Days of Our Lives Transcript
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Ah, good morning, Mother.
Oh. Good morning. Did you sleep well?
Did I sleep well? [laughs] So much better than Statesville. So much better than the monastery and that Podunk motel room in Montana. No, this was amazing. It was like the Ritz, which is nice.
Good.
Yeah. Although I did hear someone crying last night, I think. Maybe I dreamt it.
Uh, no, that would be Ava. Roman just told me that Harris broke her heart, left town. Apparently, he’s following a lead on Megan Hathaway.
Wow. I hope he finds her.
[chuckles] Well, knowing Megan, he has a better chance of finding Amelia Earhart.
Yeah. I guess you’re right about that. I just wish that I had a chance to say goodbye and thank him, you know, for making the moves to get me out of jail finally.
Yeah. Well, he took long enough. I mean, I forgive him now because I have my son back.
Yeah. Yeah, you do. But not for long.
Oh, Chad. Thank God! You didn’t come home last night. I was so worried about you.
I’m sorry. I’m sorry.
Well, where’d you go?
Well, I went to Salem PD, and they said that Clyde had been shipped off to Supermax. So I drove all the way out to this, you know, citadel of a–of a prison.
Why would you want to do that? [tense music]
[chuckles] Look what I found. [chuckles] Jules left her little blankie.
[laughs] Well, this must be Carver’s.
Oh, well, I just have to put them both in the mail.
Yeah. Or we would have a good excuse for asking Eli and Lani to bring those twins back here for a visit.
[chuckles] I like the way you think.
[laughs]
I can’t believe it, Abraham. I just said goodbye to one daughter, and I’m about to say goodbye to my Chanel, and yet another grandbaby growing up thousands of miles away.
Well, you know, Johnny and Chanel might be back here before you know it. Oh, and besides, you are going to be plenty busy.
What do you mean by that? [soft music] “Radioactive Mayor Victoria says recall effort fails.”
[laughs] Congratulations, Mrs. Mayor.
Can you believe my grandma knitted us little baby booties?
Marlena Evans, a woman of many talents. You had any room in your suitcase for them? Because I can’t fit another thing.
What? Really? They’re going to take up like square inches. Okay, we’ll put them in mine.
Mm-hmm.
That’s–
That’s what I thought.
Hey there, Chanel, Johnny.
Dr. Green.
Chanel, how are you feeling today?
Uh, fine. The morning sickness is nearly gone, and I already made an appointment with my OB at UCLA.
Excellent. Did the tech come by?
Yeah. She just gave us a bunch of ultrasound pictures.
Everything looks good, right, Doctor?
Overall, the baby appears to be developing normally, but there is one concern I’d like to discuss. [tense music]
[sighs] Come on, Leo. Remember who you are. You are strong. You are resilient. You’ve got this. You better buckle up, Mom, because I have a lot to say to you, and you are gonna sit there, and you are gonna listen. I am not unlovable. I am not worthless. Oh, don’t give me that look. You know which one. It’s the same one you gave me when–
When you spilled my Mai Tai in the Poconos. [chuckles] Or was it a green martini? You were always a little clumsy, kiddo. [tense music]
Mother.
[soft orchestration] announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “Days of Our Lives.”
Leo, Leo, Leo. It’s been a while. To what do I owe the– well, I won’t say pleasure, but– hey, what you got here? What’s that? A script?
Just some notes, Mom.
Ah.
You know, we can’t all go through life just unfiltered, shooting from the hip like you.
Oh, listen to you. You’re one to talk. Do you remember when you were yapping at that lady in that little, tiny teacup ride? You almost had us thrown out of that. What was that place called?
Super Duper Funland?
Yeah.
I was a kid, Mom. And that lady’s halitosis was ruining everything. I was just brave enough to take a stand.
Oh, is that why you’re here, take a stand?
If you must know, I started therapy. And Dr. Evans says that I have to confront my childhood traumas.
Oh, please. You don’t have anything better to do than listen to that new age quack?
