Days of Our Lives Transcript
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Julie: Thank you.
Kayla: Julie, I know how hard this is. I went through something very similar with my own mother. It was hard to watch her forget her loved ones.
Julie: But at least caroline had a reprieve the last years of her life. If doug has alzheimer’S… it’s just, all the days of our lives have been so wonderful. Years and years. Much more than most people ever get. I want more. I’m sorry. So selfish of me.
Kayla: No it’s not. Listen, I am not giving up hope, and you shouldn’t either.
Marlena: I’m sorry. Did you say–
Doug: That I locked her in on purpose? You heard that? You heard right. It was the most fun I had all week.
Marlena: I’m sure you don’t mean that. I think you’re just confused.
Doug: No, marlena. You are the one who’s confused.
[Laughs] I’m not doug. [Laughs]
[Disquieting music]
Johnny: What the hell? Grandma marlena was possessed by the devil?
Marlena: Of course you’re doug. You’re doug williams. I’m marlena evans.
Doug: I know exactly, exactly who you are.
[Deep voice] It’s been over 25 years, marlena. But did you really think i wouldn’t come back for you?
Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”
[Soft orchestration]
Johnny: Possessed by the devil? Is that even a real thing?
Allie: If you’re looking for chanel, she’s running the counter while I take my lunch break. Or in this case, pastry break.
Johnny: Yeah, whatever.
Allie: Is this how it’s going to be? You’re going to stay mad just because I told the truth about you to chanel?
Johnny: You were right. I did hurt your friend. But I’m right, too. I’m not that guy anymore. So what do you say we just move on from this?
Allie: Just like that? You’re over how ticked off you were at me?
Johnny: If you throw in a pastry, maybe.
Allie: Why are you being so nice? Oh, I know. It’s because you want me to play mom in your little movie, right?
Johnny: Actually, mom may not get star billing anymore.
Allie: What do you mean?
Johnny: You won’t believe what I just read about grandma marlena.
[Eerie music]
[Knock at door]
John: Hi.
Abe: Hey!
John: Come on in. Come on, man.
Abe: Thank you.
John: What brings you by?
Abe: Well, you know, I was in the area and I thought I would just stop by and see if you and marlena would like to join pauline and me for dinner tonight at her place.
John: What–wait a–wait a minute, I can’t keep up. You and pauline are seeing each other again?
Abe: [Laughs] Uh, yes. Well, you know, I’m happy to report that we have worked through all of our differences with the… price town debacle. And we decided to start fresh.
John: Nice. Happy for you. Oh, and listen, dinner–dinner, yeah, that–that–you know, yeah, that sounds good. Let me just–let me–let me run that by doc. I’ll get back with you, okay?
Abe: Yeah, of course. Of course. Are you okay?
John: No, I’m not. I just started remembering a very dark time in all of our lives, one that I just wish would stay buried forever.
Eli: Hey, grandma.
Kayla: Oh, eli.
Julie: Eli!
Eli: Hey. Oh, I’m so sorry I haven’t been able to check on you and doug until now.
Julie: Oh, that’s all right, darling. I-I know you have an important job and you have the precious babies and–but shouldn’t you be at work right now?
Eli: No, I got someone to cover me in the meantime. But what–what’s going on with doug?
Julie: Well, it’s hard to say at the moment.
Kayla: Well, his tests were inconclusive. So he’s in a session with marlena right now. If anybody can diagnose him, it’s her.
Marlena: You need to stop talking like this, doug. This is just your–your mind playing tricks on you. And that’s why I’m here. I’m here to help.
Doug: Then you need to stop pretending that you don’t remember me. Hurts my feelings after everything that we shared. All those nights together at your penthouse. Desecrating st. Luke’S. Remember when john caught us red-handed?
Marlena: Oh my god.
Doug as devil: Not god, marlena, but just as powerful, which you know better than anyone. What can I du with less asthma?
Roman: Okay, granted. I did try to convince you more than once this year that I could make you happy.
Kate: I know. I remember it.
Roman: And I do recall that involv– I admit that your involvement with jake– it just… I never understood it.
Kate: Okay, well you know, most people didn’t understand it, and in hindsight, I… I really don’t want to talk about jake.
Roman: All right, fine. But I will say this. You’re too damn good for that jerk. Jake and gabi deserve each other.
Kate: Oh my god. Well, we agree on that.
Roman: Yeah. And back to you and me, it’s not like I gave up. The problem is, when I made my second pitch, I didn’t realize i was talking to kristen, who was pretending to be you.
Kate: Okay. Well, then technically, I only rejected you once.
Roman: Which gives me some hope that you’ll give me another chance now.
