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 What
marked the most Samantha Capwell's debuts is her conception ! At the end
of 1986, Julia Wainwright wishes to have a child. But single and
independent, she does not want to burden herself with a father, after
several sentimental failures (Jack Lee, David Laurent…). So she goes
in the idea to rent the services of a man who will be of use to her only
as a maker for her baby.
After
Brick Wallace, she proposes her project to Mason Capwell who accepts.
Lawyer as her, Julia then makes him sign a funny contract, which
stipulates that their relation has only for only purpose to get her
pregnant and that he will have no right on the unborn child, either
legal or emotional. Mason signs and, after some fruitless attempts in
bed, Julia falls pregnant. Embarrassed by Mason's
unpredictable behavior and by his wedding with Victoria Lane, Julia
denies during a time being pregnant with him and invents a relation with
Pearl Bradford. This is thus she gives birth alone in June 1987, in the
Santa Barbara maternity hospital. Samantha's birth coincides with the
disappearance of Mason, kidnapped by Elena Nikolas during many weeks.
Mason will just have had time to come and see his daughter to the
hospital, and to share a brief moment of emotion together.
Samantha,
quite as Chip, Victoria's son, is kidnapped shortly after her birth by
Paul Marshall, owner with his sister of an adoption agency which kidnaps
babies to resell them to new parents. Fortunately, Paul does not have
time to run away very far and the drama is avoided for Samantha. It is
about the second kidnapping attempt by Paul Marshall, the first one
having not succeeded thanks to Victoria's intervention. Progressively,
all Julia's close relations understand what is the identity of Samantha's
father, until Victoria herself. It is one of the reasons that lead to
the end of Victoria and Mason's marriage, so allowing Julia and Mason to
get closer. Samantha then finds her parents finally united, in spite of
the pact which they had forced themselves to sign at first.
But
the relationships between Julia and Mason remain conflicting, in
particular because of this latter's
alcoholism. Being afraid of repercussions on Samantha, Julia repeatedly
threatens Mason not to see his daughter any more, even going as far as
starting a legal action to take him away from her. Samantha attends
powerless, as a simple spectator, the war that her parents engaged. And
it is in her mother's
arms that she attends to the wedding of her father (who considers
himself as being Sonny Sprocket) with Gina DeMott Capwell, having for
only role to prevent this union by obliging her father to find his real
identity.
Samantha
grows up, baby-sittered by her childminder Mrs. Cobb during Julia and
Mason's
working days and travels. In spring 1992, her parents remarry and leave
to settle down in Ballymoor manor house. It is there that
new adventures begin for Samantha, in a house which is considered at
first haunted. It is thought that Samantha is victim of hallucinations
when she speaks about ghosts, until she falls seriously ill and almost
dies. The intervention of Dr. Micah DeAngelis saves her life, by
administering her the serum which cures her of the Sholen syndrome.
While
she remained an only child for six years, Samantha ends the show in
January 1993 with a new sibship : her parents adopt Chester Lively, the
baby of the young Gracie whom they welcomed at home, and Julia falls
pregnant too. A beautiful good-byes present for the cute and wise
Samantha...
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Most
contemporary mom,
1992
