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Una vita da vivere - Trama anno 1987
Max Holden showed up in Llanview to ask Maria Roberts, a friend of his late mother, Patricia, for a loan to buy a ranch in Argentina. Maria agreed to give Max a substantial loan on one condition: he must somehow find a way to lure Tina out of town. Max eagerly accepted the mission. When Tina got the news of her pregnancy, she left a message on Cord's answering machine, but Maria got the message first and erased it! Thinking Cord didn't care that she was carrying his child, Tina fled town with Max. Their destination: Argentina! In Buenos Aires, Max discovered that the ranch's owner, Don Alonzo, had been murdered. Before long, Max and Tina got mixed up in a dangerous drug ring led by Dante Medina, whose daughter, Gabrielle, Max had recently romanced. Dismayed at his involvement with Tina, Gabrielle didn't tell Max the big news: she was pregnant with his child!
When Cord finally discovered that Tina was having his baby, he headed for Buenos Aires to try to convince her to return. Kate (who knew that her brother Jamie was part of the drug ring) journeyed with him. Cord and Kate grew close as they shared a sizzling tango in the streets of Buenos Aires.
In the ensuing melee with the drug ring, Tina was taken hostage, and tumbled over the ferocious Iguazu Falls, and was presumed dead. Max, Gabrielle, Kate, and Cord returned to Llanview.
Clint and Viki's relationship was headed for divorce, when Viki collapsed after witnessing a fight between Clint and Tom. Viki awoke with selective amnesia, which prompted the judge to block their divorce for six months. Tests revealed that Viki had a brain aneurism which required immediate surgery. During successful brain surgery, Viki had an out of body experience in which she took a fantastic journey towards Heaven. Guided by her guardian angel, a quirky little man named Virgil, Viki joyously reunited her with many of her deceased friends and relatives, including Joe, who urged her to return to earth and the man she truly loved -- Clint.
Dorian was horrified and deeply hurt when she discovered that her daughter Cassie was having an affair with her boyfriend, Jonathan Russell. Dorian left Llanview to become the United States Ambassador to Mendorra.
Cassie and Jon moved in together, but immediately problems surfaced when Cassie came to suspect that Jon was interested in an ex-girlfriend. Rob Coronal returned to town, and he and Cassie grew closer when they worked together to determine who killed Rob's father, Alex. Soon, Cassie and Rob reunited.
Melinda Cramer Janssen, who years earlier had been committed to a mental institution, was finally released in 1987. After years of therapy, Melinda now seemed to be a healthy, assertive, if slightly aggressive, person. With Dorian living in Mendorra, she moved in with Cassie at Dorian's penthouse.
Cord's mother, Maria, was racked with guilt over her role in Tina's demise. She admitted to Clint that yes, she encouraged Max to take Tina out of town, and that she lent him the money to buy the Ranch. Maria claimed to have done this only because she thought Max would be good for Tina! Lying through her teeth, Maria never dreamed Tina was really pregnant. Her argument proved convincing and Clint believed her.
Gabrielle heard rumors of a white woman being kept alive in the jungle and sent out a guide to investigate. He returned with a feverish and weak Tina! As her fever subsided, a bereft Tina told Gabrielle that she must have miscarried her baby in her terrifying tumble over the falls. When Gabrielle went into labor, Tina helped in the delivery of her beautiful baby boy. Believing that Tina was married to Max -- and that she could give the baby a good life -- Gabrielle turned her newborn son over to her. Tina hurried back to Llanview with the baby, whom she named "Al," after Cord's late father. Tina arrived in Llanview and discovered that Cord was about to marry Kate. She raced to the church arriving moments after the ceremony. She presented Cord with baby Al and collapsed at his feet. With Tina's return, Cord and Kate's marriage was now invalid.
Maria Roberts learned from Gabrielle that baby Al was not Cord and Tina's child. Armed with this news, Maria threatened to expose Tina if she didn't grant Cord a divorce. Tina had no choice but to end her marriage to the man she loved. At the same time, Maria became unhinged! She wanted Clint Buchanan all for herself, and that meant she would have to murder Viki - and frame Tina for the crime! Wearing a blond wig, Maria tried to run down Viki in her car. Fortunately, she was saved by her gardener, Gilbert -- who bore more than a striking resemblance to her guardian angel, Virgil. Next, Maria applied a deadly poison to a pair of earrings that Tina planned to give Viki for her birthday. The poison, designed to kill on contact, accidently spilled on Maria during a scuffle with Tina, who watched in horror as Maria fell to the floor -- dead!
Cord anxiously prepared for his second wedding to Kate, which was postponed because of Maria's murder. Tina was arrested, and during her trial, truth that Gabrielle and Max were really baby Al's parents came out. Tina was found guilty and sent to jail. When new evidence surfaced, Tina was cleared of the murder charges, and Tina and Cord made love.
Back at home, Max tried to forget Tina by having a sexy affair with a suave and sexy older businesswoman, Lee Halpern. Lee came to Llanview to open a branch of her shady consulting firm, Dyna-women. Unbeknownst to anyone, Lee was actually Tom Dennison's not-so-late wife, Carol. Mari Lynn had a bitter reconciliation with the mother she had never known. Fortunately, the teenager found solace in the arms of her compassionate boyfriend, Wade Coleman.
Asa was delighted to reunite with Lee's friend, Renee Divine. Renee, who ran a brothel in Nevada, had once had a fling with Asa. Now, years later, they picked up where they left off. Renee was so charmed by her handsome millionaire that she gave up her "madam" business and stayed in Llanview to start a new life with Asa. Meanwhile, Max proposed to Tina.
Max's amazing discovery that he was actually Al's father did not deter him from pursuing Tina. Despite her lingering feelings for Cord, Tina finally agreed to become Mrs. Max Holden. Together, they searched in vain for Tina's real miracle baby, who was not dead after all! Assisted by Iguazu Indians, a feverish Tina had given birth to a baby boy in the jungles of Argentina. Together, Max and Tina searched for the child, unaware that the baby, whom they called "Milagro" (spanish for miracle), was being held by Max's enemy, Rolo. Rolo was an old associate of Gabrielle's father, Dante Medina.
After a struggle with the dangerous Jamie Sanders, Clint was shot in the head, and was blinded. Viki had a difficult time getting Clint to accept his blindness. Clint needed help and found it in Sarah Gordon, his tough-as-nails therapist. Sarah was a tough teacher! She refused to allow Viki or the rest of the Buchanan family to treat Clint like a helpless baby. As a result of her work with Clint, Sarah won the love and affection of the entire Buchanan family. This was especially true of Cord, who turned to Sarah after Kate finally called it quits with him and left town to pursue her scientific studies.