Season 34, Episode 79 – Aired: 7/13/2006
Ep. #8431

Nick confesses to Victor that Phyllis is pregnant and the baby just might be his as Sharon makes the same confession to Nikki. J.T. asks Lily to stay at the loft with Colleen after Colleen admits to him that she is afraid to stay alone. Carmen runs into Neil and gives him a book. Nick and Phyllis share a passionate moment, but are interrupted. When the lights go out, Victor sees a mysterious woman who tells him that everything will be okay. Jack and Carmen go to lunch, which ends up with them making love in a hotel room. Noah gets into a fight at school over his parents potential divorce. Lily finds a threatening note on her car.
Episode Overview

Ep. #8432

Colleen and Lily hang out together at the loft, and Colleen is upset when she gets a phone call from a breather. In his office, Brad pulls a baseball card out of his briefcase and fingers it as he flashes back to dragging a body through the woods. Phyllis learns that Nick received the paternity results but when she goes to his office, it turns out that he's taken off. J.T. and Paul meet with Kara in Cleveland and think they have a lead on Brad's past. Sharon and Phyllis both receive message from Nick, who says he needs time to think.

Ep. #8435

Colleen admits to her father that he is being investigated by Paul and J.T., but Brad continues to lie about his past. Nick informs Phyllis that the baby she's carrying is definitely his. They enter an elevator together and halt it to talk, but they only end up fighting. Phyllis decides to raise the baby by herself because Nick won't leave his family. Nick informs Sharon about the test results. Phyllis informs Jack about the results, and he walks out immediately. J.T. tells Paul that the investigation of Brad Carlton isn't as fast as he thought it'd be. Later, J.T. meets with Cindy, a woman from Brad's past, who confirms that the Brad we know is actually George Kaplan. Kevin asks Gloria to loan him ten thousand dollars and lies about why he needs it. He informs Daniel about the money and then meets with Alex. Alex gives him the tape, but then later says he made a copy and demands more money.

Ep. #8436

Sharon and Nick argue over Nick's decision to stand by Sharon and Noah, and let Phyllis raise the baby on her own. Sharon realizes Nick only wants to be with her because of Noah, and then says she doesn't want to be in a charity case marriage. Sharon goes to her car and Brad comforts her there. They start kissing and ripping clothes off each other until they realize Nick is watching them. Jack tells Phyllis he really wanted the baby to be his. Phyllis informs Daniel about the test results. Alex demands $25,000 from Daniel and Kevin. Kevin asks Gloria for money, but she refuses to give him any until he explains the whole story to her about Alex and his attempts at blackmail. Then she refuses to give him the money. Daniel informs Jack about Alex. Neil teaches Carmen how to shoot hoops and then things start to heat up. Neil returns home to change and is about to leave to Carmen's place when suddenly Dru returns home early from her trip.

Ep. #8439

Colleen brings J.T.'s documents to Paul, and he comes to the conclusion that the photograph of the baseball team is linked to the baseball bat that was used to murder the Kaplan family. Colleen fears Brad might have murdered the entire family. Then later, someone calls Colleen and she can only hear weird sounds. She figures out it's J.T. Sharon tells Brad about her divorce and then wishes to elope with Brad, but their conversation is interrupted by Victoria, who fires Sharon from Newman Cosmetics. Later, Jack wants Sharon to continue working for N.V.P. and is then surprised to learn that Sharon no longer works for Newman Enterprises. Jack thanks Brad for letting Sharon go, and Brad has no idea what's going on. Sharon talks to Dru, who then goes to visit Neil, but they end up in a fight. Jack advises Daniel to tell the truth to Lily about Alex. After talking to Lily, Dru realizes Neil was happier than ever before while she was gone.

Ep. #8440

Gloria tells Kevin that the secret to dealing with Alex is to convince him he's done something so horrible he has to leave town for good. Then later, Kevin and Daniel are horrified by Gloria's suggestion. When Daniel leaves, Gloria tells Kevin she lied. Alex calls Lily pretending to be someone else. Dru feels left out when Carmen seems to have handled everything without her, and then tries to flirt with Neil, but he rejects her. She then confronts Neil about Carmen and tells him she knows they'd been flirting. Brad informs Sharon of his difficult family situation, and she says she's there for him. He asks her to deliver a suitcase for him, and Sharon agrees to do it. Nick tells Victoria about his divorce proceedings, and then wonders how can she leave Brad off the hook so easy. She's glad that Sharon is getting away from their family. Victoria talks to a divorce lawyer. Nick informs Phyllis about the divorce, and about moving to the apartment at the Athletic Club. They comfort each other and then later, Nick comes to Phyllis' place with his suitcases and they begin kissing.

Ep. #8443

Nikki wants Nick to take things into his own hands when it comes to his son, now that he's divorcing Sharon. Jack wants to continue working with Nick. They both agree to bury the hatchet and continue working together. Nikki is stunned when Victor announces he's leaving on a temporary retreat. He lies about feeling better and how the medication helped him. Jack distracts Nikki so Victor could leave in peace. In Kansas, Victor arrives at Hope's house. Colleen, Abby and Rebecca are on their way to Hawaii. Colleen talks to Rebecca about what she knows of Brad's past. Brad finally tells Victoria the truth about his past and that he never told Traci or Ashley, but Victoria is angry with him for not telling her sooner. Brad receives a phone call from an anonymous person who tells him he took his wife. Brad is surprised to learn that the man kidnapped Sharon. Sharon wakes up next to J.T., who is tied up to a chair, just like her. He says they are probably places in Cleveland, and warns her that Brad might be the kidnapper. A man enters the place, tells J.T. that he's no longer of use to him, and then stick a needle in J.T. and J.T. faints.

