Dr. Mark McCormack goes on trial for the rape of his wife, Mary DuVall. Julia takes his case and after hearing Mary's side of the story, intends to throw it and put Mark behind bars. Julia's plot is discovered by Mark, Mary is killed in the course of an argument about the trial when she's crushed by the fall of a giant neon "C" atop the Capwell Hotel. She dies in her lover, Mason's, arms, while pregnant with their child. Mason swears revenge against everyone who made Mary's life miserable, including Mark, CC, and Julia. Mark's crimes are uncovered and Mason comes to grips with his grief, with the help of his family and Julia.
1986
To compensate for her lack of comedic technique, Brown looks to the GH directors and her castmates for guidance. "A couple of our actors like Billy Warlock and Nancy Lee Grahn (AJ and Alexis), are really great at that kind of stuff. I ask them questions - whatever I can think of - and I soak it up," she says. -Sarah Brown, SOW, 2000