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9832_125	unable to get past the difficulties of his recovery and Natalie's overprotectiveness, she breaks up
9832_126	with him in April 2007.
9832_127	John forms a bond with Dr. Marty Saybrooke (then, Christina Chambers; originated and later Susan
9832_128	Haskell) and her son Cole Thornhart (Brandon Buddy) in 2007, eventually helping her get out of her
9832_129	forced marriage to Miles Laurence (David Chisum). On episode first-run September 12, 2007, John is
9832_130	suspended from the police department, pending investigation into his role in withholding
9832_131	information about the true parentage of Tommy McBain. Tommy, the adopted son of John's younger
9832_132	brother Dr. Michael McBain (Chris Stack) and his wife Marcie (Kathy Brier), is Todd Manning's (St.
9832_133	John) biological son, thought murdered by Spencer Truman; when the truth comes out and Todd is
9832_134	awarded custody, Marcie flees town with the child. Though they dislike each other, John and Todd
9832_135	join up to pursue her across the country, as John wants to catch up with Marcie before Lee Ramsey,
9832_136	John's unpredictable FBI rival who is in charge of the case. When John and Todd end up in jail,
9832_137	Marty and Todd's ex-wife Blair Cramer arrive to bail them out, and to join in the search for
9832_138	Marcie. John and Marty bond further as Marty confesses to John her deceased husband, Patrick
9832_139	Thornhart, had been murdered. John and Marty make love, but Marty soon disappears in New Orleans,
9832_140	and Cole vanishes from Llanview. With Marty and Cole kidnapped by the Irish terrorists who had
9832_141	killed Patrick, John and Lee follow. Their plan goes awry, and though Cole is saved, a van explodes
9832_142	with Marty inside on December 4, 2007, and she is presumed dead.
9832_143	John and Blair Cramer (Kassie DePaiva) fall into bed together and begin a relationship, but the
9832_144	events surrounding Ramsey's death in June 2008 leave John with questions about Todd's involvement.
9832_145	John pieces together Ramsey had a mystery woman staying with him, and soon deduces she is now with
9832_146	Todd. Todd plays the hero to an amnesiac Marty, secretly saved and nursed back to health by Ramsey,
9832_147	but in a twisted pursuit of redemption, Todd fails to tell Marty that he had raped her years
9832_148	before, or that she has a son. She begins to fall in love with Todd, and he for her. On November
9832_149	10, 2008, John breaks into Todd's home and finds Marty, soon realizing what Todd has been up to.
9832_150	The truth revealed to her, Marty lashes out, John beats Todd to a bloody pulp, and Todd is
9832_151	arrested. With Marty's return and John's obvious concern for her, Blair gives John the opportunity
9832_152	to end their relationship on good terms; he reassures Blair he is committed to their blossoming
9832_153	relationship. Todd is charged with kidnapping and rape; Marty is grilled on the stand by Todd's
9832_154	lawyer and ex-wife Téa Delgado (Florencia Lozano), her testimony actually used to exonerate Todd.
9832_155	Devastated, an unraveling Marty sets a plan in motion; professing to still love him, she lures a
9832_156	repentant and hopeful Todd to a New Year's celebration for two. On the roof of the Palace Hotel on
9832_157	January 2, 2009, she admits her deception and urges him to do the one thing that will make her
9832_158	happy: jump. He steps off the edge, and plummets into the water below. John pulls Todd out on the
9832_159	episode first-run January 5, 2009; Blair is relieved for the sake of her children, but Marty is
9832_160	furious.
9832_161	2009–10
9832_162	Killings take place in early 2009, with letters left on the bodies that spell out KAD, Todd's old
9832_163	fraternity, where he, Powell Lord III (Sean Moynihan), and Zach Rosen raped Marty, when they were
9832_164	in college. Blair is the first to be attacked and not die, and Todd is a possible suspect in the
9832_165	case. Blair fears she will lose her children, so her lawyer Téa suggests she marry John, which
9832_166	surprises them both. After some talking, John proposes to Blair and she accepts. She is also
9832_167	granted custody of their children. In August, they plan to get an annulment, but he has the papers
9832_168	changed to say divorce, because he wants it on record his first marriage was Blair although the
9832_169	marriage was never consummated.
9832_170	John began a relationship with Marty after his divorce from Blair. Marty is grateful when John
9832_171	saves Cole, Hope and Starr from drug dealers. John and Marty make love and begin a relationship.
9832_172	In the fall of 2009 John reconnects with Natalie as he investigates Jessica's stalking and Jared
9832_173	Banks' (John Brotherton) beating. John is immediately suspicious of Jared and admits to Marty he
9832_174	does not like Jared simply because he is Natalie's husband. When Jared accusing him of still being
