One Life to Live 7/13/1990

Gabrielle brings Max dinner at the office. Dorian returns to the office with a notice from Asa’s attorney claiming she and Max have been negligent in the maintenance of the Intruder building, thereby causing him great physical harm. She says Asa knows it’s a lawsuit he can’t win, but his plan is to bleed them dry on attorney’s fees. Dorian seems to be giving up, but Gabrielle tries to convince Max to stay and fight, regardless of what Dorian does. Greg says if Sarah doesn’t come clean about why she was taking pictures, he’ll have to do things the hard way. Bo defends his wife. Johnny says they can’t let people take pictures on the Island, and Bo takes the film out, destroying it, and publicly chastising Sarah for going off on her own. After Sarah leaves, Bo confronts Johnny, saying he wasn’t just refereeing that dispute between himself and Greg; Johnny was acting like he runs the place. Bo accuses Johnny of hiding his true role from everyone: pretending to be Carlo’s lawyer when he is actually the big boss on the island. Johnny says he’s just there looking out for his client’s interests. Jake struggles to make edible food. Megan stops by the kitchen but dances around what she really wants to discuss. Lucky tries to look for the drug lab, but Spring only wants to look for a boat. She decides to cozy up to Leopold in hopes that he knows where a boat is hidden. Jake asks why Megan really came to see him, and the pair trade jealous barbs about Marco and Charlotte. Privately, Bo asks Sarah whether she saw anything while she was out taking pictures, surmising that Greg’s reaction implies she must have been close. She says she isn’t sure, but there may have been something out beyond the thicket where she was. They consult Tina, but she says she didn’t have enough time to look at it and memorize it. She thinks if they still had the pictures Sarah took they might be able to find the spot. Bo has good news for them: he took the first few frames and crumpled them, but the rest of the film is safely in the film cartridge. Cord says he can develop the film, since he brought all his equipment with him.

Lucky tells Gloria as soon as he saw her it was love at first sight, and Gloria says she felt the same way. He reads her some romantic poetry he wrote for her the night they met and they kiss. Megan is about to storm out of the kitchen when Jake burns himself. She rushes back into help tend to his wounds. Jake admits that the message Lucky sent said Megan was in trouble, and that was why he rushed there to help. After she is done icing his burn, Megan complains how hot the kitchen is, and Jake uses the ice to try and cool her down, though in a sense the sensual move makes things more steamy. The erstwhile lovers wind up getting horizontal on the kitchen counter. Gabrielle asks Brenda to give money to Outlook House, saying they need seed money to keep operations going. When Brenda agrees and goes to get her checkbook, Gabrielle calls Max and tells him to stop worrying about the paper and come meet her at home. Tina helps Cord find a closet in the basement where he can try to develop the photos. While he works,Tina tells Cord he was right all along about Johnny. Cord shows Tina the negatives and asks if anything in them looks familiar from the map. Greg tells Johnny he saw Tina heading down to the basement with Cordero. Tina and Cord are huddled closely in their tight quarters, scrutinizing the film. They are inches away from kissing when Johnny bursts in, pointing his gun at them, and demands to know what they are doing.