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Days of Our Lives Transcript

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Roman: You know what, i can’t think of a better way to ring in the new year than with good food and great company.

Kayla: Neither can I.

Kate: Well, I think it’s just about that time. So, what do you say?

Roman: Start it.

Kate: Okay. Ten…

Nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.

Roman: Oh!

All: Happy new year!

Roman: Muah!

[Both laugh]

Steve: Don’t worry, sweetness, it’s still me. Not marlena, definitely not the devil. Oh, I’m sorry. Too soon to joke about it?

Kayla: Kind of.

Steve: Oh, baby. Come here, come here. Come back, come here.

Kate: [Laughs]

[“Auld lang syne” jazz cover]

John: Happy new year, doc.

This is going to be our best year ever.

Marlena: Thanks to you, we have this year and many more to come. You know, I wouldn’t be here without your love.

John: No, doc, you wouldn’t be here without the love of your entire family.

Sami: So, what are you thinking?

Lucas: I was just thinking that this is going to be a really great year… if you meant what you said.

Sami: Yeah. I meant it, every word. I’m done with ej for good, and I wanna be with you… if you’ll have me.

Allie: Happy new year.

Tripp: Happy new year. And happy new year.

[Chuckles]

Chanel: At least for you guys, it’s happy.

Allie: I thought johnny was going to be down in time to toast with us.

Chanel: That’s what he said, but obviously he’s not here, so whatever’s keeping him must be more important than his first kiss on new year’s eve with his wife.

[Ominous music]

Demon johnny: Happy new year, salem. You didn’t think you were getting rid of me that easily, did you? Oh, marlena, I can’t wait to see the look on your face when you find out I haven’t gone anywhere. And I can promise you, as well as anyone else who thought i was gone for good, it’s gonna be a hell of a new year.

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.

[Soft orchestration]

Lucas: What do you mean “if I’ll have you”? Of course I’ll have you. I love you. You know how much I love you. You’ve always known that.

Sami: Right, but I just kept pushing you away.

Lucas: But this time is different. I mean, it is different, isn’t it?

Sami: It is different, okay? I–I know what I want now.

Lucas: All right, just to be clear, all right, you’re not kissing me and making big plans because you’re frustrated that ej kidnapped you, right? I mean, this is about us. It’s about you and me. It’s not about payback or–or revenge or–or the clock striking midnight. Okay, that was a really good answer. But–but listen to me, please. I was 100% in when we started this, when we reconnected. And you were ashamed. You were humiliated. You didn’t wanna tell anybody, and you told me you never wanted it to happen again, and now here you are.

Sami: Yeah, well, I’m all in now, okay? I just felt guilty, so guilty, for cheating on ej that it just blinded me to the truth… that I love you and I respect you, and–and you respect me, and that is so important to me. Okay? You’re my soulmate, and you always have been.

Lucas: I know that, i believe that, but do you believe that? Or are you going to go running back to ej again like you always do? And–and then he becomes your soulmate all of the sudden. Then what happens to me? What happens to me? I’m left nursing a broken heart again because of you?

Kayla: Uh, kate, I’m–I’m glad that you’re celebrating with us tonight.

Kate: So am I. It’s–it’s nice to be included.

Kayla: Well, it’s no secret that you and I have had our differences, but you make my brother happy, and so I am happy for both of you.

Kate: Well, that’s very gracious of you.

Roman: Yes, it is. It means a lot, little sis.

Steve: How about another toast?

Kayla: Yes.

Steve: To a better year for all of us.

Kate: Ah, here, here.

Roman: Yeah, here, here.

Kate: Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes.

Kayla: And to philip being found.

Steve: Yeah.

Roman: Speaking of which, i have business for black patch. I’m hoping I can hire you to… find kate’s son.

Allie: Maybe johnny still hasn’t forgiven me for being a jerk about you guys getting married.

Chanel: No, you heard him, it’s all good. And I know he’s really glad you guys came over to make peace.

Tripp: Maybe it’s just that he’s still not feeling well.

Chanel: Yeah, yeah, it could be that he’s sicker than he let on. You know what, I–I–I’m going to go check on him.

[Dark ambient music]

[Eerie notes]

Demon marlena: Whoa! No!

John: Doc? Doc?

Marlena: John?

John: Doc, is it really you, honey?

Marlena: It’s me. It’s me. You saved me. You all–you all saved me.

Demon johnny: That sanctimonious family and all their drivel about love. Well, they may have driven me out of marlena but her grandson is all mine now, and he and i pick up right where marlena and I left off.

[Maniacal laughter] Ah… this is the sound of nature breathing.

[Ominous music]

Chanel: Johnny? Hey. Hey, are you all right?

Johnny: Uh, yeah, yeah. Fine.

Chanel: Okay, good. I–I was afraid that you still weren’t feeling well.

Johnny: No, no, no, I’m– I’m–I’m–I’m totally fine now. It just, uh, took me a while to get dressed. How do I look?

Chanel: You look great. And that suit! That suit is fire. But johnny, you missed the midnight toast and our kiss.

Johnny: What? Is it–it’s that–it’s that late already? I’m sorry, I must have, uh, lost track of time. But, um, nothing says that you and I can’t have our new year’s moment right now. Happy new year, mrs. Dimera.

Kate: You don’t need to hire steve to–to look for philip.

Steve: Well, actually I’m already on the case.

Kate: So, what does that mean? That someone else hired you to look for philip?

Steve: I got a call from brady earlier today, and he wants me to track kristen down.

Roman: What’s that got to do with philip?

Steve: Brady and chloe believe that kristen framed brady for philip’s murder. Now, if that’s true and I can track her down, she might have the answers we’re looking for.

Sami: I know this seems out of nowhere, and I know that i can be impulsive, but lucas, I–I promise you this time it’s different, okay?

Lucas: God, I hope so.

Sami: I know so. I do. I finally see ej for who he really is. It’s what you’ve been saying to me all along. And now that I’ve seen it, I can’t unsee it. I mean, he’s the kinda man who would kidnap me and throw me in a–a locked room for months. I couldn’t see my family. I couldn’t see all the people that I love. I can’t love someone who would do that to me.

[Tense music]

I’m gonna get you back, ej. Whatever it takes. Gabi? Is anyone home?

[Gasping] Lucas? What’s wrong?

Trelegy for copd.

Steve: So the theory is that kristen is so mad at brady for ending things with her, she staged the whole thing.

Kate: There was so much blood.

Roman: Yeah, but, you know, whatever kristen was guilty of in the past, you know, her, uh–generally her M.O. Was not to kill. She’s more into hiding people.

Steve: That’s true. And that’s why I think that kristen is holding philip prisoner somewhere while this thing plays out.

Kate: So you believe that philip’s still alive?

Steve: That’s the premise I’m working off of. And I’ll do everything I can to bring him home to you.

Roman: You okay?

Kate: I’m–I’m sorry, I just–it’s–it’s–it’s just a lot to absorb.

[Sighs] Do you–do you mind if we just call it a night?

Kayla: Of course not.

Kate: Thank you.

Kayla: It was great to see you…

Roman: Okay.

Kayla: And happy new year.

Roman: Yeah.

Kayla: I love you.

Roman: I love you. Take good care, baby sis.

Kayla: Yep. Kate.

Kate: Thank you.

Steve: Happy new year, man.

Roman: Happy new year buddy.

Steve: Okay. Kate, if philip’s alive, I’ll deliver him to you personally.

Roman: [Exhales] Well, that’s great news. If anybody can find philip, steve can.

Kate: Steve’s not going to find philip.

Roman: You don’t know that for sure.

Kate: I do know it. I know exactly what happened to philip, and I know exactly where he is.

[Soft music]

Allie: This is the best new year’s I’ve had in a really, really long time, maybe ever.

Tripp: Me too.

Allie: But I am wondering what happened to chanel and johnny?

Tripp: If johnny really is sick, maybe I should go check on him.

Allie: He seemed fine before. Maybe we should give them their privacy.

Tripp: Well, that would give us a little more time to celebrate on our own.

Chanel: Hello. What are you doing?

Johnny: I’m trying to make love to my wife. Can you think of a better way to ring in the new year?

Chanel: No, but you’re the one who invited allie and tripp to stay to share a midnight toast that you never showed up for.

Johnny: Oh, yeah. Right, uh…sorry, I–I must have forgot.

Chanel: Are you sure you’re okay?

Johnny: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Fine. So, what do you say we go celebrate this new year?

Lucas: Wrong? There’s nothing–nothing wrong, not at all. I mean, do you have any idea how long I’ve been waiting for this moment?

Sami: [Chuckles] Oh!

[Laughs]

Lucas: This is gonna be the best year ever. It’s gonna be a great year.

Sami: Yeah, it is. And I’m so glad, lucas. I’m just so happy I know that i can trust you, I know you’re gonna be honest with me. You are the best man I know.

Lucas: Well, don’t make me out to be a saint, because I’m not, so…

Sami: I know you’re not a saint, but you are my rock. You were there for me during the whole allie situation. I mean, oh, my god, that whole thing that happened with charlie dale? You kept me sane.

Lucas: Well you plead guilty to a crime you didn’t commit, so, eh, not so sane there.

Sami: Yeah, well, maybe sane is a relative term. But then when we were locked together in that dimera dungeon I really thought we were going to die, and–and you were there for me, you comforted me, made love to me. And like an idiot, I still went back to ej. I’ve wasted so much time, and i don’t wanna waste another second.

Lucas: All right, so, what does that mean? What are you saying?

Sami: I wanna leave salem. Now.

Get ready. It’s time for

the savings event of the year.

Roman: [Chuckles] So philip framed brady for his own murder? And that’s why you’ve been holed up in your room? You were hiding philip?

Kate: Yes. Yes, I was. And now victor and I are doing everything we possibly can to get him the help he needs.

Roman: Yeah, well, I’m–I’m all for philip getting help, all right, but are you sure this is the way? There are a lot of people worried about philip, mourning him even. Are you really okay with letting those people think that philip is dead?

Kate: Roman, I am so sorry about it. I really, really am. But…philip is my number one priority, and it’s just a decision I had to make.

Roman: Yeah, a decision you didn’t think you could come to me with?

Kate: Roman, I just didn’t wanna burden you with it. I didn’t wanna force you to lie.

Roman: Kate, listen to me–

[Sighs]–You could’ve told me. You, your well-being, that is my priority.

Kate: Well, you know now along with lucas and–and victor.

Roman: Yeah, would you have told me had I not asked steve to look for philip? Or did that force your hand?

Kate: Roman I feel so guilty about not telling you, I–i really, really do, but you know now, you know, and I–I can’t tell you what a relief it is to me, because now we can go into the new year and there are no secrets between us, none. But please, I have to ask you not to tell anyone about this, because if you do, philip and i could be in a world of trouble.

Marlena: Mmm, you know, I’ve never felt safer than I do right now.

John: Mmm.

Marlena: I love you so much.

John: Only half as much as i love you, doc.

[Knocking on door] Oh, brother.

Marlena: What? What?

[Laughter]

John: Coming! Coming!

Marlena: That better be a pizza.

John: Coming.

Steve: Happy new year!

Kayla: Happy new year!

Steve: Hope we’re not stopping by too–too late.

Kayla: We were driving by, and we saw the light on, and we thought we’d like to say happy new year in person.

John: Never too late for you–we’re just enjoying a quiet little celebration at home. Get in here, get in.

Kayla: How are you doing?

Marlena: Um–oh. Oh–[Chuckles]

Kayla: [Chuckles]

Marlena: I’m glad you’re here. You know, john has been filling me in on some of the things that happened, and, uh, I just owe you such a huge apology.

Kayla: You don’t owe us anything. As a matter of fact, you’ve already apologized so many times.

Marlena: I couldn’t apologize enough. You know, as I said, john was filling me in on stuff and some of it I remember, and there are so many things that I’ve clearly never realized or–or forgotten. Maybe it’s a very good thing that I’ve forgotten those.

Allie: Well, since johnny and chanel are so occupied, maybe we should just head home.

Tripp: Hm.

Johnny: You don’t wanna ring in the new year with your favorite brother?

Tripp: Oh, there you guys are. We were starting to worry.

Allie: Wow, where did you get the suit?

Tripp: Yeah, that is some kinda sartorial statement.

Johnny: Well, chanel and i just got back from the fashion capital of the world. What better souvenir? Except maybe this.

Chanel: [Laughs]

Allie: Well, you seem to be feeling better.

Johnny: Like a million euros, so, uh, let’s get on with the celebrating, shall we?

Allie: Yeah better late than never.

Johnny: Yeah, sorry about that, uh, memory lapse. I totally spaced on the toast thing, um…

Tripp: Hey, nah, I’m glad to see you made a speedy recovery.

Johnny: Absolutely. Nah, it’s just jet lag. Uh, but what better way to cure some jet lag than celebrating with my loved ones? Wife?

Allie: I’d like to make a toast.

Johnny: Ooh, can I stop you there before…

Allie: Okay, very funny. To two of my favorite people in the world, my brother and my sister-in-law, which is so weird to say, but I will get used to it. I wanna apologize again for being a jerk. I love you both so much, and i sincerely hope that you guys have a very long and very happy marriage.

Chanel: [Chuckles]

Johnny: Brava. Salud.

Lucas: Hold on, hold on, uh, of course I wanna be with you. I would do anything to be with you. But why do we have to move? We live here. Our family’s here. Our daughter’s here. Our grandchild?

Sami: Yeah but this is about you and me right now. We should be able to be together with no distractions.

Justin: As in ej you mean?

Sami: Well, yes, fine, ej. I mean, he’s out on bail. When he finds out that we’re together, he could come after you the same way he came after me.

Lucas: Fine, let him come after me, I don’t care. I can handle ej. I don’t sweat it.

Sami: I know that you can. I’m just saying, we don’t have to put up with him, right? We could go to europe if we want to. We’re adults, we can do whatever we want. We could go to phoenix and visit will and sonny and ari. We could buy a house somewhere out west.

Lucas: Wait a minute, you wanna buy a place?

Sami: Yeah, sure, why not? But you know what, I don’t care where we are, lucas, as long as I’m with you.

Lucas: As long as we’re not here, you mean.

Sami: You know what we could say goodbye to everyone first thing tomorrow morning and be gone before ej even realizes what happened. What do you say?

Woman: Life’s been hard enough.

Roman: Kate… I would never wanna do anything to hurt you, but if brady went to jail?

Kate: No, no, no, no, no. That won’t happen. After victor and I rescinded the document we signed to declare philip dead, it forced trask to drop the charges against brady. So brady’s free, philip’s getting the help he needs, and victor and me and lucas and you are now the only ones who know that philip’s alive.

Roman: Yeah. I just wish the people who care about philip could know the truth too, just for their own peace of mind.

Kate: It’s too risky.

Roman: Yeah. Yeah, I know that, yeah. I’m just glad you trust me enough to open up to me like this.

[Sighs] You’re a mother who is just trying to protect her son, and I definitely get that. So, yes, kate… I promise. I will keep your secret.

[Solemn music]

Marlena: You know, what– what I–what I do know about the havoc that I wreaked just terrifies me. And I don’t know how I ever apologize for putting tripp in a–in a coma or–or–or what i did to you.

Steve: No tripp’s just fine.

Kayla: And-and I’m fine too. It was a–it was a simple bump on the head, nothing more. I’ll tell you what really shocked more, was when…

[Suspenseful music]

Marlena: Was when what?

Kayla: Never mind, you know, I really shouldn’t have brought it up.

Marlena: No, it’s all right. You were shocked when…what?

Kayla: When you kissed me.

Marlena: When I what?

Chanel: I’m so happy you came over, horton.

Allie: I wasn’t sure how you guys would feel about us just showing up, but I felt horrible for going off on you and johnny and the way that I did, so i had to come over and make things right.

Johnny: This just sealed the deal.

Allie: Well, I’m just happy everything’s cool with us again. You too, dupree.

Tripp: Is that still your name or, uh, are you a dimera now?

Chanel: Mmm, I do love being mrs. Dimera.

Johnny: Yeah but it’s such a hassle to change your ids and–

Chanel: Not for a woman in love.

Allie: Well, whatever you decide, I’m still going to call you dupree, because dimera just doesn’t have the same ring.

Johnny: Well, I don’t care what anybody calls her, as long as I can call you “wife.”

[Clears throat]

Chanel: Are you sure you’re feeling okay? You still seem a little off.

Johnny: Busy few weeks. I’m just–just tired.

Tripp: Are you sure? I can–I can check you out.

Johnny: Uh, no, no, it’s fine. Just–like I said, just, uh–

[Exhales]–A little jet lag. A little sleep’s all I need, especially with my beautiful wife next to me.

Allie: All right, well, I’m going to take that as our cue to go.

[Laughs] You do know how lucky you are, right?

Johnny: I do.

Allie: And you do know how brave you are, right?

[Both laugh]

Tripp: Well, congratulations you guys. I can’t think of a better way to start the new year than mr. And mrs. Dimera.

Johnny: Thanks.

Tripp: Happy new year.

Johnny: You too. And now this is the first time all year that I have had my wife all to myself.

Chanel: [Chuckles]

Lucas: It–it–it sounds amazing.

Sami: Fantastic, now let’s get you packed, we gotta go.

Lucas: But wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

Sami: What? What?

Lucas: We need to think this through a little bit, you know?

Sami: What is there to think about?

Lucas: I–I just think we’re going too fast is all.

Sami: Too fast?

Lucas: Yeah.

Sami: Lucas, you and I have known each other for more than half of our lives. I love you, you love me. What’s stopping us? What’s stopping you?

Lucas: Nothing, nothing is stopping me.

Sami: Nobody knows you better than I do, lucas roberts and that is definitely your “something’s bothering you” face. What is it?

Lucas: And despite all the pain that ej’s put her through, she’s–she’s not ready to give up on him yet.

Allie: I just don’t get that. I mean, she’s put up with so much mistreatment from him, but to kidnap her? I mean, to keep her locked away against her will for all that time? It’s–it’s just cruel. Sadistic, really. I don’t know about mom, but i will never forgive him for it.

Sami: Okay, look I know it’s hard, but we can’t screw this up again, okay? If this is going to work, we have to be honest with each other, both of us. And I know it’s sometime really hard, but we’re going to do this right, okay? So, lucas… what’s bothering you?

Plaque psoriasis, the tightness, stinging…

Marlena: So…

[Chuckles] I kissed you? I don’t–I don’t under–what– how did that happen?

Steve: Well, um, the devil transformed into me, and then–

Kayla: And as soon as the kiss was over, he transformed back into you.

Marlena: Well, that’s a good thing, hm?

Kayla: Like I said, I–i shouldn’t have brought it up.

Marlena: No, no, it–that’s all right. It’s fine.

[Chuckles] I just have always thought of myself as enlightened, and… this is a first.

Kayla: For me too.

[Chuckles]

Steve: Are these two just friends?

Kayla: Oh would you stop it? Honestly.

Steve: I’m sorry. Kayla thinks it’s too soon to joke about it.

Marlena: Well, I’m glad we can talk about it, you know, just as adults, talk about what happened and be open and frank with each other, and, uh, you know, if it’s awkward, we can even make a joke about it. So, to answer your immature and insensitive question…

John: [Chuckles]

Marlena: No, we’re just friends.

John: [Chuckles]

[Laughter]

Steve: Well…okay.

[Light music]

Tripp: Hey. Hey, how’s henry?

Allie: He’s sleeping like an angel.

Tripp: Well, I hope you aren’t too sleepy.

Allie: What did you have in mind? That’s exactly what I was thinking.

Tripp: Mm, that’s good to know. Maybe we can keep this celebration going all day tomorrow.

Allie: And miss the bowl games?

Tripp: Aww, you’re right, you’re right, I did promise henry I’d watch the parades with him.

Allie: You’re so good to him and me.

Tripp: I might be very good to you right now.

Johnny: [Clears throat]

Chanel: Mm–okay, you are going straight to bed.

Johnny: Ooh, yes please.

Chanel: I meant sleep. But first I wanna make a toast.

Johnny: Okay.

Chanel: To our first couple of weeks as a married couple. I have never been happier.

Johnny: To making you happy every single day for the rest of our lives.

Chanel: [Gasps] Johnny, are you okay?

Johnny: [Groans]

Lucas: Listen to me, I am all for honesty. I am, it’s important. It’s–it’s very important. There’s something that you need to know–

Roman: Happy new year.

Sami: Oh!

Kayla: Are the two of you celebrating new year’s together?

Roman: Yeah what’s going on?

Sami: Well, I wanted to wish lucas actually a happy new year because I think this is going to be the best new year in a very long time for both of us…at least I hope so. What do you say, lucas?

[Tense music]

Lucas: Well, I say that, um, you guys are the lucky ones. You know, um, you’ll be the first to find out that sami and I are back together, and not only that, we’re, uh–we’re leaving salem…tomorrow.

Serena: It’s my 3:10

Roman: So, you two are back together again? Since when?

Lucas: Just now.

Sami: [Laughs]

Kate: And you’re leaving town tomorrow?

Sami: We are.

Kate: But isn’t that a little…

Lucas: Impulsive, it is.

Kate: Ah, well, that’s one word for it.

Lucas: Right, I know it might seem like that, but you know sami and I have loved each other forever. You know, we’re just uh, trying to make up for wasted time, right?

Sami: [Laughs] Just like you and kate, dad.

Roman: Yeah, well, uh, guess it runs in the family.

Sami: Kate… I hope you can be happy for us.

Kate: If lucas is happy.

Roman: Well, then I am thrilled for both of you.

Sami: Thanks, daddy.

Allie: You hear that?

Tripp: What?

Allie: Silence. Peace. Right now in this moment, everything is perfect. And after the year we had, i mean, with all the scary stuff, wouldn’t it be great if it was always like this?

Tripp: Well, then that is my new year’s resolution, to make life as perfect as I can for you.

Allie: You already do.

Marlena: I must say, for the first time in a very long time, I’m feeling relaxed and calm. Looking forward to the future, a wonderful life with the love of my life.

John: Amen to that.

Kayla: Yeah, well, I’m just, uh–I’m–I think all of us just want things to be a little less exciting around here.

[Laughter]

John: Yeah, well look–look, um, before you two go, I wanted to, uh–I wanted to thank you. Um, you know, there were times in this madness here when I–i thought that I had lost her forever. Hell, there were–there were times when I didn’t know if i was even going to survive, or any of us, but… you just need to know it was your love and support that pulled us through to the other side, so, thank you.

Kayla: Well, we’re just grateful that you’re both back.

Steve: And we thank god that the devil’s reign of terror is finally over.

[Soft music]

Chanel: May–maybe I should take you to the er.

Johnny: Uh, no, no, just, uh–it’s probably just the franciacorta going straight to my head.

[Clears throat]

Chanel: Okay. Well, if you won’t get checked out, then the sooner we get you tucked in, the better.

Johnny: You go on up, I’ll– I’ll be there in a second.

Chanel: You promise?

Johnny: Yes, I promise.

Chanel: I love you, husband.

Johnny: And I love you, wife.

Chanel: [Chuckles]

Johnny: [Sighs]

[Ominous music]

Demon johnny: Felice anno nuovo, nonno. And I promise you, your little giovanni is going to make you very proud this year.

[Chuckles]

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Jake: Ah, whoa, easy there. We don’t want shin to think you’re drinking on the job.

Gabi: It’s virgin. I will move on to something harder once we know he’s on board with the plan.

Jake: All right. Speak of the devil.

Gabi: Oh, let’s not do that.

Jake: No, no, no. It’s shin. He’s on his way from the airport.

Gabi: Oh, okay. Well, this is it. You need to sell shin on getting victor a seat on the dimera board. And then that way in return, victor will make me in charge of titan. And then in the long run, we’ll be running both companies and I will be ceo of titan. You’ll be on top of dimera.

Jake: Can I get a word in, please?

Gabi: Yeah. What?

Jake: We need a new plan.

[Knock at door]

Rafe: Yep.

Ava: Hi, rafe.

Rafe: Ava. Hey.

Ava: Hey.

Rafe: Ah, everything okay?

Ava: Yeah, I was just–I was in the neighborhood, and I thought I’d stop in, say hi.

Rafe: Well, perfect, actually, because I was just about to call you about making plans tonight.

Ava: Oh, you mean with me?

Rafe: Yeah, of course with you. Who else would I be making plans with on new year’s eve?

Ava: I just thought you might have other plans.

Sami: What did you just say?

Ej: That lucas is the one who kidnapped you.

Sami: Ej. That is crazy. What would make you even think that?

Ej: Actually, because of nicole.

Nicole: I was just spitballing. Look, I even told ej that I regretted putting that in his head because I was sure it was not lucas. And if he had thought about it–

Ej: I have. And the more I do, the more convinced I am it’s true.

Chad: How did you get into that computer?

Lucas: I just–I–I borrowed my mom’s password.

Chad: Why?

Lucas: Why? Well, as you know, your brother was arrested for kidnapping sami, and he managed to make bail. And you and I both know that he’s guilty as sin.

Chad: So what does that have to do with you sneaking in here?

Lucas: I’m not sneaking in here. Not at all. I’m extremely worried about sami right now.

Chad: Why? Sami’s back. She’s safe now.

Lucas: No, she’s back, but she’s definitely not safe.

Chad: What makes you say that?

Lucas: Ej. Ej makes me say that. You know, he–she is determined to give him the benefit of the doubt. She flat out refuses to believe that he’s the one who kidnapped her. So, you know, and now she’s gonna be in danger. And when she’s in danger, she’s gonna go back to him. But she doesn’t believe that she’s in danger. So I actually have to find the proof. That’s what I’m doing right now. I’m looking for the money trail.

Chad: So that’s why you decided to hack in. What the hell are you really up to?

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Chloe: Well, thanks for checking in, mom. No, no, they haven’t found philip. I would tell you. And every day that passes, it just becomes less hope. I know, I know. I know, positive thoughts. You’re right, but–no, I haven’t seen brady since they dropped the charges. But I really do need to get back to work. Okay. I love you. Give parker a big hug and kiss for me and dad too. I’ll keep you posted. Love you. Bye. What are you doing here? It’s a holiday.

Brady: Well, it’s a holiday for you too, yet you’re burying yourself in work.

Chloe: Yeah. Well, you know, it helps keep my mind off of things.

Brady: Yeah. Well, it’s time that I start pulling my own weight around here. I mean, I’ve been mia for a while now. In and out of the hospital, jail, I mean, helping marlena.

Chloe: How is she doing?

Brady: She’s good. She’s gonna be released from the hospital today.

Chloe: Wow. That’s a miracle, isn’t it?

Brady: It’s literally a miracle. Yeah, I just pray that that’s the last time the devil appears in salem.

Chad: Did you make these fund transfers?

Lucas: I did not. No. Look at the dates that. That was weeks ago, man.

Chad: Well, I didn’t authorize them, and nobody has access to this account except for ej and kate.

Lucas: Well, my mom hasn’t logged into those accounts in eons. It wouldn’t be her. Note the recipient and the recurring–all those payments. Look at all the payments, recurring payments. Went to the–what is this? Jason smith first bank of milwaukee, come on.

Chad: Who is jason smith?

Lucas: He’s one of the guards that held sami captive when she was a prisoner.

Chad: Well, I’m sure there’s a lot of jason smiths in wisconsin.

Lucas: Look at the account number. It’s the same thing. It’s the same one every time. I’m positive that that is the guy who was keeping sami prisoner. I know it. And this just proves it, man. This proves that your brother’s behind kidnapping sami. He stole dimera funds. He committed a crime. He thought he was gonna get away with it. He didn’t think anyone was gonna find out. He almost implicated you and your whole company, chad, you realize that?

Chad: This is unbelievable. It’s maybe a little too unbelievable.

Sami: Why would lucas kidnap me?

Ej: Why else? He wants you all to himself. And a desperate, depraved plan was his only shot.

Sami: Okay. It’s an interesting theory. But do you have any proof that lucas laid a finger on me?

Nicole: He laid more than a finger on you.

Sami: All right. That’s enough. Look, ej, we’re back together. You don’t have to go around making wild accusations.

Nicole: Excuse me? What do you mean you’re back together?

Sami: Oh, yeah. Ej and I had a good talk, and he ripped up the divorce papers.

Nicole: No, you did that, sami.

Sami: Right. No. Yes. I ripped up the first set. And it was very upsetting, but ej had more were drawn up, and then he ripped them up himself when he changed his mind about us. Oh, you hadn’t had the chance to tell her yet? Oh, this is awkward.

Brady: Chloe, I’ve been–I’ve been–I’ve been thinking about you nonstop. I’ve been worried about you.

Chloe: I’m hanging in there. It’s okay. But I’m just really relieved that trask dropped those charges against you.

Brady: Yeah. Thanks to you for going to bat for me with kate. I mean, that couldn’t have been easy.

Chloe: Well, it was worth it.

Brady: Well, I am very, very grateful to you.

Chloe: Well, like I said before, brady, I know who you are. I know your heart. I–I know that you’d never be capable of killing philip or anyone else for that matter. Oh, but all this waiting, being in limbo, not knowing if I’ll ever have answers or knowing whether philip is alive or dead, it’s just–it’s hard. You know, it’s been–it’s been really hard.

Gabi: A new plan, you came up with this, it’s genius. What are you talking about?

Jake: Gabi, she–

Gabi: No, jake, listen to me. Shin agreed to meet us here. Victor’s on board.

Jake: Victor? Victor hasn’t returned any of my phone calls.

Gabi: Because his son is missing.

Jake: Right, and maybe that’s causing him to have second thoughts.

Gabi: About taking over dimera? No, his entire family could go missing and he would not have second thoughts about that.

Jake: Can you just hear me out for a second? All right. On the way over here, I got to thinking that maybe there’s a more direct way to get what we want.

Gabi: Well, will you hurry up and tell me what it is before shin gets here?

Shin: Hello, friends.

Rafe: Why would you think that I have other plans tonight?

Ava: Well, I thought that if you had wanted to hang out with me tonight, you would have said something about it sooner.

Rafe: Yes, yes. You’re right. You know what? And I’m sorry about that. Because I was supposed to maybe have to cover for eli, but now I’m off the hook. So a little last minute, but I’m sure we could maybe get reservations somewhere and do something fun if you’re interested.

Rafe: Sure.

Ava: What do you have mind, commissioner?

Rafe: Oh, well, dinner, fireworks.

Ava: Or we can invite a couple of friends over to ring in the new year with us.

Rafe: Okay.

Ava: Of course, I only have one real friend, but she’s your friend too.

Rafe: You’re talking about–

Ava: Nicole.

Rafe: Yeah. Do you have a problem with that?

Nicole: Oh, sami. At some point, this just becomes pathetic.

Sami: Oh, I agree completely. And I think you hit that point about a thousand walks of shame ago.

Nicole: You can click your heels together and say ej wants you back as many times as you want.

Sami: He does want me back.

Nicole: Really? Then why is it just a few days ago ej said that you deluded yourself into thinking that you still had a chance?

Sami: I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that you surprised ej by showing up here. I mean, it’s not like you had new year’s eve plans. Am I right?

Nicole: He just got out of jail.

Sami: And the first call he made was to me.

Nicole: While he was arrested for supposedly kidnapping you.

Ej: Which I did not do.

Nicole: Wow. He speaks. Is that all you’re gonna say?

Sami: He had a lot more to say to me when he told me that he loved me, he can’t live without me, and that I am the one true love of his life, and nicole will do in a pinch.

Ej: That is not what I said.

Sami: It was not what he said, not those words exactly. But it was the sentiment.

Nicole: [Chuckles] Oh, my god. It’s true, isn’t it?

Ej: [Clears throat]

Lucas: Ej is definitely behind this. You know it; you saw the payments. What’s there not to believe?

Chad: Well, my brother swears he’s being framed.

Lucas: Yeah. Really? By who?

Chad: By you.

Lucas: By me? That’s totally insane. Come on.

Chad: Yeah. I thought so too. But then I left this office for a few minutes, and in that time you managed to hack into my accounts and find a smoking gun.

Lucas: I got lucky. All right?

Chad: Police didn’T.

Lucas: What?

Chad: Police. Yeah, the police. I mean, I gave them access to those very same accounts. They combed through ’em for hours, but they didn’t manage to find anything.

Lucas: Well, what can I say? They’re cops, you know, maybe they didn’t know where to look.

Chad: Yeah. Or you planted the information. And the only way you would have that information is if you were the one that paid that person who kidnapped sami. My brother was right. You did it. One of the worst things about a cold sore

Brady: If philip is missing because of kristen, chloe, all I can say to you is, I’m so–so sorry.

Chloe: It’s not your fault.

Brady: Yeah, it is. If kristen went after philip, it was only because she wanted to get back at me for leaving her or she wanted me out of the way to try to take rachel again.

Chloe: Well, a part of me really hopes it is kristen, because her specialty is making people disappear.

Brady: Yeah. Kristen could be holding philip somewhere.

Chloe: And as strange as it sounds, I’m praying for that. I just hope she has him, you know, locked up in a warehouse or wine cellar somewhere and he figures out how to escape or we find him and bring him home.

Brady: Sure, sure.

Chloe: And I remember all that blood all over your body, so–

Brady: Chloe, chloe, chloe, as much as I never wanna see kristen again, I’m gonna do everything in my power to find her, everything I can do. I owe that to philip. I certainly owe that to you.

Gabi: Mr. Shin, thank you so much for coming.

Jake: Hope you had a nice flight.

Shin: Eh, no complaints. It’s nice to see you both in this fine establishment.

Gabi: Yeah. It’s not exactly the ritz, right? But we just wanted to keep this meeting under the radar.

Shin: Well, you said it was important that we speak in person. So what is it we’re speaking about?

Jake: Just follow my lead. Mr. Shin, gabi and I are well aware that your time is valuable. So I’m gonna cut right to the chase here. We think you need to remove ej as ceo of dimera.

Shin: Well, you’ve thought that from the moment he and chad ousted you from the company.

Jake: Right. But now that he’s been arrested for kidnapping his own wife, I think we can all agree that doesn’t look very good for dimera.

Shin: Hmm. Not only do I agree, ej does as well, which is why he’s allowing chad to run the company solo until his name is cleared.

Gabi: Oh, excuse me. But what if his name is never cleared? I mean, ej’s legal battles could go on for months, even years. And the pr would be devastating. We would lose deals, clients. Stockholders would lose confidence. And jake and I, as board members, we are extremely worried about the future of the company.

Shin: Mm-hmm. We all are. And while ej was not my choice for ceo, profits have soared under his leadership.

Jake: Okay. But let’s be honest here. The economy’s hot, right? Ej’s leadership skills not so much. I mean, you’ve seen the projections for next quarter. They’re already down.

Gabi: Probably because ej is so distracted with all the drama in his personal life. I mean, it’s one tabloid story after the next.

Jake: Right. So how could he put any energy toward running dimera? I mean, he’s risking everything we’ve worked for.

Gabi: Bottom line, mr. Shin, is, he has to go.

Shin: I assume you have someone in mind to replace him. Yourself perhaps?

Gabi: Oh, yeah. Jake has been the best eo that dimera has ever had. I mean, you yourself put him there when chad resigned.

Shin: Speaking of chad, have you looped him in?

Jake: On what?

Shin: Your plan to make him collateral damage in a hostile takeover?

Chad: Admit it. You kidnapped sami.

Lucas: No, I didn’t kidnap sami. I’m the one who rescued her, remember?

Chad: Yeah, maybe you wanted to play the hero. You know, you save her life. You bring her home to her kids. That would score you a lot of brownie points.

Lucas: Why are you so damned determined to let ej off the hook after everything he did to you? The way he screwed you over? Don’t we want the same thing here?

Chad: Yeah. What’s that?

Lucas: For ej to get what he deserves, for him to be out of our lives.

Ej: Nicole, I’m sorry.

Sami: Me too. I’m really sorry. This must be humiliating for you.

Nicole: Oh, no, no, not humiliating. In fact, I’m actually grateful to be reminded of what an amoral, shallow, insensitive son of a bitch ej is. And I am done wasting my time with you. So you can have him back, because you deserve each other. And by the way, I never really wanted ej. I just wanted to make you miserable. Looks like you don’t need any help. Ej will take care of that.

Ej: Nicole–

Nicole: No, no, goodbye and good riddance. Enjoy making each other miserable for a lifetime or however long this will last again.

Sami: Happy new year.

Nicole: Don’t care. People everywhere living with

Chloe: How would you even start to look for kristen? The police have been trying for months.

Brady: Mm. Let’s just say I have methods of getting to her that the cops don’T.

Chloe: Well, please be careful, because if anything ever happened to you, I couldn’t take it.

Brady: Well, hey, hey. Kristen–kristen would never hurt me. Well, not physically anyway. I don’t think she would hurt philip either, not the way I did.

Chloe: What are you talking about?

Brady: Philip is in love with you. He has been forever. He just wanted your relationship to work. And I just made things worse, is what I did.

Chloe: That’s not true.

Brady: I think we both can admit that it is at this point. I mean, he said, “brady, you know, you had your chance with chloe, and you blew it.” And then he said, “you couldn’t accept it. So you just tried to screw up my chance at happiness with her.” And he was right. I mean, I was selfish. I was petty. And I just want to apologize to the man.

Chloe: Well, me too.

Brady: Why would you need to apologize?

Chloe: Because I knew that you and i being close drove him nuts.

Brady: Chloe, you and i are friends.

Chloe: I know that. But he also knew that you had feelings for me. And even though I tried to reassure him that that didn’t matter, that I was secure in our relationship. I guess truth is, I don’t know if I was very clear about how I felt, because I wasn’t sure about how I felt. And he might have thought–

Brady: Thought what?

Chloe: I don’t know if kate said something to philip, but–

Brady: What–what is it?

Chloe: Well, kate was under the mistaken impression that you and I had sex on this conference table.

Brady: What?

Rafe: Why are you suggesting that we have nicole over? You know that–I mean, you know she and i are trying to keep our distance.

Ava: Still?

Rafe: Well, yeah.

Ava: Come on, rafe. This is silly. All right? We are adults. I think we can handle celebrating new year’s eve with someone we both consider a good friend.

Rafe: Yeah. Well, it– but she’s also–she’s dating ej now, and I can’t stand that guy’s guts, and I really don’t want to ring in the new year with him.

Ava: Yes, but ej’s in jail.

Rafe: Oh, no. He just got out on bail.

Ava: Okay. Well, I can’t imagine that she’s gonna stay with him after that, after the terrible thing that he did.

Rafe: Well, you know, ej has done plenty of terrible things to her, and yet she’s willing to go another round.

Ava: Okay. Well, I’m sure it’s over now. I am. And honestly, I– I’m actually surprised that she ended up dating him again because she seems like she’s into the nice guys these days. You know, I’m gonna go over to basic black. I’m gonna check on her, see how she’s doing. And if all she has planned tonight is some lonely, sad night at home, you don’t mind, right, if I invite her over to join us, no?

Rafe: Of course not, no. Of course. Of course.

Ava: You’re the best.

Rafe: Yeah. You too.

Ava: Hmm. See you later.

Rafe: All right. Okay. No problem. Yep.

Ej: You didn’t have to enjoy that quite so much.

Sami: Well, it’s not my fault nicole was here. And you could have let her off the hook a lot sooner.

Ej: I’ve been a bit too busy fighting bogus felony charges. But I was going to tell her about us.

Sami: What us?

Ej: Oh, for god’s sake, would you make up your mind? Yes. No. What is it that you want?

Sami: Depends on whether or not you’re the one who kidnapped me, ej, and held me for what seemed like an eternity.

Ej: You’re just clinging to that as an excuse to push me away, because you’re upset I slept with nicole.

Sami: No, look, it wasn’t my deal that nicole was here, but that’s not about that. Ej, I just–I need you to look me in the eye and tell me you’re not the one who kidnapped me.

Ej: I didn’t kidnap you, samantha.

Lucas: This could be the final nail on ej’s coffin if you want it to be.

Chad: No, I want you to leave me the hell out of this.

Lucas: Just hear me out. Hear me out for a second, okay? All you’ve got to do is take this evidence to the police or the dimera board. And in a matter of days, you’d be running dimera solo.

Chad: Yeah. You think that if ej was gone, sami would come running back to you.

Lucas: Well, this way we both get what we want. Snacking can mean that pieces get stuck under mike’s denture.

Chad: Before I walked in here, what was your plan to get the information to sami while keeping your hands clean?

Lucas: I didn’t have a plan before I came in here. I didn’t know what I was gonna find, but maybe it’s best if you keep my name out of it. You know, maybe it’s best for both of us. You’re not saying anything. Does that mean you’re in?

Chad: I just–I need to think about it.

Jake: I never said anything about getting rid of chad.

Shin: But you were thinking it.

Gabi: Oh, mr. Shin, you know jake so well. I mean, of course you do. You’ve always been his biggest champion. If it were up to you, he’d still be running the company all on his own.

Shin: True. But a change this big, it’s–

Jake: Yeah, it’s enormous. Which is why we gotta take it one step at a time. Right? Step one, we get rid of ej as ceo.

Gabi: I mean, seems pretty easy given the circumstances.

Shin: Well, not as easy as you might think. Ej has ardent support from the board, and he’s innocent until proven guilty, which means I have no cause to fire him…yet.

Jake: Ah, yet. All right. Look, gabi and I put together a proposal. We’d like to send it your way. It’s got some stuff in it that’s gonna have you very excited. So if you could take a look at it and get back to me, that’d be great.

Shin: Of course.

Jake: All right.

Shin: Oh, I have to take this. It was lovely to see you both.

Jake: Yeah. Likewise.

Shin: I’ll be in touch.

Gabi: Mm-hmm. Better get to work on that proposal.

Jake: You were amazing.

Gabi: Well, i was–I tried my best, but I mean, my head is spinning. I mean, yours must be too. I mean, you’re going all the way up at dimera. Do not pass go.

Jake: Okay. What am I getting here? You don’t seem happy.

Gabi: Well, you know, because we’re changing things now. We’re not going after titan. Just makes me think, where does that leave me?

Rafe: Nicole.

Nicole: Oh, hi.

Rafe: Hey. Ava and i were just talking about you. Actually, she’s on her way to meet you at basic black.

Nicole: Well, I’m off today. Was it anything important?

Rafe: Oh, well, I was just telling her that ej had gotten out on bail, and she was worried about you. And have you seen him yet?

Nicole: I sure have.

Rafe: Oh, that doesn’t sound good.

Nicole: You mean that ej kidnapped sami or that he’s getting back together with her and conveniently neglected to tell me?

Ej: [Chuckling]

You believe I’m innocent

Sami: Well, you’re not doing yourself any favors by going around making wild accusations against lucas, you know. What would his motive even be?

Ej: I told you. To keep us apart.

Sami: We were already apart. You had kicked me out. You told me that you never wanted to see me again.

Ej: Perhaps he knew it wouldn’t stick. I mean, it never does, does it?

Sami: Never does. But wait, you’re forgetting. Lucas is the one who rescued me, much to your dismay.

Ej: I was not dismayed.

Sami: Well, you certainly seemed dismayed.

Ej: He happened to be standing there when you called allie for help. What other choice did he have, but to play innocent. To pivot to the role of hero and rush off to fetch you, when in truth, he would have preferred to keep you in that room indefinitely.

Sami: I just don’t buy it. He’s the father of my children. I just don’t think he would really do something like that.

Ej: I’m the father of your children too, and you think I would.

Sami: Well, the cops think you did.

Ej: Apart from the kidnappers dubious statement, there isn’t a shred of evidence against me.

Chad: I wouldn’t be so sure about that. If you’re washing with the bargain brand,

Brady: Kate thought that we slept together. Why in the hell would she think something like that?

Chloe: She said she was here for a meeting a few weeks ago and she overheard how we were talking about nicole having sex on that conference table.

Brady: Oh, no.

Chloe: Yeah. And kate jumped to the very wrong conclusion that we were talking about you and me. And I don’t know if she told philip or not, but I had to convince her that it wasn’t true.

Brady: And how did you do that?

Chloe: Oh, I had to swear on parker’s life, but if I didn’t, you could still be facing murder charges.

Brady: Well, I’m glad you smoothed that over. I mean, I know nicole did not want secret getting out. We agreed that we weren’t gonna tell anyone.

Chloe: I know, but I didn’t feel like I had much of a choice. At least, I didn’t tell kate that nicole slept with rafe.

Rafe: What a pig. I can’t believe that ej would do something like that to you. Actually, I can. I can’t actually believe that sami would take him back.

Nicole: Sure, you can.

Rafe: Nicole, I have told you so many times you deserve so much better. I know one of the reasons that you went back to ej was because of me.

Nicole: Oh, stop. You are not responsible for the latest of the many, many horrendous choices I’ve made.

Rafe: You’ve been under a lot of stress. You’re doing the best you can.

Nicole: Really?

Rafe: Yeah.

Nicole: Because I think I’m a hot mess. I cheated on the love of my life with a man I detest. I blew up my marriage and drove eric back into the priesthood for god’s sake. And I slept with you, a man who is in a committed relationship with one of my best friends. And I run to a guy who has burned me twice and is in love with a woman I hate with a passion.

Rafe: Okay. So that’s a little messy.

Nicole: You think? Okay. That’s–it’s enough. Just go enjoy your new year’s eve.

Rafe: I hate to leave you alone like this. You are upset.

Nicole: I’m fine, rafe.

Rafe: You got plans tonight?

Nicole: Well, I’m not gonna be with ej; that’s for sure.

Rafe: Yeah. Do you want to spend new year’s with ava and me?

Ej: Run a long, chad; we’re in the middle of something here.

Chad: Yeah, no, I think sami’s gonna wanna see this. I found this while I was auditi dimera’s quarterly expenses, this large recurring payment to jason smith laundered through the company and signed by your husband.

Sami: Oh, my god. You lying bastard.

Jake: Look, getting you into titan is the next step. I just figured we had such a great opening with ej’s arrest… here’s hoping it goes well.

Gabi: Where are you going?

Jake: Got a couple errands to run, but you stay here. Finish that drink, enjoy it. And hopefully we will have something to celebrate come midnight. Bye.

Gabi: Bye.

Ej: Let me see that. I never made these payments.

Chad: Well, I sure as hell didn’T.

Ej: Well, maybe kate did. She has access to that account.

Chad: Really?

Ej: Yes, really. I did not do this.

Chad: I might have believed you if all the cops had was a statement from the guy who held sami as hostage. But now we have that statement and this. I would say we have you dead to rights.

Sami: So would I. Do you have any idea what I went through in there, how horrible it was to be trapped alone, and I didn’t know where I was; I didn’t know if I was ever gonna see my family again?

Ej: I am being framed.

Sami: Right. You are trying to pin this whole thing on lucas? Do you understand he wouldn’t do something like this?

Ej: Samantha.

Sami: But I know that you would. I know that you are capable of this, and I bet you loved every minute of it. I bet you loved knowing how much I suffered and that you were the cause.

Ej: Samantha.

Sami: Just stop. Goodbye, ej, this time for real.

Limu emu… & doug

Brady: So I’m guessing you do not have plans for tonight, right?

Chloe: No, other than going home to put on some sweatpants, absolutely nothing.

Brady: Oh, do you want some company?

Chloe: I–I don’t– no, thanks.

Brady: No, thanks. Are you sure?

Chloe: Yeah. I think so.

Brady: All right. Well, if you change your mind, let me know. But I am gonna try to convince you right now to knock off early and get out of here, because it is a holiday.

Chloe: Okay? Sure.

Brady: Oh, okay.

Nicole: Oh, right. I am sure ava would just love to have me crash your new year’s date.

Rafe: It was actually her idea to invite you.

Nicole: Well, she’s a friend, and she’s just being nice, but I’m sure she doesn’t really want me there. And if she ever found out what happened between us…you know what? I just decided what my new year’s resolution is. I am swearing off men.

Rafe: Okay. That’ll last.

Nicole: Okay. You know, I get why you say that, but you watch.

Rafe: Okay. All right. Well, you know what? Good luck with that. And back to tonight, you sure you don’t wanna come over?

Nicole: Positive.

Rafe: Fine.

Nicole: You go kiss ava on new year’S. I will be at home in bed alone.

Rafe: Okay. Well, nicole, happy new year, whatever it brings.

Nicole: Same to you.

Rafe: Thank you.

Ava: There you are. Oh, duke. I’m sorry to say that this shared custody arrangement is officially over. I thought rafe was one of the good guys, that I had to be a better person for him. I thought nicole was my friend, but she’s just a two-faced whore. They completely humiliated me. I’ll tell you this, partner, oh, they are not gonna get away with it.

[Tense music]

Lucas: Please don’t look at me like that. I know what you both are thinking. How can our grandson do something so nuts? I know. I know. I get it. What I want you both to understand is, I feel unworthy being a horton after what I did to sami. I need you to understand why I did it. I had no choice. I did it for love.

Gabi: Sami? Are you okay?

Sami: No. No. I am most definitely not okay.

Gabi: Oh. Okay.

Sami: [Sobbing]

Ej: You son of a bitch.

Chad: Don’t shoot the messenger.

Ej: Oh, don’t give me ideas.

Shin: Oh, good. You’re both here.

Ej: Mr. Shin, what– what brings you by?

Shin: I have news. Ej, you’re here by removed from your position at dimera enterprises leaving your brother, chad, as the permanent sole ceo.

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Ben: [Sighs] Oh. Doug and julie are asking if we want to come over and watch the ball drop.

Ciara: Seriously? I thought that old married couples went to bed as soon as the sun went down.

Ben: Your grandparents know how to party.

Ciara: Yeah, well, with what happened there on christmas eve, I’m kind of done with all the excitement for now.

Ben: So you’re saying you want us to be the old married couple?

Ciara: What I’m saying is, I want to stay here and watch the ball drop with you and our baby.

Chanel: Hi.

Johnny: Oh, hey.

Chanel: I thought you were working out.

Johnny: Oh yeah, I–I stopped halfway through all of a sudden, I just felt like I got hit by a bus.

Chanel: Oh, no, are you feeling sick?

Johnny: Eh, it might just be jet lag, or maybe it’s the after effects of going ten rounds with il diavolo.

Chanel: As dramatic as that sounds, you’re probably just fighting a cold.

Johnny: Yeah, well, definitely fighting something. Look, I don’t think I’m gonna be very much fun tonight. Maybe you should just go ahead without me.

Chanel: Like hell I will.

Gabi: Sami, what’s–what’s wrong?

Sami: I just got proof that ej is the one who kidnapped me.

Lucas: Please, don’t look at me like that. I know what you both are thinking. “How can our grandson do something so nuts?” I know. I know. I get it. What I want you both try to understand is, I feel unworthy of being a horton after what I did to sami. I need you to understand why I did it. I had no choice. I did it for love.

Allie: You did what for love, dad?

Tripp: Yeah, I’m–I’m just getting off shift now. Yes, yes, dad, I feel fine. No, thank you for the invite, but allie and i are just gonna have a nice, quiet new year’s together. Yeah, yeah, I’m just grateful I’m not going into the new year stuck in the coma unit in jan spears’ bed. Yeah, no, I’ll be happy if my first encounter with the devil is my last.

Marlena: Oh, tripp, going down?

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Marlena: Gosh, I’m sorry that I startled you.

Tripp: Oh, no, it’s okay. It’s good to see you knowing that it’s you.

Marlena: Yes, it’s me. Look, I’m glad I ran into you. I–I’d like to apologize.

Tripp: You don’t need to do that, okay? I know that everything that happened wasn’t your fault. It was him.

Marlena: Yeah, him.

Tripp: And I have to admit that when I first heard the stories about this happening to you before, I–I didn’t believe them.

Marlena: Well, I’m not sure I would have either. Kind of a lot to take in, you know, devil possession and battle between good and evil not exactly based in science.

Tripp: Well, you’ve certainly made a believer out of me.

Both: Hey.

Jake: You don’t look like you’re getting ready for a big night out.

Ben: Oh, you’re looking at a big night out.

Jake: Come on, it’s new year’s eve and the last new year’s eve you’re not gonna have to search for a babysitter,

Ciara: Yeah, well, it’s not like I can really go out partying.

Jake: But you can still have fun, can’t you? So come on, losers, get out of that bed. Come out with me and gabi.

Gabi: Ej kidnapped you?

Sami: My husband, the man who’s supposed to love me and our children.

Gabi: Oh, why would he do that?

Sami: Revenge. Get back at me for hurting him. Who knows?

Gabi: I wish I could say he’s not capable of doing that, but he’s ej dimera, the most morally bankrupt human being on this planet.

Sami: Yeah, that’s right. Okay, let me have it. Don’t hold back.

Gabi: Look, I get it. I’ve done some terrible things in my life, but I would never hurt the people that I love. I mean, what–what kind of man terrorizes the mother of his children?

Lucas: Hey, allie, I didn’t see you there.

Allie: Yeah, I was just closing up at the bakery. We were getting some complaints about a sad guy walking around talking to inanimate objects.

Lucas: Were you really?

Allie: No, I’m kidding. But you do look pretty beat up. Is this about mom?

Lucas: Yeah, yeah, it is.

Allie: I didn’t mean to eavesdrop, but you know, when you’re talking to yourself in public…

Lucas: I wasn’t talking to myself. Thank you very much. I was talking to my grandparents.

Allie: You were saying something about love, but you sounded guilty.

Lucas: Guilty?

Allie: Yeah, like you were confessing something. Look, just instead of pouring your soul out to great-grandpa and great-grandma, why don’t you just talk to me about it.

Trelegy for copd.

Chanel: If you’re staying home, I am staying home.

Johnny: No, no, why–why–why should your new year’s have to be ruined just because I’m not feeling well?

Chanel: Well, I am not leaving you here, so…

Johnny: I’m probably just gonna fall asleep anyway, so…

Chanel: Well, then I’ll be lying right next to you. I made vows, remember?

Johnny: In italian, a language that you don’t speak.

Chanel: Still, I knew what I was saying. “I took you, giovanni roman dimera, to be my lawfully wedded husband,” and I’m pretty sure “in sickness and in health” was a part of that, right?

Johnny: It was.

Chanel: Hmm-hmm. Well, then when you’re sick, you’re stuck with me, and I am stuck with you.

Ciara: Tempting, but I’m sorry, jake, we’re out.

Jake: You sure?

Ben: We’re sure.

Jake: You two are about as fun as a case of scabies, you know that?

