Days of Our Lives Transcript
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[dramatic music]
[knock at door]
Sophia.
Were you expecting someone else?
[light music]
Aaron, hey.
Hey. Hey, Holly.
[sniffles]
Mind if I sit?
Sure.
Hey, I’ve–I’ve been thinking about you a lot recently. I know this must be a really difficult time for you.
I guess you’ve heard, then.
About Mark? Yeah, I did.
Of course. Of course you have. I bet all of Salem knows, actually. So let me just confirm the rumors. Yes, my brother was arrested for trying to kill Chad DiMera.
And I want you to clear my calendar at “The Spectator” for the next few days. Yeah, out of town or–or whatever. Uh-huh.
Chad, have you heard the latest?
Look, I have to call you back.
For some unknown reason, your idiot brother dropped the charges against Cat Greene.
JJ, listen–
What the hell was he thinking?
Look–
Look, it doesn’t matter. That woman needs to be held accountable for what she did to you, to all of us. So we need to find her right now before she skips town.
You can call off the search party. I’m here.
[tense music]
[chuckles] That’s right, Javi. You need to do everything on that list I gave you, including picking up my dry cleaning. OK, and then after you’re done with that, I want you to stop by the market. I want you to pick up some corn husks and masa harina.
[laughs] Now, that is the level of enthusiasm that I expect from my assistant. That’s right, primo. You guessed it. I’m making your mami’s famous red chili pulled pork tamales to celebrate Rafe’s return to work as Salem’s police commissioner. Oh, he’s so excited to get back to work, and I just want tonight to be special for him.
[soft music]
Rafe, this isn’t what I wanted.
I know, but it’s clearly what Paulina wants. And what she says goes. I guess I should consider myself lucky she still wants me around as detective.
I–I don’t know what to say.
I do. Congratulations.
Guess that belongs to you now.
This isn’t right, Rafe. No, this–this badge belongs to you.
No, no, no, not anymore. I’m out. You’re in. You can take the word “acting” out of your title. Jada, you are now commissioner of Salem PD.
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[soft orchestration] announcer: Like sands through the hourglass, so are the “Days of Our Lives.”
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I am so sorry, Rafe.
This isn’t–
Mm-mm. No, no, no. There’s nothing to be sorry about, OK? You are a–you’re a great cop. You’re a great cop. I know it. I’m glad Paulina knows it.
You are a great cop too. And, Rafe, honestly, I am not comfortable with this.
Well, I am.
How could you be? Rafe, this isn’t right.
I am OK with this because it’s what Mayor Price wants and because you are very deserving of this promotion. You’ve worked hard for it.
[phone ringing]
It’s the station.
Well, you better answer it… boss.
Acting–I mean Commissioner Hunter.
I’m on it.
Duty calls?
Yeah.
[sighs] I’m sorry.
No, no, no. Hey, no more apologies, all right? I man, God knows how many times I had to leave in the middle of a meal. Oh, don’t forget your badge.
Right.
So see you at home?
You know it.
[exhaling sharply] Look, Rafe, I’m sorry I overheard your conversation with Jada. Occupational hazard.
Ah…
[clears throat] so then you heard that my fiancée is going to be taking over my job as commissioner.
Yes, I did hear that. I gleaned that from what I heard. And though I heard you say that you’re fine with it, I know it’s got to be tough on you. So if you want to talk–
No, no. Come on, nothing to talk about. It’s a done deal. I’m happy for Jada.
No, I wasn’t expecting anyone, but I’m glad you’re here. Come on in.
Thanks. I know it hasn’t been long, but it feels like forever since we’ve talked.
Yeah, I’m sorry. I’ve just–I’ve been super busy, family stuff and studying. You know, the usual.
Right. Well, I’m relieved to hear that. I was a little worried you might be avoiding me.
Avoiding you? Why would I be avoiding you?
I ran into Holly.
Oh.
She told me she wants you back, and I just assumed you feel the same way she does.
Actually, I don’t. I don’t know what she told you, but Holly and I, it’s over. We’re not getting back together.
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God, you know, I keep thinking back to when I bumped into Mark in Paris at this little café near my mom’s place. I thought it was just some weird coincidence we were both there at the same time. I had no idea he was there to try to–
He was there to whack someone? Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah, well, turns out, my brother’s been keeping a lot of secrets, very big ones. Mild-mannered doctor by day, cold-blooded assassin by night.
I’m really sorry, Aaron.
[sighs] Aside from being in total shock that my brother was involved in the plotting and scheming of murdering someone…
[light music] I don’t know what Felicity and I are gonna do if he goes to prison.
