The WORST episodes of Soap

#1 - Episode 4.1 (Part 2)

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/12/1980

Dr. Hill revives Jessica, who remains in a coma. Danny and Burt wake up in an adult motel. Mary is relieved to see that her baby is white. Billy dodges Leslie's bullet, which hits Saunders instead. Dutch chooses Eunice over Corinne, who announces she will be moving on soon. Jessica emerges from her coma apparently healthy and surrounded by her many suitors. After the judge learns of Carol's machinations, she awards custody of Wendy to Jodie. Carol threatens Jodie. Burt and Danny receive X-rated pictures of themselves in the motel room.

#2 - Episode 2.2

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 9/21/1978

Chester escapes from prison with Dutch. Danny and Elaine marry and learn that Elaine's father has cut her off. One by one, the Tates disappear in the basement.

#3 - Episode 2.7

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/2/1978

Carol's father objects to Carol and Jodie's marriage. Elaine opens up to Danny. Jessica, Mary, Corinne, and Eunice commiserate. Sally tells Burt she's in love with him.

#4 - Episode 2.9

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/23/1978

Chester comes home; Jodie slugs Dennis; and more news, Corinne is pregnat. Other news. Dutch comes and says good-bye, c this show 2 find out what's up.

#5 - Episode 3.7

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/8/1979

The Tates and Campbells gather to welcome Dutch to the family--and scare Millie away in the process. Billy and Leslie's romantic evening is interrupted by her ex. Jodie and Corinne discuss single parenthood. Alien Burt refuses to return to the spaceship. Real Burt finally contacts Mary, then disappears before her eyes. Back on the spaceship, Real Burt convinces the aliens to give him a chance to persuade Alien Burt to leave Earth for good.

#6 - Episode 3.8

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/22/1979

Mary begins to question her sanity. Eunice and Corinne call Chester on his cheating. Real Burt turns to Jodie for help. Billy plans a rendezvous with Leslie at a hotel but runs into Eunice, then Corinne, then Dutch, then Chester in the lobby. Real Burt makes an impassioned plea to Alien Burt.

#7 - Episode 3.9

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/6/1979

Billy tells Jessica about his affair with Leslie. Burt returns home to share his ordeal with Mary. Danny meets a black widow at the cemetery. Dutch makes it clear he knows Eunice is cheating on him. Jessica spots Chester with another woman.

#8 - Episode 3.10

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/13/1979

Jessica catches Chester with another woman. Burt and Mary go for their annual physicals. Danny tries to find Polly. Jessica meets Leslie. An agent from Child Protective Services pays a visit to Jodie.

#9 - Episode 3.11

Season 3 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/27/1979

Jessica agrees to see a marriage counselor with Chester. The Campbells urge Jodie to move back home. Burt is jealous of Alien Burt's sexual prowess. At Billy's 18th-birthday party, Leslie promises "to blow out every candle on [Billy's] cake."

#10 - Episode 3.14

Season 3 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/17/1980

Danny learns of Burt's illness and agrees to help Burt win a spot in the Guiness Book of World Records. Eunice asks Corinne to cover for her while she cheats on Dutch. Chester's attempts to resist the minister's sexy daughter prove futile. The Campbells host Polly's family at dinner. After Chester tells Jessica he has lapsed again, she kicks him out of the house.

#11 - Episode 3.22 (Part 1)

Season 3 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/27/1980

Season #3 season finale was an expanded episode of 60 minutes. Now shown in two parts in syndication. Danny proposes marriage to Polly; Sheriff Burt and Deputy Danny are set up for blackmail by mobster Elmore Tibbs; Dutch cannot choose between two sisters; Carol's mother joins her daughter in perjuring herself in court; Leslie now decides to kill Billy; and Jessica's death watch features a surprise visit from Benson.

#12 - Episode 4.6

Season 4 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/17/1980

Danny finds a hooker who will help bring Tibbs to justice. The cash-poor Tates hold a barbecue. Leslie gets more creative in her efforts to kill Billy. Jessica accepts El Puerco's invitation to spend the night in his tent.