Dr. Evans is not a new age quack. She’s a top-notch therapist. And how do you deal, Mom? You just scream at your ex-husband into a payphone? [soft dramatic music]
I may be in a federal penitentiary, but I am still your mother, and you will treat me with respect. Therapy. [chuckles] Why don’t you just man up for once in your life and–
Damn it, Mom.
You may be an underachiever, an also-ran, and you may, I don’t know, have consider– well, you do cut kind of a sad, lonely figure, but you are not crazy. So why on God’s green earth do you need therapy?
Because of you.
What’s your concern, Doctor?
Well, today’s ultrasound, it showed two soft markers, as they’re called. And they may very well mean nothing, but they could be indicators for a congenital abnormality. So I’m going to refer you to a genetic counselor in Los Angeles, run some further tests.
These soft markers, could they be from radiation exposure?
Well, your exposure was brief, and the levels were relatively low. But there’s no way to know for sure. [soft dramatic music]
Radioactive Mayor. What kind of nickname is that? I sound like one of those characters out of a superhero movie with all the CGI.
You know, now it’s all going to blow over that we– we know that Concerned Citizens has been revealed to be EJ DiMera.
And a handful of folks that he paid off to sign his damn petition. Ooh, you know, Abe, it still galls me that I had to reinstate that two-timing EJ DiMera to make this go away, oh, especially since I promised Melinda the job as long as she wanted it.
Did you offer her something else?
Yeah, yeah. And she took it as an insult, told me to take the job and shove it. Oh, and, you know, now I do– I desperately need a head of sanitation.
You have another candidate in mind?
No. No, I don’t. You know, and with the market so tight right now–
Well, you know, I may know someone who’s interested.
Really? Who?
Me. [tense music]
Jack, I didn’t realize you were here still.
Oh, he decided to spend the night.
Yes. Yes. I’m driving back to Boston later this morning.
Great. Well, I’m glad– I’m glad we get to say goodbye now.
Just a minute. Before we say goodbye, let’s just back up a second. Why would you want to see Weston again? He’s told you everything you want to know, hasn’t he? [dramatic music]
I hope you didn’t go after Clyde with some revenge plot in mind.
I did. You know, I found him in Montana, and– and I pulled the tri– I was gonna pull the trigger, and I didn’t, ultimately, because that’s–you know, Abigail wouldn’t have wanted that, so–
No, she wouldn’t have wanted that. She would have wanted you to think of Thomas and Charlotte and how much they need their dad right now. So as much as I want Clyde to rot in hell, I’m really glad you didn’t make that choice. Well, I better get going. I will see you soon.
Yep.
Okay?
Okay.
Julie, I love you.
Love you too.
See you soon.
Jack, wait. [soft dramatic music]
So, Doctor, you’re saying that if something is wrong with our baby, it could be from radiation exposure?
We can’t rule it out at this point.
I just want to say, as the older brother of someone with Down syndrome, I wouldn’t be where I am today without my sister. She’s brought so much into my life. She’s the kindest person I know.
And she’s also an excellent baker. I’m gonna miss Felicity a lot.
I know she was hoping to say goodbye to you.
I know. I was hoping the same, but it’s just been such a whirlwind. But you know what? Our flight isn’t until later tonight. So I’m gonna text her and see if she can meet up with us. I think it would do my heart a lot of good.
Yeah, mine too.
You want to be my head of sanitation?
I know the job. Town obviously has a need.
Oh, here I thought you were enjoying retirement. But, Abraham, do you really want to be my subordinate?
Well, if that means spending more time with you, absolutely.
Oh, yeah, well, you know, I would love that too. But the only thing I’d be concerned about is it’ll be viewed as nepotism. [soft dramatic music]
Is that you’re really concerned about?
Well, what does that mean?
It means I get the feeling that you really don’t want me working for you.
Lucas, I just spent months fighting to get you home. And now you’re going to pack up and go to Phoenix?
You know I want to– I want to go to Phoenix to be with Will and Allie. You know that. And you know that I miss my grandkids. You know I miss my kids, and I just have to make amends for what I did to Sammy. You know, I’m surprised that they’re even speaking to me at all.
