Early Sonny #1 (Sonny & Brenda Prequel) August 13 - September 13, 1993: 8 hr original edit 

DVD #1A  At the Paradise Lounge, Sonny spots Karen as she enters the club. He goes up to her and asks her what time she goes on? She tells him she isn’t a dancer. He thought she was performing for amateur night. She blushes and says she would be too self conscious to do that. Sonny explains to her that it's all about power and there is no reason to be self conscious because when you are on stage you are the one in control. She is intrigued. Stone comes up and formally introduces Karen as “Cari” to Sonny. Stone has told her a lot about Sonny and she is excited to meet him. She is lured into the amateur stripping competition by not only the $300 prize but also the idea of control. She takes the stage to the sounds of "Prince" as Sonny stands by and eagerly watches. Karen comes off the stage ecstatic and she wins the competition. Stone tells Sonny that Crystal told him that a woman is looking for him. Sonny assures him that if anything comes up, he will handle it.

8/16 Mac and Felicia come into the Paradise Lounge to ask questions about a young girl named Crystal (used to be Stones girlfriend) who used to work at his club because she overdosed on drugs and Mike Cates (aka Stone) who is a runaway. Sonny tells them that Crystal got hooked on drugs and left the club 3-4 months ago and he hasn't seen her since. He also lies and tells them he has never heard of Mike Cates. After closing time, Sonny informs Stone of Crystal's death (she was an IV drug user and the following year we learn this is who he contracted AIDs from). 

Julia tells Brenda that they are going to be revealing new Deceptions Ad campaign in Montréal. Brenda gets very excited about her future as a model. She imagines her future on magazine covers and hanging out with celebrities. Jagger tells Brenda he fears Mike could end up just like Crystal. She agrees to go and search for Mike with him right away.

8/17  Karen gets flowers from Sonny delivered to Kelly’s. Brenda reads the card, “You were great last night, Sonny”. Karen is furious that Brenda read her card, as it was addressed to “Cari”. Brenda covers that she thought the flower shop made a mistake since it had another name on the card. 

8/18 Sonny tells Stone that Crystal is dead. Karen covers when Rhonda finds a bunch of money in her purse. Sonny calls Kelly’s asking for Cari. Karen grabs the phone. Sonny asks to have dinner with Karen. He promises that if she doesn’t that he will start sending huge, difficult to explain flower arrangements on the hour. Stone tells Karen that he blames himself for Crystal's death. She reassures him that he fed her and took care of her. Sonny sends a limo to Kelly’s to pick up Karen for their date. Karen feels awful when Jagger sees the limo. She asks him if he minds if she leaves? He tells her he doesn’t care what she does. When Rhonda comes in looking for Karen, Jagger tells her that Karen went on a date. Karen has dinner with Sonny. They have a nice dinner together and decide to go out again on Friday. He promises her the best dinner in Port Charles.

Jagger is sad about his sister Gina not wanting to have a relationship with him. Brenda realizes this and makes an excuse to Jagger that she has to go do “girl stuff” and she heads over to see Gina. She asks her not to shut Jagger out of her life completely.  Thanks to Brenda, Gina goes to talk with Jagger. They agree that even though they don't live together they will still stay in touch. Jagger is thrilled and Gina tells him that he's got a great friend in Brenda because she wouldn't have come if it weren't for her. After Gina leaves, Brenda asks Jagger if he is mad at her? He says no, and comments on how nice she is. She asks him not to spread that around, would ruin her reputation.

8/20 Brenda and Jagger plan to continue searching the arcades for the machine from the photo of Mike. Jagger asks Karen to cover for him while he goes to look for Mike but she refuses as she has another date with Sonny. He tells her not to worry about it, he has learned not to count on her. Brenda and Jagger find the arcade machine from the picture and they wait around just to see if Mike shows up. Jagger has an idea of how to see when Mike was there last. Sonny calls “Cari” to confirm their date. Jagger overhears the conversation and gets very jealous. Later, when the limo driver arrives, Jagger accuses her of moving up in the world and going for a guy with money. 

Cari shows up at Sonny's dressed up to go out somewhere really fancy because he told her they were having dinner at the best place in town. Turns out he meant his place because he is a really great cook. Sonny needs to leave the room for a moment to take care of business and ask Stone, who has just come in, to entertain Cari. Stone and Cari talk about Crystals death which Stone is taking pretty hard. Sonny comes back and Stone leaves. Over dinner, Sonny tells Cari how great she is and that she is magical. Sonny puts in the video of Cari stripping on amateur night to show her how great she was. 

8/23  Jagger gets all the high scores from the arcade machine in the photo. Stone and Jagger just miss each other at the arcade. 

