Karen & Jagger #7  November 5, 1993 - February 22, 1994 - 8 hour original edit

DVD #7A  Karen tells Rhonda she is entering therapy and Sean is looking to build a case against Ray. Rhonda worries about Karen testifying and having to relive it. Karen says she didn’t do anything wrong and she doesn’t care if everyone knows if she can stop him from doing this to another child. 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.

Ray shows up at Rhonda's apartment. She demands her key back. He attacks her when she confronts him about what he did to Karen. Alan calls Rhonda and in the struggle the phone is knocked off the receiver and Alan can hear she is in trouble. Alan finds Ray beating up Rhonda and throws him off her. Ray crashes into the windowsill, breaking his neck. Rhonda is unconscious.

11/9  Alan calls for help for Rhonda and covers all evidence that he was there. Alan takes Ray’s body with him and disposes of it, throwing his back out in the process. Everyone is awaiting Alan's arrival at the banquet. A disheveled Alan shows up at the banquet late, claiming that he had a flat tire that he had to change. Jason is very sweet to Karen, reminds her that he is her friend. AJ notices Alan is missing a cufflink. He says it must have happened when he was changing the tire. Alan takes Karen with him to GH as Rhonda has gone into emergency surgery.

11/10 Karen, Alan, and Jason arrive at GH while Rhonda is in surgery. They all gather to wait for word on Rhonda’s status as Monica works desperately to try to save her. Sean arrives at GH and has put an APB out on Ray. Karen thinks that Rhonda's beating is her fault for telling the truth about Ray. Jason reassures her and suggests counseling so she can let go of the guilt and feeling responsible.

Brenda apologizes 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. 

11/11 Monica tells Karen and Jason that Rhonda has pulled through surgery.

11/12 Tender scene as a now protective Karen sees her mom after surgery. Rhonda struggles to remember what happened and Karen urges her to just rest. Sean comes in and questions Rhonda and she tells him it was Ray who beat her. Rhonda is filled with regret that she allowed such an evil man to have access to her daughter. Sean urges Karen to get some rest but he doesn’t want her to go home to the trashed apartment. He invites her to spent the night with him and Tiffany. Tiffany comforts Karen when she gets home. Karen keeps going over in her mind what she could have done differently to protect her mother. Tiff tells her she was right to go to Sean and the worst part is behind her.

11/17 Karen tells Rhonda she needs to get professional counseling but she knows they can’t afford it. Rhonda tells her that Alan loaned her $10,000 for college and Rhonda put it in an account for her. Karen thanks Alan and Monica for the money. They encourage her to use it for private counseling and recommend Gail Baldwin. Sean enters and tells them about the black fibers found and a palm print but no trace of Ray on any of the flights out of Port Charles. 

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 Karen consults with Gail Baldwin and asks her how much therapy would be? Gail says she wants to help her regardless of her ability to pay. Gail asks what she needs help with? Karen says her mom is an alcoholic, and she has recently become addicted to drugs, started stripping, and that she was molested as a child. 

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. 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 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. 

Jagger stops Stone on his way out. Jagger tells Stone he suspects Sonny is now getting involved in some heavy stuff, that those guys he just met with are big time. Stone says he can’t just give up on the person that has always been there for him. Stone asks how is he supposed to pay his rent? Where is he going to be able to get a job? Jagger says he can stay with him. Irritated, Stone says that the only way they can be friends is if they stay away from each other and storms out.

Jagger tells Sean he wants to be a police officer after he gets his GED. Sean chokes on his coffee. Jagger says he has seen the work that Sean and Garcia do and he sees the good that cops can do. Jagger has lived on the streets and sees things that could be better and he feels like he could make a difference. Sean loves the idea.

11/23 Karen runs into Jagger at the library and he tells her that he is going to take the GED. She asks what about his boxing? He says he is giving that up 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. 

Karen goes to see Rhonda at GH, she is getting released. Rhonda still can’t forgive herself. Karen tells her that in her first session, they worked on Karen first being able to forgive herself. Karen suggests that they both work on that.

11/29 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.

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 Ruby and Jagger talk about Karen and the time she will need to recover. Jagger is feeling guilty over hurting Brenda. Luke arrives and meets Jagger at Kelly’s.  

Jagger sees Karen at the library. He asks how she is doing and she goes off and gets very emotional. He is sorry for upsetting her and starts to walk away, and she asks him to stop. Karen tells Jagger that she is still trying to find out who she is. Jagger admires her for her courage with what she is dealing with. She is afraid that she can’t get her control over herself. She tells him that the only time in the past few months that she felt truly safe and truly loved was with him at the cabin. He offers to take her there. She says no that she has to learn to live in the real world, she can’t escape. She needs to get herself together before she can work on them. He gives her a soft reassuring kiss on her forehead before leaving.

