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Days of Our Lives Transcript

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Philip: Good morning.

Chloe: Mm-hmm.

Philip: I’m sorry about our misunderstanding. Seeing you and brady hugging–

Chloe: Misunderstanding? You were a complete ass.

Philip: I was. Like I said, I’m sorry.

Chloe: Yeah, ’cause that solves everything.

Philip: No, but it’s on me to fix this. Which is why I was hoping for a fresh start so that we can water our tree together.

Chloe: Do you know what you can do with your tree?

Brady: So I am excited about the new season.

Nicole: Me too–I will get the look book, and we could– wow, those are huge.

Brady: It’s probably philip’s latest grand gesture to chloe, right?

Nicole: Um.

Brady: Hmm?

Nicole: Actually, they’re for me. From ej.

Ej: Ah, good morning, son. I had harold brew your favorite italian roaster. Hear fellini couldn’t start the day without a good espresso.

Johnny: Suddenly you’re an expert on fellini now?

Ej: I make it a point to educate myself on all my investments. And what investment is more important than your film?

Johnny: Heh, so you go from laughing at the idea of my making a movie to not only investing, but insisting that you play the role of john black.

Ej: Maybe I’ve been bitten by the acting bug.

Johnny: Maybe you just want to stick it to uncle chad.

[Both chuckle]

Chad: Good morning, mrs. Dimera.

Abigail: Is it morning already? Oh, god, I overslept. Why didn’t you wake me up?

Chad: I was just looking at you. Taking you in.

[Soft romantic music]

 

Ava: I can make you those eggs you like.

Rafe: That sounds great.

Ava: Yeah?

Rafe: What’s this?

Gabi: Breakfast.

Rafe: Wait, are these bunuelos?

Gabi: Just like mami used to make. And I have your coffee, ava. Just how you like it with a splash of cream and two sugars. ‘Cause I know you like it sweet.

Rafe: That’s–okay. Who are you and what have you done with my sister?

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

[Soft orchestration]

 

Chad: I know that just because we spent the night together, it doesn’t mean that, um, everything is– everything is resolved. But I hope you feel as good about it as I do.

Abigail: You know, when we were reading the script last night, it really got to me when john said that marlena was the only person on earth that makes him feel the way that she does.

Chad: What are you saying, I nailed the–nailed the part?

Abigail: I’m saying you make me feel that way. And you in my bed and in my life, it’s exactly where I want you to be.

Chad: I love you.

Abigail: I love you. And you really did make a great john black. Did you mean it when you said that you were interested in taking on the role?

Chad: I did, yeah. Are you okay with that?

Abigail: Totally, yeah. It’s just that ej did threaten to make trouble for you at dimera if you took on this project.

Chad: Just let him try. I’m not afraid of ej.

Ej: What does chad have to do with me playing the role of john black?

Johnny: Are you kidding? What better way to get under his skin than to play love scenes with abigail as marlena?

Ej: Every actor needs motivation.

Johnny: And yours is screwing with uncle chad. Look, at least respects me enough to be honest. The only reason you’re even interested in this project is because there’s something in it for you.

Ej: I could take my money and walk if my intentions aren’t pure enough for you.

Johnny: You playing john black, I mean, uncle chad and aunt abigail are gonna freak out. What if they both walk and I lose my leading lady and an investor?

Ej: Then we don’t let them quit.

Johnny: And what’s the alternative? Ask politely and everybody just plays nice?

Ej: Something more efficient and binding.

Johnny: Binding?

Ej: Contracts. All you have to do is get chad and abigail to sign on the dotted line. And once they’re locked in, then you can deliver the bad news.

Brady: From ej. Well, that would explain the size. Obviously overcompensating.

Nicole: Be nice.

Brady: What does the card say?

Nicole: “Thank you for a lovely evening. Hope we can do it again soon.”

Brady: Hmm. You’re not falling for this act, are you?

Nicole: What act? He’s just thanking me for a lovely evening.

Brady: Nicole, he treated you like garbage when you were married. Do you remember that?

Nicole: That was a long time ago.

Brady: It’s irrelevant. He’s trying to suck you back into a bad situation. I can’t believe you’re gonna fall for it.

Nicole: Brady, I say this as a friend and with love. Shut up.

Philip: I get that you’re angry but if you could just hear me out.

Chloe: What, so that you can apologize again? How many times do you expect me to accept the same apology from you, philip?

[Sighs]

Look, when we planted that tree together, you promised me that it was a symbol of you fixing your behavior. And I actually started to believe you. Started to believe that we could have a real chance together.

Philip: We do.

Chloe: No, we don’T. Not like this. It will never work out.

Philip: I was a jealous idiot.

Chloe: Yes, you are right about that. But admitting it for the millionth time isn’t going to change anything. And if that tree means so much to you, go water at yourself.

Jake: Looks like your girlfriend’s pretty angry with you. Makes two of us.

Rafe: Is, uh, is this real?

Gabi: Yes, that’s what you wanted, isn’t it? The end of world war iii, taking the high road, making the peace. As I hear they say in philly.

Ava: Sounds vaguely familiar.

Rafe: So what’s going on?

Gabi: I just realized you’re right–this is our home. We should be living here harmoniously. We should be kind to each other.

Rafe: Yeah, we should, yes. This is great. You know what? I hope that this is the start of a better relationship between the two of you, you know, because that will make life a hell of a lot easier on all of us.

Ava: Definitely.

Gabi: You gonna try one?

Rafe: All right. Mmm! Mmm, good! Just like mami used to make.

[Gabi laughs] But I gotta run.

Gabi: Wait, where are you going?

Rafe: I promised the guys down at the squad room that i would bring them sweet bits, and they sell out earlier. So I gotta go. But you know what? We will celebrate this truce tonight with jake.

Gabi: Can’t wait.

Rafe: Okay. Bye.

Ava: Bye. These look really delicious–

Gabi: You lying hag. You gave philip that dirt on jake, didn’t you? Serena: It’s my 3:10

Ava: I don’t know what you are talking about.

Gabi: Oh, that file about jake’s past with the vitali mob. Did you think I wasn’t gonna figure it out?

Ava: No one ever called you stupid. Whatever you are so worked up about, wasn’t me.

Gabi: [Chuckles] The hell it wasn’T. Using some supposed crime from jake’s days at the vitali mob to blackmail me into signing over gabi chic, oh, that has your stink all over it.

Ava: What if it does? What are you gonna do about it?

Jake: What the hell, man? Using my past to blackmail gabi into signing our company over to you, it’s not gonna work. I didn’t kill jensen eddie. Carmine did.

Philip: Then it’ll be your word against his.

Jake: Uh-huh.

Philip: So why don’t you go put on your classy suit my mother bought you and tell your story to the jury. Doesn’t change the fact that you’re nothing but a thug.

Jake: And you’re nothing but a spoiled rich kid who’s so desperate to feel powerful. You’ll fire gabi from her own company. You wanna fire someone, pal, fire me.

Philip: Fine. You’re fired.

Johnny: So you want me to lock uncle chad in as an investor before I announce that you’ll be playing on abigail’s romantic lead? That’s–

Ej: Good business.

Johnny: Underhanded.

Ej: If you don’t like the deal I’m offering, then you can find another investor.

Johnny: You know I’m against the wall on this. There’s no one else. And I’m not gonna make this movie unless lucas, uncle chad, and you invest.

Ej: So do we have a deal? Oh, speak for the devil. Johnny and I were just discussing his lovely leading lady, and you’re both right on time.

Abigail: For what?

Ej: I took the liberty of drawing up contracts on behalf of my son.

Chad: Well, after all the crap you gave him about making his movie, now you’re gonna help him?

Ej: Johnny’s grandfather roman had a change of heart and pulled out. As a father who has witnessed his son’s immense dedication to this project, I felt compelled to help him out in his hour of need. I am now a full investor along with you and lucas. And I couldn’t be more excited about what’s to come.

Chad: Is this true?

Johnny: When you’re making a movie on a shoestring budget, you need all the help you can get, right? Uh, you wanna look this over. I’m afraid I can only afford to pay you to scale, so.

Abigail: Oh, johnny, I’m not doing it for the money. You’re family. And there’s nothing that chad and I want more than to help you make your passion project a reality.

Nicole: I appreciate your concern, brady, but after you messed up your chances with chloe, do you really think you should be doling out relationship advice?

Brady: Okay, technically, I didn’t mess up my chances with chloe, all right? I just waited a little too long to express how I felt about her, and philip kinda just swept in and beat me to the punch. That’s all.

Nicole: Which would have never have happened if you had listened to me. Which is why I say I am not inclined to take your advice. Yeah.

Brady: Okay, hey, fine. You know what? Do whatever you want to do with ej, I’ll stay out of it. I’m not even gonna say another word. Not another–I’m not gonna say another word. I can do it. Look, I can change. If you’ve noticed, I hadn’t said a thing about chloe and philip. I haven’t gotten in their way at all. And if chloe wants my blessing for the two of them, I’m happy to give it. I’ve been their biggest cheerleader, for god’s sakes.

Chloe: I don’t need your blessing, brady. You can pack in the cheerleading too.

 

Jake: You think I give a damn if you fire me?

Philip: [Laughs] I’m sure you don’T. But at least I can cross it off my to-do list. Doesn’t reflect well on titan to have a murderous thug in its employ.

Jake: You laundered money for ava vitali. And you’re gonna stand over there and judge me? Hey, pal, I got news for you. I got myself out of the mob, whereas you, you needed your daddy’s help. I don’t know if you were just too weak or too damn stupid to figure it out yourself.

Philip: Whatever you think of me or how I conducted myself, you need to remind yourself that there’s only one of us facing serious jail time. But as I told gabi, there’s a very simple solution.

Jake: [Chuckles] You can go straight to hell.

Philip: She signs over gabi chic, you stay a free man.

Gabi: I will never surrender gabi chic to philip, that’s for damn sure, especially when jake is total innocent.

Ava: Ah, is that what he told you?

Gabi: I believe him.

Ava: Does it really matter? ‘Cause he certainly had no problem helping to dispose of jed zanetti’s body. So killer or not, he’s gonna do some nice prison time for that.

Gabi: I don’t– I don’t get it. This is between philip and me. What’s in it for you?

Ava: All these months, you have done nothing but try to break up rafe and me. So when philip needed a hand trying to smack you down, I decided I was gonna show you what it feels like when someone tries to take away something you love.

Gabi: You will never take jake away from me.

Ava: No, I am talking about what you really love. What’s so much a part of you that you live and breathe it. Imagine the day that you sign over the company that you grew with blood, sweat, and tears. Gabi chic rises from the ashes of your stupidity and greed as ava chic.

Abigail: Well, everything looks to be in order.

Johnny: Shall we make it official?

Abigail: I cannot wait to get started.

Ej: I’ve also drawn up identical contracts for lucas, myself, and you as producers. Given your trust tissues, you can confirm for yourself that all three are identical. We invest the same amount to cover the cost of production. If the film makes a profit, the three of us recoup our investment and share in the profits equally.

Chad: All right, let’s do it.

[Suspenseful music]

And, um, you might wanna have your father draw up another contract.

Johnny: W-what do you mean?

Chad: Well, I, uh, I’d like to play opposite my wife as john black.

Abigail: He was helping me run my lines, and he was– he was pretty wonderful.

Chad: Mm-hmm.

Johnny: Uh–uh, you– you wanna play john black? I had no idea.

Ej: Yeah, I told your father. He didn’t mention it?

Johnny: No, no, he didn’T.

Ej: I didn’t think it was my news to deliver.

Chad: Well, I mean, you know now, so. What do you want me to do? You want me to, uh– want me to test?

Johnny: No, I’m sure you would be great.

Ej: Actually, I already have contracts for the role of john black.

Chad: Great. All right, I’ll sign.

Ej: Maybe I wasn’t clear. I’ve already signed it. I’ll be playing john black opposite abigail. Are you tired of clean clothes that just don’t smell clean?

Chad: What are you trying to pull, ej?

Ej: I thought you’d be pleased that I’m finally giving my son the support you insisted he deserves. And you know when I do something, I go all out.

Chad: You’re doing this to screw with me because I wouldn’t help railroad your son into working for dimera.

Ej: Always about you, isn’t it?

Abigail: Ej, this is so wrong in so many ways and you know it.

Ej: I’m sorry that you don’t like it. But there’s nothing, really, you can do.

Chad: No–of course there is. Look, you know why your dad’s doing this and it’s not to support you or do what’s best for your film. So solve the problem. Revoke this contract.

Nicole: Oh, hey. Hi.

Rafe: Hi.

Nicole: Oh, is that your idea of a healthy breakfast?

Rafe: Ah, yeah, well, you know, the guys down at the station love their donuts.

Nicole: Which is why I’m on my way to sweet bits myself.

Rafe: Oh, well, I hate to tell you, but i cleaned them out.

Nicole: Oh.

Rafe: Yeah.

Nicole: I see.

Rafe: But I guess I could– yeah, I can spare one for a friend, maybe. What do you say? It’s a nice morning, sunny bench, donut with a friend.

Nicole: Rafe, we agreed.

Rafe: It’s a donut, okay. We don’t have to make it a whole thing.

Nicole: All right.

Rafe: Yeah.

Nicole: I mean, have you ever known me to turn down a donut?

Rafe: Okay. See, that’s more like it.

Nicole: Yeah, and besides, I’m not really in a rush to get back to the office.

Rafe: Okay. Chocolate?

Brady: So philip saw us together at the river?

Chloe: Yeah, and it was bad enough that we were hugging, but we were doing it right in front of the tree, and so he went ballistic.

Brady: You did tell him that we–we were there with my daughter, rachel. And the only reason we were there was to water your tree after we got her pumpkin.

Chloe: Yeah, I know. I mean, when I could get a word in, and I even told him the only reason we were hugging is because you had finally accepted that he and i are a couple and that you were going to respect that.

Brady: Well, that must have calmed him down, right?

Chloe: No, he didn’t believe a word of it. He said that there’s no way that that hug could have been innocent. And then maggie came in, and i was just so furious I had to get away from him. But needless to say, philip and I are barely speaking.

Jake: Uh-uh. See, I’m not going to prison. And gabi, she’s not signing her company over to you.

Philip: And you haven’t been paying attention. You see, I now know that you and gabi have been scheming for weeks to get me fired from titan so you could take over. The keylogger move wasn’t too bright.

Jake: You got no proof on that.

Philip: I do have proof. I have proof that you were involved in a murder in philly.

Jake: And you’d go low enough to use it.

Philip: Gabi started this. I’m just fighting back.

Gabi: Ava chic? Oh, there is no chance in hell I will ever give my company to philip so that you can run it. I would rather–

Ava: What? What? Send your boyfriend to prison for a few decades?

Gabi: Jake isn’t going to prison.

Ava: But you can’t have it both ways, gabi. It’s either your business or your man. I’m thinking that jake needs to be pretty worried.

Gabi: The only one that needs to be worried about losing their man is you. What do you think rafe is gonna do when he finds out that you’ve been trying to steal my company? Woman: I have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.

Chloe: And I can understand that seeing me in your arms could be upsetting to philip and hurt his feelings. But what I don’t understand and what I can’t forgive is that instead of just talking to me about it, he wanted to play some stupid game.

Brady: Game, what do you mean?

Chloe: Well, he asked me to go water our tree together after knowing I had just been there with you. And I didn’t want him to pitch one of his fits, so I just– I didn’t mention that.

Brady: Okay, mm. So he assumed that you intentionally were hiding that from him.

Chloe: I should’ve just told him the truth, but I’m so tired of his jealousy and tiptoeing around him and being afraid that I’m gonna set him off.

Brady: Hey. You know none of this is your fault. You do know that, right?

Chloe: Well, it was my mistake to not listen to you in the first place about him. So you can just– you can go ahead and say it.

Brady: Say what?

Chloe: I told you so.

Jake: This is you fighting back, huh? You can’t hide behind daddy, so what, you turned to ava for help?

Philip: You have a partner in crime; why shouldn’t I?

Jake: Gabi and I, we’re a team. Ava is a bloody viper. She’s not helping you out of the goodness of her heart, man. She’s helping you ’cause she hates gabi.

Philip: Happens to serve my purpose.

Jake: You really think you’re in control, don’t you? Don’t you realize ava will feed you to the wolves to save her own hide, and you won’t even see it coming.

Ava: Rafe would be furious if he found out that I helped philip steal your company. Whew! He would dump my ass so fast. But he isn’t going to find out because if you go running to your big brother, you’re going to need to tell him that jake was involved in a murder that he helped cover up. So, what do you think the police commissioner is going to do with that?

Gabi: You really think my brother won’t be suspicious that you’re all of a sudden running my company?

Ava: No–not if you tell him that running gabi chic no longer sparks joy.

Gabi: Oh, he’ll never believe that.

Ava: Well, make him believe it. Tell him that you want to focus on your life with jake. Maybe you need a new challenge. Well, you know, I would vote for you jumping on a plane and moving in with your little girl.

Gabi: Oh, shut the hell up about ari.

Ava: The reason really doesn’t matter. Just so long as you sign over gabi chic to philip. And once you do, he’s gonna need someone to run it and conveniently hire me. And between you and me, I actually think that rafe is going to feel relieved knowing that someone who’s close to the family is running gabi chic.

Gabi: Well, then you don’t know my brother as well as you think you know him.

Nicole: Mmm. Mmm. These really are delicious.

Rafe: Mm-hmm.

Nicole: I’m still so shocked that julie gave up the family recipe to sweet bits, you know, instead of serving it at julie’s place.

Rafe: I actually think that I prefer the atmosphere better at sweet bits than at julie’s place lately.

Nicole: Because of the other night? Awkward, right?

Rafe: Yeah. Just a little awkward. I hope you and ej didn’t leave early on account of ava and me.

Nicole: Just you.

Rafe: Oh. Just me, huh?

Nicole: Look, I’m trying to stick to the agreement to keep our distance.

Rafe: Yeah.

Nicole: Well, but on the plus side, you got to enjoy a fabulous bottle of wine that ej ordered.

Rafe: Well, ava enjoyed it. I had beer.

Nicole: You’re joking.

Rafe: No, I’m not joking. Would you really think that I would accept anything from ej dimera? I still don’t understand why the hell you–

Nicole: Why the hell what?

Rafe: Never mind. None of my business. Besides, you already know how I feel.

Nicole: Yeah. You mean about me going to dinner with ej.

Rafe: Yeah, exactly that. But damn it, nicole, why would you do anything with him after the way he has treated you?

Ej: My son wouldn’t have hired me unless he believed I’d make an excellent john black.

Chad: That’s bull. You strong armed him into this, and you know it. Johnny, you need to do the right thing here.

Johnny: I’m sorry, but the decision’s already been made.

Abigail: But johnny, you have creative control, so you can unmake it.

Johnny: Yeah, and lose all the money I need to make this movie.

Chad: I’ll give you the money.

Ej: Very generous, but the contract’s been signed. So I suggest we all focus on working together to make the best film possible.

Abigail: Well, that’s impossible.

Ej: Come on. The show must go on. Isn’t that, right?

Johnny: I’m sorry you’re unhappy, but I promise this will be a professional set. Egos at the door.

Chad: Yeah, fat chance.

Johnny: I really am sorry, uncle chad. It’s the only way I could get this movie made. It’s not personal; it’s just business. Is struggling to manage your type 2 diabetes

Gabi: Rafe knows better than anybody how much gabi chic means to me. If I sign it over to philip, he’s gonna know I’ve been blackmailed. And just the idea of you running my company is ridiculous. You have zero experience.

Ava: Yet you hire jake, and his résumé is not that much different than mine. Although he is turning out to be quite the liability, isn’t he? You just figured it out, haven’t you? It’s over, and I’ve won.

[Tense music]

 

Philip: I am not naive about ava.

Jake: You were under her heel once and you came back for more. You may not be naive, but you sure as hell are stupid.

Philip: I get it. She’s dangerous, but this is different.

Jake: This is the mob, phil. You saw what happened to jed zanetti, didn’t you? He crossed the wrong person, and carmine didn’t hesitate to take him out. You play, there’s a price.

Philip: Is that a threat?

Jake: Oh, you can take it however you want, pal. I’m just saying, last time you got mixed up with the mob, brady took a bullet that had your name on it. You might not be so lucky next time.

Brady: I told you so? Chloe, I’ll never say that to you. I was just looking out for you. I genuinely am sorry for what you’re going through with all this.

Jake: Well, thank you for not rubbing it in. I guess you were right all along. Philip’s the same jealous jerk he was in high school, and no matter what I try to tell him and convince him that I wanna be with him, he can never get over the fact that you and i were once in love.

Brady: I have to admit, and I’m not defending philip’s actions, but, uh, what we had, it was– it was intense. Do you remember? I mean, it was wonderful, it was passionate, it was… we weren’t just in love; we couldn’t get enough of one another, if you recall. My point is, if I were philip, I might be having a hard time with it all as well.

Ej: You know, if you’re still determined to be in this film, I’m sure there’s a role for you. Ooh! Perhaps you could play roman. Something tells me you can bring a great deal to the role of a cuckhold.

Abigail: Okay, hold on. Stop it, please. That’s exactly what he wants. Don’t give him the satisfaction.

Ej: Thank you for maintaining the peace, abigail. And I must say, I’m very much looking forward to working with you.

Abigail: Well, I wish that i could say the same but I– I’m gonna do my best to give a good performance, but it just got a lot more difficult.

Ej: Not to worry. As excited as you were about the chemistry you and chad shared in your reading, you and I have had our own special chemistry, which we will no doubt channel into winning performances as salem’s star-crossed lovers.

Nicole: Ej is my boss. It’s not like I can just say no to his invitation.

Rafe: Come on, you know damn well that wasn’t a business dinner. Come on.

Nicole: Fine. It was a date. Okay, and maybe I had to suppress memories of the way ej treated me in the past. Damn it, rafe, my marriage imploded, and so did his, and we’re both alone, and maybe this was just my way of trying to get past the misery and feel attractive again and alive.

Rafe: Okay, that’s fine. I get that; I do. But I mean, you could do so much better than him.

Nicole: Yeah, I could, and you know what, if I had it my way, I would’ve gone to dinner with you instead of him.

Ej: Hmm. I’d best get to learning my lines. Wouldn’t want to let down my leading lady, especially for the conference room scene. Oh, and from what I’ve researched, I’m thinking this method acting technique could be the ticket. Thoughts?

[Tense music]

 

Chad: You knew what he was up to, and you let us sign those contracts?

Johnny: I didn’t know you wanted to play john.

Chad: That’s not what this is about! Okay? You scammed us into signing those contracts so you could get what you wanted. Integrity be damned; your father would be proud.

Johnny: I got to finish casting the rest of my movie.

Chad: Unbelievable.

Abigail: I don’t think we should be so hard on johnny.

Chad: Yeah, I’ll try to remember that while ej’s taking you on the conference table.

Abigail: Okay, but maybe it’s not gonna get that far.

Chad: Why?

Abigail: Ej threatened to tell shin that you were too distracted by side projects and he was hoping to get you out. So flip it on him. Convince shin that ej is incapable of properly running dimera because he’s got a side gig of his own. It’ll scare the hell out of him, and maybe he won’t do the movie.

Chad: Well, what do you mean don’t–don’t do it? When have you ever known my brother to quit when he wants something? Right now, what he wants is to come between us.

Abigail: Okay, well then, he is gonna be sorely disappointed. Okay? Because you are the man that I love, okay? And not ej, nobody, when we’re together, no one’s getting between us.

[Soft romantic music]

 

Chloe: Well, I’m sorry to lay all of this on you yet again.

Brady: Stop, hey, hey, no apologies necessary. It’s not like I don’t bear some responsibility here. I have egged philip on more than once. I could try talking to him again and make him understand that there is nothing going on between us.

Chloe: No, thank you, but I think that would make things a lot worse.

Brady: Maybe. Will you at least let me know if there’s anything I can do? I don’t like to see you unhappy; it makes me unhappy.

Chloe: No, I’ll be okay…

[Both exhale] Once I calm down, which you have helped me do so much already. Thank you.

Brady: I’m always here for you.

Chloe: And that means so much to me.

Brady: Okay.

[Tense music]

 

Gabi: Don’t take a victory lap just yet, vitali. I am not gonna give up on my company or jake.

Ava: Hmm. You’ve quite the fighting spirit. I give you that.

Gabi: Oh, I’m not just gonna fight; I’m gonna win. And the best part is, when rafe finds out what you tried to pull, you will have chased him straight into nicole’s arms.

Rafe: You’d rather have dinner with me?

Nicole: I miss our friendship, and duke’s great and all, but he really doesn’t say much.

Rafe: No.

Nicole: And look, rafe, we have an agreement to keep our distance because you are with ava. And I am gonna honor that agreement.

Rafe: And I shouldn’t have said anything about ej. It’s just the guy, he’s such a– every time I think about you two or see you two together, I– I just get so damn…

Nicole: So damn what?

Rafe: Jealous.

Nicole: Don’t do that, rafe. Don’t say that. You can’T. You are with ava.

Rafe: I know, but…

Nicole: But what?

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Eli: Oh, this man’s on a roll.

Abe: Of course I am! The woman said yes.

Lani: I still cannot believe that my aunt and my dad are getting married.

Abe: Well, indeed we are, so I would like us to raise glasses and have a toast to love.

Paulina: Oh.

Eli: To love.

Lani: To love.

Abe: Love, to love.

Paulina: Oh, and let’s not forget about marriage.

Abe: Oh, that’s right. Cheers.

Abigail: So is that why you want to play john in the movie? You don’t want me to have a sex scene with another man? I mean, you do realize I’m gonna be acting, right?

Chad: Yes, of course. I was just–I was kidding.

Abigail: Were you? ‘Cause your jealousy is kind of what got us into trouble, in the first place.

Chad: I was wrong about you and jake. I regret ever going there. You know that.

Abigail: Well, I don’t know. I’m kind of starting to wonder if it’s happening again. Do you want johnny to give you the part in the movie because you don’t trust me with ej?

Chad: No, it’s got nothing to do with him. I just want to spend time with you as much as I can. And I think that doing this movie will be good for us.

Abigail: Really?

Chad: Yes. I have a feeling that this could bring us closer.

John: Hey.

Roman: Hey, I’m sorry for coming by so late without calling first, but I just wanted to let know I told johnny i won’t help him fund that movie.

John: Nice. Thank you, roman. I know that wasn’t easy.

Roman: No, but you’re right. The last thing we want is for marlena to have to relive that time.

John: I hear you. Hey, come on in.

Roman: Okay.

John: So tell me, how did johnny take the news?

Roman: Well, I just explained to him that when I agreed to invest I thought he was doing a movie about sami. And now, it’s all about this devil business, and I just think that telling that story is not a good idea.

John: Yeah, well, I’m sure he was disappointed.

Roman: Yes he was, and I, you know, I felt bad about having to let him down, but we’ll get past it. The important thing is that we do everything we can to protect marlena.

John: Amen to that.

Just let go, marlena. Give in to me. Give in to me. Give in to me.

[Dramatic music]

Excellent. You’re finally starting to let go. You’re almost there, marlena. We have already achieved so much together. If you let me back in, there will be no limit to what we can accomplish. But we cannot delay. Our time is now. I need you to be mine tonight.

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

[Soft orchestration]

 

[Soft music]

 

Ciara: Was that just me, or did that feel different? Extra special?

Ben: It was definitely not just you.

Ciara: I didn’t think it was.

Ben: Uh-uh.

Ciara: And that kind of has me wondering.

Ben: Oh, yeah? What are you wondering, my love?

Ciara: I’m wondering if we just made a baby.

[Crash]

[Ominous music]

Babe, what was that? Is there a storm coming or…

Ben: Everything looks clear.

Ciara: So then what made the window fly open?

Ben: I have no idea. Maybe it’s just a big gust of wind?

Ciara: That appeared out of nowhere, and just disappeared? That’s pretty weird, ben.

Ben: I really hope that wasn’t, like, some kind of bad omen.

Ciara: Bad omen of what?

You should be very proud of what you’ve helped me accomplish so far. You attacked julie williams, in the hospital, and convinced everyone it was her husband doug. You had him committed to bayview, so you would not expose our collaboration. Then, best of all, you persuaded ben weston to father a child, to bring his and ciara’s baby into the world. You convinced him to let go of all of his fears about the future. Now, marlena, you must let go of yours. Woman: I have moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.

Abigail: So you think us acting together would bring us closer?

Chad: I do.

Abigail: Hmm. Well, what if I turn out to be a big diva on set?

Chad: Wouldn’t care if you were.

Abigail: No?

Chad: No.

Abigail: It’s not gonna bother you if I insist my room is stocked daily with purple hydrangeas and chocolate-covered pretzels?

Chad: It’s an independent film with a shoestring budget. I don’t think anybody’s gonna be getting a dressing room.

Abigail: I want the pretzels. Milk chocolate.

Chad: Okay.

Abigail: Not dark.

Chad: All right, you got it. But I do think that playing john and marlena would be really cool. I mean, just think of everything that they’ve overcome, all of the times that they’ve been separated, and they got back together. And they just keep getting stronger and stronger. It’s a really beautiful love story they have.

Abigail: They’re a real super couple.

Chad: Yes they are. It gives me hope that we can come back together. And who knows? Maybe, by the time the film is done, we’ll be able to sleep in the same room.

John: You know, when I saw that revised script, I almost blew a gasket.

Roman: Did you talk to marlena, tell her what’s going on?

John: Well, you know, I was going to, but when I got over to the hospital, she was so upset.

Roman: About what?

John: Well, she had this really heavy therapy session with ben weston, and I guess she didn’t like the way the session went. She wanted to talk to him some more, but, roman, she was so drained. I said, “no, no, honey, time for you to shut it down tonight.” I brought her home, and she got right into bed.

Roman: Okay. So she doesn’t know the new direction johnny’s going in?

John: You know, maybe I’m being a little overprotective by not telling her, but she’s been having such a rough time lately, I just didn’t want to pile on.

Roman: Okay, was she upset about something else other than ben?

John: Doug.

Roman: Oh, oh, yeah, doug. God, that poor guy. Not in his right mind. I mean he even attacked his own wife, and I mean, marlena did what she had to do, to protect him and everybody else.

John: Told her the exact same thing, but she still feels like she failed doug. I think that’s why she’s so driven to try to help ben right now.

Ciara: Ben, what do you mean by “bad omen”?

Ben: I don’t know.

Ciara: Ben, what happened? You were feeling so good earlier, so optimistic after seeing marlena.

Ben: I was, and I am. I am.

Ciara: So then why are you talking about bad omens?

Ben: I just think it’s kinda strange. You know, I mean, you decide to throw away your birth control pills, we make love, and then you wonder out loud if we just made a baby. And then, all of a sudden, the windows blast open, and all the candles blow out.

Ciara: So what are you saying, what do you think that means? You think someone’s trying to warn us not to get pregnant?

Ben and ciara’s child is so important for the future. I want that baby. I need that baby for myself.

[Dramatic music]

– Oh…oh. – What’s going on?

Ciara: Ben, answer me. Do you think that some unknown force is trying to warn us not to get pregnant?

Ben: Of course not, no, baby. I know it was just the wind.

Ciara: Ben? You promised me that you’d be honest with me from now on. Baby, what’s going on?

Ben: I guess I’m just just a little nervous about having a baby.

John: I’m telling you, roman. Doc is just really beating herself up lately.

Roman: She’s a great doctor, the best; everybody knows that.

John: Yeah, I know, but still she feels like she failed doug. And then she had to make that painful decision to have him committed there. It’s just kind of shaken her confidence.

Roman: Well, you know, hopefully get some rest’ll help.

John: Yeah, yeah, I think she’s too wired to sleep though. That’s why I made her some tea. Probably should run it in to her.

Roman: Yeah, good call. You know what? If you need anything, either one of you, just say the word.

John: Oh, thanks, man. And thank you again for backing out of that film. I mean, even though it’s just gonna be on the big screen, we don’t need that particular bit of history repeating itself.

I can feel you’re still fighting me, that you’re not ready to fully commit. I know you’ve always done everything for everyone else and nothing for yourself. Except when you let me in and feel my power coursing through your veins. You need to let yourself go completely and feel that way again. Perhaps you’d be more open to the idea if you knew my plans, which can only come to fruition with your help. You can never go back on the approval you gave ben to bring a child into the world. The future is in your hands, marlena. I think it’s time that I share with you exactly what I have in store for that child.

Abigail: Chad.

Chad: Now, I’m not trying to pressure you at all. I just miss sharing a room with you, and a bed. But I know you’re not ready for that, and I respect that. And I would never try to skip past everything that I have to do to make things right between us anyway. I just–I’m just expressing hope for the future.

Abigail: Well, it’s like i told you in boston. There’s nothing I want more than to be able to trust in our marriage again and our love.

Chad: And you’re not there yet. I understand. And I’ll wait as long as it takes. But I just want you to know I love you. I always have, and I always will.

[Soft music]

And that’s just about what i wanted to say. I’ll let you go to bed.

Abigail: Hold on.

Chad: What?

Abigail: Why don’t you stay in my room tonight? This is the sound of an asthma attack…

Chad: What did you say?

Abigail: I think you heard me.

Chad: I did–I think I did. I just–I wanted to make sure.

Abigail: [Sighs] Ever since I came home, I’ve kept you at arm’s length. But you’ve been very patient, and you’ve been understanding, and you’ve been devoted, and you’ve taken care of the kids. You’ve taken care of me and given me the time and space that I need. Everything I have asked, you have done and more, and so, I think it’s time I let you back in.

[Soft music]

 

Ciara: Oh, baby. I didn’t expect one session with marlena to magically erase all of your reservations. I mean, having a baby is still a huge step, no matter what. It’s life-changing, so it makes sense for the both of us to be a little bit nervous. I’m nervous, too, baby, as much as I am excited about the idea.

Ben: But we will stay on it, and we’ll just be hopeful that I don’t pass down any of the mental illness I had to our child, and if, god forbid, we see any signs at all that I did, we find treatment.

Ciara: Mm-hmm.

Ben: Right away.

Ciara: Mm-hmm, that’s right.

Ben: I’m sorry for freaking out. It’s just that you could be pregnant right now.

Ciara: Well, the odds are pretty slim for the first try. And so that means we are gonna have to try again, and again, and again, and again, and again.

Ben: And again.

Ciara: And again.

Ben: I am down for that.

Ciara: Hmm?

Ben: Mm-hmm.

Ciara: Although, honestly, weston, between the two of us, I am getting the short end of the stick here.

Ben: What do you mean short?

Ciara: Well–

Ben: What?

Ciara: I mean that I’m gonna be the one to gain all the weight, I’m gonna wake up with the morning sickness, the swollen ankles. All you’re gonna have to do is run to the store and get me my cravings whenever I want.

Ben: Mm-hmm, and I’m going to love every minute of it. In fact, what can I get you right now? Ice cream, pickles? What can I get you?

Ciara: Just this, babe.

My plan for ben and ciara’s baby is so monumental, so magnificent, and it all begins with–

John: Hey, doc, still awake?

Damn that john black, always trying to come between us.

John: What the heck? Is this thing locked?

Just ignore him, marlena. He’ll go away.

John: What the hell’s going on in there? Looks like it’s stuck. Hey, doc, are you okay in there? Doc? Hang on, doc, I’m coming! Come on!

Tackling tough messes can

take more time than you have,

[Soft music]

 

John: Hey, sweetheart. You okay, honey?

Marlena: Oh, yeah.

John: Hey, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to wake you up. I just got really worried when I couldn’t open the door, and I swear I heard some voices in here.

Paulina: One key lime pie to go.

Eli: Oh, you know I’m gonna enjoy this.

Paulina: Well, to each his own, baby, to each his own.

Eli: Hey, and congrats again.

Lani: Oh, thank you so much for dinner.

Paulina: Mm-hmm.

Eli: Oh, bring it in. Bring it in.

Paulina: Aw.

Eli: I love you guys.

Abe: Oh, hey, take care.

Eli: See you guys later.

Paulina: Goodnight.

Eli: Goodnight.

Abe: That was a lovely evening, don’t you think?

Paulina: Hm.

Abe: Everything okay?

Paulina: I can’t believe I asked lani to call me mama. What was I thinking?

Abe: Hey, you know, you shouldn’t be so hard on yourself, just got carried away. Now, I know how you feel. Being lani’s dad is–it means everything to me.

Paulina: Well, after all that celebrating, I am wiped out. I think I’ll get ready for bed.

Abe: You know, let me ask you this–now that we are engaged, when do you want to do this?

Paulina: You mean, you want to set a date?

Abe: Yeah, any thoughts?

Paulina: Well, I guess that depends upon if you want a big wedding or a small one. Big takes a lot more planning.

Abe: Well, if it was left up to me, I’d do it tomorrow.

Paulina: I guess we’ll be having a small one.

Abe: So I will defer to my bride.

Paulina: Abraham, we are on the same page about pie and wanting our wedding to be an intimate affair. And now, for our first big challenge after becoming engaged–

Abe: Challenge? What do you mean?

Paulina: Finding a free date for both of us when we can get hitched–ah!

[Soft music]

 

Ciara: I don’t really want any food right now, do you?

Ben: Not really, kinda tired.

Ciara: Yeah, me too, but I don’t think I can go to sleep quite yet. Maybe there is something good on tv.

Ben: Yeah, check it out. I’ll watch anything.

Ciara: Okay.

Oh, my god. It’s “rosemary’s baby.”

 

John: Were you on your phone?

Marlena: No, I was asleep.

John: Maybe the voices came from that. Sound machine might have switched over to the radio or something. It looks fine to me.

Marlena: Oh. Well, I didn’t hear anything. Maybe I was talking in my sleep. What did you hear me say?

John: I’m not sure. I was out in the hall. Everything was mumbled.

Marlena: Okay.

John: No, no, no. Where are you going?

Marlena: Well, honey, I’ve been awfully worried about ben. I want to get dressed and go check on him.

John: No, no, you need to rest. You can talk to ben tomorrow.

Marlena: No, I don’t think–

John: He’s gonna be fine. He’ll be fine.

Marlena: It’s not–

John: He’ll be fine. Right now, I’m a lot more concerned about you, okay?

 

For once in my life,

I feel a little good

thing inside

looking in your eyes

I only want to love you

and hold you tight

I feel fine

because you’re mine

we’re in the light

dancing in the light

of love

holding you tight

tripping in the light

of loving

you

my world is gonna shine

because you’re mine

because you’re mine, mine

because you’re mine, mine

because you’re mine

because you’re mine

because you’re mine

because you’re mine

because you’re mine

because you’re mine your mission:

Eli: Hey, roman.

Roman: Hey, well, look at you two out on the town.

Lani: Yeah, we were just out at dinner celebrating.

Eli: Yeah, abe and paulina got engaged last night.

Roman: Oh, great, I like it.

Lani: Yeah, we’re really happy for them both.

Roman: Yeah, so am I. I didn’t think he’d propose this soon, but they do seem like a great match.

Eli: Made in heaven.

Paulina: So you thinking, like, a saturday night vibe or more easy like sunday morning?

Abe: Well, I have no preference. You know, of course I like having a nice wedding, but it’s the marriage. It’s the marriage that’s important.

Paulina: Abraham, we are on the same page. So how about mid-december?

Abe: Yeah, that’s almost too close to the holidays.

Paulina: Right, right.

Abe: Yeah. How do you feel about earlier in january?

Paulina: Hmm, oh, no good. I’m breaking ground on a project in bal harbour, and that time of year in salem, kinda bleak, no?

Abe: Yeah, I see. I see what you mean, yeah. Well, how about the third week in november?

Paulina: Well, that actually could work.

Abe: Ooh, that’s great. That would be more than a month’s notice, so theo and brandon could arrange to be here too.

Paulina: Oh, you think we could pull it all together by then?

Abe: I think anything we put our minds to will work.

Paulina: Well, then it’s all settled. A little more than a month from now, we’ll be husband and wife.

Abe: Ooh.

Paulina: Oh.

Ben: Why’d you turn it off?

Ciara: It’s a horror movie, and it’s not really what I want in my head right before I go to sleep.

Ben: Is it about a woman who gives birth to the devil’s baby? Just seems pretty dumb.

Ciara: It wasn’t a bad omen, ben.

Ben: What do you mean?

Ciara: That movie coming on was totally random. No one is trying to tell you that you’re evil and that I’m rosemary.

Ben: I mean, who said that?

Ciara: I can see it in your eyes, babe. You’re freaked out that I landed on that movie. Am I right? Baby, I am not some submissive pixie, and you are not evil. You are the best. You are a loving, caring, wonderful man, and you are gonna make the most amazing father. I know it because it’s true. And you’ve come way too far and worked way too hard to let fear ruin that. So let’s just forget about all of this nonsense that happened and focus on what is really real, and that is our love for each other.

[Soft music]

 

John: Here you go.

Marlena: Chamomile?

John: Hope it helps.

Marlena: Oh, I guess i thought it would be hot.

John: Yeah, well, I was on my way to bring it to you when roman stopped by.

Marlena: Oh, roman came by? Why?

John: We’ll talk about it later–tell you what I’ll do. I’ll go heat this up, okay?

Marlena: Hey, why don’t we talk about it now?

John: Well, I was going to, but I know that you were kind of upset about ben. Johnny has decided to rename his movie from “the sami brady story,” to “the marlena evans story.”

Marlena: Why would he change a movie about sami to a movie about me?

John: Well, apparently he’s fascinated about your past, specifically when you were… when you were… marlena: Possessed by the devil.

John: You know, I was upset enough just by knowing it was gonna be a part in the movie. Now, the whole damn movie’s gonna be about it.

Marlena: Oh, no.

John: But don’t worry about that; that’s why roman came by. He told me he changed his mind about investing. Johnny’s having a hard time coming up with the cash ’cause practically everybody has said no.

Marlena: So he won’t be able to make the movie?

John: I’m not gonna let him.

Marlena: That was his dream.

John: His dream was to make a film, and he can still do that. He’s just not gonna do this one, ’cause the last thing you need is to have to relive that part of your life, honey.

Chad: I can’t believe this is real. I mean, I’ve wanted this and you for so long. But I…

Abigail: What?

Chad: I just–I have to ask you something, but I don’t know if I should.

Abigail: You can ask me anything.

Chad: So does this mean we’re back together? When I heard about the science behind the new

Abigail: I don’t want to shut you out anymore; I want to be close to you.

Chad: I want that too, more than anything.

Abigail: But I think we also have to be realistic about where we are, you know? Our problems don’t disappear just because we made love. We’ve still got a lot of things to work on, and I’ve got a lot of things to work on. Everything–the guilt that I feel, after everything that happened with gwen’s baby, and… but I don’t want to work on things alone. Moving forward, I would like to work on everything together.

Chad: We will, I promise.

[Soft music]

 

Abe: Look how far we’ve come. It’s all because of you.

Paulina: Me, really? What did I do?

Abe: You kept your promise not to hide things anymore, no more secrets, no more lies. I mean, ever since, it’s just been wonderful. You made peace with your daughter, with my daughter, with me. I’ve never been happier. And I hope you feel the same way.

Paulina: Of course I do. Of course. Oh, mm.

Lani: Okay. The babies are asleep thanks to our excellent nanny. And thank you for cleaning up.

Eli: No problem, but now I am in the mood for something sweet.

Lani: You have got to be kidding me. I don’t ever want to see another pie for as long as I live.

Eli: No, no, I’m not talking about a pie. No pecan pie, or key lime pie, or florida lime pie.

Lani: Mm-hmm.

Eli: I want some lani pie.

Lani: Oh. Well, come get it.

[Laughs]

Ciara: Are you sure you’re okay?

Ben: Yeah, I am.

Ciara: No more worries about random gusts of wind or horror movies with devil babies?

Ben: No, no, no, no. Dr. Evans made me see that there is no reason why we shouldn’t have a child. And god forbid, any issues come up, we’ll handle it together, like we handle everything. We are gonna make the most beautiful family together.

Ciara: Oh, my god. I love you so much.

Ben: I love you so much. You can barely keep these eyes open.

Ciara: Yeah, I’m tired. Will you hold me? I want to fall asleep in your arms.

[Soft music]

 

John: I hope you’re not upset with me and my bringing up that movie.

Marlena: No, of course not.

John: All right, you know I support johnny. Just that he needs to understand that this project, it’s never gonna happen.

Marlena: I assume you you talked to him?

John: Well, you know I did. And so did allie, but I think he needs to hear it from you. And I was just thinking that, once you were feeling better, you know, you could talk him out of it, but now I don’t even think you’re gonna have to have that conversation.

Marlena: Oh, well, I’m glad for that.

John: And everything that is in the past is gonna stay in the past where it belongs. And it’s just gonna be smooth sailing for me and you, baby, from now on out.

[Ominous music]

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Chanel: That was quite a kiss.

Johnny: Well, that was my way of saying thank you for convincing my sister to do the movie.

Chanel: Allie and i are best friends. So she usually takes my advice.

Johnny: Which was a big help for me in this case. Can I ask you for one more thing?

Chanel: Well, it depends on what that thing is.

Johnny: I’ve got a lot more parts to cast. How would you feel about playing one of them?

John: “Possessed: The marlena evans story”? Did you know about this?

Roman: No, I didn’T. I put my money in this thing because your brother told me he wanted to make a movie about your mom. Now it’s all about marlena’s possession?

Allie: I’m sorry, grandpa. I just assume johnny told you.

John: I can’t even believe this.

Allie: He thought that this movie would make more of a– you know…

Roman: Yeah, moneymaker.

Allie: I mean, you have to admit it it’s pretty exciting. It’s not every day that somebody gets possessed by the devil.

Marlena: What are you talking about? What kind of plans do you have for ben’s baby?

Demon marlena: I don’t wanna spoil the surprise. Let’s just say it is imperative that ben weston and ciara brady conceive a child.

Marlena: Well, he doesn’t agree, and I’m not sure that I convinced him to change his mind.

Demon marlena: Don’t underestimate yourself, dr. Evans. Ben weston always listens to you. He takes your words to heart. And soon I’m going to get what I’ve been wanting for so long.

Ciara: How did it go with marlena? Did you talk to her about us starting a family?

Ben: Actually, yes, I did.

Ciara: You did? Well, did it make you feel any better?

Ben: It did.

Ciara: Wait, it did?

Ben: Mm-hmm.

Ciara: So does that mean–

Ben: If you wanna have this baby, let’s have a baby.

Ciara: Are you serious?

Ben: I know how important this is to you, and that makes it important to me. So let’s do this. Let’s make a baby.

Ciara: Oh, my god.

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

[Soft orchestration]

 

Chanel: So you really want me to be in your movie?

Johnny: Yeah, I do. I have a feeling that the camera would love you.

Chanel: Well, I have been told I take a great picture.

Johnny: Is that a yes?

Ciara: And I’ve always thought acting sounded like fun.

Johnny: Oh, so it is a yes.

Ciara: When I was little, I used to pretend to be those twins on “sister, sister,” and I would make my mama be the mom. She recorded a bunch of videos. She probably still has them.

Johnny: Well, if she does, I would love to see them.

Ciara: So if I did say yes to being in your movie, what role would I play? And if you say the devil I’m punching you in the face.

Johnny: No, you’re not the devil. I actually think I have the perfect role for you.

John: [Scoffs] No way this is gonna happen. He’s not gonna make this movie. Kiddo, did I not ask you to talk to your brother? Did I not practically beg you to convince him to stay away from this part of your grandmother’s life?

Allie: I did talk to him. I swear. But he is stubborn and he says that this is the movie he has to make. I mean, I don’t think anything is gonna stop him.

John: No, I just thought of one thing that can.

Marlena: I don’t understand. What makes ben and ciara’s child so special to you?

Demon marlena: Do I really have to spell it out? The child would inherit the genetics of a serial killer, a man who murdered three women. Young weston was right to be worried about passing on his dark, twisted legacy to his child. That’s where I need you.

Marlena: There’s no such thing as a serial killer gene.

Demon marlena: But as a psychiatrist, you must know that certain genes if nurtured in the proper environment, can result in psychopathic behavior. Weston himself had a sadistic father and a weak mother.

Marlena: Ben and ciara are not those parents.

Demon marlena: Just leave that part to me. That child could turn into the perfect instrument of evil.

Marlena: You don’t know ben the way I know him. He despises what he’s done. And he is not inherently evil.

Demon marlena: But the capacity for evil still resides in him as it would in his child.

Ciara: Oh, my god, I can’t believe this. Ben, you really want us to have a baby? You want that now?

Ben: I do.

Ciara: Oh, my god. Oh, my god, ben this is just– god, you made me so happy.

Ben: Oh, my god. I can see that.

Ciara: What did marlena say to change your mind?

Ben: Well, first of all, she said that half of our baby’s gene pool will be from your side, thank god. And since you are the best, strongest, most beautiful person I’ve ever met, I can’t be afraid of what’s happening on my side of things. And it’s not–I can’t let it stop us from having a baby. Like I said, it is important to me too for us to be parents. I wanna have a baby with you.

Ciara: Really?

Ben: Really.

Ciara: Oh, my god. Oh, my god, ben, I love you so much.

Ben: I love you so much. It’s my 4:05 the-show-must-go-on

Abigail: Love-making has never really been an issue for us.

Chad: No, it hasn’T.

Abigail: However, you still have a lot of issues to work out, and I don’t wanna cloud that by being intimate too soon.

Chad: This–this kiss. It’s just–it’s pretend. It’s john and marlena kissing. Doesn’t have to mean a thing to–to chad and abigail.

Abigail: Oh, well, thank you very much for explaining that, mr. Stanislavsky.

Chad: I’m being– I’m being serious. Look, you don’t have to worry about me turning this into something that it’s– it’s– it’s not, all right? We’ll kiss, and then we’ll go upstairs. Well–we’ll sleep in separate bedrooms. That is unless you–you find me too–too irresistible.

Abigail: Suddenly, I don’t think that’s gonna to be very much of an issue.

Chad: No?

Abigail: No. Where were we?

Chad: Okay, all right. Okay. Do you really want me to go, doc?

Ej: Well, well. What have we here?

Johnny: So I was thinking you could play celeste perrault.

Chanel: Oh, interesting name. Tell me about her.

Johnny: She was my grandfather’s henchwoman.

Chanel: Oh, so she did his dirty work.

Johnny: Some of it, yeah. She was also his lover.

Chanel: And how does she fit into the story?

Johnny: Well, she was a psychic too. She was the first person who sensed that the devil was in salem.

Chanel: Oh, so she’s like the hero of the movie?

Johnny: She should be, yeah. But when she tried to warn everyone, nobody believed her.

Chanel: Why is that?

Johnny: Oh, you know how some people are about psychics.

Chanel: So what makes you think that I’d be the perfect celeste? Wait, is she black?

Johnny: Uh, well, yeah, yeah. Now that I–I guess she is. Now that I think about it, yeah.

Chanel: You–you guess?

Johnny: No, I mean she–she was–she is, yes, but that’s not why I thought of you. I mean, she’s–she’s strong, you know. She’s–she’s a woman doing a man’s job. She’s wise.

Chanel: Uh-huh.

Johnny: She’s beautiful.

Chanel: Uh-huh.

Johnny: And you have a connection to her.

Chanel: What connection?

Johnny: She–celeste is the mother of my aunt lexie, who is the mother of theo. Theo carver, the guy you dated.

Chanel: Wait, so let me get this straight. You want me to play my old boyfriend’s big mama?

Allie: How can you stop johnny?

John: Easy. You see your brother never bothered to get the rights to marlena’s story.

Allie: But he said that she encouraged him to make the movie.

Roman: Well, I’m sure she said that, because she didn’t know the movie was about her. Same as me.

John: Yeah, I’ll just talk to marlena, and I’m sure she will stop johnny from doing this.

Roman: Yeah, if she wants to shut it down, I do believe the law is on her side.

John: That’s a fact. I’m gonna head over to her office right now. She has one appointment with ben weston. But I’m sure she’s alone.

Ciara: Here you go.

Ben: Thank you, love.

Ciara: So this dream you told marlena about.

Ben: I had it in new orleans. I dreamed that we had a son. We came home, and we discovered that he killed his babysitter with a necktie.

Ciara: And you didn’t think to tell me about this?

Ben: Baby, we were on our honeymoon.

Ciara: Yeah, but, baby, i would have reassured you that it was all good.

Ben: I did not want you to have to reassure me. I didn’t wanna burden you. Like I said, we were on our honeymoon, and dr. Evans reassured me today. She’s not even sure if the illness that I had is actually hereditary. You know, and if god forbid there’s the chance that our kid does inherit that, there’s treatment.

Ciara: Mm-hmm, like you had.

Ben: Right.

Ciara: Right.

Ben: It doesn’t mean that we can’t not look for signs, you know. We can’t kid ourselves, but–

Ciara: No, we will not.

Ben: No.

Ciara: No.

Ben: And I’m still not a 100% gung ho, but I know that I can certainly live with my fears, especially if it means that you and i can start a family together.

Ciara: Sounds like marlena gave you some really good advice.

Ben: She did give me good advice.

Ciara: Mm-hmm.

Ben: She was a little different, though.

Ciara: How so?

Ben: Usually, she doesn’t tell me what to do. She lets me make my own decisions for myself, but today she made it seem like I would be making this huge mistake if I decided to never have kids. Like, she really wanted me to listen to her. It was almost like…

Ciara: Almost like what?

Ben: Like she had a personal stake in us having a baby.

Ciara: Hmm.

Marlena: Even if ben and ciara’s child were predisposed to evil behavior, it doesn’t mean that behavior would ever surface.

Demon marlena: Must you be such a doomsayer?

Marlena: Look, ben and ciara would be kind and loving parents, and–and they would–they would raise their child in a loving and safe environment.

Demon marlena: But there are cases where biology is destiny. Ben weston was conditioned by clyde weston to become the necktie killer. Even though that need in him was dormant for years and years, he couldn’t escape the evil that clyde had planted inside him. And clyde himself is the product of generations of evildoers. I chose ben very carefully.

Marlena: But ciara would be the mother, and she is a product of–of two loving and caring families, the bradys and the hortons.

Demon marlena: I never said it wouldn’t be a struggle but the struggle is what makes this all so perfect.

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metastatic breast cancer

Ej: I just came down for a nightcap. Feel free to continue with your reconciliation or whatever it was.

Abigail: Actually, chad was just helping me run lines for a scene from your son’s movie. We were–we were pretending to be john and marlena.

Ej: Hmm, it’s not enough to provide funding for johnny’s little project?

Chad: I was helping my wife with her lines. It’s called being a supportive husband.

Abigail: Yeah, and since the role of john hasn’t really been cast yet…

Chad: Oh, no. You know what? That’s right. Maybe I should audition for it. It’d be a–a real kick to act with my wife in my nephew’s movie.

Johnny: Chanel, listen to me.

Chanel: I’ve heard enough. You want me to play theo’s granny?

Johnny: Whoa, you’d be playing her as a young woman, not as a granny. I mean, if–if you have a problem with it, you could always play the part of her daughter. It’s a smaller role, but aunt lexie was the doctor who took care of my grandmother in the hospital.

Chanel: So my only options are to play theo’s mama or his big mama.

Johnny: Allie’s playing our mother. I mean, it’s not that strange.

Chanel: I’m pretty sure theo carver would think it was strange.

Johnny: So you’re turning me down.

Chanel: I’m gonna have to think about it.

Ciara: Baby, I know it wasn’t easy for you to change your mind, and I know you did it mostly for me. So I have to ask you if you’re sure that this is what you really want, because as much as I want to have a baby with you, I–I don’t want you to do this if you think you have to because you owe me or something.

Ben: Do you know how much I love you?

Ciara: Yes.

Ben: If I wasn’t scared of what my genes might do to our baby, I would have been on board with this from the start. I’m not doing it because you want it or just because you want it. Dr. Evans made me feel a whole lot better about this whole idea. I cannot wait to make a baby with you.

Ciara: I can’t wait either. So should we take the first step? Because I’m not gonna be needing these anymore.

Ben: Go for it.

Demon marlena: Don’t you see? Ben and ciara’s bloodlines are the perfect combination. Their progeny will have enormous potential for evil and also a pure and innocent soul, one that could be easily corrupted. It’s going to be wonderful. It’s exactly what I have been wanting for so long.

Marlena: What does that mean?

Demon marlena: You don’t need to trouble yourself with that–

Marlena: But I do. You forced me to persuade ben to have this child. Now you’re telling me that you’ve had plans for this child right along?

Demon marlena: When you risked your professional reputation to have ben released from the sanitarium, and of all the psychiatrists in the world he became your patient, it was as if the stars suddenly aligned. It was glorious.

Marlena: I will not allow you to use ben.

Demon marlena: What are you doing?

Marlena: What I have to do. I’m gonna warn him.

Demon marlena: You will do no such thing.

Marlena: You try and stop me.

[Knock at door]

John: Doc, you busy?

Marlena: Come in.

John: Whoa. You’re alone. I could have sworn I heard another voice. Now, we all know progressive offers 24/7 protection,

Ej: It’s your favorite pastime, isn’t it, getting under my skin?

Chad: Okay. You–you think that everything is about you? Look, I mean, playing a married couple with problems could be good for us.

Abigail: I never thought of it that way.

Ej: And when will you do your job, the one where you run an international corporation?

Chad: I can do both.

Ej: Oh, really? We’re supposed to be sharing the position of ceo. But the only one working long hours is me. Chad: I can’t help if I’m better at time management than you are.

Ej: That’s your assessment. Mine is that you are simply not pulling your weight. And once I express that concern to shin, I think he will agree with me.

Johnny: Chanel, please. I really want you to play the part of celeste. You’d really be great.

Chanel: Well, then you should stop playing director for a little while and do some more of that wooing.

Johnny: I left my guitar back in my bedroom, but we could go back there and I don’t know.

Chanel: Is that where you keep your casting couch?

Johnny: You are really giving me a hard time tonight.

Chanel: Yeah, it’s good for you. You’ll thank me later. But I wouldn’t be opposed to you taking me to dinner.

Johnny: Well, my father has cut me off financially, as you know, but we could go to the pub. I’m sure I could talk my grandpa into giving us a free meal.

Chanel: You really think you can just charm your way through this world, don’t you?

Johnny: Well, yeah. ‘Cause I usually can. You coming?

John: Thought you still might be in your session with ben. Were you talking with him on the phone?

Marlena: No, I–I recorded our session, and I was listening to it.

John: And how did it go?

Marlena: Well, for some reason I–I think I might have led him down the wrong path. So, I–I think I–I need to talk to him.

John: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Now?

Marlena: Yeah, I think this shouldn’t wait.

John: No, I–I–I don’t think that’s a good idea. Because you are paler now than you were when left the house. Something’s going on that’s got you upset.

Marlena: It was a very emo–it was a very emotional session, and–and I think ben still needs me.

John: Sweetheart, I know how committed you are to your patients, and I respect that, but right now tonight you’re gonna shut it down. I’m gonna take you home. You talk to ben tomorrow.

Marlena: John, this is not–

John: I’m not taking no for an answer, sweetheart. Let’s go. Let’s go. Now.

Marlena: Fine. I’m fine.

John: Come on.

Ben: How soon after you stop taking the pill can you get pregnant?

Ciara: I don’t know. Let me check.

Ben: Check. Please, please, please.

Ciara: Okay, so it says here that I can get pregnant immediately.

Ben: Okay.

Ciara: Or it can take up to a year.

Ben: It doesn’t really narrow it down. Does it?

Ciara: Uh-uh. It also says that if I stop taking the pill in the middle of my pack, which I am doing, I can get pregnant right away. It’s rare, but it does happen.

Ben: Ooh, well, then what better time than the present, huh? Am I wrong?

Ciara: No.

Ben: I didn’t think so. On the outside, I looked fine.

Chad: You know, I’d–I’d like to work hard, ej, but the truth is you’ve been inching me out of the process since the moment we took over those jobs. And you damn well know it.

Ej: I entered into our agreement in good faith. I wanted it to work.

Chad: No, you didn’T. You’ve been planning this from the get-go. I’m backing johnny so you’re making your move.

Ej: I have a hard time trusting people who betray me.

Chad: I believe in johnny, I’m supporting him. And this is your way of paying me back. Just be a man and call it what it is.

Ej: Don’t tell me, you’re serious about running dimera. I just heard you talking about acting in a student movie. You don’t have time for side jobs.

Abigail: Okay, look. You took time to act as xander cook’s attorney. What was that? Pro bono work?

Ej: What I do is none of your business.

Chad: Okay.

Abigail: You know darn well that he has all the time in the world to be in johnny’s movie in his spare time and still put in a full day at dimera.

Ej: No, I don’t think shin will concur. As a matter of fact, I’ll call him now, sound him out about chad’s new gig.

Chad: I mean, I don’t–I don’t even–i don’t even have the part, and you just drooling over the thought of dumping me.

Ej: You never should have undermined me with my son.

Johnny: So you closed the bakery and came here, huh?

Allie: Yeah, I did. You have a problem with that?

Johnny: I just thought you were going home to learn your lines.

Allie: Well, I called nicole, and she said henry was already asleep, so i figured I’d come see grandpa and get some dinner.

Johnny: So grandpa’s still here?

Allie: Yeah, he’s in the back.

Johnny: Oh, good. I need to talk to him.

Allie: Before you do, you should know that grandpa john was here, and he saw my script. He knows the movie’s about grandma marlena now, and he’s flipping out.

Johnny: Oh, man. He was–he was really pissed?

Allie: Yeah. He’s gonna tell grandma that she shouldn’t give you the right to make the movie.

Johnny: But I will convince her that she should, that I can tell her story.

Roman: It won’t make much difference.

Johnny: What do you mean?

Roman: Look, I saw it john, saw his reaction when he looked at your script, and it got me thinking. And, johnny, I can’t in good conscience invest in your movie anymore.

John: All right, now, doctor, I want you to try to get some sleep, and I’m sure you’re gonna feel a lot better in the morning. Okay?

Marlena: Yeah. I’m just still so worried about ben.

John: Have you figured out why yet?

Marlena: No, just a–just a gut feeling.

John: Well, I think I might know what’s going on here.

Marlena: Well, I wish I did.

John: I think that you were just obsessed with ben, because you tried so damn hard to help doug, and you couldn’T.

Marlena: Yeah, I-I try so hard. I-I-I just wanted to get through to doug. I want–and then I–I feel awful about trying to convince julie to let me commit him to bayview.

John: Hey, after what he did to her, you didn’t have a choice. Now, I know you, sweetheart, and I know that you–you always want to try to help everybody, especially those people you love, and–and then, you know, you’ve done a really good job with ben, but you don’t need to talk to him tonight. Tonight you just need to take care of yourself. Okay?

Marlena: Yeah.

John: Okay.

Marlena: Okay, yeah, I’m– I’m–I’m sure ben will be fine. It can wait till tomorrow.

Ciara: What do you think?

Ben: I think we should have been making babies a long time ago. I’ve lost count of how many asthma attacks I’ve had.

Chad: So should we try the scene again?

Abigail: Aren’t you worried about ej getting to shin?

Chad: Ej, no. I don’t care what ej says. I’ve been killing it at the office. And I don’t see shin making any changes. Not–not with the way profits are. So should we take it from the top?

