One Life to Live 1/10/1990

[Partial Episode from a different source than usual -- Apologies for bad sound and picture quality] Cord catches Tina looking through his portfolio, but she claims she was just catching up on what she missed when she was in the halfway house. She apologizes for how she reacted towards Debra yesterday, and Cord tells her Debra poses no threat to their marriage. Tina isn’t convinced, and has a plan to get rid of Debra. Megan visits Max in the hospital. She explains she will always care about Max, even though they don’t belong together romantically. Andy arrives and Max asks how things are going at the bar. Andy says she’s managing, but Max can tell she’s holding something back. Gabrielle tells Sister Amelia she wants to become a nun.She explains she made a promise to God in exchange for Max’s life. Sister Amelia says God listens to prayers, but isn’t in the habit of striking bargains. And she assures Gabrielle she doesn’t need to become a nun to fulfill her promise, but Gabrielle insists it is what she wants and that she can follow vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. Mort stops by the bar asking to speak to Andy, but when the bartender says she isn’t around, he leaves a card and a message that he, personally, was looking for her. Tina meets with Annabelle Thorne, the editor of Chic International magazine, and gives her one of the photos Cord took of Debra and asks if she might be interested in hiring him. Annabelle is very interested–in both photographer and model–and says she’ll give Cord a call that afternoon. Next Tina meets with Cassie to discuss whether the Mendorran Ballet is still interested in Debra Medina. Cassies is loath to meddle in Debra’s life, but she agrees to speak to the ballet director as a favor to Tina. Megan confronts Andy about what she’s hiding, and Andy admits she’s having trouble with a gangster running a protection racket. Megan promises to help Andy think of an alternative to paying Mort off. When they arrive back at the bar and receive Mort’s card, the see his note on the back: “You’re making a big mistake.” Megan says Mort probably waited until Max was incapacitated and came after her because she would be more vulnerable. She wonders if they can’t hire some protection of their own to stand up to Mort. Cord tells Tina he got a call from the editor of Chic International but that he turned down the offer because he doesn’t want to fuel her jealousy. Tina says she trusts him and that it sounds like a great opportunity, so Cord says he’ll see if Debra is interested. Gabrielle goes to see Max and tells him that she prayed for him to recover and that her prayers were answered. As soon as they begin to kiss, though, Gabrielle gets suddenly anxious and makes an excuse to leave, promising to visit tomorrow.