Early Sonny #2 (Sonny & Brenda Prequel) September 14, 1993 - February 10, 1994 - 8 hr  edit

DVD #2A  Brenda is worried about Jagger who hasn’t come home all night. She asks Karen if she has seen him? Karen hasn’t and asks where he went. Brenda reports that he went out to look for Stone and didn’t come home.  Jagger comes in, obviously upset, and refuses to talk. Brenda reaches out to him and reminds him that she is in this too, she is the one who was out searching for Stone with him. He tells her that he was off riding his bike. Jagger tells her that his dream of having a happy little family isn’t going to happen, its been too long. Brenda tries to reassure him and suggests he just give it time. He tells her about Sonny and the guy is trouble. Brenda observes that both Gina and Mike have new people in their lives that they care about. She also points out that initially Gina didn’t want to reconnect but she has come around and believes Mike will too. Jagger moans all he knows is that his brother has turned into a great liar.

Brenda asks Jagger about the club. He tells her a bunch of low-life characters hang out there. Karen overhears and suggests that Jagger be less judgemental. He gets angry and tells her that she broke up with him because he wasn’t good enough for her so where does she get off calling him judgemental! He tells her to stay out of his business. Jason meets Brenda at Kelly’s and asks her why she wanted to meet with him? She tells him she has something for him and gives him a green sweater for his birthday.

Sonny and Stone talk about Jagger. Stone says that Jagger cramps his style, big time. Sonny sees that Jagger is getting to Stone and it makes Sonny mad. Stone is back in with Sonny but he feels guilty about how he treated Jagger. Sonny tells Stone that he is the only brother he has not Jagger. 

9/15 Jagger can't stop thinking about Stone. Jagger tells Brenda that maybe he shouldn’t have come down so hard on Mike. Brenda suggests that he just give them time and let them come to him. He thanks her for all of her help and support. He says maybe he kept his eyes closed about things for awhile. He thought Karen was the one for him who would be there to support him but he doesn’t even know who she is anymore.

Karen is at the apartment, upset about Jagger. Sonny figures this out and gets pissed off. She tells him it's no big deal and he's the one she want's to be with which calms him down. Sonny asks Karen if she is still hung up on Jagger. She tells Sonny how wired she gets after work and then how tired she gets during school. He gives her pills to take and says they will help.

Jagger thinks about Brenda's advice to not give up his boxing. Brenda tells him that he could be a great boxer but maybe today he should just take a day off for himself. He tells her he is working a double shift. Brenda suggests that maybe they can catch a movie later.

Jagger tells Brenda that he can’t just write Mike off, he remembers him when he was a little kid. Brenda tells Jagger to follow his heart where Stone is concerned. Jagger begins to regret over reacting to Mike’s job the other night.

9/17  Brenda encourages Jagger to take care of himself and his life. Karen ditches her classes to hang out at The Paradise Lounge. Karen comes to the club and can't keep her eyes open. Sonny tells her to go upstairs to his medicine cabinet and take a red pill. She is messing around on stage when Stone walks in and looks very concerned for her, she is obviously speeding from the pills.

That night Jagger is trying to get into the club but the bouncer won't let him in. Inside, Karen is talking to Stone and Sonny and is still very high. She goes backstage to get ready. As she takes the stage, Jagger punches the bouncer and before Stone can stop him he sees Karen on stage stripping.  She doesn't see Jagger, and she comes off the stage high. Sonny kisses her and plans another champagne dinner. 

9/20 Jagger confronts Karen backstage about her stripping, she's heartbroken. Sonny breaks it up. She joins Sonny for dinner, visibly shaken, Sonny reassures her and kisses her. Sonny thinks Karen should not care about what Jagger thinks of her. He is trying to change her.   

9/21 Brenda wants to know what happened between Stone and Jagger. He just says he tried to make peace with Stone but he doesn’t want anything to do with Jagger and it got pretty ugly. He doesn't reveal that he saw Karen there. 

Stone and Sonny talk about Jagger and “Cari”.  Sonny promises that if Jagger bothers anyone Stone or anyone else there, that Sonny will get involved. He says that “Cari” is now one of them and she belongs there. Stone relaxes “Cari” before another show, they sip champagne, dance.

Karen notices that Jagger didn’t tell Brenda. He asks her if he tells people will she stop? She says no. So he asks, “What’s the point?”. He does ask her what she is doing it? She tells Jagger that she needs the money and that is why she is stripping. He doesn't understand and he never will. She tells him to stay out of her life.

Karen goes to see Sonny. She tells him that Jagger hasn’t told anyone but she feels like her whole world is falling apart. He tells her that she is wrong, now her world is coming together and no way in hell will he allow anyone to hurt her. Sonny is very attentive and protective.

Brenda suggests that Jagger concentrate on the people who have been there for him and care about him. She says he should have woken her up when he got back last night, so she could have helped him through the pain. She kisses him softly and then immediately apologizes. Jagger pulls her to him and kisses her. She seems surprised and asked didn’t he say that he doesn’t feel that way about her any longer. She asks him if he has changed his mind about her? He asks if this helps and leans in and kisses her again.

9/22  Jagger wants Brenda at the fight as she is his inspiration. Marco warns him again that he doesn’t need any distractions. Marco tells him the “purse” for the fight is $500. 

Karen and Brenda argue. Brenda tells Karen she is just mad because Brenda and Jagger are getting along so well together. Karen snaps that they deserve each other, they were made for each other. Brenda wanders over to Jagger and giggles intimately with him. 

Karen comes into Sonny’s apartment and is very wound up. She suggests that he give her something to calm her down and he gives her more pills. She tells him Jagger has this holier than though attitude towards her. He suggests that she use the energy and anger in her performance. After her show, Sonny has a candlelit dinner waiting for Karen. She is touched by his thoughtfulness and how elegant it is. She says she could get used to this. He smiles, “That is the idea, baby!” He toasts to their future. They dance and kiss. Karen tells him she wants to quit working at Kelly’s.

Later alone at night together, Brenda gives Jagger her lucky charm for the fight, it is a special penny that was made the year she was born. He is touched. Things get intimate between them but she pulls away and says she doesn’t want to be responsible for sapping all of his energy for the fight, Marco would never forgive her.

9/24 Brenda runs in announcing that Jagger won his fight the night before (this wasn’t aired). Brenda sits at the counter and asks Karen if it is weird for her that Jagger is out of Karen’s life, that it must be weird for her to see him with Brenda. Brenda comments that he tells her everything. Karen gets nervous about what he might have told Brenda. She rambles on about her and Jagger practically live together. She says that Jagger tells her everything about where he goes and who he sees. Karen confronts Jagger about telling Brenda? He denies it but says why does she care who knows?

Brenda finds out Karen quit work at Kelly’s. Karen returns to Sonny’s place and tells him she quit Kelly’s. He says he has been waiting to hear that. She doesn’t know why she didn’t do it sooner. He tells her, “Welcome home” and promises her that she doesn’t have to ever worry about anything, that he will take care of her. They sit on the couch and snuggle and talk. Sonny and Karen make love. Jagger shows up at Sonny's apartment and finds an undressed Karen in bed there.

9/27 Jagger tells Karen he made a mistake, he thought she needed help. He asks her to come with him but she refuses. Jagger and Sonny get into a physical fight, and he knocks Sonny out. 

