learn why she was pushing him away. Bo found out that Melanie assisted her father's wish to die when he was in a prolonged battle with cancer, and decided that Melanie was right in her decision to help her father die with dignity. However, Melanie became paranoid when Bo wasn't in a rush to get married anymore, and Lindsay encouraged Melanie to pretend she was dying so that Bo would marry her. Once Bo learned of Melanie's duplicity, he ended their relationship, and Melanie moved to Seattle.

Over time, Renee was able to bring Asa and Ben together for a rare dinner at The Palace, but both men were too stubborn to openly accept each other.

Gina held Viki captive in her basement. However, Viki's alters began emerging and Gina was introduced to "Jean Randolph", "Tommy", and "Niki". Ben became suspicious after learning that Gina questioned Jessica about Viki's DID. "Jean" convinced Gina that she could impersonate Viki in order to break-up with Ben. After passing Gina's test, "Jean" met Ben at crossroads and told him it was over. Ben finally understood that Viki was sending him clues and he realized that Gina was behind Viki's disappearance. Ben turned the tables on Gina and demanded to know where Viki was. Gina's thugs had already taken Viki up to the cliff where Gina planned to get rid of her. Ben arrived as a struggle broke out between Gina and Viki. Ben intervened but not before Gina rendered Viki unconscious with a hit to the head. Ben tried to coax the gun away from Gina but she accidentally fell off the cliff. Viki and Ben reunited and Viki revealed that the emergence of her alters was just a plot so she could escape.

In a quest to destroy Blair, Todd evicted her and humiliated her with a slanderous headline in The Sun. Blair learned she was pregnant with Todd's baby but decided to pass it off as Max's when Todd vowed to gain sole custody of Starr. Blair awaited Max's arrival at her hearing but instead Todd showed up to testify. Todd revealed Blair's crazy actions on the stand. The judge rendered her temporarily insane and remanded her to St. Ann's. Blair figured out that Todd's testimony was actually a ploy to prevent her from going to jail.

To keep Max from knowing when she gave birth, Blair fled to Mexico to have her baby in secret. Todd followed, and actually delivered the child he thought was Max's! Todd was disgusted at the sight of Max's child and ordered the midwife, Paloma, to get rid of the child. Paloma refused, so Todd took the child away and tried to give it to some nuns at the local airport.

David Vickers saw Todd give the baby away and told the nuns that Todd was his “life partner” and got the baby back. He brought the boy to the hacienda where Todd and Blair were staying, and Todd paid David a hefty sum to “get rid of the baby." Meanwhile, Todd lied to a devastated Blair that the baby had died, and brought Blair back to Llanview away from Paloma, who still knew the truth. Believing the baby was dead, Blair told Max that the baby was Todd's after all.

Blair learned that it would be virtually impossible for her to regain custody of Starr. Todd propositioned Blair to move in to the penthouse in order for her to be close to Starr. Todd and Blair sparred over the living arrangements, and they ultimately decided that it would make more sense to live at Dorian's place. Todd and Blair continued to argue, but agreed to sleep in the same bed for Starr's sake. Starr overheard Roseanne talking to Senora Lena about a love potion and decided to obtain some for her parents. Todd discovered that Starr had spiked Blair's lemonade with the potion, and he rushed to her aid. Touched by Todd's concern for her and the baby, Blair pondered telling Todd the truth -- that he was the father of her baby.

Gabrielle reacquainted herself with Viki in an attempt to bury the hatchet, but Viki believed that she had a hidden agenda. At Asa and Gabrielle's wedding reception, Gabrielle manipulated a huge fight between Ben and Max. She then suggested that Ben join her revenge plot against Max, but he refused. After a confrontation with Al, Max decided to move out of the mansion. Asa reminded Gabrielle that Max moving out could hinder their revenge plot, and he demanded that she somehow convince Max to stay. Asa and Gabrielle then staged a fight as part of their plan to keep Max at the mansion. Max and Gabrielle continued to fantasize about one another and reflected upon the passionate times they had shared in the past.

Nora vowed to prove that Sam was taking the rap for someone else. However, the results of the forensics report lead Bo to arrest Sam for Colin's murder. Jen confided the truth about Colin's murder to Rae. When Lindsay found out, she broke into Rae's house to steal Jen's confession tape. Lindsay and Sam asked Jen to stay away from Cristian for fear that Jen would reveal the truth about Colin's murder to him. Jessica and Will's relationship suffered when she found Colin's passport. She suspected that Will was lying to her, and he refused to open up to her. Sam's trial began, and Lindsay spirited Jen out of town so that she wouldn't be called to testify. Nora concluded that Will was the murderer after overhearing a conversation between Ben and Sam. On the stand, Nora cross-examined Will about Colin's passport, but Jen arrived and announced that Colin gave her his passport the night he was murdered. Jen took the stand and testified that she saw her parents carrying Colin's body out of the MacIver house the night of the murder. Lindsay and Sam finally realized that Jen didn't kill Colin after thinking all along that they had been helping to cover her guilt. Nora surmised that Lindsay murdered Colin, and Lindsay was subpoenaed to testify. Meanwhile, Nora continued to be haunted by flashes of Colin's laughter. Nora badgered Lindsay on the witness stand relentlessly in Colin's murder trial before Nora finally remembered the truth; Nora herself had killed Colin in self-defense, and blocked out the traumatic memory. Nora wasn't brought up on charges.

