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Julie had a heart to heart with Marlena about them moving on with their lives. She told Marlena that she went out with Foster and enjoyed the time with him. Unfortunately part of her felt guilty about moving on with Foster. Marlena told her that Doug would want her to be happy. Julie agreed to see him again. They talked about Marlena’s situation next. Marlena wasn’t ready to think of anyone, but John. Foster called Julie, and she became excited to see him. EJ and Cat kissed each other. They stopped kissing when they saw Belle and Chad kiss on TV. EJ and Cat tried to downplay how upset they were. He wanted to focus on the future. EJ thought his future was with Cat. He kissed her again. Cat refused to go upstairs with him. She thought they were moving too fast. Belle and Chad were in the park after the game. Chad asked her if she was concerned about people seeing him kissing on TV. She didn’t care and asked if it bothered him. Chad didn’t care who saw them either. They started talking about the chess set that Marlena inherited from Stefano. Chad wanted to know more about the chess set. He wanted to look into it for her. Johnny wanted to surprise Chanel with a second honeymoon, but her thoughts were elsewhere. Chanel thought the future was too scared to think about it. Johnny wanted to focus on her. Paulina showed up at the apartment and wanted to see EJ. She talked to Johnny about the miracle drug and how it could help Chanel. Johnny didn’t think of that before. Chanel was upset about it. She might not want to take a drug from EJ. Chanel didn’t want to be indebted to EJ.

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Cat went to see EJ at the DiMera mansion. He told her about Chanel’s breast cancer. Cat suggested that he use the miracle drug. EJ refused to do it. He said he wanted submit the drug for FDA scrutiny before trying it on living people. EJ said everything had to be above board. He said he wasn’t using it on Chanel or her mother. EJ apologized to her and tried to make her feel better. They spent time together watching a game. While they were watching the game, he apologized to her about not remembering what happened in Italy. Jada and Belle talked about Stephanie’s shooting to see what the D.A.’s office wanted to do about it. Belle said she knew it was an accident and that Stephanie wasn’t a threat. Kayla and Steve showed up to see Stephanie. Alex let them know what happened with Stephanie while she was sleeping. He left to go for a run. Kayla and Steve stayed in case Stephanie woke up. Stephanie woke up and said she killed Joy. Kayla asked how many sleeping pulls she took. Stephanie said she took two pills. Kayla said it was too much. Steve wanted to go over gun safety with Stephanie, but she didn’t want the gun. She said she felt less safe with the gun.

Alex went to the pub to see Joy. He apologized for what happened with Stephanie. He asked if Joy was going to press charges. Joy said she was going to press charges. Alex tried to talk her out of it, but she didn’t change her mind. Joy said he wasn’t there to check on her. He was there to keep his wife out of jail. She said Stephanie belonged in jail. Joy let him know that even if Stephanie didn’t go to jail, she wasn’t going near Kelsey. Joy said Alex could see Kelsey he wanted to at her place. She said Stephanie couldn’t be there. Joy said Stephanie wasn’t stable and she didn’t trust her. Joy said if he wanted Stephanie to stay out of jail, she had to stay away from Kelsey. Alex didn’t like it, but he agreed to it. When Alex went home, he told the Johnsons from the baby. He didn’t tell them that Stephanie had to stay away from Kelsey. They all decided to go out for ice cream. While they were int he town square, they ran into Joy and Kelsey. Stephanie wanted to apologize, but Alex stopped her.

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Chanel and Johnny went to see Sarah to tell her about what happened with the new doctor. Since the new doctor listened to her and answered her questions, Chanel decided to get chemo. The surgery was scheduled for the next day. Johnny told Chanel they would have a beautiful life once everything was over. Chanel wanted him to go back to work. Theo was in Johnny’s office. He wanted to let Johnny know that he would back him while he was going through his situation. Theo let him know that Xander was dropping the lawsuit. Lexie let EJ know that she might only have a few weeks to live if they couldn’t stop the degeneration. EJ said he wouldn’t let it happen. Lexie said she wouldn’t say anything. Theo wanted to see Gabi at DiMera. When Gabi showed up, he let her know that he wasn’t fighting her claim. He said the money was hers. Gabi thanked him. Theo said telling her now meant they wouldn’t have to go to court. He thought it would be better that he didn’t have to see her. Chanel told Paulina that she was getting chemo. She told Paulina that the doctor was going to induce labor and treat the areas that weren’t recommended while she was pregnant. The bad news was Chanel couldn’t breast feed or her immune system would be compromised. She said she might have to stay away from Trey. Paulina assured her that things would work out. Kate wanted to talk to Roman about what she did. She told him why she lied to him. Roman wanted to know why she wanted to tell him now. Kate said she was forced to do it. Roman said she would have kept the truth from him forever if she had a choice, Roman didn’t care for what she had to say and walked away. He went to the square to call Marlena. Gabi ran into Xander. He was happy about her inheritance claim being approved. She said she would let him know what she needed. Paulina went to see EJ and told him to use the miracle drug on Chanel. EJ said he couldn’t help.

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When EJ and Gabi stopped arguing, they saw Kristen giving Xander a key. EJ thought it was funny while Gabi was upset for Gwen. He thought it was an open relationship. She said it was a betrayal of Gwen and Kristen’s friendship. Gabi agreed not to tell Gwen what she saw. Leo and Gwen ran into each other at the pub. He was worried about what EJ would do. She told him her plan. Gwen planned on buying the hospital out from under EJ. Her only goal was revenge and looking important to the Bradys and Hortons. Leo said it would look good to Jack too. Gwen told him that Dimitri was threatening her. After Gwen left, she ran into EJ. He said they were allies and didn’t know why she wanted to hurt him. She told him that they were going down if Dimitri found proof of what they did to him. While they were talking, EJ told her that Xander and Kristen were sleeping together. He told her to go to the Salem Inn to see for herself.