Robin and Jason find Brenda working at Kelly’s to help out since Karen quit. Ruby tells Brenda that she should not get her hopes up and get over confident, Jagger still very much cares for Karen and she is setting herself up for a fall. Ruby assures Brenda that Jagger and Karen are still very much in love and Brenda is only seeing what she wants to see. Ruby tells her that Jagger found out Karen quit and went after her. She imagines that Karen and Jagger are working out some reconciliation. Later, Ruby tells Brenda she is sorry that she hurt her feelings. She appreciates Brenda’s help and will be paying her for her work. She just wants Brenda to keep her eyes open about Jagger, that Brenda is a good friend to him. After Ruby goes upstairs, Brenda puts on some slow music and has flashbacks to her relationship with Jagger.

Sonny comes to and Stone helps him on the couch. Sonny tells him that his brother is an animal. Karen apologizes as this is her fault, that Jagger had no right to do this to him. Karen insists on taking him to GH as she thinks he might have a concussion and he needs stitches. Karen and Stone take Sonny to GH.

9/28 Jagger returns to Kelly’s and Brenda notices his hand and surmises that Karen wasn’t alone? He says he doesn’t know where to start. She tells him she knows that he went after Karen. She admits that Ruby told her. She wants to know if he found what he was looking for? He responds, “I guess in a way, I did.” Brenda asks if this story has a happy ending? He says its over between him and Karen if that is what she is getting at?  Jagger takes Brenda up to his room and they make love. Brenda lays in Jagger’s arms and tells him they are together now and that is all that matters but it is obvious that Jagger’s mind is elsewhere.

Stone tells Sonny that Jagger doesn’t listen to anybody. Sonny warns that Jagger will listen to him, and Stone looks worried. Alan comes into treat Sonny. Karen feels guilty and responsible, but she assures Stone that it is over with her and Jagger. She just wants Jagger to leave her alone. Sonny is released and will be fine. Rhonda runs into Karen and Sonny when they are leaving GH. Karen pretends that she doesn’t know Sonny in front of her mother. He thanks Karen for her help and tells Rhonda that her daughter is a nice young lady and leaves. 

Back at Sonny’s, Karen is sorry for what happened to Sonny. He says she isn’t an easy woman to let go of, that he wouldn’t be able to either. She tries to explain why she didn’t introduce him to her mom as her friend. He knows she hasn’t yet decided which life she wants before it tears her apart. She assures him that she has decided, that she knows she wants to be here now. They sleep together again. Karen wakes up at Sonny's.

9/29 Stone is worried what Sonny will do to Jagger after Sonny tells him he's going to get Jagger back. Stone tries to defend Jagger that he is still hung up on “Cari”. He doesn’t think Sonny needs to teach Jagger a lesson. Sonny agrees that Jagger understands the situation but he doesn’t think he will be back so no retaliation, he promises. Stone is relieved to hear it. After Stone leaves, Sonny immediately makes a call.

Karen comes into Kelly’s and Jagger defends Brenda when Karen snarks at her. Brenda says that everything worked out as it was meant to her, Brenda with Jagger, and Karen with her new guy. 

Jagger and Brenda go on a picnic. Brenda tells him how much she matters to him. She tells him that she picked this spot as it is near the cabin they spent time in. She asks if he remembers? He does, unfortunately for Brenda it is Karen he remembers.

Karen goes to the club to tell Sonny that her mom made her take her job at Kelly's back. He tells her that she always has a choice, that it is her life and kisses her. He tells her to go upstairs and they will talk about it. On the way up the stairs, she drops her key and overhears Sonny making arrangements to retaliate against Jagger.

9/30  Karen tries to stop Sonny, she is frightened for Jagger. She interrupts as Sonny is giving instructions. He tells her that Jagger will learn a little something about control. Sonny pulls her away and tells her she is to never disagree with him like that, especially in front of his people. She is scare about him going after Jagger. Sonny tells her this is an issue of respect. Karen says that only her and Stone are the only people that know about it. Sonny says he has two scores to settle, Jagger not only disrespected Sonny but he also disrespected Karen.

Karen tells Stone and he defends Sonny’s actions. Karen can’t believe that he is just going to stand around as his brother gets beaten to a pulp. Karen heads to Kelly’s determined to find Jagger. Karen sends her to GH, though Jagger is actually working out at the gym with Marco. Karen flies back in later and says Jagger wasn’t at GH. Ruby reports he is at the gym. Marco tells her there were a couple of guys who came in looking for him.

Stone also tries to discourage Sonny from going after Jagger. Sonny isn't happy with either of them for their interference. He tells Stone he has to choose, that its an issue of loyalty. Jagger is taken from Kelly’s by Sonny's two men at gunpoint.

10/1 Brenda is frantic and tells Ruby what happened. Karen comes back into Kelly’s looking for Jagger. Karen and Brenda start screaming at each other, neither telling the other what happened. Marco comes in and Karen takes him outside and tells him that Jagger is in trouble. Marco wants to know the whole story. She says that Jagger didn’t want his brother working at Sonny’s club. Brenda comes out and asks Marco what is going on? He tells her they are fight promoters, which she doesn’t believe. Marco and Ruby both tell her she has to stay at Kelly’s. A worried Brenda can’t stand waiting and wants to call the police. Ruby stops her and puts her to sweeping.

Jagger is taken to the basement of The Paradise Lounge. Later, Stone finds him tied up and beaten. Jagger challenges him to give him his best shot. Sonny comes in and once again forces Stone to choose, Stone walks out rather than choose Jagger over Sonny. Marco and Karen show up at Sonny’s and ask him to release Jagger.

10/4 Stone unties Jagger when no one is there but when Jagger hears someone coming, he tells Stone to back off. Jagger covers for Stone by acting like he was hurting him instead of helping him. Marco bargains with Sonny for Jagger’s release. Karen and Stone watch the negotiations on the video monitor. Stone tells Karen he should never have brought Marco to the club. Karen seems real nervous about what Sonny is capable of doing. She asks Stone for reassurance that Sonny wouldn’t really hurt someone they care about, would he? Stone doesn’t answer. Marco makes a 50/50 deal with Sonny on Jagger's future boxing endeavors in exchange for Jagger's release with the stipulation that Jagger can't know anything about their deal. Sonny releases Jagger, and tells him never to come to the club again and to stay away from “Cari”.  He tells his guards to take him out with the rest of the trash.

Jagger returns to a relived Brenda back at Kelly’s. Brenda suspects that his injuries have something to do with Karen but he does not want to talk about it. 

Karen is surprised that Sonny just let Jagger go? She asks what was the point of this whole thing? He says there is no point in teaching a lesson when it hurts the lady more. Sonny tells Karen that she hurt him deeply for not trusting him and bringing Marco to the club. He asks if he ever gave her a reason not to trust him? He reminds her that he is the one who takes care of her.

10/5 Brenda accuses Karen of getting Jagger in trouble. Brenda wants to know from Marco what happened last night with Jagger.

10/7 (Note: New pre-empted the first 10 minutes of this episode, don’t know how many scenes are missing for this series.) Marco brings a contract for Sonny to sign. Sonny wants to see the contract Marco has with Jagger first.

Brenda tells Jagger that Karen did horrible on her midterms and Rhonda flipped out of her. Brenda wonders what is going on, first the rich guy and limo rides, now Karen flaking out on school. Jagger snaps that he and Karen are over and she is just someone he works with. Brenda promises not to talk about Karen again. Later Brenda suggests that her and Jagger move in together.

10/8 Stone apologies to Jagger for “the other night” right in front of Brenda. Jagger wants nothing to do with Stone as long as he is connected to Sonny. 