Eli: Grandma, I-I know you were concerned when doug locked you in the freezer and confused some names, but I don’t–maybe he just had a couple of bad days. Hell, I know I’m not so sharp when the twins keep me up all night.
Kayla: This is why we ran some cognitive tests.
Julie: Which he passed.
Eli: Okay, then why are you– why are you still so worried?
Julie: He did something so unlike himself, so embarrassing to paulina.
Eli: To paulina?
Julie: Paulina didn’t tell lani? You haven’t heard about this?
Eli: No. I haven’T. What did he do?
Julie: Well, he… he grabbed–he grabbed her hot cross buns.
[Dramatic music]
Allie: Grandma marlena got possessed by the devil?
Johnny: It’s all right here in will’s script. She trashed a church, set it on fire. And that’s not all. She set the salem christmas tree on fire, and she walked butt naked into a party.
Allie: No, no way. No. Grandma’s one of the most buttoned-up dressers around.
Johnny: Yeah, normally. But she obviously wasn’t herself.
Allie: Because the devil made her do it? No, this is–this is nuts.
Johnny: Well, the nuts part is that her eyes glowed yellow. And that she levitated off her bed, apparently.
Allie: Show me where.
Abe: So johnny wants to make a movie about sami’s life.
John: Mm-hmm. From a script that will wrote.
Abe: Well, that’s very ambitious. And keeping it all in the family, you know, I-I like that. But you don’t?
John: The script would probably include marlena’s possession.
Abe: Oh. I see where you’re concerned. Now that’s a time we would all rather forget.
John: You were there right from the very beginning, abraham, when st. Luke’s was desecrated.
Abe: Yes, yes. I knew whoever would do that to a holy sanctuary would have to be evil. I… I had no idea it was the devil himself.
Doug as devil: Tell me, marlena, have you missed me as much as I’ve missed you?
Marlena: No. It can’t–it can’t be.
Doug as devil: At long last. I’ve been trying to find my way back to you for over two decades.
Marlena: This is impossible.
Doug as devil: They say patience is a virtue, but I’m not very big on virtue, as you know.
Marlena: Stop that. You don’t know what you’re saying. This is–this is dementia.
Doug as devil: Doug doesn’t have dementia, and you know it. He’s just a little shaken up by having me inside his body. Between us, I don’t know how he’s kept it all together all this time. That wife of his would try the patience of a saint. That’s why I’ve– I’ve reserved a special place for her in hell with me.
[Laughs]
Marlena: That’s not funny, doug.
[Heavy thud]
Doug as devil: Stop calling me doug. You know who I am.
Marlena: No. No, you can’t be the–
Doug as devil: Yes, I can. And you of all people know my name. Pool floaties are like whooping cough.
Roman: You know what? You did love me enough to marry me twice. Is it so crazy to think we couldn’t make it work again?
Kate: [Sighs] The first time we got married, it wasn’t really a marriage because you ended up dead at the reception.
Roman: Yeah. Not exactly an auspicious beginning, but also not my fault. I walked into the kitchen and found myself facing the salem stalker.
Kate: It’s been so long since I even thought about those days. Do you remember–do you remember how shocked everyone was when they found out that marlena was the stalker? I mean, people just believed that she had been possessed again.
Abe: You know, I recall turning to marlena during the investigation. I wanted her to do a psychological profile of the desecrator. She was–she was very helpful. Or at least we thought so at the time.
John: I’ll never forget when I caught her at st. Luke’S. Middle of all that destruction there and the realization hit me that she was the one responsible.
[Ominous music]
Abe: She wasn’t the one responsible; you know that. It was that evil force inside her that made her do all those terrible things.
Allie: Grandma tried to kill a priest?
Johnny: Yes. His name was father francis.
Allie: No. No, there’s no way that any of this is real. Okay? Will obviously made this up so that he could make mom’s life look way more interesting and sell his script.
Johnny: Well, there’s only one way to find out.
[Pensive music]
[Computer beeping]
Will: Hey, guys.
Johnny: Hey, you got a minute?
Will: Oh, for you and my little sister? Always. Oh, congrats on the bakery, allie.
Allie: Thanks. I’ll make sure to ship you some goodies soon.
Will: I will definitely hold you to that. So what do you guys want to talk about?
Allie: The script.
Johnny: Yeah. Thank you for sending it, by the way.
Will: Oh, yeah. What do you think?
Johnny: It’s an interesting story. But we have some questions.
Allie: A lot of questions.
Will: Fire away.
Allie: That thing about grandma marlena getting possessed. You made that up, right?
Will: Actually, no. I got that story straight from mom.
