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9832_25	for knowingly putting her in the dangerous position where her husband was 'killed'. John and
9832_26	Natalie's interactions continue, and through John's gently offering Natalie support, John and
9832_27	Natalie grow closer despite Natalie remaining conflicted about the role he played in Cristian's
9832_28	apparent death. Natalie learns to forgive John, after realizing John had suffered a similar loss
9832_29	when his fiancée Caitlyn was killed 5 years prior.
9832_30	The Music Box Killer storyline begins, and John remains in Llanview as the lead FBI agent to solve
9832_31	the series of murders. The Music Box Killer is revealed to be Stephen Haver (Matthew Ashford) who
9832_32	is also responsible for Caitlyn's death. After discovering John's attachment to Natalie, Haver
9832_33	kidnaps Natalie and straps her to a bomb in John's bed, intending for her to die the way Caitlyn
9832_34	had died. John, with the help of Bo Buchanan (Robert S. Woods) and Rae Cummings, captures Haver and
9832_35	John dismantles the bomb, saving Natalie. After Haver's arrest, Asa Buchanan sneaks a gun into the
9832_36	Llanview Police Department "LPD", and tries to convince John to kill Haver, John refuses. The FBI
9832_37	is dissatisfied with John's job performance on the MBK case, in response John quits. Bo offers John
9832_38	the lead detective position at the LPD, but he's unsure if he should take it. Natalie tells John he
9832_39	should take the position, when he asks her why, she reminds him his mother moved to town. John and
9832_40	Natalie kiss, discuss their feelings for one another. John admits there was something between them,
9832_41	before Cristian died. However, both decide they are not ready to move on; the situation with Haver
9832_42	brought up a lot of feelings John had about Caitlyn's death. Natalie tries to get a group of John's
9832_43	family and friends to convince him to stay, John accepts the lead detective position. Haver,
9832_44	although in police custody, arranges for John to be poisoned. Natalie saves John's life when she
9832_45	finds John unconscious in the alley behind Rodi's and gets him help. She later helps to nurse him
9832_46	back to health when he returns to his hotel room. While in his hotel room, Natalie discovers
9832_47	mementos from John's relationship with Caitlyn when John asks her to get a shirt from the drawer
9832_48	where the mementos are kept. She mentions nothing. Haver arranges his own death, and frames John
9832_49	for the murder. Natalie maintains John's innocence, hires him an attorney Evangeline Williamson
9832_50	(Renée Elise Goldsberry) but charges against John are dropped after Antonio Vega (Kamar de los
9832_51	Reyes) finds evidence. John and Natalie, begin to heal from the loss of their loved ones.
9832_52	Caitlyn's sister and FBI agent, Katherine Fitzgerald, arrives in town looking for Paul Cramer
9832_53	(David Tom), a man Natalie begins a friendship with and John is leery of. Katherine wants to
9832_54	recover money stolen from the Santi organization she believes Paul has. Paul no longer has the
9832_55	money, and is pressured by John to testify against the Santis. Later, it is discovered by John and
9832_56	his brother Michael that Paul is being paid under the table by the chief of staff, Dr. Long to
9832_57	transport black market organs. John tries to discourage Natalie's involvement with Paul but despite
9832_58	John's numerous warnings, Natalie's friendship with Paul develops into a light hearted flirtation.
9832_59	John begins to struggle with his feelings for Natalie again, and letting go of his past with
9832_60	Caitlyn. John begins to allow himself to get closer to Natalie. On May 11, 2004, Natalie takes off
9832_61	with Paul to Atlantic City. An upset John follows. When John finds Natalie, he's unable to
9832_62	verbalize why he has followed her and she becomes upset and tells him, Paul is offering her fun,
9832_63	what can he offer her. In response, John kisses Natalie. When Paul interrupts, John tells Natalie
9832_64	he's heading back to Llanview and asks if she'll join him. Natalie accepts John's offer and
9832_65	apologizes to Paul for leaving. John and Natalie end up in bed together, but Natalie stops them
9832_66	from making love because she feels John has not moved on from Caitlyn and doesn't want to be a
9832_67	stand in for a ghost. John remarks maybe she's the one with the ghost, referring Cristian. Natalie,
9832_68	in a gesture to prove she is moving on from Christian, removes her wedding ring. Natalie tells
9832_69	John, she saw his drawer filled with memories of Caitlyn, and he is still holding onto her. Natalie
9832_70	leaves, and despite John's request she wait on him, she later heads back to Atlantic City to see
9832_71	Paul. John, wanting a relationship with Natalie, finally lets go of Caitlyn. The timing is again
9832_72	off, as Natalie becomes stressed with her mother's heart transplant, and being accused of murdering
9832_73	Paul Cramer. John supports Natalie through these crises, but the two do not become a couple. After,