Abigail: I’m tired. I think I’ve rehearsed enough for today.

Chad: What? What are you talking about? We’re just–we’re just getting to the good part.

Abigail: Uh-huh. I just wanna go upstairs. I’m gonna check on the kids, and I’m going to take a very long, hot bath.

Chad: Well, why don’t we– why don’t we check on the kids together. And then I can–I can escort you to your room because I wouldn’t want you running into any–any dangerous creatures in the hallway, especially ones with plummy british accents.

Abigail: Hmm. You’re very protective.

Chad: Yeah.

Abigail: But that sounds nice.

Johnny: Oh, come on, grandpa. You can’t do this to me. I’m counting on you.

Roman: Yeah, I know. Look, I feel bad about breaking my word, okay? But admit it, you pulled a bait and switch on me. And it’s not fair, and it’s not right. And this new story of yours, I don’t think you get what a really bad idea this is.

Johnny: Oh, man.

Roman: Johnny, you can’t just be about what you want. This movie can mess people’s lives up, people you love, people you care about.

Johnny: Thank you for trying to help me.

Roman: All right, listen. I gotta run. Make sure nobody robs the place.

Allie: We’ll keep an eye out.

Roman: See you later.

Chanel: I am so sorry, G.

Johnny: I mean what the hell am I supposed to do now? I’ve tapped every investor I can think of.

Allie: Any way you could crowd source the rest of the money?

Johnny: That could take forever. Damn it.

Chanel: Hey, why don’t we just order some food and then we can brainstorm over dinner.

Johnny: I’m not hungry anymore. You mind if we take a rain check? I–I just need to think this thing through on my own. I’m really sorry.

Chanel: I understand. We’re gonna figure this out.

Johnny: I hope so. See ya.

Chanel: Poor guy. I’ve never seen him like that.

Allie: I have. But we were little kids.

Marlena: Ooh, goodness. Do feel kind of worn out. Maybe I could turn off those thoughts that keep going through my head.

John: Thoughts? What kinda–what kinda thoughts?

Marlena: Just thoughts– thoughts about my patients.

John: Hey, hey, hey. Maybe this gizmo over here will help. Want me to turn it on?

Marlena: What–what is that?

John: Why, this is called a white sound machine. Comes highly recommended by abraham carver. Paulina brought one up from miami; it puts abe to sleep just like that.

Marlena: Well, okay. Let’s hope it works.

John: Yeah, that and maybe a cup of hot chamomile tea?

Marlena: Aw, that’d be nice. Thank you.

John: All right, now you just close your eyes, and I will be right back. Okay.

[Eerie music]

Demon marlena: Listen to your husband, marlena. Forget all about ben weston.

 

Johnny: [Scoffs]

Ej: Something wrong?

Johnny: Oh, you’ll love this, yeah. Grandpa roman doesn’t wanna put money in the movie anymore. So my dream project is over before it ever even got started.

Ej: If you’re expecting me to gloat, it’s not going to happen. What if I offered to cover roman’s investment?

Johnny: Okay, but what’s the catch? ‘Cause I know there is one.

Ej: You’re right.

Chad: Can we do this every night? Check on thomas and charlotte together?

Abigail: I would love that. Yeah. Were you really serious about wanting to play john? Or you just trying to get in ej’s face?

Chad: Maybe a little bit of both. But what I wanna–when I started to talk about the two of us doing it together, I started to really like the idea.

Abigail: Why?

Chad: It just seems like it would be a fun adventure for us to go through together. And I wouldn’t have to worry about you doing some sex scenes with some random guy.

Johnny: I’m not going to work at dimera enterprises. I would rather wait tables at the pub.

Ej: That’s not my condition. You’ve made yourself clear.

Johnny: Stop playing games, dad. What do you want?

Ej: What I want is to play john black.

John: Yeah, hold on a second. Hey, roman.

Roman: Hey, hey, sorry for coming by so late without calling first, but I wanted to let you know. I told johnny I won’t help fund his film.

John: Nice. Thanks, roman. I know that it wasn’t easy.

Roman: No it wasn’t, but your right. The last thing we want is for marlena to have to relive that time.

Marlena: Ben, have to warn ben.

[Wind whooshing]

Demon marlena: Let it go, marlena. Leave ben to me. Stop fighting. Give in to me.

Ciara: Was that just me or did that feel different? Like extra special?

Ben: It was definitely not just you.

Ciara: I didn’t think it was.

Ben: Mm-mm.

Ciara: And that kinda has me wondering.

Ben: Oh, yeah? What are you wondering, my love?

Ciara: I’m wondering if we just made a baby.

[Clattering]

[Wind whooshing]

[Tense music]

Demon marlena: Just let go, marlena. Give in to me. Give in to me. Give in to me to me…to me… to me…to me…to me…to me.

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Chanel: That was a day.

Allie: And a half. I can’t believe we sold out everything in the bakery.

Chanel: I feel like I barely even had a chance to breathe. I didn’t even get a chance to ask you how your date was.

Allie: It was fine, but how about you? What did you end up doing last night?

Chanel: You know, it turns out it was good I didn’t go out with you guys, because I was involved in a surprise engagement.

Allie: What? You and my brother got engaged?

Johnny: Hey, just the person I was looking for.

Abigail: Oh, really? Good reason or bad reason?

Johnny: Good.

Abigail: Okay. Another script.

Johnny: You can tear up the old one. That is the rewrite. Hot off the press.

Abigail: Okay, and so you said this one focuses mainly on your grandmother being possessed by the–

Johnny: It’s okay. You can say it. You’re gonna have to live it when you play her in the movie.

Abigail: You wrote another script that fast?

Johnny: Yeah. I was working on it all night, but I gotta tell you that thing practically wrote itself. I guess you could say the devil was my muse.

Abigail: Hmm.

Kayla: [Laughs] How did you know that’s what I needed?

Roman: Lucky guess. Nothing does the trick like mom’s cure-all.

Kayla: I wish it could cure everything.

Roman: What’s going on?

Kayla: I just came from committing doug to bayview for evaluation.

Roman: How’d that go?

Kayla: He was extremely upset and was insisting that he didn’t belong there. And he just kept asking for julie, over and over again.

Ciara: I think that I’m more ready to start a family than ben is.

Julie: He doesn’t want children?

Ciara: Oh, he does. It’s just he has his own issues to work through, before he can fully commit.

Julie: Considering his family history and his own, that makes sense.

Ciara: Yeah, he’s actually at a session with marlena right now, mm-hmm. Hopefully, she can help him work through those feelings. There is no one I trust more than marlena.

Julie: As do I. I know she’s going to help my doug and help your ben too. I have complete faith in marlena. And you should too.

Marlena: I’m sorry, ben.

Ben: It’s okay, and thank you again for making the time to see me.

Devil: Don’t let him go, marlena. You need to convince ben weston that he and his wife must have this baby. Don’t let me down, marlena, or there will be a steep price to pay.

[Echoing] Pay, pay.

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

[Soft orchestration]

 

Allie: Why didn’t you tell me you were engaged? I mean, where’s the ring?

Chanel: [Laughs] Relax, horton. I am not engaged to your brother after three dates.

Allie: Oh, okay, well, you said you were involved in a surprise engagement, so what’s the engagement?

Chanel: Abe proposed to my mom last night.

Allie: Oh! Well, that’s great.

Chanel: And the best part is she said yes.

Allie: Well, lucky uncle abe. Your mom is a total catch.

Chanel: Hell yeah she is, and it was a really romantic night all around.

Allie: Okay, well, if you’re talking about my brother now, I don’t really need the gory details.

Chanel: It would only be gory if he was a lousy singer.

Allie: No, please do not tell me that my brother brought out his guitar and “serenaded” you.

Chanel: Yeah, he sure did.

Allie: Oh, my god.

Chanel: He was “wooing” me. His words.

Allie: I told you he was a player.

Chanel: Well, if he is, then so far he’s playing it exactly right.

Abigail: You changed the name of the movie, I see.

Johnny: I had to. It’s not the sami brady story any more.

Abigail: Did you tell your mom? ‘Cause she’s not gonna be happy.

Johnny: She is not even returning my texts or my calls, so she doesn’t get a say. But you do, and so does chad. I want you both to read over this. Please let me know if you have any questions, if any of the dialogue feels unnatural. I want you to be brutally honest, okay?

Abigail: You’re sure about that?

Johnny: Of course. It’s a collaborative film, and I appreciate you guys believing in my vision.

Abigail: Aww. Thank you. I really appreciate the opportunity.

Johnny: So you’re excited?

Abigail: I am, yeah. After these last few crazy months, I can’t believe how much I’m looking forward to it.

Johnny: Well, I will leave you to it, and maybe… read it with the lights on.

Abigail: “Possessed: The marlena evans story.”

[Eerie music]

 

Devil: Are you listening to me, marlena? You need to stop him. Now.

Ben: Dr. Evans, you all right?

Marlena: You didn’t hear that?

Ben: Hear what?

Devil: Ben can’t hear me, doc. I have a direct line right into your head. And more importantly, your soul.

Ben: Dr. Evans, what did you hear?

[Eerie music]

 

Marlena: A sound. Outside. It must have been something outside. Nothing–it’s nothing.

Ben: What did it sound like?

Devil: You need to change his mind, marlena. Tell him right now. Tell him to have this baby. If you don’t, I’ll have to pay a visit to poor, vulnerable doug.

Marlena: Well, I don’t–

Ben: Dr. Evans, are you sure you’re all right?

Marlena: Um… no, actually I’m not feeling very well at all.

Ben: You know, maybe you should head home. Get some rest. Yeah? You’ll feel better, okay?

Marlena: Wait. You can’t leave. Your mission:

Allie: Please tell me that you recorded my brother singing to you.

Chanel: I did not.

Allie: Damn it. I could have used it for blackmail.

Chanel: It was a very lovely, private moment.

Allie: A lovely, private, cringey moment. I’m sure my brother couldn’t be cheesier if he tried.

Johnny: I bet I can.

Chanel: Hey, you.

Johnny: Hey.

Allie: Heart-shaped chocolates? You know she’s a baker, right?

Johnny: They’re chocolate-covered mixed nuts.

Chanel: My favorite. You’re good. He’s good.

Abigail: Oh!

Chad: Sorry, sorry, sorry.

Abigail: [Laughs] Oh, my gosh. I did not…

Chad: Sorry.

Abigail: Hear you come in. I was so caught up in the script.

Chad: How many times you read that thing?

Abigail: This is a totally new version. Johnny practically started over. He wants us to read it and give him some feedback.

Chad: Okay. It sounds like a nice diversion from the day at the office that I had.

Abigail: You weren’t confronted by the devil, were you?

Chad: Not quite. Ej’s not speaking to me.

Abigail: Because of the movie stuff?

Chad: He’ll only communicate to me through our assistants. He’s furious that I’m financing a story about sami’s past.

Abigail: Well, you can’t pull out now. Not only would it break johnny’s heart. I think it’d kind of break mine.

Roman: [Sighs] Damn. It breaks my heart. I mean, I know he was having trouble. Mixing up names. I mean, he did that when he came in the pub, a while back, but damn. It sounds like it’s really getting a lot worse.

Kayla: Well, I think we know better than most that dementia is a degenerative illness. And in doug’s case, it just seems like it’s progressing with alarming rapidity.

Roman: Well, we did get a miracle for mom.

Kayla: Well, it’s gonna take at least that, if not more, for doug to recover.

Julie: You just got married. Your whole life is before you. There’s no rush to have a baby, is there?

Ciara: I guess not. Plenty of people decide not to have kids, right? And good for them. It’s just–I don’t know. I never thought that I would have to make that decision.

Julie: What about adoption? I mean, if ben is so concerned about passing on his genes.

Ciara: Yeah, allie actually asked me about that, but I mean I don’t think we’re the perfect candidates, given ben’s history.

Julie: I understand.

Ciara: And besides, I don’t even think that would address all of his concerns. I think he’s not only afraid of passing down his genes. I think he’s afraid of the kind of parent he’s gonna end up becoming. I think he’s afraid that he’ll turn into clyde.

Ben: Why can’t I leave? Aren’t we finished with our session?

Marlena: We are, but…

Devil: Pull yourself together, marlena. You can do it. You have to do it.

Marlena: I don’t want you going home to ciara and telling her that you can’t have a child.

Ben: Why not?

Marlena: Because–

Devil: Say it, marlena. Say it.

Marlena: Because that would be a terrible mistake. This is the sound of an asthma attack…

Julie: Oh, my darling girl. I hope all your hopes and dreams come true.

Ciara: Thank you, grandma, but right now, I am worried about grandpa and you. I’m just so sorry for what you guys are going through.

Julie: We’ve had a long and exciting life together. I never took a day of it for granted. I have no regrets.

Ciara: But still, I mean you never really think that something like this would happen.

Julie: No. No, you don’T. You can prepare yourself for illness. You can even prepare yourself for that day when one of you has to say goodbye. But I never expected that my darling would want to hurt me or stop loving me.

Ciara: No. He would never stop loving you. No matter how sick he gets, he still loves you, deep down in his soul with all of his heart. And that is one thing that I know for certain. He always will love you.

Kayla: [Sighs] Thank you for the chowder.

Roman: Any time, sis.

Kayla: All right, I’m gonna head over to the hortons and check on julie.

Roman: Okay. Give ’em my love.

Kayla: I will do that. I love you.

Roman: I love you.

Kayla: Hey, john.

John: Hey, kay.

Kayla: How’s marlena feeling?

John: Better. Nowhere near 100%. I tried talking her out of going to work.

Kayla: She went to the hospital?

John: You know doc. Always putting everybody else’s needs first.

Kayla: That she does.

John: Keep an eye on her for me, will you?

Kayla: Of course.

John: Thanks. Appreciate that. Yeah.

Kayla: Take care.

Roman: Hey, john. What can I get for you?

John: Just a couple minutes of your time.

Roman: Always on the menu. What’s up?

John: Johnny tells me that you are thinking about investing in his film.

Roman: Doing more than thinking about it. Told him I would.

John: Well, I’m here to talk you out of it.

Chad: You’re really psyched about doing this movie, huh?

Abigail: I am, yeah. It feels like a new challenge. An opportunity to maybe learn something about salem’s history. And aren’t you excited to be a part of it?

Chad: Yeah. I wouldn’t be investing in it if I didn’t believe in it.

Abigail: So you’re not gonna let ej’s temper tantrum change your mind?

Chad: No, not a chance.

Abigail: Good, because chad–this story–it’s insane. I mean, my part. The things that I get to do. I just hope that I can do justice to everything that marlena went through, really.

Chad: Well, I mean, you–look at me. You have succeeded at everything you’ve ever done, okay? You are gonna be great.

Abigail: Thank you. I think I’m gonna read the words out loud. You know, just to kind of make sure everything flows.

Chad: Yeah, well…

Abigail: You know?

Chad: Why don’t we read it together? I’ll be your scene partner.

Abigail: Really?

Chad: Yeah. Look, I am–I mean I’m no professional.

Abigail: God.

Chad: Okay? But I’m game. You can call me… john black.

Abigail: It’S… father john black. You ready?

Chad: Let’s do it.

Abigail: [Clears throat]

Chad: Fade in.

Chanel: Mmm. I wonder if we can make a cookie that tastes like this. Cashews and dark chocolate.

Allie: No. It’s almost dinnertime.

Johnny: You just cannot admit that I bought something nice for chanel. You know, I’m actually a pretty good boyfriend.

Allie: Okay, well, if you’re here to do more wooing, I’m gonna get going.

Johnny: Ah, hang on. I’m here to woo you too.

Allie: Oh, another script.

Johnny: I know you haven’t committed to the project yet, but there is no way you’ll turn me down after you read this draft. I promise.

Allie: Sorry, buddy, but I’m turning you down right now.

Ben: You’re telling me that it would be a mistake not to bring a baby into this world? Fully knowing that it could possibly be sick, like I was?

Marlena: Ben, you were ill. You’re not ill anymore.

Ben: I understand that, but I also know that it could come back. And I face that possibility every single day, and I know my child could go through that same thing.

Marlena: But the odds are so low.

Ben: They’re not zero.

Marlena: No. No, nothing is really zero. Look, god forbid–

Devil: Don’t bring him into this.

Marlena: Ben… we all have traits we don’t want to pass on to our children. I mean, that’s just part of parenting. It’s part of being human. Look, if your child were to become ill, well, you’d get medical attention. Mental health is the same thing.

Ben: Yeah, but when I was ill it didn’t just make me sick. It caused me to kill people.

Marlena: We didn’t catch it soon enough, but you will be so vigilant with your own child.

Ben: Dr. Evans, there isn’t an amount of vigilance in this world to head off evil. I’m sorry. I-I can’t– I can’t do that.

Devil: Stop him now. You have to.

Marlena: Why?

Ben: What do you mean, “why?” I’m a ganiac, ganiac, check my drawers

Johnny: Allie, come on, please. I need you to play mom.

Allie: Why? The story’s about grandma now.

Johnny: And mom is her daughter. She was about our age when grandma was possessed.

Chanel: Oh, there’s a sentence.

Johnny: Look, mom has some really pivotal scenes. Wait till you read about the moment that she walked in on grandma and grandpa john on top of the titan conference…

Allie: Okay.

Johnny: Table.

Allie: One, ew, and, two, what does it have to do with the possession?

Johnny: The fallout from that affair is the event that pushed mom over the edge. I mean, that’s why she changed aunt belle’s paternity test results, why she kidnapped her. A lot of people say that that was the birth of sami brady as we know her.

Chanel: Your mom did all of that?

Allie: It’s literally just the beginning.

Chanel: So what happened with your grandma, after your mom caught her?

Allie: Well, the truth got out about the affair, and my grandpa roman divorced her.

Johnny: Leaving marlena all alone, vulnerable, and full of shame. And that’s how the devil found his way in.

Roman: Okay. Well, john, I gotta tell you I am not gonna go back on my word to my grandchild.

John: Roman, you know what this film’s about.

Roman: Yeah. Sami’s life.

John: All of our lives. And from what I understand, it’s gonna include the moment that doc and I–

Roman: Cheated on me.

John: Yep.

Roman: John, I came to terms with that a long time ago. Stefano upended all our lives. Marlena fell in love with you when she thought you were me, and after that, as hard as you two tried, you couldn’t stay apart.

Marlena: John. I didn’t think I’d see you tonight.

John: I didn’t expect to see you here, either, especially alone.

Marlena: I’m not. Roman is coming.

John: You know, doc, you couldn’t lie to me when we were married, and you still can’T. God, you look beautiful tonight. Wait please.

Marlena: Don’t do this.

John: Just a minute.

Marlena: Don’T. If you care about me at all, don’t touch me. Not now. Not ever…

Both: Again.

Chad: I guess john didn’t listen.

Abigail: No editorializing. Keep going.

Chad: Sorry.

[Clears throat]

[As john] I talked to carrie, after you left. She felt as though you may be coming down with a little something.

Abigail as marlena: Oh, well, she was wrong.

Chad: Are you sure?

Abigail: Yes, I feel fine.

Chad: All right. Then why aren’t you upstairs at the party with everyone else?

Abigail: I just needed some time by myself.

Chad: Why? Why? I mean, if you’re not ill, why are you here? What are you running away from? If, um–

Abigail: You know, I think maybe that’s enough for one day.

Chad: It’s a little close to home, huh?

Ciara: There we go.

Julie: Enough of this. Cheer me up.

Ciara: Okay.

Julie: Yes. Tell me about your honeymoon. It was in new orleans?

Ciara: Yes, it was.

Julie: So tell me all about the food.

Ciara: Oh, the food! Well, where do I even start? The crawfish. The muffuletta sandwiches. The beignets. Oh, and we even visited oak alley.

Julie: Oh, it’s beautiful, isn’t it? Your mother and father made some wonderful memories there.

Ciara: Yeah, it is beautiful, but it’s changed a lot. The plantation’s had to reckon with its past. Yeah, enslaved workers built the house, planted the oaks, and that is all a part of its legacy.

Julie: It’s important to reexamine the sins of the past. Hard as that is.

Ciara: Yeah. It actually made ben think about how he had to reckon with his own sins.

Julie: This is why he has doubts about having children?

Ciara: Whatever happens, whether we have kids or not, I will respect his decision. I would never want to pressure him into doing something that he doesn’t want to do.

Ben: You’re asking me why I don’t want to risk bringing a bad seed into this world? Dr. Evans, isn’t that answer kind of obvious?

Marlena: I know about your fears, but I’m telling you it’s very, very unlikely.

Ben: But you said earlier–

Marlena: Yes. That it’s possible. Anything is possible. But there’s a very big difference between healthy fear and unhealthy avoidance.

Ben: And you think that’s what this is?

Marlena: I think any child you have is going to grow up in a wonderful and loving home– something you never had. And ciara, she loves you so much. She wants to have a family with you.

Ben: I know that.

Marlena: And if you deny her the chance to be a mother, she’ll accept that… on the surface.

Ben: Well, what do you mean, “on the surface”?

Marlena: Well, when one half of a couple makes a decision that affects them both, there can be a level of resentment.

Ben: So you think ciara would resent me for not wanting to have a kid?

Marlena: I certainly have seen that in my practice. And you know, when there’s that level of resentment it really can damage a marriage.

Ben: So you’re saying?

Marlena: I’m saying go home. Make love to your wife, and see if you can make a baby together. Clerk: Hello, how can I?

Allie: Johnny, I’m not an actress.

Johnny: Neither is abigail, but you have the life experience to play these parts. Nobody knows mom like you do. You know how she acts. You know how she thinks.

Chanel: You do look like her.

Johnny: You would kill this.

Allie: All right, as much as I enjoy you kissing up to me, I just don’t have time. I mean, I’m so busy with the bakery and henry.

Chanel: And tripp.

Johnny: It wouldn’t take that much time. Look, you’re not the star of the movie. We would shoot around your schedule. You make a little money. I’d owe you forever.

Chanel: How can you say “no” to that?

Allie: I thought you were against the movie?

Chanel: Well, I’m just saying it could come in handy to have your twin owe you forever.

Johnny: Think about how much you would enjoy holding that over me.

Chanel: And besides, how can you turn down that face?

Allie: All right, fine. Fine. I will play mom in your movie. I just hope that this does not come back to haunt us.

Roman: John?

John: Hey.

Roman: Where did you just go?

John: Sorry, I just kind of drifted off reminiscing. What do you know about zen?

Marlena: About what?

John: About zen. As in buddhism. It’s very complicated, yet it’s very simple, at the same time. Like the story of the man who wanted to know who buddha was. So he asked him, “are you a god?” And buddha said, “no.” So he asked him, “are you an angel?” And once again, buddha said, “no.” So he said, “you must be a saint.” And for the third time, buddha replied, “no.” So the man said, “what are you?” And buddha looked at him and said, “I am awake.” Well, that’s what the word “buddha” means. Awake. It’s how the whole thing started: With one man who woke up.

Abigail: And you’re right. You know, I was running away from you and my feelings, and just like john said of marlena in the script. But… I’m not doing that anymore.

Chad: If this is too much–

Abigail: No. No, you can keep going.

Chad: Are you sure?

Abigail: Yeah, yeah. Let’s go ahead.

Chad: [Clears throat]

[As john] What do you know about zen?

Abigail as marlena: About what?

Chad: About zen. As in buddhism. It’s very simple, yet very complicated, at the same time.

Julie: Well, ben must be finished with marlena by now, and you should be heading home.

Ciara: Are you sure? I just–I don’t know if you should be alone right now.

Julie: I can be alone, sweetheart. I don’t want you to waste one minute with your precious husband. You’ve lost too much time as it is.

Ciara: All right, as long as you’re sure you’re gonna be okay.

Julie: You know me.

Ciara: Toughest woman I know.

Julie: Runs in the family.

Ciara: Yes, it does. I will be praying for grandpa.

Julie: Thank you, sweetheart.

Ciara: Please let me know when I can visit him.

Julie: Of course.

Ciara: Okay.

Julie: Of course

Ciara: Okay.

Julie: And I hope everything works out for you and ben, and I wish you all the luck in the world, and, oh, you so deserve to be happy. And so does he.

Marlena: What are you waiting for? Go on home.

Ben: This does not sound like you.

Marlena: What do you mean?

Ben: I mean you never tell me what to do. You ask me questions, but then you leave me room to make my own decisions.

Marlena: Yes. I just don’t want you going down the wrong road, you know? Want to stay on the path. I mean you’ve worked so hard to end up with ciara.

Ben: Yeah.

Marlena: So does that clarify everything?

Ben: Yeah. Yeah. Actually, it does, so thank you. Once again, thank you.

Marlena: Yes.

Ben: Get some rest.

Marlena: Yes. You take care.

Ben: Thanks. You too.

[Tense music]

 

Devil: Good job, marlena. I knew you could do it. On the outside, I looked fine.

Johnny: You don’t have to commit right now, okay? You can go home. Read the script. The scene in the titan conference room is at the very beginning. You don’t even have any lines. You just have to look horrified when you walk in on grandma and grandpa john having sex.

Allie: Yeah, well, that shouldn’t be too hard.

Johnny: I’ll need to see how deeply it hurts: The shock, betrayal. This was a moment that broke mom. Changed her forever, and in this story, it was the inciting incident.

Chanel: The what now?

Johnny: The event that sets everything into motion. It was that carnal sin which invited the devil into salem. There wouldn’t be a story without it.

Abigail as marlena: Why are you telling me that story?

Chad as john: Because that’s how I feel when I’m with you. And no one on this earth and nothing else–

John: Nothing and nobody on this earth makes me feel that way.

Marlena: Don’t do this to me.

John: Oh, god. I know you want to go, and I’m not gonna stop you, but please, there is one thing I need to say, all right? You know what I was going through when isabella died. How I was walking around like a zombie. I was dead inside, until that night on the plane when you and I made love. You gave me life again, doc. And if nothing more comes out of this, I just want to say thank you. One fateful night changed everything. For me. For you. Sami. Marlena. Now here we are, having that part of our lives recreated on the big screen?

Roman: And you’re worried that it’s all gonna bring it rushing back?

John: Well, aren’t you? Come on, man. We’ve worked so hard to put all this behind us here. We don’t know what’s gonna happen, if we open that door.

Roman: Well… you know what? Could be a good thing. Final catharsis. If I’m okay with it, why shouldn’t you be?

John: It’s not about the affair, roman. It’s about marlena being possessed by the devil.

Devil: Brilliantly played, marlena. Using ben’s own love for ciara as a weapon against him? You did me proud.

[Recorder beeps] You think you can get rid of me by shutting off the recorder? After all these years, you should know you can never get rid of me. My nunormal?

Johnny: Thank you for helping me convince allie to do the movie.

Chanel: You did the heavy lifting.

Johnny: Hey, I thought you were terrified of this story?

Chanel: Well, I’m still properly afraid of the devil, like any good girl should be, but I see how passionate you are about this story. I know you’re not gonna give up, and I kinda wanted to move the conversation along.

Johnny: Oh? Why is that?

Chanel: So I could be alone with you.

Johnny: And I could demonstrate my passion in a different way?

Chanel: Exactly.

Chad as john: You want me to leave… I’ll walk out that door right now. And as hard as it may be, I’ll stay out of your life, if that’s what you want.

[In normal voice] Abby, what’s wrong?

Abigail: It says they kiss.

Chad: Yeah, I know.

Julie: You have seen doug?

Kayla: Yeah. I have, and I’m afraid that there’s no change. He’s still very upset and confused.

Julie: But I get to visit him tomorrow, right?

Kayla: Well, I think that we should wait till after the first 24 hours. We need to make sure that the doctors think that he’s not a danger to you anymore.

Julie: I hate this, kayla. I feel so helpless. I’m not there to jog his memory. I’m not there to hold his hand. I’m not there to tell him I love him.

Kayla: I know, but hopefully, soon.

Julie: Well, is there anything I can do?

Kayla: Well, you know me. I’m a doctor, but I believe very strongly in the power of prayer.

Julie: So do I, and I’m gonna keep on praying for my husband till my last breath.

John: I tried to convince johnny, “just leave the possession part out of the script.”

Roman: Okay. What is it you’re worried about?

John: Oh, come on, man. Do I even have to say it?

Roman: That it could happen again? That we’re inviting the devil back into our lives.

John: Why take the risk?

Roman: All right, john. Tell you what. Let me talk with johnny, okay? As big a moment as that was in all our lives, sami’s had a lot of big moments. I think johnny can make the movie without that.

John: Thanks.

Allie: Hey, look. It’s a meeting of the grandpas.

Roman: Hey, look who’s here. How’s it going?

Allie: Not great.

John: No? Why not? What’s wrong?

Allie: Well, I can’t believe it, but I just let johnny talk me into playing mom in his stupid movie.

Roman: Wait a minute. Are we looking at the star of the sami brady story?

Allie: No, I am just a supporting character now.

John: How is that even possible?

Allie: Well, johnny totally rewrote the script. It’s a horror movie now. He even changed the title.

Roman: What’s it called now?

Allie: “Possessed: The marlena evans story.”

[Dramatic eerie music]

 

Marlena: I don’t understand. Why are you doing this?

Devil: Marlena, I told you we had a lot of work to do.

Marlena: What does any of this have to do with ben?

Ben: Well, I am glad that you at least got to be there for julie.

Ciara: Well, I tried. So how did it go with marlena? Did you talk to her about us starting a family?

Ben: Actually, yes, I did.

Ciara: You did? Well, did it make you feel any better?

Ben: It did.

Ciara: Wait, it did?

Ben: Mm-hmm.

Ciara: So does that mean…

Ben: If you want to have a baby… let’s have a baby.

Devil: Do you want to know what this has to do with ben? What do you think, marlena? I have big plans for ben weston’s baby. Big plans.

[Cackling]

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Gabi: Did you kill a guy named jed zanetti?

Jake: Where is this coming from?

Gabi: From philip, who, by the way, just fired me.

Jake: What?

Gabi: Yeah, for spying on him, and now, he’s trying to get me to give up gabi chic and threatening to send you to prison for murder. But that cannot happen, unless all of this is true, so I am gonna ask you again, jake. Did you kill this guy jed back in philly?

Jake: Not here. Not in public. Let’s talk at home.

Gabi: Fine. Be lucky if we run into that bitch ava.

Jake: You mean she’s behind this?

Gabi: Where else would philip have gotten this information?

Brady: I value our friendship. Always have. And I wouldn’t want to do anything to jeopardize it, so… I accept that you have chosen philip, and I hope it works out, chloe. I hope that you’re happy together.

Chloe: Thank you, brady. That means a lot to me.

[Dramatic music]

 

[Static crackling]

[Demonic growling]

Devil voice: We certainly took care of that old geezer, didn’t we, marlena?

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

[Soft orchestration]

 

Devil voice: It’s laughable how easy it was for the two of us to dispense with that old fool. Just look at what you and I can accomplish together, marlena, when you let me in. I let you cast me out, but it’s only a matter of time before you and I are one again.

Marlena: No.

Devil voice: You won’t let me back in right now? Let me in, marlena. It’s so much simpler not to fight it.

Marlena: No!

John: Doc, what’s wrong? What’s going on in here?

Brady: I hope philip appreciates how amazing you are.

Chloe: Well, thank you, and I don’t think philip appreciating me is the problem. I kind of feel like he appreciates me a little too much.

Brady: Think you’re right about that. I just–I hope he gets past all the jealousy stuff.

Chloe: Yeah, I think he finally has. I think he’s over it, and you know, buying this tree and us planting it together is a sign of our new beginning. You know, a sign that we are committed to each other.

Brady: Well, I wish you luck. You deserve only the best, chloe.

Chloe: You too.

Brady: I’m gonna go get my girl. I’ll take you home, okay?

Chloe: Okay.

[Tense music]

 

Philip: I know I can’t erase the mistakes of the past, but I’m hoping that it can be the start of a new, better beginning for us. Serena: It’s my 3:10

Maggie: I couldn’t believe it when I got back this morning and I heard the news.

Julie: Well, darling, you have had heartbreak of your own with summer. Again, I am so very sorry.

Maggie: Thank you. At least I was there to take care of her until the end.

Julie: I’m sure it meant the world to her, maggie.

Maggie: So when did all this trouble with doug start?

Julie: Oh, a few weeks ago. It’s all happened so fast. I mean, doug was himself. He was telling stories always, you know, about the people in our lives. And sometimes I remember it, and sometimes I didn’T. And then one afternoon, at our restaurant, while we’re setting up for the dinner crowd, he locked me in the walk-in freezer.

Maggie: [Scoffs] Well, that had to have been an accident.

Julie: I thought it was, at first. He told marlena it wasn’t, and then he began to confuse names, and he began to forget people. And then the inappropriate behavior.

Maggie: Oh, I can’t imagine.

Julie: It’s been awful.

Maggie: Yeah.

Julie: Went to the hospital for tests.

Maggie: Mm-hmm.

Julie: Once he’s there, he became even more confused and very agitated. And that’s when they tell me he hit me over the head with a tray.

Maggie: Dear god. You must have been so traumatized.

Julie: Well, I don’t actually remember it.

Maggie: Oh.

Julie: But marlena was in the room, and she told me what happened.

Marlena: The tablet…

John: Is it this article that’s got you so upset?

Marlena: The article.

John: About doug?

Marlena: Yes, I saw the article, and that upset me.

John: Of course it did, sweetheart. I mean, you were right there when he assaulted julie, and you had to make the painful judgment to commit him to bayview.

Marlena: I feel awful about that. About all of it.

John: Well, you know, unfortunately, doug’s become a danger to himself and others. And you know doug. He would never forgive himself if he ever really hurt julie or anybody else, so, honey, you only did what you had to do, in order to not only protect doug, but everyone that he loves.

Gabi: Where is that she-devil?

Jake: Doesn’t seem like she’s home.

Gabi: Lucky her.

Jake: I don’t get it. I was just talking to her, and she was acting all sweet, like this perfect little angel, saying all she wanted to do was make peace with you and move on.

Gabi: Well, that’s what she does, like when she acts all innocent in front of rafe.

Jake: Yeah, and the whole time, she was plotting with philip to take us both down.

Gabi: Ava vitali is a lot of things, but innocent is not one of them. I should have known when I smelled that aftershave the other day. Of course it was philip’S.

Jake: She blackmailed him. He almost died because of her.

Gabi: Yeah, but now, they have a mutual enemy, so of course mafia princess ava gives him the dirt on you.

Jake: What’d phil say?

Gabi: Claims that there’s an eyewitness against you.

Jake: Give you a name?

Gabi: According to the file, some guy named carmine supposedly saw you commit the murder.

Jake: [Scoffs] Carmine merlino?

Gabi: So it is true? This is the sound of an asthma attack…

Ciara: [Sighs] Whatever comes from your talk with marlena, we will deal with it. But ignoring the discussion isn’t gonna make your problem go away, ben.

Ben: You’re right. Marlena does always help.

[Sighs]

[Sighs]

[Cell phone beeps]

[Line trills]

[Cell phone rings]

[Cell phone beeps]

Marlena: Hello, ben. Is everything all right?

Ben: Well, actually, I was hoping to maybe schedule an appointment to see you. I’m just in the process of working my way through some feelings right now.

Marlena: Okay. How about right now?

Ben: Are you sure?

Marlena: I’m always here for you. Why don’t we meet at my office?

Ben: Okay, great. Yeah. Thank you. See you soon.

[Cell phone beeps] She can see me right now.

Ciara: That’s great.

Ben: Yeah.

Ciara: Do you want me to come with you?

Ben: You know what, baby? Thank you, but I think I have to figure this out on my own. Dr. Evans somehow always finds a way to help me see things a little bit more clearly.

Ciara: Call me as soon as you’re done, okay?

Ben: I will.

Ciara: I love you.

Ben: I love you.

[Sighs]

Ciara: Yeah.

Ben: Mm.

Ciara: Bye.

[Sighs]

[Cell phone rings]

[Cell phone beeps] Hello? Hey, shawn. What’s up? Wait, what? What happened to grandpa doug?

Julie: I was at a loss. I did not know how to deal with what was happening to doug, and then marlena recommended he be committed to bayview. They talked me into signing the papers, and they took him away.

Maggie: Oh, julie, that had to be so painful for you.

Julie: Pretty much the hardest thing I ever did in my life.

Maggie: Yeah.

Julie: ‘Cause as he’s going away, he looked back at me with such desperation and such fear. And I realized, what if it’s me? What if it’s me that he needs, and I’m turning him over to strangers?

Maggie: Oh, honey.

John: Come on, doc. What are you doing?

Marlena: I have an appointment with ben.

John: Whoa, whoa, whoa. But now? Come on.

Marlena: He needs me. Look, I couldn’t–I couldn’t do anything for poor doug, and now, maybe I can help ben.

John: Okay. I suppose you know what’s best.

Marlena: I do. I won’t be long.

John: Be careful.

Marlena: Yeah.

Gabi: I asked you the other day if you killed anybody, and you didn’t give me an answer. Is that because–

Jake: I didn’t kill jed zanetti.

Gabi: I knew it, and I swear I told philip. I told him that you were innocent.

Jake: Far from innocent, gabi.

Gabi: What?

Jake: [Sighs] It’s a lot more complicated than that.

Gabi: Jake, what do you mean, “complicated”? Either you killed that man, or you didn’T.

Jake: I shouldn’t even be talking about this. It’s not good for either of us.

Gabi: I need to know what happened, jake. All of it. I need to know exactly what we are dealing with here, so that we can figure out a way to fight philip.

Philip: My father doesn’t pay you to ask questions, henderson. Just have the gardener bring me a saw!

[Cell phone beeps] Oh, this one’s gonna be a lot easier to cut down.

Chloe: Hey, you’re home from work early.

Philip: So are you. What a nice coincidence.

Chloe: Yeah, you look like you were headed out.

Philip: I was.

Chloe: Okay. Where are you going?

Philip: I was just gonna take a drive down to the river to water our tree. You want to come? Don’t settle. Start your day with secret.

Jake: Never even wanted to think about this again.

Gabi: Hey, I can see how hard this is for you, but whatever it is, you already know that I love you.

Jake: So like I said before, the vitalis, we would make arrangements with the local businesses, right?

Gabi: Yeah, yeah, you offered them protection.

Jake: Yeah, and it was my job to enforce those arrangements. To apply pressure if there was any pushback. And there hardly ever was, but this one time… went too far. Remember the guy we were just talking about?

Gabi: Carmine merlino. The witness?

Jake: Yeah. No, no, no. Carmine was not a witness. Carmine and I worked together, and I would go out and collect the pizzo.

Gabi: Pizzo?

Jake: Yeah, yeah, that’s the protection money we collected from the local businesses, and there was this local bar owner, jed zanetti.

[Sighs] Crap. He was behind on his payments, and so the boss–our boss– ordered us to scare him. A little bit.

Gabi: What did you do?

Jake: Got in his face. Roughed him up a little bit. Carmine wouldn’t stop. Before I knew it, jed was coughing up blood.

Gabi: Oh, god.

Jake: Yeah. I tried. I tried to pull him off him, but he wouldn’t stop. It was too late. It’s too damn late.

Gabi: Jed died.

Jake: [Sighs] Right in front of me.

Gabi: Jake.

Jake: What?

Gabi: Philip says that carmine is willing to testify you were the man that beat him to death.

Jake: Okay, gabi, I didn’t do it, okay? I was there, but I tried to stop it.

Gabi: I believe you. I believe you, jake. It must have been awful.

Jake: Worst day of my life.

Philip: Why does it seem like you don’t want to go with me to our tree? Is there something I should know?

Chloe: No. Of course not. I would love to go with you. It would be nice to spend some time there.

Philip: Couldn’t agree more. And I don’t have to tell you, if you don’t nurture these things, they can wither and die.

Chloe: We won’t let that happen.

Philip: Of course, you can always overwater a tree too.

Chloe: Overwater?

Philip: Yeah, if you’re not careful, you can drown the roots. Kill the tree. Do you think that’s something we need to worry about?

Chloe: Philip–

Philip: Let me save you the trouble of lying. I saw you at our tree in brady’s arms.

Brady: Rachel’s in her room designing scary faces for us to carve.

John: Well, I hope it doesn’t give her nightmares. Enough of those going around these days.

Brady: How is everything? How’s marlena feeling?

John: Well, better, she says. She went to work.

Brady: All right. That’s good, right?

John: Yeah. I suppose. Still pretty upset about doug though.

Brady: Yeah I heard about that. Dad, did doug really attack julie?

John: Yeah, it looks that way. Although he keeps denying it. Says someone else did.

Brady: Who?

John: Doug says that marlena was the one who assaulted julie.

Ben: Thank you for seeing me on such short notice.

Marlena: Of course. I’m glad to see you. Always happy to help.

Ben: Means a lot to me.

Marlena: Do you mind if i record the session?

Ben: No, no.

[Recorder beeps]

[Static crackles]

[Demonic growling]

Devil voice: Dear marlena, did you really need to play this tape? I’m so hurt that you’ve already forgotten our little reunion.

Ben: Dr. Evans? Is something wrong?

Ciara: I just heard about grandpa doug. Hey. Are you all right? Stupid question. How could you be?

Julie: Well, I’m very glad to see you, ciara. And maggie’s back. Isn’t that wonderful?

Ciara: Yes. Oh, it is. Welcome home! So good to see you.

Maggie: Thank you, sweetheart, thank you.

Ciara: Does mom know?

Julie: I spoke with her, and of course, she immediately wanted to come rushing back. And I told her there was no point, because her father is not allowed visitors.

Ciara: We can’t see him?

Julie: He has been declared a danger to himself and to others. He is in isolation, until he is further evaluated.

Maggie: That’ll change soon.

Julie: I hope so.

Ciara: I just–I really can’t believe that grandpa doug would try to hurt you.

Julie: He wouldn’t, and he didn’T.

Maggie: What are you saying, julie?

Julie: I’m saying that the person that hit me over the head with a tray is not my doug. The airport can be a real challenge for new homeowners

Ciara: Who else could have hit you with that tray?

Maggie: I mean, you said the only one in his room was marlena.

Julie: That’s right.

Ciara: You don’t think that marlena–

Julie: No! No. Of course I don’T. What I meant was, the person who wanted to hurt me could not possibly have been doug.

Maggie: Oh, honey. You’re right. You’re right about that.

Julie: I’ve loved him so long. Most of my life, and he has such a magnificent heart, and I didn’t want to believe that he had dementia. But now it’s becoming clear that my darling is… is losing touch with reality.

Maggie: Well, that may be so, but julie, the one thing that he’ll never lose is you. That’s not gonna happen, and you’ve gotta try to hold onto that, okay?

Julie: I will. I will.

Maggie: Okay. Okay. All right. Well, then I’m gonna go and let the two of you talk. I promise you I’ll light a candle for doug this sunday at church.

Julie: He would appreciate it.

Maggie: And if you need me, you call me, anytime.

Julie: Mm-hmm.

Maggie: Okay?

Julie: I will.

Maggie: Day or night.

Julie: Thank you, maggie.

Maggie: Okay.

Julie: Baby.

[Sighs]

Ben: Dr. Evans?

Marlena: Hmm? Oh, I’m fine, ben.

Ben: You seem distracted.

Marlena: No. Not at all.

Ben: Okay.

Marlena: Why don’t you tell me what’s on your mind?

Ben: Okay, well, ciara and I, we just got back from our honeymoon, and we have been having a talk about having a baby.

Marlena: Wow. That’s a big step.

Ben: Yeah. Yeah, it is a big step. And given all the horrible things that I have done in my past, I’m worried it might be a big mistake. I’m already responsible for enough pain.

Gabi: So you may not believe me, but I understand how you feel.

Jake: Gabi, you couldn’t possibly understand.

Gabi: Of course. Of course I could understand. The exact same thing happened to me.

Jake: What do you mean?

Gabi: Well, a long time ago, I was married to this guy named mick. He’s julie’s cousin. And after we split, he tried to rape me, so I hit him over the head with a rock. Kate and sami convinced me to cover it up. They helped me dump his body in the river, only he wasn’t dead. He came back.

Jake: Came back?

Gabi: Yeah, and he wouldn’t stop trying to hurt me. So I shot him, and this time, he did not come back.

Jake: Gabi, I’m so sorry.

Gabi: When someone is that obsessed with trying to control you, they will destroy your life if you let them.

Philip: I mean, what happened after I left? Did you and brady have sex on the fresh ground right in front of the tree that we planted?

Chloe: Oh, my god. Do you hear yourself? No. Rachel was with us.

Philip: I didn’t see rachel.

Chloe: Brady asked me to join them at the pumpkin patch.

Philip: Oh, like a nice, sweet family thing, huh?

Chloe: Will you let me talk, please? I’m the one who asked to stop at our tree to water it after the pumpkin patch. When we got there, rachel asked me what our story was. How you and I fell in love. It was after that that brady finally realized what I’ve been talking about all along.

Philip: Which is what?

Chloe: That I’m with you, and that I’m not interested in being with him.

Philip: And he just suddenly accepted that?

Chloe: Yes. He said he would back off and let us be together.

Philip: I don’t believe that.

Chloe: Oh, my god, but it’s the truth. And he agreed to it because he thought you’d gotten over your crazy jealousy. And I can see now that this dangerous obsession of yours has gotten worse. We’re for those who love to discover.

Gabi: This is not your fault, jake. Philip says he’s gonna use carmine’s story to send you to prison, but it’s his word against yours.

Jake: Okay, well, sure, carmine’s a lowlife, but gabi, I got a rap sheet, okay? It’s not like it’s gonna be easy–I can sit there and convince some judge or jury that I’m a choirboy.

Gabi: You think that they could convict you after all these years?

Jake: Yeah, worst-case scenario, I take the fall for a murder I didn’t commit.

Gabi: And best?

Jake: Guilty for being an accessory after the fact. All right, so… what’s phil want you to do?

Gabi: He wants me to choose between my company and you.

Jake: Hmm.

Gabi: But I’ve already made my decision. There is no way in hell that I am losing you.

Philip: What was I supposed to do when I saw you and brady together?

Chloe: How about ask me? How about giving me the benefit of the doubt for once?

Philip: I trust you. I just–

Chloe: “Don’t trust brady.” Blah, blah. I know. I’ve heard that a million times. I thought that you were fine with the fact that brady and i are friends and we work together.

Philip: I am.

Chloe: Then what the hell was that?

Philip: I mean, come on, chloe. I didn’t find you at basic black at a marketing meeting.

Chloe: Yeah, no, you were spying on me at the tree. Our tree! That’s supposed to symbolize the hope for our future!

Philip: Am I supposed to think that you in brady’s arms was just innocent?

Chloe: Yes, I expect you not to be a jealous ass!

Maggie: What is going on here?

Ciara: I do know what it’s like to look at someone you love and not know what’s going on in their brain. To be afraid that they might hurt you.

Julie: Oh, darling. You and ben, that’s different.

Ciara: I know. I know it is. But I also know how lucky of a man grandfather is to have someone like you fighting for them.

Julie: Well, you know, you marry a man for better or for worse.

[Both laugh] And in nearly 50 years of marriage, I can say that the betters always outweigh the worse.

Ciara: Well, you are both so lucky then.

Julie: I thank god for it all the time. Yep. Doug and I hit the lottery every day of our lives.

Ciara: And I know there will be better days to come.

Julie: Thank you for saying that, darling. Now, you tell me about you and ben.

Ciara: Well, what about me and ben? I mean we are finally together again. We are so happy.

Julie: And you’re back from your honeymoon. So what’s next?

Marlena: Do you want to have children with ciara?

Ben: I love her more than anything in this world, and the idea of starting a family with her is everything I could possibly hope for. But I have battled my demons my entire life. My father is troubled. My sister jordan was, too, and I know tripp is just a medical student, but he also confirmed that my condition could be hereditary.

Marlena: He’s right. It could be. Have you discussed this with ciara?

Ben: Yeah, and she’s willing to deal with whatever comes of it, and–

Marlena: You’re not?

Ben: I was really getting myself there, but then I had this dream, and it just shook me.

Marlena: Tell me about the dream.

Ben: It was in the future, and ciara and I had this young son. And he…

[Sighs]

Marlena: Go on.

Ben: Our son, he had one of my neckties, and he used it to hurt somebody.

Marlena: I understand how disturbing that dream must have been.

Ben: I’ve done some evil things in my life. And I have learned to accept it in order to try to get better. And I try every day to try to make up for what I did, but I truly don’t know if I can risk bringing another soul into this world that might be capable of doing more evil.

Brady: Doug really accused marlena of attacking julie?

John: Oh, he was adamant about it.

Brady: Dad, that’s just evidence of his mental decline then, right? Symptom of dementia?

John: Maybe.

Brady: “Maybe”? What other explanation is there? Why would marlena hit julie?

John: Well, according to doug, marlena attacked him too.

Brady: What?

John: And more to the point, doug said that marlena tried to kill him. When I heard about the science behind the new

Gabi: I’m just gonna tell philip I’m gonna take the deal.

Jake: No, no, no, gabi, wait, please.

Gabi: Wait for what? I’ve already made my decision. I choose you.

Jake: Okay, I know we’ve been doing a lot of joking about who’s gonna be ceo if we take over titan.

Gabi: When we take over titan.

Jake: Okay. What I’m trying to say is, gabi, you’re incredible. You impress me every day with your strength. Your determination. Your lady boss badassery. I mean, you built gabi chic from nothing.

Gabi: And if it goes away, this time, I won’t have nothing. I will have you.

Jake: Hey, look, I appreciate you trying to protect me. It means everything. But I’m not gonna let anybody take your company away from you. So we’re gonna have to find another way to stop philip.

Chloe: What’s going on here is, your stepson is trying to destroy any chance of our relationship working out.

Philip: But I’m the one fighting for it.

Chloe: You know what? I’m done now. I am sick of your obsession, and I’m sick of you not trusting me!

Philip: No, I never said I didn’t trust you.

Maggie: Well, it kind of seemed like–

Philip: Chloe’s right. I was being a world-class jerk, and she doesn’t deserve that. But I’m not gonna sit still while brady steals her away from me again.

Brady: Doug believes marlena tried to kill him.

John: You know, son, it just could be that doug is feeling guilty that he attacked julie, and it’s easier for him just to blame marlena.

Brady: Wow. I can’t even imagine how julie is feeling about all this.

John: You think? Having the one person you love more than anybody in this world be a threat to you?

Ciara: We don’t have to talk about ben and me right now.

Julie: I want to. I want to. It would be a distraction from all the misery and confusion.

Ciara: Okay. Well, in that case, ben and I have been discussing what it would feel like to have a baby.

Julie: Oh, wonderful.

Ciara: Yeah, it is. It’s just–it seems like I’m a little more ready to have a family than ben is.

Julie: Ben doesn’t want to have children?

Ciara: No. He does. He just has some of his own issues that he needs to work out before he can commit.

Julie: Understandable.

Ciara: Yeah.

Julie: Considering his family’s history and his own.

Ciara: Yeah. Well, he is in a session right now with marlena, so hopefully she can help him work through some of his feelings. There’s no one I trust more than marlena.

Ben: Am I just being too cautious? Am I being paranoid?

Marlena: I think your fears are very understandable, and having a child is just about the most important decision a couple can make. It is a lifelong commitment, you know. And I think that every child has the right to be loved and wanted without reservation.

Ben: Without reservation. I know how much ciara wants to have a baby with me, but the more you and I sit here and talk about this, the more convinced I am that it is just not the right thing to do.

Marlena: Are you sure?

Ben: I know how much pain I’ve caused. And even though I found a way to process it, the guilt and the shame, it’s never gonna fully leave me. I can’t chance my child suffering that same fate or me being responsible for more suffering or death. I’m worried that I’m gonna spend my days standing over his or her crib watching and waiting for signs of something bad to happen. I can’t go through with that. I can’t do that to ciara, and I will not do that to my child.

Marlena: I’m so sorry, ben.

Ben: Thank you, and thank you for taking the time to see me.

Marlena: Mm.

[Static crackles]

Devil voice: Don’t let him go, marlena. You need to convince ben weston that he and his wife must have this baby.

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Xander: [Exhales] You getting smails on tape, it’s brilliant. I’m so proud of you.

Gwen: And as soon as justin plays my recording in his chambers, he will realize that if he does not let you and bonnie go, he’s finished.

Xander: [Exhales] I really hope our plan works. I just hate putting my cousin in this position.

Gwen: Why? Thanks to us, he’s going to have a future with his fiancéE.

Xander: Justin has more morality in his little finger than the rest of the kiriakis men combined. Blackmailing a judge? That will not come easy for him.

[Solemn music]

 

[Beep]

Gwen: I am very sorry to do this, but you–you understand my situation. And I need to be clear, because I know that you and I can have a really good time together. I will sleep with you if you promise to let xander go. I believe that they call that a quid pro quo. Agreed?

Smails: Agreed.

[Beep] You’re in league with xander cook’s girlfriend?

Justin: Yes, I am, and to be clear, you won’t be having sex with her. You also won’t just be dropping the charges against xander cook but also dropping the charges against bonnie lockhart.

Smails: She’s accused of murdering two people.

Justin: Yes, and committing larceny. I’m her lawyer. I’m aware. Now, your honor, I need you to make it all just go away, for lack of evidence or whatever you think will fly.

Smails: And if I refuse?

Justin: Oh, well, then this little recording will, uh, be given to my brother-in-law, jack deveraux at “the spectator,” who will share it with the world, destroying your reputation and effectively ending your career.

Brady: You know, on second thought, maybe I should have justin talk to grandfather, have him convince vic that the idea of me stealing you away from philip is ridiculous.

Chloe: Do you think that would really work? I mean, you literally just told him that you wouldn’t do that, and not only did he blow you off, he went and told maggie that we’re back together again.

Brady: That’s just because he has zero respect for me.

[Scoffs] He has more respect for justin, I believe.

Chloe: Oh, I don’t know, i think his opinion on justin has probably slightly changed now that he’s involved with and engaged to bonnie lockhart.

[Phone rings]

Brady: Hm. Uh…hey, dad, what’s up? Sorry to hear that. Um, is marlena going to be okay?

Jake: I don’t blame gabi for being suspicious. You laid it on pretty thick this morning.

Ava: I didn’t realize that freshly baked muffins would be such an offense.

Jake: The two of you have been at each other’s throats since you moved in with her brother. Why all of a sudden would you be acting all sweet and adorable?

Ava: Well, ’cause I realized things don’t have to be this way. I can use my power.

Jake: To do what?

Ava: Change the dynamic between gabi and me.

Gabi: So, let me get this straight, if I don’t sign gabi chic over to you, you’re going to send jake to prison for murder?

Philip: Correct.

Gabi: That is–that is ridiculous. I will never give you my company, and you will never try to take it away from me by making up some story about my boyfriend. Jake has never killed anyone.

Philip: Are you sure about that?

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

 

Xander: [Exhales] I wish I could see the look on smails’s face when justin sticks it to him. Ej too, when he finds out I’m free.

Gwen: Mm-hmm, and once the judge stops the charges against bonnie, you know that $1 million that she stole is no longer going to be evidence, is it? The police are going to have to give it back.

Xander: About damn time. I’m going to enjoy spending every penny of that.

Gwen: No, xander, darling, you cannot spend that money. You need to give it back to ej, and he’s going to hire you at basic black.

Xander: Why would I do that? Why would I wanna work for that guy after the way he treated me?

Gwen: You know what, you’re right. Screw ej, he doesn’t deserve to have you working for him.

Xander: Exactly. I mean, I could maybe see rewarding justin with some of that cash, although he’s such a good guy, he probably wouldn’t take it anyway.

Gwen: Yeah, he’s loaded anyway. His reward will be getting bonnie back.

Xander: You know, I’ve never understood the attraction there, but he must really love her if he’s agreed to fight this dirty.

Justin: So, do we have a deal?

Smails: Mr. Kiriakis, justin, we’ve encountered each other in the courtroom many times over the years, and you’ve always impressed me with your command of the law.

Justin: What’s your point?

Smails: I’m surprised and, frankly, dismayed that you of all people would blackmail me.

Justin: Well, you can imagine my dismay when I learned that you had reinstated the charges against xander cook right after he was unceremoniously dropped as a client by ej dimera, so i am losing patience, your honor. Do we have a deal?

Smails: You don’t wanna do this.

Justin: You’re right, i don’T. In fact it makes me sick to even be having this conversation with you, because I happen to believe in playing by the rules. But I also believe in justice, and in the cases of bonnie lockhart and xander cook, there will be no justice unless they’re set free. So, are you going to dismiss the cases against them, or will I be forced to use this recording to have you thrown off the bench?

Brady: Yeah, dad, please don’t worry about it. No, yeah, I’m sure, I’m sure I’ll figure something out. Just please keep me posted if there’s anything I can do, okay? All right, I love you, bye.

Chloe: What’s wrong with marlena?

Brady: [Sighs] She’s not feeling well. My dad thinks she may be overworked. She’s just worn out.

Chloe: And you said you need to figure something out? Is everything okay?

Brady: Yeah, they were–they were supposed to take rachel to the pumpkin patch today. You know, hayrides, corn mazes, the whole thing. But my schedule’s wide open, so I can just take her. It’s not a problem.

Chloe: Aww, she’ll love that. What a little cutie pie. Please send me some pictures.

Brady: I have a better idea. Why don’t you come with us?

Jake: So, what are you saying, you want a truce with gabi?

Ava: I told you, the muffins were a peace offering.

Jake: Eh, kumbaya ain’t your style.

Ava: Yeah, maybe not, but rafe doesn’t wanna live in a war zone, neither do I.

Jake: Do you think gabi does?

Ava: Well, it sure seems like it. From the minute I moved in, she’s been so nasty to me, and I’ve done absolutely nothing to deserve it.

Jake: Hm.

Ava: Look, I know you love her, jake, but, I mean, it’s gotta be so frustrating. She spends all her time fighting with me instead of just being happy with you. I mean, don’t you want it to stop?

Jake: Of course I do. I hate it. I also hate that rafe and I are caught in the middle of it.

Ava: Okay, you want the same thing I do–to make peace.

Jake: I want to believe you right now, I do, but gabi would call me a fool to trust you.

Philip: How well do you really know jake?

Gabi: Well enough to know he’s not a killer.

Philip: But he was in the mob.

Gabi: He got out. He–he wanted to earn an honest living, a normal, safe life.

Philip: In salem?

Gabi: That’s because his ex-girlfriend took–you know what, it doesn’t even matter, because he’s here now, and unlike you, he’s a decent man.

Philip: You admitted you put that spyware on my computer. Are you saying that he wasn’t involved in that?

Gabi: I admitted that? I–I don’t remember. And you have no proof.

Philip: I have proof that jake isn’t the man you think he is.

Gabi: What the hell are you talking about?

Philip: The proof is all right there…that your decent boyfriend was a hit man. As a dj, I know all about customization.

Xander: Look, I know exactly what we should do with at least some of that $1 million. I’m taking you, gwen rizczech, on a tropical vacation.

Gwen: Really? Well, I’ve never been anywhere remotely warm in my entire life.

Xander: Oh, well, get ready for sand, surf, and loads of sunshine.

Gwen: Oh, my. Well, that sounds lovely. As long as you don’t mind me protecting my delicate skin under an umbrella.

Xander: Of course not. No, it will be my pleasure to slather your entire body with sunscreen.

Gwen: [Laughs] Okay. So, tell me then, where would we go? What sort of posh, fancy resort are you thinking about?

Xander: I’m talking about the kinda place that’s so exclusive that you wouldn’t even see another person, unless of course they were coming over to our bungalow to give us a couples massage or serve us dinner under the stars.

Gwen: Wow, well, that does sound magical.

Xander: I just really wanna get away, just go somewhere far away where we can be all alone and finally start getting to know one another properly.

Gwen: I really, really want that too, xander. I mean, it’s crazy, we’ve been so busy putting out all these fires, but we haven’t really had the chance to just focus on you and me.

Xander: Exactly. An island getaway is just what we need. Looking at sunsets, sipping mai tais, maybe some sex on the beach.

Gwen: Ooh, yum, yes, I love that cocktail.

Xander: I wasn’t talking about the cocktail.

Gwen: You naughty boy.

Philip: Take it.

Gabi: No, whatever’s in there is all lies.

Philip: You ever heard of the name jed zanetti?

Gabi: No.

Philip: Well, he owned a bar in philly. Apparently, he made a habit of stiffing the vitalis whenever it came time to collect, so jake was sent in to rough him up a little. He ended up beating poor jed to death and dumping his body somewhere off the jersey shore.

Gabi: That is such bull.

Philip: It’s all right here in the folder.

Gabi: Jake never killed anybody. I don’t believe a word of this.

Philip: I had a feeling you wouldn’T. Turns out there was an eyewitness.

Gabi: What?

Philip: He saw everything up close and personal. And he’s prepared to testify in a court of law that the man you love is a stone-cold killer.

Ava: Honestly, I’m at a loss as to what I can do to win gabi’s trust.

Jake: I don’t think baked goods are going to do the trick.

Ava: How do I get her to stop seeing me as the enemy?

Jake: That’s a tough one. I mean, I so much as say your name, smoke starts coming out of her ears. You know what this reminds me of?

Ava: Hm?

Jake: The time the vitalis and the ligambis were fighting over control of the docks.

Ava: Exactly.

Jake: Yeah.

Ava: The two families were so focused on taking each other out, we both almost lost the waterfront.

Jake: Hm, and if we’re not careful, it’s going to happen again. We gotta find a way to peacefully co-exist.

Chloe: [Sighs] Well, as much as I would love to go and pick out some pumpkins with you and rachel, I actually have a job to do.

Brady: Yeah, but you also have an in with your boss. Your boss, uh, believes in keeping his employees very happy, and let me tell you something right now, there’s nothing happier than a hayride.

Chloe: Brady…

Brady: It’s fun. “Look at me, I’m chloe! I’m having fun on the hayride!” Come on, there’s nothing to do at the office, literally.

Chloe: Nothing urgent, no, but I would feel really bad about playing hooky. You know, I would feel very unprofessional.

Brady: Mm-hm. Is this really about you not wanting to miss work, or are you worried how philip is going to react? Yeah, yeah, yeah

Chloe: Why are you making this about philip when I’m just trying to show you that I’m a good employee?

Brady: It was just a question, that’s all.

Chloe: I admit philip has overreacted in the past to you and I spending time together, but he’s over that now. He knows that we’re friends and colleagues. He’s fine with it.

Brady: Okay, if you say so.

Chloe: [Sighs] Why do you keep doing this?

Brady: What am I doing? What?

Chloe: You know how hard philip’s been working at getting past his jealousy and leaving behind all that old petty nonsense, but you–you keep dragging us back into it. You keep provoking us every chance that you get. All I’m trying to do right now is prove to you that I’m loyal to your company.

Brady: I–I appreciate your loyalty to the company, and i know you are a responsible employee, but, chloe, still that doesn’t change the fact that rachel and I would love the chance to be with you today and hang out with you.

Chloe: Well, why didn’t you just say that and not make it about philip?

