Patrick and Blair grew closer while producing a play in Angel Square.

Asa began corresponding, via email, with a foreign businessman known as "Poseidon." Suspicious of Asa, Alex (the new mayor of Llanview) secretly began corresponding with Poseidon herself. Alex discovered that not only was Poseidon a member of the Men of 21, he was her not-so-late husband, Carlo Hesser. Alex fainted and upon recovering, enjoyed an orgy of sex with her hot-to-trot hubby!

Asa planned to meet Poseidon and another secret partner, Lord Cove, at the Palace Hotel to hand over $30 million dollars in a business deal. Unbeknownst to Asa, he was about to become a victim of the "Men of 21." Asa was hit over the head, and when he awoke in a daze, the money was gone!

Disguised as Major Austin, a munitions expert, Bo infiltrated the organization. He was nearly killed by a bomb set by the double-crossing Bass. Patrick was shot in the melee, and Marty secretly nursed him back to health. Even though Marty had feeling for Patrick, she went ahead with her wedding to Dylan Moody. Patrick rose from his sickbed, and arrived at the Palace Hotel in time to save Bo, and help defuse the bomb. Bass was arrested, and subsequently poisoned to death, and though Patrick tried to stop her, Marty married Dylan. Heartbroken, Patrick grabbed Blair and dashed away to the stables where Blair played upon his anguish, luring him into an embrace. However, her well-timed seduction attempt failed as Patrick flashed upon memories of making love to Marty in Inishcrag. He broke free of her grasp.

Asa suffered a heart attack when Carlo returned "from the dead." Upon his recovery, Asa sent Alex for a divorce from Carlo, then remarried her. All the while, she engaged in a sizzling affair with her baldheaded ex-husband. To test her loyalty and to get his $30 million back from Carlo, Asa sneakily convinced everyone he had gone insane!