November 1

After kicking an unconscious Tom in the water, and not sure of what Eddie has seen, Alec dives in to "save" Tom. He claims Tom fell accidentally while he holds Tom's head underwater. Eddie jumps into the lake, and Alec directs him to the other side, while continuing to keep Tom below the surface. Eddie is able to rescue Tom, despite Alec's sabotage. To Alec's chagrin, the EMTs are able to revive Tom. Margo writes a letter to Alec, proclaiming him a "wonderful man." Emily visits Margo and is thrilled to hear that Tom's scheming to get Margo arrested has destroyed their marriage--permanently. A visibly shaken Hal springs Margo from her cell, and Emily is delighted to discover the letter Margo has written to Alec. Hal blames Alec for Tom's condition, but an innocent Eddie tells the tale of Alec's heroic attempts to save him. Hal warns Alec that he will find out what really happened when Tom wakes up. Margo stays with Tom and begs him not to leave her.

November 2

Bob heads to Lisa's penthouse to inform her of Tom's accident. A bond forms between them as they worry together about their son's current state. Alec tells Margo his version of what happened at the lake--Tom attacked him. When he asks Margo if she believes him, Margo insists that she does. After, she tells a comatose Tom that she is going to try and find out the real story. She questions Eddie, who admits that Alec didn't jump into the lake to save Tom until he saw that Eddie was there. Alec overhears their conversation and becomes angry. Still, Eddie swears that Alec is responsible for saving Tom's life. Emily gets to visit with Tom and reads him the upsetting parts from Margo's letter to Alec. When Tom is finally alone, Alec sneaks into his room and messes with his life support machine.

November 3

Margo discovers Alec in Tom's room before he can pull the plug. Alec insists he's only concerned for Tom's welfare. Bob and Lisa are shocked when Margo stands by Alec. Adam blames Hal for Tom's condition, and finally breaks down. He visits Tom, but can't control his anger and ends up running from the room. Eddie talks to Adam, who realizes he may have been too hard on Tom. He goes to Tom's room. When he sees Margo is there, he smiles and chooses not to go in. Hal blasts Margo for continuing to defend Alec, but suspects something else is going on. Margo visits Tom and reveals her true feelings: she knows that Alec is lying and tried to kill Tom. Emily is rocked when she overhears Margo admit she still loves Tom. Alec asks Margo to leave town with him, and she agrees--in order to keep tabs on him.

November 4

On his way to meet Molly, Chris is derailed by Kim, who convinces him to go to the hospital to see Tom. The Hughes family is thrilled when Tom shows signs of regaining consciousness. Emily confronts Alec, who is secretly shaken when she reveals Margo professed her undying love for Tom. Alec convinces Eddie to come away with him to repair their relationship, and alludes to the fact that Margo may not be able to join them. John is appalled when he overhears Margo planning to leave town with Alec. Margo stands by her decision, but later asks John to take care of her family if she doesn't return home. Margo pleads with Tom to wake up so he can reveal the truth about Alec. Tom moves his hand, but Margo doesn't see. She takes off and finds a gun in Alec's briefcase. Soon after, Alec discovers her planting a bug in his suite.

November 5

Margo pretends to want Alec passionately, while he feigns not to have seen her plant the bug. Alec disengages the bug Margo planted and tries to seduce Margo. When she resists, he drugs her drink. He then confronts her with her duplicity. Margo realizes she's been drugged, but Alec won't confirm if he's given her a sleeping pill or poison. Margo passes out.

November 8

Margo is unconscious at Alec's when Tom finally opens his eyes. Margo wakes up and is shocked to discover Alec in bed next to her--dead. She discovers a gun and tries to call Hal, but can't reach him. Margo hears an urgent message from Lisa. Fearing that Tom is dead, Margo rushes off to the hospital. A maid discovers Alec's body and Hal comes to investigate. Jake and Lucinda arrive at the murder scene, stunned to see that Alec is dead. Hal questions the maid, who reveals that the last person to leave Alec's room was Margo Hughes. Margo is relieved to find Tom alive and well at the hospital. Margo apologizes for not believing Tom about Alec, and cryptically tells Tom that Alec won't hurt any of them ever again.

