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While Johnny was sleeping, he called out Joy’s name. He said they shouldn’t do this. Chanel was confused when she heard him call out Joy’s name. When he woke up, Chanel asked what shouldn’t he and Joy be doing. Kristen was upset about Brady talking to Ava about their relationship. She texted him and wanted to meet. He thought she wanted to talk about Sarah. Sarah told Maggie that she could feel the water bottle on her leg. She thought the serum was working. Sarah was looking forward to taking Victoria out. When Xander showed up, Maggie left them alone to celebrate. They were happy that she had feeling in her legs. Kristen told Brady that he wouldn’t want to be with her since the serum didn’t work. She told him the serum was legit. While they were talking, Maggie called him to thank him for getting Kristen to give Sarah the serum. When he got off the phone, Kristen was happy for Sarah and said he was the reason why Sarah got the good news. She asked if there was a chance for them to get together now that the serum worked. Philip and Stephanie ran into each other at the pub. She told him about what’s going on at Body and Soul. When she mentioned Alex eating the poisoned cupcake, Philip brought up how she used to date him. She told him about their relationship and said they were better off as friends. When she brought up his fight to get Titan, he said he wanted to hire her firm to represent him. She refused to take the job.

Johnny lied to Chanel and said he was dreaming about Joy’s choices. He said he must have been working too hard if he was dreaming of the actors. Later on, she told him that the other people from Body and Soul got sick from the cupcakes. She said he would be fine but the same couldn’t be said about Sweet Bits. He told her to find out if the cupcakes came from her bakery. Brady told Kristen that they could co-parent Rachel and be friends. Kristen was furious and told him that she gave up a lot to be with him. She said he played her and laughed at her with Ava. Kristen was convinced that he wanted to be with Ava. Brady denied her claims. Kristen tried to convince him to give her another chance for Rachel’s sake. Brady said Rachel was strong and would be fine. Kristen said Rachel would be fine because she had her. When Brady noticed her threat, he warned her not to try and keep him from Rachel because it would hurt her. Kristen said she wasn’t making any promises. At the hospital, Sarah told Xander and Maggie that she was determined to walk. Xander and Maggie didn’t want Sarah to push herself, but she wanted to walk. Stephanie told Philip she wouldn’t represent him because they used to be engaged. He said it would be business and begged her to help him until she agreed to do it. When Johnny was alone, he said he couldn’t keep lying to Chanel. Joy was at Alex’s place to check on him. While they were talking, the subject of Johnny and Chanel came up. Joy said she didn’t deserve a friend like Chanel because she had a fling with her husband. Alex wanted to know what happened. She told him how she met Johnny and how they ended up sleeping together. Joy begged him not to tell anyone just as Chanel showed up at the apartment.

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At the town square, Bonnie told Kate that Lady Whistleblower spoiled the show. She said Leo knew who it was. Kate was upset about the story as well as the poisoned cupcakes and wondered who poisoned them. Bonnie said it might be Hattie. Kate told her she should tell the police if she thought it was Hattie. Rafe went to the police station to see Jada who thought he changed his mind about quitting. He said he didn’t change his mind and came by to drop off his badge and gun. She said she thought he might have changed his mind after he slept on it. He said he was more sure than he was before. When she asked why, he told her Roman told him he could sue Paulina for taking away his job while he was injured in the line of duty. She asked if he was going to sue. He said he didn’t want to cause trouble, but he couldn’t work for a place that treated him the way they did after all the years he put in the department. She pointed out that they worked together before, but he thought it was different now. When she said it was his pride, he said getting demoted affected his pride. She said she would give up the job, but he told her not to. He said she was a good cop and boss. She said he didn’t want to work for her to which he said he didn’t want to resent her in the long run. He said he took this as a sign to do something else because she is more important than the job. She asked if he would come back if she asked him stay. Before Rafe could answer, Paulina showed up and told them about the cupcakes. She gave them the card that was with the cupcakes and said no one on the show knew who they were from. Paulina told Rafe to go to the hospital to investigate, but he said Jada would have to get someone else to do it because he was quitting. He told Jada he would see her at home before he left. Paulina was shocked that Rafe quit. Jada told her the demotion hurt him and he didn’t want the job to come between them. Paulina said she didn’t expect this to happen when she picked her to replace Rafe, but they had to find out who poisoned the cupcakes. Kate showed up and said it might be Hattie. Jada wanted to wait until the test results came back because it could have been food poisoning. When Paulina called Kayla, she said the cupcakes were poisoned, but it wasn’t enough to hurt anyone. Jada said she was getting her team on it and would put an APB out on Hattie.

