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Chloe almost persuades Nick to fight for Sally until Nick sees Sally having lunch with Adam at the Athletic club.

Michael tells Victor he is going to represent Claire at her arraignment today. Victor isn’t happy because he thinks Claire is conning everyone. Michael tells Claire that she needs to plead guilty at her arraignment today. Nikki agrees with Victor and tells Victoria she thinks Claire is going to get out of jail and reunite with Jordan and come after the family again. Jordan calls the police tip line and tells them that the evil woman who hurt the Newmans is at the Southside motel.

Victor and Victoria don’t want to leave Nikki alone at the Newman ranch but Nikki tells them that she will be okay. Once Victor and Victoria leave the house Nikki starts to drink.

Jordan checks into the Athletic Club wearing a blonde wig that is styled the same way her sister Eve used to style her hair.

Sally decides to have dinner with Adam since their lunch went well.

Christine is jealous when she sees Phyllis come back into Society to have lunch with Phyllis. Christine asks Danny if they can talk before he has lunch with Phyllis. Danny tells Christine that he enjoyed their date and he hopes they can have another date. Danny and Christine kiss which makes Phyllis jealous.

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Daniel tells Heather that Lily is out of town visiting Mattie, so Heather takes Daniel out to lunch to thank him for helping her find an apartment and a job.

Cole returns from Oregon with a DNA sample from Claire’s hairbrush and toothbrush so they can do a DNA test.

Michael agrees to represent Claire in her trial because he believes she needs psychiatric help, not jail time. Cole and Victoria tell Michael they will help Claire even if it turns out she isn’t their daughter.

Nikki gives Audra a general synopsis of what happened to her family in Oregon. Nikki remembers her ordeal and sneaks a drink from a flask in her purse. Nikki tells Audra she isn’t feeling well, and leaves work early. Nikki is glad that nobody is home, and she chugs vodka from the bottle. Victoria arrives, looking for Nikki and Nikki quickly swallows the vodka in her mouth, but the half full bottle of vodka is still in her hand, its a good thing Victoria hasn’t walked into the living room yet.

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Chelsea makes Billy realize that he has the same rush from this plan to defeat Tucker that he got when he was gambling. Billy thanks Chelsea for the reality check once they talk about what he wants for Christmas.

Jill tells Devon and Nate that Lily asked for a short leave of absence to help Mattie deal with the grief of losing her mentor and adviser in the fire.

Jack persuades Ashley to sell her half of her and Tucker’s company to Tucker so Jabot can tear Tucker’s company apart from the inside out. Tucker thinks that Kyle intends to give him false information about Jabot. Jill and Mamie argue because Mamie wants to help Chancellor-Winters fight Tucker but Jill thinks Mamie shouldn’t help because she doesn’t have any business experience. Ashley tells Tucker she will sell him her half of their company and she will be in touch with him about the price.

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Michael advises Phyllis to find something she loves and concentrate on it. Michael reminds Phyllis of all the good that has happened to her and tells her he is proud of her for trying to change her life.

Danny cooks pasta with his secret recipe sauce and he and Christine have a romantic dinner at Daniel’s place.

Jack figures out that Tucker wants to destroy Jabot from the inside out and then use the company that he and Ashley bought to take over Jabot. Jack tells Ashley that he has teamed up with Jill to stop Tucker and he needs for her to sell Tucker her half of the company they bought together.

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Devon and Lily tell Nate that he can come back to Chancellor-Winters on a provisional basis. Devon later tells Nate he better not disappoint Lily again or he will be fired.

Lily gets a call from Maddie telling her that the college is on fire. Lily decides to go to Maddie’s college to be near her.

Jill wants to team up with Mamie to get Tucker out of their lives. Tucker later tells Mamie that he thinks Jill is going to fight dirty to keep her company and he doesn’t want Devon to get caught in the middle, so he is going to back off. Mamie doesn’t believe Tucker and wonders what Tucker is up to now.

Jill and Jack agree to Billy’s plan to work together to play mind games on Tucker and push him to the edge. Jill is disappointed that Billy has decided to stay at Jabot and not return to Chancellor-Winters.

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Lily and Devon reach a decision about letting Nate work at Chancellor-Winters again.

Nate tells Audra he will not help her and Tucker takeover Jabot. Nate gets a text from Devon telling him to go to Crimson Lights because he and Lily need to talk to him.

Nikki goes to an AA meeting and shares the details of how her sobriety ended. Nikki gets another call from an unknown number and when she answers the call the music plays again just like the music played at a strip club. Nikki has lunch with Victor about the strange calls and music that is played when she answers the phone. Victor asks the piano player at the jazz lounge to hear the song. Nikki hums and plays it on the piano. Victor asks the piano player if he can tell him the title of the song. The piano player tells Victor that the song is called Kittens Bounce and the song is from the swing era. Nikki tells Victor she used to dance to that song when she was a stripper.

Jordan arrives in Genoa City in disguise and gets a room at a motel just outside of town.

Victor tells Nick that years ago Eve Howard broke out of the mental hospital and tried to poison him causing him to almost miss his first wedding to Nikki.

