Karen & Jagger #5  July 26 - September 9-13, 1993 - 8 hour original edit

DVD #5A  Sean, while questioning Jagger, learns that Gina is his sister.  Gina tells Jagger again that she wants no contact with him. She agrees that if she gets any information on Mike, she will let him know. Gina's parents drop the charges against Jagger. Sean offers Jagger some help with finding Mike. 

Mike steps in and tries to help Karen at the rave. Karen is feeling the effects of the ecstasy but Mike is able to step in and save her from leaving the rave with the two shady guys.  Mike takes Karen back to his place and she still wants to party. Brenda is waiting for Jagger when he returns to Kelly’s. (Note: news interruption: a few minutes missing from this episode, don’t know if any scenes from this storyline involved). Brenda and Jagger go for a night swim at the beach. Brenda tells Jagger that she has never cared about anyone like she cares for him.

7/27 Garcia wants Jagger to come to PCPD to start the search for Mike. Garcia tells Jagger he wants to check all the halfway houses for runways for Mike. Karen wakes up on Mike couch with no memory of the previous night. Mike introduces himself as “Stone”. Karen learns she was drugged. 

7/29  Garcia tells Jagger he has nothing new to report on Mike. Rhonda and Karen make dinner plans. Karen cancels dinner with Rhonda when she finds out Ray is going to accompany them. Gina shows up at Kelly’s and gives Jagger a postcard from Mike that she received. She fills Jagger in on what Mike looks like today. Rhonda calls Karen out for her rudeness towards Ray. Karen gets dressed up for another night on the streets. Jagger tells Brenda that he believes Mike is still in PC. Karen runs into Stone again at the rave. 

7/30 Jagger fills Garcia in on what in learned about Mike. Karen and Stone hit the rave together. Jagger wants Felicia's help in finding his brother. Karen and Stone flee when the cops bust up the rave.  Stone follows Karen. Jagger shows Felicia a picture of Stone but says that it is several years old. He tells Felicia about a scar on Mike's hand.

8/2 Stone follows Karen home but she takes off again when she hears Rhonda and Ray inside. Jagger finds Karen at Kelly’s. She blows him off again. Before she leaves, she asks if he has been looking for his brother? Brenda comes downstairs and sees the distance between them. She notices a cut over Jagger’s eye and goes into nurture mode as Karen looks on. She treats the wound and then gives him a massage. Stone continues to follow Karen around. When Karen runs into Stone outside her apartment she tells him never to come there again. 

When Karen does return home, Ray calls her “Cari” and she angrily tells him to never call her that again, that her name is Karen! Jagger thinks of Karen and has flashbacks of her (Note: glitchy picture during the scene). Meanwhile, Karen is having flashbacks of her own of Ray coming into her room at night when she was a little girl.

8/3 (Note: Episode is glitchy in spots in the first few minutes) Stone shows up at Kelly’s and Karen shuffles him out telling him it was uncool to follow her. Stone and Karen make plans to meet later on the pier. Brenda sees Stone and wants to know who he is? She comments that he looks like someone she has seen before. Jagger gets a fairly recent photo of Mike from his foster mother in the mail. Brenda doesn’t appear to recognize Mike, but she reassures Jagger that this is a good sign this picture showing up out of nowhere. Karen asks Jagger about the picture and this time he blows her off and doesn’t show her the picture. Hurt, she takes off. Jagger shows Garcia the picture and asks him if he looks familiar? Garcia says no but to make some copies and he will pass it around.

Stone invites Karen to another rave on Friday night. Stone tells her about splitting on his foster parents and living with Sonny. He tells her that maybe she has a good reason for not trusting anyone, but points out that he could have taken advantage of her when she was drugged and he didn’t. Stone gives Karen a number at The Paradise Lounge where she can reach him anytime. Brenda and Jagger just miss seeing Stone on the pier.

8/4  Jagger gives Felicia the recent photo of Mike. Felicia wants the negative of the picture if possible. Brenda offers to help with blowing the photo up for more details. Jagger shows Mike's photo around at the arcade. Jagger notices the name “Stone” under the high scores on a machine that was his favorite game. Jagger decides to ask around about this “Stone” guy as his name has been on machines all over town, perhaps he might have seen Mike around. 

8/5  Jagger is happy when he tells Brenda that he is going to get the negative of Mike’s picture from his foster mom. Jagger gives the negative to Brenda to work her magic. Karen is ticked when Rhonda comes home hung over from being out drinking all night with Ray. Karen tries to convince Rhonda that she can do better than Ray. As Rhonda passes out on the couch, Karen has a flashback to her childhood with her mom passed out on the couch and Ray coming into her room at night. 

