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Scott is finally back in Santa Barbara after two weeks spent in London. Heather reproaches him for never having called her, but Scott defends himself while swearing to her of his love for her. Eden and Cruz discover a new macabre scene in their garden. Cruz is at the point of losing his temper, but Eden who initially reproaches him, ends up apologizing. Cain decorates his home for the return of Andrea. But she refuses to get back together with him as long as he has not consulted a psychiatrist to control his aggression. She returns then a visit to Major Hamilton who is shown to be at the origin of his rupture with Cain. A little later the Major opens a drawer of his office and in hides an incriminating towel. Finally, Andrea decides to come to assistance of Cain...

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(Starting with this episode, Russell Curry replaces Wendell J. Grayson in the role of Lieutenant Vic Boswell.)
Cain invites Andrea to the fancy-dress ball of Halloween which takes place that evening, but she refuses. Heather is angry at his father who put Scott on call for the evening. Vic Boswell, persuaded that Cain is the rapist, asks Lydia Saunders to keep an eye on him during the ball. Eden ends up convincing Cruz to agree to go there although the idea that the rapist may be present displeases him. At the Country Club, the evening finally starts. T.J., which tries to frighten Kelly, is thrown out by CC's men. Called at the hospital, Zack must leave Heather, but she is soon joined by Scott who succeeds in being replaced. Cain, which discovers that Andrea came in company from Cruz and Eden, is furious against her. She tells him that all is finished between them. On the point to explode, Cain prefers to go outside to get some fresh air. On the beach where she has come out to think, Andrea is attacked by a man dressed in black...

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Andrea is left for dead on the beach. Kelly, who believes to have seen a man in black in the restroom, informs Cruz. But it is only Gina, disguised as a Count Dracula. Scott proposes to Heather to finish the evening at his place. A whole Chinese decoration, adapted to the topic of their costumes, awaits Heather there. They make love. Cruz and Vic Boswell discover Philip Hamilton, a knife in his hand, in front of the dead body of Andrea. He says that it has just withdrawn the knife of the body of the victim. Of return to the party, Cruz announces the death of Andrea to Eden and Cain, then puts and end to the evening. At the police station, Cruz, Vic and Julia question Cain then Major Hamilton. He seems convinced that the rapist is Cain...

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Since Andrea did not have any more close family, Cain asks Cruz and Eden to help him to organize her funeral. Eden asks CC to provide her the guest list of the evening as well as the detail of all the comings and goings. But as she knows each name, Cruz makes her admit that the rapist is in this case somebody which they know. CC, being at the origin of the evening which attracted the rapist, feels responsible for the death of Andrea. He is comforted by Sophia. Questioned relentlessly by Vic Boswell, Cain strikes him in the face. But Julia agrees not to prosecute him for that, invoking the anger of Boswell who sees there a kind of immunity for Cain because of his links with Capwell. Heather sees of an evil eye the friendship which links her father and Victoria during a charity sale to the Michael's new parish. Sonny speaks to Gina about his apprehension to marry Julia. He imagines a fantasy marriage where it is he who marries Julia and... Father Michael! By leaving the Country Club where she has just had words with T.J., Sophia seems followed by somebody...

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Cain is collected on the grave of Andrea when she discovers Lydia Saunders spying her from behind a bush. He calls into question her friendship by suspecting it of approaching him only for her work, which she denies. While discussing thereafter with Eden, Cain realizes that she does not even completely any more rely on him. On the consultings of Michael, Cruz meets Philmore Winsley, an imprisoned serial rapist, to help him to establish the profile of the video rapist. He explains to Cruz why the rapist seeks by his acts to be avenged for a woman who made it suffer during his childhood and which it is necessarily about a man that Eden knows. He then says to Cruz that even once the rapist is behind the bars, he and Eden will never be able to forget this drama. Dr. Zack Kelton encourages Eden to undergo an amniocentesis to determine the identity of the father of her baby, but Eden is afraid of the possible risks for the fetus. Scott, who cannot free himself as promised to spend the evening with Heather, asks Zack to accompany her at the restaurant. Kelly, who brought back Jeffrey to their residence, asks Sophia to remain with him for the night. Behind the window, a man in black armed with a switch blade watches them...