Will and Jessica later broke up, and then Will left town shortly after, to roam the country and find himself. Jessica moved out of Will's loft and back to Llanfair. Jessica was able to pick up the pieces with the help of her new friend Natalie Balsom, and a new man, Seth Anderson.

Seth Anderson, Cristian's friend from Union Square, arrived in Llanview. Renee hired Seth at Palace Bar while RJ also gave him a part-time job at Break Bar. Natalie befriended Jessica and Natalie claimed to be homeless. Jessica took Natalie into her home at Llanfair, and convinced Viki to hire Natalie as her personal assistant.

When Allison Perkins appeared in town and was asking Viki's "forgivness" for kidnapping her baby all those years ago, Ben was suspicious, but Viki was open to forgiving the regretful Allison. After Viki forgave her, Ben overheard Allison talking to someone on the phone, saying "Viki forgave me. It's all set." Ben decided to go to St. Ann's as "Dave", a mental patient. He pretended to be simple Dave so Allison would tell him what she was up to. Allison began to fall in love with "Dave," but Ben wasn't worried. Before he could get the truth from her, she found out who he really was.

David gave Todd and Blair's baby to a rich Texan couple, and when Todd found out the child was not Max's but his, Todd forced David to tell him where the baby was. Todd got the baby back, and told Blair that he was “adopted.” Blair named the child John Cramer Manning, "Jack" for short.

Natalie's claims and Natalie's intentions were two different things. Ex-cult member Allison Perkins had actually switched wealthy heiress Jessica Buchanan with Natalie, classless Roxanne's daughter, when Natalie and Jessica were babies. So the Jessica the Buchanans thought they had gotten back was really baby Natalie Balsom! Natalie came to Llanview and worked with her boyfriend Seth Anderson, and her one-time kidnapper Allison, in a scheme to get close to Jessica and Viki. Once Natalie got the Buchanan inheritance that was due her, they would split it and live the life they all felt they deserved. As Seth went through all the motions, he discovered he had true feelings for Jessica!

Roseanne vowed revenge on R.J., as well as Kelly. She enlisted the help of Senora Lena Minta, the voodoo priestess. Roseanne asked Senora Lena to help her put a curse on R.J. Senora Lena asked Roseanne to obtain one of R.J.'s personal items in order for her to craft a voodoo doll of him. Roseanne's manipulation of the R.J. voodoo doll lead to his arrest. However, R.J. struck a deal for immunity in exchange for information that implicated Will as Colin's murderer. Roseanne then asked Lena to help her make Antonio fall in love with her. Lena gave Roseanne a love potion, and Roseanne decided to test it on Kelly. However, Roseanne's plan was foiled when she spilled the potion. Realizing that she and Antonio were truly over, Roseanne left Llanview in June 2001.

John was reunited with Rae, who told him that Skye had met her father, Alan Quartermaine, and had decided to stay in Port Charles. Rae felt guilty for not telling John what she had learned about Colin's death. When John found out, he was furious with Rae for withholding the information that Jen confided to her.

Cristian and Jen continued to grow closer as Cristian helped Jen through her father's trial.

Seth's odd behavior around Jessica prompted her to confront him, but he evaded her questioning. Seth eventually confessed that he was responsible for Llanfair being set ablaze years earlier. Though it was an accident, Seth had never come forth about his guilt. Jessica forgave Seth, and they even started dating.

Lindsay disliked Cristian and thought of him as unsuitable for her daughter. With the help of Chad, a bartender at Break Bar, Lindsay set up a website featuring video clips of Cristian in his loft in his underwear, in order to undermine Cristian and Jen's relationship by making it appear Cristian was flaunting himself over the internet. Eventually, the truth came out, and Jen was furious when she found out what her mother had done. While Cristian felt extremely betrayed by Chad when the truth came out, he realized that Chad was just a pawn in Lindsay's game and forgave him.

It didn't take long for Gabrielle and Max to feel their old attraction again, and Gabrielle did her part by luring Max to the Buchanan lodge and cheating on Asa. Meanwhile, Asa did his part by catching the affair on videotape. What Gabrielle and Asa hadn't planned was for Gabrielle's guilt got the best of her, resulting in her revealing to Max all the details of Asa's devious plan. The affair was meant to serve as Max's motive for Asa's murder!

Gabrielle tried to back out of her plan with Asa, but he wouldn't let her. Asa went ahead and faked his death, leaving both Gabrielle and Max as prime suspects! Commissioner Bo Buchanan was determined to see his father's murderer go to jail, and Gabrielle became more unglued as time went on.