9832_175	in love with Natalie, John answers yes, and admits he will always care for her. Marty senses the
9832_176	effect John and Natalie have on each other, but John tells her, he and Natalie were a long time
9832_177	ago. The investigation reveals Mitch Laurence (Roscoe Born) is behind the stalking and Jared was
9832_178	blackmailed into helping, in order to protect his father Charlie Banks. When Jared is killed by
9832_179	Mitch, Natalie is devastated. John supports Natalie through her grief. When she stabs Mitch with a
9832_180	letter opener, John transfers the blood off the letter opener Natalie used unto his own letter
9832_181	opener leaving his fingerprints. John then hides the letter opener covered in Mitch's blood and his
9832_182	fingerprints in his drawer, and tells investigators Mitch stabbed himself.
9832_183	When Mitch is interviewed, he tells Brody that John stabbed him. When Dorian, under the instruction
9832_184	of Mitch, brings forth John's hidden letter opener, John is charged with the crime. Natalie tries
9832_185	to confess, John continues to state he stabbed Mitch, and tells Bo that Natalie is trying to
9832_186	protect him. Marty questions John as to why he would risk everything for Natalie, and why he didn't
9832_187	consult her, his girlfriend, before framing himself. When John is arrested, Natalie tells her
9832_188	family John is covering for her and confesses to Bo. However, Marty arranges for Marty, Jessica,
9832_189	and Cole to come forward and admit to stabbing Mitch, the LPD having these new suspects coming
9832_190	forward forces John's release. Mitch gets Dorian to hire Mayor Lowell. He officially charges and
9832_191	arrests John for the attempted murder of Mitch. In February, Natalie and Brody break John out of
9832_192	jail so they can rescue Jessica who has been kidnapped by Mitch. As Natalie is driving, the car
9832_193	steers off the road as Natalie tries to avoid colliding with another car. Natalie is trapped and
9832_194	John gets her out before the car explodes. John finds a deserted cabin, where he takes Natalie.
9832_195	Natalie, suffering from a head injury, believes John to be Jared. John kisses the hallucinating
9832_196	Natalie and admits he loves with her. When Natalie realises her hallucinations are not real, John
9832_197	and Natalie admit they still have feelings for each other and kiss again as Marty enters the room.
9832_198	Although John tells Marty he wants to make it work with her, it is clear John has feelings for
9832_199	Natalie.
9832_200	John visits Natalie at Llanfair and the two end up kissing again. Before John is able to tell
9832_201	Marty about his feelings for Natalie, he learns Marty is pregnant with his child from Natalie, who
9832_202	congratulates him, not realizing he did not know. After she leaves, Marty arrives and he questions
9832_203	her about it. They discuss it and he reassures her while he has no idea what he's doing, he wants
9832_204	to have the baby, and she's very happy and relieved. On St. Patrick's Day, John and Natalie stare
9832_205	at one another as he dances with Marty. After being pushed down the stairs, Marty and John
9832_206	discover their baby has been miscarried.
9832_207	John and Natalie get back together, but she does not mention to him she had a one-night stand with
9832_208	Brody Lovett (Mark Lawson). Soon after, Natalie tells John she is pregnant and does not tell him
9832_209	about the possibility of Brody being the father. In December 2010, John asks Natalie to marry him
9832_210	because he loves her and wants her to be his wife. Despite her happiness, Natalie is hesitant due
9832_211	to Marty knowing the secret of her child's paternity but ultimately she lets herself accept. John
9832_212	wants to get married as soon as possible, and suggest they get married on New Year's Eve. John
9832_213	selects Brody as the best man, and Natalie chooses Jessica as her maid of honor. The couple say
9832_214	their vows and exchange rings but are never pronounced husband and wife as the wedding is
9832_215	interrupted by Marty.
9832_216	2011–12
9832_217	John starts 2011, frantic, unable to locate Natalie, who spends the beginning of the New Year
9832_218	giving birth to their child in Asa's lodge. Marty, whom Natalie had kidnapped and brought to the
9832_219	lodge, delivered the baby. When John tracks Natalie, he finds both women and his newly born son.
9832_220	However, Marty suffers a psychiatric break and believes the newborn is the child she and John lost.
9832_221	John and Natalie end up naming the baby Liam Asa McBain, while Marty is sent to an institution
9832_222	after losing her sanity. John, unhappy that he and Natalie didn't get married on New Year's Eve,
9832_223	decides they can get married as soon as possible. Jessica and Brody decide John and Natalie can
9832_224	share their big day, by both getting married at the wedding being planned for Jessica and Brody.

