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Gwen talked to Rolf about Abby not falling for the drug she gave her. He was surprised that she was so resilient. Ben thought Ciara was in his room only for it to turn out to be Claire. She returned Ciara’s suitcase. Sami told Nicole that she had to get back home, but nothing changed between them. She still hated her, but she wanted Allie to fall in love with her son. Lucas and Allie talked to Abby and Chad about being around her baby. Gwen and Rolf talked about how they ended up working together to get Abby. She asked him for another dose to drug Abby, but he told her that he couldn’t do it. Sami reminded Nicole that she still had custody of the baby so she better not try anything. Allie and Lucas went to Eric’s place. Sami gave Allie the baby and said it was time to name him. Ben looked at Ciara’s things and told Claire about the memories he had. He apologized to Claire for telling Ciara not to let her be the maid of honor. He thought Ciara would still be there if he hadn’t wasted time accusing Claire of coming after them. Rolf told Gwen why it wouldn’t be a good idea for her to keep drugging Abby. She asked him if he had another idea.

Allie was surprised Sami didn’t name him. She didn’t think it was her place. Allie wanted Nicole to name him, but Sami refused to let her do it. Nicole agreed with Sami and thought she should name him. She decided to name him Henry Lucas Horton. Abby wanted to go back to work, but Chad wasn’t so sure it was a good idea. Rolf wanted to know what Gwen knew about Abby. She told him what she knew. Rolf suggested she go after Chad. She liked the idea and she wanted to bring Abby down. Rolf wanted to know why Gwen hated her so much. She said she had a very good reason and he would find out when everyone else found out. Chad wanted to support Abby and was okay with her going back to work. They were kissing when Gwen showed up. Sami expressed how much she would be there for Allie. She talked about their unbreakable bond. Claire told Ben he wasn’t responsible for what happened to Ciara. She told him that Hope went after Vincent. She also told him that Ciara might not have been in the car. Nicole wondered if Allie named the baby after the father. She got really upset and didn’t want to talk about him. Ben decided to help Hope look for Ciara.

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Steve checked on John at the hospital. He told John that Marlena was with Ben. John didn’t understand why Marlena would be him after he tried ti kill Will. Steve explained how compassionate she is. John thought he was after her. John reminded him how he wanted Marlena in the past. Steve told him how Rolf messed with his mind. John said sorry and believed something was wrong with him. Steve tried to make him feel better. Ben had a nightmare about the explosion and called out Ciara’s name. Marlena tried to comfort him. He felt like he failed Ciara when she needed him. He said she was the best thing that happened to him. He didn’t know how he could live without her. She said it will be hard, but he could get through it. He cried and thanked her for helping him. He asked her about John. She let him think he was fine.

Abby saw Chad in a picture with a woman. The woman in the picture was the previous Abby. Chad let her know he was in the picture with her. She looked at it again and saw her face in the picture. He asked her if she was hallucinating again. She thought it was possible, but assured him she was okay. She said her medications make the hallucinations manageable. He asked her if she was mad about him kissing Gwen. He assured her that he loved her. Gwen thought about drugging Abby. She said Abby was going to have a bad day. Jack and Jennifer had a bad day. She made comments about Abby until they left. Chad and Abby walked in and she offered them a cup of coffee. Chad told her Abby couldn’t have it because of her medication. Chad was going to drink it, but she stopped him from drinking it.

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Brady told Kristen he was going to confess to trying to kill Victor. Kristen was upset that he wanted to do that without talking to her. He said he wanted her to be there for Rachel. She wanted him to be there for her too. Sami almost had Allie convinced that she was taking the baby to Marlena’s place, but Kate told her what she really wanted to do. Allie went off on her. Allie mentioned Eric leaving town so Sami wanted to go after him. She was going to take the baby, but Allie told her she couldn’t. Belle arrived and told Brady that the DA retired and wasn’t the one working on Kristen’s case. Melinda walked in the room and said she was the one working on it. Belle said she refused to accept the plea or Brady’s confession. Sami arrived at Eric’s place. She couldn’t believe he was going to leave without saying goodbye to her. He said it and slammed the door in her face. She was determined to get in the apartment. They talked about the custody case. He advised her to work things out with Allie or she would lose her daughter. Kate tried to get Allie to look at the baby, but she didn’t want to do it. Kate asked why she wanted to run away so Allie explained how she didn’t want to screw up his life.