Karen comes into Kelly’s and asks Jagger to cover for her. He says he can’t. She is ticked that now he won’t even cover for her. Brenda says that they have been running all over looking for Mike and that is more important than whatever errand Karen has to do. Brenda and Jagger get cozy while developing the negative. He leans in close to her to see the photo better. Jagger and Brenda see Karen dressed up in her skimpy dress with full make up while walking on the docks. Jagger looks at her in shock and disgust.

8/6  Jagger comments to Karen that is some dress. Brenda snarks that obviously her mom didn’t make that one. Jagger figures she was lying about needing the night off from Kelly’s to go in to work at GH. Karen tells him that her shift at GH was cancelled and she is going out. She asks if that is now a crime and then reminds him that she doesn’t have to check in with him. 

Brenda and Jagger get the new photo to Felicia. Brenda tells Jagger about Ryan’s obsession with Felicia and how she overcame that and how brave she is. Jagger believes that Felicia is going to make progress on finding Stone. Brenda convinces Jagger that they should take a break and take the Q boat out for a midnight ride. Jagger and Brenda enjoy the moonlight on the Q boat and take a swim. Jagger gets back in the boat and Brenda swims to the buoy. Jagger has flashbacks to being shipwrecked during the storm and starts frantically calling Brenda’s name. She is cold and he gives her the extra towel and tells her he owes her at least that much as he is so grateful for what she did with Mike’s picture. 

Karen meets Stone outside The Paradise Lounge. She asks if this is a strip club? Stone says no, it is THE strip club. He invites her to come inside and see a show. He tells her that he is a hawker to bring people into the club and asks her if she wants to give it a shot, that he will cut her into the action. She doesn’t think she can do it, a guy comes up and tells her if she is selling, that he is buying. Stone gets him to come into the club. Karen is spooked and going to head home. Stone talks her into coming inside and promises to protect her.

8/9 AJ and Jason find Brenda and Jagger at the Q boathouse. Brenda insists that Lila said she could use it anytime. AJ says but he doubts she meant Brenda’s trash friends. AJ warns Jagger to stay off the Q property or next time he will call the police. Back at Kelly’s, Brenda and Jagger give each other long lingering looks. She tells him to go to bed that he is in training.

Karen sees one of the girls perform at the strip club. Stone takes Karen up to Sonny's apartment above the club. He tells her that Sonny is like a brother to him. He tells her how protective Sonny is with all the girls, and doesn’t allow anyone to disrespect the girls. He says that if a guy does that he then has to deal with Sonny and no one wants that. He makes a big deal about how protective Sonny is and that is a good thing to have someone like Sonny protecting you, that seems to really appeal to Karen. She is intrigued by the dancers at the club. He tells her a little about the running of the club and what he does. When she heads out, he asks if she will be back? She says maybe yes, maybe no. He says to himself he thinks she will.

8/11 Jagger has a fight out of town. He is alone warming up and thinking about Karen. Brenda and Felicia decide to go to the fight to fill Jagger in on what Felicia has learned about Mike. (Note: Abrupt cut to the next scene- about 1 minute lost) Felicia fills Jagger in on Crystal's association with Mike. Jagger comes back in after winning the fight. He is wearing nothing but a towel. Felicia raves about what a great boxer he is. Jagger mentions to Felicia that with Marco out of town, he is on his own in terms of promotion where his boxing is concerned. Felicia says he is really good and he should be working out every day and needs training. She is sure Marco will be there when the money is rolling in. 

Karen comes to The Paradise Lounge again. She is curious who Sonny is? He tells her that Sonny is still out of town. He asks her what she thinks of the current dancer? Karen says it is better than the last one she saw. He is surprised to hear the new girl being so critical. Stone tells Karen that all the dancers are regular people with regular jobs, one is a married dental hygenist with a kid. Stone knows “Cari” likes to dance, he has seen her at the raves. Stone tells “Cari” that he is leaving her in Susan’s hands and she will take care of her. Susan thinks Karen would be a natural at dancing at the club.

8/12 Robin wants to how why Karen has been awol when it comes to hanging with her friends. She makes excuses. Later, Karen blows her mom off when she wants to spend some time with her. Rhonda just wants to meet the new boyfriend that Brenda told her about. Karen is ticked and runs out. She has a long series of flashbacks from being molested as a child, to Jagger, to their breakup, meeting Stone, and the Paradise Lounge.

8/13  Jagger plans to hit the streets with Felicia to look for Crystal. Her mother finds her on the doct and Karen rails on her mother, for never being there for her in the past. Rhonda thinks it is because she couldn’t afford to buy her things. Karen says it isn’t about things, that her mother has made a dream world, that she never listened to Karen as she was always too busy with her boyfriends or too drunk to hear. Rhonda tells her she can’t change the past but she can try to make it up to her in the future. Karen doesn’t want to hear it and leaves again. 