Leo went to Gabi Chic to confront Javi. He accused Javi of being Lady Whistleblower. Javi didn’t know what he was talking about. Leo accused him of spoiling the show. He said he found Javi with the laptop that had all of the storylines. Javi was appalled that he was accusing him, but Leo reminded him that he said he needed a second job. Javi told him as a bartender. He told Leo that someone on the cast could be doing it, but Leo said he just wrote down the storylines so he knew it was Javi. Leo said he liked him and thought they had a connection. Javi said he felt the same way, but Leo thought he only wanted to be with him to take advantage of him. Javi sarcastically admitted to being Lady Whistleblower. He said the only thing he was guilty of was falling for a jerk and didn’t want anything to do with Leo. Leo ended up leaving the office. Gabi ran into JJ and asked if he figured out why EJ wanted the charges dropped against Cat. JJ said Chad asked him to do it because he made a deal with Clyde. He told her that Chad was trading Cat for Abby’s remains. JJ said he didn’t think Chad would trade Cat. He said Cat claimed she did what she did to save her mother. Gabi wondered if Cat and Clyde were still working together. JJ said it was possible but thought Cat could be a double agent and planned to hand Chad to Clyde. Gabi wondered what he was going to do. JJ said he wanted to put Clyde away, but thought Chad was in over his head. When Gabi said she was worried about him, JJ said he was a trained cop and would be okay. She offered to help him take down Clyde since he ruined her life. JJ said he would let her know if she could do anything. Clyde called Chad. Chad told him Cat thought he forgave her and didn’t know he was handing her over to him to get revenge. He told Clyde he would wait for the next instructions. When Chad got off the phone, he told Cat that Clyde wanted them to check into a hotel as husband and wife. Cat said she didn’t like it. She said she played Clyde’s game long enough so they needed to have a plan of their own. Cat said they were vulnerable if they checked into the hotel. If they had someone else check into the hotel, they could wait until Clyde showed up and get him. Chad wondered where they would get two people to pretend to be them. She said her brother would help them. Chad said he wasn’t going to help get the man who tried to kill him out of jail. Cat asked who else could they use. When JJ walked in the Horton house, Chad said they couldn’t use him because it was too dangerous. JJ wanted to know what was going on. Chad told him what Clyde wanted them to do and how they were staying a step ahead him. JJ agreed to do it. Chad warned him that it would be dangerous, but JJ said he didn’t care. When Chad said they would need someone to play his wife, JJ said he knew who could do it.

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Kayla was explaining to Maggie why there wasn’t a change in Sarah’s condition when Kristen walked in the room demanding answers. The doctor informed Kristen that she wasn’t entitled to any information because she’s not family. Kristen reminded her that she was the one who gave her the serum, so she should know if it worked. Maggie interjected and told her there hasn’t been any changes. Kristen thought she should get up and start walking. Sarah admitted to Xander that she was afraid the serum might not work for her. He wanted her to give it more time. Kristen barged in her room and told her to push herself to walk. Xander dragged her out of the hospital room. Brady got a chilly vibe from Ava when he tried to sit with her. He wondered what he did wrong. She told him that Tate was the one who did it. Brady wanted details about what happened so she told him that Tate called Sophia by Holly’s name. He was shocked but tried to defend his son. Brady tried to tell her that they screwed up when they were kids. She couldn’t deny his point, but she felt sorry for Sophia because she got her heart broken. Tate and Holly walked together at the town square. They were happy they didn’t have to hide their relationship anymore. Sophia approached them and warned her that Tate might call her by her name. Holly was shocked by what she heard. Sophia stormed off and ran into Aaron. They talked about what happened with Tate. Aaron told her that his brother was in jail for attempted murder. She wanted to hear the details.