Ep. #8445

Daniel is worried that he will not get the money to pay Alex off in time. He asks Kevin about the money and Kevin assures him not to worry. Daniel meets with Alex, who once again, threatens him with the tape. Phyllis suggests to Daniel to grow up and be a man about it. Victoria, Brad and Nick seem to be unable to find the Grugeon Reliquary. Victoria lies to Noah about working on an important business project. Nick informs Nikki about the hostage situation and then asks her to take care of Noah for a while. Brad is mad at Nick for telling everything to Phyllis and the two start fighting, but Phyllis and Victoria stop them before things get ugly. Paul informs them about finding blood at the construction site, and Nick takes this as a sign to inform the F.B.I. Victoria receives a phone call from her art dealer who informs her about finding the Reliquary in someone's private collection. Jana wants to become closer to Kevin. Neil gives Dru a birthday gift and then makes a silly excuse about not being able to go to dinner. Dru checks Carmen's schedule and realizes she's having business dinner with Neil that night. Dru confronts Carmen about it, and Carmen claims she doesn't have dinner scheduled with Neil. When she comes home, Dru is surprised to see Lily, Devon and Neil decorating for her surprise birthday party.

Ep. #8447

Paul, Victoria, Brad and Nick meet at Nick's place where Nick informs them that the family that had the reliquary no longer has the object. Paul shows them the tape he found at Brad's house, which shows Sharon bound and gagged. Brad fears that they might not save Sharon. The time is running out. Hope helps Victor with his injury and then talks to him about why he came. He confides in her about everything and then tells he is still amazed by her. He thinks she's the only one that can actually understand him and tells her that he thinks of giving up his job and everything. Hope asks if his family knows about his trip, and Victor is disappointed by her question. Later, after Hope returns home, she trips over Victor, who had a seizure. Neil is surprised to see Lily isn't with Daniel, and she says only that Alex is in town, omitting that she walked out on Daniel after he told her the truth. Neil informs the police, although Lily asked him not to. Daniel tells Phyllis about the confession. Kevin threatens to charge Alex (using the footage of Alex attacking Jana), and although it seems like Alex is fearless, Kevin wins the fight. Jana and Kevin celebrate the victory. Kevin informs Daniel about the entire event, but Daniel won't talk. Later, Daniel tells Kevin that he told the truth to Lily, who called the police.

Ep. #8449

Brad is mad at Nick because he arranged a deal with the kidnappers and possibly put Sharon's life in danger. He explains to Victoria that the kidnappers don't want money. Suddenly, Brad finds a tortured J.T. delivered to his door. He explains the entire event to J.T. and asks him to cooperate and help them save Sharon. Both Victoria and Brad blame J.T. for what happened. If he hadn't been digging into Brad's past, none of this would have happened. Later, Brad receives a phone call from the mysterious person who warns him to give him what he wants or he'll start taking more people from his life. Nick suggests that Phyllis go to Arizona to make sure that she and the baby stay safe. Kevin and Jana bond. Lily talks to Devon about Daniel. Devon ends up attacking Daniel, but Neil stops them. Phyllis tells Neil she thinks Daniel and Lily can get over this. Lily reminisces about the past with Daniel. Daniel goes to the hideaway, but Lily walks away without a word. Dru and Neil continues fighting over Carmen.

Ep. #8451

J.T. and Paul try to trace numbers they found written in dirt on the video. Brad reveals a possible alternate reason why the kidnappers wants the reliquary. Although Victoria still works on arranging a fake reliquary, Brad tells the mystery man that the reliquary is ready, only to assure that Sharon is OK. Jack, Gloria and Ashley prepare to visit John for his birthday in prison, and Michael surprises him with news of John getting out of jail soon. Gloria tells John the good news, and then Kay tells John she'd like for him to run Jabot when he recovers. Jill is upset by this news, but Kay assures her she'll be fine. Lauren finds someone who can decode Michael's grandmother's journal, and later she and Michael tell Gloria they want to find Lowell Baldwin to get any health information for the baby. Jill goes to see John and the two reminisce about their happy life in the past. John tells her this is the best birthday of his entire life. Later, when Jack visits him, John gets a strong headache and then later loses the vision in his right eye.

Ep. #8454

J.T. and Paul stop the bomb in the right time, but they still can't find Sharon. Nick tries to exchange Sharon for himself, but the mystery man won't hear about it. The man discovers that Sharon is held in the confessional. He soon realizes that J.T. and Paul entered the church too. Then Brad enters and wants the kidnapper to let go of Sharon. However, Victoria informs them that Sharon has a bomb attached on her body, and that the kidnapper has the trigger. They give him the fake reliquary and the man believes it's real. He goes to the exit and shoots at Brad, but Nick saves his life. The kidnapper reveals that he is doing what he is because his father, a Nazi officer, was killed because of Rebecca's testimony as Brad faces him down.

Ep. #8455

Brad wants J.T. and Paul to keep quit about what happened with the kidnapper. Gloria struggles to find a way to keep John alive no matter what, as Jack promises his father that he will find a way to honor his D.N.R. When the second doctor checks on John, Jack begs Gloria to calm down. Brad updates Rebecca, Colleen and Abby about what happened in Parma and then Rebecca tells him it's time for her to return to Italy.