Brady: Because old habits die hard, and I’m sorry, I’m just trying–okay, sorry, I’m–I’m gonna do this over again, okay? Chloe, would you do me the honor of accompanying my daughter and I to our adventure in pumpkinland? If it helps you with your decision, it would be very, very good for rachel, who obviously misses her mom a lot, and I’m doing the best I can, chloe, but I’m gonna be honest with you, she could probably use some female energy. Marlena’s been supportive, but she’s got a lot on her plate. And I’m sorry, I’m pouring this on. You’re–you’re obviously not eager to go. I–I don’t wanna pressure you. Just, uh, we’ll be fine, and, uh, you won’t have to worry about upsetting philip. I’m sorry.

Chloe: Well, look, if you think it’s good for rachel, and philip getting upset aside, i don’t think he would object to us trying to take her to have some fun. Oh, besides, uh, the pumpkin patch is really close to where philip and I planted that tree, so I could water it on our way back.

Brady: Okay, that’s great.

Gabi: You know, clearly this carmine person is lying.

Philip: I might agree if he didn’t provide so many specifics, like how he and jake shoved zanetti up against the wall, then there was some punches thrown, and it escalated into him coughing up blood.

Gabi: That never happened.

Philip: Carmine even described the moment that they realized he was dead. He said he and jake were standing there blaming each other for taking it too far. Then jake said something like, uh, “you gotta shut your beak and get rid of the body.” That’s a hell of a lot of detail to make up.

Gabi: Maybe carmine’s seen a lot of movies. I know that jake is not a killer.

Philip: He never kept a secret from you? You really trust him that much?

Gabi: Yes, I do. The person I don’t trust is you. You’re so desperate to get leverage over me, so you can steal gabi chic. Where did you get all this inside information on the mob anyway, huh? Oh, my god, it was ava.

Ava: I agree. Rafe’s house cannot continue to be a battleground between the two couples.

Jake: Yeah, it really is exhausting.

Ava: It’s ridiculous. I mean, I can’t believe we are at the point where gabi thought that I would poison the muffins.

Jake: [Chuckles] Do you remember when the two families had a sit-down to work out their problems on the docks?

Ava: I wasn’t there, but i did hear about it. Everyone thought it was gonna be a big waste of time and that it would only make things worse.

Jake: Yeah, well, I was there, and I can tell ya, firsthand it did not start off well.

Ava: What happened?

Jake: All right, so, your cousin, he bought a bottle of grappa, right? And he set it down on the table, poured a shot for everybody, only the ligambis refused to drink, until cousin angelo drank first.

Ava: Oh.

[Laughter] I’m sure he loved that.

Jake: Oh, yeah, he was furious. Are you kidding me? But–but he stuck with it, because he knew what was at stake, right? So, cousin angelo drank first, and did not drop dead. And before you knew it, everybody was having a great time. We finished off the entire bottle, and found a solution to the problem with the docks. See, that, that is what we need now, a good old-fashioned sit-down between the warring parties to figure out a way to make the peace.

Ava: That, my friend, is a fabulous idea.

Jake: Heh.

Ava: Hm.

[Dark ambient music]

 

Gwen: So, this island is so secluded that you can only get to it by seaplane or boat.

[Chuckles] I mean, look at that, right? White sand, turquoise water. It’s absolute paradise.

Xander: What are you waiting for? Just book it.

Gwen: Okay.

[Door opens]

Xander: Did you play the tape for the slimy judge?

Justin: I did.

Gwen: Right, so, I assume that this means that xander and bonnie are now off the hook?

Justin: Not exactly.

Xander: Well, why? Gwen got him on tape agreeing to trade my freedom for sex. I mean, if that comes out, he’ll be ruined–wha–what happened?

Melinda: What happened is mr. Kiriakis was busted for blackmailing a judge.

[Music intensifies]

Are you one of the millions of americans

Xander: Blackmail? What are you talking about?

Melinda: Judge smails understandably was unsettled when ms. Rizczech made her offer, so he contacted me and followed my advice and was ready with his own recording device.

[Device beeps]

Justin: You also won’t just be dropping the charges against xander cook, but also dropping the charges against bonnie lockhart.

Smails: She’s accused of murdering two people.

Justin: Yes, and committing larceny. I’m her lawyer. I’m aware. Now, your honor, I need you to make it all just go away, for lack of evidence or whatever you think will fly.

Smails: And if I refuse?

Justin: Oh, well, then this little recording will, uh, be given to my brother-in-law, jack deveraux at “the spectator,” who will share it with the world, destroying your reputation and effectively ending your career.

Melinda: [Scoffs]

[Device beeps] Not only is this recording evidence of blackmail on mr. Kiriakis’s part, but it also proves that ms. Rizczech solicited judge smails, and she will be charged accordingly.

Gwen: I wasn’t actually going to bloody sleep with him.

Melinda: But you were trying to entrap him–that’s enough to charge you with.

Xander: Oh, that’s a load of crap!

Melinda: Actually, it’s the law.

[Scoffs] What a rogues’ gallery we have here. Mr. Cook will be going down for drug trafficking, mr. Kiriakis for blackmail, and ms. Rizczech for solicitation. The only person missing here is ms. Lockhart, who, of course, will be going down for murder.

[Solemn music]

 

Jake: So, here’s the plan, we tell gabi and rafe we’re going to have a sit-down.

Ava: Oh, maybe we don’t use that word.

Jake: [Chuckles] Okay, okay. That we’re going to have a dinner, right? And we eat, we drink. Once everybody’s good and loosened up, we put all of our cards out on the table.

Ava: I make the case to gabi that rafe and I care very deeply for one another.

Jake: Right, and you acknowledge to gabi you know she loves her brother. In other words, you show her respect.

Ava: You’re so right, because if I can convince gabi that I’m all about respecting her, which I am, then she won’t feel so threatened by me.

Jake: There you go.

Ava: I mean, honestly I don’t understand why she feels threatened by me now. I mean, it’s not like I could do anything to hurt her.

Gabi: Ava’s a freakin’ mafia princess. Of course you got the dirt on jake from her, which, all of it is lies.

Philip: Ava forced me to launder money for her. Why would I go to her for anything?

Gabi: Then where’d you get it?

Philip: A background check that titan runs on its new employees. Initially our investigative team didn’t find any major red flags, but as they dug deeper…

Gabi: They found a ludicrous story about jake beating a guy to death in a bar?

Philip: I know you don’t want to believe it.

Gabi: I don’t believe it at all, period.

Philip: Unfortunately that doesn’t change the fact that it happened, and now we have to decide what to do.

Gabi: There’s nothing to decide–you fired me, so now I regain control of gabi chic. That was part of my deal.

Philip: Ah, but the deal’s changed, gabi, non-negotiable. So, listen up–if you sign your company over to me, I won’t take this information to the police. If you refuse, I will. I’m pretty sure, with the eyewitness testimony, the authorities in philly have a pretty solid case against jake. He could go to prison for life.

Gabi: So, you’re blackmailing me?

Philip: I’m asking you to make a choice. Your company or your boyfriend– which one are you gonna lose?

[Light laughter]

Brady: I think we got three of the best pumpkins in the patch.

Chloe: We sure did. Hey, rachel, what kind of face do you want your daddy to help you carve into your pumpkin?

Rachel: A scary one!

Brady: Whoa. [Laughs]

Chloe: Oh, I think that’s a great idea. You know what you should do? You should go home and draw a bunch of scary faces on a piece of paper, and then pick your favorite one for your pumpkin.

Rachel: Will you help me?

Chloe: Of course I will.

Brady: That was too cute. Okay, let’s, uh–let’s go home.

Chloe: Uh, okay, well, wait, first, um–uh, we have to water this special tree that philip and I planted together.

Brady: [Grunts]

[Softly] Okay. Here we are again.

Ava: I like this sit-down idea. But like you said, gabi sees red whenever you mention me, so, how are you gonna bring her to the table?

Jake: Leave that to me.

Ava: I just wanna know what the strategy is that you’re gonna use with the most stubborn person on the planet.

Jake: Ha. I’m gonna convince her that, for rafe’s sake and for the sake of our relationship, the fighting has to stop. Nobody wins in a situation like this.

Ava: Sounds good.

Jake: Will you talk to rafe?

Ava: Once you talk to gabi and she’s on board, you let me know, and then I will. So, where’s gabi today?

Jake: Oh, she had an unexpected meeting with philip.

Ava: Unexpected?

Jake: Yeah.

Ava: Well, I hope everything’s okay.

Gabi: You really are scum.

Philip: I hired you, and you betrayed me.

Gabi: Wrong. I saved you. When I decided to relaunch gabi chic at titan, you were hanging on by a professional thread.

Philip: I wouldn’t go that far.

Gabi: Oh, I would. The only reason that you’re ceo is because your daddy took pity on you, ’cause you almost destroyed your entire family, destroyed his company, and–and xander quit out of disgust.

Philip: And now he has complete confidence in me, because I’m doing an outstanding job.

Gabi: Because of the profits that gabi chic is generating, which are going to double when i release that fragrance and jewelry line.

[Sniffing]

Philip: What the hell are you doing?

Gabi: That aftershave. That–I smelled that in my house yesterday. You were there, weren’t you? Oh, no, you didn’t–you didn’t get that dirt on–on jake from a background check. You and ava are teaming up to take me down.

Chloe: That’s great, rachel. Make sure you fill the water to the top.

[Clears throat]

Brady: Did we really have to do this now?

Chloe: Uh, we were right here.

Brady: Chloe, it’s supposed to rain tomorrow.

Chloe: Yeah, but I would rather be safe than sorry. Why are you annoyed by this? I told you I wanted to do this before we left.

Brady: I–look, I know, I know, I’m sorry. Fine, whatever. It’s fine. Hey.

Chloe: Oh, thank you. Oh, that’s kinda heavy.

Rachel: Why is this a special tree?

Chloe: Well, it’s special because your great-uncle philip and I, when we were in high school together, we were sweethearts, and we carved our initials into a tree that was originally right over there.

Brady: But then your uncle, he kinda chopped it down, because he was acting like a spoiled brat.

Chloe: He realized he made a mistake, and he fixed it, so he went and bought us this new one to symbolize a new beginning, and we planted it here together. Wasn’t that so sweet of him?

Brady: Yeah, it’s very sweet. He’s–he’s a–he’s a prince.

[Soft solemn music]

 

Justin: Melinda, melinda, before you arrest us, please just hear me out.

Melinda: I can’t tell you how disappointed I am, counselor. I really thought you were one of the good guys.

Xander: He is!

Melinda: Not anymore, clearly. I am truly shocked that you would get involved with these two. She likes to brawl and bash people’s heads in, and xander cook? Where do you even being with him? How could you let them talk you into being a part of this horrendous scheme?

Justin: ‘Cause I am certain judge smails is in ej dimera’s pocket.

Melinda: Then you should have tried to prove it through legal means. My office could’ve launched an investigation to determine whether or not any crime was committed. Instead, “the spectator” is gonna run a front-page story about your arrest and your your probable disbarment. If you’ll excuse me, I’ll see about you two getting booked.

[Door opens, closes]

Xander: I really am so sorry, mate. Shingles? Oh… you mean bill.

Xander: This is all my fault, for forcing you to go along with our plan.

Justin: No one forced me to do anything. I knew how risky it was to approach judge smails. I knew that if he was threatened, he would find a way to retaliate.

Xander: But you couldn’t have known he’d record you.

Justin: It might have occurred to me if I’d been on my game, if I’d been thinking clearly, sensibly, but I wasn’T. I was operating out of fear.

Gwen: Of what?

Justin: That I wouldn’t be able to find a legal way to keep bonnie from going back to prison. As you pointed out, the odds are stacked against her. I mean, it’d be very difficult to get an acquittal under the best of circumstances. Facing a crooked judge? Trying to get a jury to see past bonnie’s record and damning evidence? I couldn’t take the chance. I had to protect her.

Gwen: You did it for love. That’s beautiful.

Justin: Hm. Except now bonnie and I will be prison pen pals instead of husband and wife.

Xander: We will find a way out of this.

Justin: How? I’m about to be charged with a felony.

Melinda: Come with me, please. I’ll come back for you.

Xander: Poor guy. God, I wish to hell I kept him out of this, I feel awful.

Gwen: Don’T. This was all my stupid idea.

Chloe: Well, thank you, rachel. You helped me do such a fantastic job.

Rachel: Can I go and water some more trees?

Brady: Yes, you can. Just make sure you stay close, so I can see you at all times, okay?

Rachel: Okay.

Brady: Okay. Have fun.

[Clears throat]

Chloe: [Sighs] Was it really necessary to tell her that philip chopped down our original tree, ’cause he was being a brat?

Brady: I could’ve said “jealous lunatic.” I’m sorry. I’m–hey, I’m–I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have said that, you’re right.

Chloe: Then why did you? And please don’t tell me, “old habits.”

Brady: Chloe, come on. You know why. I’m just having a–I’m having a hard time accepting the fact that I lost you to philip. Okay?

Chloe: I–I appreciate your honesty, but please try harder, or our friendship is gonna suffer.

Brady: Look, you know, i don’t like to give philip credit for anything, but, uh, I think the guy’s actually beating me on this front. It was gracious of him to invite me to dinner, and it was his idea to plant this tree. That was thoughtful. Maybe the guy has finally changed his ways, and for your sake, I hope he has.

Philip: You’re convinced I’m conspiring with ava, because you think you smelled my aftershave inside of your home? You’re losing it, lady.

Gabi: Admit it, ava gave you that dirt on jake.

Philip: Your boyfriend committed a murder. It doesn’t matter how I found out.

Gabi: It matters to me, because if that information came from that skank, then I’m positive that it is fake. She probably twisted some arms, broke some legs, probably even paid that carmine person to lie, because she hates me, and she wants to ruin my life.

Philip: I knew this was going to be tough for you, but i figured you loved jake more than your company.

Gabi: Oh, just, what, sign on the dotted line, hand over my life’s work, my daughter’s legacy, all because you waved a folder in my face?

Philip: Take this, show it to jake. Show him exactly what carmine is willing to say on the stand, and then you need to decide what you wanna do. If I don’t hear from you soon, I’m going to take a copy of that information to the police, who will charge jake with murder.

Ava: Despite a bumpy start to the day, I’m glad that I ran into you. Good to talk things through.

Jake: Yeah, and look, if the vitalis and the ligambis can make peace, we sure as hell can figure out a way to do it.

Ava: Absolutely. Oh, you know what, angelo always said you were a very smart guy. I’m surprised he let you go.

Jake: Mm. Well, he knew my heart wasn’t in it anymore. I was no good to him.

Ava: Well, you’re turning out to be very valuable to me. Let me know how things go with gabi.

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Gwen: [Sighing] I lied to my dad about being a sex worker, and now I’m–now I’m being charged with solicitation for real.

Xander: We just should have left well-enough alone, let jack go on thinking that I was the drug dealer.

Gwen: I could not let you go to prison for my crimes. I had to do something. But this–this–this is–this is–this is completely out of control now. I–I–I mean, I–I have to find a way to explain this to my father without him hating us both.

Xander: I’ll tell him. I’ll explain that you were just trying to get the charges against me dropped.

Gwen: No, but you are facing those charges because of me. You sacrificed so much, because I blamed abigail for my miscarriage when she wasn’t even responsible for it.

Xander: And I have no regrets.

Gwen: Xander, I thought our problems were going to be over. We’re finally on good terms with my dad, and…

you and I, we were–we were going to be together. For the first time in my life, I–I was actually feeling positive about my future, but, I don’t know, I–I feel like I’m going to lose everything. We’re going to lose everything.

Xander: Hey, we’ve both been down before, and we always find a way to get back up. This time’s no different. Trust me on that.

[Doors open]

Melinda: You’re up, ms. Rizczech.

Gwen: [Clears throat]

Chloe: Wait a minute, did i hear you correctly? Did you actually say something nice about philip?

Brady: Did I? He wants to be worthy of your love. I can’t think of a stronger motivator to turn over a new leaf, no pun intended. I value our friendship more than you know. I would never wanna do anything to jeopardize it, so, yes, I– I accept the fact that you have chosen him, and, chloe, I hope it works out, I really do, and i hope you’re happy together.

Chloe: Thank you, brady. That means a lot to me.

[Tense dynamic music]

Jake: Guessing it didn’t go too well with philip. What did he want?

Gabi: Answer my question first. Did you kill jed zanetti?

[Music intensifies]

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Gabi: [Laughs] Thought you were gonna let me sleep in this morning.

Jake: I said we could go to the office late. I didn’t say anything about sleeping.

Gabi: Mm, so it’s a question of semantics, huh? Seems kind of underhanded to me.

Jake: Yeah, I guess so. So you want to go back to sleep?

Gabi: Well, no. Seeing I’m awake already.

Jake: I’m wide awake.

[Playful knock at door]

Ava: Room service!

Gabi: The hell?

Jake: Just a minute. Oh, okay!

Ava: Oh, good morning…

Jake: Oh, okay.

Ava: You two. Now, is there a better way to start the day than with a fresh-from-the-oven muffin?

Philip: Good morning.

Chloe: Hey. It is a good morning.

Philip: Thought you said you were going to the office early.

Chloe: I changed my mind. I decided to have a nice, leisurely breakfast by myself and enjoy my roses.

Philip: Ah. Looks like the nursery steered me straight. They seem to be holding up pretty well.

Chloe: Yeah, they’re really beautiful.

Philip: Let’s hope they were right about our tree too. They said it would grow fast.

Chloe: Yeah, I think it will. Before you know it, we’ll be having a picnic in its shade.

Philip: The first of many.

Brady: Morning. Anybody want a muffin?

[Tense music]

 

Xander: Thanks for coming in so early.

Justin: You said it was urgent.

Xander: Well, it is. It kind of is. Yeah. You remember what gwen and i talked to you about yesterday?

Justin: Vividly.

Xander: So you remember that we were thinking about maybe getting something on the judge, you know, to prove that he’s corrupt, so he’ll drop my case.

Justin: I do remember. I do remember.

Xander: Fantastic. Well, after you–

Justin: I didn’t agree to go along with it. Let me tell you what your lawyer would tell you, if you had one. What you’re talking about is blackmail, okay? It could blow up in your face. And gwen’S. And you could end up in even bigger trouble than you’re already in.

Xander: It could help you out with bonnie’s case.

Justin: Don’t push it, cook. I’m an officer of the court, okay? I have an ethical duty to tell judges the truth.

Xander: Isn’t what we told you privileged?

Justin: No. Because I am not your attorney. But let me give you some free advice. Don’t even think about going ahead with this little plan, because it’s not only illegal, it’s stupid.

Xander: Problem is, gwen’s already on her way to see him.

Smails: Marjorie, I told you I didn’t want to be disturbed.

Gwen: Judge smails.

Smails: Who the hell are you?

Gwen: Gwen rizczech. I know I shouldn’t have barged in like this, but there was nobody out there.

Smails: Well then, wait till there is, and make an appointment.

Gwen: Yes, I would have. You see, I’m here on a very private matter.

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

[Soft orchestration]

 

Smails: What private matter?

Gwen: Well, I’m a friend of xander cook.

Smails: Then get out.

Gwen: No, judge smails, please.

Smails: Young lady, I am not about to have an ex parte conversation with the friend of someone who’s appearing in my court. If you want to communicate with him, you’ll have to go through his lawyer.

Gwen: I understand. But it’s just that, well, xander’s not just a friend. He’s actually probably the best thing that’s ever happened to me. And if you do not hear me out, he might go to prison for something that he has not done. Judge, I just cannot allow that to happen.

Chloe: Brady, what are you doing here?

Brady: Oh, you texted me and said you were gonna be late to work.

Chloe: You said it was okay.

Brady: Mmm. Oh my god. Yeah, no, it is okay, but I realized I didn’t have anything pressing going on this morning either.

Philip: So you decided to come here with muffins.

Brady: No, I didn’t bring these. I found these on the kitchen table. And these are fabulous, by the way. But that’s not why I came. I came to see the most beautiful woman that I know.

Tripp: So doug is now in bayview?

Kayla: Oh, tripp, it is so sad. Marlena has determined that he is a danger to himself and to others.

Tripp: I feel so sorry for his wife and his entire family. He’s such a good guy.

Kayla: Well, hopefully he’ll be able to go home soon. On a completely different note, about our new hospital initiative here.

Tripp: Mm-hmm.

Kayla: Thank you for taking the lead on that.

Tripp: Yes.

Kayla: Have you had any luck finding a patient that will volunteer to be the face of the campaign?

Tripp: As a matter of fact, I have.

Steve: And that would be me. It’s my 4:05 the-show-must-go-on

Kayla: So your father is your volunteer?

Steve: If you’re referring to the new program here at salem university hospital that you need some handsome devil to be the face of, yes, I’m the volunteer.

Tripp: Dad pretty much pounced on it.

Kayla: Okay.

Steve: I mean, look at this mug. Can’t do any better than this, right?

Kayla: Well, there is a patient in 608 who bears a striking resemblance to george clooney.

Steve: You with the george clooney again. Okay, well there might be a whole lot more handsome mugs out there than I am, but none as highly motivated as I am to make this hospital proud. Because my wife is the chief of staff here, and my son is on his way to becoming an esteemed physician.

Kayla: Okay, mr. Highly motivated. Do you know what you’re volunteering for and what your responsibilities will be?

Steve: No.

Tripp: No, we didn’t get that far, actually.

[Cell phone rings]

Kayla: Oh, ah-pa-pa-pa-pa. Excuse me. Ah, I gotta take this. Be right back.

Steve: So what exactly will I be the face of, son?

Tripp: Well, you know, it’s flu season, and we’re trying to raise awareness for pneumococcal pneumonia and the need to get inoculated.

Steve: Oh, so you want me to get a flu shot?

Tripp: Basically, yeah.

Steve: Sorry, son. It’s not gonna happen.

Justin: Wow. What a great plan. That is genius!

Xander: You don’t have to be sarcastic.

Justin: No. No. Did you or did you not tell me that gwen was planning on sleeping with judge smails? A little bit of tit-for-tat?

Xander: Hey, watch it.

Justin: I just told you that trying to get some dirt on the judge was stupid. Deciding to be the dirt on him is–you know, hearing this, I could have been derisive, disgusted, even angry at your total contempt for the legal system. You should be happy I settled on sarcastic.

Xander: You’re actually kind of a prig, aren’t you, justin?

Justin: You’re sending your girlfriend off to sleep with another man in order to save your butt? I don’t care if you think I’m a prig.

Xander: Well, you don’t listen either, do you? She’s not actually gonna sleep with him! Just offer to. She’s gonna tape the whole thing, and once the judge knows that we have proof that he accepts favors for dismissing favors, he’ll have no choice but to dismiss mine. It’s genius.

Smails: I’m afraid you have nothing to say about what happens to mr. Cook.

Gwen: No, please.

Smails: The depth of your feelings for him is irrelevant.

Gwen: But please, if you–

Smails: Now, I have told you to leave. You really don’t want to force me to call security.

Gwen: But there are extenuating circumstances.

Smails: Oh, lord.

Gwen: Please. Please. Sorry. I’m sorry. Just let me explain. You see, xander has been railroaded. He was never dealing drugs.

Smails: His lawyer will have ample opportunity to prove that in court.

Gwen: Yes, but you see, sir, that is the problem. He did hire a lawyer, ej dimera, and he got the case dismissed, but it was somehow reinstated. And neither one of us can understand how that happened. But now, it seems to me that you–you are the only one who can change that back.

[Dramatic music]

 

Philip: Oh, brother.

Chloe: Brady, this isn’t funny.

Brady: She walks in beauty, like the night. And she says “something something starry skies.” So good.

Chloe: Brady, what are you doing?

Brady: I’m eating a muffin.

Philip: Eating a muffin and trying to drive me crazy. You want a coffee, brady?

Brady: I wouldn’t say no to that. Thanks.

Chloe: This isn’t cool, okay?

Brady: Am I interrupting something? I can go wait in the kitchen.

Philip: The kitchen? Thought you were to see the most beautiful woman in the world.

Brady: Yeah, I am. I’m a sucker for redheads.

Philip: Redheads?

Maggie: Oh, brady, you’re here too.

Brady: I wouldn’t miss it for the world. Welcome home, maggie.

Maggie: Ah!

Brady: So good to see you.

Gabi: What-what the hell are you doing here? We’re not even dressed.

Ava: Yes, I see.

Jake: Because you came in uninvited.

Ava: I just wanted to make sure you got the muffins while they were still warm. Buon appetito.

Gabi: Did you poison them?

Ava: No. But they aren’t gluten-free, if that’s an issue for you. So mangia, mangia. Si fa bene. Oh, gabi, you look so cute with bedhead.

Gabi: That bitch.

Ava: Enjoy the muffins, jake. Might be your last homecooked meal.

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Gabi: The nerve of her. Just barging in here. Do you think that she put a nanny cam in here? She put a nanny camera in here! Ava, we are on to you! You can take your nanny camera and shove it where the sun don’t shine!

Jake: You’re being a little paranoid, don’t you think?

Gabi: Really?

Jake: Yeah.

Gabi: She walked in at the exact moment we were about to make love. It’s like she knows, or she can see what we’re doing in here. Who would do something like that?

Jake: Who?

Gabi: Uh-huh .

Jake: You. You would do something like that.

Gabi: Oh, don’t eat that!

Jake: What, you really think she poisoned the muffins?

Gabi: Are you kidding me? Oh, that is nothing compared to what she’s done. Poisoned muffins is like a practical joke to her. I mean, I can’t believe rafe has sunk this low.

Jake: Okay, I’m just gonna run something by you real fast. How about we find another place to live?

Gabi: No. No, no. This is my family’s house. I’m not gonna let her win.

Jake: Is it really winning if you’re miserable 24/7? Because you have been miserable 24/7 since the moment we moved in here.

Gabi: I can outwait her, okay? I’m not gonna let her get away with this.

Jake: Let her get away with what?

Gabi: I don’t know! I don’t know what–she’s up to something. The question is what.

Chloe: Well, everyone’s really missed you.

Maggie: I missed all of you. So much. Oh, and victor, of course. Oh, dear. Has he been difficult?

Chloe: Not really.

Maggie: Oh, that bad, huh? Oh, I’m gonna have to see what I can do about getting him back in his… cage?

Brady: You’re the only one that can, maggie. You should have heard his voice, though, when I– when I called him and told him you were coming back. He had that grumpy lion voice of his, which we all know means he’s feeling something inside, so…

[Cell phone beeps]

Philip: Ah. I’m sorry, maggie. I have to run.

Chloe: Is everything okay?

Philip: It’s just a work thing. So good to see you.

Maggie: Thanks, philip.

Philip: When I get home tonight, we’ll have a proper celebration.

Maggie: Well, it’s wonderful to be back.

Philip: Chloe? I’ll see you later. Brady, good to see you.

Maggie: So are you and philip getting along?

Brady: Oh, yeah. Yeah, absolutely.

Maggie: Yeah. I didn’t think so.

Smails: So in the first motion to dismiss, ej dimera was mr. Cook’s representation.

Gwen: That’s right.

Smails: Then I don’t see the problem. Mr. Cook already has a capable defense attorney for the case.

Gwen: Yes, but not anymore. The creep dropped xander as a client. I supposed he felt like he couldn’t squeeze any more money out of the poor guy, and now he’s in jail. Xander, that is. And he hasn’t done anything wrong.

Smails: The fact that mr. Dimera dropped him as a client is not a reason for me to change my recommendation.

Gwen: Yes, but you changed it for–

Smails: And if mr. Cook doesn’t have an attorney, the court will appoint one.

Gwen: But it doesn’t seem fair. He trusted dimera, and now he’s left him high and dry.

Smails: I’m sorry. But as the presiding judge, there’s nothing I can do.

Gwen: Really? But you were able to dismiss the case before. And then dimera was able to just go in there and get it reversed. How could he do that? I mean, you ruled that there was no case, and now xander is going back to trial in your courtroom!

[Tense music]

I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I know I don’t know the law like you do. Just that, well, you said that there wasn’t enough evidence, and you dismissed the case before, so why isn’t there just a way that you could dismiss the case again?

Smails: Ms. Rizczech…

Gwen: I’m so sorry. I know–now I’m getting emotional. I just–it’s so frustrating. You see, I would do anything to help xander. I mean anything.

Justin: It’s genius? Ha! Look, even if judge smails is corrupt…

Xander: You know he is, though.

Justin: He didn’t get where he is by being easily duped. You don’t think he’s gonna be wary when your girlfriend shows up out of the blue and suddenly offers herself to him? He’ll have her arrested before she even gets out of the office.

Xander: I know that! That’s-that’s why I told her not to confront him with the evidence herself. I told her to bring the tape back to me.

Justin: Whoa, what am I missing? What are you gonna do with the tape? Invite the judge to your cell for a little chat?

Xander: No. I’m not going to confront the judge with the tape. You are. Shingles? Oh… you mean bill.

Justin: Have you heard a word I said? I am not going to have any part in this.

Xander: You might not have a choice.

Justin: And just what is that supposed to mean?

Xander: I just think that, to an outside observer, or a cop, it might look like you have already taken part in it. Think about it. You came to visit the police station yesterday, and you talked to gwen and me all alone in this room for quite a while. And then this morning, you show up here first thing, at the exact time gwen showed up at the judge’s office. From the outside, it really does look like you are part of this. And what would happen if gwen and I said that it was all actually your idea–in fact, you came to us?

Justin: Are you threatening me?

Xander: I really don’t want to. I want to persuade you. And everything that I said yesterday, that still holds true today. You can use the tape to get the charges against bonnie dropped too. And as you said, as an officer of the court, smails will know, if you have the tape, it won’t be so easy to make it disappear.

Justin: Huh. Wow. You are a true kiriakis.

Xander: I’m not trying to screw you over, justin. I swear I’m not. But this could work out for both of us.

Justin: You don’t give a damn about me.

Xander: But you give a damn about bonnie. And the last I heard, she just got denied bail again. Now she’s got to sit all alone in that cell, waiting for a trial where she’s charged with two murders, defended by the man she was about to marry, until he found a dead body in his bed.

Justin: Shut up!

Xander: Can I just ask you just a quick legal question, justin, if I may? Don’t you think the da is going to want to call you to the stand to testify not just about that dead body, but about what bonnie did to your first wife. I mean, aren’t prior bad acts also admissible?

Justin: I said shut up.

Xander: Gwen and I came up with a stupid plan, a crap plan. But it still has a hell of a lot better chance of helping bonnie than anything else you’ve got.

Maggie: I’m sorry you were worried about me. But you know, when summer died, as awful as it was, it was also a relief that she wasn’t in any more pain. When I went to la and I scattered her ashes over the ocean, it was this sense, I don’t know, of calm that washed over me, ’cause I knew she was finally– she was finally at peace.

Brady: I’m really glad you were with her at the end.

Maggie: Yeah. Me too. But I’m very happy– I’m very happy to be home.

Brady: This place is not the same without you. You have a soothing effect, maggie, especially on you-know-who.

Maggie: From time to time.

Brady: I don’t know if he told you, but he had a party to celebrate bonnie’s arrest.

Maggie: Gee, justin must have really appreciated that. And no, he–victor, he didn’t share that with me.

Chloe: I wonder why?

Maggie: Well, at least there was some good news, happy news, on the home front.

Brady: Really? I’d love to hear it.

Maggie: Oh, come on, brady. Don’t me coy with me. Victor told me the two of you were back together.

Ava: Well, you took your own sweet time getting here.

Philip: Family business. So you got the goods on jake?

Ava: Yeah. I spoke with angelo. He gave me some very interesting information.

Philip: Interesting?

Ava: Damning.

Philip: Enough to take gabi down?

Ava: If she cares about jake as much as she says she does, she’s gonna fold like a house of cards. Because if this gets into the right hands, jake will go to prison for a long, long time.

[Desolate music]

 

Gabi: The fall line is falling off the shelves. If these projections hold, I mean, sales are gonna exceed all of our targets.

Jake: Great.

Gabi: Did you just-did you just take a bite out of that muffin?

Jake: You want one?

Gabi: That–that’s a bite mark. Does that–that looks like a bite mark to me.

Jake: Okay, it was one bite. All right? I mean, you actually think that ava would–

Gabi: What?

Jake: Would actually–

Gabi: Jake, stop it. No, jake. No! No! Are you serious? No! Stop! Oh my god! Baby… it was an act?

Jake: Who is naive now? Yes, it was an act!

Gabi: Stop!

Jake: And it was a damn good one, if I don’t say so myself. Now give me my muffin back.

Gabi: Oh, you want this muffin?

Jake: Yes! I do! I’m hungry!

Gabi: There you go.

Jake: What the hell?

Gabi: I’m gonna take your mind off of that muffin.

Jake: Are you now? Okay.

Tripp: I don’t get it, dad. I mean, what’s the downside?

Kayla: Okay, guys. What’s going on?

Tripp: Dad doesn’t want to get a flu shot.

Kayla: What? Why not?

Steve: Because I’ve never had one. And I rarely get the flu. And I’m healthy as a horse.

Kayla: Well, that is the lamest reason I have ever heard in my entire life. And I can’t believe that I missed you not having that shot. It’s important. And you, you, mr. Healthy as a horse, could be sick as a dog with the flu if you were exposed. And, you know what? There’s no risk to it. And, being a medical professional, I am going to insist that you get that damn shot and stop acting like you’re so invincible. You hear me?

Steve: Well, I guess she told me.

Tripp: Kind of.

Steve: All right. I’ll be the face of your campaign, and I’ll get the flu shot.

Kayla: Damn right, you will. We’re for those who love to discover.

Kayla: So I think, if you take this over there–oh. Ah! There he is. Were you a brave boy?

Steve: Yeah. I was brave.

Kayla: Uh-huh.

Steve: Partly because I didn’t feel a thing.

Kayla: Mm-hmm.

Steve: And because, actually, I’m grateful to my wife and son for encouraging me to do it. Because now, I really do feel invincible.

Tripp: Well, I’m grateful for you, for actually coming around, dad, because you really are the perfect face for this program.

Steve: Because I’m so handsome, right?

Tripp: Yes, yes, that, and, you know, although everyone should get the flu shot, the target demographic is 65 and over.

Steve: Oh. Now I get it.

Kayla: And I think tripp’s right. You are the perfect face for the campaign.

[Laughter]

Philip: Wow, this is damning. If it’s true.

Ava: Well, according to angelo, it is.

Philip: Jake did all this?

Ava: I can even produce an eyewitness.

Philip: Are you sure you want to do that? If a mob informant steps up, gabi would have a pretty good idea where this came from. My guess is she’d be more than happy to tell rafe about it.

Ava: She won’t be able to prove anything. Especially if you say it came from someone you met during our ill-fated association. But deep inside, she’ll know it was me. She’ll know that I’m the one who blew up her life.

Gabi: You know, now that the keylogger’s kaput, we’re gonna need to find something to make sure that philip stays jealous of brady.

Jake: Wow. Talk about hot pillow talk. I just gave you my best stuff, and here you are talking about two other dudes. Really?

Gabi: Oh, come on, don’t look at it like that. The power of your love empowers me.

Jake: Oh. Uh-huh. Nice save, gab.

Gabi: I’m sorry if I hurt your feelings. How about I show you some of my best stuff? Speak of the devil, philip wants to see me.

Jake: Anything wrong?

Gabi: No, I don’t think so. He probably just saw the numbers for gabi chic and wants to up my budget.

Jake: Mm.

Gabi: You know, despite ava, this has turned out to be a very, very good morning.

[Gentle music]

 

Xander: Justin, maybe it’s time that you remember that you’re a kiriakis too.

[Soft dramatic music]

 

Justin: I can never forget it.

Xander: Look, I know you want to be all legal and everything, but the law doesn’t matter to smails. It doesn’t matter to this da, either. They’re the ones in charge. Smails is a corrupt judge who will sell himself to the highest bidder. The da is a power-mad bitch who will do anything for a headline. And bonnie is a headline superspreader. Two murders, justin! With her record, how many years is she gonna get?

Justin: It was self-defense. Both times, it was self-defense.

Xander: And bonnie shouldn’t be punished for protecting herself. But we both know justin the lawyer can’t help her now. But justin the kiriakis can. Think about it this way. Neither smails nor trask would think twice about doing something like this. Is your high-mindedness really worth bonnie spending the rest of her life in statesville? Can I say one more thing?

Justin: Can I stop you?

Xander: Just imagine the look on victor’s face when you tell him that bonnie’s going to go free.

 

Smails: What are you suggesting?

Gwen: That, if the case against xander gets dismissed again, I would be very happy to show you how grateful I am.

Smails: You’re a very beautiful woman.

Gwen: Would you like to know a secret about me? I am very, very attracted to powerful men. I just get– I get so excited in their presence.

Smails: Really?

Gwen: Well, you know, you could find out for yourself. I may not have ej dimera’s money, but… I do have other assets.

Smails: I’ve noticed.

Gwen: Mm-hmm. So would you like to come and see me sometime?

Smails: You know, I think I would.

Gwen: Just one more thing, judge. [Gasps] I really like calling you judge.

Smails: Be my guest.

Gwen: I am very sorry to do this, but you–you understand my situation, and I need to be clear, because I know that you and i can have a really good time together. Hmm? I will sleep with you if you promise to let xander go. I believe that they call that a quid pro quo? Agreed?

Smails: Agreed.

Gwen: I’m really looking forward to holding up my end of the bargain.

Justin: Get thee behind me, satan.

Xander: Oh, come on. Smails is a piece of dirt who has it coming. He’s everything you hate. Victor’s a pillar of virtue compared to him.

Justin: This could all be hypothetical, because I’m still not sure that gwen is going to be able to pull this off.

Gwen: You really don’t have much faith in me, do you?

Xander: What happened?

Gwen: Exactly what I said would happen.

Xander: Yes!

Gwen: We’re meeting this eve. Surprisingly, he was even able to name a motel that he found to be discreet. I think maybe he’s done this before.

Xander: Now we have what we need to get him. That is, if justin will help us.

Brady: What–what exactly did victor tell you?

Maggie: That the two of you were back together.

Brady: He was–he was… premature. You know granddad. When he wants something to happen, in his mind, it happened.

Maggie: Yeah, but victor hates chloe. Chloe, I’m sorry.

Chloe: Hey, it’s the truth.

Maggie: But why would he want the two of you back together?

Chloe: To get me away from philip.

Maggie: But that doesn’t mean he wants you with brady.

Chloe: I think he just wants me to disappear.

Brady: And since that’s not going to happen, I think victor’s decided that I hit the bottom of the barrel with kristen.

Chloe: Yeah, and as he so sweetly put it, I was the lesser of two evils.

Maggie: To think I miss that man.

Ava: Oh, well, isn’t this déj vu? Think I just saw you with a muffin.

Jake: Yeah. You did.

Ava: But mine was pumpkin. That looks like blueberry?

Jake: You’re observant. From sweet bits. I didn’t eat any of yours.

Ava: You don’t like pumpkin?

Jake: It’s not exactly my favorite, but that’s not why I didn’t eat it.

Ava: Why? What was wrong with it?

Jake: You made it. Gabi doesn’t trust you.

[Dramatic music]

 

Gabi: You wanted to talk to me?

Philip: I did.

Gabi: Well, why here? Why not at the office?

Philip: I thought it’d be best to do this in private, in case there was some kind of scene.

Gabi: Did you not see my numbers this morning? Why would there be a scene?

Philip: Because I’m firing you. Serena: It’s my 3:10

Gwen: Ugh, what a sleaze that judge was. I need to have a shower now.

Xander: Gwen, I just hate that you had to go through that. Well, you didn’t have to go through it, but you–you did it anyway, for me.

Gwen: Look, I only needed to come on to some creep. I didn’t even have to follow through, did I?

Xander: It’s just, justin had me so scared.

Gwen: What?

Xander: Well, he kept going on about how this plan of ours could blow up in our faces, especially yours. And I was just so glad when you walked through the door.

Gwen: Look how much you’ve done for me. And you and I are gonna walk out that door together, thanks to justin.

Justin: Sorry to barge in. Your assistant wasn’t at her desk.

Smails: Mr. Kiriakis. I don’t believe any of your cases are before me today.

Justin: No, your honor. I’m here about bonnie lockhart’s case.

Smails: I’m afraid I have a full docket. We’ll talk about it later.

Justin: No, actually, we need to talk about it right now. I’d like to strongly suggest that you dismiss her case, as well as the case against xander cook.

Smails: And why would I do that?

Justin: Because if you don’t, I will be playing this recording.

Gwen: I am very sorry to do this, but you–you understand my situation, and I need to be clear, because I know that you and i can have a really good time together. Hmm? I will sleep with you if you promise to let xander go. I believe that they call that a quid pro quo? Agreed?

Smails: Agreed.

[Dramatic music]

Chloe: Maggie?

Maggie: Sorry. Victor, you know, I can’t turn my back on that man for a minute. It’s time to gird the lion in his den. Oh, it’s a good thing–it’s a good thing that man is so cute. All right, I’m coming, victor.

Brady: I’ll never understand in a million years how she puts up with him. But I’m damn glad she does.

Chloe: Well, she loves him, almost as much as he loves her. And I think he thinks that she walks on water. He’s not always wrong. But he’s a tenacious old coot. I can’t believe he hasn’t given up on trying to push us back together.

Brady: Yeah, well, he never gives up. But don’t worry. I’ll have a talk with him and make it clear that that’s not going to happen.

Ava: Gabi doesn’t trust me? Are you telling me she seriously thinks I poisoned those muffins?

Jake: Actually, yeah.

Ava: Under the same roof as her brother, the police commissioner.

Jake: I told her she was overreacting, but she wouldn’t let me touch them.

Ava: Wow. She really does have a suspicious mind. I mean, come on, what could I possibly do to her?

Gabi: I’m fired? Why?

Philip: Because you put that keylogger on my computer.

Gabi: But it found one on mine.

Philip: Don’t you deny it. We’ve been through this dance before, remember? I’m not gonna play these games with you again.

Gabi: Fine. I’m taking gabi chic with me.

Philip: Actually, you’re gonna sign that company over to me.

Gabi: And why in the name of god would I do that?

Philip: Because if you don’t, I’m gonna send jake to prison for murder.

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Lani: Eli, I’m home.

Eli: Shh. Oh, my god, please. I just put them down to sleep.

Lani: Oh, sorry. Here, I was just screaming your name.

Eli: It’s okay. You didn’t wake them.

Lani: Okay.

Eli: Ohh.

Lani: Good. Sorry I was gone so long. I really wanted to help you put them down, but my dad called and said he needed more time.

Eli: Is he still planning on popping the question?

Lani: That is the plan. Just hope it all goes smoothly.

Abe: And for dessert, the pice de résistance, mwah, homemade key lime pie.

Paulina: Key lime pie? Did you say key lime pie?

Abe: I did.

Paulina: Who told you it was my favorite?

Abe: It’s not?

Paulina: I hate key lime pie.

Abe: Well, chanel specifically said that your favorite pie was key lime pie.

Chanel: Since when do you not love key lime pie?

Paulina: Since the day I was born. I’m sorry abe, chanel got it dead wrong.

Chad: Hmm. What? You think you’re gonna finance your film by playing for pocket change in the square?

Johnny: Actually, I was trying to impress a girl.

Chad: Aww, did it work?

Johnny: Made her smile.

Abigail: Sounds like a win.

Johnny: So, is this how you and the wife spent an evening at home?

Chad: Oh, only when abigail can’t tear herself away from what she’s reading.

Johnny: Ohh, which is the script I see. Does this mean you’ve agreed to play marlena?

Rafe: Oh, business must be good as you’re out celebrating.

Ej: Business? This is pure pleasure.

Rafe: Wait a minute, you two are on a date?

Ej: As a matter of fact, we are.

[Nicole chuckles]

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

[Soft orchestration]

 

Eli: So you still cool with your dad and aunt paulina being a married couple?

Lani: I think they’re great for each other. Although yes, it will be a little weird that aunt paulina is gonna be my aunt and my stepmom.

Eli: Yeah, well what if she wants you to start calling her mama?

[Lani chuckles]

Chanel: Mama, I have seen you put away a whole key lime pie after a bad day.

Paulina: If I was to eat a whole pie by myself, which has never happened, it would be a florida lime pie. There’s a world of difference.

Chanel: Like what?

Paulina: Well, like for starters, florida lime pie doesn’t have that nasty graham cracker crust. I hate graham crackers, they’re for kids. And I’m all grown up.

Abe: Well, there is pecan pie.

Paulina: Pecan pie. Oh, I’m sorry, abe, I hate that too. Oh, now tammy, if she was here, she’d be all over it. And I keep telling her, “tammy, now that pie, that’s a heart attack waiting to happen.” Oh, I feel so bad that you worked so hard making me pies I don’t like. Oh, but don’t worry about a thing, I’ll just skip dessert. But, ooh, if you two will excuse me, these heels are killing me.

[Grunts]

Chanel: Oops.

Rafe: Is he for real? You two are actually on a date?

Ej: Why is that so difficult to understand? We used to be married, twice in fact.

Rafe: That’s exactly my point. Yeah, I thought you had figured this guy out.

Ej: You know what they say, old man, third time’s a charm.

Nicole: Hold your horses there, old man.

[Ej chuckles]

[Sighs] This is just a date, marriage is not on the table. It’s been a long time, a lot has happened. We’re just catching up.

Rafe: Good to know.

Ej: Hm, may I assume this is now settled?

Rafe: Do you know, I would love to invite you to join us, but you might actually say yes. So if you’ll excuse us.

Ej: Mm-hmm.

Ava: Enjoy your dinner.

Ej: Mm-hmm.

Chanel: I am so sorry, abe. I didn’t know there was any such thing as florida lime pie.

Abe: Well, don’t worry about it. I mean, your mother’s right, we just won’t serve dessert.

Chanel: You’re–[Quietly] You’re proposing tonight, everything has to be perfect.

Abe: Yeah, we’re still gonna have a delicious meal.

Chanel: No, no. You know what? This one is on me. I am getting you a florida lime pie.

Abe: No, no, we just don’t have–

Chanel: Not another word.

[Abe pats leg]

Lani: How come you got all quiet all of a sudden?

Eli: I was thinking about my grandma. I talked to her while you were out.

Lani: How’s julie doing?

Eli: Doug hit her with something, she was out cold.

Lani: Oh, my god. Babe, that’s horrible. Is she okay?

Eli: Yeah, but it’s clear that she can’t be around doug alone anymore.

Lani: So what is she gonna do?

Eli: Marlena admitted him into bayview sanitarium for his own good.

Lani: Oh, my god. I felt terrible for them both.

Eli: Yeah, me too.

Lani: I’m so sorry that I wasn’t here when you heard all of this.

Eli: It’s okay, you’re here now. So how was shopping with paulina?

Lani: Well, it gave us a chance to talk. We talked about the whole paris trip that didn’t happen.

Eli: Did she explain why she ghosted you like that?

Lani: Well, there was no business trip and it was all my mother.

Eli: Wait, what?

Lani: Mm-hmm. She talked aunt paulina out of taking me to paris, said she didn’t want her spoiling me.

Eli: She let you think that aunt paulina dumped you and she didn’t tell you that she was the one that canceled the whole thing?

Lani: Nope. And neither did paulina. I guess she didn’t want me to turn against my mom.

Eli: Yeah, I guess. Sounds like there’s more to the story than what paulina is telling you though.

Johnny: So you gonna do it? She gonna do it?

Chad: Um, she’s on the fence. Is that right?

Abigail: I think it sounds like fun, but I–

Johnny: But what?

Chad: Like, she’s just–she’s nervous because she’s never really acted before–sorry, professionally acted before.

Johnny: But I don’t want professionals. I want this to feel like it’s happening in real time with real people.

Abigail: A story about demonic possession.

Johnny: Look, the performances if they’re right, are gonna be what grounds the material, okay? You’ve known grandma marlena your whole life, and you’re really smart. You’d be great as her.

Abigail: I hope so. I mean, I do, I have experience with mental illness more than once so I do know what it feels like to have something you don’t understand take over your mind.

Johnny: See? That’s great.

Chad: But if you–if you wanna do this, for real, I’ll back you 100%.

Abigail: Thank you. I needed to hear that from you.

Johnny: So does that–?

Abigail: I would be honored to play marlena.

Johnny: Ahh, it’s awesome!

Chad: Yeah!

Johnny: Yes. Okay. This movie’s finally starting to come together. Now all I need is one more committed investor. You haven’t given any more thought to it, have you?

Chad: Uh… ej isn’t wild about me now, if I fund your movie he is… he’s gonna hate my guts.

Johnny: Oh, uncle chad, are you really gonna let your big brother tell you what to do?

Ava: Thank you. Mm-hmm.

Nicole: Did you really have to push rafe’s buttons like that?

Ej: He started it.

Nicole: Oh, wow. That is mature.

Ej: Why are we even talking about rafe? Why does he care who I’m seeing? He’s here with ava vitali.

Nicole: Yes, he is.

Rafe: I can’t believe nicole’s actually out on a date with that guy. He’s treated her like trash.

Ava: Well, people do change rafe, I am living proof of that.

Rafe: Yeah. But not ej. Guy was born on third base, he thinks he’s hit a triple. Look at nicole, she’s totally falling for his act.

Ava: You don’t know that, it’s just a date. Like the one we’re supposed to be on.

Rafe: You’re right. I’m sorry.

Ava: Mm-hmm. Thank you. You have always loved vicks vapors.

Eli: So now that our little devils are sleeping like angels, what should we do?

Lani: [Laughs] Well, I can show you what I bought today.

Eli: That’s not what I have in mind.

Lani: Well, maybe this will change your mind.

Eli: I stand corrected.

Lani: Uh-huh.

Eli: Ooh.

Lani: Uh-huh. Wait. You gotta let me put it on.

Eli: Ah, you know what? Let’s just throw this on the floor and pretend that you did.

Lani: Oh, mm-hmm.

[Knocking at door]

Eli: Nah, ignore it.

Lani: They’re not–they’re not gonna give up and they’ll wake the kids up.

Eli: You gotta be kidding me.

Chanel: I miss living here. Can I come in?

Eli: Sure. Why not?

Chanel: Ah, sorry to interrupt. I brought you a pecan pie.

Eli: Oh. Well, pecan pie, thanks. All right, well, hey, thanks for coming over.

Chanel: Uh, no. I’m here because I need to borrow your kitchen.

Lani: What for, chanel?

Chanel: To make a pie.

Eli: I don’t understand.

Chanel: You would if you knew mama better.

Paulina: Oh, it’s so sweet of you to make dinner.

Abe: Well, you know, I could not have done it without input from your mother and chanel. Would you like some wine, may I pour it for you?

Paulina: Yes, you may.

Abe: Thank you. There we go.

Paulina: So where is that daughter of mine?

Abe: You know, I don’t know. She said she had an errand.

Paulina: [Laughs] Probably an errand named giovanni.

Abe: Ooh, is that the boy she’s seeing?

Paulina: His real name’s johnny. He made up the giovanni part.

Abe: Ah. You know, actually, his grandfather used to call him that.

Paulina: How do you know?

Abe: If his last name is dimera then he was my late wife’s nephew, and mine.

Paulina: Ohh, then you know all about him. Well, I only know what I see. He’s a real cutie patootie and he knows it. I only hope he’s good enough for my chanel.

Abe: Well, he was a great little kid, but if he takes after either one of his parents, chanel is going to have her hands full.

Paulina: Oh dear.

Abe: Well, chanel can take care of herself, she gets it from her mother.

[Both chuckling] To you my love.

Paulina: Aww.

Chad: Look, the only reason I work for dimera is because tony insisted. So if I piss off ej and he tries for another power grab then I’m out on my ass.

Johnny: So that’s the only thing keeping you from investing in your favorite nephew?

Chad: I would say it’s a pretty big thing. Who said you’re my favorite nephew?

Johnny: Come on, man, I’m your good luck charm. I was there when you met aunt abigail.

Chad: What?

Abigail: Yes. Yes, he’s right. It was java cafe, I thought you were johnny’s father.

Johnny: See?

Chad: Oh, sure.

Johnny: Yeah, i am responsible for putting you two kids together.

Chad: Uh-huh. Yeah, I remember you said you didn’t like her.

Abigail: Oh, excuse me.

Johnny: Hey, hey. Come on, I was just a dumb little prepubescent kid, how the hell did I know she was gonna be the love of your life and the star of my movie. A movie that’s not gonna happen if you don’t invest.

Chad: So that’s a-that’s emotional blackmail.

Johnny: What is?

Chad: That you’re not gonna put her in your movie if I don’t give you the money.

Johnny: There’s not gonna be a movie to put her in if I don’t have the money for it. And my dad’s pretty much made sure that I don’t have any other family members to hit up.

Chad: Mm-hmm. Okay, so I either piss off ej or I deprive my beautiful wife of doing what she wants to do? Thanks a lot, pal.

[Jazz music playing]

 

Ej: Would you please stop that?

Nicole: Stop what?

Ej: Mooning over rafe.

Nicole: I’m looking at the menu.

Ej: Hmm.

Nicole: I always do that. You know, they say it’s a good brain exercise.

Ej: No one says that.

Nicole: Yeah. Well–whatever.

Ej: I thought the stated purpose of this evening was to help you put rafe out of your mind. But since this isn’t working, why don’t we go back to my place? I’m sure cook will be more than happy to whip up dinner for miss nicole.

Nicole: But the waiter just opened a $300 bottle of wine. You really want it to go to waste?

Ej: No I don’t, and it won’T.

[Tense music]

 

Rafe: What’s this?

Ej: A very lovely and expensive parting gift. You two have a great night.

Ava: Thank you.

Ej: Shall we?

Rafe: [Exhales] Okay. Turns out deb’s constipation with belly pain

Eli: I don’t get why pie is so important.

Chanel: I just thought it would be cool if abe could present the ring on top of the piece of the pie. And also because I just really want this night to be perfect. I feel like I’m the one who screwed it up and I need to fix it. For mama.

Lani: That’s really sweet of you. You know, you and your mom have really come a long way since you two just blew into town.

Chanel: Yeah, I guess we have.

Paulina: These are the best short ribs I’ve ever tasted. The potatoes are to die for.

Abe: Oh, I’m glad it’s to your liking. And I know you have had a long day.

Paulina: Mm-hmm. But I had such a nice time being with lani.

Abe: Hmm, I’m glad.

Paulina: Mm-hmm. But she kept going on and on about this trip that she’s planning for her and eli. It was almost as if she was–

Abe: She’s not really planning a trip.

Paulina: She was stalling, right?

Abe: I called her and i told her that I needed more time to get dinner ready and she was–she was great about it. And I’ll tell you that I am so blessed to have your niece in my life.

Paulina: Well, lani, she is a very special young woman.

Abe: I am so grateful that we have the rest of our lives to catch up on all those years that we lost. You know, being her dad, it’s one of the most precious gifts god’s ever given to me.

Rafe: No, no, you can’t drink his wine.

Ava: Why not?

Rafe: Because he could have drugged it, that’s why.

Ava: Ugh, rafe.

Rafe: Okay. Suit yourself. I’m gonna order a beer. Oh, my god, where is the damn waiter?

Ava: Boy, ej sure did get under your skin.

Rafe: No, it’s the guy is such a damn phony, you know. Of all the guys that nicole could have chosen to go out with. What?

Ava: What what?

Rafe: I know what you’re thinking. You think that I’m jealous because ej is out with nicole. That’s what.

Ava: Oh. Well, now that you bring it up, are you?

Abigail: You know, I think this is gonna be between you and johnny. Why don’t you just take me out of the equation?

Chad: Why?

Johnny: Yeah, why?

Abigail: Because, you know, it sounds like a really fun challenge to be in a movie, one I never thought I was gonna get to have. But if it doesn’t happen I’m not gonna be heartbroken about it.

Chad: Okay. But maybe a really fun challenge is exactly what you need right now.

Johnny: Right?

Abigail: I don’t wanna alienate ej.

Johnny: Look, I told my dad whether or not I get to make my movie, I’m not going to work at dimera so he’s not getting his way no matter what happens.

Chad: Well, in that case, okay.

Johnny: Okay, what?

Chad: I’ll fund the rest of your movie.

Johnny: Ha. Thank you.

Chad: Yes.

Johnny: Oh, my gosh.

Chad: Come here.

[Both grunt]

Abigail: Hi.

Johnny: Thank you.

Nicole: Hey. Oh, johnny, wow, it is so good to see you.

Johnny: Yes, good to see you too. What are you doing here?

Ej: I invited her here for dinner. What did I just walk in on? Why were you too hugging?

Chad: Uh, I’ve agreed to provide the rest of the funding for johnny’s movie.

Ej: You what?

[Tense music]

With voltaren arthritis pain gel

Paulina: I can’t believe you did the dishes after slaving over a hot stove all day.

Abe: It wasn’t that bad.

Paulina: Hmm, I’m not used to a man going to so much trouble for little old me.

Abe: Oh, now it’s my very great pleasure.

Paulina: Honey, now, I don’t wanna hurt your feelings but that day shopping, it did me in. I can hardly keep my eyes open, would you mind if I turned in?

Abe: What about dessert?

Paulina: Well, I thought we were skipping it, but if you’re craving some sweets then why don’t you just jump into bed with me?

Abe: Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait. Uh…

Paulina: Oh. Oh. Abraham carver, what in the world?

Abe: This is not the most original idea, but tough times call for quick decisions. Paulina price, would you do me the honor of becoming my wife?

Lani: Who are you texting over there?

Chanel: Your dad. I told him the pie should be cool enough to serve in 15 minutes. I hope their dinner has taken a long time.

Lani: I cannot believe that your mom and my dad are actually getting married.

Eli: It’s gonna make y’all stepsisters.

Lani: Well, I’ve always wanted a sister.

Chanel: Me too. I used to bug my mama about it all the time.

Lani: Well, I promise to be the best sister you never had.

Chanel: You already are that. You gave me a place to stay and you listened to me. And I remember when mama was making me look for work and you said, “if you earned a living doing something you love, you will never work a day in your life.” You, you’re the one who gave me the courage to open up the bakery.

Eli: How is that going?

Chanel: It’s going great. Allie and I are making money and we’re having fun doing it.

Lani: And it hasn’t been awkward or anything between you two?

Chanel: No, no. She understands about me. And besides, I’m into men now.

Lani: Oh.

Eli: Wow.

Lani: Okay.

Chanel: I know.

Eli: Well, who’s a lucky guy?

Chanel: I kept it all in the family.

Lani: Who’s family?

Chanel: Allie’S. He’s her twin brother.

Both: What?

Ej: It’s bad enough that roman and lucas have sided with johnny, but my own brother?

Chad: What I do with my money is none of your business.

Ej: It becomes my business when you start funding my son’s idiotic dreams.

Johnny: Stop yelling. What’s so wrong with uncle chad supporting me and abigail?

Ej: What do you have to do with this?

Abigail: Well, johnny asked me to play marlena in the movie and I said yes.

Ej: You?

Abigail: Why not me?

Ej: Of course, how silly, you are the dame judi of salem.

Abigail: I have an acting résumé.

Ej: As what? A shepherdess in the christmas fte?

Abigail: It was a school play and I was the title character.

Ej: My god, have you all gone insane? You knew exactly how I felt about this and you didn’t even consult me.

Chad: Oh, what a disappointment that must be for you. Yeah, I forgot all of our long discussions about my feelings before you made your power grab and tried to install yourself as ceo, sole ceo.

Ej: Hmm, I see. So this is pay back?

Johnny: The whole freaking world doesn’t revolve around you, dad.

Ej: You are not giving a dime to johnny.

Chad: You can’t stop me.

Ej: The hell I can’T. This is the sound of an asthma attack…

Eli: You’re really dating allie’s twin brother?

Chanel: Yeah. His name’s johnny.

[Lani and chanel laugh]

Lani: Okay. What does allie think of the idea?

Chanel: She didn’t like it at all. She said johnny’s a real player. And I didn’t wanna be in the middle so I told the two of them to duke it out and I went home.

Eli: Yeah, good move.

Chanel: Yeah, it was because it’s all worked out now.

[Timer buzzes] Oh, finally. I just hope I’m not too late.

Paulina: Oh, abe. I know we talked about this, but I didn’t expect a proposal so soon.

Abe: Well, it’s supposed to be done with a little more finesse. Would you be good enough to give me an answer? I don’t wanna break a hip down here.

Paulina: Oh my, my answer is yes, yes. Yes.

Abe: Well, here, let me have your hand.

Paulina: Oh, yeah. Oh.

[Chuckling gleefully] Ohh, oh, it’s beautiful. Oh, you get up from there, give me a kiss. Oh, abe.

[Kissing] Ohh. Ooh.

[Abe laughing]

Rafe: No, I am telling you I’m not jealous, okay? I am just worried about nicole.

Ava: Why?

Rafe: Why? Her and ej, they have history, you know?

Ava: Yes, I know.

Rafe: Okay. Well, did you also know that ej made her life completely miserable? I, mean, he threatened her life more than once. In fact, she was so scared of him when she was carrying his baby she didn’t even want him to know that he was the father, I had to pretend to be the father. Okay, so, I mean, really, do you blame me for being concerned?

Ava: No.

Rafe: Okay.

Ava: I do not. Okay. But nicole is a grown woman and she has the right to make her own decisions. And there’s nothing we can really do about it. At least not tonight.

Rafe: You’re right. You are so right, and I am sorry. Okay? Let’s just forget about ej and nicole.

Ava: Ah, yes, let’S.

Rafe: Yes, start by getting rid of this damn bottle of wine.

Ava: Okay, drop that.

Rafe: Are you kidding?

Ava: Oh no. This is a very, very nice wine. And I’m sure ej didn’t want to share it with us but he had to. He had to because nicole, she couldn’t have any fun at all while you were here. So, hmm, think of it this way, you won and this is the prize.

Rafe: You’re good.

Ava: Mm.

Rafe: You are really good.

Ava: Thank you.

Rafe: But I’m still not drinking the wine.

Ava: Okay.

[Exhales]

Ej: Shall we take this outside?

Chad: I would love to if that’s what you want to do.

Abigail: Okay, you know what? Back off ej, I mean it.

Nicole: Listen, you’re coming with me.

Ej: I’ll do no such thing.

Nicole: I insist.

[Tense music]

 

[Door clicks close]

Johnny: So, uh, really sorry about that. I hope you haven’t changed your mind about investing in the movie.

Ej: This is unbelievable. My own brother is undermining me with my son.

Nicole: Okay. Ej, I get it, you’re madder than hell, but if you don’t calm down, I feel like you’re gonna have a stroke.

Ej: That’s ridiculous.

Nicole: [Sighs] Ej… sit with me. This is supposed to be a date, right? Humor me.

[Eli exhales sharply] Just take a deep breath.

Ej: [Exhales] I don’t understand why everyone’s against me.

Nicole: Well, all that time you were fighting for your life, they were going on with theirs. But chad is not your kid brother anymore. He’s a man with a wife and kids. And johnny’s growing up too and he wants to be his own man and make his own mistakes.

Ej: I wasn’t there for so long. I’m just trying to be a father to my son again.

Nicole: By forcing him to work at dimera enterprises? Come on, he’s not gonna stand for that. He’s got too much sami in him.

[Eli groans softly] Is that what this is about? Sami?

Chad: Don’t worry, nothing can make me back out.

Johnny: Thank you. Thank you so–oh, my gosh, I have the funding. Okay, I better go start working on final draft of the script. Whoo. Hey, hey, just, uncle chad, uncle chad, thank you so much. Come on, come on, come on. Oh, my god, mwah, I could just kiss you all night.

