A. J. graduates from boarding in June 1991 which re-establishes his birth year as 1973. In early 1993, A. J. is aged again re-establishing his birth year as 1969. In 1998, his birth date is revised to November 18.
Alan Jr, now going by the name A. J., leaves school, and ends up in jail for drunk driving. A. J. blames his troubled childhood while his grandmother, Lila promises to give him and his cousin, Ned their inheritance if they can stay out of trouble for six months. Meanwhile, his parents remarry and his little brother, Jason returns home from boarding school. A. J. takes pleasure in reminding Jason that he is illegitimate. Meanwhile, Nikki Langton comes to town looking for revenge against Monica for her father, David's death. When her malpractice suit against Monica fails, she begins dating A. J. Nikki soon tricks A. J. into proposing marriage so she can get her hands on the Quartermaine fortune. In November 1992, A. J. is devastated when Nikki leaves him at the altar after Alan pays her to leave town. A. J. turns to alcohol to numb the pain.
After learning about his father's schemes, A. J. tracks Nikki to Malibu and attempts to win her back, but she has already married another man. A. J. begins drinking even more. In 1993, A. J. has an affair with Ned's former lover, Julia Barrett before she leaves town. Meanwhile, Alan becomes infatuated with Rhonda Wexler, much to Monica's dismay. After Rhonda is killed by her ex-boyfriend, Ray Conway, and Alan threatens him, Ray is also discovered dead. A. J. finds Alan's cufflink at the scene and Alan confesses to the crime. A. J. frames Jagger Cates for the murder to protect his father. In 1995, Alan and Monica adopt the orphaned Emily Bowen. In 1996, A. J. gets into a drunken car accident with Jason in the passenger seat and Jason suffers severe brain damage. Ned covers for A. J. and his guilt begins eating away at him. After waking up from a coma, Jason with no recollection of his past walks away from the family.
In April 1997, A. J. has a drunken one-night-stand with the scheming Carly Roberts. Fortunately, for Carly, A. J. has no recollection of escapade. Soon Carly announces she is pregnant and reunites with Tony Jones. Carly fearing that A. J. would eventually remember the night the child was conceived drugs A. J. leading everyone to believe he had fallen of the wagon once again. However, Carly's plan backfires and A. J. stays in town. After being hypnotized, A J. remembers his night with Carly, and confronts her. He promises to hide it from Tony, but demands a DNA test when the baby is born. Meanwhile, the Quartermaines are shocked when it comes out during Monica's sexual harassment trial that she and Ned had an affair years before, and several of the Quartermaines fell off the wagon, including A. J. His drinking grew worse, and he eventually admitted to being behind the wheel the night of the car accident. A. J. also becomes infatuated with Jason's ex-girlfriend, Keesha Ward but she rejects him.
Carly welcomes her son Michael in December 1997 and fears Tony and A. J. may learn the truth and try and take the boy away from her. Carly lies and claims Jason as the baby's father while she leaves town to recover from Postpartum. In 1998, A. J. meets his son when Jason's girlfriend, Robin Scorpio asks him to babysit. A. J. decides to patch things up with Carly to please his grandfather, Edward, who is adamant about keeping the Quartermaine together under one roof. A. J. eventually wins Carly over and they marry on May 26, 1999 at the Quartermaine mansion, much to the dismay of both Alan and Monica. A. J. has difficulty bonding with Michael who has become attached to Jason. A. J. always suspects Carly of having an affair with Jason and when Carly announces she is pregnant, he assumes Jason is the father.
A. J. agrees to pass the child off as his own, in order to get revenge on Jason for hiding Michael's paternity. A. J. is furious when he learns that Carly's child is actually fathered by Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Sonny comes to claim the unborn child. In May 2000, Carly and A. J. get into an argument and she ends up falling down a flight of stairs and miscarries. A. J. is later disinherited by his family and forced to move out of the mansion. Meanwhile, Sonny and Carly schemed to gain custody of young Michael. Sonny kidnaps A. J. and threatens him into signing over his parental rights to Michael; Sonny later adopts Michael. A. J. became even more self-destructive and destroyed his relationship with Hannah Scott when nearly died from alcohol poisoning. When Monica has a health scare, A. J. decides to move back into the mansion and reconciles with his family. A. J. also bonds with his long lost sister, Skye Quartermaine (Robin Christopher) who also battled with alcoholism. Together, they planned to bring Michael back into the Quartermaine fold. In January 2002, A. J. begins pursuing Sonny's little sister, Courtney Matthews (Alicia Leigh Willis) in an effort to drive Sonny crazy and get Michael back.
In April 2002, A. J. marries Courtney and Sonny nearly kills him. A. J. offers to give Courtney a divorce if he gave Michael back but Sonny refuses the offer. A. J. eventually falls for Courtney and gave up his family for her. Sonny instructs Jason to watch over Courtney and A. J. is jealous of their budding relationship. He turns to alcohol and crashes his car through the Oasis strip club. Courtney becomes a stripper at the club to pay off his debt. A. J. burns down the club and Courtney convinces Jason to cover for him. Wanting Courtney to depend on him instead of Jason, A. J. hires the former owner of the Oasis, Coleman Ratcliffe to terrorize Courtney; however the plan backfires when Courtney learns the truth. Courtney wants to end the marriage and A. J. swears revenge on Jason. He teams up with Skye to frame Jason and Brenda Barrett (Vanessa Marcil) for the murder of Luis Alcazar (Ted King). A. J. gets his chance to run ELQ when he becomes CEO after Ned is falsely accused of rape. However, A. J.'s efforts to redeem himself came up short and he became involved with Lydia Karenin. The couple left town together after A. J. emptied his entire family's bank accounts.
A. J. returns in February 2005 to reveal that he and Courtney are still legally married when she announces her engagement to Jasper Jacks (Ingo Rademacher). A. J. also kidnaps Sonny's kids including Michael; he fakes Michael's death and attempts to leave the country with the boy. Instead, A. J. returned to the Quartermaine mansion and Alan attempts to help his son. Jason finally comes to the rescues and A. J. ends up shooting Alan during a confrontation with Jason. A. J. ends up in the hospital with a broken back, and he is apparently murdered by Dr. Asher Thomas on April 26, 2005. Years earlier, A. J. hired Dr. Thomas to kill Jason and A. J. had been using the information to blackmail him. Michael is initially one of the suspects but his name is cleared after the truth is discovered.
In October 2012, A. J. mysteriously resurfaces shortly following Jason's presumed death. Through flashbacks, it is revealed that following Asher's attempt on his life, A. J. had flat-lined, but following a heartfelt speech by Monica, came back from the brink of death. With most of Port Charles having already been informed of A. J.'s "death", Monica colluded with Dr. Steve Webber to fake A. J.'s autopsy and have him transported to a rehabilitation facility overseas. In further conversation with Monica, A. J. displays remorse for the actions leading up to his "death", as well as as his absence following the deaths of Emily and Alan. They are soon interrupted by Michael who comes to check on Monica. A. J. waits outside the house until Michael leaves. He tells his mother that he's staying in town to reclaim everything he's lost, including Michael. This Week, A.J. reveals himself to Michael. Will Michael accept his real father, finally? STAY TUNED!
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