Melinda reminded Kristen about what she did to her daughter and how she got away with it. Brady asked her not to make it personal, but she didn’t want to hear it. Sami told Eric that she asked Allie to come with her. He knew she didn’t want to go with her. He said Sami would be violating what Allie wanted. Nicole wondered about Allie. Sami didn’t think Allie was ready to have custody of her baby. Eric had another idea, but Sami had to get over herself. Kristen begged Melinda not to take what she did out on Brady. She had no intention of doing that to him. She wanted to deal with her. Brady tried to threaten her, but it didn’t work. She was ready to see her in court. Eric continued to convince Sami to go along with his plan so she wouldn’t lose her daughter forever. Sami was finally willing to compromise. Sami thought Allie had to agree to the plan. Eric and Nicole thought she would. Sami wanted to know how long Eric would be gone. He told her and they said they loved each other. Brady thought what was going on with Melinda was unfair. Belle warned him that the justice system was unfair. Kristen said she wanted a child her entire life. She accepted that she had to say goodbye for a long time. Allie told Sami that Justin was getting a restraining order against her to keep her from taking the baby to Italy. Sami told her about the arrangement. She would let Nicole have custody of the baby if Allie lived with her.

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Lani apologized to Kristen for Eli arresting her. He came in and told them Belle called. He said Belle was going to take the case. Eli wanted to know if he and Lani could get past this. She told him to let them know when Belle was there. He left the interrogation room. Lani told Kristen that she didn’t think she could forgive Eli. Kristen told her she should. Lani said he put his job before her. Kristen said she put her before him. Kristen suggested that she listen to him. Brady asked Victor if he could back up his story that he stabbed him and not Kristen. Victor didn’t think the police would believe the story. Victor didn’t want Kristen to be free. Brady wasn’t interested in what Victor wanted. Brady said he was going to confess and get a deal. Victor agreed to talk to the police. Marlena and Belle talked about what John did to Sami. Belle thought it was funny, but Marlena didn’t. Marlena said John was losing control. Eric showed up while they were talking. Roman showed up too. Eric told everyone he was leaving Salem. They wanted to know if he talked to Sami and Brady. Eric said Brady was busy with Kristen. Eric didn’t want to see Sami. They tried to convince him to tell her goodbye.

Brady went to say goodbye to Eric. Eric walked away so Brady and Belle could talk about Kristen. Belle tried to convince him not to do his plan, but he wanted to do it anyway. Brady went to the police station to see Kristen. He told her Belle was going to talk to the D.A. to get a deal. He said he was going to confess to stabbing Victor. Kristen told him that he wasn’t doing it. Nicole was happy to see Allie. Allie told her she was going to talk to the judge to get her to change her mind and let Nicole and Eric have the baby. Nicole told her Eric was leaving so she would be the one raising the baby. Nicole wanted to talk to Eric about it. Allie asked her to raise the baby by herself. Sami talked to the baby about her plan to get Allie to fall in love with him and move to Rome. Kate walked in and was glad to see the baby. Kate thought Sami was trying to manipulate Allie. Sami tried to defend her actions. Sami wanted to stop Allie. Kate said Allie was at Nicole’s place. Sami wanted to go there, but Kate told her not to go. Kate didn’t want her to push Allie away. Kate said she would make things worse. Sami said she had to do something. She said she was taking the baby to Rome and no one was going to stop her. Allie came in and wanted to know what Sami was up to.

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Marlena talked to Sarah about John’s behavior. She wasn’t sure how long it was going to last. Shawn wasn’t happy when Shawn saw Belle with Philip. He wanted to know what was going on with them. Belle told him about Jan showing up at Hope’s house. Xander talked to Jan about getting Philip out o the picture. She thought he wanted her to go to the police. She realized that was why he was concerned about her safety. He thought Victor wouldn’t like it. He offered his phone number, but Sarah stopped him. Allie overheard Sami talking about taking the baby. They got into an argument about it. Nicole tried to talk Eric into going to Africa to help the people. Eric didn’t want to go, but she continued to convince him to go. Claire talked to Marlena about meeting Jan. Shawn hoped that Claire wouldn’t have anything to do with Jan again. Belle didn’t want to talk to Shawn with Philip around. Philip offered to help since he doesn’t have to follow the law. He told them that he threatened her. Sarah explained who Jan was to Xander. Nicole wanted to do the right thing by telling Eric to go to Africa. She wanted him to do it for her. Allie was going to take her baby to Eric and Nicole’s place. Sami told her that she couldn’t because she’s not the guardian. Allie was going to do it anyway.