November 9

Adam visits Tom, and the two share an emotional reunion. Adam admits that Tom is his "real" dad. Hal finds Margo in Tom's hospital room. Margo finally concedes that she was wrong about Alec. She reveals that Alec almost pulled the plug on Tom and that he drugged her. Hal wants her to take a drug test. Margo confesses to Tom that she doesn't know if she killed Alec. After hearing the whole story, a worried Tom tells her that she needs a lawyer. Tom vows to stand by Margo, regardless of recent events. Hal informs Margo that her blood test showed no trace of drugs in her system. He must take her down to the police station.

November 10

Tom and Margo are not on, but they are the subject of a lot of talk: Over at WOAK, Kim refuses to let a highly sensational tape on Margo air. Lily also orders news director Henry not to run the tape on Margo. Chris promises Nancy that he'll spend time with Casey and Adam while Tom and Margo are absent. Kim informs John that Alec is dead and Margo is in custody. John defends Margo by saying he'd want to kill anyone that harmed any of his loved ones. Georgia breaks the news to Eddie that Alec is dead. She goes on to tell him that Margo is the prime suspect and reveals that Alec tried to kill Tom. Eddie refuses to believe it, and mourns losing his father so soon after finding him. Eddie heads out to confront Margo. Could she be responsible for the deaths of both his mother and father?

November 11

Lisa upsets John and Tom by taking a hard line against Margo. Tom defends his estranged wife. After finding out about Margo's questioning, Emily is about to smear her in an Argus headline, but mysteriously changes her mind before the newspaper goes to press. Emily visits Tom, oozing with sympathy. John blasts Tom for letting Emily into his room. Emily leaves, hinting that Lisa has turned on Margo. At the police station, Margo's only thoughts are to get back to Tom. She wants to go ahead with the interrogation without her lawyer, Cass. Eddie arrives and demands to know if she killed his father. Margo warns Eddie that more bad news about Alec may come out. She admits she's not sure if she killed Alec, but Eddie doesn't believe her. A bitter Eddie accuses her of killing both his parents and leaving him alone. Cass blasts Margo for having spoken to Hal and Jessica without him. Lisa arrives. She feels Margo betrayed Tom and wants her to divorce him. Margo tries to reason with her, but it's obvious Margo has lost Lisa's support. Margo admits she shouldn't have left the crime scene. Cass tries to prove Margo's innocence, but a forensics report reveals her finger prints were on the gun--and one of them was on the trigger. Jessica and Hal have no choice but to arrest Margo for Alec's murder.

November 12

When Tom wakes up, he's livid to find out that Margo's been arrested and that Bob kept it from him. Through his weakness and dizzy spells--and over Bob's protests--Tom heads out to go see Margo. Margo and Cass debate a trial vs. a plea bargain. She admits that although she is a cop, her record isn't as squeaky clean as he thinks, and runs down a list of all the black marks on her record.Though Cass objects, Margo, frightened that a conviction will take her away from her family forever, insists on making a deal with Jessica. Jessica is tough and agrees to only second-degree murder. Tom arrives and declares there will be no plea bargain. Tom begs her not to take the plea. He loves her, and he and the boys can't lose her now. Tom promises to stand by her no matter what. Does Margo trust him? Margo finally agrees to let Tom and Cass fight for her in court. Tom and Margo return home to the boys, and the Hughes family shares a warm reunion. Tom realizes that since no drug container was found on Wallace, they can nab the real killer once they find the container. We see an unknown person's hands in garden gloves burying Alec's bottle of drugs, along with a Lakeview Hotel towel smeared with blood in a plastic laundry bag.

November 15

Tom and Margo have dinner with Casey and Adam. They gently break the news to the boys about Margo's predicament. The warm family reunion is overshadowed by Margo's facing possible prison time. Margo thanks a weak Tom for being there, and promises to take care of him. Distracted by the Wallace murder case and his doubts about Margo's innocence, Hal dismisses Jennifer's attempts to get his attention. Returning to the Munson house, Adam informs a confused Hal that the reason Jennifer is mad at him is that he forgot the Father/Daughter Dinner Dance at school.

November 16

Tom and Margo are not on, but John snaps at Camille, who innocently asks about his being at work in light of Margo's situation.

