FOR THIS WEEK

-While in Llanview, Babe meets Kevin's child, Ace

-Jamie keeps a watchful eye over Bess in Babe's absence

-Jamie finds himself taking on a fatherly role as he grows closer to Bess

-Babe is overwhelmed when she feels an instant bond with the child

-An angry Babe questions Paul as to how Kevin got Ace

-Paul is unaffected by Babe's line of questioning

-To her own amazement and thrill, Babe realizes that Ace is her presumed-dead child

-Babe decides it's best to let Ace stay in Llanview while she formulates a plan to bring him home

-Babe shows up at Tad's with a major announcement

-Babe tells Krystal, Tad, JR and Jamie that she wants to do what is best for her baby

-Krystal, Tad and Jamie are shocked when Babe tells them she wants to continue her relationship with JR

-JR is surprised by Babe's declaration

-Jamie believes Babe is hatching a scheme

-Jamie confronts Babe about her choice to stay with JR, telling her he doesn't buy her story

-Babe tells Jamie to trust her

-Babe tells Krystal and David that her son is really alive

-David and Krystal are concerned that Babe may just be imagining that Ace is alive

-David tells Babe about his situation with Leora and tells her that she is speaking out of grief and emotion

-Though still skeptical, Krystal and David decide to investigate Babe's story

-Krystal goes to Llanview to meet Kelly Cramer

-Krystal becomes suspicious after talking with Kelly

-Krystal feels assured that Kelly is indeed keeping a secret about her baby -Jamie finds a map in Babe's purse

-Jamie follows directions to Llanview where he begins his own investigation

-Tad's makes Krystal and offer she finds very hard to refuse

-Krystal is able to resist Tad

-Babe makes a cryptic promise to Bianca

-Maggie confides to Bianca that she is attracted to Jonathan

-Bianca sees Maggie and Jonathan kiss

-Bianca is surprised by her own reaction

-Anita wonders if Maria still has feelings for Zach

-Ethan goes to Michael's condo

-Ethan searches for anything that might help him lay claim to the Cambias fortune

-In an effort to help, Zach gives Ethan pictures and a file he claims he found at Michael's condo

-Ethan is frustrated that his search has been unsuccessful

-Zach finds it increasingly difficult to keep his identity hidden from Ethan

-Though torn, Zach decides it's best not to tell Ethan who he really is

-Greenlee sees green when Jackson throws his support behind Kendall

-Aidan's investigation into Ryan's shooting leads to some surprising answers

-Aidan tells Kendall and the others that she could not have shot Ryan

-Aidan claims that the gunshot aimed at Ryan was fired from a rifle, and from a distance

-Kendall is relieved to learn that she was not responsible for Ryan's shooting

-Ethan becomes the main suspect in Ryan's shooting

-When Ethan is questioned, it is revealed that he has sharpshooter experience

-Zach offers to come to Ethan's aide

-Ethan refuses Zach's offer of a legal defense

-Maria asks Zach point-blank if he's Ethan's father

-A sympathetic Maria suggests to Zach that having a family connection in PV will make him happy

-Zach tells Maria she is wrong and that he is not Ethan's father

-Maria spies on Ethan and Zach

-Maria is shocked when she learns that Zach is indeed Ethan's father

-Zach has startling visions of his dead brother, as the ghost of Michael Cambias pays him a visit


...AND BEYOND

-Maria is concerned for Zach

-Maria tells Zach that she is afraid his secrets will come back to haunt him

-Bianca wonders what Krystal and David are up to

-Tad questions Babe

-Tad tries to get Babe to reveal what Krystal is hiding

-Jamie and JR spar

-JR threatens Jamie

-Kendall makes a proposition to Ethan