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Recap written by Michele and Cheryl

EJ declined Susan’s request to see Marlena. She believed that he did something wrong. He thought that her diagnosis was missed because of a lack of staff at the hospital. Susan couldn’t believe how cheap he was. He wanted her to use her vibes to find Tony and Kristen. She said she didn’t get a vibe about them. Arianna ranted to Gabi about what Sophia did. Gabi tried to understand her actions since she made mistakes as a teenaged mother. She choked up when she told her daughter about agreeing to marry Nick Fallon. Gabi told her that Nick wanted to pass himself off as Arianna’s father. She was thankful that Chad stepped in. Gabi told her daughter that Sophia was scared and couldn’t turn to her mother for help. Later, Aaron got permission from Amy to let Arianna go with him to visit Sophia. Sophia was catatonic. He told her that he would have been there for the baby if he knew about him sooner. Aaron told her that their son was adopted by a great couple. Sophia continued to stare blankly. He promised her that things would get better. Arianna encouraged her to focus on getting better. Sophia blinked after they left.

Sarah had ice cream when she walked by Brady and Rachel on her way out of the pub. Rachel pretended that she was happy to see Sarah, but she made a face behind Brady’s back. Brady wanted Sarah to join them. Rachel wasn’t thrilled about that. She got testy with Sarah and asked Roman to switch out her ice cream from vanilla to pistachio since she knew Sarah was allergic to it. Roman brought the sundaes to the table, and Rachel secretly slipped the pistachio ice cream into Sarah’s bowl. She shocked Brady and Sarah when she announced that she knew she was kidnapped. Brady and Sarah were shocked that she knew the truth. Sarah confirmed what happened. She assured her that she was one of her favorite people. Brady was sorry that Rachel had to find out that way. He told her that she had an extra person to love. Sarah was about to eat her ice cream. Rachel yelled for her to stop, but she was too late. Sarah struggled to breathe so Brady rushed to her side. Brady demanded to know what Rachel did. Roman called 9-1-1. Brady searched for Sarah’s epi pen when Rachel had a memory of shooting EJ. Gabi tried to avoid running into Susan. She knew that Gabi was hiding something and that it was a big secret.

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Cat went to Rafe’s house and talked about what happened at the gala. She also told him about being at the same facility with EJ. Cat believed that EJ was being nice to her because he remembered their connection. Rafe didn’t like the idea of her getting close to EJ romantically. She decided to come up with another idea. Sarah talked to Brady and Rachel about Marlena’s condition. She reassured them that Marlena would be okay. Rachel remembered Brady and Sarah hugging while she curtly excused herself. Sarah wondered what she could do to help with Rachel. Xander arrived while they were talking. He thanked Brady for their discussion. It helped him realize that he had to do the right thing. Xander signed the divorce papers. After Brady left, Xander told Sarah that signing the divorce papers was the first step in breaking their cycle of pain for their daughter’s sake. He didn’t feel worthy of Sarah and Victoria so he was going to set her free. Xander would never love anyone the way he loved her. Confused by her emotions, Sarah signed the papers. Rachel asked Brady if he was falling in love with Sarah. Brady assured her that they were friends. He wondered if that’s why she was being quiet. Rachel had other things to worry about. She told him about Susan telling her that she was stressing out her grandmother. Rachel wondered if that was why Marlena was sick. Brady told her that she was the reason Marlena wanted to get better. He wanted to get something to drink. While she was alone, Rachel searched Sarah’s name online. She found an article about Sarah kidnapping her after she believed Rachel was her daughter. Rachel also read an article about Sarah getting poisoned by a Sweet Bits scone.

Later Rachel overheard her father talking to Sarah on the phone about her divorce. Sarah said it was what she wanted but everything was a mess. Brady promised to be there for her if she needed him. Rachel went back to her computer and read more about Sarah’s allergy. She found out that Sarah was allergic to pistachio milk. Jennifer stormed out of the room when Chad showed up. Jeremy joined Chad and wanted to support him. Chad was upset when Jeremy suggested that he move out until things cooled off. He thought Jeremy was trying to kick him out. Jeremy thought it would take some stress off Thomas. Jennifer met with Justin to talk about the custody suit. Justin wanted to know if she really wanted to go through with the lawsuit. Jennifer said that she was doing it for her Abby’s children. She refused to allow Abby’s children to lose anything else. Justin asked her about the kids losing their father. Jennifer said that Chad changed. She felt like he didn’t put the kids first. Justin asked her if she wondered what would happen if they didn’t win. Jennifer insisted that they couldn’t lose the case. Chad was spending time with Charlotte when Jennifer returned to the Horton house. She interrupted a close moment between Chad and Charlotte. Once they were alone, Jennifer presented Chad with her petition for custody. Chad studied the papers and let her know that she wasn’t taking his kids. Jeremy told Jennifer that she was making a mistake. He heard Chad say goodbye to the kids, but Thomas wouldn’t open the door. Jeremy thought the moment was heartbreaking. Jennifer knew Chad loved his children, but she didn’t trust his judgement anymore. She refused to risk her grandchildren getting hurt. Cat ran into Chad at the town square. He let her know that he was staying at the Salem Inn and that Jennifer was suing him for custody. Chad walked away from her because he had to go.