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Major Hamilton takes advantage that Cain is away to slip into his place and to hide a bloody towel in one of the speakers of his stereosystem. He then goes to the police station where he advises Lieutenant Boswell to go to search Cain. Cain receives a visit from Lydia thereafter and, by searching his bag, discovers that he has a revolver. When she tells Cruz about new nightmare about the rapist she had during the night, Eden feels the baby to move for the first time. Having new doubts as for his paternity, Cruz asks her to undergo an amniocentesis. At the Orient Express, in spite of the accusing remarks of Mark the maitre'd of the hotel, Victoria invites herself to the table of Major Hamilton whom she considers innocent of any crime. She then joined the table of Sophia and Eden and requests of Eden permission to see Chip. Julia joins them and asks Eden to be her witness of her marriage. Arthur Donnelly returns a visit to his son with whom it speaks about a young patient, Eliott Larson, gay and HIV positive, estranged from his parents. Michael agrees to go to the hospital to meet him. When Cruz returns home, it finds Victoria alone with Chip. When he tries to dissuade her from going out alone on the beach with his son, Victoria gets upset and leaves. Gina is made comfortable by Bunny which makes her dance to Al Johnson when Sonny arrives and demands of her the money that she had promised to him, without which he will set out again to Las Vegas. He goes then to a bar where a certain Mickey beats him at poker. Not only does Sonny loses all his money, but also finds himself himself in debt of 20,000 dollars...

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Cain abruptly shows Lydia out the door of his place. She warns Vic Boswell that Cain is about to leave the city. Discovering finger marks on his arm, Vic understand that Cain had a struggle and decides to go to search at his place. In the presence of Cruz, he discovers the towel with Eden's initials hidden by Philip Hamilton. Sonny explains to Gina why he was involved in a poker debt and signed an acknowledgement of debt in the name of... Sonny Sprockett! He persuades Bunny to help him face Mickey at poker in order to recover his money. Arthur Donnelly invites his children to dine at the Orient Express to try to reconcile with them. But the dinner occurs once again with clashes. Convened at the police station, Eden recognizes the towel that she had used to clean her wounds the day of the rape. After Sonny asked him to be his witness of his marriage, CC accompanies Sophia back to her hotel room. But on returning, she is attacked by a masked man...

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Sophia succeeds in escaping her room, but the rapist chases after her. CC, who returned to see her, calls the police and runs through the hotel after Sophia. When he finds them, the rapist, in a hurry due to the police sirens, flees by leaving Sophia on the ground, healthy and safe. On returning to his place, Cain is confronted by two police officers who shoot at him to stop. Wounded, he flees to Eden. She has just learned that her towel was found at Cain and does not manage to hide her fear in front of him. Cruz and the police arrives when Cain forces Eden to convince them of his innocence. At the hospital Michael meets Eliott Larson, the patient of his father. But he does not manage to convince him to recontact his parents. At the Lockridge residence, Sonny and Gina once again discuss the ceremony to come when someone knocks on the door: it is Augusta Lockridge, returning to Santa Barbara for the marriage of her sister. She offers 1000 dollars to Gina to stay in one of the rooms. With Sonny, Augusta returns to visit Julia. She asks her whether she is happy and Julia does not seem sure of it.

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Julia is assailed by questions from Augusta about Mason's relationship with Gina. As Cain gives up his right to a lawyer, he is questioned only by Cruz. Cruz tries to determine whether he is the rapist. Cain admits always being in love with Eden, but that does not make him evil. In the corridor of the police station, Lydia confirms to Eden that she is persuaded of the innocence of Cain. Still under the shock of her attack, Sophia agrees to spend the night at CC's. Both are surprised in the garden by Augusta, who tells them that a suspect was stopped by the police. CC and Sophia also refuse to believe that Cain is guilty. At Gina's, Augusta becomes acquainted with Bunny who compliments her on her dresses. That evening, Cruz takes along Eden at Carmelo Fiorentino, a cabinetmaker recommended by his Uncle Guillermo. He makes her a surprise of a crib that Carmelo manufactured by hand for their baby...

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Kelly recognizes the voice of Cain on a recording which is played for her by Vic Boswell and indicates it sounds like her attacker. Boswell is jubilant by announcing that Cain is finally charged with murder. Lydia, in rage after Boswell refused the interview that he had promised to her, speaks to Cruz about suspicions which she has concerning Philip Hamilton. CC and Sophia decide to carry out their own investigation and start by going to a bar close to the warehouse of the rapist. As it is about the place where they went to hide together while CC was married to Pamela, he and Sophia remind themselves the great moments of their first romance. Seeking to know the address of Eliott Larson, Victoria blunders by calling his father directly. She even goes to visit him and tells him that his son is dying. Heather is studying criminal behavior and has to study the case of Cain. But she is frightened by his behavior. That evening, she is comforted by Scott and decides to encourage him to continue his investigation into the workers of Capwell Enterprises who died of cancer. Whereas Cain is locked up in his cell, Cruz and Eden receive a call from the rapist who gives an appointment to Eden...