Natalie legally forced Viki to allow her to stay at Llanfair by citing a clause in Victor Lord's will that established any Lord offspring to reside in the mansion. Furthermore, when Viki exposed Natalie to all of Allison's dirty dealings that Allison had failed to mention, Natalie refused to share any of her money with Allison! Natalie refused to see Allison anymore, but Ben still did not completely trust Natalie.

Roxanne Balsom was a simple woman who was always looking to better herself -- financially. Roxy, as her friends call her, earned her meager wages as a croupier at various Atlantic City casinos. All that mattered to Roxy was her money, her beer, and her luck. The last thing on her mind was her daughter Natalie! But Natalie was destined for greater things; being an heiress to the Buchanan wealth, switched at birth with Roxy's real daughter. Roxy's daughter was raised as Jessica Buchanan. Roxy only worried about one thing... how much money she could get out of either of her daughters, biological or otherwise! Allison Perkins needed a new angle if she was to get any money out of the Buchanans, and Roxy was the best angle to play.

Back in Llanview, Rae and John's relationship continued to grow. In August of 2001, John got a job offer in San Francisco. A huge promotion, John took the offer. A couple months later Rae went to see John in San Francisco where he broke up with her, and told her that he was going to be living in San Francisco permanently. A heartbroken Rae went back to Llanview. Rae got help from her many friends in getting over losing John.

Keri Reynolds came to Llanview in August of 2001, looking for her father. She deduced that District Attorney Hank Gannon was her father, since she found money that Hank regularly gave to Keri's mother Elizabeth as support for Keri's upbringing.

When Keri confronted Hank over never being a true father to her, Hank denied that he was her father, which infuriated Keri. Keri was stunned to learn that Hank really wasn't her father, Hank's brother RJ was! Keri's mother Elizabeth confided in Hank when she got pregnant by RJ, and swore Hank to secrecy about the pregnancy because RJ was recently sent to prison. Hank decided to support Elizabeth and her baby financially since RJ couldn't be a father to baby Keri. Keri apologized for being so abrasive with Hank, but RJ wasn't so forgiving about being kept in the dark about having fathered a child.

Hank had grown closer with Dr. Rae Cummings around that time, and found her very easy to talk to about the drama surrounding RJ and Keri's relationship. Hank could share with Rae his concern about Keri, and felt he could trust her with anything.

Nora worried when Dr. Troy MacIver appeared in Llanview at the reading of his murdered twin brother Colin’s will. He did not get a warm reception; Sam Rappaport knocked him out, and Lindsay tried smothering him with a pillow while he was unconscious! Because of his uncanny resemblance to Colin, the citizens of Llanview distrusted him.

Troy wanted to earn Nora’s trust, and his chance came when Matthew, Nora and Sam’s son, was diagnosed with a rare muscle disease. Troy tried an experimental treatment on Matthew and cured him. Nora was thrilled, and a fragile truce was established between Troy and Sam.

Colin was publicly blamed for Nora’s memory loss, and Troy became determined to clear Colin’s name and prove for once and for all that Lindsay had given Nora the drug. He gave Nora pills to restore her memory, but she was able to remember everything but the crucial moment when Lindsay pricked her with the needle. Troy hatched a plan to pretend to fall in love with Lindsay, and get her to trust him so she would confess. Nora originally objected to Troy's plan, but he convinced her that her need for the truth about the pain Lindsay had caused was far more important than and pain Lindsay herself might feel.

Asa fled with Nigel to St. Blaze's Island, where Asa returned to using the alias of Captain Jeb Stuart. Unfortunately, Asa's ex, Alex, ran into Asa after attending his funeral in Llanview, and blackmailed Asa into marrying her so that she wouldn't blow his cover! Asa had to think fast, and so he paid a drunken janitor to stumble into their wedding and marry Alex instead! Alex protested, since the legal vows named Jeb Stuart as her husband. Asa surprised Alex by revealing that the janitor had his name legally changed to Jeb Stuart! Fortunately for Max and Gabrielle, Asa was found living well on St. Blaze's!

Antonio met stunning beauty Keri Reynolds when he was her student at Llanview University as he was completing a few credit requirements for his promotion in the Llanview Police Department. Antonio and Keri couldn't help but feel the attraction between them. Chad was briefly hired by RJ to follow Keri and find out more about her.


Cristian was working undercover for the police to get evidence to put RJ Gannon away. Lindsay found out and told RJ was Cris was up to, and RJ sent a hit man, Keith Schaeffer, after him. When Cristian evaded him, Keith went after Jen. Jen thought he was just another friendly student on campus, but she got suspicious when he kept popping up everywhere she went. Cristian was alarmed, and decided to break up with Jen to protect her from the man that was after him.

Jen knew nothing about the hit man and was heartbroken, thinking Cristian just decided to dump her. Jen turned to Al Holden, who loved her, and the two made love. When Keith was apprehended, Cristian rescued her and told her the truth, prompting Jen to break things off with Al and return to Cristian.