Port Charles Season 8
Port Charles is an American television. It is a spin-off of the serial General Hospital In the first few years, Port Charles got a reputation for focusing most of its energies on the medical school program, setting more of its main action at Port Charles' General Hospital than was seen on the parent show, General Hospital. As it evolved, it turned its focus to stories with gothic intrigue that included themes such as forbidden love, vampires, and life after death. It also abandoned the basic open-ended writing style used on all other daytime dramas in December 2000, instead creating thirteen-week story arcs. This type of storytelling is a staple of Latin telenovelas. It also allowed the cast, crew, and writing staff to only work six months out of the year.
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Port Charles
1997Port Charles is an American television. It is a spin-off of the serial General Hospital In the first few years, Port Charles got a reputation for focusing most of its energies on the medical school program, setting more of its main action at Port Charles' General Hospital than was seen on the parent show, General Hospital. As it evolved, it turned its focus to stories with gothic intrigue that included themes such as forbidden love, vampires, and life after death. It also abandoned the basic open-ended writing style used on all other daytime dramas in December 2000, instead creating thirteen-week story arcs. This type of storytelling is a staple of Latin telenovelas. It also allowed the cast, crew, and writing staff to only work six months out of the year.
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Port Charles Season 8 Full Episode Guide
To protect her, Rafe prevents Alison from entering ""Tempted"" and says it's too late to save those inside. Jack warns everyone Caleb's back, Livvie's helping him and Lucy's dead. Steel walls trap everyone inside. Caleb reveals himself and explains how he destroyed their lives- with help from Livvie, who enters with Daniel. Caleb tells Eve and Ian he and Livvie are Daniel's parents now. Before killing everyone, Caleb plans to make love to Livvie in front of them. Caleb pledges his love to Livvie and puts his trust in her. She betrays Caleb by stabbing him with a metal stake, then announces Caleb's finally dead.
Eve arrives at ""Tempted"" and sees Ian and they both learn Livvie tricked them into coming. Karen and Chris arrive, as Chris promised Caleb he would be there. Frank and Gabriela arrive and ask Karen why she invited them, but she denies it. After discovering the Hartmans skipped town, Jamal and Valerie arrive to meet them. Livvie persuades Kevin to go to meet Lucy at the club, then babysits Daniel and says he will be reunited with his parents. Jack, meanwhile, unties himself from Caleb's trap and races to warn everybody that Caleb's back. Arriving at ""Tempted,"" Kevin recognizes James, who mysteriously vanishes.
Per Caleb's request, Livvie separately deceives Ian and Eve to ensure their attendance at a new club, ""Tempted."" Frank and Gabriela are also deceived into attending. Caleb orders Chris to complete the vampire serum and assure Karen's attendance at ""Tempted."" When Karen sees Caleb, Chris covers by claiming she's hallucinating. Releasing anger, Frank gets into a fight and is taken to the hospital, where Eve and Ian learn Karen broke up with him. Alison realizes that Rafe's an angel and although he warns her of danger, he can't reveal his mission. Caleb tells Livvie there's one last task she must accomplish.
Jamal lies to Alison, then secretly goes with Valerie to see Hope. However, Jamal learns the Hartman's phone number has been disconnected and Valerie fears they've run off with Hope. Jack warns Kevin that Caleb's back and Livvie's helping him, but Kevin thinks he's crazy. In the woods, Rafe finishes burying a grave, then says he failed as Lucy's guardian angel. Alison finds Rafe's journal and is puzzled that it stops 10 years ago. Later, Ali sees Rafe bring a dead bird back to life and asks him how he did it. Caleb congratules Livvie on killing Lucy, then announces his final plan of revenge against the town. Later, Livvie lies to Kevin that Lucy has left town for a spa. Jack, meanwhile, shows up at the catacombs to confront Caleb, who tells him Lucy's dead and Livvie killed her. Caleb then stops Jack from leaving...
Ian stops Eve from injecting him with truth serum. He admits to his affair with Lucy, then says they don't belong together. Chris tells Karen she's rapidly aging due to the vampire serum. Frank and Gabriela learn Karen's not in rehab, then find her with Chris. She lies to them that she loves Chris. Caleb corners Lucy in the woods and Livvie shows up with the crossbow and explains how they tricked her with visions of Christina. Caleb leaves Livvie alone to kill Lucy and Livvie later presents him with a bloody arrow and declares Lucy's dead. Rafe searches for Lucy in the woods, then says ""Oh My God, Livvie actually did it.""
