Having recently failed in her attempt to gain control of half-sister Viki Buchanan's estate, Tina is looking for any leverage she can use to further her plans.

[7] Engaged to wealthy Richard Abbott, Tina is torn between her passion for Cord and her desire for money and status.

Horrified, Tina pretends to go along with Cord's wishes but secretly uses the money to buy an island in the Caribbean.

Gabrielle hands her son over to Tina, who names him Al after Cord's deceased stepfather, and returns to Llanview.

Maria discovers that the baby is really Max and Gabrielle's child, and she blackmails Tina into divorcing Cord.

After failing to run down Viki with her car, Maria applies a contact poison to a pair of earrings Tina intends to give her sister as a gift.

Though still attracted to Cord, Tina gives in to Max's persistent advances and accepts his wedding proposal.

It is soon revealed that Tina's suitor is actually a "faux Bo": Kate Sanders' ex Dr. Patrick London, hired by Asa's enemies to get facial reconstruction and infiltrate the family.

Tina's enemy Ursula Blackwell rigs the wedding cake to explode, but the blast kills Max's brother Steve Holden instead.

[15] Cord also returns to Llanview on in September 2011 on business for Buchanan Enterprises and the involvement of his newly found brother, Rex Balsom, in its running.

Cord is soon reunited with Tina again after she comes to Llanfair to spend the night returning for Victor Lord Jr.'s will reading.

Cord and Tina take advantage of the cancelled wedding and reception preparations and marry for the fourth time.