BLAIR CRAMER TIMELINE: 1999

This timeline would not be possible without the efforts of the SOC recappers who provided detailed OLTL recaps for their fellow fans throughout 1999. A huge thank you to them, wherever they are now.

Scenes with Starr are also noted here.




JANUARY
Tuesday, January 5: Blair, Kelly, and Max spar over headlines at The Sun; Max accuses Blair of being jealous that Todd fell for Téa; Max invites Blair out to the Country Club, but Blair wants him to go with Téa as part of a revenge scheme.

Wednesday, January 6: Blair and Max begin their plan to frame Téa for the theft of a necklace at the club party; Blair and Téa spar when Blair learns Téa got a Christmas gift (a mysterious key) from Todd.

Thursday, January 7: Blair and Max land in jail after Téa figures out their scheme to frame her.

Thursday, January 14: Kelly is upset that Blair supports Dorian's anti-Kevin actions.

Friday, January 15: Blair is in the crowd at the club watching as Nora and Bo break up over her affair with Sam.

Wednesday, January 20: Blair's anti-Sam/Nora article in The Sun gets Max to accuse her of loving Sam; Sam comments to Nora that Todd taught Blair well (re: the nasty headline); Téa comes to The Sun to try to figure out what the key opens, and Blair seethes to Max that she and Starr deserve Todd's key and she wants it.

Thursday, January 21: Asa and Blair argue about her anti-Buchanan articles in The Sun, and Blair ignores Max and prints another article.

Monday, January 25: Blair and Max argue about her anti-Buchanan vendetta and kiss, but Max is still upset, so he storms over to Asa's and sells him the 2% of The Sun.

Wednesday, January 27: Blair is furious to learn from Asa and Max that Asa has the 2%, and she's further furious when Kelly sides with Asa.

Friday, January 29: Blair is upset that Kelly is now editor-in-chief, but their bickering is interrupted when they learn of Mel's death and rush to be with Dorian; Blair writes an article about Mel that impresses Kelly.




FEBRUARY
Monday, February 1: Blair and Kelly show the Mel article to Dorian.

Tuesday, February 2: Blair attends the service for Mel with Dorian and Kelly.

Wednesday, February 3: Blair at Mel's service continues, then Blair goes to Club Indigo and spars with Asa and Max.

Thursday, February 4: Blair and Starr bond, and Starr wonders why Max, like "everyone," has left them.

Friday, February 5: Dorian drags Blair to The Sun, where Blair and Kelly spar and Kelly fires Blair.

Monday, February 8: Blair argues with Kelly then goes to Club Indigo and slaps Max for making her lose her job; Dorian gets Blair to agree to move out of Todd's penthouse and back to Dorian's.

Wednesday, February 10: Dorian gets Kevin to hire Blair at The Banner and then asks Blair to spy on Viki there.

Thursday, February 11: Blair realizes that Max has slept with someone but doesn't realize that it's Kelly.

Friday, February 12: Blair helps Kevin get into Mel's laptop at The Banner.

Tuesday, February 16: Viki is upset to learn that Kevin hired Blair; Blair is disgusted to learn at Club Indigo that Max and Kelly are together.

Thursday, February 25: Blair invites Max to dinner "for Starr" and is hurt when Max tells her he has other plans.




MARCH
Wednesday, March 3: Blair reluctantly helps Dorian search Viki's office for something Dorian can use against her to get revenge for Mel, but they are caught by Viki.

Friday, March 5: Blair worries as Dorian rants about Viki and then heads to Indigo, where she observes Max and Kelly together.

Thursday, March 11: Blair urges Dorian to give up her crusade against Viki and then heads to Kelly's, unaware that Max is there.

Friday, March 12: Blair, devastated when Max appears in Kelly's hotel room and tells her that he and Kelly are together, goes to the bar and gets drunk.

Wednesday, March 17: Joey tries to convince Blair and Kelly to reevalate how they feel about Max, and Blair surprises Max and Kelly by hiding her anger about their relationship.