Ciara: Yeah, well, in my defense, a few days ago, the devil did try to steal my unborn baby.

Jake: I’m sorry, what?

Ben: Oh, it’s news to you that marlena evans was possessed by the devil?

Jake: No, no, no, I heard about all that, but I didn’t know she wanted to take your kid.

Ben: Good times, huh?

Jake: Man, what the hell does she want with your child, anyway?

Marlena: I know that what happened was beyond my control, but people were hurt. Tripp: But we’re all fine now. And it’s nothing compared to what you went through. I’m really glad to see you on the other side. I know how worried allie was about you.

Marlena: Thanks for saying that, and I’m glad she has such a nice young man in her life.

John: And I couldn’t agree with that more.

Tripp: Hey, john. How you doing?

John: Tripp, good to see you up and about.

Tripp: Yeah, yeah. I have to say that it really means a lot that you both approve of my relationship with allie.

John: Well, it’s kind of like what doc said, we’re just very grateful that she has you in her life.

Tripp: Listen, well, I am very lucky that she is in mine.

Marlena: We won’t keep you from her, except to say happy new year, tripp.

John: Yeah, happy new year, kid.

Tripp: Happy new year to you both. You deserve it.

[Elevator dings]

John: Yes, we do.

Lucas: Well, you know, I–I feel guilty, because I’m the one who had to talk to your mom. I had to get her to accept the fact that ej is the one who kidnapped her.

Allie: Right, that couldn’t have been easy for her.

Lucas: No, it wasn’T. It broke her heart. And despite all the pain that ej’s put her through, she’s–she’s not ready to give up on him yet.

Allie: I just don’t get that. I mean, she’s put up with so much miss treatment from him, but to kidnap her and to keep her locked away against her will for all that time, it’s– it’s just cruel, sadistic really. I don’t know about mom, but i will never forgive him for it.

Gabi: How did you find out it was ej who took you?

Sami: Chad, he found this record of a financial transaction ej had used dimera funds to pay this guy, jason smith, who was his accomplice after telling me that he had no idea who that guy was, had never heard of him in his entire life.

Gabi: Pretty dumb to leave a paper trail.

Sami: Yeah, ej’s not stupid. He’s just arrogant. He didn’t think he was gonna get caught. I’m the one who’s dumb.

Gabi: No, don’t say that.

Sami: I believed him when he told me that I was the love of his life. I believed him.

Gabi: Well, maybe that isn’t a lie.

Sami: The worst part is…

Gabi: What? Go on.

Sami: The worst part of it, he’s still the love of mine.

Gabi: You still feel that way?

Sami: So–so if ej and i are over, what am I supposed to do with the rest of my life? We hit the bike trails every weekend

Gabi: Look, I’m probably the last person that should be giving any relationship advice. I mean, I’ve always dated the wrong kind of men, men who didn’t respect me, who lied and cheated. It took me years, but I finally learned my lesson.

Sami: And jake treats you right?

Gabi: Yeah, yes, he does. He respects me. And more importantly, it doesn’t matter what happens between him and I. I learned that I will never settle for a guy who does not see me as his equal.

Sami: Good for you. Neither will I.

Gabi: Well, I don’t–i don’t think there’s a guy out there who’s your equal, but you definitely deserve better than ej dimera. I mean, he’s–the guy is hateful. I mean, the way he ousted jake from dimera. It was disgusting. Snake.

Sami: So not a fan?

Gabi: No, not a fan, but I am one of your biggest fans.

Sami: Thank you. Gabi, that’s really nice of you. That means a lot.

Gabi: Yeah, you know, you really helped me through some of the roughest times in my life. And I learned how to stand up for myself because of you.

Sami: Well, you are a quick learner.

Gabi: Still got a long way to go, but thank you. I know that we’ve had our differences, but you’re will’s mom. You’re ari’s abuela. I’ll always have your back. Remember that, okay?

Jake: So marlena tricked you into taking her to the cabin so she could steal your child?

Ciara: Mm-hmm. And we still have no idea what she wanted with our baby.

Ben: And frankly, I don’t give a damn. I’m just glad that ciara is okay and the threat of the devil is no more. John and everybody else who loves marlena cast him out.

Ciara: Mm-hmm.

Ben: Mm-hmm.

Ciara: That poor devil never had a chance. Your try to come between us and our baby, you’re gonna get all types of hell. I don’t care who you are.

Jake: Yeah, lucifer didn’t know who he was messing with, right?

Ben: The prince of darkness. That’s no match for my pregnant wife. Look at her.

Ciara: Uh-uh, and he’d better not forget it.

Jake: All right, so I guess that’s a good enough excuse to lie low tonight.

Ben: Yeah, you and gabi are gonna have to celebrate without us, my man.

Jake: We’ll try. Happy new year. Enjoy the evening.

Ciara: Happy new year, jake.

Ben: Happy new year, my brother.

Jake: Oh, and happy new year, baby weston. Can’t wait to meet you. Good night.

Johnny: Tea?

Chanel: Uh-huh, I know you like more of a cappuccino, but it’s good for you.

Johnny: Thank you for taking care of me.

Chanel: You don’t have to thank me. I’m your wife. I do things for you. You do things for me. It’s in the contract.

Johnny: Well, I owe you then, okay?

Chanel: Damn right you do. The next time I’m not feeling well, I expect to be treated like the queen I am.

Johnny: Yes, your majesty.

Chanel: And besides it gives me a good excuse to skip work for the next few days, so…

Johnny: You know, chanel, I can probably manage to avoid my sister well into the new year, but you, you own a business with her, you know? You’re gonna have to talk to her eventually.

Chanel: Yeah, but it doesn’t mean I have to seek it out and not after the way she went at us for getting married.

Johnny: I probably didn’t help things by accusing her of being jealous of wanting you for herself.

Chanel: Yeah, that was awkward.

Johnny: Sorry.

Chanel: You do know that there’s nothing going on between us, right?

Johnny: Yeah, yeah, no, it’s just–

Chanel: Allie and I are just friends, nothing more.

Johnny: Yeah, you know, my sister and I, we–we’ve just been so competitive, you know, since we were babies with toys, friends, our parents’ love, but this one, competing for your heart was a new one. And I’m just not sure allie’s over the fact that she lost.

Allie: I wish they were around long enough for me to get to know them.

Lucas: Me too. They were the best. So everything okay with you and tripp?

Allie: More than okay.

Lucas: Really?

Allie: Yeah.

Lucas: What’s going on?

Allie: Well, remember how you were telling me about trying to save mom from ej?

Lucas: Yeah, yeah.

Allie: I kind of tried to do the same thing with chanel and johnny. When they told me they’d gotten married, I was completely blindsided.

Lucas: So wait, let me guess. You didn’t give them your blessing?

Allie: No, kind of sort of cursed their union.

Lucas: Oof, you cursed their union? That’s not like you; come on.

Allie: Well, it’s not just chanel that I’m worried about. I mean, I don’t want to see johnny get hurt either.

Lucas: No, I get it. I get it. I get it. They’re both young. They haven’t been together that long, but when it comes to matters of the heart, you know, people make their own choices. You don’t agree with those choices, then there’s a chance they’re gonna cut you out of their life.

Allie: Even if it’s bad choices?

Lucas: Yeah, even if it’s bad. I mean, johnny’s your brother, and she’s your best friend. I would hate to see you lose both of them. As a professional bull-rider

Sami: You know, ej had every right to be mad at me. I cheated on him with lucas.

Gabi: I’m sorry, but did he have the right to put your life in danger to make you suffer like he did?

Sami: I thought we were beyond all of that.

Gabi: Doesn’t surprise me. You know, I just hope that one day you will be grateful that you finally walked away from that sadistic creep.

Sami: Yeah, and I am. You know, a part of me is already. It’s just that… a part of me misses him.

Gabi: And that’s–sami, that’s okay, girl. Cry it out. There’s no shame in that.

Sami: Yes, there is. I hate it. I hate that I miss him after what he did to me. It just makes me feel weak.

Gabi: Hey, come on. You are a lot of things, sami, but weak is not one of them. So yes, you’re going to mourn as long as you need to, and then you’re gonna pick yourself up, and you’re gonna figure out what you really want in life.

Allie: I know I have to make peace with johnny and chanel, but what are you going to do about mom?

Lucas: Well, there’s some things–

Tripp: Hey, found you.

Allie: Oh, hey, you.

Tripp: Hey.

Allie: Hi.

Lucas: Hey, tripp, how you doing?

Tripp: Hey, how you doing, lucas?

Lucas: Good to see you. So what’s going on? You guys got big plans for tonight or what?

Tripp: Well, nicole has offered to babysit, and so we’re gonna get dressed up and see what kind of trouble we can find.

Allie: Yeah, what about you, dad? Got any plans tonight?

Lucas: You mean for new year’s eve? Yeah, I got plans. I got–I got big plans. I’m gonna go home and watch tv and snuggle under a blanket. It’s gonna be great. You guys go out and be young and have a great time.

Allie: Okay, well, happy new year’s, dad. I love you. And be easy on yourself. You don’t have anything to feel guilty about.

Lucas: Thank you. I love you too.

Johnny: So I guess we have managed to alienate ourselves from both of our families.

Chanel: Well, it wouldn’t be a first time for me.

Johnny: Me neither.

Chanel: Although my mom, she did start a wedding registry at three different department stores. She’s already bought half the stuff herself. Pretty soon we’re going to be swimming in crystal and china.

Johnny: Well, that’s nice of her, I guess, right?

Chanel: Buying gifts is just her way of saying she’s sorry.

Johnny: I knew I’d win her over eventually. What do you think it was, my–my charm or just my good looks?

Chanel: I think it was probably your good looks, ’cause you’re not that charming.

Johnny: Hey, hey, I’m sick, remember? I don’t want you to catch what I’ve got.

Chanel: If what you got is contagious, then I’m pretty sure I’ve already got it after what we did this morning.

Johnny: That is an excellent point.

Chanel: What? What now?

Johnny: I’m sorry. My nose is stuffed. I can’t–I can only breathe through my mouth. I’m sorry.

Chanel: Okay, see, this is what I mean about the whole charm thing. No. A stuffy nose is not that sexy.

Johnny: Yeah, I hear you. Well, let me tell you what. How about we, you and I…

Chanel: Mm-hmm.

Johnny: Go ahead and start our own holiday traditions.

Chanel: Oh, and you don’t want sharing the flu to be part of it?

Johnny: Well, we are both here together, so I was thinking maybe we could do what married couples do when they are in bed…

Chanel: Oh.

Johnny: Watch a movie.

[Laughs]

[Crowd cheering over television]

Ben: Babe, come on. We can watch the house buying shows any time. This is a bowl game. It’s the fourth quarter.

Ciara: Oh, and what game is this between two teams that you’ve never cared before–

Ben: Babe, that– that is not the point.

Ciara: Oh, yes, you’re right. You are correct. The point is, I’m pregnant with your child. So I get one and a half votes, baby, and that means that ceramic countertops and floor plans win.

Ben: Fine. But we are switching during commercials.

Ciara: We’re streaming it, baby. There are no commercials on peacock.

[Knock at door]

You have no idea what you’re getting into, so come over after–

Ciara: Give me the remote.

[Laughs] You’re so annoying.

Ben: Dr. Evans, hey. John.

John: Ben.

Marlena: I hope we’re not interrupting.

Ben: Never, no. Come on in, please.

Marlena: Hi, ciara. Happy new year.

Ciara: Well, I’m sorry. It’s just that I haven’t seen you since…

Marlena: Christmas eve.

Ciara: Yeah.

Ben: How are you feeling?

Marlena: A little tired, a little tired, but I’m so grateful for all the love I have around me.

Ciara: And we are very grateful to have you back.

Marlena: Thank you. I appreciate that. Look, I know there’s been a lot going on. I just wanted to come over here and ask for your forgiveness.

Ben: You don’t have to do that, dr. Evans.

Marlena: Well, after all that’s happened maybe–maybe there’s something I can do to–I don’t know, to make it up. Make it easier for you?

Ben: Really. It’s–it’s–it’s not–

Ciara: Actually, well, there is one thing you can do.

Marlena: All right.

Ciara: Would you mind telling me why the devil wanted our baby? I love my hardwood floors.

Marlena: Oh, the baby.

John: Doc, if this–if this is too hard for you, you don’t have to do it right now.

Marlena: I want to.

John: Okay.

Marlena: I can’t keep running away from it.

Ciara: Thank you.

Marlena: As I said, I want to. The thing is, I– I really can’T. I– I don’t remember what happened.

Ben: You don’t remember anything?

Marlena: No, emotions, images, but no real memories. Ciara, I–I don’t know why the devil was after your baby. I’m sorry.

Ciara: It’s all right. I–I understand.

Marlena: But if I–if I do remember anything at all, you’ll be the first person I come to.

Ben: You do not have to apologize. You have done so much for me.

Ciara: For us. I mean, without you, we wouldn’t be together. And we wouldn’t have a little family.

Marlena: John told me that I was encouraging the two of you to have a baby.

Ciara: Yeah, yeah, well, I’m–I’m pretty sure we would’ve done it anyway, but…

Ben: I mean, I–I had my concerns, but ciara made me see how amazing it could be. And she convinced me that we could be good parents.

Ciara: And we’re gonna have a beautiful life with this little one.

Marlena: Ahh, yes, you are. I’m so proud of you both.

Ben: It’s good to have you back.

Gabi: Hey, you know, jake and I, we’re gonna have dinner at the bistro tonight. Why don’t you join us?

Sami: Oh, I don’t know if being a third wheel is really good for my mental state right now.

Gabi: All right, I’ll ditch jake.

Sami: What would you say to him?

Gabi: That an old friend needs me. He’ll understand.

Sami: No, that is seriously the nicest thing ever, but I cannot allow it. It is new year’s eve, gabi, and I am irish and incredibly superstitious. So it is your job to get a great kiss at midnight, ’cause it gives you good luck the whole year round. It’s a complicated thing. So please be with a man that you love and the man that loves you.

Gabi: Thanks. Well, what about you?

Sami: Me? I have big plans. I’m gonna go home to my mother’s, which is an amazing thing to say at my age. And I’m going to cry all night into a pillow on new year’s eve.

[Laughs]

Chanel: Oh, no, tarantino, you are not picking the movie this time.

Johnny: What? Why not? I have great taste.

Chanel: Yeah, if you like zombies eating people’s faces or demons dragging teenagers to hell.

Johnny: I wasn’t gonna choose a horror movie for new year’s eve. I chose a classic.

Chanel: Yeah, that’s what you called, “vampire dingoes from outer space.”

Johnny: First of all, australian indie horror is underrated. Second of all, this is not that. I chose something with heart, with romance. Just give it a chance, please. For your husband.

Chanel: Oh, you’re pulling the husband card now are we?

Johnny: “In sickness and in health.”

Chanel: And I’m–I’m pretty sure that “until death do us part” is also part of those vows.

Johnny: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Chanel: Yeah, well, that’s what might happen if this movie that you’re picking gives me nightmares.

Johnny: Okay, there will be no nightmares. I promise. Now…

[Indistinct chatter on tv]

Chanel: [Sobbing] She kept the painting.

Johnny: She did.

Chanel: And he thought she ghosted him at the empire state building. She really never stopped loving him.

Johnny: Mm-hmm, I told you.

Chanel: So beautiful.

Johnny: “An affair to remember” is a classic. Cary grant, deborah kerr. What more can I say? What– what are you doing?

Chanel: I don’t want to wait till next year to watch it again.

Johnny: You want to watch it again right now?

Chanel: Mm-hmm.

[Knock at door] Who’s that?

Johnny: I don’t–come in.

Allie: Hi.

Johnny: Did you guys come here to let us know what horrible people we are and how our marriage is doomed?

Allie: No, I came here to apologize.

Chanel: Really?

Allie: Yeah, when you told me you guys were married, I–I was just caught off guard, and I reacted really badly.

Johnny: Did tripp put you up to this?

Tripp: It wasn’t me. She said she couldn’t enjoy our night unless we stopped here first.

Allie: I don’t want to lose you, either of you. And if I could have a do-over, I would go back. I’d take it all back, and I would just say congratulations. And I’m hoping that as the sister of the groom and the best friend of the bride you guys would do me the honor of ringing in the new year with us, and we drink to your happiness.

[ Echoing ]

Some of us were born for this.

Chanel: On behalf of my husband, we accept your apology and your booze.

Allie: Well, I am very happy to hear that.

Tripp: See, I told you it would be okay. So what do you say? You guys want to hang with us tonight?

Chanel: Johnny’s not feeling too great.

Allie: Oh, what’s wrong?

Johnny: Just a little rundown. I feel like I might be fighting something, but I think we can probably manage to rally. Ooh, franciacorta. Nice.

Allie: Italian sparkling wine seemed appropriate considering we missed your wedding in italy.

Chanel: That’s very thoughtful of you, horton.

Allie: Yeah, well, you deserve only the best, dupree.

Johnny: Finally something that my twin and I can agree on. Now, maybe you two could run downstairs, see if you can find a couple of glasses for this fine bottle of spirit.

Tripp: Absolutely.

Johnny: And I will hop in the shower, and we’ll meet you downstairs for the countdown at midnight.

Tripp: Sounds like a plan.

Johnny: Allie, thanks.

Gabi: When they say seven courses, they really mean it.

Jake: You know, I’d only like name half of them if I had to. Was it weird that they served sorbet in the middle of the meal?

Gabi: I guess so, yeah. Hey, did you know I was gonna ditch you tonight for sami?

Jake: Oh, really? You were gonna ditch me on new year’s?

Gabi: Not that I wanted to. She’s just going through something.

Jake: Oh, you mean like finding out that her husband’s the one who kidnapped her?

Gabi: Yeah, I mean, she’s devastated. Apparently she still loves the guy.

Jake: Yeah, well, I don’t know sami the way you do, but I’d venture to guess that she’s gonna land on her feet.

Gabi: Apparently we can’t say the same thing about her husband.

Jake: What happened?

Gabi: According to this text I just got from shin, ej dimera out as co-ceo dimera enterprises.

Jake: Shin cut ej loose?

Gabi: Uh-huh.

Jake: Ha-ha!

Gabi: Ej, is out. Happy new year to us.

Jake: Happy new year.

[Acoustic guitar music]

Lucas: Well, that’s good news. At least I cost ej his job. That’s something, I guess. Oh, well. No sense hanging around here for new year’S. Not gonna matter that much to me anyway. Sami, hey, what are you doing here?

Sami: Chad found proof that ej is the one who kidnapped me.

Lucas: Oh. Oh, man, I’m–I’m sorry. What–what does that mean?

Sami: It means I am through with ej for real this time, and I am never going back to him.

Lucas: Well, I can’t say I’m sorry to hear that. What, did you come in here for a drink?

Sami: No, I came to tell you about ej, not just that I’m finished with him but that I want to begin again with you.

John: Okay, so according to dr. Taylor, you’re not supposed to have any champagne, so I bought some strawberries and whipped cream in the fridge for a backup.

Marlena: Oh, that sounds heavenly.

John: All right. Let me grab them, and I’ll be right back. Don’t go away.

Marlena: I–I’ll be fine if you’re gone for a minute.

John: Yeah, but will I?

Marlena: Oh, think there’s time to catch “new year’s eve with carson daily.”

[Television static crackling]

[Eerie music]

Demon marlena: Won’t you let me back in right now? Let me in, marlena. It’s so much simpler not to fight it.

Marlena: No, no. Oh, dear god, no, please. No. (Man 1 vo) I’m living with cll

[Television static crackling]

John: Yeah, that thing’s been doing that a lot lately, doc. Got to have a glitch somewhere, but you know what? Every time I monkey around with the wire back here it seems to–ah, there it is. Gonna have to call the cable company, get someone to check that out. Hey, baby, what’s going on? Are you okay? What’s going on?

Marlena: Yeah, yeah, I’m okay now. I’m okay. Look, it’s–it’s it looks as though they’re about to start the countdown to new year’s, huh?

John: Yeah, yeah, yeah, t-minus one minute to go.

Marlena: Yeah, there’s no place on earth I would rather be than right here with you.

Jake: Ej out as ceo of dimera. That’s the first step. And here’s to a happy new year.

Gabi: A year that is filled with us running titan and dimera.

Chanel: Hey, johnny dragged himself into the shower. He’ll be down as soon as he’s dressed.

Tripp: Oh, well, he better hurry if he wants to make it by midnight.

Allie: Actually, too late, ten seconds, nine, eight…

All: Seven, six, five… lucas: Are you–are you sure this is what you want?

Sami: I’m sure.

All: One. Happy new year.

Sami: Happy new year, lucas.

[“Auld lang syne” playing]

Demon johnny: Happy new year, salem. You didn’t really think you were getting rid of me that easily, did you?

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Nicole: Well, if anyone can do it, it’s you.

[Knocking on door]

[Emotional music]

Jack: Well, look who’s here.

Jennifer: Oh, aunt maggie, hi.

Maggie: Hello.

Jennifer: Oh, we missed you so much on christmas

Maggie: Oh, I’m so sorry that I couldn’t join you, but I wanted to stay close to victor.

Jennifer: Yes, of course. Is there any word on philip?

Maggie: No, I’m afraid not. But we’re doing our best to stay positive and– I noticed you took down the tree.

Jennifer: Yeah. We were up early, so we thought we would just pack it all up for next year. And this sweet angel, do you remember her?

Maggie: Oh. Yes. Oh, my goodness.

Jack: It was laura’s and, you know, when we heard about what happened to julie’s angel, my angel of a wife decided to give it right back to julie.

Maggie: What a lovely gesture.

Jennifer: Listen, I’m just so glad that– that marlena is okay and– oh, let me get you something to eat.

Maggie: No, no, really, really, I’m not here for that. I’d like to talk to you, jack.

Jack: Me? About what?

Maggie: Gwen.

Xander: Something could be really wrong.

Gwen: We don’t know that, do we? But what I do know is that if we do not go to the airport now, we will not make it in time to london for the holidays, so–

Xander: You’re joking.

Gwen: Joking about what?

Xander: I can’t possibly leave now, gwen. I have to find sarah and talk to her directly.

Gwen: Are you really–

Xander: She lied to me about where she’s been, about where she went. I have to find out why.

Gwen: Poor sarah. Stuck on a deserted island somewhere. Pining for you, I’m sure. I can’t let you find out. Because I would lose you.

Chad: I thought the kids were supposed to be doing that, cleaning up the puzzle.

Abigail: Yeah, well, it was obviously a rush job.

Chad: Yeah, now they’re on a playdate with jackson and rosie. I saw the nanny pick them up.

Abigail: Hmm, no wonder it’s so quiet around here.

Chad: I do miss hearing them laughing and playing. You know what I don’t miss? Is ej crowing about all his brilliant business decisions.

Abigail: Oh, come on, surely you miss his delightful company at dinner.

Chad: Not in the least. It has been downright peaceful and homey since he landed himself in jail on christmas eve. And a little bonus– it’s been an entire week since we had to listen to his stupid accent.

Abigail: [Laughs]

Ej: Oh, you don’t like my accent?

Sami: Lucas, we need to talk.

Lucas: All right, what is it? Is it your mom? Is she okay?

Sami: No, my mother is fine and devil-free.

Lucas: Well, then, what’s wrong?

Sami: I went to the police station. I went to see that guy jason smith, the son of a bitch who held me captive after I had been kidnapped.

Lucas: Well, that wasn’t a smart move. You need to stay clear of that guy.

Sami: After everything that I have been through, I deserve to look him in the face and make him tell me why he did it.

Lucas: And what did he say?

Sami: He said that you’re the one who hired him.

[Tense music]

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Lucas: Wait, wait, what, me? No, no, why would I hire someone to kidnap you?

Sami: You tell me.

Lucas: There’s nothing to tell, it’s insane.

Sami: Don’t try to deny it. Lucas, you’re the one who chloroformed me outside of rafe’s house, you dragged me to some cabin in wisconsin, and then you hired that animal to keep me there.

Lucas: Wait a minute, sami, listen to me, okay?

Sami: And then now you’re trying to blame ej? The hell’s the matter with you, lucas? How could you do something like that? What is wrong with you?

Lucas: Listen, I love you. I love you more than anybody I’ve ever loved in my life.

Sami: So you decided to keep me hostage in the middle of nowhere?

Lucas: I had to do it, I had to keep you away from ej.

Sami: Oh, my god.

Lucas: I never meant to hurt you.

Sami: Lucas, you are keeping me by myself away from everyone that I love and you thought that wasn’t gonna hurt me? I thought I was never gonna see my children again.

Lucas: I’m sorry, okay? I was desperate.

Sami: Well, rafe is on his way here now. And he’s gonna arrest you. And then you’re really gonna know what desperate feels like.

Lucas: Wait a minute, wait a minute. You and me, we had something really good, sami.

Sami: You and me? Lucas, there is no you and me. I want you out of my life forever. I hate you, lucas. I hate you. Lucas? Hello?

Lucas: What? I’m sorry, what’d you say?

Sami: Where did you just go? I told you that I went to see that jason guy and you totally checked out on me.

Chad: What are you doing here, ej?

Ej: I live here.

Chad: Yeah, last I heard you were arrested for kidnapping. Shouldn’t you be in a cage?

Abigail: Did sami drop the charges?

Ej: She didn’T. But the courts are backed up during the holidays and the judge finally got around to granting me bail.

Chad: Why would any judge grant you bail?

Ej: Isn’t it obvious?

Chad: You bribed him.

Ej: I was set free because I’m innocent. Not only are these kidnapping charges against me completely bogus, I was framed.

Chad: What are you talking about? Who would frame you?

Ej: Oh, there’s a long list of suspects. And at the top of it is you.

[Dramatic music]

One of the worst things about a cold sore

Abigail: That’s a ridiculous accusation. Why would chad set you up?

Ej: Why else? So he can run dimera.

Chad: I already run dimera.

Ej: We run dimera together– an arrangement that you detest. And so putting me in prison would pave the way for you to have the position all to yourself.

Chad: Yeah, but I don’t need to cook up some legal scheme to do it. I’ll just keep doing my job better than you.

Ej: Then perhaps your motive is more personal. I mean, correct me if I’m wrong, but you didn’t seem all too pleased that I cast myself as john black opposite abigail’s marlena.

Abigail: Do you really think this is about johnny’s movie, which might not even happen? Given everything that marlena just went through, why would anyone move forward making a movie about her being possessed?

Chad: Any more stupid theories, ej?

Ej: Well, damn it, somebody set me up. And there’s no shortage of other suspects.

Abigail: Like who?

Ej: Well, there’s our brother, jake, there’s rafe hernandez… and then there’s lucas horton.

Lucas: I’m sorry I just spaced out a little, I was, you know, thinking about my brother.

Sami: Oh, lucas, you must be so worried about him. Any sign of him?

Lucas: No, no, not since they found his leg. But, you know, getting back to what you were saying earlier, you know, you said that you went to see the guy who held you prisoner?

Sami: Yeah, yeah, I went to the police station and I saw him in jail. I thought if he was lying about ej being the one who hired him, he wouldn’t be able to just say that right to my face. But he stuck to his story.

Lucas: Well, you know, what do you expect? Ej’s been known to make irrational decisions from time to time, right?

Sami: I suppose.

Lucas: But now that you have proof about what your husband did, does it change the way you feel about him? Are you ready to give up on him now?

Nicole: Hey, father.

Eric: I’m sure you weren’t expecting this.

Nicole: Come in. Actually, I just read about it. Looks like you took your vows in the nick of time, huh?

Eric: I’m just glad I could be there for my mom when she needed me most.

Nicole: I’m glad marlena’s okay. But, you know, even if I hadn’t read about your return to the priesthood, it really wouldn’t surprise me because it is your true calling.

Eric: I spent a lot of time debating whether it was the right choice, but after I made it, I felt peace with it. Not that our marriage was the wrong choice.

Nicole: Our problems were not because of your devotion to god. Besides, I take great comfort in the fact that I ruined you for all other women.

Jack: So xander asked you to put in a good word for gwen.

Maggie: Well, I know it may seem insufficient considering everything that she’s done.

Jack: Willfully so.

Maggie: Look, I hate that gwen caused abigail so much pain. And I’m not here to make excuses for her. I came here because of xander. I care about him. And I can’t help but feel responsible for the broken heart that he suffered through.

Jennifer: So this is about sarah?

Maggie: Yes. My daughter. My daughter hurt him badly. I mean, honestly, I don’t understand why she did what she did. And I can’t defend it. She seemed like she loved him. But… if gwen reconciling with her father would make xander happy, and I can make that happen, then I suppose I would feel like I was repaying sarah’s debt.

Gwen: How do I do this? How do I get you off of the sarah track?

Xander: [Grunts] Morning.

Gwen: Morning.

Xander: [Sighs]

Gwen: Did you sleep all right?

Xander: Oh, like the dead. Yeah, I mean, this room, it cost a fortune but I can’t complain about the thread count.

Gwen: Yeah. Well, it’s a good thing that you’re rested because we’re probably gonna be up very late watching the ball drop and drinking lots and lots of champagne.

Xander: New year’s day. Time to let go of the old and embrace the new.

Gwen: I wholeheartedly agree.

Xander: So is that what you meant when you said you need to get me off the sarah track?

[Tense music]

As a professional bull-rider

Xander: So whenouay t with the old, scifically.U kn, at good si hla m all right? Not forever, just until all of this gets resolved.

Ej: And how long will that be? Damn it, chad, I’m innocent. Why the hell should i back away from dimera?

Chad: Did I not just explain it?

Ej: I won’t do it. I don’t like it.

Chad: Well, whether or not you like it is completely irrelevant. What is relevant is you need to do what’s best for the company and right now that is keeping a low profile. And me being the face of dimera.

Lucas: Are you seriously asking me why your husband didn’t kidnap you sooner?

Sami: I’m just saying it doesn’t make any sense. I mean, he had already busted me for cheating, you had just left, he had me all alone in the mansion. Why didn’t he chloroform me right there and then?

Lucas: There are plenty of reasons, I’m sure.

Sami: Such as?

Lucas: Well, off the top of my head, you know, maybe he didn’t decide to kidnap you until after you left.

Sami: You mean it was a spur of the moment idea?

Lucas: Well, you said yourself you were going to see gabi at rafe’s house. You know, to try to persuade her to let you back into the mansion. So that’s probably when ej started stewing. You know, showed up at her house and put the rag over your mouth and boom, lights out. Who else could it have been?

Gwen: Look, all I’m saying is that before maggie got sober, I’m sure that her addiction caused plenty of trust issues between her and sarah. I’m sure it damaged their relationship unbeknownst to her.

Xander: I mean, I’ve never seen anything like what you’re describing. They’ve always been very close and maggie’s been a good friend to me–and you.

Gwen: What has she done for me?

Xander: I told you. She agreed to put in a good word with jack.

Gwen: And apparently that was an epic fail, wasn’t it? Unless I missed the note that he left at the front desk? “Oh, dear gwen, all is forgiven. Love, dad.”

Xander: Well, to be fair, maggie never actually told me how that went. Maybe I should go and talk to her, yeah?

Gwen: So you can ask her about sarah?

Xander: Yeah. Look… the sooner I figure out what’s going on, the sooner you and I can… let go of the old and embrace the new.

Maggie: Well, it was lovely seeing you both.

Jennifer: Yes, aunt maggie. I love you so much. Give our best to victor. We’ll be praying for you guys.

Maggie: Thank you. Thank you.

Jack: Happy new year, maggie.

Maggie: Oh, thank you, jack. Same to you. Bye.

Jack: Bye-bye.

Maggie: Take care.

Jennifer: Yeah. Love you.

Maggie: Love you.

Jennifer: Wow. That was, uh, unexpected.

Jack: Maggie going to bat for gwen? I’ll say.

Jennifer: Did it work? I mean, jack, I know that there’s issues with gwen but she is your daughter, you can’t just write her off.

Jack: Write her off? You make it sound so final.

Jennifer: And I do agree with my aunt maggie. The holidays are really a time for families to come together. But I also understand it’s a really big decision, so I want you to know that I support you no matter what.

Jack: The question is… will abigail?

Chad: Well, are you gonna do the right thing for dimera? Ej, come on!

Ej: Fine, fine! I’ll keep a low profile, for now. I’ll work behind the scenes.

Chad: Okay, good. Well, I’m glad you’re on board.

Ej: For now. But make no mistake, I have no intention of slinking off into the shadows. As soon as I clear my name, I’ll be back behind my desk.

Chad: I am sure you will. But for now, I’m gonna have to go into the office and update shin.

Abigail: Okay. I’m gonna come with you. I want to stop by my parents’.

Chad: Ej… happy new year.

Ej: [Sighs]

Lucas: Ej did this, sami. I know you don’t want to think about it, I know you don’t belie it, but he did the motive and the means.

[Phone rings]

Sami: It’s ej.

Lucas: What are you doing? Don’t get it.

Sami: Well, I– ej, I thought you were in jail.

Ej: I was just released on bail. It’s good to hear your voice, samantha.

Sami: Why are you calling me?

Ej: I need to see you. Can you come by the house?

Sami: I’ll be right there.

[Line disconnects]

Lucas: Be right where? Where are you going? Don’T. He’s gonna feed you a bunch of lies, you know it.

Sami: I just want to hear what he has to say.

Lucas: She doesn’t believe that ej’s guilty. I gotta put the final nail in the coffin. But how? Ah. Bingo.

Only daisy cottage cheese will do

Jack: How do you think abigail will feel about me reconciling with gwen?

Jennifer: I have no idea, jack. And the only person who can answer that question is abigail.

Abigail: Well, then it’s a good thing I’m here. Hi.

Jack: Hey, sweetheart, hi.

Abigail: Hi, what’d you want to ask me?

Jennifer: Uh–

[Phone rings] Oh, excuse me. Sorry. I have to take this. Hello?

Jack: Uh, well, actually, I– I am the one with the question and I have to tell you right now, it is not an easy one.

Abigail: Well, then I’m guessing it’s about gwen.

Jack: Yes, it is. I am thinking of reconciling with gwen. But, honey, I know how much she has hurt you. I know. And I’m not gonna do anything until you tell me how you feel about it.

Xander: Henderson let me in.

Maggie: Hello. I’m really glad you’re here. I just came from talking to jack. Put that good word in that you asked me to.

Xander: Thank you. Thank you, maggie.

Maggie: Listen, I apologize for not doing it sooner.

Xander: It’s no worries. How did he respond?

Maggie: Best to give it some time, okay? Yeah.

Xander: Regardless of the outcome, I’m very appreciative of the effort. And I’m sure gwen will be too.

Maggie: Yeah.

Xander: But I’m actually here about sarah.

Maggie: Sarah? Why?

Xander: I ran into rex the other day and he told me they’re not together anymore.

Maggie: What? They’re not?

Xander: In fact, he told me they never were. They didn’t even leave town together.

Maggie: Wait a minute, I can’t believe this.

Xander: That’s why I wanted to talk to you. Didn’t you tell me that you were receiving texts from sarah saying how happy she was overseas with rex?

Maggie: Yes, I had been, but–hmm. You know, I haven’t heard from her in quite a while.

Xander: She didn’t text you on christmas?

Maggie: No. I texted her, but I didn’t get a reply. I just– wow, I just assumed that she was busy or that she was someplace where there was no cell signal. But now, I mean– oh, xander, this is– this is very strange. And this is very worrisome. Oh, god. [Breathes sharply] What could’ve happened? Why didn’t sarah tell me?

Ej: You can do this, ej. Just tell samantha the truth. She loves you. She’ll believe you.

[Doorbell rings]

Ej: Nicole!

Nicole: Don’t be too excited.

Ej: Sorry, I–

Nicole: You were expecting someone else.

Ej: I was just surprised, that’s all.

Nicole: I saw on the news that you made bail so I just wanted to come by and see how you were doing.

Ej: Very well now that I’m on the road to clearing my name.

Sami: What the hell is she doing here?

Chad: Don’t worry, shin, I’ve made it very clear that ej needs to stay away from dimera. Well, he’s not happy about it, but he understands it’s the right thing to do. Absolutely. I actually have a meeting with the pr team here in a few minutes. So… yes, I’ll keep you updated. Great. Thanks.

[Suspenseful music]

Okay, we’re not gonna ask for

Abigail: You’re right, gwen did hurt me. And, honestly, you know, I’d be happy if I never saw her again. But if I forbid you from seeing her, then that hurts you and I don’t want to do that. So if you want to rebuild your relationship with gwen, I’m not gonna get in your way.

Jennifer: How’s it going over here?

Jack: Well, my very gracious and understanding daughter has given me her blessing to try to repair my relationship with her sister.

Jennifer: You really okay with that, honey?

Abigail: I mean, we’re moving into a new year and I just wanna do whatever I can to make it a really good one for us.

Jennifer: Amen to that.

Jack: Amen to that. Well, I’ll tell you what, I’m gonna try and give her a call right now. And we’ll just see what we can do, okay?

Jennifer: Wait, wait, jack, but before you do that… I have some really big news that is going to have a big impact on all of our lives.

Xander: Look, why don’t you try and call sarah now, see if you can get to the bottom of it?

Maggie: Yeah, I’ll try, yes, but, you know, in the last couple of weeks it’s just gone to voicemail.

[Phone beeps]

[Line ringing] Oh. Come on.

Automated voice: We’re sorry, the number you have reached is not in service.

Xander: What? What happened?

Automated voice: Try your call again.

Maggie: Oh, my god.

Xander: Maggie, what? I can tell she didn’t answer, but why didn’t you leave a message?

Maggie: Because it, um… it didn’t go to voicemail. I got a recording. It said, “this number is no longer in service.”

Ej: Nicole just stopped by to see how I was doing.

Nicole: Should’ve locked the door behind me. Kept all the riffraff out.

Sami: Will you please ask her to leave?

Ej: Nicole can hear what I have to say. Which is I’m not the one who kidnapped you, samantha. I was framed.

Sami: Really? Who do you think framed you?

Ej: Isn’t it obvious? It was your ex-husband, lucas.

Sami: [Scoffs]

Lucas: Sorry, mom, if you didn’t want me using your password, you shouldn’t have written it down in your planner. I have no choice, I have to do this. It’s the only way I can make sure that ej goes down for sami’s kidnapping.

Chad: Of course, I forget everything that I– lucas? What are you doing in here?

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Johnny: You know what I’m starting to think? I’m starting to think this doesn’t even have anything to do with me. I think that you’re just jealous.

Tripp: What the hell is that supposed to mean?

Johnny: You know what it means. Your girlfriend here wants my wife all to herself.

Allie: What are you talking about?

Johnny: What do you think I’m talking about? You’re still in love with chanel, allie.

[Dramatic music]

Brady: Thank you for getting the charges dropped.

Belle: Well, don’t thank me. They shouldn’t have been filed in the first place.

Brady: Yeah. Well, they were, and I spent christmas in a jail cell. So thank you.

Belle: Well, then you should also thank chloe. She’s the one who got victor and kate to drop the declaration of philip’s death.

Brady: Yeah. It’s the first time, I think, chloe has ever been successful changing either one of their minds.

Belle: Yeah. And without that declaration, the da really didn’t have a case. Everything was circumstantial.

Brady: Yeah.

Belle: So you’re in the clear.

Brady: I’m in the clear. It’s all I wanted for christmas this year was to get out of jail. It’s a little christmas miracle I guess.

Belle: Let’s hope for another one.

[Phone ringing]

Brady: Marlena?

Belle: Yeah. Now that she’s been caught, dad is gonna try an exorcism.

Brady: And you’ve had all this on your mind, and yet you’re still down here for my sake. Come here. I’m sorry, belle. I’m sorry.

Belle: Well, at least here I can do something.

Brady: Yeah.

Belle: I’m really scared, brady.

John: Oh, thank god you’re here, kid. Please come in.

Eric: As soon as we hung up last night, I booked my flight. How’s mom?

John: I honestly don’t know. ‘Cause we’re not dealing with your mom, we’re dealing– we’re dealing with “it.”

Eric: Are you alone?

John: Lucas and sami are here. They’re in there with her now. Hopefully… holding the devil at bay.

Sami: What is my mom talking about? Have you been lying to me?

Lucas: It’s not your mom, it’s the devil, and he’s trying to stir up trouble.

Demon marlena: Yeah. Well, that’s true ’cause that’s what I do. But the truth is you are keeping a secret from her, and we both know it. For starters, I ow what you did. See, people think of you as the boring one, but I know what a little bad boy you are.

Lucas: Yeah, I’m so boring that your mind games won’t work on me.

Demon marlena: Really? You see, I know that you’re the one that kidnapped sami and held her captive. That’s not very boring. So she’s going to find out one way or the other. Do you want to tell her? Or should I tell her?

[Chilling music]

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Allie: That is ridiculous.

Johnny: Is it?

Allie: Yes, okay? I am in love with tripp.

Johnny: Then why are you so against me marrying chanel?

Allie: Because I know you, and I know your history. She’s my best friend. I don’t want to see her get hurt.

Chanel: Except I’m not your best friend anymore.

Allie: What?

Chanel: I’m your sister-in-law. And I was really hoping that you would be happy for me. For us. Do you think you can do that?

[Dramatic music]

Sami: Lucas, just tell me. It can’t be that bad.

Demon marlena: I wouldn’t count on that.

Sami: You shut your mouth, or you’re going to get a face full of holy water.

Demon marlena: Ungrateful sow!

Sami: [Sighs] Lucas, please. Just tell me whatever it is.

Lucas: You want the truth? The–the truth is– is that I’ve been lying to you.

Demon marlena: Good start. Come on, now. The truth will set you free.

Sami: Ignore her.

Lucas: I’ve been lying to you– I’ve been lying to you about my feelings for you. You see, I– I love you so much.

Sami: Yeah. Of course you do.

Demon marlena: “Of course you do”?

[Laughs] What hubris!

Sami: Lucas, you’re not lying about that. You and I have talked about it. I know.

Lucas: Sami, there’s something more. There’s something you don’t know.

Demon marlena: Here we go.

[Tense music]

Eric: I’m so sorry you’re having to go through this for a second time.

John: Ah, don’t worry about me. We just have to focus on casting this demon out so we can get your mother back to us.

Eric: Is there any luck so far?

John: I’ve read scripture on casting out the devil, but he has such a strong hold on her. And he doesn’t– he doesn’t fight fair. He doesn’t come right at you. He surrounds you.

Eric: John, you must be exhausted.

John: I can’t afford to be, eric. I just needed to take a moment here just to try to recharge a little bit.

Eric: Well, you have backup now. And I happen to be well-suited for the job.

[Dramatic music]

Look at this guy.

Allie: I wish I could be happy for you, chanel, but you’ve made this mistake before–xander?

Johnny: You’re comparing me to xander now?

Allie: Well, there are some very striking resemblances.

Tripp: Allie–

Chanel: Okay, horton, listen to me. Johnny and I are in love. He’s been there for me like no guy ever has, and we are in this for the long haul.

Allie: Dupree, I’m sorry, but you’re wrong, okay? He’s gonna break your heart sooner or later. It’s just a matter of time.

[Dramatic music]

Kayla: I still can’t believe that tripp was the one that was in that hospital bed and not jan. I mean, thank god he’s all right.

Steve: Thank god. Well, shawn is taking jan back to statesville where she belongs. So things are looking up.

Kayla: Well, not quite. We still have to get the devil out of marlena.

Steve: John said he’s gonna try an exorcism today.

Kayla: Is there anything we can do to help?

Steve: I guess all we can do is pray and have faith that john and family can get marlena back.

[Dramatic music]

John: You know, when you told me last night you went back to the priesthood, it just– it just seemed to me that god must’ve had a hand in this, that he was giving us just what we need to get your mother back just when we need it.

Eric: I agree. It was god’s will.

John: So why now?

Eric: Well, when everything was blowing up with nicole, there was something– something she said that really hit home. She said when I decided to take the collar off a few years ago, it never really changed who I was. So when I went back to the congo, I inquired to the church. I just didn’t want to say anything till it was a done deal.

John: Well, your timing couldn’t be better because you have the strongest faith of any man I’ve ever known. And, by god, son, you’re gonna need it.

Lucas: What you don’t know is how much I love you.

Demon marlena: How deep is the ocean? How high is the sky?

[Sizzling] Ow! Oh, you little brat!

Sami: Okay. Lucas, you have to do this faster, okay? What? What is it?

Lucas: Listen, I love you so much. I love you so much that I would do anything– I would do anything for us to get back together.

Demon marlena: Oh. Look what the cat dragged in.

Eric: Sami.

Sami: You’re a priest again?

Eric: Yeah. Maybe you heard nicole and I broke up.

Sami: You–eric, I’m so sorry.

Eric: Not now. We have more important things to do. It is written that, “you should not put the lord, our god, to the test.”

Demon marlena: And are you my lord? Are you my god?

Eric: Let’s just say I work for him.

Demon marlena: You know, I’m kind of surprised. I mean, I thought you were busy sharing your wondrous gifts with strangers in a strange land and to hell with your own family.

Eric: Actually, it’s going to be to hell with you.

Demon marlena: Cozy as it is down there, my work here is not finished yet.

Eric: You’re finished. My mother is coming back to us.

Demon marlena: I’m afraid it’s too late for that.

Eric: You’re afraid I’m right. You’re outflanked. She’s not given up. She’s in there, but she is fighting you with all she’s got. My boss and I are going to make damn sure she wins.

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Johnny: You know, I am sick and tired of you constantly trashing me. I’m your twin. You’re supposed to be on my side no matter what.

Allie: Okay. Well, I’m sorry that us sharing a womb for nine months doesn’t give you a free pass, johnny!

Johnny: You’re as bad as mom.

Allie: Oh, you’re as bad as your dad, which is really, really bad.

Chanel: Johnny, let’s go. Let’s just go.

Allie: Chanel, it’s not you that I’m mad at.

Chanel: This is christmas morning, and this isn’t very merry. Come on, johnny.

Johnny: Chanel is my wife, and that’s not gonna change.

[Emotional music]

Allie: God. My brother is such a jerk.

Tripp: Maybe. Was he right?

Allie: About what?

Tripp: Are you in love with chanel?

Eric: I think it’s best if I do this alone.

Demon marlena: Yeah, right. Right. Those two aren’t exactly the god squad, are they?

Lucas: Come on, let’s go.

Demon marlena: Hey, lucas, remember–remember that a relationship built on lies is just like a house of cards. Remember I–

Sami: Get our mom back for us.

Eric: I’m gonna try my best. I think you should go too.

John: You’re sure that I can’t help?

Eric: You can pray. For now, I need to do this alone.

John: God help you, eric.

Eric: He will.

[Eerie music]

Demon marlena: You’re gonna do this alone, huh? Isn’t that a little arrogant?

Eric: I’m not doing this alone. “The lord god is in our midst. And he is mighty to save.”

Demon marlena: You arrogant little man. You really think all that’s gonna help you? Let me warn you, if you try to challenge my power, you will die.

[Chilling music]

Sami: I hope eric knows what he’s doing, what he’s up against.

John: Well, I’m praying that he’ll be all right. If he needs our help, he’ll let us know.

Belle: Look who I found!

John: Oh!

Sami: Brady!

John: Hey, kid.

Brady: Hey.

John: You’re out? You’re free?

Brady: I’m out. All the charges are dropped. So–

John: Nice.

Brady: Lucas, um, look, I don’t–I don’t know what happened, but I didn’t do anything to hurt philip, I swear to you.

Lucas: I believe you. I believe you.

Brady: Thank you ’cause it’s the truth. How’s marlena?

John: Eric’s here. He’s with her right now.

Brady: He’s alone?

John: Well, there’s–there’s something you don’t know. Eric went back to the priesthood. So, no, he’s– he’s not facing her alone.

[Dramatic music]

Eric: In the name of the father, and of the son, and the holy spirit, amen.

[Chilling music]

Demon marlena: Tell me something, handsome, is that a halloween costume? I thought they defrocked you years ago.

Eric: I’ve been reinstated.

Demon marlena: Oh. Well, I guess it’s all right for the church to forgive you, but what about all of those poor parishioners who had to sit through that video of you fornicating with that ridiculous foul woman? What’s her name? Oh, yeah, kristen.

Eric: For something to be a mortal sin, it needs to be committed with knowledge and full awareness. Kristen had drugged me.

Demon marlena: Oh, I get it. So if you had been drugged, that lets you off the hook, huh?

Eric: Even then, the cardinal gave me permission to return to the priesthood. I turned him down because I felt that I had lost my calling.

Demon marlena: Hmm. Now you’ve found it again?

Eric: That’s right.

Demon marlena: Well, that’s funny. Because based on that video, I would have thought that your true calling was the adult entertainment business.

Eric: You can throw that video in my face all you want. I’ve put it behind me.

Demon marlena: Oh, have you?

Eric: Yes.

Evil kristen: What do you say, father?

[Dramatic music]

You wanna make a sequel?

Only daisy cottage cheese will do

Steve: Ho, ho, ho!

Kayla: [Laughs]

> Steve: Patchy claus

patchy claus

patchy claus is here

Kayla: Jolly as ever. Wait a second. Wait a second. Wait a second. I want to take a picture.

Steve: Whoa, wait a minute.

Kayla: Okay, smile. Smile.

Steve: You’re not going to use that to blackmail me, are you?

Kayla: Don’t be silly! I’m gonna send it to stephanie and joey and show them what they’re missing.

Steve: Oh, man. I sure do miss them.

Kayla: I know. Me too. It was so nice having joey here last year, wasn’t it?

Steve: Sure was. Well, it’s too bad he’s stuck in seattle with stephanie, but at least they’re together.

Kayla: True. And this party, I mean, I can’t even count how many years we’ve been doing it.

Steve: Mm.

Kayla: All the memories.

Steve: Mm-hmm.

Kayla: It really makes me think about the people who can’t be here.

Steve: I know. But, hey, the whole point of this thing has always been to try to brighten up christmas for the little ones who can’t get home.

Kayla: Right. It’s great to be here for the kids. Okay. Okay, patchy claus, merry christmas.

Steve: Merry christmas.

Kayla: I don’t know if there’s a way–

Steve: Come on, let’s try. I want a kiss. Santa wants a kiss.

[Smooching]

Allie: How many times do I have to say it? I am not in love with chanel, okay? She’s just my best friend. I wanna see her happy.

Tripp: Come on, allie, you have to admit that your reaction was a little more emphatic than that.

Allie: Okay. Well, it was “emphatic” because–because I know it’s not going to work out with chanel and my brother, and that worries me, obviously. But tripp, don’t you know by now? You’re the one that I love. Okay? Please tell me that you believe that.

Belle: Eric went back to the priesthood?

Brady: That wasn’t long. I mean, he just got his divorce finalized a little while ago.

Belle: Did he say why he did that?

Sami: If anyone could make a man swear off women, it’d be nicole.

John: I think it was more a matter of faith.

Belle: Well, whatever the reason, it’s really good for mom. Is he doing the exorcism?

John: He just started, yeah.

Brady: Dad, I don’t know. Priest or no priest, I don’t think he should be in there alone fighting the devil.

[Dramatic music]

Eric: How did you–

Evil kristen: Father, you of all people must know that the devil can take many forms.

Eric: No. You’re just an illusion.

Evil kristen: I don’t think so.

Eric: You’re just–

Evil kristen: I’m a lot more real than you think. Why don’t you come a little closer and see for yourself?

Eric: I’m not interested.

Evil kristen: You were hesitant the first time too. But eventually, you came around.

Eric: No. I was drugged.

Evil kristen: So maybe that’s why things are a little hazy. Perhaps this will jog your memory.

[Bright tone]

[Dramatic music]

Eric: I wasn’t myself.

Evil kristen: I think that you were the real you, without all of your priestly inhibitions.

Eric: No.

Evil kristen: Just give in, eric. No one will ever know.

Brady: Eric, don’t listen to her. It’s just another one of the devil’s tricks.

Find your rhythm.

Evil kristen: Oh, brady, you don’t have to be jealous. I’ll always have a special place in my heart for you. You want me to prove it?

Brady: That’s a hard pass.

Evil kristen: You’re so silly. You never could resist me.

Eric: You can try to lead us into temptation, but it’ll never work. You’re just wasting your time.

Brady: Hey, let’s go.

Eric: Thank you for bringing me back to reality. I was–I was starting to fall.

Brady: Hey, I got your back.

Demon marlena: You two are such a drag.

[Scoffs] You’re no match for me, you fallen priest and the boozy brother. You won’t win.

Eric: You’re right. He’s absolutely right.

Brady: Eric, what are you talking about? We’re not giving up on this.

Eric: No, no, we’re not giving up. We’re just gonna take a whole new approach to this.

Sami: So you found shawn in bed with jan spears?

Belle: Well, the devil made her look exactly like me.

Sami: Right. We should have used that excuse with ej.

Belle: It’s not funny, sami.

Sami: No, sorry. I’m just–

Belle: Jan wouldn’t even be back in our lives if it wasn’t for you. I mean, you broke her out of shady pines while she was still dangerously nuts.

Sami: Okay, if you wanna blame someone, blame nicole. She’s the one who was trying to steal my grandchild away from me.

John: You stop it.

Belle: Of course. Right.

John: Stop–no, no, no, we’re not going to have a house divided here.

Sami: Okay–

John: We’re fighting satan, not ourselves. We have to maintain a united front here. Take your sister’s hand.

Eric: John’s right. None of us are strong enough to beat the devil. We need to set aside our differences. We need to work together as a family. It’s the only hope we have of saving mom’s soul.

[Dramatic music]

Allie: You believe I love you, don’t you?

Tripp: I do. And I love you, too, allie.

Allie: I know. Or else you’d never agree to wear matching bracelets.

Tripp: That’s right.

[Phone rings]

Allie: Oh, it’s grandpa john. Hi, grandpa john, any news on grandma?

Demon marlena: Oh, marlena. Looks like your loved ones are circling the wagons. And the fight for your soul is about to begin.

[Chilling music]

And I am going to win it. Forever. Such tree-mendous views.

Steve: Come on, sit on patchy claus’s lap.

Kayla: You’re not gonna give up until I do it, are you?

Steve: Nope.

Kayla: And it doesn’t matter to you that I find it terribly embarrassing for me, chief of staff of this hospital, to sit on santa’s lap in front of all my colleagues?

Steve: Oh, no, I don’t care. And besides… I have something for you.

Kayla: You do?

Steve: Here. Here.