Chad: [Chuckles] Okay.

Abigail: [Laughing] Oh god, you made his night.

Chad: Forget me, what about you?

Abigail: What about me? What about me?

Chad: I mean, when you–when you told ej to back off, I could–I could have, could have grabbed you, I could have kissed you. I mean, I still could. We could grab a bottle of champagne and go upstairs celebrate being in the movie business together. What do you say? As a dj, I know all about customization.

Abe: Well, to finding love again when I least expected.

Paulina: Oh, and to us and to all the fun that we’re gonna have together.

[Both laugh]

Chanel: Sorry I’m late. This is a homemade, for real, florida lime pie. I made it for you, mama.

Paulina: Oh, baby, that’s so sweet. And that pie, that looks good.

Chanel: Abe, if you would just join me in the kitchen, you can help me serve the pie.

Abe: Oh, you know, that won’t be necessary.

Paulina: Your mama’s getting married.

[Both laugh]

Chanel: Oh, my god, congratulations!

Paulina: Oh! [Laughing]

[Both squeal happily]

Abe: Well, look, I am so sorry I couldn’t wait. I had to take my shot before she went to bed.

Paulina: I’m wide awake now though.

Chanel: I’m so happy for both of you, and myself. Okay, I’m gonna get out of the way so that you two can celebrate.

Abe: Oh no, no, no, you’re gonna stay right here and have glass of champagne.

Paulina: Mm-hmm, and some pie. I can’t wait any longer.

[Laughing] Oh.

Abe: Oh, thank you.

Paulina: Oh, whoo, now this is what I call a pie.

[Laughter] Mmm! Mmm, mmm, mm, mm, mm.

Lani: It was really sweet of you to help out with the whole pie crisis.

Eli: Well, I’m happy to do it. My only regret is that it ended up interrupting something very important.

Lani: Oh, yeah?

Eli: Yeah-huh.

Lani: Mm, and what was that?

Eli: Let me give you a hint.

Ava: Now, I know what you’re thinking.

Rafe: Do you?

Ava: Yes. That even though the night didn’t start off that well, it ended up being pretty nice.

Rafe: You are very perceptive. What am I thinking now?

Ava: Oh. I don’t wanna tell you so I’ll show you. Let’s get the hell outta here. Oh, yeah.

Ej: I don’t know what samantha has to do with any of this.

Nicole: Well, sami cheated on you with lucas, and you feel like you’ve lost control of your life. So now you’re trying to regain that control by telling your son and your brother and everyone else what to do. Ej, you’ve been down this road before. You know, if you try to control people, you’re just gonna push them away. So maybe… maybe if you just back off a little bit, you won’t end up alone.

Ej: I’ll take your advice into consideration. In return, I will make you dinner myself.

[Both laugh]

Nicole: Since when do you cook?

Ej: Since someone told me I make a mean omelet.

Nicole: That was me.

Ej: Mm-hmm, it was.

[Both chuckle]

[Soft piano music]

Abigail: The offer is very tempting, but I’m just not quite there yet. It’s just too important, I don’t really wanna… I don’t wanna rush it.

Chad: I agree.

Abigail: I’ll see you in the morning.

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[Line ringing]

[Phone rings]

Lani: Hey, dad.

Abe: Sweetheart, how–how’s it going?

Lani: Good, auntie p and i are finally done shopping and now we’re both about to head home.

Abe: Already? No, no, you can’t let paulina come home yet.

Lani: What? Dad?

Abe: No, no, please, please. You have to stall her! Now look, lani, you promised, remember?

Lani: All right. Yes, I did promise you. And since it’s important, I will take care of it.

Abe: Thank you.

Lani: No problem, just text me when you’re ready.

Abe: I will.

Lani: Bye, dad.

Paulina: Lani, honey? Everything okay?

[Phone beeps]

Nicole: But am I ready?

Rafe: Nicole.

Nicole: Rafe, um, hi. Uh, I–I was just going.

Rafe: Really? ‘Cause it looked like you were coming in.

Nicole: Uh, that’s what I meant. I’m assuming you’re just leaving?

Rafe: Yeah, I am. So we cannot even say hello to each other anymore?

Marlena: I need to figure this out. Figure out what’s wrong.

John: You know, I was also thinking if your memory’s a little fuzzy, you recorded your session with me, is there any way you might’ve recorded your session with doug?

Marlena: [Gasps] I did record it. I did. I’ve gotta go listen to it.

John: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Right now?

Marlena: Yes. Yes. If I’m gonna be able to help doug, I’ve gotta go do it right now.

Julie: Water coming up.

[Water running]

[Metallic slam]

Demon marlena: Nothing personal, julie. But I’ve gotta do something about that pesky husband of yours. And you are going to be the one that helps me shut him up. I just can’t have him out there telling the whole world about me.

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

[Soft orchestration]

 

Chanel: Oh, hey, abe.

Abe: Oh, chanel.

Chanel: Beautiful flowers and since you’re in an apron and…[Sniffs] Mmm, something smells wonderful. I assume you’re making dinner for mama?

Abe: I am, yes.

Chanel: And that’s probably what you wanted to talk to me about at the bakery so I will make myself scarce.

Abe: Oh, chanel, wait, wait, wait. I did stop by the bakery because I wanted to tell you that I’m proposing to your mother tonight.

Lani: Just a little misunderstanding.

Paulina: Oh, not with eli, I hope.

Lani: No, no, he’s taking care of the kids. So I can spend more to time with you.

Paulina: Oh, that’s so sweet of you, but honey, I cannot take one second longer in these heels. So I’m going home, taking a load off, and having a glass of wine.

Lani: Wait, but, auntie p–

Paulina: Here are the kids’ present here, here you go. I love you, darling. Love you. See you, love you.

Lani: Wait! Auntie p, hold on. Wait, please.

John: Hey.

Kayla: I thought I might find you here. I heard you were looking for me.

John: Yeah, I am. I’m looking for doc also. She came to the hospital to listen to this recording.

Kayla: Um, what is it?

John: It’s her session with doug. She was somewhat hazy on what happened right before he collapsed. She thought maybe she could listen to this and refresh her memory.

Kayla: Well, you know that that tape is protected under doctor-patient confidentiality. I mean, you weren’t gonna listen to that, were you?

John: Well, I was tempted. So damn concerned about doug. You know, that’s actually why I was trying to find you. I just came from him and julie, and doug’s saying some pretty crazy stuff.

Kayla: Like what?

John: Well, he told julie and me that marlena tried to kill him.

[Eerie music]

 

[Button beeps]

Trelegy for copd.

Ava: Hello?

Rafe: Oh, hey.

Ava: Hey.

Rafe: Hello.

Ava: Hope I’m not disturbing you.

Rafe: No, no, not at all. No, I was just–just thinking.

Ava: About what?

[Knocking on door]

Ej: How is it possible you look so gorgeous after putting in a 12 hour day?

Nicole: Well, it’s more like 11 hours and 45 minutes but who’s counting. You look pretty spiffy yourself.

Ej: [Sighs] Really? The bear?

Nicole: What about him?

Ej: Well, considering his backstory and the fact he’s now perched on your desk, it makes me wonder if you’re still pining over rafe hernandez.

Nicole: [Sighs] I’m not pining for him, no.

Ej: Well, I’m glad to hear it since the whole purpose of this date is for the two of us to move on.

Lani: Please, just stay for a little while longer. There’s something that I really need to talk to you about.

Paulina: Well, well, okay, then I’ll just kick off my heels right here then. Oh. Oh, so, uh, what’s on your mind, darling?

Lani: Well, I’m thinking about surprising eli with a trip as–as a christmas present. And, uh, I know christmas is a few months away, but if i wanna get us decent airfares–

Paulina: Mm-hmm, you gotta do it well in advance. That is the way to go. Oh, that sounds like a wonderful gift. So what kind of trip? Where to?

Lani: I’m not sure. And of course, we need to schedule time off that week for the both of us and then there’s the babies–

Paulina: You want me to take them? Done. No notice necessary.

Lani: Okay, great. Also, I don’t know where to go. So wanted to get your advice on where we should go.

Paulina: Oh, well, let me see. There’s so many amazing places to visit. Greece is one of my favorite countries. You can go to the islands. Or italy. I have a special affection for tuscany. Oh, such gorgeous scenery and such great food. But it’s hard to find anything but great food in for all of italy.

Lani: You know, I think eli would prefer more of a city.

Paulina: No brainer. Paris. Everybody loves paris.

Lani: Ah, I’ve um, I’ve never been.

Paulina: Of course, you haven’t–oh. It’s all because of me.

Chanel: You’re proposing to my mom?

Abe: Well, that’s what I wanted to discuss with you this morning. But you know, I’m gonna do, uh, I’m going to make this brief since your mother may– may be here any minute. Look, chanel, your mother and i have gotten very close lately. And at this point in our lives why–why wait to make a firm commitment? So I wanna ask her to be my wife, which means that I will be your stepfather. And I wanna know what you think.

Chanel: What I think is you’re the best thing that’s happened to mama in forever. You’re one of those guys who when you say everything’s going to turn out all right, it actually does. So… I know you’ll make mama happy.

Abe: Oh, that’s so, so nice to hear, chanel. And, and, and what about the part about me being your stepfather?

Chanel: As you know, my own dad died when I was real young. So, uh… I don’t really remember what it was like having a dad, but I’m guessing it’ll be nice having a step one like you.

Abe: Thank you for that, chanel. And I guess it would be wonderful having a stepdaughter like you. So do I have your blessing to marry your mother?

Chanel: Yes, you do. Definitely.

Abe: Oh, thank you, chanel.

Kayla: Doug thinks that marlena tried to kill him?

John: Well, it’s obvious that he’s not in his right mind, right?

Kayla: That poor man– to believe such a terrifying thing. Oh, wait, sorry. Excuse me.

John: Yeah.

Kayla: Dr. Johnson. Oh. Oh, okay, I’m on my way. Somebody just pushed the call button from doug’s room.

Doug: Stop! Leave julie alone.

Demon marlena: You can barely walk, old man.

Doug: Don’t you dare touch my wife.

Demon marlena: Let go. Get back, get back!

Doug: I won’t let you hurt her.

Kayla: Oh, my god.

John: Doc, what’s going on in here?

Woo! You are busy…

Rafe: Oh, I was just thinking about A…work thing. What brings you by?

Ava: Well, gabby and jake, they’re at the house and they’ve commandeered the kitchen. So I thought that maybe I could take you out to dinner.

Rafe: Are you asking me out on a date, ms. Vitali?

Ava: Mm-hmm, I am.

Rafe: Oh.

Ava: And, you know, maybe we’ll go to the brady pub. You obviously like their coffee.

Ej: Do you know the first thing I did right after samantha left?

Nicole: I’m scared to guess.

Ej: I removed every single trace of her from our home. It was quite cathartic.

Nicole: Oh, well, I’m sensing there’s an object lesson somewhere.

Ej: You say you want to move on from rafe. Getting rid of this silly reminder might do the same for you.

Nicole: Well, it’s not like I can give it back to him.

Ej: Since you’re avoiding each other.

Nicole: Oh, we’re not avoiding each other. We’re just maintaining a certain distance.

Ej: Right. Well, however you characterize it, since giving the bear back to rafe isn’t feasible right now, how about finding duke a new home altogether?

Chanel: So what’s on the menu for tonight?

Abe: Well, I– I called your grandmother in florida and I got her to send me the recipes for all of paulina’s favorites. So I have them cooking in the oven until paulina gets here so they’re ready when she gets here. And lani is stalling her while I’m cooking.

Chanel: Pecan pie?

Abe: Oh, well, I– I did that earlier, so it’s cooling already.

Chanel: I hate to tell you this, but big mama screwed up. Mama hates pecan pie.

Paulina: Oh, there I go, putting my foot in it again. Nothing new there, right? Oh, oh, I’m so sorry, lani.

Lani: Auntie p, it’s okay.

Paulina: No, it’s not okay. Going to paris was your dream when you were a little girl and that, that trip I promised, it never happened. How did I not even think of that when I opened my fool mouth?

Lani: Auntie p, it’s okay. Really, okay? And I’m sorry that it made you so upset.

Paulina: You’re sorry it made me upset? Honey, I’m sorry that I broke your little heart when you were all of eight years old. What kind of a– person does that to a child? Lani, darling. I think it’s high time that we talk about what happened back then.

John: Hey! Hey, you should be in bed. Come on, doug.

Doug: But you don’t understand.

Kayla: Julie, can you hear me? Julie. Julie, wake up. Oh, there you go. Can you sit up?

John: No, no, no, no. You stay right here. You’re doing great. It’s all right, we’re gonna take care of everything.

Julie: Oh! [Winces]

[Exhales slowly] Oh, I guess so.

Kayla: We’ll get that looked at. Do you remember what happened?

Julie: I don’t know.

Doug: It was–

Marlena: It was a blow to the head.

John: That doesn’t make any sense.

Marlena: I hate to say it, but it was doug. Feeling stressed in your skin?

Abe: I don’t understand. Olivia said she was sure that pecan pie was her favorite.

Chanel: Mm-mm. Big mama’s confused, that’s my aunt tamara’s favorite. Mama’s favorite is key lime.

Abe: Well, I guess I have to make a key lime pie.

Chanel: Well, maybe there’s some ice cream in the freezer.

Abe: Oh no, no, no, no. That won’t do. I mean, this is a special evening and I want everything to be perfect. Please, please tell me you have some limes?

Chanel: Uh, I’ll check. I’m pretty sure we do.

Abe: All right. Then I’ll go look up a recipe.

Chanel: Oh, you know what? Let’s make it together. We can have this thing in the oven in 20 minutes.

Abe: Aw. You are the best.

[Both chuckle] All right, I’m gonna call lani now. I’ll text her.

Lani: It’s all right, auntie p, it was a really long time ago.

Paulina: But pain I–I never meant to cause you. I know it’s still there. So now that it’s– it’s out in the open, I just wanna clear the air.

[Phone beeps]

Lani: Well, um… maybe we can do it another time. I think we both should go home. I know you’re tired and–

Paulina: No, no.

Lani: I really wanna be there for eli to put the kids down.

Paulina: Please, please. Please, not yet, not yet. Let me just– let me just get this out here once and for all.

Lani: Okay. Sure.

Paulina: All those years ago, every time I used to pop in and see you and your mom, your nose was in a madeleine book. Nothing made you smile more than when you dreamed about paris. I wanted to be a part of that dream. So I promised you that summer trip and I dreamed that dream right along with you. But all those letters I– I sent you…

Lani: We were gonna eat homard, visit the louvre, and ride les bateaux.

Paulina: You remember?

Lani: I’ve read those letters until they fell apart.

Paulina: And then I broke your little heart. Never showed up, never apologized, never said a word about it.

Lani: Oh, well, you had an important business trip.

Paulina: Said your mama, who lied. And I was the coward who let her tell that lie.

Lani: You both lied to me? Why? Huh? What is the real reason you didn’t take me?

Ej: Is there a problem?

Nicole: No, not at all. I don’t even know why I held onto him that long, but I do know that I am starving, so–

Ej: Allow me.

Nicole: Oh, thank you.

Ej: Shall we?

Nicole: Yes. Purse– oh, you know what? I–I forgot my phone. Uh, it’s on my desk. I’ll be right back.

[Whispering] Sorry, duke.

[Clears throat]

Ej: Find it?

Nicole: Right where I left it. Must’ve been low blood sugar.

Ej: We can remedy that with a feast at julie’s place.

Nicole: Oh, great.

Kayla: Doug attacked julie?

Julie: No!

Marlena: Well, I–I came in to check on doug and when I walked in, that’s when I saw doug hit julie over the head with this. So, of course, I–i grabbed it away and then that was when you came in.

Doug: Oh, no, no. That is not what happened.

John: Take it easy, buddy. Just try to relax.

Kayla: Get in the chair? Are you able to do that?

Julie: I guess.

Marlena: Here, let me help.

Doug: Do not touch my wife.

John: Don’t get all worked up, here, doc’s only trying to help, doug.

Kayla: Do you remember what happened?

Julie: Not much. I was getting doug a drink of water. I turned my back for a second and something hard hit me and– and it all went black.

Marlena: That was what I saw. Doug hit her over the head.

Julie: No, he wouldn’t do that. Darling, I know you would never do that.

Marlena: I–I know how hard this is to accept, but doug just hasn’t– hasn’t been himself.

Doug: I am myself. You are not. She did it. Marlena did it!

[Dramatic music]

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Marlena: Wait a minute. I hit julie? What earthly reason would I have to do that? Do you need any more proof that he is confused?

Doug: I am not confused. She did it. She tried to kill my julie.

John: You just gotta try to take it easy, buddy.

Doug: I have to protect julie. I have to, john, ’cause I love her. She’s my wife. You cannot keep me away from my wife.

Marlena: Oh, for heaven’s sake, now this needs to stop. Listen, kayla, I think we’ve got to sedate him.

Julie: Oh, it can’t be that bad.

Doug: I know who you are. I know what you did.

Kayla: I’m sorry, but marlena’s right. It’s for doug’s own good.

Doug: What?

Julie: Don’t! Oh, please don’t!

Doug: Don’t, kayla, please.

Kayla: I’m sorry, doug. I’m really sorry.

Doug: Don’t–[Cries] I love you, julie. I love you, my beautiful girl.

[Sobs]

[Dramatic music]

 

Ej: My favorite wine. Favorite vintage.

[Inhales and sighs] There it is, nape of wild animal neck. Just a hint.

Nicole: Mm, delicious.

Ej: To moving on.

Nicole: To moving on.

[Glasses clink] I don’t know about wild animal neck but this is heaven. And it is the most expensive wine on the list.

Ej: I’ve always enjoyed the finer things in life. As I recall, so do you.

Nicole: When it’s affordable.

Ej: Well, it’s a good thing you’re not with rafe. I assume he’s more of a beer and pretzels kind of a guy. So what do you say, chateaubriand for two?

Rafe: Yeah, no, I, I will have the report on the da’s desk in the morning. Okay. Yeah, I’ll let you know. Okay, thank you. I’m sorry about that.

Ava: No problem. So?

Rafe: So.

Ava: Ready to go to the pub? What ya thinkin’? A burger, some chowder?

Rafe: Yeah, I’m thinking I was actually at the pub for breakfast and for lunch so maybe we could do something different, like, um– I don’t know. Oh, what about julie’s place? Yeah, you could check on your job application.

Ava: Yeah, julie’s place sounds great.

Rafe: Okay.

Ava: But I have rethinking my career goals as of late. You know, why limit myself to the kitchen when there’s so many opportunities out there?

Rafe: Oh, right, yeah. Like working for phillip.

Ava: That’s one, yes. But I also have been putting the word out everywhere that I can think of to see who’s hiring.

Rafe: Okay. Well maybe you can tell me all about it over dinner.

Ava: Mm.

Rafe: Okay?

Ava: Yes, but you know what?

Rafe: Hm?

Ava: Don’t really–[Laughs] Don’t wanna bore you, you know?

Rafe: You never could. Okay.

Ava: Okay?

Rafe: Okay.

Ava: Dinner? [Chuckles] Thanks.

Paulina: The real reason that trip never happened, I was being selfish when I made that promise of seeing paris together.

Lani: How were you being selfish?

Paulina: It was all about me. I wanted to be the one to give you your heart’s desire, to do something special, just the two of us. I cut your mama out when I made it our little secret and that was just, that was just plain unfair. I had no right.

Lani: Why not?

Paulina: There are two secrets. Abe is not lani’s father and tammy is not her mother.

Marlena: How can that be? Tamara raised her.

Paulina: Yes, she did. But I gave birth to her. I am lani’s mother. Serena: It’s my 3:10

Lani: Auntie, what is it?

Paulina: I couldn’t take you on that trip because when I told my sister about my big plans and how I’d sworn you to secrecy, she shut me down. Hard. She was right.

Lani: She thought you were being too extravagant. Like when you got me the pony or sent me all those gifts that she made me send back. She thought you were trying to spoil me.

Paulina: Tammy was right. She raised you with a firm hand. Look, look how you turned out. You’re a strong, wise, independent young woman. And if she’d let me spoil you the way I really wanted to, who knows.

Lani: Or your heart was in the right place.

Paulina: But I broke your little heart into a million little pieces and I don’t blame you if you never, ever forgive me.

Lani: Auntie p, I already have forgiven you.

Paulina: You have?

Lani: Yes. Please, please do not ever worry about this again. Okay? I love you so much.

Paulina: Oh, you just don’t know how much this means to me.

[Sobs]

Lani: Come here. I come from a long line of huggers.

[Both chuckle]

[Phone beeps]

Paulina: Oh, let me guess, your man wants you home.

Lani: Something like that. And I think you earned that glass of wine.

Paulina: Oh, hoo, oh. Oh, yes.

Abe: Oh, you have some mad baking skills, my dear. I mean, you know what? I can’t believe you made a pie that fast.

[Chuckles] Oh, you know what? This table is not ready. Candles, I need candles and, oh, music–

Chanel: On it.

Abe: Oh, no, no, no. You gotta be exhausted. Let me–

Chanel: No way, I’m into it now. Your job is to get the romantic playlist going.

Abe: Okay, thank you.

Chanel: Oh, but there is one thing.

Abe: Sure, name it.

Chanel: If you don’t mind, I’d like to hang out for a little bit so I can see the look on mama’s face when she gets here.

Abe: Well, there’s nothing I’d like more.

Ej: Mm, you have to admit this beats a growler of locally brewed swill, doesn’t it?

Nicole: Really? Rafe again. I thought that defeated the whole purpose of this dinner.

Ej: You’re quite right. We did agree to put rafe and samantha in the review mirror and so we shall.

Ava: [Chuckles]

Rafe: Ah.

Nicole: [Sighs]

Julie: Doug would never hurt me.

Kayla: Julie…

Julie: Well, it doesn’t make any sense, kayla. I was getting a drink of water, I just turned away for a second. The man is so weak, he can barely walk. How did he leap up, grab a tray, hit me so hard on the head that I passed out?

Kayla: You know, when tripp and I were taking care of him after he collapsed, he woke up and suddenly, almost violently grabbed tripp’s arm. We were amazed at his strength. You know, sometimes in cases like this–

Julie: He’s not a case. He’s my husband. And he doesn’t have dementia and he didn’t do this.

Kayla: There was no one else in the room.

Marlena: Except marlena.

Marlena: You know, as a professional, I’m–I’m trained to be objective but… when it comes to our sweet doug, oh, I find this heartbreaking.

John: I’m sure it is. So you wanna tell me what happened?

Marlena: I did, I told you.

John: I mean, why did you leave your office and go to doug’s room? You said you wanted to go to your office because you were fuzzy on the details. You wanted to listen to the recording of the session to see if it would jog your memory. Did it?

Marlena: It did.

John: Okay, what is it? What did you learn?

Marlena: I learned that doug is more of a threat to julie than I had thought.

John: More of a threat? In what way?

Marlena: He said he wanted to kill her. On the outside, I looked fine.

Nicole: Well, fancy meeting you here. Hi.

Rafe: Yeah. Yeah, we were gonna go to the pub–

Ej: Mm, nothing like a good burger and beer, hm?

Ava: Ej dimera, you remember me?

Ej: How could I forget? One of my most notorious clients. You’re looking well. Still very beautiful.

Ava: I heard that you were in pretty bad shape for quite a while. Looks like you’ve made a full recovery.

Ej: I am much better now.

Rafe: So you two are out celebrating, huh? Business must be good.

Ej: Business? This is pure pleasure.

Paulina: Ooh, walking in high heels should be an olympic sport. Oh! [Chuckles] Well what’s this– mmm, something smells delicious. So what’s the occasion?

Abe: Well, I got inspired and thought it would fun to make all your favorite dishes. We have braised short ribs with red wine sauce, oven roasted potatoes, sauteed wild mushrooms. For dessert, the piece de resistance, homemade key lime pie.

Paulina: Key lime pie. Did you say key lime pie?

Abe: Yeah, I did.

Paulina: Who told you that was my favorite?

Abe: It’s not?

Pauline: I hate key lime pie.

Marlena: That’s why I went racing to doug’s room. And if I hadn’t gotten there when I did–

John: You really think doug would’ve killed julie? This is hard to process.

Marlena: I know. I believe that doug has lost his mind.

John: Mm.

Marlena: I think he’s gone around the bend.

John: Oh, baby. Doug also told me something that upset me as well.

Marlena: Oh, what was that?

John: Earlier he said that– that you had tried to kill him.

Marlena: Why would he say such a thing? He–he’s tried to kill julie. Poor julie, she’s spent her whole life loving this man and it’s come to this. It’s just–it’s tragic.

John: Hey.

Kayla: Well, doug is finally resting. I’m gonna take julie for an x-ray just to make sure everything’s all right.

Julie: I don’t need an x-ray. I’m just so worried about doug.

Marlena: We all are.

Julie: Marlena, I know what you thought you saw, but you are wrong. And I will shout it from the, from the rooftops. My darling would never attack me.

Doug: No, it was not me. I did not hurt julie. It was him. Please, god. Please, don’t let him hurt julie anymore. Please, please, god.

Marlena: Julie, I know how difficult this is to accept.

Julie: Because he didn’t do it and you keep accusing him over and over again when he told you he was innocent. You’re all frightening him, all of you. How can you? How can you?

Marlena: Julie, I’m so sorry, but you need to face the truth. I know how painful this is for you. How painful it is for all us who love doug so much. But in my professional opinion, doug has become a danger to himself and to others. And so it, it needs to be my recommendation that doug– that doug be committed to bayview.

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Ben: We really shouldn’t have bought this much stuff in new orleans, babe. I’d have carried you across the threshold but I think I threw my back out coming up the stairs.

Ciara: Well, how many chances do you have to get canned jambalaya and mardi gras beads? And besides that whole threshold business, that’s just a silly tradition. We are home. We are here in our own place. We’re married. We’re married babe. And we have tons of cool memories of our first trip together. That is all that I really want.

Ben: Welcome home, mrs. Weston.

Ciara: Same to you, mr. Weston.

Ben: Here we are, what do we do first? Do we unpack? Or–

Ciara: Well, you know what I want.

Ben: You know what I want.

Both: Cheeseburgers.

Ciara: Yes.

Ben: Yay.

Chanel: [Ahem] Come on, you two. Get a room.

Johnny: So what do you say? You sound like you’re interested and like I said, you would be perfect for it.

Abigail: I’m–

Chad: Hi, perfect for what?

Johnny: No big deal. Just trying to convince your wife to be my grandmother.

Chad: Oh.

John: Yeah, that’s right. Marlena is trying to help you, buddy.

Doug: John, marlena needs our help. She tried to–she– oh, dear god.

John: It’s okay, it’s okay. She tried to what, doug?

Doug: Kill me.

John: Oh, doug. No, no, no. Marlena loves you. She only wants you to get well. Why would she try to kill you?

Doug: Because I know, I–because I–

John: It’s okay, it’s okay. Hold on, hold on. You okay buddy? You all right? Do you want me to call a nurse?

Doug: No, what I want you to do is believe me. Marlena…she wants me dead.

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[Scratching, static]

Devil voice: Dear marlena, did you really need to play this tape? I’m so hurt that you’ve already forgotten our little reunion. Allow me to refresh your memory.

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

[Soft orchestration]

 

Tripp: Sorry about that.

Allie: Yeah, didn’t mean to make you uncomfortable.

Chanel: Hey, it’s okay. I was joking, but you two might wanna tone down the pda in front of the bakery. We do have our professional reputation to think of.

Tripp: I wouldn’t worry about it, I mean your free samples went like hotcakes.

Chanel: Hot enough for people to pay money for them?

Allie: Oh, definitely.

Tripp: And it is also quitting time. So how about we have a little happy hour to celebrate?

Allie: Yeah, I mean, I have my nanny for another hour. Guess one glass of wine wouldn’t make me an unfit mother, right?

Tripp: Definitely not. Chanel?

Chanel: I– I don’t know.

Allie: Come on. You know what? We can see if the bartender will make us jean michel’s signature aperitif.

Tripp: What–what’s an aperitif? And who’s–who’s jean michel?

Allie: Well, an aperitif is what the french call a cocktail that you have before dinner.

Tripp: Oh, where I come from, they call it beer.

Chanel: And jean michel was a super-hot bartender on the left bank.

Allie: Okay, he wasn’t that hot.

Chanel: Oh, come on–

Allie: Okay, he was super-hot.

Tripp: You two went to paris together?

Allie: Yeah, just for the weekend–anyway this drink was so good that we made him like show us his secret formula. You know, I bet we could get the bartender at our new place to make it.

Chanel: Thanks, but I’m not used to being on my feet all day. I’m gonna close up and go home, watch something on my tablet and get to bed early.

Allie: Come on. It’s the weekend.

Chanel: I don’t know about you horton, but these 4:00 A.M. Wake-up calls are kicking my ass.

Allie: Okay, fine. I’ll see you tomorrow morning. You ready to go?

Tripp: Yeah.

Allie: Bye.

Devil voice: It’s been so long since our spectacular collaboration. I wasn’t sure if we would ever recreate that glory. Luckily, I found the key that opened a path to you in that vulnerable old man. He was the perfect vessel to entice you.

Marlena: Don’t you dare hurt him.

Demon doug: It won’t be me who hurts him. It will be you. Your selfishness. Your choice to protect yourself. Doug be damned so to speak.

Marlena: He doesn’t deserve this.

Demon doug: No, he doesn’T. It doesn’t have to happen. It’s so simple. All you have to do is invite me back into you.

Marlena: I won’T.

Demon doug: Are you sure?

Marlena: Never!

Demon doug: Ha ha ha…

Doug: Aah! Oh…oh…ah–

Devil voice: Ha ha ha. I gave you a choice marlena, and you made the right one. I could have easily killed the old man, but you spared his life by letting me take control. I was so pleased. I envisioned all the havoc we could wreak together. So imagine my disappointment when you turned away from me. When you listened instead to your imbecile of a husband.

John: Hey, come on, doug. You know that’s not true.

Doug: I’m sorry, john. I’m so sorry.

John: That’s–that’s okay. You don’t have to be sorry. You’re just…just a little confused right now.

Doug: Listen to me john, listen. Marlena did try to kill me. And if you won’t believe me, and if you don’t do something to stop her, she’ll try again. Is that what you want for me too? You want me to die? As someone who resembles someone else…

Tripp: So you think that’s gonna live up to jean michel’s signature whatever that is?

Allie: Well, there’s only one way to find out. Ciara.

Ciara: Allie, hi.

Allie: Hi.

Ciara: Hi.

Allie: Oh, my god, I had no idea you guys were home.

Ciara: Yeah, we just got back.

Ben: This lady has been riding the back of a motorcycle for four days, so the least I can do is buy her a drink and a burger.

Ciara: This is my favorite place to go after I come home from a trip.

Tripp: Oh, you came to the right place.

Allie: Yeah, this place has a great happy hour. You guys should join us. If that’s okay with you?

Tripp: Yeah, yeah. It’s fine with me.

Ciara: Yeah, okay.

Ben: Yeah. This is nice.

Ciara: Yeah.

Ben: Allie, what are you drinking over there?

Allie: It is jean michel’s signature aperitif.

Ben: A what, huh?

Tripp: I have gin and tonic

Ben: Okay

Ciara: My personal favorite.

Tripp: I honestly couldn’t tell you what’s in allie’s drink.

Allie: Yeah, we just got them–I think they’re a little short-staffed tonight.

Tripp: Well, you know what, here. Why don’t you take my drink since it’s your favorite.

Ciara: Aww, thank you.

Tripp: And ben and I can go to the bar and grab some more.

Ben: That sounds like a plan.

Allie: So how was the honeymoon?

Ciara: The honeymoon was absolutely perfect.

Allie: Details, details. I wanna hear everything.

Chad: So you want abby to be your grandma?

Johnny: Well, not in real life, but…

Chad: Oh, right. So like it’s a–like a–a film director role play little thingy.

Johnny: In–in a way. Yeah.

Abigail: Stop teasing him.

Chad: What?

Abigail: Johnny wants to make a movie about demonic possession and he wants me to play marlena.

Chad: Really?

Johnny: She’d be great. She’s a natural actress.

Chad: Okay, when did–when did, “the sami brady story” become about demonic possession?

Johnny: Well, since I realized the audiences like a good horror movie and still a “sami brady story” but grandma’s a big part of mom’s story.

Chad: Uh-huh. And like you said, a whole genre is gonna be easier to sell so better investments?

Johnny: You must’ve read my mind. Grandpa roman and lucas have already agreed to put money into my movie. And you’ve been really supportive of this project, so I was thinking maybe–

Chad: Yup, I would love to hear your pitch.

Johnny: Great. I’m still working on getting some storyboards together, but they won’t show what abby can do as an actress.

Chad: No pressure or anything. Well, what do you think about all this?

Abigail: I am not sure.

Johnny: Look, I can see that you guys still need some time to talk. Make up your minds. But I have a working draft of the script if you wanna take a look at it.

Chad: Yup.

Johnny: Great. I have marked the parts that I really want you to read. If you could read it sooner rather than later, I would really appreciate it. I know you’re not gonna be able to turn me down. Now, if you’ll excuse me there’s something I have to do.

Devil voice: Thanks to the cursed power of john’s prayer, you and I were torn apart. You had so graciously invited me in. I was tucked up, warm and cozy. Then that so-called priest had to go and invoke god.

[Intense music]

 

John: Doug, hey, hey, hey, buddy. Hey, hey, hey, take it easy–take it easy. Getting worked up like this isn’t gonna do you any good.

Doug: I have to convince you. You have to believe me, marlena really wants me dead.

John: Doug, listen to me. Listen to me doug, I want you to–are you listening to me?

Doug: Yeah.

John: Okay, everything’s gonna be okay. Marlena and I, we both love you. We’re really worried about you right now. We’re gonna figure this out. Now, what I’m gonna do right now–listen to me– I’m gonna go get kayla and I’m gonna have her come back here and she’s gonna give you a little something to calm you down.

Doug: No, I don’t wanna be drugged. No, john, please don’t go. Don’t, john. Turns out deb’s constipation with belly pain

Allie: So new orleans is a good place to honeymoon?

Ciara: Oh my god, it’s the best. And my mom and dad really loved it there, so that made it all the more special. Oh my god, allie, it was everything i could’ve wanted in a honeymoon. Except…

Allie: What happened?

Ciara: Nothing. Nothing happened. It’s–okay, so ben and I were camping and we were having the most romantic morning, and I sort of blurted out that I wanted to have a baby.

Allie: What was ben’s reaction?

Ciara: Well, it pretty much killed the romantic mood.

Allie: So he wasn’t super into the idea, huh?

Ciara: To put it mildly, no.

Allie: Well, honestly, I kinda get it. Especially now. I mean, don’t get me wrong. I love henry with all my heart, but people are not kidding when they say having a kid changes your entire life. After everything you and ben have been through, I think you guys deserve to have time to just be newlyweds. You know, be free to do whatever you want. Like, are you gonna wanna keep your motorcycle when you have a baby to think of?

Ciara: Yeah, that’s what ben said.

Allie: See, he just wants you all to himself for a little while.

Ciara: Yeah, that’s true. But allie, that’s not all he said.

Ben: So you really don’t even know what’s in allie’s drink, huh?

Tripp: She told me a few ingredients, but I forget now. And I–I think we’re safer with two drafts.

Ben: Gotcha. Cheers.

Tripp: Yeah, let’s go join the girls.

Ben: Hey, tripp, hang on a second. You’re like a real doctor now right?

Tripp: Med student.

Ben: But you treat patients?

Tripp: Yeah.

Ben: Just wondering if maybe you’d be able to answer a little medical question for me?

Tripp: Okay are you–are you sick?

Ben: No, no, no. I mean, not the way you’re thinking. Anyway, the question is, say somebody committed a horrible crime more than once. Is it possible to then pass that evil onto their own child?

Devil voice: As soon as you let me in, I feel you fighting me. But I was certain that in time, you would succumb to my desires. Be my willing instrument once more. Our first effort? Getting rid of that old man. You were a vision holding that pillow over his head. But then john had to say that prayer. Tell that old cronie how much he loved you, and I could feel my grip loosening. And that damned detective had to walk in. Before I could stop it, I’d been cast out. Once again reduced to the outsider looking in, but no more. It’s time for you to let me back in, marlena. I will not allow you to leave me, not when we have so much work to do.

John: Hey, julie.

Julie: You’re not with doug?

John: Well, I just stepped out to find kayla. Doug woke up a few minutes ago, but he’s saying some very strange things.

Julie: Strange? How strange? Just tell me john.

John: He said–he said marlena is trying to kill him.

Julie: What?

John: Yeah.

Julie: Oh my– are you sure?

John: I–I know it doesn’t make any sense, but yes julie. I’m–I’m sure that’s exactly what he said.

Johnny: When I think

of you I feel like I can fly

in my airplane

writing letters in the sky

Chanel: Excuse me.

Johnny: Yes.

Chanel: Giovanni, who you think you are? One of those singing gondoliers or something?

Johnny: I think, I’m a guy who’s come here to woo a beautiful lady. Now, if you don’t mind, can I proceed?

When I think of you

I feel like I can fly

in my airplane

writing letters in the sky

take my rose-holding hand

join my one-man band

we were meant to be

I’ve seen it in a dream you like that? Yeah?

Waking up to you

is all I wanna do

and I just can’t believe

the way I feel for you

so take my rose-holding hand

join my one-man band

we were meant to be

I’ve seen it in a dream I’ve lost count of how many asthma attacks I’ve had.

Chad: I went over the numbers with accounting and if the profit margin stays this solid, then the stockholders are gonna be very, very happy with the annual report.

Abigail: Good.

Chad: Which means my plan to bring a live bull into the meeting is just gonna bring the house down.

Abigail: A bull market, huh?

Chad: Abigail deveraux dimera?

Abigail: What?

Chad: Script must be a real page turner, huh?

Abigail: I get to be a panther.

Chad: Well, I’m guessing they’ll probably just sub a real panther for that, right?

Abigail: Hmm.

Chad: I guess unless–unless johnny doesn’t wanna use cgi.

Abigail: Yeah, and you’re probably right. But I’ve–the scene before, it shows marlena harnessing her panther energy.

Chad: Panther energy?

Abigail: I know this all sounds really out there, but it is my job to make it all sound believable.

Chad: Your–it’s your job? You’re not seriously thinking about doing this. Are you?

Julie: It has to be the medication. It’s making him paranoid. Once the drugs wear off, he’ll know that isn’t true. He’ll know–he knows marlena loves him.

John: I reminded him of that.

Julie: And what did he say?

John: Julie, he just got really upset that I didn’t believe him–that’s why I’m trying to find marlena just to take a look at him.

Julie: Thank you, john. Good. I’ll–I’ll go sit with him.

John: All right, I just hope he’s calmed down a little bit.

Julie: Yes, well, so do I.

Marlena: You can’t make me help me you. I won’t do it, fine.

Devil voice: There’s no use fighting it, my dear. You know I always win in the end. Besides, don’t you remember the fun we had together? And this time I have an even grander agenda. But first, we have to tie up a few loose ends.

Marlena: What loose ends?

Devil voice: That tedious old man is still lying in the hospital, and our little encounter was undoubtedly the most exciting thing that ever happened to him. He’ll be dying to tell anyone who’ll listen. We can’t have that, can we? Now, we all know progressive offers 24/7 protection,

Johnny: We were meant

to be

’cause I’ve seen it

in a dream, yeah

Chanel: Whoo.

Johnny: Thank you. Thank you very much.

Chanel: Okay, so what was that?

Johnny: Well, that was me wooing you. I told you last night, I was gonna serenade you.

Chanel: Hmm, I didn’t know you meant for real.

Johnny: Ideally, you would have been on a balcony with a rose in your teeth, but hey, you can’t have everything.

Chanel: Oh, so there just happened to be a guitar lying around the dimera mansion?

Johnny: There probably is, but no, this one’s mine. For a while, I wanted to be a rock star.

Chanel: Hmm, and when’s that?

Johnny: That was right before I wanted to be a filmmaker and right after I gave up on being an fbi agent.

Chanel: Oh-oh, you just keep reinventing yourself, huh? You sound like me.

Johnny: See, we’re perfect for each other.

Chanel: Although, I don’t know how good you’d be at being a g-man.

Johnny: You kidding me? I would be the best.

Chanel: Or at–or at making movies.

Johnny: I already know what I’m gonna wear to the cannes film festival.

Chanel: Okay, well, but I do know that you could definitely be a rock star. But seriously, I had no idea you could play like that.

Johnny: Oh, what can I say? I’m a man of many talents.

Allie: Ben thinks that he’s going to pass his genes on to your child? Like the ones that made him mentally ill.

Ciara: Yeah, but he doesn’t just think it, he’s convinced of it. And he wasn’t just mentally ill, allie. He killed three people.

Allie: But, ciara, that doesn’t mean that your child is going to do that. I mean, look at henry’s father. And I don’t think that henry is gonna turn out like that. You know, rapist.

Ciara: No, and you shouldn’t be worried because you are an amazing mother and henry is so loved by so many people. And I’ve tried convincing ben that his problem was a father who beat him. Not that he has evil in his genes. I told him that she would be an amazing dad, but what if I can’t convince him? What if he never changes his mind? What if he doesn’t ever wanna have kids with me?

Tripp: So you’re asking me that if you and ciara had a baby–

Ben: Would our kid potentially be mentally ill like I was? I mean, could he end up homicidal?

Tripp: Ben, there’s not a homicidal gene, okay? You can’t pass something like that on to your children. But–but if you committed those crimes when you’re in a psychotic state–

Ben: I was. I’m still taking the medicine to control it.

Tripp: Psychosis can be genetically inherited. Which means your kid would have what they call a genetic predisposition toward having it too.

Ben: So I’m right?

Abigail: Trust me. I was just as surprised as you are that johnny asked me to play the part, but for argument’s sake, what’s so crazy about it?

Chad: Well, I mean, you just got back from–from boston. So maybe it’s–maybe it’s a little bit too soon to be jumping into something that you know absolutely nothing about.

Abigail: I know all kinds of things about it. I’ve seen movies.

Chad: Okay, okay. I’m–I’m gonna say this in–in the nicest way possible. No disrespect, but babe, you can’t act.

Abigail: I can so. I was the lead in, “stop that pancake” in second grade.

Chad: All right, and that prepared you to play a psychiatrist possessed by the devil?

Abigail: Look, johnny doesn’t wanna use real actors. And he thinks I can do it so, thomas and charlotte are gonna be at school. I’ve got time on my hands.

Chad: Well, what about your job at the “spectator”?

Abigail: And like you said, I’ve already been on leave of absence for four months. It’s run smoothly without me. I think it would continue to do so for a little while longer.

Chad: Wow, you’re serious about this aren’t you?

Doug: Oh, julie, thank god. Thank god.

Julie: Yes, I’m here, sweetheart. I’m here. Everything’s gonna be all right. You just a little confused right now.

Doug: Where’s john?

Julie: John went to get kayla ’cause kayla’s gonna know what to do.

Doug: No more–no more drugs, honey. No more drugs. I don’t want them.

Julie: No, sweetheart, the drugs are gonna help ’cause they’ll calm you down.

Doug: No, I don’t want to calm down. I want people who believe me. I want you to believe me.

Julie: I believe you, sweetheart. I believe that you’re having a very, very hard time right now. And it’s important that you understand and that you believe we’re all here for you. We all want you to be well…

Doug: I know but–

Julie: And to be– you’re gonna be fine, darling. I love you so much. You’re gonna be yourself again soon. You are, I know you are. Very soon.

Devil voice: You see, you can’t resist me. And together, we can take care of the old man.

Marlena: No, no, no. I will not hurt doug.

Devil voice: Why do you care so much for a weak old man? I can give you so much more. I can give you the power you know you loved. Well, no matter, I’ll take care of him with or without you.

Marlena: No, no, don’t hurt doug.

Devil voice: There may be another way to get him out of the picture. But only if you back me up. You have a choice to make, marlena. Is it him or me? Shingles?

Allie: I’m so sorry you’re going through all of this and that ben is so worried about passing along his genes.

Ciara: It never even occurred to me that he would.

Allie: What if…

Ciara: What if what?

Allie: I’m just thinking that if ben is so worried about passing his genes along, you guys can adopt.

Ciara: No, yeah, no, we can’t go down that route.

Allie: Why not?

Ciara: Well, think about it. We would have to find an adoption agency that doesn’t mind that the adoptive father used to be a serial killer.

Allie: No, you don’t have to go through an agency. Just hire a lawyer. Yeah, when I was pregnant with henry, I was going to do an open adoption. So I would know everything about the adoptive parents. I mean, you and ben could do the same thing. You could probably even find someone in town and then they would know that ben is not that person anymore. And you would know everything about the birth parents and ben wouldn’t have to worry about his genes at all.

Ciara: You know, that never occurred to me. I know that ben and i would love any baby. No matter if it was biologically ours or not. I just, allie, I hate that he thinks that he’s cursed somehow. It really just breaks my heart, you know?

Allie: I know.

Ben: So you’re telling me, that if ciara and I have a kid, he could potentially end up just like me?

Tripp: He or she could inherit your mental illness, yeah. But it’s also entirely possible they wouldn’T.

Ben: There’s something else you might not know. My sister, she wasn’t right either.

Tripp: There is still no way to predict, okay? Like, look I’m sorry, man. I wish I could tell you something to make you feel better.

Tripp: Hey.

Ciara: Hey, so what were you guys talking about?

Tripp: Actually, we were trying to figure out what was in this french dude’s special drink.

Julie: Oh, my love. I don’t know what is tormenting you so, but there’s no reason to be afraid. You are surrounded by love. I love you. Everyone loves you, including marlena.

Doug: No, not marlena.

Julie: Yes. Yes, marlena, sweetheart.

Doug: You don’t know.

Julie: She just wants you to be well. She–she wants to take care of you.

Doug: You’re my only hope.

Julie: Sweetheart, sweetheart. Please believe me. Marlena is on your side.

Doug: Someone believe me.

Julie: Marlena, marlena is our great friend.

[Intense music]

 

Woo! You are busy…

Chanel: So any other careers you considered?

Johnny: Well, I went through an astronaut phase and when I was a kid, I wanted to be spongebob.

Chanel: I wanted to be the little mermaid.

Johnny: No way.

Chanel: What? Are you saying I couldn’t be ariel?

Johnny: No, I’m saying your legs are way too good to be covered up in half a fish costume.

Chanel: You are–you’re pretty good at this wooing thing.

Johnny: Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

Chanel: [Yawn] Sorry.

Johnny: Now, don’t be. Guess that’s the downside of dating a baker. She’s got to be in bed early. But before you go. Yeah, can’t have a romance without flowers. I might have also wanted to be a magician. Good night, chanel.

Abigail: I guess I am serious. You know, I think I would really like to do something outside of my comfort zone. Something that’s just not so me. It would get me out of my head and get me to stop focusing on my problems so much, and I think maybe it would help me get over what happened with the play.

Chad: What play?

Abigail: I told you. Stop the pancake.

Chad: Oh, yeah, right, right, right, in second grade.

Abigail: Yeah. Oh, but it feels like it was yesterday. And I know it seems silly, but I was–I was the lead. I was the pancake, you know, and we were all there. It’s dress rehearsal and I kept forgetting my lines. I just, I could not remember. And mrs. Langer, she recast me, like right then, and right there, you know, in front of the whole class and I just–i just remember feeling like, “oh my gosh, I have to go home.” And my whole family is planning to come, I have to go and tell them that I’m not going to be in the play at all. Oh, my gosh. I’m crying. This is so silly. But I just remember the look on my mom’s face and she was just so disappointed in me and–

Chad: Abby, I’m s–sorry. I–I–I honestly, I had no idea that– that actually happened. Ms. Langer sounds like a–a real bitch.

Abigail: Yeah, yeah, she was and, um… I didn’t forget my lines. I blew her away.

Chad: [Laughing]

Abigail: I was brilliant, see.

Chad: Okay.

Abigail: I told you I can act.

Chad: Yeah, all right.

Allie: That was so fun. It was so nice to be out with friends, you know, not have to worry about henry eating his peas, or why he’s crying.

[Henry cries]

Tripp: No, no, no, no, no, you keep enjoying the night, all right? I’ll take care of him.

Allie: Thank you. Careful what you wish for, ciara.

Ciara: You know, I am really glad that we ran into tripp and allie at the bar. That was really fun.

Ben: Yeah, it was.

Ciara: So what did you and tripp really talk about? Babe, I’m the daughter of two cops. You really think I was gonna buy that secret ingredient story?

Ben: It was nothing.

Ciara: Look, I know that you and tripp haven’t always had the best history, but–

Ben: It wasn’t that. I was just asking him his medical opinion, whether or not he thought our baby could end up with my psycho genes.

Ciara: Okay, whoa, first of all, you don’t have psycho genes. And second of all, no one can predict what kind of baby we’ll have, not even a doctor. And I’m sure tripp told you that.

Ben: Well, he did say it was possible that mental illness could be genetic, but you’re right, he couldn’t exactly answer my question.

Ciara: But I think I know who can. Marlena.

Ben: Dr. Evans. I thought you just said, no doctor can tell us how our baby would turn out.

Ciara: Yeah, but maybe she can give you some advice, tell you who to talk to. She’s a therapist, ben, and you guys have a really great relationship. And when it comes to helping people, she always knows exactly what to do.

Julie: Would you like some water sweetheart? I’ll get you a drink. Be right back.

John: Hey, doc, have you seen kay…la? Where–where the hell has she gone?

Julie: Water coming up.

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8:00. Dimera, ej dimera. And I’d like a quiet table, please. I guess it is a special event. It’s a reunion of sorts.

Lucas: Special event? A reunion of sorts. Really? Did sami come back to you? I didn’t think she’d be that stupid.

Allie: Hmm. This is stupid good. Am I keeping you up?

Chanel: I’m just really tired. It’s hard to get a good night’s sleep when the bed keeps rocking like you’re shooting the rapids or something.

Allie: So, johnny finally wore you down, huh? Was it worth the wait?

[Line ringing]

[Phone rings]

John: Yeah, john black.

Johnny: Hey, grandpa. Is grandma there?

[Ominous chords]

John: Yeah, she is, but she’s not feeling that well. And she’s–she’s in our room resting.

[Uneasy music]

 

Demon marlena: Doug, seems like you’ve been a bit of a tattletale. I think we’ll just have to do something about that, huh? Of course, family and friends will be…ha…devastated. But they’ll think you died of natural causes.

[Eerie off-key notes]

But…it’s going to be anything…but natural causes.

[Offkey notes escalate]

 

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

[Soft orchestration]

 

John: Look, johnny. If you’re calling to talk to grandma about, uh… about your movie, we–we had that discussion, and we have decided that… that we’re going to pass on investing in it.

Johnny: Uh, I mean, I know you’re not thrilled with the story I want to tell. But does she feel the same way?

John: Yeah, I’m speaking for both of us. You know what, johnny, I’m going to tell you the same thing I told allie. This really isn’t a good idea. I mean, just to say that, uh, the memories of that time are–are painful would be a gross understatement.

Johnny: Yeah, but maybe confronting the memories could be a good way of exorcising them.

John: Was that supposed to be a joke?

Johnny: No.

John: Look, kiddo, I’m sure you think demonic possession is big box office here, but what happened to your grandma, it was horrific, it was painful, and it needs to stay private. So if and when you decide to make this movie here, you’re going to leave that part out.

Johnny: Sorry, but grandma’s possession is the only part I’m leaving in.

Chanel: You have a dirty mind, horton–that’s one of the things I like best about you.

Allie: You’re the one sharing details about your sex life.

Chanel: I shared details about my lack of sleep. Johnny and I didn’t have sex last night.

Allie: But you said…

Chanel: I said the bed kept rocking. Don’t you remember? Your evil twin made me watch “the exorcist” last night. And as you know, I’m very sensitive, highly suggestible–

Allie: Yes, a delicate flower.

Chanel: Every time I close my eyes, I just–I kept dreaming that I was that girl in the movie. And that the devil… was coming after me.

[Machinery beeping]

Tripp: Morning.

Julie: Where’s kayla?

Tripp: She had an emergency, so I’m going to be checking on your husband.

Julie: He did not have a good night.

Tripp: And neither did you. Right?

Julie: I’m all right.

Tripp: Mrs. Williams, I’m going to be here a few minutes. Maybe you’d like to walk up and down the corridor or go out and get some air?

Julie: I can’t leave, but thank you. And I don’t believe I thanked you for the kindness that you showed us yesterday.

Tripp: You didn’t have to. I’m sure it was very upsetting.

Julie: I suppose I was naive. I thought marlena could help doug right away. But… after he saw marlena, everything got worse.

Marlena: You’ll never win– never!

Demon marlena: No, doug has to die. He knows too much.

Marlena: No!

John: Doc. Sweetheart, what’s wrong? Is olay better than your clean beauty?

Allie: It’s like johnny is so obsessed with making this movie, he doesn’t see that it’s gonna freak out every single person in our family. He thinks he’s an “auteur.” I think he’s a jerk.

Chanel: He’s going to upset more than just his family.

Allie: Well, yeah, I mean, I don’t think the good people of salem are gonna be thrilled about it either.

Chanel: No, I’m not talking about people.

Allie: Are you talking about–

Chanel: The devil. Doesn’t he get that making a movie like this about the devil is just begging for trouble?

Allie: What kind of trouble?

Chanel: I read about that movie before I went to bed. And when they were making it, the set burned down, the actresses who played the mother and the daughter– they both got burned. The crew, they kept getting sick. And people who saw it, they had heart attacks, and some women even had had miscarriages.

Allie: No wonder you had nightmares.

Chanel: Like I said, you don’t go messing with the devil if you don’t want him messing with you back.

Allie: I didn’t know you were superstitious.

Chanel: Why do you think I went into business with you? You’re my good luck charm.

Allie: No, I’m just the one with the donut recipe.

Chanel: That too.

Allie: So, um, you think you’re going to talk johnny out of making this movie?

Chanel: What is the point? He’s just as stubborn as you are. And besides, I like how passionate he is.

Allie: Are we still talking about his movie, or are we talking about the way he feels about you?

Chanel: I thought you said you were okay with me seeing him.

Allie: I am.

Chanel: Okay, you say that. But every time I bring him up, you get all weird. So I’m beginning to wonder if you really meant it.

Abigail: Well, you don’t seem very happy.

Johnny: Uh, just spoke to grandpa john. He said that he and grandma won’t be investing in my movie.

Abigail: I’m sorry. What’s the movie about?

Johnny: Will wrote this a couple of years ago.

Abigail: Oh! “Sami brady story,” huh?

Johnny: It’s just a working title.

Abigail: Well, it definitely won’t be dull. Um… will…

[Laughs] He didn’t happen to write anything about–

Johnny: Your affair with my dad? While he was engaged to my mother? As a matter of fact, he did.

Ej: No, samantha is not back in salem…[Sighs] Not that it’s any of your concern.

Lucas: Not my concern? She’s the mother of my children. She’s also my friend.

Ej: Hmm. Have you heard from her? Has allie?

Lucas: No.

Ej: Neither has johnny. Doesn’t that indicate to you that she’s not particularly interested in being allie and johnny’s mother? Or your little friend?

Lucas: I just find it hard to believe that she’s not keeping in touch with anyone.

Ej: Believe it. She left town with her tail between her legs.

Lucas: No, she wouldn’t do that–that’s not her style. She wouldn’t run away.

Ej: Mm. No, you’re right, she never has before. But it seems, as shameless as samantha has always been, after the last set of revelations, she finally realized how completely she had embarrassed herself–that, in your arms, she had reached, so to speak, the bottom of the barrel.

Lucas: You smug son of a bitch.

Ej: You loser.

Lucas: It’s not how sami saw it.

Ej: [Scoffs] Oh, you better watch what you say–you’re very close to making me angry, and trust me, you don’t want that.

John: Doc. Sweetheart, what’s going on? You okay? You all right?

Marlena: I don’t know. I don’t know. I don’t know. I just…oh, I had the most…horrible nightmare.

John: It’s over, it’s over. Can you tell me about it? My nunormal?

Kate: Hey there.

Philip: Mom.

Kate: Mm. Bad time?

Philip: No. No, it’s okay. Uh, what’s going on? Is everything all right?

Kate: Yes, everything’s all right–I mean, a mother can’t visit her son without him asking what’s wrong?

Philip: Not this mother.

Kate: Ah. Ha ha. What does that mean?

Philip: Well, this mother, and that would be you, is a very busy woman with a big life. So for her to just come over and visit her son for a casual visit…

Kate: Okay. All right. It’s not just a casual visit. I’m just feeling some concern for my children today.

Philip: Mom, if this is about me and chloe…

Kate: No, it’s not you and chloe–I do have other children, you know, philip.

Philip: Okay. So if it’s not about me… and I doubt it’s about austin and billie, or cassie and rex. ‘Cause they’re doing fine as far as I know. So narrowing it down, I’d say you’re worried about lucas.

Kate: Yes, of course, I’m worried about lucas. Aren’t you?

Philip: No.

Kate: You’re his brother, philip. Lucas is suffering. How could you not be concerned about him? I mean, he is in so much pain. He’s so sad, mopey, and all over sami disappearing to god knows where.

Philip: Okay, you want my take? Lucas is a grown man. Why don’t we respect his right to be sad and mopey and just stay the hell out of it?

Kate: [Huffs]

Lucas: Take your best shot, dimera, go ahead.

Roman: Hey. Hey, two choices. Get out or sit down.

Lucas: It’s all right, roman, I’ll go–I got things to do anyway.

Ej: Like what, water your plants, get back to your knitting?

Lucas: Just tell johnny that I’ve set things in motion, all right?

Ej: What the hell is that supposed to mean?

Lucas: What, you didn’t hear? I’m investing in his movie.

Ej: You little worm.

Lucas: Yeah, “the sami brady story.” I don’t want to spoil it for you, though, but you’ll be surprised who your wife’s real love interest is.

Abigail: So, um, the affair. Did will write about that in detail?

Johnny: Actually, it’s the most cinematic sequence in the script, yeah.

Abigail: Really?

Johnny: Very little dialogue. Just my mother going about her life, you know, planning a wedding, completely unaware that anything was even wrong.

Abigail: And–

Johnny: And it’s intercut with some rather striking visuals.

Abigail: “Discreet” visuals.

Johnny: There’s a long shower montage.

Abigail: Oh god. Oh…

Johnny: Yeah, there’s a lotta steam, but I don’t know that I’d call it discreet. The way that will described my dad’s naked body, it’s almost like he had a thing for his stepfather. A little inappropriate, if you ask me.

Abigail: Okay, well, uh, can’t wait for the premiere. I’ll bring the whole family.

Johnny: Abigail, I’m cutting the whole storyline. There won’t be anything about you and my dad.

Abigail: Oh, my–ohh. Oh, thank god. That was just–that’s not my proudest moment.

Johnny: Not to worry.

Abigail: Okay.

Johnny: And with will’s blessing, I’ve begun rewriting the script. I’m going to focus on the darkest, most dramatic thing that’s ever happened to my family when my grandma was possessed by the devil.

Allie: Of course, I meant it. Listen, I told you what worried me about him. That it was going to be a hit it and quit it thing. But you’re a big girl. And if that’s okay with you, then it’s fine by me.

Chanel: Well, if he was how you say he was, then I’d say he’s changed.

Allie: Really?

Chanel: Really.

Allie: Well, that’s good. And he is my brother, and I do love him. I want you both to be happy. I want you to spend many more nights together watching many more scary movies.

Chanel: No, no. I have to find a way to distract him from that or else I won’t be getting any sleep.

Allie: Actually, I didn’t sleep much last night either.

Chanel: You and tripp?

Tripp: Yeah, his vitals are good and his condition is stable.

Julie: He really had a terrible night. He tossed and turned.

Tripp: I will talk to kayla about increasing the dosage of the sedative they gave him. But try not to worry. Agitation is a fairly common side effect for dementia.

Julie: My husband does not have dementia.

Tripp: I’m sorry, I should be more careful with my words. I’m not making a diagnosis. His cognitive status is still being evaluated, you know, so we’ll do some more tests and see what the data tells us.

Julie: I don’t need to see data. I know if I pray for my husband, he will get better.

Tripp: I’m not questioning the power of prayer. I’ve read more than one study that a positive attitude can result in significant benefits in a patient’s prognosis.

Julie: Do you really believe everything has a scientific explanation?

John: It’s okay. It’s all right. So what was the dream about?

Marlena: I can’t remember.

John: It had to be a doozy. You’re still shaking, baby.

Marlena: Well, I think it had–I think it had something to do with doug.

John: That makes sense. I know how worried you are about him.

Marlena: Yeah.

John: Yeah.

Marlena: It’s just that everything’s been going so fast. It’s all–it’s all a blur. I can’t–I can’t quite figure it out. I was talking to doug… and then he was on the ground, and…julie was there.

John: We’re thinking it might be his heart.

Marlena: Oh. Well, after–after tripp and kayla stabilized him, I… I wanted to check on him just to…see that he was all right. And…I wanted to make him feel better. And I don’t remember exactly what I said to him, but I…I think I made him feel worse.

John: How could you do that?

Marlena: I don’t know. I don’t know.

Woo! You are busy…

Kate: Okay. Well, obviously I shouldn’t have come here to talk to you about this. So you can just get back to whatever you were doing, and I won’t bother you again.

Philip: Mom. Mom– mom, I’m sorry. I’m sorry. Look, I’m just–I’m kind of sensitive to you interfering in our lives.

Kate: I do it because I care. My children are the most important things to me in my life, and I just hate seeing lucas so unhappy… pining away for sami who has broken his heart once again.

Philip: I do–I tried to help lucas with sami. You know that. And even though ej’s done with sami, she obviously doesn’t seem to want to get back with lucas. So game over. He needs to move on.

Kate: Oh yeah. Well, that’s easy for you to say.

Philip: You know… you might stop obsessing about lucas’s love life and your kids’ love life if you had a love life of your own.

Kate: [Huffs]

Ej: Can you believe the nerve of that son of a bitch? First, he sleeps with my wife, and now he’s giving money to my son for some cinematic pipe dream.

Roman: Lucas isn’t the only one.

Ej: Et tu, roman?

Johnny: So what do you remember about my grandma being possessed?

Abigail: Oh, not much really. I was just a kid.

Johnny: But weren’t people talking about it?

Abigail: I mean, there were whispers about it here and there but no one really wanted to talk about it very much.

Johnny: Yeah. Yeah, I’m getting that.

Allie: Yeah, tripp did spend the night, but that’s not why I didn’t get any sleep, so… I’m dealing with a horror movie of my own–it’s “the teething of toddler henry.”

Chanel: I thought he already teethed.

Allie: Well, they don’t get all their teeth at once, so… poor guy, he was up most of the night, but fortunately, tripp was there. He actually got up with him at 5:00 this morning so I could come here and bake donuts.

Chanel: What a sweetie.

Allie: Yeah, you don’t even know the half of it. This man offered to come over every day at that ungodly hour until the nanny gets there at 7:00.