Aaron, I know I was there in Paris when all this went down, but I still don’t really know the details. I mean, was Mark really working with that woman who was pretending to be Abigail DiMera?
Yeah, he was
OK, but why? I–I don’t get the connection. How did he even know her?
[scoffs] Well, actually, he’s known her for a long, long time. Turns out, that woman’s actually our sister.
What the hell is wrong with you, showing up here? You’ve got a hell of a nerve.
JJ–
Did you come to beg for Chad’s forgiveness again? ‘Cause he doesn’t want anything to do with you, and neither does anyone in our family. All we want is for you to suffer for what you did to us. Letting us believe that my sister came back from the dead, you sadistic–
JJ, that’s enough. Stop. She’s here because I asked her to be.
What?
I’m the one that had EJ drop the charges.
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So you and Holly aren’t getting back together?
No, I would have told you if we were.
Yeah. Yeah, yeah, you’re right. I just–I’m really surprised.
Why?
‘Cause I know Holly is really into you, and she seemed determined to get you back. So is this because she somehow found out about what happened between us and–and changed her mind? Because, Tate, she didn’t hear it from me. I swear, I didn’t tell her that we slept together.
I know you didn’t. But I did.
[dramatic music] – What? That woman who was pretending to be Abigail, she’s–she’s your sister?
[light music]
Her name is Cat. She was horribly injured in the accident that killed my parents. And I thought she was just in some recovery clinic in Europe, but no. No, no, she’s been running around two continents pretending to be Chad DiMera’s wife that’s back from the dead who looks completely different because of plastic surgery.
Oh, my God. Wow. Wow, and to think I was there at their wedding– or their almost wedding.
You were there?
Mm-hmm, actually, it turns out, I sort of played a part in exposing your sister as an imposter.
What? What are you saying? How did you do that?
Well, I overheard her the night before the wedding on a phone call. And when I asked her about it, she said she was talking to Abigail’s brother, JJ.
Which she wasn’t, obviously.
No. And then JJ showed up to the wedding as a surprise. And when this came up about the phone call, he said he and his sister hadn’t spoken.
[scoffs] Because the person you overheard on the phone was probably my brother, Mark.
Right. Yeah, probably. So I don’t know, I guess when your sister got caught up in that little lie, the big lie about who she really was finally came out.
Bet that was a real shocker.
Yeah, it was. But I still don’t get why. I mean, why would your sister and brother do all this?
[sighs] They had a really, really good reason.
That doesn’t excuse any of the horrible things that they just did.
OK. Well, what was the reason?
They did it to save my mom.
Aaron, I thought your mom was dead.
Yeah, so did I.
Why the hell would you want EJ to drop the charges against her?
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Look, Chad, don’t tell me that you are falling for this sob story about Weston holding her mother hostage.
It’s not a sob story. It’s the truth. And for all I know, he could have killed my mother already. He told Mark and me that he would kill her if–
If Mark didn’t kill Chad for his money? Yeah, we heard all about your pathetic little dilemma. And I, for one, don’t have an inch of sympathy for you or your homicidal brother, not when you were both fine with letting an innocent man– a father of two young children– be murdered so your mother wouldn’t be. My niece and nephew were gonna be orphans and you didn’t give a damn.
I didn’t know that Mark was going to try to kill Chad. I promise you that, I didn’t know.
And why the hell should we believe that?
What reason do I have to lie anymore? JJ, I’m horrified that–that my brother even contemplated doing that. The only defense I have for him is that he was desperate. We both were.
Right, no, you were so desperate that you were willing to hurt everyone in my family just so you could possibly save someone in yours. Well, let me tell you something. You are not the victim here, damn it. You want everyone to believe that you’re afraid of big, bad Clyde Weston when the truth is, you are no better than him. My God, do you have any idea what my family has been through since my sister died?
Well, given that you and your brother perpetrated this horrifying fraud to save your mother, let me tell you about mine. My mom was so devastated when she lost Abigail that she went back to her addiction to opioids. Well, she’s sober now. She’s very smart and intuitive, which is why she was the one person who saw right through you from the jump for the lying fraud that you are. And thank God she did, because if she had to deal with the loss of Abigail all over again–
You expect me to give a damn about saving your mom when you didn’t even think about what you were doing to mine or my dad or Chad?
I did. I did.
I thought about the pain that I was causing your family. I thought about it a lot. But top of mind was my family. And I know that that’s no excuse. I understand that.
You’re damn right it isn’t.
I didn’t think we had a choice.
There’s always a choice.
