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Montages and flashbacks revolving around All My Children, Julia Barr, Brooke English, David Canary, Adam Chandler

Adam Chandler hires Brooke English to work at Tempo, which serves to irritate Erica and set the stage for romance between Adam and Brooke. Brooke is reluctant to be involved with her boss, but eventually gives in to their undeniable attraction, and their courtship begins and ends with a wedding, Julia Barr, Brooke English, David Canary, Adam Chandler

Brooke and Edmund are still on the outs, and their relationship is complicated even more when Brooke puts together that Ted Orsini is actually Tad Martin, and brings him back to Pine Valley, and Tad chooses to pursue Brooke romantically even though he is still in love with Dixie, and Edmund starts dating Maria Santos, Julia Barr, Brooke English, John Callahan, Edmund Grey, Michael E. Knight, Ted Orsini, Tad Martin, Cady McClain, Dixie Cooney, Eva LaRue, Maria Santos

Brooke figures out it is arsenic that is killing Adam, and saves his life when she demands that he be tested for the poison. Brooke targets Hayley as the prime suspect, and by time the town realizes it's Gloria, who is the real culprit, she has lost grip with reality. Brooke and Adam's renewed friendship slowly develops into romance. Brooke finally admits that she has fallen in love with Adam all over again, but Brooke's reluctance to re-marry Adam, and the introduction of Pierce, spells trouble for the reunited couple, Julia Barr, Brooke English, David Canary, Adam Chandler, Lauren Roman, Laura Kirk, Jim Fitzpatrick, Pierce Riley, Teresa Blake, Gloria Marsh, Kelly Ripa, Hayley Vaughn

After bringing her back from the depths of despair, Brooke desperately wants to believe that Jim Thomasen is the hero of flight 149, but as more evidence mounts, and friends' lives are put in jeopardy, Brooke must face the truth, which is confirmed by Laura when she admits that Jim was the photographer who took the pornographic photos of her. When Edmund disappears, and then Dimitri also turns up missing, Brooke confronts Jim on her own. Jim admits to causing plane crash along with starting the fire that killed the tenants in Laura's old housing unit, which he did to cover up killing Laura's mother. Jim then taunts Brooke by assuring her that Edmund and Dimitri are also dead, and then he threatens to go after Brooke's children. Brooke shoots Jim in the back, and then shoots him again, and again, and again. As Brooke stands trial for Jim's murder, Dimitri becomes her new protector, Julia Barr, Brooke English, David Forsyth, Jim Thomasen II, John Callahan, Edmund Grey, Michael Nader, Dimitri Marick, Ruth Warrick, Aunt Phoebe, Lauren Roman, Laura Kirk English, Sean Marquette, Jamie Martin II, Zachary Kady, Jamie Martin III, James Kiberd, Trevor Dillon, Robin Mattison, Janet Green, Kelly Ripa, Hayley Vaughn, Mark Consuelos, Mateo Santos, David Canary, Adam Chandler

Even though her children have been sent far away from Pine Valley, Jim's threats against them are real

After shooting Jim Thomasen in the back, Brooke English stands trial for his murder, Julia Barr, Brooke English, David Forsyth, Jim Thomasen, Michael Nader, Dimitri Marick, John Callahan, Edmund Grey

Brooke English triumphantly returns to Pine Valley. She reunites with the Chandlers, which doesn't sit well with the new mistress of the mansion as Brooke and Adam's connection is clear and potent, and only grows stronger as Brooke and Adam bond over JR's illness and old hurts are finally forgiven. Brooke and Adam are falling in love all over again, and struggle to deny their feelings for each other, but after discovering Annie's affair with JR, Brooke and Adam reunite and leave Pine Valley together, Julia Barr, Brooke English, David Canary, Adam Chandler, Melissa Claire Egan, Annie Chandler, Jacob Young, JR Chandler

Brooke English and Adam Chandler return for the series finale. Brooke and Erica clash and bond. Brooke saves the Chandler Mansion from foreclosure when she uses her inheritance from Aunt Phoebe to buy it back for Adam. Stuart is revealed as one of the patients that David saved from death, which heals Adam, and allows him to finally pop the question to Brooke, who jumps into Adam's arms as she accepts his marriage proposal, Julia Barr, David Canary