Kayla: Aww.

Steve: Open it up.

Kayla: Aww, steve, it’s beautiful.

Steve: You know, my number one elf, tripp, told me that bracelets are the trending christmas gift this year, and I thought it would go nice with the necklace that I gave you on our honeymoon.

[Sentimental music]

All these years later, you’re still my anchor.

Kayla: Thank you. I love it. And I love you.

Steve: You know what?

Kayla: Mm?

Steve: Now you’re kissing santa in front of all your colleagues.

Kayla: I don’t care.

Steve: That’s the christmas spirit.

Tripp: Hey.

Chanel: Oh. Hey, henry, merry christmas. Hey, tripp.

Tripp: Hey. Look, I’m–I wanted to say I’m sorry about before and I just hope that you and I can still be friends.

Chanel: Yeah. Me, too. We’ll just keep it neutral like switzerland.

Tripp: Right. Well, did johnny get a call from his grandfather? Allie did.

Chanel: Yeah. I hope dr. Evans is gonna be okay.

Tripp: Yeah. Same here. Well, I was about to take henry to the hospital.

Chanel: Oh, what’s wrong?

Tripp: Oh, nothing, nothing. Every christmas the hospital throws a party for the kids that can’t go home. And since johnny is otherwise engaged, you want to come with us?

Chanel: Sure. I’d love to.

Tripp: All right. My dad is actually dressed up as santa claus, so it adds a little bit to the fun, right?

Chanel: Definitely. And I’m sure he’ll pull it off great.

Johnny: Looks like we both got the same call.

Allie: Look, about before–

Johnny: Look, look, it’s– today’s about grandma, okay? Everything else can wait.

[Knocking on door]

Sami: Oh, hey!

Allie: Hi. Hi.

Sami: I’m so glad to see you! Oh, look at you. You’re both here. Oh, I’m so glad that we could be together. I wish it was under different circumstances. Johnny, would you go on in? I want to talk to allie for a second.

Johnny: Sure.

Sami: Hey, um, I know this isn’t the right time for this conversation, but, well, chanel’s mother told me something that I wanted to talk to you– I wanted to verify with you.

Allie: You’re right, mom. This is not the time. Not the time at all.

Sami: Oh. Right. No, of course. Let’s go in.

Allie: Uncle eric? I didn’t know you were back.

Eric: Yeah. Well, it’s–I’ll explain later. But right now, we need to focus on saving your grandmother.

Lucas: You know what? I think I’m gonna go. This is definitely a family situation. I’ll be praying for everybody. Call me later, okay? See you soon.

Sami: Thank you, lucas. Johnny, listen, I know things didn’t end well–

Johnny: Look, like i told allie, today’s about grandma.

Sami: Thank you.

Johnny: So what are we doing?

Eric: An exorcism. I want you to all know upfront that this is gonna be very emotionally and physically exhausting… and very dangerous. If there’s anybody who doesn’t want to be a part of this, please, let me know now. There’s nothing wrong with saying no.

Allie: On the way over here, I was just thinking about everything she’s done for us. I’m not leaving.

Johnny: If she can take it, so can I.

Eric: I think it’s a good sign that we’re doing this on christmas day, the day that god sent down his only begotten son to save us. And I know that allie is not alone when she’s thinking of all the good things that mom has done for us. So now it’s time for us all to come together in her hour of need.

[Dramatic music]

Demon marlena: Well, well, well, the gang’s all here. Even the grandchildren. I suspect johnny is here to do some research for his movie.

Johnny: I’m here for my grandmother.

John: Johnny, don’t engage her.

Eric: Let’s begin.

Sami: [Mouthing words]

[Mouthing words]

Eric: Let’s join hands as we say the lord’s prayer.

All: Our father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread…

[Eerie tone] And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. Amen!

Demon marlena: You can pray all you like, but nothing is going to bring back your precious marlena. She’s mine! She’s mine for eternity!

[Cackles]

[Laughing deepens]

[Chilling music]

Limu emu… & doug

Eric: May the blessings of our almighty god, the father, the son, and the holy spirit, come upon you and remain with you forever!

Demon marlena: [Screaming]

[Chilling music]

Sami: [Pants]

Demon marlena: [Cackling] Is that all you’ve got?

Belle: Oh my god, this is so much worse than I thought it was gonna be.

Demon marlena: Oh, belle, were you about to throw in the towel? I figured you’d be the first to fold. And, remember, you were the first to give up on your mother when she was in a coma. How’s your marriage? How many times have you betrayed your husband? You’re nothing but a cheap slut!

Sami: Don’t talk to her like that!

Demon marlena: Oh, my, it’s the professional slut defending the junior slut.

Eric: Don’t engage! Everyone, focus! Talk to her–talk to marlena. Speak to her. Pray to god that she will hear you.

Kayla: “Then, all at once, in the night sky, a vast number of glorious angels appeared– the very armies of heaven. And they all praised god, singing, ‘glory to god in the highest realms of heaven. For there is peace and good hope given to the songs of men.'” Yeah.

[Gentle music]

Lucas: God, please forgive me for what I did to sami. Please watch over her today. Watch over her today and watch over her and the rest of marlena’s family.

Demon marlena: Ahh!

All: Pray for us sinners…

Demon marlena: Ahh!

All: Mary, mother of god…

Demon marlena: Ahh!

All: Now and at the hour of our death, amen.

Demon marlena: Ahh!

Eric: The beast is getting weaker.

Demon marlena: Your united front is getting weaker. Your family is a sham. You’re always at war with yourself.

John: But we always pull together when it counts. And what counts most right now is all of our love for marlena!

Eric: Depart, transgressor! Depart!

John: This is it, doc. It’s now or never.

Eric: Depart, seducer, full of lies.

John: We need you to fight! We need you to come back to us!

Demon marlena: It’s too late!

Eric: The foe of virtue, persecutor of the innocent…

John: Look around you! Look into the faces of all of your family members! Remember how much you love them! Remember how much they love you!

Demon marlena: No!

John: Yes!

Eric: Give way, you monster. Give way to christ! For he has already stripped you of your powers, laid waste your kingdom, bound your prisoner, and plundered your weapons…

John: Oh lord, please remind marlena what is at stake!

Eric: He has cast you forth to the outer darkness!

John: Please remind her that we need her! Remind her that we love her!

[Emotional music]

Sami: I love you so much.

Marlena: I love you.

And I will delight in you… all the days of our lives.

Demon marlena: No! No!

John: Doc? Doc?

Marlena: John?

John: Doc, is it really you, honey?

Marlena: It’s me. It’s me.

[Cries softly] You saved me.

[Gentle music]

You all–you all saved me.

John: Thank you, god. Thank you, god.

All: [Laughing]

[Gentle music]

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Julie: Well, doesn’t it make you feel all christmassy?

Eli: Yeah, it sure does. You know, grandma, looking at this beautiful tree, you would never guess that the devil tried to burn it down last night.

Julie: It’s going to take more than demon possession to stop this family or your grandmother from having the horton christmas tree. That reminds me I have something for you.

Eli: Okay.

Julie: Yeah. You hear that? Well, actually, it’s for you and lani. But actually, it’s for my precious grandbabies. Yes, it is. But you are a little small to undo the box. And so daddy is going to do the honors.

Eli: Maybe we should wait until lani’s done helping doug in the kitchen.

Julie: No. I’m too impatient. I want to see it now. Open it, darling.

Eli: Okay. All right. Grandma, thank you. Look. Guys, these are for you from your great-grandmother and you’ll put them on that tree there every year.

Julie: Can we hang out together? Just you and me right now? It would give me something so lovely to remember.

Eli: Sure. Let’s do it. You want to see?

Julie: You want to watch? This is you and this is you, little jules. Okay.

Eli: Which one–

Julie: What do you like? How about there? Okay. And there she is.

Eli: Right. I’ll put carver right next to jules.

Julie: Good idea.

Eli: How’s that?

Julie: Well, I think it’s perfect. Can you see, honey?

Eli: Yeah. See?

Julie: Do you see them on the tree? Do you see ’em?

Eli: They have your names on them. Now you guys are officially part of the horton family christmas tree tradition, and you always will be.

[Soft music]

Allie: You’re up early. Is that because you know it’s christmas? It’s christmas.

Tripp: Hey.

Allie: Hey. Hi. Sorry. Did henry wake you up?

Tripp: No, no. That’s okay. It’s okay. Merry christmas. And merry christmas to you, hank.

Allie: Merry christmas. How’re you feeling this morning?

Tripp: Not bad for a guy who just came out of a coma.

Allie: But at least it wasn’t your coma.

Tripp: Yeah. Was that just a bad christmas eve dream? Or did your grandma really turn me into jan spears in a coma?

Allie: I really wish that i could say it was a bad dream, but I can’T.

Tripp: I know.

Allie: But hey, hey. It’s over now. Okay. It’s over. And I don’t want to talk about demons anymore. It’s christmas. It’s the one day of the year when miracles really can happen. And you and i and henry are all together, so let’s just be happy. Okay.

Tripp: Sounds good to me. Hey big man. You want some–are you hungry? Want some pancakes?

Allie: Want some pancakes?

Tripp: Want some pancakes? Yeah. You want some pancakes.

Allie: Hold on. It’s johnny. He says he’s back from italy and he says he has news. Wonder what it could be.

Tripp: Hmm.

[Soft music]

Johnny: Hey. Hey. Morning, mrs. Dimera. Buon natale.

Chanel: Mrs. Dimera. I like the sound of that.

Johnny: Yeah.

Chanel: What else did you say?

Johnny: Buon natale. It’s italian for merry christmas.

Chanel: Why does everything sound so much sexier in italian?

Johnny: Because it is.

Chanel: Think your parents are getting used to the idea of me being their daughter-in-law?

Johnny: I think that my parents have bigger things to worry about than you and me.

Chanel: Yeah. Like what?

Johnny: Like my dad is in jail for kidnapping my mom.

Nicole: Merry christmas.

Ej: I was surprised when they told me I had a visitor. I thought you’d be with holly.

Nicole: Well, maggie and victor asked if they could have her. So I just dropped her off. Did you get any sleep at all?

Ej: Not much. The accommodations aren’t up to my usual standards. Why are you staring at me?

Nicole: Did you do it? Did you really have sami kidnapped?

Sami: Come on, mom. You have to beat this. Hi.

Lucas: Hey, you all right?

Sami: Come in, please.

Lucas: Well, I just heard that ej was arrested.

Sami: Look, I can’t think about him right now.

Lucas: What do you mean you can’t think about ej right now? Since when?

Sami: It’s john has locked my mother in their bedroom, tied her to the bed.

Lucas: Are you kidding me? What are they doing in there?

Sami: God only knows. And I mean that literally.

John: I know you’re still there, doc. It’s christmas morning. It’s time for you to come home to me.

Demon marlena: Nice day for an exorcism.

[Laughing] Good luck with that.

[Laughing]

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Chanel: You’re putting me on, right? Your dad didn’t really have your mom kidnapped.

Johnny: Yeah. I mean, I don’t know. The cops must think so or they wouldn’t have arrested him.

Chanel: Wow. Wow. Okay. So, well, what do you think? You know your dad better than the cops do.

Johnny: Nothing my dad does really surprises me, you know. He is a dimera.

Chanel: So are you.

Johnny: Starting to have second thoughts about marrying into my crazy family?

Chanel: No way. I’m in for the long haul.

Johnny: Hey. What do you say that we forget about my parents’ latest drama and go see allie. It’s time we gave her the good news.

Chanel: Oh. Yeah, okay. If you want to.

Johnny: Hey, whoa–where do you think you’re going?

Chanel: To take a shower.

Johnny: Without giving me my christmas present?

Chanel: You want a present?

Johnny: Yeah.

Chanel: Have you been naughty or nice?

Johnny: I’ll be whatever you want me to be.

Ej: The police can’t possibly make a case against me, because I’m innocent. I’m serious. I had absolutely nothing to do with samantha’s kidnapping.

Nicole: Well, I heard the cops caught one of the guys who was guarding sami. Why would he say that he worked for you?

Ej: Because he’s lying. Someone is setting me up.

Lucas: Your mom set fire to the horton christmas angel?

Sami: Yeah. Right out of currier and ives, isn’t it?

Lucas: That angel’s been in my family for generations. Doug and julie must be freaked out. You know, they’re scared of your mom right now.

Sami: Well, they have every reason to be. She’s pretty scary. John keeps reminding me that it’s the thing in her that did this, not her. But it looks a lot like her.

Lucas: I can’t–i just can’T.

Sami: It’s happened before, you know. I mean, as it turns out, my mother is the devil’s favorite place to go for the holidays.

Lucas: Well, I just didn’t think it would happen again is what I’m saying.

Sami: Me neither. I just hope john knows what he’s doing. I hope that we get my mom back before it’s too late.

Demon marlena: Why can’t I do this?

John: Because you are losing your power. You’re not as strong as you used to be.

Demon marlena: That’s not true.

John: I think you’re making it true.

[Dramatic music]

Our father, who art in heaven–

Demon marlena: You’re not really starting that–

John: Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done–

Demon marlena: He can’t hear you.

John: Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven–

Demon marlena: You’re wasting your breath. You aren’t even a priest.

John: Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses–

Demon marlena: Your precious marlena is lost to you.

John: As we forgive those who trespass against us.

Demon marlena: [Laughing]

Limu emu… & doug

Paulina: Abe. Fancy meeting you here.

Abe: Hello, paulina. Merry christmas.

Paulina: Merry christmas to you. I’m just finishing up my christmas shopping.

Abe: I’m surprised there were stores open.

Paulina: Ballistix was open till noon. I made it in just under the wire. Good thing too. I have a new son-in-law to shop for.

Abe: Well, you know that eli and lani have been married for over a year.

Paulina: I wasn’t talking about eli. And I’m sure he doesn’t want a present from me anyway. I’m talking about my new son-in-law. My chanel, she came home from her roman holiday married to johnny dimera.

Johnny: Hey. What’s wrong?

Chanel: Just hold on a minute. Okay?

Johnny: Do you not want to tell allie that we got married?

Chanel: No. No, it’s not that. It’s just I’m worried about how she’ll take it.

Johnny: Why? Because you guys played around with kissing for a while? That’s way in the past. Look, you’re my wife now.

Chanel: Yeah, I am. I married to my best friend’s brother. The brother she warned me about. This could be weird for her.

Johnny: Look, okay, she’s gonna find out eventually. She might as well find out from us.

[Knocking]

Allie: Hi. Welcome home.

Chanel: Merry christmas.

Allie: Merry christmas. Hi. Oh, you guys should’ve come by earlier. Tripp made pancakes.

Chanel: We got henry a present; where is he?

Allie: That’s so sweet. He was up really early, but then he got really sleepy after his big breakfast. So tripp is putting him down for a nap.

Johnny: Oh. He’s here?

Tripp: Yeah. He’s here. Merry christmas.

Johnny: You too.

Chanel: This is for you. It’s from johnny and me.

Allie: Aww. Well, I got you guys stuff too. I mean, I figured we’d open it all together.

Johnny: You guys want to– you guys want to wait a minute on the–on the presents. Didn’t you get my text? Don’t you want to hear the big news?

Allie: Yeah, but I realized that I already know what it is.

Chanel: You do?

Allie: Yeah. Johnny’s dad kidnapped our mom.

Nicole: Okay. Who would want to set you up for kidnapping sami?

Ej: I’ve made more than a few enemies here in salem. Victor kiriakis blames me for titan’s financial problems. Melinda trask hates me for making her look like a fool in court. And then there’s–

Nicole: Okay. You might want to narrow down your list to one possible name that you can give the police.

Ej: As a matter of fact, I already have.

Sami: John’s been in there for a long time. I hope she hasn’t turned him into a goat or something.

Lucas: Turn him into a goat. You’re wearing out the rug. Come on, sit down for a second. Take a look. Well, so I don’t–I don’t know–I don’t know a lot about exorcisms, but I’ve seen a couple movies about them, you know, and i just know it takes a while. Right?

Sami: Exorcism. You know, my–my mother should be enjoying her christmas with her children and her grandchildren.

Lucas: I know.

Sami: Instead she’s in there battling for her immortal soul. If anyone deserves to be possessed by the devil, it’s me.

Lucas: Would we be able to tell the difference if you were possessed by the devil? Would we be able to decipher that? I’m just kidding. Trying to keep your mind off things. Okay. I’m try and change the subject, that’s all. I know that you’re very scared for your mom right now, but we should probably talk about this ej situation, right?

Sami: No. Lucas, I don’t want to talk about that.

Lucas: What do you mean you don’t want to talk about your very own husband kidnaps you, hold you against your will? Please tell me you’re done with that guy. People everywhere living with

Johnny: I still can’t believe that dad would do that to mom.

Allie: I can.

Johnny: Come on, al.

Allie: What? You saw how he treated her when we were all in rome.

Johnny: Yeah. And then he followed her back here and they got back together.

Allie: And then he found out that she was cheating on him.

Johnny: Well, let’s just agree to disagree. Okay. That’s not the news that we came here to tell you.

Tripp: Okay. Okay, you guys have the floor.

Johnny: Chanel and i got married.

Tripp: Get out.

Johnny: Yes.

Chanel: We’re not just best friends anymore. We’re sisters-in-law.

Abe: Johnny and chanel, are they really married?

Paulina: Oh yeah. I’m trying to make the best of it, but–

Abe: But you’ve heard a lot of far-out stories about the dimera family.

Paulina: Yes, I have. Although I know your–your late wife. She was a dimera. So–so that makes your son theo half-dimera, so–well, there’s obviously some goodness in that gene pool.

Abe: Definitely. Besides, every family has its problems.

Ej: And there’s chad. He wants dimera enterprises all to himself. He makes no secret of that. Jake knows that I organized the campaign to oust him as ceo. Gabi hates me for that and for throwing her out of my house–

Nicole: Okay. I thought you said you narrowed your list down to one name.

Ej: But out of all those people, I don’t think anyone hates me more than rafe does.

Nicole: [Scoffs] Rafe? Oh, don’t be ridiculous. First of all, he would never do that to sami. And second of all, he wouldn’t break the law just to get to you.

Ej: He’s always been jealous of me and it’s even worse now that I’m with you.

Nicole: Rafe?

Ej: Mm-hmm.

Nicole: Jealous? That is patently absurd.

Ej: I disagree.

Nicole: Okay. Well then since we’re sitting here talking about people who hate your guts, what about lucas horton?

Sami: Look, I’ve heard chapter and verse about how you hate ej. I don’t need to hear it anymore. Listen, I have to be here for my mother right now.

Lucas: I know. I get that. Okay. But he–he did kidnap you for weeks and weeks. He held you there and he tortured you. Why would you go back to a guy who tortured you? How’s that going to help your mother?

Sami: We don’t know that it was ej.

Lucas: Yes, we do. Why would the salem pd arrest him? They wouldn’t arrest him for nothing. And please tell me you’re not still fighting the divorce.

Sami: Well, ej doesn’t want a divorce now.

Lucas: He what?

Sami: Yeah, he was just telling me that he–mom.

John: Very impressive. Even shackled to the bed, you have telekinetic powers, but I have god, our father, the son and the holy spirit on my side, not to mention marlena’s love. Shall we begin? Revelation, book 12, verse 9. “And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent called the devil, and satan, who deceiveth the whole world was cast out into the earth, and all of his angels were cast out with him.” Cast out. Cast out.

Demon marlena: [Screaming]

[Dramatic music]

[Screaming]

[Dramatic music]

[ Echoing ]

Some of us were born for this.

John: First peter, chapter 5, verse 8, “be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.”

Sami: Stop. Stop.

Demon marlena: Sami. Sami, please help me. Honey. Honey, you’ve got to help me. This is what he did to me. Look at this. This is why I ran away.

John: Samantha, it’s not her.

Sami: No. John, you have to stop. Okay. Please. You have to untie her. This is torture.

Johnny: Samantha, it’s not her. It’s the devil just playing with you. It’s not her.

Demon marlena: Sami. Sami, help me.

Sami: John, I can’t stand to see her scream.

Demon marlena: Sami, help me, please.

John: Let’s take a break. Let’s take a break. Let’s take a break. Come with me. Come with me. Come with me. Lucas, let’s go.

[Dramatic music]

Demon marlena: Not so fast, mr. Horton. You and I have to chat alone for a moment.

Ej: You actually think lucas horton has the brains and the nerve to set me up?

Nicole: No. All I said was lucas hates you, not as much as rafe does. I don’t think either one of them would do this to you. I think you’re just grasping at straws.

Ej: I don’t know about that. I didn’t put lucas on my list of suspects because he always seems so ineffectual. But maybe it was him.

Lani: Let’s go.

Paulina: Can I at least wish you a merry christmas?

Eli: Merry christmas, paulina.

Lani: The kids have probably worn doug and julie out by now. We should go pick them up and I still have a lot to do for our christmas dinner. Dad, we’ll–we’ll see you later tonight, right?

Abe: Of course you will.

Paulina: Well, I thought you want to know you have a new brother-in-law.

Allie: So you guys are really married?

Johnny: Yes, we are. Yes.

Allie: When did that happen?

Johnny: While we were in rome. Do you remember that church that mom used to take us to? That little church.

Allie: San carlo of the four fountains?

Johnny: Yes. Yeah. That’s–that’s where we got married.

Tripp: So, congratulations.

Johnny: Thank you. Thank you.

Chanel: Allie? You’re not saying anything.

Allie: Okay. You want me to say something? You just made the biggest mistake of your entire life.

Itchy?

Johnny: I can’t believe you just said that.

Chanel: I thought you’d be happy for us.

Tripp: I mean, you guys just did throw this at her.

Johnny: No, we didn’T.

Allie: How long have you been dating? A couple of months?

Johnny: Long enough to know we love each other.

Allie: Okay. How many times have I watched you fall in and out of love?

Johnny: I’m not a kid anymore. Okay. This is different. Chanel and I know that what we feel for each other is real.

Allie: What do you know about real? Our giovanni here is always the leading man in his own movie. The plot is always the same. It’s just the girl who changes. Okay. They go for romantic strolls by the tiber, and then they walk over to the piazza navona. That’s your regular route. Wasn’t it? And then he takes her to the one trattoria where they know him and he orders for her in italian. Sound familiar? I guess you needed a bigger ending for your movie this time ’cause you married the girl before you broke up with her.

Johnny: Are you done yet? Or you still–okay.

Allie: No, I’m not done. The movie’s over. Okay? You’re back in salem now. What happens when those magic feeling goes away and you’re stuck with a guy who’s bored of being a husband?

Sami: [Crying]

John: Hey. Here you go, kid.

Sami: Thank you.

John: Look, I know how hard this is on you and I know how much you hate what I’m doing because I hate it too. But a successful exorcism is the only chance I have of bringing your mother back to you.

Sami: I understand. And I brought grandma carolyn’s rosary, ’cause I wanted to help, but it just so hard. It’s really hard to see her like that.

John: That wasn’t her. That was satan preying on your love of her. He wants you to stop me.

Sami: I just–I love her, you know, that right, john? I love her so much, even though I don’t always show her how much I love her–

John: She understands that. Sweetie, wherever she is right now, she can feel that love.

Sami: Wherever she is?

John: You know–whether you realize it or not, what you’re doing right now is helping her. It’s making her stronger and I need you with me on this right now. I need you to be 100% all in.

Sami: Okay.

John: It says in the bible that, ‘a house divided against itself shall not stand.’ And we’re up against the forces of darkness here, so we–we have to be a united front. All in, samantha.

Nicole: Okay. Just slow down a little bit here. Okay? I don’t really see lucas as the kidnapping type.

Ej: Why not? He pretended to have a brain tumor so he could get close to chloe lane.

Nicole: No, no, no. Sami put him up to that. Because your lovely sister said that she would tell the whole world about sami and lucas if sami didn’t get chloe away from brady.

Ej: What about the fact that lucas almost let samantha receive the death penalty for a murder he committed? He didn’t need prodding from kristen then.

Nicole: Well, lucas finally manned up and stopped the execution.

Ej: With seconds to spare. I’m sorry, but lucas horton is more malicious than you give him credit for.

Lucas: There’s nothing I can do for you. So stop playing games and open up the door.

Demon marlena: No. We’ve got a few things to get settled first.

Lucas: You and me? What do we have to talk about?

Demon marlena: For starters, I know what you did. People think of you as the boring one, but I know what a little bad boy you are.

Lucas: Yeah, I’m so boring that your mind games aren’t going to work on me.

Demon marlena: Really? You see, I know that you’re the one that kidnapped sami and held her captive. That’s not very boring.

Lucas: You don’t know anything about me.

Demon marlena: I know you’re an imbecile and I know that I gave you the idea.

Lucas: Wait a minute. You made me kidnap sami?

Demon marlena: “The devil made me do it”? That’s going to be your defense? I’m sorry to disappoint, but I didn’t make you do it.

Lucas: What the hell did you do?

Demon marlena: Well, I just planted the idea in that little booze soaked brain of yours. The rest of it, you did yourself voluntarily because you couldn’t resist the temptation.

Lucas: Oh, my god.

Demon marlena: Oh, and lucas, if you don’t get me out of here, I’m gonna tell sami everything. Are you tired of clean clothes that just don’t smell clean?

Lani: So chanel ran off to italy and married herself a dimera. That girl knows how to keep life interesting.

Paulina: Mm-hmm. You can say that again.

Lani: Thank you for telling me about chanel and johnny. I will send them a wedding present.

Paulina: Speaking of presents–

Lani: I thought I made it clear to you that I don’t want anything from you.

Paulina: Even if they for my grandchildren?

Nicole: When am I going to learn to keep my big mouth shut? You cannot pin this on lucas

Ej: If it isn’t him, then who is it? Samantha didn’t kidnap herself.

Nicole: Actually, I wouldn’t put it past her.

Ej: Don’t be ridiculous.

Nicole: Well, in case you’re interested, you still haven’t convinced me that it wasn’t you.

Sami: I am with you, john. You have my attention now. I am with you 100% all in.

John: We can do this. You know, we’re not gonna stop until we save her and we’re going to need all the support we can get. We’re going to need it from our kids. We’re going to need it from our friends and especially from the man upstairs.

Sami: Yeah, especially from him. And speaking of our kids, you know what, lucas, maybe you could call–lucas. Where is he?

John: I don’t know. He was right behind us when we left the bedroom.

Demon marlena: All you have to do is untie me and I can make sure that your–your precious sami never knows you kidnapped her. I can do things like that, you know.

Lucas: If I set you free, that means you can do whatever you want to marlena. Sami will hate me. Everybody would.

Demon marlena: Well, everybody’s going to hate you anyway, once they find out that you kidnapped sami and you–you framed– you framed ej.

[Laughs] You’re just– you’re screwed no matter what you do. So why don’t we do this my way? You know what? I’ll make it easy for you. Just–just untie one hand. I’ll do the rest.

[Unsettling music]

Sami: Lucas! Lucas! Lucas, what the hell are you doing? How did olay top expensive creams?

Chanel: I need to talk to allie alone.

Tripp: You want to go take a peek at your nephew?

Johnny: Sure, I do.

Allie: You didn’t hear a word I said, did you?

Chanel: Like I don’t know that johnny’s had girls before me?

Allie: A lot of them.

Chanel: I’m telling you, this is different. Yeah, it was a spur of the moment thing, but it was real.

Allie: Okay. Well, johnny is not the only one who does think spur of the moment, chanel. All right. You remember your what a day and a half as mrs. Xander cook? What was that, five minutes after you got to salem?

Chanel: That was a scam. This is love.

Allie: Are you sure about that?

Johnny: Damn it, allie. I love chanel. Chanel loves me. We got married. Why can’t you just accept that?

Allie: Who cares if I accept it? It’s your life.

Johnny: You’re my sister. I thought you might like to see me happy, but I guess not.

Allie: I do want to see you happy, but I’d also like to see chanel happy and I feel like you’re going to make her miserable.

Johnny: I just–you know what? I had a thought. I’m starting to think that maybe this isn’t about me at all. Maybe you’re just jealous.

Tripp: What the hell is that supposed to mean?

Johnny: What do you think it means? It means your girlfriend wants my wife all to herself.

Paulina: It’s kaleidoscopes of pictures of your–your big mama and paw-paw when they were first married. And me and tammy as little girls. You and chanel when you were babies. The whole family.

Abe: That is very thoughtful of you, paulina.

Paulina: Me and tammy had them when we were little and I made one for chanel too.

Lani: My mom made me one. I used to stare at that thing for hours.

Paulina: Sort of a price family tradition.

Lani: I’m sorry. I-I can’t accept that.

Eli: Come on, baby. It’s christmas.

Paulina: Please. Please let me do this for my grandbabies.

Lani: Thank you, paulina.

Paulina: You are more than welcome.

Nicole: You and I have gone out to dinner several times and we’ve had sex once. I still don’t know who this new ej is and what he’s capable of.

Ej: I told samantha our marriage was over and that I wanted a divorce. She was sobbing–sobbing when I ordered her out of my house. Do you think I’m such a sadist that I also had her kidnapped?

Nicole: Well, when you put it like that, no. No, I don’t think you’re a sadist.

Ej: So you believe me now.

Nicole: Yes.

Ej: Thank you.

Nicole: Don’t thank me yet. We still have to figure out who kidnapped sami or you could be ringing in the new year at statesville.

Lucas: I was on my way out and she loosened the restraints. I didn’t want her to break loose.

Sami: Really? Oh no.

Demon marlena: He’s lying about everything.

John: Heavenly father. I know it says that you never put more on us than we can bear. But this is a lot. I don’t know if I have the strength to see this through, so I need your help, lord. I just need–I need you to give me a sign that it’s your will that doc’s soul will be saved for a second time.

[Knock at door]

[Tense music]

Yeah, hold on.

[Dramatic music]

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especially this time of year. But I want you to know we’re all praying for you guys.

John: Yeah, appreciate that.

Steve: I think the big dude upstairs is going to come through for you because, you know, tomorrow’s a special day for him.

John: Yeah.

Steve: Season for miracles, right? You just have to keep the faith.

John: I’m doing my best. Hey, steve. Merry christmas, partner.

Steve: Merry christmas, john.

John: You know, we could use miracle right about now.

[Knock on door]

Ben: Is that okay?

Julie: Ooh, just a smidge to the left–

Doug: It’s perfect right where it is. Thank you, ben.

[Laughter]

Ciara: Well, it makes me feel much better knowing that there’s a little angel watching over you two after we leave.

Doug: Angels we have

Both: Heard on high

sweetly singing

o’er the plain

and the mountains in reply

echoing their joyous strains

glor-or

or-or-oria

in excelsis deo

[Ominous musical sting]

Doug: Oh!

Ciara: Oh, no!

[Eerie music]

Doug: Oh, oh.

Demon marlena: Ho, ho, ho, everybody, and a merry christmas. Say, were all those cop cars outside for little old me?

Julie: What did you do to them?

Demon marlena: Well, let’s just say that I sent them to the north pole.

Doug: Marlena, what are you doing here?

Julia: What do you want with us?

Demon marlena: Well, gosh, i was hoping it was time to open presents. Because I’ve come for mine.

[Eerie music]

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

John: Gabriel! I don’t even believe this.

Gabriel: Merry christmas, john. It’s been a long time. Might you be able to extend some hospitality to a weary traveler?

John: Oh, of course! Of course. Where’s my manners? Please, come in, come in.

Gabriel: Thank you.

John: God, you don’t know how good it is to see you.

Gabriel: I have some idea. You didn’t think that I would stay away, did you? Not when you’re going through such a trying time.

John: Gabe, I’m telling you, I have never in my life just felt so helpless and so scared.

Gabriel: I understand. But you must remember that god is always with you, even if you can’t see him.

John: Well, you know, I need god to do more than just see me right now.

Gabriel: I know that you do. I’m not supposed to get involved in people’s affairs, but these circumstances are… extraordinary, to say the least.

John: Oh, marlena is in such terrible trouble. I’m starting to believe that only divine intervention is going to save her.

Gabriel: Then I guess it’s a good thing that I’m here.

John: You can help me find her then, right? Because I don’t have any idea where to start!

Gabriel: Marlena is leaving carnage in her wake wherever she goes, a trail of pain that is pretty easy to follow.

John: Well, that’s easy for you to say. Now, look, gabriel, I know that you’re not supposed to interfere here, but I don’t have time for riddles, so just tell me– me, where’s my wife?

Ben: You’re not laying a finger on my wife. I won’t let you.

Demon marlena: Do you really think you can stop me?

Julie: Stronger together. We’re all going to stop you.

Demon marlena: Is that right, julie?

Julie: Yes! Yeah. ‘Cause there’s no place for you in this house, satan. This house…this house was tom and alice’s home where goodness and love always lived.

Doug: Amen.

Demon marlena: [Laughs] Well, all that goodness and love couldn’t protect your little angel. And it’s not going to protect that little angel, either.

Ciara: You stay away from me. You stay away from my baby!

Demon marlena: Sorry, can’t do that. I always get what I want. And I want that baby.

Belle: Who are you?

Jan as belle: Who am I? Who are you?

Shawn: Wait, hold on, wait. If you’re here, then how can– how can you be there?

Belle: Shawn, I am your wife! Whoever that is in the bed with you isn’t me.

Shawn: No, I don’t understand.

Jan: Oops.

Chad: We got legos, ponies, lego ponies. I am…[Laughs] Pretty sure we got everything on thomas and charlotte’s list.

Abigail: Okay. Well, then I guess we better get them upstairs, get them wrapped before they realize we’ve got a very, very close working relationship with the old santa claus.

Jack: Ah, the mad rush to hide the last-minute gifts for the kids on christmas eve! I remember it well.

Abigail: Dad, what are you doing here?

Jack: Is that any way to greet your wayward father?

Abigail: Oh! Take those. Oh! It’s so good to see you.

Jack: That’s better!

Chad: I thought when you called us you said that you couldn’t get a flight because of the storm.

Jack: Well, yes, yes. There was a storm, and I was looking at spending a very sad christmas in the airport hotel, but luckily, the weather changed, and we were able to catch the first flight out.

Abigail: We?

Jennifer: Merry christmas!

Abigail: Oh, my god!

[Both screaming]

Jack: Merry christmas.

Chad: Merry christmas.

[Overlapping chatter]

Jennifer: Hi, baby. Oh, my gosh. Hi!

Chad: Hi.

[Overlapping chatter, laughter] Hi susan! Honey?

Jan: Awkward!

Shawn: What the hell is this? Belle, I swear, I swear i thought that was you.

Belle: Obviously, but how did this happen?

Shawn: I don’t know. I got a text message. I got a text message to come to this room, and then, and then you–you answered the door.

Jan: No, I opened the door.

Shawn: No. Belle, you saw her, you saw her–she looked exactly like you– exactly!

Oh, I’ll take that as a compliment, although I’m a lot more fun.

Shawn: Belle, belle, I swear, I swear I didn’t know anything about this.

Belle: I don’t understand. After everything that happened with kayla and steve, you didn’t think to check that this was me before you jumped into bed?

Shawn: I thought I was being careful! I was afraid that the devil was going to pull some illusion thing, and then– I even called–I called rafe. Rafe said that you just left the station and that you had a surprise for me for our– for our anniversary, so I came here.

Jan: Spoiler alert, I don’t think that was rafe on the phone. See, as much as I would love to take all of the credit, I had A…partner.

[Eerie off-notes]

Shawn: Oh, my god.

Belle: The devil is working with jan spears.

Steve: When was the last time you saw tripp?

Allie: Last night. He told me he was working an overnight shift, and he was supposed to come meet me this morning.

Steve: But he never showed up?

Allie: No. I mean, I just that maybe he got pulled into some sort of emergency, so I came to check on him.

Steve: You know, I called him a couple of times to see if he wanted to join us for christmas eve, but he never got back to me.

Allie: Okay. Well, have you talked to any of the staff?

Steve: Yeah, I checked with the nurse, and she said that he never clocked out of his night shift.

Allie: But if he never clocked out, then wouldn’t that mean that he’s still here?

Steve: I don’t know. But I know how we can find out.

John: Please, gabe. I really need you. Every day that goes by, I can feel her just being pulled further and further away from me, so please tell me if you know where she is.

Gabriel: If ever there was a time to make an exception, it’s now.

John: Then you do know.

Gabriel: She’s with your friends, doug and julie.

John: She tried to hurt them before. I’ve got to go to them.

Gabriel: No, wait. Take this with you.

John: Saint benedict medal?

Gabriel: Wearing this represents a prayer to invoke god’s blessing through his intercession. It will help protect you and the people you love.

John: “Begone, satan.”

Gabriel: This medal will help you find the strength you need to drive the devil away from your friends.

John: What, you’re not coming with me?

Gabriel: I’m afraid I can’T. This is your battle, but you have defeated this demon before. You are strong enough to do this on your own if you don’t lose faith.

John: Thank you. Thank you for coming, gabe.

Gabriel: God be with you, my friend.

Demon marlena: Get out of my way.

Ben: My wife and my child are the only things that matter to me in this world, and I will fight you with everything in my soul.

Demon marlena: Wow. That’s a very stirring, knight-in-shining-armor speech. Especially coming from somebody with your past.

Ciara: Ben is a wonderful man. And he’s going to be a great father.

Demon marlena: In fact, he’s not. Because, in a moment, I’m going to walk out of here and take you and your baby with me.

Ben: Yeah, you’ll have to kill me first.

Demon marlena: Well, that can be arranged!

Ciara: No–

Doug: Ben, no, no!

Julie: Don’t you hurt him! And if you think for one minute you’re going to walk through this door with this precious girl, you’ve got a big letdown coming.

Demon marlena: I hate this place. I hate this house. It’s so full of history and historical do-gooders all trying to save the world from the devil. What’s your motto? “Save salem”!

Doug: We drove you out on thanksgiving.

Demon marlena: I let that happen. I’ve been so generous with all of you. It’s as though you’ve forgotten who I am.

Julie: Oh, we know exactly who you are.

Demon marlena: Then you’ll recall that I could have killed your husband a while back. And maybe, maybe I will do it this time. Right now, the only person in this room I need alive is you. Lila: Before I was diagnosed, there was nothing

Belle: I cannot believe this is happening.

Shawn: Yeah, you and me both.

Jan: And yet…here we are.

Belle: It’s just like what happened with kayla when my mom turned into steve to get that key card.

Jan: The key card that coincidently got her in to see me.

Shawn: Wait, steve and kayla were sure that your mom would send jan after us, but I don’t know–when we checked on her, she was still in her coma, though.

Jan: Again, sorry to keep spoiling on the story here, but I don’t think that was me, either.

Shawn: What? That wasn’t you in the bed?

Jan: I was in a bed.

Belle: Then who the hell was in the hospital?

Jan: Does it really matter, belle? The point is your husband and i just shared a wonderful moment. On your blessed anniversary, no less.

Shawn: You disgust me.

Jan: Oh, you didn’t feel that way a few moments ago, shawnie. Oh, the sheets. They’re still warm.

[Gasps] Belle! You should get in bed with us. Join us.

Shawn: No, the only place that you’re going is to jail, because you’re under arrest.

[Overlapping squeals, chatter]

Abigail: What an amazing surprise–I didn’t even know you were coming home.

Jack: That’s why it’s called a surprise.

Abigail: But are you here for good, like, home, home? Are you all finished with grandma’s estate?

Jennifer: Almost, almost. I just, I couldn’t wait to get here to spend christmas with my family. So tell me, what’s happening? What’s on the agenda for tonight? I’m ready.

Abigail: Well, we’re just, we’re going to get the kids ready after we get the presents stowed, so…

Jennifer: Great. For what?

Abigail: Don’t tell me you even have to ask. It’s almost time to go hang the ornaments with doug and julie.

Jennifer: Yes! Yes!

Abigail: Oh, I’m so glad you’re here.

Jennifer: Oh, baby.

Demon marlena: I know you’re being very brave, standing up to me like this. But are you sure this is the way you want to go out? I mean, christmas eve and everything.

Julie: You are not all-powerful! You know, I cast you out on thanksgiving.

Demon marlena: And here we go again.

Julie: By invoking the greatest power in this universe.

Demon marlena: Oh, the power of love?

[Baby voice] Oof, I’m so scared. But if you think we’re gonna have a repeat of what happened at thanksgiving, you’re wrong. And I’m also done chatting.

[Off-key notes]

Love. So powerful. I mean, it’s like…it’s like morning dew on a flower. But sometimes it burns. Do you think that your love can put out these flames?

[Whooshing sound] What was that?

John: Merry christmas, everyone. Looks like I got here… just in time. 1, 2, 3… yay!

Steve: Okay, here we go. Now, kayla’s at home resting after her run-in with your grandmother. She said it was definitely okay to use her computer to look for tripp.

Allie: And you can pull up security footage?

Steve: Yep. Should tell us exactly what time he got here, if and when he left.

Allie: There, there he is. He’s coming through the front entrance.

Steve: 6:55 P.M. That makes sense. He said he had an overnight shift.

Allie: Yeah, he was supposed to get home 7 A.M. This morning.

Steve: All right. Let’s fast-forward. Hang on.

Allie: Why did the screen go blank–did you go too far?

Steve: No, recording’s still playing, but there’s nothing there. It’s like it was erased.

Allie: But why would the hospital erase security footage?

Steve: They wouldn’T. Just go back. Okay. 7:22 P.M. That’s when the recording went blank.

Allie: Okay.

Steve: That is right after I found kayla unconscious in this office after marlena attacked her.

Allie: Are you saying that– that my grandma is the one who erased the tapes?

Steve: Or worse. I think she might have done something to tripp.

Jan: Are the cops really necessary, shawn? Although, they would have been fun back in the hotel room, am I right?

Shawn: Shut up and sit down.

Jan: Yes, sir.

Shawn: Now, you’re gonna sit there until I find a cell available for you.

Jan: Fine by me. I have some delicious memories to keep me occupied.

Belle: Enough of your games. How did you do this, and where is my mother?

Jan: Oh, you mean my new bestie, the prince of darkness?

Belle: Where is she?

Jan: Well, satan doesn’t exactly share her schedule with me, and even if she did, I wouldn’t tell you. After all, I have her to thank for this whole glorious day.

Belle: Oh, shut the hell up!

Shawn: Belle, we’re gonna find your mom, and jan’s gonna pay for what she’s done.

Jan: Oh, please, shawn. Don’t act like you didn’t have any fun. I bet you were surprised by some of belle’s new tricks.

Belle: Oh, you crazy bitch.

Shawn: The only fun I’m going to have is seeing you locked up for good.

Jan: You can deny it all you want, but the chemistry we had was real. It always has been. So go ahead, lock me up. It’s not gonna change what happened.

Belle: Okay, can you just stop talking?

Jan: Sure. I have nothing else to say. Because the image of me having the time of my life with your husband– it’s never going to leave you. I’ll be in your head forever and always.

Belle: Get her out of my sight.

Jan: You can’t get rid of me, belle. Now, thanks to your mother, we’re bonded. We will be for the rest of our lives.

Demon marlena: Look what the cat dragged in for christmas eve. John black, in the flesh.

John: What are you doing here?

Demon marlena: I heard there was a party. The gang’s all here, and they’re going to roast chestnuts on an open fire. Or maybe…maybe they’re just gonna roast.

Ben: Right before you got here, she was threatening to set us all on fire.

John: Never gonna happen.

Demon marlena: More empty promises.

Julie: We are stronger now. John is with us.

Demon marlena: I wouldn’t count on that. John is not your savior. Ask him about how I nearly choked him to death the other day.

John: And yet I’m still here.

Demon marlena: And yet belle isn’t here to rescue you this time.

John: So what are you bloviating about now?

Demon marlena: Let’s just say that belle is otherwise occupied.

John: What’d you do?

Demon marlena: Well, it wasn’t me. Not entirely. But, as we speak, her marriage is up in flames.

John: I said, what did you do?

Demon marlena: Oh, don’t get all bothered. But I actually am glad you’re here. Because now I can kill four birds with one stone.

Ciara: No, no!

John: God, protect us.

Demon marlena: Ha, you think you’re clever.

John: You’re not the only one with power. I’ve got god on my side, and with his help, I am taking you out.

Demon marlena: Where’d you get the medal?

John: From my friend.

Demon marlena: [Baby voice] Oh, your fwiend? Gabriel? Kind of thought so. You know, he’s not meant to get involved.

John: Neither are you!

Demon marlena: I’m still stronger.

John: And with the strength of god, I will not let you hurt the people that I love. Forgive me, doc!

Doug: Oh, god.

Julie: Oh. John.

Demon marlena: [Exhales]

John: Begone!

[Dramatic music]

These are the faces

Ciara: Are you okay?

Ben: Yeah, I’m fine. We’re fine. John and I got marlena into the car.

Doug: Did she wake up?

Ben: No, thank god.

Julie: Do you think john is safe to be alone with that-that creature?

Ben: He insisted that he do this on his own. I’m just glad that ciara’s safe.

Ciara: She came for me, ben. She came for our baby.

Ben: I know. But you are safe now, okay? You’re safe.

Julie: Yes, you are safe, ciara, because if anyone can drive out that demon, it’s john. Because of his great love for marlena.

Doug: And the power of our love, kid.

Ben: No one will hurt us.

Doug: So, on christmas eve, we have shown satan that there are powers greater than the ultimate evil.

Allie: What could my grandma have done to tripp? I mean, do you think she hurt him, or worse?

Steve: We don’t know that yet. First we need to find him.

Allie: Okay, well, we know he was here in the hospital, and no one saw him leave, so that does that mean that he’s still around here somewhere?

Steve: [Sighs]

[Phone rings] Belle, is everything okay?

Belle: Oh, thank god you answered.

Steve: What’s wrong?

Belle: Well, you know how you thought my mom was going to use jan to hurt shawn and me?

Steve: Yeah. She told kayla it would be a fate worse than death.

Belle: Yeah, well, she wasn’t bluffing. Shawn and I are at the police station–shawn is booking jan right now.

Steve: What? We just saw jan in the hospital yesterday. She was still in a coma.

Belle: Well, you might wanna check who’s in that bed, because it sure as hell isn’t jan.

Steve: Oh, no.

Julie: Well, I don’t know how everybody else feels, but after everything that’s transpired, I’m looking forward to a quiet christmas.

Doug: And a peaceful new year.

Ciara: Man, this was supposed to be such a wonderful day, decorating the tree, spending time together, hanging up the ornaments and the stockings, and now look. She torched our angel.

Ben: Well, at least nobody got hurt, and I still have you here with me.

Julie: Exactly. The devil himself tried to ruin our holiday, but we’re still going to have a horton family christmas.

Jennifer: Did I hear someone say “horton family christmas”?

[Squealing, chatter]

[Soft holiday music]

Motrin works fast to stop pain where it starts. Lila: Before I was diagnosed, there was nothing

Julie: You are home. You are really home.

Jennifer: Yes, yes, I mean, how could I stay away from salem? Not on christmas.

Doug: What about the bad weather?

Jack: Oh, oh, oh, we hitched a ride with santa.

Abigail: Dad.

Jack: Okay, all right. Weather changed, and we caught the first flight in.

I don’t care how you got here–the important thing is you are here. We are all together!

[Murmured agreement]

Ben: Maybe I should go. Babe, this holiday, it really is about your family, and I don’t want to ruin that.

Ciara: No, no, no, no, baby. You are my family. And you aren’t going anywhere.

Abigail: Ben?

Ben: Hey, abigail. Listen, it’s okay. I don’t want to make a mess of your christmas.

Chad: Look, this holiday’s about family coming together, celebrate joy and hope.

Abigail: Which is why we just wanna say merry christmas.

Ben: Really?

Chad: Yep. Merry christmas.

Ben: Merry christmas.

Ciara: Merry christmas.

Thomas: Where’s the angel?

Julie: The angel got a boo-boo.

Doug: So we took her down to give her some rest.

Thomas: But how?

Julie: The angel is resting on a little pink cloud. That’s where angels always rest. And you know what? You two got here just in time because we’re going to hang the ornaments, and you can help me figure out what we’re going to put on the top of that tree.

Abigail: Shouldn’t we wait for eli and lani?

Jennifer: And aunt maggie.

Doug: With philip missing, maggie wanted to stay close to victor.

Julie: Mm-hmm. And I heard from eli that the twins were not feeling so great, so he and lani thought they should rest to be nice and fresh for christmas day. Which means the two of you are going to get to hang their ornaments, too.

Jennifer: Yay!

Abigail: Whoo.

[Chatter]

Jennifer: Here we go. This is it. Are you ready? Are you gonna help us hang these? Can you find your name? There you go.

Abigail: Oh, there you go. Good job!

Jennifer: Yay. Okay. Next.

Julie: Thank you.

[Chatter] Jack: No, no, no, there he is.

Julie: There he is.

Jack: And there’s–there we are, yes, okay! I’ve got it.

Abigail: Oh, thank you. Oh.

Doug: Me? Yay.

Jennifer: That’s you.

Julie: Good job.

[Light holiday music]

What a beauty.

[Indistinct chatter]

Doug: Look around you, my darling. Now try to tell me that christmas has been ruined.

[Chuckles]

Allie: Oh, my god, tripp.

Steve: No, son. Son, can you hear me?

Allie: How did he get in here? I mean, should we call a doctor?

Steve: The devil did this to him, I don’t think a doctor can help him.

Allie: Okay, well, we can’t just do nothing.

Steve: Well, talk to him. Just let him know we’re here.

Allie: Tripp. Tripp, it’s allie. I’m here with your dad. We’re–we’re really worried. We’ve been looking all over for you. And now that we finally found you, you have to come back to us, okay? Please, tripp. Please, it’s christmas eve, and we need you. Please. Please come back to us. As a professional bull-rider

Allie: Your dad needs you, and all of the patients in the hospital. And henry. And I– we need you so much. Tripp, I love you. I love you.

Steve: We all love you, son.

Allie: We’ll keep saying it. I’ll say it forever. Just, please come back to me.

[Somber music]

Steve: Hey.

Allie: Hey.

Steve: Hey, buddy.

Allie: You’re awake.

Steve: Oh, thank god you’re all right.

Tripp: Hey. How did I end up in here?

Steve: Shh, shh, don’t worry about that right now. Let’s just hope there’s more good news to go around.

Shawn: I never thought that i could be fooled, that I– that I couldn’t recognize my own wife. I mean, belle, I’m so sorry.

Belle: I know. Jan was right, though. Getting that image of you two in bed out of my head is gonna take a long time. And I know as hurt as I am, I don’t blame you. I just– I mean, the devil literally made you do it.

Shawn: Believe me, there is no other way that that ever would have happened. You knowe. I’d never betray you.

Belle: I know that. And, hey, it’s still our anniversary.

Shawn: Just, I hate, hate jan. I hate that she took this special day away from us.

Belle: It’s not over yet. She did her worst, and we’re still together. And we always will be. Happy anniversary.

Shawn: Happy anniversary, my love.

Julie: Is it me, or is the tree more beautiful than ever this year?

Jennifer: I think because it means more after everything we almost lost.

Doug: It’s perfect.

Julie: Well, I can’t help yearning for an angel at the top.

Jennifer: You need an angel? Oh, wait a minute. Wait a minute. I have an idea.

Julie: Uh-uh, no. Jennifer rose, you know grandma alice never let us open our presents until christmas day.

Jack: I think that alice would allow this one present to be opened tonight.

Jennifer: Yes, she would.

Doug: Oh!

Julie: How did you know?

Jennifer: I didn’T. I-I had no idea. It was in my mother’s things.

Julie: This belonged to laura?

Jennifer: Yeah, it did, for many years, and I know that she would want nothing more than for you to have it, to– to live here, atop your tree.

Doug: Thank you, jennifer. That means so much to us.

Ben: Should we try this again?

Jennifer: Yes. Oh, yes, please. Yes, thank you so much.

Ben: Sure.

[Light holiday music]

Doug: Oh.

Ciara: Really good.

Jennifer: Perfect!

Marlena: [Groans]

[Eerie music]

John: I hope these accommodations are to your liking.

[Dramatic music]

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Rafe: Ciara, everything okay?

Ciara: Everything’s fine. We are totally safe. Your officers have been really great. Ben is actually bringing them some eggnog right now. Any luck finding marlena?

Shawn: Police!

Jan: Oh, my god, he’s here.

Marlena: How many times have I told you not to mention him?

Jan: I’m sorry, it’s just, this is actually happening. What do I do?

Marlena: What people normally do when there’s a knock at their door. You open the door. What are you waiting for?

Jan: I know you’re the prince of darkness. So with all due respect, your highness, shawn is not gonna be happy when I open the door and he realizes it’s me who lured him here.

Shawn: Police, open up!

Jan: What should we do?

Marlena: Well, I can’t very well have you meet your lover looking like that. Let me see if I can slip you into something a little more comfortable.

[Whooshing] Yes, that’s more like it. I think shawn will approve. Why don’t you take a look?

Jan as belle: [Gasps] I’m belle.

Marlena: Who better to seduce shawn than his own wife? Go get him, tiger.

[Tense music]

Jan as belle: Happy anniversary, sweetheart.

Lucas: They’re bringing in sami’s kidnapper now?

Belle: Well, according to rafe, this guy is just an accomplice. But yeah, they’re hoping to get him to talk, so they can find out who the bastard is who’s really behind sami’s kidnapping.

Lucas: Well, right, yeah. I mean, let’s hope they catch him.

Ej: I don’t want a divorce, samantha. I want you.

Sami: I want you, too! I want you. What? Wait a second. I don’t think this is a good idea.

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Ej: I don’t understand. Did you not just say that you would never give up on us?

Sami: I did, I did, I mean–

Ej: How many times after i told you that we was over did you say you would move heaven and earth to be with me again? And here I am. Here I am, heart on my sleeve, telling you that I want you, agreeing to a reconciliation. And now all of a sudden, you’re not sure?

Sami: No, it’s just–

Ej: It’s just what? It’s not a good idea unless it’s your idea?

Sami: Oh, no. It’s not that, ej. You just have to understand that–

Ej: There’s nothing about this that I understand. What possible reason could the woman who never hesitates to go after her heart’s desire have for not embracing the outcome that she has been proclaiming far and wide to be her destiny? Tell me. Please explain it to me. Explain it to me, samantha, please. After months apart, I am giving you the chance to be with me again. And now all of a sudden, you don’t know? What the hell is the problem?

Sami: I don’t know what the problem is! Except that I’m scared.

