Overview

The update! CAP TIMELINE 1903: Tonto is born. April 1925: Jim Crampton is born. May 27, 1925: Steven Schluter is born. 1936: Billy Schluter is born. June 20, 1936: J.P. Crampton is born, the result of an affair between Marie Crampton and Bill Hendrickson. December 17,1944: Steven Schluter dies in World War II. July 14, 1945: Stefan Schluter, the son of Steven Schluter, is born. November 12, 1945: Jeff Hayes is born. 1962-1963 School Year: J.P. Crampton begins teaching at Northwestern University. October 4, 1962: Brad Schluter is born. He is the adoptive son of Billy Schluter, and the biological son of Kevin Carmicheal. December 1962: Andre, JP's partner, is killed in action in Vietnam. March 6, 1963: Ace is born to Isidore, having been fathered by J.P.'s lover Andre. March 1963: Robbie Hayes is born, the youngest of three children. He is the son of Frank and Brenda Hayes. April 10, 1963: Billy Schulter dies at sea on USS Thresher October 27, 1964: Clare and Billy Crampton are born. Clare is JP's biological daughter, and Billy is Jeff Hayes's biological son. 1968: J.P. Crampton begins teaching at Stanford. July 13, 1968: Jeff Hayes dies of an heroin overdose. March 8, 1969: Marcel is born. He is the biological son of Jeff Hayes, but is raised in France. April 24, 1980: Matt Carrswold is born. He is the biological son of Robbie Hayes, but is adopted by the Carrswolds and grows up in Shaker Heights, Ohio. May 15, 1980: Wade Danfield is born. He becomes Matt Carrswold's boyfriend after meeting him on the hockey team at Stanford during the 1998-1999 school year. October 19, 1980: Billy dies in a car accident on the night of a party at Escorial. January 19, 1982: Darius Schluter is born. He is the son of Bitty Schluter and a random Iranian man, but is raised by Brad, Robbie, and Jeanine. He has one biological half-brother, JJ, and one adopted brother, Will Schluter. July 25, 1982: Gathan Hayes is born. He was raised in Claremont, Ohio by his uncle and aunt, Wally and Clara Hayes. February 1983: Kristin Hendrickson is born. August 26, 1983: Ella Hayes, daughter of Richard Crampton, is born. May 30, 1985: Zach Hayes is born. 1985: J.P.'s lover Roger, and one-time lover Sam, both die of AIDS that year. December 7, 1985: Jeremy Schluter, aka J.J., is born. He is the biological son of Jim Crampton and Bitty Schluter, and has been raised in Malibu, CA with Brad, Robbie, and Jeanine. February 19, 1986: Marie Crampton, aka Maman, dies of natural causes. April 18, 1986: Marie Hobart, daughter of Jack and Clare Hobart, is born. April 20, 1986: Travis Buck is born. September 14, 1986: Will Schluter, son of Brad and Jeanine, is born. July 21, 1987: John Hobart, son of Jack and Clare Hobart, is born. Between 1991 to 1995: Tonto Schluter dies an old woman, warm in her bed surrounded by grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A death we should all hope to have. March 28, 1995: Greg, Stefan's long-time companion, dies of a heart attack. September 4, 1995: Ace's daughter, Courtney, is born. August 7, 1998: Robbie Hayes reunites with his long-lost son, Matt Carrswold. September 13, 2000: Madison Graves is born. September 14, 2000: Riley van den Boss Danfield is born. March 24, 2003: Bobby Carrswold is born. Sometime in 2003: Frederick Granger, son of Alex and Mary Ellen Granger, is born. December 2005: Jackson Hobart dies. June 17, 2006: Jackson Hobart Fletcher is born.

Just wanted to throw this in. The most famous line from The NeverEnding Story is Falcor's advice: "Never give up and good luck will find you."

How Should the CAP Saga End? It should not. I will volunteer now to spoon feed Mr. Arbour his morning pablum and wipe his chin when he drools, but he can still dictate to an AI scribe. CAP, now and forever.

It occurred to me that this year's current college freshman class was actually born when Mark started writing CAP in 2008. Damn. This felt like the best thread to point this out in because I really had no idea that CAP would have the longevity of an actual soap opera. Lol Damn, 18 years.

Congrats to the four who were right: akascrubber gmc spyke damejintymcginty

4 votes out of 16 votes were right

Here’s a spoiler: if you picked chapter 43, you were right

My Tiffany fancast Kristen Bell took a moment to remind us again why she's so fucking awesome. LOL

Using Grok to create a cast photo for Palisades has been fun but a bit frustrating. Still, I like how this one turned out.

Ryan Murphy is dropping a new show that's set in 1981 Los Angeles. This one (he's the lead) makes me think of Cary, who later showed up as a villain in a later story. (Right? That was Cary who teamed up with Brad's evil half brother and evil ABC?)

I saw it and thought it was done quite well. I felt all the characters were true to form with some growth fur the years in between. I was very happy with the ending.

Everyone who’s read the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy knows that 42 is always the answer. Plus, we need to get properly slow roasted before things hit the fan.

In Chapter 39, Will is catching on about the pills and trying to not be a controlling bitch. So my guess of chapter 42 may be a bit premature, although I suspect it will still be a real cliff hanger....

It's going to take at least 2 more chapters to brew, and coordinate Marie's share of the explosion. Remember, there are several Schulters going to be involved this trip. Obviously Will, Marie has grown close while being his beard, and then big brother Jake IS married to Brad... JP and Steff are going to have to work hard to calm the coming storm waters!

I say.. have him overdose in the next chapter, then the family can all say "they tried" cry and move on and never mention him again. Like the Hayes family, Tim at the Mission, the midwestern Ohio familes

No, we are still a way off. Travis hasn't really succumbed to what is coming. Kendo is just starting to get him to mix and match the drugs, that is when the slide will really start, then we have to see how Kendo wiggles his way in deeper, of course the drugs will help with that. Then you figure at least a chapter or two of Will figuring out what is going on and how to react to it. Then BAM... Will is going to go postal, which of course will trigger Travis even more, and Kendo as well depending on how deep he has his claws into Travis by then. Honestly, surprised that Jake hasn't been checking in more on Travis.

I think with this scenario, Will is going to a lot more than just put the fear of God in Kendo. Kendo likes to surf. He could wind up as shark food. But I have this sinking feeling in the pit of my gut that Travis will take it too far with the drugs, and is going to wind up at Betty Ford or someplace similar.

At least chapter 46 was not a choice!

You speak for us all. Perhaps you need to be promoted? General Tim sounds good 👌

Kendo needs more time to use drugs, etc to be able to fuck and do more to capture a vulnerable Travis. What Kendo does next after they have sex--blackmail, etc- could scare Travis even more and cause him in another chapter to spill his guts to Will. I can expect Will to put the fear of God in Kendo.

Who knows!

A decent human being would have it happen AS SOON AS POSSIBLE since it is what we are waiting for...... 🤣 Love you

As most of you have guessed, Travisty is building up to a big explosion. Guess which chapter that happens in.

Could he work for Wade, too? Its been so long since I read Bloodlines that I no longer have a clear picture of what you wrote him to look like.

It's funny because I don't even read Bridgemont but I was thinking Cavendish, too. LOL.