Tate and Holly were at the Kiriakis mansion, and she wanted to know what Sophia’s comment meant. Tate admitted that he did call her name out in bed with Sophia. Holly assumed that he broke up with Sophia and not the other way around. She wondered if he was with her because it didn’t work out with Sophia. Tate assured her that she wasn’t backup for Sophia. All he ever wanted was to be with her. Holly felt the same way and asked him if he wanted to go to her room. Sarah and Xander told Maggie about what happened when Kristen was in the room. Maggie thought Kristen wanted to know if Sarah was walking again to score brownie points with Brady. Sarah said Kristen wasn’t wrong about her pushing herself. Kayla gave her the okay to start walking, so Xander helped her stand up. Sarah had trouble, and Xander caught her. Ava apologized to Brady for the way she reacted. She was having a hard time and missing her son. Ava appreciated their friendship. He felt the same way. They hugged each other while Kristen walked in the room. She was surprised that they were friends. Kristen told them there was no news on Sarah. She thought Brady should go see Sarah. After Brady left, Kristen confronted Ava about betraying her. She thought Ava went after her ex. Ava reminded her that she betrayed her by firing her. She and Brady were only talking. Brady wasn’t with Kristen anymore. Kristen said it was only a matter of time. Ava told her that Brady didn’t make any promises to be with her. Brady found Xander at the hospital. Xander told him about Kristen, and Sarah’s attempt at walking. He apologized to Brady for accusing him of hitting Sarah. Brady understood everything. Xander gave Brady his job back at Basic Black, and he accepted the offer. Brady assured him that the serum would work. Sarah confessed to Maggie that she felt like she was letting Xander down. She knew he blamed himself for what his mother did. The only way he would get over it was if she walked again. Maggie gave Sarah her food tray and tripped. She dropped a water bottle in Sarah’s lap. Sarah got excited because she felt the bottle hit her legs.

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EJ opened a box of cupcakes that were sent to the mansion to celebrate the premiere of Body and Soul. He gave one to Johnny who felt guilty about cheating on Chanel. EJ advised him not to feel bad about it. Johnny said fate was helping him feel that way because Chanel invited Joy to have dinner. EJ told him not to look guilty or say anything because Chanel didn’t need to know the truth. While they were talking, Chanel walked in and wanted to know what they were talking about. EJ lied and said they were talking about a disagreement he had with Paulina over a case. He said he would make things right with Paulina and offered to leave them alone so they could make up. Johnny thanked her for the cupcakes to which she said she had nothing to do with. She said she wished there were more because she invited Joy over to watch the premiere of the show. Kate ran into Joy at the Brady Pub. Joy was reading her lines at the time. Kate advised her to have fun and asked if she met anyone yet. Joy said she met the cast and had dinner with Chanel. Roman came over and brought a cupcake for the premiere. Kate wondered who sent the cupcake. When Kate left to find out about the cupcake, Roman had a talk with Joy. While they were talking, Joy got a text from Chanel inviting her to watch the premiere at the DiMera mansion. At Abe and Paulina’s place, Abe got a cupcake. Paulina wondered who sent it since the card didn’t have a name on it. Kate called Abe to talk about the cupcake. He invited her and Roman over to watch the premiere. Later, Kate and Roman showed up at Abe and Paulina’s to watch the premiere. Abe was the only one who ate the cupcake. They all enjoyed the show and celebrated it being a hit.

Johnny told Chanel that he wished she didn’t invite Joy over. He wanted her to take back the invitation because he wanted to watch it in bed with her. Chanel said she felt bad because Joy had nothing to do. EJ came in and brought Joy in with him. Chanel, Johnny, and Joy watched the show. EJ said he would watch it later. He and Johnny ate the cupcake. After they watched the episode, Joy said Chanel was great. Chanel said she owed it to her husband. Joy said she met everyone on the show except the one who played Charlamagne. Johnny and Chanel let her know about Hattie and the curse she put on the show when she got fired. Joy said she had to leave because she had to run lines and had to call her mother. When Joy left, Chanel thought something was going on with Joy and wanted Johnny to go after her to check on her. Johnny went after Joy and told her she shouldn’t have accepted Chanel’s invitation. He said they couldn’t keep doing this because the guilt was getting to him. Joy reminded him of the promise he made not to tell Chanel the truth. Johnny said the promise he broke to Chanel was eating him alive. He said he didn’t know how to make it right. When Johnny went back to Chanel, he told her Joy was okay. Chanel thanked him for checking on Joy. She looked at her lines and said if Arrow was honest with Faith, they might have been able to work things out, but the cover up was worse than the crime. Kate met with Abe at the office and told him the network was happy with the numbers. She thought Hattie’s curse was wrong. While they were talking, Abe ended up getting sick.