Cari turns her head to the surveillance tv's Sonny has in his apt, they have live feed of downstairs at the club. On one of the monitors, she spot's Ray there. Cari begins freaking out and tries to leave but Sonny won't let her and tries to calm her down. Sonny convinces Karen to come clean with him about what Ray did to her so he can help her. She cries that she hates him. Sonny wants to know what he did to her? 

Cari tells Sonny that her mom's boyfriend Ray used to come in her room at night and rape her. Cari has never told anyone that before and asks him not to tell anyone. She asks him if it makes him hate her and he says no and that everyone makes mistakes. Then Sonny tells her how his step dad used to push him and his mom around and beat on them until one day he realized he was all grown and he pushed back. He says that's what she has to do, get the power back. Sonny has Ray tossed out his club. Sonny tells Stone he is going to take things slow with Karen. 

Jagger has a good feeling about this arcade and plans on keep going back there to look for Mike. Back at Kelly’s, Brenda reminds a somber Jagger that he is no longer alone, that he has friends now. 

8/24  Stone sees Felicia on the surveillance camera questioning the workers. Stone learns that Felicia was indeed looking for him and the staff at the club covered for him. 

8/25 Brenda and Jagger are going to working out together. Karen watches as he puts sunscreen all over Brenda’s back. Mac and Felicia tell Jagger that they think Mike paid for Crystal's burial, which is on Friday. Brenda tries to reassure Jagger that they are really close this time. He can’t allow himself to become too eager as he has been close and been disappointed before.

Stone is tortured over Crystal’s death and discusses her with Sonny, how beautiful and fun she was before the drugs. He asks Sonny what he thinks about Cari? He tells him all he can do is give her a shot and see what she does with it. 

Karen bangs on Sonny's apartment door upset. She tells him that Ray showed up at Kelly's and was staring at her, she feels like she is choking. She was so upset she just ran out on her job. Sonny gives her a tranquilizer to calm her down. He has work to do so he leaves her alone in the apartment to do as she pleases. Once he leaves, she puts in the video of her stripping and watches it again. Stone comes in and finds her. They talk about Crystal again. Stone feels a lot better about it because he went to the morgue and claimed the body and is going to have a small funeral for her. Karen asks what Crystal was like before she got hooked on drugs?  Sonny walks in and Stone takes off. Once Stone leaves, Sonny flirts with Cari.

8/27 Brenda tells Rhonda that Karen is dating a new rich guy, that she really hit the jackpot. He is sending her flowers and picking her up in a limo. Rhonda goes in the back to ask Karen about the new guy she is dating. Karen gets very defensive and is rude to her mother. Karen refuses to give Rhonda any details on her new man. Ruby scolds Brenda for setting out to start a problem for Karen. She says one of these days Karen is going to push back and Ruby hopes she is around to see it! Later, Cari comes to see Sonny and they talk about her mom bothering her and about changing and growing while sharing some beers., Sonny wants to make sure Stone was careful when he made Crystal's burial arrangements. Sonny tells Stone to lay low so he isn’t found by the PIs looking for him. Karen tells Sonny that she is beginning to trust him. 

8/30 Jagger takes Stone to Kelly’s where he meets Brenda. She recognizes the name “Stone” from the arcade games. Brenda starts with a million questions. Jagger stops her and warns her that if she keeps it up that Stone will leave. Felicia and Mac come in and Jagger introduces them to his brother. Mac thinks that Stone is hiding something. Karen enters and comes face to face with Stone at Kelly’s.

8/31 Karen learns that Stone is Jagger's brother. He does not fit in Jagger's world and suspects Jagger would not be too happy about what he has doing with Sonny. Brenda and Jagger tell Gina about Mike. Jagger wants the three of them to have lunch together but Gina wants nothing to do with Mike, as he is bad news.

At Sonny's apartment, Stone tells Sonny that the people that were looking for him have found him. It's his brother, Jagger and he want's Stone to come live with him. Sonny tells Stone he doesn't have to do anything he doesn't want to. Sonny is firing a stripper who isn't making enough money. Stone tell's him that now they will be one dancer short but Sonny says he's got someone in mind, Cari. 

9/1 Jagger takes Stone to work out at Lenny's gym. Marco wants Jagger to turn pro with his boxing. When AJ and Jason enter the gym, Brenda happily announces that Jagger is going pro! Brenda introduces Stone to AJ and Jagger. AJ eggs on Jagger and Stone by calling them a couple of street punks. AJ accuses him of turning pro so that Jagger won’t be able to fight AJ. Jagger wants to fight AJ in one last amateur fight before he turns pro. 

