1978 (#22) - Jill's fake pregnancy

Shocked and silenced by Stuart's decision to take a step back and return with Liz, Jill is desperate for Stuart's choice and struggling to understand the reason for such a sudden change of heart. Sure that someone has convinced the man to end their relationship, Jill suspects Katherine, who exonerates herself and backs away from any responsibility, and she's determined to do anything to have the man, the only one capable of giving her son financial security. So she decides to put Stuart on the spot, confronting him with a condition he could never back down from: she pretends to be pregnant, announcing to Stuart that she got pregnant, probably during their weekend in Las Vegas. The news leaves the man astonished, who at this point lets himself go into the arms of Jill, the only real woman capable of making him lose all control. The idea of having a baby excites Stuart, ready at this point to fight against everything and everyone to be with the irresistible Jill, happy that her plan goes smoothly. However, when Jill notices Stuart's great concern, who is hesitant to inform his daughters about the pregnancy and asks Jill for some time to assimilate the event, Jill immediately understands, of course, who is rowing against her relationship with the man. So Jill starts trying to approach Leslie, Lorie and Peggy, but they reject any attempt to approach her, reminding her that I absolutely do not want to become friends with her father's former lover. Not knowing that Jill is back with Stuart, however, the woman makes the best of this bad situation and warns them that they will have to prepare to get used to her presence. Meanwhile, Jill also faces the other major obstacle that separates her from Stuart: her mother Liz. She's convinced that she's once again Stuart's only woman and proposes to Jill to put it all behind her, unaware that her daughter is actually doing everything she can to take Stuart away from her once again. Determined not to undermine her relationship with her mother and, above all, her reputation, Jill decides to wait and let Stuart, who is always hesitant, expose himself and take any responsibility for his choice.