As the World Turns: At Lily's house, Julia is mortified to have interrupted Carly and Jack's party with Holden and Lily. Carly wonders if she's following them and Julia explains she only came to speak with Holden. She goes outside and Jack follows but when Julia tells Jack she doesn't want his help, Holden comes outside to offer his. Once alone with Holden, Julia breaks down and tells him she's all alone. When Julia leaves, Jack shares his frustration with Holden, and Holden tells Jack this time is tricky for all concerned. Julia needs a place to stay and Jack needs to reconnect with Carly. Jack then gets an idea and he and Holden go to Emma's hoping to arrange for a home for Julia and JJ for the holidays. Meanwhile, Carly shares her concerns with Lily that she doesn't think Julia is ready to let Jack go and secretly wishes Julia would just go away. Jordan arrives at Lucinda's just as Sierra learns that Lucy isn't at the family cabin. Growing increasingly worried, she attempts to locate her daughter and Jordan winds up helping her, trying to calm her by saying Lucy and her friend probably went to a hotel. Meanwhile, at Metro, Curtis finds Dusty unconscious, having been electrocuted. Dusty is revived and immediately realizes an attempt was made on his life. He calls Sierra and is horrified to learn that she hasn't made contact with Lucy. Dusty tells her he thinks the ski trip was all a ruse and that Lucy is still going after Dom. Meanwhile, Rafael and Lucy are making the best of things at the mine. Lucy is worried about her father and Dusty, but Rafael makes her focus on their survival at hand and Lucy toughens up. Jessica tries to get Ben to rescind his resignation and demand an administrative hearing to clear his reputation but Ben steadfastly refuses. Curtis calls Ben to meet him at Al's and Ben and Jessica go to meet up with him and fill him in on everything. Meanwhile, Alison and Aaron are working together and bonding at Al's when Curtis, Ben and Jessica all arrive and sparks fly as Alison lashes out against Ben. Both Curtis and Aaron learn that Ben has been accused of malpractice and subsequently resigned but later, Jessica is shocked when Alison blurts that she read the incident reports. An angry Curtis storms out with Ben and Jessica following and Aaron demands to know why Alison has been keeping things from him. Later, when Aaron finds out Alison got him the job too, he leaves disgusted. Later, Jessica vows to get her hands on the reports and keep fighting for Ben.

Starring:

Don Hastings, Elizabeth Hubbard, Grayson McCouch, Jesse Lee Soffer, Marie Wilson, Martha Byrne, Terri Colombino

Genre:

Drama