Y&R Short Recap Friday, May 13, 2022

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Sharon, Faith, Marian, and Tessa have mixed emotions because they miss Rey but are happy about the wedding. Crystal arrives for the wedding and is grateful to Rey for her freedom. Crystal is sad she won’t get to meet Rey and thank him for what he did for her.

Victor asks Michael to come up with a plan to get Ashland to leave town. Nikki also tells Ashland that if he truly loves Victoria he will leave her alone. Nikki warns Ashland that if he doesn’t leave Victoria alone she and Victor will find a way to handle the problem.

Sally tells Victoria she also faked an illness to hold on to her former boyfriend Wyatt and he never forgave her and that is why she moved to Genoa City. Sally tells Victoria Ashland seems like he is sorry and he really loves her. Sally tells Ashland Victoria still loves him but is hiding her feelings so he should keep fighting to get her back in his life.

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GH Short Recap Thursday, May 12, 2022

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Franco’s spirit goes into Chelsea’s, the medium, body and he tells Elizabeth to be strong and not look away before Finn and Laura interrupt the session. Elizabeth tells Chelsea she will call her again to do another session to see if Franco has another message for her.

Spencer takes the pills he found in Esme’s room to Britt and she tells him that the pills are highly addictive opiates that when mixed with alcohol can cause headaches and memory loss. Esme sneaks into Ryan’s room at Spring Ridge to tell him that she and Spencer have not been intimate in a long time and she also tells him that she found Spencer in her room reading the letters from her nanny Maggie. Ryan tells Esme Spencer figured out she filmed the video and he is trying to exonerate Trina.

Ryan tells Esme she must seduce Nickolas in order to break up him and Ava.

Willow wants Michael to mend his relationship with Sonny but Michael tells Willow that as long as Sonny refuses to acknowledge the hurt Nina caused his family, their relationship can never be repaired. Michael tells Willow that the most important thing to him are her and Wiley.

Carly tells Drew that if she finds out Willow is Nina’s daughter, she will tell Willow the truth. Carly goes to the hospital and asks Britt to run a DNA test on the two samples she collected from Nina and Willow.

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Y&R Short Recap Thursday, May 12, 2022

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Sharon returns from Miami and tells Nick that Rey’s service was beautiful. Sharon also tells Nick that she Celeste, Arturo, and Lola bonded because of their grief over Rey. Sharon persuades Nick to accept Ashland’s donations to New Hope and do some good in Rey’s memory.

Kyle decides to postpone his trip to Italy to officiate Mariah and Tessa’s wedding and he tells Mariah that Summer has cleared her schedule and is returning to town to help him figure out what to do about Diane.

Adam decides to get Ashland and Victoria back together so Victor will lose trust in her and be so angry that he will make him CEO of Newman Enterprises.

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Days Short Recap Wednesday, May 11, 2022

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Recap written by Michele and Cheryl

Abby talked to Kayla about getting her job back. She also wanted to know if there was any news on Sarah. Kayla didn’t have any information about Sarah. She told Kayla about what happened with Gwen. Xander and Maggie were in the hospital room with Sarah. She was acting childlike and thought she was going to marry Eric. Xander told Maggie that a lab tech said there was no problem with the antidote so far. Maggie wasn’t sure that she trusted that. She was glad she had her daughter back. Sarah stared off into space. Maggie was worried and wanted Xander to get Kayla. Xander found Kayla and she went to Sarah. Xander was alone with Abby. He was upset with Abby for leaving the drug around, but he was thankful she exposed Gwen for her actions. Maggie and Kayla joined them. Kayla said that Sarah’s condition was getting worse. She didn’t know if the antidote would work now. She did say it was their only hope for Sarah. Maggie told her to give Sarah the drug. They went to Sarah’s room and watched Kayla give Sarah the antidote.

Leo went to visit Gwen at the station. He told her they were going to make sure everyone paid for what they did to them. She loved the idea of getting revenge on Chad and Abby. She told him that she was the one who was locked up. He told her to get Jack to talk Abby into dropping the charges against her. Gwen knew it wouldn’t happen since she claimed to kill Laura on purpose. He wanted to know if she did do it on purpose. Gwen was about to tell him when Ava walked in the interrogation room. Leo told her to get out, but Ava had something important to say. Gwen appreciated what Leo did, but she thought she could handle Ava. Ava apologized to Gwen for selling her out to the cops. She said she was her life preserver when she was going to drown. Gwen wanted her to get out. Ava said she was there to get her out of jail. Sonny ran into Leo at the town square. He told him that he had him right where he wanted him. Maggie went to Sarah’s room. She updated Victor about Sarah’s condition. Xander sat by Sarah’s bedside. Sarah started to stir. She called out Xander’s name.