Chanel: Yeah, I know we keep rough hours, but I’m really happy you have someone who wants to take care of you.

Allie: Yeah, he’s pretty incredible. I really, really care about him.

Chanel: But…

Allie: I didn’t say but.

Chanel: You didn’t have to. You want to talk about it?

Tripp: Mrs. Williams, I’m sorry if I seemed clinical. It’s very clear how much you you love your husband and how important your faith is to you.

Julie: Just answer the question. Do you really believe there’s a scientific explanation for everything?

Tripp: Yes, I do. But I don’t think that faith and science are mutually exclusive. You know, the more I learn about how the body works, the more I’m convinced that life itself is a miracle.

Julie: There are more things in heaven and earth.

Tripp: A lot more. But saying that I think there is a scientific explanation doesn’t mean we have it yet. Like, I was talking to allie about this last night. Her brother johnny has a script. He says it’s a true story about something that happened right here in salem.

Julie: A lot of things have happened in salem.

Tripp: It’s about dr. Evans being possessed by the devil.

Julie: Oh, that.

Tripp: Do you remember what happened?

Julie: Well, doug and i weren’t in town at the time. I’ve heard the stories.

Tripp: And do you believe the stories are true?

John: I know you did everything you could to help doug–I can’t imagine you doing or saying anything that would hurt him.

Marlena: I love doug.

John: Yeah.

Marlena: No, I don’t think that I would.

John: You know what I think? I’m thinking that–I’m thinking that you’re working a little bit too hard. I think that you’re always taking care of everybody else except yourself, so maybe you need to just shut it down and take a day off.

Marlena: No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Doing nothing would drive me crazy. No, I…I need to figure this out, figure out what’s wrong.

John: Yeah, well, I was also thinking if your memory’s a little fuzzy, you recorded your session with me. Is there any way you might’ve recorded your session with doug?

Marlena: I did record it! I did. I’ve got to go listen to it.

John: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Right now?

Marlena: Yes. Yes. If I’m going to be able to help doug, I’ve gotta go do it right now.

John: I figure there’s no way I’m gonna to stop you from doing this–at least let me drive you to the hospital.

Marlena: No, no, you don’t need to do that.

John: Yes, I do, because i want to see doug and julie anyway for myself, okay?

Marlena: All right. Okay. I’ll just get dressed. I’m so glad to be doing something.

John: Right.

[Uneasy music]

 

Philip: Must’ve been good for your ego, roman pursuing you like that?

Kate: Oh…well, I mean, he didn’t exactly pursue me. He just let me know that when I was ready, or if I was ever ready, that he will–he will be there.

Philip: But you still didn’t answer my question. So I’ll put it another way. If roman is so appreciative of you, and since you put it into the context of, you know, it being a restart to your love life…why aren’t you two together?

Kate: Aha. Because love is risky. And I don’t want to take that risk. You know, I…I just went through something where I was tremendously hurt. I was humiliated, and I think I’m just going to concentrate on my family and my work for a while. And yet…

Philip: And yet?

Kate: Oh, I–there’s just something…something about him. His little mischievous smile. He has such a big heart. The way he stands up to people. I’ll always admire that.

Roman: I am not about to tell one of my grandkids no when they’re following a dream.

Ej: That dream is puerile. His place is at dimera, working for me.

Roman: Whew. Ej, look… I don’t mean this as criticism, all right, just a real question. Do you ever think about how stupid you are? Look, if you want a surefire way to get johnny completely out of your life, then force him to do something he doesn’t want to. And, yeah, sneer at the most important thing in his life.

Ej: Thanks for the counsel. Was it your great parenting that made samantha so grounded, so stable?

Roman: Oh, I am so sorry that butting in makes you feel so uneasy.

Ej: You’re wasting your money, roman. He’s just like his mother. He’s making grandiose plans for a movie that he talks and talks and talks about. A movie he’ll abandon the second there’s actual work involved.

Roman: Ej, look. I know you’re angry with sami. Do you ever stop to think that maybe you’re taking that out on johnny?

Ej: No. I’m trying to help my son grow up, and you’re indulging him just like you always indulged your tramp daughter.

Roman: Oh, wow. You obviously came here for a fight, didn’t you? But you know what they say? Be careful what you wish for, because I’m going to tell you something right now–you keep talking like that, you’re damn well gonna get one.

Johnny: So I know I can raise the money. See, even though grandpa john was turning me down about investing, he told allie that the whole thing was true. Now tell me that a documented story about a possessed grandma is not marketable.

Abigail: Yeah. But why do you not see that your family might see the movie as exploitative? I mean, what’s the phrase, “sell your own grandmother”?

Johnny: What I don’t see is why everybody’s so offended by it. I mean, possession is nothing to be ashamed of.

Abigail: What?

Johnny: She didn’t seek out the devil, she didn’t upload a profile to a demonic dating website.

Abigail: Right. But just because it wasn’t her fault doesn’t mean she wants there to be a movie made about it. And how does allie feel about it?

Johnny: Good. I hope. I asked her to play my mother.

Abigail: Aren’t you going to use actors?

Johnny: Lots of great directors use real people for their movies all the time.

Abigail: Oh, actors aren’t real people?

Johnny: You know what I mean. “The florida project.” “Nomadland.” “The sound of metal.” This is a salem story. I want people who are really connected to this town. People who are connected to the people who had to go through this unspeakable horror.

Allie: I really wish my mom would answer the texts.

Chanel: Okay. You can try to change the subject all you want, horton, but you know what? Maybe I’ll just ask tripp what you’re keeping from me.

Allie: All right, I will tell you. Tripp is so great, and I really, really like him. And the sex is…

Chanel: Okay! I get it. He’s great. Okay. So what is the problem?

Allie: He told me that he loved me the other day… and I didn’t say it back.

Julie: Let’s say in my life experience, the devil takes many forms. Gabi hernandez being one of them.

Tripp: I’m sorry.

Julie: Never mind. You keep your faith in science. I’ll keep mine in god. And I’m sure between the two of us, we can do doug some good.

Tripp: Amen.

Julie: Thank you so much for the care you’ve shown him and me.

Tripp: I’m off my shift now. So how about on my way out, I stop by the chapel and say a prayer for your husband?

Julie: I think it’s a wonderful idea.

John: All right, now, I am going to go check in on doug. I want you not to push yourself too much. Okay?

Marlena: Yeah. I think–I think I’ll feel better when I hear what’s on that tape. It all just happened so fast. I must’ve missed something. Yeah. Please give doug and julie my love, hmm?

John: [Quietly] I will.

Marlena: [Softly] Thanks. Shingles? Oh… you mean bill.

[Click]

Marlena: Now I would like to start off by discussing some of your recent moments of cognitive dissonance. I understand that you’ve been mixing up people’s names?

Doug: Well, apparently, I– I confused you with vivian alamain. Sorry about that.

Marlena: It’s okay. I’ll find some way to forgive you for that.

[Doug chuckling]

Doug: I feel worse really about forgetting tom and alice. I mean, how could I ever forget them? They meant so much to me.

Marlena: I know that. Having a–having a lapse in memory doesn’t mean they’re any less meaningful to you. So please don’t feel guilty about it.

Doug: Well, I do feel guilty. I groped paulina price, for pete’s sake. It’s completely inappropriate.

Marlena: Do you have any idea why you did that?

Doug: No. It just–it just horrified julie. All this has been so hard on her.

Marlena: Julie told me that you locked her in the freezer by accident.

Doug: That was no accident. I locked that bitch in there on purpose.

John: So how’s it going?

Julie: Well, he’s heavily sedated, but so agitated. I really don’t think he’s getting the rest he needs.

John: And I don’t think you are either. I know you were here all night.

Julie: Where else would I be?

John: Julie, doug’s going to need you to be strong for him–why don’t you go home and get some sleep?

Julie: Sleep is impossible. I could use a shower. I could use a change of clothes.

John: Hey, now, that sounds like a plan. So why don’t you go do that, and I’m just going to stay right here with doug. Okay?

Julie: Oh, thank you, john. I won’t be long.

John: No, no, no, you take your time, take your time.

Julie: My darling. And you are my darling.

[Machinery beeping]

[John signs]

Abigail: So, if you’re going to get allie to play your mom, you’re going to get your mom to play marlena?

Johnny: Can you imagine my mother on a shoot? She’d be like margo channing on steroids.

Abigail: Who?

Johnny: Besides, no one knows where she is.

Abigail: Well, then you might have to get a real actress.

Johnny: Tough role. Gotta be strong but vulnerable. Really beautiful. I’ve got it.

Abigail: Cate blanchett?

Johnny: You.

Chanel: I wish I could relate. Johnny and I are nowhere near the “I love you” stage. We’re still wooing.

Allie: Wooing?

Chanel: His words. Not mine. It’s like going back to the age of chivalry.

Allie: And if he wins your heart, are you going to tie your handkerchief to the end of his lance?

Chanel: I’ve never heard of that. Oh, that was like a joke. An age of chivalry joke.

Allie: Sorry, I can’t help it–it’s just the thought of johnny as some pure-hearted white knight seems so ludicrous to me.

Chanel: Okay, you did it again.

Allie: Did what?

Chanel: We were talking about you and tripp, and you got me off subject. So what is going on? You actually have a pure-hearted knight who babysits. Now, what is the problem?

Allie: I was telling kayla I know tripp is so great, and we are serious about each other. But I just–I don’t think that I’m ready. You know, like, when I tell someone that I love them for the very first time, I want to make sure that I really mean it.

Chanel: So? What do you think is holding you back?

Tripp: What are you two talking about?

Dayquil severe for you…

Allie: We were just talking about chanel getting wooed.

Chanel: And about how you’re her 5:00 A.M. Hero.

Tripp: Well, I guess we’re all pretty lucky.

Allie: Yeah, we are.

Roman: Ej, listen to me very closely. I’m not going to just stand here and listen to you badmouth my daughter, all right? Do you get what I’m telling you?

Ej: Okay, I’m sorry, I was out of line. But she was the one who broke her vows. She’s the one who left.

Roman: I’m not defending her, but we both know you were far from a great husband. All right? And like I said, just like you pushed her away, you are about to do exactly the same thing to your son.

Abigail: Me?

Johnny: Of course. I should’ve seen it before. I mean, you’re strong, you’re intelligent. You’re beautiful.

Abigail: I mean that those things–I mean, that’s not untrue, but I just–I don’t know anything about being obsessed. I-I… well, um… I guess as someone who had did, I do know a thing or two about someone taking over your life and who you are, but–

Johnny: So does this mean you’ll do it?

Abigail: [Laughs]

Marlena: I’m sorry. Did you say–

Doug: That I locked her in on purpose. You heard that. You heard right. It was the most fun I had all week.

Marlena: I’m sure you don’t mean that. I think you’re just confused.

Doug: No, marlena, you’re the one who’s confused. Ha ha ha. I am not doug. Ha ha ha ha.

Marlena: Of course you’re doug. You’re doug williams. And I’m marlena evans.

Demon doug: I know exactly– exactly who you are. It’s been over 25 years, marlena. But did you really think that I wouldn’t come back for you?

[Unsettling off-key notes]

 

John: We’re all right here for you, buddy. In fact, marlena is in her office right now and is trying to figure out what she’s going to do next.

[Rapid beeping] Whoa, whoa, hold on, hold on, buddy.

Doug: Marlena.

Demon doug: And you have to stop pretending that you don’t remember me. It hurts my feelings after everything we shared. All those nights together at your penthouse… desecrating st. Luke’S. Remember when john caught us red-handed?

Marlena: Oh, my god.

Demon doug: Not god, marlena. But I’m just as powerful. Which you know better than anyone.

John: That’s right. That’s right, doug. Marlena is trying to help you.

Doug: John, marlena needs our help. She tried to–she–oh dear god.

John: She tried to what, doug?

Doug: Kill me.

[Dramatic musical sting]

[Rapid rewind sound]

[Static, garbled sounds]

Demon doug: Dear marlena… did you really need to play this tape? I’m so hurt that you’ve already forgotten our little reunion. Allow me to refresh your memories.

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Jake: So you really think that chloe is philip’s achilles’ heel?

Gabi: You saw how crazed he got when he thought brady was moving in on her. And now we know victor wants chloe out of philip’s life.

Jake: Okay, so question is, how do we use that information to get philip out of titan?

Gabi: Not even sure. I can’t even think before I’ve had my coffee.

Jake: Why didn’t you have any before you left the house?

Gabi: Rafe wouldn’t let me.

Jake: Why not?

Gabi: Because he was punishing me for the way I was treating his stupid girlfriend.

Ava: You want me to help you bring down gabi hernandez?

Philip: Why do you seem so surprised?

Ava: Well, yesterday when I offered you help, you weren’t interested.

Philip: As I told you, I can’t fire gabi until I’m able to gain control of gabi chic.

Ava: It’s that valuable to you, huh?

Philip: As much as I hate to admit it, it’s become a very lucrative piece of titan.

Ava: So how would this partnership work?

Philip: You overheard gabi and jake plotting against me under this very roof, right? So you’re clearly in the perfect position to gather more intel. So what do you think?

Ava: I think you should go fly a kite.

Abigail: Oh, those are fancy.

Jack: Yes, yes, yes they are. I told thomas and charlotte I’d get some good ones. The last ones we took in the park were consumed by a voracious oak tree.

Abigail: They’ll love ’em. Did you–did you wanna stick around for a bit? I was going to make some tea.

Jack: Um, okay. That would–that would be–would be nice. Thank you.

Abigail: Great. You know, I was reading today’s “spectator.”

Jack: Oh, really? See anything interesting?

Abigail: Yes, actually. Couldn’t have been easy to run that article about xander being arrested on drug charges.

Jack: Especially since I know for a fact that he’s totally innocent.

Xander: You have a plan to get me out? What is it?

Gwen: More like seeds of a plan. Now we know that ej somehow got the judge in his pocket, right?

Xander: No question.

Gwen: Yeah. So we have to either prove their collusion, or– or we get our own leverage over judge smails.

Xander: How are we gonna do that?

Gwen: Ej tried to beat you up, yes?

Xander: Yeah but, you know, I got the better of him mostly. Wait, what’s that got to do with the judge? Do you think ej threatened him with bodily harm?

Gwen: I don’t know, but maybe we could.

Nicole: Ej dimera, are you seriously asking me on a date?

Ej: I can’t tell if this is good shocked or bad shocked.

Nicole: Do I need to remind you of our history? I think it has its own wiki page.

Ej: That was such a long time ago I hardly remember it.

Nicole: Well, I remember and I’m pretty sure you do too.

Ej: Well, I’d hoped you’d gotten past it. Will you at least give me the chance to redeem myself by taking you out to dinner tonight?

[Door opens]

Brady: Please tell me you’re too smart to say yes to that question.

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

[Soft orchestration]

 

Ej: Lovely to see you, chloe.

Chloe: Hello, ej.

Brady: What the hell are you doing, ej?

Ej: What I do and with whom is really none of your concern.

Brady: Well, nicole is my friend so it is my concern if she’s in herself in a dangerous situation.

Nicole: Oh, I wouldn’t say– wouldn’t call it dangerous.

Brady: Really? How did it turn out last time you two were together, hmm?

Nicole: Not great.

Brady: Not great. Yeah, you’re lucky you survived it.

Nicole: Okay, it was a long time ago. We both made some bad choices.

Brady: You think he’s changed?

Ej: Oh, let’s stop dancing around what’s really happening here. What’s bothering brady is that back then he wanted you all to himself, but you chose me instead.

Abigail: Now, I know that xander is your friend. I’m sure he claims to be innocent.

Jack: He is innocent.

Abigail: Dad, you know as well as I do that you cannot take anything that man says at face value.

Jack: I didn’t state it clearly enough from my retraction at the op-ed, but I know for a fact that xander didn’t deal drugs.

Abigail: How?

Jack: Because he only confessed to it to protect your sister.

Abigail: Gwen? Are you telling me that gwen is the person who is dealing stolen opioids?

Jack: It’s complicated, but I have to say I’m grateful xander stepped in to protect her.

Abigail: But why would he do that?

Jack: Well, it–it seems there’s something going on between them.

Abigail: You mean something besides dealing drugs and lying to the police about it?

Jack: I get the sense there’s something romantic.

Abigail: Wow. There’s a match made somewhere other than heaven.

Xander: Physical intimidation has always been an arrow in my quiver but I’m kind of stuck in here for the time being, you know?

Gwen: I’m not.

Xander: Yeah, but gwen, I– I don’t know if I’d describe you as having a threatening physical presence.

Gwen: Look… I was accused of killing abigail’s grandmother. That might give judge smails pause.

Xander: I appreciate the offer but I think it’s probably better for you if we keep your nose clean for now, huh?

Gwen: [Sighs] What if I hired someone?

Xander: Hired someone to intimidate the judge?

Gwen: Yeah, yes. I could hire an independent contractor who’s willing to do bodily harm on his honor until he says that you’re not guilty.

Xander: Do you know someone like that?

Gwen: My ex, jake, he was in the mob. Might be willing do me a favor, you know, for old times’ sake.

Gabi: Bless you. I feel better already.

Jake: Glad to hear it. Can’t believe rafe would be cruel enough to deprive you of your caffeine.

Gabi: Oh, not only that. He made me to apologize to his princess mafia girlfriend.

Jake: Apologize for what?

Gabi: For nothing. I mean, yes, I did call her a bitch but that’s exactly what she is.

Jake: Ah, and knowing ava, I’m sure she said a few choice things back to you.

Gabi: Oh no, that’s the thing. In front of my brother, she’s all sweetness and understanding.

Jake: Which only makes you look like the bad guy.

Gabi: But I could see the murder in those beady eyes of hers–I know she hasn’t left the past behind her. Do you really believe her? Do you?

Jake: You saw first hand how hard it was for me to get out. Most people never make it out.

Gabi: Hey, you must’ve met a few professionals during that time, right?

Jake: Professional whats?

Gabi: You know, enforcers? Hitmen?

Jake: Why are you asking me this, gabi?

Gabi: Well I’m just asking if–if you knew someone that could… rub the bitch out?

Philip: I thought you hated gabi.

Ava: I do, but she is rafe’s sister.

Philip: He doesn’t have to know you’re working with me.

Ava: What do you want me to do? Wear a wire? Go through her underwear drawer?

Philip: Might not be a bad place to start. Maybe you’ll find evidence of the keylogging software she and jake put on my computer.

Ava: Seems like a stretch.

Philip: Honestly, I’ll take any skeleton in her closet. I’m sure she has plenty.

Ava: Maybe but gabi’s too smart to leave evidence lying around the house.

Philip: Then spy on them. You overheard them once, maybe you’ll hear something again.

Ava: It was a lucky break.

Philip: Are you really saying you won’t help me take her down?

Ava: No. Actually, upon further consideration, I’m saying what’s in it for me?

 

Brady: You think I’m jealous of something that happened another lifetime ago?

Ej: Why else would you care about me dating nicole?

Brady: Like I said, she’s my friend so I just wanna make sure you’re not taking advantage of her.

Ej: [Laughs] Can anyone really take advantage of nicole?

Brady: Is it just a coincidence that you’re swooping in here as her marriage to my brother ended? Aren’t you still married to sami by the way?

Ej: Not for long.

Chloe: Okay, maybe you should let nicole speak for herself, brady.

Nicole: Thank you, chloe.

Brady: You’re not seriously thinking about going out with this guy, are you?

Nicole: Brady, I appreciate your concern, but let’s not make a big deal out of this okay?

Brady: Have you forgotten what he’s capable of?

Nicole: No, I haven’t forgotten.

Ej: Maybe instead of worrying about nicole’s love life, you should focus on your own relationship.

Brady ah, well I’m not involved with anyone right now.

Ej: So you claim to my sister yet kristen felt compelled to break out of prison to keep you away from chloe.

Brady: Your sister at the time was out of her mind and paranoid.

Ej: Well, however you chose to see it, now that kristen’s out of your life, there’s nothing stopping you and chloe from being together.

Philip: So you’re open to negotiation?

Ava: I’m open.

Philip: Good, because I think we would learn some interesting things from you spying on gabi and jake.

Ava: Mm-mm. I have a better idea.

Philip: Okay.

Ava: Turns out that jake used to work for my family business. Turns out he did a lot of illegal stuff for them.

Philip: I like where this is going.

Ava: Now I was out of commission for a lot of the time jake was there. But my cousin angelo, he runs a tight ship and he’s obsessive about paperwork.

Philip: Are you saying that he might have evidence we could use against jake?

Ava: Oh, I guarantee it.

Philip: What kind of crimes are we talking about?

Ava: The kind jake would spend significant amount of time in jail for.

Philip: My favorite kind.

Ava: And if gabi’s boy-toy, we threaten with prison–

Philip: That would make her very, very sad.

Ava: Oh, yes, it would.

Philip: Maybe even sad enough that she’d betray gabi chic for his freedom.

Jake: Please tell me you didn’t just ask me to have ava vitali killed?

Gabi: I’m just tossing out a hypothetical.

Jake: Yeah, well toss it back in. Can’t even believe you said that out loud.

Gabi: Why are you so nervous?

Jake: Because you’re talking about killing ava vitali, a boss.

Gabi: I thought she’s wasn’t in the mob anymore.

Jake: She’s still a vitali and anyone who touches her would have an immediate target on their back. You’re gonna insight a mob war.

Gabi: Okay, okay, I get it.

Jake: I don’t think you do, gabi. Look, I came to salem to get out of that life okay? So I don’t want to think about my past with the vitalis or the crap that they had me do when I worked for them.

Gabi: Jake, have you ever killed someone?

Xander: As much as I enjoy the idea of a goon like jake roughing up that judge, do you–do you think he’d actually do it?

Gwen: Why not?

Xander: Well, he was the ceo of a large corporation. He’s gone legit, hasn’t he?

Gwen: Yeah, theoretically.

Xander: And I didn’t think you two ended on such good terms.

Gwen: That’s true. I wouldn’t put it past jake to flip on me and tell the honor that I hired him.

Xander: So this is just a really bad idea all the way around.

Gwen: I’m just spitballing ideas here, xander.

Xander: Let’s just dispense with the violence angle.

Gwen: We could bribe him.

> Xander: With what? I don’t have any money, neither do you. Although… dirt can be its own currency.

Gwen: We can dig up something to use as blackmail against him.

Xander: And everybody has vices. Maybe the judge has a gambling problem or he cheats on his wife or maybe he frequents prostitutes.

Gwen: [Gasps] Maybe he’d hire me.

Xander: [Laughs] Yeah right.

Gwen: What? No, seriously, I think we’re onto something here.

Xander: You’re gonna offer him your services as a hooker?

Jack: Let me be clear. Gwen was not a drug dealer. At least not willingly.

Abigail: So what, are you saying she was coerced?

Jack: The real kingpin was clay snyder, the doctor who treated her for her miscarriage.

Abigail: What? Hol–hold–hold on. Her doctor forced her to deal drugs. How?

Jack: Gwen and snyder had a history. He was using it to blackmail her.

Abigail: What kind of history are we talking about? I mean, what was he blackmailing her with? I’ve lost count of how many asthma attacks I’ve had.

Brady: You know that I loved your sister very much.

Ej: Not enough to stand by her side.

Brady: I was with her the entire time she was in prison, ej and I took our commitment very seriously. But in the end, I couldn’t forgive her for hurting all those people that I cared about.

Ej: Like chloe here?

Brady: Yeah, like chloe there.

Nicole: Kristen tried to kill her.

Chloe: Twice.

Ej: Jealousy is a powerful emotion. I can understand how it could drive someone to do something rash.

Brady: Wow, you’re condoning what she did?

Ej: I’m simply saying sitting in prison imagining chloe cavorting with the man she loves, the father of her child–

Chloe: Okay, I’m sorry. I was not cavorting with brady then and we’re not cavorting now. I happen to be seeing philip kiriakis.

Ej: I see. So brady lost out again.

Chloe: No, it’s not like that.

Ej: Well, for what it’s worth I think you made the right choice. Provided you’re not sharing any corporate secrets with our competition.

Philip: What are you waiting for, get your cousin on the phone, let’s see what he’s got on old jakey. I hope it’s nice and felony-ish.

Ava: Okay, slow down, killer.

Philip: What’s the problem?

Ava: I told you the problem. I understand what you get out of this deal. You get gabi chic without the gabi part. But I’m not lifting a finger to help you until I get what I want out of the deal.

Philip: Okay. What is it that you want?

Jake: I was not a hitman if that’s what you’re asking.

Gabi: So you never killed anybody?

Jake: Why are we even talking about this?

Gabi: I made a joke about–

Jake: Was it gabi? Was it a joke?

Gabi: It was half a joke. Only you didn’t think it was funny.

Jake: There is nothing funny about working for the mob, okay? It’s a violent, scary, soul-sucking trap.

Gabi: I’ve seen the movies.

Jake: It’s nothing like the movies, okay?

Gabi: Well, then tell me what it was like. What exactly did you do for them?

Jake: I did my job, which was to make money for the family.

Gabi: How?

Jake: The bosses, they would make arrangements with local businesses, you know, for protection.

Gabi: Protection from what?

Jake: From us, basically. And I would enforce those arrangements.

Gabi: Meaning you would hurt them if they didn’t pay.

Jake: Look gabi, I did what I had to because I didn’t have a choice. But the entire time I was in, I was trying to get out.

Gabi: That’s why you stole that book with all the account numbers to force them to let you go.

Jake: That was the plan, until gwen stole it from me.

Gwen: This–this could work. This could work, xander! Especially since my dad thinks that I’m a happy hooker of philadelphia.

Xander: Stop saying hooker.

Gwen: You just said it.

Xander: I know, but I shouldn’t have, should I? In fact, I said that because I didn’t think you were serious about that.

Gwen: Okay, fine. Then we will go with sex worker then, shall we? Look, the point is, the point is–is when I give the judge a chance to sample my product, he won’t be able to resist.

Abigail: A sex worker? So–so gwen was a prostitute?

Jack: During a low point in her life. She needed money to keep from living on the streets and she made some bad choices.

Abigail: And so, what, dr. Snyder was one of her clients?

Jack: Yes, yes. They met when he at some medical convention in philadelphia. I’m sure she never expected to cross paths with him again.

Abigail: Mm-hmm. But then he was–he’s her doctor here in salem.

Jack: You can imagine how awful that was for her. The man threatened to expose her past right after she lost her baby.

Abigail: So all of this happened to gwen because of me?

Xander: So what exactly are you gonna say to this judge? “Oh, hello. I’m a sex worker. Would you like to hire me, please?”

Gwen: I don’t know. I haven’t thought about all the details yet.

Xander: What makes you think he’ll even go for it? Maybe he’s a boy scout or just really cheap.

Gwen: Well, it’s worth a try don’t you think? I offer him sex and in exchange, he dismisses your case.

Xander: Now, that is an offer that any man would have great difficulty refusing.

Gwen: Mm-hmm. Especially when I make it clear there’s nothing that I wouldn’t do to save my boyfriend.

Xander: Are you saying I’m your boyfriend?

Gwen: I don’t know, are you?

Xander: Yeah, I guess I am.

Gwen: That was nice. I would’ve much preferred a more romantic location, though, and you not in handcuffs. Well, actually you in handcuffs in bed would be very nice indeed.

Xander: You have no idea how badly I want to get out of here so I can be with you again.

Gwen: So it’s settled. We are going with operation: Seduce smails.

Xander: No, we are not.

Gwen: Why not?

Xander: Because I’m your boyfriend. I’m not just gonna let you shag some other man. When I heard about the science behind the new

Xander: It’s not gonna happen. I’m not gonna allow you to have sex with this judge just to save my sorry ass.

Gwen: Hello? I’m not actually gonna have sex with that old fossil, you dummy.

Xander: Wait, you aren’t? I–

Gwen: No. Of course not. Xander, I’m gonna go in there with a recorder. I’m gonna get smails to agree to the trade and bam, we’ve got him. He either throws out your case or he loses his job.

Xander: Ohh, yeah. That makes a lot more sense.

Gwen: Yeah. So it’s a plan, yeah?

Xander: Absolutely not.

Jack: Snyder blackmailing gwen was not your fault, sweetheart.

Abigail: Yeah, but if we hadn’t been fighting–

Whoa, whoa, whoa, hold it right there. Just stop. There’s only one villain in this story and he’s dead.

Abigail: You know, I went to go see gwen yesterday.

Jack: You did?

Abigail: Mm-hmm. Just to apologize for everything that happened.

Jack: That couldn’t have been easy for you.

Abigail: No, but it was the right thing to do.

Jack: How did it go?

Abigail: Gwen and i are never gonna be close. I am never gonna forget that she tried to destroy my family and my marriage. However, she didn’t deserve to lose her baby.

Jack: She knows it was an accident. You didn’t mean for it to happen.

Abigail: Still… it happened.

Jack: Did she accept your apology?

Abigail: She did, yeah. Just not sure that I can forgive myself.

Philip: You want a job at titan?

Ava: I think we already talked about that.

Philip: Then you know that my father still blames you for forcing me to launder money, nearly getting me killed in the process.

Ava: Ah, you could talk to him.

Philip: He would never go for it.

Ava: What about at one of your subsidiaries? I mean, would he even have to know I was there?

Philip: Sounds like you have something specific in mind.

Ava: You could say that.

Philip: Well, don’t be coy. Out with it.

Ava: Okay. If you want my help, you’re gonna have to put me in charge of gabi chic.

Philip: You want to run gabi chic?

Ava; oh, I do. But we are gonna have to do something about that name. What do you think of… ava chic?

Nicole: Chloe would not share corporate secrets with philip or anyone and brady knows that.

Brady: Not that I wouldn’t put it past philip trying to get it out of her.

Chloe: He can try whatever he wants, he already offered me a job at titan and i turned him down.

Ej: Why not work with your boyfriend?

Chloe: Because I like my job here. I feel valued. Or at least I did until this conversation.

Ej: If nicole values you, then so do I. I’m sorry for questioning your loyalty.

Chloe: Thank you. Now if you’ll excuse us, brady and I have a meeting.

Ej: Nothing else to say, brady?

Brady: No, I think I’ve said everything I have to say. Nicole, I hope you decide to listen.

Nicole: Well, that escalated quickly.

Ej: Who is brady to tell you who you should or should not date?

Nicole: Well, like he said, he’s just a concerned friend. And to be honest, I’m a little concerned, too.

>>Ej: Look, I’m not going to deny that we did hideous things to each other back then. But that shouldn’t get in the way of us enjoying a lovely evening together now, should it? I’ve seen how cancer can affect

Jake: I stole that book so that I could get away from the violence for good.

Gabi: And you have done that.

Jake: I’d like to think so, but gabi, the mob will play the long game. So if they suddenly decide that I am useful to them again.

Gabi: You know, let’s not think about that because we’ve got so much going for us.

Jake: Yes, we do.

Gabi: Although I did just get an idea, I mean, if there was some way to connect ava to a crime, one she was never charged with, we could use it against her.

Jake: I don’t know, gabi. Digging back into that world feels like tempting fate.

Philip: I understand why you’d want to run gabi chic, but I can’t risk you running it into the ground.

Ava: A word of advice– don’t underestimate me. I ran my own corporation and I was the head of another business that’s a lot less welcoming to lady bosses than the fashion industry.

Philip: Yeah, I don’t think i can make that pitch to the board members nor my father.

Ava: Fine. It is your choice. But unless you agree to my terms, I’m not helping you. And without me, you don’t get the dirt you need on jake and gabi maintains control of gabi chic.

Philip: Why does it feel like you’re blackmailing me again?

Ava: No. No, I’m just countering your offer. What’s your answer?

Philip: Okay. Fine. Ava chic it is.

Nicole: Ej, I– I don’t know if I’m ready for this.

Ej: Not ready to date, or you’re not ready to date me?

Nicole: Both.

Ej: Your marriage is over.

Nicole: Yes.

Ej: And didn’t you just tell me you were trying to put your feelings for rafe behind you?

Nicole: This isn’t about rafe or–or eric. Okay, maybe it is a little bit but–

Ej: Look, the way I see it, there’s no better way to move forward than to share the company of a man who enjoys sharing your company.

Nicole: Well, I’m just having a really hard time trusting you and your motives.

Ej: What possible ulterior motives could I have?

Nicole: Oh, I don’t know, ej, do you really want to go out with me or is it just your way for you to sticking it to sami?

Abigail: [Sighs] I just–I knew gwen was pregnant when I fought with her, and I should have been more careful.

Jack: Sweetheart, stop it right there. You didn’t start the fight. She seduced your husband and her resulting pregnancy was a threat to your marriage.

Abigail: But I was out of control, I was actually trying to hurt her, dad.

Jack: Just stop, please. Please, take it from someone who has made more mistakes in his life than you ever will. You can’t change what happened. You can only commit to growing and learning so that it doesn’t happen again.

Abigail: You never did what I did.

Jack: Are you– are you kidding? Just in our little family, how many times have I hurt you, hurt your mother, hurt jj? And yet, you always found it in your heart to forgive me.

Abigail: Because we love you.

Jack: And I’m grateful for that every single day. But I’ve also learned to live with my regrets and to not let them wreck me. Sweetheart, abigail, it is time for you to forgive yourself. Oh, sweetheart, you and gwen both need to forgive yourselves.

Gwen: You didn’t like my physical violence plan. You didn’t like the sex angle plan and now, you don’t like this current plan.

Xander: It’s too dangerous. What–what if you offer this judge sex and he decides to take it whether you want it or not?

Gwen: It won’t happen.

Xander: Gwen–

Gwen: Xander. Please let me help you.

Xander: Not like this.

Gwen: How many risks have you taken for me? Hmm? You disposed of a dead body, didn’t you? You confessed to drug dealing and you’re facing prison. Now, it’s my turn to take some risks for you.

Woo! You are busy…

Abigail: You know, there is just–there’s one thing that bothers me about what happened between gwen and snyder.

Jack: What’s that?

Abigail: I totally understand her not wanting people to know that she’s a sex worker. However, keeping that a secret by becoming a drug mule instead.

Jack: Who knows what people do when they’re desperate?

Abigail: You’re right. Yes, but I just think if it were me, I would have rather told the truth than commit more crimes.

Xander: I can’t tell you what it means that you’re willing to do this for me.

Gwen: We’re in this together now, xander.

Xander: Yeah, I just wish we had a better plan.

Gwen: Yeah, but there is no better plan. You’re facing years in prison because of me. Because I was afraid to tell my father that I lied about my miscarriage.

Xander: I have no regrets. I’d never want you to lose him.

Gwen: But now I could lose you. I grew up without a father. I lost my mom to a drug overdose. I thought that I loved jake, but that was a very, very unhealthy relationship. And you– you are the first man that actually means something to me. So I will be damned if I let you go to prison.

Ava: Hey, angelo. It’s me. How are things going in philly, cuz? Listen, I need some information on a former friend of ours. He used to go by the name of jake lambert. Now he calls himself jake dimera. Give me a call.

Gabi: You’re right. I don’t want to look back on that dark past. Let’s just count our blessings that the mob let you go and that we’re both safe.

Jake: And part of a very legitimate business. Oh, don’t we have that meeting with that new distributor this afternoon?

Gabi: Oh, yeah. I’ve been so caught up with the whole ava thing I forgot to tell you it got rescheduled.

Jake: Oh. Well, should we go back to the office or–

Gabi: I wanna focus on how we use philip’s jealousy of brady to oust him from titan.

Jake: We can’t really do that with him working down the hall.

Gabi: Exactly. So let’s just go to my house.

Jake: And if ava’s there?

Gabi: To hell with her. I don’t care. If she doesn’t wanna see me, I-I really don’t care. Let’s just go home.

Jake: Come here.

Gabi: What’s this?

Jake: I just want you to know how grateful I am for you. And I’m never gonna stop trying to make you happy.

Gabi: You’ve already done that.

Ej: Why would me dating you have anything to do with samantha?

Nicole: Oh come on, ej. Sami hates me and knowing that we went out on a date would drive her insane. Well, more insane.

Ej: I suppose it would. But why would that bother you?

Nicole: Because I don’t want to be a pawn in some sick game of revenge.

Ej: Oh you’d hardly be a pawn. She destroyed your marriage, exposed your infidelity knowing all along that she was sleeping with lucas. Don’t tell me that you wouldn’t want to stick it to samantha as much as I would. In life there are people who,

Xander: So I guess you’re telling me… you think we have a future?

Gwen: Does that scare you?

Xander: A little.

Gwen: Why?

Xander: Because I want it so much. I didn’t think I’d ever be in another relationship after sarah dumped me. Didn’t think anyone else would have me.

Gwen: Well, I guess I’m not anybody else.

Xander: No, you certainly are not. The rest of salem is probably hoping that I get locked up for decades just for ruining nicole’s marriage.

Gwen: I did the same thing to abigail’S. Look at us. We’re the town pariahs. I suppose it makes sense that we’re together.

Xander: You and I, we– we make a lot of sense.

Gwen: Right, then. It’s settled. I will get the goods on the judge, he’ll throw out your case again. And you can tell ej dimera to go to hell.

Nicole: Well, sami left town. Maybe she won’t find out that we went out on a date.

Ej: Oh, I’m quite sure she would find out.

Nicole: Well then, fine, let’s do it.

Ej: Wonderful.

Nicole: Yeah.

Ej: I’ll pick you up at 8:00.

Brady: Wonderful, huh?

Ej: Brady, chloe, I didn’t hear you come back in.

Chloe: Sounds like we didn’t miss much.

Ej: Perhaps we can double date sometime, you and philip. I mean, sorry, brady. You’re the odd man out. See you at 8:00.

Brady: When this blows up in your face, don’t say I didn’t warn you.

Ava: You staring at my phone isn’t going to make it ring.

Philip: When do you think your cousin is gonna call you back?

Ava: Angelo usually plays bocce with the crew today. Don’t worry. He’ll call soon.

Gabi: I hope she hasn’t stunk up the kitchen with garlic again.

Jake: I kinda like the smell of garlic. Don’t detect garlic. Smells more like aftershave.

Gabi: And not rafe’s but it does seem familiar.

Jake: Huh.

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Philip: Good morning.

Chloe: Good–good morning. What is that?

Philip: It’s for you.

Chloe: Oh, and what is the occasion?

Philip: It’s national strawberry pie day. You didn’t know?

Chloe: Oh, well, how many pies are in there? No, seriously, what’s in there?

Philip: Why don’t you open it up, find out?

Jake: Hey.

Brady: Hey, jake. Uh, what are you doing here?

Jake: I was picking up my dry cleaning across the street. Thought I’d stop in and say hello.

Brady: Oh. How did you know where I live?

Jake: I sent you a fruit basket when you got shot, remember? Back when I was your boss?

Brady: Ah.

Jake: Anyway, I was in the area, and I thought I’d check in. See how that talk with your grandfather went.

Brady: Oh, the talk that you wanted me to have with him about philip, where you and gabi were concerned about the way in which philip is running titan?

Jake: Yeah, exactly.

Brady: Funny thing, jake, is I don’t–I don’t remember confirming that I was going to have that talk with my grandfather. So how exactly do you know that I did?

Gabi: Oh, yes. I would love a cup.

Rafe: I thought you moved out–again.

Gabi: I’m back–again.

Nicole: This is totally out of order.

[Sighs] There’s gotta be a stapler remover somewhere.

Ej: Nicole? Sorry. Didn’t mean to startle you.

Nicole: Once again, the big boss shows up unannounced. You know, the last time you were here, you told me to hire xander or I would be let go.

Ej: That’s exactly what I’ve come to discuss.

Xander: Gwen. How did you get in here?

Gwen: I have my ways. Are you all right?

Xander: I’m fine. They’ll have me out of these clothes and into a jumpsuit any minute now, I’m sure.

Gwen: Oh, my goodness. You look absolutely exhausted. You must be starving too. You didn’t get to have your dinner before rafe dragged you out last night.

Xander: Oh, I hope you didn’t let all that room service go to waste.

Gwen: Come on, are you joking? I’ve lost my appetite. You shouldn’t even be in this mess; I’m the one who dragged you here in the first place. I’m so sorry, xander.

Xander: Don’t be. ‘Cause like I said, you’re worth it.

Gwen: After everything you’ve done for me, I promise I’m going to make this up to you. I’m going to get you out of here no matter what it takes.

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

[Soft orchestration]

 

Rafe: So ava said that you and jake got into some sort of fight with her yesterday and then you just took off?

Gabi: No, she picked the fight with me. That pushy, obnoxious–

Rafe: Just tell me what happened.

Gabi: All right. Long story short, I am sick of your girlfriend’s crap, so jake and I decided to move back to the dimera mansion, but that didn’t happen.

Rafe: Why not? You own the place.

Gabi: That’s what I thought, but when I got there, I told chad and ej to start packing. Jake shouldn’t have to live with those traitors. But they didn’t leave.

Rafe: You didn’t make them leave?

Gabi: I couldn’T. Turns out ej owns the house now. The snake pulled a dirty trick and stole it out from under me.

Rafe: Hmm. Sorry to hear that.

Gabi: Ej–ej’s the one that’s gonna be sorry, ’cause I am not gonna take this lying down. I already have my lawyers on it.

Rafe: Mm-hmm. But in the meantime, you’ll be here for a while.

Gabi: I didn’t think you minded having us.

Rafe: I don’T. But I do mind the way you treat my girlfriend.

Gabi: Well, it’s not my fault you’re dating a heartless bitch.

Rafe: Oh my–

Gabi: It’s true.

Ava: Good morning to you two.

Nicole: So do you have another ultimatum for me? Oh, I can’t wait to hear it!

Ej: There’s no need for sarcasm. You know I only use such tactics as a last resort–and you weren’t being very cooperative.

Nicole: About working with the man who destroyed my marriage? No, I wasn’t, sorry. But I did hear that xander was in jail, so now I’m just hoping he never gets out.

Ej: Xander’s been terminated. He didn’t hold up his end of the bargain to return the money samantha paid him. So I’ve rescinded my legal services as well as the job offer. You’ll never see him in this office again.

Nicole: Really?

Ej: As far as I’m concerned, xander cook can rot in jail for the rest of his miserable life.

Xander: This is not your fault, gwen. It’s ej dimera’S. He’s the one who got the judge to make the charges against me go away, and when I can snap my fingers and get him back the money the cops confiscated, he got me arrested again.

Gwen: Xander, you don’t belong here. You didn’t even commit a bloody crime.

Xander: I’ve committed plenty, just not the ones I’m currently accused of.

Gwen: You are not staying behind bars.

Xander: Gwen, darling, are you, uh, suggesting a jailbreak? ‘Cause that would be incredibly sexy.

Gwen: No. That’s not what I’m suggesting.

[Sighs] I’m saying that I want to make things right.

Xander: You don’t have to worry about that.

Gwen: I’m the one who’s running drugs for snyder. I’m the one who should be arrested. And I’m not allowing you take the blame for me any longer.

Xander: So what are you gonna do?

Gwen: What I should’ve done a long time ago. I’m going to confess.

 

Xander: No, gwen. You can’t confess.

Gwen: But I wouldn’t say the whole truth, would I? I would say to the police what I told my father– that snyder knew that I was a hooker.

Xander: Sex worker.

Gwen: Sorry, yes. Snyder knew I was a sex worker, and that he used that information to make me run drugs for him.

Xander: You’d still be admitting to a felony.

Gwen: It’s to get you out of here.

Xander: But it wouldn’T. I’m not in here ’cause I’m guilty. I’m in here because ej dimera has a judge under his thumb. So if you confess, all it’s gonna do is– you’ll just end up hurting yourself. It won’t change anything.

Gwen: Okay, but xander, I can’t just bloody sit here and do nothing, can I?

Xander: Stop blaming yourself–maybe this is just karma catching up with me.

Gwen: Me too. God. We finally take a risk and we put our feelings out there and we– what the bloody hell am I talking about? I don’t give up, and neither do you.

Xander: Well, look, unless you’re willing to revisit the jailbreak concept, I don’t think we have a lot of other moves.

Gwen: Rubbish. Right, move number one: We are gonna get you a bloody fantastic lawyer.

Xander: Called around last night. Started with the top-tier firms, worked my way down to the ambulance chasers. Every single one of them refused to represent me.

Gwen: Why?

Xander: The instant i mentioned ej was the author of all my problems, every single one of them hung up on me.

Gwen: Come on, surely there must be somebody in this stupid town who has a law license who isn’t terrified of the dimeras. Ah!

[Laughs] And here he is.

Nicole: It’s not like xander went on a spending spree with the cash that sami paid him to ruin my marriage. The cops are holding it as evidence.

Ej: Are you suggesting I give him a second chance?

Nicole: Oh, god, no, no, no. That animal deserves to be in a cage for all the horrible things that he has done. I just figured that when the charges were dropped that would be the end of it. So how did they suddenly just reappear?

Ej: Let’s just say the less you know, the better. Is it take your daughter to work day?

Nicole: What? No, no, that’s–

Ej: Don’t worry, nicole. I’m not going to punish you for violating company policy.

Nicole: I did not bring holly to work, and that is not her bear.

Ej: Oh, so it’s yours?

Nicole: Actually, it belongs to rafe hernandez.

Gabi: Buenos días to you too.

Rafe: Gabi, I think that you owe ava an apology.

Gabi: Why? Wha–what I said is nothing compared to the things she said to me.

Rafe: Okay, well maybe she only said those things because you provoked her.

Gabi: [Gasps] What? Why are you taking her side? I am your sister!

Rafe: Ava is my girlfriend.

Gabi: Oh, and every time you say that makes my skin crawl. Listen, I know that it’s hard out there, and it might be you’re really scraping the bottom of the barrel with–

Rafe: This is exactly what I am talking about. You cannot say those kinds of things to ava, okay?

Gabi: Maybe I’d be nicer if she wasn’t in my face all the time.

Rafe: You’re the one who decided to move back in here.

Gabi: This is my house! I grew up here!

Rafe: I pay the mortgage.

Gabi: Oh, my god, rafe. Seriously, are you saying I’m the one that has to move out?

Ava: Okay, stop, please. Please stop; I don’t want the two of you fighting over me. If it would make things easier if I found my own place…

Rafe: No, no, no. I never said that.

Gabi: I am.

Ava: Okay. Rafe, family means everything to me, and I know you feel the same way.

Rafe: Yeah. I am not asking you to move out. I am asking for my sister to be reasonable and take the high road for once–like you are.

Ava: I thought you’d like to know in advance that gabi hernandez dimera is plotting against you.

Philip: Plotting against me how?

Ava: Well, she and your new corporate spy. They’re planning to oust you from titan and take over themselves.

Jake: I happened to be passing by the kiriakis place last night and saw your car and figured you were there talking to victor, you know, since you seemed pretty concerned about what gabi and I told you.

Brady: You happen to know what kind of car I drive?

Jake: Well, it’s a pretty sweet ride. I used to be a mechanic. I pay attention to these things.

Brady: I see. You know, I know that you used to be in the mob, right? So is this your not-so-subtle way of letting me know that you’re keeping tabs on me?

Chloe: [Gasps] Oh my goodness. Fire and ice roses. They’re gorgeous. Mm. I can’t believe you remembered.

[Sentimental music]

 

Philip: How could i ever forget?

Chloe: After all these years, you’re still surprising me. Where did you even find these?

Philip: I went back to the nursery to ask how to take care of our tree. Saw these, and i couldn’t resist.

Chloe: That is so thoughtful. Thank you.

Philip: You’re welcome. As for our sapling, it’s still freshly planted, so it’s gonna need a little tlc until it takes root. That’s what this is for. The nursery owner said it was her top recommendation for a 22nd anniversary gift.

Chloe: Uh, it seems a little bit random, no?

Philip: Apparently, it’s the water anniversary, which got me thinking– it’s been 22 years since we met.

Chloe: 22 years? That’s crazy.

Philip: You’ve always been the one that got away. I made so many mistakes back then.

Chloe: We both did.

Philip: But I learned from them, chloe. And I promise you I’m gonna take perfect care of our tree–and of you. When I heard about the science behind the new

Gwen: Thank god somebody from xander’s family actually cared enough to show up. Thank you very much, justin. Justin is it? Yes, thank you very much for offering to represent xander.

Justin: Oh, no, that’s not why I’m here.

Xander: It’s not?

Justin: No, no, I came down to see bonnie.

Xander: Oh, we haven’t seen her, actually, but if I do, we’re gonna have a nice, sweet chat about taking stuff that doesn’t belong to you.

Gwen: Wait, wait, wait, wait. Wait, wait. Okay, look. Since fate has just brought you into this room, can’t you help xander, your cousin, who is innocent?

Justin: I’m sorry, I can’t take on anything else right now. I am working around the clock on bonnie’s case, so–

Gwen: Mm, yeah, yeah. I’m sure that’s a full-time job given that she’s murdered two people in cold blood and stole xander’s money. And that’s the reason that he’s back in jail. So you owe him.

Justin: Bonnie is incredibly remorseful, and there were extreme extenuating circumstances. You know, I can’t do this right now. I have 12 hours to convince judge smails to reconsider bonnie’s bail, so if you’d excuse me–

Xander: Wait, wait, did you say judge smails?

Justin: Yes, why?

Ej: So rafe’s collecting teddy bears now? How unconventional.

Nicole: Well, if you must know, I won this for him in an arcade game. It was kind of a birthday present.

Ej: Mm, and it’s in your possession because…?

Nicole: Well, because duke was–I don’t know, we were–

Ej: Duke?

Nicole: That’s his name.

Ej: Looks more like a sheriff to me. A rather useless one.

Nicole: I don’t have to explain anything to you.

Ej: Mm. I don’t see any possible explanation that wouldn’t be deeply embarrassing for rafe. But that’s rafe hernandez for you, one enormous embarrassment–

Nicole: Okay, would you stop talking about rafe?

Gabi: You know, the only way that ava would take the high road is if she took a wrong turn.

Rafe: Wow. Okay. Here’s the deal. I do not wanna wake up in a war zone every morning.

Gabi: Well, then tell the enemy to retreat.

Rafe: Okay, here’s– the other thing that you seem to fail to recognize is that i want to make this arrangement work, and so does ava. And since you have nowhere else to go at the moment, I would suggest you suck it up and apologize.

Ava: Oh, no, no, no, no, no. That is not necessary.

Rafe: I think it is.

Gabi: What, you’re not gonna ask her to do the same thing?

Rafe: I haven’t heard her say anything that she needs to apologize for.

Gabi: I sure as hell have. Fine. I apologize and, I promise to be more respectful in the future.

Rafe: Maybe you could even say it like you mean it.

Gabi: I apologize, and i promise to be more respectful in the future. There–are you happy?

Jake: Keeping tabs on you? Brady, why would I do that? We’re on the same side here. We both wanna keep your uncle phil from running titan into the ground.

Brady: Now, I want that too. Despite working for the competition, I don’t wanna see my family’s legacy hurt at all. I want it to be okay. But the real question is, why do you care? You’ve been at titan for what– a couple weeks, maybe?

Jake: First of all, I don’t wanna see gabi’s company go down in flames. And secondly, I don’t want a boss who’s got his head up his ass.

Brady: [Laughs] Well, who would you want the boss to be, jake? Maybe you?

Philip: I hope you know how hard I’m working to turn over a new leaf.

Chloe: I know you are. When you came home last night and saw me talking to brady, I could tell that your head wanted to explode, but you were very understanding, and that was nice. It was civilized, it was…

Philip: The way it should be. I do feel bad for accusing him of corporate espionage.

Chloe: But you said you found out some new information, right?

Philip: I think I might actually know who put spyware on my computer.

Chloe: Who?

Philip: This stays between us?

Chloe: Yeah, of course.

Philip: It was gabi and jake. They were working together to get rid of me and take over titan.

Chloe: Oh, my god. After you gave them both a chance.

Philip: I still need to find the proof, but when I do, those two are gonna regret ever thinking they could play me for a fool.

Woo! You are busy…

Chloe: So how did you find out that jake and gabi were really the spies?

Philip: An old business associate tipped me off. Then I remembered when it first told me that they’d found a keylogger on my laptop, I accused gabi of putting it there.

Chloe: And she denied it?

Philip: Even though i caught her red-handed in my office using my computer because hers supposedly wouldn’t start. And right after that, my machine got all glitchy.

Chloe: You should’ve just fired her on the spot.

Philip: I did. Her and jake. But then he said that she was having tech problems as well, and I should have it check her laptop too. And what do you know–spyware.

Chloe: Do you think that they planted spyware proactively?

Philip: Seems that way. But as soon as the heat was off of them, they put it right onto brady. Made me think he was behind it.

Chloe: Which is why you freaked out on him and insisted that I quit my job.

Philip: I’m sorry about that. But my god, it’s all making sense now. Why gabi wanted me to hire jake, why she was soaking suspicion at brady.

Chloe: Well, you know now that brady wasn’t in on it with them. And when I spoke to him last night, he told me he was perfectly happy working at basic black, and he has no interests in using any hostile tactics against titan or us.

Philip: It wasn’t easy to apologize for pointing the finger at him. But I have to admit–the three of us sitting down for a nice, peaceful meal was pretty nice.

Chloe: Yeah. And I think that brady would agree. And now you have to uphold your end of the bargain and never badmouth brady to me again. Promise?

Philip: Not another word against him. I promise.

Chloe: Well, that is a relief, thank you. And I’m sure if you need some help busting jake and gabi, brady will be very happy to help your cause.

Jake: What? You–you think i wanna be the boss?

Brady: Jake, when you and gabi came to me and asked me to talk to my grandfather, I suspected you had ulterior motives, all right?

Jake: No. We approached you because philip’s been acting like a crazy person, okay? Erratic, unfocused– Brady: That part I believed. That part I believed. But now you’re in my place pumping me for information.

Jake: Just curious, that’s all.

Brady: I’ll give you a fun fact, all right? I’ve been ceo of titan not once, not twice, a couple of times. I can smell when the sharks are circling, jake. You know what I mean? So if you want this coup attempt to be successful, you’re gonna have to be a little more slick than this.

Jake: Cool. Brady, get real here. Nobody is gonna make a brand-new employee ceo, right?

Brady: Come on, man. You enjoyed a meteoric rise from a what–mechanic to dimera ceo–till you got thrown out on your ass. And then what happened? Boom–you land at titan with your girlfriend. You’re kidding me? Are you sure you don’t want you and gabi to be the next big power couple in salem?

Jake: Never thought about it that way.

Brady: You can cut the crap now. You and gabby have been used to running your own company. I know you have ideas. You have visions for the future, and you want philip out of the way, right?

Jake: Come on, brady, let’s be honest. Don’t you want the same thing?

Ava: Thank you for your apology, gabi.

Gabi: Go choke on a ravioli.

Ava: She could’ve said a lot worse.

Rafe: Yeah, you could’ve said a lot worse.

Ava: Listen, gabi is her own worst enemy.

Rafe: Could not agree with you more there.

Ava: You know, people used to say the same thing about me. That I couldn’t get out of my own way–and they were absolutely right. You know, most of the heartache that I’ve experienced in my life, a lot of it’s been brought on by myself. Self-inflicted, you know. I’m afraid that gabi is about to go in the same road.

Justin: Do you know judge smails?

Xander: He’s the one who threw the book at me. And as an officer of the court, you should know he’s corrupt as hell.

Justin: Hmm. What makes you say that?

Xander: When ej was my attorney, he got smails to drop the charges against me.

Justin: Well, you weren’t complaining then.

Xander: I agreed to pay mr. Dimera $1 million in exchange for his services. I had the cash all ready to go–

Gwen: And then bonnie stole it.

Xander: And then the police seized it. When I couldn’t pay up immediately, ej punished me by getting the charges reinstated. Now, you tell me, if smails is on the up-and-up, how could that happen? Before you go into that court, you should know that the man you’re dealing with might not necessarily be swayed by the facts of the case.

Gwen: Mm. Not like the facts of our case are really that persuasive, are they? So maybe you and xander can help each other. Yeah.

Limu emu & doug

Justin: How do you think xander and I could possibly help each other?

Gwen: Okay. The judge is dirty, yes. So you use that to encourage him to see bonnie’s case in a more favorable light and do right by xander.

Justin: I have no evidence judge smails has done anything wrong.

Gwen: Don’t worry, we’ll get the evidence. You just get the ball rolling, yeah?

Justin: Oh, so you’re suggesting that I blackmail the judge using evidence I don’t have that he himself is corrupt? Sounds like a winning strategy.

Gwen: Okay, you have to see the bigger picture here, though, okay? Wouldn’t the citizens of salem be well served if we could get this guy out of ej’s pocket?

Justin: Oh, well, I appreciate you reframing this as issue of social importance. But I’ve sworn an oath to the court, and what you’re proposing isn’t exactly kosher.

Gwen: Mm, yeah, well, you are engaged to bonnie lockhart– I would say that the ship’s sailed on being kosher, darling.

Justin: I have a defense to prepare.

Gwen: No–okay, okay, okay. Listen. Let’s say that the judge is as fair and impartial as they come, right? Do you honestly–do you honestly think that bonnie is going to get off on two murder charges? That is a very steep mountain to climb, my friend, no matter how good of a lawyer you are. And let’s say that the judge is crooked–doesn’t care about justice, just wants to get paid, right? And you refuse to cooperate. You gonna lose, no matter how strong your argument is. Either way, it doesn’t look good, does it? You can’t really just roll the dice here, justin. You have to take control, yeah? Don’t you want a future with the woman that you love, justin?

Justin: Hypothetically speaking, if ej did bribe the judge, I suppose one could trace the transactions.

Xander: No, it’s not bribery. It wouldn’t make sense for ej to pay money to someone just to get his own money back.

Gwen: No, ej got to him some other way–we just have to figure out how.

Justin: This sounds like a fishing expedition to me.

Gwen: Yeah, but well worth it if we can hook the big one, yeah?

Ej: It seems I’ve hit a nerve.

Nicole: Rafe and i are friends, you know that.

Ej: I do. And I can’t stand the man. But that doesn’t give me license for being rude. I apologize. And you look stunned.

Nicole: You never apologize.

Ej: Only on the rarest of occasions. I had no idea the commissioner was such a sensitive subject. There isn’t something going on between the two of you, is there?

Nicole: No, definitely not.

Ej: Forgive me for being forward, but I’m getting the sense that you wish there were.

Rafe: So any word from philip on that job you applied for at titan?

Ava: Not yet.

Rafe: Ah.

Ava: I know it’s a long shot. I don’t exactly have a ton of skills.

Rafe: Mm. I don’t know about that.

[Both chuckle]

Ava: It’s been a long time since I have worked in corporate america. I do know how to get what I want, but I think that titan might frown on some of my methods.

Rafe: Probably, yeah. I was actually surprised you wanted to work there, considering your history with philip.

Ava: Well, being a chef didn’t really turn out, and it doesn’t look like basic black will, either, so kind of my last option.

Rafe: I hope it works out.

Ava: Me too. And victor kiriakis was in the mob back in the day, so I think it’s a place that I really might fit in.

Brady: Look, jake. I don’t want any part in taking down titan. I like my job and i like where I’m at. But while we’re putting all our cards out on the table here, was it you and gabi that put that keylogger on phillip’s computer?

Jake: I don’t know what a keylogger is. And as you pointed out, I’m just a grease monkey. Obviously, gabi didn’t put a keylogger in her own computer, so your theory needs work.

Brady: All right. Well, I gotta get to the office, so if you excuse me.

Jake: Uh, you never told me how your talk with your grandfather went.

Brady: No, I didn’T. My grandfather is pleased with what philip is doing at titan.

[Phone ringing] And that’s really all you need to know, so if you’ll excuse me. Have a good day. Hey, granddad. Yeah, yeah, I have given it some thought, and– look, I know that you think that philip would be less distracted without chloe in the picture, but you need to know that I have no interest in getting between the two of them. And I’m sorry.

Dayquil severe for you…

Gwen: Don’t you want to beat ej at his own game by getting the goods on this judge?

Xander: I certainly do. But I won’t be able to do much detective work from my cell.

Gwen: Well, you just leave that to me and justin.

Justin: Oh, I didn’t say I was on board with this plan. Oh, okay, I gotta go meet bonnie; excuse me.

Gwen: No, but xander still needs an attorney! Dammit.

Xander: Well, he didn’t say he was on board, but he didn’t say he wasn’T.

Ej: Dudley do-right is dating a mob princess.

Nicole: Ex-mob princess. And watch it. Ava’s vitali is my friend too.

Ej: Even though she stole your man?

Nicole: Rafe was never my man.

Ej: But you’d like him to be.

Nicole: Okay, would you stop it, please? I am in the middle of a divorce, and I am not ready to move on. And ava and rafe just started a new relationship, and it seems to be working. So I decided to just take myself out of the equation.

Ej: Do you really think it’s for the best? Because you look miserable.

Nicole: I have a lot of work to do.

Ej: On the other hand, as much as I hate seeing my favorite ex-wife unhappy, my experience with ava vitali says staying out of her way is a wise move.

Rafe: I gotta get to work.

Ava: Mm. I put in some of those cookies you like.

Rafe: Thanks.

Ava: Yeah. Hey, rafe, I hope you know that I would never wanna cause a problem between you and gabi.

Rafe: I know. I know that. And I appreciate that you are making the effort to get along with her. I just wish that she would do the same damn thing because– I’m telling you, if she doesn’t change her attitude, oh, she is not gonna like me choosing who stays or who goes.

Ava: You’re just saying that because of my ravioli.

Rafe: Oh, that’s definitely not it.

Ava: What?

Rafe: Okay. Maybe it’s a part of it.

Ava: [Chuckles]

Gabi: How’d it go with brady?

Jake: He was a little suspicious. I, uh, I think I came on a little too strong.

Gabi: Oh, well, we have no choice now that ej stole my house out from under me. We have to get aggressive, and we have to get this plan moving. So is victor gonna fire philip?

Jake: No. But I did come up with a very interesting piece of information.

Philip: I don’t need brady’s help to bust gabi and jake. He is the competition, after all.

Chloe: Yeah, well, so am I, but I’m still 100% on your side.

Philip: Thank you.

Chloe: So I assuming the next step is to fire them again?

Philip: I wish I could. But if I fire gabi, she could regain control of gabi chic. That was part of her deal– and it’s a hugely profitable division.

Chloe: Well, can’t you just fire jake then?

Philip: I’d tip my hand. I think I’m gonna wait until I’m ready to make my next move.

Chloe: What move is that?

Philip: Gabi’s trying to steal my company. Maybe I try to steal hers. Shingles?

Gwen: Okay. Even if justin doesn’t help us, we still need to find a way to prove that this judge is on the take.

Xander: Would be so much easier if he was taking money. How are we supposed to get to him if we don’t know what he wants?

Gwen: I think I have an idea.

Justin: Rafe, bonnie was supposed to be brought up from her cell. What’s the delay?

Rafe: Yeah, I actually just got word from judge smails that her visiting privileges have been restricted due to bad behavior.

Justin: What bad behavior?

Rafe: It’s bonnie lockhart. Could be anything.

Justin: She’s my fiancéE.

Rafe: Right. Then you know.

Nicole: Ava has changed since the last time you knew her. She has completely given up her old life.

Ej: But we both know she’ll revert to type, eventually.

Nicole: I don’t think so. She lost a son. And her other son means the world to her. She won’t do anything to jeopardize what they have.