9832_125

unable to get past the difficulties of his recovery and Natalie's overprotectiveness, she breaks up

9832_126

with him in April 2007.

9832_127

John forms a bond with Dr. Marty Saybrooke (then, Christina Chambers; originated and later Susan

9832_128

Haskell) and her son Cole Thornhart (Brandon Buddy) in 2007, eventually helping her get out of her

9832_129

forced marriage to Miles Laurence (David Chisum). On episode first-run September 12, 2007, John is

9832_130

suspended from the police department, pending investigation into his role in withholding

9832_131

information about the true parentage of Tommy McBain. Tommy, the adopted son of John's younger

9832_132

brother Dr. Michael McBain (Chris Stack) and his wife Marcie (Kathy Brier), is Todd Manning's (St.

9832_133

John) biological son, thought murdered by Spencer Truman; when the truth comes out and Todd is

9832_134

awarded custody, Marcie flees town with the child. Though they dislike each other, John and Todd

9832_135

join up to pursue her across the country, as John wants to catch up with Marcie before Lee Ramsey,

9832_136

John's unpredictable FBI rival who is in charge of the case. When John and Todd end up in jail,

9832_137

Marty and Todd's ex-wife Blair Cramer arrive to bail them out, and to join in the search for

9832_138

Marcie. John and Marty bond further as Marty confesses to John her deceased husband, Patrick

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Thornhart, had been murdered. John and Marty make love, but Marty soon disappears in New Orleans,

9832_140

and Cole vanishes from Llanview. With Marty and Cole kidnapped by the Irish terrorists who had

9832_141

killed Patrick, John and Lee follow. Their plan goes awry, and though Cole is saved, a van explodes

9832_142

with Marty inside on December 4, 2007, and she is presumed dead.

9832_143

John and Blair Cramer (Kassie DePaiva) fall into bed together and begin a relationship, but the

9832_144

events surrounding Ramsey's death in June 2008 leave John with questions about Todd's involvement.

9832_145

John pieces together Ramsey had a mystery woman staying with him, and soon deduces she is now with

9832_146

Todd. Todd plays the hero to an amnesiac Marty, secretly saved and nursed back to health by Ramsey,

9832_147

but in a twisted pursuit of redemption, Todd fails to tell Marty that he had raped her years

9832_148

before, or that she has a son. She begins to fall in love with Todd, and he for her. On November

9832_149

10, 2008, John breaks into Todd's home and finds Marty, soon realizing what Todd has been up to.

9832_150

The truth revealed to her, Marty lashes out, John beats Todd to a bloody pulp, and Todd is

9832_151

arrested. With Marty's return and John's obvious concern for her, Blair gives John the opportunity

9832_152

to end their relationship on good terms; he reassures Blair he is committed to their blossoming

9832_153

relationship. Todd is charged with kidnapping and rape; Marty is grilled on the stand by Todd's

9832_154

lawyer and ex-wife Téa Delgado (Florencia Lozano), her testimony actually used to exonerate Todd.

9832_155

Devastated, an unraveling Marty sets a plan in motion; professing to still love him, she lures a

9832_156

repentant and hopeful Todd to a New Year's celebration for two. On the roof of the Palace Hotel on

9832_157

January 2, 2009, she admits her deception and urges him to do the one thing that will make her

9832_158

happy: jump. He steps off the edge, and plummets into the water below. John pulls Todd out on the

9832_159

episode first-run January 5, 2009; Blair is relieved for the sake of her children, but Marty is

9832_160

furious.

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2009–10

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Killings take place in early 2009, with letters left on the bodies that spell out KAD, Todd's old

9832_163

fraternity, where he, Powell Lord III (Sean Moynihan), and Zach Rosen raped Marty, when they were

9832_164

in college. Blair is the first to be attacked and not die, and Todd is a possible suspect in the

9832_165

case. Blair fears she will lose her children, so her lawyer Téa suggests she marry John, which

9832_166

surprises them both. After some talking, John proposes to Blair and she accepts. She is also

9832_167

granted custody of their children. In August, they plan to get an annulment, but he has the papers

9832_168

changed to say divorce, because he wants it on record his first marriage was Blair although the

9832_169

marriage was never consummated.

9832_170

John began a relationship with Marty after his divorce from Blair. Marty is grateful when John

9832_171

saves Cole, Hope and Starr from drug dealers. John and Marty make love and begin a relationship.