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Days Short Recap Tuesday, May 10, 2022

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Roman talked to Kate about John, Marlena and Eric looking for Allie. He was concerned that he couldn’t get in touch with Sami and Lucas. He got in touch with Shane when he didn’t hear from them. Shane said that it was like they fell off the face of the earth. He was afraid that Satan got to them. Kate reassured him, but he told her that they didn’t know Sami was being held against her will the last time she was in town. Kate asked him if he thought EJ took both of them this time. Roman reminded her that EJ was exonerated for taking Sami. He said he never believed that EJ did it. Kate kept trying to make EJ look guilty, but Roman didn’t believe it. EJ talked to Chad about the way he treated him because of Johnny. Chad understood how he felt. They talked about Gabi and how they didn’t want her to take over the company. EJ wanted to join forces to keep her from taking over the company. He told him that Belle was on board to help. EJ said that the devil made it seem like Belle framed him. Chad called Kate. He told her that he wanted to make things right with EJ. She said she wasn’t the forgiving type. Kate hung up the phone when Roman arrived. He told her that he was going to bed so he could join the search. Kate left a message to Lucas warning him that Roman was asking questions. She said that she was telling Roman everything if he didn’t get back to her within 24 hours.

Lani saw Abe on the floor in a pool of blood. She also saw T.R. with his hand in the air about to strike Paulina. Lani shot him in the chest. She heard Abe stir so she rushed to his side. She was happy that Abe was alive, but Paulina wasn’t sure about TR. Paulina called an ambulance when T.R. woke up. He grabbed Lani’s hand and said he loved her. She didn’t know how he could say that after what he did. He said she was his daughter and that he loved her. He said he forgave her. He took his last breath and died. Lani checked his pulse and told Paulina that he died. Paulina wanted to know what she did. Lani told her that he was the one shot Eli. She said he was abusing Beth too. Lani panicked when she realized she should have arrested him instead of shooting him.Steve showed up and saw T.R. on the floor. He wanted to know what happened. Paulina said that she shot him. Steve was tending to Abe and Lani asked why Paulina confessed to shooting T.R. Paulina told her to take care of Abe. Paulina said she knew what she was doing. Paulina put her fingerprints on Lani’s gun before the paramedics arrived for Abe. The police showed up at Paulina’s place to arrest her. Steve noticed the cops bagging a police-issued gun as evidence. They took T.R.’s body away from the apartment. Lani went to the hospital to check on Eli. She told him that T.R. was dead. He wanted to know what happened and she told him that Paulina said she shot him. Paulina was taken to the police station. She was fingerprinted and photographed.

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Days Short Recap Friday, May 6, 2022

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Eli woke up from his coma. Lani was overjoyed. He wanted to know why he was at the hospital. She told him that he was in a coma since March. She let him know it was May. She told him that he was shot, but he didn’t remember it. Tripp told him it was normal not to remember what happened. Tripp left the room so Eli asked her about the kids. She said they were fine and that she was a wreck. She said she had a lot of help from the family. She told him that TR was helpful too. Eli didn’t want TR near their kids. Lani assured him that he wasn’t alone with the kids. Eli wanted to know about the shooting. Lani told him that a drug dealer named Frank shot him. She told him how she and Shawn found him shot and the dealer overdosed. She said Eli’s gun was in his hand. He wanted to see a picture of Frank. Eli didn’t remember him. Eli had flashes of the fight over the gun. He remembered trying to arrest TR. He told her that TR was the one who shot him.

Susan tried to get Johnny to use his connection with Allie so could fight off the devil. She wanted him to focus on the picture of his sister and think about what’s happening to her now. Johnny tried to concentrate so he could focus on helping Allie. He couldn’t do it. Ben begged Johnny to try and concentrate. Johnny used Henry to focus on Allie. He was finally able to see Ciara from Allie’s point of view. Ciara wanted Alliedevil to get out of her way so she could get the cops to take her to Ben. She opened the door and her water broke. Ciara said she needed Ben with her. Alliedevil told her that she would have to have the baby there. Ciara cried out that she needed Ben. Alliedevil told her that she’s all she’s got. Alliedevil helped her get ready to deliver the baby. Johnny got exhausted trying to get through to Allie and Ciara. Alliedevil knew what Johnny was doing and told him to get out. Ciara was confused. Johnny fell to the floor and told Susan and Ben that the devil pushed him out. Ben thought Allie took Ciara to the cabin. Ciara gave birth to her baby. She wanted to hold her baby, but Alliedevil held him.

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Days Short Recap Thursday, May 5, 2022

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TR joined Lani and Paulina in Eli’s room. He wanted to know if there was any change. Lani told him no, but Paulina knew he was going to pull through. TR was upset in a corner. Abe walked in the room and looked at TR. TR thought there were too many people in the room so Paulina left to use the bathroom .Abe and TR argued so Lani asked them not to argue in there. TR suddenly had to make a phone call. Abe took that opportunity to badmouth TR for taking a phone call now. Lani said Lani was supportive since Eli’s shooting. She said she would keep her guard up, but she didn’t think he was a threat anymore. Abe knew abusers rarely changed. Lani thought TR could be an exception. Abe thought he might not be. She remembered Beth wanted to tell her something. Abe said she should talk to her.