Brenda tells Robin about Karen doing horrible in school. Brenda tells Robin that Mrs. Wexler came in and read Karen's report card out to everyone and that Karen is almost flunking every class. Robin says that doesn't sound like Karen at all. Brenda vows to find out what secret Jagger is keeping for Karen and tells Robin that she is going to follow Karen.

10/11  Brenda wishes Robin a happy 16th birthday. A dazed Karen bails on her shift at Kelly’s. Brenda and Robin follow her to The Paradise Lounge and figure out it is a strip joint. Brenda figures out that is where Stone works but why is Karen there. Robin says Stone is a jerk. Brenda revels that this is scandalous beyond her wildest dreams. Brenda thinks they should go in and see what she's doing in there but when they try only she can get in but Robin can't so Robin goes home. Brenda goes inside the club (in disguise wearing a hat and glasses) and this is where she sees Sonny for the first time and he kisses Karen. Brenda says to herself about Sonny, “Who is that!” (this is the first time she lays eyes on him).

Stone tells Sonny that Karen isn’t feeling well. Sonny asks Stone to leave them alone. Sonny convinces her stay and perform at the club. Karen takes the stage and Brenda watches in shock with her mouth hanging open. Karen, drugged out, hallucinates that her step-father Ray is in the audience, she runs off stage frightened. Sonny is mad at her for running off stage. He asks her to explain what happened? Why did she cheat the audience?  He tells has watched her on stage and she has loved it, loved the attention, asked for it. This touches a nerve and she screams that she never asked for it.

10/12  Karen tells Sonny she is finished stripping, that she can’t do it anymore. She reminds him of his words that she was in control, that she had the power. She yells at him that he lied to her, that she doesn’t control anything. She tells him that she feels ugly and vile and used. Sonny tries to smooth things over and tells her she has just been working too much and she just needs some time off, and to catch up on her sleep. He offers to take her away for the weekend. She says no, that she has to get away from there or something very bad will happen.

Sonny tries to make her feel like she has nothing to go back to. She says she was a good girl and will be a good girl.  He cruelly throws Ray in her face. She can't believe him and tells him he is just like Ray and runs out. When an angry Sonny tries to go after her Stone stops him. Stone tells Sonny that she is speeding, wired out of her mind. Stone says he tried to tell him earlier that she was in no shape to work tonight. Stone offers to go find her and calm her down. Stone asks Sonny for once to let him to something for Sonny.

After Brenda leaves the club, she runs into Mrs. Wexler and Ruby at Kelly's. They are talking about Karen and wondering where she is. Ruby knows that Brenda knows something and insists that she tell the truth. Just as Brenda reveals that Karen is working as a stripper, Jagger walks in. He gets mad at Brenda for ratting out Karen. Ruby comes in and tells them to take their argument somewhere else. 

Jagger is furious and takes her upstairs. He tells her that he thought he and Brenda had something good together. He doesn’t understand why Brenda felt the need to tell Rhonda the truth in front of Ruby, in the middle of Kelly’s. Brenda accuses Jagger of taking out his anger on her, when he is really angry at Karen. He snaps that they sure picked the right person to be the model of Deception. Brenda accuses that he isn’t protecting Rhonda, but his idea of who Karen was. 

Brenda tells him that he told her it was over with Karen but everytime she turns around it is about him and Karen. He asks if she knew that he was still hung up on Karen then why did she sleep with him. She yells that he is an idiot, she slept with him because she is in love with him. Brenda asks Jagger just to be honest with her, is she wasting her time with him? She says there are a lot of guys who would want to be with her, but all she wants is him. She tells him that she doesn’t want to hurt Rhonda or Karen, that she just wants him to see her. She begins kissing him and they end up in bed together.

Rhonda goes to The Paradise Lounge looking for Karen. She refuses to believe Karen is working there. Sonny tells her that she doesn’t know the first thing about her daughter, to go home and try to learn something. 

10/14 A furious Sonny wants to know from Stone where Karen is. Stone says there is a lot of stuff going on that Sonny doesn’t understand. Stone tells Sonny that Karen isn’t like the other girls and he doesn’t think she will come back. After Rhonda leaves, Sonny shows up at Karen's apartment. He says that he won't make her return, then tries to talk her into it. She refuses and tells him that she hated stripping. He says she hated the way she was and wanted to change. She corrects him that she was trying to escape and he used her. 

He wants to know where they stand with their relationship, outside of the club? He points out that she trusted him, that she trusted him enough to make love to him. Amazed she asks if he remembers the things he said to her last night? How he through her experience with Ray in her face. He says that no one else understands her the way he does. She bought all of his bull as she needed something to believe, she still does but it is not that. He grabs her and kisses her. He agrees that this is a temporary situation (her being away from him and the club).

10/15 Jagger and Brenda talk about what they want to do with their lives beyond boxing and modeling. 

10/18 Sonny visits Karen while she's on duty at GH. He gives her a present, which she refuses to accept and tells him to leave her alone. She tells him she doesn't want him, when he won't take no for an answer she calls a guard to throw him out. Sonny goes to see Marco and they talk about Jagger’s next fight. Sonny tells him that he owns a piece of Jagger’s next opponent and he wants Jagger to take a dive. He threatens Marco if he doesn’t cooperate.

10/20 Marco tells Jagger he is taking a dive in his next fight. Jagger refuses but Marco tells him he doesn’t have a choice. Jagger learns that Sonny now owns half of his boxing contract. Jagger tells Sonny he is not throwing the fight on Friday night. He doesn’t care what kind of papers Sonny has, no one owns him. Sonny threatens Jagger that if he doesn't throw the fight, something will happen to Karen. 

10/21  Sonny requests that Stone get Karen to come to Jagger's fight.  Brenda gives Karen a half-hearted apology for sending her mother over to The Paradise Lounge.

10/22  On fight night, Brenda, Robin, Karen, and Stone come in. Sonny sits by Karen and Stone. Brenda asks Robin what she thinks of Karen's new boyfriend Sonny? Robin says they don't look much in love to her. Jagger’s fight against O’Reilly begins.

10/25 Jagger does not take the dive and wins. Sonny is ticked. Sonny grabs Karen by the hair and starts pulling her out of there. Jagger punches him, and he and Karen run out. Jagger runs into Kelly’s, tells Ruby someone is after them, and he has to “make tracks”. He borrows $300 from Ruby. He tells Karen and Ruby that Sonny wanted him to throw the fight tonight but he didn’t.  Brenda comes in and wants to know what is going on. He tells her that he and Karen have to go as Sonny is after them. He tells Brenda he will explain as soon as he can. Karen says he is out of her head that Sonny would never threaten her. He tells her they have to get going. They rush upstairs to grab some clothes.

Brenda heads up after them but Ruby stops her. She asks her not to slow them down, that their lives are in danger. Brenda is going on about how she won't give up on Jagger and let him go off with Karen without talking to him. Sonny comes in looking for Jagger, Brenda overhears and heads upstairs to warn him. They take off out the fire escape. Ruby is calm while Sonny threatens her, he's impressed by her coolness. Sonny finds Brenda in Jagger's room, painting her toes, it looks like she's waiting for Jagger to return. Brenda asks if they've ever tried knocking, after all she might not have been decent, "What would we have done then?". Sonny replies that they would have thought of something. He says right now he is looking for Jagger. She seductively poses and says, “What a coincidence, so is she.” (This is Sonny and Brenda’s first scene together, NOT the one on the docks). Sonny threatens Marco.