What do you mean? Of course they’re speaking to you. They know exactly what their mother did, how she tormented you. I mean, basically, she drove you to do what you did. Of course, she doesn’t beat herself up. You know, she always gets a pass.
Oh, two wrongs don’t make a right, doesn’t justify my behavior.
[sighs] That’s true. I mean, I can’t just blame Sammy, I guess. There’s someone else I could blame, though.
Who?
You’re looking at her. [mellow country music playing]
Oh, yeah, sure. Let’s blame Mommy. That’s original.
I’m not blaming you.
Then what are you doing? Oh, I get it. You came all the way here to make me feel guilty. Well, that was a waste of time and good gas money.
Listen to me, Mother. The last time I was here, you told me I was an utterly worthless human being whom no one could ever love.
Well, and you agreed with me.
Because you gaslit me my entire life. Do you remember telling me that I had the voice of an angel, that I was destined, destined for stardom?
What are you talking about?
Of course you don’t remember. I entered a talent show at school. And in front of the entire auditorium, I’m singing my little heart out thinking that, because of you, that I’m a younger, cuter Billy Joel, the piano boy, as you put it.
Oh. [laughs] The piano boy. I have no memory of this.
Not surprising. Then right in the middle of “New York State of Mind,” I see pens, pencils, all sorts of things being hurled my way on stage because, it turns out, I cannot sing worth a lick. You lied to me.
Oh! Oh, kiddo. If that actually happened– [sighs] And I’m highly skeptical, maybe it was good for you. You know, character building. You know, I read about someone who was mercilessly bullied, Gene Hackman. Look how he turned out.
I am not going to sit here and take any of this. Do you hear me? I am going to say what I came here to say, and you are going to listen to me. [tense music]
You expect me to sit here and listen to your whining and moaning and blaming all of your inadequacies on me? Tell me, Leo, how many times have you come to visit your mother in all of these years? Twice. Not even so much as a birthday card.
You don’t like birthday cards.
Not the mushy, gushy ones.
You don’t like the funny ones either.
Anything would have been better than nothing. You selfish little ingrate. And now you show up once in a blue moon and, of course, it’s all about you and your imaginary childhood traumas.
I didn’t imagine it, any of it. The way I feel and what I’ve been through has meaning. I have meaning.
I don’t want to hear it! Guard!
I am not worthless. I am not unlovable. I am Leo Stark.
Oh, God! Here we go again.
I am Matthew Cooper. I am whoever you wanted me to be. My whole life, I did as you said, because all little Matty ever craved was your love. And it has taken me this long to realize there was nothing I could do or be that was ever enough for you.
Yada, yada, yada.
Nobody was ever enough for you. That’s why you had no friends. The people you thought were your friends, you just used them and manipulated them to get what you wanted, just like you did with your own son.
Oh, God, the self-pity.
You let me believe that I was John Black’s son just so you could get your hands on him. Did it ever occur to you how that might have affected me? He was the closest thing I ever had to a parent, to someone who loved me for who I was. And then when all was said and done, he hated me too.
[screams] Guard, take me back to my cell, please!
But I learned a lot from you, Mother– to lie, to cheat, to hide who I really was, to keep everything superficial and betray the few people who truly cared about me. But most of all, I learned that you never should have been a mother in the first place.
Not to a dead loss like you. May I see that? Please?
My script?
Your script. Yeah. Yeah, your script. [moans] [wails]
How is it your fault that I went crazy and kidnapped my ex?
Well, maybe it’s in your DNA. You know, I– I’ve been thinking about Philip and the extremes that he went to to hold on to Chloe. And I’m thinking maybe you both could have inherited this particular form of madness from me.
But you never did anything like that. You never did anything like what Philip and I did.
No, not for a man. But for my kids, I certainly did.
Mom, you’re protective and you’re overbearing, that’s true. But you’re fiercely loyal, and you’ve always been there for us. That’s all that matters.
You have always done the same for your kids.
That’s right. That’s why I have to see them now. You know, I miss them very much.