Ian tries to get romantic with Eve, but she remains suspicious of him and plans to inject him with the truth serum. Jack researches ways to kill vampires, then makes a wooden stake out of a chair leg. Livvie is able to convince Kevin that Caleb hasn't returned, then issues a warning to Rafe, who knows the truth. Rafe fears his premonitions of Lucy's death are about to come true and he rushes off to find her. When Lucy tries to shoot Caleb with her crossbow, James grabs it and runs into the woods. Lucy chases after James while Caleb pursues her. Caleb catches up to her and reveals his fangs have returned.
After seeing the photo of Ian and Lucy in bed, Eve realizes Kevin already knows about their affair. Vowing to make Ian pay, Eve steals truth serum from the hospital, just as Ian tells Lucy he feels he and Eve are close to reconciling. After Jack escapes from the hospital, Alison finds him in the woods and he tells her he encountered pure evil. Livvie subtely clues in Valerie that Jamal is Hope's biological father, then Valerie confronts Jamal, who admits it's true. Val presses him to meet with the Hartmans. Lucy goes to the catacombs ready to do battle with Caleb, but is intercepted by an overprotective James.
On Caleb's order, Chris tries replicating the vampire serum, then asks Karen to trust him and not tell Frank the truth. Gabriela offers to accompany Frank to visit Karen in rehab. Rafe carries an unconscious Jack to the hospital, but the doctors can't find anything physically wrong with him. Alison pleads with Jack to wake up, while Ed tells Rafe to stay focused on his battle with Caleb. James upsets Caleb when he suggests Livvie can't be trusted, but she proves her loyalty by giving him the photo of Lucy and Ian together in bed. To help Caleb regain his powers, James presents him with his vampire cape.
Ian walks in on Kevin kissing Eve and Kevin refrains from telling her about Ian and Lucy's affair. Ian tries confessing to Eve, but instead asks if they can start over. Lucy sees Caleb with Livvie in the woods, but Caleb disappears and Livvie denies he was there. Lucy tells Kevin Caleb's back, but Kevin, still reeling over her affair, sends her home as Livvie steals a photo of Ian and Lucy together. Rafe hints to Jack that Caleb's back and they go to the catacombs, find Caleb's music box and Jack collapses after opening it. Caleb summons a dark force and his late man-servant James appears with his music box.
Caleb visits Chris and demands he create more vampire serum, threatening to kill him if he doesn't. Eve tells Ian she still loves and he later decides to confess his affair with Lucy. Lucy brings Christina home and takes her picture with a camera, but she mysteriously vanishes, both in person and in the picture. Livvie appears at Lucy's and denies seeing Christina. Livvie reports back to Caleb on her mission and Lucy catches them together. Shocked to see the pictures of Ian and Lucy in bed, Kevin gets drunk and goes to Eve to tell her about the affair. Instead, he ends up kissing her, just as Ian walks in.
Chris convinces Karen not to tell anyone that she was injected with the vampire serum and to move in with him. Karen shocks Frank by ""confessing"" she's back on drugs and calls off their engagement. Chris is stunned by a surprise visitor. Ian and Eve play nice for the court counselor to get Danny back and agree to move back in together for appearances sake. Livvie eavesdrops as Lucy and Kevin discuss the future of their relationship, then vows to prevent them from marrying. Lucy's shocked when Christina appears at her doorstep. Kevin's private detective delivers him shocking photos of Ian and Lucy in bed.
Livvie denies she tried to poison Jack, but he's convinced she's being controlled by Caleb. Lucy races to the lighthouse to warn Kevin about an impromptu visit from Child Services just as Eve and Ian are visiting Danny. Eve and Ian hide in the closet when the social worker arrives, then Ian declares he has a plan to get Danny back. Alison asks Jamal to forgive her for withholding the fact he's Hope's father and Jack confesses he went with Alison to visit the Hartmans. Jamal unleashes his anger on both of them. Rafe asks Livvie to join forces with him to defeat Caleb, but she tells him she's freely helping Caleb.
