, ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁Al ' s ▁spirit ▁took ▁over ▁Michael ' s ▁body ▁perman ently ▁and ▁lost ▁all ▁memory ▁of ▁Al ' s ▁life ; ▁Mar ston ▁assumed ▁the ▁role ▁full - time ▁with ▁no ▁mention ▁of ▁Al ' s ▁spirit ▁being ▁inside ▁Michael ' s ▁body . ▁To ▁the ▁vie wer ▁Michael ▁looked ▁like ▁Al , ▁but ▁pres umably ▁to ▁everyone ▁else ▁he ▁looked ▁like ▁he ▁did ▁before ▁Al ' s ▁spirit ▁got ▁inside ▁him . ▁ ▁Story lines ▁Dr . ▁Mc B ain ▁worked ▁at ▁L lan view ▁Hospital ▁and ▁is ▁the ▁brother ▁of ▁Det ect ive ▁John ▁Mc B ain ▁and ▁husband ▁of ▁Mar cie ▁Wal sh ▁( wh om ▁he ▁married ▁on ▁May ▁ 5 , ▁ 2 0 0 6 ). ▁ ▁He ▁and ▁Mar cie ▁adopted ▁an ▁abandoned ▁baby ▁boy ▁whom ▁they ▁named ▁Tommy ▁Mc B ain . ▁ ▁Michael ▁was ▁told ▁by ▁R ex ▁B als om ▁that ▁the ▁baby ▁was ▁really ▁the ▁missing ▁son ▁of ▁Tod d ▁Mann ing . ▁When ▁Dr . ▁Sp encer ▁Tr uman ▁is ▁murder ed , ▁R ex , ▁who ▁ran ▁into ▁Michael ▁at ▁the ▁hospital ▁on ▁the ▁night ▁of ▁Sp encer ▁Tr uman ' s ▁murder , ▁believed ▁Michael ▁was ▁the ▁one ▁who ▁st ab bed ▁Sp encer ▁to ▁prevent ▁him ▁from ▁reve aling ▁the ▁pat ern ity ▁of ▁Tommy ▁to ▁Tod d ▁Mann ing ▁( S pen cer ▁had ▁kid n apped ▁Tommy , ▁who ▁was ▁really ▁the ▁child ▁of ▁Tod d ▁Mann ing