Lucas: Well, this guy that held sami. How’d they catch him?

Belle: Oh, rafe didn’t share any details, but given the long list of charges this slime ball’s facing, my guess is he’s gonna roll over his boss and give us a name.

Lucas: Well, yeah, yeah. Let’s hope so.

Jan as belle: Aren’t you going to come in?

Shawn: Sure. Wait, hold on. Wait, I’m confused. I thought you were meeting with trask.

Jan as belle: Why would you think that?

Shawn: What do you mean? You were supposed to be meeting with her to get the charges against brady dropped.

Jan as belle: Oh, right, yes. I spoke to the da, and it’s a done deal. But hey, it’s christmas eve, and I’m alone with the man that I love. And I don’t wanna talk about work. I don’t really wanna talk about anything.

[Tense music]

Julie: Are you sure this is the best side?

Doug: It’s perfect, sweetheart.

Julie: You’re just saying that because I’ve been turning the tree around and around. I think it is sparse on the bottom right here, and I hate a sparse bottom.

Doug: It’s not sparse if you’re sitting here.

Julie: I’m being too fussy, aren’t I?

Doug: Yeah, you always want everything to be perfect.

Julie: Well, after the horrendous thanksgiving we all lived through, I want our christmas eve to be beautiful, and peaceful, and full of joy.

Doug: Yeah.

[Phone beeps]

Julie: Oh, no.

Doug: What is it now?

Julie: It’s hope. Bad weather, plane grounded. No way she’s gonna make it to christmas.

Doug: Oh, where’s rudolph and his shiny nose when you need him, huh?

[Bells ringing] Did you just hear jingle bells? Maybe that’s him now.

Ciara: Merry christmas.

Julie: Oh.

Doug: Hey, look who’s here. Yay.

Ciara: Yay.

Julie: Yay, merry christmas. “I got you babe” by etta james

Ciara: Grandpa doug, it is so good to see you. Are you sure you’re okay?

Doug: How can I not be? You’re here, and you’re glowing, and I know why.

Julie: We are so happy for both of you. A new baby in the new year.

Ciara: Yeah.

Julie: What a blessing.

Doug: Yeah, and ben, I know you’re taking great care of her.

Ciara: Well, the best.

Julie: She deserves it. And you better take care of yourself, too. We understand the devil has threatened your unborn baby. Are you sure it’s all right for you to even be out?

Ciara: Yeah, well, it took a lot of convincing, but I finally got rafe to agree that we could come.

Belle: There he is now.

Rafe: Sit.

Jason: What do you know, huh?

Belle: You’re a monster.

Jason: Who the hell are you, lady?

Belle: I’m belle brady. And you kidnapped my sister sami, and now you and the son of a bitch you work for are gonna pay.

[Tense music]

Shawn: Wait, hold on. Hold on, hold on, hold on.

Jan as belle: Don’t you wanna make love to me? Shawn, what’s wrong?

Shawn: I just had a frightening thought.

Jan as belle: Oh, come on. What could possibly frighten you right now?

Shawn: Just not being sure. I don’t know who you are. I mean, I’m just not being sure that you’re my wife.

Ej: You’re scared? I think if we ask the devil himself what gives him nightmares, he would say running afoul of you. What could you be possibly afraid of?

Sami: Ej, when we were in italy and I was looking after you, I was happy to do it. I was happy to do it body and soul. I wanted to help you. And it was probably the most unselfish thing I’ve ever done in my whole life. There was no schemes, no agenda. I love you. And even when you were cold and mean, I still love you.

Ej: I have expressed my remorse for how I treated you. But I’ll say it again. Samantha, I am so, so, sorry. I wasn’t in my right mind. That’s not an excuse, just a reason.

Sami: I’m not asking you to apologize again. Because I have forgiven you for that. I truly have. The way that you looked at me then, it hurt. But nothing like how it hurt when you looked at me when you found out that I had lied to you and that I had slept with lucas. And I just need to make sure you’re never gonna look at me like that again.

Ej: I’m not doing that now, am I?

Sami: No, but I need to understand what changed. And I need to make sure that that change is real.

Ej: I can tell you what hasn’t changed, how I feel about you. You are the love of my life, samantha gene.

Sami: For our relationship to heal, for this to really work… I need you to say it. I need you to say that you forgive me for lying about sleeping with lucas. Please say it. Lila: Before I was diagnosed, there was nothing

Ej: Samantha, don’t make me say that. I have my pride. So knowing that my wife, the woman I love, gave herself to another man, I couldn’t handle it, obviously. Especially because it was lucas. And I know how you once felt about him, and maybe you still do.

Sami: We just have a complicated history, lucas and I. I mean, we have kids together and I was scared and alone, and lucas made me feel safe.

Ej: Hard for me to hear this.

Sami: No, I’m not saying this to hurt you. I’m not. I just want you to understand our marriage was in trouble, you know, it was. Lucas comforted me.

Ej: He did more than that, didn’t he? He rescued you from your kidnappers.

Sami: Yeah. Thank god for that, right? I mean, I might not be here. I could have even been dead if it hadn’t been for lucas.

Belle: You are an animal. How could you keep an innocent woman locked up for all those months? I just…

Rafe: Belle. Hey, take it easy.

Jason: You mean you actually missed her? Woman’s a pain in the ass, man. Saved you all a hell of a lot of trouble.

Lucas: You’re actually not the first guy to say that.

Jason: The drama, the tantrums, the insults. I did you all a favor.

Rafe: Why don’t you do yourself a favor?

Jason: What’s that supposed to mean?

Rafe: Well, you play this right, I’ll talk to the da and have her go easy on you. All you have to do is tell us who hired you to keep sami dimera captive.

Ciara: I told rafe that there was no way I was gonna spend christmas eve away from the family again this year.

Ben: And I’m sorry we missed thanksgiving.

Julie: Oh. Count yourself lucky.

Ben: Shawn told me all about it. You all went toe-to-toe with the devil.

Doug: Yeah, well, old scratch didn’t have a chance, especially against your grandmother here.

Julie: But the devil is still out there. In marlena’s body, and locks and doors do not stop him. You’re sure it’s safe for you to be here?

Ben: Rafe made us promise that we would bring the police that he assigned to guard us. So they are parked right out front.

Ciara: Don’t worry, grandma. As you well know, I come from a long line of badass, strong women, I do. There’s no way that I’m gonna let the devil come anywhere near my baby or hurt anybody that I love.

[Bell ringing]

Santa: Merry christmas. Would you like to make a donation to st. Luke’s church? $100?

Marlena: God needs all the help he can get these days.

[Tense music]

Enjoy your not so silent night, jan.

Jan as belle: Of course it’s me. Who else would I be? I was going too fast. Is that it? Wham, bam, thank you, sir. When you like things nice and slow. And believe me, I want that, too. It’s just so hard to go slowly when I’ve wanted you for so long. I mean, I wanted this time, just us. No distractions. Put everything else outside of our minds. Shawn, I just want you to know, to feel, that you are the love of my life.

Shawn: I–listen, I feel the exact same way, okay, about my wife.

Jan as belle: And that would be me. Lucky, lucky me.

Shawn: Wait, you texted me from a blocked number. I don’t understand. Why wouldn’t you just text me from your phone?

Jan as belle: Well, because I wanted it to be a surprise. And it wouldn’t have been a surprise if my number popped up on the caller id, now would it?

Shawn: No. No, it wouldn’t have been. Look, it’s just with everything that’s been going on here, I just–

Jan as belle: Sorry you’re feeling so skeptical that I’m me. I was just trying to make you happy, shawn.

Shawn: No, no, no, I–listen, I get that, I get it, I do. And as much as I would just love to be enjoying this evening with my wife, I just, I think that I’m gonna keep my pants on tonight. I mean, you understand.

Jan as belle: Yeah. Sure, I understand. And, well, I don’t blame you one bit. Erring on the side of caution is the smart thing to do. Although…

Shawn: Although?

Jan as belle: Although if you really are afraid that I’m not me, and the real belle is at the police station, then why don’t you just call rafe and find out. Are you one of the millions of americans

Julie: Are you comfortable? Do you need another pillow?

Ciara: Grandma, I am fine. Really. This cup of tea, a couple of your christmas cookies, and seeing grandpa doug looking so amazing, that is all I really need.

> Ben: Well, the guards wanted me to say thank you for the cookies.

Julie: You’re so welcome. Any devil sightings?

Ben: No, all is quiet.

Julie: Thank god. But the fallen angel is always out there. Always has been waiting in the darkness.

Doug: Yes, but we must remember that 2,000 years ago a child came into that darkness to bring us light.

Ciara: I feel that same light coming from our child.

Julie: And where there’s light and love…

Doug: There is always hope.

Shawn: Okay. I will call rafe.

[Line trilling]

Rafe: Commissioner hernandez.

Shawn: Hey, rafe, it’s shawn. Is belle still there at the station?

Rafe: Not anymore. We met with trask, got her to drop the charges against brady, and then belle said she wanted to surprise you for–oh, and i just blew it, did I blow it? I’m so sorry.

Shawn: No, no, no, no, not at all. I just–you know, I just wanted to make sure, you know, given everything that’s been happening in salem.

Rafe: You can’t be too careful, especially with the devil among us. But it’s christmas eve, shawn. Take the rest of the night off. Spend some quality time with that beautiful wife of yours.

Shawn: That’s exactly what I intend on doing. Merry christmas, rafe.

Marlena: Same to you, buddy. And ho ho ho to you, shawn douglas. Your life is about to go boom.

[Tense music]

Jan as belle: Are you satisfied?

Shawn: Yes, I am.

Jan as belle: Well, mr. Brady, I’m not. And I am not letting you leave until I am.

Belle: How can this be a hard decision? You get to save yourself, like the coward you are.

Jason: I’m not saying a word without a lawyer, all right?

Rafe: All right. I’ll go call the public defender’s office and let ’em know.

Belle: You know, if you’re as smart as you think you are, you’ll make that deal.

Lucas: What the hell, man? What the hell, jason?

Jason: Hey, believe me, man. Getting caught wasn’t my idea, all right?

Lucas: Listen to me, we gotta think of something.

Jason: That’s the problem, man, I let you do the thinking last time. So this time I’m thinking for myself, all right? I’m taking the deal.

Lucas: No, you’re not. You can’t do that to me.

Jason: You got a better offer, huh?

Ej: Acceptance of what happened between you and lucas, not an easy thing. But I guess I should accept the fact that as strong as you are, you do have your moments of weakness.

Sami: Everyone has their moments of weakness, ej, even you. Lucas just happened to be there for mine. Look, this isn’t about your pride or my ego. Let’s just settle this, okay? I know why it happened, and I swear to you it will never ever happen again.

Ej: Okay.

Sami: Okay, what?

Ej: I forgive you.

Sami: You mean it?

Ej: Yes.

Sami: With your whole heart? Yeah, you can say it.

Ej: With my whole heart.

Sami: Wait a minute.

Ej: What is it now?

Sami: What about nicole? The airport can be a real challenge for new homeowners

Ej: Nicole?

Sami: Yeah, nicole, the skank I caught you in bed with. You remember her, right? What about her?

Ej: You’ve been painfully honest with me, so I will return the favor. Nicole was there for me. But as much of a connection that we had, nicole is not the woman that I wanna spend the rest of my life with. That distinction belongs to you.

Sami: You forgot to mention the part about how you only slept with her to hurt me.

Ej: I was with her to try and forget the pain that I had from losing you. But let’s not make this about nicole or lucas but rather how you and i have found each other yet again, how we’ve put aside our egos and our hurt and forgiven each other, which is something of a christmas miracle, isn’t it? There is nothing that I want more than for us to be together again, samantha. Tell me you want that, too.

Lucas: Listen to me. All we gotta do is think things through.

Jason: What’s to think through, huh? I’m out. I’m not gonna sacrifice my freedom for your stupid plan, so you can try to win back your old ball and chain, all right?

Lucas: I know that my plan was ill-conceived, I do, but I promise you I’m gonna get you out of this.

Jason: You promised me that back at the cabin, and here I am.

Lucas: What am I supposed to do about the wisconsin state police? I can’t do anything about that. I promise you, I’m going to get you the best lawyer money could buy. It’ll be on the down low.

Jason: There’s no attorney that’s gonna get us out of this mess, man.

Lucas: Don’t say us. Stop saying us, there is no us. We’re strangers, remember that.

Jason: Remember what you said back at the cabin, huh? “Multiple felonies. Two witnesses. This is airtight case.” There’s no winning this.

Lucas: I only said that because sami was right there.

Jason: I don’t give a damn why you said that, all right? If I’m going down, I’m taking you with me. Unless you can think of a better way for us to both walk out of this, I’m giving you up, buddy.

Jan as belle: Are you ready to unwrap your present? Now what?

Shawn: I just–I’m sorry, belle. I just–with everything that’s been going on in salem, and it’s like, you know, philip is missing, he’s presumed dead. And your mom, your mom, your mom’s possessed, and she’s wreaking havoc everywhere. I just–I feel like we shouldn’t be doing this. I mean, I feel–i just–I don’t know, I feel like this is selfish.

Jan as belle: Oh, come on. You know what? You know how you should think of it? What does the devil hate more than anything else?

Shawn: I don’t know. What, christmas?

Jan as belle: Yes, and love. And I love you more than life itself. And I can’t think of a better way to stick it to old satan than for you to take me to bed and have your way with me.

Shawn: You’re right. I just–this is our anniversary. I mean, we should be cebrating. I mean, damn to the devil.

Jan as belle: Yeah. Well, I hope you don’t expect me to be an angel.

Shawn: Oh.

[Tense music]

Julie: Another cookie, benjamin?

Ben: You know what, julie, I think I’m good for now. But thank you. And, you know, we really should probably get back to the safe house.

Julie: Oh, of course we were hoping you could stay and hang the ornaments with all of us. But I understand.

Ciara: Well, would it be okay if ben and I hung up our ornaments now?

Doug: That is a must. And yours are right here.

Julie: Yes.

Ciara: Thank you.

[Soft music]

Ben: You know something. I never told you this before. Last year when I thought I’d lost you, and everybody thought you were dead, doug asked me to hang your ornament, and I was so upset that I couldn’t do it in front of everyone.

Ciara: I’m so sorry, babe.

Ben: No, it wasn’t sad. I mean, at first it was but then after when I was alone I did it. I felt your hand on top of mine just like mine is on top of yours right now.

Ciara: It’s okay, ben. We can do it together.

Ben: I always knew you were with me. And in my heart, I knew that we were gonna be together again doing this this year.

Ciara: And just think, next year we’re gonna be hanging up another ornament for this little one.

[Laughs]

Belle: So any sign of my mom?

Rafe: No, but it is christmas eve, and not a creature is stirring, not ev–what the hell?

Nicorette knows, quitting

smoking is freaking hard.

Belle: What happened? Looks like a tornado hit.

Rafe: Yeah. Hopefully, no damage is done. I’d hate to disappoint the kids at the hospital. I mean, we’ve been so generous this year.

[Gift rattles] Aww, that doesn’t sound good.

Belle: Well, at least it looks like there’s enough to go around.

Rafe: Yeah, better call over to the hospital and get someone to pick these up before more damage is done, huh? Then I’m gonna call the public defender. Oh, belle, merry christmas. I’m really glad brady got to come home and see rachel.

Belle: Aww.

Rafe: Yeah.

Belle: Yeah, me too.

Rafe: Merry christmas, bye.

Belle: Bye.

[Phone rings] Hello?

Shawn: Hey, sweetheart. Can you meet me at the salem inn? Room 514.

Belle: Why?

Shawn: Because your anniversary/christmas present is waiting for you.

Belle: Really?

Shawn: I left a key for you at the desk. So don’t be long.

Belle: Aww. Okay, I’m on my way. I can’t wait.

Shawn: I can’t wait for you to see me, too.

[Tense music]

Jan as belle: See anything else you want for christmas, mr. Brady?

Shawn: Look, I see everything that I want for christmas.

Ciara: Thank you so much for everything, grandma. It was perfect.

Doug: That’s what your grandmother wanted for you, a perfect christmas eve.

Julie: Oh, ben. Before you go, would you mind putting the angel on the top of the tree? Your grandfather won’t let me anywhere near a stepladder anymore.

Doug: Of course not.

Julie: For you.

Ben: Of course, thank you.

Rafe: I’m waiting on the public defender’s office to get back to me.

Jason: Whatever. I thought about it, man, and I wanna cut a deal. I’m gonna tell you who hired me to keep sami brady locked up.

Sami: Yes, yes, ahh! Yes, yes, yes. I want more than anything to have another chance with you, ej. You know, the whole time I was in that horrible room, I just was trying to escape. I tried anything. I wanted to get out of there. That son of a bitch that kidnapped me, he…

Ej: Samantha, sama–

Sami: Kept me away from you. He kept me away from the kids and from henry. And just think, none of this would have happened. You would never have slept with nicole if it weren’t for–

Ej: Eyes forward, remember?

Samantha: It’s just so frustrating, you know. It’s not like I didn’t offer money. I offered him a lot of money. The guard wouldn’t take it, and he said his boss wouldn’t take it. It wasn’t about the money. It was something personal. And I swear to you, if I ever get my hands on the son of a bitch that kidnapped me, I will take this right up his–

Ej: Let’s put down the weaponry, shall we?

Sami: I mean it.

Ej: And focus on us, reunited, and speaking for myself, more in love than ever.

Sami: I dreamt of this every day when I was locked up in there, that horrible room. I just dreamt of being in your arms again.

Ej: I’m so sorry for what you went through, samantha. You’re safe now. And I promise to have and hold you for the rest of our lives.

Sami: Ej. I want you to make love to me.

Limu emu… & doug Lila: Before I was diagnosed, there was nothing

Lucas: Thanks for hearing me out and going along with my idea.

Jason: Yeah, pretty genius. Now neither of us will be ringing in the new year with prison toilet wine, huh?

Lucas: Yeah, but somebody else will.

[Knocking]

Ej: I gave harold the night off, so we’ll just have to ignore it.

Sami: Good idea. Oh, but it might be those cute christmas carolers and how they always sing off-key.

Ej: Darling, no.

Sami: I’ll give them some money. I’ll make it quick, I–rafe.

Rafe: Sami.

Sami: What are you doing here?

Rafe: Official business.

Sami: Oh, what–

Rafe: Ej dimera, you’re under arrest for the kidnapping of sami brady.

Ben: Is that okay?

Julie: Ooh, just a smidge to the le–

Doug: It’s perfect right where it is, thank you, ben.

Ciara: Well, it makes me feel much better knowing that there’s a little angel watching over you two after we leave.

Doug: Angels we have

Both: Heard on high

sweetly

singing o’er the plains

All: And the mountains in

reply echoing

their joyous strains

gloria

in excelsis deo

Doug: Oh.

Ciara: What?

Julie: Oh, no.

[Dramatic music]

Doug: Oh, oh.

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THE END IS MISSING DUE TO NEWS BREAK (WE’LL GET IT LATER)

Kate: Oh!

[Glass shatters] Aw.

Philip: [Sighs] I’m sorry.

Kate: Oh, no, no, no, no. It’s okay.

Philip: No, it’s not. That’s what I’ve done with my life. And chloe’s and brady’S. And yours.

Kate: No, no, no, no. Remember what I said to you last night? I’m going to help you get your life back together again. Together, we’re gonna fix it. Okay? Actually, I have a plan. I just have to talk to your father first.

Philip: You’re gonna tell dad what I did?

Kate: Well, I have to tell him that you’re alive.

Philip: Why? He doesn’t give a damn. He said I’m dead to him.

Kate: Okay, he doesn’t mean that, first of all. He was upset. He got carried away, and I think that you can understand that happening, right? Okay, do not leave this room. Do not open that door. Philip?

Philip: Okay.

Kate: Okay, good. Love you.

Philip: Love you.

[Dramatic music]

[Kate sighs]

Sami: Lucas, have you heard anything from my dad? Where is he?

Lucas: Um, he went to pick up his santa suit from the cleaners.

Sami: That’s right, it’s christmas eve. How could I forget? Just doesn’t feel like it, you know?

Lucas: Yeah, I know. I know what you mean.

Sami: [Sighs] Any news on philip?

Lucas: No. No, he’s still missing. Paper said there’s still no leads, so…

Sami: [Sighs] I’m so sorry, lucas.

Lucas: Well, thank you. Thanks, sami. I appreciate that. What’s going on with you? What’s the latest with your mom?

Sami: [Sighs] I don’t know. I was hoping my dad might have an update. I’m just praying that she’s okay.

Lucas: Well, you know, this is the season of miracles. So here’s to hoping we both get what we want this christmas.

Sami: [Sighs]

Paulina: Yes, it’s for lani price grant. I ordered the–the deluxe floral arrangement. Uh, are you sure? You’re sure they were delivered?

[Sighs] Thank you.

[Cell phone beeps]

[Light instrumental music]

[Knocking on door] Come in. It’s open.

Chanel: [Laughs] Merry christmas, mama.

Paulina: Oh, chanel. Chanel. Oh. Oh, my. My baby girl is home. Oh. Oh.

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Ej: Johnny, you startled me. I had no idea you were coming home today.

Johnny: The pilot didn’t tell you chanel and I were headed back to salem?

Ej: He filed a flight plan, but I didn’t know whether you’d be on the plane since I haven’t heard from you in weeks.

Johnny: Sorry.

Ej: As you should be. After I gave you unlimited use of the company jet just so you could impress your girlfriend.

Ej: It wasn’t about impressing her. After everything that went down, chanel needed time away from her family. So what did I miss while I was gone?

Ej: [Clears throat]

Lucas: I already got what i wanted for christmas this year.

Sami: Oh, yeah?

Lucas: Mm-hmm.

Sami: What’s that?

Lucas: You.

Sami: [Sputters] Excuse me?

Lucas: You, yeah. You’re back in salem safe and sound where you belong. You’re welcome, by the way.

Sami: [Sighs] I thanked you. I’m thanking you again. Thank you for saving me.

Lucas: Yeah.

Sami: I’ve thanked you over and over, as you well know.

Lucas: I just can’t get enough of that, so–

Sami: [Laughs] Of course.

Lucas: You know who hasn’t thanked me is ej. I’ll bet he was hoping you’d be gone for good.

Sami: That’s not true, lucas.

Lucas: Really? He served you with divorce papers, didn’t he?

Sami: Yes. And I tore them up, as you well know.

Lucas: Pompous ass probably drawing up papers right as we speak. Or he probably gave ’em to you already.

Sami: No.

Lucas: No? You sure?

Sami: No, he didn’T. In fact, yesterday we were–

Lucas: You know what? I don’t have time to hear about your love life right now, actually. I’m on my way to check on my mom; she’s upstairs.

Sami: Ah. Lucas, how’s your mom doing?

Lucas: She’s not good. She’s not good. I haven’t spoken to her since yesterday. She’s really upset about philip and she’s locked herself in the room.

Sami: Well… send her my love, okay?

Lucas: Yeah. Don’t send ej mine.

Sami: [Laughs]

Victor: Damn allergies.

Kate: You don’t have to be ashamed to mourn for our son. Okay? But no need for tears anymore.

[Suspenseful music]

Victor: Why would you say that?

Kate: Because our son is alive. I’ve seen him with my own eyes.

Victor: What? Where the hell is he?

Kate: I’m going to tell you, but you cannot tell a soul.

[Knocks on door]

Lucas: Mom. Mom, come on. I’m really worried about you. I know you told roman that you don’t want to see anybody, but… you’re not the only one who’s heartbroken over philip, okay? I am too. He’s my little brother. And I know our relationship wasn’t perfect, but I still love him and I still miss him. And I still don’t know if I’m gonna see him ever again. So come on, open the door.

[Dramatic music]

Philip! Lila: Before I was diagnosed, there was nothing

Sami: Belle. Oh, thank god you’re here. Listen, do you have any updates on mom? Do you know anything about how she’s doing?

Belle: No, uh, and you know what? I really can’t talk about this right now. I have to get this suit over to brady before his–

Sami: How is brady doing?

Belle: He’s not doing great. He was just arrested for murder.

Sami: But he has you to defend him, right? So–so that’s good. I’m just really worried about mom. Hasn’t john called? Has he given you any information? How is he doing?

Belle: Uh, he hasn’t called yet. I’m sure it’s ’cause he’s out on the search. And steve’s with him. And shawn’s at the safehouse with ben and ciara, and–

Sami: I just don’t even know what good that’s gonna do. Mom can turn herself into a cat or a pumpkin or a christmas tree. I mean–

Belle: Yeah, well, got any other ideas?

Sami: No. No, I don’T. When I called her, when I finally managed to reach her when I was kidnapped and she told me what was happening, I felt so desperate to help her, to do something. And there’s just nothing we can do.

Belle: Yeah, no. There’s nothing we can do right now.

Sami: I hate that helplessness. I hate it so much, belle, which is why I wanna hire you.

Belle: Hire me? To do what?

Sami: To help me save my marriage.

Ej: Remember you told me that chanel felt marlena wanted her to drop that bombshell at abe and paulina’s wedding? That somehow your grandmother was insisting that she tell everyone paulina’s secret.

Johnny: Yeah, I’m still shocked actually that grandma would even share that secret with chanel–that paulina is not just chanel’s mom, but she’s lani’s mom too.

Ej: Mm. I’m sure paulina shared that in confidence.

Johnny: Of course she did. As a patient talking to a therapist. I mean, for grandma to share something like that with someone, especially somebody with such a personal connection, that’s–that’s not like her.

Ej: Because it wasn’t her.

Paulina: I thought you went away with johnny to process what happened at the wedding, not to get busy all over italia.

Chanel: Ever heard of multi-tasking?

Paulina: Oh. Well, uh, good for you.

Chanel: And–and how has everything been here? How are things with abe?

Paulina: [Sighs] He says he still loves me. But he doesn’t know if he can ever trust me again. I told him I would do anything to earn back his trust. He says there’s nothing I can do. He just needs time.

Chanel: Well, okay. So he’s not closing the door. That’s good. And what about lani?

Paulina: Well, I haven’t seen lani since the aftermath of the wedding. The wedding that wasn’T.

Chanel: I am so sorry about my part in that, mama. That–I just still can’t believe that I blurted out that you’re lani’s mother in front of everyone.

Paulina: No, no, no, baby. That’s not your fault. Turns out… the devil made you do it.

[Ominous music]

Eli: “I don’t expect you to forgive me, I just wanna say that I love you and miss you so much. Merry christmas with love, from your mama.”

Lani: Why can’t she just leave me alone?

Eli: She loves you.

Lani: Yeah, well, she lied to me for my entire life. There are no flowers in the world that can change that.

Eli: Lani, I know, okay? But paulina’s not just gonna go away. You’re gonna have to face her. Talk to her and deal with this for your own sake.

Lani: Do you mind watching the twins?

Eli: Yeah. Pay me when you get back.

Lani: Uh, pay you? Um, I’m sorry, did I forget to inform you that those are your kids too?

Eli: Yes, I know, but the payment that I have in mind I think we’ll both like.

Lani: Well… I look forward to it. I’ll see you later.

Eli: See you soon.

Philip: I’m sorry I let everyone think I was–

Lucas: How long were you gonna let us think that? Forever?

Philip: I don’t know. I figured… no one would really miss me that much.

Lucas: Oh, really? Did you hear what I just said outside there?

Philip: That’s why i opened the door. It meant… it meant so much to me. But lucas, you can’t tell anyone I’m alive. You can’t

Lucas: All right. All right, man, I won’T. Relax. But what are you gonna do?

Philip: I don’t know. Mom just went to talk to my father. She said she has a plan to fix this–fix me. But I don’t know that I’m fixable. My god, look at what I’ve done.

Lucas: Hold on, hold on. Just relax, all right? You’ve been under a lot of stress the last few months. You’ve been pushed to your limit. It’s not your fault.

Philip: A lot of it is. You know, the gambling. Getting involved with ava vitali. Twice. I made some terrible choices.

Lucas: Who hasn’t? Come on.

Philip: [Sighs] But being with chloe was supposed to turn all that around. You know, it was supposed to be a whole new beginning like I told you and mom at the pub that day. I was giving up on the jealousy, the paranoia, the blowing up over nothing. And I had it all under control until…

Lucas: What? What? Until what?

Philip: When I left the pub that day, I went to basic black and I overheard brady and chloe talking about having sex on the conference table. And it took me right back to high school. You know, brady moving in on my girlfriend, taking what’s mine. I don’t know. Something inside me just snapped.

Lucas: Well, of course you did; they were having an affair under your nose.

Philip: Except they weren’T. Chloe told my mom it was all a misunderstanding. She and brady never slept together.

Lucas: And you believe that?

Philip: I don’t know. But if I really love chloe, shouldn’t I trust her?

Lucas: I don’t know. Not necessarily. Not when it comes to brady.

Philip: Well, but even if she did cheat on me, what I did was worse– was much worse.

Lucas: Philip, come on.

Philip: I let the people I love think I was dead. I set brady up to go to prison for a murder he didn’t commit.

[Sighs] I’ve done so much damage. And now how do I undo it, lucas?

Victor: Why would philip fake his own death?

Kate: [Sighs] And he also framed brady for the murder. But trust me, victor, he was not in his right mind when he did it.

Victor: It’s because of that trollop, chloe lane. She–she–she drove him to this.

Kate: I mean, he believes that everything he’s done he’s failed at. He believes that no one loves him. I’m afraid he really thinks that life is not worth living. He needs help.

Victor: What he needs is a damn good lawyer.

Kate: Oh, god. He’s fragile. Just the stress of a trial would be too much. I mean, not to mention a prison sentence.

Victor: What are you saying, kate? Is he going to live in the room over the brady pub for the rest of his life?

Kate: What I’m saying is that you and I need to make him disappear so he can get the help that he needs.

Victor: Mm, I can’t do that. We do it every night.

Victor: I would do anything in my power to help philip. But brady’s my grandson. I can’t let him go to prison for a murder he didn’t commit.

Kate: Okay. Well, there has to be something to make this mess go away for both of them, then.

Victor: And what would that be?

Kate: I don’t know. I’m not sure yet. But we need to figure it out together.

Lucas: Listen, I’m sure that mom and victor can help you in some way.

Philip: They can’t fix everything. My future with chloe is probably over. If I ever had one. Brady’ll probably get out of this and somehow convince chloe that he’s innocent. She’ll give him another chance and he’ll win.

Lucas: Well, don’t do that. Don’t go there.

Philip: She’ll want nothing to do with me and I’ll have no other choice but to walk away. But I’m just not sure that I can.

Sami: There’s no way in hell I am giving up on my marriage, belle. Anyway, ej only wants to divorce me over some “dimera pride” I know he still loves me, okay? And I’m gonna fight like hell. I’m ready to do whatever it takes to save my marriage. What?

Belle: I just can’t believe you’re thinking about yourself at a time like this.

Sami: Come on, belle. I came over here to get an update on mom.

Belle: Right. But since there isn’t one, why not just ask for a favor for yourself.

Sami: Is it a crime to ask my sister to help me save my marriage?

Belle: Oh, my god. Sami, mom is possessed, philip might be dead, and brady is facing prison for murder. And you’re thinking about your marriage?

Sami: Yeah. I am also worried about my marriage. And as a married woman, I would think you’d appreciate that it is not exactly a trivial matter. We have two kids together. He is the love of my life.

Belle: Okay, okay, okay. Fine. I get it.

Sami: So you’ll represent me?

Belle: Even if I wanted to, I can’T. I work for dimera enterprises. It would be unethical for me to represent you.

Sami: Aren’t you representing your brother right now?

Belle: Yes, and he’s waiting for me. I’m sure that you won’t have any trouble finding another lawyer.

Sami: Belle, I don’t want another lawyer, I want you.

Belle: No, you want someone to make ej stay married to you.

Sami: Y-yes. That would be the point.

Belle: Okay, well, that’s exactly why I have to turn you down.

Sami: What? Why?

Belle: Because I don’t take cases I know I can’t win.

Johnny: So when the ouija board said that the devil was at the dimera crypt–

Ej: It was right on the money.

Johnny: And when I went there to scout it for my movie and I ran into grandma marlena outside, that wasn’t just a halloween costume she was wearing? She… she actually is possessed by the devil?

Ej: Satan had taken possession of her. And she locked john and your grandma susan in the crypt. You inadvertently tipped off steve johnson before you left town, otherwise they would have barely made it out alive.

Johnny: Well, are they okay now?

Ej: Physically, yes. My mother is still a little shaken up. She’s staying here, in fact, and would be delighted to see you.

Johnny: Yeah, no wonder grandma was so stoked about my movie. Do you this this is gonna derail the whole project? Uh, no, I’m s–never mind. That is–I’m sorry. That’s the last thing that matters right now. Um… does mom know about all this or is she still off the grid?

Ej: Actually son, there’s something else you should know.

Chanel: Johnny’s grandmother is possessed by the devil?

Paulina: Her evil eyes bore right into mine. And I lived to tell the tale.

Chanel: Oh, my god. Johnny has no idea.

Paulina: Well, I’m sure he does by now. The whole town– everybody else does. Probably the whole world. Were you living under a rock in italy?

Chanel: I told you, we were…busy. Actually, we–

[Knocks on door]

Paulina: [Chuckles] Hold that thought.

Chanel: I’ll get it.

[Light, tense music]

Hi susan! Honey?

Paulina: Oh, lani? Um, I’m glad you came by.

Lani: Um, chanel, I–I–I thought you were in italy.

Chanel: I got back this morning. And lani, I can’t say this enough, I am so sorry about what I did at the wedding.

Lani: It wasn’t your fault.

Chanel: Thank you for understanding. While I was away, I did a lot of thinking.

Lani: About what?

Chanel: How jealous I was because I thought you were mama’s favorite. It was stupid and petty and I’m over it now. I got something I always wanted–a sister.

Lani: [Chuckles]

Chanel: And no matter how you feel about me, I am so grateful.

Lani: So am I. Chanel, what we are, it may have changed, but…what hasn’t changed is that I love you very much. And I always will. Okay?

[Sentimental music]

Chanel: Mama feels the same way about you.

Lani: Yeah, um… it said that in the card that you sent with the flowers.

Paulina: Oh, so you got them.

[Chuckles] Uh, is that why you came by here?

Lani: Actually, it is.

Johnny: Mom was kidnapped? By who?

Ej: No one knows. After that clod lucas rescued her, she declined to file a police report.

Johnny: Why?

Ej: You’d have to ask her.

Johnny: Is she okay?

Ej: I’d guess it’s the kidnappers who are a little worse for wear.

Johnny: I’m calling her now.

[Cell phone beeps]

[Line ringing]

Sami: Johnny?

Johnny: Mom. Hey, dad just told me what happened. Are you okay?

Sami: Yes, yes. I’m fine. I’m just so happy to hear your voice.

Johnny: I’m a lot happier to hear yours. When can I see you?

Sami: Um, well, are you at home with your father now?

Johnny: Yeah.

Sami: I can come over now if that’s okay.

Johnny: That’s perfect. I’ll see you soon.

[Cell phone beeps] Mom’s coming over.

Ej: Now?

Johnny: Is that a problem?

Ej: No, not a problem. It’ll give me a chance to serve her with new divorce papers. She tore up the last ones.

Johnny: You’re still getting divorced?

Ej: Why do you sound surprised?

Johnny: I don’t know. I just thought after you found out what mom went through it might make you miss her. Make you realize what she means to you.

Ej: She cheated on me, johnny. I’ve moved on. I’m with nicole now.

Johnny: [Scoffs] Nicole? Really? Didn’t you cheat on nicole with mom?

Ej: Your point being?

Johnny: I guess we’ll see.

Ej: Mm.

Belle: You know, if you think getting in ej’s face every 5 minutes is gonna make him fall back in love with you–

Sami: I didn’t ask for your advice, counselor. But I’m gonna give you a tip. You messed with the devil’s plans when you showed up at that cabin. So if I were you, I’d avoid any black cats crossing your path.

Belle: Oh, yes. Thanks, sami. Appreciate it.

Sami: Oh, and happy anniversary.

[Phone rings]

[Phone beeps]

Belle: Hey, kate. Uh, sure. I’ll be right there.

[Phone beeps]

Kate: Okay, belle’s on her way. And don’t you look so glum. This is going to work.

Victor: Well, it better.

[Tense music]

– Oh…oh. – What’s going on?

Lani: The flowers were beautiful.

Paulina: I’m glad you like them. Took me a long time to pick out the arrangement.

Lani: Yeah, well… I will be taking them to the hospital tomorrow and give them to someone who actually wants them. And as for this card…

Chanel: Lani.

Lani: Chanel, I know you mean well, but this is between me and paulina. I want you to stop reaching out to me. Stop sending me gifts that I will either give away or throw in the trash. I know how much you don’t like to waste a penny of your hard-earned money.

Paulina: Lani. Lani. [Stammers] Merry christmas.

Lani: Bye.

Paulina: Please say happy birthday to those two beautiful little angels for me.

[Door shuts]

[Somber music]

Johnny: Look, if you’re uncomfortable being around mom, you can leave before she gets here.

Ej: Who’s uncomfortable? As I said, it’ll give me the opportunity to take care of our legal business. And then she’ll be out of my life once and for all.

Johnny: Fine, but chanel is coming over for lunch soon, so I would appreciate it if you two could keep it civil.

Ej: It seems chanel is accustomed to family drama. But–

Sami: Johnny! Johnny! Johnny! There you are!

Johnny: Mom!

Sami: Oh! It’s so good to see you.

Johnny: You too.

Sami: Look at your handsome face. I can’t believe you’re here and allie’s here and your father’s here. We’re all in salem together at once. It’s like a christmas miracle.

Johnny: Hasn’t happened since we were little.

Sami: Isn’t it just the most wonderful time of the year? There’s nothing more wonderful than having my family back together.

[Sobbing]

Lucas: Look, man, I don’t know. I don’t know what’s gonna happen with chloe. I really don’T. But you got other things to worry about right now.

Philip: Yeah. Okay, I won’T. I will focus on making things right.

Lucas: Good. That’s a better idea, isn’t it?

Philip: It’s just… you know, what’s right is brady being with kristen. You know, she’s the love of his life. And for me… it’s always been chloe. Of course there was other relationships, but–

Lucas: No, I know. I know. I know exactly what you mean. I get it, believe me. I spent a long time being infatuated with carrie brady when the woman I really loved ever since she was in high school was…

Philip: Sami.

Lucas: Yeah, man. We were best friends. We were lovers. We were enemies. We were everything. Now it looks like I’m on the same boat you are, little brother.

Philip: At least you and sami still have a chance. You didn’t do anything crazy like I did.

Lucas: I wouldn’t be too sure about that.

Belle: Hi.

Kate: Hi.

Belle: So, uh, I have brady’s bail hearing in an hour. If you have information that can help him, now is the time.

Kate: There’s not going to be a bail hearing.

Belle: What do you mean?

Kate: Victor and I have decided to revoke the document we signed having philip declared legally dead.

Victor: Without a body, trask has no case.

Kate: And she’ll have to drop the charges against brady.

Belle: That’s true.

[Laughs] I’m glad to see you’ve come to your senses, but why?

[Tense music]

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Jan: Talk about a merry christmas. And I owe it all to you. You got me out of that damn coma and gave me life again.

Demon marlena: What can i say, I’m just a giver. That’s as long as you do as I want.

Jan: Are you kidding? Mm, color in my cheeks, sparkle in my eyes. No one would ever guess that I’ve wasted six months of my life hooked up to machines. And no one will ever guess that I’m back, since you worked that voodoo you do so well.

Demon marlena: Jan–

Jan: I don’t know how you did it, and I don’t care. All I know is the joke is on everyone else. That twerpy little dr. Tripp is now chained to those machines, and I am free as a bird.

Demon marlena: Jan.

Jan: What?

Demon marlena: You’re only going to be free if you do exactly as I’ve asked.

Jan: And I will do you proud, since we want the exact same thing.

Demon marlena: Okay. We’ve got a lot to do if we’re going to destroy shawn and belle’s marriage on their first–and last wedding anniversary.

Belle: Hey, handsome. Happy anniversary.

Shawn: Hey, happy anniversary yourself, gorgeous.

Belle: [Chuckles]

Shawn: I missed you last night.

Belle: Yeah?

Shawn: Mm-hmm.

Belle: How did things go at the safe house?

Shawn: Well, no sign of marlena, or I should say the devil. And ben and ciara and the baby are safe for now. I’ve got my best guys guarding the place. What about you, what are you doing here? Are you here for brady’s bail hearing?

Belle: Oh, no, good news, I don’t think there’s gonna be one.

Shawn: Wait, what happened?

Belle: Sounds like kate and victor decided to revoke the document certifying philip’s death, so without that and, you know, without a body, I think I can get the charges dropped.

Shawn: I mean, that’s great, but hold on, I thought that kate was out for brady’s blood.

Belle: Not anymore.

[“Away in a manger” plays]

Roman: Kate!

Kate: Roman, I–I just don’t have the time–

Roman: Well, make time. Take a moment.

Kate: [Sighs] Wh–what?

Roman: Look, I know you’re grieving philip, and I respect your need for space, but kate, you shouldn’t be spending so much time alone, especially on christmas eve.

Kate: Okay, I–I understand, but I have–I really have to go.

Roman: Kate–and I need to say what the hell’s so important that you need to race up those stairs to get to it?

Kate: Why is this turning into an interrogation, roman?

Roman: Because I’m concerned, kate. Closing yourself off, bottling up your feelings like this, not good for you. And it’s not gonna bring back your son.

Kate: Okay, don’t talk about philip like he’s dead, because he’s alive.

Philip: You kidnapped sami? That’s crazy.

Lucas: This coming from a guy who faked his own death. I did what you said to do– “go after what you want. Reclaim the woman you love. Fight dirty if you have to.”

Philip: Ah, right, so it’s my fault you went off the rails?

Lucas: No, it’s not. It’s not, I just– I took your idea, and I ran with it.

Philip: But why? Why would you do something like that?

Lucas: I did it because I love sami. That’s why. I love her so much that there’s no way in hell I’m gonna let her go back to ej, not this time.

Sami: W–wait a second. Did you just say that you got married to a woman I just met for the first time a minute ago?

Paulina: For once in my life I’m totally speechless.

Ej: So that’s why you were so eager to fly off to italy on the company jet?

Johnny: It’s not like it was planned or anything. It just–it–

Chanel: It just happened. When johnny promised to cheer me up after I ruined your wedding, I had no idea I’d come back a married lady.

Johnny: We were walking by the san carlo of the four fountains, that– that little church you used to take me to when I was ten. And father bianchi’s still there.

Chanel: It was so beautiful and romantic.

Johnny: And all of a sudden, I was just down on a knee, proposing.

Chanel: And I said yes.

Johnny: Before we knew it, I mean, the padre was pronouncing us husband and wife. I–isn’t anyone gonna congratulate us or–

Ej: [Clears throat] Sorry, son. I, for one, think you’ve made a terrible mistake.

[Soft dramatic music]

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Johnny: Dad, I thought you like chanel.

Ej: Liking her and wanting her as my daughter-in-law are two entirely different matters. And I can’t ignore the fact that she recently, albeit briefly, was married to one of my clients, thinking he was very wealthy. Which leads me to believe that ms. Dupree is congratulating herself on getting it right this time, on landing a live one.

Chanel: What? No. That is so unfair.

Paulina: You damn right it is. Now, my daughter, she doesn’t need your family’s money.

Ej: One can never have too much, can one? But as you well know, son, i control the purse strings here.

Johnny: Mm. And what’s that supposed to mean, dad? You threatening to cut me off?

Ej: Not if you do the intelligent thing and get an annulment.

Lucas: You remember how ticked sami was when she found out that nicole gave ej the letter that kristen wrote. And they blamed me for breaking up her marriage.

Philip: Mm, that’s my bad, brother. I’m sorry I got into the middle of it. I thought giving that letter to nicole would help things. Instead, it made things worse.

Lucas: It doesn’t matter. It’s not the point. The point is it doesn’t matter how ej found the letter. What matters is–is sami tagged me as the bad guy when I yanked that letter out of the fireplace, not ej. Not the guy who treated her like crap all those years and kicked her out of the house. No, no, no. She still wants to be married to him. Idiot jerk.

Philip: I remember that conversation. You were pretty upset. That’s why I walked you home.

Lucas: Yeah, except I didn’t stay home. I went to gabi’s house, because I knew sami was gonna be there to ask gabi if she could move back into the dimera mansion. That was like a punch to the gut, man. I couldn’t do that. Sami and ej living under the same roof? I had to do something, man. I had to stop it.

Sami: I’m gonna get you back, ej. Whatever it takes. Gabi! Is anyone home?

[Muffled yelling]

[Eerie music]

Lucas: And after that, there was no turning back.

Shawn: Brady’s gonna be able to enjoy christmas without these charges hanging over his head.

Belle: Yeah. Great news.

Shawn: I feel like you don’t seem too thrilled about it.

Belle: Oh, I am. Of course I am. I–obviously, I–I’m just, uh– I don’t know, I’m having trouble getting into the christmas spirit with my mom being possessed by the devil.

Shawn: Yeah, yeah, um, about that, I, uh– well, I have news.

Belle: By the look on your face, it’s not good?

Shawn: No, no, it’s not. Look, your mom–or the devil morphed into steve. And he attacked kayla at the hospital last night.

Belle: Oh, my god. Is kayla okay?

Shawn: Yeah, yeah, she’s fine, but your mom stole her master key card.

Belle: Wh–doesn’t she already have one?

Shawn: No, no, but the codes were changed after snyder stole those drugs and jan woke up from a come and escaped to kill charlie dale.

Belle: Well, what would the devil want with a hospital key card?

Shawn: He might be using it in whatever plan that he has against us.

Belle: Against us? What do you mean?

Shawn: The devil doesn’t like that we’re in its way. He told kayla that he was gonna make us suffer a fate worse than death.

Belle: And somehow a hospital key card is part of that plan? I mean, what would the devil want in the hospital? Jan.

Shawn: That’s a theory. But when steve and kayla checked on her, she was still in her coma, so–

Belle: Okay, good. I hope she stays there forever. So where is my mom– or the devil?

Shawn: She’s still at large.

Belle: And we’re her next target.

Jan: So… what’s the plan? What? It’s been months. I deserve a little celebration.

Demon marlena: We can celebrate after the mission is accomplished.

Jan: I know how to do it. So we will make shawn and that bitch, belle, renew their wedding vows. We’ll knock her over the head, stash her body somewhere, and then I’ll put on her wedding dress and veil, just like I did last year, and reveal myself. Voil. Me again.

Demon marlena: The plan last year was an unmitigated disaster. Remember, you ended up in your second coma. Not to be confused with the last coma, your third coma, that I just had to get you out of.

Jan: So I don’t get to marry shawn?

Demon marlena: [Scoffs] Marriage is for suckers. No, you get to do the best part. You get to have sex with shawn.

Jan: Cheers!

[Laughs]

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Demon marlena: So when you get shawn into bed and you make love to him, he will have betrayed his sacred wedding vows to belle. The ultimate betrayal. And that will end them forever.

Jan: I love it. It’s perfect. But shawn hates me, so how are you gonna make him have sex with me? Mind control? ‘Cause I vote a big no on that one. I want him to do it out of his own free will, you know? I don’t want to force him.

Demon marlena: Really? You locked him up in a cage.

Jan: You really do know everything.

Demon marlena: That’s why you should believe me when I tell you that I can make things happen. For example… I could make shawn… see you, be wooed by you, throw you on the bed, and make mad, passionate love to you.

Belle: So the devil is after us now? Okay–oh, my god, shawn!

Shawn: Hey, I am sorry to frighten you. I just–I need you to know so you can keep your eyes open. I mean, trust me, if I had my way, I would take you home, I would lock you up, and lock you away from the world, including the devil.

Belle: Right. As if that’s gonna keep him out.

Shawn: Hey. Come here. Come here. We’re gonna get through this.

Belle: Okay. Yeah, we will. We will. Um, all right, I–I should go and get the charges dropped against brady, and then– you know what? Devil or no devil, we will celebrate our anniversary.

Shawn: I love you, belle.

Belle: I love you too, so much.

Shawn: Hey. I need you to be careful.

Belle: I know. I will be. You too, okay?

Shawn: I love you.

Belle: I love you.

Roman: So philip’s alive? They found him?

Kate: No. No, no. It’s nothing like that. It’s just that, uh– well, victor and I were talking, and we agreed that we made a mistake when we signed that document declaring philip dead, so we revoked it.

Roman: Well, I am glad to hear that, but what changed your mind?

Kate: I realized that wasn’t fair to brady, you know? Um, it was wrong and, uh, also it made me feel like I was giving up. And I’m not, because I really believe that philip is still out there, very much alive.

[Pager beeps]

Roman: [Groans] Delivery.

Kate: [Scoffs] Go– go do that. I tell you what, how about we have a little christmas eve lunch later?

Roman: I’ll make sure the mistletoe’s by the table.

Kate: [Laughs]

[Jazzy festive music plays]

Philip: You took sami all the way to wisconsin?

Lucas: I did. I did, but it wasn’t a great plan, okay? But I knew these two guys from prison. You know, when I did time back in the day when I– when I shot ej when I was trying to protect will? And these guys, they had this place. They had a cabin in the middle of nowhere. And I thought, this would be a great idea, right? I’ll pay them, and then they can just keep her prisoner for me.

Philip: For how long? What was the end game?

Lucas: Like I said, I didn’t have a great plan, I didn’t have an end game. Okay, and I thought about letting sami go, like, a million times. I did, man. But I knew for a fact, as soon as she came home, she’d go right back to ej like she always does.

Johnny: I’m not getting this marriage annulled.

Ej: You always did think with your heart. But this young lady understands commerce. Don’t you, dear? And you’re certainly no stranger to annulments.

Paulina: Excuse me. If anyone’s made a mistake here, it’s my little girl. You see, while your fool of a son is running around playing auteur and making little movies on his phone, my daughter, she started her own business from the ground up!

Chanel: Mama, stop! Look, you’re right. I’ve been a brat for a whole lot of my life. I was spoiled and entitled and I wanted to take the easy way out. And I made a lot of mistakes. But I’ve learned from them. I’ve learned what I want to do and who I want to be. And… I–I’m sure that allie has told you how well sweet bits is doing.

Sami: Yeah. I’m aware.

Johnny: Then show some respect.

Both: Johnny!

Johnny: Oh, but no, you can’t do that, can you? And you sure as hell can’t just be happy for me. That’d be way too much to ask, wouldn’t it?

Sami: Johnny, it’s just that it’s so sudden–

Johnny: Not for us! Look, I know about chanel’s past, and about her mistakes, and she knows about mine, and it’s only made us closer. I have zero doubt that chanel married me for love, not money. And we are 100% committed to each other.

Paulina: Are you sure about that?

Chanel: Mama!

Paulina: Now, now, baby, you brought up allie’s name. Now I didn’T. I just want to make sure that you’re really ready to– to marry allie’s brother, when not too long ago, you– you were kissing allie.

[Dramatic music]

Sami: Um, what did you just say?

Paulina: From the look on your face, I think you heard me.

Chanel: You–you know that allie and I were friends back in london. And we reconnected here in salem, and we got close. Really close. And we–we talked about it. We even talked about it with tripp and johnny. And we realized that we love each other as friends. And that’s it. Allie is in love and happy with tripp, and I am in love and happy with johnny.

Sami: So does allie know that you and johnny got married?

Chanel: I haven’t had the chance to tell her yet, but I–I know that she’ll be thrilled I’m married to the man I love. And I really hope that you could be happy for us too. It would mean everything if you would give us your blessing.

Sami: I’m so sorry, but I can’t do that either.

[Dramatic music]

Lucas: And I didn’t know what to do. You know, because weeks started turning into months. And then the next thing I knew, ej was hooking up with nicole. And I thought ej was gonna move on with her, so I could let sami go. But before I could do that, sami stole one of my guys’ phones, and she called allie, and I happened to be with allie at the time. So I heard–I heard the– the fear and–and– and the desperation in sami’s voice, man, and I felt horrible about it. I did, but then I realized that I could actually save her, you know? I could rescue her.

Philip: Be the hero.

Lucas: That’s right, be the hero, and I was. Dude, I was. I knocked down the door, she gave me a huge hug. And then when I brought her home, she went right back to ej.

Philip: Ouch. I’m sorry, bro.

Lucas: You would think–you would think that sami finding ej in bed with nicole, you would think that would do it, right? You would think that would show her that the guy’s no good for her, but no. No, as of this morning, she’s– she’s fighting the divorce, she still wants to be with that idiot. And now, dude, I don’t know what to do.

Kate: What the hell? I thought I told you not to let anyone in.

Jan: I am totally down with the mad, passionate love part. But I still don’t get the how part.

Demon marlena: Okay. The first step is going to be that you text shawn.

Jan: Okay then.

[Breathes deeply] I’m getting goosebumps just typing in his number. Okay.

[Sighs]

[Keyboard clacking]

[Phone beeps]

Shawn: Unknown caller. “Salem inn, room 514.”

[Ominous music]

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Lucas: Uh, I am not “anyone.” I’m his brother, thank you.

Philip: I had to let him know I’m not dead.

Kate: Uh-huh. And I suppose you told him everything?

Philip: There are no secrets between us.

Kate: Oh, wonderful. Okay, so obviously, no one knows about this. And obviously, no one can know about it, which means you keep your mouth shut. Understood?

Lucas: Uh, yeah, I got it. Okay, I swear. I’m not gonna betray my brother’s confidence. Right, philip?

Philip: Yeah, of course. And I’d never betray yours, brother.

Johnny: What the hell, mom?

Sami: Johnny–

Johnny: I thought you, at least, would understand. Why are you so against chanel and me being married?

Sami: I have the same questions that paulina has. You know, I–I’m worried that maybe it’s a rebound thing.

Johnny: Unbelievable. Unbelievable.

Sami: I’m concerned. And–and obviously, chanel’s mom is too.

Paulina: Mm-hmm, about what kind of family that my daughter’s married into.

Sami: Right, well, the point is, paulina and i both would agree, I think, that you’re both very young. Right, and– and I don’t know, you’ve known each other a nanosecond. And then you come waltzing in here and announce that you’re married, and you expect everyone to cheer. Marriage isn’t a game, johnny, it’s real, and it’s for life.