Back at Kelly’s, Brenda excitedly acts out Jagger’s fight against AJ and Jagger knocking him down a few pegs. She tells Jagger that she is tired of how AJ talks down to him. Jagger acknowledges that she has been in his corner for awhile now and he won’t forget it but asks her not to let it go to her head or get crazy.

Karen tells Sonny that her mom is going to let Ray stay at their place so Sonny says she can stay with him and that makes her happy. 

9/2 Sonny and Karen talk about Stone and his brother, Jagger. Sonny asks Karen about Jagger and she tells him that they used to date and he gets a bit jealous. Stone tells Karen that he will hang out with Jagger for a bit but eventually he will go back to Sonny’s. Karen comes to the Paradise Lounge to talk about Ray being around all the time and how she doesn't have money for a dorm. Two guys at the bar recognize her and tell her she was the best dancer the club has ever seen and convince her to take the stage for another strip competition. She goes up and wins this competition too. Cari says she loves the power and control she has on stage. Sonny convinces her to take it on as a job.

9/3 Brenda tells Stone that she is glad Stone is there as she knows how much it means to Jagger. Stone and Robin meet for the first time at Jagger’s fight. They argue over who will get the isle seat that they both want. He is a bit rude to her and she thinks he is a jerk.  Brenda gives Jagger a pep talk and Marco tells her to take a seat. Jagger wins the fight with AJ.  

9/7 Jagger wants to find Stone a job and wants him to go back to school. Stone calls Jagger a hypocrite for telling him to go to school when he got kicked out and never went back. Brenda cautions Jagger to slow down, that he can’t overcome five years overnight. Brenda thinks Julia is hot for AJ. Julia tells Brenda she is way off base about her and AJ. 

9/8 Jagger is angry with Stone for staying out all night after their fight. Jagger and Stone get into another fight when Stone accuses him of trying to change him. Jagger says that is that how its going to be, everytime Stone doesn’t like things he is going to threathen to leave? Stone walks out, and Brenda stops Jagger from going after him. She tells him to let him cool down that if he goes after him now, it will just make it worse. Brenda tells him she knows how Mike feels that Julia used to crack on her all the time, trying to make her into a different person. She says that once Julia eased up on her that they started getting along a lot better. Karen overhears Jagger telling Brenda that he has a feeling Mike is lying to him, that he is doing something to make a lot of money.

Sonny tells Stone to just tell Jagger anything he wants to hear and then just do what he wants to do anyway.  Stone apologizes to Jagger. He tells him that if he is going to be late that he will call but asks Jagger that if he forgets to call that he doesn’t go off on him.

9/9 Jagger and Stone make plans to go to a pool hall. Stone calls Sonny from Kelly's and cancels plans they had because of Jagger, Sonny plays it off but is mad.  Karen learns Ray is living right downstairs in her apartment complex.  She comes to the club talking about how badly she needs to move out because Ray has moved into her apartment building but she can't because she has no money. Sonny tells her his place is free and asks her to move in with him. 

9/10  Karen turns down Sonny's offer, as there would be too many questions from her mother and she doesn’t want to leave her alone. Sonny insists Karen take a key to his place just in case and assures her she can use his place anytime she would like. Cari tries on her stage outfit for Sonny. It's a school girl costume. Sonny loves it and so does Stone. Her debut is going to be on that night.

Jagger tells Brenda about Gina warning him not to trust Stone. Jagger decides to tail Stone. Jagger arrives at The Paradise Lounge just as Karen takes the stage. Karen sees Jagger before he sees her and runs off the stage. Sonny comes to see her and she tells him why she ran off. He tells her to go upstairs to the apartment and wait for him.

9/13 Jagger sees Stone at the club. Jagger is under the impression that Stone is just there for fun so he tells him that's he's been to these places before too. Then the stripper Sonny fired comes up and blows Stone's cover. Jagger realizes that Stone works at the club and is not just a patron. Jagger gets pissed off. Sonny intervenes and is introduced to Jagger, which only pisses Stone off more. Jagger wants Stone to quit but he won't. Jagger is dismayed when Stone sings Sonny's praises. Jagger tells Stone that anyone can see that Sonny is a hood and he doesn’t want to see Stone end up in trouble. Stone tells Jagger that Sonny is more of a brother to him than he will ever be. 

Up at the apartment, Karen is pacing the floor, Sonny comes in and gives her a drink to calm her down. She tells him that she wants to keep both parts of her life separate. She needs this place to come to and escape. Sonny tells Karen that Jagger is gone, but he thinks that Jagger can get Stone away from Sonny’s evil influence.