Johnny found Chanel and talked to her about Allie. She told him that Allie took Ciara. She told him that she was scared. He hugged her when Paulina showed up. She wanted to know what he was doing. Johnny rushed off so Chanel explained everything to her. She told Paulina how Johnny and Allie were possessed by the devil. TR ran into Beth at the hospital. He wanted to know why she was there. She told him that she needed antibiotics because of him. She said she was getting them and going back to the hotel. He told her to get out of Salem. He said he couldn’t do the movie with a black eye. She reminded him that he hit her. He told her that he would kill her if she told anyone about what happened. She rushed to the elevator. Ciara was on the couch and thought she heard Ben’s voice. Allie tried to tell her that was impossible. She said he needed her to tell him where she was. She told Allie that Ben was alive. She continued to tell her that it wasn’t possible. Ciara wanted to go to him, but Allie reminded her that Evan was out there. She told Ciara that Evan was trying to kill her. Ciara wanted to know why the police were standing outside of the cabin protecting them. Allie told her the police were there while she was asleep. She told Ciara that the police made it clear she was in danger.

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GH Short Recap Wednesday, May 11, 2022

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Esme tells Spencer that she contacted her nanny Maggie again when their relationship started getting serious. Esme explains to Spencer that in case they married in the future she wanted to find out the identity of her biological parents. Esme also tells Spencer that her nanny refused to tell her the identity of her parents so Esme broke all contact with her nanny. Spencer tells Esme since there, are no more secrets between them he wants to give her a special surprise to celebrate their fresh start as a couple.

Michael, Willow, and Nina have an argument when they see each other at the cemetery where Nina is visiting Nell’s grave and Willow is visiting Jonah’s grave. Sonny arrives and Michael asks Sonny to ask Nina to apologize to Willow for the awful things she said to her but Sonny doesn’t say a word.

Elizabeth meets with the medium at her house and the medium tells her that Franco’s spirit is in the house and he is telling her that he doesn’t want her to form a new family in the house.

Carly tells Drew that Nina is Willow’s mother, but she wants to do a DNA test to make sure that Harmony told her the truth. Drew helps Carly get into the Quartermaine mansion to get Willow’s toothbrush to use for the DNA. Carly is about to leave when Michael and Willow arrive home and Michael asks his mother what she is doing there.

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Y&R Short Recap Wednesday, May 11, 2022

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Allie opens up to Jack that she felt the need to come see him because her mother went to Los Angeles and she only stayed for one night and just signed some papers about Kemo’s estate and left. Allie tells Jack that her strained relationship with her mother made her miss her father even more. Jack tells Allie that she can consider the Abbott house her home and she will always be welcome there.

Kyle tells Diane that he is headed back to Italy because he needs to talk to Summer and get her thoughts about whether he should have a relationship with her.

Sharon and her family, as well as, Chelsea attend a private memorial service for Rey that was not shown on screen. Everyone returns to Sharon’s house and shares memories of Rey. Chelsea returns to her hotel room and talks to Rey and admits they had a connection that was more then friendship and if he had lived she would have pursued a romantic relationship with him even though she would have felt badly about hurting Sharon.

Michael and Lauren argue because Lauren wants him to stop working for Victor. Michael says that the only way that he will stop working for Victor is if she retires as well and leave Fenmore’s so they can move to the south of France. Lauren refuses to do that so Michael promises that he will try to cut back on work and spend more time with her.

Michael sees Diane and tells her he is happy she is alive. Michael has drinks with Diane and Lauren walks in and sees Michael and Diane having drinks together and she doesn’t look happy about it.

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GH Short Recap Tuesday, May 10, 2022

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Ned feels like he will be put out to pasture if ELQ merges with Aurora Media since, if the companies merge, ELQ will be primarily a communications company and he won’t be CEO because he has no communications experience.

Josslyn gets angry that Cameron is being nice to Esme and allowing her to hug him. Spencer finds the pills that Esme used to drug Trina in an unmarked pill bottle. Spencer takes two pills out of the bottle and puts them in his pocket. Cameron sends Spencer a text telling him Esme is on her way back home. Esme arrives home and finds Spencer reading the letters that her nanny Maggie sent to her and they argue for a long time and Spencer tells Esme he just wanted to find out more about her.

Cameron and Josslyn also resolve their argument when they decide that they can disagree about Esme. Willow has a talk with Alexis and Alexis tells Willow the story that Harmony told her about how she and her father got her and decided to raise her as their own.

Nina makes another plea to Carly and asks her to talk to Michael and Willow to allow her to visit Wiley.

