1986 (#22) - Farren's amnesia and the reconciliation attempt between Andy and Diane

It's not long before Lauren's suspicions and Farren's intuitions prove accurate. Noting in fact Farren quite strange, Andy asks him what's wrong. Despite initial reassurances from Farren, Andy senses that there's something Farren has to tell him and in the end the woman decides to open up completely to him. Farren thus confesses to Andy that she doesn't remember anything from his previous life before a year ago. In fact, the woman can't remember what her real name is, where she comes from or whatever happened to her before she woke up more than a year ago from a hospital bed after a car accident. Andy is completely stunned and shocked by Farren's words, but he promises the woman that he and Paul will investigate her past. Farren explains to Andy how the doctors kept her in a coma for a while before waking her up and realising that her brain has suffered severe memory loss. Andy, convinced by Lauren, decides to take Farren to a doctor specialized in psychology and brain damage, Dr. Mark Sloan, who advises Farren to look only at the future and the present, without worrying too much about her past. Farren, thus, assures Andy that in the end she doesn't care about her past by being happy with him, which is all she wants. Andy embraces his woman and promises that he will take care of her and make her feel safe. Andy then tells Paul the whole thing, while Lauren realizes that Tamra was actually right. Convinced that Farren's past could really hurt Andy, Lauren is even more convinced to follow Tamra's advice and promises to herself that she will succeed in separating Andy and Farren, even though Paul doesn't agree with his girlfriend at all, believing that Farren has the right to be happy too. Lauren thus decides to bring back to Genoa City Andy's greatest love, the beautiful Diane Jenkins, who is willing to try to win Andy back, since she bitterly regrets having asked for a divorce from Andy to pursue the illusion of being with Jack. When Paul explains to Farren that Diane is Andy's ex-wife, she doesn't hide her jealousy, also because Andy is immediately very sympathetic to Diane, which annoys Farren. When Diane informs Andy that she hopes that there may be a second chance between the two of them, without obviously revealing that she was convinced to take this step by Lauren, Andy initially seems undecided what to do, but soon rejects the woman's attempts at courtship, confirming his love for Farren. However, Andy greets Diane with a kiss goodbye accidentally noticed by Farren, who is furious even though she eventually forgives the man. Lauren, thus, is forced to accept the failure of Diane's attempt, while not giving up insisting on finding out the truth about Farren's identity.