HELENA ASSERTS HER CONTROL ONCE MORE

Helena uses mind control on Lucky when he drops by for the money the Scooby-Doo gang needs to rescue fellow kidnapped Scooby-Dooer, Emily.

When Nikolas told Lucky that Helena was balking at giving him the money he and the Gang feel they may need to rescue Emily from her kidnapper Zander, Lucky offered to get it from Helena, himself. But when he dropped by her yacht and revealed he and Liz were going off together to search for Emily, Helena was not pleased. So she used the trigger Protect Your Queen to program him into suggesting Nikolas go off with Liz instead of him. By the end of the week Liz figured out what was up and when she said the same trigger to him, he went into a trance, much to her shock.

NED DECIDES TO PROPOSE...BUT AREN'T THEY ALREADY ENGAGED?

Will Ned pop the question by cell phone?

As the Eddie's Angel fiasco continued to get out of control, Ned's grandmother Lila gave him an idea on how to end the furor. She said someting similar happened once to friends of her and the furor died down once they were married. So Ned rushed over to pop the question to Alexis, unfortunately before he could get the words out, he and Alexis were interrupted.

PIXIE STICKS! THAT'S WHAT DREAMS ARE MADE OF

Emily begins to enjoy life on the run with kidnapper, Zander. Can you say Patty Hearst, anyone?

After her kidnapped Zander Smith to her to a clinic when she slit her wrist trying to escape and gave her her favorite treat, Pixie Sticks Emily Q began to think her kidnapper, Zander, was a real swell guy and when several opportunities presented itself to her to escape, she decided she'd much rather stay with her napper. instead. Her fun may soon be over, however, since her brother Da Borg, is hot on their trail thanks to the aforementioned Pixie Sticks.

LUKE FREAKS-N-SHRIEKS WHEN SCOTTY BALDWIN PAYS HIM A VISIT

Things just are going well for Luke Spencer these days. He's gotten himself in such a big mess that he can't blame it all on former friend, Sonny Corinthos, even though he took a stab at it. Then Dara Jensen announced Luke's attorney Alexis was thrown off the case because the man he's accused of murdering was her brother. Dara took great pleasure in this, since earlier Alexis announced since Sonny and Carly had married, Dara would have to drop the charges against crime boss, Sonny Corinthos. There was also the fact his lover, Flea Scorpio, dropped by the police station to see her hubby the commish and didn't even drop in to pay him a visit. But worst of all was Scotty Baldwin showing up to announce that he was his new attorney.

TAGGART'S ALL OVER AJ LIKE WHITE ON RICE

Marcus Taggart has been having some bad times, as well. His mother showed up in town with a heart attack. He learned his sister was a blackmailer. Then a drunken AJ Q showed up at the hospital with flowers for his mother and Taggart lost it. He'd put up with a lot from this boozer loser as he tried to cause trouble in his relationship with Hannah Scott, but this time the little boozehead went too far and Taggart grabbed him by the throat and began to choke him.