A frightened Livvie tells Caleb she failed to kill Jack. He gives her a new assignment- breaking up Alison and Jamal. Karen demands Chris tells Frank about the vampire serum to prove she's not on drugs, but Chris denies her accusations. Frank doesn't believe her, but later realizes she might be telling the truth after Gabriella describes her own vampire symptoms. Chris takes Karen to the catacombs to scare her about being a vampire. Caleb overhears them talk about the vampire serum, then decides he wants it for Livvie. Rafe clues in Jack that his drink was poisoned and Jack confronts Livvie about trying to kill him.
Caleb tests Livvie's loyalty by asking her to kill Jack. Livvie poisons Jack's drink but Rafe intercedes by knocking the drink out of Jack's hand before he drinks it. Caleb's not happy that Livvie failed his test. Jamal gets Valerie to admit she can back to Port Charles because she's in love with him. Stilll upset with Alison's deception, Jamal decides to tell Valerie he's Hope's father. Mac advises Kevin on his love life with Lucy and Kevin feels guilty for hurting her. After making love, Ian and Lucy decide to just be friends. Unbeknownst to them, Kevin's private eye has snapped compromsing photos of them.
Ian and Lucy are upset when Kevin's appointed Daniel's guardian. Alison confides in Rafe about the DNA test she ran behind Jamal's back and he convinces her not to read the results. Jamal asks Mrs. Hartman to give Valerie another chance and learns about Ali's visit. Jamal recognizes Hope's birthmark as one identical to his. Jamal grabs the DNA resuls before Ali destroys them and learns he's Hope's father. Kevin tells Eve he's hired a private eye to keep an eye on Ian. Ian and Lucy console each other and end up making love. Caleb questions Livvie's loyalty, then asks her to prove it by killing Jack.
Rafe surprises Lucy when he knows about her kiss with Ian. The court counselor warns Eve and Ian to stop bickering if they want their son returned. Mac asks Kevin if he wants Eve back but Kevin denies. Kevin's appointed as Danny's temporary guardian and returns him to Eve and Lucy and Ian witness the happy reunion. Alison secretly arranges a DNA test to determine if Jamal is Hope's father, then gets the results. Frank discovers the cocaine Chris planted in Karen's purse. Karen tells Frank how Chris injected her with vampire serum, but when he doesn't believe her, she vows to make Chris pay.
After Livvie threatens to reveal to the whole town that Caleb's, Caleb dares her to do it. She goes to Lucy and warns her, then they both arrive at the hospital costume party to warn everyone else about Caleb. However, Livvie is forced to explain to everyone how Caleb tricked her into posing as Anne Marie and Christina, kidnapping Daniel and bringing Valerie to town. Everyone turns their rage towards Livvie and they lock her up in a psychiatric ward. Livvie then awakens and realizes she's had a nightmare, courtesy of Caleb. Caleb seems confident that he's convinced Livvie to do his bidding.
Chris spies on Frank and Karen at the cabin. After making love, Karen proposes to Frank and he accepts. Karen then catches Chris stalking them and tells him of her engagement. After Valerie pleads for his help, Jamal agrees to go to the Hartmans to change their minds about letting Val visit Hope. When Jack suggests the Hartmans are hiding something, Alison steals a lock of Hope's hair from Valerie's baby book to run a DNA test. Livvie angrily lashes out at Caleb for manipulating her into hurting her loves ones. When she threatens to reveal he's alive, he grabs her by the throat and prevents her from leaving.
A devastated Eve blames Kevin for making her lose Daniel by making her suspicious of Ian. He promises to help her get Daniel back by passing the psychiatric evaluation. A sympathetic Lucy discourages Ian from fleeing town with Daniel. They both back away when a friendly hug turns into a kiss. Rafe remembers his previous battle with Caleb, in which he lost his life. Learning from his past mistakes, Rafe vows to defeat Caleb this time. Livvie comes to the horrifying realization she's unknowingly helped Caleb by impersonating Christina and Anne-Marie. She confronts Caleb and threatens to kill him.
Valerie learns the Hartmans have barred her from contact with Hope. A guilty Alison goes with Jack to visit the Hartmans to change their minds, but their decision is final. Jamal and Hope have identical birthmarks. After the judge orders Daniel be placed in foster care, Eve and Ian make accusations over who's to blame. The judge orders Ian and Eve to undergo psychiatric evaluations. When Livvie arrives with Daniel, Eve tearfully gives up Daniel, then seeks comfort from Kevin, while Ian turns to Lucy. After Lucy tells her of seeing Christina, Livvie has a flashback of Christina and fears she's helping Caleb ruin lives.
