Days of Our Lives Transcript
Transcript provided by Suzanne
THIS STILL NEEDS EXTENSIVE EDITING!
[sighs]
What?
Nothing, I just–I can’t believe that Ms. Fisher is making us write an annotated bibliography with “no fewer than 20 primary and secondary sources.” Oh, right, and peer-reviewed.
Question, what do you think college is gonna be like? A lot harder than this. [chuckles] Hey, do you know where Aaron’s at? Wasn’t he supposed to be here, like, half an hour ago?
Oh, right. Sorry, I forgot to tell you he’s not coming.
What? Why not?
Well, Aaron’s got a few more important things on his mind. For starters, you know, his brother’s in jail for trying to kill Chad DiMera. And his sister, who was not long ago presumed dead, is off searching God knows where for their mother, who may or may not be– honestly, I don’t even know what the word is– undead for the second time.
[dramatic music]
[line ringing]
[sighs]
Come on, Chad, pick up. [sighs] [scoffs] Damn it.
[line clicks] Voicemail.
[line beeps] [sighs] Chad, it’s me. Listen, my mother is on the way to Clyde’s apartment. She has the gun. [sighs] I wish you had given me your address over there. Please just call me back when you get this, OK? And be careful.
[phone rings] Aaron? Hey.
Cat, hey. Oh, my God, I feel like I’m losing my mind here. Did you find Mom?
I’m sorry I haven’t been in touch sooner. I–yes, I found Mom.
You did?
I did. It’s just, the thing is– – The thing is what?
Oh, my sweet girl. Oh! I love you so much.
Oh, I love you too, Mom. [sighs]
Thank you. Thank you for rescuing me.
Wait a sec. Wait, what are you doing?
I’m sorry.
Mom, what are you doing? What are you doing?
I’m sorry, sweetheart.
What are you doing?
I can’t let that son of a bitch get away with this.
Mom? Mom! No, no, no, no, no! Mom!
She sort of slipped through my fingers.
Yeah, seems like that spare assassin plan didn’t work out too well, did it?
That little game you played with my life, with Cat’s life, that’s over now, Clyde.
Why don’t you just tell me what you did with Abby’s body?
Yeah, I–
I suppose that’s the least I could do for you, seeing how you’ve won this round.
I’ll tell you the truth about Abigail. But you ain’t gonna like it.
I’m listening.
Yeah. Well, Abigail is– [gunshot]
Listen, Jack, I know you’re worried about JJ and Chad. I am too. I know. I know. I wish I was there in Vancouver myself, backing them up. Yeah. Well, it’s too late for me now. And besides, I bet they’ve already made their move on Clyde.
OK, listen, if anything did go wrong, I’m sure we would have heard about it by now. No, we just have to trust that they’re gonna bring that son of a bitch down.
Oh, my God. You shot him.
[soft orchestration] announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “Days of Our Lives.”
Aaron, hey, man. I just wanted to let you know that Holly and I are working on this stupid history paper, and we’re gonna put your name on it, so you don’t need to worry. But I was just calling to check in and see how you’re doing, man, so call me back. Straight to voicemail.
I feel so bad for Aaron. Like, listen, I know our families have been a hot mess for a while now but nothing compared to what he’s going through.
Yeah, he’s also really, really stressed about school. You know, he told me that if he doesn’t get an A-minus on this test, he’s gonna flunk the class. So no pressure.
No pressure. Oh, my God. Oh, my God! I just–I finished my last citation.
What are you talking about? This is taking me for-freaking-ever.
Wait, do not have your auto-cite feature on?
The what? The–
Oh. Oh, my God. Tate, give me your laptop.
[soft music]
Wow. Oh, my God. I don’t even know how many hours of work that you just saved me. Wow. Thank you.
Welcome.
What are you doing?
I don’t know. I think we’ve earned a break. Don’t you?
I don’t know. Have we?
Hell yeah.
[laughs] You know, it’s about to be our one-year anniversary. And we’ve only had, like, one official– I don’t even know, does the date at the hibachi place even count?