Johnny: Right, right, like you and dad, you mean? I mean, now there is one hell of an example between the lying, the cheating, the fighting, the constantly blaming each other for everything that’s wrong in your relationship. I mean, with you guys as role models, it’s a miracle I even want to get married at all.

Sami: [Scoffs]

[Dramatic music]

Shawn: Who…is…this?

[Phone beeps]

Jan: Oh! Shawn responded. Oh, my go– sorry, just so excited. I didn’t mean to offend you.

Demon marlena: You seem to have a gift.

Jan: He wants to know who it is. What do I do? How should I respond?

Demon marlena: Here.

[Eerie music]

[Phone beeps]

Shawn: “Just come.” Promise you won’t regret it.”

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Jan: [Sighs]

Demon marlena: Ugh! Will you stop pacing?

Jan: He’s not answering. Why isn’t he answering? The first time, he responded right away.

Demon marlena: I didn’t ask him a question.

Jan: Damn it! Wh– what if he doesn’t come? Then what?

Demon marlena: He’ll come. A mysterious message demanding his presence. Shawn has the inquiring mind of a detective. He won’t be able to resist.

Jan: Are you sure he won’t take one look at me and arrest me on the spot?

[Suspenseful music]

Demon marlena: He won’T. I promise.

Shawn: It could be a trap. Or not. Guess there’s only one way to find out.

Philip: So… you talk to dad?

Kate: Yes, I did. I told you I was going to fix it, and I have.

Philip: He knows I framed brady?

Kate: [Sighs] He had to know everything, philip. That was the only way it was gonna work.

Philip: If it was possible for him to hate me even more than he did–

Kate: He doesn’t hate you. He loves you. He knows you’re just– you’re just not yourself right now, that you were under a lot of pressure, and you finally just–

Philip: Cracked up.

Kate: We’re going to get you the help that you need.

Lucas: What about brady? What happened to him?

Kate: Victor and I, uh, took care of that too. So look, no one, and I mean no one, can know that philip’s alive.

[Phone beeps]

Lucas: Oh. It’s a text from rafe. He wants to see me at the station.

Kate: Lucas, if that’s about philip–

Lucas: I know, I know. I won’t say anything. Don’t worry about it, okay? Hey, um, I, uh– I guess this is goodbye for a while, so, uh, take care of yourself, okay?

Philip: You do the same, man.

[Soft dramatic music]

Ej: That was completely uncalled for.

Johnny: The truth hurts, doesn’t it?

Ej: Your mother and I–

Johnny: My–my–my mother and you what? Are you really gonna sit here and pretend like you guys just have–what? Normal ups and downs like a normal married couple? Like mom didn’t just cheat on you and you didn’t just throw her out of the house. Hey, how’s your divorce coming?

Sami: Johnny. We’re just–

Johnny: Concerned. No, yeah. I got it. I guess I should be thanking you guys. I mean, after watching your marriage over the years with your ups and downs, I know exactly what kind of marriage I don’t want to have.

Chanel: We–we did kind of–

Johnny: No, chanel, stop.

Chanel: Spring this on you.

Johnny: Stop making excuses for their bad behavior. Look, I was really hoping that you guys could be happy for us. But if you can’t, I’m cool with that too. And dad, if you want to show what a great and powerful man you are by cutting me off, go for it. Doesn’t matter, because chanel is my family now, and she’s all the family I need. So if you’ll excuse me, it’s christmas eve, and I would like to spend it with my wife.

[Dramatic music]

Ej: [Chuckles] He’s defensive. Which means he understands, on some level, that he’s made a mistake. At least we’re all on the same page here.

Paulina: Oh, no. Whoa, no. I am not on the same page. I’m not even in the same book.

Ej: You couldn’t possibly approve of this marriage.

Paulina: Here’s what I approve of, mr. Dimera. And that is us letting our grown children find themselves without us trying to control them. And especially as flawed as all of us here are. And maybe, just maybe, having a distorted idea of what is a mistake and what isn’T. So I’m gonna trust my daughter, and I’m gonna let her and her new husband cool down, after which I will ask for their forgiveness for my rude questions and tell them that the answers are none of my business. Now look, you see, I’ve watched my baby girl, she’s grown into a strong and compassionate young woman, and I couldn’t be prouder. And I suggest–I suggest that you two, you do the same if you don’t want to lose your son.

[Dramatic music]

Do I need to pretreat my

laundry?

Lucas: Hey, belle.

Belle: Hey. Merry christmas.

Lucas: Ah, I hope so. Um, listen, uh, I just got a–a text from rafe, and he said that he wanted to talk to me. And it’s probably about philip.

Belle: Actually, no, it’s not. I just met with trask and rafe, and he wanted to talk to you about sami’s kidnapping.

Ej: I’m sorry johnny upset you.

Sami: He’s right, isn’t he? We fight and we lie and we cheat and we hurt each other. We’re not exactly a psa for living happily ever after. It’s just that he’s so excited. And so in love and… ej, I just don’t want him to get hurt, you know?

Ej: That’s why we need to shut this down before any real damage is done.

Sami: I know. It’s just– I think threatening–

[Sighs] To take the money away wasn’t the right way to do it, right? He just dug in his heels further.

Ej: Mm. Like when we threatened to take away his favorite toy when he was a child. But johnny’s a young man now. And he needs to learn some hard truths.

Sami: Yeah. Like… getting married, being crazy in love, and having these hopes and dreams and… thinking it’s forever… when we both know it’s not.

[Dramatic music]

Chanel: You were really something down there. The way you stood up to your father, oh, you were fierce!

Johnny: Well, I didn’t like the way he was treating you. Or me.

Chanel: Yeah, it was pretty harsh.

Johnny: And now he wants to cut me off. Well, I don’t give a damn. Because there is nothing that he or my mom could say or do that would make me change the way that I feel about you. But I do have to ask.

Chanel: What?

Johnny: You think it might change how you feel?

Kate: So… that’s the plan. Are you okay with it?

Philip: I am.

Kate: Then I– I need to hear you just promise that you’re really going to commit to the treatment. To getting better. Okay? That means not contacting chloe or anyone else, just focusing– focusing on you.

Philip: I know I need help. Mom, I know. I’m not gonna screw it up.

Kate: Okay, good. So… let’s get you out of here then. Victor has the jet, and he has it all fueled up, and it’s on the runway, so– I love you. I love you so much.

Philip: I love you.

Kate: [Sighs]

Philip: And thank you. And please tell dad–

[Sighs] Uh, just tell him I said thank you.

Kate: I will. I’m gonna go downstairs. I’m gonna distract roman so you can slip out of here, okay?

Philip: Mom. Merry christmas.

Kate: Merry christmas, baby.

[Dramatic music]

Shawn: Police!

Jan: Oh, my god, he’s here.

Demon marlena: How many times do I have to tell you not to say his name?

Jan: I’m sorry. It’s just that this is happening. What do I do?

Demon marlena: Well, you do what you normally do when somebody knocks on your door. You answer the door.

[Suspenseful music]

Lila: Before I was diagnosed, there was nothing

Roman: So you ready for our christmas eve lunch?

Kate: Yes, um, but first I want to apologize for being so edgy, because you have been so wonderful and supportive during this whole ordeal.

Roman: As supportive as you’ve let me be.

Kate: Mm. I appreciate it.

Roman: Well, I just hate to see you unhappy. So I’ll tell you what, why don’t we, uh, grab this cozy table here and, uh, have some lunch. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a chance to get the mistletoe.

Kate: [Scoffs] We don’t need mistletoe.

[Mouthing words]

[Country festive music playing]

Chanel: Nothing your parents say can change the way I feel about you. And between me and you, they seem a little crazy.

Johnny: [Laughs]

Chanel: Why would I ever listen to them? And, uh, since it is christmas eve…

Johnny: Mm?

Chanel: And we’re alone, I know exactly how we can celebrate.

Johnny: Yeah?

Chanel: Mm-hmm.

Johnny: Mm–uh! Actually, hold that thought just really fast, sorry. Um, now that we’ve made our big announcement…

Chanel: Mm-hmm.

Johnny: What do you say we put these back on? May I?

[Soft romantic music]

Chanel: May I?

Johnny: Of course.

[Sighs] I love you, mrs. Dimera.

Chanel: And I love you, mr. Dimera.

Ej: I went into our marriage eyes wide open, samantha. There were no delusions about happily ever after.

Sami: All right, maybe I shouldn’t have tricked you into marrying me… that last time. And I probably shouldn’t have had you thrown in prison for what you did with abby. But you gutted me, ej, and I just wanted to gut you back. But only because I love you so damn much. I always have. And I always will. And I know you’re denying it now… but I know you feel the same way. You know, everyone keeps telling me… to just give up, that it’s hopeless. That our marriage is doomed. But you know me, ej, I don’t quit. And I am never giving up on this, on you. So go ahead. You have new divorce papers for me. Let’s have ’em. What are you doing? Come on, hand ’em over so I can just rip them up again.

Ej: You’re not going to do that.

Sami: Oh, you’re not gonna stop me.

Ej: Yes, I can.

Sami: [Scoffs] What are you doing? What’s wrong with you? Just give me the papers! Ej, what are you doing? Why are you doing this?

Ej: I don’t want a divorce, samantha. I want you.

[Dramatic music]

Sami: Wh–

Lucas: What about sami’s kidnapping?

Belle: Well, apparently, the wisconsin state police found one of the guys who was holding her.

Lucas: Is he– is the guy talking? Did he say anything? I mean, what’s–what’s going on? What’s the latest?

Belle: I–I don’t know. Rafe just said they’re transporting him here to salem as we speak, so hopefully we can find out who hired him and catch the son of a bitch who kidnapped my sister.

Shawn: Police. Open up.

Jan as belle: Happy anniversary, sweetheart.

[Eerie music]

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Chloe: Kate? It’s chloe. I need to talk to you.

Philip: Don’t answer that.

Chloe: It’s about philip.

Philip: No one can know I’m alive, especially not chloe.

Kate: Philip, people are going to find out eventually. You can’t keep hiding like this.

Philip: I’m not asking for forever, just for today. Please.

[Knocking on door]

Chloe: Kate, I know you’re in there.

Kate: Chloe, uh, I’m tired, okay, I’m just– I’m not up for visitors.

Chloe: I’m not going anywhere until you open this door.

[Suspenseful music]

Shawn: Belle, hey.

Belle: Ugh, god, am I glad to see you.

Shawn: I heard that brady was arrested for murder. I’m so sorry.

Belle: Yeah, they just took him down to his cell.^

Shawn: Well, I know trask is on a war path, but I mean, come on, murder? I mean, we don’t even know if philip is dead.

Belle: Well, his parents just signed legal papers saying that he is. Even though, as you said, there is no body.

Shawn: Well, I’m sure you’re gonna find a way to get brady cleared, okay?

Belle: I’m gonna try. Anyway, how’s ciara? Oh, wait, aren’t you supposed to be guarding her and ben right now?

Shawn: No, I had a unit take them to a safe house. I figure the best thing to do is to keep them hidden.

Belle: Right. Yeah. From my mom. Oh, my god, I just cannot even believe that this is happening. I mean, walking into the cabin like that, and–and– and just seeing her taken over by a demon and–and choking the life out of you and ben and my dad.

Shawn: Thank god you showed up when you did. ‘Cause if you hadn’t, I have no doubt that she would’ve killed us all.

[Suspenseful music]

Steve: You ready, sweetness? Kayla. Hey. Oh. Kayla? Baby.

[Monitor beeping]

Demon marlena: All right, jan. You’ve been on the sidelines long enough. I need my star player back in the game.

[Mystical dramatic music]

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Steve: Kayla. Baby, come on, wake up. Wake up, please. Please wake up.

Kayla: [Groans]

Steve: Oh, god. Thank god.

Kayla: Ugh–ah! Get away from me! Get away!

Steve: Baby, whoa.

Kayla: I mean it, I mean it. I said to stay away from me!

Steve: What’s wrong?

Kayla: You come closer, I swear–I swear I’ll kill you.

Steve: Okay, okay, okay.

Jan: [Coughs]

[Monitor beeping] Uh! Dr. Evans?

Marlena: Yes, dear. Just relax. Everything’s okay.

Jan: What happened to me?

Marlena: You’ve been in a coma.

Jan: Again? How long this time?

Marlena: About six months. It’s nearly christmas.

Jan: Oh, man. I missed the summer olympics?

Marlena: You did.

Jan: [Sighs] They had surfing. I really wanted to see that.

Marlena: Yeah, I’m so sorry.

Jan: It’s not your fault. The person to blame for this is philip kiriakis. I was in a airfield with him and… chloe lane, and I had a gun. He threw dirt in my eyes.

Marlena: And he banged your head into a pole.

Jan: Stupid jerk.

Marlena: I wouldn’t worry too much about him. From what I understand, he’s– he’s gotten what’s coming to him.

Tripp: Did the police find your uncle’s body?

Allie: No. Just his prosthetic leg.

Tripp: Maybe there’s a possibility he’s still alive.

Allie: Yeah, that’s what I’m praying for. But I mean, if that was true, don’t you think that he would’ve contacted someone by now?

Kate: It’s late. What do you want?

Chloe: I heard that you and victor had philip declared dead, that you signed an official document.

Kate: Yeah. I mean, does that really surprise you? Philip’s been missing for days, his prosthetic leg was found in the river. Brady was covered in his blood. Even you should be smart enough to know that brady killed philip.

Chloe: No, I don’t know that, because there’s no body.

Kate: Nope. Just a body of evidence.

Chloe: It’s all circumstantial. There’s zero proof that philip is even dead. So you need to tell that da lady that you made a mistake by signing that document.

Kate: Why would I do that?

Chloe: Because trask is using it to railroad brady. She had him arrested.

Kate: Well, why wouldn’t she? She has a knife covered in brady’s bloody fingerprints, she has the text–the vicious text that he wrote to philip. He actually wrote that if philip didn’t cut you out of his life, he would do it. And he did, chloe.

Chloe: I don’t know what happened that night, but brady is incapable of anything like that. He swears he didn’t hurt philip, and I believe him.

Kate: [Scoffs] You’re a real piece of work, you know that? Your boyfriend was killed by brady in a jealous rage, and still you stand by him. That’s despicable.

Chloe: I care deeply for your son, but this is not fair, kate.

Kate: Oh, really? Really, is that why you and brady had sex on the conference table at basic black?

Chloe: Who told you that? Lila: Before I was diagnosed, there was nothing

Belle: So I wanted to run at theory by you about my brother’s situation.

Shawn: Okay.

Belle: Okay, so you know that brady and I are trying to piece together everything that happened the night that he allegedly got black-out drunk and attacked philip, right? So I went down to the pub, and I talked to rex about seeing the security footage.

Shawn: And?

Belle: And it was gone.

Shawn: I mean, well, a lot of places, they have their system set up to where it deletes the footage after a certain period of time. I mean–

Belle: Except everything else was on the tape. The only thing missing was the few hours around when brady was there.

Shawn: Okay, so, what, you think that it’s intentional? You think that somebody actually, like, purposely erased it?

Belle: I do. I am starting to think that brady’s being framed.

Shawn: By who?

Belle: Well, I’m not sure, but I have an idea.

Chloe: Answer me, kate. Who told you that I had sex with brady?

Kate: You did, chloe.

Chloe: What?

Kate: Yeah, yeah. I had a meeting at basic black, and I happened to overhear you discussing the details of how you betrayed my son.

Chloe: I don’t know what you’re talking about.

Kate: Yeah, of course you do. Because I heard you tell brady not to tell anyone about the fact that you had sex on a conference table.

Chloe: Oh, my god, that– that wasn’t us. We were talking about someone else.

Kate: Oh, please.

Chloe: I’m serious. You misunderstood.

Kate: I didn’t misunderstand anything. And as far as I’m concerned, you and brady can burn in hell.

Chloe: It wasn’t me, kate. It was nicole.

Kate: Wh– nicole had sex with brady?

Chloe: I–I shouldn’t have said anything, but I just– I want you to know that it wasn’t me.

Kate: Wh–would you–could you just answer the question? Did nicole have sex with brady?

Chloe: [Sighs] No.

Kate: Well, with whom did she have sex then?

Chloe: With someone else. It doesn’t really matter. All that matters is that brady and I did not have sex on a conference table or anywhere else, for that matter. I never cheated on philip, I swear.

Tripp: I am not doing such a good job of cheering you up. But… maybe… this will help.

Allie: What is it?

Tripp: An early christmas present. Unless you’d rather wait.

Allie: Hell, no.

Tripp: Oh, god, you hate it. I’m–I–I’m sorry. I thought I saw you eyeing it the other day at ballistix.

Allie: I was. Merry christmas, tripp.

Tripp: You’re kidding.

Allie: Open it.

[Laughs]

Tripp: Mm.

Allie: I was eyeing it for you, dummy.

Tripp: I really am a dummy.

Allie: No. No, tripp johnson, you are just too smart for your own good.

Steve: Please. Please, put that down.

Kayla: No. No, not a chance. No, not a chance, I’m not gonna let you hurt me again, no!

Steve: Whoa, whoa. I would never hurt you. Now listen, you have a cut on your head. You just came to. You’re confused.

Kayla: No, you–you could be tricking me; you could be tricking me, pretending to be steve again.

Steve: I am steve.

Kayla: No.

Steve: [Scoffs] Who else would I be?

Kayla: The devil.

Steve: What? No. No.

Kayla: Yeah. You came in here earlier looking just like you do now, and then you turned into marlena and then–and then you knocked me out.

Steve: [Scoffs] Baby, that wasn’t me. But it is me now. I’m here now.

Kayla: How do I know you’re not tricking me? You’re lying to me.

Steve: How do you know? Look at me. You see how much I love you? Can you feel it? Even the devil can’t fake that. No. Please. I promise you, sweetness. It’s me. Just let me have this. That’s it. That’s it. Baby. Come on.

Kayla: I was so scared.

Steve: Oh, baby.

Kayla: I was so scared.

Steve: You’re safe now.

Kayla: I was so scared.

Steve: I got you.

Kayla: [Exhales deeply]

Jan: Brady killed philip?

Marlena: Well, that’s what the police believe.

Jan: Over chloe lane? The most vapid woman on the planet. That hardly seems worth a life sentence.

Marlena: Enough about ghoul girl. We should talk seriously about your future.

Jan: Don’t worry. Dr. Evans, I– I’ve learned my lesson. I’m done causing trouble for your daughter and shawn.

Marlena: Oh. That’s too bad. Nobody likes a quitter.

Jan: Wait, are– are you saying you want me to cause trouble for them?

Marlena: That’s why I brought you out of the coma.

Jan: You woke me up?

Marlena: Yeah, I think I just said that.

Jan: But why would you want me to go after belle? You’re her mother.

Demon marlena: No, I’m not.

[Eerie music]

Do you struggle with occasional nerve aches

Tripp: I can return the bracelet.

Allie: No. No way. It’ll be like that episode of “friends,” we’ll be bracelet buddies.

Tripp: I don’t–I don’t know, allie, won’t people think it’s, like, a little too cute?

Allie: I don’t care. I love my gift. And, hey, you better love yours too, buddy, or else.

Tripp: I do, I do, I swear.

Allie: Okay, so put it on. Yeah.

Tripp: Wow, I feel like we should touch wrists and be like, “wonder twin powers, activate!”

Allie: Johnny and I used to actually do that all the time.

Tripp: It’s good to hear you laugh.

Allie: Turns out my boyfriend can spread the cheer.

Tripp: Well, I wish I could stay and keep making you smile, but I have to get back to rounds. What are you gonna do now?

Allie: [Sighs] Um, probably go visit my grandma kate. Especially now that I’m a mom, I can’t even imagine what she’s going through.

Kate: You have always been a cheater, so I don’t know who the hell you think you’re fooling.

Chloe: I have made mistakes in the past, I will admit that.

Kate: Oh, my god. Could you just leave?

Chloe: And I will also admit that there was a time I was torn between brady and philip, but once I chose your son, I was all in. I was completely committed to our relationship. I never strayed, not once.

Kate: Yeah, except every time philip turned around, there you were with brady.

Chloe: Nothing happened between brady and me!

Kate: I don’t believe it. But do you know what I do believe? That you’re manipulative. You’re a manipulative little flirt. And tease and a liar and a slut so–

Chloe: Yeah, okay, I know what you think of me, kate, and I don’t really care, ’cause I have zero respect for you as well. But for the record, I swear on parker’s life that I never cheated on philip. Now you’re a mom too, and you know I would never swear on my son’s life if I wasn’t telling the truth.

Kate: Okay, fine. Fine. Maybe you didn’t cheat on philip. But why did you stand by brady? He killed my son.

Chloe: I don’t believe that. Now, brady may be jealous, he may have been drunk, but he’s not a murderer. And I for one am still holding out hope that philip is out there alive. Because the thought of losing him–

Kate: Is what? Is unbearable? I know. More so for me than for you. But we may have to just accept it.

Chloe: No, what I’m gonna accept is the truth. And if you let trask convict brady of a crime he didn’t commit, then we may never find out what happened that night. So will you please just go talk to her? And I’m not asking for my sake or for brady’s, but for philip’S.

Kate: I’ll think about it.

Chloe: Thank you.

[Dramatic music]

Philip: That lying bitch.

Belle: [Clears throat]

Shawn: So who do you think framed brady?

Belle: [Sighs] Okay. I know this sounds crazy, but what if it was kristen?

Shawn: Why would she do that? She’s in love with your brother.

Belle: And when he broke things off with her, she was devastated. He completely cut her off, and she tried to kidnap their kid. That didn’t work, so maybe this is plan B.

Shawn: Okay, okay, come on. But, I mean, kill philip? Do you think that she would really go that far just to get revenge on brady?

Belle: I don’t know, maybe– maybe this is a way to hurt victor too. I mean, she still hates him after he let her think that rachel was dead for an entire year.

Shawn: She had motive, and, I mean, she–she had opportunity considering she escaped police custody before this whole thing went down.

Belle: Someone went to a lot of trouble to frame my brother. If it wasn’t kristen, who else would go to such extremes?

Kayla: Ugh.

Steve: Baby. You really should get a nurse to take a look at this–

Kayla: No. No, no, no. I want to be right here with you. Look, I am so sorry. I swear, I swear marlena looked exactly–and sounded exactly like you do right now. I–I didn’t suspect anything until you kissed me.

Steve: I kissed you?

Kayla: Yeah, and that’s when you turned into marlena. She just–she just– she just seemed to take glee out of the whole thing. And she was–she–she thought the whole thing was amusing. And I was terrified. Seeing my old friend with evil in her eyes like that and that horrible voice. I thought she was gonna kill me.

Steve: Oh, thank god you’re all right. So what did she want?

Kayla: She just went on this rant, saying that you and I had been a thorn in her side, just like shawn and belle. And that she wanted them to suffer, that I was the key to helping her do that.

Steve: I wonder what she meant by that.

[Monitor beeping]

Jan: Dr. Evans, have you taken up smoking? ‘Cause your voice suddenly has this demi moore thing going on.

Demon marlena: I’m not dr. Evans. I’ve merely taken possession of her body.

Jan: Okay. You’ve clearly been smoking, and apparently more than just cigarettes.

Demon marlena: I’m not up for your juvenile jokes. I need you to start wreaking havoc on shawn and belle. And if you don’t, I’m just gonna put you back in your coma.

Jan: I’m not entirely convinced I’m awake.

Demon marlena: Don’t be ridiculous. I’m the one who brought you out of the coma.

Jan: Maybe I’m dreaming. Maybe I’m dead. If I run into philip, I swear to god.

Demon marlena: [Gasps] Don’t use the g word.

Jan: What did you just do with your eyes? They–they just turned yellow for a moment. Hoh! Wowza. You really are satan.

Demon marlena: Thank you. Don’t be afraid.

Jan: I’m not afraid. I’m delighted. God, or rather “g,” he clearly isn’t on my side, putting me in coma after coma. So it’s nice to know that someone has my back, even if it is the prince of darkness.

Demon marlena: Wow. You do have a strange way of looking at things.

Jan: Aw, thanks.

Tripp: The hell?

[Eerie, mystical music]

Are you one of the millions of americans

Philip: Took everything in me not to barge in here and call that whore out on her lies.

Kate: [Sighs] Okay, philip. You know I’m not one to take anything that chloe says for the truth, but I– I think she’s sincere.

Philip: You can’t be serious.

Kate: Philip, she swore on her child. A mother doesn’t do that unless she’s telling the truth.

Philip: I thought you were just trying to get rid of her. I didn’t think you were actually believing that bull she was shoveling you.

Kate: Okay. Okay, just– just relax.

Philip: That woman is shameless. She’d do anything to win you over. Use her kid, blame her friend. She tried to pawn off what happened at basic black on nicole.

Kate: I think it was nicole.

Philip: What?

Kate: Look, philip, I don’t blame you for any of this, but I think it’s very clear that you misunderstood what– what brady and chloe were saying. They didn’t betray you.

Philip: No. No, I’ve seen how they are together. I know it’s true. I know it is.

Kate: Philip, maybe you want it to be true. Because otherwise everything–

[Huffs] Framing brady, pretending you’re dead–

Philip: It can’t have all been for nothing. No. No, it can’t have all been for nothing.

Steve: I don’t understand. Marlena said she needed you to make belle and shawn suffer. So why did she knock you out and leave you here?

Kayla: I don’t know. She just kept saying that I was the key. The key, the key– my key card. It’s gone. Marlena must have taken my key card.

Steve: She wanted access to the hospital. That means she must still be here.

Kayla: What the hell is she up to?

Tripp: [Scoffs] I’m, uh, sorry to interrupt, dr. Evans. This door is usually locked, so when I saw it open, I thought I should check it out.

Jan: You seem familiar.

Tripp: Yeah, you, uh, killed my brother.

Jan: Oh. Right, you came to charlie’s door that night. Almost had to kill you too. Nothing personal.

Tripp: [Huffs] Wow, uh, when did you wake up?

Jan: Um, being comatose for months kind of messes with your sense of time, but I’d say 30 minutes or so, give or take.

Tripp: Well, that’s– that’s great news. Okay, and obviously dr. Evans has everything under control, so I’ll just leave you two alone.

[Eerie music]

Demon marlena: You’re not going anywhere.

[ Echoing ]

Some of us were born for this.

Belle: So detective, what’s your take on my theory? Do you think kristen could’ve framed brady?

Shawn: Well, I mean, it’s definitely her M.O. But it’s gonna be tough to prove since nobody knows where she is.

[Knock on door]

Chloe: Hey, I’m sorry, I’m just–I’m looking for brady.

Belle: Oh, he’s in lockup for the night.

Chloe: He didn’t make bail?

Belle: Yeah, I’ll have to try again tomorrow. He said that you went to go visit my dad?

Chloe: Yeah, um, I told him that I’d talk to kate.

Belle: Oh, about what?

Chloe: Uh, trying to get her to reconsider having philip declared dead. I mean, of course she wants justice for her son. We all do, but, you know, I tried convincing her that incriminating an innocent man is not the way to do it.

Shawn: And how’d that go?

Chloe: Uh, she said that she would think about it.

Belle: Really? Wow. That’s surprising.

Chloe: Yeah, I mean, I know that kate hates my guts, but I think that maybe deep down inside, she knows that brady did not kill philip.

Philip: No, damn it, I didn’t misinterpret a damn thing! Sex on a conference room table, how do you get that wrong?

Kate: Okay, okay. Listen, just– did you actually hear brady and chloe say that they were the ones who had sex? Because they didn’T. Philip, they didn’t betray you.

Philip: Wake up, mom. Lucas saw them walk into the salem inn together, where they were having sex behind my back.

Kate: Okay, okay. You need to listen to me. You really do, okay? Because I–I know that you’re angry, and I know this is all out of control, but I am going to help you. And together, you and I are going to get us out of this, gonna get you out of this.

Philip: Wait a minute, what are you talking about? You heard chloe, brady’s been arrested. He’s gonna spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing me.

Kate: Okay, but you are alive, philip. You’re alive.

Philip: Who cares? It’s what he deserves.

Kate: Oh, my god. Really? And so what are you gonna do with your life? What are you gonna do, hide yourself away? Are you gonna pretend you’re dead for the rest of your life? Because that would be jail too.

Philip: Maybe, but, uh, you know, if it destroys any chance that chloe and brady have at happiness, it’s well worth it.

Kate: Oh, my god, philip, no. It’s not worth it. Nothing is worth that. Nothing is worth throwing your future away. This has gone too far. This has gone way too far.

Philip: You are one to talk.

Kate: You’re right. You’re right. I have gone to extremes at times, I have. And it has been pushed by the same feelings that you’re feeling right now. That rage, that humiliation, that pain–and yes. I wanted people to suffer the way I had suffered, at any cost. But it never worked. It never does. And your suffering will only get worse, philip.

Philip: It’s not possible.

Kate: I know that you think revenge is the only way, the only thing you can do, but that’s not true. Okay? It’s not true. And you have to stop now. You have to stop now before it’s too late.

Philip: And let those two make a fool of me?

Kate: Listen to me. The two of them were not together. They did not betray you. They did not have an affair.

Philip: If you say that one more time…

Kate: Philip, it’s true.

Philip: You’re brainwashed. She has brainwashed you, my own mother. Chloe lies. She lies!

Kate: Not this time. Not this time.

Philip: Enough. Don’t you see what she has done? She’s got you defending her now. Convinced it’s all some big misunderstanding, and that is a lie.

Kate: Listen to me. You just need to relax–

Philip: I’ll prove it. I will prove it. I will–I will find a way to trick chloe into confessing. I will get her to admit she’s been having an affair with brady behind my back this entire time. I will–I will get it on tape. I will hire someone to bug her room. I will get it done.

Kate: No! You have to stop. Philip, do you hear me? You have to stop. Do you hear yourself? This is crazy!

Philip: I am right about this. I know what those two are doing, and I know their plan. It’s the same as it was in high school. They ride off into the sunset, and they leave me stuck behind. The sucker, the loser. Well, not this time. This time, I win.

Kayla: Security’s gonna be on the lookout for marlena.

Steve: Hang on. Marlena works here. Doesn’t that mean she has a key card?

Kayla: No, but mine is different. Mine is more like a master key. I have access to all floors and all rooms. Marlena’s is–is limited, especially since we put in the new security protocols.

Steve: What new protocols?

Kayla: Well, just a few months ago, we really tightened things up around here. We didn’t want the rest of the staff taking cues from dr. Snyder and stealing pills or anything like that. Or any patients running off and murdering somebody, like jan spears.

Steve: That’s it. Marlena wanted your key card so she could get to jan spears.

Kayla: Jan is in a coma.

Steve: No one has made belle and shawn suffer the way that crazy woman has. She’s a part of marlena’s plan. I don’t know how, but she is. I got to find her.

Kayla: Not without me.

Steve: No, kayla, you’re not going anywhere.

Kayla: There is no way you are facing the devil without me. It’s final.

Steve: [Huffs]

[Monitor beeping]

Demon marlena: Tripp johnson. You are just too smart for your own good.

Tripp: I get that a lot.

Demon marlena: Mm. You thought you could fool me. But I realize that you know who I am.

Tripp: I didn’t believe it at first, but I’ve come around.

Demon marlena: You know, you should have realized it when I sent your brother, charlie, to visit you and allie.

Tripp: That was you?

Demon marlena: Who else can raise people from the dead, hmm?

Jan: You’re also quite skilled at bringing people out of a coma. This doctor’s got nothing on you.

Tripp: Okay, okay, dr. Evans, I need you to please hear me out. Okay, there are so many people who love you, including your granddaughter, allie. Allie, yeah. Okay, they need you to fight.

Demon marlena: Spare me the speech. Marlena is gone.

Tripp: No, I–I don’t– I don’t believe that, okay. Dr. Evans, just hang in there, okay, I’m–I’m gonna get you some help.

[Suspenseful music]

Demon marlena: Now you’re the one who needs some help. “I got you babe” by etta james lila: Before I was diagnosed, there was nothing

[Monitor beeping]

Demon marlena: Those trays are quite handy.

Jan: Couldn’t you just have flung him against the wall with your super strength?

Demon marlena: Oh. I don’t like to show off. Now come on. You’ve got to get up. We’ve got work to do.

Jan: What about smarty pants?

Demon marlena: Ah, don’t worry about tripp. I’ll put him to good use.

[Ominous music]

Steve: What the hell?

Kate: Philip. This isn’t about winning or losing.

Philip: The hell it’s not.

Kate: I can see how much you’re hurting.

Philip: You don’t understand.

Kate: Okay. Then help me understand. Talk to me.

Philip: [Exhales deeply] It’s like no matter how hard I try, no matter what I do, I lose. And I keep losing everyone and everything that matters to me most. Take belle and chloe. I loved them so much. And they both ended up choosing someone else.

Kate: Well, that was their loss.

Philip: And the children I thought were mine. I ended up losing them too. First claire, then parker. And I gave tyler away.

Kate: You signed off on the adoption rights because you weren’t ready to be a father, philip.

Philip: I’m such a hypocrite. Always complaining about how my father treats me. But I’m a stranger to my own son.

Kate: Sweetheart.

Philip: No, it’s the truth. And dad wasn’t wrong to want to disown me. I almost destroyed everything that he’s ever worked for in his entire life. But he gave me a second chance, you know, and–and did i make the most of it? Did I show him that I was, you know, ready for the responsibility and–and– and able to be trusted to– to not make any stupid mistakes ever again?

Kate: You were under attack at titan. Gabi and jake were trying to take you down.

Philip: No, I–I mean, I took myself down. I had my big, bright, beautiful future handed to me on a silver platter, and all I had to do was not screw it up. But I did screw it up. Like I always do. It’s, like, who I am. I’m some kind of screw-up.

Kate: Please don’t say that.

Philip: It’s true. And this new beginning with chloe was supposed to change all that, turn it all around.

[Sighs] I mean, if the most incredible woman on earth chose me, I’d be worthy of love, right? That would prove that, once and for all. But it didn’T. It proved the opposite. I– it’s like I’m worthless or damaged goods. I’m broken, in more ways than one.

Kate: [Sniffles] Don’t say that. You’re none of those things.

Philip: Then what is wrong with me? Why can’t I hold on to the people that I love? Belle, chloe, even dad. What does it take to get these people to love me?

Kate: [Sniffles] I can’t speak for anyone else, but I’m your mother, and I love you. I love you with all my heart.

[Crying]

[Dramatic music]

Is struggling to manage your type 2 diabetes

[Monitor beeping]

Steve: I don’t believe it. I was sure marlena would be here.

Kayla: Guess we were wrong.

Jan: I’m so glad you woke me up in time for christmas. Not because it’s his birthday. I just–I like a good sale.

Demon marlena: Oh. Okay. Well, I’m afraid we won’t have much time for shopping. Your mission is to get revenge on shawn and belle, and what better occasion than christmas eve?

Jan: Which also happens to be their wedding anniversary.

Chloe: So you think that kristen set brady up?

Belle: Well, I think she’s definitely capable of it. I mean, I don’t think she killed philip, but I could definitely see her making him disappear.

Chloe: Oof, well, that makes a lot more sense than brady murdering anyone. He would never go that far.

Shawn: Yeah, but kristen would.

Belle: Besides, if she’s not the one that’s framing brady, who is?

Philip: [Crying] You’re right, I have made a huge mess. What am I gonna do?

Kate: [Sniffles] You are going to trust your mother. Okay? I don’t want you to worry about anything. I’m gonna fix it for you. Okay?

Allie: Tripp is so smart and funny and he’s amazing with henry.

Roman: Allie, after everything you’ve been through, it is great to see you so happy. It warms my heart.

Allie: Thanks, grandpa. Yeah, I never thought that i would ever meet someone i could feel so comfortable with. Me and tripp, the way we think, it’s like we’re in sync. You know, we even–we even bought each other matching bracelets for christmas.

[Monitors beeping]

Steve: If marlena wasn’t trying to get to jan, why would she steal your key card?

Kayla: I don’t know, but we need to keep looking for her.

Steve: You think she could still be here?

Kayla: Well, it’s a possibility. And if she is, who know what else is up her sleeve.

[Ominous music]

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Xander: I’m impressed with us. How we quickly packed.

Gwen: Yeah. And whatever we forgot, we can always get at marks and sparks. They’ve got great bargains, right?

Rex: Whoa.

Xander: Rex brady.

Rex: Xander, hi. Who’s your friend?

Xander: None of your damn business. Where’s sarah?

Kayla: Sarah horton hasn’t worked at university hospital for several months. I’m happy to give you a referral to another doctor if you’d like. Okay, well, if I can help out in any way, let me know. Okay, bye. So any news about marlena’s whereabouts?

Steve: Yeah, I talked to shawn, he and john, ben, and ciara had a pretty dramatic run-in with her.

Kayla: What happened?

Steve: You’re not gonna believe it.

Kayla: Try me.

Steve: From what I understand, marlena told ben and ciara that john was physically abusing her.

Belle: Here. How are you feeling?

John: Okay, considering.

Belle: I think you should have let me take you to the hospital.

John: Izzy, I don’t need a doctor I just need to find your mother.

Belle: Yeah, I still can’t believe what I walked in on. I-I mean, I know it’s not mom, but just seeing her choking the life out of you and ben.

John: Yeah, sweetheart. I’m just glad you showed up when you did. You probably not only saved my life, but you saved ben and your husband’s too.

Belle: Dad, we have to get mom the help she needs before we lose her forever.

John: Yeah, we will, sweetheart, I guarantee it. So has there been any news on philip? Have they found a body yet?

Belle: What? No, not yet. I’m just praying that they don’T.

Kate: [Gasping]

[Dramatic music]

Philip: Hey, mom.

Kate: Oh, my. Thank god, you’re alive. You’re alive. Oh, my god.

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Kate: Oh, my god. I can’t believe this. I can’t– we thought that you were murdered. Your father and i had you declared dead.

Philip: Something I’m sure dad’s been waiting to do since the day I was born.

Kate: Oh, don’t say that. Don’t say that. He was worried sick. We both were.

Philip: I find that hard to believe.

Kate: Well, I find all of this hard to believe, but you’re here. Oh, my god, you’re really here. Are you okay?

Philip: Don’t I look okay?

Kate: Yeah, you do. You look–you look perfect. How did you survive brady’s attack, philip?

Philip: Brady didn’t attack me. I went after him.

John: Okay, so it’s possible that philip’s still alive. That’s a very good thing.

Belle: Here. You need to support your head a little bit–

John: Sweetheart, my head is supported just fine by my neck. Will you just stop fussing about me, isabella? I’m gonna be a-okay as soon as we find your mother and bring her home safely.

Belle: Okay. Well, until mom is home and back to being herself, you’re just gonna have to accept a little extra tlc from your favorite daughter.

John: Yes–

[Light music]

Okay, whatever you say, sweetie.

[Phone ringing]

Belle: Hello? What? Okay, I’m on my way. I’ll meet you at the station.

John: What’s going on? Is that about your mother?

Belle: No, that was chloe. Brady’s been arrested.

John: [Sighs]

Kayla: I can understand ben believing the worst about john. Marlena saved his life. He is going to trust anything she says. But ciara, she has grown up with john and marlena.

Steve: Well, she was skeptical at first, but apparently, the devil made marlena morph to john, and then he threatened marlena right in front of them.

Kayla: Could this get any more horrifying?

Steve: Oh, it gets worse.

Kayla: I can’t imagine

Steve: The devil almost strangled ben and john to death without even touching them.

Kayla: Right, it is worse.

Rex: I hope he isn’t always this rude around you.

Xander: Answer my question, rex, where’s sarah?

Gwen: Xander.

Xander: You remember sarah, right? My fiancée? The one I found you in bed with on my wedding day. Just tell me where she is.

Rex: How the hell should I know where sarah is? I thought I was managing my moderate

Xander: What kinda game are you playing? You think this is funny?

Rex: I have no idea what you’re talking about.

Xander: Everyone knows sarah left town with you, rex.

Gwen: Xander, we really need to get to the airport now.

Xander: Just answer my question, what are you hiding?

Rex: Sorry, pal, I haven’t seen sarah in months. Not since right after your wedding, or non-wedding.

Xander: Wait, are you saying that you and sarah weren’t in doctors without borders as a team? That you aren’t still together?

Rex: I’m saying we never were.

John: I need to go down to the cop shop with you.

Belle: No, dad. Don’t–

John: I can’t just sit here and wait, sweetheart.

Belle: Okay. You just went ten rounds with the prince of darkness. It’s okay to rest. Mom’s gonna need you to be strong. I can take care of brady.

John: I know you can. All right, please just call me as soon as you know anything, okay?

Belle: Of course, I will. I will. Love you.

John: Oh, love you, sweetheart.

[Light tense music]

Chloe: Hey.

Brady: Hi.

Chloe: Are you okay?

Brady: Well, I’ve been booked for murder, so I think I’ve had better days.

Chloe: I’m so sorry that this is happening.

Brady: It’s okay. Hey, it’s okay. How’d you get in here, by the way?

Chloe: Eli said it was okay if I just stay in here for a little bit.

Brady: Guess I owe him one.

Chloe: Well, I called belle, and she’s on her way down here too.

Brady: Thank you. I don’t know what good my sister’s gonna do, though. I mean, trask just has it out for me to book me for philip’s murder.

Chloe: And you really can’t remember anything that happened that day?

Brady: Chloe, I wish we could go back down to that river because I was starting to have flashes of memory, but they’re all just fuzzy. They’re all just out of reach. They’re on the edge, you know.

Chloe: I wish that there was some way that I could help you.

Brady: Actually, my dad’s probably climbing the walls right now.

Chloe: Okay, do you want me to go check on him?

Brady: If you could just stop by, let him know that I’m okay. Because everything that’s going on with marlena, I don’t want him freaking out about my situation, you know?

Chloe: Yeah. Okay. I can head down there right now and see if he needs anything.

Brady: Thanks. And I, um– I’m very thankful to you just for everything, especially for believing in me.

Chloe: Of course. I mean, brady, I know who you are, and I know your heart. We’re gonna get through this, okay, together.

Kate: Honey, brady attacked you. The police found him with the bloody knife. He was covered in your blood. He blacked out from drinking.

Philip: Pretty convincing, right?

Kate: What’s convincing?

Philip: I mean, I don’t blame you for thinking that brady killed me. That means my plan was a success.

Kate: Okay, I don’t understand.

Philip: I staged the whole thing, mom. The knife, the blood, the booze I set it all up to make it look like brady had killed me.

Kate: You bastard! Serena: It’s my 3:10

Gwen: Xander, if we miss that flight, there’s gonna be a huge rebooking fee.

Xander: It’s fine, gwen, let it go.

Gwen: Let it go?

Xander: This doesn’t make any sense. After I found you guys together. After sarah called off the wedding, she told me that she was leaving salem with you.

Rex: Well, it didn’t take her long to change her mind.

Xander: She changed her mind?

Rex: I thought we were going away together. That after everything I did, all my mistakes that I finally had her back. But when it came time to leave, she jilted me. Same way she jilted you.

Philip: Was that really necessary?

Kate: Oh, you are lucky it’s just a slap because we’re right now I feel like I could kill you myself.

Philip: Well, that’s extreme.

Kate: Philip, do you have any idea of what you’ve put me through? What you put all of us through? Why the hell would you do something like this?

Philip: Isn’t it obvious? Brady and chloe were having an affair behind my back. I had to make him pay by framing him for my murder.

Kate: Oh. Oh, I see. Because you had to torture brady and chloe, you could put the rest of us through hell?

Philip: I didn’t do it to hurt you.

Kate: To hurt me? Do you realize that I thought you were dead?

Philip: That’s why I’m here. I came back to let you know that I’m okay.

Kate: Well, gee, maybe you should have just told me beforehand or better than that, perhaps you just shouldn’t have done it at all, philip.

Philip: Mom, I’m really sorry for what I put you through, but come on. Aren’t you even a little impressed with how I was able to pull it off?

Kate: Impressed?

Philip: Don’t you wanna know how I did it?

Kate: No. No, I don’t care.

Philip: Not even a little?

Kate: Okay. Okay, fine. Philip, why don’t you tell me how you did it?

Philip: Good. Because I’ve been dying to tell someone. Okay, I’ll start it right here. I followed brady to the pub. I stayed hidden while he and chloe chatted it up. The way they were looking at each other, like I didn’t exist. But after a little while, she left, and he got a phone call.

[Phone rings] Brady was out there all alone. He never saw me coming.

[Tense music]

Kate: So you knocked him out in front of the pub?

Philip: Yep.

Kate: Philip, do you realize that anyone could have seen you do that?

Philip: Relax, I was careful.

Kate: Oh, my god. Okay, so how did you get him down to the river covered in your blood?

Philip: Patience. The story of brady black’s downfall is just beginning.

Belle: How are they treating you in here?

Brady: Oh, just swell. I’m gonna leave a big five-star rating on bighouselliving.Com.

Belle: Okay, smart-ass, don’t take it out on me. You know you’re not the only one who’s dealing with drama.

Brady: What’s going on with you?

Belle: Oh, well, for starters, I had to knock my demonically possessed mother unconscious so she wouldn’t kill ben weston and shawn and dad. You know, the usual.

John: Chloe, come in, come in.

Chloe: Hi, thanks. I just came from seeing brady, and he wanted me to give you an update.

John: I appreciate that. You know, belle just went down there, but I haven’t heard from her yet. So how’s he holding up?

Chloe: Well, he’s good, considering the circumstances.

John: Yeah. Oh, excuse me. I’m sorry.

Chloe: Oh, my goodness. Are you okay?

John: Yeah, I’m fine. Just had a little run-in with el diablo.

Chloe: What?

John: Well, let’s just say that shawn, belle, ben, and I kind of mixed it up with marlena at the cabin. And as you can see, I’m a little bit worse for wear

Chloe: Well, do you need to see a doctor?

John: No, right now I’m more concerned about my son.

Chloe: Yeah, well, he’s concerned about you as well.

John: Of course, he is. So level with me here, what’s it looking like down there?

Chloe: Well, it seems like melinda trask is out for blood. So he’s kind of in a tough spot.

John: You know, how in the hell can trask even get an arrest warrant when we still don’t know if philip is alive or dead?

Kayla: Just when we thought it couldn’t get any more dangerous.

Steve: Sounds like john and the others are lucky to be alive. Most people don’t survive an encounter like that.

Kayla: Well, were they badly injured? I mean, how bad was the attack?

Steve: No, but you can imagine how shaken up they are to come face to face with a power like that. It makes you realize just how vulnerable you are.

Kayla: I just hope that you and john find marlena and get the help that she needs so that nobody else gets hurt.

Steve: I want that too, sweetness. More than anything.

[Romantic music]

Demon marlena: Now I know why they call you sweetness. Hi susan! Honey?

Kayla: Stay away from me.

Demon marlena: Really? After we shared that lovely, romantic kiss.

Kayla: You are sick.

Demon marlena: Really? I kinda thought we had some chemistry.

Kayla: What the hell do you want?

Demon marlena: Well, it’s a very big question. I want so many things.

Kayla: Why would you pretend to be my husband?

Demon marlena: Oh, come now. You’re a smart, respected doctor. Surely you can figure that out. What I can’t figure out is how long you would’ve let that kiss go.

Kayla: What have you done with steve?

Demon marlena: I haven’t done anything to your precious steve. Because it’s you I’m after.

[Eerie music]

Brady: Marlena would’ve killed them.

Belle: I don’t even wanna think about that. It was terrifying to see her like that. Just going crazy on the people that she loves.

Brady: Hey, hey, hey. You know, that’s not your mom.

Belle: Yeah, I know. I just can’t believe this is happening again. You know, we’ve heard the stories but to see it up close.

Brady: I know. Dad must be a wreck.

Belle: Yeah, which is actually why I’m here to see you. I know that the one thing that will help dad sleep easier is the getting you out from under this murder rap.

Brady: Yeah. Well, let’s talk about this. I mean, I wanna know how trask can have me arrested when all of this evidence is circumstantial?

Belle: Well, she was able to pull off something that changed everything.

Brady: They– you’re not telling me they found philip’s body. Is that what you’re saying?

Belle: No, no. But in the eyes of the law, philip kiriakis is dead.

John: Kate and victor had philip legally declared dead?

Chloe: Yes, they did.

John: All right. I can understand kate being out for blood here, but brady is victor’s grandson. Why the hell would he agree to something like that?

Chloe: I don’t know. I can’t understand why victor does anything that he does.

John: I mean, come on. He would’ve had to understand that she would use that against brady here. What the hell’s the matter with all them?

Chloe: John, it’s okay. Just try to stay calm, all right?

John: Calm down? How do you do that? My son was just arrested for murder, and my wife is running around out there with the damn devil in her.

Kate: I’ve had it with your cryptic riddles. Just tell me how you got him away from the pub without anyone seeing you.

Philip: See? You are interested in my story.

[Dramatic music]

Cheating bitch. Luckily for me, once I took brady down, it was just a matter of dragging that heavy carcass into the bushes.

Kate: You’re proud of yourself, aren’t you?

Philip: Hang on, hang on. I’m just getting to the good part.

While brady was lying there like a sack of old clothes, I fished his credit card out of his wallet. Then I went into the pub and charged a bunch of shots in brady’s name.

Kate: Okay. Wait, wait, wait, wait. The police said that brady had three times the legal limit of alcohol in his system.

Philip: Awfully high, right?

Kate: Yeah. Okay. So how did you manage that if you bought the alcohol that he supposedly got drunk on?

Philip: Oh, that was the easy part. I couldn’t exactly pour the liquor down his throat. So I cut out the middle man and injected the booze right into his system.

Kate: You could have killed him, philip.

Philip: That was a risk I was willing to take. People everywhere living with type 2 diabetes

Xander: Just to be clear, you’re saying you and sarah haven’t been together since you left.

Rex: What are you not getting about this? We were never together.

Xander: Just doesn’t make any sense.

Gwen: Xander, can we please go now?

Xander: Gwen, please wait.

Rex: Oh, look, it’s been real special reconnecting with you, sharing notes about how sarah dumped us both, but I really have to go. From the looks of things, so do you. So gwen, pleasure to meet you.

Gwen: Yeah, you too.

Xander: And I guess enjoy your trip.

Gwen: Right, well, now that that’s over, we really–

Xander: Rex, wait!

Gwen: What are you doing?

Xander: Rex, if sarah is not with you, then where the hell is she?

[Dramatic music]

Brady: So my grandfather sold me out. Can’t say I’m surprised.

Belle: I’m sure kate was the driving force.

Brady: Mm-hmm. That would explain why trask felt she had enough to arrest me.

Belle: Oh, that woman will do anything to get a conviction.

Brady: I know. So tell me, how do we avoid having me as another notch on her belt?

Belle: Well, I think we have to go through all the facts again. So let me just make sure I have this right. The very last thing you remember before waking up in the hospital is being at the pub, picking up lunch for dad.

Brady: Yeah, I was talking to chloe, ended my conversation with chloe. She walked away. I got a phone call, and then it’s blank. It’s blank. I started to feel like I was regaining some memories when I was down at the river with chloe earlier, but that was when trask showed up and arrested me.

Belle: Well, was it anything solid? Is it anything that would help your case?

Brady: No, it was sketchy. Belle, it was just voices, honestly.

Belle: Voices?

Brady: Yeah.

Belle: Yeah, well, trask is already trying to paint you as a rage-filled drunk. So I don’t think voices are gonna help.

Brady: I don’t think so either. I wish– I wish I had more to offer.

Belle: No, me too. We really need something concrete to help discredit all of the circumstantial evidence they have.

Brady: What, like, we need an eyewitness outside of the pub, right? Something like that?

Belle: Maybe we have a witness.

Brady: No, belle, who? There was nobody there that I remember.

Belle: No, not who, what. The pub has a security camera out front. Maybe it caught what happened to you after you blacked out.

Kate: You didn’t care if you killed brady.

Philip: I mean, I wasn’t trying to kill him. But don’t you see? I had to inject him with that booze. I needed him to be drunk enough to start sending those awful threatening text messages.

[Dramatic music]

I started to write angry, threatening texts from brady to me. And some of those messages I sent, or rather he sent, the guy sounded like a murderous psycho, the kind of person who’d stab his own uncle.

Kate: I’m almost afraid to ask what you did next.

Philip: The next step was stuffing brady into the trunk of my car. I drove him to that special place chloe and I planted our tree. The one to renew our love. What a joke, right? She was leading me on the whole time. So I left brady’s watch there for her to find later.

Kate: You said brady destroyed that tree in a jealous rage.

Philip: It wasn’t easy to make chloe believe that. I have to say.

Kate: Because brady didn’t destroy that tree, you did.

Philip: You know me so well, mother.

John: Oh, everybody is always trying to take care of me. I appreciate it, chloe, but I don’t need water. I just need my family to be safe.

Chloe: I know. And I don’t think I can really help you with the marlena situation, but I could try to convince kate to withdraw her request.

John: [Laughs] And you think you’re the right person for the job? I mean, no offense, but that woman hates your guts.

Chloe: And the feeling is mutual, but we both care about philip, and we wanna see whoever did this to philip be brought to justice.

John: And you don’t think that there is a possibility brady might have done it?

Chloe: In my heart, I think that he’s innocent.

John: So do I. I just wanted to hear you say it, chloe.

Chloe: And I’m not sure I can convince kate of that, but I’m gonna try.

John: My boy is lucky to have you in his corner.

Chloe: And brady’s been there for me so many times that I owe it him. He and philip. So I’m gonna pray for you and good luck to you, marlena. Okay?

John: Thank you. I’m gonna give my partner a call here and see if he’s got any word on her.

Chloe: Okay, good luck.

John: Thanks for stopping by, chloe.

Chloe: Thank you.

[Line ringing]

John: Come on, partner, pick it up.

Steve: This is steve johnson. Leave a message.

John: Well, better try kayla, again.

Kayla: Why are you here? What do you want with me?

Demon marlena: You know, ever since I came back to salem, you have been a thorn in my side. You, your ridiculous husband, your annoying nephew, and his oh so bothersome wife.

Kayla: Belle is marlena’s daughter, and she loves her with all her heart.

Demon marlena: Blah, blah, blah. I should have killed the lot of you when I figured out that you were trying to challenge my plans for john black and doug williams.

Kayla: John defeated you before, he’ll do it again.

Demon marlena: John is not as strong as he used to be. And I have become so much stronger.