Karen gets all dressed up and heads out. Karen overhears Felicia and Jagger talking about his future plans once he finds his brother. Felicia and Jagger talk to some homeless teens and try to get a line on where Crystal is. They track down her down but she has overdosed in a motel. 

When Sonny spots “Cari” in the lounge 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. Karen is intrigued. Stone comes up and formally introduces his friends “Cari” and 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. Karen takes the stage to the sounds of "Prince" as Sonny stands by and eagerly watches. She comes off the stage ecstatic and she wins the competition. Later that night, Stone takes her home.

8/16 Felicia and Jagger get help for Crystal but it is too late. Karen hits the stage at the Paradise Lounge for the first time. Sonny is very impressed with her performance. Karen makes $300 for her performance.  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.

DVD #5B  When Karen comes home, Rhonda apologizes to her.  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. Jason apologizes to Karen for the way he has been treating her. 

8/18 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. 

Karen 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 Karen. Stone and Karen talk about Crystals death which Stone is taking pretty hard. Sonny comes back and Stone leaves. Over dinner, Sonny tells her how great she is and that she is magical. Sonny puts in the video of her 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. 

Karen 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. She 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? 

Karen tells Sonny that her mom's boyfriend Ray used to come in her room at night and rape her. She 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. After Brenda goes to bed, Jagger imagines having a romantic candlelit dinner with Karen.

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.

Ray comes into Kelly’s and tries to talk to Karen about where she has been? She breaks some dishes and he reaches down and tries to help her. She brushes him off and wants to know what he is doing there? She tells him to never touch her again. He tells her that she never used to talk to him like that. Karen runs out and Ruby is worried about her. 

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 Karen.

8/27  Karen comes to see Sonny and they talk about her mom bothering her and about changing and growing while sharing some beers.

Jagger joins Mac and Felicia at Crystal's burial to stake it out to look for Mike. 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. Jagger wants to stay and wait for Mike.

Stone brings flowers to Crystal's grave and is reunited with the waiting Jagger. He tells him that he is a hard guy to track down. Stone wants to know what he is doing there? Jagger says he has been searching for him, that he never stopped looking for him from day one.

8/30 Jagger explains how be found Mike. Jagger learns that Mike calls himself “Stone” now. Stone tells Jagger he does not do drugs but Jagger wants to know if he is any kind of trouble. Jagger invites him to lunch. 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. Karen enters and comes face to face with Stone at Kelly’s.

8/31 Karen learns that Stone is Jagger's brother. Jagger offers Stone a place to stay and a job. Stone tells Karen that he does not want to move in with Jagger. 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.

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.

Stone comes in and Brenda heads upstairs. Stone comments that Brenda is hot and is obviously into Jagger. He asks if Jagger isn’t interested then he must be into someone else. Jagger says that the only hot relationship is with his boxing. Stone says its obvious that nothing is going on between him and Karen as there is nothing but ice between them. At Jagger’s silence, Stone figures out that they were involved at one time. Jason tells Alan that AJ is fighting Jagger on Friday night. Jason wants to know what AJ is trying to prove?

Karen lies to Rhonda about her new boyfriend. Rhonda tells Karen that she is going to let Ray stay with them for a while as he is having a rough time financially. Karen goes over and 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.

Jason and Karen start classes at PCU. Rhonda comes into Kelly’s and asks Karen about her first day of school? She also tells a relived Karen that Ray found a new job and a place to stay. 

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. Karen says she loves the power and control she has on stage. Sonny convinces her to take it on as a job.

9/3 AJ comes in and talks trash to Jagger. Felicia interrupts and recommends he save it for the fight. Felicia helps Jagger prepare for the fight with AJ. 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. 

Jason is in AJ’s corner. Brenda gives Jagger a pep talk and Marco tells her to take a seat. Jagger wins the fight with AJ. Stone is impressed with Jagger's skills in the ring. Robin tells Stone that he is nothing like Jagger. Robin has to bail on celebrating with Jagger as she has dinner plans with Sean.

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. 

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, every time Stone doesn’t like things he is going to threaten 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.

Karen tries to warn Stone to be more careful because Jagger is starting to get suspicious that he has a secret job (the one with Sonny). 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. They run into Gina on the pier. Stone and Gina are less than thrilled to see each other. Gina and Stone get into it and he storms off. 

Karen learns Ray is living right downstairs in her apartment complex. Karen tells Rhonda she wants to get her own place. 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  Jagger has some questions about how Stone makes his money. Stone lies to Jagger so he can be at the club and see Karen's first performance as a regular.

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.