Doug as devil: Go ahead. Say it. Say my name.
Marlena: Your name is doug williams.
Doug as devil: Oh, marlena, if I’m doug, how do I know about all the fun you and I had? Doug doesn’t have any knowledge of our history. He wasn’t even in salem at that time.
Marlena: Well, then you– then you read about it in the newspapers. You’re just confused.
Doug as devil: How did i forget how stubborn you are?
Marlena: This has to stop right now.
Doug as devil: Sit down…
[Echoing] Down…
[Disquieting music]
I suppose it was too much to ask to hope for a warm welcome. But if you need proof of my power, fine. Consider it done.
[Electrical zapping]
Marlena: [Gasps]
Doug as devil: Now do you believe me?
Limu emu & doug
Kate: But of course marlena wasn’t possessed. She was just brainwashed by andre dimera.
Roman: Another former lover of yours.
Kate: And husband. But let’s not mention that.
Roman: All I’m doing is I’m just hitting home the point you already made. You have chosen some very questionable men over the years.
Kate: If you bring up ted laurent, actually i am just gonna walk away.
Roman: You know what? All I’m saying is, why not give a decent good, really good, guy who genuinely cares for you another shot?
Abe: You know, the idea that marlena, one of the kindest people I know, could be possessed by the devil–it… it was impossible to believe.
John: I refused to accept even the possibility. No matter how hard kristen tried to see the truth of what was happening around us, i just couldn’t even deal with it.
Abe: Well, kristen certainly was a different person back then.
John: Yeah, back then, she was–she was a good woman. Strong faith. Doc, on the other hand– she was in such a bad place. She was so vulnerable. Our–our affair had been exposed. Her marriage to roman was destroyed. And then there–the damn stefano, he was preying on her. Her own daughter turned her back on her because samantha was so traumatized by–by the affair that her mother had with me.
Abe: Yeah. Well then, it’s not surprising that all that would end up in sami’s life story.
John: No, it’s not. It’s not. I just–I just don’t think that johnny understands the pandora’s box that he can be opening up if he goes ahead with this film.
Johnny: So mom told you that grandma was possessed?
Will: Yes. But full disclosure, mom had had a few glasses of wine by then.
Allie: But still. I mean, you don’t say something like that just because you’re tipsy.
Johnny: Did you follow up with grandma afterwards?
Will: I asked her about it a couple times, but she just laughed it off.
Allie: Okay, so maybe it’s not true, then? I mean, you know mom. She has a flexible relationship with the truth. So maybe she just made it up because she thought something crazy like that would make her life seem more exciting.
Will: It’s possible.
Johnny: If it isn’t true, I can’t really include it in my biopic.
Will: My brother, the purist.
Johnny: I just want to get it right, okay?
Will: Listen, if you really want answers, you’re gonna have to ask mom.
Kayla: Julie, wait.
Julie: That’s all I’ve been doing.
Kayla: I know how difficult this is. But it is never a good idea to interrupt a session with a psychiatrist.
Julie: But what if doug needs me?
Kayla: You know that he is in the best possible hands.
Eli: You got to be patient, grandma.
Julie: That’s not my strong suit, darling.
[Electrical zapping] Wow. What’s that?
Eli: It must be some sort of power outage.
Kayla: Well, it’s not good. I wonder what caused that.
Doug as devil: Have I finally gotten your attention? Now do you recognize me?
Marlena: Oh, my god. It’s really you.
Doug as devil: Stop invoking god. Unless you want to say his name in vain.
[Laughs]
Marlena: This can’t be happening.
[Electrical zapping]
Doug as devil: Satisfied?
Marlena: Why are you doing this? Why are you doing this to doug? He is–he is the kindest, gentlest man I’ve ever known. He is–he is an angel.
Doug as devil: We are two of a kind, aren’t we? Remember, I was an angel myself before I fell from grace.
Marlena: Why are you doing this? After all these years, why have you come back to salem? (Vo) I am living with cll
Johnny: I can’t believe will would put the thing about grandma’s possession in his script if he didn’t know it was true.
Allie: It’s not like he was a reporter then. Nothing but facts. He was just a writer trying to sell a script.
Johnny: Yeah. The other weird thing is that when he confronted grandma marlena about it, she didn’t just come out and say mom made it all up.
Allie: Doesn’t mean it’s true.
Johnny: Doesn’t mean it’s not.
Allie: Well, there’s only one way to find out, and that’s ask mom. Trouble is, she doesn’t seem to answer her phone anymore. I mean, at least not lately.
Johnny: Might as well try. Straight to voicemail.
Allie: As always.
Johnny: Hey, mom. It’s johnny. I’m with allie.
