Soap Opera Flashback

This column represents on-air summaries for May 5-9, 2008.

ALL MY CHILDREN: Dixie's spirit made it clear she will haunt Adam until he tells Tad the truth about Kate. Unaware of this, Tad tracked down Dr. Madden's assistant, Hazel, and persuaded her to tell him that Kate had been taken to New Mexico. Meanwhile, Julia planned a move to Australia with Kathy. In Darfur, Aidan was taken captive and held with Jake. When Treena demanded more money from Richie, he in turn blackmailed Annie by threatening to reveal her lies to Ryan. After seeing Richie in the park with Treena (whom he had hired to set up JR), Babe apologized to JR about jumping to the wrong conclusion about him. Frankie told Colby he sees her as a friend.

AS THE WORLD TURNS: Disappointed when Holden wasn't ready to become intimate following her return home, Lily solicited Carly's help to bring them together in the bedroom. Noah visited his father in prison and revealed he's married to Ameera, who later called the colonel and vowed her loyalty to him. Susan confirmed that Brad is Liberty's father. Liberty's mother, Janet, turned up and immediately had an eye for Brad, using every excuse to get between him and Katie. Margo had to apologize for falsely accusing Casey of theft after he and Emily teamed up to catch the real crook.

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL: As Stephanie looked on in disbelief, Eric and Donna were wed. Ridge and Brooke each criticized Taylor and Rick for attending the nuptials together. Nick went along with Bridget's request that they see if there is a future for them as a couple, with no hard feelings if it doesn't work out. Katie was upset to learn that Nick and Bridget have been spending a lot of time together. When Ashley revealed to Katie that her situation with Storm was misinterpreted, Katie was appalled to realize it's her fault that Storm fled.

DAYS OF OUR LIVES: Nick was shattered by Chelsea's emotional distance and spilled beer all over his grant paper, which Max stayed up all night to recopy. Daniel retreated from Chelsea's unexpected kiss and said they can't be together, which only prompted her to finally break up with Nick. EJ secretly paid off Nicole to testify for him at the immigration hearing. After EJ's visa was renewed, Nicole sought comfort from him about her dog being poisoned, and a jealous Sami reacted by giving him a hot kiss. The disk went missing from the safe. The police launched an investigation to find out what killed Ava's psychiatrist and Bo's informant, with Hope and Roman on the cases.

GENERAL HOSPITAL: Refusing to send Michael to a permanent-care facility, Carly tried her own plan, but it didn't work out as she hoped, causing her to finally face the truth. While holding Maxie at knifepoint in front of Jason and Spinelli, Ian admitted that he shot Michael but wouldn't say whom he was working for. Claudia tried to convince Jason that someone other than she was responsible for the shooting. Anna made things sticky when she questioned Patrick about marriage plans, which Robin insisted to Patrick she doesn't need. Anthony frightened Lulu into doing his bidding. Nikolas said a final goodbye to Emily.

GUIDING LIGHT: Ava made Lizzie think Bill had slept with Lizzie to get at her family secrets. Upset, Bill gave Ava a check and told her to keep her distance, but Lizzie urged him not to abandon fatherhood. Meanwhile, Ava turned her eye to Remy, who had been encouraged by Lizzie to keep Ava away from Bill. Olivia collapsed after walking rapidly. Cyrus lied to Josh that Cassie slept with someone from out of town. Coop found a drunk Ashlee surrounded by letters she wrote to everyone who had hurt her feelings. Marina and Mallet acknowledged their desire for a relationship.

ONE LIFE TO LIVE: Natalie and Jared made love after she finally admitted her feelings, but she was torn over not telling Viki the facts about Charlie's lies. David believed he had found a new meal ticket when he eavesdropped on Natalie and Jared. Adriana was floored by Brody's revelation that Rex is Shane's father, but she offered him money to say he's the dad. Langston was in hot water when Dorian thought she was pregnant and took Langston to have it terminated. Antonio, Talia and John launched a plan to bring down Ramsey, with Antonio making Ramsey believe that he's a corrupt cop.

PASSIONS: Astounded to see Vincent about to give birth, Julian finally learned from Eve the whole tale of Vincent and Valerie. Pretty drugged the pilot of the plane taking Luis and Fancy on a romantic flight, resulting in the couple finding him unconscious in the cockpit. Tabitha believed the burning of Kay's wedding dress pointed to a great evil coming to Harmony. Noah and Roberto argued over Paloma. Juanita escaped from prison and was single-mindedly bent on getting revenge against Pilar.

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS: Victor proposed to Sabrina. Kevin and Brad asked Michael for help in stopping Adrian's tell-all book from being published. Adrian blamed Colleen when the book was put on hold, and she decided to go to Shanghai. Kevin told Jana the truth about what's in the book as she panicked, having just accepted a job working for Sabrina. Fed up with Victor's favoritism toward Adam, Victoria quit Newman Enterprises and took a job at Jabot. Lily admitted to Cane that she's been trying not to think about losing the baby. Brad floated a loan to David after Skye beat him in poker and pushed for repayment.