Thursday, March 18: Blair and Kelly have a catfight over Max, much to Dorian's chagrin.

Tuesday, March 23: Blair warns Kelly against Max and then later worries when she has a dizzy spell.

Friday, March 26: Blair and RJ discuss needing to get over Max and Téa respectively, and RJ mentions that Todd is the only man Blair never ate up; Blair is alarmed when Kelly and Max announce they are moving in together, and she later doubles over in pain.

Monday, March 29: Blair collapses after seeing Max and Kelly together, and Bo and Renee have to help her.

Tuesday, March 30: Blair experiences another dizzy spell and then snaps at Kelly that Max is only using her so she will pay him rent.




APRIL
Tuesday, April 6: Blair covers when Max sees her having a dizzy spell, and she is concerned when she learns she needs an MRI.

Thursday, April 8: Blair worries as her symptoms worsen and nearly tells Max but stops when she sees Kelly there; Max finds Blair's medical papers and calls her doctor pretending to be her husband to get info; Blair and Starr try to leave, but Dorian stops them because she wants Blair's help getting Viki.

Friday, April 16: Blair and Starr are in Florida when Max finds them and urges Blair to get the MRI.

Tuesday, April 20: Blair has another dizzy spell and asks Max to stay with her; Kelly is jealous that Max and Blair are in Florida together.

Wednesday, April 21: Blair argues more with Max and finally agrees to get the MRI when he agrees to get one, too.

Friday, April 23: Blair and Starr try to go home to the penthouse but find Téa there with John; Blair and Téa fight over which of them gets the penthouse.

Monday, April 26: Blair and Starr move back to the Cramer house, and Blair and Max have a heart-to-heart in which he promises not to sleep with Kelly since he is in love with Blair; Blair comforts Starr; Starr sneaks out of bed and almost gets tangled up in Dorian and Hugo's kidnapping plot against Viki.

Tuesday, April 27: Hugo tries to bribe Starr, who isn't buying it.

Wednesday, April 28: Blair's MRI results show that she just had an allergy, but they are shocked when Max's results show he has a brain aneurysm.

Thursday, April 29: Blair vows to stand by Max in the face of the news of his aneurysm.




MAY
Tuesday, May 4: Blair seduces Max as a way to get him to forget his medical condition, and they have sex; afterward, Max tells Blair he will break up with Kelly, but she stops him.

Wednesday, May 5: Kevin and Ben get a clue about Viki's whereabouts when Starr recognizes Hugo as the "tooth fairy" she saw at Dorian's.

Thursday, May 6: Blair and Max plot to have Max marry Kelly and swindle Kelly out her money; Blair warns Max to keep the marriage sexless.

Friday, May 7: Blair and Max convince Kelly that Max loves her, and Kelly accepts Max's marriage proposal.

Tuesday, May 11: Blair is in the process of seducing Max when Joey walks in on them.

Wednesday, May 12: Blair visits the Banner and spars with Kevin and Joey.

Friday, May 14: Blair jumps out of the cake at Max's bachelor party.

Monday, May 17: Blair attends Max/Kelly's wedding and is surprised when Kelly leaves Max at the altar.

Tuesday, May 18: Blair overhears Asa and Renee talking about finding their long-lost son, and she tells Max she has a plan for them to get Asa's money.

Friday, May 21: Blair and Max begin looking for information at tehe Banner on Asa and Renee's son.

Monday, May 24: Blair and Kelly's warring bothers Dorian (the fighters/feelers convo); Blair convinces a guilty Max to continue with their plan to go to Las Vegas to find the secret Buchanan.

Tuesday, May 25: Blair and Max get to Las Vegas and, posing as "Nora and Sam," question the nurse who was present when Renee gave birth.

Wednesday, May 26: Blair and Max hide when the real Nora and Sam show up to question the nurse, who stonewalls them and then offers to give Blair/Max the information in exchange for money; Blair/Max hit the casino to raise the funds.