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Leo read Lady Whistleblower’s column and noticed the story about Bonnie. He became enraged because the story ruined the plot for the soap. Bonnie held his hand while he had a panic attack about it. As he continued to read the story, he saw the spoilers for the rest of the show. The stories came from his dream, so he put it together that someone had to get into his laptop to find out about them. He flashed back to Javi being in bed with his laptop. Leo was upset and started to scream out. He stormed out of his room leaving Bonnie confused. Kayla was with Roman at the pub. He bit into a cupcake. She started talking about why she missed the premiere of Body & Soul. He struggled to talk and ran out of the room. At the DiMera mansion, Johnny became sick and ran away from Chanel. She found him and took care of him. He felt like he didn’t deserve her and didn’t want to lose her. She assured him that she wasn’t going anywhere. Joy went to Alex’s place to run lines with him. He warned her not to sleep with her co-stars. She became startled until she realized he meant Stephanie. He finished the cupcake he was eating and became sick. Alex rushed to the bathroom.

Kate met with Kayla and Roman at the hospital. Kayla informed her about Roman’s condition. Kate said the only thing Roman to eat were the cupcakes. She let them know that Abe got sick after eating one. Kayla was upset because they were dealing with tainted baked goods again. Kate left to inform the cast and crew about what happened. Later, Kate ran into Bonnie. They had a conversation about the cupcakes. Kate told her the cupcakes were tampered with. Bonnie let her know that Lady Whistleblower was ruining Body & Soul. Gabi and Javi were having a conversation about his relationship with Leo. Javi let her know that he enjoyed his time with him and didn’t need her opinion about it. After their conversation, Gabi promised not to interfere with their relationship and leave Leo alone. Gabi walked out the office, and Leo stormed inside to talk to Javi. He knew what Javi did, and he wasn’t going to let him get away with it.

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EJ got chewed out by Paulina for dropping the charges against Cat. Kristen walked in the room and wondered why he let Cat go. He let her know that he had everything under control. EJ made fun of her for botching up the Titan deal. She said Philip came back and she decided it wasn’t much trouble. He found out that she gave Sarah the serum anyway because she’s in love. Brady went to the Bistro and ran into Ava. They had a strange conversation about Tate and Sophia’s sex lives. One thing led to another, and they talked about Kristen giving Sarah the serum. Ava thought there were strings attached to Kristen’s offer. Brady admitted that Kristen wanted Titan in exchange for the serum. Luckily, he talked her out of taking it. Ava thought it was funny that Kristen would do the right thing because she had feelings for him. Sophia ripped into Tate for calling her by Holly’s name. He was confused by her accusation and denied doing it. If he did that, it was because he felt bad about the way they broke up. He insisted that Holly had nothing to do with his feelings for her. Tate apologized for the mistake and wanted to make out again. Sophia put the brakes on their make out session and demanded to know if he wished to be back with Holly.

Xander gave Kayla the serum to use for Sarah. Kayla was apprehensive about using the serum. Sarah presented Kayla with Rolf’s instructions for it. They went over the instructions and realized the serum had to go through Sarah’s spine. Kayla warned them about the risks involved with the injection. Xander would love Sarah regardless of what she decided to do. Sarah knew how he felt, but she wanted to take the risk. Sophia got dressed because Tate didn’t convince her that he was over Holly. He’s trying to do the right thing, but he didn’t know what that was. Sophia asked him if he wanted her or Holly. The silence told her everything she needed to know. She decided to dump Tate. He said he liked her, but she didn’t sleep with people she liked. Frustrated, she told him to be with Holly. Sophia gave him a warning. If Holly broke his heart, she didn’t want him coming back to her. Brady admitted that Rachel was the reason why he would consider reuniting with Kristen. He knows that he should run away, but Rachel hated when they argued. Ava thought he was being naive if he didn’t think Kristen was hoping for a reunion.