And they miss you. I know they do because every time I talk to them, they ask about you. They really do miss you a lot. And you know I’m gonna give you my blessing to go to Arizona and see them as long as you promise to come back.
I will.
Again.
[clears throat]
I’m gonna miss you. I missed you so much. [sighs] I am so grateful that you’re free.
I am beyond grateful. I will never take my freedom for granted again. [mellow country music]
What is it?
I want you to have this. [chuckles] I have tried everything known to man to open it. I have failed. And I got to thinking about Jennifer. Well, she spent her teenage years in this house. She was so close to Alice and Tom, her grandparents. And, well, she’s a clever girl. So maybe she has the magic touch.
She just may.
So will you take it to her?
I will.
[chuckles] Don’t drop it.
Oh, precious cargo. I got it.
Yeah. Oh, Jack, you’re the precious cargo. You mean so much to all of us. Please come back soon, will you?
I will.
And bring Jennifer.
I certainly will.
[laughs] [somber music]
Buh-bye.
Love you.
Love you too. Chad, I love you both.
We love you. And give our love to Jennifer, please.
Jeez, I thought you were about to tell him.
I’m not gonna tell him anything. Besides, I don’t really have anything to say, not yet.
I know. I really hoped that we were going to have some good news before he left. But, you know, now I wonder if we’re ever gonna know at all.
You’re right. You’re right, Abraham. I don’t love the idea of you being my new head of sanitation. But it’s not for the reason you think.
Why?
Well, you’re vastly overqualified for the job. You know that. But that’s not why. I would love to work alongside you, Abraham. The keyword being “alongside,” as equals. I–I don’t want to be your boss.
Oh, I understand.
Really? Really?
Yeah. I mean, the last thing I want to do is make you uncomfortable.
Oh. [laughs] Oh. I appreciate that. [laughs] Oh, and, you know, something else will come along. You’ll see.
Well, I’ll be patient.
Mm-hmm. [chuckles] Hey, oh, too bad you don’t have the skillset to take over a certain bakery that I have up for lease. Ha.
Well, maybe– maybe Chanel could give me a crash course.
Yeah, yeah, but, you know, it’ll have to be by Zoom, unfortunately.
[chuckles] [gentle music]
Are you okay?
[sighs] Well, I thought I was. I thought I was at peace with leaving everything behind.
You’re not, though.
Not what?
You’re not leaving everything behind. You’re gonna– you’re gonna open up a Sweet Bits in California. You can start with an LA location, and then you can branch off into–
I know, I know, but it’s not that. It’s–[sighs]
Then what is it?
Well, it’s just that I– I really convinced myself that everything was gonna be okay with our baby, even though I knew that there could be risks and even though, you know, everyone tried gently to tell me that I was being naive.
Chanel, are you saying that you’ve changed your mind about the pregnancy?
It’s just that it suddenly just feels so real. You know? And we weren’t planning to start a family this soon. And I just–like what if I’m not ready to be a mother? Felicity! Hi.
Hi, Chanel. Hi, Johnny.
Hi.
Are you okay, Chanel?
Yeah, yeah. I’m fine. Thank you for asking.
Are you sure?
Well, I guess I’m just– I’m having mixed emotions. You know, part of me is feeling really excited to be moving to California, and then another part of me is just feeling really sad to leave Salem.
I’m sad too. I’m going to miss you a lot.
I’m going to miss you too, Felicity.
Will you write to me?
Yeah, of course I will.
You promise?
I promise.
I love you, Chanel.
I love you too, Felicity. [tender music]
Ah. You know, Sweet Bits is a special place. I’m gonna miss it.
Me too. But I plan on being the first customer in line at the LA location as soon as Chanel opens it. [chuckles] Oh, my stomach is growling just thinking about it.
Oh, you know what? Speaking of that, I thought that I would swing by the pub and pick up some takeout.
Oh, well, could you pick up something for Chanel and Johnny too?
Oh, of course. Chanel still on that cheeseburger and extra pickles kick?
At least this week. Who knows what’s next? [laughs] Oh, Abe, I am gonna miss that child. Oh. Johnny too.
