Days of Our Lives Transcript
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[soft music]
[gasps] Oh!
[groans]
Honey. Well, I–I– I brought some bonbons for my– my favorite Bon– Bon Bon.
Thanks.
You–I guess you can’t eat those, can you? Gosh, I’m so sorry about that. Well, how long do you think you’ll be laid up here? I heard–heard it could be months.
[muffled] Yeah, it’s a long time.
Whatever you said, it sounds kind of bad. Uh, look, you know, Charlemagne is nothing without Kassandra. So not to make it all about me, but what do you think’s going to happen?
They recast me with Kayla.
What?
Kayla. Kayla.
Oh, Kayla. Oh, Kayla.
Mm-hmm.
Oh, I have not seen Stephanie worked up like that in a very long time.
Well, it’s not easy watching your best friend’s wedding blow up.
Well, and it’s hard on you to see Marcus’s daughter go through that.
Yeah. I just kept thinking how horrible it would have been for him to see her hauled down to the police station on those corruption allegations. It just doesn’t make any sense. The Jada I know would never be capable of doing any of those things she’s being accused of.
Agreed. So are you going to talk to Shawn and tell him about your hunch that EJ set Jada up?
No, I’m going to do some legwork first. I don’t want DiMera knowing that I’m on to him until I have something solid I could use against him.
Yeah, that’s a good idea. Ugh. Oh, what’s this?
Well, I hope Dr. “Sweetness” Johnson is up for playing these scenes as the mother-in-law from hell.
And the spoiler for Regan and Arrow.
Yeah. I’m hoping that Joy and Alex aren’t spoilers for themselves.
What do you mean?
You know what I mean. You know how messy it could get now that the two of them are sleeping together in real life?
And I thought I was feeling good before.
Before?
Didn’t you notice how mellow I was on set today?
Yeah. You were pretty chill now that I–
Yeah.
I think about it, yeah.
Well, that’s because it was actually a fun day at work for a change.
Oh.
No Chanel making me feel guilty or snarking at me about her husband.
No wonder.
But still, how I wish I never met Johnny DiMera that night at Small Bar.
Hey, there’s no way you could have known that you two would be working together.
I know, or that his wife and I would be working together, too. But still, there was something. Something told me that night it was a big mistake to hook up with him.
Yeah.
I should have listened to my gut.
Great work today, Seth. Seriously, I mean, nobody could bring Dr. Blake Lamoray to life the way you have. You’re, uh, you’re really growing into the character. Yeah. I agree. It’s not the same without Faith. I miss her too.
[soft orchestration]
announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “Days of Our Lives.”
Seth, I got to go. I’ll, uh–I’ll talk to you tomorrow. Chanel, hey.
Hey. Uh, this was at your front door.
Thanks. Uh, did you come by for any particular reason?
Yeah, I did. I wanted to talk to you about us.
Oh, it’s from Leo. Yikes. I think it’s my first script.
I still can’t believe I’m married to a TV star.
A very reluctant one, believe me. I just couldn’t say no to Abe. I knew he was desperate.
You’re a good friend.
[groans] Let’s see what I’m in for. [pensive music] Ugh.
What are you worried about? You know Alex and Joy are the definition of consenting adults, right?
Yes. We both know that. We both also know if things go wrong, we’re going to have a big problem because this is Alex we’re talking about. And just five minutes ago, he was–he was sleeping with Stephanie Johnson.
Did I just hear my name?
How about we run lines for tomorrow’s bedroom scene, hmm, in bed?
Hmm.
Hmm.
Hmm, as in not as fun as what we were doing before, but more fun than me doing it at home on my own.
Oh, way more fun. I promise. [sultry music]
All right, all right.
Another day, another show. Let’s see. Hmm. Oh, my God. Well, this came out of nowhere.
What happened?
Regan. She gets into a car accident and goes into premature labor.
OK.
But I just got pregnant. This is way too soon.
Hmm.
Wow. And they have Arrow trying to deliver the baby on the side of the road.
I get to deliver a baby? That’s awesome.
Oh, no.
What?
The baby’s not breathing.
What do you mean it’s not– they can’t kill a baby, right?
Um, no. No, the baby doesn’t die.
Oh, good.
