EPISODE 1234 / 09.21.24

Inside Bill’s on the Pier, Tori Gray sits across from Landon Esco at a table by the window, as the sunset shines in the sky. The light from outside catches Landon’s brown eyes, and she finds herself noticing how handsome he is, despite his outwardly goofy persona. She feels a smile beginning to toy with the corners of her mouth.

Then, before she can even form words, a male voice slices through the moment.

“Wait a minute!” it calls, and both Tori and Landon — along with many of the other patrons — swivel their heads to see a bearded man, probably in his early 30s and wearing a gray Seahawks T-shirt, at the entry to the restaurant.

Then Tori notices that the person he is barking at is Lucy Champlain, her former coworker. Lucy holds her purse right against her body, looking like she wants to collapse in on herself.

From our 20th anniversary in 2017:

Restauranteur Bill Fisher and his wife, Paula, raised four children in the scenic Northwest town of King’s Bay, Washington. Those children — Tim, Molly, Sarah, and Jason — grew up to have lives full of intrigue, passion, danger, heartbreak, and more. Since October 1997, Footprints has been telling the uninterrupted story of the Fisher family and their friends and foes… a story told in the vein of television’s great daytime dramas… a story with no end.