God, where we got sat next to the screaming kids who were throwing crayons at the chef?
Uh-huh.
No, I don’t think so.
Yeah, me neither.
[chuckles]
So how about we do, like, a do-over?
I like that idea.
OK. So where to?
[chuckles]
Wait.
[tense music] What do you mean, Mom got away with a gun? Wait, where did she even– why? How?
I don’t know. I don’t know. What I do know is that Clyde has really messed with her head.
OK. OK. Do you have any idea where she might have gone?
She went to Clyde’s apartment.
Clyde’s apartment. Do you know where?
No, I–I don’t know where Clyde’s apartment is. Chad didn’t give me the address.
Why not?
Well, I guess he doesn’t fully trust me. But I really wish he did, because I think he might be in a lot of danger.
Drop the gun!
Did you hear what he said? Drop it!
Catharina, what have you done?
He said he was my friend. He said he would always be there for me, my sweet. But it was all a lie, wasn’t it?
Damn him.
Damn him? Damn you! He was just about to tell me what he did with my wife. And now I might– I might never know. Hey, Clyde?
He’s got a pulse. JJ, he’s alive. Hey! Hey! Weston, wake up!
You shot me.
Yeah. Yeah, you want help, huh? Do you want help? You tell me what you did with my wife.
[exhales heavily]
Weston, you son of a bitch! Hey! Weston!
[dramatic music]
So what’s the plan here, Cat?
Are we just– are we just supposed to–
Aaron, I have to find Mom and Chad, OK? I–I will call you as soon as I have something. I promise.
OK. Just please be careful, Cat.
Damn it! [sighs]
[sighs] OK. Please have an address. Please have an address.
Hello?
Hey, Sweetness. Thought you were at work.
Well, I was. But, hallelujah, we finally found a doctor to replace Mark Greene.
Oh, now, that’s good news.
It is great news, so I thought I would treat myself and take the rest of the day off.
Well, you sure do deserve that after all the extra hours you’ve been putting in these past couple of weeks.
I agree. So any word from Chad or JJ?
No, not yet. Man, I wish Chad had reached out to me sooner. If only I’d known what they were up to, I might have been able to do something to help.
Come on. You did plenty. You’re the one that found the location where Clyde was living so they could get a jump on him.
Yeah, if they were able to do that. I just wish I was there with them.
Oh, I know you do. You know what you need?
Hmm?
You need a big, fat distraction.
Oh, well, what did you have in mind?
Well, I was thinking that maybe… you could help me wrap these gifts.
Oh. The old gift wrapping distraction, huh?
Yeah. It’ll be fun and Christmassy and– but just don’t look in that particular bag.
OK. I don’t know, baby. I’m sorry. I–I can’t do it. I can’t wrap those gifts.
And why not?
Because what are we gonna do with all those wrapped gifts when we don’t have a tree to put them under?
Oh, well, now, that’s a very good question.
Mm-hmm.
And I think that we can remedy that. This way.
Oh. OK. I guess we’re gonna get our tree.
[laughs]
Yippee!
Whoo!
[laughs]
Bowling? No, I don’t want to go bowling.
You don’t want to go bowling? What’s wrong with bowling?
There’s nothing wrong with bowling. I just–I always hit into the gutter, and I don’t feel like using bumpers.
OK. Ice-skating? Do you want to go ice-skating?
Yeah. Yeah, let’s go ice-skating.
OK, that’s great, as long as you promise that you’re not gonna laugh at me when I fall flat on my ass, because I will.
[laughs] Deal, as long as you promise me the same.
[holiday music]
Deal.
And actually, I don’t care what we do, as long as we get to do it together.
Aaron! Hey, dude.
Hey. Hey, look, I’m sorry I ditched you guys earlier today.
No, it’s OK. Any news from your sister?
Yeah, yeah, actually, I just talked to her.
And?
And I still have no clue what’s going on.
[dramatic music]
I’m sorry. I’m sorry!