I do. [intriguing music]
I got to admit, when I didn’t hear from you today, I was worried you were having second thoughts.
No, no second thoughts. I just–I knew you were working, and I just– I needed a little more time. I wanted to make sure that my head was on straight before we had this conversation.
I understand.
But I meant what I said last night, OK? If we’re going to make our marriage work, then we have to get to work right away.
You’re right.
Letting things fester is how we ended up in this situation in the first place, right? So if you ever doubt me again for any reason, then you talk to me, OK? No wasting time and letting things spiral into this self-fulfilling prophecy.
That is the last thing that I want.
And if you ever happen to see Alex having sex with someone that you cannot see, just please don’t automatically assume it’s me.
Look, I’m not going to make that mistake again, OK? Trust me when I say that. I–I know. I let my jealousy just get out of hand. I know that. I went down this crazy rabbit hole and hurt you.
I just–I don’t understand how you could ever think that I would cheat on you. I really thought that we were in a good place. I thought we were solid. And obviously, you didn’t.
I know. And that’s 100% on me, OK? I own that. And all I can say now is that I promise, OK? I promise that I will never doubt you again. I promise that I will be a better communicator. I love you, Chanel. I can’t live without you.
I love you too, Johnny. And I cannot imagine wanting to be with any man but you.
I can’t imagine wanting to be with anyone else either ever– not ever.
Uh–
Oh, is there a problem?
Yes, a big one. You know, I know it’s just acting, but I don’t know how I’m supposed to pretend to be in love with another man because you’re the only man that I want.
Aww.
Yeah. But luckily, in this show, I talk about Rhett. I don’t actually kiss him or anything.
Well, if he did kiss you, I might have to put a hit out on him.
Yeah, well, this show, I just have scenes with Charlemagne, AKA Hattie Adams.
Oh, lucky you.
Yeah. I suppose I should call her up and run lines with her or something, right? I mean, that’s what they call this. “Run the lines.” Run the lines?
Well, in this case, I think you should call it “run for the hills.”
[laughs] Yeah, that would be a great idea. I would love to do that. You know what? I do not have the energy for her tonight, so why don’t you just run the lines with me, huh?
Me? I’m no actor.
Well, neither am I. Listen. Charlemagne barely has any lines in this whole scene, so here. Let’s do it, please. [whimsical music]
Mmm, yummy. So Dr. Kayla is Kassandra, huh? I’m–I’m just not sure I see that. I mean, she’s nice enough, and she’s got a great hair. But she doesn’t have your spark, Bon Bon, you know?
Hmm.
Yeah. Yeah.
Thank you.
Oh, oh, thank you. Oh, yes. OK. Well, you’re welcome. It’s going to be pretty interesting tomorrow, you know. Oh, oh, Leo– Leo gave me a script, right here. Yeah. So I–I, um, been kind of glancing out a little bit. But it seems to me that there’s a whole lot of Kassandra and Charlemagne in this thing. Oh, my goodness, yeah. Do you want to run it with me?
That’s insane. They can’t kill Regan.
It says I bleed out on the side of the road.
Let me see it. Maybe you come back from the dead later or something, you know? All right, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. “Arrow picks up the newborn baby, “tries to flag down a car for help. We see headlights, hear screeching, and he goes down.”
What? You get hit by a car?
Whoa, whoa, is it– “The baby goes flying out of his arms. “It lands gently in an off-camera thicket of shrubbery.”
And what about Arrow?
It says he’s dead. [tense music]
Stephanie? I thought you were at Jada’s wedding.
Ah. Guess you haven’t talked to Paulina.
No. Why?
Well, the wedding was a total disaster. Actually, it didn’t even happen.
What?
What?
Rafe supposedly found evidence that Jada is a corrupt cop. He left her at the altar, and Shawn dragged her down to the police station for questioning.
Well, I don’t believe it. I can’t believe that Paulina would either.
Well, her hands were tied. I mean, the whole thing is outrageous. Jada is incapable of the things that they are accusing her of. My dad is going to clear her name.
So is that why you came down here so late, to tell us this?
Uh, no. Actually, I wanted to let you know that I put out a release to the soap press about my mom assuming the role of Kassandra. And I also put out a release about the new identity of Lady Whistleblower. Oh, and I took care of the Emmy submissions.