Kayla: But he is not alone in the fight. I will not let you kill the people that I love.

Demon marlena: I’m not going to kill anybody. Yet. But I am gonna put shawn and belle through a fate worse than death. And you, my darling kayla, are gonna be the key to helping me do that.

Kayla: I won’t do anything to help you.

[Phone rings]

Demon marlena: Now you’ve really made me angry.

Nicorette knows, quitting

smoking is freaking hard.

Kate: Honestly, I just cannot believe that you would go this far to punish brady.

Philip: Like mother, like son.

Kate: The hell that’s supposed to mean?

Philip: What the hell does that mean? Should I call vivian to ask her how far you’ve gone in the name of vengeance?

Kate: Vivian is a monster.

Philip: What about jake and gabi? Wasn’t that long ago you were pretending to be blind to punish them for their betrayal?

Kate: Okay, not the same.

Philip: Why not?

Kate: Because I caused jake to lose his job at dimera. I didn’t frame a family member for murder by drugging them.

Philip: Damn it, mom. Why– why do you and dad always take everyone else’s side? Did I make a mistake in thinking I could trust you?

Kate: No, no, philip, no. I’m sorry. It’s okay. Just finish your story, okay? It’s okay.

Philip: Thank you. Now, where was I? Oh, yeah, so after chloe left, that’s when I dragged brady’s body to the riverside. I couldn’t get the image of them together out of my head. Kissing, laughing at me. So I took out the knife, and I cut myself with it.

Kate: You cut yourself?

Philip: I had to. It was the only way that I could get chloe and the police to believe that brady had murdered me. So I opened up a nice little gusher, and I smeared the blood all over the knife and all over brady. And I carefully tracked blood down to the riverside, threw my prosthetic leg into the middle of the river. Luckily for me, I kept my old one when I got my replacement a few years ago. Pretty brilliant, huh?

[Dramatic music]

Belle: Hey, you!

Rex: Belle, hi.

Belle: I heard you were back in town.

Rex: It’s so good to see you.

Belle: Yeah, you too. Hey, I’m really sorry about everything that’s going on with philip.

Rex: Oh, man. Thank you. Yeah. And I hear that you’re defending brady.

Belle: Yeah, I am. Actually, that’s why I’m here. I wanted to talk to your dad about checking out the surveillance footage from the night philip disappeared.

Rex: Yeah, um, my dad isn’t here.

Belle: Oh. Well, do you think you could help me find it?

Rex: Belle, I don’t know how he feels about– I mean, look, philip is my brother, and you’re defending the guy who might have killed him.

Belle: First of all, brady didn’t kill anyone. And it’s because philip is your brother that you should wanna help me find out what happened to him.

Xander: I don’t understand any of this. Everything I thought I knew about why sarah left is a lie.

Gwen: Well, I-I suppose– well, I suppose, in the end, she just decided she wanted to be on her own.

Xander: Okay, I mean, I get why she’d lie to me, but what about her mother? Why text maggie pretending that she’s off with rex at doctors without borders and that they’re happy?

Gwen: Xander, are you sure that maggie wasn’t just playing along? You know, maybe she’s just trying to protect her daughter.

Xander: There’s no way she was acting, gwen. Maggie believed that sarah was with rex, just like I did.

Gwen: Well, I’m sure that there is a logical explanation for all of this.

Xander: I have to go talk to maggie.

Gwen: I don’t think that we should worry her unnecessarily.

Xander: Her daughter’s been lying about her whereabouts. Something could be really wrong.

Gwen: We don’t know that do, do we? But what I do know is that if we do not go to the airport now, we will not make it in time to london for the holidays.

Xander: Are you joking?

Gwen: Joking about what?

Xander: I can’t possibly leave now, gwen. I have to find sarah and talk to her directly.

Gwen: Are you really–

Xander: She lied to me about where she’s been, about where she went. I have to find out why. Hi sabrina!

Brady: Come on, man. You gotta tr– you gotta try to remember what happened. Phil, get your hands off me. Think. Think. Think. Come on, think. Hey, did you talk to roman?

Belle: Uh, he wasn’t there, so rex checked the security footage.

Brady: And?

Belle: Someone erased it.

[Dramatic music]

Kate: Okay. You know, the part that I really cannot wrap my head around is that you’ve done all of this because of chloe.

Philip: I loved her, and she said she loved me too. But they made a fool of me, mom. Even you said you thought she and brady were sleeping together.

Kate: Okay, I said that because I was hoping that you would break it off with her, not do something crazy like this.

Philip: Well, she lied to me, okay? Over and over and over again. I watched them walk into the salem inn together. I overheard them talking about having sex in the basic black boardroom.

Chloe: Brady, seriously, I mean it. You cannot tell anybody what happened here last night. I mean–

Brady: I know what you mean. I know you’re referring to the sex that happened on the conference table. Okay, listen to me, I’m not gonna tell a soul about it. It’ll be our secret, okay?

Philip: She made him promise to never tell anyone about their secret sex romp. They had sex on the conference table. Do you know how humiliating that is?

Kate: Okay, look, I never said that you shouldn’t feel humiliated and betrayed. Never said that.

Philip: What about them? That they should just get to walk away from this? I mean, don’t you see, mom, they’re getting exactly what they deserve, and they’ll never know that I’m behind it.

Kate: What does that mean? What are you saying? Do you think– are you gonna stay dead forever?

Philip: For now.

Kate: [Sighs] I don’t think I can keep a secret like that, philip.

Philip: Of course, you can.

Kate: Your father deserves to know that you’re alive.

Philip: The hell with dad. He told chloe that I’m dead to him.

Kate: Okay. You know he doesn’t mean that. He always says things like that. Philip, come on. Come on, do you realize how many people love you? Do you realize how many people are mourning your death right now?

[Knocking on door]

Chloe: Hey, kate? Are you in there? I need to talk to you.

Philip: Don’t answer that.

John: Hey, kay, it’s john. Again, listen, I’m sorry I’m leaving so many messages here, but I’m getting kinda worried. I’m trying to track steve down to see if he’s got any word on marlena. So could you please call me back as soon as you get this? Thanks.

[Sighs]

[Dramatic music]

Demon marlena: Thank you, kayla, for the use of your key card.

[Eerie music]

Hello, sleeping beauty. It’s time to wake up.

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Eli: Okay, thanks. Keep me posted.

Lani: Any news?

Eli: The divers have been searching the river all day. Still no sign of philip.

Lani: Other than his prosthetic leg.

Eli: Right.

Lani: How can this be happening, philip possibly dead, brady possibly responsible?

Melinda: Detectives, nice to see you have time to sit and chat.

Eli: [Sighs] I just spoke with the dive team. No further evidence of philip at the site.

Melinda: While they do their job, I suggest you that you do yours.

Lani: Meaning?

Melinda: Arrest brady black.

Both: No.

Chloe: No, philip has not been found yet. And no, there’s no updates after they discovered his leg in the water. I know, it’s–mom, it’s just–it’s really hard not to assume the worst about brady, but– you’re right. You’re right. We don’t–we don’t know anything for sure. Okay, but– all right, of course, I will–I’ll keep you posted, but I really should get back to work, all right? I love you. Tell parker I love him. Tell dad I love him. Okay, I’ll talk to you soon. Bye.

[Dramatic music]

Roman: Are you sure you don’t want a sandwich with that coffee?

Kate: No, no, I’m not hungry.

Rex: Mom, come on, you haven’t eaten all day.

Kate: Look, I’m gonna be fine. I’m gonna be fine once they find philip and I know he’s okay.

Rex: And I’m sure that we’re going to know that soon. But in the meantime, I’m here, dad’s here, and we’re going to get through this together.

Kate: I know. I know.

[Sighs] Rex, I can’t tell you how much it means to me to have you in salem.

Gwen: [Sighs] God, of all the stupid luck, rex brady back in town.

[Sighs] Come on, xander, how long does it take you to go get a newspaper? And why can’t you read it on a tablet like everyone else?

[Sighs] The last thing I need is you running into rex and finding out that sarah’s not with him. Please tell me you didn’t get a craving for the brady pub chowder. Oh, my god. Is that…rex? Bloody hell, how’s he right downstairs?

Xander: Who?

Gwen: What?

Xander: How is who right downstairs?

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

[Somber music]

Maggie: Darling, hi. Cook is making you a rib eye steak for dinner, potatoes au gratin, a caesar salad to start, and chocolate mousse to finish. All of your favorites.

I know how hard this is for you, victor.

Victor: I can’t lose him, maggie. Dear god, if I do…

Maggie: Shh. Don’t think that way. We have to have hope. I know I do.

Victor: So do I. But he can’t be dead. He can’t be. I have to see him again. I have to tell him how sorry I am for the way I treated him.

Kate: [Sighs] That son of a bitch. I swear I could kill him. I swear I could.

Rex: Mom, if you’re talking about brady–

Kate: Well, who the hell else would I be talking about, you know? Plus, I told him to his face–i told him that if philip is dead, he’s dead too.

Roman: All right, whoa. You threatened brady? When?

Kate: This morning.

Roman: [Scoffs] You said you wanted to be alone.

Kate: Yes, well, I lied, and I snuck off to the hospital, and I confronted that bastard.

Rex: Mom, I-I know you’re upset, and that’s understandable, but there is no proof that brady did anything to philip.

Kate: Okay, there’s proof enough for me, okay? There’s proof enough to me, so don’t give me that condescending look, please. Please, don’t do that. And please, don’t tell me to calm down as well.

Rex: I didn’t tell you to calm down.

Kate: Okay, ’cause if I want to be crazy with worry, I’m gonna be crazy with worry. And if I’m going to be frightened and panicked, that’s what I’m gonna be. And don’t try to placate me!

Rex: Okay, okay, fine. I won’t do that, and I’m sorry.

Kate: [Sighs] No, I’m sorry. I’m sorry.

[Sighs] It’s just that philip has always been so hard on himself, and victor has always made him seem like he’s a huge disappointment, and I have been complicit in all of that.

Rex: No, no, no, no, no. Mom, no–

Kate: Yes, I have, rex. I have. I have. I’ve been critical of him. And now all I can hope is that he knows how much I love him, he knows that I love him for his strength and for his resilience and–[Sighs] And the fact that I just melt– I melt when he smiles.

Roman: Hey, of course he knows that.

Kate: [Sighs] And of course he’s gonna come back to us, right? They’re gonna find him, and he’s gonna be safe and sound, and then we can all see that beautiful smile again, right?

Xander: Gwen, how can who be right downstairs?

Gwen: The–the guy, the guy at the, um– at the coffee cart down there. Yeah, the man, he wolf whistles at me. I mean, last week, he even said to me that I have a nice ass.

Xander: What? Well, he’s not wrong, but the nerve. I’m gonna sort him out right now.

Gwen: No, no, no, xander, don’t do that.

Xander: Why not?

Gwen: Because what if he– what if he phones the police? You can’t get into trouble with the law again.

Xander: I’m not gonna beat him to death. I’m just gonna make sure he understands that he can’t wolf-whistle my girl or make comments about her beautiful body.

Gwen: Oh. No, no, just–just–just forget it, yeah, please?

Xander: You’re really upset about this.

Gwen: Yeah, well, you know, we finally have a chance for things to be really good between us, and…I really don’t want to mess it up. I–[Sighs] I don’t want anyone to take you away from me.

Xander: No one is taking me anywhere, love. I’m exactly where I want to be.

[Dramatic music]

Gwen: Okay, so you’ll leave it alone, then, yeah?

Xander: I will. But I am a bit peckish. What do you say we head out and get a bite to eat? It’s my 4:05 the-show-must-go-on

Chloe: Brady, hey.

Brady: Hey.

Chloe: Aren’t you supposed to be in the hospital?

Brady: I was discharged an hour ago.

Chloe: And you decided to come to work?

Brady: Well, I figured I-I had to. It’s the only way that I could–I could see you. You’re not taking my calls, chloe.

Chloe: I’m sorry I ignored your call. I was just–I went down to the police station, and I ran into kate, who totally went off on me and said that whatever’s happened to philip is my fault because I pitted you two against each other.

Brady: Okay, okay, that’s not true, obviously. Kate is angry. She’s upset. I mean, who can blame her, right?

Chloe: How are you doing with all this?

Brady: [Sighs] Well, chloe, I-I have to make a confession to you. That’s why I needed to talk to you.

Chloe: Brady?

Brady: No, no, no, not that. Not that.

Chloe: Oh, thank god. Then what?

Brady: It has to do with something belle found out this morning about my credit card. Apparently, the night that you found me, I had bought six shots of whiskey.

Melinda: “No”? Are you refusing a direct order, detectives?

Eli: Technically, we report to rafe.

Lani: And with no proof that philip kiriakis is dead, we have no probable cause to arrest brady.

Melinda: We all know it’s just a matter of time before the dive team finds philip’s body. And since mr. Black was just released from the hospital, we need to make our move before he tries to flee the jurisdiction.

Eli: Which we can’t do without hard evidence.

Melinda: We have an artificial limb that was dredged up from the river, among other things.

Lani: That doesn’t mean philip was murdered.

Melinda: I should have known the two of you wouldn’t cooperate. But, then, you are kristen dimera’s bff, so why am I surprised?

Eli: You know, lani’s just following protocol, okay?

Melinda: Yeah, you weren’t too concerned with protocol when you tried to help her escape last year, were you? I don’t know, maybe you had something to do with her van detouring on the way to statesville the other day. So don’t preach to me about protocol.

Eli: We’re just going by the book.

Melinda: Then do something useful. Check in with the divers and see if they’ve found any new evidence.

Eli: I just told you that I spoke to the divers–

Melinda: Then speak to them again! Or are you no longer in the business of solving cases?

[Tense music]

[Scoffs] God.

Kate: To tell you the truth, I just don’t understand why they don’t charge brady with suspicion of murder.

Roman: Doesn’t work that way, kate. You know that.

Kate: [Sighs]

[Cell phone rings] Hello.

Melinda: Ms. Dimera, it’s da trask.

Kate: Yes, da trask. Is this about philip?

Melinda: I’m afraid I don’t have anything new to report, but I do have something I want to discuss with you. Do you have time to stop by the station again?

Kate: Yes, yes, of course I do. I’ll come by now.

Melinda: Good. I’ll see you soon.

Kate: Yeah, see you soon.

Rex: Well, does she have news about philip?

Kate: No, no, but she wants to talk to me about the case, so I’m going to go down to the station now.

Rex: Okay, well, we can take you.

Kate: No, no, I’ll be fine. I can go alone.

Roman: Okay. You will call if you need us?

Kate: Of course I will.

Roman: All right.

[Soft holiday music playing]

Kate: Okay.

Rex: Okay.

Victor: I’m done sitting around.

Maggie: Well, who are you calling?

Victor: Rafe hernandez. I figure if I can light a fire under his ass, maybe we’ll get some answers.

Maggie: [Laughs]

[Cell phone ringing]

Victor: Oh, speak of the devil.

Maggie: Is it rafe?

Victor: No, better. Melinda trask.

Maggie: Oh.

Victor: Da trask, I hope you have some good news for me.

Melinda: I’m afraid I don’t have any news. But if you have time to come by the station, I think I can make some progress on the case.

Victor: I’ll be right there.

Maggie: You’ll be where?

Victor: She wants me to come down to the station.

Maggie: Well, does she have any news about philip?

Victor: No, but she said she has a plan, and that could be a start.

Maggie: Well, I’ll go get my purse.

Victor: Maggie, if you don’t mind, I’d like to handle this alone.

Maggie: You don’t want me to go with you?

Victor: Well… I’d like for you to go to st. Luke’s and say a prayer for philip. I have a feeling that he’d listen to you rather than me.

Maggie: I can do that. I can do that, darling.

Gwen: You want–you want to go out? It’s a bit early for dinner, isn’t it?

Xander: Man cannot live by granola bars alone.

Gwen: Why don’t we order room service? You love that delicious fried chicken in here, don’t you?

Xander: Let me see. We’ve been holed up in this room all day.

Gwen: You were just out.

Xander: And I’d like to go out again, please.

Gwen: Why don’t we binge-watch “black mirror”?

Xander: Oh, again? No, thanks.

Gwen: Well, then we can catch a game, then.

Xander: A game of what?

Gwen: Don’t know. Whatever’s on?

[Stomach growls]

Xander: Do you hear that? That’s my stomach. Come on, let’s take my new credit card for a spin.

Gwen: Oh, I’m not hungry, so…

Xander: Maybe you will be after the walk. Come on, a change of scenery will do us good. And I know exactly what I want. Fish and chips at the pub. What’s this?

Gwen: Change of scenery. Will this do?

Xander: This certainly is a good start.

[Dramatic music]

I thought I was managing my moderate

[Both breathing heavily]

Xander: Ah.

[Both laugh] That definitely took my mind off my appetite.

Gwen: Oh, wow, what a romantic thing to say.

Xander: Let me try this, then. You are beautiful and wonderful, and I can’t get enough of you.

Gwen: Oh. Where are you going?

Xander: To shower. Join me?

Gwen: In a minute.

Xander: I’ll be waiting. Oh, and don’t worry. You have given me reason to never want to leave this room again.

[Shower running]

[Tense music]

Gwen: Come on, rex, just choke down the bloody coffee and get out of there. You can’t stay in this town forever. Or can you? It’s not like I can keep xander locked away in this tiny room forever either or away from the pub’s blasted fish and chips. And then he might run into you, rex, and then what? Find out that sarah didn’t really run away with you. And then it’ll just be a hop, skip, and a jump away before xander learns that sarah’s stranded on a deserted island, and he’ll go sail the seven seas to go and find her. I won’t let that happen. I won’t lose you. I can’T. So I’ll just have to find a way to make sure that xander never finds out the truth.

Rex: I did not want to say this in front of mom, but…after finding philip’s prosthetic leg and all that blood all over brady, I just– it doesn’t look good, does it?

Roman: I have another theory.

Rex: Let’s hear it.

Roman: Philip has always been one to go his own way. So whatever may or may not have happened between him and chloe and brady, he’s also dealing with victor firing him from titan and not for the first time. So I’M… I’m thinking that had to be a huge blow. So maybe philip figured a way to disappear for a while, buy some time, clear his head, figure things out.

Rex: Or he fell into the river after brady attacked him, and he got swept away by the current.

Roman: That is certainly a possibility, but… I’m not going there yet.

Rex: I admire your faith, dad; I wish I had it. But look, I… I just think it’s doubtful that philip is going to be found alive again.

Chloe: So the night that philip disappeared, you drank six shots?

Brady: Oh, no, no, I bought them. I bought them. Belle checked my credit card receipt, and it was there in black and white. Chloe, I don’t remember buying them. I sure as hell don’t remember drinking them. That–and look, I know that doesn’t mean I didn’t do it. And I know you have your doubts about my behavior–

Chloe: Brady.

Brady: No, hey, hey, I understand. You have seen me at my worst. You were there. That is why I don’t want to hide one single damn thing from you. And that’s why I have something else I got to tell you, chloe.

[Dramatic music]

Kate: Victor.

Victor: You got a call from trask too?

Kate: So did she tell you what’s going on?

Victor: No, just that it has something to do with philip’s case.

Melinda: Good. I’m glad you’re both here.

Kate: [Sighs] Did you find philip’s body?

Melinda: As I mentioned on the phone, we’ve no new evidence since the divers recovered your son’s prosthesis. And though I’m obviously not able to arrest someone for murder based solely on an artificial limb, if I have proof of death, the man responsible could be cuffed within the hour. Which is why I need you both to sign this.

To be a thriver with metastatic breast cancer

[Soft music]

Xander: I was starting to prune waiting for you to join me.

Gwen: Mm, sorry. I got distracted.

Xander: By what?

Gwen: Okay.

[Sighs] What do you say about us getting out of salem for a bit?

Xander: Well, you know I’d love to whisk you away to the tropical paradise of our dreams, but we do still have that pesky lack-of-funds problem.

Gwen: Solved.

Xander: What, you found us a big bag of cash?

Gwen: I found us a free place to stay.

Xander: Tell me more.

Gwen: Okay. A return to the mother country.

Xander: What, britain?

Gwen: London. Okay, I have a friend there, yeah, and she’s got this amazing, huge, lovely flat with a lovely guest room, and she said that I’m welcome to come there anytime. And I have a load of miles that are about to expire, so I can get us two round-trip tickets to heathrow.

Xander: Yeah, I mean, that definitely solves the limited-funds issue. But do you really want to go to london right now? I mean, it’s not exactly balmy this time of year, is it?

Gwen: Well, it’s certainly warmer than the midwest.

Xander: Where isn’t?

Gwen: Oh, come on, xander. Come on, the city, london, is so lovely this time of year. It’s magical with borough market and the shops and the decorations and the eating hall at selfridges.

Xander: Now I’m hungry again.

Gwen: We can maybe go to a showing of “a christmas carol” at the old vic, and then we can watch fireworks together on the thames on new year’s eve?

Xander: I don’t know. We’re getting pretty good at making our own fireworks right here.

Gwen: Well, we can make our own fireworks in london, yeah? Variety being the spice of life. Come on.

Xander: Well, when you put it that way, how can I possibly say no?

Gwen: You can’T.

Victor: What the hell is this?

Melinda: As philip’s next of kin, you have the right to have him declared legally dead.

Kate: But you just said that you haven’t found his body.

Melinda: That is true. And while I know that you both have every hope that philip will be found alive, the truth is, with every minute that passes, that hope diminishes, and unfortunately, the case grows colder, and the murderer could get away. But by declaring philip dead, no matter how painful that may be, you give me the power to prosecute the man responsible.

Victor: And you believe that person to be brady?

Melinda: Every bit of evidence points to him. We have his threatening text messages on philip’s phone. He was found by the river soaked in philip’s blood next to a knife with his prints on it. And now, in that same river, philip’s prosthesis was found. If I were a betting woman, this would be an easy gamble. But like I said, without a body, it’s not enough to make an arrest. Which is why I urge you to sign that document. As soon as you declare philip dead, I can arrest the man who killed him, and you can have the justice that you deserve.

[Dramatic music]

Brady: Sit. About a week ago, I went– I went into a bar.

Chloe: You went to a bar?

Brady: I–yeah, I even ordered a drink. But I stared at it, chloe. I just looked at it. I even called maggie up to come join me to make sure I didn’t down it. She came, like she always does– bless her heart–to support me. And she thought we should go to a meeting; I agreed. And that’s when I found out that my dad was in the hospital.

Chloe: Why? I mean, what made you so upset that you felt like you needed a drink?

Brady: You.

Chloe: Me?

Brady: Yeah. You, all these feelings that I have for you that I haven’t been able to act on because you’ve been with philip. I even told maggie, out of my frustration, that I would love if philip was out of the way.

Chloe: You–you didn’t–

Brady: I didn’t–i didn’t mean it like that. I mean, I think I didn’t mean it like–like that. I’m beginning to wonder, chloe. I could never imagine taking someone’s life. I wouldn’t do anything like– I wouldn’t do that. But now I’m–I don’t know. Did I see you and go off the deep end and walk into the pub and order those shots and go down to the river? I don’t even know what I did anymore.

Chloe: Brady, don’t–

Brady: I’m–

Chloe: Don’t torture yourself over something you can’t even remember.

Brady: [Sighs] I think there’s a way I can remember, though.

Chloe: What do you mean?

Brady: I need to go back down to the river.

[ Echoing ]

Some of us were born for this.

Chloe: You want to go back to the river?

Brady: Yeah.

Chloe: We discussed this. It’s a terrible idea. And belle agrees with that. There’s gonna be cops there with a dive team. What are they gonna think?

Brady: I don’t care. I don’t care what they think. A man’s missing. He could be–he could be dead, chloe, I don’t–and maybe I had something to do with it. The only way I’m gonna find out is to get my memory back. It’s the only way I’m gonna get answers about this. And that means I got to go back down to that damn river and hope to god that something makes me remember what happened that night. I’m going.

Chloe: Okay, well, you’re not going alone.

Brady: I don’t want you in the middle of this.

Chloe: I already am. I’m going too.

Brady: Even if you think I might be guilty in this?

Chloe: Well, like you said, maybe–maybe there’s something down at the river that will tell us what happened that night.

Brady: Okay. All right.

[Dramatic music]

Melinda: This is a big decision, an emotional one. I’ll give you a moment to discuss it.

Kate: Thank you.

Melinda: Yeah.

Kate: Finally, some action. What are you waiting for?

Victor: She said, “take a moment to discuss.” Let’s discuss.

Kate: What’s there to discuss? We want her to go after the person who hurt our son, right?

Victor: Yes, of course. It’s–it’s just that I’m not ready. I’m not ready to accept the fact that my son is dead.

Kate: You think that I am? I’ve been desperately trying to convince myself that philip is still alive, but all of the magical thinking in the world is not gonna change the fact that…

[Somber music]

My heart is broken. I know your heart is broken too, but we still have to accept the horrible reality that philip is probably at the bottom of the river and brady is the one who put him there. I want to see him behind bars now. Oh, god, victor, because it’s brady, right? Family? Grandson? How many times did brady turn his back on you? Do I have to remind you of that? Do I have to remind you that he was more than willing to let kristen get away with nearly killing you? Now you’re willing to let him get away with murdering our son? Brady doesn’t deserve your loyalty. Philip does. So stop regretting what you can’t change and sign the damn paper!

[Tense music]

Melinda: Detectives.

Lani: Before you ask, we talked to the dive team. They still haven’t found a body or anything else.

Melinda: No harm in being thorough.

Eli: Well, if you don’t mind, we have other leads we need to follow.

Melinda: Any as promising as brady black? I’ll take that as a no.

Lani: Is there any new information?

Melinda: Why don’t you stick around? Depending on what’s happening in that room, I might have something for you to do.

This is the sound of nature breathing.

Rex: No one understands mom better than you, dad. Which is why I’m so happy that you two are back together again, especially now.

Roman: Well, you are there for her too, son, and I am grateful for that, as is she. As she said, we’re both very glad to have you home. Refill?

Rex: No, I’m kind of coffee’d out.

Roman: Okay.

Rex: Thanks.

Roman: Tell you what. Why don’t we go back to the pub, wait for your mom there? I’m sure I can rustle up a couple of bowls of chowder.

Rex: [Laughs] Now, yes, that sounds good. I just–I want to know what trask is about to tell mom.

Roman: Yeah.

Rex: Let’s go.

[Zipper scratching]

Xander: And we are packed. In record time.

Gwen: Yeah, if we leave now, we’ll make it just in time for our flight.

Xander: You coming?

Gwen: [Clears throat] Yeah, sorry, I was just checking to see if the coffee guy was still there.

Xander: Well, is he? I could still give him a piece of my mind.

Gwen: Not that I don’t appreciate your chivalry, but his shift must have ended. So yes, he’s gone.

Xander: So what are we waiting for?

Gwen: [Sighs] Absolutely nothing.

Xander: [Chuckles] Come on.

Gwen: Right.

[Both chuckle]

[Tense music]

Chloe: [Sighs]

Brady: Is it–this is where you found me?

Chloe: Yeah. Right here. You were lying right here, and you were covered in blood, and there was a knife lying right there. You don’t remember me finding you here?

Brady: I don’t, no.

Chloe: And you don’t remember why you came down to the river and what happened once you were down here?

Brady: Philip!

Chloe: Brady, what’s going on? Hey, are you remembering something?

Limu emu… & doug

Rex: Oh, my phone. Phone, phone. Phone.

Xander: Yeah, I’m impressed with us, how quickly we packed.

Gwen: Yeah, well, whatever we forgot, we can always get there, right? Marks and sparks has good bargains.

Xander: Yeah.

Rex: Whoa.

Xander: Rex brady?

[Tense music]

Maggie: Oh, you’re home. Hi, darling. You got back sooner than I thought. Although I suppose I-I took a little longer than I expected. I said two rosaries for philip.

Victor: Maybe I should’ve had you say one for me as well.

[Dramatic music]

Maggie: Victor, what happened at the police station?

Kate: Hey.

Roman: So there you are. What–what happened with trask?

Kate: Well, she wanted victor and I to have philip declared legally dead.

Roman: What?

Kate: Yeah, she said it was the only way she was going to be able to arrest brady for his murder. Of course, victor was his usual stubborn self.

Victor: Kate wanted me to sign the paper so that trask could use it to go after brady. Now, I want justice for my son, but signing away my grandson’s life to get it?

Roman: So what happened? Did victor sign or not?

Maggie: Victor, what did you do?

Victor: God forgive me. I signed the damn paper.

Chloe: Brady, what is it? Do you remember something?

Brady: Philip, your hands off me. Yeah, I do. It’s fuzzy, but it’s right there. It’s right there.

Chloe: Okay, what? What is right there?

Brady: Oh, god, chloe, I was–

Melinda: Mr. Black, returning to the scene of the crime? Thanks for staying in plain view of our divers. Made tracking you down very easy.

Brady: What are you talking about?

Chloe: What’s going on here?

Melinda: Justice. Brady black, you’re under arrest for the murder of philip kiriakis.

Chloe: No, you can’t do that.

Brady: You’re arresting me?

Melinda: Oh, I sure can. Detective.

Eli: Sorry, man. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford one, one will be provided for you.

Kate: I mean, it’s not like I want to believe that philip’s dead. It’s just that I had to do it to move the investigation forward.

Roman: You did what you thought was the right thing to do.

Kate: Yeah. Well, at least I don’t feel so helpless anymore.

Roman: Yeah. Well, tell you what. Why don’t you take a break? You still haven’t eaten. Now, you want me to bring you up something?

Kate: [Sighs] No, I-I just want to be alone.

Roman: Okay. Well, you know where I am if you need me.

Kate: I do.

Roman: Okay.

Kate: [Gasps]

[Suspenseful music]

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Lucas: What makes you think your mom might be ready to give up on ej?

Allie: Like I said, I told her she’s obviously still in love with you, and she’s just too stubborn to admit it to herself.

Lucas: Oh, that obvious, huh?

Allie: Yes, dad. And I also told her that she’d end up a lot happier if she just dumped ej and went back to you.

Lucas: Yeah. And what did she say?

Allie: [Sighs] Well, she mostly listened, but she said she does love you. And I know she’s going to think about what I said.

Lucas: Okay.

Allie: I mean, it seems like a no-brainer to me. She walked in on ej in bed with nicole, and then he threw her out of his house.

Lucas: Right, right, right. No surprise there.

Allie: [Sighs] Right. And don’t get your hopes up, but I think there’s a decent chance that she’s signing those divorce papers as we speak.

Ej: What are you doing here, samantha? Do I have to threaten to throw you out again?

Sami: Oh, don’t bother threatening anything. I’m not going anywhere.

Ej: Then I’ll have to inform security that there’s an intruder in the house.

Sami: [Sighs] Ej, put the phone down and stop getting your knickers in a knot. I brought you something.

Ej: What sort of papers are those?

Sami: You know exactly what kind of papers these are, ej. They are the divorce papers that you promised to serve me with while you were in bed with nicole. Aren’t you gonna take them? What’s the matter with you? Just take the papers. What– well, ej… is this your wedding ring? The one that I gave you? What a surprise.

Ben: Dr. Evans is possessed by the devil for a second time?

Shawn: But you’re not marlena evans anymore, right? You’re satan himself.

John: [Grunts]

Marlena: Don’t listen to him, ben. John’s obviously gotten to him. But he hasn’t gotten to you. After the way your father treated you and your mother, you know never to trust an abuser.

Ben: Of course not.

Shawn: It’s all lies, ben. John has never laid a finger on marlena. That is the demon inside of her trying to get you to trust her. And marlena, marlena is my mother-in-law, and I love her. And if she told me that john were hitting her, I would believe her. But this? This is not her.

Marlena: I think the pronoun you want is she. He’s just trying to discredit me so nobody believes the truth of what I’m saying. Happens to women all the time. Look, ben, I don’t feel safe here anymore, okay? And I think you need to find your wife. So I think it’s time for us to get out of here.

Ciara: Thank you so much for calling me, susan. And don’t worry. I believe you now. I’ve locked all the doors, and no one is getting in here. Nobody is gonna get to me or my baby.

[Knock at door]

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

[Knock at door]

Belle: Ciara, it’s belle. Please open the door.

Ciara: Um… yeah, sorry, susan. Someone started knocking, and it’s belle. No, I promise I will not let her in unless I know that it’s really her. And thank you so much for calling.

Belle: Ciara.

Ciara: You take care, too. Okay, bye.

Belle: Are you okay?

Ciara: [Sighs] What is claire’s safe word?

Belle: What?

Ciara: Claire’s safe word– what is it? You’re not getting in unless you know.

Belle: Uh, it’s box top. Will you please just open the door?

Ciara: Hi.

Belle: Thank god you’re okay. Wait. How did you know about claire’s safe word?

Ciara: Shawn told me.

Belle: Okay, well he just called me, and the reception was terrible, but all I got was that you were in danger and that I needed to come right over. What is going on?

Ciara: Well, um, shawn is on his way to the cabin.

Belle: Okay. Why?

Ciara: Because ben is there. And as far as I know, he’s there alone with your mother.

Shawn: You two aren’t going anywhere.

Marlena: What are you gonna do? You gonna arrest us? You gonna victimize the victims?

Shawn: No, you are no victim. I’m going to untie john, and he’s gonna tell you the truth.

Marlena: And who are you going to believe, ben? Somebody you barely know or somebody you’ve known for a long time who believes in you, who has always helped you believe in yourself, right?

Ben: Right, but this is shawn. This is ciara’s brother.

Marlena: He didn’t think you were good enough for his sister. He still doesn’T.

Shawn: What the hell? I can’t get this gag off.

Marlena: Don’t listen to his lies or john’S.

Shawn: Listen, nobody is lying but her, because she’s scared to death of what john is gonna say about her. That’s why she locked him in that crypt and she left him there to die. Look, it’s true, all right? She wants john out of the way because he knows the truth. Look, all john wants is his wife back.

John: [Groaning]

Shawn: Damn it. Damn it. The loops just got tight again, didn’t they?

Marlena: He wasn’t even there. He doesn’t know what happened there.

Shawn: I was there on thanksgiving, and I saw it. I saw it up close. Ben, she had eyes like fire. And her voice, her voice was not marlena’S. Come on, john, hang in there. I’m gonna get you untied here. Come on. Come on. What the hell? The rope just–the rope just tightened up on its own again, didn’t it? Ben, ben, look at this. Look! She’s using the devil’s powers right now. After thanksgiving, I tried to take her down to the station. She broke the cuffs like they were toys, and she threw me across the dinner table, and she knocked me unconscious.

Demon marlena: And you went down like a ton of bricks. Serena: It’s my 3:10

Rafe: Why did you just slap me?

Nicole: Who the hell do you think you are, rafe hernandez? We are in the middle of the square, you idiot.

Rafe: Right.

Nicole: And you tell me that I’m too stupid to know my own feelings.

Rafe: I never said that you were stupid.

Nicole: And then you grab me and kiss me to prove your point? You know what? That makes you a jackass in my book.

Rafe: Okay. Okay, I was out of line.

Nicole: Oh, damn right you were.

Rafe: What about you, huh? Last night you acted like you wanted me to kiss you. Yeah, you did. Then ej came. He interrupted us. I find out that you hooked up with him. What am I supposed to think?

Nicole: That I had every right to do it because it’s my life.

Rafe: Okay. Okay, fine, all right? I’m sorry, really. It’s just… I got these damn feelings. I don’t know what to do with them, and… I think if you’re honest with yourself, you have them, too.

Nicole: And I keep pointing out that you are in a relationship with ava, who thinks you hung the moon, and I won’t hurt her. I have too much self-respect to–oh!

Rafe: To what? To be in a relationship with a man who has feelings for another woman… like ej?

Nicole: Just don’t ever grab me like that again, okay? Or I will tell ava.

Rafe: Okay.

Ava: Tell ava what?

Lucas: Well, thank you for going to bat with me with your mom. I really appreciate that.

Allie: Well, I didn’t just do it for you. I’d be really happy if the two of you got back together.

Lucas: Listen, allie, I would love it if you were right about your mom and ej. But I just don’t see her giving up on him that easily.

Allie: He’s been treating her like crap.

Lucas: I know he has. I agree with you. But you heard her. You heard what she said last night. Even though I’m the one who rescued her, I’m the one who saved her from those creeps who kidnapped her, she couldn’t wait to get back to him, just like always.

Allie: I know, but this time she caught him in the sack with nicole.

Lucas: Yeah, yeah, I know. I know. I heard about that. How’d you find out? How do you know?

Allie: Well, I came home, and I saw mom ready to scratch nicole’s eyes out.

Lucas: Well, see? There you go. That proves my point right there.

Allie: What point?

Lucas: The point is, look, when I first found out about ej and nicole, I thought, “yeah, this is it. Your mom is finally gonna give up on him.” But then I realized– I realized it was just wishful thinking. Listen, nobody knows your mom better than I do. And the fact that ej and nicole slept together is just gonna make her more determined to fight for her man.

Sami: Huh. Why were you clutching your wedding ring like it was something that was really important to you?

Ej: I found it in my sock drawer. I was about to throw it in the trash before you barged in.

Sami: Hmm. But you didn’t want to throw it away in front of me or anything?

Ej: I didn’t want to give you the wrong idea.

Sami: The idea that you still care about me? That kind of idea?

Ej: Weren’t you about to hand me divorce papers? Thank god you finally came to your senses, hmm? These aren’t signed. Let me get you a pen.

Sami: Don’t bother with the pen, ej, because I’m not signing them, not now, not ever.

Belle: Why is my mom at the cabin?

Ciara: Ben and I took her there.

Belle: Why?

Ciara: Well, because she showed up here on thanksgiving and she was being really frantic.

Belle: And that was on thanksgiving?

Ciara: Right. And, belle, she told us that john had been knocking her around and that she needed a safe place to go and hide.

Belle: My father would never, ever lay a hand on my mom.

Ciara: Right, right. But she said that it all started happening after john’s aneurysm, that his personality completely changed after that.

Belle: Wow. Well, she thinks of everything.

Ciara: We had no idea what was going on with her.

Belle: Do you now?

Ciara: Yeah. Yeah, shawn told me that she’s possessed by the devil.

Belle: Good. Well, I wasn’t sure how to break the news to you. So I’m glad he did.

Ciara: It’s really freaking me out, belle.

Belle: Yeah, me too. Believe me.

Ciara: And, you know, even when I didn’t know, I still had a really, really hard time believing that john would ever, ever hurt her. But then he came here. He showed up, and he was acting like a crazy person. He started pounding on the door. He started screaming like a maniac.

Belle: Yeah, I guess if she can turn susan banks into a cat…

Ciara: She did what?

Belle: Yeah, she can turn herself into my father to make you buy her story.

Ciara: Ben still doesn’t know. And I left him alone with her, belle.

Belle: Okay, maybe she wants to keep him thinking that she’s marlena. You know, she probably figures that ben will help her if she plays the victim.

Ciara: Mm-hmm. Yeah. No, that’s why–that’s why we took her to the cabin in the first place. But then she started getting really weird.

Belle: Weird how?

Ciara: Like, I told her that I had an appointment with my obstetrician, and she wouldn’t let me leave. I ended up sneaking out without telling ben or marlena.

Belle: Okay, good, good. You did the right thing. Oh, my god. I can’t believe I’m telling you you did the right thing by escaping my mom. Some thanksgiving, huh? Instead of eating turkey and watching football, we’re finding out that my mom is possessed again. Anyway, they have a apb out on her. I just don’t know what good that’s gonna do.

Ciara: I’m so sorry that shawn went there alone. You must be so scared. I wanted to go with him. I insisted to go with him, but he would not let me.

Belle: You’re pregnant, and he would want you to be safe.

Ciara: Yeah, he does. Belle, you’re not gonna believe this.

Belle: Try me.

Ciara: He told me that the reason why the devil possessed marlena… is because he wants my baby.

Ben: Dr. Evans…

John: [Muffled shouting]

Demon marlena: I’m not your precious dr. Evans.

Ben: What are you talking about?

Demon marlena: What are you missing here? You’re looking into the face of evil. It’s kind of like looking into a mirror isn’t it, ben?

Ben: I don’t know what you mean.

Marlena: When you came to me and you said that you were afraid you might pass on your evil to your child… oh… it was like music to my ears.

Ben: What the hell is she talking about?

Shawn: The devil wants your baby, ben. Yours and ciara’S.

Demon marlena: That’s right. I can’t wait for the birth of this precious child. I can’t wait for your baby to be born. Better skin from your body wash?

Ben: Susan banks told ciara and me that our baby was in danger, and we thought she was off her rocker, but it was you.

Demon marlena: A brain cell has been detected.

Ben: Dr. Evans convinced us that if we had this baby, everything was gonna be all right, but that was you.

Demon marlena: Absolutely right again.

Ben: And you did that because you want our baby?

Shawn: Why? Why? What is so special about ben and ciara’s baby, huh?

Demon marlena: I’m so glad you asked. This baby will be a perfect combination of brady goodness and weston evil. And I can corrupt that child to my black heart’s desire.

Belle: Oh, my god. So that’s why my mom was so excited when she found out you were pregnant.

Ciara: I am so scared. I’m terrified. And I have no idea what to do. What do I do? I can’t stay locked in here forever, belle.

Belle: Ciara, we know the truth now, and we’ll protect you. I’m gonna call shawn right now, actually.

[Phone beeps, line trilling]

Ciara: [Sniffles] Oh, god.

[Line beeps]

Belle: Straight to voice mail.

Ciara: Yeah, there’s not really much service up there.

Belle: Right. Well, I need to go up there in person, then.

Ciara: No. No, belle, you can’T.

Allie: If I found my husband in bed with another woman, I mean, I’d leave, and I’d never look back.

Lucas: Good, good. That’s exactly how I want you to act. But you’re my mom– she’s wired different, especially when it comes to ej. So she blames nicole and i for breaking up her marriage and not him.

Allie: Because of kristen’s letter?

Lucas: Yeah, yeah.

Allie: That’s so stupid.

Lucas: I know. Because she tried to burn it, and I’m the one who took it out of the fireplace.

Allie: Okay, yeah, but you threw it out. I mean, it’s not your fault that uncle philip gave it to nicole. Is there any word on him, by the way–uncle philip?

Lucas: No, no, he’s still missing.

Allie: And they think brady had something to do with it?

Lucas: Yeah, I guess.

Allie: Why?

Lucas: I don’t know. All I know is, is I was mad at my brother for interfering with my life. Now I might not see him ever again. My brother might be gone forever.

Nicole: Rafe was just telling me about philip’s disappearance. And I told him you should know.

Ava: Oh, why?

Nicole: Well, because you and philip are friends.

Ava: Well, I wouldn’t exactly call us friends. Business associates maybe. I already know about philip. Looks bad. I feel very sorry for his family, but, you know, working with philip, it turned out to be a terrible mistake. And I learned my lesson, and I already told rafe that I have put that life behind me for good.

Nicole: And rafe chose to stand by you.

Ava: Mm-hmm.

Nicole: And I think that’s wonderful. I mean it. I am so glad the two of you worked things out.

Ava: Oh. You’re such a good friend, nicole. I honestly don’t know what I’d do without you.

Sami: I’m not giving you a divorce. I will fight it with everything that I have.

Ej: So I gather. The question is, why?

Sami: You know why. I still love you. And I always will. And you love me, even though you’re being too stubborn to admit it.

Ej: I stopped loving you the moment you lied to me about lucas. I’m with nicole now.

Sami: Oh, nicole walker is a dime-store version of me. Why settle when you can be with the real thing? And you’re only with nicole because you know that it drives me insane!

Ej: There’s a host of other reasons.

Sami: Like what? She’s not smarter than me. She’s not better-looking than me, and she certainly isn’t more loyal than me.

Ej: She’s better in bed.

Sami: You did not just say that.

Ej: You’re the one who forced the issue. And it’s true… hotter, more experimental.

Sami: You son of a bitch. She is not hotter than me. Are you one of the millions of americans

Ava: I’m actually surprised to find you two together.

Rafe: Why?

Ava: Well, because you both said that you were gonna stay away from each other.

Rafe: Right, but you said that you were okay if we saw each other.

Ava: Oh, I know. I know, but you just– you said that you wouldn’T.

Nicole: Ava, it is the town square. We just ran into each other.

Rafe: Yeah.

Ava: Oh, it’s not a surprise. I mean, for a not-so-small town, salem is kind of incestuous.

Nicole: Well, I’m late for a meeting, so… let’s have coffee, okay?

Ava: Oh, sure. Yeah. Call me, okay?

Nicole: Yeah.

Ava: Yeah.

Nicole: Bye, rafe.

Rafe: Bye, nicole.

Ava: What was that all about?

[Dramatic music]

Sami: Well?

Ej: I’m sorry. I don’t feel a thing.

Sami: Oh, ej… your mouth can say whatever you want it to, ’cause your body is saying something else.

Ej: Please don’t throw yourself at me again.

Sami: I’m still your wife, ej dimera, for better or for worse, in sickness and in health, until death do us part. You are never getting rid of me. That’s okay… ’cause you don’t really want to.

Lucas: Listen, my brother is missing, possibly dead. And either your grandmother is losing her grip on reality, or she’s really possessed by the devil. But either way, this is not the time to be worried about my love life, okay?

Allie: It seems like the perfect time to be focusing on whatever makes you happy. There’s nothing either one of us can do for uncle philip or grandma.

Lucas: Well, the one I feel sorriest for is john. I mean, he is so determined to find marlena, but what’s he gonna do when he finds her? I mean, what can he do?

Allie: Well, you said that he was the one who ended this last time. Maybe he can do it again.

Lucas: Yeah. I guess we can hope. All you and I can do is hope and pray.

Belle: I can’t just sit here, ciara.

Ciara: No, belle, it is bad enough that marlena can do something horrible to hurt ben or to hurt shawn. But shawn is a cop, okay? He has a gun. He can protect himself. Ben can protect himself. How are you gonna protect yourself, belle?

Belle: Ciara, you know, my dad keeps saying that love is the thing that can conquer evil. And I am my mother’s daughter, okay? That is the weapon that I have that shawn and ben don’t, and it’s time for me to use it.

Ciara: Okay, well, then I’m going with you.

Belle: No, that’s crazy.

Ciara: No, it’s not. It’s not crazy. I am the only person that the devil can’t hurt. I am carrying the baby that he wants.

Belle: You promised shawn you’d stay.

Ciara: No, I know I promised, but–

Belle: No, no buts, okay? You just stay here and lock the door. And, ciara, please, please no heroics, okay? You have to take care of that baby.

Ciara: Okay. Okay. Please be careful.

Belle: I will be. You lock the damn door.

Ciara: Yeah, like a locked door is gonna stop the devil from coming in.

Belle: Well, just do it anyway.

[Door closes]

[Suspenseful music]

Ben: I’ll never let you anywhere near ciara or our baby.

Demon marlena: [Laughs] You already have, you fool. Do you think you have any say in what happens next?

Ben: You already told me yourself that I’m evil. Maybe that’s what it takes to get to you.

Demon marlena: A necktie for the necktie killer. I always come prepared.

John: No, doc, don’t let him do it! Don’t let him do it!

Demon marlena: It’s done.

Trelegy for copd.

Sami: Oh, ej… come on. You know you forgave me for shooting you in the head, right? In the history of our relationship, me sleeping with lucas is like a three.

Ej: Twice. You went back for more.

Sami: Okay, a six. But really? The way you treated me after I sacrificed so much and spent years helping you become the man you are now– that is a ten.

Ej: Are you saying I deserved what you did?

Sami: Well, you did, and you know it.

Ej: Then why not just walk away? Be done with me.

Sami: Sometimes I wish I could. But even if I did walk away, ej… I couldn’t stop loving you. Worse than that, I don’t want to stop loving you. And whether you’ll admit it or not, I know you don’t want me to stop loving you.

Nicole: [Sighs] Oh, goody, look who’s back.

Allie: I pray every night for uncle philip and grandma. And I pray that mom comes back to you.

Lucas: I had no idea it was so important to you.

Allie: Look, mom and I have had our moments, like, every day of my life. But I had a front-row seat of the way ej treated her. I mean, he was pretty much a vegetable when she took him to italy, and you’ve seen him lately. I mean, she did all of that for him.

Lucas: Yeah, I know. I still don’t understand how he could treat her so badly.

Allie: Everything changed once he started getting a lot better. Like, if mom would tell him to take his meds or lie down, he would just tell her to mind her own business. It was like nothing that she ever did was right.

Lucas: Yeah, that’s what she told me.

Allie: She was so alone and miserable. And that’s why, like, her flipping out on you about the stupid letter, it’s just ridiculous. I don’t know why she holds you to such a different standard.

Lucas: Well, she always has.

Allie: [Sighs] And now I know that the day that ej kicked mom out of the mansion is the day that she got kidnapped. Obviously, mom was reaching when she pinned it on nicole, but what about ej?

Lucas: Yeah, what about him?

Allie: Think, dad. I mean, how do we know it wasn’t him?

Lucas: Well, I mean, I don’t know. Um, he said that it was over between them, and he kicked her out of the house. So why would he do that?

Allie: Do the wisconsin cops have any leads at all?

Lucas: Well, your mom was so hot to get back to ej that she didn’t want to go to the local police and make a statement.

Allie: Okay, well, did you make a statement? I mean, you saw one of those goons. You saw where they were keeping her.

Lucas: Yeah. I mean, I told the police. You know, they said they were gonna look into it and stuff. But I guess, because, you know, your mom wasn’t hurt that badly and she even came back to salem that they just lost interest in the case.

Allie: She was kidnapped, and nobody knows why. I mean, they could try this again, and this time mom– mom could get hurt.

Lucas: Listen, you know, a lot has happened in the last 24 hours. You know, I haven’t even had time to think.

Allie: Whoever ordered this kidnapping needs to get caught, dad. They need to pay.

John: Sweetheart! I know that you’re in there, and I know that you can hear me! And you know that I–

[Chokes] I can’t breathe.

Demon marlena: I think my work here is done. Time to be moving on.

[Suspenseful music]

Why don’t you give it up, fellas? Mere mortals are no match for me.

Belle: Oh, yeah?

Ben: [Coughs]

John: [Choking, wheezing] It’s my 4:05 the-show-must-go-on

Rafe: What was what all about?

Ava: Well, nicole was pretty upset when I showed up. And please don’t tell me that it’s because she wanted you to tell me about philip.

Rafe: Yeah. Well, um… yeah. Nicole’s back with ej, and I told her how I feel about that and him, and she didn’t want to hear it.

Ava: What’s wrong with her being with ej?

Rafe: Are you kidding? I told you about their history.

Ava: Yeah, and that was years ago. And, you know, they’ve both been through a lot. Maybe they’re both older and wiser.

Rafe: No, no. Ej is gonna be a disaster for nicole.

Ava: I think they seem like a great couple.

Rafe: Do you have any idea the things that he has done?

Ava: How much do you know about what I have done? You talk about how you believe that people can change. And it sounds like you mean it, but do you? Are you just telling me what you think I want to hear?

Ej: Nicole, I’m so glad you showed up.

Sami: Yeah, I’m sure he is, ’cause now he doesn’t have to admit that what I was saying was true…

Ej: Samantha was just leaving.

Sami: That he’s still in love with me.

Nicole: Okay, sami, you just keep telling yourself that.

Ej: Samantha lives in a world of her own making.

Nicole: Got to be a scary place.

Ej: [Chuckles]

Sami: It’s world ej can’t wait to get back to, isn’t it?

Ej: I am going to draw up some new divorce papers.

Sami: Oh, good idea. Then I’ll have something else to throw in the trash. Oh, and speaking of trash… goodbye, nicole.

Belle: Ah! I’m sorry, mom. I love you. Dad?

John: Honey. Izzy, izzy.

Belle: Oh, my god. Are you okay?

John: I am now, baby girl, thanks to you.

Shawn: He’s gonna be a lot better once we get him untied.

Belle: I’m so sorry I knocked mom out. I just–I didn’t know what else to do. I came here to tell her that I love her–like I could get to her that way.

John: You can, and you will, sweetie.

Ben: No, she won’T. She got away. I know where she’s headed.

Ciara: Oh, my–my god, I’m still wearing this thing. You said it would protect me. You said it would keep me and my baby safe.

[Sobs softly, sighs] Mm.

[Sniffles] I’m so sorry this is all happening, baby. But you are gonna be born perfect, and you are gonna be beautiful. And I’m gonna protect you with my entire life.

Ben: She’s after ciara. I’m gonna get there first.

Belle: Oh, my god. Can things get any worse?

John: Oh, yeah.

Shawn: She’s on the loose again. Does scrubbing feel like a workout?

Rafe: Yeah, I think people can change. Look at gabi.

Ava: This is the new and improved gabi? ‘Cause you certainly wouldn’t know it by how she treats me.

Rafe: Okay, that was a bad example.

Ava: If you were having second thoughts about us, you’d tell me, right?

Rafe: Well, yeah. Why are you even asking me that?

Ava: Oh, no reason. It just–it just occurred to me.

Nicole: So you’re drawing up new divorce papers. Is that why sami’s been going so crazy?

Ej: What do you mean?

Nicole: [Sighs] Well, I mean, she showed up to my apartment with fire in her eyes ready to rip me from limb to limb. And allie showed up, and she didn’t even care. I mean, thank goodness I got holly off to school.

Ej: Samantha’s deluded. She’s insisting that there’s still a chance between the two of us.

Nicole: Ej, that doesn’t surprise me.

Ej: She’s wasting her time. I found the woman I want… the one that’s perfect for me right now.

Nicole: It’s funny you should say that. I was just thinking the same thing.

[Chuckles]

[Dramatic music]

Allie: Hey.

Sami: Hey.

Allie: Uh, if you’re here for a round two with nicole, she’s not home.

Sami: Yeah. No, I’m not here for that. Belle left me a message, but she must have been in her car ’cause I could only hear, like, two words, but I think it was about my mom. Have you heard anything?

Allie: No, sorry, but come on in.

Sami: Oh, thank you. What are you doing here?

Lucas: Uh, visiting my daughter and my grandson. I’m allowed to do that, right?

Sami: [Scoffs] Of course you are.

Allie: So did you go see ej?

Sami: Yes, I did.

Allie: And?

Lucas: And?

Sami: Okay, look, I tore up the divorce papers that he served me with, and I’m not gonna sign them, not now, not ever. I’m sorry you don’t want to hear that, lucas, but I’m not giving up on ej.