Ej: Rafe will be ruing his terrible taste–though i suppose he’s always been attracted to bad girls. I hope you know you can do much better than that dolt. In fact, you have.

Nicole: What, with you?

Ej: Who else would I mean?

Nicole: Not that you have a big ego or anything?

Ej: I thought you liked my big ego.

Nicole: I, uh, have a lot of work to do.

Ej: [Chuckles] As do I. And when we’re both finished with work, I say we go and get a lovely dinner. Together.

Brady: Oh, hi.

Chloe: Hey.

Brady: Are those from philip?

Chloe: Yeah, of course. Who else?

Brady: They’re beautiful. Very nice.

Chloe: Yeah, they are very nice, aren’t they? So did you tell victor that you’re not gonna take him up on his suggestion to try to steal me away from philip?

Brady: I did. And I got an earful, as expected, but you have my word, chloe. If things don’t work out with you and philip, it’s not gonna be because of me.

Gabi: So victor wanted brady to break up chloe and philip? Are you sure?

Jake: That’s what i heard him say. But he refused to go along with it.

Gabi: Hmm. This could be very useful information, because chloe is the achilles’ heel we’re gonna use to bring down philip.

Ava: Have you given any more thought to our conversation?

Philip: Yes. And I have a question.

Ava: Ask away.

Philip: How would you like to help me bring down gabi hernandez?

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Tripp: You’ve been baking all day for work and you’re making me dinner? You didn’t have to do that.

Allie: I wanted to. And I know you’re coming off a long shift at the hospital.

Tripp: Yeah, it was a rough day, you know? But I do have some news to share about doug.

Allie: Oh, no. Grandpa roman said he was having some tests done because he was having some issues with his memory.

Tripp: I’m afraid things got a lot more serious.

Julie: I wish marlena had let me go in there with her.

Eli: Grandma, come on. You gotta trust her. All right, I’m sure she’s knows what she’s doing.

Julie: I trust her, darling. I trust her as a doctor. I trust her as a friend. But remember what doug said to me when I said she’ll be on her way? He said marlena is the one who needs help. What did he mean by that?

Eli: I don’t–maybe he was just confused. But marlena, she’s gonna get to the bottom of it.

Demon marlena: Well, doug, it appears you’ve been a little tattletale.

[Tuts] We can’t have that. Isn’t it ironic that I persuaded marlena to let me into her in order to save your life? And now I’m gonna take it anyway.

Doug: No. No.

Demon marlena: Of course family and friends will be devastated! But they’ll think you died of natural causes. But it’s going to be anything but natural causes.

[Demonic growling]

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

[Soft orchestration]

 

Ciara: Ben, we both talked about wanting kids together.

Ben: I know. And I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to mislead you. That’s not what I’m trying to do.

Ciara: Why didn’t you say anything, ben?

Ben: Because I don’t think I even admitted it to myself before, until you said you wanted to stop using birth control, and then everything just got real, fast. And I love you so much. I want to give you everything you want. I really do.

Ciara: Yeah, but you already have! Baby, don’t you get how happy you make me? That’s why I wanted to have a baby with you in the first place.

Ben: I know that. I know that. I’m afraid. I’m afraid because I don’t want to have a baby and have him turn out like me. I’m not trying to bring evil into this world right now.

[Crying]

Marlena: No, stop! Don’t do this!

Demon marlena: Your friend marlena is trying to stop me from doing what I have to do. You see, she hasn’t entirely given herself over to my powers yet. But she will.

Marlena: No, I won’t! You can’t make me hurt him!

Demon marlena: Yes, I can, and I will. We can’t have doug sharing our little secret.

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Chanel: I just think you’re playing with fire.

Johnny: You have to take chances in this life, chanel.

Chanel: What you’re talking about is a lot riskier than just “taking chances.” You are literally tempting the devil to walk right through that door.

Tony: Good evening.

Chanel: Oh, my god!

Johnny: Relax. Relax. It’s just my uncle tony. Uncle tony, this is chanel.

Tony: Ah, chanel. Pleasure. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to frighten you.

Chanel: No, it’s not you. Johnny just had me watch “the exorcist,” so I’m just a little jumpy.

Tony: “The exorcist”? That’s not exactly fun. My idea of fun is watching billy wilder. “Sunset boulevard,” “double indemnity,” “some like it hot.” Actually, that’s anna’s favorite. You know, maybe I should just go and see anna and see if she’d like to see it now.

Johnny: Uncle tony, wait. There’s actually something I wanted to ask you about, since you had a ringside seat.

Tony: To what?

Chanel: Your nephew wants to make a movie about when his grandmother was possessed by the devil.

Tony: Really? You failed to mention that to me when you asked me to invest.

Johnny: I didn’t know at the time.

Tony: Ah, I see. Well, if you’re looking for me to reconsider, I would say that that particular subject is hardly enticing.

Johnny: Look, I know you can’t help with the financing because my dad thinks you’d be “acting against the best interests” of his precious company, but you could still be a consultant.

Tony: And what would i be contributing?

Johnny: Well, you were there. You saw the whole thing up close and personal, when the devil tried to tempt my grandpa john into sleeping with your wife.

Tony: Wrong. I didn’t see it up close and personal. As a matter of fact, I didn’t see it at all.

Johnny: What? But I–

Tony: Look, johnny, that wasn’t me.

[Phone beeps]

[Line rings]

[Phone rings]

Julie: Hello?

John: Hey, julie. It’s john. Has doc seen doug yet?

Julie: She is in there with him now. But eli and I haven’t heard a thing yet.

John: Oh, hopefully we’ll hear something soon.

Julie: I feel terrible about asking her to come down here so late, but doug was asking for her. At least I think he was. I just feel rotten about interrupting your evening.

John: No, no, no. No, no, julie, absolutely no need to apologize.

Julie: I’ve been trying to say my rosary, and I am so upset and I am so worried, I can’t even concentrate on that.

John: I hear you on that. I just sat down with the bible to read psalm 23, hoping it would bring a little inner peace, but no such luck. Hey, I’ll tell you what. How about if I come down to the hospital and you and i head on over to the chapel, and we’ll say a prayer together. How does that sound?

Julie: Oh, john, that would be wonderful.

John: I’m on my way.

Julie: Thank you.

[Phone beeps] John’s coming down here to pray with me.

Eli: I’m sure that’ll make you feel a lot better.

Julie: I’ll tell you what would make me feel better: Getting some answers, finding out what in the world is going on with my husband, and why is it taking so long?

Eli: Grandma, it’s only been a few minutes.

Julie: Well, it seems like forever. I want to check on him. I want to see how he’S… but if I rush in there, barge in– I don’t want to upset him.

Eli: Okay, then why don’t you let me check on him?

Julie: You’d do that?

Eli: Yes. Of course, grandma. I’ll be back.

Tripp: And how was your day? Thank you.

Allie: Uh, can’t complain. The bakery did really well again, and I’m starting to recognize a lot of, like, repeat customers.

Tripp: Ah, that’s great.

Allie: Yeah. Oh, and on my lunch break, I ran into my brother.

Tripp: How did that go?

Allie: Actually, pretty well. He forgave me for the issues that I caused for him and chanel.

Tripp: Good. I’m glad he let that go.

Allie: Yeah, me too. Though it probably helped that his mind was on other things, like his movie.

Tripp: Is he still trying to convince you to play your mom?

Allie: Actually, we didn’t talk about that, because he was too focused on this weird family secret that he uncovered in will’s script.

Tripp: Oh. And what secret would that be?

Allie: That my grandma marlena was possessed by the devil.

Tripp: [Chokes]

Demon marlena: Stop fighting me, marlena. You’re not strong enough to resist me.

Marlena: No. You’ll never win! Never!

Demon marlena: No. Doug has to die. He knows too much.

Eli: Hey, everything okay in here?

[Thunder rumbles]

Ciara: You…you are not evil, ben. And our child wouldn’t be either.

Ben: Maybe not evil, but– you know mental illness runs in my family.

Ciara: Yeah, well, it runs in a lot of families.

Ben: Not like mine. Ciara, I was a murderer. My sister was a murderer.

Ciara: Hey, it was because of clyde. It was because of clyde. If he hadn’t abused you like that… what you and jordan did, that wasn’t inevitable, ben. That was circumstantial.

Ben: I don’t want anyone to feel that way.

Ciara: What way?

Ben: The way jordan did when my mother was pregnant with me. I don’t want anybody to think that my child would be better off dead than with me as a parent.

Ciara: Look at me. Baby, look at me. Look at me. Look at me. No one is gonna think that.

Ben: You don’t know that.

Ciara: Yes, I do. Yes, I do, ben. You faced your demons. You overcame them. And you said that my love helped you do that. At our wedding, you said that you were broken, and that my love fixed you.

Ben: It did.

Ciara: So just let my love do that again. I want to help you face this. We have overcome every single challenge we have ever faced. And we can overcome this, okay? I have no doubt in my mind.

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Ben: No matter how much you love me, you can’t change my dna or control what traits I pass down to our children.

Ciara: But your genes don’t control your destiny. I mean, look at me. I was born with great genes.

Ben: Mm.

Ciara: And I was still headed down a bad path. But my parents guided me in the right direction. Without them, who knows where I would be? It was the way I was raised that mattered the most.

Ben: I was raised by a monster.

Ciara: And so it makes sense. It makes sense that you had demons, baby. But later on in life, you finally got that nurturing that you were deprived of as a kid in the form of therapy from your doctors at bayview and marlena and–

Ben: You.

Ciara: Me. Me. And it’s because of that care that you are now on the right path. And I know our child will be too. Because we’re gonna give him unconditional love. Ben, I know in my heart that you would make the most amazing father. Like, you would be the best, and that would make all the difference.

Johnny: What do you mean it wasn’t you, uncle tony? It says right here in will’s script that you were married to aunt kristen, but she was in love with grandpa john. By the way, how did that happen? Aren’t you two brother and sister?

Tony: We’re not related by blood.

Johnny: Okay. So anyway, she didn’t want to leave you because you were blind, and grandpa john apparently was a priest at the time.

Tony: Oh. “Tony” should be in quotes.

Johnny: What are you talking about?

Tony: Well, everybody thought it was me. Even kristen was fooled. But it was my evil cousin andre.

Johnny: You two look exactly alike.

Tony: Well, that’s because he had plastic surgery to look like me. Only I turned out to be much more winsome, witty, and wise. Anyway, as I was saying, I was stranded on some deserted island when andre was running around salem posing as me.

Chanel: White people are crazy.

Tony: Uh-huh.

Johnny: So you’re telling me you didn’t witness any of the devil stuff?

Tony: No, I’m afraid not. I wasn’t here when all this allegedly happened to your grandmother.

Johnny: Allegedly?

Tony: Well, yeah. Yes, it wasn’t– as I said before, I wasn’t here. What you need to do is to find someone who actually lived through it. Back in the ’90s, when it all went down.

Allie: It was back in the ’90s when my grandma marlena was possessed by the devil, and supposedly she terrorized the town for months.

Tripp: And you’re just hearing about this now?

Allie: Well, yeah. I mean, it’s not something my family likes to talk about, obviously.

Tripp: Or will made it up for his movie.

Allie: I thought that too. But then I talked to my grandpa john. And he said it was all true.

Tripp: You don’t really believe that, do you?

Allie: He was pretty convincing.

Tripp: I’m sorry, allie. I just don’t buy it.

Julie: Thank you. Thank you so much.

John: Julie, it’s me. You don’t have to thank me. Doc and I, we love you and doug, and obviously we’re very concerned about this.

Julie: I know. When kayla ran those tests and they were inconclusive, and then marlena stepped up and said she’d give her assessment, I was so grateful. Who better to analyze his bizarre behavior and the things he’s been doing and…and they had their session, ad he collapsed. And I was terrified.

John: Okay, well, hey, julie, he’s stable now and doc’s in there with him. She’s trying again.

Julie: I’m so grateful. I know I’m asking a lot of her, coming down to the hospital in the night like this, and…she would never say anything, I know, but you must let me know if this is burdensome to her.

John: Why would I even think that?

Julie: She seemed a little stressed, john.

John: Well, she’s dealing with something, but it’s nothing compared to what doug’s going through. And I know how important it is for her to help him right now.

Julie: Well, I don’t want to impose on our friendship, so I’ll count on you to tell me if it’s just too much.

John: Well, of course I will. You know that. But right now, our spouses are together, and one is trying to heal the other, so what do you say you and I, we go on down to the chapel and we say a prayer for both of ’em?

Eli: Is everything okay?

Marlena: Yes. I was just trying to make doug a little more comfortable.

Eli: How’s he doing? Were you able to ask him what he meant when he told julie that “he went into her”?

Marlena: No, not yet. We were on the verge of that conversation when you came in, so… if you just step outside, we can continue.

Doug: No, no! Please, don’T. Don’t leave me! Please! On the outside, I looked fine.

Johnny: Who else in the family can I talk to about what happened?

Tony: Well, certainly not andre. Poor thing is no longer with us. Why don’t you ask john?

Johnny: Allie spoke to him. He told her the whole story, said it was all true. But he made it very clear that he never wanted to discuss that topic again. My mom hasn’t called me back, and no one has any idea where aunt kristen is, so…

Tony: Well, that’s probably for the best.

Johnny: I’m sorry?

Tony: What I was saying is, why don’t you go directly to the source and ask marlena?

Johnny: [Scoffs] I don’t think john would be cool with that.

Tony: Perhaps that’s a sign. You know what they say. Sometimes the past is best left buried. Enchantée, chanel.

Chanel: Nice to meet you, mr. Dimera.

Tony: Nice to meet you, too. Johnny.

Johnny: Right.

Chanel: I’d hate to say I told you so, g, but I think you’d be doing everyone in this town a big favor if you just dropped this whole movie idea.

Johnny: [Sighs]

Eli: Why is doug so freaked out?

Marlena: Well, I think he’s just tired of being in the hospital. You won’t be here much longer. I promise. Now, if you would be good enough to leave us alone…

Doug: No, eli! Don’t go!

Eli: You know, my grandmother and john, they went to the chapel to pray. I think julie wanted you to meet them there.

Doug: Yes. Julie.

[Machines beeping]

Marlena: Fine. Fine.

Tripp: Look, as someone who firmly believes in science, I just think there has to be a rational explanation.

Allie: Like what?

Tripp: I would hypothesize that marlena was suffering from a neurobiological disorder, something along the lines of schizophrenia.

Allie: I don’t think that schizophrenia would explain her levitating several feet off her bed.

Tripp: That happened too?

Allie: According to grandpa john, yes.

Tripp: Is there any proof?

Allie: Like, a video or something? Not that I know of. But my grandfather saw it firsthand, and a few other people did too.

Tripp: It could be mass hysteria.

Allie: Wow, you really are a skeptic.

Tripp: Look, here, let me borrow your laptop. I’ll prove to you that I’m right.

Ciara: I mean, just tonight, you proved that you’re gonna be an amazing father.

Ben: What are you talking about?

Ciara: Well, when we came back, I was a wet and sloppy mess, and you told me that i looked perfect.

Ben: Because you did. You always look perfect.

Ciara: Mm. And that is exactly what you would say to our daughter if she came home from kindergarten with a painting of a cat that looks like a hamburger. You would tell her that it was perfect.

Ben: Mm. Our daughter, huh?

Ciara: Mm. Wouldn’t you love to have a little girl?

Ben: Long as she looked like you. What if we had a boy?

Ciara: Well, then bo brady weston would be as amazing and as handsome as his father. Either way, our kid would know their way around an engine.

Ben: Mm. For sure.

Ciara: Mm-hmm.

Ben: That’s true.

Ciara: Baby, I know I’m right about how amazing you are gonna be as a father. I know I am. But I also know that I’m not gonna change your mind in just one conversation. So we don’t have to settle this tonight, okay?

Ben: You sure you’re not upset with me for hiding how I really felt?

Ciara: No. Mm-mm. I’m just glad that you told me the truth. So we can just put this baby conversation on the back burner, okay? Because right now, I just want to be with you. I just want us to love each other. That is all I want. Frequent heartburn? Not anymore.

Johnny: I’m not giving up on my film.

Chanel: Okay, but do you really want to spend the rest of the night talking about the devil?

Johnny: No, I don’T.

Chanel: So maybe we can do something else? Whoa, whoa, what if your uncle comes back?

Johnny: Well, we could go upstairs. We’d have total privacy up there. And just so you know, I have protection this time.

Tripp: Okay, see, this article says that there has never been any substantial proof of a demonic possession. Okay? Nothing caught on video. Nothing that can’t be explained away by trickery or science.

Allie: Okay, but there are many instances where exorcisms are successful. So, I mean, how do you explain the victims getting better?

Tripp: Power of suggestion. You know, if you truly believe that you’re possessed and a priest performs a sacred ritual, you’re gonna believe it worked.

Allie: And you think that’s what happened to my grandmother?

Tripp: I’d bet money on it.

Allie: [Sighs]

John and julie: Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, hope. Where there is darkness, light…

Doug: She…she…

Eli: Wait, who, doug? Who are you talking about? Julie? Marlena?

Doug: Marlena…

Eli: Okay, doug, look, I– no, no, no, hey. Don’t get worked up, okay? Look, you really gotta just relax. It can wait.

Doug: No, it can’T.

Eli: Doug, c’mon. Julie’s on her way, all right?

Doug: I need to say it now. Listen to me. Please.

John and julie: O divine master, grant that I shall not seek so much to be consoled as to console; to be understood as to understand; to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive. It is in pardoning that we are pardoned. And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.

Julie: Saint francis. He really tells us how to walk in the light.

John: Julie, you don’t have to put on a brave face for me. I know that the man you love more than anything in this world is suffering right now. I know how hard that is.

Julie: Doug is my world.

John: I know. And your love and your prayers, they’re gonna get him through this.

Julie: Do you really believe it, john?

John: Oh, I believe that with all my heart. Julie, I’ve been thinking a lot lately about a time years ago when I almost lost marlena, when she was taken from us, when she was doing things that were truly evil, horrifying. It was such a frightening time. But no matter how dark things got, I never gave up. And I know that it was my love and my prayers that brought her back to me.

Julie: It must’ve been terrible for you.

John: But you see, it didn’t drive us apart. It brought us together. It reinforced our bond. And it taught me something. It taught me that no matter what challenges life throws our way, we can get through them together. Together, we can face anything. People everywhere living with type 2 diabetes

Allie: Okay, I get what you’re saying. And I would probably share your skepticism, except that when grandpa john told me about it, he was visibly shaken. I mean, he even admitted to being scarred, especially because he had to perform the exorcism.

Tripp: Are you saying that your grandfather used to be a priest?

Allie: I’m a little fuzzy on that part. But I trust grandpa john. And if he says that my grandmother was possessed, that’s enough for me.

Marlena: Oh, john, I’m glad you’re here.

John: Oh, of course I’m here, sweetheart.

Julie: How is doug?

Marlena: Oh, doug has been through a lot. He’d like to see you, julie.

Julie: Oh, good. Before I go, I wanna thank you, marlena, for coming back here tonight. And doug thanks you too.

Marlena: Well, I’m not sure how much I helped him, but I tried my best.

Julie: Why, I know you did. And he really needed you.

[Sighs] In his confusion, poor darling, he said you were the one who needed help.

Marlena: Huh. Well, maybe he was right. Maybe I did need some help. And I found it.

Chanel: Ooh, you’ve got protection? So you thought we were gonna have sex tonight?

Johnny: No! No, not at all. I just–I wanted us to be safe if and when it happens.

Chanel: Mm. Well, it is not happening tonight, romeo.

Johnny: Is this because of what my sister said? All that stuff she said about me?

Chanel: About you being a total player, and all you’re interested in is getting me in bed, and then you’ll lose interest?

Johnny: That is not true, chanel. I am very interested in spending time with you and eating pb&j with you, talking, laughing, hanging out.

Chanel: I like that too. You know, when we met, we went from 0 to 60 really fast.

[Sighs] But, you know, maybe we can just slow things down a bit.

Johnny: We could watch more movies.

Chanel: As long as no one’s head is spinning around.

Johnny: Ah, I think you actually liked that, even though you were scared.

Chanel: I was definitely scared. But I admit it was kinda fun.

Johnny: Yeah, for me, too. Actually, everything is fun with you.

Chanel: Well, maybe we can just do that for a while, have fun, before we end up in bed.

[Soft music]

 

Ciara: [Sighs] I am so impressed, dear husband, that you managed to get a restaurant in salem to recreate the first meal we had on our honeymoon. And I’ve gotta say, the bread pudding was as good as what we had in new orleans.

Ben: Well, guess what, my dear wife. There’s some general tso’s chicken right over there in that fridge for when we’re hungry later.

Ciara: Oh, are you planning on working up an appetite?

Ben: You already know it.

Ciara: No, wait, I can’t believe it’s been ten years.

Ben: Well, happy anniversary.

Ciara: Happy anniversary, mr. Weston, who I love more today than I did on the day that we got married. And I love this necklace. It’s perfect.

Ben: You’re perfect.

Ciara: Oh, gosh! Oh, I guess the…

[Toy squeaks] The babysitter wasn’t too strict on putting all the toys away.

Ben: I guess not.

Ciara: Oh, oh, sweetheart.

Ben: Hey.

Ciara: What are you doing up? And where’s rita?

Bo: She was mean to me. So I punished her.

Ben: What happened, buddy?

Bo: She made me play with these toys instead of what I really wanted to play with.

Ciara: And what did you really want to play with?

Bo: Daddy’s necktie.

[Suspenseful music]

 

Ben: No, no, no! No!

[Breathing heavily] I’ve lost count of how many asthma attacks I’ve had.

Ciara: Ben, are you okay?

Ben: I just had a nightmare.

Ciara: I can see that. What was it about?

Ben: Don’t really remember.

Ciara: Well… it was just a bad dream. Doesn’t mean anything, babe. I’m right here and I love you and everything is gonna be okay. I promise. Everything’s gonna be okay.

Johnny: I see what’s going on here. Yeah, you want me to woo you.

Chanel: Not the word I’d use, but yes.

Johnny: Well, okay. Prepare to be wooed.

Chanel: You sure you know how?

Johnny: Oh, yeah. No, you’d better brace yourself, because I am going to wine you, dine you, serenade you, the whole nine yards.

Chanel: Mm, well, I can’t wait. But, um, wooing aside, please don’t make that movie. Like I said, g, you’re playing with fire.

Johnny: Noted.

Doug: I need– I need to tell you now.

Julie: How’s he doing?

Eli: He’s been trying to tell me something, but he’s just wearing himself out.

Julie: Oh. Oh, darling. Darling, you don’t have to talk right now, sweetheart.

Doug: She was trying to–

Julie: Yes, yes. Marlena was trying to help you. And she’ll help you again. But right now, my precious one, you just need to sleep. You just rest. And we’ll talk about everything in the morning.

Marlena: Thank god you’re here. It’s as if you knew I needed you.

John: Well, since you give so much to the people you love, I think it’s important that you know that I’m always here for you to lean on.

Marlena: You are my rock.

John: I love you.

Marlena: I love you.

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Ben: I told you we should have brought an umbrella.

Ciara: [Laughs] How was I supposed to know that we were gonna get caught in a downpour on our way home from the jazz club? It was your idea, remember?

Ben: Yeah. Well, if beats waiting for a ride share. Besides, a little stroll in the rain never hurt anybody.

Ciara: Yeah. Go ahead and speak for yourself. I am an absolute mess right now.

Ben: Really? You look perfect to me.

Ciara: [Chuckles]

[Tender music]

 

Chanel: Sorry I’m late.

Johnny: No worries. Did you have second thoughts about coming over here tonight?

Chanel: Not at all. Just slightly nervous about watching “the exorcist” for the first time.

Johnny: Oh, I didn’t think you’d bail over a movie. I thought maybe my sister convinced you to ghost me.

Chanel: Johnny, we went over this. Allie said she apologized for calling you a player and that she was totally fine with it if I wanted to date you.

Johnny: And she meant it?

Chanel: Doesn’t matter. It’s my decision, and I have decided to allow you to bask in the pleasure of my company.

Johnny: [Chuckles] And for that, my dear lady, I’m very grateful.

 

Steve: Poor doug. Is he gonna be okay?

Kayla: Well, it’s too soon to tell, but he was resting comfortably when I left.

Steve: Do you have any idea why he collapsed?

Kayla: It’s a mystery actually. I mean, all the readouts were inconclusive.

Steve: How’s julie dealing with all this?

Kayla: Well, she’s rattled, as you can imagine.

Steve: You said she’s worried doug might have dementia?

Kayla: Yeah. And now this. What they’re going through, it just breaks my heart. And god forbid she loses doug. I don’t know what she’d do.

[Monitor beeping]

[Door opens]

Eli: Hey, grandma.

Julie: Oh, eli. Darling, I was just about to call you.

Eli: Hey, I’m so sorry I had to leave earlier. We did arrest a suspect, but this was as soon as I can get back.

Julie: Doesn’t matter, doesn’t matter. The important thing is you’re here now.

Eli: Yeah. How’s doug?

Julie: Well, stable. Doctors gave him a lot of sedatives so he could rest. Thank god.

Eli: Wait, sedatives? What happened?

Julie: I don’t know. The session with marlena went on and on and on, and I finally wanted to check on him so I opened the door and he was on the floor. I thought we’d lost him, eli.

Eli: Where was marlena?

Julie: There. I mean, she was standing right there, she was in shock. Took quite a while, she finally called for assistance. Eventually, she told me he’d collapsed. But getting an answer out of her was like pulling teeth.

Eli: I–then, I guess it’s like you said. She was in shock, but I mean, she has known you and doug forever, but…

Julie: Darling, to be perfectly honest, marlena was not herself.

[Eerie music]

 

Demon marlena: [Winces] You and I made quite a splash all those years ago, didn’t we, marlena? But mark my words. Salem ain’t seen nothing yet.

[Laughing maniacally]

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

[Soft orchestration]

 

[Gentle music]

 

Ciara: Hey, how about we get out of these wet clothes?

Ben: You are just full of these exceptional ideas tonight, aren’t you?

Ciara: [Laughs]

Ben: Mrs. Weston.

Ciara: Hmm.

Demon marlena: Ooh. What an absolute sight to behold! What’s it been? About 25 years? You look absolutely marvelous, marlena.

[Chuckles] Why, if I didn’t know better, I’d–I’d think you had made a deal with the…

[Laughs] With me. Oh, and speaking of deals, it’s a very good thing that you let me back in, because if you hadn’t, that old soul, doug would be paying the ultimate price.

[Laughs]

John: Oh, geez. I’m sorry that took so long, doc. You know, I get all the way over there and they tell me that they mixed up our order and they– they mixed up our order and they gave our…food away. Doc, you all right?

[Ominous music]

Pool floaties are like whooping cough.

Paulina: [Chuckles] Oh, I still feel bad about not being in the mood tonight–to entertain.

Both: [Laugh]

Abe: Look, I told you. I understand. We’ll have john and marlena over another time.

Paulina: No, right, right. Of course.

Both: [Laugh]

[Mellow music]

 

Abe: [Sighs] I have to tell you. I really enjoy us being together. Just the two of us.

Steve: Abraham! Come on over.

Paulina: Well, so much for just the two of us.

Both: [Laugh]

Abe: Well, well, well. Hello there.

Steve: Hey, man.

Abe: Yeah.

Kayla: Abe, it’s so good to see you. And you must be paulina price.

Paulina: Oh. [Chuckles] That would be me.

Kayla: Oh, it’s so nice to meet you. We’ve heard so much about you.

Paulina: Oh, and you must be steve and kayla johnson.

Kayla: Yeah. Oh.

Steve: How do you know that?

Paulina: Because you are exactly as abe described you.

Steve: Ah, let me guess. He told you about the patch?

Paulina: [Chuckling] Oh, no. Abe showed me a photo that the two of you were in from a salem celebration. Now, as I saw it, you, kayla, are the beautiful blue-eyed blonde, and you, mr. Johnson, are the sexy pirate.

Steve: Oh.

Paulina: Oh, even more so in person actually–sexy, I mean.

Steve: Okay, okay. You’re gonna make me blush.

[Laughter] How about you guys join us for dinner?

Kayla: Yeah, do.

Paulina: That would be lovely.

Abe: That’s great, yes. Here you go, my dear.

Paulina: Mm, ah. And, ah–I sure do see the resemblance.

Steve: Resemblance?

Paulina: Mm-hmm. I do believe I’ve met another good-looking member of your family. Oh, yes, same color hair, same color eyes.

Steve: Must be talking about my son.

Paulina: Yep, who you must be so proud of, on his way to becoming a doctor.

Kayla: Well, we’re both so proud of him.

Paulina: Mm-hmm.

Steve: So how did you meet tripp?

Paulina: Oh, well, he’s an acquaintance of my daughter. Such a charming young man.

[Chuckles]

Johnny: Listen, I, uh… I kind of need you here.

Chanel: You need me? To watch a movie you’ve already seen a bunch of times?

Johnny: Yes. I’m doing research on my movie and I want your opinion.

Chanel: So you’re still planning to make the movie about your mom?

Johnny: Is that a problem?

Chanel: Uh, yes. Because didn’t your grandmother get possessed by the devil? And according to allie, your grandfather doesn’t want you dredging up the past.

Johnny: Eh, I’m sure he’ll come around. Now, will you do me a solid and watch this movie with me, please?

Chanel: And I have a feeling I am so gonna regret this, but sure.

Eli: Why would doug say he went into her? Who is he? And who is her?

Julie: I haven’t the faintest idea.

Eli: Maybe he was just confused and didn’t know what he was saying.

Julie: Yeah. Yeah, that’s the logical answer. I’m not sure it’s right.

Eli: Why is that?

Julie: When he had these experiences, when he locked me in the freezer, when he groped paulina, there was a look, an expression in his eyes unlike anything I’ve ever seen before. Not like himself. Then a little while ago when he tried to talk to me, he was my precious doug again. He was not confused, and he was trying to tell me something.

Eli: Tell you what, grandma?

Julie: [Sighs] I have no idea.

Doug: [Muttering]

Julie: Oh, he’s waking up.

Eli: Maybe now we can get some answers.

John: Hey, doc.

[Chuckles] Did you just hear anything that I just said?

[Mystical music]

 

Marlena: Sorry. I was lost in thought about doug.

John: Oh. Any updates on his condition?

Marlena: Not since I left the hospital.

John: Hmm, I’m sure julie must be a wreck.

Marlena: Julie. Yeah. Julie is overwrought.

John: You look a little shaken yourself, honey. Probably for the best that abe and paulina canceled our dinner today.

Marlena: Yeah, I–I would not have been up for that.

John: Hey, sorry. I didn’t mean to leave this out.

Marlena: Why were you going through that?

John: Well, I dug it out of the closet after johnny left. He was–he was hoping to get an answer whether or not you and i were gonna finance his film.

Marlena: Oh, yes, the sami movie.

John: And… what happened to you.

Marlena: You can say it– when I was possessed by the devil.

John: I got it, I got it, I got it, I got it. I was just hoping that we would never have to think about that time in our lives again– that we had, you know, just put that horrific experience decades behind us. But, no, no, no. Here comes johnny. He’s just gonna dredge that old thing up. I gotta tell you. Got a bad feeling about that, doc. Is olay better than your clean beauty?

[Tender music]

 

Ciara: [Sighs]

[Thunder rumbling] Is new orleans the perfect place for a honeymoon or what? The music, the food…

Ben: The lovemaking.

Ciara: [Laughs] Well, maybe that is perfect everywhere we go.

Ben: Mm-hmm.

Ciara: And it’s definitely my favorite part of the honeymoon.

Ben: Mine too.

Ciara: Mm.

[Sighs]

Ciara: But you know, if I had to choose something for second place, I really did enjoy being around oak alley. But not only because of what it meant for my parents, but because it was such a powe anth

Ben: Yeah, I agree.

Ciara: Yeah. I could tell that the experience really affected you too.

Ben: Yeah.

Ciara: You were really quiet after we left. Was there something on your mind?

Ben: Actually, yeah. Just something the tour guide said.

Ciara: Ashleigh? What did she say?

Ben: She said in order for us to move forward, you have to reckon with your past. And anything that was built on violence or ugliness will always be there underneath the surface. You can’t ignore it.

Ciara: Yeah. I remember her saying that too, but what does that have to do with you?

Ben: In a way, I felt like she was talking about me.

Chanel: What the– why is she walking like that? Oh, hell no, turn it off. Turn it off!

Johnny: Okay. Not a fan of the spider walking scene.

Chanel: A fan? Now I’m gonna have nightmares for months. How is a movie that’s almost 50 years old this scary?

Johnny: The director’s a fricking genius, that’s how. William friedkin. I mean, the way that he depicts regan’s possession and displays it on screen, that’s unmatched even today with all the cgi. I’ll be lucky if my movie turns out half as well. What? Why aren’t you saying anything?

Chanel: Johnny, don’t do it. Do not make your movie.

Paulina: Mmm, mmm, mm-mm-mm-mm-mm, mmm! Well, this is the juiciest burger I have ever chomped down on.

Kayla: My brother roman knows his way around a grill.

Paulina: Mmm. A man who can cook? In my book.

Abe: Well…

Steve: Judging by the smile on paulina’s face, I’d say you’ve been showing off your culinary skills to this lovely lady.

Paulina: He sure has. He’s a whiz in the kitchen.

[Laughter]

Abe: Well, actually, I was going to cook dinner tonight.

Paulina: Oh, now come on. Don’t make me feel bad. Abe invited john and marlena over for dinner tonight, but I wasn’t up for, you know, entertaining, but I mean, abe tells me that john now has had a lot on his mind lately so I guess it’s worked out for the better anyway, right?

Abe: Hmm.

Steve: John okay?

Abe: Yeah, you know, he’s okay. It’S… he’s been ruminating a lot about the past lately.

Paulina: Mm-hmm, oh?

Steve: Well, he didn’t say anything to me about it. What’s going on?

Paulina: Come on, honey. Don’t just drop things like that then clam up. Tell us, tell us what the man was ruminating about.

Abe: Well, he’s been thinking a lot about the time when marlena was possessed by the devil.

Paulina: [Chokes, coughs]

Doug: [Groaning]

[Monitor beeping] Julie?

Julie: Yes, darling. Yes, I’m here, and so is eli.

Doug: [Laughs softly]

Julie: Sweetheart, you’re in the hospital. You had a little fall. You’re gonna be okay. Do you remember what happened to you?

Doug: Huh?

Julie: You were in a therapy session and you collapsed.

[Tense music]

Doug: Huh. Marlena.

Julie: Yes. Yes, marlena was with you.

Doug: H-help… marlena.

Marlena: So what did you say to johnny about the movie?

John: Well, I told him that I would have to finish discussing it with you and then I’d get back to him with an answer.

Marlena: Did he ask about possession?

John: No, not directly. In fact, when he came over, he hadn’t even read that part of his script yet. But obviously he has now because he sent allie over here to confirm that that story was true.

Marlena: Oh, and what did you tell her?

John: I lied to her, said it never happened. And then I started feeling guilty so I told her the truth, but I made sure she understood that in the end, good triumphed over evil.

Marlena: Right.

John: A little tricky explaining the exorcism, though–you know, how I performed it believing I was a priest at the time even though it turned out later I wasn’T.

Marlena: Certainly had me fooled about that.

John: Excuse me, what was that?

Marlena: Uh, nothing. I was, uh, just saying that none of us really understood it.

John: Well, thankfully, it didn’t matter if I wasn’t a priest because you were saved. And you know something? After all these years, going through that box has just reinforced my belief that it was our love that defeated the devil– well, that and of course, our faith in god.

Marlena: Put that– put that damn thing away!

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[Thunder rumbling]

Ciara: Ben, I don’t think that what ashley said about oak alley applies to you.

Ben: No, I know that. But her words… still got to me.

[Sighs]

Ciara: Yeah, but you haven’t been ignoring your past. Actually, you have been actively facing it.

[Soft dramatic music]

You have been going to therapy, you’ve been acknowledging the pain that you caused others, and you’re doing your best every day to try to make up for it.

Ben: Doesn’t change who I am. I was a man even capable of murder, and no matter how much I try to atone for what I did, for the lives I took, it’s always gonna be a part of me. For the rest of my life.

Paulina: [Coughing] Whew, that fry went down the wrong way.

Abe: Are you okay?

Paulina: [Coughing] Yeah. Except I thought I heard you say that marlena– dr. Marlena evans was possessed by the devil.

Abe: Yes. Yes. You did hear that, that’s why I didn’t wanna get into it.

Paulina: [Scoffs] Come on. He’s pulling my leg, right? I mean–oh, that can’t possibly be true.

Kayla: Oh, we certainly heard the stories.

Steve: Yeah, but we weren’t in town at the time.

Abe: Well, I was, and I can assure you that it really did happen.

Paulina: Oh, you– wait, come on, you’re telling me that the devil, also known as satan himself was here in salem?

Abe: Yeah. I mean, you know, you can imagine how horrifying that was for john and marlena– for everyone in this town, in fact.

Kayla: But that was decades ago. Why is john dwelling on that?

Abe: Because– now wait for it– johnny dimera is making a movie about sami’s life.

Steve: Wow, sounds ambitious.

Abe: Yet his ambitious and very disturbing since marlena’s possession is going to be part of it.

Johnny: It’s just a movie, chanel. The wonderful world of pretend.

Chanel: Was it pretend when it happened to your grandmother?

Johnny: We don’t know for sure that it did.

Chanel: Allie said your grandfather confirmed it.

Johnny: Look, if it’s a true story, even better. It’s gonna help me sell my movie.

Chanel: But–

Johnny: Trust me. There’s nothing to worry about. Now, can we finish watching this movie?

Chanel: [Sighs] I don’t know.

Johnny: If you get scared, just, uh, squeeze my hand.

Chanel: All right. But you’re paying for my therapy bills.

[Ominous music]

 

John: Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey, hey, sweetheart, what’s going on? Why are you so upset?

Marlena: I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to snap at you. I can guess you’re right. I guess you’re right, you know, this–this whole conversation, all these bad memories, I guess I’m just a little bit on edge.

John: Well of course you are. I’m right there with you.

Marlena: Yeah. Why don’t you–why don’t you just put that back in the box and then–and maybe we can stop talking about it.

John: Yeah. You see what’s going on here? This is exactly why johnny shouldn’t be making a movie about any of this stuff here. You know, in a way, I just feel it’s inviting evil back into our lives.

Marlena: Yes. I think you could be right about that.

Doug: [Mumbling, grunting]

Julie: Honey, just calm down. Calm down, we’ll get you help. We’ll get you help. Just be calm, sweetheart. Sweetheart, eli–eli, please, I wanna get a nurse and let her know that he’s awake. Would you watch him? I’m gonna call marlena too just in case she can come down.

Eli: Yeah, sure.

Julie: Make him feel better.

Eli: Okay.

Julie: Okay.

Doug: Marlena. Marlena.

[Grunting] Marlena. Did you know faded, dingy, and rough fabrics

[Thunder rumbling]

[Soft dramatic music]

 

Ciara: Baby, I get that your history is something that you can’t change, but you do not have to let your past define you. Can’t you just focus on all the good? And how much progress you’ve made? On how you saved my life, on how happy you make me, or doesn’t that count for something?

Ben: Of course it does.

Ciara: Well then, please stop torturing yourself.

Ben: Just easier said than done right now. My past has been on my mind a lot lately.

Ciara: Why now?

Ben: Full confession. I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since…

Ciara: Since what?

Ben: Since you said you wanted to have a baby.

Paulina: Excuse me. I’ve gotta use the little girl’s room.

[Laughs] Maybe say a few prayers while I’m in there.

Kayla: Always a good idea.

Paulina: I agree.

Kayla: [Laughs]

Paulina: Back in the minute.

Abe: Well, so what do you think of paulina?

Kayla: Oh, abe, she is terrific.

Steve: She’s great, man. And funny as hell.

[Laughter]

Ben: I am so glad you all like her because if everything goes my way, well, you’re gonna be seeing a lot of her.

Steve: What do you mean if everything goes your way?

Abe: Tomorrow night, I’m going to propose.

Kayla: Oh, we are so happy for you.

Steve: Oh, man.

Abe: Thank you, thank you.

Steve: Great news. Great, sir.

Abe: Yes, sir, yes, sir. Ah.

[Chuckles] Well, I’ve gotta tell you, I have it all planned out. Lani’s gonna keep her busy and then I’m going to– I’m gonna make this surprise dinner.

Steve: Oh, you gotta make sure to make all of her favorites.

Abe: Oh, I’ve already made note of that. And then I only have one thing left to do and that is to get her daughter’s blessing.

Johnny: Ow. Ow. Ow! I said squeeze my hand, not break it into a million pieces.

Chanel: Sorry, but this exorcism scene is just too much. I can’t take anymore.

Johnny: It’s the best part.

Chanel: No, no, if her spinning her head around 360 degrees is the best part, I’m good.

Johnny: You at least have to see how it ends. I’ll fast forward.

Chanel: I hope you know I wouldn’t be putting myself through this for just anyone.

Johnny: Just anyone? What are you saying, chanel? That I’m special?

Chanel: I’m saying you owe me, big time.

John: Good. So you agree then that johnny shouldn’t be making this movie?

[Cell phone ringing]

Marlena: Excuse me.

John: [Sighs]

Marlena: Hello?

Julie: Marlena, I am so sorry to disturb you.

Marlena: Well, hi. Is everything okay? I hope doug hasn’t taken a turn for the worst.

Julie: No. In fact, he just woke up.

Marlena: He woke up? I thought he was heavily sedated.

Julie: Yeah, well, he’s pretty groggy, but he’s very agitated.

Marlena: Really? About what?

Julie: Well, it’s almost impossible for me to understand him, but one thing was clear. He keeps saying your name.

[Foreboding music]

What can I du with less asthma?

[Thunder rumbling]

[Soft dramatic music]

 

Ciara: Ben, what does having a baby have to do with your past?

Ben: What if that sickness that made me do those horrible things got passed on to our child? Ciara, an innocent baby. Mental illness can be hereditary.

Ciara: Yes. I guess in some cases it can be. Wait a minute. All those concerns you had about having a baby with me– the extra financial burden, the childcare, the wanting to spend more time with me– those were all just excuses?

Ben: They were not excuses. Those are all legitimate concerns, ciara. I mean, having a baby changes your entire life.

Ciara: No, of course. I know that. But at the heart of it all, you not wanting to pass down your bad genes to our baby– that’s the reason why you wanna put this off?

Ben: Yes.

Abe: [Sighs] Well, she’s not picking up, so I guess I’ll stop by the bakery tomorrow and talk to her then.

Kayla: Well, I can’t imagine paulina’s daughter not approving of her mom marrying you, the mayor of salem, not to mention the greatest man on earth.

Steve: Not to mention, anyone can see how in love you two are.

Abe: Wow. It’s that obvious, huh?

Steve: It’s that obvious.

[Laughter]

Abe: Well, you know, this is crazy. I mean, I only met her earlier this year. Already, I can’t imagine living my life without her.

Kayla: You know, I think that she feels the same way. I mean, just the way she looks at you.

Steve: It’s so great that you’re getting married, man.

Kayla: We couldn’t be happier for you, abe.

Steve: Yeah.

Paulina: And why is that?

Marlena: It’s not a problem at all. I will. I’ll see you soon. Bye. I’m afraid I’ve gotta cut our evening short. Doug is asking to see me.

John: Oh, that’s all right. I understand. I’ll clean everything up here and put the leftovers away.

Marlena: Thank you.

John: Yeah. And please tell doug and julie I’m thinking about ’em.

Marlena: I will.

John: And I’ll say a prayer for ’em while you’re gone.

Marlena: How thoughtful of you.

John: Yeah. Bye, sweetheart.

[Foreboding music]

 

Demon marlena: I cannot have that bumbling old man telling people that I am back.

Doug: [Muttering]

Eli: Hey, a nurse came by to check doug’s vitals. He seems okay. Is marlena coming?

Julie: Yes. Darling.

Doug: What?

Julie: It’s your wife. I called marlena. She’s on her way. She’s coming to help you, sweetie.

Doug: No, no, no. Marlena, no.

Julie: What about marlena?

Doug: She needs help.

Julie: I don’t understand. Marlena is the one who needs help?

Doug: Yes.

Your mission:

[Thunder rumbling]

Ben: I’m sorry for not being upfront with you about my feelings, ciara. I just… I don’t ever want to disappoint you. And I know how much having a baby means to you.

Ciara: Means to us. Ben, can you just please be honest now, okay? If you’re saying that you don’t wanna pass down your genes to your baby, does that mean that you might never wanna have a baby with me?

Paulina: So why is it that you’re so happy for abe? Aside from the fact that he has such a fascinating dinner companion tonight.

[Laughter]

Kayla: Oh, well, that’s it, actually. We’re just so happy that the two of you found each other.

Steve: Yeah. And we’re looking forward to seeing a lot more of you because we think that you are definitely a keeper.

Paulina: Oh. I knew I liked you, both of you.

[Laughter] Oh, I gotta say. Well, salem is just brimming with some wonderful people.

Abe: Well, you know what?

Paulina: Mm-hmm?

Abe: The brady pub here is brimming with wonderful desserts. So is anyone interested?

Paulina: Always. But no devil’s food cake, not after what you told me about marlena.

Steve: Yeah. Better avoid that.

Paulina: You know, I still can’t believe that woman was possessed. That kind of thing, it only happens in the movies.

Chanel: [Sighs]

Johnny: See? It all worked out in the end. The devil was banished.

Chanel: Yeah. And the two priests ended up dead. I’m not sure I’d call that a happy ending.

Johnny: Ah, yeah. But that’s what ups the dramatic stakes. I mean, that’s the kind stuff that gets the people in the seats, which is why I’m scrapping the rest of will’s screenplay…

Chanel: Oh, thank god.

Johnny: And I’m rewriting it. I’m gonna go bigger. I’m gonna go better. I’m gonna make my grandmother’s possession the sole focus of my movie.

[Elevator dings]

Marlena: Ah.

Eli: Hey.

Marlena: Oh, hi.

Julie: Marlena, thank you. Thank you. I’m so relieved that you’re here.

Marlena: Of course. So has doug said anything since you called?

Julie: Well, no. He’s been mostly asleep, but he did say one thing…

Eli: Yeah.

Julie: That we found strange.

Eli: Initially, we thought that he was asking for your help, but turns out that he was saying you were the one that needed help.

Marlena: Oh. Well…

[Chuckles] He’s clearly confused. Poor man is having a very hard time communicating.

Julie: Yes, yes. I’m sure that’s it, and I’m just praying that you can put him at ease.

Marlena: Well, you know I’ll do whatever I can. Oh, something else?

Julie: I thought I’d go with you.

Marlena: Oh. You know what? I think it’s best if I see him alone.

Julie: Of course. Again, thank you for being such a great friend.

Marlena: Yeah.

Julie: Thank god she’s here.

[Sighs]

[Eerie music] =

John: “Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil. For thou art with me.”

Doug: [Grunting]

John: “Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies. Thou anointest my head with oil. My cup runneth over. Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the lord forever.”

Doug: [Grunts] Marlena.

Demon marlena: Doug, seems like you’ve been a little bit of a tattletale. I think we’ll just have to do something about that.

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[Dramatic music]

Rafe: What the hell are you doing here?

Ej: You have something of mine. And I want it back.

Xander: You said you were gonna tell jack the truth.

Gwen: I know, I was. I was. I was gonna say all of it, but then, xander, I imagined what his reaion would be if I told him, and I completely lost my nerve. So I had to think fast, and I used your idea. He was completely understanding.

Xander: I told you it was a good story.

Gwen: I wouldn’t go as far as to say that, but at least I’m still on good terms with him.

Xander: And you told him that you–I was just covering for you when I said all that about him working with snyder, so I’m back on good terms with him too. So now we both know where we stand with jack. Question is, where do we stand with each other?

Gwen: What do you mean? We’re friends, right?

Xander: I guess. Is that all we are?

Victor: So we have a deal? Don’t just stand there. We agreed you were going to try to take chloe away from philip.

Chloe: Well, you know, I’d like the answer to that question myself.

Brady: Look chloe, it’s not what it sounded like.

Victor: What do you mean? It’s exactly what it sounds like.

Ava: Hi. Come on in.

Philip: I was surprised to get your text. What’s up?

Ava: Well, I thought you’d like to know in advance that gabi hernandez dimera is plotting against you.

Philip: Plotting against me how?

Ava: Well, she and the new corporate spy– they’re planning to oust you from titan and take over themselves.

Philip: I thought the lady did protest too much.

Jake: Abigail, hi.

Abigail: Hi.

Gabi: I didn’t know you were back in town.

Abigail: Yeah, I got back this morning, but what are you guys doing here? Chad told me you moved out.

Gabi: Oh, you’ll be the first to hear the good news. We’re moving back in.

Chad: Over my dead body.

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

[Soft orchestration]

 

Rafe: Something that belongs to you. Oh, if you’re talking about sami, I haven’t spoken to her since she left.

Ej: Neither have I. Nor do I care.

Rafe: Right.

Ej: I’m talking about the million dollars you seized from the bonnie lockhart case. It’s mine, and I want it back.

Rafe: It’s yours? That’s funny, ’cause bonnie said she stole it from xander cook, and xander cook said she stole it from him. Your name never came up.

Ej: It was money xander agreed to pay me for legal services I rendered.

Rafe: Really? For legal fees? Wow, that’s a hell of an hourly rate. See xander, you shoulda called that guy who advertises during the cubs games.

Ej: Wasn’t easy getting the charges dropped.

Rafe: Oh, I’ll bet, yeah. Sounds like you probably had to bribe a judge, and that definitely would jack up legal fees.

Ej: I don’t appreciate the insinuation.

Rafe: I don’t appreciate you being a crook. I hate to break it to you, counselor, but you’re not the only one with eyes on that money.

Ej: Cook owes that money to me.

Rafe: I wasn’t talking about cook. You see, the da expressed concerns about the provenance of that money, so until the lockhart case is resolved, which isn’t gonna be any time soon, you’re not getting that money back.

Gwen: You know, xander, maybe I’ve misjudged you here, but you don’t really strike me as the kind of bloke who wants to talk about the nature of our relationship.

Xander: Your father wanted to know my intentions were towards you.

Gwen: Your intentions? And what, is this jane austen? Do tell, mr. Cook. Tell me, were your intentions honorable? Did you say that you would protect my virtue?

Xander: No, I didn’t tell him anything ’cause you interrupted before I had to give him an answer.

Gwen: Sorry my father went all victorian on you.

Xander: No, I understood. He’s just worried about you. Doesn’t want you to get hurt again.

Gwen: I know.

Xander: He’s very protective of you.

Gwen: Yeah, I know. It’s something I’m not really used to, like I’m not really used to a man so much as lifting a finger for me. But you’ve done so much more than that for me, with the body-moving, and the rap-taking, and losing your job and a million dollars to ej dimera, all just so my father wouldn’t find out about this bloody mess I’ve got myself into with snyder.

Xander: It was pretty noble of me. Who knows where that came from?

Gwen: Right. I’m obviously grateful. I’m so grateful to you, I am. For everything that you’ve done.

Xander: Gratitude. It’s so nice. So circling back to where we started, about you and me. How do you feel?

Gabi: Chad, you’re not being very welcoming.

Chad: You’re not welcome here. We just got rid of the two of you; we don’t want you back.

Gabi: Oh, do I need to remind you it doesn’t matter what you want because I inherited this house from stefan. It’s mine, so I’d only let you stay here out of the kindness of my heart.

Chad: I’m sorry, what heart?

Abigail: Chad.

Gabi: Oh, no, no, he’s right. I am the villain of the piece, the merciless landlady that’s telling you to pack your crap and get out now.

Ej: The da expressed concern. Bull. You’re just holding my money hostage because you don’t like me.

Rafe: Well, first of all, dislike is such a tepid word for how I feel about you. But second, and more importantly, that money is evidence. That’s why the da’s holding it, and that’s why you’re not getting it back. Now, of course, you could talk to trask directly, but, well, she doesn’t like you any more than I do.

Ej: So it’s not personal, except that it is.

Rafe: Well sometimes, happily, you can have both. You know what strikes me as odd, though, is why you’re hung up on it. What’s a million bucks to a guy like you?

Ej: It’s a matter of principle.

Rafe: Principle, yes. You talking about principle is like sami talking about restraint.

Ej: Talking about samantha? She’s a cheater.

Rafe: I’m well aware.

Ej: She used my money to pay xander to expose another cheater, and I can’t let that stand.

Rafe: Oh, so nicole was right. But listen, if you want revenge, you’re gonna have to figure out another way to do it. There’s nothing more I can do for you. Now, if you’ll excuse me. I’ve got work to do.

[Tense music]

 

Gwen: How do I feel? No one’s asked me that since the nun standing over my bed after I woke up from my tonsillectomy. I was 11.

Xander: Well, I’m asking you now.

Gwen: Why do you care about how I feel?

Xander: Well, I think I need to know in order to answer your father’s question.

Gwen: Right, well let’s look at our history, shall we, xander? I jumped into bed with you so that I could forget how I feel.

Xander: Right.

Gwen: Yeah. Actually, I’ve been doing that for as long as I can remember. Not jumping into bed with men I don’t care about or know– that came later– but trying to forget about how I feel. I used to read a lot as a girl. Dickens. Dickens is really good to help you forget. And then, hello 13, and… then I discovered alcohol, sex. Didn’t do drugs, though, even though I knew it would do the trick, because mum did drugs, and she’d just forget I ever existed. Anyway, I learned early on to forget how I feel about life in order to survive it.

Xander: Well, I can relate. So men, sex is just another amnesiac. Ever serious about any of them?

Gwen: Jake was my longest relationship. I can see now very clearly that that was dysfunctional right from the get-go.

Xander: He’s certainly not a big loss.

Gwen: Being replaced by gabi, though, let me tell you. That was bloody fun. I had a front-row seat to his mating dance with her. Yeah, he would just bonk me on the pool table whenever he’d like, where she got wooed.

Xander: Ah, she just got wooed because she got money.

Gwen: Yes, sadly no. See, in jake’s eyes, she was the chosen one, and I was just yesterday’s mash. Story of my life. I have carefully cultivated a heart of stone. Bloody hell, listen to me. I sound like a hard-boiled wench, don’t I?

Xander: Well, if you do, that makes two of us.

[Tender music]

 

Victor: Since you have once again insinuated yourself into the center of this family, brady and I were discussing how best to handle you.

Brady: No, no, we weren’T. You were.

Victor: Well, you came to me. He says to me that you’re clouding philip’s judgment. And I say that since he’s chasing after you, he has no judgment.

Chloe: Hmm, really. But I’m good enough for brady?

Victor: Well, unfortunately, kristen has set the bar for “good enough for brady” so low that even you can crawl over it.

[Tense music]

 

Philip: How do you know gabi and jake are plotting against me?

Ava: I overheard them. Sorry I didn’t get more specifics.

Philip: I think I can figure them out. So you called me over here to tell me this out of the goodness of your heart?

Ava: Well, gabi has been doing everything she can to cause trouble for me and rafe, so just thought I’d return the favor.

Philip: I see. Well, thanks for the heads-up, but if that’s all, I–

Ava: Actually, the information that I gave you– it comes with one small string attached.

Philip: Why am I not surprised?

Chad: Why are you doing this now?

Gabi: Oh, great question. See, I wanted you out the minute you took jake’s job at dimera, but he didn’t wanna live here. I get it. Creepy house full of creeps. But now we figured out that it’s the right time to make the right move.

Jake: On a number of fronts.

Chad: What’s that supposed to mean?

Jake: We’ll see.

Gabi: Did you really think we were gonna let you live here indefinitely?

Chad: Well, I’ve had more pressing matters on my mind.

Abigail: Okay, look, gabi, I know we’re not close, okay, but you’re a mother. Charlotte and thomas have already been through so much. I mean, if you wanna punish chad and me, that’s one thing. But my kids live here. This is where they feel safe. They’re upstairs, getting ready for dinner. Do you seriously wanna just throw us all out on the street?

Gabi: Who said anything about you leaving? No, you and the kids are more than welcome to stay. Not you. Not ever.

[Dramatic percussion music]

To be a thriver

Xander: I couldn’t tell you how many women I’ve slept with, but I can tell you exactly how many I’ve been in love with. One.

Gwen: Sarah.

Xander: That’s right. For me, it was the real thing. I never felt like that my whole life. And I was so sure she felt the same way. But in the end, she felt she belonged with someone else, someone more… suitable.

Gwen: With a cheating, fickle doctor just like herself. Oh, I’m so sorry. I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to speak ill of the sainted sarah.

Xander: Liar.

Gwen: You’re bloody right I’m lying. I could say a lot worse about her. I’ll tell you about the things I’d like to see happen to her.

Xander: Well, I’m just very touched that you hate her so much on my behalf.

Gwen: It’s just, I see how hurt you are by her still.

[Tender music]

That is why it’s best just not to talk about feelings. In fact, it’s better to just simply not have any feelings at all. And to that end, I think that we should– perhaps we should part ways before things start to get potentially messy between us.

Xander: Maybe that would be safest. In the end, maybe that would be the smartest thing.

Gwen: Mm, yeah, maybe. Maybe I should just go right now.

Xander: Maybe you should.

Gwen: Problem is, I really don’t want to.

 

Chloe: Oh, victor. Now that you’ve given brady and me your blessing, can I call you grandpa kiriakis? You know, I’ll never understand all the horrible things that kristen did, but plunging a knife into that man’s chest, I think I can understand.

Brady: I never said he was… woke.

Chloe: Not woke? He’s not human.

Brady: Look, I know it’s useless trying to apologize for him, but you need to know, you need to believe me that everything he was talking about, that was him. Did not come from me.

Chloe: Really? So that just came out of the blue, that you’re supposed to win me away from philip? You came here to talk to him about something. What?

Brady: I told him I thought philip was losing focus.

Chloe: Because of me?

Brady: Chloe, titan is my legacy. I thought it was my duty to let him know. I just thought my grandfather needed to–

Chloe: Needed to what? To fire him? Your defense in all of this is that you weren’t plotting to steal philip’s girlfriend, just steal his job, right? Brady, how is that any better?

Philip: Look, I appreciate the heads-up. But I didn’t ask for it. And I don’t appreciate there being strings attached after the fact.

Ava: I am just asking you to keep me in mind if a job opens up at titan.

Philip: I thought you wanted to be top chef at julie’s place.

Ava: Not anymore.

Philip: What happened? She turn you down?

Ava: No. I called to check on my résumé, and I got the old man, who not only blew me off, he started cursing at me.

Philip: Doug swore at you. Wow. What’s gotten into him?

Ava: I don’t know, and I don’t care, but I don’t wanna work for crazy people.

Philip: Well, that rules out titan.

Ava: Hmm, I have limited options.

Philip: And skills. I mean, were you looking for a job in accounting? Collections? Money laundering and bone breaking aren’t words in hr’s database.

Ava: You’re the ceo, philip. I’m sure you can think of something.

Philip: But how would I explain that to my father? That I hired the woman who blackmailed me and nearly got me killed by the mob.

Ava: Oh, you still answer to that old man? I thought you were in charge. Philip, I know you’re gonna have some job openings because you’re gonna have to fire gabi and jake. Don’t you want someone with my fashion sense? I mean considering that you got none.

Philip: I can’t fire gabi unless I wanna lose gabi chic, and it’s a very profitable division.

Ava: So you’re gonna just sit there with a traitor in your midst and let her and her boyfriend plot to destroy you?

Philip: If it’s true, and I’ll find out if it is, they won’t get away with it.

Ava: Hey. Rafe, honey, you’re home early.

Philip: Hello, rafe.

Rafe: Hey, ava. Philip, wasn’t expecting to see you here in my home. To what do we owe the pleasure?

Abigail: So the kids and i can stay, but chad’s gotta go?

Gabi: I don’t blame you for chad and his brother shafting us.

Jake: And abigail, you know you’re my friend and I’d never kick you out.

Abigail: But you were willing to kick my husband out on his ass?

Jake: For what it’s worth, he’s not much of a husband.

Gabi: You left the state because you wanted to get away from him. You only came back because he begged you to. You’re sleeping in different bedrooms on opposite sides of the house. Now you’re just gonna be sleeping in different bedrooms on opposite sides of the town. It’s the distance that your heart desires.

Abigail: Where did you get that from?

Gabi: Well, the walls have ears; you know that.

Chad: Harold!

Gabi: Oh, no, don’t diss harold. He doesn’t work for you anymore. So chad, what is it going to be? Are you gonna uproot your hungry children and your fragile wife? Or are you just gonna tuck your tail between your legs and go? Because one way or another, you are going.

Chad: Fine.

Abigail: Chad, wait.

Chad: Oh, no, that’s fine. I’m not gonna cause a scene in front of our children. I’ll go. But I’ll be back.

Gabi: We’ll see about that. Did you know that your toughest cleaning problems

Philip: I’ll let ava explain. I’m running late. Ava, we’ll talk.

Rafe: Hmm. So what was that all about?

Ava: Oh, I was actually asking philip for a job at titan.

Rafe: Oh, I see. I’m sorry, so I walked in on a job interview in my kitchen and not at his office?

Ava: Oh, yeah. He said he was in the area, so he said he’d just come on by.

Rafe: Uh-huh. You know, I still don’t get it, though. Why would philip ever wanna hire you, given your history with him?

Ava: You know. I guess I understand why you’d wonder that, right?

Rafe: Yeah.

Ava: I did blackmail him and force him to launder some money.

Rafe: Yeah, you did it. I know all that. But you’re not answering my question. Why would he ever wanna work with you?

Brady: I’m not trying to get philip fired for any reason other than he’s putting titan at risk, chloe. Gabi and jake– they came to me yesterday. They were genuinely concerned about his erratic behavior and his lack of focus on the job.

Chloe: So you ran right to victor, just like they wanted you to. It didn’t occur to you for one minute that they have ulterior motives?

Brady: Of course it did. I know that gabi and jake want more power at titan, but that doesn’t make it wrong. Just to be clear, I don’t want philip’s job. I’m happy where I am. I love my job. And to be even clearer, I don’t even want philip fired. I just thought my granddad needed to–

Chloe: What? Tell philip to stop obsessing over me and just get back to work?

Brady: I never thought that he would suggest–

Chloe: What? Try to steal me away from philip?

Brady: Yeah.

Chloe: Well, I guess, you know, one good thing came out of this. Compared to kristen, victor thinks that I’m the lesser of two evils.

Gwen: That was fun.

Xander: Still no feelings, huh?

Gwen: Some.

Xander: Oh, I’m sorry. I hate to complicate good sex.

Gwen: It’s too late.

Xander: Maybe it is. You know, back when jack thought I turned you into a drug mule, we had a convenient excuse to keep things superficial, but now…

Gwen: Now there’s nothing in the way of us getting together.

Xander: No. Except for the fact that I could get shot back in prison any moment.

Abigail: Oh, I hate this.

Gabi: You’re more than welcome to leave if you want to.

Abigail: Chad?

Chad: No, no, no. I’m not gonna do that to the kids. It’s fine. They’ll be okay.

Ej: What the hell’s going on here?

Jake: We’re back.