Weston, Weston, wake up! Wake–wake up! Listen to me! Hey, hey! Hey, Weston, tell me what you were gonna tell me before about Abigail. Weston. Weston. Weston, do not play possum on me! Wake up!
Chad, he’s losing a lot of blood.
His pulse is weakening. We gotta–we gotta find something to– we gotta find something to–to put on this– on–on this wound; we gotta stop the bleeding. Weston. Weston, don’t you die on me!
Here. Oh, my God, I can’t believe we’re trying to save this bastard’s life.
It’s not working! We gotta–we gotta– we gotta call an ambulance. JJ, call an ambulance.
Weston? Weston? You are not gonna go without telling me what I want to know. You hear me? We’re gonna get you help.
Seriously? Your mother is alive? My God, Aaron, that’s amazing news.
She was five minutes ago. I have no idea if that’s still true. Honestly, I don’t know anything right now.
[holiday music]
Hey, what can we do to help, man? If there’s anything, just tell us.
Nothing. Nothing. I just have to wait for Cat to call me back.
Why don’t you come ice-skating with us? Come on, it’ll give you something to do while you wait.
Thank you for the invite, but no, I’d be– I’d be pretty bad company right now.
So, what, just gonna sit here all by yourself?
No. I’m actually here to get gifts for Felicity, which is– it’s usually Mark’s territory. But I’m the only one she has, at least for now.
Gotcha. Well, do you know what you’re gonna get her?
No. No, I have no idea what teenage girls like.
[laughs] Well, that’s OK. We’ve got you, Aaron.
Oof. You know what? There are more needles in that hallway than there are left on this little tree.
Well, what do you think?
I think you picked the saddest one on the lot, baby.
Saddest? Come on.
And you know what?
Hmm?
I love you for it. ‘Cause it’s just like you to want to rescue the runt, the poor little orphan.
Seriously?
Yeah.
I think it’s a lovely tree. It just needs a little TLC. And when we get our ornaments all over it, it’s gonna transform. Besides, we didn’t need a big tree this year.
Oh? Why is that?
Because the majority of these gifts are being shipped far and wide. I mean, to Joey, to Tripp. Last Christmas was so nice, when… Stephanie lived here and Abe.
Yeah. Well, as nice as that was, I think we can still enjoy the benefits of an empty nest.
You do?
Mm-hmm.
Yeah, I suppose we could. Oh, but we forgot the mistletoe.
Baby, when have we ever needed mistletoe?
[playful music] Come here.
Mm-mm.
Come here.
Mm.
Right here.
Well, maybe.
Here’s the mistletoe.
[giggles]
Well, maybe.
Mm.
[tense music]
Do you think Weston’s gonna make it?
Honestly, I don’t know. He was pretty far gone by the time the EMTs arrived. But I’m–I’m sure Chad will call us as soon as he knows anything.
Hi. Hi. Oh, my God. What–what happened? What’s going on? Where’s–where’s Chad?
He’s at the hospital.
At the hospital? Why? Oh, my God. Did my mother shoot him?
No, she didn’t shoot him.
What?
She shot Clyde.
Clyde? What are you talking about?
Clyde was just about to tell Chad what he did with Abigail’s remains when your mother came out of nowhere, shot him point-blank in the chest!
Oh, my God. But–but Chad is OK, right? He’s–he’s all right?
Yes, Chad’s fine. He rode in the ambulance with Clyde.
OK.
Said he didn’t want to miss the chance to grill him in case he woke up on the way.
My God. And what happened to my mother? Where–where is she? Did–did they arrest her?
No. The police took her to the hospital. She was in shock.
Yeah, well, I imagine she would be. I–I have to go. I have to go see her.
Hey, excuse me, Doctor. Hi. I’m looking for information on a–a patient. His name is Clyde Weston.
Are you family?
Yeah, yeah. I’m his son, Ben Weston.
I wish I had better news for you, Mr. Weston. His blood loss was massive. We lost his pulse before we could get him into surgery.
You lost his–
[dramatic music] So what are you– what are you saying? Is he dead?