10/28 Brenda cries on Julia's shoulder over Jagger taking off with Karen. Jagger admits to Karen that he still loves her. But Karen tells him she is confused about her feelings and she doesn't know if she can love anyone again. Brenda finds out about Julia sleeping with AJ. Brenda tells Jason about Karen and Jagger running off together. Jason tells Brenda that Jagger will not love her the way that she wants him too. 

10/29 Julia tells Brenda about Ned setting her up. Brenda thinks Julia should fight fire with fire and dig up something on Ned. Karen and Jagger head back to PC.

11/1 Karen and Jagger go to Sean for help with Sonny. Sean has known Sonny is a small time racketeer but has been unable to build a case against him as of yet. Sean wants to lean on Marco and he wants Karen to testify against Sonny as she was underage when she stripped at the club. Garcia and Sean question Sonny and he is arrested for threatening Karen and Jagger. 

11/3 Brenda is hurt that Jagger hasn’t been around lately. Jagger blows off Brenda when he returns, he has to go meet Karen at the PCPD. 

Sonny wants to move into the big time. He tells Frank Smith's man that if Smith can get him off the hook with the police, he will be his man in PC. His attorney advises him to stay away from Jagger and Karen.

Ned invites Brenda to see him sing at a karaoke bar.  Brenda, Damian and Lucy watch Ned sing “Little Sister” to Brenda at a local bar. This is the first time that Brenda and Ned really connect, just before Lois comes to town. Brenda goes back to Ned’s room with him. She picks up a bottle of champagne and heads to the bathroom. He tells her not to drink it that it is $100 bottle! She tells him she is getting undressed now, and finding a naked drugged undergrad found in Ned’s executive suite will really affect his and the hotel’s reputation. She tells him she is just doing to him what he did to Julia. He figures out this whole evening has been about payback. She warns him that no one hurts her sister. She accuses him of setting Julia up to look guilty. 

Brenda gets him on tape admitting his guilt. Ned tells her that he will make sure that Julia gets exactly what is coming to her. Brenda informs him that she has his entire confession on tape and asks if he is ready to negotiate now? Brenda wants Ned to drop his threat of a sexual harassment suit against Julia. He grabs the tape recorder from her when she comes out of the bathroom. She plays indignant and he tells her that he likes her style. After she leaves, she grins in triumph as she had another hidden tape.

11/4 A smug Brenda goes to Julia’s office and insists they call Ned. Once he is on speaker phone, Brenda reveals the tape. Ned admits they won this round but the war isn’t over! 

Back at Kelly’s, Jagger thanks Brenda for warning him about Sonny the other night. He fills her in on Sonny threatening Karen if he didn’t take a dive. He says he took Karen to the cabin. Brenda shakily asks him what happened at the cabin? She asks if he slept with her? He asks what difference that would make? That answers her question. He tells her this isn’t about her. She says it never is about her, its always about Karen and Brenda is tired of getting jerked around. Brenda tells him not to come around to her until he can get a clue of what he has put her through.

11/5 Rhonda goes looking for Ray at Kelly’s, she tells Ruby that she can’t believe what he did to Karen, she was just a little girl. Brenda and Jason look horrified over this exchange as the truth sinks in. 

11/8  Brenda reports that Jagger said to her that Brenda couldn’t imagine what Karen had been through. Brenda observes that Rhonda really looked like she wanted to kill Ray. Jason asks if she thinks that Ray molested Karen. Brenda remarks that every time Ray came into Kelly’s, he was always trying to hang around her, and Karen would always avoid him, sometimes she would take off. Brenda can’t believe that none of them figured it out that they all knew she didn’t want to be around Ray. 

Jason asks how could Brenda have known, her and Karen weren’t exactly friends. Brenda says she always talked to Karen, she has been on Karen’s case practically non-stop. Jason advises her not to kick herself, that she didn’t know. A guilt ridden Brenda says that doesn’t make a difference. Brenda puts the pieces together that Karen started acting weird when Ray showed up in town. Jason remembers all the terrible things he said to Karen as well, complete with a flashback of him telling her “mother like daughter” and called her a slut. Brenda also has a flashback of telling Karen she was a slut just like her mother. Brenda cries that she never would have said anything like that had she known. Jason says he wouldn’t have either, and AJ hit her pretty hard too.

11/10  Brenda apologies to Jagger. She realizes now why Jagger had to help Karen but she does want to know where things stand with them. She asks if he loves Karen? She suggests that it might be healthier for Jagger if he stops running to Karen’s rescue all of the time. She says that he needs to have fun and that is her middle name! She asks if anyone makes him laugh the way she does? Brenda and Jagger end up in bed together. 

11/17 Karen is livid when Sonny brings flowers to the hospital for Rhonda. She stops him in the hallway. He tells her that he never meant to hurt her that it was just business. He informs her that the club was shut down but then she already knows that. She says sorry, “It was just business.” He asks her if she still thinks about him. She says yes, she thinks about standing in front of strangers and taking her clothes off and it makes her sick. Sean comes up and asks what Sonny is doing there? Sonny says he was just inquiring about Ms. Wexler’s health. Sean says that since he is leaving that he will escort him out.

11/18  Julia and Brenda meet for lunch and Julia tells Brenda she is moving to London to keep a better eye on Barrett Industries. Brenda and Julia admit they are going to miss each other and give each other a big hug.

11/19  Brenda makes Jagger dinner. She tells him about Julia leaving town. He jokes, “Brenda Barrett on her own with no adult supervision, shouldn’t there be some type of public notice?” Brenda wants to take Jagger to NYC for a few days. Stone shows up at the door, and Jagger tries to shut the door in his face. Stone stops him and asks him to give him just a minute. He asks how Karen is doing? Jagger abruptly says she is fine. He tries to tell Jagger that Sonny had been very good to Stone. 

Jagger points out that Sonny had him beaten up and threatened Karen’s life if he didn’t take a dive in the fight. Brenda intervenes and suggests that they don’t discuss Sonny since they will never agree on that. Jagger asks what he has been doing since the club closed? He says working on some stuff, another club. Jagger figures he is still involved with Sonny. Brenda suggests they get together and do something fun, spend some time together. Jagger still does not like Stone working for Sonny. After Stone leaves, Brenda remarks that they had made some progress.

Sonny tells Stone they have a new job, but this time its with the mob. Stone assures Sonny of his loyalty but is resistant to the new job. Sonny asks if he has other job offers lined up? Sonny dangles lots of cash in front of him.

Jagger tells Brenda he wants out of boxing, especially since Sonny owns part of his contract.  Jagger says that he wants to get his GED. Brenda offers to help tutor him and leans in and starts kissing him.

11/22 Jagger refuses to serve Sonny at Kelly’s. Brenda steps in and serves Sonny. Sonny goes to see Luke (their first scene together) at the brownstone. Luke goes ballistic and warns him to never come to his house, talk to his friends or his family. (Frank Smith is blackmailing Luke into breaking him out). This is where Luke’s family lives and Luke says they do not ever do business here and under no circumstances does Sonny ever go near Luke’s family. Sonny says that Luke is either very good or very nuts and he doesn’t take orders from anyone besides Frank Smith. Luke says he will meet him on the docks tomorrow or Sonny can go tell Frank that he doesn’t want to meet with Luke.  

Sonny and Stone are waiting to meet someone and gets cold and wants to go into Kelly’s to get coffee. Stone tries to stop him and tells him that Jagger works in there. Jagger refuses to serve Sonny at Kelly’s. Brenda hurries over and takes their order. Frank's men come in and tell Sonny and Stone that Luke has now moved his family to his sister’s brownstone.

