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This is a special stand-alone episode celebrating the 30th anniversary of Joshua Morrow playing the role of Nick Newman on the show.

Faith returns home to see her family before going on a trip to Europe with her friends. Faith is upset because Moses broke up with her because he thinks that they got together too young and they should see other people. Faith tells Nick and Sharon she won’t fall in love again. Faith asks Nick and Sharon their entire love story both the good and the bad parts of their relationship.

Mariah and Tessa arrive to see Faith and stay to hear the love story.

The audience is shown clips of Sharon and Nick’s relationship.

The episode ends with Nick at the Newman Ranch looking at a picture of Victoria and having memories of times with his sister. Nick also remembers important times with his mom and dad and he thanks Victor and Nikki for everything they taught him and he tells them he is proud to be their son.

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Katie has a rough time accepting Claire into the family because the kids at school think Claire is crazy and dangerous. Katie tells Victoria that Claire isn’t a part of her family and she can’t force her to like Claire. Claire talks to Kyle about her problem with Katie and he advises her to give Katie some time to get used to her. Kyle talks to Claire about his problems at work and she thinks he should look for another job.

Victor wants to meet with Kyle and offers him the job as Co-CEO running Glissade with Audra.

Billy falls into Lily’s trap and agrees to undo the Chancellor-Winters merger. Lily tells Billy she will run Abbott-Chancellor with him. Billy has a video call with Jill who doesn’t believe Lily wants to undo the merger.

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Claire meets Johnny and Katie for the first time in person, because up to now, she had only talked to them through video calls. Claire answers Johnny’s questions about her time in the psychiatric ward of the hospital as well as growing up with her Aunt Jordan.

Katie is upset that their house burned down, and all their things are gone because of Claire’s Aunt Jordan.

Abby is upset that nobody in the Abbott family bothered to tell her about Ashley’s DID or called her to participate in the intervention for Ashley. Abby is tired of her entire family treating her like a child instead of an adult. Billy tells her everything Jack and Traci did to make sure Ashley got treatment.

Abby talked to her mother on the phone last night, but she and Devon decide to go to Paris and wait until Ashley is ready to see her.

Daniel and Lily come to an agreement that Chancellor-Winters can keep the Princess Louisa game and market it as a classic game. Lily tells Daniel that the sales from the game will be put into a college fund for Lucy.

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Audra figures out that Tucker is faking his heart attack to buy some time so he can stop the takeover of Glissade. Tucker finds out Jack is in Paris to check on Ashley and also take over Glissade. Tucker talks to Jack who tells him he isn’t in Paris to take over Glissade. Tucker’s assistant Dawn tells him that the detectives have been unable to find any information with which to blackmail any of the Glissade board. Tucker tells Audra she has won, she has Glissade.

Nikki has a long talk with Victoria and persuades her to be her second-in-command at Newman Media so she can concentrate on her sobriety.

Victor talks to Adam who tells him that he has to turn down being CEO of Newman Media because he has to concentrate on Connor and helping his son deal with his OCD. Adam tells Victor he will consider helping him if he tells him the name of the company with which he wants to go to war.

Nikki and Victoria talk to Victor about both of them running Newman Media but he tells them he doesn’t want them to do that because he wants Adam to be the CEO of Newman Media.

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Victor wants Victoria to go back to work but she doesn’t want to go back to work yet because she wants to concentrate on her family.

Victor wants to put Adam back at Newman Media. Adam, Nick, and Victoria think that this is a bad idea because all the changes would destabilize the company.

Nikki wants Victoria to take her place at Newman Media until she returns in a few months. Nick thinks that his mom’s idea is much better for the company.

Nikki wonders if Victor is trying to punish her because she relied on Jack as her sponsor.

Michael tells Cole to do what Victor asked him to do until he can figure out what Victor is planning to do.

Cole asks Victoria to go out to dinner with him.

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Billy tries one more time to persuade Lily to add Abbott to the Chancellor-Winters name. Lily wants to tell Devon about Jill’s heart condition because, if he knew about it, he would not object to adding Abbott to the company name. Billy refuses to tell Devon because he already broke Jill’s confidence by telling her about Jill’s heart condition.

Lily refuses to run the company with Billy and relegate Devon and Nate to a lesser position.

Diane tells Nikki to rely on her own husband instead of leaning on Jack.

Victor tells Kyle that there is always a place for him at Newman Enterprises. Diane and Jack tell Kyle to stop undermining her at work.

Audra tells Tucker that she has heard that he loves her and he is ready to move on before but she knows she will never come first with him. Tucker asks his assistant to tell the Glissade board of directors she wants to work with Audra to see if she can find out the identity of the secret investor.

Audra calls Victor to tell him everything is all set for the takeover of Glissade tomorrow.

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Summer tells Chance that she is considering having an official custody arrangement with Kyle because she is feeling like a part-time mom to Harrison. Chance suggests she talk to Kyle first before she considers going to court and making official custody arrangements for Harrison.

Cole and Victoria go out to dinner and agree they feel a connection, but they are not sure if they have feelings for each other again or if they are just connected because of Claire.

Mariah and Claire bond over similar childhood experiences.

Kyle and Claire talk about mystery novels and how she has the ability to figure out the identity of the criminal before she has finished reading the book.

Tucker tells Audra about Ashley’s illness and what Ashley went through with Martin. Tucker tells Audra that he has let go of Ashley now that he knows she is getting treatment. Tucker tells Audra he loves her and will give her Glissade since she wants it so much. Audra tells Tucker that she persuaded the board of Glissade to accept a buyout from an anonymous investor and he will soon be out of Glissade.