Allie: Tell her we miss her.
Johnny: And we’re both missing you. We just had some questions about family stuff.
Kate: You know, I did give it another shot when I found out that you weren’t dead, but then I found out that you slept with marlena on the island.
Roman: Yes, I did. And you slept with john.
Kate: We thought that you were dead. We didn’t think you were coming back.
Roman: Fair enough. You know, it always has bothered me that we never managed to make it work like–quite like john and marlena did.
Kate: Let’s just face it, roman. Not everyone gets a happy ending, right?
John: You know doc’s my life, abraham. I’m not telling you that you don’t know. I guess what I’m trying to get at is, if all this stuff is–is dredged up again, how am i supposed to protect her?
Abe: Is there any possibility that this project might not go anywhere?
John: I don’t know. I-I don’t know. All I know is that it will gut marlena if she has to be reminded of not only all the destruction, but of–of all the people that she hurt, almost killed, people that she really cared about. Abraham, we almost lost her forever.
Abe: You know, but we didn’T. Because of you. I mean, you–you saved her life by performing that exorcism.
[Disquieting music]
[Electrical zapping]
Kayla: Well, it seems to have stabilized. But who knows if it’s gonna last? I-I think I’ll go down and check and make sure the emergency generators are turned on. You’ll be okay?
Julie: Uh-huh.
Eli: Yeah, I’ll stay with her.
Kayla: Perfect. Okay, thank you. I’ll be back.
Julie: Bye, hon.
Kayla: Okay.
Julie: Well, what would make the electricity suddenly go out? There’s not even a storm.
Eli: It’s probably just a glitch in the works. But it seems to be okay now.
Julie: I hope that flickering light isn’t gonna frighten doug.
Eli: I’m sure he’ll be okay, grandma.
Julie: Darling, in his current state of mind? I want to check on him.
Eli: Well, you heard what kayla said.
Julie: Well, kayla knows a lot about a lot of things. She doesn’t know a lot about my husband.
Eli: Okay, grandma, look. Why don’t we just trust that marlena will keep doug calm and safe? And I will do the same for you. Yes?
Julie: Yes.
Eli: Okay.
Julie: Oh, honey…
Doug as devil: Why am I back? For the fun of it. We are having fun, aren’t we?
Marlena: You need to leave.
Doug as devil: Not a chance.
Marlena: Look. You can’t do this to doug. You just can’t do it. You’ve tortured me. You’ve hurt the people that i love. I will not let you do this to doug.
Doug as devil: So selfless and noble. It doesn’t surprise me. In fact, I’ve been counting on you to feel exactly that way.
Marlena: Tell me what you want.
Doug as devil: Isn’t it obvious? What I want, marlena, is you.
[Eerie music]
[ “The addams family” theme playing ]
Roman: Okay, look. How about this? Instead of dredging up the past, make it about the present. Right here, right now, you are my favorite person in salem.
Kate: Because i brought you doughnuts.
Roman: Because you’re strong and smart, funny, compassionate. And a hell of a good time.
Kate: And because I still look good in a sarong?
Roman: Oh, definitely that. Yes. And I’m thinking just maybe if you admit it to yourself, the way I’m feeling isn’t entirely one way. Lucas obviously sees it. That’s why he’s encouraging us to give it another shot.
Kate: You know what you’re forgetting? That I can still be stubborn and selfish.
Roman: Not to mention you do like a good cat fight from time to time.
Kate: Mm-hmm. I do. And you still like me?
Roman: I more than like you, kate. Say the word, and I will romance the hell out of you.
Johnny: Mm, mm, mm! I wonder if mom will ever even call us back. She’s been so out of touch with everyone since she left town.
Allie: Why don’t we just ask grandma directly?
Johnny: I stopped by earlier, but she had already left for work.
Allie: Why were you there?
Johnny: I’m trying to get her and grandpa to invest in my film.
Allie: Are they going to?
Johnny: I don’t know yet. Grandpa said he had some concerns. So–
Allie: Um, yeah. Like maybe his wife levitated and burned out a church and tried to kill a priest?
Johnny: Who knows? Maybe.
Allie: So go ask him.
Johnny: Better idea: You ask him.
Allie: Me?
Johnny: Come on. He’s never been able to say no to you, and I bet if you bring him over some of those muffins he loves, you’ll crack him wide open.
Allie: This whole thing creeps me out. What if it’s real? The devil? I don’t know if I want to get involved.
Johnny: Since when have you ever been afraid of anything? Come on. Aren’t you even a little curious?
Julie: It’s just that whatever is wrong with him, I’m afraid he’ll never be the same.