Carly talks to Phyllis and finds out that she wasn’t there when Nell was born…she was given Nell after her birth and she took the baby to her adoptive parents.

Carly takes the wine glass Nina was drinking from and puts it in a plastic bag.

Willow decides to take the DNA test the police want her to take so she can find out the identity of her biological parents.

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Allie arrives after the Abbott’s big meeting with Diane. Allie almost leaves after she hears that they just talked to Diane. Jack and the family persuade her to stay and meet everyone.

Billy later tells Lily what happened at the Abbott family meeting. Billy also tells Lily that Victoria figured out he was the person behind the Grinning Soul podcast even though he denied it. Victoria also got upset with him because he was talking about what Ashland did to her. Lily tells Billy he should not talk about subjects that are so close to home. Billy does another podcast and tells his listeners that he isn’t talking about specific people in his podcast he is making general observations about people based on his life experiences.

Sharon leans on Nick as she gets ready for the small service they are having for Rey before she takes Rey’s body to Miami for his funeral. Nick and Sharon are surprised to see Diane is alive and wonder what she is planning to do. Kyle tells Diane he has decided to go back to Italy tonight.

Allie tells Jack that his house is beautiful and thanks him for letting her stay at the house. Allie also tells Jack that his family is very nice and when Jack tells her they are also her family she begins to cry.

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Y&R Short Recap Monday, May 9 2022

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Nikki and Victor thought that their kids needed to know Diane was back in town. Nikki wanted to make sure Nick wasn’t blindsided with the news. Victoria confronted Billy about his new podcast on Ashland. She didn’t believe it when he denied being the host. She accused Billy of exploiting her pain. Victoria took off the necklace Ashland gave her for Valentine’s day. Victoria let her parents know that Ashland wasn’t going to be able to buy her forgiveness. Victor made it clear that he supported Nikki being co-CEO, which pleased Victoria. Steps were being put in place to change Newman Locke’s name back to Newman Enterprises. Diane was interrogated by the Abbotts about her life since she faked her death. She told them about her years in therapy. Traci and Billy were cautiously optimistic that Diane had changed. Abby didn’t feel she could be objective, but she thought Diane had been calculating, just like her old self. Ashley did not think Diane should get another chance. Jack would not share his view, because this was Kyle’s decision. Kyle wasn’t sure what to do. Allie showed up, out of the blue, delighting Jack. Back to the Daytime Recaps Page

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Days Short Recap Monday, May 9, 2022

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Eli told Lani that T.R. was the one who shot him. She didn’t believe him. She said T.R. was there for her while he was in a coma. He gave her proof that T.R. was the one who shot him. She couldn’t believe T. R. would do that. She wanted to warn Paulina because she went off with him. She tried calling Paulina, but she wouldn’t answer the phone. Evan wanted to know what Allidevil was going to do with Ciara’s baby. She said she was tired of people asking her what she was going to do. She said she wanted to be asked about other things she was responsible for. He said they were supposed to be partners. She said they were. She said he was the only human being that she actually trusted. She said she had big plans for little Bo Weston. Lani wanted to deal with T.R. herself. Eli told her she needed back up. She said she was going to deal with him herself. She said he was her problem. She had to find her mother. She ran into Julie. Julie said she heard the wonderful news about Eli. She said she had to go. Julie told her about her father. Lani said he was with Paulina. Julie said she was talking about her real father Abe. Lani wanted to know where he was. Julie said she sent him to go after Paulina so they could get back together.

Paulina told T.R. that she noticed a noise in her apartment. T.R. said it was noting. She ended up seeing Abe on the floor in a pool of blood. Julie went to see Eli. She was so glad to see him. She asked how he was. He said he was getting better. He asked her about Doug. He said he had bad news for her. He told her T.R. shot him. Paulina wanted to get help for Abe. T.R. said she couldn’t do that. She said she was going to get help. She noticed that there was a missed call on the phone. He took the phone out of her hands. Ciara wanted to go on the search to find Bo. She said she was only able to see him for a few minutes. Ben told her they were going to find him. She said she was so scared. Evan wanted to know Allidevil’s plan. She said she possessed Marlena and members of her family, she decided it was time to take residence in a more permanent body. Evan asked if he was going to do that with Bo. She said it was hard to do that with the others because the other person fights her. She said it would be easier with Bo because he wouldn’t be able to fight her. He wanted to know if she was planning on letting Ben and Ciara raise her. She said no. She said she wanted him to kill Ben and Ciara. Ben told Ciara that they were going to find their son. She told him to leave and join the search party. She wanted him to find their son. He said he was going to find their son. Paulina told T.R. that she had to get help. He told her she wasn’t. He raised his hand as if he was going to hit her. She said she wasn’t afraid of him. Lani showed up and saw Abe on the floor. She ended up shooting T.R.