Kevin and Lucy takes sides as Eve and Ian face off in court over custody of Daniel. While Eve makes Ian out to be a kidnapper, Lucy's testimony points Eve as an unstable mother. Calling both Ian and Eve neglectful, the judge orders Daniel placed in protective custody. Rafe's boss advises him to guide the Port Charles citizens to fight Caleb themselves and then have faith in them. Caleb imagines getting everything he wants- Livvie as his loving wife and Daniel as their son. While babysitting Daniel, Livvie has a flashback of holding Daniel before. Unnerved, she dresses him and leaves the lighthouse with him.
Jack and Alison visit Hope's adoptive parents to find out if Jamal could be Hope's father. Hope's adoptive father lies Jamal can't be the father because Hope was born premature. Karen tells a smitten Chris about her vacation plans with Frank, which Chris plans to disrupt. After talking with Livvie, Rafe realizes she's unwittingly been helping Caleb ruin lives. Caleb and Rafe face off over Livvie, as Rafe tries to make her see what Caleb's doing to her. However, Rafe's prevented from telling Livvie and Caleb vows she'll remember when she's ready. His kiss makes her forget the encounter, then he disappears.
Chris shows Karen her blood test results, which don't entirely seem human. Although Karen has no vampire symptoms, she tells Chris of her overactive libido, which makes Chris attracted to her. Chasing after Christina, Lucy runs into Kevin, who doesn't believe Christina was really there. Eve accuses Ian of trying to kidnap Daniel, but, as evidence mounts against him, he claims he was set up. She doesn't believe him and runs to Kevin. Ian runs into Lucy and they commiserate over their loved ones not trusting them. He vows he must take Daniel away from Eve to protect him. Eve tells Kevin she's filing for divorce from Ian.
Kevin doesn't believe Lucy heard Christina on the telephone. They search together, but don't find her, but, once alone, Lucy sees Christina. Alison feels jealous seeing Jamal with Valerie, who gives him Hope's picture. Finding the pic, Ali wonders if Jamal's the father. When Daniel's missing, Ian calls the police as Livvie hides in the bushes with Daniel, then slips away and takes him to Ian's hotel room. Eve awaits a kidnapper's call but instead receives a warning about Ian. Ian returns to his room to find Danny, just as Eve arrives. When 2 plane tickets are delivered, Eve accuses Ian of trying to kidnap their baby.
Caleb visits Livvie, who resists his influence. When he threatens she'll be all alone in the world, Livvie complies with his bidding. Livvie leaves a goodbye note for Jack, who advises Alison to forget Valerie and focus on her future with Jamal. Reunited, Lucy and Kevin try to uncover the identity of the person causing trouble around town. Lucy's distracted when she receives a phone call- from Christina! Eve meets Ian in the park with baby Daniel and he is able to convince her to trust him again. She rips up the restraining order against him. When their backs are turned, Livvie swipes Daniel from his carriage.
Jack tells Livvie of his dream and she says she loves him and asks for a 2nd chance. He turns her down and says to seek help. Kevin and Lucy discuss the distance between them and he admits he's been obsessed with Ian. Lucy's convinced a dark force is behind their troubles. They kiss and makeup. Eve and Ian discuss their mutual dreams, but she's still frightened by his threat, which he denies making. She agrees to meet him in the park with Daniel. Caleb mocks Rafe's dreamweaving efforts. Knowing Caleb feeds off their weakness, Rafe declares the town will defeat him with their love. Caleb secretly vows to go after their children.
To defeat Caleb, Rafe plays dream weaver to remind the town of the power of love. Eve and Ian both dream their ordeal with Caleb was just a book Eve read and they have a happy future with Danny. A sleeping Eve and Ian both declare their love for each other. Jack dreams Livvie has graduated from medical school and accepted his proposal of marriage. Livvie sees a sleeping Jack through the bike shop window. As Lucy searches in vain for Christina, Kevin dreams of his wedding day to Lucy, in which he promises to find Christina. Later, Lucy runs into Kevin on the footbridge and they both stare at the stars together.
Chris runs tests on Karen and is shocked the results indicate she's mutating. Ian asks for Frank's help to prove Anne-Marie's an impostor, but Frank can't find any record the real Anne-Marie existed. Christina runs from Lucy, who loses her again. Despite finding Lucy and Ian together, Rafe asks Kevin not to jump to conclusions. Lucy tells Kevin about seeing Christina but he doesn't believe her. Livvie arrives at Eve's and alters Ian's phone message while Eve showers. Frightened to hear Ian's voice threaten her, Eve gets a restraining order against him. Rafe asks his boss for one night to set things right.