Nicole continued to convince Eric to go to Africa. She wanted him to help people. Marlena reminded Claire about the terrible things Jan’s done. Claire said that she did terrible things too. Claire defended Jan to her. Belle talked to Shawn about being worried about Claire bonding with Jan. Shawn couldn’t believe Claire defended Jan. Belle was scared for Claire. Marlena wanted Claire to stay away from Jan. Sami suggested that Allie go back to Rome with her. She would help her raise her baby. Allie thought she wanted that all along. Shawn assured Belle that he wouldn’t let anything happen to Claire. Belle was afraid something did. Jan ran into Claire and apologized for not telling her who she was in the first place. Sami was okay with it if Allie hated her, but she insisted she see her baby. Shawn thought he and Belle should let Philip kill Jan. Jan advised Claire not to talk to her in public. She would understand if she didn’t do it. Allie told Sami she thought about the list of things she got away with until now. She was going to the judge the next day.

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Sami went to see John. She bought him a cactus. He threw it against the wall. He reminded her that she said he was nobody. He called her out for her selfish behavior. He asked her if she knew how sick of her he was. He called her a nasty b*tch. She told him that she hoped her have a blood clot in his cold, dark heart. Marlena came in and told Sami to leave. Marlena told John that she didn’t believe Sami’s side of the story. Marlena didn’t believe that he would resort to calling her names. He admitted it. He wasn’t sure if it had to do with his condition. He said he said things to Sami that he would have never said to anyone. He wanted to know what was wrong with him. She said it was nothing to worry about. Belle was upset to find Jan with Claire. Claire wanted to know why Belle was mean to her friend. Belle said she wasn’t her friend. She said it was Jan Spears. Jan said she stopped by to offer her condolences. Belle knocked the flowers out of Jan’s hand. Belle didn’t believe Jan changed. Jan said people with mental illness could change.

Belle threatened to get a restraining order and pushed Jan out of the house. Claire asked if she thought Jan reached out to her because they were both crazy. Claire said she was doing well because Ciara gave her another chance. Lucas had trouble entertaining Allie’s baby. Nicole came in and offered to help him. She was able to control the baby. Sami came in and was furious that Nicole was holding the baby. Nicole ripped into Sami for taking the baby from Eric. When Nicole left, Sami told Lucas she was taking the baby and leaving town. While she was on the phone making the arrangements, Allie walked in and told Sami that she wasn’t taking her baby. Philip ran into Jan. He warned her to stay away from Belle. Xander was eavesdropping on them. Philip threatened to take care of Jan permanently if she didn’t stay away from Belle or her family. When he left, Xander introduced himself to Jan. Philip went to see Belle. He let her know he was going to protect her and Claire from Jan. They hugged each other.

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Brady was surprised that Kristen was arrested for stabbing Victor. He asked Belle to represent Kristen. Belle didn’t want to represent her. He asked her to do it for him. She changed her mind. She warned him that he could be arrested for aiding and abetting depending on what Kristen told the police. Brady went to the police station. He and Kristen planned on how they were going to fix her situation. He told her that Belle was thinking about representing her. Kristen said she forgot people hated her. She said no one would side with her. Abe comforted Hope. He wanted her to take a break, but she wanted to make Vincent pay for what he did to Ciara. Victor told Maggie that he wanted to get revenge. He blamed Ben for what happened. She saw Victor with a gun. He wanted to go to the hospital and kill Ben. She said he couldn’t go in the hospital with a gun. He said she was right. He said he would hire someone. Maggie tried to talk Victor out of killing Ben. He was upset that he didn’t kill him when he had the chance. He said he failed Ciara. Maggie said he should be there for the people Ciara left behind. She said they would all be hurt. Brady ended up showing up. He asked Victor to help Kristen.

Lani yelled at Eli for putting his job before their marriage. She wanted to know how she could trust him again. Eli tried to defend what he did, but she wasn’t hearing what he said. She ended up walking away from him. Claire offered to clean up Hope’s place. Jan showed up when Shawn left. Jan said she was a friend. Jan offered to help Claire clean up. Jan suggested that they get to know each other. Claire told Jan that she loved Ciara. Claire said she almost killed her. They bonded over the things they have done. Jan said therapy helped her. While they were bonding, Belle came in and told her to get away from her daughter. Eli got a tip that Vincent was seen on a bus. Shawn came in with a report on the explosion. He saw that the explosion was caused by a bomb that was triggered remotely. He was scared to ask about Ciara. Hope looked at the report. She said it didn’t make sense. She said they didn’t find any remains. Hope thought Ciara wasn’t in the car. She said Ciara was still alive. Hope wondered where she was.