Ej: I can see that.

Gabi: Oh, and we just kicked your brother out the house. Oh, and you’re next.

Ej: Oh, this is going to be so much more fun than I first thought.

Gabi: Yeah, well go have your fun somewhere else, because this is my house, and I want you out.

Ej: And I’m telling you, what you want doesn’t matter… because I now own this house.

[Dramatic electronic music]

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Brady: I guess the real question is, are you gonna tell philip about this?

Chloe: No, he would go justifiably nuts.

Brady: Wouldn’t be a long trip.

Chloe: Gosh, you’re funny.

Brady: Sorry.

Chloe: You know what? I’m gonna tell you something that’s none of your business.

Brady: Okay.

Chloe: But earlier today, this afternoon, philip took me to the riverbank, the one that we always went to in high school, where we carved our initials onto that tree.

Brady: That’s adorable. He took you to the stump of the tree that he chopped down in a jealous rage. Nice.

Chloe: No. We planted a new tree. A sapling. And one day, when that tree is big enough, we will carve our initials into that. And you know it takes many, many, many years for a tree to grow. So what I’m saying is that he and I are in it for the long haul.

Brady: It’s not the first time you’ve said that, chloe.

Chloe: Okay, I didn’t tell you that to tell you to back off, but maybe you should back off. The way that you treat philip and you talk about him to me is with contempt. And yeah, he’s like every other single human being on the planet– he’s not perfect– but news flash, brady: Neither are you. The difference is, he’s at least trying to change. He’s not being condescending or arrogant or complacent, like you.

Brady: I never said I was perfect, okay?

Chloe: Not perfect? You’re turning into victor.

Brady: Chloe, the thing that bugs me about philip is, when he’s around you, he just gets crazy. He’s like, you’re desdemona to his othello.

Chloe: Will you stop pretending like you were actually awake in school?

Philip: Hey, brady. What are you doing here?

Ava: Why would philip hire me? That’s a good question. Like I said, but you know what? Maybe philip actually believes that I have changed, and he wants to give me a chance.

Rafe: Doesn’t sound like philip to me.

Ava: Well, maybe philip’s changed. Hey, speaking of change, I was gonna call you before philip came over to let you know what’s going on with jake and gabi.

Rafe: Okay.

Ava: You remember how they were staying here temporarily?

Rafe: Mm-hmm.

Ava: Mm-hmm. Well, temporarily is over. They’re gone.

Chad: What is that?

Ej: The deed to this house.

Chad: How did you manage that?

Gabi: Let me see that.

Ej: The situation didn’t sit right with me the moment I got back to salem. The widow dimera owning the family home? She was married to stefan for a nanosecond.

Gabi: Because he was killed.

Ej: Making her even more of an interloper than the happily departed stefan.

Gabi: Would you stop saying his name? Okay, this is– this can’t be legal. The bank never notified me.

Ej: Two can play at stefan’s game. Oh, sorry. I’ll never use his name again. There won’t be any need to.

Chad: Did you buy the bank?

Ej: We can discuss those details later. The point is, the mansion is now mine, and I decide who stays and who goes. Abigail, would you mind helping chad unpack the bag? And you two can get the hell out. I’ve got moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.

Brady: I was just visiting my grandfather. You don’t have a problem with that, do you?

Philip: Of course not. Why would I? I actually hope you make a habit of it. He’s been kinda down since maggie’s been gone.

Brady: Yeah, well, I don’t think I’m the one to cheer him up, though. He told me he had a party here, and obviously didn’t invite me. He told me it’s because I’m now working for the enemy.

Philip: I don’t need to explain him to you. He’s never going to admit he’s wrong, that you had every reason to leave, but he misses you, and he loves you. And I’m sure he’d love for you to stay for dinner. You free?

[Pensive music]

 

Gabi: I am calling my lawyer.

Ej: Fine, but you’ll have to leave first. You are trespassing.

Gabi: Seriously, abigail? Come one, I was nice to you.

Abigail: Yeah, and then you tried to throw my husband out on his ass.

Gabi: Oh, you don’t want him anyway.

Chad: How about I throw you out on your ass?

Jake: You know what, gabi? They’re not worth it. Let’s go.

[Tense music]

 

Ej: Be sure and give your brother my best. And no hard feelings, I hope. I was right. That was fun.

[Laughs]

Rafe: So you got in another fight with gabi, huh? She moved out? Again? She say where she was going?

Ava: Nope, she did not. She did not leave a forwarding address.

Rafe: Huh. Do I smell tacos?

Ava: Tamales.

Rafe: Tamales?

Ava: Mm, yes. Gabi was in the middle of steaming them when she left. Said she was tired of my italian cooking, so… you hungry?

Rafe: Starving. Oh, man. I have to deal with this.

Ava: No, like leaving? When you gonna be back?

Rafe: Oh, I don’t know. Could take a while. Yeah, go ahead. Eat without me. Sorry.

[Uneasy music]

 

Gwen: I know that ej was trying to get those charges against you reinstated, but xander, you haven’t done anything wrong. And I can get my father to swear to that, and so will I.

Xander: No, gwen. I’m not having you get on the stand to lie about being a prostitute in philly.

Gwen: I am not letting you go to prison. Anyway, ej already got the judge to drop the charges. Yeah, how can they just dredge that up again? Isn’t that like double jeopardy or something?

Xander: Maybe.

Gwen: And if ej was going to do it, don’t you think he would have done it by now?

Xander: I don’t know. He did call the judge yesterday, so I guess it’s possible I could have changed his mind.

Gwen: How?

Xander: I beat him up a bit.

Gwen: So ej gave you that split lip, did he?

Xander: Yeah, but you know. I got the better of him.

Gwen: You know, I think instead of changing his mind, you probably pissed him off even more.

Xander: Oh, and you find that funny. That’s great.

Gwen: Well, I know what kind of person you are. You don’t really beg for mercy. You swing first, and you think later.

Xander: That sounds like someone else I know.

Gwen: At least ej didn’t put you out of service. Does it still hurt?

Xander: Yeah. But not as badly as my poor hip.

[Soft music]

 

Gwen: I think that maybe I should kiss it and make it better.

Pool floaties are like whooping cough.

Philip: So will you stay?

Brady: Sure. I’m a little surprised you want me to.

Philip: Well, to be honest, I found out today I was out of line with you. I now know that you didn’t put the keylogger on my laptop.

Brady: Really? How’d you find out?

Philip: I found out who actually did. Anyway, I owe you an apology. Sorry.

Brady: It’s forgotten.

Philip: Glad to hear it. Well, I’m gonna go tell henderson to set another plate and then tell father the prodigal son is staying for dinner.

Chloe: See, I told you you were wrong about him.

Brady: Yeah, we’ll see.

Jake: Whoa, deja esos tamales. That means get your mitts off gabi’s tamales.

Ava: What are you two doing here?

Gabi: Oh, well, we decided we’re not moving out after all.

Ava: How long you here for?

Gabi: For good.

Jake: You see this working out well, gabi?

Gabi: Nope, I don’T. Oh, thank you. So it’s a third for you, third for me, and a third for when rafe gets home. Oh, um… okay.

Abigail: Ej, thank you.

Chad: Yeah, and thanks for doing it all behind my back.

Abigail: Chad…

Chad: What? No, I mean, did you think that I wouldn’t be interested in what you’re up to, or you didn’t think I could keep a secret.

Ej: Neither. I thought you had a lot on your mind and it was something I could do to take care of the family.

Chad: Yeah, but now you own the family house, right?

Ej: Isn’t it better than being beholden to gabi?

Chad: I’m sorry. Are you implying that I’m now beholden to you?

Abigail: All right, all right, all right. Why don’t we just not pick a fight tonight, please? Why don’t you go upstairs, put your things away, and bring the kids back down for dinner?

Chad: Okay.

Abigail: Okay.

Chad: Ej, thank you.

Abigail: You did kinda spring it on him.

Ej: We’ll work it out. We always do.

Abigail: Well, I am very grateful that I don’t have to uproot the kids, so did you wanna join us for dinner?

Ej: Actually, I’ll take a tray in my room. I’m waiting on a call.

Abigail: Is everything okay?

Ej: Let’s just say, if someone tries to take something that belongs to me, they usually end up regretting it.

Abigail: And I’m assuming that someone would be gabi.

Ej: Let’s just say, there’s more fun to be had.

[Sinister music]

 

Abigail: Okay.

Gwen: Now, I think that room service is probably the greatest achievement of western civilization.

Xander: I haven’t used it in days. Every time there’s a knock at the door, I jump, thinking it’s the bloody cops.

Gwen: Look, if ej called the judge yesterday and nothing’s happened, then I don’t think anything’s gonna happen.

Xander: Yeah. Maybe he’s not as powerful as he thinks he is.

Gwen: Yeah. It’s about time you and I had some good luck for a change, don’t you think?

[Knock at door] Now that’s prompt service.

Xander: Good, ’cause I am starving. What do you want?

Rafe: Police business. Charges against you have been reinstated.

Gwen: What?

Rafe: Xander cook, you are under arrest. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford one, one will be appointed to you.

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Gabi: Okay, do your thing.

Jake: Something smells good.

Gabi: Oh, tamales. I have one batch in here. Try this.

Jake: Ooh. That is good!

Gabi: That’s my mom’s recipe.

Jake: Mmm! Is that why you came home early?

Gabi: You know, I am sick and tired of ava’s italian food. Tonight, we’re gonna have a fiesta mexicana.

Jake: Oh, okay. Well, it’s gonna be a real celebration because I just got some good news.

Gabi: I love good news.

Jake: Well, while we’re sitting here tasting tamales, somebody is paying a visit to his grandfather.

Brady: So why were there four big black sedans peeling out of the driveway like they were in some stock car race or something?

Victor: I had a few of my boys over for a celebratory luncheon.

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Victoell, I figured you were spending all your lunch time with ej dimera these days.

Brady: [Imitating ej] How dare you say that to me?

[In normal voice] What are you guys celebrating?

Victor: What do you think? Bonnie lockhart out of this house and into the slammer where she belongs. One down, one to go.

Brady: Chloe?

Victor: Chloe.

Brady: Grandad, you’re gonna have a harder time than you think getting rid of her.

Victor: And how do you know that? Is she confiding in you now that you’re both working for the enemy?

Philip: Knock knock.

Chloe: Hey, if you came to check up on me, brady’s not here.

Philip: Do I look like I came to check up on you?

Chloe: Well, at this point, it’s kind of a foregone conclusion.

Philip: Okay. I know I’ve had brady on the brain, but I’m not here to see if he’s around.

Chloe: Mm, right.

Philip: It’s true. I’m here to take you away from all of this.

Xander: Oh, come on. Come on, justin. Don’t give me that. You’re bonnie’s lawyer. Just make her sign something that says that the million that she stole belonged to me. Well, then talk the D.A into giving it back to its rightful owner. What do you mean I’ll have to wait? Justin, I am flat broke and living on credit. If I don’t get that money soon, the cops are gonna come bang–

[Knock at door] On the door.

Abigail: Hello, gwen.

Gwen: Abigail? Nobody told me that you were back.

Abigail: No one knows. Well, I mean, you do now.

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

[Soft orchestration]

 

Gwen: So… when did you get in?

Abigail: This morning.

Gwen: If you’re looking for jack, he’s not here. Abigail: Actually, I came to talk to you.

[Knock at door]

Jack: Xander? It’s jack. Are you in there?

[Phone beeps]

Xander: Jack. Sorry, I thought you were the front desk. I’m a bit behind on the rent this month.

Jack: You’re looking pretty stiff.

Xander: Never could fool you.

Jack: Don’t tell me the inn started sending hired muscle to collect.

Xander: No, I just fell off my skateboard. I’m surprised to see you.

Jack: I’ve come to say I’m sorry.

Gabi: Do you think brady’s gone to see victor to get him to dump phillip?

Jake: We can only hope.

Gabi: How do you know where brady is? You’re having him followed?

Jake: Let’s just say I’m keeping tabs on the situation.

Gabi: How?

Jake: You don’t need to know.

Gabi: What am I, the little woman?

Jake: Well, you are a woman who has a reputation for causing trouble. So, let’s just say I’m looking out for you.

Gabi: All right, I guess I get that. Just have to fantasize about victor getting an earful about phillip’s failings.

Jake: He will.

Gabi: Can you believe brady and philip are fighting over chloe? It’s only a matter of time before phillip is out and you and i are running titan industries.

Jake: Hmm.

>>Ava: Ugh! Do you have to do that in the kitchen? Get a room, why don’t you? I’ve got moderate to severe plaque psoriasis.

Gabi: Get a room? This is my house. I can kiss jake anywhere I want.

>>Ava: There is a little thing called common courtesy.

Gabi: Oh, where did you learn courtesy? Was it from cousin angelo or some other mob relative?

>>Ava: I live here too.

Gabi: Until rafe gets wise enough to kick you to the curb.

>>Ava: Rafe isn’t gonna kick me anywhere, no matter how much you have tried to change his mind. You see, I can offer him something that you, little sister, never can.

Brady: My company is run by dimera enterprises.

Victor: Yeah, don’t remind me.

Brady: But nicole and i run basic black as we see fit.

Victor: And you saw fit to hire xander?

Brady: No.

Victor: Listen, I know you’re crazy about the guy, nicole too. But whose choice was he? His lawyer maybe, ej dimera?

Brady: Okay, okay. Look, I didn’t come here to talk about my business decisions with you.

Victor: No, just remember there’s always a place for you at titan.

Brady: Thank you for that. I appreciate that.

Victor: That place won’t be in the ceo’s office. That’s taken up by your uncle phillip. And I must say he’s doing an excellent job.

Brady: Well, philip and the excellent job he’s doing is precisely why I’m here.

Chloe: Well, the last thing I expected when I saw you in the doorway of my office was for you to whisk me off for a romantic picnic.

Philip: Then I haven’t been doing things right, but that’s gonna change.

Chloe: Oh.

Philip: Do you remember this place?

Chloe: Of course, I do. We used to come here all the time in high school. I remember how cute you looked when you were driving your little car. I remember screaming about how much I loved being a kid. And I loved having my first boyfriend especially someone like you. Yeah. Gosh, I remember feeling so happy and so free, you know.

Philip: Me too. And we pulled up over here.

Chloe: Oh, and you remember we carved our initials into that tree.

Philip: Not an original thought.

Chloe: But a wonderful thought.

Philip: It was right over there.

Chloe: Yeah. That’s where it used to be. And then you chopped it down.

Gwen: I don’t know why you’d want to come and see me.

Abigail: I have something that I’d like to say. I still feel very responsible for the fact that you lost your baby.

Gwen: All right, I’m listening.

Abigail: I just have had a lot of time to think over the course of the last few months. And you pushed me to my limit. You did. But I’m not proud of the way that I reacted.

Gwen: How so?

Abigail: You know, when you came and you told me that you had slept with chad, I was obviously very hurt and very angry. And so, I pushed chad away and I became someone that I didn’t know, or even really like very much, you know? And then you told me that you were pregnant and I hit rock bottom. The only thing I could think about was the fact that I did not want you to have that baby.

Gwen: I remember. You were ready to tie me up and deliver me to the abortion clinic.

Abigail: I didn’t see your baby as a person then. I just saw her as a symbol of all of the things that chad had done to me. So, on the day that you fell, you know, you came into the bedroom and you’re looking for him. And all that I could see was just a lifetime of you and your baby taking him away from me and my kids. So, I followed you to the top of the stairs because in that moment, stopping you from finding him was all that mattered. And I didn’t care what happened to you and your baby. And I’m really ashamed of feeling that way. Your baby was a human being. It was a child that you wanted to have, that you are likely still grieving for. And regardless of our history… you deserved a chance to be her mother. You did not deserve to suffer all of the pain. And so, I came here today to tell you, mother to mother, I am so deeply sorry.

[Crying]

Xander: You’re saying sorry to me?

Jack: Gwen told me the truth.

Xander: Did she?

Jack: She said that the story that you gave me about you pressuring her to deliver drugs was something that you made up to cover for her. Well, that’s one of the most honorable self-sacrificing things that I have ever encountered.

Xander: Oh, come on, jack, dial it down.

Jack: That’s just the truth. I am ashamed of the vicious things I said to you. I’m sorry about the op-ed piece that I wrote. The spectator will print a retraction–

Xander: No, just stop. You gotta stop beating yourself up. I can be very convincing when I wanna be.

Jack: I hope you can forgive me.

Xander: Forgive you? You’re my mate. And you should know getting tossed out of people’s houses, that has happened to me before. I just knew what you mean to gwen; I really wanted her to stay in your good graces. I was afraid that, you know, if you knew the truth, about what she did, you’d never able to get past it.

Jack: Gwen told me everything.

Xander: Really?

Jack: And I told her, I understand. Pool floaties are like whooping cough.

>>Ava: You went out of your way to make me suspicious and jealous of rafe and nicole, and then you didn’t stop there. Rafe told me that you purposely steered nicole in his direction.

Gabi: If you and my brother are as devoted as you claim to be, nothing I said should have mattered.

>>Ava: Did you not get this out of your system in high school? I mean, what is it with you? What do you have against me?

Gabi: For one thing, I know how you treat people like steve and kayla.

>>Ava: I am not that woman anymore.

Gabi: You know, my brother is one of the most decent people on this planet. He can do way better than you.

>>Ava: And you can do so much better than being with a woman who tries to give julie williams a heart attack by messing with her pacemaker and conned your brother, chad, into making him believe his wife should be in a–

Gabi: You know what– you did your homework, didn’t you?

Jake: I know all about gabi. She’s not that woman anymore either.

>>Ava: Oh, okay. Well, if you’re so forgiving then, how come you ended things with kate? At least she had some class.

Victor: You wanna talk to me about philip?

Brady: Look, I know better than to try to tell you how to run your business. But you should know that phillip’s focus is not on titan anymore.

Victor: Oh, what’s it on?

Brady: Me. Actually, he can’t stand the fact that chloe and I are working together and it’s driving him nuts. He’s obsessed.

Victor: Obsessed how?

Brady: I’ll give you the most recent example. Chloe and I, we had a meeting in new york. We were on our way. Corporate jet had engine trouble and we had to make a forced landing.

Victor: The dimeras can’t even maintain their own jet?

Brady: We had to spend the night in wilkes-barre. When philip found out, he got so jealous that he commandeered the titan jet, tracked us down in the middle of nowhere.

Victor: Well, he was worried about you. You are still family.

Brady: Grandad, he doesn’t care about me. He wanted to catch chloe and me in the sack.

Victor: Are you and that tramp still–

Brady: No, but philip is convinced that there’s something going on between us. Grandad, you know his history; you know he gets jealous and he gets crazy with all of that.

Victor: Over chloe lane?

Brady: You didn’t see that coming?

Victor: All I know I should never let him move that tramp into this house.

Brady: Well, all he is thinking about right now is chloe and it’s only a matter of time before that affects the business. He’s spending more time in my office than his own.

Victor: That’s a situation that’s about to change.

Philip: I saw you with brady. I heard you two talking about how you slept together. I had to face that things were over for you and me. So, I grabbed an ax, I went to our tree and I chopped it down. Can you believe I did that? I wasn’t even thinking. I was just seeing you and brady in bed together.

Chloe: Well, I kind of feel like you still feel that way.

Philip: Yeah. I made an ass of myself in pennsylvania. You must have felt like it was history repeating itself.

>>Chole: You know, I was kind of surprised why you’d even invite me here today, you know?

Philip: I did that because of the history. Which is almost ancient history.

Chloe: Well, we’re not that old yet.

>>Philp: I’m still young enough to change my ways, chloe. I can fix my old mistakes.

Chloe: Oh, yeah? How are you gonna do that?

Xander: You know the truth about gwen and you have no problem with it? Jack, I have to say that is very big of you.

Jack: No matter what gwen’s done, she’s still my daughter. And since she’s been living with me, I’ve come to understand her and love her. You really thought that I’d judge her for something in the past?

Xander: Well, you say you love gwen, I believe you, but abigail’s been your daughter her whole life. You must love her more. And now that you know what gwen did–

Jack: I don’t understand. What does abigail have to do with gwen being a prostitute?

Gwen: Thank you for your apology, abigail.

Abigail: Of course.

Gwen: I actually have to apologize to you about something as well.

[Sighs] I was so furious when I lost the baby. I blamed you for my miscarriage. I understand now, though, you did not consciously try to hurt me or the baby. Which is why I have to tell you something that you don’t know. And I think when you hear what I have to say, you will realize that you don’t have a need to be sorry.

Get ready. It’s time for

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Xander: So, gwen told you she was a prostitute?

Jack: It was a long time ago, before she met jake. I hope you’ll keep that to yourself.

Gwen: Okay, if you don’t like my idea, what’s your clever idea then?

Xander: I’ve got it. Tell him you used to be a hooker. Tell jack that snyder was one of your clients. I can’t believe this.

Jack: I thought you knew. I thought that’s why you were covering for it because you were afraid that I might cut off my relationship with her if I found out.

Xander: Yeah. I mean, well, jack, it’s just that when she and I discussed it, she always used the term escort.

Jack: I don’t see what any of this has to do with abigail.

Xander: Well, you know, gwen’s always comparing herself to abigail or, you know, calling her the good daughter. And she was just so sure that if you found out the truth then gwen would always be, in your eyes, the bad daughter, so.

Jack: Oh, I see. For a minute there, I thought you were trying to tell me that abigail had been a prostitute too.

Xander: No, nothing like that.

Jack: But for the record, I’ve always made it a policy not to show favoritism to abigail or jj. And I’ve included gwen in that too. They’re all equal in my eyes.

Xander: I know you’re a loving father, jack, and the good news is now gwen knows it too.

Abigail: Why shouldn’t i be sorry?

Gwen: Well…

[Sighs] Because I spent weeks telling everybody that you pushed me down the stairs and you and i both know that that’s not true. I lost my balance and I fell. Jack knows that, I told him.

Abigail: And dad told chad and chad told me.

Gwen: Oh.

Abigail: I do appreciate you saying it though. It means a lot. And although I didn’t push you, I could have told you where chad was at and left it at that. Had I not followed you to the top of the stairs and grabbed your arm, you’d probably be nine months pregnant right now. But instead, we have to live with the consequences of that day for the rest of our lives.

Gwen: I know how much it’s taken for you to come here today, I do. I’m really sorry that you have to live with all that guilt. I know what a heavy burden guilt can be.

Gabi: I don’t have enough class for you, mafia princess?

>>Ava: Your brother knows my history and how hard I’ve worked to put it behind me for the sake of my son. And we’re stronger than ever.

Gabi: Really? When was it that I walked in on you accusing rafe of wanting to sleep with nicole? Was that– yeah, two, three days ago.

>>Ava: I’m a passionate person. I lost my temper. I lashed out, I shouldn’t have. But the important thing here, gabi, is that rafe understood. We worked everything out.

Gabi: Until the next time that you lash out, which you and I both know you will. It’s not like nicole moved to timbuktu.

>>Ava: You know, speaking of time, I mean, rafe did say that the two of you were only here temporarily. So, if you’ve got such a big problem with rafe and me being together, why don’t the two of you find someplace else to live?

Chloe: Oh, my. Oh, okay, let me guess. You are giving up corporate life to become a gardener?

Philip: Are you laughing at my symbolic gesture?

Chloe: And what exactly does it symbolize?

Philip: Me. Fixing the mistakes of my youth.

Chloe: With the tree? Okay, where exactly did you find that tree?

Philip: I got it at the garden center. It was in my trunk. I thought we could plant it today in the same spot as our old tree.

Chloe: Seriously, you want me to help you dig a hole in this dress?

Philip: Come on, give me a break.

Chloe: I’m sorry, I’m sorry.

Philip: I know I can’t erase the mistakes of the past, but I’m hoping that it can be the start of a new, better beginning for us.

Brady: What situation is about to change? Are you thinking about removing philip as ceo?

Victor: No, of course not. Problem is chloe lane as I always knew it would be. There’s only one way to get phillip’s head back into the business.

Brady: How would that be?

Victor: Remove chloe lane from the equation. Simple as that.

Brady: What do you mean, kick her out of here?

Victor: No, I won’t have to, not once you steal her away from philip.

 

Gabi: Did you hear that? The lady of the house would like us to move out.

Jake: I did hear that.

Gabi: You know what?

Jake: What?

Gabi: I’m pretty much over this bitch’s crap.

Jake: I can see that.

Gabi: You know what? All right, let’s start packing.

Jake: What, now?

Gabi: Yes, right now. We are leaving right now. Come on, let’s go. What, are you not gonna come?

Jake: Well, yeah. What about the tamales?

Brady: I thought I just heard you tell me to go after chloe?

Victor: Right. From what you say, phillip won’t give up on that tramp by himself. But if you go in, sweep her off her feet, he’ll have no choice other than to go back to work.

Brady: You seriously want me to make a play for chloe?

Victor: You’re repeating yourself.

Brady: It’s understandable, given the vitriol that you’ve been spewing about chloe over the past 20 years. I mean, you hate her.

Victor: Of course I do.

Brady: Yet you want me to go, what did you say, sweep her off her feet?

Victor: No, I don’t want it. But if you’re occupied with chloe, you’re not likely to make another stab at that mental case.

Brady: All right. This conversation is going in a place that I didn’t mean it to, all right?

Victor: You gotta learn to roll with the punches, boy. Now I want you to go out, find chloe and seduce her until she cracks.

Philip: I think this tree is going to be magnificent one day.

Chloe: I think so, too. Now, did you happen to bring any hand wipes or anything?

Philip: Come on, this is a major moment. Someday we can carve our initials into this tree.

Chloe: Yeah, if our arthritis isn’t too bad by then. Come on, do you know how many years it’s gonna take for this tree to be big enough for us to carve anything into it?

Philip: I know, I know. But that’s another reason I wanted to plant it. I wanted to show you how much faith I have in us. We’re gonna be together a long, long time.

Gwen: I know I’ve given you good reason to despise me. And I do know that you did not intentionally try to hurt me or my baby. Abigail, I sincerely hope that you and chad can just move past all of this.

Abigail: Thank you. And thank you for accepting my apology.

Gwen: Of course. It’d be rather awkward if I held a grudge now, wouldn’t it? Since you’re back, I’m sure we’ll be seeing a certain amount of one another, family gatherings and such.

Abigail: Yeah, yeah. Right, yeah. I’m just glad everything’s out in the open. I can’t stand letting things just fester.

Gwen: Yeah, of course. Absolutely.

Abigail: Well, I’ll be going.

Xander: I’m just so glad you get why I thought I had to cover for gwen. I really hated being on the outs with you, jack.

Jack: That’s over. I’m impressed that you didn’t hesitate when you thought I might turn my back on her, even though you must have known that would mean the end of the friendship between us.

Xander: Well, she would’ve lost her dad and that’s more important.

Jack: I really let you have it and you took it on the chin. Makes me wonder why you put up with all that for gwen’s sake.

Xander: Oh, you know, I got to know her a little bit when we lived under your roof.

Jack: I just have to say there seems to be something between you that’s a little bit more than casual friendship.

Xander: What are you getting at, jack?

Jack: As a protective father, I have to ask you, what are your intentions toward my daughter? Did you know faded, dingy, and rough fabrics

Xander: My intentions?

Jack: I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to say it that way. I just wondered, are you interested in gwen?

Xander: Well, I mean–

[Knock at door] It’s the front desk.

Gwen: Xander, are you here? My god, you look awful.

Xander: No, I’m fine. Come in.

Gwen: Hi. You’re limping. Why are you limping? Jack, I didn’t expect to see you here.

Jack: It’s all right. I came here to apologize to xander for the way I treated him and he was gracious enough to accept my apology.

Xander: Me, gracious, first time for that.

Gwen: I’m glad for you. I just–I wanted–

Jack: You know, I’m thinking I should be going.

Gwen: You don’t have to go, really you don’T.

Jack: No, I think I do.

Xander: I almost mucked up your whole life just then.

Gabi: You’re gonna spoil your dinner.

Jake: What dinner? You left the tamales when you stomped out. Here, you want one?

Gabi: No, thank you.

Jake: Gabi, it’s not the bakery’s fault that it’s occupying the space you wanted for your store.

Gabi: All right.

Jake: How very mature of you.

Gabi: Now, I’m not gonna get in your face about what you– whatever you use to track down brady. These are really good.

Jake: Right? So where do you figure we’re gonna get our next meal from? You know, since we’re homeless, I mean. Unless you getting in ava’s face, calling her bitch and us moving out was not just a knee jerk reaction, but part of a master plan.

Gabi: Well, I hate to disappoint, but knee jerk kinda sums it up. I have had it up to here with ms. Vitali. I’m sure we’ll think of something.

Jake: Well, can’t imagine we’re gonna find a place by tonight. So why don’t we take a room at the salem inn?

Gabi: No, are you kidding me? Like everybody in this town? If you wanna be rubbing shoulders with every misfit in salem, that’s you, but not me. Besides, I think I just got an idea.

Jake: Oh.

Gabi: How do you know where brady is? You’re having him followed?

Jake: I’ll just say I’m keeping tabs on the situation.

Gabi: How?

Jake: You don’t need to know.

Gabi: What am I, the little woman?

Jake: You are a woman, who has a reputation for stirring up trouble. So, let’s just say, I’m trying out for look for you.

Gabi: I guess I get that. I’ll just fantasize about victor getting an earful about phillip’s failings.

Jake: And he will.

Gabi: I just can’t believe brady and phillip are fighting over chloe. It’s only a matter of time before phillip is out and you and i are running titan industries.

Chloe: I cannot believe I ate that huge sandwich by myself.

Philip: You worked up an appetite doing manual labor. And you did it in heels no less.

Chloe: Yeah, well, these heels will be seeing the inside of a second-hand store at this point. But the sacrifice was worth it.

Philip: You really think so?

Chloe: I do.

Philip: I could take you to a shoe store on the way home. I will patiently wait until you find another pair.

Chloe: Really, you would do that for me?

Philip: I would do that for you. I would do anything for you, you know that.

[Phone beeps]

Chloe: Problem?

Philip: Maybe. Something I have to deal with now. Damn, you mind taking a rain check on those shoes?

Chloe: Yeah, no problem. Good thing we took separate cars. Thank you for this. Thank you for today. I will see you at home.

Philip: All right.

Xander: I mean, you could have told me you decided to go with the prostitute story. I almost outed you.

Gwen: Well, thank god you bloody didn’T. Sorry, sorry.

Xander: You said you were gonna tell him the truth.

Gwen: I was. I was gonna say all of it, but then I imagined what his reaction would be and I just–I couldn’t do it. So, I had to think really fast and I used your idea. He was so understanding.

Xander: I told you it was a good story.

Gwen: No, I wouldn’t go as far as to say that. At least, I’m still on good terms with him.

Xander: Well, and you told him that I was covering for you when I said all that about, you know, working with snyder. So, I’m back on good terms with him again too. So now we both know where we stand with jack. The only question is where do we stand with each other?

Victor: So, do we have a deal? Don’t just stand there, are we gonna try and take chloe away from philip or not?

[Footsteps approaching]

Chloe: Yeah, I’d like to know the answer to that question myself.

Abigail: Thomas? Charlotte? It’s almost time for dinner. I’m gonna come up and help you wash your hands, okay?

Jake: Abigail, hey.

Abigail: Hi.

Gabi: I didn’t know you were back in town.

Abigail: I just got back this morning. What are you guys doing here? Chad told me you moved out.

Gabi: You’ll be the first to hear the good news. We’re moving back in.

>>Ava: Hi. Come on in.

Philip: I was surprised to get your text. What’s up?

Ava: Well, I thought that you might like to know in advance that gabi hernandez dimera is plotting against you.

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Have much watching them so I could work the morning shift. Hopefully, the nanny will feel better tomorrow.

Paulina: Oh, I’ll take as much time as I can get with jules and carver. And, not to brag, but they clearly love their great auntie paulina.

Lani: You mean grandma paulina.

Allie: And I’m so excited for johnny too. I mean, he’s so amped about making his movie. Isn’t it cool that will wrote it and it’s about our mom?

>John: Yeah, it is.

Allie: It’s all johnny talks about. Actually, he told me something pretty crazy about grandma marlena being possessed by the devil. But there’s no way that that happened, right?

John: Well, of course not, sweetheart. Will has a very creative imagination, but nothing like that ever happened here.

Johnny: She turned into a jaguar? No wonder nobody wanted to produce will’s script. It is way too far-fetched.

[Phone rings] Mom, where have you been? Why haven’t you responded to any of my calls or texts? Never mind. I have something I need to ask you. It’s about grandma marlena.

Julie: I’m sorry I had to– doug! Doug! Oh, my god! Marlena, what happened? Marlena, for god’s sake, help him! Darling…

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

[Soft orchestration]

 

Johnny: Mom? Are you there? Mom? Hello? Mom? Hello?

Chanel: Hello.

Johnny: Hello, chanel.

Chanel: I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to bother you while you were on the phone with your mommy.

Johnny: Didn’t anybody ever tell you that a guy who calls his mom can’t be all bad?

Chanel: I do think it’s kind of cute. But it didn’t sound like she was listening to you.

Johnny: Yeah, we had a bad connection. She was there, and then I got this static, and then the call dropped.

Chanel: Static? On a cellphone?

Johnny: Yeah, weird, huh?

[Phone beeps] Oh, there she is. “Sorry, we got cut off. But don’t try to call back. I’m tied up at the moment.” Okay.

Allie: So will just invented the whole demonic possession thing?

John: Well, you know your mother. She likes to get people talking. I’m sure that she and will just sat down and decided to make her life a little more interesting than it really was.

Allie: A little? She said that her mom was possessed by the devil.

John: Okay, so she embellished a lot.

Allie: That’s what I thought. I kind of love it, though, you know? The battle between good and evil. The epic love story, the bees. But thank you for telling me the truth. I know I can always come to you.

John: Of course, sweetheart.

Allie: I can’t believe I actually just asked if grandma was possessed by the devil. I’m sorry to bother you with this silliness. I’ll see you soon.

John: Allie. Hold on a second.

Kayla: How’s it going?

Tripp: Back to normal. What was going on with the power? For a few minutes there the phone system was totally dead. I’ve never seen the lights flash on and off like that before. Isn’t the generator supposed to kick on when that happens?

Kayla: I just checked with maintenance, and they said there was nothing wrong.

Tripp: So what caused it?

Kayla: They’re not really sure. They think maybe it was a power surge. Do you know where julie is? I left her here with eli a little while ago.

Julie: Marlena!

Marlena: His pulse is weak.

Julie: What happened? Is it a heart attack?

Marlena: I don’t know. It’s dr. Evans. I’ve got a code blue.

Tripp: No, I haven’t seen eli or julia. Maybe that went down the cafeteria or–

Kayla: Oh, wait. Sorry, sorry, sorry. Oh, code blue. Marlena’s office.

Marlena: Help is on the way.

Julie: Please, god. Please, I’m not ready to lose him. Please. Pool floaties are like whooping cough.

Paulina: Okay, the wonder twins are all strapped in and ready to take on the world.

Lani: You don’t think we should talk before I go?

Paulina: Isn’t that what we’re doing right now?

Lani: I mean like really talk. You made a face when I called you grandma paulina.

Paulina: Did I? Well, I guess I was surprised is all.

Lani: Ah, you didn’t think my dad would tell me. That you guys discussed getting married? Which would make you my stepmother?

Paulina: [Chuckles] Yes, but I wasn’t so sure.

Lani: I mean, but you knew what I meant. I mean, why else would you call yourself jules’ and carver’s grandmother?

Paulina: Yeah, right. Why else? So how are we feeling? About me and your dad?

Lani: How am I feeling? Well, when dad told me that you guys discussed getting married… I gave him my blessing.

Paulina: Oh, baby! I am so glad to hear that–

Lani: No, but–but we have to get a few things straight.

Paulina: About me?

Lani: Yeah, you. My dad is the most loyal and caring man that I know.

Paulina: Amen to that.

Lani: And he has done so much since he came into my life, aunt paulina. And I will do whatever I can to make sure that he doesn’t get hurt.

Paulina: You’re afraid I’m going to break his heart.

Lani: I mean, let’s be honest. We both know that you have a lot of trouble keeping your promises. And even more trouble telling the truth.

Chanel: You okay?

Johnny: Yeah. Yeah, I’m good.

Chanel: Seems like you’re not happy with that text from your mom. Did you need to talk to her about something important?

Johnny: Important? No. No.

Chanel: You might wanna tell that to your face.

Johnny: No, I just–I had something I needed to ask her.

Chanel: Well, what did you need to ask her?

Johnny: Well, I needed to know if it’s true or not that my grandma marlena was possessed by the devil.

John: I’m sorry– I’m sorry, allie. Please. Allie: For what?

John: For not being honest with you just now. Please, sit down.

Allie: You mean–

John: Yes. The truth is it did happen. 25 years ago, your–your grandmother was possessed.

Allie: Wait, seriously?

John: As much as I wanna pretend that it didn’t happen, I can’t lie to you about this. Not about something so important.

Allie: I-I don’t understand.

John: I just can’t help myself but want to protect the people that I love from ever having to revisit that dark period in our lives.

Allie: I can’t– I can’t believe this.

John: Yeah, I have a hard time believing it myself. And trust me when I say, I-I don’t ever really wanna talk about this.

Allie: But you’ll tell me about what happened?

John: Only if you really want to know, sweetheart.

Allie: I do. I mean, it’s part of our family history, right?

John: Unfortunately, it is. But I’m gonna warn you upfront. This story… it’s not for the faint of heart.

[Machinery beeping]

[Gentle music]

 

Tripp: Julie, we’re going to need you to wait outside so kayla can help him, okay?

Julie: Is he going to be all right?

Tripp: He’s in good hands.

[Machinery beeping]

Julie: How bad is he? What is his condition?

Tripp: I promise we will do everything we can to help him. Are you going to be okay out here by yourself?

Julie: I’m fine, I’m fine. Just do something for my husband.

Tripp: Okay. Julie: Marlena.

Marlena: Julie.

Julie: What happened back there in your office?

Marlena: I don’t know what you mean.

Julie: Well, I walk in the door, and doug is on the floor, and you’re standing there frozen like–like you’d seen a ghost.

Marlena: Not a ghost.

Julie: Are you all right, marlena?

[Dramatic music rises] What can I du with less asthma?

Paulina: Lani, I know I’ve hurt you and your dad in the past, but I thought we were beyond the price town business and that we were all making a fresh start.

Lani: We are. With the condition that there will be no more lies, no more secrets, anything like that.

Paulina: Yeah, you know– you know I want that, too.

Lani: Okay. If you can promise me that our agreement also applies to your relationship with my dad, then you and me, we’re all good.

Paulina: You sure?

Lani: Aunt paulina, you know that I love you, but my whole life you’ve been a mystery. Unpredictable. Unreliable. And I can’t have that anymore. Not for me and eli or our kids. And especially not for my dad, okay? So I need you to promise me that you will never hurt him.

Paulina: And I care about abe a lot. Last night we said “I love you” to each other for the first time. I just regained his trust.

Marlena: Wouldn’t that convince you that he would understand?

Paulina: Not about this. Not about this. If abe knew, he would hate me forever.

Marlena: No, I don’t believe that’s true.

Paulina: I do, I know. Because… the truth is abe is not lani’s father. Lani, there’s something I have to tell you.

Chanel: You’re messing with me.

Johnny: I’m not.

Chanel: You don’t really believe your grandma was possessed by the devil.

Johnny: Honestly, I’m starting to wonder.

Chanel: Have you been drinking today?

Johnny: No, I’m totally sober. The script was written by my brother, will. It’s based on my mom’s life, and will claims that everything in it is true.

Chanel: And it says your grandma was possessed.

Johnny: It tells the whole story.

Chanel: So this script, it’s like a horror film?

Johnny: In parts, yeah. It tells the story of how over 25 years ago lucifer himself took over the body of dr. Marlena evans. The devil wanted to use someone pure and good as his vessel to turn salem into hell on earth.

John: Stefano dimera opened the door, and there was no closing it. Our encounter with the devil nearly killed me and your grandmother and practically destroyed this whole town. But… ultimately, it was the strength of our connection and the power of our love that drove the demon out of her and straight back to hell.

Allie: And you’re saying that all of this is true? The jaguar? The levitation?

John: I wish I could say that it wasn’T. But I couldn’t even make that kind of stuff up. And 25 years later, the details of every one of those events is still crystal clear.

Allie: I don’t understand. I mean, how have I not heard about this before?

John: [Chuckles] It’s not one of those bedtime stories we tell our children when we’re tucking them in. In fact I still have nightmares.

Allie: Nightmares? About grandma marlena being possessed by the devil? As in satan?

John: Oh, yeah.

Allie: So driving him out, was there was an exorcism or something?

John: Yeah, something like that.

Allie: Well, who performed it?

John: Strike terror, o lord, into the beast that lays waste to the vineyard. The only person who could. Me.

Marlena: I was just asking doug some questions.

Doug: I’ve been insisting to julie that I’m just fine. But down deep I can feel it. There is something with me. I say and do strange things, and I don’t know why. I just pray that you can help me.

Julie: What was wrong with him?

Marlena: Well, I don’t know. We were talking about the fact that I was there to help him, and that he was having some memory lapses, and that he had inappropriately grabbed paulina, and that he’d locked you in the freezer.

Julie: That was an accident. I should never have said to you that he did it on purpose.

Marlena: And that’s what I told him.

Julie: What did he say, marlena? Just tell me.

Marlena: Julie told me that you locked her in the freezer by accident.

Doug: That was no accident. I locked that bitch in there on purpose.

Julie: What has gotten into my doug?

[Dark music]

Paulina: We were talking about grandparents.

Lani: What about them?

Paulina: Lani, what I’ve learned is… the decisions that people make doesn’t just affect their own lives. Sometimes it affects the lives of their children, even grandchildren.

Lani: Auntie P., What is this about?

Paulina: You know I would never do anything to hurt you or your beautiful family.

Lani: You–you are making me nervous.

Paulina: Well, this is so hard–this is so hard to say.

Lani: Just say it.

Paulina: I need to say– eli’s grandfather, he groped me.

Lani: What? Doug?

Paulina: Grabbed my butt. Right in the open.

Lani: Are you sure it was intentional?

Paulina: Oh, yes! I mean, he’s no spring chicken, and apparently, he’s been having some cognitive problems recently.

Lani: Yeah, I know he’s been having some mental lapses, but I would never think that he would do that.

Paulina: Believe me, I was shocked. And julie, she was there.

Lani: He did it in front of julie?

Paulina: Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.

Lani: What did she say?

Paulina: Well, she was shaken up for the most part, and she apologized for her husband. And she said apparently he’s not been acting like himself lately.

Lani: [Sighs] That’s awful. But, auntie, what does this have to do with you and my dad?

Paulina: Well, I’m not sure, I mean, if I should tell abe.

Lani: You think he would be jealous of doug?

Paulina: Well, no. Well, hey–but, you know, the man that I was with before chanel was born, oh, if he even caught a guy setting his eyes on my body, he raised all kinds of hell.

Lani: My dad is not like that.

Paulina: I know, I know. You just said it. He is the most loving and caring man in the world.

Lani: I think, if anything, he would just be worried that you were okay.

Paulina: And I am.

Lani: And he would be worried if doug was okay, which we all are.

Paulina: Mm-hmm, I hope he’s getting some help, too.

Lani: Eli told me that he was going to see marlena today. So if anybody can help, it’s her.

Johnny: You’ve got to read this part. This is where my grandma marlena floated off the bed like linda blair.

Chanel: Who’s linda blair?

Johnny: You know, from “the exorcist.”

Chanel: That’s a movie, right?

Johnny: Wait. You’ve never seen “the exorcist”? It’s a classic. The spider walk. The head spinning around. The pea soup vomit.

Chanel: Ew.

Johnny: I’m sorry. I’m geeking out a little bit, aren’t I?

Chanel: I’m just not into the horror thing. You know, there’s enough scary stuff happening in this world without freaking myself out on purpose.

Johnny: Yeah, but movies are how we work out our fears. It’s catharsis.

Chanel: Okay.

Johnny: The struggle between good and evil. It’s as old as the world itself. And film expresses that as well as any other medium.

Chanel: Well, I express myself through the culinary art of baking. But I do make a mean devil’s food cake donut.

Johnny: Well, you know, the other good thing about a scary movie, it’s a good excuse to get closer to the person you’re watching it with.

Chanel: I will give you that.

Johnny: Why don’t you come over to my place tonight? We’ll watch “the exorcist.” And you can bring a couple of those donuts.

Chanel: Uh-huh.

Johnny: Is that reaction because you don’t want to see the movie or ’cause you don’t want to see me?

Allie: You performed the exorcism?

John: I battled the devil for her body and her immortal soul. But ultimately, it was our love that saved her.

Allie: Just when I thought that your love story couldn’t get any more romantic.

John: Didn’t feel romantic at the time. In fact, it felt– it felt like the end of the world.

Julie: I’ve known doug for over 50 years. He’s never spoken to me or about me without showing respect.

Marlena: I don’t doubt that.

Julie: Well, did you confront him when he said that about me?

Marlena: I did. I reminded him that he had locked you in the freezer.

Julie: What did he say to that?

Marlena: I’m sorry. Did you say–

Doug: That I locked her in on purpose? You heard that, you heard right. It was the most fun I had all week.

Marlena: I’m sure you don’t mean that. I think you’re just confused.

Doug: No, marlena. You’re the one who’s confused. I’m not doug.

Julie: If he doesn’t think he is doug, who in the world does he think he is?

Tripp: Not what I was expecting from his ekg.

Kayla: This can’t be.

Tripp: That’s what I thought. Maybe the power outage affected the machines?

Kayla: No, they all run on batteries.

Tripp: He did have a cardiac event, right?

Kayla: Well, he must have. But there’s no sign of it. I mean, this is perfectly normal. Why don’t you check the leads? And I’ll check and make sure the monitor is working properly. Tripp: Yeah.

[Tense music]

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Allie: It’s still hard for you to tell the story.

John: Well, allie, I try not to let these thoughts in most of the time. Because when I do, I find myself going right back there. I just flashback on event after event after event, and I can still feel those same emotions.

Allie: I can tell that took a lot out of you. You look tired. Maybe even a little–

John: Scared?

Allie: I didn’t want to say it.

John: No, you can say it. Because it’s true. Honey, I can’t even explain what it’s like to come face to face with pure evil. It was the most traumatic, horrible thing we had ever been through. We barely survived it. And the last thing I want is for your grandmother to ever have to relive that again.

Allie: So johnny making his movie–

John: You’re going to have to convince your brother to find another story to tell.

Johnny: Look, I don’t want to pressure you. I’m just–I’m not sure where we stand right now.

Chanel: Where we stand?

Johnny: Yeah. Things were going really great for a while, and then my sister– look, I’m not going to lie. I’m not going to pretend like I didn’t have my fun back in the day. I was not exactly what someone might call a one-woman man. But allie seems to think that all I care about is getting you into bed, and that is just not true.

Chanel: Hm, well, what do you care about?

Johnny: About you. I like you, chanel. And I hope you feel the same way.

Chanel: When we first met, before I knew you were allie’s brother, when you were just “g,” I really liked you, too. And then hearing you talk about making your movie, seeing your passion, that’s something that I can totally admire.

Johnny: Yeah, because you’re making your dream come true with your bakery.

Chanel: I am.

Johnny: So?

Chanel: So… maybe we can pick up where we left off.

Paulina: You gave your father your blessing to marry me.

Lani: I did.

Paulina: But you haven’t officially given it to me yet.

Lani: And I will. I just– I have one more condition.

Paulina: What?

Lani: I am not just about to start calling you mom.

Paulina: [Chuckles] Oh, yeah. ‘Cause that–that’d be kind of weird, huh?

Lani: Yeah, it would. And I am more than happy just to have you as my aunt paulina.

Paulina: Aww. Me, too, baby. Aww. Me, too. Oh, honey, well, I just love you. I love you so much. I just want you– I want the best for you.

Lani: I love you, too, auntie P. Hey, are you okay?

Paulina: Uh… ohh. Aww.

Abe: Oh, well, can I get in on this hug with my two favorite ladies?

Paulina: Shh! Shh! You don’t want jules and carver to hear that. Here, let me help you with one of those.

Abe: Here you go.

Paulina: Oh, honey–oh, why did you get so much food?

Abe: Well, I invited john and marlena to dinner.

Paulina: What? Marlena can’t come here.

Marlena: I’m not sure what to make of doug’s condition.

Julie: Well, could it be something physical? Some physical problem that’s causing this behavior?

Marlena: Maybe. Or it could be psychological, or–

Doug: It’s been over 25 years, marlena. But did you really think I wouldn’t come back for you?

Julie: Or what, marlena?

Marlena: Sorry. I was just thinking.

Julie: Well, you still haven’t exactly explained what happened in the office. How did doug wind up on the floor?

Marlena: I’m not sure. We were talking and then he– then he just collapsed. Don’t you dare hurt him!

Demon doug: It won’t be me who hurts him. It will be you. Your selfishness. Your choice to protect yourself, doug be damned. So to speak.

Marlena: He doesn’t deserve this.

Demon doug: No, he doesn’T. It doesn’t have to happen. It’s so simple. All you have to do is invite me back into you.

[Tense music]

 

Tripp: Mr. Williams, you need to let go. Please.

Kayla: I got this. I got it, I got it. There we go.

Tripp: Man, he has a strong grip.

Kayla: I’ll say.

Tripp: I guess it’s a good sign he still has his strength.

Kayla: Yeah. His bp is dropping!

Tripp: Pulse, too!

Kayla: We’re losing him. To be a thriver

Abe: Well, why can’t marlena come to dinner? I thought you liked her.

Paulina: I do. Very much.

Lani: Didn’t sound like it.

Paulina: Well, I’m just– well, I just don’t feel like entertaining today. And I’m not my usual gregarious self tonight.

Abe: Oh. Well, then maybe we can ask john and marlena to come another time.

Paulina: Oh, yeah, that’d be great, that’d be great. Then–well, then maybe you and I can go out to dinner tonight. You know, just–just two of us.

Abe: Of course, yeah, yeah. You know, it might be better. I mean, john seemed as if he had something else on his mind.

Paulina: Like what?

John: All I know is that it will gut marlena if she has to be reminded of not only all of the destruction but of–of all the people that she hurt and almost killed, people that she really cared about. Abraham, we almost lost her forever.

Abe: Well, just something that happened a long time ago.

John: Let me be clear, allie. I would never want to step on johnny’s dream of being a director, but he’s really going to need to find another script to make.

Allie: Because of the bad memories that it stirs up or something else?

John: What else would it be?

Allie: Well, just– you and grandma are the toughest people I know. And it’s not like you’ve forgotten any of the horrible things that happened.

John: I think about it every day.

Allie: So it’s not just the idea of reliving bad memories that worries you.

John: No. It’s more than that. I’m worried that we could be tempting him.

Allie: Him?

John: You know, this is really nothing that you should concern yourself with, allie. Just–just–

Allie: You’re talking about the devil. About tempting him to come back.

John: “Speak of the devil, and he doth appear.”

Allie: Do you really believe that?

John: It’s been a quarter of a century. So no, I don’t believe that something like that could ever happen here in salem again. But why take chances?

Johnny: So you gonna come over tonight? “The exorcist” and chill?

Chanel: Do you mind if I keep my eyes covered the whole time?

Johnny: Don’t worry. I promise I won’t let the devil get you.

[Gentle uneasy music]

 

Julie: Something doesn’t feel right about any of this.

Marlena: Well, you’re upset. This has all been very sudden.

Julie: No. I mean, the whole story. Something must have happened in your office that–that you’re not telling me about, marlena. Kayla! Oh, please tell me that doug is okay. As someone who resembles someone else…

Paulina: I can’t tell you how much your blessing means to me.

Lani: I hope you and dad have a great life together. You both deserve it.

Paulina: Thank you.

Lani: And remember, you promised no more secrets. No more lies.

Paulina: I can tell you one truth. That man, I love that man over there. And I will move heaven and earth to make him happy.

Lani: That is all I can ever ask for. Come here.

Paulina: Aww.

Allie: Looks like someone kissed and made up.

Johnny: We have.

Chanel: You cool with that, horton?

Allie: You are a grown woman, dupree. You can do what you want.

Johnny: That didn’t sound like a yes.

Allie: Like you said, johnny, it’s none of my business.

Johnny: Right. So… what’d grandpa say about the script?

Allie: You really want to know?

Johnny: Yes.

Allie: He said that it’s all true.

Johnny: What?

Chanel: Wait, so you mean–

Allie: Yes, grandma marlena was possessed by the devil.

[Uneasy music]

 

John: Hey, sweetheart. What’s going on? Everything okay?

Marlena: It’s doug.

John: What happened?

Marlena: During a session in my office, he collapsed. He’s still unconscious.

John: What caused it? What’s wrong with him?

Tripp: Do you think doug is gonna pull through?

Kayla: Well, it was touch and go there for a while. But he’s stable. And we’ll monitor him very closely.

Tripp: So we don’t know. We don’t even know what caused it.

Kayla: You know, when someone reaches doug’s age, every moment is a blessing. He is such dear sweet man.

Tripp: Kayla.

Kayla: Well, we’re gonna do everything we can, right? But I’ll tell you one thing as a doctor you learn is that we are not god. And sometimes, the best thing we can do is just pray. Yeah.

[Machinery beeping]

Marlena: I’m–I’m–I’m sure doug is going to be just fine. Oh, doug gave us a good scare. I’m sure it’s going to turn out fine for everybody.

Julie: Doug?

Doug: He left me.

Julie: What? Who?

Doug: He left me and went into her.

[Tense music]

John: I’m here for you, doc.

Marlena: I’m here for you, too, john.

Julie: He went into her? What are you talking about, darling? What does it mean?

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Julie: Thank you.

Kayla: Julie, I know how hard this is. I went through something very similar with my own mother. It was hard to watch her forget her loved ones.

Julie: But at least caroline had a reprieve the last years of her life. If doug has alzheimer’S… it’s just, all the days of our lives have been so wonderful. Years and years. Much more than most people ever get. I want more. I’m sorry. So selfish of me.

Kayla: No it’s not. Listen, I am not giving up hope, and you shouldn’t either.

Marlena: I’m sorry. Did you say–

Doug: That I locked her in on purpose? You heard that? You heard right. It was the most fun I had all week.

Marlena: I’m sure you don’t mean that. I think you’re just confused.

Doug: No, marlena. You are the one who’s confused.

[Laughs] I’m not doug. [Laughs]

[Disquieting music]

 

Johnny: What the hell? Grandma marlena was possessed by the devil?

Marlena: Of course you’re doug. You’re doug williams. I’m marlena evans.

Doug: I know exactly, exactly who you are.

[Deep voice] It’s been over 25 years, marlena. But did you really think i wouldn’t come back for you?

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

[Soft orchestration]

 

Johnny: Possessed by the devil? Is that even a real thing?

Allie: If you’re looking for chanel, she’s running the counter while I take my lunch break. Or in this case, pastry break.

Johnny: Yeah, whatever.

Allie: Is this how it’s going to be? You’re going to stay mad just because I told the truth about you to chanel?

Johnny: You were right. I did hurt your friend. But I’m right, too. I’m not that guy anymore. So what do you say we just move on from this?

Allie: Just like that? You’re over how ticked off you were at me?

Johnny: If you throw in a pastry, maybe.

Allie: Why are you being so nice? Oh, I know. It’s because you want me to play mom in your little movie, right?

Johnny: Actually, mom may not get star billing anymore.

Allie: What do you mean?

Johnny: You won’t believe what I just read about grandma marlena.

[Eerie music]

 

[Knock at door]

John: Hi.

Abe: Hey!

John: Come on in. Come on, man.

Abe: Thank you.

John: What brings you by?

Abe: Well, you know, I was in the area and I thought I would just stop by and see if you and marlena would like to join pauline and me for dinner tonight at her place.

John: What–wait a–wait a minute, I can’t keep up. You and pauline are seeing each other again?

Abe: [Laughs] Uh, yes. Well, you know, I’m happy to report that we have worked through all of our differences with the… price town debacle. And we decided to start fresh.

John: Nice. Happy for you. Oh, and listen, dinner–dinner, yeah, that–that–you know, yeah, that sounds good. Let me just–let me–let me run that by doc. I’ll get back with you, okay?

Abe: Yeah, of course. Of course. Are you okay?

John: No, I’m not. I just started remembering a very dark time in all of our lives, one that I just wish would stay buried forever.

Eli: Hey, grandma.

Kayla: Oh, eli.

Julie: Eli!

Eli: Hey. Oh, I’m so sorry I haven’t been able to check on you and doug until now.

Julie: Oh, that’s all right, darling. I-I know you have an important job and you have the precious babies and–but shouldn’t you be at work right now?

Eli: No, I got someone to cover me in the meantime. But what–what’s going on with doug?

Julie: Well, it’s hard to say at the moment.

Kayla: Well, his tests were inconclusive. So he’s in a session with marlena right now. If anybody can diagnose him, it’s her.

Marlena: You need to stop talking like this, doug. This is just your–your mind playing tricks on you. And that’s why I’m here. I’m here to help.

Doug: Then you need to stop pretending that you don’t remember me. Hurts my feelings after everything that we shared. All those nights together at your penthouse. Desecrating st. Luke’S. Remember when john caught us red-handed?

Marlena: Oh my god.

Doug as devil: Not god, marlena, but just as powerful, which you know better than anyone. What can I du with less asthma?

Roman: Okay, granted. I did try to convince you more than once this year that I could make you happy.

Kate: I know. I remember it.

Roman: And I do recall that involv– I admit that your involvement with jake– it just… I never understood it.

Kate: Okay, well you know, most people didn’t understand it, and in hindsight, I… I really don’t want to talk about jake.

Roman: All right, fine. But I will say this. You’re too damn good for that jerk. Jake and gabi deserve each other.

Kate: Oh my god. Well, we agree on that.

Roman: Yeah. And back to you and me, it’s not like I gave up. The problem is, when I made my second pitch, I didn’t realize i was talking to kristen, who was pretending to be you.

Kate: Okay. Well, then technically, I only rejected you once.

Roman: Which gives me some hope that you’ll give me another chance now.

Eli: Grandma, I-I know you were concerned when doug locked you in the freezer and confused some names, but I don’t–maybe he just had a couple of bad days. Hell, I know I’m not so sharp when the twins keep me up all night.

Kayla: This is why we ran some cognitive tests.

Julie: Which he passed.

Eli: Okay, then why are you– why are you still so worried?

Julie: He did something so unlike himself, so embarrassing to paulina.

Eli: To paulina?

Julie: Paulina didn’t tell lani? You haven’t heard about this?

Eli: No. I haven’T. What did he do?

Julie: Well, he… he grabbed–he grabbed her hot cross buns.

[Dramatic music]

 

Allie: Grandma marlena got possessed by the devil?

Johnny: It’s all right here in will’s script. She trashed a church, set it on fire. And that’s not all. She set the salem christmas tree on fire, and she walked butt naked into a party.

Allie: No, no way. No. Grandma’s one of the most buttoned-up dressers around.

Johnny: Yeah, normally. But she obviously wasn’t herself.

Allie: Because the devil made her do it? No, this is–this is nuts.

Johnny: Well, the nuts part is that her eyes glowed yellow. And that she levitated off her bed, apparently.

Allie: Show me where.

Abe: So johnny wants to make a movie about sami’s life.

John: Mm-hmm. From a script that will wrote.

Abe: Well, that’s very ambitious. And keeping it all in the family, you know, I-I like that. But you don’t?

John: The script would probably include marlena’s possession.

Abe: Oh. I see where you’re concerned. Now that’s a time we would all rather forget.

John: You were there right from the very beginning, abraham, when st. Luke’s was desecrated.

Abe: Yes, yes. I knew whoever would do that to a holy sanctuary would have to be evil. I… I had no idea it was the devil himself.

Doug as devil: Tell me, marlena, have you missed me as much as I’ve missed you?

Marlena: No. It can’t–it can’t be.

Doug as devil: At long last. I’ve been trying to find my way back to you for over two decades.

Marlena: This is impossible.

Doug as devil: They say patience is a virtue, but I’m not very big on virtue, as you know.

Marlena: Stop that. You don’t know what you’re saying. This is–this is dementia.

Doug as devil: Doug doesn’t have dementia, and you know it. He’s just a little shaken up by having me inside his body. Between us, I don’t know how he’s kept it all together all this time. That wife of his would try the patience of a saint. That’s why I’ve– I’ve reserved a special place for her in hell with me.

[Laughs]

Marlena: That’s not funny, doug.

[Heavy thud]

Doug as devil: Stop calling me doug. You know who I am.

Marlena: No. No, you can’t be the–

Doug as devil: Yes, I can. And you of all people know my name. Pool floaties are like whooping cough.

Roman: You know what? You did love me enough to marry me twice. Is it so crazy to think we couldn’t make it work again?

Kate: [Sighs] The first time we got married, it wasn’t really a marriage because you ended up dead at the reception.

Roman: Yeah. Not exactly an auspicious beginning, but also not my fault. I walked into the kitchen and found myself facing the salem stalker.

Kate: It’s been so long since I even thought about those days. Do you remember–do you remember how shocked everyone was when they found out that marlena was the stalker? I mean, people just believed that she had been possessed again.

Abe: You know, I recall turning to marlena during the investigation. I wanted her to do a psychological profile of the desecrator. She was–she was very helpful. Or at least we thought so at the time.

John: I’ll never forget when I caught her at st. Luke’S. Middle of all that destruction there and the realization hit me that she was the one responsible.

[Ominous music]

 

Abe: She wasn’t the one responsible; you know that. It was that evil force inside her that made her do all those terrible things.

Allie: Grandma tried to kill a priest?

Johnny: Yes. His name was father francis.

Allie: No. No, there’s no way that any of this is real. Okay? Will obviously made this up so that he could make mom’s life look way more interesting and sell his script.

Johnny: Well, there’s only one way to find out.

[Pensive music]

 

[Computer beeping]

Will: Hey, guys.

Johnny: Hey, you got a minute?

Will: Oh, for you and my little sister? Always. Oh, congrats on the bakery, allie.

Allie: Thanks. I’ll make sure to ship you some goodies soon.

Will: I will definitely hold you to that. So what do you guys want to talk about?

Allie: The script.

Johnny: Yeah. Thank you for sending it, by the way.

Will: Oh, yeah. What do you think?

Johnny: It’s an interesting story. But we have some questions.

Allie: A lot of questions.

Will: Fire away.

Allie: That thing about grandma marlena getting possessed. You made that up, right?

Will: Actually, no. I got that story straight from mom.

Doug as devil: Go ahead. Say it. Say my name.

Marlena: Your name is doug williams.

Doug as devil: Oh, marlena, if I’m doug, how do I know about all the fun you and I had? Doug doesn’t have any knowledge of our history. He wasn’t even in salem at that time.

Marlena: Well, then you– then you read about it in the newspapers. You’re just confused.

Doug as devil: How did i forget how stubborn you are?

Marlena: This has to stop right now.

Doug as devil: Sit down…

[Echoing] Down…

[Disquieting music]

I suppose it was too much to ask to hope for a warm welcome. But if you need proof of my power, fine. Consider it done.