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GH Short Recap Friday, May 6, 2022

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TJ shows Curtis the clarinet and the letter Marshall sent to him and after Curtis reads the letter he thinks his father left town because of him.

The photographer continues to follow Sasha and he catches her putting pills from one of the hospital exam room in her purse. The photographer tells Sasha that if she returns his memory card to him he will get her all the pills she needs. Sasha tries to persuade Gladys to return the memory card to the photographer.

Diane tries to persuade Nina to drop her petition for visitation with Wiley because she will lose the case. Nina’s talk with Diane only makes her want to fight harder and she tells Scott to dig up dirt on Willow and go after her and Michael in court.

Valentin asks Carly to make peace with Nina. Dante and Carly tell Willow that Harmony isn’t her biological mother and that she was kidnapped when she was a baby. Dante asks Willow to take a DNA test to prove Harmony wasn’t her mother. Jordan asks Dante to find out the identity of Willow’s real mother.

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Y&R Short Recap Friday, May 6, 2022

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Diane has a nightmare that Kyle and Jack have her arrested for abandonment. Kyle is still confused about whether to believe his mother had changed so he decides to gather all the Abbott’s and invite Diane so they can all decide if they believe she is a changed woman.

Lily worries that Ashland will figure out that he is the subject of Billy’s latest podcast. Lily thinks that Ashland and Victoria will come after him when they figure out he is the person doing the podcast.

Adam tells Sally that years ago he and Diane made it look like Victor had died to drive down the price of Newman Enterprises stock. Adam also tells Sally he also helped her with a plan to fake her own death so she could reunite with Kyle. Adam tells Sally that Diane chose to go with Deacon’s plan and made him one of the suspects in her murder.

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Chet returns home and takes back his job at the gym.

Sonny is so impressed by Dex the person that Chet hired to temporarily replace him that he asks Dex to stop by his office later to discuss another job.

Amy and Terry get into an argument at the nail salon because Amy told Britt she wasn’t feeling well and then came to the nail salon. Amy then goes to the gym to talk to Chet about her argument with Terry and he tells her she is blowing things out of proportion. Amy tells Chet she is just going to try to avoid Terry at work.

Elizabeth tells Terry everything that has been going on and that the strange incidents just continue to happen, and she doesn’t know who is responsible for them. Elizabeth later calls Chelsea, the medium Lucy recommended, to set up an appointment.

Brook Lynn goes to Finn’s place where Chase is babysitting Violet. Brook Lynn brings some Star Wars to him since they had to cancel their date to watch the movie for May the Fourth be with you day. Brook Lynn and Chase play tea party with Violet and decide to take Leo and Violet to Kelly’s for dinner.

Britt advises TJ to decide what is most important to him early in his medical career. Britt advises Terry to forget about the hospital and have fun on her date. Dante tells Willow that Harmony killed Brendan and Neil Byrne because she didn’t want anyone to know, she wasn’t her real mother.

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Tessa tells Sharon that her sister Crystal can come to the wedding because all the charges against her have been dropped. Tessa explains that Rey persuaded Michael there wasn’t enough evidence against Crystal for her to be charged. Michael then persuaded the DA to drop the charges against Crystal. Rey also found the members of the sex trafficking ring that were chasing Crystal and they have been arrested. Sharon is touched by Rey’s final gesture to help someone.

Sharon decides to have a small memorial service for Rey before she takes Rey’s body to Miami tomorrow.

Chloe figures out that Chelsea was falling in love with Rey although she never intended to act on her feelings. Chloe points this out to Chelsea so she doesn’t fall into old destructive behavior.

Ashland offers Nick two hundred and fifty million dollars for New Hope so he can help people in memory of Rey. Nick talks to Victoria and Nikki about the situation. Victoria tells Nick to take the money and use it to do good in memory of Rey. Victoria tells Nick she knows Ashland is trying to buy her forgiveness and he will never get it, but the money will do slot of good for people in need.

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Sasha flushes her pills down the toilet of the hospital bathroom determined to make the most of this chance that she has been given to start over.

Mac and Felicia talk to Robert and Anna because they are trying to decide if they should raise a child together. Felicia tells Anna to forget about their conversation because Mac probably doesn’t want to have a child.

Sonny has a dream where he has a talk with Lenny and after he awakens he decides to try and have a relationship with Nina. Nina and Valentin have a talk and he figures out she wants a relationship with Sonny. Valentin tells Nina he hopes she gets everything she wants and he will always be there for her when she needs him.

Harmony struggles to talk to Carly but eventually tells her that Willow is Nell’s twin sister. Harmony asks Carly to protect Willow from Nina because Anna’s love will smother Willow. Carly promises to protect Willow and the monitors start to beep. TJ rushes in and performs CPR but he is unable to save Harmony. Willow goes into Harmony’s room to tell her she forgives her and loves her.

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Ashland tells Jack that he faked his cancer, and he asks Jack to talk to Kyle on his behalf but Jack refuses to do it. Jack advises Ashland not to talk to Kyle right now because he has a lot on his mind.