Well, that’s very efficient. But, you know, the Emmys aren’t for months.
Yes. But I won’t be around then.
Well, why not?
Because I quit.
You’re quitting your job?
I am. But I didn’t want to leave you guys in the lurch, so I’ve already taken the liberty of reaching out to my friend who’s also a publicist. Her name is Andrea. She is fantastic. She has tons of experience.
OK, could we just back this up a bit? What prompted this decision?
It has nothing to do with you or the job. I promise. I have loved every minute of working on this show.
Uh, then what is the reason?
Alex Kiriakis. [soft dramatic music]
So I guess we’re fired?
You’d think they would say something before you just read it in a script, right?
Yeah.
Yeah, yeah. It’s–wait a second. Wait a second. I knew it. Look at the air date.
April 1.
It’s an April Fool’s Day episode. So everything that just happened is like a dream or something.
Maybe. Maybe, but I– I don’t see anybody yelling “April Fool’s” at the end of this.
I’m going to call Abe to get it cleared up.
Oh, no, don’t. Don’t.
Yes.
No, we’ll figure it out tomorrow, OK? And honestly, I am OK with whatever happens.
Oh, you’re OK with whatever happens?
Like, I know I said today was a really good day on set, and it was. But to be honest, there’s been a lot more rough days than good ones. And who knows what else is to come? And, um, actually, the only real positive thing that’s come from this whole experience has been meeting you.
Joy. Come on. That is really sweet, but–
No, I mean it, Alex. And I was thinking, since next week is Valentine’s Day, I’d really love to spend it somewhere else with you. [soft music]
Hmm.
So with the help of time and talking things through– well, mostly with myself– I have a new perspective on us and what happened.
OK.
And the way I see it now– look. You almost went to bed with Joy. And I had a close call with Shawn. And we were both just angry and lashing out. But at the end of the day, neither one of us actually broke our wedding vows. And I think there’s a reason for that.
Look, speaking for myself, that night, when I took off my wedding ring with Joy, I honestly– I felt naked without it. And I never, ever want to take it off again. Chanel, there is one thing that I need from you if we’re going to fix our marriage. I need you to be here. Every night that you spend at your mom’s, you just feel further and further away. So would you please just come home?
OK. I will.
Really?
Really.
OK, uh, OK. Well, let– do you want to go– do you want to go to your mom’s? I’ll help you pack your things.
Oh, no, that won’t be necessary.
Oh, so you do need a little more time?
No, no. I already packed my bags in the car.
OK, baby, I can never say no to you when you bat those pretty blue eyes at me. But just don’t ask me to do Hattie’s lines in falsetto. OK?
OK. OK, OK, OK. Just give me the cues, OK? All right. All right, I’m going to start. I’m going to start.
Mm-hmm.
OK. “Oh, my God, Charlemagne, I can’t believe it. You’re alive!”
“You’re not getting rid of me that easily, Kassandra. The Phoenix always rises from the ashes.” – “You’re no Phoenix. “And I’m not about to give up Rhett now. “So I suppose I’ll just have to make you die for real this time.”
Oh, my God. It says Kassandra shoots me and I die. That Leo. I finally get back on the show, and he’s killing me off again. [tense music]
“You’re never going to get–get away with this. I thought we were friends.” [sighs] You’ll–you’ll never get rid of me. I will haunt you forever.
That is not even close to your line.
I was going where the scene takes me, baby. [groans]
[laughs]
How was that?
And they say vaudeville is dead. I don’t think so.
I’m going to talk to Abe. I think I’m a natural.
No, I think you need to put your acting aspirations aside. You were going to clear Jada, remember?
Right. So explain this to me. Charlemagne is really dead?
Well, I mean, I don’t know. It says she comes back– I mean, how would they kill her off? She just came back to life. There must be something more to this. [gasps] Oh.
Oh, what? What is it?
There is something more. Kassandra dies too.
How in tarnation could he kill me off again? Ink isn’t even dry on my contract yet. You didn’t have anything to do with this, did you, Bon Bon?
What? No, of course not.
Oh, good. I’m so glad. You know what? I’m just going to call him, give him a piece of my mind. [line trilling] [beep] Oh, went right to voicemail. Well, I’m not going to let him do this to me. I’m going to– I’m going to go over there and give him what for. I’ll be back, honey.