Rafe pleads with his boss for a second chance and his boss allows him to return to Earth but advises him not to directly interfere in the humans' battle against Caleb. Caleb explains to Livvie he must destroy his enemies to get his strength back. Suspecting Jamal fathered Valerie's baby, Alison questions him about the timing of their one night together. After Kevin finds Ian and Lucy together, Lucy claims nothing happened but Kevin doesn't believe her. When Ian taunts him, Kevin spills the beans about Anne-Marie, but Ian claims she's an impostor. Lucy is stunned to see Christina run past her in the hotel hallway.
Jack runs into Anne-Marie, but she mysteriously disappears just as Livvie arrives. Karen bravely stands up to an armed robber at the Recovery Room and cuts her hand, but Chris finds her hand perfectly healed. After seeing Valerie cozy up to Jamal, Livvie suggests to Alison that Jamal fathered Valerie's baby. After talking with Eve about Anne-Marie, a suspicious Kevin decides to go talk to Ian. Lucy visits Ian's hotel room and tells him her fears Caleb's behind the recent chaos in town. When Ian spills a drink on Lucy, she changes into a robe. Kevin walks in to find Lucy and Ian in what looks to be a compromising position.
Jamal and Alison find Valerie working at the Recovery Room. Valerie makes nice to Alison in front of Jamal, but when they're alone together, she declares she'll fight for Jamal. Lucy and Jack suspect Caleb is behind their romantic troubles, as they drown their sorrows together. Anne-Marie warns Eve that she and Daniel are in danger from Ian and Anne-Marie's story sounds eerily familiar to Eve. A frightened Eve tells Ian to leave their loft. Karen's energy level surprises Frank, who wonders if she's back on drugs. Lucy bumps into Ian in the hotel while Jack bumps into Anne-Marie. A robber holds up the Recovery Room.
Rafe is frustrated by the rules, which restrain him from personally battling Caleb. His boss advises him to have faith in his friends, then pulls him from his assignment for being too reckless. After Jack breaks up with her, Livvie goes to Caleb, who convinces her his love will last forever, unlike Jack's. When Eve shows up at the lighthouse with Daniel and says she's leaving Ian, Kevin offers to let them stay with him. An enraged Ian accuses him of wanting Eve back. A hurt Lucy suspects this may be true. Ian is able to convince Eve to come home with him. However, she later gets a surprise visit from Anne-Marie.
After he's bailed out, Jack tells Jamal he beat up Kyle for sleeping with Livvie, but Jamal tells Jack that Livvie pursued Kyle. Livvie tells Alison she can't remember going to the hotel room with Kyle and Ali spills the beans that Jack was going to propose to Livvie. Jack breaks up with Livvie. Karen seduces a surprised Frank at the hospital. Valerie ges a job at the Recovery Room. Ian punches Kevin for making Eve doubt him and accuses him of trying to win Eve back. Lucy tries convincing them to no avail that something evil is behind their troubles. Eve shows up with baby Daniel and announces she's leaving Ian.
Jack beats up Kyle after finding him and Livvie in bed together, but Livvie can't remember how she got there. Jack is then arrested for assault. Rafe tries unsuccessfully to convince Caleb to give up the fight for evil, but Caleb pledges to destroy those who tried to destroy him. Rafe, who's an angel, tells his ""Boss"" he feels powerless to fight Caleb. Caleb encounters Livvie and gloats that he will have his revenge and no one can stop him. Eve is enraged to find out Ian checked on her psychiaric history. He tries unsuccessfully to explain, but they argue about trust and she reminds him of Anne-Marie's story.
Kevin confides in Victor he's investigating Ian's past. Lucy accidentally reveals her wedding plans to Kevin, but a delighted Victor agrees to keep the news secret. Ian's understanding when Eve explains how she got locked out of the loft with Daniel inside. He tells her to no longer fear Caleb, then says he's made mistakes in his past. Jack rescues Alison by lifting the heavy tree branches off her, then goes for help. Rafe uses a mysterious white light to revive Ali. Livvie hears Caleb reveal his evil plans. She declares her love for Jack, but Caleb says that will change. Livvie can't bring herself to leave.