#ABRelived Acapulco Bay Episode 1 – A Wedding & an Accident
Premise: Rachel marries her fiance, Tony Stockdail but things are not what they seem.
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| The Bride |
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| The Groom |
Rachel gets a
phone call from her fiancé Tony ('Ryan's Hope' alum, Jason ‘Ash’ Adams), who is with a client at
Acapulco but promises to get to San Francisco in time for the wedding. After he
hangs up, his expression changes and he makes his way across the living room of a
very opulent looking house, towards a man with his back to him, standing on the
patio.
The other man, who seems to be in early thirties, (Anthony Newman) turns round when he’s addressed and viewers feast their eyes
on his perfectly handsome face.
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| Mr *Swoon*, Stepbrother of the groom |
He’s not pleased ‘Tony’ approved of construction at a site deemed a no go area. ‘Tony’ doesn’t seem to be bothered by the mishap, which pisses off Mr Handsome and orders him to stop construction, addressing him as ‘Max’.
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| 'Mama' |
The matriarch of the household, Victoria Stockdale ('Days of Our Lives' alum, Maree Cheatham) walks in and immediately senses the negative vibe, wanting to know the reason behind the latest argument between Max and his brother. Max is quick to disclaim kinship, even though Victoria had married his father. Victoria, and obviously not the first time, urges him to try and get along better with Tony- Mr Handsome who just left- but evidently, Max isn’t capable of that.
Okay... so Rachel’s fiancé’s
name is not Tony Stockdale. Red flag alert.
Back in San Francisco,
Marnie wonders out loud why Tony chose to have a small dinner in lieu of a big
wedding party, their friends were not even invited and the fact that Tony didn’t
seem to have family to invite. More red
flags. Rachel assures her they would
have a big church wedding later; then tentatively tells Marnie that she’ll have to
start bringing in money, as Tony did not approve of a working wife, which
brings a sulk from Marnie, who, along with their deadbeat popsie has been sponging off Rachel.
In Casa Stockdale, at dinner, Tony is informed his girlfriend Mara asked for him. He doesn’t seem thrilled or interested, as he would be busy the whole day. Max casually informs his mother and stepbrother he will be out of town and has another hissy fit when Tony gives him the green light, storming from the table. Victoria tries to play the peace maker but Tony is far too used to Max’s bad attitude to really care, his love for Victoria’s the reason why he put up with Creepy Max at all.
Any other person
with a brain would buy himself a penthouse apartment, just saying. Why live
under the same roof with someone you hate so much?
In San Francisco,
Peter Swanson ('The Mod Squad' alum, Michael Cole), Rachel and Marnie’s papa, hobbles into the apartment,
obviously drunk and Rachel disapproved of his state, even hearing the
claim he was celebrating her upcoming wedding.
Back at Casa Stockdale, Creepy Max’s henchman,
Louis (Michael Sottile), hands Max a plane ticket to San Francisco, bearing
Tony’s name. After dismissing him, Max resumes what he’s doing, apparently hard
at work practising Tony’s signature. Non fans of the original telenovela, Tu O Nadie (No One but You) will be feeling
very puzzled at this point, but chill, all will be revealed.
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| Wedding Day! |
At their simple civil wedding, Max signs the marriage certificate, using Tony’s signature and we wonder why Rachel didn’t get a bad vibe when the groom tells her, ‘No matter what happens, remember I love you.’
Back in Acapulco,
Tony Stockdale instructs Louis (who he catches drinking) to inform the pilot to
get the helicopter ready, he was going on a short trip. A wonder he keeps the
idiot around.
After a small dinner and drinks at the Swansons’ apartment, where Max gives a short eloquent speech, the married couple move it to Max’s apartment. The eventual make out commences but gets cut short when Max receives a call from Louis... it's time. Rachel is disappointed when informed he has to go back to handle business at Acapulco and her ‘husband’ promises to make it up to her.
Back in Acapulco, the next phase of Evil Max’s plan is being carried out...
Tony is mildly surprised
to see him back so soon. Max makes vague excuses about why he came back early,
insincerely wishing him a good trip.
Victoria tries yet
again to play the peace keeper (why bother?) but her son rebuffs her, he had
more important things to worry about.
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| R.I.P pilot |
The helicopter Tony’s
travelling in suddenly makes an ominous sound and starts spinning, the pilot
unable to control it. Tony swiftly unbuckles his seat belt, kicks the door open
and jumps out (without a parachute!), seconds before the helicopter smashes
against some rocks and bursts into flames. Tony meantime falls through some
trees and lands in a river.
Max instructs Louis to tie up loose ends, now that their plan has
been carried out successfully.
Victoria is knitting
when she’s joined by Camille (Lara Steinick), Tony’s sister. She asks for her
brother’s whereabouts, light heartedly wondering why he worked so hard all the
time. Which was in sharp contrast with Camille’s husband, who on inquiry, was
sleeping off a hangover. Hmm.
Evil Max appears, casually
says hi to Camille and asks his mother if Tony went to in San Francisco the
previous day, as he found a plane ticket to San Francisco on his desk. An older
man, Charles, enters the living room, greets the women before turning to Max,
asking to speak with him in private. Max listens with feigned concern as Charles
informs him the airport lost contact with Tony’s helicopter after getting a
distress call; they were not sure yet if it went down. The two men leave for
the office to get more info.
Tony’s girlfriend
Mara, spotting a large sun hat, arrives at the house and discusses Tony with
Camille, apparently she was more invested in the so- called relationship than
he was.
The helicopter,
according to Max’s informant, has not been found and we learn Max’s last name
for the first time, which is Hauser.
Back in San Francisco,
Rachel is rather down about ‘Tony’ leaving so soon after their wedding. Peter,
who apparently fences stolen goods with his friend Roger, persuades Rachel to
lend him 2 thousand dollars in order to buy items from an old woman who is
having an estate sale. Rachel is again not pleased. Peter
seemed to thrive in taking advantage of her for all that he loves her.
Evil Max receives news
from the police that the helicopter has been found... with no survivors.
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| Right... |
He wastes no time in breaking the bad news about Tony’s crashed helicopter to Victoria, Camille and Mara, who was still present.
Weeping, Camille runs to tell her husband, Clarke (John Andrew Ryan) that Tony was dead.
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| Look at the silver lining honey... |
Mr Sensitive, after
expressing his sorrow, pointed out they now owned everything (with Tony dying
unmarried and no children) which immediately incurred Camille’s wrath, ‘ how
can you say that, Tony was my brother!’ Only
a monster would definitely say something like that. What sort of people did
Tony have in his household?
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| There's another Mrs Stockdale??? |
Victoria joins Max in Tony’s study, still stunned by the tragic news. Max hands her a document he ‘found’ on Tony’s desk. To Victoria’s amazement, it’s a marriage license (or is it certificate?); apparently Tony got married the previous day and without telling her... and to a woman he never mentioned, Rachel Swanson. Max urged her to call her before the press did, he found her number among Tony’s papers. You have to give credit to this guy for covering his tracks neatly.
Bewildered, Victoria made
the call, asking to speak to Rachel when Marnie answered.
Rachel, amazed to
hear the name ‘Mrs Victoria Stockdale’, asked if she was related to Tony and
Victoria tells her she was Tony’s stepmother... with terrible news for her. There
has been an accident and Tony is dead.
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| Come again? |
‘Dead?!’ Rachel exclaimed. ‘What do you mean dead?!’
Thus, the beginning
of the full blown drama.
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