As The World Turns

Ep. #12367 (49x138)

Air date: Oct 15, 2004

Carly demands that Julia tell Jack the truth about the way she tried to keep him from his family in Oakdale. Julia insists she found out about Jacks other life after she and Jack were married. JJ walks in on this tense moment and worries that Carly is here to take Jack away. Carly makes a passionate argument why Jack should return home with her, but he stuns her by saying he cant leave Julia and JJ because he loves them. Meanwhile, Paul helps Rosanna keep Parker distracted while they wait for news from Carly. Their closeness results in a soft, tender kiss followed by Rosanna flashing back to memories of Cabot. Craig sees Lucy and Lucinda having breakfast together. He tries to work his way back into his daughters life, but she blows him off. After Lucy leaves, Lucinda blasts Craig for being an emotional terrorist. Craig points out that in this one instance, he and Lucinda are on the same side and would both like Lucy to dump Dusty. Lucinda cant disagree, and an unlikely alliance is formed. At Als, Alison leaps to Wills defense when a teen bullies him, leaving Will grateful and Susan impressed. Lucy arrives to have a heart-to-heart with Alison about Dusty. Alison advises Lucy to give Dusty an ultimatum: either he accept her as an equal in their relationship or they call it quits. Jessica confronts Ben about the pills hes been taking but Ben grabs the bottle back. He insists theyre ibuprofen but Jessica suspects otherwise and feels obligated to fill Bob in. Ben is livid, and accuses Jessica of trying to destroy his career because shes angry about the divorce. Later, Bob demands that Ben hand over the pills and Ben has no choice but to comply.