#13 - Episode 4.14 (Part 2)

Season 4 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/23/1981

El Puerco learns a few things about women after spending the night with Jessica, Eunice is driving Dutch a bit crazy with her fantasy games in bed, Chester and Annie announce that they are married, but Chester continues to act possessively toward Jessica, Mary walks out on Burt when he accuses her of being drunk, Dutch fails to turn Eunice on with his Cyrano de Bergerac costume, Jodie comes out of hypnosis believing that he's a 90-year-old Jewish man named Julius Kassendorf

#14 - Episode 4.16 (Part 2)

Season 4 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/20/1981

Burt receives a tip about a major drug transaction. Danny tells Burt that he's in love with Annie. The Tates worry about Jessica. Jessica makes life difficult for her captors. The communists demand El Puerco's surrender. Jessica prepares to face her execution. Chester catches Danny in bed with Annie. Burt walks into an ambush. Jessica faces a firing squad.

#15 - Episode 3.22 (Part 2)

Season 3 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/27/1980

#16 - Episode 2.1 (Part 2)

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/14/1978

Chester confesses to having murdered Peter; explains to Jessica that he had repressed all memory of the murder, but it came back to him when he got bumped on the head during his suicide attempt.

#17 - Episode 3.17

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/7/1980

Burt rushes home with news that he isn't dying and vows to live the rest of his life to the fullest. The minister's daughter leaves Chester. Danny and Polly buy a house. Jessica catches Dutch and Corinne in bed together. Jessica's psychiatrist asks her out. Carol tells Jodie she wants custody of Wendy.

#18 - Episode 4.1 (Part 1)

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 11/12/1980

Dr. Hill revives Jessica, who remains in a coma. Danny and Burt wake up in an adult motel. Mary is relieved to see that her baby is white. Billy dodges Leslie's bullet, which hits Saunders instead. Dutch chooses Eunice over Corinne, who announces she will be moving on soon. Jessica emerges from her coma apparently healthy and surrounded by her many suitors. After the judge learns of Carol's machinations, she awards custody of Wendy to Jodie. Carol threatens Jodie. Burt and Danny receive X-rated pictures of themselves in the motel room.

#19 - Episode 4.2

Season 4 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/19/1980

Jessica tells her suitors that she is moving on with her life--without them. Burt and Danny consider responses to Tibbs' blackmail threats. Polly turns down Danny's marriage proposal, leaving him despondent. Corinne departs for a new life in California. Wendy is kidnapped.

#20 - Episode 4.3

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/26/1980

After Burt tells Jodie there's nothing the law can do to help find Wendy, Jodie takes matters into his own hands. Jessica returns home from the hospital. Eunice and Dutch announce their engagement, much to Chester's horror. Leslie continues her bumbling efforts to kill Billy. Mary receives the blackmail photos of Burt in the motel room. Jessica agrees to allow Chester to live in the poolhouse.

#21 - Episode 4.13 (Part 1)

Season 4 - Episode 15 - Aired 3/16/1981

The Tates and Campbells wait for the results of Danny's surgery, Mary explains to Burt about her relationship with Chester, Jodie proposes to Maggie, Dutch and Eunice try to spice up their sex life, Mary relives the circumstances that led Chester to leave her for Jessica

#22 - Episode 4.15 (Part 1)

Season 4 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/13/1981

The Governor offers Burt a job as Lieutenant Governor. Chester goes mad with jealousy over Jessica and El Puerco. Danny and Annie turn to each other for comfort. Mary tries to convince Burt that their baby isn't normal. Jodie's psychiatrist brings Julius home to meet the Campbells.

#23 - Episode 4.4

Season 4 - Episode 5 - Aired 12/3/1980

Chester puts the moves on the maid of honor at Dutch and Eunice's wedding. The blackmail photos of Burt and Danny hit the papers. Despite the breaking scandal, Mary vows to stand by Burt. On her way to the Caribbean for some R&R, Jessica crosses paths with a Latin American revolutionary.

#24 - Episode 2.19

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 2/15/1979

Jessica tells Chester about her affair with Donohue. Billy runs into a former classmate who has joined a religious cult. Eunice visits Dutch in prison. Danny and Jodie engineer a reconciliation between Burt and Mary. Something strange is going on in the Tate nursery.

#25 - Episode 2.20

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/1/1979

Jessica tells Chester and Donohue that she's torn between them. Jodie brings Alice home to meet the Campbells. Corinne tracks down Tim in his cave to tell him his son is possessed by the devil. Danny gets a lead on Elaine's killers. Burt tags along with Danny and spots a UFO.