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Summer agrees to consider hiring Chloe as Sally’s second-in-command to help her finish the fashion line for Marquetti on time. Sally is happy that Summer really likes how she is finishing Chelsea’s work on the fashion collection.

Claire, Kyle, and Harrison spend the day at the park.

Summer later tells Kyle that she is jealous because Harrison bonded with Claire so quickly but she is glad to see Harrison so happy again.

Victoria accepts Cole’s invitation to dinner and Cole is nervous about their date.

Nikki and Nick try to persuade Victoria to work at Newman Media because Adam will never leave Newman Media if he returns to the company.

Victor tells Adam he needs Newman Media to destroy an enemy and he needs someone at Newman Media who is as ruthless as he is but Adam is forbidden from telling the family what Victor just told him.

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This is the second episode centered on Ashley in Paris.

Martin chloroforms Ashley and takes her upstairs and is about to lock her into a room but she screams. Traci and Tucker, who are downstairs talking, rush upstairs to help Ashley. Alan arrives and asks his brother to let go of Ashley. Alan tries to persuade Martin to get help for his illness, but he says he isn’t sick. The two twin brothers have a physical struggle and they both fall over the balcony. Martin dies but Alan is okay because he landed on top of Martin when they both fell over the balcony.

Ashley tells Alan and Traci that she has a feeling that Martin did something terrible to her that night in September. Ashley can identify her three alters. Alan thinks that Ashley suffered a childhood trauma that created her alters and the trauma with Martin brought out her alters to protect her. Ashley decides to go to a clinic that specializes in her disorder to continue the work she needs to do to get healthy.

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This episode is all about Ashley working with Alan to try and remember what happened that night with Alan’s twin brother Martin that caused her so much trauma she created alters to protect her.

Alan suggests that Ashley try hypnosis to try and remember what happened that night. Ashley remembers she met Martin at the bar and they had a glass of wine and talked about her argument with Tucker. Martin tells Ashley that he wants her to go to his apartment to look at a new painting that he just bought.

Ashley decides to go to Alan’s apartment to see if she can have more memories. Alan, Ashley, and Traci arrive at Alan’s apartment where Alan hypnotized Ashley again even though Traci thinks she should stop to rest. Ashley hears a chime on her phone and sees Tucker called. Ashley hears his message about seeing Alan on the street and Alan didn’t recognize him. Ashley calls Tucker back and he tells her he has seen Alan on the street twice and he didn’t recognize him at all. Tucker asks Ashley if she needs help. Ashley tells Tucker she is fine and hangs up the phone. Tucker can’t shake the feeling that Ashley needs help and keeps thinking about the phone conversation that he just had with Ashley. Ashley tells Alan and Traci that Alan is in Paris.

Ashley is more determined than ever to remember what happened, so she tells Traci to go make some coffee while she gets hypnotized again. Ashley fights to keep control as Ms. Abbott tries to come out and protect her. Alan hypnotizes Ashley again and she remembers that Martin wanted her to recreate the fight with Tucker and he would play the role of Tucker so she could tell Tucker what she wanted to say when they had the argument. Ashley remembers that Martin was the one who was violent with her, not Tucker, and must have confused Tucker and Martin in her mind. Alan is happy that he was able to figure things out and that he was able to beat his brother.

Ashley is confused but then she realizes she is talking to Martin not Alan.

Ashley tries to get away, but Martin grabs her and puts his hand over her mouth.

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Devon tells Aunt Mamie that if she is really serious only wanting to unite the family she will sell her stake in Chancellor-Winters to him so all the office tension will stop.

Billy tells Lily that Jill has a problem with her heart and that is why he feels like he needs to put the Abbott name on the company to honor her contribution to the company. Billy asks Lily not to tell anyone about Jill’s illness. Billy asks Lily to help him persuade Devon and the board to add the Abbott name to the company. Chelsea tells Billy that he should concentrate on spending time with Jill and not worry so much about putting the Abbott name on the company.

Adam and Chelsea are heartbroken when Connor cancels a visit with them at the last minute because OCD made him think he didn’t deserve to be happy because his parents were going to visit him. The thoughts Connor was having made him punch himself in the face. Connor stopped himself before he hurt himself any further and asked a nurse to help him. Connor’s doctor thinks it’s a good sign that Connor was able to stop his OCD behavior. Adam and Chelsea can’t stand to think that their son is in so much pain that he would punch himself in the face. Adam and Chelsea wonder if this treatment is going to help Connor’s OCD.

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Summer admits to Chance that she is jealous of the bond Kyle and Harrison have developed with Claire. Summer explains to Chance that she feels left out of Harrison’s life.

Kyle tells Mariah he doesn’t have a crush on Claire. he just thinks Claire is good for Harrison.

Alan tells Ashley and Traci he has a twin brother who is a sociopath and is very violent when he doesn’t take his medication. Alan thinks that the trauma that caused Ashley’s DID was caused by something his brother did to her and they must figure out what his twin brother did to Ashley that day.

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Jack tells Nikki he can’t be her sponsor anymore and she tells him she understands and she tells him that she will find another sponsor.

Victor is not happy that Nikki intends to maintain her friendship with Jack.

Summer gives Sally the job as interim creative director of Marquetti while Chelsea’ takes a leave of absence to concentrate on Connor.

Victor fires Michael because he thinks Michael betrayed him when he tried to take Jordan out of the cellar and turn her to the police without his knowledge.

Jack walks in on another argument between Diane and Kyle because Diane thinks that Kyle disobeyed her orders again.

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