11/23 Karen runs into Jagger at the library.  He tells her that he is giving up boxing and he plans to be a cop. She is surprised but thinks that is wonderful. He tells her that she is the first person that he has told besides Sean, and it was nice to be able to share it with her. Brenda looks on and is hurt when she sees them share a moment together. She walks up and tells him that she is so sick of this. Was he bothering to tell her what he was going to do with the rest of his life? She tells him that he has no respect for her. 

Karen gets up to leave, but Brenda stops her and says she is the one he really wants. Brenda is tired of the on again and off again, that she is okay to be around when Karen isn’t available. Brenda tells him that she is no longer available to be his backup for Karen. Karen tries to reassure her that it was no big deal. Brenda asks if she is stupid, that obviously Jagger is in love with her. Brenda tells him this is it for her, that she is done. She doesn’t know what he sees in Karen but the two of them deserve each other. 

Sonny arrives at Kelly's to meet Luke and runs into Jagger. He stands next to the door waiting for Luke to finish his conversation with Ruby. She warns Luke that Sonny is up to no good and that he threatened her once. Luke tells her that he's meeting with Sonny so that he can get Frank Smith off his back and so that he and Laura can finally have the life they've always wanted. Sonny and Luke sit and discuss their job of bringing in Frank's "friend" from overseas.

11/29 Brenda spends some time with Lila while doing her 300 Christmas cards. Lila realizes how much that Brenda misses Julia. Lila and Brenda have a heart to heart about Jagger. Lila suggests that maybe it would be good for Brenda to have some space from Jagger. Brenda says she doesn’t have any other choice. Lila invites her to stay at the mansion. 

Jagger walks in as Brenda is packing her things at Kelly’s. Jagger tries to stop her and wants to know where she is going. A bitter Brenda asks what does it matter to him? Lila offered her a place to go. He asks if it is to get away from him? He asks if she was just going to leave without talking to him? He sits her down and tells her that he wasn’t having a romantic conversation with Karen, that they are just friends. She tells him that he has made his choice and he doesn’t have to make any excuses. 

Jagger tries to explain to Brenda that Karen does not want him. Brenda says that he wants her and that is all that counts. Brenda says that everyone is rooting for Karen to recover from the awful things she has been through. Brenda realizes that when Karen does, that Jagger is going to want to be with her. Brenda tells him that she has to move on with her life and he should do whatever he wants with his life, she isn’t going to get in his way anymore. He tells her he knows that he has hurt her and he never meant to. She tells him that he is in love with Karen and until he gets her out of his system, he won’t be able to commit to anyone else.

Brenda grabs all her box and suitcases and heads out. She is on the docks, struggling with everything and drops her box. She stops to pick it up and Sonny comes running to help her. He says she shouldn’t be out here alone, can he walk her back to Kelly’s? She says no, and he asks her isn’t that where she lives? She says not anymore. He offers to escort her to where ever she is going. She turns him down saying she will do it on her own. Sonny says he senses a little hostility and asks what is this coming from a friend of a friend? She says that her friends don’t find him very friendly. 

He asks if she lets other people make up her mind for her, that surprises him. Is she that quick to make judgements? She tells him it must be his day for surprises. He observes that all of this time they haven’t been properly introduced, “I’m Sonny Corinthos.” She responds, “I’m leaving.” She leans down to reach for her suitcase and he grabs it before she does and tells him she has to go. He asks her what her name is again? He reaches out to shake her hand and she says, “Brenda”. He tells her that he will see her later.

11/30 Brenda tells AJ that she and Jagger are through. 

12/1 During her session with Gail, Karen still has trust issues with Rhonda for not protecting her from Ray. Karen is angry at Ray, Sonny and especially with her mom. She has difficulty relating to anyone as she knows they are all thinking about what Ray did to her.

12/2 Sonny tries to get Luke to trust him. Sonny meets with Frank at the jail. They discuss what Sonny thinks about Luke. Sonny mentions that while Luke is smart and seems to know the moves he didn't expect him to be so "seasoned". Frank tells Sonny to take care of Luke and that when the job's over, he and Sonny will have another conversation about Luke's future. Luke and Sonny go over their plan to get Frank's contact into the country.  

12/3 Sonny and Luke arrive at the airport to meet up with Frank’s contact, the Algerian woman, Claudine. While they wait, Sonny asks Luke questions about how was it that he could come back and work with Frank again after Luke was the one that sent Frank to jail in the first place. Luke says that it's the smarts that get him by. The Algerian woman shows up. She's six feet tall, black, and beautiful. Sonny and Luke do the typical man thing by gawking and mumbling to themselves about how she looks. 

They introduce themselves to her and prepare to walk out of the airport but are stopped by customs. They check Luke's and the Algerian's IDs and just when they think they're in the clear they ask to check Sonny's who claims with an accent that he's only Luke's driver. Again they were about to leave, when an agricultural dog begins to bark. They ask the Algerian if she has anything that they need to look at and she mentions that she only has Faqua and that she never travels without it. The customs inspector tells her that she'll have to do without it now because she's not allowed to bring in any food from overseas. The trio arrive at the motel and begin to scream at the Algerian that it was her fault that they got stopped in the first place. Sonny leaves Luke and the Algerian to share a room together while he takes the other private room.  

12/6 A while later, Luke calls Sonny after the Algerian, Claudine, comes on to him. He tells Sonny that Claudine has brought some wine from overseas. Sonny asks if that's a problem and Luke says, "she might want to pop a cork or two". Sonny responds by saying, "the possibilities are very interesting".

Claudine walks towards the boys and says maybe but that three are one too many for her. She goes to take a bath leaving Sonny and Luke behind. Sonny begins to laugh at Luke and make jokes. Luke shows Sonny his wedding ring making Sonny state that "he gets nervous looking at those", which Luke responds back by saying, "see mine's a suicide ring. I take it off and my wife kills me". Sonny mentions that Laura isn't there and Luke answers back by saying that you don't lose the one thing that's important to you in your life. Claudine comes out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel. Sonny looks at her and says, "Oh my goodness gracious I just remembered that I left something burning on my hotplate."
Luke looks scared and goes, "No!"   
Sonny smiles and says, "Yes, good night" and begins to walk out of the door.  
Luke sarcastically calls out "Sweet dreams".

12/8 The next morning, Claudine complains about the donut breakfast that Sonny brought over. They tell her that if she doesn't like their breakfast she can wait until she gets on the plane and eat then and she says she will, only if it's first class.  Luke and Sonny get ready to leave to drive Claudine to Buffalo.

With PC classes cancelled due to snow, Brenda wants to do something fun with AJ and Jason. AJ is going to work, Jason is studying. Brenda tells them they don’t know how lucky they are that Lila asked them to live with her. Now they have the little sister they always wanted and never had. Jason asks AJ if they wanted a little sister? AJ admits he wanted a Boa Constrictor once. She says they are her brothers now and brothers should share. She wants to know where the toys are and tells them she needs to do something bad. AJ wants to know what she has in mind? He says her and Jason will have to be bad by themselves as he has to go to work. Jason thinks her current frame of mind has to do with Jagger.

Later, Brenda flirts with Jason and he tells her she is giving a heavy come on. He says that AJ suggests that he put the moves on her. She says she wants to make him fall madly in love with her. He says they have a history of using each other and that this isn’t fair to their friendship. He reminds her that last time, Brenda used him to make Jagger jealous and this time he isn’t going to let her use him to pay Jagger back. He does admit that he is tempted but he knows she is on the rebound. She says she really just wants some attention, someone to hang out with, someone to have fun with. She gives him puppy eyes and says she is his poor little adoptive sister and won’t he please be nice to her? He gives in and they decide to go ice skating.