[chuckles] Well, at least we’re going to have each other close by and right here, same apartment.
Thank God for that.
[laughs] [tender music]
You’re not giving up, are you?
I’m just–just frustrated. I mean, you know, I can’t believe they shipped Clyde off so fast, you know, before I could even talk to him. It just–
I know. Rafe said he wanted to talk to Clyde too, some of the information he thought he might have about getting Gabi out of jail. Well, do you think Rafe could intercede for you?
Oh, the feds already know that Clyde could have information on a missing person. They said no exceptions. Look, Julie, I know that there’s such a slim chance that Abigail could be alive. But I mean, now that Clyde gave us this information, I just– I can’t rest until I get some answers.
Of course not. I feel exactly the same way. I’m with you in this all the way.
I know. So… I mean, if we’re gonna find out who this woman in this video is–
Yeah. We’re gonna have to do it without the help of the big jailbird.
Yeah.
What sanctimonious psychobabble. I am not to blame for your degenerate lifestyle. It is not my fault you are the way you are.
What do you mean by that, Mother? Gay?
Single, friendless, disloyal, unloving, unloved. I miss anything?
No, that covers it.
And if that quack, Marlena Evans, think you were going to fix all of your problems by filling me with guilt, then you have wasted a lot of money on your therapy, not to mention my time. [tense music]
I came here to get some things off my chest. This was for me, not you.
Did it work? Feel better?
There’s only one other time I can recall where I poured my heart out to you. Do you remember?
Why would I want to?
It was the first time Dad hit me. I had gotten a B on some exam. And the irony was he never even looked at my grades, let alone cared about them. But for some reason, that B really pissed him off. [soft dramatic music]
He hit me so hard.
I begged you to make him stop. And do you remember what you said to me? You told me to suck it up, to be a man. So that’s what I did. Nine years old. I didn’t say a word.
And when I finally killed him to protect both of us, you blamed me for all of it. He was the villain. You were the villain.
You were my mother. You were supposed to protect me. That was your job, your one job. And you didn’t do it. You never did it. [breathes sharply] [sighs]
Are you gonna say anything?
I am at a loss, actually. And bored, if you must know.
[sighs] I guess it was expecting too much to hear you say “I’m sorry” or “I wish things were different.” Certainly shouldn’t have expected an “I love you.”
The next time you decide to come visit, just don’t.
I won’t.
I have something for you.
Oh, okay.
My big brother gave this for me when I was little. And it’s my favorite stuffed animal.
Oh, sweetheart, I can’t. I can’t take that.
Yes, you can. It’s time for it to have a new home.
Are you sure?
I want your baby to have it.
Just promise that you’ll take care of it.
We will.
Yes. And we promise that he or she will too.
Well, okay, I have to go home now. Bye, Chanel. Bye, Johnny.
Bye, Felicity. [gentle music] We will talk very soon, okay?
Please.
Bye.
I forgot I told her that we were having a baby.
Well, it was very sweet of her to give this to you.
Oh, Johnny.
What?
Sometimes, I feel like I– I forced this on you, you know, going through with this– this pregnancy.
Whoa, what? No, you did not force anything on me, okay?
Yeah, but when I decided that I wanted to have the baby, I didn’t really leave any room for disagreement.
Okay, look, I will admit it took me a little while to warm up to the idea. But now that I’ve seen those ultrasound pictures, I am completely on board. Okay?
And the test results, they didn’t change anything for you?
No. Not at all. Did they–[clears throat] Did they change anything for you?
No, no. It’s just I– I’ve been thinking, you know, a child can be born perfectly healthy and you still never know what could happen down the road.
Right.
Like take Theo, for example. You know, Abe and Lexie, I’m sure that they were so worried when they found out that he was autistic. But look at him, he’s just a wonderful guy. And Felicity, she’s an amazing person. And her family, they’re so blessed to have her.
And so are we– blessed to have each other and to have this baby on the way.
Yeah.
I love you, Johnny.
I love you too. And I promise you that whatever life throws at us, we will get through together.
