The BEST episodes written by Darrell Ray Thomas, Jr.

#1 - Ep. #468

Passions - Season 2 - Episode 208

The Bennett house continues to fall apart as it sinks into the fissure in the ground. Inside the house, Tabitha is unable to free Timmy after he's pinned down by debris. Timmy puts up a brave front as he urges Tabitha to leave him behind and escape while she can. The two share an emotional good-bye before Tabitha solemnly walks away. Charity, Kay, and Miguel also remain trapped in the house. As the kids prepare to die, Kay blurts out she's going to hell. She comes close to confessing her wrongdoings, but reconsiders when she notes Charity doesn't remember that the soulless teen allowed her to get pulled into hell. Miguel devises a plan to escape. Meanwhile, firefighters try to put out the wall of flames surrounding the Bennett house so rescuers can get inside. However, the fire is too strong. Everyone watches helplessly as it seems certain the kids will die. Affected by Theresa's distress, Ethan rushes to the house for one last rescue attempt. Meanwhile, Sam and Julian have a confronta

#2 - Ep. #510

Passions - Season 2 - Episode 250

Tabitha's horoscope upsets her nearly as much as Charity's visions unsettle the girl. David tries to pump Jessica for information about Grace. At the wedding rehearsal, Ethan asks Jessica and Kay to be part of his wedding. At Alistair's urging, a reluctant Julian coast Sheridan's wedding ring with poison.

#3 - Ep. #677 Mon

Passions - Season 3 - Episode 164

Sheridan's new waitressing job at Liz's café gets off to a clumsy start. Brian defends Sheridan to Liz. Sheridan and Brian continue to grow closer. Back in Harmony, Luis assures a concerned Hank that he is trying to get over Sheridan. Luis tells his friend that Theresa's suicide attempt has made him realize he can't hold on to false hope. Chad pays Whitney a visit. Embarrassed by her behavior the night before, Whitney pushes him away. Chad claims he finally saw the ""real"" Whitney. She quickly denies that she has feelings for him and insists she doesn't have a passion for singing. Whitney is stunned when Chad reveals he's moving out. Theresa misunderstands Ethan's actions when he stops by to check on her. Ethan panics when a devastated Theresa locks herself in her room. Julian urges Theresa to stick with their plan. Timmy consults the magic scroll about the future.

#4 - Ep. #696 / Good Friday

Passions - Season 3 - Episode 183

Whitney and Theresa have a frightening encounter in the dark. Whitney wants Theresa to stop carrying out Julian's plan, but Theresa won't hear of it. Ethan and Theresa help make Chad's dreams come true by giving him access to a state-of-the-art recording studio that Julian owned. Ethan and Theresa share a close moment. Theresa thinks Whitney is jealous of Chad because he's going after what he wants. Whitney insists she is following her dreams. Chad is moved by his new working arrangement. Luis struggles with his feelings as he prepares to leave for Bermuda. A guilt-ridden Luis admits to his mother that Antonio returned home over the holidays. Pilar is overjoyed. Luis promises her he will bring his brother home if he ever runs into Antonio again. Brian panics when he can't find ""Diana"" on the boat. Sheridan nearly drowns after getting knocked out by a boom and falls into the ocean. Sheridan sees her ""dead"" lover. Brian saves his love once more. Sheridan encourages Brian to reach out to

#5 - Ep. #770 Mon

Passions - Season 4 - Episode 6

Whitney feels guilty after making love to Chad. Chad reassures her. At home, Simone confides to her mother that she feels terrible for fighting with Whitney and wants to make it up to her sister. Eve and Simone talk about the heartache of losing someone. Luis proposes to an elated Beth, and she accepts. Luis promises her his love for Sheridan is in the past. Beth's mom plots to destroy her daughter's happiness. Brian asks a thrilled Sheridan to marry him. He slips a washer on her finger in lieu of a ring. Liz tries to hide her hurt over Brian and Diana's joyous news. Nick and Stan anticipate Brian's death as he gets behind the wheel of his racecar. Pilar cares for her grandson and hopes they will all one day know the truth about why Theresa confessed. A horrified Ivy and Rebecca are haunted.

#6 - Ep. #874

Passions - Season 4 - Episode 110

Ethan is still trying hard to find a job, not realising that Theresa has destroyed any chance he has of getting a job to keep him close by. While talking on the phone to Whitney, Theresa gloats that her scheme is working perfectly, and she has Ethan and Gwen right where she wants them. Ethan tells Gwen he has had one job offer with an oil company, but it's in Alaska. Theresa, meanwhile, is absolutely furious to find out that Julian is hosting Ethan and Gwen's wedding at the Crane mansion until she decides she can take advantage of this opportunity to sabotage yet another of Ethan and Gwen's weddings. Pilar wants to know why Theresa is so willing to offer the mansion, and Theresa tells her mother that she will make sure that wedding never happens. While feeding little Ethan, Theresa tells her mother that she will do anything to make sure Ethan never makes a family with Gwen and their child. Pilar is disgusted by her daughter's heartlessness and duplicitness. When Ethan enters the room,