12/9 Jason is getting ready to deck Brenda with a snowball. Jagger leaves to go to the bank and just says a reserved hello to Brenda. She says now they can go inside without him being worried about any big drama. Jason tells her she is really terrific. She wants to know why? He says she has energy, intellect, emotional, sexual and if she could reign it in and focus that there is nothing she couldn’t do. She is really touched and tells him that he is more like Lila than anyone else in the family and she just might have to make him fall in love with her. He tells her that they are living under the same roof and that would get complicated. He tells her that she needs someone older who can handle her and someone who provides her with a challenge.

Jason asks her what classes she is taking now? Jason suggests to Brenda that she take an interest in the business side of Deception, perhaps take some business classes. Brenda is impressed with his idea and agrees that maybe this friendship thing will work out after all. In return, Brenda decides that he needs a woman and she is going to find him a wonderful girl. 

12/13 Luke shows up at Sonny's club, The Paradise Lounge, and asks what happened there. Sonny says that it turns out that some of his girls were underage. Luke asks him why he didn't buy himself a cop and then he wouldn't have lost his club. He advised him to go to Sean but Sonny says that unfortunately he's clean. He then told him to talk to Frank and see what he could do for him. Sonny obviously doesn't like the idea but told him that "he'd keep it in mind". Luke asked Sonny if he missed his freedom and Sonny claimed that he had his freedom. Luke joked by saying that he (Sonny) had a chain around his neck, which Sonny denied. Luke came back by saying, "who are you kidding Sonny? Frank owns you." 

Sonny obviously didn't like that statement and let Luke know that he's not owned by anybody and that besides he'd been running for 10 years so what was he talking about. He asked when was the next gig and Sonny said that he'd have to wait and hear from Frank. Luke said, "CLANK!" and went to walk away after telling Sonny to keep in touch. Sonny asked how was he supposed to do that since he couldn't write, or call, or anything. Luke told him to be creative, "howl at the moon" and walked away giving a wolf's howl.

Marco showed up at Sonny's club and told him that Jagger had given up boxing because he now wanted to become a cop. Sonny tells Marco that there is no way that he can renege on their deal. Marco then told Sonny that in return he'd be willing to work with him for Frank. After Marco's "convincing talk", Sonny said that he could probably work off his debt. 

12/14  Brenda wants AJ's help to find Jason a great girl to go out with. She convinces him to go on a double date with her, Jason and Moira Daley. Brenda and AJ convince Jason to let them set him up on a blind date. Brenda tells Monica that she and Jason are just friends and she has set up him up on a blind date. Brenda does not stop talking on Jason and Moira's date at the PC Grill. Sean questions Jagger. With the evidence being circumstantial Jagger is released.

12/15 Brenda and AJ come back from playing matchmaker for Jason. The duo tells Monica about the evening. Brenda admits to liking both Quartermaine brothers. This leads Monica and Brenda to discuss their mutual love for being the center of male attention. A mutual admiration society between the ladies ensues and AJ feels left out. Monica talks about her evening and tells of Jagger being considered a suspect in Ray Conway's death. An upset Brenda heads out after arguing his innocence with AJ.  

Brenda finds Jagger at Ruby's. They talk about his being a suspect. Brenda offers to lie about the time she was with him the night of the murder to give him an alibi. Jagger turns her down. Brenda is back with Monica and AJ, they discuss Jagger again. Monica suggests Brenda call it a night (Monica knows that AJ is the one who set Jagger up). 

12/16 Sonny met with Luke at Kelly's to tell him that Phil Cusack got in contact with him. He tells him that some guy, Joe Garfield, is trying to come in and make a move on Frank's territory in PC and he has just hit town. Laura comes in as they talk, throwing a worried look at Sonny. She goes off to the back to talk to Ruby. Sonny tries to be nice and asks Luke what her name is again, which causes Luke to go off because he doesn't want Laura to be involved in any way. 

Frank needs to ice Garfield and that is where Sonny and Luke come into play. Frank needs Luke and Sonny to bring the hit man into the country. They continue to discuss Garfield and Luke mentions that they'll need a "shield" so that they can take the attention away from themselves. Marco walks in to tell Sonny that his name doesn't hold much weight anymore, which shows Sonny that Garfield's finally making a move. Sonny tells Luke he wants to use Marco, as he is expendable.

Brenda worries to AJ about who might have set up Jagger. She knows that if Jagger had accidentally killed Ray that he would have gone to the police. She knows Jagger and she would have known if something was wrong. When Jason returns from his date, Brenda apologizes for being a motor mouth at dinner. He says that is okay, they wound up having a great time and he is going to see the girl again. Jason asks what the two of them are up to? AJ says that Jagger is under suspicion for Ray’s murder. AJ tries to cheer up Brenda. AJ puts the moves on Brenda but she shuts him down. 

12/23  Luke, Laura and Lucky are talking in the living room of their new house when they hear something break outside. Luke goes out to investigate with a gun and finds Sonny there. He mentions that he threw a pebble at the window to get Luke's attention but that it was a mistake that it broke and that to tell Mrs. Spencer that he'll pay for it. Luke asks Sonny what he's doing there and Sonny responds that they have a green light for today with getting the shooter into the country from Toronto.

Karen, Ruby and Brenda are sitting at Kelly's talking about Jagger and the Ray Conway murder. Ruby thinks both Brenda and Karen should put their differences aside to help Jagger. Brenda and Karen both agree that they believe Jagger is innocent. Brenda says the only way Jagger’s key could be found near Ray’s body is if someone set Jagger up. Karen agrees that its a brilliant idea to try to figure out who set him up. Brenda asks Karen if she thinks Sonny would set Jagger up. Karen says that she didn't think that Sonny did it or that he framed Jagger but Brenda tried to convince Karen. Karen finally agreed with Brenda and Sonny walked into Kelly's at that moment. Karen left Kelly's as quickly as possible.

Sonny becomes suspicious when Brenda becomes friendly. He asks about her new digs, reminding her the last time he saw her he was moving her stuff. He asks her what is going on, what will Ruby think. She says that obviously he isn’t too worried about Ruby if he feels comfortable coming into Kelly’s. She admits he is smart and she does want to ask him something, as he knows everything about what is going on in Port Charles. She fishes around him about what he knows about Ray and tells him that Jagger is the prime suspect. He says Jagger is a trouble maker. 

Sonny realizes that Brenda thinks he whacked Ray and then set up Jagger for it. He tells her she has a lot of starch for coming over and putting the screws to him. He tells her he doesn’t know if he should smack her or give her a medal. He asks her who is she, some star reporter? She points out that he still hasn’t answered her question, did he set Jagger up? Sonny says he had nothing to do with Ray’s death. He thinks the setting up of Jagger was a good idea and wishes he had thought of it. He asks her why she is so interested in Jagger? Isn’t this the guy that dumped her for another girl? Is she hoping that he will go running back to Brenda out of gratitude. Brenda defends that Jagger isn’t with her or Karen. 

Sonny observes that Jagger just leaves a trail of broken hearts. Brenda tells him that Jagger isn’t a bad guy, but she doesn’t believe in banging her head against a brick wall but she won’t see him go to jail for something he didn’t do. He tells her she is wasting her time on the wrong person. She asks what about him? He says there is no way he is carrying a torch for Karen, he has bigger fish to fry. He asks her what Port Charles society is going to think with her sitting there having a private conversation with him? She doesn’t care about gossip, she believes in finding out about a person for herself. Sonny tells her they will continue this at a later date, he has to go.