12/9 The Spencers come into Kelly’s and thank Jagger for helping Lucky when the goons were after him. Brenda wants Jason to go into Kelly’s with her to get some hot chocolate. He isn’t interested as think she just wants to tweak Jagger. She tells him if she doesn’t go inside soon that hypothermia will set in. He tells her he is sure that Jagger will revive her. He reminds her they have already been through this and she isn’t using him to get a rise out of a Jagger. She swears that she doesn’t want to have anything to do with Jagger. She put up with a lot but she has had it and is truly over Jagger, she is done!

Sean IDs the body found at the ELQ plant as that of Ray Conway. AJ finds Alan's cufflink that he lost the night of the banquet near the body. When Alan gets home, AJ questions him about the whereabouts of his missing cufflink. Sean tells Karen and Rhonda that Ray was murdered. Sean questions where Karen was the night Rhonda was beaten? 

After Sean leaves, Karen admits to her mom that she is happy Ray is dead and feels that is an awful thing to say. Rhonda assures her it isn’t as she has no regret either about Ray’s death. Sean comes into Jagger to question him about where he was the night Ray was killed. He tells Jagger that someone broke Ray’s neck, he was murdered. Jagger says good!

12/10  Sean questions Jagger at the PCPD about him threatening Ray. Sean and Garcia compare the voice on the 911 tape with Ray's.  Alan explains to AJ how Ray died and how he covered it up.

12/13 Marco tries to convince Jagger not to give up boxing. While at Kelly, AJ lifts Jagger's key to his locker at the gym. Marco tells Sonny that Jagger is quitting boxing. Sonny tells Marco that there is no way that he can renege on their deal. Sean tells Jagger that his locker key was found near where Ray's body was found.

12/14  Sean can't believe Jagger had anything to do with Ray's murder. Jagger can't afford a lawyer to bring to Sean's questioning. Karen goes to Alan for help in getting Jagger a lawyer. Sean questions Jagger. With the evidence being circumstantial Jagger is released.

12/15 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. 

12/20  Jagger tells Paul that he did threaten Ray in front of witnesses. Paul tells him the locker key will be the center of the case against him. Karen is surprised when AJ apologizes to her for being a jerk. He invites her to lunch at the PC Grill, Jagger doesn’t look too thrilled at this idea. A guilty AJ takes Karen to lunch. 

12/23  Jagger gets a Christmas card from Gina saying that she wants to get together with him and Stone for his birthday. Ruby thinks both Brenda and Karen should but 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. Jagger checks with Sean to see if he has any new leads on the Conway case. Jagger tells Stone about Gina wanted to get together.

Sonny comes into Kelly’s and 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. 

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.

Stone stops by to see Jagger. Jagger shows him the Christmas card that he received from Gina. Stone agrees to join them for the birthday celebration and he wishes his brother a merry Christmas.

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. 

Jason comes into Kelly’s and he and Karen joke around and start to get into a whip cream fight, though she shuts it down quickly. Karen gets him to invite her over to the Q’s so he can hep her with some studying. A puzzled Jagger watches her as she leaves, not sure what to make of her going off with Jason.

At the Q’s, 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. 

DVD #7B  12/28 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. AJ tells Jagger “his story” and lets him know he is off the hook. Jagger thanks him with a punch in the face. Karen and Jagger celebrate his not being a suspect anymore in Ray's death. He puts on some music and swings her around to dance.

1/3/94 Jagger had a couple friends over for his birthday. Gina and Mike argue in front of Jagger because they can't stand each other and who was better than who, Karen showed up and Gina asked how she knew her brothers. Karen tells her that Mike really helped him. Karen and Jagger talked about his family once Gina and Mike left.  Karen thinks Jagger will make a good cop. They talk about his brother and sister and how it was between them especially since they were all together on his birthday. Ruby asks Jagger for a favor interrupting him and Karen. Karen leaves telling him that he is a sweet man. 

1/4  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.  

1/7 Karen has another session with Gail. Karen still feels that she is not worthy of Jagger's love. 

1/11 Jagger flirts with Karen while tutoring her in Italian. He charms her in Italian, telling her she has beautiful brown hair and beautiful green eyes and leans in and kisses her. Jagger is amazingly sexy as he reads poetry to Karen in Italian. She is mesmerized and in silent communication, they both gather up their stuff and wind up kissing.