Billy tells Ashland to stay away from Victoria. Ashland tells Billy that he is still in love with Victoria and Lily will figure it out and break up with him. Billy does a podcast attacking Ashland saying that he is tired of powerful people getting away with their crimes, but he can’t decide if he should post it.

Victoria has a long talk with Nikki and persuades her to be her co-CEO. Nikki tells Victor and he is very supportive of the idea. Victoria takes great pleasure in telling Adam that Nikki is her co-CEO.

Kyle has a long talk with Diane and even though he still has mixed feelings about the situation, he gives Diane a chance to prove to him she has changed.

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Days Short Recap Wednesday, May 4, 2022

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Abby and Jennifer told Jack that Gwen killed Laura on purpose. He asked Gwen if that was true. She said it wasn’t. H wanted to know why they didn’t say anything sooner. Abby said he dealt with a lot already and didn’t want him to deal with that too. Gwen said she hadn’t thought about it yet. Jennifer said she saw Gwen whisper something to Abby when Rafe took her into custody. Gwen denied saying anything. Jack asked Gwen if she killed Laura. Chad was upset that Leo posted a picture of him in drag on the Intruder. Sonny said it wasn’t that big of a deal. Chad said it was. He read to Sonny why the story was upsetting. Leo told Craig that he wanted him back. Craig said he was married. Leo said he wasn’t really married. He said he didn’t love Darius. He said he loved him. Craig said he heard him say he loved him, but he was lying. He asked why should he believe Leo now. Leo said he rubbed his feet after a long day. He said when he orders a fruity drink he trades his scotch and soda. He said when he curls his hair because he knew he liked was one of the ways he showed he loved him. He said he admitted he did something wrong and apologized. He said he was sorry that he lied to him. He said he wasn’t sorry for falling in love with him. Leo said it was the best day of his life. Gwen told Jack that she was telling the truth. Jennifer said no one was going to believe her. Gwen wanted to talk to her father. Jennifer said she swore to her that her mother’s death was an accident. Jennifer said she accepted that. She said she accepted her as part of the family. She asked if she was telling the truth about Laura’s death being an accident. Gwen told Jennifer that her mother’s death was an accident. Abby said that wasn’t what she told her. Gwen said she lied to her. Gwen said they all knew Abby was wonderful and she was dirt. She said Abby agreed to be her maid of honor and her sister. She said Abby did everything she could to ruin her wedding and make her lose her father. She said she couldn’t punch her so she punched her with her words. Chad continued to read the article Leo printed about him. He wanted to sue Leo for libel. Sonny asked if he was sure about that. Craig asked Leo if he was actually gay. Leo said he of all people knew he was gay. Leo told him about the plan of taking advantage of him. He said he would have succeeded if it weren’t for Chloe, Will and Sonny.

Chad told Sonny that he was going to kill or sue Leo. Sonny said he couldn’t sue because everything in the article was true. Chad said it was his fault. He said it was his own fault, but he let him talk him into doing the idea. Leo told Craig he was a step ahead of everyone trying to break them up. Leo said being with him was fun. Craig asked if his money had anything to do with it. Leo said it had something to do with it. He said the prenup Chloe came up with was a stroke of genius. He said he thought it was over. Craig asked why he signed it. Leo said he didn’t care about anything. He said he cared about losing him. He asked if Craig believed him. Leo asked if they could start over. Abby asked Gwen why they should believe her. She said it wasn’t a stretch that she could have killed her grandmother. She reminded Gwen of what she did to her and Sarah. Jack said Gwen gave Xander the antidote so Sarah could get better. Abby asked if Gwen was supposed to be Mother Theresa. She said they should test the antidote just in case. Gwen asked if she thought she would do something to hurt Sarah. Abby said she did. Gwen wanted to speak to Jack. Jennifer told Jack that she would support him, but she would never trust Gwen again. When Jennifer and Abby left, Gwen reminded him that he said he was done with her. She said he heard worse evidence. She asked if he was going to be done with her. He said he would always be her father, but after what she did, he didn’t know what kind of a family they could be. He walked out on her. Chad told Sonny that he was going to do an interview that would ruin Leo. Sonny told him to let it go because the article would blow over. Chad said it was easy for him to say He said Sonny wasn’t mentioned in the article. He wondered if Leo was right about Sonny. Sonny said that wasn’t true. He said Leo threatened to go after everyone involved. He said Chad was the first person he started with. Craig said he loved Leo, but he didn’t trust him. He said he left the only woman he loved just to be with him. He said he loved Leo, but he couldn’t be with him. Abby went back to see Gwen. She asked if Gwen killed her grandmother. Gwen told her she would never admit it.