Brenda tells Karen that she does not think Sonny set up Jagger. Brenda thinks AJ might have hated Jagger enough to set him up though. When AJ shows up at Kelly’s, Brenda has some questions for him. She asks him if he can picture Jagger as a murderer. Brenda tells AJ that her, Ruby, and Karen all think that someone set Jagger up and asks him if he has any suggestions as to who might do such a thing.

12/24 Christmas at the Quartermaine’s, Brenda, AJ, Jason, and Ned all check out the presents. Jason is wearing his Christmas sweater. Ned breaks into a rockin’ version of “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” and Jason looks at him like he has lost his mind.

12/27 Brenda tells Karen that she is sure AJ knows something about Ray’s murder. She wants Karen to get herself invited to the Q's tonight. Brenda says she would invite Karen herself but people would probably go into shock. Jagger walks into Kelly’s to find Brenda and Karen laughing together. He asks if he is in the Twilight Zone. Karen just brushes it off as “girl stuff”. After Brenda leaves, Karen tells Jagger he is the one who is always telling her to give Brenda a chance. Jagger and Karen exchange Christmas presents. 

At the Q’s, Brenda finds AJ reading a book about penal law. Karen and Jason join AJ and Brenda in the hot tub. Karen and Brenda make it clear that they don't believe for a second Jagger killed Ray. Jason is surprised by this news and they fill him on their suspicion, either it was the person who killed Ray or someone who doesn’t like AJ. AJ is offended when they suggest he may have set up Jagger and leaves, Jason sits there in shock and looks at Brenda. (Their plan works as AJ goes to Sean with a story about how he accidentally picked up Jagger's key. A story that Sean does not really buy but AJ signs a sworn statement.) 

12/29 Sonny, Luke and Marco are driving towards their next job. Luke and Marco began to argue and Sonny cuts it short by trying to explain it to Marco as best as he can while yelling all the way. Luke pulls the car over and tells Sonny that he thinks that they're being set up. Luke decided to change the plans so that there can be less of a chance of death. Later they're discussing who was going to pick up the murderer and voted Marco for the job. 

Sonny and Luke are later looking through their binoculars at Marco's progress when they're interrupted by a passerby he probably works there. Luke tells the guy that he and the Professor (Sonny) are there because they got a call that they found a rare bird. Sonny's looking at Luke as if he's crazy and is trying not to help at all but Luke forces Sonny to give the mating call of the bird. The man left after Sonny's rousing rendition. Sonny tells Luke, "You coulda died Spencer. You still might." 

Luke said that if he was the bird he would've been all over Sonny at the moment. Sonny and Luke met later on at a private part of the docks so that Sonny could give Luke a bulletproof vest. Luke tells Sonny that he might want to consider it as well. Sonny asks why and Luke said it was because Ivan (the murderer that they got) was working with both Frank and Garfield.

12/30 Tiffany takes Laura to The Paradise Lounge as she is looking for Luke. Sonny is surprised to see her there. Laura tells him that she needs some information from him. Sonny tells her that he isn't even allowed to look at her according to Luke. Laura urgently tells him that she needs his help and she knows that he and Luke were setting up some meeting. He tells her he wishes he could help her. Laura tells him that she thinks that Lucky is with Luke. He assures her that Luke would not have taken Lucky with him to this meeting. 

Laura figures Luke is on the docks and heads down there to look for them. Sonny tells her that is a dangerous area and insists on going with her. She refuses his help but is surprised to find that Tiffany is gone. Laura and Sonny arrive to a crime scene on the docks and Laura asks Garcia what happened there? He tells her there has been a shooting, one many is dead and another wounded and at GH. Laura begins to cry thinking it was Luke who was killed. She says she has to go to GH and he offers to take her. Sonny took Laura to the hospital so that they could see who it was that died and who it was that was also shot in the process. 

Laura arrives at GH and runs into Luke's arms, and she sobs with relief that he is okay. She asks about Lucky and tells him that she hasn't been able to find him. He tells her that Lucky was shot and is in surgery. She cries no and begins to pound on Luke, "Not my baby!"hat

1/4  Brenda tells Lila comes into the den they talk about the family party. They talk about how she wouldn't want any issues by getting involved with either of her grandsons. Brenda says her social life is a mess and that she needs to find a man that will sweep her off her feet which Lila thinks is a sweet idea of an old fashioned romance. They talk about what kind of a man she needs that isn't a Quartermaine. 

Brenda's in the bathtub and has a fantasy sequence with various men in PC. First, Ned comes in (looking quite corporate) and she asks about her portfolio. She pulls him in with her suit and all. Next, she imagines Sonny entering (looking very mobster like with a trenchcoat, hat, and a gun) demanding the diamonds she was wearing, she takes them off but drops them as she is about to hand them so he is now in the tub with her, making out. Next, Jagger enters (wearing only his boxing shorts) and when he tells her he has a date with Karen, she points out this is HER fantasy and she imagines shooting him, then Jason enters. Finally, AJ then walks in and this time she realizes he isn't a dream!     

1/5 Sonny meets Frank in jail and tells him that Ivan was working for Garfield and that if it wasn't for Luke, Frank would be dead.  Frank continues to question Sonny on what happened and he fills him in on what he does know, including informing him that Lucky got caught in the crossfire.  He orders Sonny to put the word out that its his territory and if it becomes worse then get the guys in hiding. Frank tells Sonny to call Phil Cusack and to tell him to make moves so that they can begin a full out war against Garfield.

Sonny goes to the hospital to see Lucky and talks to Laura. He tells her that he was thinking about her and how worried she looked the other day when she was looking for her family. Luke sees them talking and comes out to find out what he was doing there. He said that he only wanted to see how Lucky was and then asked if he had a minute. He then told Luke that Frank sent his regards and Luke in return told him that Sean was asking why Sonny was with Laura at the docks the other day. Luke and Sonny speak privately in another room. Sonny told Luke that there was going to be a war and Luke told him fine but advised him to steer clear of Donnely and Laura. Luke said they'll just have to watch their backs which Sonny thinks is an understatement. 

1/6 Laura called Sonny and told him that she wanted to see Frank Smith. Sonny told her that he wouldn't think of it because Frank only sees a few people, jail isn't the place for a lady, and of course the most important reason was that if Luke found out that he'd taken Laura to see Frank that he would kill him. Sonny finally agreed to take Laura after she said that she'd handle Luke.

Sonny stood in the background while the two discussed how horrible the last ten years had been for her and her family because Frank had driven them out of their homes, even their county and he has left them nowhere to hide. She warned him to leave Lucky alone or he'd have to deal with her. He wants to know if he was supposed to feel sorry for her. She told him that he owed them because Luke killed the guy that would've murdered him otherwise. Frank decided that he would protect Laura and Lucky but Luke had to protect himself. Sonny told Laura to wait outside so that he could talk to Frank. Frank told Sonny that he wanted two men to protect Laura and Lucky. He said that things were being taken care of on the inside and that he wanted things to be fine on the outside as well. Sonny went outside and told Laura that she'd gotten her protection and that it was a good thing.

1/7 Sonny ran into Karen at the hospital before going to see Luke. Luke asked Sonny why he took Laura to see Frank. Sonny explained that he didn't have a choice, as Laura would have gone alone if he hadn't agreed. Luke understood seeing as how Laura could be stubborn as hell. The two began to talk about Garfield and how things would be taken care of soon. Luke wants Sonny to tell Frank to call off the babysitters that he has watching his family.