[Electrical zapping]

Marlena: [Gasps]

Doug as devil: Now do you believe me?

Limu emu & doug

Kate: But of course marlena wasn’t possessed. She was just brainwashed by andre dimera.

Roman: Another former lover of yours.

Kate: And husband. But let’s not mention that.

Roman: All I’m doing is I’m just hitting home the point you already made. You have chosen some very questionable men over the years.

Kate: If you bring up ted laurent, actually i am just gonna walk away.

Roman: You know what? All I’m saying is, why not give a decent good, really good, guy who genuinely cares for you another shot?

Abe: You know, the idea that marlena, one of the kindest people I know, could be possessed by the devil–it… it was impossible to believe.

John: I refused to accept even the possibility. No matter how hard kristen tried to see the truth of what was happening around us, i just couldn’t even deal with it.

Abe: Well, kristen certainly was a different person back then.

John: Yeah, back then, she was–she was a good woman. Strong faith. Doc, on the other hand– she was in such a bad place. She was so vulnerable. Our–our affair had been exposed. Her marriage to roman was destroyed. And then there–the damn stefano, he was preying on her. Her own daughter turned her back on her because samantha was so traumatized by–by the affair that her mother had with me.

Abe: Yeah. Well then, it’s not surprising that all that would end up in sami’s life story.

John: No, it’s not. It’s not. I just–I just don’t think that johnny understands the pandora’s box that he can be opening up if he goes ahead with this film.

Johnny: So mom told you that grandma was possessed?

Will: Yes. But full disclosure, mom had had a few glasses of wine by then.

Allie: But still. I mean, you don’t say something like that just because you’re tipsy.

Johnny: Did you follow up with grandma afterwards?

Will: I asked her about it a couple times, but she just laughed it off.

Allie: Okay, so maybe it’s not true, then? I mean, you know mom. She has a flexible relationship with the truth. So maybe she just made it up because she thought something crazy like that would make her life seem more exciting.

Will: It’s possible.

Johnny: If it isn’t true, I can’t really include it in my biopic.

Will: My brother, the purist.

Johnny: I just want to get it right, okay?

Will: Listen, if you really want answers, you’re gonna have to ask mom.

Kayla: Julie, wait.

Julie: That’s all I’ve been doing.

Kayla: I know how difficult this is. But it is never a good idea to interrupt a session with a psychiatrist.

Julie: But what if doug needs me?

Kayla: You know that he is in the best possible hands.

Eli: You got to be patient, grandma.

Julie: That’s not my strong suit, darling.

[Electrical zapping] Wow. What’s that?

Eli: It must be some sort of power outage.

Kayla: Well, it’s not good. I wonder what caused that.

Doug as devil: Have I finally gotten your attention? Now do you recognize me?

Marlena: Oh, my god. It’s really you.

Doug as devil: Stop invoking god. Unless you want to say his name in vain.

[Laughs]

Marlena: This can’t be happening.

[Electrical zapping]

Doug as devil: Satisfied?

Marlena: Why are you doing this? Why are you doing this to doug? He is–he is the kindest, gentlest man I’ve ever known. He is–he is an angel.

Doug as devil: We are two of a kind, aren’t we? Remember, I was an angel myself before I fell from grace.

Marlena: Why are you doing this? After all these years, why have you come back to salem? (Vo) I am living with cll

Johnny: I can’t believe will would put the thing about grandma’s possession in his script if he didn’t know it was true.

Allie: It’s not like he was a reporter then. Nothing but facts. He was just a writer trying to sell a script.

Johnny: Yeah. The other weird thing is that when he confronted grandma marlena about it, she didn’t just come out and say mom made it all up.

Allie: Doesn’t mean it’s true.

Johnny: Doesn’t mean it’s not.

Allie: Well, there’s only one way to find out, and that’s ask mom. Trouble is, she doesn’t seem to answer her phone anymore. I mean, at least not lately.

Johnny: Might as well try. Straight to voicemail.

Allie: As always.

Johnny: Hey, mom. It’s johnny. I’m with allie.

Allie: Tell her we miss her.

Johnny: And we’re both missing you. We just had some questions about family stuff.

Kate: You know, I did give it another shot when I found out that you weren’t dead, but then I found out that you slept with marlena on the island.

Roman: Yes, I did. And you slept with john.

Kate: We thought that you were dead. We didn’t think you were coming back.

Roman: Fair enough. You know, it always has bothered me that we never managed to make it work like–quite like john and marlena did.

Kate: Let’s just face it, roman. Not everyone gets a happy ending, right?

John: You know doc’s my life, abraham. I’m not telling you that you don’t know. I guess what I’m trying to get at is, if all this stuff is–is dredged up again, how am i supposed to protect her?

Abe: Is there any possibility that this project might not go anywhere?

John: I don’t know. I-I don’t know. All I know is that it will gut marlena if she has to be reminded of not only all the destruction, but of–of all the people that she hurt, almost killed, people that she really cared about. Abraham, we almost lost her forever.

Abe: You know, but we didn’T. Because of you. I mean, you–you saved her life by performing that exorcism.

[Disquieting music]

 

[Electrical zapping]

Kayla: Well, it seems to have stabilized. But who knows if it’s gonna last? I-I think I’ll go down and check and make sure the emergency generators are turned on. You’ll be okay?

Julie: Uh-huh.

Eli: Yeah, I’ll stay with her.

Kayla: Perfect. Okay, thank you. I’ll be back.

Julie: Bye, hon.

Kayla: Okay.

Julie: Well, what would make the electricity suddenly go out? There’s not even a storm.

Eli: It’s probably just a glitch in the works. But it seems to be okay now.

Julie: I hope that flickering light isn’t gonna frighten doug.

Eli: I’m sure he’ll be okay, grandma.

Julie: Darling, in his current state of mind? I want to check on him.

Eli: Well, you heard what kayla said.

Julie: Well, kayla knows a lot about a lot of things. She doesn’t know a lot about my husband.

Eli: Okay, grandma, look. Why don’t we just trust that marlena will keep doug calm and safe? And I will do the same for you. Yes?

Julie: Yes.

Eli: Okay.

Julie: Oh, honey…

Doug as devil: Why am I back? For the fun of it. We are having fun, aren’t we?

Marlena: You need to leave.

Doug as devil: Not a chance.

Marlena: Look. You can’t do this to doug. You just can’t do it. You’ve tortured me. You’ve hurt the people that i love. I will not let you do this to doug.

Doug as devil: So selfless and noble. It doesn’t surprise me. In fact, I’ve been counting on you to feel exactly that way.

Marlena: Tell me what you want.

Doug as devil: Isn’t it obvious? What I want, marlena, is you.

[Eerie music]

 

[ “The addams family” theme playing ]

Roman: Okay, look. How about this? Instead of dredging up the past, make it about the present. Right here, right now, you are my favorite person in salem.

Kate: Because i brought you doughnuts.

Roman: Because you’re strong and smart, funny, compassionate. And a hell of a good time.

Kate: And because I still look good in a sarong?

Roman: Oh, definitely that. Yes. And I’m thinking just maybe if you admit it to yourself, the way I’m feeling isn’t entirely one way. Lucas obviously sees it. That’s why he’s encouraging us to give it another shot.

Kate: You know what you’re forgetting? That I can still be stubborn and selfish.

Roman: Not to mention you do like a good cat fight from time to time.

Kate: Mm-hmm. I do. And you still like me?

Roman: I more than like you, kate. Say the word, and I will romance the hell out of you.

Johnny: Mm, mm, mm! I wonder if mom will ever even call us back. She’s been so out of touch with everyone since she left town.

Allie: Why don’t we just ask grandma directly?

Johnny: I stopped by earlier, but she had already left for work.

Allie: Why were you there?

Johnny: I’m trying to get her and grandpa to invest in my film.

Allie: Are they going to?

Johnny: I don’t know yet. Grandpa said he had some concerns. So–

Allie: Um, yeah. Like maybe his wife levitated and burned out a church and tried to kill a priest?

Johnny: Who knows? Maybe.

Allie: So go ask him.

Johnny: Better idea: You ask him.

Allie: Me?

Johnny: Come on. He’s never been able to say no to you, and I bet if you bring him over some of those muffins he loves, you’ll crack him wide open.

Allie: This whole thing creeps me out. What if it’s real? The devil? I don’t know if I want to get involved.

Johnny: Since when have you ever been afraid of anything? Come on. Aren’t you even a little curious?

Julie: It’s just that whatever is wrong with him, I’m afraid he’ll never be the same.

Eli: I’m sure once marlena figures out her diagnosis, she’ll–she’ll find a way to pull him through this.

[Phone beeps] Excuse me. Damn. There’s a robbery a couple of blocks from here.

Julie: You have to go.

Eli: No. Grandma, I’m not leaving you here alone. I-I’ll find someone to–to cover for me.

Julie: You will do no such thing. I’m perfectly capable of being here by myself. And besides, I have this. When doug started, well, having these problems, I-I kept it with me. This way, I don’t have to go to st. Luke’s to pray, because after all, god is everywhere.

Eli: That is a good idea. You sure you’re gonna be okay?

Julie: I’m gonna be fine, darling. Now you just go.

Eli: Okay. All right. But please let me know how doug is doing.

Julie: Of course.

Eli: Hey, have faith. Okay? I love you.

[Tender music]

 

Julie: In the name of the father, of the son, and the holy spirit. Amen.

John: You know, even now, after all these years, it still shakes me to my core.

Abe: Yeah. You know, the important thing, marlena survived. And the devil was banished.

John: You’re right. And that’s what–that’s what you need to hold on to. Just need to remember that we were lucky. That good prevailed over evil.

Abe: No, no. It wasn’t luck. It was your faith and strength. And the faith and strength of this community.

John: I love you, man. And thanks for listening. There’s not too many people that I’m comfortable enough with to discuss this.

Abe: You know I am always there for you, buddy.

John: And I appreciate that more than you’ll ever know. Hey, about dinner, let me– let me check with doc and I’ll get right back with you, okay?

Abe: Yeah, yeah, sounds good. Sounds good.

John: Good to see you, abraham.

Abe: Yes. John… I know what marlena went through was terrifying, but it’s over. You know, if the devil– the devil had wanted her, he’s had over 25 years to get her back. And he hasn’t even tried.

Marlena: You want me?

Doug as devil: I’ve missed you, marlena. That reign of terror that we shared? That was magnificent. We brought salem to its knees. Imagine what we could do this time around.

Marlena: You used me to terrorize the people of this town, people that I love and I care about. You’ll never get inside me again.

Doug as devil: That’s disappointing to hear.

Marlena: I want you to leave. Leave doug. Get out. Get out!

Doug as devil: I’m not going anywhere. Pity that doug has to pay the price.

Marlena: Don’t you dare hurt him.

Doug as devil: It won’t be me who hurts him. It will be you, your selfishness, your choice to protect yourself, doug be damned, so to speak.

Marlena: He doesn’t deserve this.

Doug as devil: No, he doesn’T. And it doesn’t have to happen. It’s so simple. All you have to do is invite me back into you.

Marlena: I won’T.

Doug as devil: Are you sure?

Marlena: Never!

Doug as devil: [Laughs]

[Electrical zapping]

Doug: [Groaning]

Marlena: Don’t, don’t! Please. Please, please don’t hurt him. Don’t hurt him! Your mission:

Roman: Okay, so what do you think? Dinner tonight?

Kate: I am tempted. I really am. But… but now love is so risky, even when–with a great guy like you. I don’t want to risk that. So anyway, I need to get these figures to ej. Excuse me.

Roman: Okay. I have not given up on you, kate. We both know there’s something there. You just need the time to figure it out for yourself.

Julie: Hail mary, full of grace. The lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women. What is taking so long? Something’s wrong. Something’s wrong, I know it. I’m not waiting. I’m not gonna wait another minute.

Johnny: She turns into a jaguar? No wonder anybody wanted to produce will’s script. It’s way too far-fetched.

[Cell phone ringing] Mom! Finally.

[Pensive music]

 

John: Yeah, you’re right, abraham. It’s all in the past.

[Knocking at door] Just a second. Oh!

Allie: Special delivery, grandpa.

John: Aren’t you the sweetest? Oh, honey, come on in. Come on in.

Allie: It’s all your favorites. Well, all my favorites. So I hope you like them.

John: Well, first, I may have to hide these from grandma so I can enjoy every sweet bit of them. You know, speaking of grandma, we are so proud of you. Number one, for finding something you really love, and number two, going out there and making it happen.

Allie: It’s been really exciting.

John: Yeah.

Allie: I’m also really excited for johnny. I mean, he’s so amped about this movie he’s making. Isn’t it cool that will wrote it and it’s about our mom?

John: Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

Allie: Really all johnny talks about. He even said that there was some pretty crazy stuff about grandma marlena, about her being possessed by the devil. But there’s no way that that happened, right?

[Knocking at door]

Julie: Sorry. I just wanted to–doug! Oh, doug. Oh my god. Marlena, what happened?

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Chad: Home, sweet home.

Abigail: Yeah.

Gwen: Leave me alone!

Abigail: Leave you alone? I want you and that baby out of my life for good!

[Abigail grunts]

[Gwen screams]

[Thumping]

Julie: So tell me, who is this?

Doug: Sweet abigail.

Julie: And this.

Doug: Bonnie raitt, the blues singer.

[Laughs] I-I’m joking. Honey, that’s maggie, of course. But there is a resemblance, don’t you think?

Julie: Well, yes, and we love them both. But doug, there’s a time for humor. This isn’t it.

Doug: Well, I think we have tested my memory enough for one morning.

Julie: Darling, I’m sorry. I know this is tedious. It’s–it’s just that I’m so worried about you.

Doug: I know, sweetheart. I know. I wish I could explain my recent behavior, but I honestly don’t know what’s come over me.

Julie: Well, kayla will be here soon, and hopefully kayla will have some answers.

Roman: All right. One chai latte.

Kayla: Thank you very much.

Roman: You know, I checked on doug last night. Julie said they, uh, took him in for some tests.

Kayla: Yeah. I’m headed over to get the results right now and take them over to them.

Roman: Okay, well, I hope it’s good news.

Kayla: Yeah. We’ll see you.

Roman: Okay, good to see you, sis.

Kayla: Hey!

Lucas: Hello. Great.

Kate: For you.

Roman: You know, most people don’t bring food into a restaurant.

Kate: Okay, well, this isn’t just food. We stopped by sweet bits, and we picked up some apple cider doughnuts, freshly made by your granddaughter.

Roman: Oh, oh, man.

Lucas: I know, I know.

Roman: What a great way to start the day.

Kate: I know, seriously. Allie and chanel, I’m telling you, they’re gonna give you some competition. They had a line out the door.

Roman: You must be very proud of her.

Lucas: I am, I am, yeah. I just wish that sami was here to help, you know, celebrate allie’s success. Have you, uh, have you heard from her?

Roman: Not a peep. I’m thinking sami is licking her wounds after her marriage to ej fell apart.

Ej: Guess what today is.

Johnny: [Sighs] Do I have to?

Ej: Take your son to work day.

Johnny: You sure it’s not groundhog day? ‘Cause I feel like we keep having this convo over and over.

Ej: I don’t know what you mean.

Johnny: Well, you say, “son, I want you to work for dimera,” and then I say, “dad, I’m following my dreams and making a movie.” Then you do your huffy-stuffy british thing and stomp out, only to return, act like nothing ever happened, and start the whole conversation over again.

Ej: Mm. Perhaps I’m hoping you’ll eventually come to your senses.

Johnny: My senses are just fine, dad. And I’m all in on making this film.

Ej: You’re not still planning to make the movie about your mother, are you?

Johnny: That is exactly what I’m doing.

Marlena: Mmm.

John: I cannot get over how incredible allie’s doughnuts are. And I want to thank you for saving me one.

Marlena: Hey, that wasn’t easy, you know.

John: Well, it was nice of paulina to bring you some. Mmm, mmm.

Marlena: It was, yes, it was.

John: Pretty ambitious kids, huh? Allie’s got her bakery going, johnny wants to make a movie.

Marlena: Yes, well, he’s gonna have to raise some money for that.

John: Yeah, yeah, yeah. He said he was eyeballing us to invest.

Marlena: He’s trying to charm his way into my pocketbook.

John: Any idea what the film’s about?

Marlena: Uh, yeah it’s about, uh, it’s about sami.

John: Excuse me?

Marlena: It’s about sami. Johnny feels he wants to work on something that he’s personally close to. I suggested he talk to will, because of course will, you know, is familiar with show business, and turns out that johnny is now going to direct the script that will wrote.

John: “Sami brady story.”

Marlena: Yes, that one.

John: Yeah, mm-hmm.

Marlena: You have some feelings about that?

John: Yeah. I think it’s really a terrible idea.

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

[Soft orchestration]

 

Ej: You’re making a movie based on will’s old script.

Johnny: Why not?

Ej: Well, for one thing, it’s already been rejected by several studios.

Johnny: Some tweaking, fresh vision.

Ej: What about exploiting your family?

Johnny: Hardly. Mom collaborated with will. Obviously she didn’t object.

Ej: What if I object?

Johnny: Well, I could always write you out. It’s not like you’re vital to the story.

Ej: How could I not be? I was the love of your mother’s life.

Johnny: Really? ‘Cause from what I’ve read, I’d say that title belongs to lucas.

Marlena: Look, are you concerned about the money? I know it’s a risky investment.

John: No, no, no, no, no. I’m not worried about that. I’m more concerned about– well, I’m more concerned about just dredging up the past and putting it out there for the whole world to see.

Marlena: What do you mean?

John: Well, doc, I’m guessing that there’s probably one significant moment in sami’s history that’s gonna be in that film, something that she witnessed, that unfortunately changed her life forever.

[Apprehensive music]

 

Marlena: Oh, that.

John: Oh, that.

[ “The addams family” theme playing ]

Kayla: How are you feeling today, doug?

Doug: Just fine.

Kayla: No further incidents?

Doug: You mean, have i grabbed anybody’s behind besides my wife’s? No.

Julie: Doug.

Doug: I’m so embarrassed. I-I don’t understand why I did that.

Julie: Well, that’s why kayla’s here.

Doug: Yeah.

Julie: To give us some answers, and I understand that you have the results of the mri now.

Kayla: Yes, I do. Um, we looked for structural changes in the brain, damage that could have been caused by a stroke. We also looked for shrinkage in the cortex or decreased volume in his hippocampus. Either one of those would show signs of early alzheimer’S.

Julie: Well, what did you find?

Marlena: I don’t think that johnny is going to portray how his mother found out we were having an affair.

John: Sweetheart.

[Sighs] That moment of betrayal was the catalyst that drove sami’s actions for years. I don’t see how johnny tells her story without that context.

Marlena: I suppose you’re right. But listen, the thing is that, you know, what happened between us really is no secret. And look, I’m not proud of it, but I’ve adjusted to it.

John: So have I. But what about roman, hmm? I mean, I’m not so sure that he would appreciate being reminded of a very painful time in his life.

Marlena: And don’t you think that johnny is gonna run that past his grandfather?

John: I don’t know.

Marlena: Well, I don’t think that roman really would mind. You know, look, we’re all good friends now. I think roman has moved on with his life.

Roman: All right. Glad you’re still here.

Kate: So did you get those doughnuts put away all safe and sound so no one can get at them?

Roman: Yes, I did, why?

Kate: Um, and did you maybe have one yourself?

Roman: How can you tell?

Kate: [Laughs] Uh, powdered sugar. Dead giveaway.

Roman: [Laughs] Right here? Right there?

Kate: No, not right there. Let-let me help you. Uh, no–don’t–that– there you go. There you go. That is perfect.

Roman: Well, thank you, ma’am.

Kate: [Laughs]

Roman: You, me, and doughnuts, man. Remember how our wedding cake got ruined?

Kate: Oh, my gosh. Seriously, the salem stalker made it look like the cake was oozing blood.

Lucas: Oh, yeah, I remember that, good times.

Roman: Yeah, and then alice saved the day by providing that tower of doughnuts.

Kate: You know, it was really such a beautiful reception. It was. Until the groom appeared to be killed.

Lucas: We need one normal wedding in salem, just once. Please.

Roman: I ended up on the island of melaswen. Not exactly the honeymoon getaway I was expecting.

Kate: Yeah, well you and victor didn’t enjoy those romantic walks by the–by the beach?

Roman: You know, victor didn’t exactly fill out a sarong the way you did.

Kate: Oh, wow.

Roman: And still do.

Kate: Thank you.

Roman: You know what, i need to get back to the kitchen. Good to see you both.

Lucas: All right. What was that?

Kate: What?

Lucas: That-that whole thing.

Kate: What-what whole thing?

Lucas: Don’t-don’t do that. Don’t be coy with me. Tell me the truth. You two hooking up again?

Ej: That’s absurd. Lucas is not the great love of samantha’s life.

Johnny: Maybe you should read the screenplay. Mom and lucas aren’t even a real couple, yet the chemistry’s already off the charts. You can tell they’re totally meant for each other.

Ej: Of course, will made it sound that way. Lucas is his father.

Johnny: I don’t know. Almost 30 years later, mom and lucas still can’t keep their hands off each other, despite your “great love.”

Ej: I realize you enjoy getting under my skin. But watch yourself, john roman. Take it too far, and you might just live to regret it.

[Tense music]

 

Abigail: “Welcome home, mommy. We love you.” Oh, gosh.

Chad: [Sighs] You okay?

Abigail: Our kids are the best.

Chad: They did not want to leave their mom.

Abigail: Well, yeah. Any excuse to skip school, right?

Chad: Mm-hmm. I can’t think of a better reason. I was firm, though: School comes first. Although those kids, they drive a hard bargain. I had to promise we’ll have a special “welcome home, mommy” dinner tonight.

Abigail: Oh, great. ‘Cause, you know, charlotte’s definition of special is usually jelly beans and ice cream.

Chad: Yeah. And probably some chocolate chip cookies for dessert.

Abigail: [Laughs] Ugh.

[Sighs] Thank you.

Chad: For what?

Abigail: Just making me realize it was time to come home.

Chad: Let’s get you settled in. I’ll, uh, I’ll bring up your bags up to our room.

Abigail: Uh, can we just, um, can we wait a second? Serena: It’s my 3:10

Kayla: Based on your mri results, there were no signs of bleeding, a stroke, or a tumor. I didn’t see the presence of biomarkers that would raise any red flags. There was some shrinkage of your brain volume, but that is not unexpected at your age.

Doug: So can you rule out alzheimer’s?

Kayla: No, not yet. Not every patient who has the disease shows clear biomarkers.

Julie: So where do we go from here?

Kayla: I can order a pet scan, and that might find more markers. But it’s expensive.

Julie: I don’t care. I don’t care if it costs the moon. We’ll-we’ll do whatever is necessary to get to the bottom of this, kayla.

Doug: Yeah. What she said, yeah.

Kayla: We are gonna find out what’s going on with you, doug, I promise. This is why I think it might be a good idea for you to see marlena. She can more generally assess if you are having some kind of dementia. Shall I give her a call?

[Apprehensive music]

Marlena: You really don’t want johnny making this movie, do you?

John: Isn’t there another script he could film? You know, maybe one about– aw, hell, I don’t know, a-a talking dog. Everybody loves talking dogs.

Marlena: I don’t think that’s what he wants to do.

John: Well, maybe not, but the past is sometimes best left in the past, doc.

Marlena: So are you concerned about him revisiting our affair?

John: Sweetheart, what we did, the scandal of it, not only destroyed your marriage and your family, but it left you feeling alone, isolated, a pariah in a town that had loved you. And because you were so vulnerable, it led to the darkest time in your life.

Kate: Why on earth would you think that roman and I are involved?

Lucas: Blatant flirting.

Kate: Seriously? I was getting powdered sugar off his cheek.

Lucas: What about that whole thing with the sarong? I mean, come on, I was right here.

Kate: Oh, come on, that was merely a statement of fact, so.

Lucas: So you’re not sneaking into each other’s rooms at night, reliving the past?

Kate: No, we’re saving that for you and sami.

Lucas: Oh! Walked into that one, didn’t I?

Kate: Mm-hmm.

Lucas: Yeah, well. What’s that? What are you looking for?

Kate: I’m not–I’m not looking for anything.

Lucas: Really? You want my opinion?

Kate: No, actually, I don’t want your opinion at all.

Lucas: I think you and roman are great together. You were great together, you know, back in the day.

Kate: Yeah, back in the day. That’s past tense, lucas.

Lucas: Well, it doesn’t have to be. I mean, you said yourself, he’s interested in getting back together with you.

Kate: He talked about that months ago. He hasn’t said anything since.

Lucas: Well, every man’s got his pride. Probably felt rejected.

Kate: Yeah, or he’s just not interested, so.

Lucas: Or you should just talk to him and ask him. You could do that.

Kate: God, what is this all about? Why are you making something that is absolutely not your business your business?

Lucas: That’s not a “no,” is it?

Johnny: Lucas!

Lucas: Johnny! What’s up, man?

Johnny: Hey, man.

Lucas: Good to see you!

Johnny: Good to see you too.

Lucas: Getting big.

Johnny: Old man.

Lucas: Hey, easy on the old man stuff. I still got it.

Johnny: Kate. Beautiful as ever.

Kate: Oh, what a sweet talker, just like your dad. Who is so excited that you are back in town. He can’t wait to get you into the family business.

Johnny: Well, unfortunately for him, I’ve got plans of my own, and with any luck, I’m about to be one step closer to making my dream come true.

Chad: What’s wrong?

Abigail: It’s just that before I went to boston, we were sleeping in separate rooms.

Chad: Yeah. No, I know. I just, I was– I thought that maybe– I was hoping that things– things would be different.

Abigail: Well, we discussed we have a lot of things to work out, and I think that I’d just feel more comfortable doing that if we were sleeping in separate beds.

Chad: Okay.

Abigail: Okay. Is that a problem?

Chad: No.

Abigail: ‘Cause you said you’d be with me every step of the way on this.

Chad: I know, and I meant it. Whatever you need. But we are gonna have to have a conversation with the kids.

Abigail: Yeah, I mean, yeah. We were sleeping in separate beds when I went to boston. So I think we should just talk to them again, and I think they’re gonna understand.

Chad: What about everyone else?

Abigail: Every–what? Are you embarrassed?

Chad: Ah, no. Just, certain people are gonna– are gonna have an opinion.

Abigail: Certain people? I mean…

Ej: Abigail! What a lovely surprise!

Abigail: Ej. On the outside, I looked fine.

Marlena: You’re right. I was in a bad place after sami found out about our affair. But this movie is about sami, not about me.

John: Well, what happened next, it affected sami as well. And this is not a subject that johnny should be messing with.

Marlena: John–

John: You know what I’m talking about, doc. This opened the door–

[Phone ringing]

Marlena: It’s kayla. I need to take it. Kayla, hi, good morning.

Kayla: Hi, um, I hope I’m not interrupting anything.

Marlena: Oh, uh, no. Uh, what can I do for you?

Kayla: It’s about doug. Um, he’s showing some signs of cognitive decline, and his test results didn’t reveal anything definitive. I was hoping that maybe you could see him, and you could weigh in with an assessment.

Marlena: Of course. I’d be glad to. Um, I don’t have a very busy morning at work. I’ll, uh, I’ll come to the hospital right now.

Kayla: That would be great. Thank you.

Marlena: Okay. See you soon. I’ve got to–I’ve got to get to the hospital. Can we pick up this conversation about johnny later?

John: Of course we can. I love you, doc.

Marlena: I love you.

[Apprehensive music]

Lucas: Big plans, huh? What, are you gonna open a bakery like your sister?

Roman: Hey, look what the cat dragged in! I was beginning to think you were avoiding me.

Johnny: Grandpa. I’m sorry, I’ve been kind of busy.

Roman: Yeah, what, getting in trouble?

Johnny: Actually, I’ve been working on my dream project.

Lucas: Yeah, he was just about to tell us all about it. Right?

Kate: Right.

Johnny: I’m gonna make a movie. And I’m hoping that you would consider investing in the future of your favorite grandchild.

Roman: Okay. All right, that is why you finally came to visit!

Johnny: Oh, come on, gramps, you know I missed you.

Roman: Uh-huh, sure, sure. How much do– how much do you need?

Johnny: Well, that’s up to you, um. I’m hitting up multiple investors, including grandma marlena. She’s actually the one who gave me the idea for the movie.

Kate: Uh. What’s it about?

Johnny: I am going to direct will’s screenplay about my mom’s life.

Lucas: Oh.

Roman: That’s a great idea.

Johnny: I’m glad you think so; my, uh, my dad hates the idea.

Lucas: Oh, really? Why?

Johnny: Yeah, he thinks, uh– he just thinks my mom won’t like it, which is ridiculous, ’cause she approved will’s script years ago when she moved us all out to california. Obviously, she didn’t have a problem with it then, so she should be cool with it now. But I wanted to get your input first.

Roman: About?

Johnny: There’s the whole thing about grandma marlena’s affair, and, you know, I just didn’t want it to bring up any stuff.

Roman: You know what, ancient history, man, so I’m good. Just as long as you get somebody very dashing and very handsome to play me. I’m thinking george clooney.

Johnny: Okay, all right, I’ll see what I can do.

Roman: All right, count me in.

Johnny: All right, thank you. I’m gonna make you proud.

Roman: I’m willing to bet my money on that.

Johnny: So lucas, do you have any interest in, uh, backing my movie?

Ej: I didn’t know you were here!

Chad: Yeah, we just got back.

Abigail: Oh, hi. Uh, you all right?

Ej: Oh, I just worked out a little too hard yesterday. I’m finally back to my old self.

Chad: For better or worse.

Abigail: Well, it’s, uh, it’s great to see you healthy and home.

Ej: You as well. I’m glad my little brother took my advice to go off and fight for you.

Chad: What?

Abigail: Oh, uh. I didn’t realize it was your idea.

Chad: No, it wasn’t his idea. I came–it wasn’t your idea. I came to boston because I wanted to see you, and I wanted to be able to try to work things out.

Ej: It doesn’t matter who takes credit for bringing abigail back, does it? The important thing is that you’re home.

Doug: So doc, what’s your opinion? Do you think I have dementia?

Marlena: Well, doug, there’s nothing really conclusive here yet, but I hope to know more after I’ve run some tests.

Doug: Marlena, if I confess something to you, do you promise to keep it just between us?

Marlena: You’re my patient. Anything-anything you tell me will be held in strict confidence.

Doug: Well, I’ve been insisting to julie that I’m just fine. But down deep, I can feel it– there is something wrong with me. I say and do strange things, and I don’t know why. I just pray that you can help me.

Marlena: I will do everything I can to help you, doug.

Lucas: Uh, are you sure you want to take money from a guy who ruined your dad’s marriage?

Johnny: Hey, that’s between you and my dad. You’ve always been good to me. And you’re my twin sister’s father, so there’s the family thing. There’s also one other factoid you might find interesting.

Kate: All right, I’ll bite. What?

Johnny: You’re kind of a big part in the movie.

Lucas: I am?

Johnny: Yeah. The way the script reads, you were the love of my mom’s life, not my dad.

Kate: Wow. So I bet you couldn’t wait to tell ej that.

Lucas: Yeah, I’m sure that went over real well, didn’t it?

Johnny: It might have pushed a few buttons.

Lucas: Well, that’s, uh, good enough for me. I’ll sign a check right now.

Johnny: Okay! All right! Thank you!

Lucas: No, thank you.

Johnny: Okay, um. Kate, is there any chance you–

Kate: Oh, sorry, spielberg, but I don’t want to get into hot water with your daddy because he signs my paychecks, and i want to keep that happening.

Johnny: Fair enough. I understand. I’ve still got some other investors to hit up, so. Thank you both for your support. It means a lot, especially since my dad’s being such a jerk about all this.

Ej: So, when I walked in, did I hear you’ll be staying in separate rooms?

Chad: Uh, that’s none of your business.

Ej: Relax. As a man who’s own marriage has recently imploded, I am a champion of unions where love wins the day. And I know yours will too. That’s why I want you to know that chad feels nothing but regret and disgust with himself for letting your scheming sister manipulate him–

Chad: Dude, would you shut up? I don’t need you speaking for me.

Ej: I’m just trying to help.

Chad: Okay, you want to help? Then why don’t you give us some privacy? I thought you were supposed to be at the office! Aren’t you–aren’t you– weren’t you supposed to bring johnny in with you today?

Ej: I was, but he’s refusing to even consider working at dimera. And that is on you. I’ve lost count of how many asthma attacks I’ve had.

Chad: Are you still on this? It’s not my fault that johnny doesn’t want to work for dimera.

Ej: I asked you to convince him dimera’s where he belongs. Instead, you encouraged him to follow his ridiculous dream of making movies.

Chad: He’s a grown man. He should be able to make his own choices in life.

Ej: His choice has been to party his way through europe for the last few years.

Chad: He’s a smart kid!

Ej: Who needs direction!

Chad: It sounds you’d prefer a choke chain.

Ej: You’re supposed to be working with me to steer this family in the right direction. That was the whole point of taking this company back. And yet you take pleasure in egging johnny on to defy me!

Chad: No, johnny’s doing a damn good job of that himself!

Ej: Perhaps you could persuade your husband to remember where his loyalties lie.

Abigail: Actually, I think you’re trying to put chad in between you and your son, and now you’re trying to put me between you and chad, which is not gonna happen, because I’m not gonna take the bait.

Kate: So that was very generous of you to invest in johnny’s film. Although your ulterior motives were compatibility transparent.

Lucas: What do you mean? It’s like johnny said, it’s about family. You know me, I’d do anything for family.

Kate: Yeah, uh-huh, yeah. And sticking it to ej had absolutely nothing to do with it, right?

Lucas: Mm. I don’t want to talk about that. I’d rather talk about what we were discussing before johnny came in. We were talking about you and roman.

Kate: Lucas, there is no me and roman.

Lucas: You still hung up on jake?

Kate: No!

Lucas: Well, then give roman a chance! What’s the problem?

Roman: Chance for what?

[Knock at door]

John: Yeah, hold on. Hey, my namesake!

Johnny: Grandpa john!

John: How you doing, kid?

Johnny: It’s good to see you.

John: Come on in, come on in!

Johnny: I’m sorry for not stopping by sooner.

John: No, no, no, no, it’s all right. Grandma says you’ve been a bit busy.

Johnny: Yeah, is she, uh, she around?

John: No, no, she just got called into work. You just missed her.

Johnny: Oh, did she happen to mention my project to you?

John: Yeah, yeah. In fact, we were–we were just discussing it.

Johnny: And?

John: Well, kid, to be honest with you, uh, I’ve got a– I’ve got a few concerns about the script.

Johnny: I didn’t realize you were such a film critic.

John: [Chuckles] No, it’s, uh–let’s just say that I’m-I’m a little apprehensive about putting her life out there like that.

Johnny: You mean grandma marlena’s affair.

John: Yeah, for one thing, yeah. You know, people like– well, like your grandpa roman. You know, he might not be that comfortable with that.

Johnny: Actually, I just spoke with him, and he’s on board. And he is investing. So if that’s the only thing stopping you from investing–

John: Well, actually, it’s not the only thing. I’ve got some other concerns as well.

Johnny: Like what?

John: [Sighs] Hey, I’ll tell you what, let me finish having this conversation with grandma, and then I’ll circle back with you as soon as possible, okay?

Johnny: Okay. Hey, no worries. No pressure. I’m good with whatever you guys decide, so. I’m gonna go finish reading the script.

John: Wait. You haven’t even finished the script yet?

Johnny: Well, no, but it’s about mom’s life, so I gotta know all the major plot points, right?

John: Hey, hey, johnny, listen.

Johnny: Yo.

John: How do you feel about movies with talking dogs?

Johnny: Uh… [Laughs] Why?

John: Never mind.

Johnny: Okay.

Marlena: Doug, are you all right with me recording our session?

Doug: Oh, yes, sure.

Marlena: Great. Now, I would like to start off by discussing some of your recent moments of cognitive dissonance. I-I understand that you’ve been, uh, mixing up people’s names?

Doug: Well, apparently I– I confused you with vivian alamain. Sorry about that.

Marlena: It’s okay. I’ll find some way to forgive you for that.

Doug: [Chuckles] I feel worse, really, about forgetting tom and alice. I mean, goodness, how could I ever forget them? They meant so much to me.

Marlena: Having a–having a lapse in memory doesn’t mean they’re any less meaningful to you. So please, don’t feel guilty about it.

Doug: Well, I do feel guilty. I groped paulina price, for pete’s sake. Completely inappropriate.

Marlena: Yeah. You have any idea why you did that?

Doug: No. It just-just horrified julie. All this has been so hard on her.

Marlena: Julie told me that you–you locked her in the freezer by accident.

Doug: That was no accident. I locked that bitch in there on purpose.

Ej: I see you two are still a united front, even if you are sleeping in separate bedrooms.

Abigail: Like chad said, that’s none of your business.

Ej: My apologies. Chad, I’ll see you in the office. Abigail, again, lovely to see you, and welcome home.

Chad: I’m so sorry. That’s so embarrassing. I–that’s not–that’s not how I planned to welcome you home.

Abigail: Well, like you said, home, sweet home, huh?

Lucas: Oh, man, I got some errands to run. Excuse me; I’ll be back. Lost track of time.

Roman: Okay, um. What was that all about?

Kate: Well, lucas was just giving me some advice.

Roman: Advice from a man who just slept with his married ex-wife.

Kate: Uh, twice.

Roman: Was it good advice?

Kate: Lucas thinks that we should get back together.

Roman: I see. And what do you think about that?

Kayla: Here you go.

Julie: Thank you.

Kayla: Julie, I know how hard this is. I went through something very similar with my own mother. It was hard to watch her forget her loved ones.

Julie: But at least caroline had a reprieve. The last years of her life– if doug has alzheimer’s– it’s just, all the days of our lives have been so wonderful. Years and years, much more than most people ever get. I want more! I’m sorry. So selfish of me.

Kayla: No, it’s not. Listen, I am not giving up hope. And you shouldn’t, either.

Marlena: I’m sorry. Did you say–

Doug: That I locked her in on purpose? You heard that. You heard right. It was the most fun I had all week.

Marlena: I’m sure you don’t mean that. I think you’re just confused.

Doug: No, marlena, you are the one who’s confused. [Laughs] I am not doug.

[Laughs]

[Foreboding music]

Johnny: What the hell? Grandma marlena was possessed by the devil?

Marlena: Of course you’re doug. You’re doug williams. I’m marlena evans.

Doug: I know exactly, exactly who you are.

[In deep voice] It’s been over 25 years, marlena. But did you really think I wouldn’t come back for you?

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Paulina: Oh, if I keep patronizing my daughter’s bakery, I gonna have to buy myself a whole new wardrobe.

[Both laugh]

Abe: Oh, same here. You know, but I, in healthful– healthful solidarity, am gonna take these treats to lani, as I’m meeting her for dinner at the pub. You wanna join us?

Paulina: Oh, no, no. I don’t want to intrude on your father-daughter time.

Abe: Well, she is bringing my adorable grandchildren. I know how much you love them.

Paulina: Oh, those sugar plums, they are my weakness, but no, no, I think I’ll let you spoil them solo tonight because I have an errand to run.

Abe: Can i drop you somewhere?

Paulina: No, no, no, no, no. I don’t want you to be late for your dinner, okay? Now, you enjoy now, okay?

Abe: [Chuckles]

Marlena: I’ll be home very soon. I just got slowed down because johnny came by. Yeah, it was good to see him. Uh-huh. Well, it wasn’t entirely a social visit. He came by with a proposition. Oh. Well, okay. Tell me something: How would you feel about investing in a film?

Johnny: Perfecto. Who knew video calls would make me a better cinematographer?

[Laptop ringing] Hey, bro. How’s it going? Great to see you.

Will: You too, man. You too

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

[Soft orchestration]

 

Johnny: So how is everything in arizona?

Will: No complaints. I’ve been covering some great stories for the paper. Sonny and his brothers are doing great work at their biotech company.

Johnny: Do you have any time for fun?

Will: Yeah, we took a little road trip at the end of the summer. Had some nice family bonding time, and now ari’s back in school.

Johnny: She like it?

Will: Loves it.

Johnny: That’s great.

Will: So what about you? I was very surprised to hear you moved back to salem.

Johnny: Italy is amazing, but it was time for a change. That said, if I’d known how much pressure my dad was gonna put on me to work at dimera, might’ve thought twice before coming.

Will: Your father is a hard guy to say no to.

Johnny: Yeah, no kidding. But I’ve got plans of my own. I’m gonna make a movie, and that is where you come in.

Abe: Well, hello, sweetheart.

Lani: Aww. Hi, dad.

Abe: Well, look at those angels over there. They are fast asleep. Hey, and grandpa brought you a very special treat.

[Laughs]

Lani: Which their dad will have to eat because they don’t have enough teeth yet, dad.

[Both laugh] And I still have some baby weight to lose.

Abe: Oh, nonsense; I’ve never seen you look more beautiful.

Lani: Aren’t you just the sweetest father ever. Where’s paulina? I just assumed that she would be joining us.

Abe: Well, I did invite her, but she had something she needed to do.

Marlena: I do. I do realize it’s a lot of money, and so does johnny. That’s why he understands we have to think about it.

[Chuckles] Yeah. You know, I would like to support him in this, only if you’re comfortable with that.

[Knock at door] Oh, I’ve got somebody here. I will talk to you about it at home. Yeah. Love you too. Bye. Come in. Oh.

Paulina: Special delivery. I thought you’d enjoy a sample of what my daughter and your granddaughter have created.

Marlena: [Laughs] Come to mama.

[Laughs]

Chanel: Oh, my god.

Allie: Please tell me we didn’t lose money. Dupree, tell me we at least broke even.

Chanel: We made a profit. A big one. Look.

Allie: Oh, my god. We made that much?

Chanel: On our first day!

[Both giggling]

Limu emu & doug

Tripp: Am I interrupting?

Allie: Tripp, hi.

Tripp: You two seem happy.

Chanel: We were just celebrating that we made a profit on opening day. There’s nothing romantic going on, in case you were worried.

Tripp: Who said I was worried?

Allie: No one. I don’t know why chanel said that, because she knows you and I are together.

Chanel: Yeah, horton’s made that clear. But I’m a little less clear on whether she’s really okay with me dating her brother.

Johnny: Yeah, I’ve been looking around for material, and when I went to talk to grandma marlena earlier, she suggested I should talk to you, and that’s when I remembered that you wrote that script about mom’s life, and that just feels like something I could connect with, you know, ’cause it’s about our family.

Will: [Scoffs] You wanna make “the sami brady story”?

Johnny: Do you still have the script?

Will: Man, I haven’t even thought about that in years. But I save everything to a hard drive, so I probably have it somewhere.

Johnny: Could you send it to me?

Will: Yeah. Sure. But have you asked mom how she feels about this? If she’d be cool with you making a movie about her life?

Johnny: I would if she would return any of my calls.

Will: Mom’s ghosting you?

Johnny: No, she left town after she cheated on my dad with yours. Went off the grid. Apparently, she needs some space.

Will: Yeah, I got that text she sent. I feel bad for her, her marriage ending. I hope she’s okay.

Johnny: Yeah, me too. And I feel for her, but she really has no one to blame but herself.

Will: Sounds like the whole thing was pretty dramatic.

Johnny: Mom’s whole life has been pretty dramatic, and that is why I know her story will make a good movie.

Kayla: Hello. Sorry for the delay. I got an emergency appendectomy.

Julie: Oh, darling, that’s all right. Doug has been working his crossword puzzles. He does them every day. Keep his mind sharp.

Doug: 16 across. Humdinger.

Kayla: I’m sorry? Doug: That’s the clue. Nine letters.

Julie: I haven’t the foggiest.

Kayla: And neither do I.

Doug: Oh, I got it. Don’t worry. Bees’ knees. That’s you, baby.

Julie: [Laughs]

Kayla: Doug, in cases like yours, where you’ve experienced some confusion and some memory issues, we like to start with a very basic test. It’s about 30 questions that will assess your cognitive function. And then when we get the results of that, we will know where you stand, and we can take it from there.

Doug: If I don’t pass this test, does that mean I’m losing my mind?

Lani: Too bad auntie p couldn’t join us.

Abe: Yeah, I know, I know. But yeah, I really enjoy having the one-on-one time with my daughter.

Lani: [Laughs] I’m really sorry eli and I had to run out so quickly last night.

Abe: Don’t apologize. Duty called.

Lani: It was a really good meal, though. And you and auntie p were so cute, cooking together and making little inside jokes.

Abe: Ah. But, you know, thank you for making peace with your aunt.

Lani: She’s family. And I know she is crazy about you, dad, and she’s obsessed with the twins. Oh, and thank you so much for babysitting last night on zero notice.

Abe: No. No thanks are necessary. It was a pleasure. And, you know, I think that your aunt paulina loves these babies more than you realize.

Lani: What do you mean?

Abe: Well, after you left, she referred to herself as jules and carver’s grandma.

Marlena: Oh! Yummy. Thank you for this.

Paulina: Well, after the mess I made almost turning the square into price town, I should have bought every item in that bakery and passed them out for free.

Marlena: Well, you did the right thing, and now it’s all behind you.

Paulina: Well, if only i could fix all my mistakes so easily.

Marlena: What does that mean?

Paulina: Something is weighing on me, marlena. And it’s a very heavy, emotional burden. And I hear that you’re the best when it comes to helping people out with these kinds of issues.

Marlena: I’m glad to listen to you. Have you tried talking to abe about it?

Paulina: Oh, goodness, no. No. He is the last person who can know what I’m about to tell you.

[ “The addams family” theme playing ]

Julie: Of course you’re not losing your mind, darling.

Doug: Well, I might be, if I don’t pass the test.

Kayla: Why don’t you try not to think of it is pass or fail? It’s really just a diagnostic tool. And depending on what we learn, we might order more tests, like an mri, just so we can rule out any physical causes of what you’re going through.

Julie: So we’ll try to be positive.

Kayla: Absolutely. You ready to get started?

Doug: Yes.

Kayla: Okay. So first off, I’m going to tell you five words, and at the end of the session, I’m gonna ask you to repeat them to me, okay?

Doug: Yes. Fire away, kid.

Tripp: I saw johnny earlier. I ran into him, actually. I asked him to fill me in on what happened the other night when you went over to his place.

Allie: Why didn’t you ask me?

Tripp: I did, but you didn’t have time to talk. And I thought it was important to know where we all stood.

Chanel: What did johnny say?

Tripp: He definitely doesn’t appreciate his sister butting in on his relationship with you. Allie: That is not…forget it.

Chanel: No, finish.

Allie: You know how I feel about this whole situation. Now it is up to you if you wanna decide to continue on your… whatever with johnny. Look, I don’t wanna talk about it anymore, okay? I just–I’d really much rather focus on sweet bits being a huge hit.

Tripp: Right, right, which is why I’m here. I wanted to celebrate with both of you. So why don’t we get a table and order some champagne?

Chanel: Sure, and with the bank we just made, I can finally afford to buy the bubbly.

Allie: We’ll split it.

Tripp: No, no, no. Neither one of you is gonna pay, okay? And to avoid any confusion and to be clear, I would like to congratulate my girlfriend and her business partner on being on their way to building a baking dynasty, okay? So the champagne is very definitely on me.

Johnny: Hey, thanks for sending me the script. I can’t wait to read it.

Will: Just keep in mind, I was pretty young when I wrote it.

Johnny: Yeah, it’ll need some tweaking, but let me take a look. We’ll discuss.

Will: I gotta say, it’s impressive. You have a dream, and you’re making it a reality. Allie is too. I heard she just opened a bakery with a friend.

Johnny: Yeah. It’s an… interesting partnership.

Will: Meaning what?

Johnny: Do you ever get the feeling allie might play for your team?

Will: Why would you think that?

Johnny: Never mind. Just send me the script. Can’t wait to read it. I’m sure it’s full of family secrets that no one’s ever told me.

Lani: Why would paulina say she’s the twins’ grandmother when she’s their great aunt?

Abe: Well, you know, I think it’s aspirational. I mean, you know, she said she could see herself being their grandmother at some point down the line, since I’m their grandfather.

Lani: [Scoffs] “At some point down the line.” Dad, you’re confusing me.

Abe: [Chuckles] Well, what I think she meant was that she would be the grandmother if she and I were married.

Paulina: I know you’re close with abe. Maybe this was a mistake.

Marlena: No, if you’re– if you’re looking for some professional advice, anything you tell me would be protected by doctor-patient confidentiality. I couldn’t breathe a word of it legally.

Paulina: Really?

Marlena: Yeah. I could be sued. I could lose my license

Paulina: In that case, I guess I can talk. Abe and I are getting serious, which is wonderful. There’s something I’m feeling very guilty about. And it’s not dating the man that was involved with my sister, if that’s what you’re thinking. No, he–tammy and abe, they were over decades, decades ago. But there are things that I know about the family history that they’re tearing me up inside, and if they ever come out, then they would just tear the whole family apart.

Marlena: [Exhales] That is a heavy burden.

Paulina: And I care about abe a lot. Last night, we said I love you to each other for the first time. I have just regained his trust

Marlena: Wouldn’t that convince you that he would understand?

Paulina: Not about this. Not about this. If abe knew, he would hate me forever.

Marlena: No, I don’t believe that’s true.

Paulina: I do. I know. Because… the truth is, abe is not lani’s father. – Hi sabrina! – Hi jen!

Paulina: You’re shocked, aren’t you?

Marlena: Well, just a little bit, I guess I am. My understanding is that lani came to salem because tamara told her that abe was her father. Why would she lie about a thing like that?

Paulina: Because abraham carver is a kind and decent man. And having him be the father was far better than the truth.

Marlena: So tamara passed lani off as abe’s child because she didn’t want the biological father to think that he had a child. That doesn’t seem like a thing she would do.

Paulina: That isn’t what she did.

Marlena: I don’t understand.

Paulina: There are two secrets. Abe is not lani’s father, and tammy is not her mother.

Marlena: How can that be? Tamara raised her.

Paulina: Yes, she did. But I gave birth to her. I am lani’s mother.

Lani: You and aunt paulina are thinking about getting married? That’s kind of fast, dad.

Abe: Well, it doesn’t mean it’s going to happen tomorrow or even necessarily happen at all. How would you feel if it did?

Lani: I mean, it’s not really up to me.

Abe: Sweetheart, you’re my daughter. Your opinion means a lot to me, and even more so since I know how much she hurt you,

Lani: [Sighs] I will never forget how paulina treated me as a kid. And it’s so– I hate that she betrayed so many people that I care about and that she used you the way that she did

Abe: Well, now you see how important money is to her.

Lani: True. And this time is different. She didn’t disappear. She stuck around, and she tried to make things right.

Abe: And she apologized to both of us.

Lani: And I do think that she was sincere, which is why I forgave her

Abe: Well, forgiving someone and being comfortable around her all the time are two different things

Lani: Dad, I’m comfortable around aunt paulina.

Abe: As your aunt. But what if she becomes your mother?

Allie: Thank you, tripp.

Tripp: Mm-hmm.

Chanel: Mmm. Oh, yeah. This is the good stuff.

Tripp: I would like to propose a toast.

Johnny: Is this a private party, or is there room for one more?

Kayla: Okay. Just a few more questions. What is this?

Doug: That’s your watch.

Kayla: Okay. And what is this?

Doug: That’s a pen. By the way, I do all my crosswords in pen.

Kayla: Oh, you are a very brave man. Okay, repeat after me. No ifs, ands, or buts.

Doug: No ifs, ands, or buts.

Kayla: Okay. Now I want you to–let me give you a piece of paper. I want you to– are you right- or left-handed?

Doug: Right-handed.

Kayla: Okay, I want you to take this paper with your left. All right. I want you to fold it with both hands and then place it right here on the bed. Okay. That’s it. We’re done.

Julie: Oh, he did really well, didn’t he?

Kayla: He did great. Okay, doug, I need you to tell me what the five words are I asked you to remember at the beginning of the session. Can you tell me what they are?

Doug: Well, the five words… five words…. I got ’em. Yeah. I know. I know I know them. Did you know faded, dingy, and rough fabrics

Doug: Five words. Five words. They’re right on the tip of my tongue. Wanna give me a hint?

Kayla: I’m afraid I can’T. But just take your time. Relax.

Doug: Person. Person is the first word.

Kayla: Okay. And the others?

Doug: They’re woman, man, camera, and tv.

Julie: Yes! Yes! He not only got every single word right, he got them in the perfect order. Tell me, does he get extra points for that?

Kayla: Well, it’s not a competition.

Doug: Well, I do get a score, though, right?

Kayla: Oh, yes, you do. And from that, I can tell you that I don’t think there’s anything serious going on with you.

Julie: Oh, thank god. Thank god. I’m so relieved.

Doug: I’m relieved also. But I still don’t understand why I locked julie in the freezer.

Kayla: Well, that i cannot explain.

Doug: Okay. You want me to stick around? Take more tests?

Kayla: I don’t think you need to do that. If you have another incident of any kind, give me a call. Otherwise, you are free to go. All right?

Julie: Thank you.

Kayla: Uh-huh. I’ll see you later.

Doug: Thanks, kayla.

Julie: Everything’s all right, darling. Perfectly, perfectly all right.

Johnny: Since you weren’t responding to my calls or texts, I realized I needed to up my game to get your attention. Congratulations on your grand opening.

Chanel: Oh, thank you, G.

Allie: No flowers for me?

Johnny: Maybe if you’d apologized.

Allie: For what?

Johnny: For trying to come between me and chanel like a psychopath.

Allie: I thought confronting johnny… I thought doing that really was just to protect you. I guess I didn’t realize consciously the real reasons that I was doing it. I don’t know, I felt it when you told me that you met a guy you liked, so maybe…maybe I should have known that I didn’t just go running over there because I was blindsided and worried and upset. Maybe I also did it because I was jealous. Chanel and I talked about that, and she understands that there was history that she was not aware of.

Johnny: Ancient history.

Allie: I was just trying to protect her.

Johnny: She doesn’t need you to do that.

Allie: I get that now. And I get that my brother’s love life is not something I should be involved in. And believe me, I don’t wanna be.

Johnny: Look, I know that I don’t have the best track record when it comes women. I could be a real jerk. But that’s in the past now. I’ve learned from my mistakes. I’m a different person. And I hope you know that. ‘Cause I’d really like to stay.

Chanel: Of course you can stay. My friends and I are celebrating a very exciting, very promising new beginning. And you should be a part of it.

Lani: To be clear, aunt paulina could never take the place of my mother. And if, dad, if you were to marry, she would be my stepmother.

Abe: Oh, of course. Of course. But my point is that if she became my wife, I would want us all to be family.

Lani: We are a family,

Abe: Of course, but a stepmother would have a bigger role in your life than an aunt. I mean, you’d see her all the time. Is that something you could handle, or is that too much to ask?

Lani: You put on a really good show, dad. You’re the mayor. You’re a father. A grandfather. You have great friends. But dad, I know when you come home at night to an empty house, you’re lonely. And ever since you met aunt paulina, there’s been this spring in your step and a smile on your face.

Abe: It’s a wonderful feeling.

Lani: And I want you to feel this as long as you possibly can. Okay? So if you wanna marry aunt paulina, you have my blessing.

Abe: I’m sorry.

Lani: [Laughs]

Abe: Ah! Mm.

Paulina: If my boyfriend had known I was pregnant with his child, he never would’ve let me go.

Marlena: So you escaped?

Paulina: Barely. I had just enough money to get away before he ever found out that I was pregnant. I was young. I was scared. I didn’t know what to do, but mama did. She told me I had to give my baby to tammy.

Marlena: Oh, and you agreed?

Paulina: I didn’t have a choice; none of us did. Ray, he was rich. He was resourceful. He could find me.

Marlena: Were you afraid that he was going to abuse your daughter as he had abused you?

Paulina: Take her, kill her, kill us both.

[Sighs] So when tammy agreed to raise lani as her own, it was a godsend. I knew she’d make a wonderful mother, and then we’d all be safe. But there was a catch.

Marlena: What was the catch?

Paulina: Lani was to be hers and hers alone. Anything else would be too confusing and too dangerous. So I became auntie paulina. I promised to keep my distance, never say a word.

Marlena: That must have been so difficult for you.

Paulina: The hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life. The pain of not having her in my life, all those years of longing to tell her, it just– well, it just killed me.

Marlena: How did you handle all that?

Paulina: Well, not well. I wanted a relationship with my child, but it couldn’t be one that I wanted. And any effort I made, it only ended up disappointing her, and it infuriated my mama and tammy. They wanted me to stay as far away from lani. And for a while, I did.

Lani: But then you came to salem.

Paulina: The other day, I almost told lani who I was, but mama warned me how devastating that could be. Finding out that her whole life was a lie.

Marlena: Look, I know that would be difficult to learn. But surely she would understand that you had done it to protect her.

Paulina: But lani, she wouldn’t understand why I have lied for all these years. I mean, I’ve grown older. I’ve got my own money. I have my own resources, and I still, still kept it a secret. If she and abe found out that I did that, they would never, ever forgive me.

Marlena: I’m not sure that’s true. And in my life and in my career, I’ve learned that sometimes things that you think can’t be forgiven do get forgiven. It’s just a–look, think about this: No pressure, but if you decide you wanna tell abe and lani the truth, I will help you facilitate that.

Paulina: No, no. No, marlena, you’ve got to– you’ve got to promise me, promise me that what I have shared with you here today, you’ve gotta keep it– just keep it between us. This is the sound of an asthma attack…

Marlena: Paulina, you don’t have to worry. Everything you say to me is in strict confidence. I just–oh, I can see how much pain you’re in. I wish I could help.

Paulina: Just unburdening myself to you has been a help. Oof. Lord knows I cannot talk to my mother. There is no more judgmental woman on the planet.

Marlena: Well, there is no judgment in this room. You can talk freely here about anything without having any fear and maybe… maybe even find some solutions.

Paulina: God knows I could use a solution.

Marlena: Well, I would suggest that you book some appointments with me or someone else.

Paulina: You mean going to therapy? I’ve never tried it. How long does it take, you know, to be cured?

Marlena: Well, that changes from person to person. There’s no set time on that sort of thing. What’s important is that you show up and you do the work.

Paulina: Hard work is not a problem for me.

Marlena: Okay. Should we set up a schedule? Okay. And maybe one day, you’ll feel comfortable sharing your secret with abe and lani.

Paulina: I don’t know about that, but sitting here sharing this with you, I do– I feel better. Thank you. You’re good. Thank you for listening, marlena.

Marlena: It’s my pleasure. Glad to help.

Paulina: Oh, honey, please. I’m a hugger.

[Both laugh] Thanks so much.

Marlena: Mm-hmm.

Lani: So when are you popping the big question?

[Both laugh]

Abe: I just haven’t given it much thought. But I’m glad that I was able to share my plans with you. And I’m very grateful you gave me your blessing.

Lani: I just want you happy, daddy. That’s all I want

[Both laugh]

Tripp: To the success of sweet bits.

[Allie and chanel giggle]

Johnny: Cheers. You guys really inspire me. You worked hard to make your dream come true. And I’m gonna do the same thing with my film.

Tripp: Did you ever talk to your grandma about investing?

Johnny: I did, yeah. I haven’t heard back yet, but got a good feeling.

Allie: Do you even have a script?

Johnny: I do even have a script, allie, yes. When I went to see grandma marlena earlier, she suggested I talk to will about his hollywood experience. And I remembered that he wrote a screenplay about mom’s life.

Allie: Yes. “The sami brady story.”

Chanel: Hold up. Someone wrote a movie about your mama?

Johnny: Yeah, our brother will did a long time ago. I called him earlier and he said he’d send me the script.

Chanel: Oh, my god. My mother would love to have a movie made about her life.

Allie: Yeah, our mom loves the spotlight too. But what you’re doing feels way too personal.

Johnny: What I’m doing is making a great film.

Allie: You don’t even have the script yet. I mean, how do you know it’s gonna be great?

Johnny: Look, message received: You hate the idea. My dad does too, which makes me love it even more.

Tripp: Kind of strange to think you’d have actors playing people in your family.

Allie: Totally. Besides, I mean, who could do justice to sami brady?

Johnny: What about you?

Julie: Paulina price, what are you doing here? Is everything okay?

Paulina: Oh, I’m fine. I’m perfectly healthy. This is a purely social visit.

Julie: Oh. May I inquire who you were socializing with?

Paulina: Oh, marlena. You know, I know how busy she is, so I delivered some cookies from sweet bits.

Julie: Oh, we were at the opening of the bakery. And oh, everything was so delicious. Especially those donuts. Those girls really got that recipe right.

Doug: Alice’s recipe.

Paulina: Oh.

Julie: Exactly.

Paulina: So what brings you by the hospital?

Julie: Well, doug was taking some tests, and he passed them with flying colors.

Paulina: I’m sure he did. You can tell this silver fox, he takes good care of himself. You are one lucky woman, julie. Enjoy your evening.

[Laughter] Doug williams, did you just grab my ass?

Julie: Doug! Your mission:

Julie: Paulina, I am so terribly sorry.

Paulina: Does your husband– does he make a habit of feeling women’s derrires?

Julie: God, no, he’s never done anything like this before. Ever. But you see, he hasn’t been himself lately. He’s been a little off. I’m mortified.

Paulina: Oh, no. Don’t you worry girlfriend, no. You know what, in a way, it’s sort of a compliment.

[Laughing]

Allie: You want me to play mom in your movie?

Chanel: I think your brother’s just trying to get back on your good side.

Johnny: No, I’m serious. I mean, you look a lot like mom when she was young, and I think you’d make a great sami brady.

Tripp: I agree; I mean, you do resemble your mom. And if you need anybody to play my dad, I’m in.

Johnny: Okay.

Allie: Right, because as a med student, you have so much free time on your hands. My schedule is just wide open these days.

Johnny: Oh, we’d find a way to make it work.

Chanel: You should do it, horton.

Tripp: I agree.

Allie: No. No, I’m a baker and a single mom. I’m not an actress.

Johnny: Think about, sis. I can make you a star.

Kayla: You paged me?

Julie: Yeah. I’m afraid doug had another little incident.

Kayla: A memory lapse?

Julie: No. No. It was totally inappropriate behavior. We were standing talking to paulina price, and suddenly he reached out and grabbed her– grabbed her behind.

Kayla: What?

Julie: So I think we better run that mri after all.

Marlena: No, darling, I’m sorry. I was about to leave when a patient showed up and really needed a session, needed to talk. Well, in fact, it was pretty serious, and I just needed to take some time to digest it all.

[Both laugh]

Abe: Well, you know, when the time comes, can you help me pick out an engagement ring?

Lani: Just pick out the biggest ring in the store. The most flashiest that makes a statement. That is what aunt paulina likes.

Paulina: What is it I like?

Abe: Well, jules and carver, of course. You know, I knew when I told you that lani would be bringing the babies to dinner, that you would not be able to stay away.

Paulina: Well, you know I love to dote on my grandniece and grandnephew. But we’re all family no matter how we’re related, right? And tonight, I needed to be with my family.

Abe: Well, to family.

Paulina: Mm-hmm.

Lani: To family. Yeah.

[All laugh]

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