Lucas: No, it’s fine. It’s fine. You do you. But just so you know, I’m not giving up on you either.

Sami: [Chuckles]

[Keys jingling, lock rattling]

Ciara: Who’s there?

Ben: Baby, it’s me.

Ciara: You stay the hell away from me.

Ben: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Baby, it’s me. I swear to god. You can put the bat down.

Ciara: How do I know that it’s really you. I mean, she turned susan into a cat.

Ben: Ciara… I would not hurt you in a million years. I love you so much.

[Bat clatters]

[Sighs]

Ciara: Oh, god.

Ben: Oh, thank god you’re okay.

Ciara: Honey, I’m so sorry. I’m so sorry I left without telling you. I’ve been so scared.

Ben: It’s okay. It’s okay. I’m glad you ran away. I’m glad you ran away, because I know everything now. And I should have listened to you from the beginning.

Ciara: How did you get away? Is shawn okay?

Ben: Yes. So are belle and john.

Ciara: Wait, john was there?

Ben: He got there right after you left. I got away because dr. Evans… the devil took off. And I thought she was headed straight here.

[Sighs]

Ciara: I’m really happy that you got here first.

Ben: Baby, I don’t know how to tell you this, but…

Ciara: I know. The devil wants our baby. I know. Shawn told me.

Ben: I’m just as scared as you are. But at least we’re together now. And I promise you I will not let anything happen to you or our kid, okay? We’re gonna make our way through this, okay? We’re gonna make our way through this, I swear. I swear to you.

Ciara: Okay.

John: Thanks.

Belle: Are you okay, dad? You just got out of the hospital.

John: Yeah, I’m fine.

Shawn: If you hadn’t gotten here when you did, she might have finished us all off. John, what made you show up here?

John: You said the last time you talked to your sister was thanksgiving. So I figured marlena probably got to see her, and the most logical place to start looking was right here. I thought that I could get through to your mother, but that damn demon sure shut me up in a hurry.

Shawn: And now we’ve lost her.

Belle: How are we ever gonna stop her?

Demon marlena: I should’ve dealt with belle long ago. Now it’s time she and her cop husband pay a heavy price. And I think I know exactly how to make that happen.

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[Holiday music]

Rafe: Hey, lucas.

Lucas: Hey, um, any news on philip?

Rafe: Well, the search team is still working.

Lucas: All right, just tell me the truth, okay? Do you think he’s, uh–you know, do you think he’s dead?

Rafe: No, we’re working under the assumption that he’s still alive. Now, with that said, we did find his prosthetic leg and blood at the scene and on the knife…

Lucas: Yeah, yeah.

Rafe: That matched philip’s type, yeah.

Lucas: I know all that. What I don’t know is why the hell haven’t you arrested brady yet.

Nicole: Brady, chloe told me about this whole mess with philip. Can you call me back when you get a chance, please?

[Knocking on door] Allie’s not here.

Sami: I’ll wait.

Nicole: No, wait in the car.

Sami: No, I’m not–

Nicole: No. No, no, no.

Sami: I am not gonna let you mess with me today–ow!

Nicole: This is my house, damn it!

Sami: Okay, well, it was my bed and my husband you slept with last night.

Nicole: Why don’t you yell a little louder, ’cause I don’t think the people on the fourth floor heard you.

Sami: I don’t care–ow! I don’t care who hears what you did to me, nicole.

[Grunts] God.

Nicole: What I did to you?

Sami: [Scoffs] Yes.

Nicole: Get in here!

Sami: Get off me! Get off! God!

Nicole: You and I are gonna have a little talk.

Sami: [Laughs dryly]

Ej: You look pretty pale. Should I call a doctor?

Susan: No, hon, I don’t need a doctor. It’s my soul, not my body that’s in trouble.

Ej: Well, you’re here now, and I promise to take care of you.

Susan: I’m not worried about me. It’s my good friend, dr. Marlena evans. She is possessed by the devil. And what is worse than that–

Ej: There’s something worse than being possessed by the devil?

Susan: You are damn right there is! That thing! That thing that’s in her that she’s become, it’s after ciara’s unborn baby.

Shawn: I mean, I thank god you’re back. Oh, my gosh.

Ciara: Whoa, that was kind of intense.

Shawn: Where have you been?

Ciara: Well, I was with ben and marlena.

Shawn: Wait, what?

Ciara: Yeah, and shawn, there’s actually something that I have to tell you about john.

Shawn: Okay, wait, wait, wait; first, let me tell you something about marlena.

Ben: Ciara’s not here. She must have gone out the back way.

Marlena: We can’t let her get back to salem.

Ben: Dr. Evans, I am sorry. I knew she was upset, but I didn’t think she’d run away.

Marlena: If she gets back to town, john will get the truth out of her, and I am terrified that he will come after me and kill me. We’ve got to stop her!

Ben: Okay–oh.

Marlena: [Gasps] He’s here to kill me.

Ben: Well, he’s gonna have to get by me first.

[Suspenseful music]

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Ciara: What about marlena?

Shawn: Okay, first of all– wait, did she hurt you?

Ciara: Marlena? No. Why would she hurt me?

Shawn: You don’t know.

Ciara: I don’t know what?

Shawn: Listen, ciara. Here, sit down, okay?

Ciara: No, shawn. I’m not gonna sit down. You’re gonna tell me what it is that I don’t know.

Shawn: It’s happened again. Marlena’s possessed.

[Eerie music]

John: Ben, you need to leave us alone.

Ben: No, there’s no damn way that’s gonna happen. What you need to do is get the hell out of here.

John: [Laughs dryly] Recruited him, have you?

Ben: No, she didn’t recruit me, john. All she had to do was tell me what you’ve been doing to her. Well, that’s over now, so you can either get the hell out of here, or I’m going to throw you out.

John: First, you’re gonna listen.

Ben: No, you’re gonna listen because you’re never gonna hurt her again. Do you understand that?

John: Oh, come on, ben. Wake up. You think I would hurt marlena? She’s doing nothing but lying to you.

Ben: Dr. Evans doesn’t lie.

John: No. But that thing does!

[Eerie music]

Susan: Hey, ciara, honey, this is susan. Now, I need you to call me. And whatever you do, don’t go near dr. Marlena evans because she is not her. She is the devil! And sweetheart, you need to keep that little baby away from him, okay? You need to call me. Please, please, please. I’m worried sick.

[Hangs up]

Ej: You were right; you are worried sick. You need to calm down. Would you like a cup of tea?

Susan: No, I wouldn’t like a cup of tea. I just–I need to figure this out. I don’t know what to do.

Ej: There’s nothing left to do. You’ve done everything you could; I mean, there’s only, like, three dozen bradys in this town who are ready to take care of ciara. So why don’t you let me take care of you?

Susan: [Sighs] All right, don’t you laugh about this, sweetheart, ’cause this is what he wants. He wants this. He wants people to think that I’m nutty, and he doesn’t want people to believe me.

Ej: I’m not laughing. I’m just saying, there are a lot of people to look after ciara. Let me look after you.

Susan: [Sighs] You’re such a good son.

Ej: [Chuckles] No, I’m a terrible son. Terrible father, husband, brother, person. But the devil doesn’t bother me like he bothers you, so let me fight him for you.

Susan: Honey, you–you underestimate him. Elvis, I told you, sweetheart, he told me that I had to make a choice between you and john black, and for a moment, I almost plunged a knife into that poor man’s heart.

Rafe: So you see, brady isn’t going anywhere, but if we move too soon and we get the da to issue a warrant and try to build a case right now, we’re not gonna be able to do it and it’s gonna be that much harder to bring charges later. If you want justice for philip, wait.

Lucas: It’s just killing my mom.

Rafe: Yeah, I can only imagine. And I’m sorry, but we are not giving up. We’re not throwing in the towel.

Lucas: Right, right, right. I know, I know.

Rafe: Okay? Now listen, I actually wanted to talk to you about sami.

Lucas: Okay.

Rafe: Well, I heard that she was kidnapped right outside my back door. She went to talk to gabi about moving back into the mansion.

Lucas: Yeah, well, that’s what she told us.

Rafe: You’re the one who found her, right, somewhere near wisconsin?

Lucas: Yeah, yeah, she was, like, halfway to madison.

Rafe: Wow. You know, I’ve been trying to get in touch with her. I thought she would want to file a complaint, but I haven’t heard anything.

Lucas: Well, I wouldn’t hold my breath on that. She’s been a little preoccupied.

Rafe: Uh, worried about marlena, right?

Lucas: Oh, yeah, you would think, right? Mom being possessed by the devil and everything, but no. No, no, she’s lost ej, and that demands that once again, she makes a total ass out of herself in front of god and everybody else.

Nicole: What I did was sleep with a man who was in the process of divorcing a woman he despises. I didn’t do anything to you.

Sami: He is my husband.

Nicole: Whereas you meticulously planned to destroy my marriage. It was premeditated and totally personal. And you took great care to make sure it hurt as much as possible.

Sami: I was protecting my brother.

Nicole: Please, you don’t give a crap about eric, otherwise you wouldn’t have put him in the spotlight, with his mother there, telling everyone he was a cuckold.

Sami: [Scoffs]

Nicole: Your very own brother meant nothing to you but collateral damage.

Sami: No.

Nicole: And you don’t care about ej, not really. This whole outrage and moral indignation, it’s nothing but a distraction to everyone, including yourself, about the clear truth. Ej didn’t need a nurse anymore and you weren’t woman enough. I didn’t do this, sami. You did.

Sami: [Exhales sharply] It’s my 4:05 the-show-must-go-on

Rafe: You think that sami is trying to get ej back?

Lucas: Yeah.

Rafe: Wait, you know, for the life of me, I will never understand what she sees in that jerk.

Lucas: I know. I know all those years, she just nursed him back to health, gave him his life back, and he treats her like dirt.

Rafe: Right?

Lucas: You know what, maybe finding him in bed with another woman is the last straw.

Rafe: Wait, what?

Lucas: Yeah, she caught him. She caught him in their own bed with another woman.

Rafe: Who was it?

Lucas: Nicole.

Sami: You slept with ej to get back at me.

Nicole: [Scoffs] Uh, I saw the divorce papers weeks ago. Ej didn’t serve you because you were missing, not that it bothered him at all. I didn’t break up your marriage. It was already over. You lost him. And ej knows who you are, and he wants no part of you, you got it? Fine, you know what? You want to blame me, you blame me, but unlike eric and me, there was no outside intervention to break up your marriage. You did that all on your own! You happy now?

Sami: No.

Nicole: You know what, i don’t think this is a good time to talk to allie. Why don’t you just– why don’t you go for a drive, or take a walk, or something?

Sami: Don’t touch me! Don’t you ever touch me, you bitch!

Nicole: Hey! What? “You bitch”?

Sami: You are such a–

Allie: What the hell is going on here?

Ej: Think about it, mother. Now that john and shawn know the truth, do you really think they’ll let anything happen to ciara or the baby? You did your job. That baby is safe because of you. You literally beat the devil.

Susan: [Chuckles] You know just what to say. I think you get that from me.

Ej: Oh, me too. Me too.

Susan: Aw. Poor dr. Marlena evans and her poor family. I mean, sami must be worried sick. You know what, I think you should give her a call and you make her feel better like you did with me right now.

Ej: [Clears throat] Mother, as far as I’m concerned, samantha can join her mother in hell and stay there.

Susan: Hmm?

Shawn: So the devil’s been biding his time for the last 25 years, waiting for the right opportunity to take over marlena’s body again. But first–first he got to grandpa doug. That’s why we thought it was cognitive decline.

Ciara: Oh, my god. Is he okay now?

Shawn: Yeah, he’s great. I mean, you should’ve seen him at thanksgiving. At first–first, we thought he wasn’t all there, and then– then he just stood up and he just called the devil out.

Ciara: Wow.

Shawn: It doesn’t matter. Listen, I’ll tell you all that later, but you got to tell me, where’s marlena right now?

Ciara: Oh, my god. Shawn, she’s still with ben.

John: Everything that she has been telling you is a lie because she–

Marlena: No, ben! Ben, that’s not true. He’s the one who’s lying. He’s not the person he claims to be.

John: 25 years ago–

Marlena: And when I tried to tell people about it, that’s when I became frightened that he would actually kill me.

Ben: That’s not gonna happen.

John: Benjamin, ask anyone! 25 years ago, she–

Ben: I am gonna give you one last chance, john, to turn your ass around and get the hell out of here, because I saw the way that you showed up at my apartment, screaming and yelling and banging down my door, saying that you were gonna kill marlena.

John: Oh, ben; son, you’re a little late to the game. That wasn’t me. That was her!

Marlena: No, no, no. That’s not true.

John: You’ve gotta stop listening to her and you start listening to me. That is not the woman that made you well, ben. That is not dr. Evans. That is the–

[Choking]

[Coughs] She is–

[Choking]

[Sinister music]

No, you don’t!

[Grunts]

[Eerie string music]

Hi sabrina!

Lucas: So I rescue her, right, and then when we come back, where does she go? She goes groveling right back to ej. And I tried to stop her, I did, but you know what? Maybe it’s for the best because that’s when she found him with–

Rafe: Nicole.

Lucas: Right.

Rafe: Yeah. I ran into both of them at the mansion last night. I just didn’t realize that they were, uh– choose your euphemism.

Lucas: Consummating their– their sweet, tender love affair, right? It makes me sick.

[Sighs] What? It bothers you too, doesn’t it?

Rafe: Well, nicole is my friend and ej is human garbage, so yeah, it bothers me.

Lucas: I get it. I get it, but selfishly, you know, I hope it’s for the best. I hope sami opens her eyes, because I want her back.

Allie: [Sighs] Mom, so nice of you to drop by.

Sami: Don’t patronize me.

Allie: Sorry. Hey, how about we go get a coffee or take a walk around the block?

Sami: I’m fine.

Nicole: I’ll tell you what, why don’t you stay and I’ll go? I have some errands to run.

Allie: Sorry.

Sami: Allie, don’t apologize for me.

Nicole: Sami, I know you’re upset, but don’t you ever do this again. Bye, honey.

Allie: [Sighs]

Sami: I came here to see you. I didn’t start this.

Allie: You never do, do you?

Sami: I know your feelings for saint nicole, your patron saint, and how you owe her so much.

Allie: Because I do.

Sami: For your information, i found your precious saint nicole in bed with my husband last night.

Susan: You shouldn’t talk about sami like that, I mean, after everything she’s done for you.

Ej: How about after she started having sex with her ex-husband?

Susan: What? She did that?

Ej: Mm-hmm, and that’s why i served her with divorce papers.

Susan: Oh, my, my, my, my, my! Oh, my god, elvis, this is a shocker. Oh, I thought you two were devoted to each other 100%.

Ej: Yeah, well, you thought wrong, obviously. And can we stop talking about this, please? I’m supposed to make sure that you rest. Relax.

Susan: Yeah, I don’t want to rest and relax. I want to hear about the story. You tell me. You’re gonna go sit on the couch with your mama, and you’re gonna tell me about the whole thing.

Ej: Mother–

Susan: Whole story. It’s gonna be–what? No, we’re gonna go over there right now.

Ej: [Sighs]

Susan: Hmm?

Ciara: And then, marlena told us that john has been beating her. She wanted us to help hide her, take her someplace safe, someplace far away from salem.

Shawn: And did you?

Ciara: Well, I was always kind of skeptical, but ben totally believed her. It was so similar to what he went through as a child.

Shawn: And she knew all about that.

Ciara: Right, so anyway, then john showed up, and shawn, it was like something I have never seen before. He was crazy. He was pounding on the door, he was threatening to kill her–

Shawn: As if on cue.

Ciara: What?

Shawn: I don’t think that that was john. Now, right, marlena– or the devil– has these weird, crazy powers. I mean, on thanksgiving, she just broke the handcuffs like they were nothing, and then she threw me across the room with one arm and knocked me out.

Ciara: Okay, well, if it wasn’t john, then who was it?

Shawn: I think the question is, what was it? And god only knows.

John: [Panting] She’s the de–

[Choking]

[Muffled groans]

Marlena: And that is enough of your lies!

Ben: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Dr. Evans, what the hell are you doing? I’m gonna make sure that he never, ever hurts me again.

Ben: He’s tied up. He cannot hurt you, and he cannot hurt anybody else every again, okay? You are safe, dr. Evans.

Marlena: He needs to pay.

Ben: And he will, but that is not up to you or us. Dr. Evans, you were the one that taught me that violence– if you hurt him, it will get bad for you. It will not help you. It will hurt you.

Marlena: It is so good to hear my words coming back. I’m so proud of you. I’m so grateful.

Ben: Well, I’m glad that I can help you for once after all that you’ve done for me, but do you think maybe you could just drop the knife all the way down?

Marlena: Look, I’ve asked so much of you already. It’s time that you focus on yourself, your wife, and that new baby of yours.

[Ominous music]

Ciara: Damn it, shawn, I have to get to ben before marlena hurts him.

Shawn: Ciara, no!

Ciara: Shawn–

Shawn: What, are you in some sort of denial? I just told you that susan said that the devil is after your baby. I’m not letting you go anywhere near marlena.

Ej: So not only was she sleeping with her ex-husband, she was going to try and hide it from me as well.

Susan: Hmm, that is not totally unheard of. Hmm, wait. Oh, wait, haven’t you done that maybe once or twice?

Ej: Can we not go there, mother? We’re talking about the present, okay?

Susan: All right. Fine, fine, fine. Fine, fine, fine, all right. So how’d you find out?

Ej: Kristen.

Susan: Pfft, should’ve guessed. How it must’ve pained her to spread that bad news. All right, well–all right, there’s gonna be one thing that you’re gonna have to do now.

Ej: I’ve already started the divorce proceedings.

Susan: Oh, no! No, no! You have to forgive her.

Ej: Forgive her?

Susan: Yeah. Good lord, elvis. I mean, after all that time she spent with you in italy. I mean, she gave her life over to save you.

Ej: Well, even if I felt inclined to forgive her, which I don’t–

Susan: Oh, that is your father speaking, ugh.

Ej: It might be too late. Last night, samantha caught me in flagrante.

Susan: I don’t know much latin, but I can only guess what that means. Oh, elvis, who were you flagranting with?

Ej: Nicole walker.

Susan: [Blows raspberry] Here we go again.

Allie: I’m so sorry.

Sami: How do you feel about her now?

Allie: I’m sorry that you went through that after everything you’ve already been through.

Sami: Yeah, it’s pretty amazing, but being kidnapped and thrown in a room isn’t as bad as finding her in my bed, gloating.

Allie: Dad and I tried to tell you not to go.

Sami: Did you know? Did you know what she was doing?

Allie: No, no. No, but that’s not the point.

Sami: No, that is the point. The point is nicole is a vicious, vindictive, little–

Allie: Mom! Mom, I really don’t think we should be talking about what nicole did wrong.

Sami: Oh, right. Of course. You want to talk about me, right? You want to lecture me on what I’ve done wrong?

Allie: No, no. No, I think we should be talking about ej. And when we start talking about everything ej’s done wrong, then it’s gonna take a hell of a long time.

Lucas: Listen, I get it. I get it. Nicole going back to ej is like me taking a drink, right? No good can come of it.

Rafe: I would agree.

Lucas: Right, but I just hope it opens sami’s eyes. You know, I hope she wakes up.

Nicole: Hi. What are you two talking about?

[Hall & oates “you make my dreams” plays]

Ciara: So she left nashville almost exactly at the same time we found out about the baby.

Shawn: Susan knew you were pregnant and nobody told her.

Ciara: Right, but she came to warn us about some evil presence that was after my baby. Only I had just convinced myself that it was crazy susan being crazy susan. Like, how did she even know that I was pregnant in the first place, you know, but now–

Shawn: Okay, listen to me. Listen to me. Listen to me, all right? I’m gonna go get ben from marlena. You’re gonna stay here. I’m gonna have belle come here. I’m gonna call her, but you cannot answer the door for anybody– nobody unless it’s belle.

Ciara: Okay, well, how do i know that it’s even really belle, especially after what you just told me about john? How am I supposed to know that?

Shawn: I don’t–box top.

Ciara: “Box top.” What is that?

Shawn: Box top is claire’s safe word from when she was a kid, all right? Belle will know what it is.

Ciara: Are you sure about that, shawn? Because if it is the devil, I–

Shawn: Ciara, come on. This is all I got. I’m sorry, like– look, I’m sorry. I’m sorry.

Ciara: I’m sorry. I’m just really scared, shawn. I’m like, really, really scared.

Shawn: I know you are. I know you are. Ciara, I got to go, okay? Remember what I told you.

Ciara: Okay. Shawn, please be careful. Please.

Shawn: Don’t worry. I will be. Demon marlena: It would be wicked fun to finish you off, you little worm, but post-therapy ben would be shocked, shocked I say, to see saintly dr. Evans eviscerate her husband. To think that self-righteous little prick used to be so much fun. But I need that baby, so I need him to get me to the mother. That neanderthal brother of hers has probably already told her. “Marlena’s a devil. The devil is bad.” God, this whole clan is nauseating.

Marlena: We need to go to salem. To the police.

Ben: The police? I thought you said they’re too close with john, they won’t believe us.

Marlena: Well, I–I do think that it’s time to trust that the truth will set us free.

Demon marlena: Oh, brother. The things I do for hate.

Allie: I saw firsthand what ej did to you in italy.

Sami: He was in pain.

Allie: And when you were sad and alone and you went back to dad, I mean, did he show any compassion? No, he kicked you out of his house, out of his life.

Sami: I shamed him. He’s a dimera. Revenge is in their dna. But allie, it doesn’t mean he doesn’t love me.

Allie: Oh, my god. Mom, wake up! Wake up, okay? You blame dad, you blame nicole, you blame his dimera-ness. Ej dimera has treated you like crap, and it is everybody else’s fault but his. Damn it, mom, we know that if he wanted a woman in his bed, he could just snap his fingers, but sleeping with nicole? With nicole? There is nothing that he could do that would hurt you more than that. And trust me, if you didn’t walk in on them, he would’ve made sure you found out.

[Sighs] And dad– dad would, and he has, walked through fire for you, okay? He loves you! And not only does he just love you, he likes you. Respects you, okay? He’s on your side. And I know, I know, okay? You and ej, you’re a– a love for the ages, but from where I sit, that “love for the ages,” it looks a lot more like life in prison with no parole.

Lucas: Uh, we were just– what, a little guy talk, right? Yeah, that was about it. I actually have somewhere I have to be, but call me if you hear about philip, okay?

Rafe: Yep.

Nicole: I just heard about him. I’m so sorry, lucas.

Lucas: Yeah, thank you.

Nicole: You two weren’t talking about philip. You were talking about me and sami.

Rafe: Hmm, yeah. That’s right.

Nicole: [Chuckles dryly] Well, let me just confirm what I think he told you– that ej and I slept together last night.

Susan: Are you and nicole serious?

Ej: We’re… taking things slowly.

Susan: Hmm… ej: [Sighs] I know that “hmm.” You don’t think she’s good enough for me, but then again, you don’t think any woman’s good enough for me.

Susan: Well, you know, i changed my mind about that one. Huh, I mean, you know that thing that people say, you know, “for better, for worse,” when they get married?

Ej: Oh, I know where you’re going with this.

Susan: You know, elvis, I have never known anyone to do “for worse” better than sami. And you wouldn’t be here if it wasn’t for her, and you know that.

Ej: Yes, you’re right, and I came back here to try and start over with her. And then, I found out that not only has she been unfaithful, but she would do whatever it took to make sure I never found out. And for all I know, she intended to go on being unfaithful.

Susan: Oh, because if she would’ve been honest about it, you would’ve forgiven her about doing something that you’ve been doing since god was a boy?

Ej: Oh, we were married.

Susan: Oh, hypocrisy, thy name is man! You know what, elvis? The devil told me–he told me that you’ve already secured your place in hell, and right now–right now, sweetheart– you need to find it in your heart; you need to find that love in your heart to save your soul.

Ej: The love in my heart is no longer for samantha.

Susan: Oh, bull! Bull, bull, bull, bull, bull! She hurt your feelings, she wounded your pride. Son, look at me. You are acting like a little, spoiled brat. Yes, you are. You know what, she was unfaithful not to hurt you. She was grieving. I mean, she’s been grieving to move heaven and earth to save you. And what do you do? What do you do? “Ooh, I’m gonna turn my back on you,” huh? You know, I know–I know that you sneer at what I believe, but, honey, you need to examine your conscience. And right now, you need to ask yourself, and be honest, “do I still love sami?” And if you do, there’s still hope.

Ej: What, for a happy ending?

Susan: Oh, no. For your immortal soul. Oh, get yourself together, elvis.

Sami: You hate ej.

Allie: I hate the way he treats you. And I–I really hate that you let him. I think I understand. I mean, after everything you went through trying to save him, basically giving up your life for his. It’s hard to think all that wasn’t worth it.

Sami: It was worth it.

Allie: Ej doesn’t think so. Look at all the things you’ve forgiven him for. And not only does he not forgive you, but he thinks he has the right to punish you. Mom. Mom, just think about it. How do you feel when you’re with dad? Do you feel bad and unworthy, or do you feel– well, I don’t know. I mean, I can’t tell you how you feel.

Sami: No, you can’T.

Allie: But maybe something happened between you and dad not just because you were lonely, but because there’s always been something between you two. And he was your first great love. And maybe he’s your last. People everywhere living with type 2 diabetes

Nicole: So where are you gonna start, rafe? How horrible ej is or how dumb I am?

Rafe: No.

Nicole: Oh, you know, today just started out great. You know, at first, I was trying to find out if my business partner was gonna be charged with murder, yeah. Oh, and then, sami showed up. Yay! So I left so that she could tell allie in private what a whore I am. And then, I show up here, and my two “friends” are swapping details about my sex life.

Rafe: Hmm, I’m sorry.

Nicole: Oh, don’t worry about it. I’m used to my private life being in the public domain. “No secrets” walker, that’s what they call me.

Rafe: I’m sorry that you’re unhappy. And I’m sorry because I think part of it is my fault.

Sami: Sweetheart, nobody really knows what goes on in a marriage except the two people in it, okay? I know you are just trying to help me.

Allie: Fair enough.

Sami: And you’re right. Your father is a wonderful guy, and I do love him.

Allie: “But…”

Sami: I shouldn’t have come here to burden you with all of this. I really shouldn’t have. It’s not fair to you.

Allie: No, mom, I–I think I needed to get a lot of that off my chest.

Sami: [Laughs forcefully]

Allie: I think I needed you to know how I feel about ej and dad. Well, now I know. I love you. And I want you to give your little boy a big hug for me, okay?

Allie: Okay. Are you going?

Sami: Yeah, will you hand me my bag?

Allie: Yeah.

Sami: I have someone I have to see. Thank you. You know, I usually only get this kind of quality advice from your grandmother, and then I proceed to ignore it.

Allie: How is grandma?

Sami: I don’t know. I hope john finds her, gets her safe before she hurts herself or someone else.

[Sighs] I love you, sweetheart. I’ll see you later.

Allie: Love you.

[Sighs]

[Line trilling]

Ben: Hey, it’s ben. Leave a message.

Ciara: Damn it!

[Hangs up] Damn it, damn it, damn it.

[Cell phone ringing] Hello?

Susan: Ciara, thank god. Honey, I have been trying to reach you. I need to warn you about d–

Ciara: It’s okay, susan. I know about marlena. I mean, I know about the devil.

John: [Muffled screams]

Ben: You’re not going anywhere, john. Not until the cops get here.

John: [Muffled groan]

Ben: You ready to go?

Marlena: I’m ready.

Demon marlena: Ready to take your and ciara’s unborn child.

John: [Muffled screams]

[Dramatic music]

Serena: It’s my 3:10

Susan: You’re safe, yeah?

Ciara: Yeah, I locked all the doors, and belle is on her way over.

Susan: And you’re alone?

Ciara: Yeah, ben is alone with marlena, and shawn is on his way over to–to– susan, please pray for them.

Ben: Good, you’re here. We were just coming to see you.

Shawn: Really?

Ben: Yes, really. It’s john. You need to arrest this guy. He’s been terrorizing dr. Evans.

Shawn: No, ben, dr. Evans is the one terrorizing john, among others.

Ben: What are you talking about?

Shawn: It’s happened again. This is not marlena evans. This is the devil.

[Tense music]

Lucas: You okay?

Allie: Yeah. Well, I know that you have a lot going on with phil missing, and, I mean, I’m really worried about everything with grandma marlena, but I think I have some good news to share.

Lucas: All right, I’m listening.

Allie: I just had a long talk with mom, and I think maybe I got through to her.

Lucas: Yeah, right, that never happens; come on.

Allie: I know, usually not, and, I mean, there is a chance that I’m being overly optimistic, but I put in a good word for you. And I reminded her that you, unlike ej, love her and treat her respectfully and compassionately and all that. And I know that you guys still love each other.

Lucas: What did she say?

Allie: Well, she mainly listened, but I think that mom might finally be realizing that things are really over with her and ej and that if she’s going to be to be with anyone, she’s going to be with you.

[Sentimental music]

Susan: And right now, you need to ask yourself, and be honest, “do I still love sami?”

[Footsteps approaching]

Nicole: Your fault? Isn’t that a bit egotistical?

Rafe: Maybe, but what happened between us–

Nicole: [Sighs] It’s over.

Rafe: Is it?

[Whimsical holiday music]

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Roman: Okay. Before we go in there, I want to make sure you’re up for this.

Kate: What choice do I have? I’m his next of kin.

Roman: Okay. I can talk to rafe, figure out another way to do the id.

Kate: No, no, no. No. I have to do this, and I have to remember that, if it’s philip’s leg, that that could be a clue to finding him. Id him alive.

Roman: Okay

[Soft music]

Rafe: Thanks for coming in.

Roman: You need a minute?

Kate: No, I’m ready.

[Monitor beeping]

Brady: So come on. Any news on philip?

Belle: No, not since last night.

Brady: Belle, he’s telling me they found his leg, but they haven’t found him?

Belle: Not yet.

Brady: He’s gotta be alive. This–I’m not worried about being arrested. I’m worried about him. I’m worried about chloe. Have you seen her? She’s a wreck about…

Belle: Dad.

Brady: What are you–how’d you–did you get released already?

John: Yeah, I was. How you doing, son?

Brady: I’d be doing a hell of a lot better if I was out of this bed, dad. I need to go help with the search for philip, ’cause the cops don’t know what the hell they’re doing.

John: All right, I’ll head on down to the station. See if I can move this investigation along a little.

Brady: Dad. Dad, you don’t have to do–

Belle: No, I can call shawn.

John: I need to help!

Brady: Dad, I know you want to, but listen. I’m okay. Marlena’s not, all right? She is possessed, and she’s dangerous, and she’s still out there, so you need to go find her.

Ben: Good morning.

Ciara: Good morning. Why didn’t you wake me?

Ben: Because you were sleeping so peacefully. It’s not like we have anywhere else to be.

Ciara: Where’s marlena?

Ben: She went for a walk. She said she was feeling a little out of sorts, since that gabriel guy showed up yesterday. I think he spooked her.

Ciara: Really? Because I thought that he was really nice. He was very concerned for our baby, and quite frankly, ben, I am too.

Ben: Ciara.

Ciara: I know you said that i looked like I was sleeping peacefully, but I was not. I was actually having some pretty bad dreams.

Ben: About what?

Ciara: Everything, including this place. Let’s just get the hell out of here, ben, please. Please just take me home.

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Kate: Yeah, yes. It’s his–it’s philip’s leg.

Rafe: You sure?

Kate: Yes. He got it a couple of years ago. It’s a new one, and I recognize it.

Rafe: Okay. We need to verify it officially if possible.

Kate: I brought the serial number I got.

Rafe: Oh, great.

[Soft music]

That’s a match.

Kate: I knew this was gonna happen, but still, it’s a shock.

Roman: Kate, katie, I am so sorry.

Kate: No, no.

Roman: Katie.

Kate: I don’t want to be comforted, roman. I don’t want to be consoled. Okay, I just want you to arrest brady black for this! For doing this to my son.

John: Yeah, I’m worried about doc, but I’m not leaving you, kid, not when you’re facing potential criminal charges here.

Brady: I know it looks bad, but, dad, I didn’t hurt philip.

John: I know you didn’t, but I’m still not walking out on you. Not with all these injuries.

Brady: It’s okay, it’s okay. I actually have a fairly decent lawyer on the case, so we are–the best lawyer on the case. You don’t have to stay with me. You need to focus your energy on marlena.

Belle: Yeah, I agree, dad. I mean there’s really nobody better suited to fight the devil than you. You’ve already kicked his butt once and saved mom.

Brady: There’s no doubt you’re gonna do it again.

John: Gotta find her first.

Brady: Then do it. Go find her.

John: Fine, I love you, kids.

Belle: We love you, too, dad.

John: Take care of yourself.

Brady: Find her.

Marlena: Good morning.

Ciara: Oh, goodness. I did not hear you come in.

Marlena: Oh, sorry. I didn’t mean to startle you. I did happen to overhear you talking about wanting to go home.

Ciara: Yes, well, you can understand that, right?

Marlena: I do, of course. All the way out here, and you’re protecting me from an abusive husband. That’s a lot to take on.

Ciara: Yes. It is, but don’t get me wrong. Ben and I do want to help you.

Ben: And we will.

Ciara: But even you can admit that this can’t go on indefinitely.

Marlena: What can’t?

Ciara: Well, dr. Evans, I’m expecting a child, and we are in a cabin in the middle of the woods. I can’t do this forever. I need to go home.

Marlena: No, you can’T. I won’t let you.

Ciara: You won’t let me? Serena: It’s my 3:10

Kate: Did you not hear me? I want brady arrested for murder.

Rafe: I know how difficult this is, but I don’t have enough for an arrest. I…

Kate: Brady was found drunk covered in philip’s blood with a knife that had his bloody fingerprints all over it, philip’s phone with a horrific text from brady. What more do you need, rafe?

Rafe: I understand your frustration, but–

Kate: Oh, my god! The district attorney was going to arrest him yesterday, just for that evidence, and now, we have this?

Roman: Look, kate. Let’s let rafe handle this, all right? Let me take you–

Kate: No, I’m not going anywhere until the police commissioner does his job and puts brady in a cage, where he deserves to be, for killing my son!

[Sobbing] Oh, god.

[Monitor beeping]

Brady: Dad’s gonna find marlena.

Belle: I know, I’m just–

Brady: What?

Belle: I’m just worried sick. This is the devil we’re talking about.

Brady: No, no, hey. He doesn’t stand a chance. Not against the love that those two share, right?

Belle: All right, listen. Let’s just get back to your case. I need you to take me through everything again, from the moment you left here.

Brady: I went to the pub to get dad some takeout. Ran into chloe. We talked for a few minutes outside, and then she left.

[Sighs] Then it’s a blank.

Belle: So you don’t remember going into the pub and ordering a drink?

Brady: No.

Belle: Is it possible that you did? What, what is it?

Brady: I did order a drink recently. It was at a bar outside of town on thanksgiving, all right? Hey, hey, I didn’t drink it. I even called maggie and had her come and meet me there.

Belle: So why’d you order it in the first place?

Brady: A couple reasons, belle, okay? Kristen had just tried to kidnap our daughter rachel, and I was struggling with my feelings for chloe.

Belle: So maggie showed up.

Brady: She showed up. I blabbered on a bit. I offered to drive her home, and then she offered to take us both to a meeting. I agreed, and that’s when you called and told me dad was in the hospital.

Belle: Yeah, you know, brady, when they found you passed out at the river, your blood alcohol level was three times–

Brady: I’m aware of that.

Belle: The legal limit. There has to be an explanation for that.

Brady: Well, I don’t have one–I don’t know.

Belle: Okay, you were drunk. There has to be an explanation. We just have to figure out what it is.

Susan: John black. Hey, as I live and breathe, praise the lord, you’re living and breathing, too.

John: Hey, susan. You getting out of here?

Susan: Oh, yeah, sure I am. I’m just waiting on elvis to come pick me up.

John: Oh, well I’m glad that you’re all right, and, listen, for the record, I just want to tell you how awful I feel about what you went through.

Susan: Oh, you mean having to eat the food here at the hospital? I mean, I really didn’t mind. I mean, sometimes I’d ask for an extra pudding cup.

John: No, I was talking about when you stabbed yourself.

Susan: Oh. Hey, that wasn’t your fault. No, I mean, your beloved wife and my dear best friend dr. Marlena evans was possessed by the devil. I mean, john, I still have nightmares about that. You and me locked up in the crypt, and then her coming in with the dagger and telling me that I had to kill you, or that she was gonna kill my only child. And really I was hoping that satan would take any human sacrifice. You know, any old human would do, and, well, that’s when I turned that big, old knife, and I stabbed myself.

John: Yeah, well, that was incredibly selfless.

Susan: Well, john, I just did what I had to do. You know, and don’t you worry. I know that dr. Marlena evans had nothing to do with it.

John: Yeah, well, thanks for saying that anyway.

Susan: By golly, I mean it. I mean it, ’cause I know that she would never deliberately hurt you, or me–

John: Yeah.

Susan: Or my son, or she would never, ever–and certainly never, ever hurt an innocent little baby.

John: What are you talking about, susan? Baby, what baby?

Marlena: You can’t abandon me; I need you.

Ciara: Marlena, please hear me out.

Marlena: No, no, but if you go, I’d be terrified to be alone.

Ciara: Well, I’m terrified, too; I am pregnant with my first child, and I have a very important checkup scheduled for this week.

Marlena: I told you I would take care of you.

Ciara: Yes, but you’re a psychiatrist.

Marlena: I’m also a doctor. Well, I’ve delivered lots of babies. Plus, you’re not even near your due date.

Ciara: Yes, that’s right, but I’m scheduled for a sonogram, and we don’t even have that kind of equipment here.

Ben: Yeah, we really do need to go to the hospital, dr. Evans. We need to see kayla and just make sure everything is progressing the way it should.

Marlena: Everything’s fine. I mean, look, you’re a healthy young woman, but if you’re feeling concerned, I can grab my bag and check your vitals.

Ciara: Thank you. That’s all right–besides, we’re getting off track here.

Marlena: No, you know what? I promised you that I would never let anything happen to your baby, and you promised you would protect me, so I’m doing my part. So are you now saying that you’re not gonna do what you promised? As a professional bull-rider

Brady: Hey, I swear, I swear I don’t remember drinking.

Belle: All right, I hear you. Then let’s just stay with what you do remember, okay? You said you were about to go into the pub and pick up some food for dad.

Brady: Yes.

Belle: But you don’t remember going inside?

Brady: No, but I must’ve, right?

Belle: All right. Well, let’s just check your credit card statement. See if there are any charges from the pub that day, and that’ll tell us.

Brady: That’s a good idea.

Kate: I’m talking like my son is dead, and actually, I don’t believe that. I don’T. I just need some accountability, you know, some justice, rafe.

Roman: Kate, we know, okay? We all want that, and everybody’s hoping and praying that philip is alive and making his way back home, right?

Kate: Yeah.

Roman: All right.

Kate: But even if he does survive, this was a savage, savage attack, and brady needs to pay for that.

Rafe: Okay, kate, you have my word that I will conduct a thorough investigation, and I will keep you posted every step of the way.

Roman: All right. We appreciate that, rafe. Thank you, okay? All right, let’s go.

Kate: Okay.

[Tense music]

Chloe: Hey.

Roman: Chloe, what brings you down here?

Chloe: I had to come and find out if there was any news–

Roman: The leg belongs to philip.

Chloe: Oh, kate, I’m so–

John: So you think the devil is after ben and ciara’s baby?

Susan: John, I know you’re aware of my gift, my psychic ability. It was–that I had a premonition that made me come back here, to salem. See, I had this vision that ben weston’s little seed was flowering in ciara’s womb.

John: So you knew she was pregnant?

Susan: And a dark and dangerous force was threatening that unborn baby, and that’s when I jumped into my car, and I floored it all the way from memphis to the airport–

John: Oh, okay, okay, so you got to their place, and then–

Susan: Mm-hmm, okay, then ciara let me lay hands on her belly, and oh, lordy. Oh, lordy, I fainted. I fainted dead away because I was right. I was right that that baby was in grave danger. I just didn’t know where the heck it was coming from, and so I tried it again, john. I did, I tried it again. I laid my hands on her, and I was making headway. I was, and then my concentration got broken by none other than dr. Marlena evans.

John: Wait, wait, wait. She was there?

Susan: Well, she was there because I fainted, and ben went to go get her, because he wanted her to help me. But she couldn’t help me, because she wasn’t her. She was him.

John: Okay, fine, and then what happened?

Susan: Oh, and then she whisked me out of there. She whisked me out of there, and that is when I knew something was off. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm. I mean, whew, she was being so bossy to me, telling me that I had to get back to memphis, and she was being a bully. And we all know what you have to do with a bully; you have to to stand up to a bully–

John: Absolutely, so did you–

Susan: I sure did stand up to that bully, I did, john. I did, and I told her that I wasn’t going anywhere until I found out who wanted to harm that little baby.

John: All right, and then what did she do?

Susan: Oh, she grabbed my wrist. She grabbed my wrist. Oh, john black. I have never, never in my life felt that kind of jolt of electricity. And that is when I knew that she was the danger.

John: That’s because the devil had her.

Susan: Yeah, and then I tried to tell someone, but before I could, she knocked me out, and she turned me into that little pussycat, and then she threw me in the crypt. I mean, it is a miracle that you and I survived, because, john, john, the devil is still out there, and it’s got possession of dr. Marlena evans’ body, and he needs to be stopped at–

John: But susan–

Susan: All costs!

John: Susan, do you have any idea what the devil wants with ben and ciara’s baby?

Susan: I don’t know his exact intentions. I don’t, john, but what I can tell you is that they are evil. Evil, evil.

Marlena: Look, if you break your promise, I could die.

Ben: No, we would never let that happen, dr. Evans.

Ciara: No, of course not. We are going to keep you safe, I promise; you can stay here for as long as you want, and no one is going to find you.

Marlena: That man gabriel found me.

Ciara: What do you mean he found you?

Marlena: I mean, he found this cabin in the woods, so if he could find it, then john could find it.

Ciara: No, not if we don’t say anything to anyone. We won’t say a word, I swear.

Marlena: You don’t get this. I’m fighting for my life here. Look, please, I’m begging you. Please, just stay a little while longer.

Ben: Dr. Evans, I really want to go to ciara’s sonogram appointment, but if you are scared to stay alone, then I guess ciara could go to her appointment on her own. I could stay here.

Marlena: No. I need you both to stay here.

Ciara: Ben, can I talk to you alone for a minute?

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Ciara: You’re not coming to my sonogram appointment, ben? Really, what the hell?

Ben: Baby, try to understand that, yes, dr. Evans is my therapist, but she’s also my friend, and she needs me.

Ciara: I’m your wife. I’m the mother of your unborn child. I need you, too, ben, and I want to go home.

Ben: Okay, well, we can’t just abandon her here, not when she’s in fear of her life.

Ciara: I understand that she helped you, and you feel obligated to help her in return, but she’s taking advantage of your kindness, ben. She is manipulating you. Something is off with her, okay? I don’t like the way she’s been acting; I said it when we first got here. I don’t like how focused she is on our child.

Ben: She is concerned, ciara.

Ciara: She’s too concerned, ben. She’s telling me that she will help me and that I don’t need kayla, or a real hospital, or a real checkup.

Ben: Because she’s trying to convince us not to leave her here alone.

Ciara: And it is working, because you told me that I could go while you stayed here.

Ben: I really don’t want that.

Ciara: I don’t want that either, but why would she want me to stay, ben? She would be very safe with you here, but me, why? I don’t get it. It doesn’t make sense. I don’t get her, and quite frankly, she’s really starting to creep me out.

Marlena: Everything okay out here?

Susan: Hey, john, I am so sorry that I didn’t tell you about the baby when we were locked up, but I was just so frazzled.

John: No worries, susan. Once I find doc, I’m gonna get this whole thing figured out.

Susan: Hey, hey, hey. You be careful, john black, ’cause that devil still wants you dead, and I’m not gonna be there to save you this time.

Shawn: Susan, john.

John: Hey.

Shawn: Hey, I’m going to talk to brady; you want to join me?

John: I can’t; I gotta go.

Shawn: Everything okay?

John: Well, susan has reason to believe that the devil wants ben and ciara’s baby.

Susan: And I know you’re a skeptic, detective shawn brady, but all my life, people have not believed in my vision, and this–

Shawn: Susan, I don’t doubt you. In fact, I think you’re right.

Belle: Okay. I’m in your account, and here are all your charges. Oh, bingo. Brady pub last friday, $72.

Brady: So I did go in. So what did I order?

Belle: Well, I can’t tell from this, but I can talk to roman and see if I can get an itemized receipt.

Brady: Yeah, let’s hope it’s just chowder for dad.

Belle: Yeah, $72 is a lot of chowder for one person.

Kate: You have been playing brady and philip off each other for months.

Chloe: That’s not true.

Roman: Kate, we’re leaving.

Kate: Oh, no, no, no. I’m not halfway–

Roman: Kate!

Kate: Done with you.

Roman: Kate, calm down. You’re gonna get yourself arrested for assault.

Kate: I really don’t care. You love men’s attention, don’t you? Their worry, you know, their concern for you, watching them fight over you.

Chloe: Actually, I hate that.

Kate: You know what? I just can’t understand why they don’t see you for what you actually are, a shallow, dim-witted twit.

Chloe: Kate, I know that you’re upset about philip, but please–

Kate: You know, I was so thrilled when philip told me that you had left, you know, that you had left, and that he was rid of you, the woman who has only hurt him and caused him pain. You said you were faithful to him, and the whole time you were sleeping with someone else.

Chloe: No, that’s not true. I don’t know what you’re talking about.

Kate: Oh, please. Lucas saw you and brady walk into the salem inn, and you know the sad part is philip tried to defend you because he didn’t want to face the fact that you had just left him and jumped into bed with brady.

Chloe: That did not happen. Brady was just helping me with my bags.

Kate: Oh, I’m sure he was, because a lot of men have handled your bags, haven’t they?

Chloe: Okay. I am not doing this.

Kate: Oh, my god. You are nothing but a cheat, and you’ve always been a cheat. You cheated on lucas with daniel, you cheated on philip with brady.

Chloe: That did not happen. I swear.

Kate: It’s just all a game with you, isn’t it, really? I mean, you get men to chase you and become obsessed with you, and then you fuel their jealousies and their rivals. And you end up in the center of all of that drama, and you think that maybe it’s because you’re wanted. You’re wanted or that it matters. But it’s all a game, chloe. It’s a game. It is a dangerous game because it had real consequences for real people. You toyed with my son for years, but this game ends now. Now, and if philip ends up dead, you are just as guilty of murder as brady. Better skin from your body wash?

Kate: So you better pray. You better pray that philip is alive, that brady didn’t plunge that knife into his chest and then throw his body into the river.

Chloe: Please stop.

Kate: You better pray for that.

Roman: Kate, we’re done.

Kate: You are pathetic.

Roman: We’re done.

Kate: You’re pathetic, and I’m going to make you pay. I’m gonna make you pay!

Rafe: What the hell’s going on in here? You okay?

Chloe: No, no, I’m not okay.

Susan: Oh.

John: Easy.

Susan: You believe me that the devil wanted ben and ciara’s baby?

Shawn: Yeah, yeah, I do. On halloween, belle and I went to dinner with ben and ciara, and they told us that they wanted to have a baby, but they were concerned about the mental health issues that ben’s had in his family. So they reached out to marlena, for guidance.

John: Yeah, and what’d she tell them?

Shawn: She said to go for it.

John: Of course.

Shawn: But then she started texting them. Like, following up, to see if they were still trying.

John: That’s too strange.

Shawn: Yeah. Belle thought so, too, that it was pushy, and it was intrusive, and it didn’t sound like her mother.

Susan: Yeah, because it wasn’t her mother! It was satan. Yes, and you know what that means, don’t you? That the devil was obsessed with that baby before ben and ciara even conceived it.

Ciara: No, everything is not okay. Ben made his choice, and it’s not me.

Ben: Ciara.

Marlena: No, wait, wait, wait, wait, ben, come on. Come on. Look, her hormones are raging. Give her a little time to cool down.

Ben: She’s really upset with me right now.

Marlena: I know, but she’s got no reason to be angry with you. I’m sorry that I’ve driven a wedge between the two of you.

Ben: Don’t, it’s okay. It’s not your fault.

Marlena: Well, I’m not sure ciara knows that.

Ben: Like you said, she’s very hormonal, and I mean, dr. Evans, she knows how much you have done for the both of us. She knows that you are the reason that allowed me to conquer my fears and marry her in the first place. And now we have conceived this child, and we are so excited to bring it into this world.

Marlena: I’m so glad to hear that.

Ben: I’m gonna talk to ciara. I’m gonna make her understand.

Marlena: Yes, but you’ll stay, right? And both of you will stay?

Ben: We’ll stay. I promise you, I promise.

John: And I’ve been racking my brain trying to figure out why the hell the devil would come back to salem after all this time.

Shawn: And now we know.

Susan: Yeah, yeah, he wants ben and ciara’s baby.

John: I gotta talk to them.

Shawn: I’ll go with you.

John: What about brady?

Shawn: That can wait. We’re talking about my pregnant sister here.

Susan: Oh, please.

Ciara: [Sighs]

[Tense music]

Trelegy for copd.

[Soft music]

Rafe: Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea.

Chloe: I wanted to see what I did.

Rafe: What you did?

Chloe: Yeah, kate’s right. I mean whatever happened to philip, I’m partly responsible.

Rafe: No, no, no. You cannot blame yourself for something brady might have done.

Chloe: He swears he didn’t do it.

Rafe: No? Do you believe him?

[Cell phone rings]

[Phone line trilling]

[Cell phone beeps]

Chloe: How is brady?

Rafe: Why didn’t you answer it?

Chloe: Because honestly, I don’t know what to say to him.

[Cell phone beeps]

Brady: Hey, chloe, it’s me. I just wanted to let you know I was thinking about you. I feel terrible. I did not do this. I need to find a way to prove it to you. I’m searching my mind for some kind of explanation. I just haven’t found one yet, but I just want you to know I am thinking, and thinking, and racking my brain as to how this could have happened. I just don’t have any answers yet, but as soon as I figure this out, I’ll let you know. And I just–please. I just need you to believe in me. Okay.

[Cell phone beeps]

Roman: What can I get you?

Kate: Nothing.

Roman: How about we just sit together?

Kate: No, I think I need to be alone for a little while. You know, I just need to go lie down.

Roman: Okay. Well, I’ll be right here if you need me.

Kate: I do need you. I really need you.

[Soft music]

Belle: Oh, roman. I’m so glad you’re here.

Roman: What’s up?

Belle: I need a favor, and it has to do with brady.

Roman: Belle.

Belle: No. It’s strictly professional. Listen, trask is trying to railroad him, and I decided to represent him. And anyway, as you know, this whole case hinges on this idea that brady was so drunk that he lost control and attacked philip.

Roman: And you’re saying that’s not what happened?

Belle: I’m trying to find out. Anyway, brady’s credit card statement said that he spent $72 here the day philip disappeared, and I was hoping that you might have an itemized receipt showing what he bought.

Roman: Well, okay. I’ll be right back.

John: Ah, great.

Shawn: I know where the key’s at.

John: Nice.

Shawn: Ben, ciara?

John: [Grunts]

>>Shawn: Food is spoiled; they must have been gone for a while.

John: Yeah. Left in a hurry, too. When’s the last time you spoke to your sister?

Shawn: Thanksgiving.

John: So where could they have shot off to?

Shawn: I don’t know. I’m gonna call her.

[Phone line trilling] Come on, ciara, pick up.

[Tense music]

Ben: Ciara?

Where the hell is she? I thought I was managing my moderate

[Monitor beeping]

Brady: Damn it, why can’t i remember what happened?

Chloe: Yeah. I should get going. Philip’s expecting me, so bye, brady.

Brady: Bye. Chloe. We always have the brady pub.

[Cell phone rings] How’s my tater tot doing? Hi, buddy. What? You’re kidding me. You won the championship game? Are you serious? No, I’m not surprised, given what a great player you are. Hey, do me a favor. Have your mother send me a video, okay? Tate called. Completely forgot about that. Oh, buddy. I wish I could have been there to see you score that winning goal. What–you know I’m proud of you, right? Good, good, listen. Hey, let’s video chat over the weekend, is that good? All right. I love you, too, buddy.

Kate: Damn you, brady.

Brady: Kate, kate–

Kate: Mark my words. If my son is a dead man, you’re a dead man, too.

[Tense music]

Roman: Got it. $72, the night in question.

Belle: Okay. What did brady buy?

Roman: Six shots of whiskey.

Shawn: Come on, sis. Pick up the damn phone.

Ciara: Hello?

Shawn: Ciara, oh, my god. Wait, where are you?

Ciara: I’m right here. Hey.

Ben: Ciara’s not here. She must have gone out the back way.

Marlena: We can’t let her go back to salem.

Ben: Dr. Evans, I am sorry. I knew she was upset, but i didn’t think she’d run away.

Marlena: If she goes back, john will get the truth out of her, and then he will come here, and he will kill me. We’ve gotta stop her.

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Belle: Who ran the test? Couldn’t the night crew have a made a mistake?

Shawn: The lab tech ran the test twice. It’s a definitive match for philip’S.

Belle: I just don’t believe that brady would do something like that to philip.

Shawn: Listen, I know, honey, but you just–

Melinda: Oh. I hate to interrupt that tender moment. But don’t you think you should be out arresting brady black?

[Monitor beeping]

Brady: I–I swear on my kids’ lives. I–I didn’t attack philip. I didn’T. I would have remembered if I did it, chloe.

Chloe: Okay. It is just shawn’s theory for now. He thinks–

Brady: I don’t–I don’t care what shawn thinks. I care about what you think. I want to know what you think. Do you think I did something to him? You–oh, wow. I’ll take that as a yes. You–okay, all right.

Chloe: What are you doing? What are you doing? Stop.

Brady: I’m getting out of this hospital bed, and I’m gonna find philip myself.

[“Hark the herald angels sing” instrumental playing]

Kate: So you’re late getting home.