[holiday music]
Ah.
OK. And since I happen to be an expert shopper, you’re in luck. So give me your list.
I don’t have a list.
Right, you just said you don’t know what to get a teenage girl.
Mm-hmm.
That’s–that’s fine. I’ll just make a list for you. OK, what does Felicity like? What is she into?
Hmm. She’s really obsessed with convertibles, horses.
Anything under several thousand dollars?
Mm. Normally I just get her baking stuff, but she works at Sweet Bits now, so she, like, has all that.
OK, tell me, are her ears pierced?
Yeah.
I don’t know.
Does she like makeup? Perfume? Oh, shoes. How about shoes? A girl can never have too many shoes.
Oh, you know what? Yeah. You know what she loves? Those Wellington boots, the ones that go up to your knees.
Mm.
Yeah, yeah, yeah. She’s always talking about she wants a pair of Wellies.
Perfect. Do you know her size?
No. But I will sneak around, and I will find that out.
OK, well, then there we have it–boots.
Boots, great. Great, great. Just seven more.
I’m–I’m sorry. Seven–seven more what?
Gifts, for Chanukah. My dad was Jewish. My mom is Greek Orthodox. We celebrated both. We had a tree and a menorah.
No way, dude. You know, my great-grandfather was Greek Orthodox.
Really?
Yeah. Yeah, man. Every Christmas, he would make us these cookies, melomakaronas. Oh, my God, they were so bomb.
Ah, I miss holidays like that. So many cookies. People breaking plates. And they clap, and they go, ay!
Yeah, yeah. [chuckles]
That was all way before, though. Way before my parents’ accident.
Aaron, I– I really hope your mom comes home to you.
Yeah. I mean, wouldn’t that be the most amazing gift for you and Felicity?
I still remember the day my mom made this with Stephanie, just like she did when I was a little girl.
Mm.
I mean, it’s been all these years, and I still smell the gingerbread.
[sniffs] I think I can smell it too.
I think that’s power of suggestion.
Oh.
Oh, and this one. My mom must have crocheted thousands of these in her lifetime. How can I only have one left?
You know what? I see some future arts and crafts projects for future Grandma Kayla.
Oh. Well, hopefully so.
[soft music]
Oh, look at this one.
[laughs]
One of Joe’s early creations, the one-eyed Rudolph.
Oh. I remember having a conversation with his preschool teacher, telling me that he really needed to work on his pasting skills.
What?
Little did she realize that in his brain, all of his biggest heroes only had one eye.
Really?
Yes!
Is that true?
Of course it’s true. And then she put the ornament on the back of the tree. And he was so upset because he knew that nobody would see it.
Well, that wasn’t very nice of her.
No, it was not. And I’ll tell you something. My mother tiger came out, and I really let her have it at the next parent-teacher conference.
I bet you did.
Yeah. Sweet. You know, as sad as it is that Tripp and Joey are not gonna be here, I really can’t stop thinking about how tough this Christmas is gonna be for the Hortons.
Yeah, especially for Julie.
And Hope. I mean, she lost her father, not to mention her glimmer of hope that Bo was gonna wake up. I mean, I have to say, I certainly had my hopes up.
Yeah, we all did.
Yeah, just like we did with Abigail.
Ugh. Mm, “Merry Christmas from our home to yours. Love, Jack, Jennifer, Abigail, and JJ.”
[sighs]
[dramatic music]
Come on, you son of a bitch. What are you hiding?
JJ, if you want to go to the hospital, I–I can stay here and just keep looking for–
No, Gabi. Look, I’d love nothing more than to smack Weston around until he coughed up the truth about what he did to my sister. But he may not even be conscious right now. And I got a feeling the cops are gonna come back soon and not so gently escort us out of here. So let’s just focus on getting what we need and then getting a move on. ‘Cause if Weston dies, then this right here might be the only way to find out what happened to her.
Chad. Gabi and JJ told me what happened. I’m so glad you’re all right. Do you know what happened to my mother or where she is?