Xander and Kristen made love. After they made love, they talked about their kids. While they were talking about Rachel being in Bayview, Gwen knocked on the door. Kristen told her to come in. She said she and Xander were having a meeting. Gwen said EJ sold them out. She ended up believing that nothing was wrong. Alex and Stephanie reunited. She told him about the wedding. When they made out, Joy showed up looking for Kelsey’s stuffed elephant. Alex found the elephant in the apartment. He gave Joy a key to the apartment. He wanted to go back to making out with Stephanie, but she said she was tired. She pretended not to be upset about Joy having the key. Joy lost her phone and went back to Alex and Stephanie’s apartment. Stephanie took a nap while Alex left to run errands. Joy showed up and let herself in the apartment. When Stephanie heard the door open, she grabbed her gun and fired it at Joy.

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Stephanie grabbed her gun and shot at Joy. She hit the wall next to the door, and Alex came bursting through the door. Joy informed him that his psycho wife tried to shoot her. Alex noticed the gun and checked on Joy. He wanted answers from Stephanie. Joy said she was okay physically and pointed to the bullet hole in the wall. She told him that the hole could have been her head. Jada and Shawn were on their way home and noticed a bullet hole in the hallway with the bullet casing. They pulled their guns out and went to Alex and Stephanie’s place and took everyone’s statements. Shawn talked to Joy while Jada took Stephanie to another room to talk. Alex tried to downplay the accident. He said there was one bullet in the wall. Joy yelled at him, but she wasn’t in any condition to drive. Alex took her back to get Kelsey. Stephanie understood why she was supposed to keep the gun locked up and away from the case. She didn’t heed the warnings and safety training because she was afraid Owen was going to be there. Jada warned her not to say anything else about it. She warned her not to say anything.

Holly and Tate talk about Amy wanting to charge her. Amy failed to get her charged. They were happy to have the nightmare with Sophia over. Tate signed a new lease to start his business. Holly wanted to be his first client. Gwen showed up and wanted to take defense classes. Melinda joined Amy at Small Bar. She apologized for not listening to her when she told her about Sophia. Amy thought she would still be here if she listened to her. She didn’t know what to do with all of her regret. Melinda told her about what happened with Hayley. She advised Amy not to blame herself. Amy wanted legal advice. Melinda let her know that spending her time avenging Sophia’s death won’t fill the hole she had in her heart. Amy refused to give up on Sophia the way everyone else did. She wanted Melinda to help her get justice for her daughter. Melinda told her that she didn’t have a case. Amy wanted to file a civil suit against Holly. Jada and Shawn took the gun out of Stephanie’s place. Shawn promised to get to the bottom of what happened. Joy rushed to her daughter after she and Alex went to the pub. She didn’t want Stephanie near her daughter ever again.

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Roman found Kate texting Xander. She lied about what she was doing and told him that she was worried about Lexie and Abe. Arianna talked to Gabi about her internship, and Johnny stepping down as CEO of DiMera Enterprises. Gabi told her that Tony offered her the position. Kate overheard Gabi talking about the position and made a smart comment about it. Arianna tried to keep the peace between them. She told Kate that Gabi regretted what she did to Philip. Gabi agreed with what Arianna said. Kate realized that she needed to fix something and decided to leave. Xander burst into the office to yell at Philip. He said that he was accepting Gabi’s money on his behalf. They got into a huge argument about it. Philip told Xander that he would quit if he took the money. Kate walked in while Philip threatened to quit. She demanded to know what Philip was doing. Kate reminded them that they were supposed to be a united front. She told them that they put their personal and professional lives on the line to be there. Kate turned her anger towards Xander for telling her that he came clean. Philip left the office, and Xander admitted that he told Marlena about setting up Johnny. He told her that Marlena forced him to admit what happened. Xander realized that Marlena was right about him trying to be a better person. He promised he would try not to throw her under the bus. Kate let him know that there wasn’t any way to keep her out of his confession. She stormed out of the office.

EJ went into the tunnels to talk to Dr. Rolf about the experiment. He explained what happened to the rats involved in the experiment. EJ thought Lexie would be the next one to die. Dr. Rolf insisted that Lexie’s blood work and vitals were perfect. He assured EJ that he would do everything in his power to make sure that Lexie survives. Lexie and Kristen caught up with each other. Kristen admitted that she was thankful that EJ made sure to bring her back to life. She thought there was too much testosterone in the family. While Kristen was going off about EJ, Lexie’s hand shook uncontrollably. EJ came out of the tunnels and was worried about Lexie. His concern grew when Lexie said that something was wrong. EJ assured her that she could be fine. He said that Dr. Rolf wanted to examine her. Lexie agreed to get checked out. Gabi was at the town square and ran into EJ. He told her that she would never get Stefan’s inheritance. EJ offered her a settlement, but she refused to take it. Gabi planned to see him in court. As they walked away, EJ and Gabi saw Kristen slip Xander a key card. Dr. Rolf examined Lexie. She didn’t have any strength in her hand. Lexie told him about her symptoms. She was certain there was something wrong with her. Dr. Rolf told her what happened to the rats. Lexie knew what that meant for her. She would do anything if Dr. Rolf would help her. Lexie was determined not to give up.

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