April 1988 Updates
April 1, 1988
Gabrielle finds Shane asleep on the couch. When he
awakens, he asks where she has been. Steve fights off the gang
members. Justin and Adrienne talk about him wanting to go to
Mickey and confess about the emergency center fire. Shane and
Gabrielle fight like a couple. Roman comes to arrest the gang
members, but Steve stops him. When Shane helps Gabrielle with her
bubble bath, they exchange warm glances, then later share an
intimate kiss when Kim walks in.
April 4, 1988
Diana and Calliope try to find a way to get in the
museum and steal the icon Victor wants. Paula talks to Frankie
and Jenn about going before the school board. Shane and Gabrielle
get passionate, when Kim comes in, and is shocked and runs out.
Gabrielle apologizes to Shane as he quickly runs after Kim. When
Eve sees Kim, she asks what she is doing there, as Kim says she
needs to leave, but Shane stops her. Roman comes home and wonders
what's up. Shane tries his best to explain things to Kim. Kim
wants to start over, but he won't ask Gabrielle to leave, as Kim
wonders about his feelings. Kim and Gabrielle have an unpleasant
encounter. The knifer strikes again. Kim feels like a stranger in
her own house. Kim and Shane try to figure out where to go from
here.
April 5, 1988
Shane and Gabrielle go over the knifer case in Roman's
office. Jack tells Melissa he'll get her off the attempted murder
charges. Kayla wants to know what Steve plans to do with the gun
he is carrying, but he says he knows what he is doing. Shane has
Nick brought in for questioning, but Nick says he was with Eve at
the time of the last attack. Gabrielle wants to be a decoy, but
Shane doesn't want her to.
April 7, 1988
Shane wakes Gabrielle from an erotic dream she is having
about him. Steve teaches Kayla how to box. Jack comes in and
argues with them about shutting the community center down. Shane
tells Gabrielle he wants to rebuild something with Kim, but at
the moment they are at an impasse. Caroline goes to see Shane to
invite him to her and Shawn's anniversary party. Marcus almost
blows Lexie's cover as a hooker at the Cheatin Heart.
April 8, 1988
Diana talks to Serena about her plan to steal the icon,
as Roman comes in. Allen tells Frankie he's worried about Jenn,
since the article came out about him and Paula. Gabrielle works
on a rolling machine in the living room of Shane's. When he comes
in, one of the rollers is stuck, and he fixes it, as Kim comes in
and observes them together. Kim says she just came to bring Eve a
belated birthday present, and invites him to the party. When
everyone gets up to dance, Kim is left alone, until Shane goes up
to her and they dance, as Gabrielle comes in with Mike.
April 12, 1988
Roman asks Calliope where Diana is hiding out. Serena
and Victor have an intimate encounter - in bed. Kim comes to the
house to pick up some of her things, as Shane comes in and asks
what she is doing. They talk a little until Gabrielle interrupts
them, and Kim leaves. Eve asks Marcus about her scar. Calliope
doesn't tell Roman anything despite his efforts. Kim and Shane
later argue about what has happened.
April 14, 1988
Frankie tells Paula they should open their own hotline,
so she can work on it again. Jenn talks to Mike about birth
control. Melissa is angry with Jack, as he knows something is
wrong. Gabrielle is exercising in Shane's living room, when he
comes in with news on the knifer case, a new suspect:
Jack. They then go and question Jack, as he acts strangely.
Melissa covers for Jack's whereabouts. Shane resists Gabrielle's
advances towards him.
April 15, 1988
Melissa spies in the community center for Jack. Justin
adds up the money for the bills, and he and Adrienne are broke.
Kim goes to see Shane with an ultimatum: Gabrielle moves out, or
she files for a legal separation, as Gabrielle comes in. Kim and
Shane argue and she walks out. Kim tells Caroline of her talk
with Shane, and how she may have pushed him into Gabrielle's
waiting arms. Justin borrows money from Angelica, as he and
Adrienne argue. Shane goes to pick up Andrew and Kim tells Shane
she wants to talk to him about their separation. Steve has a run
in with some gang members.
April 19, 1988
Kim talks to her lawyer, as he tells her it's not too
late, but Shane arrives with Gabrielle as his lawyer. Steve is
held hostage by the Stingrays, as Roman shoots one of them, Raul.
Steve yells at Roman for shooting him, since he was going to give
up. Diana wants to check on Roman, but Serena doesn't want her to
blow her cover, so she goes to check on him for Diana. Shane and
Kim argue about Gabrielle being his lawyer. Shane and Kim sign
the separation papers, even thought neither wants to. Caroline
tells Kim to go to Shane and tell him how she feels. Marcus tells
Steve he wasn't able to save Raul, as Emilio goes after Roman.
Kim goes to see Shane but is interrupted by Gabrielle and the
phone. Later, as hard as they try, neither will admit their
feelings. Diana goes to Roman, who is upset about Raul.
April 20, 1988
Justin has a surprise for Adrienne. Caroline questions
Frankie about him and Paula. Eve sees the separation papers, and
wonders what this means, as Shane tells her it's not over between
him and Kim. Justin has a picnic lunch waiting for Adrienne. Kim
bumps into Shane as he brings Andrew back and they share a great
chat, until Gabrielle interrupts... again.
April 22, 1988
Shane carries Gabrielle into the hospital, when she
reinjures her ankle, as he sees Kim there. Diana tells Calliope
she'll exchange the icon for the money with Victor. Roman hears
and asks what's going on. Diana calls Victor about the icon.
Alice encourages Kim not to give up on her and Shane. Shane goes
to check on Gabrielle while she is confined to the hospital. Kim
tries to talk to Shane when he hears an emergency call to
Gabrielle's room.
April 25, 1988
Shane is concerned about Gabrielle dying when the knifer
injects her with some poison, as Mike works on her. Frankie and
Paula kiss, but he pulls back. Before Victor can see who the
messenger is, Roman announces he's under arrest. Mike calls
security and tells them Gabrielle was almost killed. Abe talks to
Kim about where she was, as Shane tells him Kim was with him at
the time Gabrielle was injected. Frankie tells Paula he saw the
knifer stab another woman. Neil learns Grace was stabbed to death.
April 27, 1988
Allen tries to talk to Jenn, but she's not really there,
as she thinks of Frankie. Paula talks to Frankie about the attack
and how the police want her to identify the man from a line up.
Shane goes to see Gabrielle and tells her about Paula being a
witness to Grace's murder. Roman is still upset with Diana over
the stunt she pulled with Victor. Nick goes to see Eve and asks
for her help. Paula identifies Nick as the man she saw. Eve asks
Nick why Paula picked him out of the line up. He insists he could
never do those things, and Eve says she'll help him.
April 29, 1988
Victor goes to see Adrienne about Justin. Kim and
Caroline talk about it being her and Shane's anniversary. Shane
goes to see Gabrielle as Mike comes in and tells her she can go
home. Kayla goes over the final arrangements for the benefit with
Steve. Jack goes to Steve with a proposition regarding his
divorce, but Steve tells him where to go. Nick calls Eve when he
gets out of jail. Kim tries to get into the house, unaware Shane
changed the locks. Eve calls the police when Kim tries a window.
When the cops go to arrest Kim, Shane arrives and clears things
up, as Eve covers. Gun shots ring out at the benefit, as Victor
takes a bullet meant for Justin.
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