Mm-hmm. [intriguing music]
So you’re quitting for Alex Kiriakis?
Well, because of him, but not for him. I’m doing it for myself. Look, you guys were being fair when Alex and I were together before, and you said that I had to choose between him or the job. Fast forward to now, I’ve realized that keeping my job was a reflexive choice, one that I’ve come to regret.
Now that you’ve broken up with my son.
I had no business being with Philip when I wasn’t ready to move on. And honestly, I don’t think Alex was ready to move on so quickly either.
Have you talked to him about this?
Um, I have, yes. But we didn’t get to finish our conversation. And that’s OK. Because whether or not we’re on the same page, I know that I’ve made the right decision.
Well, I wish that I could agree with you about that choice.
I also know that Alex is with Joy now. So obviously, if we don’t wind up together, at least I know I tried.
You want to take a little Valentine’s Day trip, huh?
Well, my mom’s been bugging me to come visit. And, like, I don’t know. New York would be fun, right? We could go to a couple of Broadway shows. We could go to the Met. We could go to MoMA.
[sighs]
Well, don’t get too excited.
No, no, I– I, yeah, I’m just– you know, meeting the parents– it’s a big step.
Wow. So you were only with Joy because you thought I was with Philip. And I was only with Philip because I thought you were with Joy.
Bingo. But you’re not with Philip anymore.
No. But you’re still with Joy, right?
Kinda.
Define “kinda.”
I mean, it’s not like we’re official or anything, you know? We’re just spending a little bit more time together. But I mean, If I had known you were single, Steph, I swear to God to you, I would slow that down completely so that you and I could–
So that you and I could what?
Forget it, really, because I don’t even know if you and I can really be together as long as the two of us are working on “Body & Soul.”
What if I wasn’t?
I just–I don’t know. I just maybe feel like it’s maybe too fast.
Yeah, no, I mean, it was just an idea.
Yeah.
Um, we definitely don’t have to go to New York. We could, um, we could go somewhere else. We could just stay here. I mean, you do– you want to celebrate Valentine’s Day with me, right?
Yeah. [phone buzzes] Yeah, yeah, yeah, of course. Of course. Come on. Oh, man. Anyway, I should probably get going, call it a night.
What about tomorrow’s script?
Oh, it’s, like, all action, pretty much. There’s no lines, so, you know. Got an early call time. I’m so tired.
You know you can always just stay here, too.
Thank you. But I think you and I both know if that happens, we’re not going to get much sleep. So I will see you tomorrow. OK?
Great. Yeah, yeah, tomorrow.
OK.
OK. I’m–I’m going to go get your stuff out of the car, help you unpack. And I–I–you know, I can’t believe that we’re sleeping under the same roof tonight. And also, um–
Also?
Also, um, look, I– I just–I want you to know that, um, we don’t have to sleep in our bed tonight. You know, whatever you’re comfortable with is what I want.
Hmm. Well, let’s just take it one day at a time.
OK. I have missed you so much. [soft music]
Did I even say “welcome back?” Welcome back.
[laughs] Yeah, I think I got the message.
[sighs] You know, this is the last thing that I want to do right now, but do you mind if I open this up? It’s going to be a new script from Leo, probably with some new pages for tomorrow.
Go for it. Let’s see what the troublemaker’s cooked up now.
Yeah. Oh, OK. Oh, my God.
What?
Leo killed off Dr. Lamoray.
What?
Yeah. I mean, Seth loves being on this show. I was just literally, when you walked in, telling him what a good job that he’s doing. He’s going to be devastated.
Hey.
Hey. That was fast.
Well, I got your message. It sounded important. What’s going on?
Sorry for the cryptic text. I just wanted to talk to you about this in person.
It’s OK.
I quit “Body & Soul.”
You did? I mean, I know you said you would, but–
I–I had to go for it, even if we didn’t finish our conversation from the other day.
I’m just, um– wow.
Look, you know I have feelings for you. And I’m not trying to pressure you in any way. I just knew that if we were ever going to have a shot, it wasn’t going to happen if I was still publicist at “Body & Soul.” I had to follow my heart.
Steph, I don’t even know what to say.
You don’t have to say anything right now. I know that you’re with Joy, and that’s a complication, obviously.