And look, man, I get it. It is not your fault that this woman fooled you. You didn’t want to believe that Abigail was dead. None of us did. There’s no shame in that. But you helping her now, letting her get away with what she did, that’s desecrating Abigail’s memory.
The only reason I am doing this is to honor Abigail.
Yeah, and let HR know that we need to get the ad to “The Spectator” ASAP for new recruits. Right. I mean, even with Rafe back, we are still very short-staffed. OK. Mmm, something smells good. What is that?
I’m making a celebratory dinner, my Tía Hilda’s tamales.
Oh, and what are we celebrating tonight?
Rafe’s return to work as police commissioner.
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And hey, why wouldn’t I be happy with Jada staying on in the top spot? You know, I’m actually looking forward to, you know, not having to deal with all the bureaucracy and red tape, actually, of being able to get out there in the street and work some cases.
Oh, yeah, that red tape and bureaucracy can be very stressful.
Mm-hmm.
Rafe, as you well know, I was a commissioner once myself, so I know what it’s like to be the head honcho, to have all those men and women in blue looking up to you for guidance, to have the responsibility for the safety and well-being of the good people in this town. But I also know what it’s like to give that up. So look, I– I don’t mean to tell you what to do or how to react to this or anything, for that matter, all right? But I will tell you this. You need to be honest with yourself. ‘Cause suppressing negative feelings, in my experience, never a good thing.
[soft music]
Yeah.
[chuckles] OK, you got me. I am– I am pretty damn angry about this whole thing. In fact, I am not happy about it at all, none of it.
Well, I don’t have to tell you how stir-crazy my brother has been, having to take it easy, not getting the go-ahead to go back to work.
No, you don’t, but, Gabi–
Which is why I know he can’t wait to walk back into that police station tomorrow and let his officers know that their commissioner is back and ready for action. Why don’t you seem happy about it?
Because it isn’t gonna happen.
What? Why? Rafe told me the doctors cleared him to go back to work.
They did, and Rafe is going back to work, just not at his old job. Mayor Price asked me to stay on as commissioner.
What? What about my brother?
He’s gonna be a detective again.
So he’s being demoted?
We’re trying not to look at it like that.
Well, how else can you look at it? I mean, my brother was the head cop, and now he’s not. He must be furious.
Actually, he said that he was pretty OK with it.
Yeah, well, maybe that’s what he wanted you to believe. But I know my brother, and there is no way in hell that he is OK with this.
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[soft music]
Yeah. You got me. I am so not happy about this.
OK, is it more about the demotion, or do you think you’d have a hard time taking orders from your future wife?
No, it’s not the taking orders from Jada part. I have no problem taking orders from a woman that I love or any woman, for that matter. I mean, you know, Hope and I, we worked together. And she was my boss, and there was no problem. Yeah. You know, it’s more about the demotion, about feeling disrespected. I put my life on the line for this job. I ended up in a coma working for this city. And this is the thanks that I get?
Hey, I hear you.
Jada was supposed to be acting commissioner until I was fit to return for duty, till I was better. Well, I’m better, but now I’m still out on my ass? It’s not right.
No, it isn’t. So what are you gonna do about it?
[scoffs]
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I’m not ashamed of what we did. I’m tired of all the secrets. So yeah, I told Holly the truth, that you and I had sex. And I just–I want you to know that I would not just be with you that way and then do a complete and get back together with Holly.
So you’re staying with me out of some sense of obligation?
No. No, not at all. That’s not–
Look, Tate. I know I pursued you when you were still with Holly, but I’ve changed. I realized I deserve a guy that’s just as into me as I am into him.
Of course you do.
I guess what I’m saying is, I don’t want to be with you if you’re still hung up on Holly.
What do you think? Did that kiss feel like I want to be with you and only you?
I think so. But maybe try it one more time just to be sure.
Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Aaron, your mother’s alive? This is huge! You must be so relieved.
[light music]
Yeah. I really would be if I wasn’t pretty sure she isn’t.
I’m totally confused. What?
Apparently, my mother survived the accident that killed my dad and injured my sister.
I guess now she’s being held hostage by some homicidal maniac drug lord named Clyde Weston.
Oh, my–mm, Clyde Weston is the man who actually killed Abigail.
Correct. And he told my brother that if he didn’t kill Chad DiMera and give him his money, he would just kill my mom.
God. Oh, Aaron, I’m so sorry. I can’t even imagine how awful this must be for you.
Yeah, it is.
[scoffs] It really was bad enough to lose my parents or–or even thinking that I had. But now, knowing that my mom is alive and being held by a drug lord? Or maybe–maybe even not, maybe he just–he just went and did it, got the revenge.