9832_74	her mother's recovery and Paul is discovered to be alive, Natalie wanting a change leaves town with
9832_75	Paul in search of the Santi fortune.
9832_76	After a few encounters with Evangeline, John and Evangeline sleep together while trapped in a
9832_77	basement. Evangeline breaks up with then-boyfriend R. J. Gannon (Timothy Stickney), and John and
9832_78	Evangeline decide to continue seeing each other. Evangeline decides to surprise John for a visit at
9832_79	his Angel Square apartment, only to find him playing cards on his bed with Natalie who he invited
9832_80	to watch a movie. An upset Evangeline runs out, but John follows, assuring her he and Natalie are
9832_81	just friends, and asking Evangeline not to give up on them. When Evangeline later admits she needs
9832_82	more from him, John agrees to "attach strings," and they begin officially dating. In November 2004,
9832_83	Paul Cramer is dead, and Natalie is John's lead suspect and Evangeline is her attorney. Natalie
9832_84	doesn't trust John, despite his pleas to help her and he is forced to arrest her. To get Natalie
9832_85	released, he digs up a judges' grave without a warrant and finds evidence linking someone else to
9832_86	the crime. John breaking the law to help Natalie causes conflict in his relationship with
9832_87	Evangelina. Natalie, realizing the lengths John has gone to help her, tells him what happened the
9832_88	night Cramer died and that she didn't kill him. John crosses Natalie off the suspect lists, and
9832_89	their friendship is strengthened.
9832_90	November 2004, David Fumero starts a short term contract to reprise his role of Cristian Vega, and
9832_91	an amnesiac Cristian turns up alive. Natalie believes despite changes in her husband's behavior
9832_92	and his memory problems, he feels like her husband. John is not convinced, and believes Cris is a
9832_93	dangerous threat to Natalie, so he pressures her to consider leaving him. To silence John's
9832_94	concerns, Natalie gives John Amnesiac Cristian's DNA to prove he is her husband. John and Natalie
9832_95	are both unaware Cristian has been programmed in captivity to kill his brother, Antonio Vega (Kamar
9832_96	de los Reyes) and his maternal cousin Tico Santi (Javier Morga). Cristian successfully kills Tico
9832_97	and is convicted for his murder As memories of his former life begin to return, Cristian accepts
9832_98	the consequences of his actions and goes to jail. To help Natalie and his family move on, he
9832_99	pretends he is, in fact, an impostor. John gets the DNA results proving the John Doe is in fact
9832_100	Cristian, but Cristian swears him to secrecy. Keeping Cristian's true identity from Natalie proves
9832_101	difficult, as his feelings for her continue to linger in spite of his relationship with Evangeline.
9832_102	When Evangeline tells him she loves him, John isn't able to say the same. Soon after, John and
9832_103	Evangeline break things off.
9832_104	Eventually, John moves on to date Natalie, though he still fells guilt knowing Cristian's identity
9832_105	and not telling Natalie. Things begin to grow even more complicated when Evangeline becomes
9832_106	Cristian's lawyer in an attempt to get his prison sentence appealed, and discovers he is indeed
9832_107	Cristian. In November 2005, a prison riot led by Carlo Hesser (Thom Christopher) breaks out and
9832_108	John and Cristian are caught in the crossfire as Natalie discovers Cristian is indeed Cristian.
9832_109	Although John and Cristian make it out alive, Natalie is angry at both of them for lying to her,
9832_110	and no longer wants anything to do with either of them.
9832_111	2006–08
9832_112	Natalie soon realizes she has fallen for John, and officially divorces Cristian. John becomes
9832_113	consumed with solving the decades-old murder of his father, police officer Thomas McBain. The
9832_114	unsolved crime has plagued John for years, but new evidence begins to surface, which leads to David
9832_115	Vickers (Tuc Watkins), Dr. Paige Miller, and ultimately, Dr. Spencer Truman (Paul Satterfield). On
9832_116	the day of Spencer's arrest, John is able to finally find peace with his father's death, and has
9832_117	asked his mother to give him her engagement ring (from his father) for Natalie. But, John is soon
9832_118	involved in a terrible car pile-up on the highway — he is killed, his body burned beyond
9832_119	recognition. The town mourns his death and prays Llanview Assistant District Attorney Hugh Hughes
9832_120	(Josh Casaubon) will survive after an accident. On the episode first-run November 10, 2006, it is
9832_121	revealed Hugh, badly burned and bandaged in a burn unit, is in fact John McBain. He ultimately
9832_122	recovers, aided by some tender loving care by Natalie. During his recovery, he tells Natalie he
9832_123	loves her. John's relationship with Natalie, a fledgling forensics expert, ends in 2007. Believing
9832_124	she is protecting John, she tampers with evidence at the crime scene of Spencer's murder. With John