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Martin returns from visiting his mother and he and Lucy have a romantic reunion. Lucy persuades Martin to take their relationship public. Martin tells Valentin he and Lucy are a couple and if he doesn’t like it he can find another lawyer. Valentin wishes Martin and Lucy the best and Martin promises not to discuss business with Lucy.

Georgie isn’t happy when she sees Austin and Maxie kissing on the couch and she tells Austin to leave which he does after saying goodbye to Maxie and telling her he had a nice evening.

Finn moves into the hotel room next door to Elizabeth so he can be close by if she needs him. Finn and Elizabeth spend time playing cards, talking, and kissing. Finn leaves and Elizabeth calls Aiden and later takes a shower. Elizabeth comes out of the bathroom and discovers someone broke into her room. Finn calls the police and, after they talk to Rory, Finn and Elizabeth go downstairs to the restaurant and get some tea. Finn goes back upstairs to get Elizabeth’s phone and Rory tells him that the room isn’t near a surveillance camera and there isn’t any evidence someone broke into the room. Elizabeth asks Lucy for the name of the medium she recommended to her because she doesn’t think that the police can help her with this problem.

Harmony tries to tell Willow she isn’t her mother, but her monitors go off and TJ has to sedate her. Carly goes into Harmony’s room later and tells Harmony she hasn’t told Willow she isn’t her mother because Willow has too much on her mind right now. Harmony struggles and says one word to Carly “Nina”.

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Victoria and Lily both get upset with Billy because he keeps wanting to interfere in Victoria’s life by asking her if Ashland is still a part of her life. Lily once again tells Billy that he has to stop trying to save the women in his life.

Victor once again asks Victoria to let Adam remain temporary CEO until she recovers both physically and mentally from the accident. Victoria tells Victor if he wants Adam that is fine but she will leave the company and not return.

Nikki tells Victoria that Rey’s autopsy said he died of a heart attack. Mariah asks Kyle to officiate her wedding but he tells her he can’t commit to doing something so important right now because he doesn’t want to disappoint her. Kyle tells Mariah about Diane being alive and how she faked her own death. Mariah worries that Kyle will get hurt by Diane. Mariah also thinks Diane can’t be trusted and he shouldn’t let Diane near Summer and Harrison.

Victor tells Diane to leave town because Kyle is part of his family now and he will protect him. Victor later tells Adam they have a big problem if Diane Jenkins is alive.

Diane calls Jack to tell him she is going back to Los Angeles because she talked to Kyle and that is all she wanted to do.

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Days Short Recap Tuesday, May 3, 2022

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Recap written by Michele and Cheryl

Xander told Maggie that he and Gwen didn’t get married. She wanted to know what happened. He said he couldn’t go through with it because there were things about Gwen he didn’t know. Maggie wanted to know what the things were. He said he it had to do with Sarah. Jack went to see Gwen. She was shocked to see him. She said she didn’t realize how much it would affect him. He said he wasn’t proud of what she did. He said he was done with her. He said Jennifer told him there was nothing he could do about her being his daughter. He said he couldn’t be done with her. She said her mother was able to do it. He said he couldn’t believe what she did to Sarah. He said it was unfathomable. Gwen said the reason she did it was the devil made her do it. Leo went to confront Chad and Sonny for shattering his dreams. Leo thought Sonny wanted him back which was why he went to all of this trouble to destroy his marriage. Nancy went to check on Craig. He wanted her to rub it in that she was right about Leo. She said she was there to apologize. Gwen told Jack that she would be justifying what she did if she tried to explain it. She said she hurt him and her family to get what she wanted, but she had nothing she wanted. She said she had an epiphany about the things she did. She said she gave in to Kristen like her mother did with her drug dealer. She said she put the spike in her own arm.

Sonny told Leo that he wanted him back like he wanted IBS. Leo said he was paid to be with him. He said Sonny wasn’t that great in bed. Sonny didn’t believe him. Nancy told Craig that she knew what it was like to love someone so much that you ignore the evidence that is in front of you. She said it happened to her and now it happened to her best friend. Maggie told Xander that he left Sarah behind when he found out she wasn’t going to recover. She said she wasn’t being fair. He said she was being fair and accurate. She said she shouldn’t be taking her anger on Gwen out on him. She said she had to figure out what to do next about Sarah. She said there was a chance that the antidote might work. Jack wanted to know why Gwen didn’t tell Xander or Maggie when Kristen blackmailed her. Gwen tried to make an excuse for what she did. He said she shouldn’t have helped her after what Kristen did. He said helping a person escape from prison carried on a big sentence. She said so did murder. Abby went to see Jennifer. She told Jennifer that Gwen admitted to killing Laura. Leo told Sonny that he was only after him because of money. Sonny said that was the same reason why he was with Craig. Leo said it was at first and then he fell for him. Leo said they would have been married if it weren’t for them. Sonny said he wouldn’t have been able to marry Craig anyway. He said Leo should have been honest with Craig. While they were talking, Leo told them that he was going to get revenge on them. Jack wanted to know what Gwen meant about murder. She said she could have killed Sarah with the dose she gave her. He asked her how she could give that dose to Sarah. She said he couldn’t stand to look at her. He said it wasn’t true. She said Xander felt that way. She said Xander said he loved her, but he kept wanting Sarah to recover. She said she kept telling herself that she couldn’t lose Xander, but she did. While she was talking, Xander showed up. He wanted to know what she did with the real antidote. She said he wanted to get Sarah back. He said he wanted her to prove that she was a human being. She said why should she be one now. She said she still had the antidote. He wanted to know what it would take to tell him where it was. Jennifer and Abby debated on whether or not Gwen killing Laura was true. Jack told Gwen to tell Xander where the antidote was. Gwen said she thought it was interesting the way Xander put it. She said it never occurred to him to just ask her to do it. He just assumed that there wasn’t one good bone left in her body. She said there wasn’t. She said she wanted him back. He said it wasn’t a deal. She asked if he hated her. He said he did. She said she would always love him despite everything. She said she would do whatever she could to help him.