Eli: I’m sure once marlena figures out her diagnosis, she’ll–she’ll find a way to pull him through this.
[Phone beeps] Excuse me. Damn. There’s a robbery a couple of blocks from here.
Julie: You have to go.
Eli: No. Grandma, I’m not leaving you here alone. I-I’ll find someone to–to cover for me.
Julie: You will do no such thing. I’m perfectly capable of being here by myself. And besides, I have this. When doug started, well, having these problems, I-I kept it with me. This way, I don’t have to go to st. Luke’s to pray, because after all, god is everywhere.
Eli: That is a good idea. You sure you’re gonna be okay?
Julie: I’m gonna be fine, darling. Now you just go.
Eli: Okay. All right. But please let me know how doug is doing.
Julie: Of course.
Eli: Hey, have faith. Okay? I love you.
[Tender music]
Julie: In the name of the father, of the son, and the holy spirit. Amen.
John: You know, even now, after all these years, it still shakes me to my core.
Abe: Yeah. You know, the important thing, marlena survived. And the devil was banished.
John: You’re right. And that’s what–that’s what you need to hold on to. Just need to remember that we were lucky. That good prevailed over evil.
Abe: No, no. It wasn’t luck. It was your faith and strength. And the faith and strength of this community.
John: I love you, man. And thanks for listening. There’s not too many people that I’m comfortable enough with to discuss this.
Abe: You know I am always there for you, buddy.
John: And I appreciate that more than you’ll ever know. Hey, about dinner, let me– let me check with doc and I’ll get right back with you, okay?
Abe: Yeah, yeah, sounds good. Sounds good.
John: Good to see you, abraham.
Abe: Yes. John… I know what marlena went through was terrifying, but it’s over. You know, if the devil– the devil had wanted her, he’s had over 25 years to get her back. And he hasn’t even tried.
Marlena: You want me?
Doug as devil: I’ve missed you, marlena. That reign of terror that we shared? That was magnificent. We brought salem to its knees. Imagine what we could do this time around.
Marlena: You used me to terrorize the people of this town, people that I love and I care about. You’ll never get inside me again.
Doug as devil: That’s disappointing to hear.
Marlena: I want you to leave. Leave doug. Get out. Get out!
Doug as devil: I’m not going anywhere. Pity that doug has to pay the price.
Marlena: Don’t you dare hurt him.
Doug as devil: It won’t be me who hurts him. It will be you, your selfishness, your choice to protect yourself, doug be damned, so to speak.
Marlena: He doesn’t deserve this.
Doug as devil: No, he doesn’T. And it doesn’t have to happen. It’s so simple. All you have to do is invite me back into you.
Marlena: I won’T.
Doug as devil: Are you sure?
Marlena: Never!
Doug as devil: [Laughs]
[Electrical zapping]
Doug: [Groaning]
Marlena: Don’t, don’t! Please. Please, please don’t hurt him. Don’t hurt him! Your mission:
Roman: Okay, so what do you think? Dinner tonight?
Kate: I am tempted. I really am. But… but now love is so risky, even when–with a great guy like you. I don’t want to risk that. So anyway, I need to get these figures to ej. Excuse me.
Roman: Okay. I have not given up on you, kate. We both know there’s something there. You just need the time to figure it out for yourself.
Julie: Hail mary, full of grace. The lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women. What is taking so long? Something’s wrong. Something’s wrong, I know it. I’m not waiting. I’m not gonna wait another minute.
Johnny: She turns into a jaguar? No wonder anybody wanted to produce will’s script. It’s way too far-fetched.
[Cell phone ringing] Mom! Finally.
[Pensive music]
John: Yeah, you’re right, abraham. It’s all in the past.
[Knocking at door] Just a second. Oh!
Allie: Special delivery, grandpa.
John: Aren’t you the sweetest? Oh, honey, come on in. Come on in.
Allie: It’s all your favorites. Well, all my favorites. So I hope you like them.
John: Well, first, I may have to hide these from grandma so I can enjoy every sweet bit of them. You know, speaking of grandma, we are so proud of you. Number one, for finding something you really love, and number two, going out there and making it happen.
Allie: It’s been really exciting.
John: Yeah.
Allie: I’m also really excited for johnny. I mean, he’s so amped about this movie he’s making. Isn’t it cool that will wrote it and it’s about our mom?
John: Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
Allie: Really all johnny talks about. He even said that there was some pretty crazy stuff about grandma marlena, about her being possessed by the devil. But there’s no way that that happened, right?
[Knocking at door]
Julie: Sorry. I just wanted to–doug! Oh, doug. Oh my god. Marlena, what happened?
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