Yeah, yeah, more than I wish it were.
What do you mean?
Well, I just thought we were still on this “getting to know each other” phase, you know, casual.
And you’re not anymore?
She’s not anymore. Suddenly she’s talking about taking this Valentine’s Day trip.
Oh. Well, Alex, I mean, if you want to do that, you should–
I don’t want to do that at all. And that’s how I know what I have to do. I have to let her down gently… Because I just want to be with you, Steph.
I can’t believe it that Stephanie just up and quit on us without any notice.
Well, I am sorry to see her go.
Damn it, Abe. Ever since Hattie put that stupid curse on us, I mean, it seems like everything has gone wrong– everything from the poisoned cupcakes, actors quitting left and right, the PR person quitting. Plus, Justin still insists that Bonnie was led to that elevator shaft on purpose.
Yeah. You know, it’s been a long day. Look, why don’t you– why don’t you go home and get some rest, huh?
You do the same thing.
Yeah. I’m going to finish up this schedule, and I’ll be right behind you.
OK.
You know, maybe this whole thing is my fault.
How so?
Because I told Abe that I didn’t really want to do the part. And I didn’t have much time to give him, so maybe he decided that it was too much trouble to recast it. And he decided just to pull the plug on the whole thing.
I guess it’s possible.
Yeah, but to kill the character off? I mean, Bonnie is going to get better someday, and now she’s not going to have a job? I just wish he would have talked to me about it first.
Well, why don’t you call him and find out?
Yeah. Yeah, that’s what I’m going to do. Speed dial somewhere? There he is. [line trilling]
Oh. Kayla, hi.
Ah, Abe, hi. How are you? I’m sorry to call you so late. But I was just going over the script for tomorrow, and I’m just a bit confused.
Well, I’ll help if I can.
Um, yeah, I didn’t know, but, um–but it says in there that Kassandra is being killed off.
What?
Well, the script says that I shoot Charlemagne, and then when I drop the gun, her cat slinks over and steps on the trigger and then shoots me in the heart. I mean, I don’t know. Is this just, uh, Charlemagne’s revenge or something?
Kayla, I– I have no idea what you’re talking about.
But it was in the script that was waiting for me when I came home.
Oh. So this must be Leo going off again on his own without running it by us.
So what should I do?
Well, you hang in there, and I’ll get to the bottom of it.
Hey, hey. I need a word with you.
Ugh, looks like I don’t have much of a choice. What’s up?
“What’s up?” Don’t play dumb with me, mister. I just got my latest script, and it says that Kassandra kills me dead.
What? No, she doesn’t.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, she does. Look, it’s all right here in black and white.
I did not write that. Ugh. Look at this terrible spelling, this awful punctuation. Where did this come from?
Well, it got delivered to me in an envelope with my name on it, like always.
Well, it didn’t come from me.
Well, if you didn’t write it, then who did? [tense music]
So what is this? Some kind of a joke?
Oh, my God. What if it’s the stalker?
What stalker?
The evil SOB who sent those poison cupcakes and the text to Bonnie sending her to the elevator, the person who has been targeting the cast and crew of the show since you put a curse on it.
Oh, yeah. Well, I guess that’s possible. But attempted murder, I mean, that’s no small potatoes. And I know they were killing me off on the show, but at least I wasn’t going to die in real life, you know? Although, I’m feeling a little unsteady.
You are suddenly looking a little green around the gills.
Yeah. [soft dramatic music]
I should get something to drink.
[shallow breathing]
So you want to be with me? Do you really mean that?
Of course I do.
[gasps] Alex! What’s wrong? Alex. Alex! Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
So what did Abe say?
He said no one’s getting killed. And he thinks that Leo just went rogue.
Well, it sounds like Leo.
Yeah. And, um, Abe said he was going to get to the bottom of it…
Sweetness, you OK?
I just feel kind of– I don’t know. I feel–
Oh. Baby, hey. Oh.
I–I don’t understand why they would do this. They have to know that killing off Seth is a huge mistake. He’s the one who gave us permission to shoot at the hospital. If he revokes that, we’re screwed.
You’re right.
[sighs] I’m going to call Leo right now.
[grunts] [groans]
Johnny!
Oh, my God. I think I know who’s doing this.
[ominous music]
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