19) Say Something (I'm Giving Up On You)- Cindy's love for music hit her hard when she got into her teenage years. So much so that she wanted to work in a field that dealt with music. Even though she sang and danced with her brothers and sisters as a young girl, that was not the kind of career she was looking for. What she wanted was to work in radio and she hit herself up as a communications major in college.

There was, however, one thing holding her back: her lisp. Year after year she would never be quite able to shake it. She had worked with a speech pathologist in kindergarten who told Cindy and her mother that she would grow out of it in time with practice. It was obviously not the case and she again had to work with speech pathologists all through college. She managed to pass with a good work ethic and good grades even though all her recommended speech therapies failed her.

The only thing more disappointing than the lisp itself was the fact she couldn't find a job because of it. All her internships never landed her a steady job. Every job interview and every audition would end in failure her first year because they found her lisp annoying. It wasn't until Gary Greenburg saw something special in her and hired her on the spot.

"Even though I have a speech impediment?"

"You are a special person, Cindy. I'm not giving up on you."

20) Engines On- Looking back, Bobby thought to himself how inevitable it was that he would be a racecar driver. Even though it was grueling practice and risky business, he abosolutely loved being behind the wheel. It reminded him of being younger and always wanting to be on the go-kart course at the amusement park. That was the highlight of every single trip for him. He will never forget the shock on his parents faces as he announced he was so sure of this that he dropped out of college. He will also never forget the relief he had when they reluctantly gave him their blessing. He promised them that everything would be just fine and not to worry. That lasted a couple of years anyway.

21) New Year's Day- Greg and Nora found out that they were expecting right after their honeymoon.

"Am I a man or what?!" Greg asked, esctatic as he picked his wife up and hugged her.

"Hey, be careful," Nora warned. "You're a doctor. You know better than to do that."

"You're okay honey," Greg told her tenderly. "I'm not going to let anything bad happen to you."

They got married in October and they waited until Christmas to tell their families. Of course both sides were deliriously happy with the news. They were on cloud nine that whole week until Nora began to feel weak and then to her horror, began to bleed. She was rushed to the hospital on her New Year's Day off when the doctor, a friend of Greg and Nora's, gave them good news and bad news. The good news? They still had a baby. The bad news, the gut-wrenching news? They lost two. Nora was actually expecting triplet boys and she never knew it until she lost the twins that one horrible New Year's Day.

22) Please, Don't Leave Me- It wasn't actually Phillip that wanted the divorce that horrible Christmastime of '88. Yes, he was busy working on a project that took up a lot of time, but this was a make him or break him project. This was something that was going to advance him further in his career and if he could pull it off, they could finally afford a better home. He was working his butt off for them and Jan couldn't realize it. He was blindsided when she decided it was best that maybe they weren't together anymore.

"You're never home," Jan had said.

"You knew well when I signed up for this job that it would mean sacrificing "us" time."

"Everytime you sign up for a new project it keeps getting worse! Granted, I work long hours, too but goodness I still try to be here for you."

"I know you do."

"Well how come when you come home and I'm laying on the couch with nothing on but panties and a smile do you not look up at me?"

"Maybe you're right," he finally told her, giving up. He figured that maybe if she really couldn't understand why he was doing what he was doing, then he deserved better. Even though it broke his heart and he was bitter that Jan, the one who wanted to call off their marriage, wanted him to fake a happy life for her family that Christmas. If hindsight is 20/20, than he could see that Jan was extending an olive branch and she was ready to fix what was broken. He ended up getting the best present ever that Christmas: His wife did indeed come back to him.

23) Never Say Never- Most people would never know it, but the Watergate scandal had upset Mike terribly. Even more horrible to him than the day JFK died and that was pretty brutal. It was unfathomable to him that a man who had been hired to carry and protect the country had lied and cheated to everyone.

"You are too a crook," Mike had responded back to the t.v after Nixon had made his famous remark.

"Mike," Carol said, who was by his side and rubbing his arm. "You're really upset over this aren't you?"

"He's a liar and he's a cheat," Mike replied, almost red in the face. "I am done with politics."

"You don't mean that," Carol said in a matter-of-fact way.

"I swear on my first wife's grave!"

He then uncharacteristically pounded on the family room table and walked over to the window. Carol got up and followed him over to the window with tears in her eyes. She had never seen him so angry and had never heard him refer to his first wife that way. She was scared but knew she couldn't hide from him either. He felt horrible as he looked at his wife with tears rolling down her cheeks.

"Come here, baby," he said, taking her into his arms and kissing her cheek. "I'm so sorry."

He thought about that hug and kiss as he embraced her on the night he won the Mayor's seat.

24) I Never Promised You A Rose Garden- Everybody seems to love a rose. Everybody except Alice Nelson. They resembled mourning to her. Her own mother's favorite flower was a pink rose. Alice was in the garden one day as a young girl, helping her prune the rosebushes as her mother collapsed and died before her. As tragic as that death was, it didn't stop Alice from gardening and roses didn't really mean anything to her until the first Mrs. Brady. She loved the red ones and would plant them every spring in her garden. The last spring of her life, she had decided that she didn't feel like gardening this year.

"I'll take over, I love to garden," Alice had offered.

"No, no, don't bother. You do so much for us already."

"I really wouldn't mind. Is there a particular flower you like?"

"Well, I do like red roses," she confessed, giving in.

"I'll get right to it."

It wasn't until later that month in May that Alice began to feel weird about tending roses again. Her bad feeling were confirmed later night when she had a premonition of her mother. Her mother told her that Mrs. Brady would not live to see her roses bloom. Alice prayed it was another meaningless bad dream until she got a phone call from Mr. Brady confirming what Alice's mother already told her.