9832_172

In the fall of 2009 John reconnects with Natalie as he investigates Jessica's stalking and Jared

9832_173

Banks' (John Brotherton) beating. John is immediately suspicious of Jared and admits to Marty he

9832_174

does not like Jared simply because he is Natalie's husband. When Jared accusing him of still being

9832_175

in love with Natalie, John answers yes, and admits he will always care for her. Marty senses the

9832_176

effect John and Natalie have on each other, but John tells her, he and Natalie were a long time

9832_177

ago. The investigation reveals Mitch Laurence (Roscoe Born) is behind the stalking and Jared was

9832_178

blackmailed into helping, in order to protect his father Charlie Banks. When Jared is killed by

9832_179

Mitch, Natalie is devastated. John supports Natalie through her grief. When she stabs Mitch with a

9832_180

letter opener, John transfers the blood off the letter opener Natalie used unto his own letter

9832_181

opener leaving his fingerprints. John then hides the letter opener covered in Mitch's blood and his

9832_182

fingerprints in his drawer, and tells investigators Mitch stabbed himself.

9832_183

When Mitch is interviewed, he tells Brody that John stabbed him. When Dorian, under the instruction

9832_184

of Mitch, brings forth John's hidden letter opener, John is charged with the crime. Natalie tries

9832_185

to confess, John continues to state he stabbed Mitch, and tells Bo that Natalie is trying to

9832_186

protect him. Marty questions John as to why he would risk everything for Natalie, and why he didn't

9832_187

consult her, his girlfriend, before framing himself. When John is arrested, Natalie tells her

9832_188

family John is covering for her and confesses to Bo. However, Marty arranges for Marty, Jessica,

9832_189

and Cole to come forward and admit to stabbing Mitch, the LPD having these new suspects coming

9832_190

forward forces John's release. Mitch gets Dorian to hire Mayor Lowell. He officially charges and

9832_191

arrests John for the attempted murder of Mitch. In February, Natalie and Brody break John out of

9832_192

jail so they can rescue Jessica who has been kidnapped by Mitch. As Natalie is driving, the car

9832_193

steers off the road as Natalie tries to avoid colliding with another car. Natalie is trapped and

9832_194

John gets her out before the car explodes. John finds a deserted cabin, where he takes Natalie.

9832_195

Natalie, suffering from a head injury, believes John to be Jared. John kisses the hallucinating

9832_196

Natalie and admits he loves with her. When Natalie realises her hallucinations are not real, John

9832_197

and Natalie admit they still have feelings for each other and kiss again as Marty enters the room.

9832_198

Although John tells Marty he wants to make it work with her, it is clear John has feelings for

9832_199

Natalie.

9832_200

John visits Natalie at Llanfair and the two end up kissing again. Before John is able to tell

9832_201

Marty about his feelings for Natalie, he learns Marty is pregnant with his child from Natalie, who

9832_202

congratulates him, not realizing he did not know. After she leaves, Marty arrives and he questions

9832_203

her about it. They discuss it and he reassures her while he has no idea what he's doing, he wants

9832_204

to have the baby, and she's very happy and relieved. On St. Patrick's Day, John and Natalie stare

9832_205

at one another as he dances with Marty. After being pushed down the stairs, Marty and John

9832_206

discover their baby has been miscarried.

9832_207

John and Natalie get back together, but she does not mention to him she had a one-night stand with

9832_208

Brody Lovett (Mark Lawson). Soon after, Natalie tells John she is pregnant and does not tell him

9832_209

about the possibility of Brody being the father. In December 2010, John asks Natalie to marry him

9832_210

because he loves her and wants her to be his wife. Despite her happiness, Natalie is hesitant due

9832_211

to Marty knowing the secret of her child's paternity but ultimately she lets herself accept. John

9832_212

wants to get married as soon as possible, and suggest they get married on New Year's Eve. John

9832_213

selects Brody as the best man, and Natalie chooses Jessica as her maid of honor. The couple say

9832_214

their vows and exchange rings but are never pronounced husband and wife as the wedding is

9832_215

interrupted by Marty.

9832_216

2011–12

9832_217

John starts 2011, frantic, unable to locate Natalie, who spends the beginning of the New Year

9832_218

giving birth to their child in Asa's lodge. Marty, whom Natalie had kidnapped and brought to the

9832_219

lodge, delivered the baby. When John tracks Natalie, he finds both women and his newly born son.

9832_220

However, Marty suffers a psychiatric break and believes the newborn is the child she and John lost.

9832_221

John and Natalie end up naming the baby Liam Asa McBain, while Marty is sent to an institution

9832_222

after losing her sanity. John, unhappy that he and Natalie didn't get married on New Year's Eve,

9832_223

decides they can get married as soon as possible. Jessica and Brody decide John and Natalie can

9832_224

share their big day, by both getting married at the wedding being planned for Jessica and Brody.