Daytime Soap Opera Short Recaps
Recap written by Michele and Cheryl
Alex was working at his desk when Belle showed up. She was there to talk about Philip. Alex let her know what happened. He thought he could have stopped the drug theft since he saw Kevin talking to Philip, Shawn and Steve. Alex didn’t understand why Philip pulled off the drug theft. Belle told him that he did it for Bo. She thought his intentions were good. Philip wanted to help Bo to make amends with Xander. Her concern was to bring Philip’s attacker to justice. She knew what the police didn’t know about Xander’s motives. Alex knew about Xander’s motives too. Belle wondered if he thought Xander was guilty. Alex didn’t say either way. Belle warned him that he had to talk about eventually. Alex told her that he saw Xander coming out of the Salem Inn that morning, and he was acting strange the same time Philip got attacked. He didn’t say anything because he owed Xander for not telling him what Philip did. Alex told her that they didn’t know for a fact that Xander did it. If he did, he didn’t know how he could keep working for Xander. If Philip didn’t wake up and Xander went to jail for it, what would happen to the company? Kate was worried about Philip, but Roman assured her that he looked better and would wake up. She wanted Roman to go home, and she would meet him after she talked to the doctor about Philip. Abe and Paulina arrived at the hospital and ran into Kate. They were there to see John but wanted to know how Philip was doing. Paulina couldn’t believe the police let Xander go. Abe reminded her that the D.A. couldn’t do anything without a motive. Paulina went to get coffee. Abe asked Kate why she thought Xander was the one who attacked Philip. Kate saw Philip’s doctor and avoided answering his question. Johnny and Roman were at the pub and talked about John and Philip being in the hospital. They talked about Eric, Sami and Sydney coming back to Salem to see John. Johnny felt like he wasn’t living up to John or Roman’s examples. Roman let him know that he was doing the right thing by processing everything that happened. Johnny noticed the gun lockbox was gone. Roman told him that he moved it since the gun was missing the night EJ was shot. He reminded Johnny that he told him about the gun disappearing the night EJ was shot. Johnny insisted that he didn’t shoot his father and stormed out of the pub. EJ called Brady to talk about the hospital vote. Brady told him what happened to his father and hung up the phone. Kristen walked in and heard what happened to John. She demanded to know what happened to John. EJ only knew that John was in an explosion and that he was near death. Kristen was shocked to hear that. She begged for John to be okay. EJ comforted her. They talked about her past with John. Kristen felt like Rachel would be devastated too since he’s her grandfather. She thought Rachel would be okay if she got good news about her grandmother. He didn’t give in to her hint. EJ wanted to get the vote for the hospital. She told him that she couldn’t deliver Brady’s vote and called him heartless. He knew how much John meant to his family and that Johnny would be devastated to lose his grandfather. EJ didn’t like that he couldn’t comfort Johnny. He walked out the room. Rachel went in the living room so Kristen talked to her about John. Rachel was upset to hear the news. Kristen wanted to know if she wanted to talk. Rachel didn’t feel good. Her stomach was hurting since the tea party. She admitted that she heard a gunshot. It didn’t happen in a dream.
Marlena told John that he was a hero to her and Bo. Carrie walked in the room and said he was a hero to everyone. They hugged each other, and Marlena broke down. Austin stayed behind to watch Noah’s graduation, but she had to be there. There were flashbacks of John and Carrie together. Carrie thought his greatest power wasn’t being a superhero. His power was being a dad. Thanks to John she had two amazing fathers. There were more flashbacks of John and Carrie together. Carrie touched John’s hand, and he moved a little. Carrie and Marlena looked at each other. Abe walked in the room and was happy to see Carrie. They reunited before Carrie and Marlena left Abe alone with John. There were flashbacks of John and Abe through the years. Abe told John that they were family and always would be. Belle and Johnny ran into each other at the town square. She told him that she was glad that the last words she said to her father were “I love you.” Belle warned him that he didn’t want to leave anything unsaid to his father. Johnny got upset and told her that his father was evil. Later, Belle arrived at the hospital and saw Carrie. They embraced each other. Carrie told her that John squeezed her hand. She believed he was going to make it. Marlena was by John’s side and told him not to leave her ever again. EJ spotted Johnny at the town square and called out to him. Johnny tried to walk away. EJ went after him and stumbled before falling on the ground. Johnny rushed to him. EJ pulled himself up, and Johnny walked away from him. Kate arrived at the pub and told Roman that the doctors hoped Philip would regain consciousness soon. Roman told her about his conversation with Johnny. He said that he didn’t shoot EJ, but Roman wasn’t sure he believed him. Kristen asked Rachel what she remembered about the night EJ was shot. Rachel told her that she woke up and heard yelling. She went downstairs and saw Johnny fighting with EJ while he was holding a gun.
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