Thursday, May 27: Blair and Max get the money and pay the nurse, who gives them the birth records and identity of the Buchanan son.




JUNE
Tuesday, June 1: Blair convinces Max to pass himself off to Asa and Renee as their son.

Wednesday, June 16: Blair has second thoughts about her and Max's scam in the wake of Jessica losing baby Megan; John is suspicious about Téa's interactions with Starr.

Thursday, June 17: Blair and Max get married in Las Vegas and plan to keep their marriage a secret from Asa.

Tuesday, June 22: Blair and Max continue plotting with the nurse, who visits Asa and Renee and gives them a falsified document indicating that Renee's baby is Max.

Wednesday, June 23: Blair and Max realize they can only pass the required DNA test by getting DNA from Asa's real son.

Friday, June 25: Blair is present as Max discusses with Asa and Renee the possibility that he is their son.

Monday, June 28: Blair continues observing Max talking with a joyful Renee and a skeptical Asa, who is demanding a DNA test.

Tuesday, June 29: Blair has dinner with Max, Asa, and Renee, and steals some of Asa's hair to use in Max's DNA test.




JULY
Monday, July 5: Blair is worried when Max passes out at the Palace and asks Ben to examine Max; Asa warns Max that if Max wants to be a Buchanan he must cut ties with Blair.

Wednesday, July 7: Blair talks to Ben about Max's condition.

Friday, July 9: Blair is thrilled when Asa and Renee fall for the fake DNA test and accept Max as their son; Max is confused when Blair tells him that they need to divorce.

Monday, July 12: Blair agrees with Max that they can stay married for now but will keep their relationship secret; Blair tells Starr a secret.

Wednesday, July 14: Blair asks Dorian how much Max's surgery will cost and is shocked to hear it will be a quarter of a million dollars; Asa offers Max the same amount to stay away from Blair.

Thursday, July 15: Blair discusses Jessica's accident with a nervous Dorian; later, Blair encourages Max to sign Asa's agreement, and when he refuses, she forges his signature.

Friday, July 16: Max finds the forged contract and tears it up because he wants to be with Blair.

Tuesday, July 20: Asa catches Blair and Max together and offers Blair the money to stay away from Max, which she quickly accepts.

Friday, July 23: Blair begs a furious Max to accept her apology, but he refuses; Blair and Kelly spar, and Blair confides that she's made a bad decision.

Thursday, July 29: Blair and Kelly wonder about Dorian's strange behavior; Blair and Max reconcile and plan to get Max the surgery ASAP.




AUGUST
Tuesday, August 3: Blair is frosty to Dorian after Dorian's arrest for causing Jessica's hit-and-run; Max first meets Skye.

Thursday, August 5: Blair and Ben discuss a doctor who may be able to help Max.

Tuesday, August 17: Blair first meets Skye when Skye and Max are out to dinner; Blair interviews a doctor who may be able to help Max.

Friday, August 20: Blair expresses jealousy about Max/Skye; Blair can't convince Max to have the surgery, so she drugs him to get him to the hospital.

Monday, August 23: Max wakes up and tells Blair he doesn't want the operation and just wants to spend what time he has left with her.




SEPTEMBER
Wednesday, September 8: Blair and Max are caught making out at the Buchanan Mansion by Asa and Renee; Max admits to Asa that he and Blair are together (not that they are married) and defies Asa when Asa orders him to dump Blair.

Thursday, September 9: Blair supports Max in his plan to take down Will for Asa; Blair assures Starr that soon they will be moving to the Buchanan Mansion.

Friday, September 10: Renee and Asa separately visit Max and Blair to get Max to return to the Buchanan, and Max agrees if Blair can move in, too.

Monday, September 13: Max announces to Asa and Renee that Blair is his wife and that they must accept her.

Tuesday, September 14: Asa is upset when Starr and her friends trash his living room.