I’ve watched this video a thousand times– sped up, slowed down, zoomed in, zoomed out. And still, I just, you know, I go back and forth between definitely Abigail’s alive and– and, you know, she’s definitely not alive. There’s no possible way she could be alive. [doorbell rings]
Doorbell. I’ll get it. I’ll get it.
Oh. [laughs] Look, look, look, look, look, look.
Hey.
Hey, man. What are you doing?
Ah, you know, hanging out.
[laughs] Big news. Drum roll. The rest of his sentence has been officially commuted.
What?
Yeah.
What?
Yeah.
[grunts] Congratulations.
Thanks, man. I appreciate it. I appreciate it. I just actually came to say goodbye.
Goodbye?
Yeah. I got to get to Phoenix. I got to check in on Will and Ali. It won’t be for that long.
Well, I hope not.
No, no, no.
Okay, well, the kids are gonna be thrilled to see you.
Yeah.
Man, I’m so happy.
Thanks, dude. What’s going on here? What do you guys got?
It’s all right. It’s all right, as long as he doesn’t tell Jack or Jennifer.
Yeah. You got to keep it quiet.
Yeah, I won’t say anything to anybody. Just tell me what’s going on. [suspenseful music]
There’s a video. It might possibly be proof that… Abigail is still alive.
Oh, wait until Dr. Evans gets a load of that Hindenburg disaster of a visit. Oh, that’s right, she doesn’t take walk-ins. [sighs] [soft dramatic music] [phone beeps] Hi. This is Leo Stark. I need to see Dr. Evans ASAP. Tomorrow? No, no, I’m here now. This is an emergency. No, I’m not thinking of harming myself. This is about my sociopathic nightmare of– Okay. Okay. I will be here tomorrow. [phone beeps] [soft dramatic music] “The next time you want to come and visit me, just don’t.”
I won’t. I won’t come visit you again, Mother. In fact, I never want to see you again. In fact, you can burn in– oh, no, no, you can’t… because you’re my mother.
And as sad–as sad as it is, I still want you to love me. I want that so bad. [crying]
Hey, are you okay?
So what do you think?
I think Clyde’s playing mind games with you. I just don’t see, you know, how this– this video shows that this is Abigail. I really don’t. But I know you need to find out your own truth, you know. So you think about having the photos enhanced anyway?
That’s what I was gonna do next.
All right. I mean, we all wish that it were true. We all wish that this could be Abigail, but–
We all wish it, more than anything in the world. [somber music]
Hello, Kate.
Hey. Hi, Abe. You’re here for breakfast?
No, no. I’m here to pick up takeout for Chanel and Johnny. They are leaving town later today.
Really? I don’t know, I think that’s going around. So is Lucas. I mean, he’s leaving town. He’s going to go to Arizona and visit Will and Ari.
Oh, they’re living there now?
Yeah. Yeah. I mean, he says he’s coming back, you know. But in a way, I think maybe the universe is trying to give me a heads up that I need to stop obsessing over my children and get on with my life. Maybe even get a job.
[laughs] You know, there’s a lot of that going on. I–I had a similar thought earlier.
Yeah?
Mm.
We used to have a lot of fun working in that Mayor’s Office, didn’t we? You know, do you ever think about going into business again, maybe partnering up?
What kind of business?
I don’t know. I haven’t really– really haven’t thought about that yet.
Well, when you do, let me know.
You can be sure I will. Anyway, I’m gonna put an order in because we don’t want to keep a pregnant woman waiting, do we?
[chuckles]
So how was the appointment?
It was–
Everything’s fine.
Oh. Well, I’m glad to hear that. Oh, give me a hug. Give me a hug, you two. Oh. Oh, and you know what? I hope you brought your appetites with you because I just sent Abraham on a mission to the pub. He’ll be back any minute.
Well, I must be hungry because my stomach is growling.
[chuckles] Oh.
Are you okay?
What’s wrong? What’s wrong, baby?
Yeah. Yeah, I’m fine. I just–[winces] Ahh!
Oh!
[dramatic music]
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