Mitch came to Llanview seeking a fortune�Tina�s!

Mitch Laurence, an unscrupulous scoundrel from Tina�s past, came to Llanview intent on marrying Tina for her newly found fortune. While Viki was away, Mitch seduced Tina and continually exerted a sexual hold over her. Trapped in the secret room, Mitch discovered another document�a letter from Victor stating that if Viki should ever suffer a recurrence of her multiple-personality disorder, then his entire estate and control of the Lord Foundation would go to Tina! With Tina�s reluctant assistance, Mitch began an evil crusade to force Niki Smith out into the open again.

Mitch devised a secret plan to kill Clint and frame Niki/Viki for the murder. The scheme went smoothly up until the very last moment, when Tina caused Mitch�s well-laid plan to backfire. Tina confronted Mitch, grabbed for the gun and a struggle ensued. Dazed from drink, Niki watched in horror as Harry O�Neill stumbled upon the scene. Mistaking Harry for Clint, Mitch fired the gun at him. Harry fell to the floor and died in Niki�s arms. When she came out of her dual personality, Viki remembered nothing of this tragic killing. She stood by in stunned silence as Tina was arrested for Harry�s murder. Due to the unscrupulous Mr. Laurence having an airtight alibi, Tina�s insistence that he was the murderer fell on deaf ears. He claimed to be in Miami at the time of Harry�s death.

During the murder trial, Tina begged Viki to testify as a witness on her behalf. Viki took the stand where she was peppered with tough questions by Tina�s lawyer�Harry�s brother�Pete O�Neill. When the pressure proved too much, Viki turned into Niki in front of a courtroom of stunned spectators. Niki related the truth of the crime, and an APB was put out for the arrest of Mitch. Although he escaped, he was eventually arrested and sent to prison.

Niki had saved the day, but Clint was terrified when Viki failed to reemerge. He was determined to get his wife back. Sending Kevin and Joey to live with Asa, Clint committed Viki to a sanitarium for a while. When she returned to Llanfair, Niki managed to fool everyone into thinking Viki had returned. She perfected Viki's signature, read her diaries to learn the intimate details of her life, but Niki was faced with one problem: could she keep Clint out of her bed?

Tina, meanwhile, had been carrying on her own campaign to get Clint into bed! Her machinations reached a peak the night when a drunken Clint passed out in bed. Seizing the moment, Tina climbed in next to him. Neither of them saw Niki when she opened the door and shocked by the sight, Viki emerged. She tried to call Dr. Polk, but was chloroformed by Stick, a former cellmate of Mitch�s, who had come to Llanview on his behalf.