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Hope went to Eve and told her what happened to Ciara. She let her know that she didn’t tell Vincent to go plant a bomb in the car. Hope talked to her about Vincent’s agenda for going after Ben. Lani hoped Eli would look the other way and not go after Kristen. Eli arrested Kristen and she told him anything she could think of to get out of being arrested. John woke up, but he couldn’t remember Brady and Marlena. Kristen told Eli that Lani wouldn’t forgive him if he arrested her. She reminded him that he would be married to Gabi if she didn’t convince Lani to go after him. She wanted him to act as if he never saw her. Lani showed up at Kristen’s door. Hope told Eve that the firefighters only found Ciara’s engagement and wedding rings.

Lani took Rachel to Kristen’s place and saw Eli there. Kristen thought she got through to him, but he ended up arresting her. Marlena filled John in on some details of their lives together. John got his memory back and Brady and Marlena were relieved. Eli took Kristen to the station. Lani was upset when she saw Eli. Brady wanted to give John and Marlena some time alone so he wanted to call Kristen at the Salem Inn. Marlena was surprised that Kristen was in Salem. Lani was upset that Eli lied to her and arrested Kristen. He explained why he decided to arrest Kristen. She thought he used a personal conversation and used it to look like a hero. Kristen called Brady. He told her how John was awake. She was glad for him, but she said she was arrested.

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Justin and Kayla talked about the pain Hope was going through because of Ciara. Justin comforted her because of it. Lani and Kristen talked about what happened to Ciara. Lani agreed to keep Rachel longer. Kristen was concerned about Eli, but she was going to handle him. Eli overheard their conversation. He wasn’t happy about what she told Kristen. Lani tried to defend Kristen, but he warned her how she may make a mistake. Sami went to the hospital to visit John and Marlena confronted her about helping Jan get out of Shady Pines. Sami tried to explain herself to her, but she wasn’t any of it. Eric and Nicole found out that the judge made her decision. Sami and Marlena continued to argue about Jan until she had to go to court. Lani defended Kristen’s actions to Eli, but he wasn’t going to cave. He thought Kristen should be caught. Kristen talked to Brady about what happened to Ciara. He wanted to go see Victor and she was upset about that. She said that she and Rachel would be gone when he got back.

Brady and Kristen argued over him going to see Victor. He tried to defend Victor and reminded her how she helped Stefano despite what he did to her family. She told him to go if it’s that important to him. He decided not to go after all. Eric and Nicole talked about Ciara’s death when Sami arrived. She was shocked by it. She thought Ben was responsible for it so Eric wanted to explain things to her. She didn’t want to hear it from him. Judge Duncan arrived in the courtroom. Lani appreciated what Eli did for Kristen. He didn’t seem to want to talk to her anymore so he left. Kristen was glad Brady decided not to go see Victor. He realized he should be there for John. The judge talked to Sami, Eric and Nicole before she rendered her verdict. The judge lifted the restraining order and allowed Eric and Nicole to see the baby. Kristen opened her door and saw Eli standing there. Brady was at the hospital with Marlena and they wondered what would happen when John woke up. John opened his eyes and moved his hands. The judge gave custody to Sami.

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Chad lied to Abby about Jake thought there was something going on between him and Gwen. Chad admitted that Jake saw Gwen kissing him. Abby was furious. He said he went along with Gwen’s scheme. Abby said he let Gwen kiss him. He said it was the only way to get rid of her. Abby said she reminded her of Gabi. He said Gwen got it bad when she walked in on Gabi in bed with Jake. He said he wanted to focus on them. Jake went to Gwen’s room. She was holding the drug she used on Abby. He wanted to know why she was packing. She said she wasn’t. She said she was leaving their room and was going to Gabi’s room. She said she didn’t want to share a bed with him. She said she accepted that they were over and didn’t want a man in her life. She said she was on a mission. He wanted to know what it was. He thought she was going after Chad. She said she was glad Gabi opened her legs to Jake because it made her see who he really was.

Chad went to Jake’s room. Chad told him to stay out of the deal at DiMera. Chad ripped into him for telling Abby about him and Gwen. Chad warned him that he was a fighter. Chad told him not to push him. They ended up arguing. Chad told him to find another place to live. Gwen went downstairs and saw Abby. Gwen held on to the drug she gave Abby. Gwen apologized to Abby for what she saw. Abby asked her if she was talking about kissing her husband. Abby said she didn’t see it, but she heard about it. Gwen apologized. Gwen said she wasn’t trying to come on to Chad. She said she wanted to make Jake jealous. Abby said that didn’t work well. Gwen said she underestimated Gabi. Abby said she could relate. Gwen wanted to know if they could be friends. They made up. Gwen gave her white wine and put the drug in it. Abby ended up not drinking the wine when Chad came back and wanted to go upstairs with Abby. Belle was on the phone with Marlena. Belle talked to her about John and Shawn’s lead on Ciara. Philip snuck up on her. Belle attacked him because she didn’t know who he was. He apologized to her. She told him she thought he was Jan. He told her he wasn’t flattered. He said he thought she was locked up. She said Sami got her out. They continued to talk about Jan and Ciara. Vincent’s car blew up at the airfield. Ben called out to Ciara. He tried to go to the car, but he passed out. Hope screamed out Ciara’s name. The firefighters showed up to put out the fire. Ben was taken to the hospital. Hope went to see Ben. She told him the firefighters did everything they could.