Man. Ugh, explaining that to Felicity?
You already did?
[sighs] That poor kid.
How did she take it?
She didn’t–she didn’t even– she didn’t even show how upset she was. She just was trying to make me feel better.
Well, that’s really sweet of her. Aaron, look, if there’s anything I can do to help, anything at all, please just let me know, with Felicity or anything.
Thanks. Yeah, she’s just gonna stay with some family friends till we figure it out. And I’ll be fine.
No, how can you be fine? This is a nightmare. Aaron, again, I’m so sorry for everything you’re going through.
Yeah, well, that makes two of us. But it really did help to talk to you about it. Thanks.
Well, we’re friends, right? And I’m here for you, OK? Always. Come here.
[sighs]
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You want to run that by me again? How does you wanting EJ to drop the charges against her honor Abigail?
Because it is the only way to get to Weston and to recover her remains. We exhumed Abigail’s grave, remember? It was empty.
Of course I remember! Why do you need her for that?
He needs me because Clyde isn’t too happy about how everything turned out, how I stopped my brother from trying to shoot Chad. And he wants me dead.
I don’t believe any of this, not for a minute.
She’s telling the truth.
Is she, Chad? Or is she playing you again?
How is she playing me? She didn’t even know I was gonna have her released.
Unless she’s the one who gave Clyde the idea to trade her for Abigail’s body. She’s obviously worked with him before.
Like I told you, because he threatened to kill my mother, something I’m afraid he might have already done by now.
Yeah, so you say.
OK, look, JJ, I get that you’re upset. You have every right to be. All right, this has been a nightmare for everyone who loved Abigail and thought that we had her back. But you need to trust me when I say I know what I’m doing. I’ve got this under control.
Really, so you’re telling me that you handing her off to Clyde is having this under control? My God, haven’t you suffered enough without having this woman’s murder on your conscience?
You don’t know me better than that? Of course I’m not gonna hand her over to Clyde. I despise her, but I don’t want her to die.
Well, then what? What, you’re gonna use her as bait?
Exactly.
– Losing my job like this sucks. There’s not much that I can do about it. I serve at the pleasure of the mayor, and the mayor has decided that she doesn’t want me there anymore. So I just have to figure out how to suck it up and deal.
[soft music]
Or…
Or what?
Get an attorney. Sue the city.
Rafe and I don’t keep things from each other, Gabi. OK, we make it a point to be % honest with each other.
Oh, please. No one is % honest with each other % of the time, not to mention that every man has an ego. So he might be telling you he’s cool with this, but I’m telling you he’s not.
So you think Rafe is lying to me?
I wouldn’t say he’s lying, exactly. I’m saying he’s covering how he really feels because he doesn’t want you to feel bad about taking the job that he thinks rightfully belongs to him.
OK, well, what am I supposed to do? I mean, it’s not like I can veto the mayor’s decision and give Rafe his old job back. And besides, he told me. He told me that he doesn’t even want it back.
Of course he did. Look, my brother has evolved into a sensitive and progressive man. However, deep within that broad chest is a heart full of Latin machismo.
I know, and, Gabi, listen, I am not at all happy about this. I mean, why would I be? Rafe means so much more to me than a job. OK? And–the only reason– the only reason I took that interim commissioner position was to keep the department going until he came back. I didn’t want his job.
You sure about that?
Of course I am.
[sighs] What is that look about? What, you don’t believe me?
No, actually, I don’t. I think a part of you is thrilled to be Salem’s first female Black commissioner.
[chuckles] That was nice.
It was. And I have to say, I’m so relieved.
About?
Us. I’ve played this scenario out in my head every which way. And every time, you ended up back with Holly and I ended up alone.
Well, I’m sorry if I did anything to make you feel insecure.
No, no, it’s not you. It’s me. I just need to get out of my head.
Well, I might be able to help you with that.
I really missed you, Tate. Why don’t we go to your room so I can show you how much?
[chuckles]
You think that I should sue the city of Salem?
I think you should damn well consider it. You may very well have a case.
[soft music]
OK, but going after Paulina? You know, she’s married to Abe. That’s your best friend.
Mm-hmm. Look, I think the world of Paulina, but I call them as I see them. In this case, she is wrong, very wrong. The city has an obligation to hold your job until you recuperate from injuries sustained on that job in the line of duty.
Yeah? Maybe so. But if I bring a lawsuit, things are gonna get ugly. I mean, Roman, I just got engaged to Jada. I don’t want to mess that up.