1/12 Jagger teases Karen into coming into Kelly’s for hot chocolate. Karen imagines a suddenly serious Jagger brings her hot chocolate, tells her he can’t do this any longer. He knows he promised her that he would stay away and let her work out her problems but this separation is killing him. She says it is her too. He says he doesn’t think them being together would be such a bad thing and softly kisses her. He asks her to come upstairs with him? She says she would like to but she can’t, she is still confused and afraid. She says she isn’t afraid of him but of herself and she has to be absolutely sure as she doesn’t want to ever hurt him again. Then Jagger disturbs her fantasy and asks where her mind was? 

Jagger has his own fantasy of Karen walking over to him. He asks her what she wants him to say to her in Italian now? She says, “Upstairs. How do you say I want to go upstairs with you?” He tells her in Italian, very seductively. Then he says they can’t. She says that they have been walking on egg shells for so long now and they both know what they want. Jagger says that she isn’t ready and he made her a promise. He blames himself that he should have stayed away from her and given her more time to work through her problems. He spills hot chocolate on his hand and this breaks up his thoughts.

Karen comes over to see if he is okay and they begin kissing, obviously both ready to resume their relationship. They go upstairs and stand kissing at his door. He asks her if she is sure she is ready for this? Her response is to stroke his arm, and open the door and pull him into the room. She then begins undressing as thier song plays and they make love.

1/14 Jagger asks Karen to marry him. Jagger wants to keep the engagement to Karen a secret until he can buy her a ring.

1/18  Stone goes to Jagger and tells him there is trouble and he needs a place to hide, Sonny told him to go to ground. Jagger starts lecturing him and Stone turns to go. Karen stops him but Stone says he isn’t sticking around for a recycled lecture. Jagger agrees but says he has to know what is going on? Stone doesn’t know but from what Sonny said, it is bad, real bad.

1/20 Jagger tells Karen he wants to take her to buy a proper ring, one that won’t come off in the shower. He tells her that he has saved some money. She tells him that money is for his future. He argues that she is his future. She tells him that he makes her feel so special. She asks him to not tell anybody. He says it won’t be big enough to attract any attention, it will just be for Karen when she is having a bad day that she can feel the ring and know that he loves her and he is with her and they can go through anything, now and for the rest of their lives. Karen picks out her ring. After seeing the paper, Jagger suspects that Stone is laying low because of the mob war. 

1/25-1/28 Karen and Jagger's happiness bugs Brenda. Brenda wants Jason to find out if Karen is engaged. Karen and Jagger accidentally set the oven on fire at Kelly’s.  Karen tells Sean and Tiffany that she feels like she is getting her life back on track.

2/2-2/3  Rhonda notices Karen's ring and Karen admits to being engaged. Rhonda is not happy as she thinks they are making a big mistake. Jagger and Karen tell Stone about their engagement. Karen learns that Tiffany knows she is engaged as her mother told her.

2/4 Felicia arrives at The Grill for her bachelorette party. Tiffany lets it slip that Karen and Jagger are engaged. Brenda tells Karen she is happy for her.

2/8 -2/9 Mac and Felicia's wedding. Everyone freaks out when Ryan arrives at the church.  Kevin and Ryan get into a physical fight right in the aisle of the church. Laura gets all the children out 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. 

2/10  Jenny and Paul's wedding continued. 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. 

2/16 Jagger wants to take Rhonda to dinner to clear up a few things. Jagger takes Rhonda to The Grill. He tells her that he plans to do everything he can to make sure his and Karen's future is a happy one. Rhonda thanks him for making an effort with her. 

2/18  Rhonda admits to Karen that she is coming around where Jagger is concerned. Jagger is getting ready to take his GED test. Jagger is ready to throw Sonny out of Kelly’s when he finds him waiting for a meeting with Luke. Jagger warns Brenda to stay away from Sonny. (Note: Glitchy picture during the scene) At GH, Karen tries to help a Latin woman, Anita, who is on drugs and pregnant. Orderly Miguel Morez comes to her rescue. (Note: first appearance by Ricky Martin)

2/21  Anita threatens to jump from a window at GH. Karen and Miguel try and talk her down. Just when it looks like Karen has managed to talk Anita off the ledge, Karen loses her footing and goes off the side of building. 

2/22  Miguel and Sean manage to snag Karen off the ledge. Miguel finally talks Anita off the ledge. Jagger learns that Karen was almost hurt at GH. Tiffany interviews Karen and Miguel on their heroics. Jagger arrives at GH worried about Karen. Jagger thanks Miguel for saving Karen's life.