ALL MY CHILDREN 1987 Jan-Jul

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2018-01-02 UPDATE: In process of adding newly discovered episodes or information pertaining to Jan-Jul 1987, all of which will be noted with (NEW), for previous viewers of this page, to find.

*As I have noted in the description of occasional past years, 1987 was a year of recap clip eps. You will find that even though there are many MANY more available full Eps for this year, there are still a lot of episodes which were/are narrowed down to simply a RECAP or a few RECAPs. You will also find times where the original up-loader, (my SOURCE for all of the AMC shows I upload,) has previously uploaded only a RECAP, but at a later date, decided to upload the full episode. I profusely thank her (or him), for this after-thought!

* As I've (many times) previously mentioned, storms OFTEN interfered with recording quality of non-digital television; I ask you to overlook all quality issues of these AMC uploads, as what is here is likely the only available copy of that ep or clip. These programs were uploaded to the internet from the personal video recordings of a person who obviously enjoyed the show and possibly believed there would be other like-minded souls out there who would enjoy watching the by-gone ''Golden Days'' of All My Children .... now that the show is no longer running, the gesture can only be referred to as a loving gift, delivered by a person who truly cared! I hope you enjoy yet another year of All My Children.

*To that person... or those persons .... who took the time to make these wonderful memories available to us: I give thanks to you for your gift to all current and future, viewers!! Because of your saved recordings, regardless of any quality issues, we (the appreciative audience) are fortunate to be able to watch these episodes today ..... not to mention, view them here at archive.org, free of charge - unlike the direction u-tube (spelt wrong for legal purposes) is heading! :)

SYNOPSIS: 1987 Jan 01

*Cliff and Nina, having wed the month before (Dec. 1986), were preparing to move to Hong Kong, when their family and friends surprised them with a going away party.

*Though Mark Dalton's problems with the law were over, his cocaine abuse grew worse. In the month of Feb.. a gas leak took place at Ellen`s restaurant, The Chateau, during the evening of a fundraising benefit. Mark was a piano player at the establishment, and that night, his drug addict friend, Frankie, showed up there, to try to tempt him into joining her in a ``cooking class.`` Trying to stay clean, he refused and left her alone in his dressing room where she eventually threw a lit match into a garbage can.

*The gas leak finally reached that room and the hot flame (and Ellen`s restaurant) blew up. Fortunately, there were no deaths. However, there was one major casualty. Mark had heard Ross speak of the gas leak, prior to the explosion, and knowing she was looking for him in his dressing room, Mark rushed to save Ellen from a possible catastrophe but got to her just as the explosion took place.

*Ellen was found alive (under a heavy beam), by another person, and immediately rushed to PV hospital emergency where she was operated on by Jeff Martin, newly back to PV from California, after a bitter divorce between him and his former wife, a drug addict.

*The operation was a success, but the problem of Mark`s Drug addiction, prompted Jeff to use the knowledge he received during his wife's unsuccessful drug intervention, by summoning together Mark's friend, Brooke English, Mark`s former wife Ellen and also his half-sister Erica, which spearheaded a very successful "intervention" for Mark which led Mark to seek professional drug rehabilitation to help him fight his cocaine addiction.

*Jesse went undercover to find the leader of a baby-selling ring and he discovered that "Mr. Big" was none other than his very own father-in-law , Les Baxter! Jesse stumbled upon Les's secret life at a time when his father-in-law was blackmailing Senatorial candidate Travis Montgomery. Travis feared that this revelation, preposterously untrue, could cripple his candidacy.

*Without telling Angie, Jesse followed Travis to his meeting with "Mr. Big," hoping to catch him in the act of taking a bribe. In a horrific turn of events, the plan went awry when Les spotted his son-in-law. Angie arrived on the scene just in time to witness the horrifying sight of her husband killing her father in self-defense. Jesse received a commendation for his heroic efforts, but the reward was bittersweet. Angered by her husband's deception, Angie left Jesse.

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Credit

Agnes Nixon was (first & foremost) a Homemaker; during her career, her family came first - always. Secondary to her family, were the many other hats she wore. She was a creator, a writer, a ``Historically Correct`` Storyteller, a Producer, and even (occasionally) an actor on one or more of her very popular (including this one) Daytime Dramas.

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