Lucas: Yeah, I had kind of had a busy day.

Kate: Oh, no. You have that sad cowboy face like from those westerns that roman always makes me watch. What’s wrong now?

Lucas: Nothing is wrong. Everything’s perfect. Everything’s just fine and dandy. Thank you. Why are you so chipper? Disgustingly chipper? What’d you get to swindle an orphanage or something?

Kate: Okay. Now I’m going to ignore that. And actually, if I am feeling chipper, it’s because rex is back in salem.

Lucas: Right.

Kate: Why are you so morose?

Lucas: Because sami’s back in town too.

Nicole: Hmm. Is sex with you good enough for me to forget about rafe? Huh? I am gonna have to mull that over.

Ej: [Chuckles] Oh, that’s not what I was hoping for.

Nicole: No? What about you? Were you able to forget all about your passionate nights with your precious samantha?

Ej: Samantha? I don’t believe I know anyone by that name.

Nicole: Oh.

Ej: Mmm.

[Tense music]

Sami: [Clears throat]

Ej: Samantha? You’re back.

Sami: Yeah. I am. And I can see just how much you missed me.

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

Maggie: Victor. Well, whatever you’re reading, why don’t you bring it up to bed?

Victor: I wasn’t reading.

Maggie: Oh, it’s philip’s old high school yearbook. Oh, look at him. He’s a baby.

Victor: You haven’t seen him, have you?

Maggie: No. Are you worried about him?

Victor: Chloe called. Can’t find him anywhere. She wanted to know if I’ve seen him.

Maggie: What did you say?

Victor: That philip was dead to me.

Shawn: The blood on the knife is a match for philip’s, but the divers haven’t found anything in the river.

Melinda: Philip’s blood is on the knife. Philip’s missing. Brady black was found in the same spot that philip was last seen alive covered in blood which matched philip’S. That’s enough for me. Go make the arrest.

Shawn: What? Without a body? What am I gonna charge him with?

Belle: Yeah. I’d like to know the answer to that too.

Melinda: Are you here as an attorney?

Belle: Yes. I am. And I was just telling my husband that your entire case against my client is completely circumstantial.

Shawn: Wait a minute. Brady’s your client? Since when?

Belle: Since she walked into the room.

Rafe: Mmm. Thanks. That hit the spot.

Ava: [Laughs] Good. I’m glad. And you are welcome. Hey, you know what? I was thinking maybe tomorrow we could go shopping for a christmas tree. You know, I think we could use a dose of the holiday spirit around here.

Rafe: Yes.

Ava: Yeah?

Rafe: Yes, we sure could. Lord knows we’ve got the live-in grinch.

Ava: Oh, god. I promise. I promise you I will try and ignore her.

Rafe: Promise?

Ava: Yes. So tomorrow works?

Rafe: Yes. Yeah, that’s good. Real good. What about you, hmm?

Ava: What about me?

Rafe: Have you thought about what you want for christmas.

Ava: Nope. Because I have everything that I want.

Rafe: Aw.

Chloe: Brady, where are you going?

Brady: Going down to the river, ’cause I want to help him find philip.

Chloe: Really? In a hospital gown? It’s a bit drafty. Don’t you think?

Brady: It’s better than lying around in a hospital bed waiting for shawn to build a case against me. For something I didn’t do.

Chloe: I’m not accusing you of anything.

Brady: [Sighs] I can see it in your face. You might as well just admit it. You think that either philip is badly hurt or dead. And you think that I did it.

Sami: Don’t bother. I’ve seen it all before. Like anyone who rented a misty circle porn in the ’90s.

Nicole: I see you haven’t lost that nimble wit of yours.

Sami: And I see you’re still the same skank playing musical beds.

Ej: Samantha, you’re going to have to leave. Nicole and I were in the middle of something, weren’t we?

Sami: Don’t touch her again, ej. It’s my 4:05 the-show-must-go-on

Kate: So sami didn’t leave town on her own?

Lucas: Nope. No. She was kidnapped. And she’s been locked in a room for this whole time.

Kate: And you rescued her? But how the hell did that happen?

Lucas: It wasn’t easy, but I was with allie when sami managed to call her. And I–I just helped sami figure out where she was, and then I went and got her.

Kate: This is unreal. I mean, even for sami, you know? So roman knows?

Lucas: No, I doubt it. I doubt it. Sami made it a point that she didn’t want to get any family involved. She didn’t want to notify anybody.

Kate: What? What’s more important than your father knowing that you were kidnapped?

Lucas: To sami you mean? Oh, I got two words for you. Ej dimera.

Kate: [Sighs]

Nicole: You know what, ej? I think I’m gonna go. It seems you two have a lot to talk about.

Ej: No, you mustn’t go.

Sami: Oh, yes, she must. Get out of here.

Nicole: Don’t mind if I do.

Sami: Best idea you’ve had all year.

Ej: You’re not going anywhere. Samantha will be the one leaving. Now.

Sami: I’m not going anywhere until I’ve had my say.

Nicole: Well, and I’d rather not be here for that. So thank you.

Ej: Why should I listen to what you have to say?

Sami: Because I am your wife.

Ej: Oh, right. Of course. My loving, faithful, loyal wife who while I was fighting to regain my health was cheating on me with her ex-husband.

Sami: You’re in bed with your ex-wife.

Ej: Which is the perfect example of divine justice.

Sami: [Scoffs]

Ej: Don’t you agree?

Sami: [Scoffs]

Maggie: Why do you say things like that, victor, when you know you don’t mean it?

Victor: I mean every word of it. My son is a colossal screw-up.

Maggie: Well, I don’t approve of everything that philip does, but he still–

Victor: Who else would get involved with the likes of ava vitali not once but twice? Why, he’s gonna go ahead and cost me everything I’ve worked my entire life to build.

Maggie: I know you’re disappointed in him.

Victor: That’s an understatement.

Maggie: But when I found you looking at his school picture, you looked so sad.

Victor: I was remembering the high hopes that I had for him.

Maggie: Of course you were. And you were also thinking about how much you love and miss him. He has a permanent place in your heart, victor. And he always will. Just like bo and isabella.

Victor: Don’t use philip’s name in the same breath as my other children. You know, I often wondered why god took them from me so soon and left me with the one son who’s done nothing but bring shame to the kiriakis name.

Belle: I am not gonna let you railroad brady just because you’re hungry for another headline.

Melinda: You know what? Detective brady, I’m starting to wonder if you’re too close to this case for comfort.

Shawn: Okay, what’s that supposed to mean?

Melinda: Victor kiriakis is your grandfather. That makes philip your uncle. Brady black is your brother-in-law. And now your lovely wife is saying that she’s representing your number one suspect. Do you hear what I’m saying?

Shawn: Yeah, that I can’t be unbiased.

Belle: Mm-hmm. Wow, you’ve got a lot of nerve coming in here and questioning my husband’s integrity.

Melinda: Ooh, I was not talking to you, counselor.

Shawn: Look, I can assure you, madame district attorney, that I’m perfectly capable of separating my family loyalties from my work.

Melinda: Good. Then do your job. Find out what happened to philip kiriakis and arrest the person who did it.

Brady: Stop, stop. You don’t have to do it.

Chloe: Why? Your pillow’s all messed up and your blank–

Brady: I can do it. I can do it. I can do it myself.

Chloe: Oh, all right.

Brady: [Groans]

Chloe: Come on. Come on. Lay back.

Brady: Thank you.

Chloe: You’re welcome. I’m glad you’re kind of listening to some reason.

Brady: I’m not listening to reason, chloe. I just have a bump on the back of my head. It’s beating like a bass drum.

Chloe: Yeah, well, kayla thinks that you might have hit your head on a rock when you passed out.

Brady: That must have been some rock.

Chloe: What were you thinking wanting to go down to the river? What would that look like? There’s cops crawling all over the place.

Brady: What would they think that I couldn’t resist going back to the scene of the crime? Is that it?

Chloe: Brady–

Brady: Chloe, I’m–I’m gonna ask you one more time. I keep asking you this over and over again. I need to know the answer. Do you think I made philip disappear? Yes or no?

Chloe: I–I–don’t–

Brady: Yes or no?

Chloe: I don’t know what to think. I mean, you–you were drunk.

Brady: No, no.

Chloe: And you sent those text messages.

Brady: I wasn’t drunk. And I didn’t send messages. If I would have had a drink, I would have remembered it.

Chloe: Are you sure?

Brady: Chlo, I’ve been clean and sober for a long time now. Please believe me. I swear I didn’t do this.

[Monitor beeping] Like pulsing, electric shocks,

Brady: I don’t care if everyone in this town thinks that I’m the reason philip disappeared. I just need to know that you still believe in me. That’s important to me.

Chloe: Well, I–I see the sincerity in your eyes, and I hear it in your voice.

Brady: Okay. That’s–that’s something.

Chloe: The brady black I know would never hurt philip or anyone else.

Brady: I’m still that guy.

Chloe: When you’re sober, absolutely, but I’ve seen what it looks like when you fall off the wagon.

Brady: Chloe, I told you, I didn’t touch a drop. I didn’t touch a drop of anything.

Chloe: Then how did all that alcohol end up in your system?

Brady: I don’t know. I don’t–I don’t know. Someone poured it down my throat, chloe. I don’t know how it got there.

Chloe: Poured it down your throat? Brady, I was married to you. I remember what that looked like. The–the mood swings, the–the blackouts, the rage.

Brady: Hey, I never–I never laid a hand on you. You know that. I never did.

Chloe: I–I know that.

Brady: You know that.

Chloe: I know that, but there were times I was really afraid that you would. You don’t know what it looks like when you’re out of control, when you’re loaded.

Belle: How do you stand working with melinda trask every day? I swear, she is such a bitch.

Shawn: Uh, uh, uh. Do you remember when claire called those mean girls in her class bitches? Who was the one said that no woman should ever call another woman the b-word?

Belle: Okay. So I’m a bad feminist. Sue me.

Shawn: Are you kidding me? And face belle brady in court. No way.

Belle: Smart guy.

Shawn: Yeah. Well, and speaking of court, I really wish you would have told me that you were representing brady before you told trask.

Belle: Come on. He’s my brother. And she was drooling at the idea of arresting him.

Shawn: I know. But you do see how bad things look for him. I mean, philip is missing, the blood on the knife belongs to philip.

Belle: Okay. You know what? You’re starting to sound a little like trask.

Shawn: But I’m not drooling, honey. All right? I just can’t turn a blind eye to the facts. All right, look, if something bad happened to philip, it’s–

Belle: We don’t know that it did.

Shawn: I know. And that’s why we are doing a full grid search of the surrounding area.

Belle: Right. Well, then I need to get to the hospital and let brady know that he has an attorney whether he wants one or not. Are you gonna stay here or go out on the search?

Shawn: Neither one. I, uh, have to go tell my grandfather that his son is missing.

Lucas: I couldn’t believe it. We were in salem not for five seconds, and she couldn’t wait to get back to the dimera house. She couldn’t wait to see that bum.

Kate: Well, I take that she’s looking for a reconciliation.

Lucas: Yeah, I guess so. Something like that.

Kate: Yeah, well, with a man like ej, that’s not going to be easy.

Lucas: That’s what I told her. But she thinks the fact that she got kidnapped is gonna make up for the fact that we slept together.

Kate: Mm. Well, yeah, maybe. Maybe that could happen. But is sami going to be able to forget about what’s happening between nicole and ej?

Lucas: What?

Kate: Oh. You didn’t know?

Sami: So you basically admitted it. He’s only sleeping with you to hurt me.

Ej: She’ll say anything when she’s in fire-breathing mode. You know that, right?

Nicole: Yeah. I do. I know that. God, sami, you have not changed. You’ve been away for a few months now, and you come back here still thinking the world revolves around you. Ej and I are both available and consenting adults. And we made an adult decision to start seeing each other again. And it had nothing to do with you.

Sami: You’re available because my brother finally wised up and decided to dump you. He’s not available. He’s my husband, you bitch.

Nicole: [Groans]

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Lucas: Wait a minute. There’s something going on between nicole and ej?

Kate: Oh, my god. You really have been out of the action, haven’t you?

Lucas: How serious is it? How serious is it between elvis and priscilla?

Kate: Well, I didn’t say it was serious.

Lucas: Just tell me what you know. Please.

Kate: Okay. Okay. I ran into ej’s assistant the other day, and I got her talking. And she let it slip that ej and nicole have been having dinner on a regular basis.

Lucas: No. I cannot believe that. That’s amazing. Ej and nicole. Sami’s gonna lose it. She’s gonna go ballistic. And I absolutely love it.

Nicole: What is this? “Dynasty”?

Ej: Get out, samantha. Or I’ll have you shown off the property.

Sami: Yeah. Actually it is. Let’s take this outside. I think krystal should have a final say with alexis.

Ej: I’m calling security.

Sami: Oh, stop it.

Nicole: Wait. Hang on. Hang on a second. Sami, you do realize this whole situation is your fault. Ej is healthy. You were living here with him. But you couldn’t help yourself, could you? You had to destroy my marriage too.

Sami: What was I supposed to do? Not tell my own brother that you were slutting around with xander cook?

Nicole: If you just minded your own business, I would still be with eric.

Sami: Yeah. Couldn’t do that. Couldn’t let him live a lie.

Nicole: You would still be the mistress of this manor. But no, you couldn’t keep your big mouth shut.

Sami: None of that has anything to do with the fact that you are sleeping with another woman’s husband.

Ej: The only reason I have the misfortune of still being your husband is because you vanished before I could serve you divorce papers.

Sami: You–you filed divorce papers?

Ej: After you cheated on me with that sniveling beta male lucas? Yes. Of course I did. I told you before you skipped town that our marriage was over. But you refused to accept it.

Sami: I didn’t skip town, you pompous ass. I was kidnapped.

Nicole: [Scoffs]

Rafe: So since we’re gonna be christmas tree shopping tomorrow.

Ava: Mm-hmm. I bet I know what’s in that box.

Rafe: Come and see. Come on.

Ava: It’s christmas ornaments, right?

Rafe: Yes.

Ava: Yeah.

Rafe: Most of them old. See, mommy, she insisted on handing down the christmas tree ornaments to me and gabi.

Ava: Wow. They look amazing.

Rafe: Yes. And like I said, they are old.

Ava: [Laughs] That’s really pretty.

Rafe: Yeah, well, we weren’t trying to be cool. It’s just we didn’t have money, and, well, my mom liked it that kids made them too, you know? Wow.

Ava: Oh, look at that. That one’s fun.

Rafe: Oh, yeah. I think gabi made that one actually.

Ava: Oh.

Rafe: Yep.

Ava: Great. Okay, well, show me one that, um, that little rafael made.

Rafe: Well, okay. Let’s–oh, oh. Yeah. There we go. Huh?

Ava: Did you draw that little boy?

Rafe: Yes. It’s a self-portrait actually.

Ava: Oh, yeah, yeah. Oh, you’re a very talented artist. I can see the resemblance actually.

Rafe: Thank you. Thank you.

Ava: Mm-hmm.

Rafe: An ornament of myself for the tree, a little egotistical though, huh?

Ava: Most kids are.

Rafe: Yeah. Well, there’s lots of them as you can see.

Ava: It’s fine.

Rafe: But, you know, if you have some, that’d be great too.

Ava: Um, I don’T. I mean, of course, we could afford them in my family. But sometimes they just weren’t exactly in the christmas spirit.

Rafe: Well, that’s too bad.

Ava: Yeah. But I am in the christmas spirit this year.

Rafe: Oh, yeah.

Ava: Yes. What about you?

Rafe: Oh, yes.

Ava: Yeah?

Rafe: Definitely.

Ava: Hey, you know, I wonder if it could have anything to do with us being together.

Rafe: I think it has a lot to do with that.

Ava: Yeah?

Rafe: Yeah. Merry christmas.

Maggie: Victor? Shawn is here. He needs to talk to you.

Victor: Well, I’m always glad to see shawn. But given the late hour and the fact that your wife doesn’t seem to be with you, I take it this is not a social call.

Shawn: No. No, it’s not.

Victor: All right. Give it to me straight. Who is it?

Shawn: Uh, it’s philip.

Victor: What’s he done now?

Shawn: No, it’s not–it’s not that. Look, philip’s missing, grandfather. And with the evidence that we have, we have a reason to believe that he’s a victim of foul play.

Victor: Don’t give me “foul play.” You must suspect somebody. Who?

Shawn: Given the evidence that we have right now, our main suspect is brady.

[Monitor beeping]

Brady: Well, I guess I finally understand why you chose philip over me. After all these years, you still don’t trust me, do you?

Chloe: It’s not that. It’S… I guess it’s just what I saw, what I saw last night, it just–it brought back a lot of bad memories.

Brady: Hmm. I’m sorry about that. You know, you can go. You can go home if you want. You don’t need to stay here with me.

Chloe: Stop. Just stop. Look, it doesn’t matter what I think. I’m not a cop or a lawyer or anyone investigating this. So just stop it. Don’t get all worked up until we know more.

Brady: Don’t you understand it is always gonna matter to me what you think?

Belle: Oh, sorry. I should have knocked.

Brady: No, no, no, belle. It’s okay. Come on in; chloe was just–she was just telling me that she’s still not sure as to whether I did something to philip or not, so… how about you, sis? You think your big brother has it in him to kill someone? Is struggling to manage your type 2 diabetes

Belle: Listen, no one knows if a murder’s even been committed.

Brady: Oh, well, thanks for the glowing vote of confidence there.

Belle: Okay, well, don’t can’t take that attitude if the police come and question you.

Brady: That’s gonna happen?

Belle: I just came from the police station. And yeah, the da tried to talk shawn into arresting you.

Brady: Oh, come on. You can’t be serious.

Belle: I’m completely serious. But I told her I was your lawyer, and I pointed out all the weaknesses in her case and she backed off.

Brady: She backed off? This is insane. This can’t be happening, belle. This is–

Belle: You need to take this completely seriously, okay? The circumstantial evidence against you is accumulating.

Chloe: What do you mean? What evidence?

Belle: You know what, chloe? I’m here as brady’s lawyer. So I’m sorry, I have to ask you to leave.

Brady: No, no, no. No, chloe. You can’t kick her out of my room, okay? Whatever you have to say, I’m fine with her hearing.

Belle: The da could call chloe as a witness.

Brady: If it goes to trial. It won’T. Because I’m innocent.

Belle: Shawn got the results of the comparison between philip’s blood and the blood found on the knife. It’s a match.

Chloe: Oh, my god. Philip?

Victor: So the official police position is that my son was attacked by my grandson?

Shawn: It’s not official.

Victor: Well, then tell me what you know for sure.

Shawn: Well, chloe was the last person to see philip. They were down at the riverbank together. And they have reason to believe that brady had been there.

Victor: What reason?

Shawn: Well, they found his watch on the ground. So chloe left philip to go and find brady. And she didn’t have any luck. And when she returned at the riverbank, philip was gone, and brady was lying on the ground covered in blood. But it wasn’t his blood. And there was a knife that was next to him that had blood on it as well, but it wasn’t brady’s blood. Our labs ended up testing it, and it’s a positive match for philip’S.

Maggie: Oh. I can’t believe what I’m hearing.

Victor: I knew this was going to happen. I just knew it.

Maggie: Oh, victor, you’ve got to keep a cool head for philip’s sake and brady’S.

Shawn: Wait, hold on. What do you mean that you knew this was gonna happen?

Victor: Chloe lane was in the center of this whole thing. I knew that damn tramp would be the death of one of those boys.

Ej: Kidnapped?

Sami: Yes.

Nicole: Please, tell me you are not buying this.

Sami: It’s the truth. I went to rafe’s house to see gabi. I was gonna ask if I could stay in the mansion. But before I could even knock on the door, someone snuck up behind me and attacked me.

Ej: Hmm. And why should I believe you, samantha? Because you’re so forthright and honest? Because you would never think of spinning a far out story to get yourself out of trouble?

Sami: Trouble?

Nicole: Or maybe she was soaking up the sun at some five-star hotel.

Ej: Hmm. On my money.

Sami: Do I look like I have a tan? I don’t believe this. I’m your wife and the mother of your children. And somebody took a rag soaked with chloroform and dragged me off, held me prisoner for three months. And this is how you react?

Ej: I’m afraid so, pet. If you want a more horrified reaction to your tale of woe, I suggest telling lucas horton.

Sami: I did. That’s how I’m even standing here right now.

Ej: What?

Sami: Lucas is the one who rescued me.

Kate: You are alarmingly happy over this whole thing. Please don’t tell me that you have your hopes up for getting back with sami, please.

Lucas: Of all the women in the world, ej has to pick nicole to rebound with? Come on. Sami despises her more than anything. This could really do it, mom. This could really break the spell he has on her.

Kate: Yeah. Okay. And sami could also dig in her heels and fight.

Lucas: Anybody ever tell you you’re a big downer? You know that, right?

Kate: Yeah. Yes. You. Repeatedly. You know, lucas, I–I just don’t want to see you get your hopes up again. I really don’T.

[Phone rings] Victor. I wonder what he wants. Hey, hi. Why are you calling me this time of night? Is everything all right?

Victor: No, I’m afraid it isn’T. Can you come to the house?

Kate: When?

Victor: Now. It’s about our son.

Belle: From now on, brady, you have to be very careful about what you say and do.

Chloe: I had to keep him from leaving here and going to the river.

Belle: Are you out of your mind?

Brady: No. I’m gonna do whatever I have to do to clear my name. Chloe–chloe–chloe has doubts about what I did last night, and I’ve known her forever. So what do you think the cops think? What do you think this whole damn town thinks what happened?

Belle: It doesn’t matter. Forget all of that. Your only job right now is to try to piece together what happened after you left the pub.

Brady: Belle, I’m trying. I can’T. There’s nothing there. It’s blank. I’d call marlena to hypnotize me, but she’s a little busy with her problems right now.

Belle: That is not funny.

Brady: No, it’s not funny. What if they find philip at the bottom of the river? Everybody’s gonna think that I put him there.

Victor: Kate’s on her way over.

Maggie: Dear god. How do we break this to her? It’s–it’s every mother’s nightmare.

Shawn: Look, there’s still hope that philip is out there and he’s alive and well.

Victor: Well, if you believed that, you wouldn’t be dragging the damn river. You think philip’s dead, don’t you?

[Phone rings]

Shawn: Detective brady. Okay. All right. I’m on my way.

Victor: That about philip?

Shawn: The divers have found something.

Maggie: [Sighs]

[“Away in a manger” instrumental playing]

Lucas: Did victor give you any clue about what’s going on?

Kate: No. He just wants me come over right away. And somehow I don’t think it’s because philip’s getting a citizen of the year award, you know?

Lucas: You want me to go with you? Give you a little backup?

Kate: No. Thanks, honey. I think you’ve been through enough today already. You could stay here, though, until roman gets back. You know, it’s his bowling night.

Lucas: I will. No problem. I got it.

Kate: Okay. Thank you. Hey, I’ll let you know– let you know how it goes.

Lucas: Okay. Hey, mom. I’m sure philip is fine.

Kate: Yeah. No. I am–I’m sure he’s fine too. See you later.

Ej: You were being held prisoner and you called lucas?

Sami: No. I called allie. And lucas happened to be standing there. And he helped me figure out where I was, and he came and rescued me.

Nicole: How chivalrous of him.

Sami: Shut your mouth or i will shut it for you.

Ej: You never called me to say you were kidnapped.

Sami: I did call you, ej. Of course I called you. But your phone was dead. Maybe too much sexting with nicole.

Ej: All right. Fine. Let’s just say you were kidnapped. Why was there no ransom demand? Who would want the aggravation of holding you captive against your will unless there was money to be made?

Sami: We’re looking at her.

Nicole: What? You think I had you kidnapped?

Sami: Well, you got me out of the way so you could have your chance with ej.

Nicole: Oh. Okay. You know what? I have had enough. Why don’t you call me if and when you get this nutjob out of your life. Okay?

Ej: You only have one shoe on.

Nicole: Yeah. I’ll hop to the car if I have to.

Sami: Oh, no. You are not going anywhere until I’m through with you.

Nicole: Oh, sami. You know what? I wasn’t gonna stoop to your level. But then I thought, “why not?”

Ej: Tt’s enough. That’s enough. Samantha, you are not wanted here. This is no longer your house.

Sami: I was kidnapped. And you’re not letting me stay?

Ej: I will throw you out myself if I have to.

Sami: This isn’t over. Not by a long shot. Why give your family just ordinary eggs

Ava: So did you mean what you said before?

Rafe: Uh, what did I say?

Ava: Well, about you being in the christmas spirit. Cheers. Because we’re together this year.

Rafe: Why would you doubt that I meant that?

Ava: You know, I’m just–guess I’m feeling insecure, feeling that I’m not worthy of somebody as wonderful as you.

Rafe: Hey. Don’t you say that.

Ava: But you know how it goes, right? The more you care about someone the harder it is to be cool, and then you’re even more needy, and then you just want the reassurance that the other person feels the same way. Idiot.

Rafe: Okay. Hold on. I think I may know a way to reassure you.

Ava: Oh, yeah?

Rafe: Yeah.

Ava: Mm? Mmm. Hmm.

Rafe: Mm?

Ava: Yeah. That actually might be working.

Rafe: Okay.

Ava: But I think maybe you could try just a little harder.

Rafe: Well, that’s definitely worth a try.

Ava: Mm.

Ava: Mmm.

Nicole: Where’s my other shoe?

Ej: Nicole.

Nicole: Oh.

Ej: Allow me.

Nicole: Thanks. I’d say I feel like cinderella. But she didn’t have to bitch slap prince charming’s ex-wife to get her to leave when she found me and the prince in bed.

Ej: Did that upset you?

Nicole: [Scoffs] Well, it wasn’t my finest moment.

Ej: You know, you don’t have to leave.

Nicole: Yes, I do. It was fun while it lasted, ej, but–

Ej: But what? Samantha being back changes nothing.

Nicole: It changes everything, and you know it.

Ej: Not where you and i are concerned.

Nicole: But what if–what if sami was telling the truth and she was kidnapped?

Ej: Then for the sake of our children, I’m glad lucas brought her back safely. And as far as you and i are concerned, samantha is still in my past. And you are my future.

Sami: Daddy? Oh, daddy, I could use a cup of chowder and someone to talk to.

Lucas: Oh. Will I do?

Maggie: Would you, um, like anything, kate? A cup of tea?

Kate: Uh, no.

Victor: A drink?

Kate: A drink? No, thank you. Look, I’m here. So why don’t you just tell me what the emergency is?

Victor: I think you should sit down.

Kate: I–no, I don’t want to sit down. People only ask you to sit down when there’s bad news, victor. So just tell me. Was philip arrested?

Victor: No, it’s nothing like that. He’s missing, kate. And the police suspect foul play. They think someone may have hurt our boy…or worse.

[Monitor beeping]

Belle: The best thing that you can do right now is just stay here in the hospital and get better. Okay? We’ll leave the investigating to the police. And I’ll start putting your defense together.

Brady: Thank you. Thank you for getting here so quickly. Thank you for everything. I owe you.

Belle: Oh, yeah, you do. Just wait until you get my bill.

Chloe: [Laughs]

Brady: [Mumbles].

[Phone beeps]

Belle: Oh, um… shawn said the divers found something in the river.

Chloe: Oh, my god. Philip?

Melinda: What do you have for me?

Shawn: You’re about to find out.

Melinda: Good god, what is that?

Shawn: It’s a prosthetic leg. The only person I know that needs one of those is philip kiriakis.

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Belle: Hey, I got your message. Is there news about my mom?

Shawn: No, I wish there was.

Belle: Oh, well, then what’s so urgent?

Shawn: It’s brady.

[Monitor beeping]

Brady: Oh, god.

Chloe: How are you feeling?

Brady: Ooh. Um, I have a headache. I’m really achy. If I didn’t know better, I’d think I had a hangover or something. Why am I–why am i in the hospital?

Chloe: I was hoping you could tell me.

[Dramatic music]

Ava: You still haven’t seen my text. Where are you, rafe?

Gabi: Aw. Lose your boyfriend? Please say it’s for good.

Ej: Well, well, well. What have we here? What are you two doing out in the cold?

Nicole: We just ran into each other.

Ej: Mm. You were invited. You were not.

Rafe: I invited myself.

Ej: Ah.

Rafe: Official police business.

Ej: Regarding?

Rafe: Your sister. I’m sure you’ve heard that she managed to escape custody again. And seeing as though you’re such a tight-knit clan, I figured it’d be a good idea to interview the whole family.

Ej: Chad’s not available.

Rafe: I’ve already spoken with chad. He says he doesn’t have any idea how kristen managed to pull this off. What about you? Any ideas?

Ava: I have no idea what you’re talking about.

Ej: Oh, I think you do, ’cause you helped my sister escape.

Ava: How do you know what’s going on with kristen? I read you refused to represent her to protect your image.

Ej: While I’m in no position to help kristen publicly, I have been watching her very closely. I’ve made it a point to have eyes and ears everywhere.

Ava: Really?

Ej: Mm. I know you used your “family connections” to intimidate the guards who were escorting her to statesville. You scared them into letting her go.

Rafe: I asked you a question.

Allie: Oh, my god, I thought you’d just gone somewhere to get over everything that happened with ej. I never would’ve thought you’d been kidnapped.

Sami: I heard you thought I had sent you a text saying I needed time away?

Allie: Yeah, I should have known you wouldn’t go that long without calling.

Sami: Did you miss me messing up your life?

Allie: I feel so bad. I mean, we should have been looking for you. You were probably so scared.

Sami: I was very scared. And then I realized they weren’t gonna kill me. And then I just got mad.

Allie: Thank god they didn’t hurt you.

Sami: I’m so glad to be home. Oh, allie, I love you so much.

[Tender music]

Male announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “days of our lives.”

[Soft orchestration]

[Tense music]

Gabi: You know, I’d say grab a spoon, but I really don’t feel like sharing.

Ava: Oh, it must take a lot of energy to be such a bitch all the time.

Gabi: I just figure if I keep it up, you’ll get the hint and get out of here.

Ava: Oh, I’m not going anywhere, even after that number you pulled on me with rafe. He knows you’re a liar, so I’d watch my mouth if I were you.

Gabi: See, I’m not worried. It’s only a matter of time before you screw things up. You’ll get tired of playing the little hausfrau and cook up some other scheme, tell a bunch of lies, maybe have another dead guy on the floor. You know, rafe’s sweet, but he’s not stupid. One of these days, he’s gonna dump you. He’s gonna dump you for good.

Ava: [Scoffs]

Ej: I assure you, I had nothing to do with my sister’s vanishing.

Rafe: Hmm, well, she couldn’t have pulled off a trick like that by herself.

Ej: Didn’t come from me.

Rafe: Really?

Ej: Mm.

Rafe: ‘Cause you seem to be kristen’s nearest and dearest.

Ej: For the sake of my company, I’ve had to keep my distance.

Rafe: Really? Yeah, wouldn’t want to tarnish that noble dimera name.

Ej: Well, I’m sorry to disappoint you, but my hands are clean.

Rafe: Mm.

Ej: And even if she did have a coconspirator, she must have enlisted some other poor old soul.

Rafe: Any idea who?

Ej: Isn’t it your job to figure that out? In fact, that’s what you probably should do. I wouldn’t want to keep a beautiful woman waiting.

Rafe: Hmm. You two have a great night.

Ej: Mm.

Tripp: All right, yeah, blood pressure’s a little high, but that’s understandable. But after what you’ve been through, I’d say you’re in pretty good shape.

Sami: Look who sounds like a doctor.

Tripp: Yeah, it’s all talk right now. I still have a long way to go.

Allie: He does not. He is almost through with medical school.

Sami: Oh, wow. Good for you. See, told you I was gonna be fine.

Lucas: Yeah, well, what she’s not telling you is, the guy who was guarding her pushed her down, and she fell pretty hard.

Tripp: Did you hit your head?

Sami: No.

Lucas: Yes, you did.

Tripp: Did you lose consciousness?

Sami: No. Right?

Lucas: Yeah.

Tripp: Okay, well, I definitely suggest that you see a real doctor to let them check you out.

Lucas: She will. I’ll make sure she sees a real doctor. You’re gonna take it easy. You’re gonna be careful.

Sami: Okay. All right, lucas. Seriously, thank you so much for rescuing me. Your dad is a real hero.

Allie: Oh, I believe it. What bothers me is that we don’t know who the villain is.

Sami: Believe me, I want to know who it is too. Doesn’t your family deserve the best?

Chloe: So what’s the last thing that you remember?

Brady: [Sighs] Running–running into you at the pub. I was–I was getting takeout for dad. Is he okay? Is he all right?

Chloe: No, he’s fine. That’s really all you remember?

Brady: [Sighs] Everything–it’s all– everything’s a blank.

Chloe: So you don’t know why you went down to the river?

Brady: I went down to the river?

Chloe: Yeah.

Brady: How do you know that?

Chloe: Because I found you lying there on the ground.

Brady: Is that how I got in here? What the hell happened? Chloe, what, did I fall? Did I hit my head? My head feels like– what happened?

Chloe: I don’t know, but… you were passed out. And when you came to, you were– you were drunk, brady. Really drunk.

[Dramatic music]

Belle: I just can’t believe this. Brady hasn’t had a slip in ages.

Shawn: His blood alcohol was three times the legal limit.

Belle: So where is he now?

Shawn: He’s at the hospital, flushing his system out.

Belle: I just don’t understand this at all.

Shawn: Well, your dad wasn’t eating very much, so brady went to the pub to get him something that he thought he’d like better than the hospital food. And I don’t know, I guess, you know, the temptation was just a little too strong.

Belle: No, my family does not need this right now.

Shawn: I know. I know. I’m sorry. That’s–that’s not everything. Chloe’s the one that found him. He was passed out by the river’s edge, and he was covered in blood.

Belle: What? Why didn’t you tell me he was hurt?

Shawn: It wasn’t his blood.

Belle: Then whose was it?

Shawn: The blood type matches philip’S.

Ej: Dinner is in half an hour. Harold told me that chad and abigail have requested dinner in their suite, so it’s dinner for two. That is unless, of course, you’d like to invite rafe to join us.

Nicole: What does that mean?

Ej: Oh, I could see I was interrupting something close between the two of you. If you would like to finish what you started–

Nicole: Come on. That was all in your mind. We were talking about kristen.

[Sighs] Okay, fine.

Ej: Mm.

Nicole: We were having a moment.

Ej: Should I have stayed back? Not made my presence known?

Nicole: That would be you, wouldn’t it?

Ej: [Chuckles]

Nicole: Look, I know that I have to forget about rafe. I told you that.

Ej: Doesn’t seem like he wants that to happen.

Nicole: Of course he does.

Ej: Then why is he always sniffing around?

Nicole: That’s not what he’s doing. He’s– look, rafe agrees that we need to move on. It’s just a lot harder than we thought it would be.

Ej: Mm. Well, perhaps rafe could put in a little bit more effort.

Nicole: Oh, like you’re an expert in turning off your feelings toward someone? You think I haven’t noticed that you’re still pining for sami?

Ej: [Chuckles] We’ve been over this, nicole.

Nicole: Okay. So that night that you thought she called, I could have done the dance of seven veils and you still would’ve never noticed me.

Ej: That is sheer nonsense.

Nicole: Is it?

Ej: Mm-hmm.

Nicole: You can deny it all you want, but it takes one to know one. I might not be over rafe, but you are definitely not over samantha gene brady.

Sami: I mean, the whole time I was there, I never figured out who was in charge. I only saw these two humans, jason and pete, and believe me, they were not the ones calling the shots.

Lucas: Yeah, I tried to get that guy jason to give me the name of his boss, but he wasn’t talking. And then he escaped. I mean, I’ll bet you peter and jason weren’t even their real names.

Sami: Right.

Allie: So you still have no idea what they wanted from you?

Sami: Not a clue. First, I thought it was something to do with money maybe, but jason made it clear that that was not the issue.

Tripp: Okay, so his boss is rich.

Sami: Maybe. But I do think there is another motive.

Allie: Like what?

Sami: Revenge.

Lucas: Well, you do have your share of enemies, don’t you?

Sami: One person in particular leaps to mind.

Lucas: Who are you thinking of, sami?

Sami: I know who did this to me.

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Brady: I don’t–I don’t– I don’t even remember thinking about picking up a drink, let alone doing it. I don’T.

Chloe: Well, then how did you get so wasted? Because you were. They drew your blood and it explains why you can’t remember anything.

Brady: You know how long I’ve been sober. How long I’ve been sober. Why would I screw that up, huh? Why would I do that?

Chloe: I don’t know. Okay, so the last thing you remember was seeing me in front of the pub. You went to go get john some food. But he told me that you never came back here with it.

Brady: All right. Hey, all right, let’s say I–let’s say I had some drinks. Let’s say I got drunk, which I didn’T. How did I get down to the river if I was so blackout drunk, huh? Answer me that.

Chloe: I don’t know.

Brady: And why would i go there?

Chloe: I don’t– philip and I went to the river to go check on the tree that we’d planted together. And when we got there, we saw that somebody had ripped the tree out of the ground, and your watch was lying there next to it. And there was no sign of you.

Brady: Okay.

Chloe: So I went looking for you. I left philip there. I came back here, and that’s when your dad told me that you never came back here with any food. So I went–I went back to the river and that’s when I found you lying unconscious there on the ground.

Brady: No.

Chloe: And philip was gone, and there was a knife lying next to you.

Brady: The knife– where did I get a knife?

Chloe: I don’t–

Brady: I have a knife?

Chloe: I don’t know. But all I know is that that knife and you we both covered in blood and it was the same blood type as philip’S.

Brady: What? What?

Chloe: Yeah. It’s true, brady.

Brady: What does–what does philip have to say about all of this?

Chloe: Nothing, because he’s still missing.

[Suspenseful music]

Brady: You think that I did something to him, don’t you?

Belle: So you’re saying that brady got loaded and went after philip with a knife. Why would he do that?

Shawn: I don’t know. I haven’t gotten a statement from him yet. But chloe confirmed what you said about brady being jealous of philip.

Belle: Well, did you get a statement from philip?

Shawn: No, we haven’t been able to track him down. Nobody can find him.

Belle: Oh, my god.

Shawn: And there’s a trail of blood, all right, the same blood that they found all over brady, that leads down to the river’s edge.

Belle: So you’re saying it looks like philip got knifed and then staggered down there and– oh, my god. Well, philip just has to be okay. He has to be.

Ava: I don’t think you get how deep rafe’s feelings are for me. I did screw up. Yeah. I did go behind his back and scheme with philip to steal your company. Guess what. He forgave me.

Gabi: Only because your plan was a dud. If you and philip had really pushed me out of gabi chic, you’d be on the street now.

Ava: And you weren’t here when rafe and I talked. He sees how you treat me, and he hates it. And he knows that’s why I did what I did. And you know what? I wouldn’t bank on me being the one who ends up on the street.

Gabi: You think you’re such an operator. But all you really are is just an ex-mafia princess who has no job, no home of her own, and only seems to be able to make some mediocre pasta.

Ava: [Laughs] Huh. You know, I’m also pretty good with one of these. So the next time you decide to shoot your mouth off, I’d remember how carmine merlino ended up on this kitchen floor.

[Tense music]

Rafe: What’s going on?

Ej: I don’t know why you persist in saying that samantha has some kind of hold over me. It’s simply not true.

Nicole: So when you thought she called you, why did you keep checking your phone every ten minutes?

Ej: Business. I was in the middle of a very important negotiation.

Nicole: [Laughs] You used to be a better liar than that.

Ej: [Chuckles] I don’t think you’re giving yourself enough credit here.

Nicole: What do you mean?

Ej: Why would I be thinking about my soon-to-be ex-wife when there is a fascinating, beautiful woman standing right in front of me?

Nicole: Mm. Oh, I have my charms. But I don’t know if anyone is charming enough to flush sami out of your system.

Ej: That’s ridiculous.

Nicole: That’s also what you say when you know I’m right. I guess marlena’s not the only one who has to exorcise a demon.

Ej: Well, then perhaps you could help me with that.

Nicole: I’m not a priest.

Ej: Oh, I have great faith in your abilities.

[Dramatic music]

Allie: All right, mom, don’t play games. Tell us who did this to you.

Lucas: Yeah, I’m interested to know the answer to that myself.

Sami: I thought you would’ve figured it out for yourself. It had to be nicole.

Lucas: What? Come on. No way. No way.

Sami: Are you kidding me? After I blew up her marriage to eric, she hates me for it.

Allie: So she hired someone to kidnap you?

Sami: Yeah. Payback.

Tripp: You guys always really talk like this?

Sami: Yeah, we do. You’ll get used to it.

Allie: I’m not saying nicole doesn’t hate you, but kidnapping?

Sami: Are you kidding me? She masterminded stealing my newborn child and giving me someone else’S.

Tripp: Did that really happen?

Sami: Yes, it did.

Allie: Okay, nicole’s different now.

Sami: Oh, please.

Tripp: I have seen her with your grandson; I mean, she seems like a good person.

Allie: Yeah, and she’s a wonderful, wonderful mother to holly. If she had you kidnapped, she could go to prison.

Lucas: That’s right. Allie’s right. Why would she risk that? Plus she already got back at you, didn’t she? I mean, she made sure that ej saw that letter that kristen wrote about you and me.

Allie: Yeah, okay? So see, your marriage is over, and so is hers, so you’re even.

Sami: Wait a second. Who said my marriage is over? I’ve got moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.

Ej: Whoo! I feel liberated from my demons already. You?

Rafe: Nicole, is something wrong?

[Dramatic music]

Nicole: Yeah, I’m fine. It must have been that martini. It hit me harder than I thought.

Ej: Dinner will fix that. Are you ready to go to the dining room?

Nicole: Actually, I have a better idea. Let’s go to your bedroom.

Ej: Are you sure?

Nicole: Yeah, I have to get rafe out of my mind. You don’t feel used, do you?

Ej: Yes, but in a good way. I will do my best to wipe rafael hernandez from your consciousness.

Nicole: Okay.

Lucas: You don’t think your marriage is over? Ej made it perfectly clear he wants nothing to do with you.

Sami: That was three months ago, and I told him that I was not giving up on us.

Lucas: He kicked you out of the house.

Sami: Oh, it’s not his house. It’s gabi’S.

Lucas: What difference does that make?

Sami: I was going to rafe’s to talk to gabi. I was gonna ask her to let me stay at the mansion. Before I could even knock on the door…

[Sighs]

[Knocking] Gabi? Is anyone home?

[Knocking]

[Muffled screaming]

[Suspenseful music]

When I came to, I was in that room that you found me in. I lost my chance to talk to ej. I lost that beautiful necklace that he gave me. But I am back now, and I’m not gonna lose my husband too.

Gabi: Oh, rafe, oh, thank god you showed up. She’s trying to stab me.

Ava: I was just giving gabi a friendly reminder about pushing my buttons.

Gabi: Oh, no, no, there was nothing friendly about that. Well, come on. Are you gonna arrest her? She was trying to kill me.

Ava: My god, she’s up to her old tricks again, rafe.

Rafe: Are you okay? Are you bleeding?

Gabi: No, but that doesn’t mean anything that–

Rafe: Can you just go?

Gabi: Go where?

Rafe: Can you just–can you just go to your room, please? Just take your ice cream and go.

Gabi: Are you serious? Are you taking her side?

Rafe: Gabi, please, I have had a long night. Please, just go. Thank you.

Gabi: Okay, fine, I’m gonna go because jake is waiting for me.

Rafe: Okay.

Gabi: You know what? Don’t come crying to me when lizzie borden here stabs you in the back.

Ava: Oh, just so you know, she used an ax. So how was your night?

Chloe: I have no idea what happened. I was really hoping that you could tell me since philip is still missing. You’re the only one who knows anything.

Brady: [Sighs] My mind’s blank. I’m assuming you tried to call philip, right?

Chloe: Yeah, and his cell phone was in your coat pocket.

Brady: [Exhales heavily] Then that means– I mean, obviously I ran into him at some point.

Chloe: Well, shawn and i looked through his phone to maybe figure out where he went, and we just saw a bunch of texts from you.

Brady: Okay. All right, what did they say?

Chloe: Where do you keep your phone?

Brady: In my pants pocket.

Chloe: Do I have permission to check your pockets?

Chloe: Chloe, yeah, go ahead.

[Dramatic music]

Chloe, I didn’t send these. I didn’t send these.

Chloe: Are you sure, or you just don’t remember?

Shawn: Here’s a printout of philip’s text messages that came from brady’s phone.

Belle: “Philip, you don’t deserve to be with chloe. If you don’t cut yourself out of her life, I’ll have no choice but to cut you out of it myself.” Brady would never say something like that.

Shawn: Even if he was really drunk?

Belle: Okay. Maybe he’s in love with chloe, but he would never hurt philip. Come on.

[Phone rings]

Shawn: Yeah. Brady. Okay. Thank you. Well, forensics found one set of prints on that knife. It’s brady’S.

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Brady: Let me get–let me get this straight. You think that I got so drunk, so damn drunk that I couldn’t remember a damn thing. Somehow I found a knife, and then I went down to the river. And then I went over to that tree of yours and I ripped it up out of the ground. And then I sent some threatening texts to philip. Is that what you’re saying?

Chloe: That’s what it looks like.

Brady: Does it make any sense, chloe? Chloe, I’ve–listen, you’ve never been as drunk as you say that I was. But I have. Let me tell you something. You can’t even remember your name. You can’t even say your name, let alone send threatening texts to somebody and then make good on the threat.

Chloe: No, shawn thinks that maybe you went to the river to find philip and me.

Brady: Did shawn happen to mention how I would know that you would be down at the river? ‘Cause the last thing you told me was that you were going back to the kiriakis mansion to have dinner with philip.

Chloe: I don’t know. I don’t know how to explain any of this. But you were there, and there was a knife with you.

Brady: It was not–it was lying next to me, right? It was lying next to me.

Chloe: It gets worse. Shawn said that they found a trail of blood, the same blood type that you were covered in, that led down to the river. And he’s now got men dragging the river for a body.

Brady: He thinks–he thinks philip is–philip is dead?

[Dramatic music]

Belle: I get how bad this looks, but I mean, come on, there has to be some other explanation. There are no witnesses.

Shawn: Yet.

Belle: All of the evidence that you have is circumstantial. And you don’t even have brady’s statement yet.

Shawn: No, I don’T. I’m just–I’m just saying that it looks really bad.

Belle: Okay. Well, a lot of people have type o positive blood. Do you know for sure that the blood at the scene is philip’s?

Shawn: Look, we’re working on it.

Belle: So you do don’t know.

Shawn: Okay, counselor, you know what? You’re right. Okay, but there is blood on that knife, and it belongs to somebody. That doesn’t make anything better for brady.

Belle: You don’t have a case, shawn. Come on, you know it.

Shawn: Okay, I’ll admit I would be much happier if I had a dna sample from philip, all right? I was gonna get a warrant to go down and search his room at the kiriakis house and find something that we could test. But I just didn’t want to upset victor unless I really had to.

Belle: Well, you don’t have to. I know a much faster way to get philip’s dna.

Ava: So here’s the burger that you didn’t get the chance to eat earlier. I kept it warm, but the fries got a little limp. Sorry about that.

Rafe: Thank you. It’s all right. I’m so hungry, I’ll eat ’em anyway.

Ava: Good. I forgot the ketchup.

Rafe: Mm.

Ava: So you talked to xander. Did he know anything about how kristen escaped?

Rafe: Well, he says that he hates her and he wouldn’t lift a finger to help her. And honestly, I kind of believe him.

Ava: Mm, so is that where you’ve been all night, with xander?

Rafe: Well, actually, I went from there over to start questioning the dimera family.

Ava: Any luck?

Rafe: Chad was the only one there when I got there. He actually just found out that kristen had escaped.

Ava: Oh. I guess that’s what took you so long to get home.

Rafe: Actually, that’s not all. When I was leaving, I ran into nicole.

Nicole: Whoo!

Sami: Thank you again. Lucas, I better get going.

Lucas: Where? Where are you going?

Sami: I’m gonna go see ej, of course. He must be worried about me.

Allie: Mom, come on.

Sami: Well, I know he was mad, okay, about what happened. But that was three months ago. I’ve been gone for three months. And now that he knows that I was in danger–

Allie: He doesn’t know that.

Sami: What?

Allie: He still thinks that you left on your own.

Sami: Nobody told him that I had been kidnapped?

Lucas: What do you want us to do? We found out this morning, okay? We didn’t have time to tell him. I was busy rescuing you. Sorry.

Sami: Of course not. I understand. But you couldn’t call him?

Allie: Mom, grandma’s missing. Grandpa john is in the hospital. I mean, the only person I had time to tell was tripp. I have a lot on my plate right now.

Tripp: She does.

Sami: Yeah, I understand. And maybe it’s for the best, right? I’ll be the one to tell ej about my ordeal. Oh, poor man.

Lucas: Poor man?

Sami: He’s gonna be in for such a shock.

Lucas: Man, you gotta be be kidding me, poor man. You are gonna go crawling back to that bum? Are you serious?

I’ve lost count of how many asthma attacks I’ve had.

Sami: Lucas, I would appreciate it if you didn’t talk about the man that I love like that.

Lucas: Why are you doing this, sami? You know he treats you like dirt.

Sami: I’m not completely blameless, and there’s no time like the present to try to work things out.

Lucas: You just got out of a horrible situation. Why would you put yourself right in the middle of another one?

Sami: Are you comparing my marriage to being held hostage?

Lucas: Honestly, I don’t see much difference, to tell you the truth.

Sami: [Scoffs] Okay. Look, lucas, you saved me. You have no idea how happy I was to see you, but you are being ridiculous.

Lucas: Why don’t you just take a break from ej, go to the hospital, have ’em check you out, see if you can get a clean bill of health? Do that.

Sami: I feel fine. And dr. Johnson here already checked me out. He said I’m fine.

Lucas: He’s not a real doctor.

Allie: Yet.

Tripp: I would have to say that I didn’t see any obvious signs of damage to your health.

Sami: See?

Lucas: Will you stop? Dude, work with me a little bit, please.

Tripp: But I meant it when I said that you should get a complete checkup.

Sami: Are you serious right now? You’re using your daughter’s boyfriend to further your agenda? Do you realize that’s a little pathetic?

Lucas: You know what? The only agenda I have right now is to make sure you’re okay, that you get plenty of rest, and you get a bite to eat and maybe–

Sami: Okay, okay. Stop. I’m fine. Thank you for everything. But I am gonna go see my husband, get my marriage back.

[Dramatic music]

Nicole: Do you remember the first time we made love?

Ej: Hmm, it was during a blackout, and we were stuck in an elevator at the salem inn.

Nicole: It was so hot.

Ej: I’ll say.

Nicole: [Laughs] Uh-huh. I meant the heat wave and the ac being out.

[Both laugh]

Ej: But you have to admit that lovemaking was also pretty steamy.

Nicole: Yes, it was.

Ej: And now here we are in each other’s arms again after all these years. Would you say it’s still as good as you remember?

Nicole: It’s different somehow.

Ej: Different bad or different good?

Nicole: Different good.

Ej: Mm. Then I guess the question is, was it good enough to make you forget about rafe?

[Both laugh]

Ava: So… you ran into nicole?

Rafe: Mm-hmm. I was leaving the dimera house, and then she showed up to have dinner with ej.

Ava: Mind telling me what you two talked about?

Rafe: Just hear me out. I understand. I know that you want to put what happened behind us. I do, and there’s nothing more that I would want than to give you what you want. I’m trying so damn hard to put it out of my mind. I just– I don’t know if I can right now. Or maybe…even ever. Just gave her an update on kristen.

Ava: Why?

Rafe: Why? Because last time kristen was here, she held nicole and holly hostage and impersonated her. And so I was just reassuring her that it wasn’t gonna happen again.

Ava: Okay, I see. Of course.

Rafe: And then ej, he showed up, so I started grilling him about what he knew.

Ava: And what did he have to say?

Rafe: He just said he was keeping his distance from kristen, and I don’t believe him. I mean, I know that those two are close; I think he’s lying through his teeth.

Belle: Philip’s dna report is already in the hospital database.

Shawn: How do you know that?

Belle: Oh, please. He’s had more than his fair share of paternity tests.

Shawn: Oh, you’re right.

Belle: Mm.

Shawn: And forensics already sent over the dna report of the blood on the knife.

Belle: So you just need to call and see if it’s a match.

Shawn: Exactly what I was thinking. Thank you.

Belle: [Sighs] Brady, what have you done?

Chloe: Shawn is now treating this as a homicide.

Brady: [Sighs] Oh, god.

Chloe: But it’s shawn. He’ll keep an open mind.

Brady: Chloe, it’s no secret that philip and I have been at each other’s throats lately.

Chloe: Well, there’s something else I didn’t tell you.

Brady: Might as well just tell me–what?

Chloe: Well, when I was with you and you finally came to, you looked at me and you said, “screw philip. He doesn’t deserve you.”

Brady: I’ve been saying stuff like that for weeks. Doesn’t mean that it entered my mind to stab him.

[Sighs] Chloe, I wouldn’t hurt him. He’s family. Serena: It’s my 3:10

Brady: Chloe, listen to me. Listen to me. Look at me. I swear on my kids’ lives, I did not attack philip. I would’ve remembered if I did.

Chloe: It’s just shawn’s theory for now.

Brady: I don’t give a damn what shawn thinks. I care about what you think. It’s important to me. Do you think I did something to philip?

[Dramatic music]

Belle: Well?

Shawn: Well, you were right. Philip’s dna report was available. All they had to do was compare the two, and… it’s a match. It’s philip’s blood on that knife.

Allie: Oh, you’re a hero.

Lucas: Yeah, right. Get outta here

Allie: You are. You brought mom home.

Lucas: Yeah, well, if I had known she was gonna go back to ej, maybe I would’ve left her there.

Allie: Dad.

Lucas: What? Just kidding. I mean, sort of.

Nicole: Hmm. Is sex with you good enough for me to forget about rafe? Huh, I am gonna have to mull that over.

[Both laugh]

Ej: Oh, that’s not what I was hoping for.

Nicole: No? What about you? Were you able forget all about your passionate nights with your precious samantha?

Ej: Samantha. I don’t believe I know anyone by that name.

Nicole: Oh.

Ej: Mm.

[Suspenseful music]

What do you want from me?

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