Thursday, September 16: Blair is present at a tense Buchanan family meeting where Asa unloads on those who have wronged him; Blair and Max consider burning the adoption papers so Asa and Renee will never learn the truth, but they are interrupted by Renee.

Friday, September 17: Blair and Max lie to Renee about the paper, and Max tosses it in the trash to retrieve later, but when he and Blair return to the study, it's gone; Starr is caught snooping around the study by one of the maids.

Tuesday, September 21: Blair and Max are relieved when they find out that Starr took the adoption certificate from Asa's study; Blair is touched when she hears Max defending her.

Tuesday, September 28: Blair and Max worry Renee will find out the truth, especially when she brings the nurse by for a visit.

Wednesday, September 29: Blair and Max freak out when the nurse privately tells them that she wants one million dollars for staying quiet; Blair and Max are then stunned when Renee reveals she is rewriting her will to leave everything to Max.




OCTOBER
Tuesday, October 5: Blair and Max continue looking for the lost adoption certificate and are surprised when Asa tells them Skye is moving in; the nurse continues threatening Blair and Max.

Wednesday, October 6: Blair and Max worry about the nurse, and when Starr arrives wearing Renee's diamonds, they hatch a plan to steal one to pay off the nurse.

Thursday, October 7: Blair and Max continue scheming to pay off the nurse, and they are overheard by Skye.

Friday, October 8: Blair and Max try to pay off the nurse, who says it isn't enough; Skye learns from the nurse that Max is not Asa's son; the nurse gets Sam to pay her to tell her what she knows.

Monday, October 11: Blair and Max are shocked when the nurse dies before she can reveal the truth; then they pin the stolen necklace on her.

Tuesday, October 12: Skye threatens Blair and Max that she'll tell Asa the truth; Bo becomes suspicious of Blair and Max; Asa questions Blair and Max about the nurse.

Wednesday, October 13: Blair and Max get Asa to believe that Sam is trying to ruin Max and Asa's relationship; Blair is forced to let Skye stay at the Mansion, but she refuses to tell Skye who the real son is.

Thursday, October 14: Blair claims to Asa that Skye is Starr's new nanny; Skye asks Blair to help her destroy Ben.

Friday, October 15: Blair tries and fails to get Dorian to help her destroy Ben and Viki's relationship per Skye's orders.

Tuesday, October 19: Blair and Max enlist RJ's help in breaking up Viki and Ben.

Friday, October 22: Blair and Max spar with Skye over her blackmailing attempts.

Tuesday, October 26: Blair says goodbye to Max before his flight to London and worries about his health.

Wednesday, October 27: Blair spars with Skye over Skye's plan to break up Ben and Viki.




NOVEMBER
Tuesday, November 2: Blair and Skye continue to spar over Max's con on Asa.

Wednesday, November 3: Max vows to stand by Asa but also wants to spend time with Blair.

Friday, November 5: Blair is forced to give Skye the contact info for mobster Jackie McNaughton.

Thursday, November 11: Blair is upset when Max stands her up at the Palace -- he is really chatting with Skye at the Mansion.

Friday, November 12: Renee figures out that Max is not really her son.

Monday, November 15: Blair tells Dorian about Skye's blackmail but refuses Dorian's suggestion that she leave Max to fend for himself; after an argument with Renee, Max collapses, and Blair is unable to reach him by phone.

Tuesday, November 16: Blair and Kelly's attempt at repairing their relationship is interrupted when Blair has to rush to the hospital to be with Max.

Wednesday, November 17: Blair and Renee comfort each other while Ben operates on Max.

Thursday, November 18: Blair, Renee, and Asa wait for Max to come out of his coma.

Friday, November 19: Blair sits vigil for Max and gets a visit from Kelly.

Monday, November 22: Blair denies to Renee that she was in on Max's scheme to be a Buchanan; Blair lashes out at an unconscious Max about the possibility she may go to prison; after Blair leaves, Max opens his eyes.