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EJ told Gabi that he would have her arrested for hitting him. When she tried to hit him again, he grabbed her arm and warned her not to do it. Out of the blue, JJ showed up and told EJ not to touch Gabi or he would have to deal with him. When EJ let Gabi go, JJ said EJ hadn’t changed and he still mistreated women. EJ said Abby willingly had an affair with him and so did Gabi. JJ told him not to talk about his sister. EJ apologized for what he said because what happened was a tragedy. When he brought up Cat, JJ said she was the reason why he was there. He said he wanted to make Cat pay for what she did. EJ said the charges were dropped. Gabi wondered how EJ could let Cat go. EJ said it was none of his business and told JJ to file a complaint if he didn’t like it. JJ said he would file a complaint and ended up hitting him. When EJ tried to hit JJ back, Gabi stopped them. EJ threatened to have JJ arrested for assault. Gabi said he told her that earlier and thought it was hard to abuse his power when there’s a witness. She said she would testify that EJ started with him. EJ said they weren’t worth the trouble and walked off. Gabi and JJ talked about EJ letting Cat go. She said EJ probably let Cat go free because she’s guilty and he likes punishing innocent people. JJ asked why she was fighting with EJ. She said it was over his part in the end of her marriage. While they were talking, Gabi thanked him for standing up for her and thought all was forgiven between them. JJ mentioned Julie’s pacemaker. He said the memory was still painful and he would be lying if he said he wasn’t still upset about it. Gabi said she was upset that she stooped so low, but she wasn’t that person anymore. She thanked him for rescuing her. He reminded her that she rescued him years ago on Christmas Eve and saved his life. When they were finished talking, he left.

At the pub, Roman, Paulina, and Stephanie talked about what happened at Johnny’s party at the studio. Paulina said Johnny was acting like a fool just like his father. Stephanie said she was to blame for some of it, but Paulina thought it wasn’t her fault. Paulina wanted to talk to Stephanie about Alex. Stephanie said what happened at the hospital stirred things up between them until Kate and Abe made a thing about workplace relationships. Despite her feelings for Alex, Stephanie said they should remain friends. Rafe and Jada showed up at the pub. When Paulina noticed Jada’s ring, she wanted to know the details, but they had to wait. Rafe let her know he was cleared to go back to his commissioner job immediately. Paulina said she thought about it and didn’t think it was a good idea. Rafe and Jada let Paulina know he was ready to do the job. Paulina said the Salem PD was short staffed so she needed Rafe to be a detective and Jada to stay on as commissioner. Jada said she was doing the job until Rafe got better and never wanted to replace him permanently. Paulina said she understood but thought this was a good move. She said Jada was doing a good job. Jada said she was flattered, but she wouldn’t take Rafe’s job. Paulina said the job didn’t belong to him. She told him it wasn’t personal, but she thought Jada was doing a good job. When Paulina left, Jada told Rafe that she didn’t want to take his job. He said he knew, but it was Paulina’s decision and should be lucky he was still detective. At the hospital, Alex and Chanel talked about what’s going on with her and Johnny. When he said he was glad things worked out between her and Johnny, Alex brought up Stephanie and how he used to be jealous of her and Chad. They talked about his feelings for Stephanie. Joy ran into Johnny. She said she heard he shot the love scene between Alex and Chanel and wondered how he felt. Johnny said he was upset about what he did to his wife and wanted to tell her the truth. She wanted to know what would happen to her if he told the truth. Johnny said she wasn’t in a relationship to which she said she was in a relationship with her employers and cast mates. Joy said she didn’t know how far Chanel would be willing to go to make her pay. She said Stephanie almost got fired for sleeping with a coworker, but she might not be that lucky to get away with it. Her mother thought she ruined things and didn’t want him to tell the truth. If he told the truth, it would ruin things between him and Chanel. While they were talking, Chanel showed up and wondered what was going on. Joy lied and told her they had a disagreement about a scene. Johnny said he saw her point. Chanel asked if Joy wanted to run lines to which joy agreed.

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