Yeah, she’s still being examined by doctors.
What about Clyde?
Flatlined in the ER, so now he’s in emergency surgery.
Well, did he say anything?
He was unconscious.
I’m–
I’m really sorry, Chad.
What happened?
[sighs] My mom… remembered me. And then she tricked me to untie her because she wanted a hug. But instead of a hug, she grabs my gun and runs out, saying that she– she’s not gonna let the son of a bitch get away with this. I thought she was talking about you. I was– [sighs] I was so worried that she– I don’t even want to– I can’t even say it. I–
Yeah, I was worried about you too.
OK, one, two, three, four, five–eight. Eight, there we have it. Now the fun really begins. Where should we go first? Saxton’s?
No, don’t worry about it. Seriously, I can– I can take it from here.
Oh, well, I thought we’d–
No, no, you guys had plans to go ice-skating. Go, go. This does not need to turn into, like, a–a pity hangout.
Aaron, this isn’t a pity hangout. We’re here because we’re your friends.
Dude, you spent a whole summer at lacrosse camp for me.
No, I didn’t spend–
[holiday music] Sorry. What I meant was, I didn’t– I didn’t– it wasn’t some selfless act. I went because I wanted to get recruited by D college scouts. And now I don’t even know if I’m going to college.
Aaron, listen… I’m not trying to make you uncomfortable or anything. But I just want to let you know that my grandma is Victor Kiriakis’ widow, so if you need money or anything, I–
Yeah, I don’t– what I need right now is–is just my friends. OK? I’m–I’m lucky to have you guys.
[soft music]
[laughs]
I just love looking through all this stuff. You know, it’s like a chronicle of all the growing up Stephanie did that I wasn’t here for.
Oh. You know, this right here, this was our most sacred ornament.
Every year, I would lift her up, and she would hang this on the tree with more reverence than even putting the angel at the top. And then she would stand back, and she would look at it with the most beautiful smile on her face. She worshipped you, even though she didn’t know you that well. But now forget about it. You’re everything to her.
She’s everything to me. And I am so proud of the woman she’s become.
Yeah, I hear that. Ah, and this! Oh, my goodness, this. Every year, when it was just the two of us, we would light this candle and put it in the window because my mother told me that an old Irish tradition was to light it and it would welcome the weary travelers home.
Just like that. And then one day, we were so blessed to welcome you back home.
Well… I just hope we can do the same for JJ and Chad.
Yeah.
Son of a bitch! Nothing! We’ve got nothing. The computer is basically wiped. Every time you click on a link, error. Everything Clyde knows, it’s gonna die with him.
Then we’re just gonna have to pray that he pulls through.
Gabi, I can’t.
You can’t what?
I can’t go home to my parents and, after everything, tell them I still don’t know what happened to Abigail. They’re counting on me. It’s their daughter.
JJ, listen.
[dramatic music] Whether or not we find anything, it’s not gonna change the fact that she’s gone.
It’s only her body that’s missing. It’s not her.
I understand that you need answers.
But the one thing that you can be sure of is that Abigail is resting in peace.
[chuckles] We both know that Abigail and I had had our differences, to put it mildly.
But she was a beautiful person, a sweet soul. And there is no doubt in my mind that right now, she is up there in heaven and that she is looking down– she’s looking down on her baby brother.
And all she wants is for her baby brother to feel a sense of peace. JJ, look at me.
You’ve done the best for her.
I wish that were true.
No. You’ve been the best brother that she could ever ask for. And I know it is.
Let’s go to the hospital.
[sighs] You were worried about me?
Yeah, yeah, I– I mean, when I left you and your mom at the–at the club, she was tied up and you had a gun. And then when she showed up unannounced, I just– You know, I don’t know, I was– I thought that something might have happened to you.
Yeah, I was worried something might’ve happened to you too. I–I left a voicemail to warn you that she was on her way.
I didn’t get it until after. [scoffs] This whole thing has just got so messed up.
Why did my mother shoot Clyde? I don’t understand. I thought she was under his spell.