AJ ticks Brenda off by telling her that he was only toying with her when he barged in on her in the Q bathtub the other day. He only dates women not girls. Brenda thinks someone should teach AJ a lesson and she knows just the teacher. Brenda wants in on Ned's plan to torture and humiliate AJ. Brenda wants Ned to shower her with attention and presents. Brenda and Lila have a chat about men.  

1/10  Lucy is at Brenda's photo shoot for Deception. Brenda tells Lucy that she would love to get involved in the business side of Deception. Brenda asks Lucy for tips on how to humble a Q man. Brenda asks Lila advice on her future plans beyond modeling, whether beauty or brains is more important? Lila encourages her to get her education. Brenda is intrigued by the idea of having her own business. Lila also assures her that she will find the great romantic love that she so wants, perhaps more than once in her lifetime.

1/11 Ned and Brenda get cozy at the Grill to torture AJ. Brenda tells Ned about her plan to get involved in the business end of Deception. When Ned steps away from the table, a devish Brenda answers Ned's cell phone call. Its Lois and Brenda asks, “Lois, what’s a Lois?”. She asks for Eddie? Brenda tells her that this is Ned's phone and no one calls him Eddie. Ned comes up and grabs the phone from her, a ticked off Lois hangs up on him.

1/13  Brenda wonders who the woman was who called Ned on his cell. AJ cannot believe Brenda could be interested in Ned, has she forgotten how Ned treated Julia? Or Jenny?

1/14  Sonny tells Luke about their next job for Frank in Brighton Beach. Luke is very suspicious when Sonny tells him that the mission in Brighton is to secure a Russian troop transfer helicopter. 

Stone walks into the club and tells Sonny and Luke that there was a phone call and Frank’s lawyer, Cusack's, been hit and for them to know that they're next on the hit list. Sonny tells Stone to go somwhere safe until things die down. 

Ned lies to Brenda that he and Lois are only business. Brenda tells AJ about her plan to get involved in business aspect of Deception. AJ tells Jason that Brenda is using Ned to make him jealous.

1/18  Garfield's men search GH for Laura and Lucky. Laura spots them and ducks into the stairwell, and carries Lucky upstairs (he is paralyzed after being shot). Sonny and Luke go to the hospital to check on Lucky since they called and couldn't get in touch with him. They find a hitman in the staircase and fight him before running towards Lucky's room. When they get there, they find his room empty. They take out one of Garfield's men in the stairwell. With Amy's help, Laura and Lucky are able to escape and Amy gets them out of the hospital in an ambulance.

Brenda and Robin are hanging out at the Outback and meet Kevin. Brenda asks him if he is a serial killer too like his brother?

1/19 Sonny meets with Frank about Garfield being dead and his men going back to their turf in Detroit. Frank thinks Damian may be an easy target now and Sonny is now his new bodyguard. Damian is informed by Sonny that Frank has started a mob war and he now needs protection.

1/21 Brenda is surprised that Stone is hanging out at Kelly’s and Robin admits Stone is kinda cute. Brenda notices Karen's ring but all she will say is that the ring was a gift. Brenda quizzes Stone if he knows about Jagger and Karen being engaged. Robin learns that Stone is somewhat involved in the mob war. He likes her being straight with him and wants to see Robin again. 

1/25 Sonny finds out that Frank's gotten to Garfield and the second in command and in turn lets Luke know. Sonny visits Frank in jail and brings him up to speed. Frank inquires about the Spencer family and Sonny answers all questions. He asks Sonny to watch out for Damian and to become his bodyguard just until things cool back down. Sonny informs Luke that he has a meeting in Brooklyn with an arms dealer. 

Sonny meets with Damian and explains that Frank asked him to protect him. Damian tells Sonny that he doesn't want to know anything about anything and that he wants Sonny to go. Sonny told him that he didn't care what Damian wanted but Damian said that he didn't want anything to do with his father's protection and again told Sonny to leave. Sonny left with the parting words "Like it or not, I'm keeping an eye on you. I have my orders."  Damian went to Sonny's club and told him that he didn't want Sonny's protection. Sonny said that it was fine but wondered as to why he was there in the first place. Damian said he wanted to know if Sonny could give him some information about a murder, Ray Conway's murder. 

Damian asked if Sonny killed him but Sonny said that he wasn't the one who did it and he doesn't know who did it either. Damian wondered what was Sonny's connection to the Wexler's and Sonny said that there was none. Damian then asked how the police station was setup and Sonny answered all questions without thought.

Karen and Jagger's happiness bugs Brenda. Brenda wants Jason to find out if Karen is engaged. 

1/27 Sonny and Luke met outside of Kelly's about where to go to get a helicopter. Sonny was in his club eating lunch when Luke walked in to talk about the helicopter deal. Sonny asks Luke if he can fly a helicopter. When Luke tells him in can't, their next mission is to find a pilot. They realize that their next job was now to find a pilot. Sonny meets Luke at his house and told him that they might have a problem with their pilot and that they now have to "rescue" him from "sure death". Lucky comes in and introduces himself to Sonny. 

2/3  Robin confronts Brenda about telling Stone to stay away from her.

2/4 All the girls are at The Grille for Felicia’s bridal party. Tiffany lets it slip that Karen and Jagger are engaged. Brenda tells Karen she is happy for her. 

2/7  Sonny tells Luke about their next job for Frank on Long Island Sound. Luke and Sonny are discussing the details of the ship and Sonny wants to know why he needs to know things on a ship. Luke told him to just smile and nod a lot and then plants a captain's hat on his head and a pipe in his mouth causing Sonny to claim that he's Popeye the Sailor Man. They are met by a member of the yacht club and were then asked to sit and discuss sailing with him and have to then act like they know everything there is to know about sailing which Sonny knows absolutely NOTHING about so just imagine the comic relief.

Day of Felicia and Mac's wedding, Brenda attends with Jason. Ryan arrives at the church. Felicia and her bridesmaids arrive at the church. 

2/8-2/10 Mac and Felicia's wedding gets underway. Everyone freaks out when Kevin arrives at the church.  Kevin and Ryan get into a physical fight right in the aisle of the church. Ryan takes Felicia hostage and it is revealed he has a bomb. Mac takes Ryan out and Paul saves the day by getting the bomb out of the church. After the commotion, Ryan tries to make a break for it. Ryan and Mac after fighting go off the balcony rail of the church. Ryan is arrested but Mac is okay and only has a broken arm. With Mac out of commission, he suggests Paul and Jenny get married. Paul and Jenny have their reception at The Outback. Paul gives a beautiful toast to Jenny. Dave Kotz plays while Jenny and Paul's enjoy their first dance. 

Later, Luke is trying to sneak past the guy that they were talking to earlier. As Luke was coerced into talking with the guy, Sonny was forcibly pushing their contact out of the yacht club and trying to be inconspicuous and subtle but the contact wasn't hearing it. Luke then had to fast-talk their way out of there. When they got outside the contact refused to get into the limo because he didn't like small confined places. Luke knocked him out and they placed him inside of the limo. Frank's claustrophobic contact is driving Luke and Sonny nuts on the car ride back to PC. When they reached their destination, the man tried to run out but Luke forcibly threw him back in the car. There they learned that the contact was a doctor. Luke tried to figure out what kind of doctor he was but Sonny warned him not to ask any questions and to mind their own business. It turns out that the doctor is a plastic surgeon. 

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