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Recap written by Christine

Abby worried Chance would spiral after Rey’s death, the way he had after Spain. Chance promised he had things under control this time. Victor visited Abby and Chance and gave his son in law some words of wisdom after Rey’s death. Victor learned that Rey had a heart attack. Phyllis was alarmed when Jack considered giving Diane the benefit of the doubt. Jack promised he wouldn’t let his guard down around Diane. Diane talked to Kyle and explained that she left him because she wasn’t fit to raise him, but she’d worked on herself and changed. Kyle felt abandoned by Diane. He wasn’t sure he could forgive her, and he wasn’t sure if he wanted her in his life. She accepted this. When Diane got home, Victor was inside waiting for her.

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Days Short Recap Monday, May 2, 2022

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Recap written by Michele and Cheryl

Johnny told Chanel that he was possessed by the devil. She didn’t believe him. EJ confirmed that he was telling the truth. Johnny ended up passing out. When he came too, she asked if it was true. Jake and Ben told Rafe that Allie was the devil. Ben questioned Jake about what he remembered about Allie kidnapping him. Jake said he couldn’t remember. Ben suggested that he let Marlena hypnotize him. Rafe agreed that it would be worth a shot to find out the truth. Chanel asked if Johnny was possessed since Christmas. He said he was. He asked if she remembered how he wasn’t feeling great around New Year’s. She said he thought it was jet lag. He said it wasn’t. He said it was the devil taking over his body. He said he remembered getting ready, but he didn’t remember anything else. She asked him if he remembered telling everyone that he didn’t love her. He asked her if she believed him. She said it was hard to unheard what he said to her. She said she was hurt and angry. He said it wasn’t him. He said she made him laugh and want to be a better person. He said he would have never asked her for a divorce because he loved her. EJ told Tripp that Allie was possessed and no one knew where she was. Tripp was shocked that she was possessed. EJ wanted tot ell Marlena that Allie was possessed. EJ went to see Marlena. She told him that she knew Allie was possessed. He said they needed to tell Sami right away. Chanel told Johnny that he was cruel to her that night. She said he treated her like she didn’t matter. She said she was hoping that it was a nightmare. She said if it hadn’t been with Allie she wouldn’t have gotten through it. He said he knew she slept with Allie. She said Allie was there to comfort her. He said he didn’t have to explain what she did with Allie or Tripp. Alliedevil made Ciara think that Rafe wanted him to take her to the cabin. Ciara agreed to let Allie take her to the cabin. Ben went to Marlena and told her that Allie took Ciara and was convinced that she and the baby were in danger.

Johnny told Chanel what he knew happened between her and Tripp. She said nothing else happened between them. She said her mother refused to let her be with Tripp. She said her mother sent him home. EJ and Rafe talked about Allie being the devil and how Rafe was going to get her. Marlena hypnotized Jake. He told her what he remembered. Marlena and Ben asked if he saw Ciara in the images. EJ talked to Rafe about what kind of father didn’t know his son was possessed. Johnny told Chanel that the devil showed him a movie of her and Tripp making out. She wanted to know how that was possible. Alliedevil told Ciara she needed to do whatever she could to be okay for the baby. When Ciara went outside, Alliedevil said she would be able to focus on her baby with the daddy gone. Rafe told EJ that Johnny was going to be okay. Rafe told him he still had a chance to do things differently for Johnny. Rafe said he was going to the station to see if there was any news. Chanel asked Johnny why he left his body. Johnny told her the devil went in to Allie. Ben wanted to if Jake remembered anything else. Jake said it was like Ciara was close to him and calling her name. Jake asked if the devil could change other people into people. Jake said Allie made him look like Ben. Ben realized Ciara thought he was dead. Ciara wanted to call her mother, but Alliedevil said there was no service.

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