Of course you don’t. Listen to me, Rafe. I have great respect for Jada, both as a cop and as a person. OK, but you need to ask yourself, just how happy can you and Jada be if you go back to work as one of her detectives while still secretly resenting the fact she has a job that is rightfully yours?
How can you say that I am thrilled to be commissioner? I mean, God, you make it sound like I was happy that Rafe lost his job.
No, that isn’t what I’m saying. Look, I know you love my brother, but I also know what it’s like to be in competition with the man you love in the workplace. When Gabi Chic was a subsidiary of DiMera Enterprises, I wasn’t content to just run that little division. I fought tooth and nail for that CEO spot, which often put me at odds with Stefan.
Well, I never want to be at odds with Rafe over a damn job.
But you do like being in charge.
[dramatic music] Jada, this kitchen is a safe space. Anything you say stays between you, me, and the tamales.
All right, all right. I’ll admit it. Although I hate that Rafe has been demoted, and if it wasn’t for that, I would be very honored to be made commissioner because I do like being in charge.
Of course you do.
Look, I promise I won’t say a word of this to Rafe. But, Jada, you need to come clean with him, and he needs to do the same with you. You guys have a real shot at being happy but only if you trust each other enough to be totally honest about this.
So you’re saying Clyde will only think that you’re handing her over to him?
Right. I’m using her to get Clyde into the open.
Chad, this is Clyde Weston that we’re talking about. Don’t you think that this is risky as hell?
I am OK with the risk. After everything I did, the least I can do is try to help Chad get his wife’s remains back.
Look, JJ, Julie knows, for obvious reasons. But you can’t tell anyone, all right? We can’t risk this getting– getting back to Clyde. I need you to keep this a secret.
I’m sorry, but I can’t do that.
[light music]
Thank you for listening. Like I said, it really does feel better to talk about it with someone, so…
I’m glad. And like I said, I’m here for you, and I mean that.
So what happened with your mom in Paris?
Oh, my mom. Well, we just– we talked things out. It was a lot, but we ended up in a much better place.
OK, good. That’s good.
Yeah. Yeah, it is. I’m super relieved, and so is she, obviously.
Just, I wish I could say the same about me and Tate, that we were in a better place. But by the time I got back to Salem, Tate already moved on with Sophia.
Yeah. Yeah, I’m sorry.
That was kind of my fault.
How was it kind of your fault?
Well, hold on. And don’t get mad at me. I told Tate that if he was really into Sophia that I think he should go for it.
Oh.
Well, Tate went for it, all right. He and Sophia slept together.
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I can feel your heart.
[chuckles] Yeah.
Can you feel mine?
It’s beating fast.
It always does that when I’m with you.
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[sniffing] Oh, don’t tell me those are Tía Hilda’s–
Red chili pulled pork tamales.
You did this?
No, actually, Gabi did…
Oh.
To celebrate you getting the commissioner job back.
Right. Well, guess I need to have a little talk with Gabi.
Can you and I talk first?
Sure.
OK, well, I told Gabi what happened, how Mayor Price wants me to stay on as commissioner. And she helped me realize that although I hate that you were demoted, I am also excited about it.
Yeah, well, makes sense, right? Why wouldn’t you be?
But I’m also excited about being your fiancée. I mean, Rafe, I love you so much, and I don’t want a job to come between us.
I feel exactly the same way.
You do?
Absolutely, which is why I’m quitting the force.
So you can’t keep this to yourself, about Cat being here, about my plan.
You’re damn right I can’t, and I won’t. So unless you want me to put this in skywriting exactly what you’re up to with this woman, you will not go through with this.
JJ–
You’re making a big mistake, Chad. And I’ll–I’ll chalk it up to the hell you’ve been through, not only losing Abigail at the hand of this monster but now her, because of this woman and her disgusting lies. But, man, you are not thinking straight.
I am. I have thought this through. It’s the only way.
Like hell it is. You know what? I can’t even be in the same room as this lying, disgusting bitch anymore. I got to get out of here.
JJ–
[light music]
Yeah. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. I’m sorry. I’m sorry, I encouraged Tate to go with Sophia. But not like that, I was more, like, telling him to just go with his feelings and stuff. I don’t know. Please don’t hate me.
No. Aaron, no, I don’t hate you. None of this is your fault. And you know what? I’m sure Tate was going to go with his feelings or whatever whether you encouraged him to or not. And even though I made it clear to him that I wanted to give us another try, that’s– that’s just not what Tate wanted. He chose Sophia over me.
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Tate, I’m so into you, more than you know.
I’m into you.
[sighs] Holly, this is–
[tense music]
What did you just call me?
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