"Standing in the bar at the casino Adam called JR. He told his son to stay calm and that after tonight's finale he would take Bess and the nanny to a "secure location." He told JR not to worry if he didn't hear from him soon. As he hung up David walked up next to him. He demanded to know where Bess was. Adam refused and David said "Surrender Bess or you forfeit everything!" They argued and exchanged threats. David remarked "We live in an uncertain world Adam. Sometimes the good people of Pine Valley get pushed past their limit and who knows what one of them might do." Adam replied nonchalantly "Oh, should I get a body guard?" David told Adam to stop what he's put in motion and return Bess to her mother. Adam quipped "You forgot to say please!." David said "You just gave me the freedom to make your life a walking nightmare" and he stormed away.
In the dining room there was stunned silence at Zach's entertainment announcement. Erica stood up and said it was best if they all said good night. Kendall agreed saying "Yes, before someone gets murdered!" as she glared at Greenlee. Zach said he meant no offense and tried to explain it was just a game of "whodunit." He said after playing for a couple of hours everyone would gather together and for each correct guess at who the killer is, the casino would donate $100,000 to the Miranda Montgomery Foundation. Greenlee and Ryan were the first to half-heartedly agree to play along. Kendall piped up "Me three! Who wouldn't enjoy a little game of homicide in the name of charity?" Bianca walked in at that moment and the room fell silent again. She said she felt left out of her daughter's memorial event so she returned. No one could look her in the eye as Kendall tried to convince her to go with her to the casino and play the slots. Bianca refused and wanted to know what was going on. Erica said they were having a slight difference of opinion and suggested she go with her sister. Bianca refused and wanted to be let in on the game. Greenlee spoke up and said it was a high stakes game of murder. Everyone agreed to let Bianca make the call as to whether they played or not. Bianca commented that she was the only one in the room qualified to make the call, as she was the only one who had actually committed murder. She also mentioned that it was one year ago that evening that she had killed Michael Cambias. Erica told her to forgive Zach because he couldn't have known that. Bianca said to count her in on the game. Ryan offered to just cut a huge check from Cambias Industries but she said she's played this kind of game before and it was fun. David walked in and Greenlee headed over to see why he looked so angry. Kendall stopped her and told her she was "on someone's hit list tonight." Zach began to hand out cards with everyone's game personality on them. Jack and Erica looked at their cards. She was to be a glamour queen with multiple divorces behind her who was devoted to her children. He was the Honorable I.M. Justice, circuit court judge. They wondered out loud just what Zach's point was with all of this. Bianca and David looked at their cards. David was a doctor who uses humans as guinea pigs, she an ivory skinned sad eyed woman, dreaming of lost love. She asked David about Bess and he said the baby hadn't been found but that the Chandlers weren't the only ones with power in this town. Across the room Ryan and Greenlee snuggled and kissed while Kendall just stared at them. Adam strolled in and David asked if his card described his character as a control freak who steals children from their mothers. Ryan quietly told Greenlee that "things are going to turn all kinds of ugly tonight." He remembered the conversation he had with Zach in his office regarding the wall of photos.
Zach went into his office and turned on surveillance monitors. He watched as Bianca and Ethan joked about their personality cards. They picked up their first clue and Bianca thought it meant they should go to the beach. Zach watched as they left together. Kendall burst into the office and snarled "You promised Ryan would get his tonight! Do it now or I'll blow the lid on this whole set up!" She stared at a monitor as Greenlee and Ryan are shown walking into Zach's Casita room. Ryan told Greenlee that he had more on his mind than Zach's game and began kissing her. Kendall growled that tonight was supposed to be about taking Ryan down. Zach told her that if they couldn't keep control they would both lose. He told her to be patient and that the less she knew about his plans, the better. Kendall began getting panicky when she saw Ryan and Greenlee lay down. Zach told her to just play the game and that there was a fine line between winning and losing. "If you're not careful to walk the line, you'll take the fall" he told Kendall. Kendall stared at the monitor as Ryan and Greenlee kissed and talked about falling in love with each other. Zach suggested she leave because the last thing "you want to watch is Ryan and Greenlee making the beast with 2 backs." She ran out of the room.
In the gazebo Erica found David standing alone. They wondered why Zach would set it up for them to end up together. David said it was probably because the two of them plotted to take down Michael Cambias. Erica wondered how Zach would've known that and why he would want them to relive it. She said this game of his was just ghoulish and that Michael's death wasn't murder it was self defense. David sent Erica to find Zach and ask for another clue. A moment later Adam showed up. David told him they had unfinished business when Adam tried to leave. David said he may have found a way to bury their differences, a solution that was agreeable to both sides. He offered to buy Adam a drink and put his hand on Adam's shoulder. Adam fell to the ground, out cold. David held up a tiny object and remarked "Better living through technology!" David got the unconscious Adam to a crate he had prepared with food and water. He started pounding in nails when Erica came in and declared "I knew it! I knew you were the murdered!." She thought it was all part of the game they were playing and wanted to see who was in the crate.
Ethan and Bianca went down to the beach. They searched for another clue but came up empty. She thought maybe they misunderstood their first clue. The two of them laughed and joked like old friends. When they sat down on a large rock Bianca noticed Ethan staring out at the water. She asked if he was looking towards home. Ethan said home was a long way away. Then he told her that she had a lot of people there tonight looking out for her, worried about how she would react to the game they were playing. Bianca said the game wasn't the problem, it was the memories. He asked if living with the rape ever got easier. Bianca said it does if she focuses on the positive, like getting to know Miranda. Ethan was touched and impressed. He told Bianca that she was beautiful and she smiled at him. "If things were different I'd ask you out" he told her. Bianca told him she was gay and he said that was his bad fortune, but perhaps another woman's good. Bianca said she had Lena and then asked if he had someone special. Ethan said he'd been focusing on other things in his life. They decided to head back in and find another clue.
Greenlee and Ryan were lying on the floor kissing when Maria began pounding on the door. Finally Ryan got up and let her in. She said she was looking for Zach. Greenlee straightened her dress and said she was going to look for more clues and headed out the door. Ryan asked why Maria thought Zach would be in this particular room. By the look on her face he realized that this room meant something. She admitted that it was a replica of the casita they had lived in together. Ryan told Maria about the collection of photos in Zach's office. He also said that while researching Zach he found that all information stopped 10 years ago. Maria tried to defend Zach but Ryan told her the man was obsessed with Michael Cambias' death and with getting her back. He told her not to be fooled by Zach Slater. Ryan wondered if Zach had something to do with Ethan coming to town. Maria was intrigued and Ryan left her alone in the room. She looked around the room and then up at the ceiling, where she spotted the video camera. Maria ran out of the room and straight to Zach's office. She found him sitting in front of the monitors and yelled "What do you think you're doing?"
Kendall went to the beach alone and sat on a large rock. She stared out to the water then imagined that she saw Ryan. She reached out her hand to him and he joined her, pulling her into an embrace. They danced to the crashing waves and slowly Ryan backed away. Kendall reached out for him but he vanished. She sat down as though the breath had been knocked out of her. Kendall remembered the two of them together, dancing, kissing, making love. She gazed out over the dark water lost in thought.
Greenlee found Bianca and told her she needed her help with Kendall. Bianca said she didn't want to be the go-between. Greenlee said Kendall has gone over the edge and that it was Bianca's job to pull her back.
Ryan walked into the empty gazebo with an envelope in his hand. He looked at the front of it and his name was written there. He opened it and found a card saying "You're the victim!""
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