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for knowingly putting her in the dangerous position where her husband was 'killed'. John and

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Natalie's interactions continue, and through John's gently offering Natalie support, John and

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Natalie grow closer despite Natalie remaining conflicted about the role he played in Cristian's

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apparent death. Natalie learns to forgive John, after realizing John had suffered a similar loss

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when his fiancée Caitlyn was killed 5 years prior.

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The Music Box Killer storyline begins, and John remains in Llanview as the lead FBI agent to solve

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the series of murders. The Music Box Killer is revealed to be Stephen Haver (Matthew Ashford) who

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is also responsible for Caitlyn's death. After discovering John's attachment to Natalie, Haver

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kidnaps Natalie and straps her to a bomb in John's bed, intending for her to die the way Caitlyn

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had died. John, with the help of Bo Buchanan (Robert S. Woods) and Rae Cummings, captures Haver and

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John dismantles the bomb, saving Natalie. After Haver's arrest, Asa Buchanan sneaks a gun into the

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Llanview Police Department "LPD", and tries to convince John to kill Haver, John refuses. The FBI

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is dissatisfied with John's job performance on the MBK case, in response John quits. Bo offers John

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the lead detective position at the LPD, but he's unsure if he should take it. Natalie tells John he

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should take the position, when he asks her why, she reminds him his mother moved to town. John and

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Natalie kiss, discuss their feelings for one another. John admits there was something between them,

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before Cristian died. However, both decide they are not ready to move on; the situation with Haver

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brought up a lot of feelings John had about Caitlyn's death. Natalie tries to get a group of John's

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family and friends to convince him to stay, John accepts the lead detective position. Haver,

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although in police custody, arranges for John to be poisoned. Natalie saves John's life when she

9832_45

finds John unconscious in the alley behind Rodi's and gets him help. She later helps to nurse him

9832_46

back to health when he returns to his hotel room. While in his hotel room, Natalie discovers

9832_47

mementos from John's relationship with Caitlyn when John asks her to get a shirt from the drawer

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where the mementos are kept. She mentions nothing. Haver arranges his own death, and frames John

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for the murder. Natalie maintains John's innocence, hires him an attorney Evangeline Williamson

9832_50

(Renée Elise Goldsberry) but charges against John are dropped after Antonio Vega (Kamar de los

9832_51

Reyes) finds evidence. John and Natalie, begin to heal from the loss of their loved ones.

9832_52

Caitlyn's sister and FBI agent, Katherine Fitzgerald, arrives in town looking for Paul Cramer

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(David Tom), a man Natalie begins a friendship with and John is leery of. Katherine wants to

9832_54

recover money stolen from the Santi organization she believes Paul has. Paul no longer has the

9832_55

money, and is pressured by John to testify against the Santis. Later, it is discovered by John and

9832_56

his brother Michael that Paul is being paid under the table by the chief of staff, Dr. Long to

9832_57

transport black market organs. John tries to discourage Natalie's involvement with Paul but despite

9832_58

John's numerous warnings, Natalie's friendship with Paul develops into a light hearted flirtation.

9832_59

John begins to struggle with his feelings for Natalie again, and letting go of his past with

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Caitlyn. John begins to allow himself to get closer to Natalie. On May 11, 2004, Natalie takes off

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with Paul to Atlantic City. An upset John follows. When John finds Natalie, he's unable to

9832_62

verbalize why he has followed her and she becomes upset and tells him, Paul is offering her fun,

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what can he offer her. In response, John kisses Natalie. When Paul interrupts, John tells Natalie

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he's heading back to Llanview and asks if she'll join him. Natalie accepts John's offer and

9832_65

apologizes to Paul for leaving. John and Natalie end up in bed together, but Natalie stops them

9832_66

from making love because she feels John has not moved on from Caitlyn and doesn't want to be a

9832_67

stand in for a ghost. John remarks maybe she's the one with the ghost, referring Cristian. Natalie,

9832_68

in a gesture to prove she is moving on from Christian, removes her wedding ring. Natalie tells

9832_69

John, she saw his drawer filled with memories of Caitlyn, and he is still holding onto her. Natalie

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leaves, and despite John's request she wait on him, she later heads back to Atlantic City to see

9832_71

Paul. John, wanting a relationship with Natalie, finally lets go of Caitlyn. The timing is again

9832_72

off, as Natalie becomes stressed with her mother's heart transplant, and being accused of murdering

9832_73

Paul Cramer. John supports Natalie through these crises, but the two do not become a couple. After,

9832_74

her mother's recovery and Paul is discovered to be alive, Natalie wanting a change leaves town with

9832_75

Paul in search of the Santi fortune.