#7 - Ep. #881

Passions - Season 4 - Episode 117

#8 - Ep. #994 Mon

Passions - Season 4 - Episode 230

At the inn, David is disappointed when Grace declines to travel around the world with him because she still loves Sam. David does his best to convince Grace she's in love with him instead, but she keeps him from getting too close. Back in Harmony, Ivy takes Sam on a trip down memory lane and tries to get him to open up to her. Sam asks Ivy for her opinion regarding Grace, and she replies that she thinks Grace loves David. Julian threatens to cut Fox off completely if he doesn't leave town and keep silent about what he suspects about him and Eve. Fox tries to figure out a way to stay in town. TC wishes Chad was Eve's son so Whitney would stay away from him. Meanwhile, Chad and Whitney make plans to move to L.A. and prepare to tell her parents together. In Sheridan's bedroom, Beth and Charlie try to figure out how to get an unconscious Sheridan over to Beth's place without getting caught.

#9 - Ep. #1026

Passions - Season 5 - Episode 10

Precious has a fantasy about Luis choosing her over Beth and Sheridan. Recalling how he and Sheridan have been torn apart in their past lives, Luis vows to make sure they will be together in this lifetime. Sheridan refuses to make a video in which she says she's in Paris. Beth and Charlie set out to bury Sheridan alive, but Luis shows up at the house. At the hospital, Sam stops a confrontation between Grace and Ivy. Ivy states Grace is at fault for Kay being in premature labor. Grace is hurt when Sam's silence makes her realize he agrees. David comforts his ""wife"". Hoping to widen the rift, Ivy tells Sam she feels Grace is a bad mother. Miguel continues to coach Kay through her contractions. Pilar reassures Charity of Miguel's love. Kay's condition deteriorates as her blood pressure goes up. Fox, Chad and Whitney settle into the Crane apartment in L.A. After Fox makes a call to a friend, Chad gets called into work.

#10 - Ep. #1087 Mon / Columbus Day

Passions - Season 5 - Episode 71

Ethan holds Gwen, who is suffering from hysterical amnesia. Gwen remembers nothing after coming to L.A., and has no idea why her baby daughter has died. Ethan leaves the room to phone Rebecca, and when Gwen hears Theresa's voice, she asks Theresa to come in. Gwen is curious as to why Theresa is there, and she says she came out to visit Whitney. Gwen tells Theresa that nothing matters, not their fights over Ethan, nothing Theresa has done to her...all that matters is that innocent baby. She thanks Theresa for being there, telling her that even seeing her there, after everything that happened, makes her feel better. Theresa is about to leave to get Gwen some water when something in her face triggers a memory in Gwen. Gwen suddenly remembers everything that has happened since coming to L.A., and realises that Theresa played a direct role in her daughter's death. David caves to Ivy's pressure, and doesn't tell Grace the truth. Grace, meanwhile, is still thinking about Sam's on-air declarat

#11 - Ep. #1144

Passions - Season 5 - Episode 128

In the aftermath of Julian and Rebecca's wedding, Theresa breaks into the Crane mansion to get Little Ethan. She is caught trying to escape the grounds. Judge Reilly is shocked to see her actions, and is convinced that Theresa is emotionally unstable and shouldn't be allowed near Little Ethan. Theresa goes into hysterics as Reilly tells her that after her behavior tonight he's not even going to allow visitation, and Little Ethan is visibly traumatized as Theresa fights and screams as she is dragged from the mansion.

#12 - Ep. #1151

Passions - Season 5 - Episode 135

Fox in unable to get a word in edgewise with Theresa, who now assumes that they are boyfriend and girlfriend. Antonio tries to convince Luis that Sheridan needs time to heal, but Luis is convinced his brother is just jealous. Eve and Julian try to locate the agency that placed their son.

#13 - Ep. #1199

Passions - Season 5 - Episode 183

The custody hearing for Little Ethan begins, but Theresa does little to endear herself to the judge, even though he tries to give her numerous chances.

#14 - Ep. #1218

Passions - Season 5 - Episode 202

Gwen and Ethan are overjoyed to learn that their surrogate, Heather, is down at the hospital and ready to have the eggs implanted in her that evening.

#15 - Ep. #1253

Passions - Season 5 - Episode 237

After numerous failed attempts, Faith's ghost finally gets Miguel to go after Charity at her old home by first knocking over a photo of herself and Charity then, when Miguel wonders if that means Charity is at the house, writing 'GO' on the mirror. She then floats down to the main level, where Sam and Ivy are making out, and blasts Ivy for the manipulations that destroyed Sam and Grace's marriage. After hearing Ivy gloat to herself about how successful her scheme was, Faith makes Ivy choke.