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Hope and Shawn went to Wendy’s place to look for Vincent and Ciara. Their search turned up empty because they weren’t there. Ciara wanted to know where Vincent was taking her. He called her Wendy and didn’t want to tell her where they were going. Chad was happy that Gabi was gone so she wouldn’t be a threat to Abby anymore. Gwen thought about Abby and Chad drinking together. Gwen flashed back to Julie pouring champagne for Abby and Chad. Hope and Shawn investigated the room and found Ciara’s necklace. Ciara decided to pretend to be Wendy to mess with Vincent’s mind. Abby was suspicious about whether Gabi drugged her. She thought Gabi would have bragged about it. There was another flashback of Abby and Chad together at Julie’s Place. Gwen overheard them talking to Julie about Gabi.

Julie thought she recognized Gwen so she approached her. Hope and Shawn went to the station to tell Ben that they had a lead on Ciara. Abby had a surprise when she saw Jake at the mansion. She thought he was Stefan despite how much he denied being him. He was tired of people calling him Stefan. She believed that he wasn’t Stefan. Ciara continued to let him think she was Wendy to get him to put his guard down. She noticed the gun in his lap so she had to think of something. Hope and Shawn let Ben know that Ciara was with Vincent. Ben was released so he wanted to help them look for her. They wanted to check on a lead. Abby asked Jake about Gwen and he told her about his suspicions about her being involved with Chad. She wasn’t happy about that and confronted Chad about Jake’s accusation. He admitted that Gwen kissed him. He explained why she kissed him. Vincent took Ciara to an airfield so they could leave Salem, but she tried to escape. He was able to stop her from leaving and got her back in the car. Hope, Shawn, and Ben arrived at the airfield to look for Ciara. They saw Vincent in the car and Hope told him to get out of the vehicle. He got out, but he ran away. The car exploded with Ciara possibly in it.

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Abby got a shock to see Chad hugging Gwen. Chad tried to explain what happened, but she introduced herself to him. Steve saw someone in his place and it turned out to be Tripp. Steve and Kayla wanted to know why Tripp was in town. Hope talked to Jennifer and Jack about what happened to Ciara. Hope thought that Vincent might have his own reasons to go after Ben. Vincent told Ciara that he just had photos of Wendy. He wanted to shoot her like a dog the way Ben did to Wendy. Tripp said he wanted to be with his family. Steve wondered why he left med school. Kayla told Tripp what happened to Ciara. Claire talked to Shawn about what happened to Ciara. He told her how they wanted to find out why Vincent continued the plan without Eve. She wanted to help. Vincent told Ciara how Wendy took care of Abby and then Ben killed her. He wanted to kill her too for keeping Ben from dying. Gwen walked out of the room so Chad asked Abby why she left the hospital. She assured him that she was emotionally stable now. Chad wanted to know if the hallucinations were gone. She said they were under control. She didn’t want him to fight her on that. Tripp told Steve that he wasn’t going back to school. Hope continued to talk to Jack and Jennifer about Vincent being up to something.

Abby wanted to know if Chad was going to fight her on being back home. He wanted the best for her. Kayla showed up at the station to be there for Hope. She told her and Jennifer how Rafe went to Mexico to help his mother. Vincent was going to stab Ciara with a syringe, but she was too fast for him. They fought over the syringe. She tried to leave the room. Tripp talked to Steve about studying in Salem to honor Haley. Tripp mentioned how he tried to ruin Kayla’s career. Chad told Abby that Gabi left town. Hope and Shawn were investigating where Vincent could have taken Ciara. Steve and Kayla met at the pub. He wanted to know if Hope found out anything about Ciara. She said that they didn’t have any leads. Chad told Abby how happy he was that Gabi was gone. He blamed her for Abby having hallucinations. Abby thought it was too bad that they couldn’t prove what she did. There was a flash back of her with Chad and they were drinking. Gwen thought about Chad and Abby drinking too. Hope and Shawn barged in the room Vincent had Ciara, but they were gone. Ciara wanted to know where Vincent was taking her. He called her Wendy, but didn’t tell her where they were going.

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