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After a few encounters with Evangeline, John and Evangeline sleep together while trapped in a

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basement. Evangeline breaks up with then-boyfriend R. J. Gannon (Timothy Stickney), and John and

9832_78

Evangeline decide to continue seeing each other. Evangeline decides to surprise John for a visit at

9832_79

his Angel Square apartment, only to find him playing cards on his bed with Natalie who he invited

9832_80

to watch a movie. An upset Evangeline runs out, but John follows, assuring her he and Natalie are

9832_81

just friends, and asking Evangeline not to give up on them. When Evangeline later admits she needs

9832_82

more from him, John agrees to "attach strings," and they begin officially dating. In November 2004,

9832_83

Paul Cramer is dead, and Natalie is John's lead suspect and Evangeline is her attorney. Natalie

9832_84

doesn't trust John, despite his pleas to help her and he is forced to arrest her. To get Natalie

9832_85

released, he digs up a judges' grave without a warrant and finds evidence linking someone else to

9832_86

the crime. John breaking the law to help Natalie causes conflict in his relationship with

9832_87

Evangelina. Natalie, realizing the lengths John has gone to help her, tells him what happened the

9832_88

night Cramer died and that she didn't kill him. John crosses Natalie off the suspect lists, and

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their friendship is strengthened.

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November 2004, David Fumero starts a short term contract to reprise his role of Cristian Vega, and

9832_91

an amnesiac Cristian turns up alive. Natalie believes despite changes in her husband's behavior

9832_92

and his memory problems, he feels like her husband. John is not convinced, and believes Cris is a

9832_93

dangerous threat to Natalie, so he pressures her to consider leaving him. To silence John's

9832_94

concerns, Natalie gives John Amnesiac Cristian's DNA to prove he is her husband. John and Natalie

9832_95

are both unaware Cristian has been programmed in captivity to kill his brother, Antonio Vega (Kamar

9832_96

de los Reyes) and his maternal cousin Tico Santi (Javier Morga). Cristian successfully kills Tico

9832_97

and is convicted for his murder As memories of his former life begin to return, Cristian accepts

9832_98

the consequences of his actions and goes to jail. To help Natalie and his family move on, he

9832_99

pretends he is, in fact, an impostor. John gets the DNA results proving the John Doe is in fact

9832_100

Cristian, but Cristian swears him to secrecy. Keeping Cristian's true identity from Natalie proves

9832_101

difficult, as his feelings for her continue to linger in spite of his relationship with Evangeline.

9832_102

When Evangeline tells him she loves him, John isn't able to say the same. Soon after, John and

9832_103

Evangeline break things off.

9832_104

Eventually, John moves on to date Natalie, though he still fells guilt knowing Cristian's identity

9832_105

and not telling Natalie. Things begin to grow even more complicated when Evangeline becomes

9832_106

Cristian's lawyer in an attempt to get his prison sentence appealed, and discovers he is indeed

9832_107

Cristian. In November 2005, a prison riot led by Carlo Hesser (Thom Christopher) breaks out and

9832_108

John and Cristian are caught in the crossfire as Natalie discovers Cristian is indeed Cristian.

9832_109

Although John and Cristian make it out alive, Natalie is angry at both of them for lying to her,

9832_110

and no longer wants anything to do with either of them.

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2006–08

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Natalie soon realizes she has fallen for John, and officially divorces Cristian. John becomes

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consumed with solving the decades-old murder of his father, police officer Thomas McBain. The

9832_114

unsolved crime has plagued John for years, but new evidence begins to surface, which leads to David

9832_115

Vickers (Tuc Watkins), Dr. Paige Miller, and ultimately, Dr. Spencer Truman (Paul Satterfield). On

9832_116

the day of Spencer's arrest, John is able to finally find peace with his father's death, and has

9832_117

asked his mother to give him her engagement ring (from his father) for Natalie. But, John is soon

9832_118

involved in a terrible car pile-up on the highway — he is killed, his body burned beyond

9832_119

recognition. The town mourns his death and prays Llanview Assistant District Attorney Hugh Hughes

9832_120

(Josh Casaubon) will survive after an accident. On the episode first-run November 10, 2006, it is

9832_121

revealed Hugh, badly burned and bandaged in a burn unit, is in fact John McBain. He ultimately

9832_122

recovers, aided by some tender loving care by Natalie. During his recovery, he tells Natalie he

9832_123

loves her. John's relationship with Natalie, a fledgling forensics expert, ends in 2007. Believing

9832_124

she is protecting John, she tampers with evidence at the crime scene of Spencer's murder. With John