Tuesday, November 23: Blair and Dorian plot to make sure Skye doesn't tell Renee about Blair's part in the fraud.

Wednesday, November 24: Blair gathers for dinner at the hospital with Starr, Dorian, Asa, and Renee.

Thursday, November 25: Blair worries when Renee insists she believes Blair was in on the scam, but after Starr and Renee have a touching moment, Dorian assures Blair that Renee won't want to hurt Starr by hurting Blair; Kelly joins the Cramer Women bonding session.

Monday, November 29: Blair and Dorian begin their plot to manipulate Skye, with Dorian offering to let Skye stay at the Cramer house; Blair goes to the hospital, where Max is starting to come out of his coma, and asks an uncertain Renee not to tell Asa the truth.

Tuesday, November 30: Blair and Renee argue about whether or not Asa should be told; Max wakes up from his coma but exhibts strangely violent behavior towards a nurse.




DECEMBER
Wednesday, December 1: Blair, Asa, and Renee are shocked when Dr. Larry Wolek tells them Max could have brain damage; when Skye tells Blair she plans to tell Asa the truth, Renee steps in to stop her.

Thursday, Deceber 2: Blair spars with Skye and Renee, then worries when Max behaves strangely and admits that he heard her angrily lash out at him earlier.

Friday, December 3: Blair begs Renee to treat an unstable Max like he's still her son; Skye gets the adoption paper from Starr and is shocked to learn the identify of Asa and Renee's real son.

Tuesday, December 7: Blair continues to worry about Max's odd behavior and becomes more concerned when Skye informs her that she has the adoption certificate.

Wednesday, December 8: Blair worries that Max's strange behavior means she will be the one to take the fall for their scheme.

Thursday, December 9: Blair freaks out when Max climbs out the hospital window and refuses to listen to her pleas to come inside; when Kevin tries to rescue Max, both fall.

Friday, December 10: Max survives his fall uninjured, and Blair and Renee bicker about whether or not Renee should come clean to Asa; Skye discovers Max is faking his mental illness.

Monday, December 13: Skye confronts Max about faking, and he kisses her until they are caught by Jessica.

Tuesday, December 14: Dorian and Blair talk on the phone, with Dorian assuring Blair that Skye will be taken care of.

Wednesday, December 15: Blair and Renee argue again about Max and Asa, and Renee tells Max she has decided to stay quiet; Max asks Blair if she is planning to let him take the fall for the whole scheme.

Thursday, December 16: Blair admits to Dorian that she may need to have Max committed, unaware that Max is eavsdropping; Max kisses Blair and tells her to prove she loves him.

Friday, December 17: Blair and Max have a heated argument, and when they are interrupted by Renee and Asa, Blair storms out.

Monday, December 20: Blair worries to Dorian about Max's condition, while Renee assures Max that she won't let Blair put him away; Blair seeks comfort from Asa but is worried when Max is frosty to her.

Tuesday, December 21: Blair and Renee fight after Blair overhears Renee asking Nora how to stop Blair from committing Max; Max interrupts the women and tells them he will give Blair power of attorney.

Wednesday, December 22: Blair and Renee spar when Renee realizes Max has not gotten a restraining order against Blair; Dorian warns Blair to take action to secure her money, and Max overhears Blair call the bank to transfer his money to her bank account.

Thursday, December 23: Blair has a fantasy sequence in which Max is healthy again and they reconcile in order to keep scamming Asa and Renee; Asa has a fantasy in which Max has booted Blair from his life.

Friday, December 24: Blair spars with Renee and gets the cold shoulder from Max at the Buchanan family Christmas; Viki gets a surprise visit at Llanfair from Starr and Dorian.

Monday, December 27: Blair and Dorian spar with Skye, and Dorian kicks Skye out of the Cramer house.

Thursday, December 30: Blair gets reassurance from Max that 2000 will be full of surprises, and they kiss.