November 17

Georgia and a distraught Eddie visit Alec's gravesite for an impromptu funeral. Eddie is upset to find Hal there, but Munson informs Eddie that Alec's murder investigation is far from over. Hal is thrown when Eddie reveals that Alec was planning a father/son trip just for the two of them--without Margo. Eddie realizes that could have made Margo very angry with Alec. Margo is shocked when Tom declares that he's going to represent her. Fearing that Tom will discover that she slept with Alec, Margo refuses. Tom persists, and convinces her to return to the scene of the crime. They find Jack guarding Alec's suite, but he lets them in. Margo has a flashback and flips out. Tom tries to get Margo to go over the events of the night in question, but Margo gets upset and rushes out. Hal is furious when Jack reveals that he let Margo on to the crime scene. Jack and Hal realize Margo is looking more and more guilty. Margo arrives at Alec's gravesite, where she and Eddie share a tense moment. Alone, Margo rails at Alec's grave, as Tom watches her breakdown. Tom convinces her to go and see a hypnotherapist to recover the two missing hours after Alec drugged her.

November 18

Tom and Margo were not on.

November 19

Lisa is appalled when Tom declares that he wants to give Emily more responsibility at The Argus so he can defend Margo. Emily pretends to support Tom. Later, Lisa confronts Emily about the real reason she is claiming to support Tom. Jake offers to take the rap for Margo; she refuses. He promises to get the public to sympathize with her through The City Times. Tom tells Jake that Margo is innocent and Jake needs to help them find the real killer. Tom brings in a hypnotherapist, who tells Margo she'll only see what she's willing to let herself see. Under hypnosis, Margo can't go past Alec starting to make love to her. Jake and Julia discuss the murder case, and realize that everything leads back to Margo. Meanwhile, Margo is terrified by a visitation from Alec's ghost.

November 22

Margo yells at Alec's "ghost," and is terrified the vision proves she is a murderer. Tom comforts her. Margo tries to confess that she slept with Alec, but can't bring herself to do it. A sleepless Margo gets out of bed and sees the word "buried" written in snowdust. Tom wakes up to a note from Margo, saying she'll be back. A concerned Tom wonders where she can be. Margo goes to Alec's grave, where she begins digging.

November 23

A shaken Margo has another vision of Alec in her bed. Tom tries to console her with thoughts of a happy Thanksgiving with the family. Jessica arrives with the news that Margo's trial has been moved up--to next week. Tom is furious, but Jessica insists her hands are tied. After Jessica leaves, Tom suggests that Margo try to contact Alec's ghost in order to find out what really happened that night. She has a vision of Alec, who leads her to empty some dirt out of a potted plant. Tom assures her that she's getting closer to the truth.

November 24

Barbara and Hal welcome Margo, Tom and the boys for Thanksgiving dinner. Adam gets upset when he realizes that Hal and Tom will be opponents and his mother's future is at stake. Hal insists they put aside their differences for the holiday and be a family. Margo reveals to Hal she has been seeing Alec's "ghost" and wants to exhume his body. Hal and Margo argue, and Tom can see how frightened she is. He tries to comfort her. Margo thanks Barbara for her help, especially with Adam. The family sits down and gives thanks. Bob gives his annual Thanksgiving toast as we see the Snyder family and guests, the Munson/Hughes gathering, and WOAK as everyone gathers for their holiday feast.

November 25

Preempted for the Thanksgiving holiday

November 26

Preempted for the Thanksgiving holiday

November 29

Tom tells Margo they're going to trial next week, and decides their defense strategy is to convince the jury that Margo having an affair with Alec is unbelievable and untrue. Tom asks Margo about the night she spent in Chicago with Alec. As they run through a trial run of questioning, Margo is frazzled, but denies ever sleeping with Alec.

November 30

Margo confides in John that she may have to lie on the stand to get herself acquitted. Though Margo confesses she did sleep with Alec, John insists that she should lie if it will free her and keep her with her children. When Tom reveals that his case rests on his belief that Margo was never truly in love with Alec, Emily has "no choice" but to give Tom Margo's love letter to Alec. Lisa fumes when Emily tells her about the letter. An upset Tom confronts Margo with the letter. Margo tries to explain her reasons for writing the letter, but an argument escalates, and Margo finally blurts out the truth--she did sleep with Alec.