I don’t know. Maybe he broke through to her somehow. [footsteps tapping]
Cat.
Mom.
Hey. Hey.
Cat. I’m– honey, I’m so sorry for what I did.
Mom, Mom, I know. I know.
My baby girl, I just– I just want to hold you in my arms right now.
Yeah. Yeah, I want that too.
I just–I wasn’t thinking clearly earlier. I just– I’m still not.
Whatever that monster did to you was not your fault. This was not your fault, Mom, OK?
Before they take me away, I just– I want you to know how much– [sighs] How much I love you.
You and Aaron and Felicity and Mark.
I’ve just–I’ve missed you guys so much.
[sighs]
Tell me, are they all right?
Yeah, of course. Yeah, they’re OK.
Thank you, my darling. Thank you so much for– for trying to find me.
For saving me.
OK, you’ve said your piece.
No, no, just wait just for one minute. Just–just wait. [sobbing]
Hey. Wait a second. Let’s stop for a minute. I hope you don’t mind that I invited Aaron with us.
To, what, crash our date?
Yeah.
No, not at all. I thought it was really sweet of you. I mean, I guess I’ll admit I’m kind of glad that he said no. But I think the truth is, I have a lot of regrets about what happened between me and Sophia. I mean, I wasn’t really a good friend to her at times, so I don’t know, I just want to be a good friend to Aaron, especially now. He needs us, Tate.
[soft music]
You were really great back there, you know, helping him figure out what to get Felicity.
I mean, who better to ask what to get a teenage girl than a teenage girl who loves getting stuff?
Well, speaking of which, I want to get you a little something.
Uh-huh? Like what? How about a bracelet or VIP tickets to see Taylor Swift?
Ah!
Just saying. I would love that.
I was thinking more along the lines of a hot chocolate because I can tell you’re freezing.
Yeah, I kind of am. And hot chocolate sounds great.
Good.
Maybe later, though. You want to know what I really want right now?
What?
For you to warm me up.
Well, I think I can do that.
Mm.
[both laugh]
Say that again?
[dramatic music] [scoffs] Mom got arrested?
I’m headed to the station right now to make sure that she has an attorney. Now, listen, Aaron, everything’s gonna be OK. Clyde Weston was an escaped fugitive. He kidnapped our mom. Whatever she did, she was acting in self-defense. She’s gonna get out.
Hmm. Yeah. Just how like Mark got out?
OK, OK. Let’s try to stay positive, please. I will call you as soon as I know more, OK? [sighs]
[clears throat]
I know you probably think my mom deserves to be–
No, I don’t– I don’t really know what to think right now.
OK, yeah, I get that.
I know how badly you wanted to find Abigail’s remains.
I’m–I’m praying that you find the answers you need.
OK, thanks, JJ. Listen, man, I’m so glad you’re safe. Uh-huh. OK. Well, just keep me posted. Right.
So?
Well, he didn’t have much time to talk. He was on his way to the hospital.
Hospital?
Weston was shot.
Well, was anybody else hurt?
No, no. Apparently everybody else is fine, including Catharina.
They found her?
Yeah, JJ wasn’t sure what kind of condition she’s in, but she is alive.
Wow. That is gonna be such a relief for John.
Yeah. For me too. And now that Weston is caught and no one else is hurt, I guess I can finally take down that “wanted dead or alive” poster.
I think you definitely can. You know what else?
What?
Mm.
OK.
I think we got our Christmas miracle early. Yeah.
Where is she? Where’s Cat?
The police took her mother, and Cat went to go be with her.
And Clyde?
Still in surgery. It’s touch and go. How’d–how’d the search go?
Chad, I’m–I’m sorry. We looked everywhere, really. No stone unturned.
[clears throat] It’s OK. Thanks for trying. We just have to pray that he pulls through.
Mr. Weston? Your father is out of surgery.
He made it? How? He made it through? When can we see him?
You can see him right now if you want. But I’m afraid he won’t have much to say for– well, quite some time, if ever. Mr. Weston is in a coma.
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