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Lucy loves her new room at Daniel’s apartment and decides to move in right away because she is tired of living in the Athletic club. Heather assures Lily that she will try not to be in anybody’s way when she visits Lucy.

Victor and Nikki warn Devon not to trust Nate because he is a snake.

Audra asks Nate to come work with her if he doesn’t get a job at Chancellor-Winters.

Claire tells Cole and Victoria that her Aunt Jordan began telling her at five years old that the Newmans left her because they didn’t want her. Aunt Jordan always told her that she was lucky that she was there to take care of her. Claire also tells Cole and Victoria that her aunt home schooled her until she was a teenager and then enrolled her in a strict girls school. Claire also explains that her aunt told her to tell her friends that her parents were killed in a car accident. Cole tells Claire that he will get a lawyer if she agrees to get a DNA test.

Nikki gets a call, and when she answers, music plays like the music played at a strip club.

Nikki doesn’t tell Victor she fell off the wagon while she was being held captive. Nikki tells Victor she doesn’t want a drink, but she will go to a meeting later. Nikki sends Victor to get her some tea and then when he leaves to go to the kitchen she takes a drink.

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Billy tells Kyle he knows in his gut something is off with him and that he hopes he is wrong about him.

Ashley is unable to persuade Devon to pretend to forgive Tucker in hopes of preventing Tucker from going after both their companies.

Abby is unwilling to wait for Tucker’s next move and asks Devon to put her on the board of Chancellor-Winters so she can fight for their family too.

Chance decides to leave law enforcement and is considering Jill’s job offer to join Chancellor-Winters.

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Diane tells Kyle to be careful and watch his back with Tucker, but Kyle insists that he can handle Tucker.

Diane asks Summer if there is a chance she and Kyle could reconcile but Summer doesn’t think that can happen since she and Kyle have both moved on with their lives.

Tucker has a talk with Billy and implies that he has someone inside Jabot working for him. Billy later tells Jack what Tucker told him and Billy thinks the person working for Tucker is Kyle. Jack has a hard time believing Billy is right but, if it is true, Jack is going to make Tucker suffer.

Ashley tells Devon that the only way to save both their companies from Tucker is for him to forgive his father and build a relationship with him.

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Audra, Billy, and Nate begin to worry when they can’t reach Nikki, Nick, Victor, and Victoria.

Billy has a bad feeling that the Newmans are in trouble and wants to call the Oregon police. Audra and Nate persuade Billy to keep trying to reach everyone before they call the police.

Victoria and Cole continue to try and persuade Claire to give everyone the antidote to the poison. Victoria and Cole promise to help Claire because they understand that she was manipulated by Jordan.

Victor knocks the knife out of Jordan’s hand and pushes her out of the way and locks the bedroom door when he leaves the room to go downstairs with Nikki.

Claire finally decides to give everyone the antidote and Nick staggers to his phone to call the police. The police and ambulance arrive to help everyone. Claire is handcuffed and before she leaves she tells Victoria she believes that she doesn’t know her identity. The police tell Victor that Jordan isn’t anywhere upstairs, and when everyone leaves the house, the audience sees Jordan hiding in the air duct of the house.

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The entire episode takes place in Oregon at the house in Blue Lake.

Aunt Jordan tells everyone that they must sit and listen to her and Claire and if they listen maybe after they hear the story then they will have to persuade her and Claire to give them the antidote to the poison which will soon kill them. Claire tells Cole and Victoria that she is their daughter Eve which Victoria gave away because she didn’t want a baby to interfere with her life. Aunt Jordan tells Cole that she is his aunt and she wants to get revenge on Victor because she thinks Victor caused the death of his mother Eve. Cole isn’t sure if Jordan is his aunt because he only met his aunt. His mother and Aunt Jordan didn’t get along well. Cole and Victoria explain to Claire that baby Eve died because she was born prematurely and Cole was there when baby Eve took her last breath. Aunt Jordan claims she switched the babies the day Eve was born to make the Newmans pay for taking her sister away from her.

Nikki is upstairs hallucinating that Victor is telling her to fight to live and take the IV of Vodka out of her hand. Nikki manages to take the IV out of her hand and drops the IV pole. Victor and Nick hear the noise. Nikki also hallucinates Claire telling her she will never get out of that room. Everyone downstairs is getting weaker because of the poison. Claire is confused and hurt because her aunt lied to her. Jordan tells Claire not to believe Cole and Victoria because they will say anything to stay alive. Cole and Victoria tell Claire that if she gives them the antidote they will help her find out if she really is their daughter.

Nick grabs Jordan so Victor can go upstairs and look for Nikki. Victor finds Nikki and manages to open the door to the bedroom. Jordan heads upstairs with Nick right behind her. Nick grabs Jordan to keep her from stopping his dad from rescuing his mom. Jordan stabs Nick with a big knife and then goes upstairs to stop Victor and Nikki from leaving the bedroom. Victor and Nikki are about to leave the bedroom when Jordan arrives, points the knife at them, and says
“Where do you think you are going?”

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