Daytime Soap Opera Short Recaps
Recap written by Michele and Cheryl
Marlena had a dream about Rachel shooting EJ. She went to the living room and told Belle to go easy on Kristen during the sentencing. Belle let her know that she planned to go easy on her. the family suffered enough. Belle wondered what kind of mother would put her daughter through the things Kristen did. Marlena stopped Belle from ranting about Kristen. Belle wondered if her mother suspected Kristen all along. Marlena played along with her. Johnny saw EJ and coldly passed by him. EJ let him know that the jury was going to find him not guilty because of his defense. Johnny didn’t have a problem with him causing reasonable doubt, but he didn’t like what he did to Belle and Chanel. He said he would always love him, but he couldn’t have EJ in his life anymore. Johnny didn’t want EJ at the sentencing hearing. Gabi overheard Xander and Philip talking about the forged letter. Philip was shocked when he saw Xander holding the bugged pen. Xander wanted to officially make him co-CEO so Victor’s wishes would be moot if the truth came out. Philip would have the same claim to the company that he had. Xander was shocked when Philip decided to quit. He wanted to quit because they couldn’t co-exist together. Philip ate jellybeans until he choked. Xander gave him the Heimlich maneuver. He managed to save Philip. Philip wondered why he saved him. Xander felt like it was time for them to start acting like brothers.
Chanel ran into Brady and admitted that she was still sad that she and Johnny didn’t get to adopt Tate and Sophia’s baby. She still wants to adopt a child one day. After Brady left, Chanel read about a baby that was left at the firehouse. The parents missed the deadline to claim the baby so he’s officially up for adoption. EJ went to see Marlena to make sure she stayed quiet about Rachel shooting him. It killed her not to tell Brady, but she agreed to keep quiet. They regretted what was happening to Kristen. EJ told her that Johnny would have been found not guilty. Marlena knew he should have waited for the verdict, but he couldn’t risk it. He didn’t want Kristen to know that Johnny would have been found not guilty. Johnny joined Belle and Kristen in the judge’s chambers. He asked the judge to give Kristen a lighter sentence. The judge read a statement from EJ asking for a lighter sentence for Kristen too. Brady walked into the courtroom and asked the court to do what was best for his daughter. He wanted the judge to give her the maximum sentence. Kristen jumped up and said she did that for Rachel. She lied and said that she did it to show Rachel how to take responsibility. Kristen expressed remorse and apologized to Johnny for what happened. The judge reached her verdict. She gave Kristen six years. Gabi went to Tony with her recording. Tony felt like he recording would invalidate the takeover allowing the DiMeras to reclaim what belonged to them. He wanted to wait before the truth came out. Tony wanted it to have the best effect. Gabi didn’t think they should wait, but she understood. She wanted to make sure that Tony remembered their end of the bargain. Gabi wanted to make sure that he made her CEO.
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