Cord and Tina remarried in a double ceremony with Asa and Renee.

Millionaire entrepreneur Michael Grande arrived in Llanview on a search for the lost city of gold called Eterna. Eterna was an underground Mecca that had been blown up years before by its developer, Victor Lord. Michael tried to turn Viki back into Niki, who apparently knew the whereabouts of the lost city.

In November, Llanview celebrated the double wedding of Asa and Renee�and the second marriage of Cord and Tina. Unbeknownst to anyone, Ursula had escaped from the loony bin and set out to blow Tina sky high with an exploding wedding cake. However, instead of Tina, Steve Holden became Ursula�s unwitting victim!

During the reception, Steve caught wind of the cake being rigged to explode. As his fianc�e Brenda McGillis unknowingly cut into the cake, Steve heroically pushed her out of the way as it detonated. He died instantly. Days later, Brenda received a pleasant surprise amidst the tragedy, she was pregnant with Steve�s child.

Michael secretly conspired with Gabrielle to wrestle away control of the Holden Towers Hotel from Max. As Max grew to despise Gabrielle for what she had done, he pulled up stakes headed home to Texas.