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- January 1 - February 14: Dr. Rita Carson & Sylvia, epilepsy (see 1978)
- February 13 - October 4: Kay & Roy Jason
- Keith proposes to Dr. Carson - she says yes but wants to wait
- We're initially led to believe that Kay won't admit she had a drinking problem; Rex insists June goes to visit her at home since they are old friends
- Turns out Kay's husband, Roy (an attorney) is seeing another [scantily clad, younger] woman - we know this because he slaps her across the face when she suggests he isn't giving her enough money (2/10/79)
- He hits her again (4/6/79) as he threatens her not to see another man (Davey Palomar, a man whom he got off in court even though he was guilty)
- Roy lies to everyone he knows that Kay has a drinking problem
- Roy is plotting to destroy Kay in divorce; she gets pulled over for speeding because Roy has threatened to kill her and take the children
- There is a strange panel that seems to come from nowhere - Roy says that Kay isn't "patriotic" because speeding means she's not conserving gas (5/9/1979)
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| Rex Morgan, MD - May 9, 1979 © King Features Syndicate |
- Rex makes a statement that makes this strip personal to more people: "wife-beating isn't confined to any occupation or profession!" (5/18/79)
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| Rex Morgan, MD - May 18, 1979 © King Features Syndicate |
- Strike 3 (literally): Roy hits Denise (the "other" woman) and this time he kills her (6/4/79)
- Roy admits to Kay he killed Denise, then hits her when she says they need to go to the police (9/6/79)
- Bingo! The teaching point strip: (9/22/79)
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| Rex Morgan, MD - September 22, 1979 © King Features Syndicate |
- Melissa comes in with fibrillation, requiring a cardiac intensive care unit admission
- October 5 - December 31: Sara Laneer
- Sara is the daughter of a very wealthy family, who presents to the emergency department awake but unresponsive; her mother refuses to allow psychiatric admission
- Turns out she was on PCP
- There's a new signature on the strips October 29, 1979 - in addition to the others: Frank Springer, who was the penciler for the strip from 1979-1981.
- Victor Sebastian, some crude looking "family friend" wallops Sara in the face at the hospital, but she can't remember this episode
- Sara has violent outbursts, Rex suspects a drug-related mental illness
- Marijuana usage strip (12/18/1979)
- Another Christmas strip, out of the story line
- Story ends without finish due to missing strips
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| Rex Morgan, MD - December 25, 1979 © King Features Syndicate |