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EJ ran into Johnny and Trey at the pub. He asked Johnny if he could see the baby. Johnny let him see the baby. When EJ looked at the baby, Johnny told him that nothing changed. EJ said he knew that it didn’t change anything, He said he promised Amy that he would stay away from the baby in exchange for allowing Johnny to adopt the baby. Johnny was shocked. EJ said he would do anything for him, He told Johnny that Tony was missing and that Kristen escaped prison. Johnny said that was a reminder that it’s dangerous to be a DiMera. EJ reminded him that he was a DiMera. Paulina helped Chanel with the baby. Chanel said she was overwhelmed. Paulina said she could complain and suggested she take time off from the bakery. She advised Chanel to lean on Johnny and make time for herself. Shawn ran into Belle. She told him what was going on with her mother. Belle beat herself up for falling for EJ. Shawn said she wanted to see the best in people. He said she would find someone who would treat her the way she deserved to be treated. Shawn said he was sorry he wasn’t the person. Belle said he was the person even if it didn’t work out.

While Cat was at the square, Liam tried to take her purse, but she stopped him. He tried to run away, but Abe stopped him. Liam told him he had to feed his kid. He asked Abe not to say anything so he wouldn’t go back to jail. Abe agreed not to say anything since he didn’t actually steal the purse. He told Liam not to do anything like that again. Liam promised not to do it again. Cat said they could forget what happened and left. Liam said he wasn’t that kind of guy. Abe told him there were resources available and offered him money. Liam didn’t want to take his money. Chad read the edits Leo did on his dating profile. He ended up running into Cat while she was icing down her wrist. Chad wondered what happened. Cat told him that someone tried to mug her. After they talked, she walked away from him. Chad looked at his profile before sending it out. Belle and Shawn talked about putting themselves out there. When they were finished talking, Belle got an alert on her phone. Chad turned out to be a match for her on the dating app.

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Xander went to the penthouse to see Marlena. Brady told him that Marlena was at the hospital. With Kristen on the loose, Brady wondered if he wanted to kidnap Rachel for Kristen. Brady reminded him that he kidnapped her before. He also reminded him about what he did to him and Philip. Brady told him that Sarah told him everything. He wondered how Xander planned to go after Sarah for telling him the truth. Xander stopped himself from going off. He said that he was determined to be a better man. Xander was determined to win her back. Brady told him that Sarah might not care that he was determined to change. Xander thought he wanted more than friendship from Sarah. Brady denied wanting to go after her, but he did advise Xander to stop going after Sarah. Rafe, EJ, and Lucas were at the pub and talked about Sami and Kristen. EJ started brooding, and Rafe told them that Dante Vitale (Sami’s fiance). Lucas wondered if Sami got engaged to get under his skin. Rafe dismissed the notion. He said that Sami was older and wiser. They had to accept that she was in love with another man and that they weren’t the center of her universe anymore. Rafe and Lucas made a toast to her, and EJ toasted to Sami alone. Jada met with Theo after matching on the dating app. They were surprised that they didn’t swipe their pictures.

Theo and Jada agreed not to talk about work, but Jada brought up Kristen. He thought she was trying to interrogate him. Their date got better when they talked about their past time. They love playing chess. He had a chess board, and they bonded. Jada and Theo wanted to go out again. Alex told Stephanie that a rival company wanted to take him from Titan Publishing. He wanted to be loyal to his family. There was a person wearing gloves outside of their apartment. The figure squeezed something into Alex’s drink. Alex and Stephanie grabbed their food, and he took a sip from his drink. He noticed that it tasted weird. Alex felt like her sales weren’t where they should be so she had to go on more book tours He planned to join her on the tours. The person dressed in black looked at Stephanie’s tour dates.

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Gabi went home and found out Leo was working on a story about Tony’s disappearance. Javi wondered why she was interested in Tony’s disappearance. He thought she had a motive for wanting Tony out of the way. Gabi was offended by his comment. Javi apologized for doubting her. He said he couldn’t afford to lose anyone else after losing Tesoro. Gabi comforted Javi over losing Tesoro. She said he and Tesoro brought out the best in Leo even though he tried to pin EJ’s shooting on her before Kristen’s confession. Javi said Leo didn’t think Kristen did it. At the pub, Rachel told Brady that she was worried about Marlena. EJ came in and said Kristen escaped. He said the prison was trying to confirm that she disappeared. EJ said the warden thought Kristen tried to reach out to Rachel. Rachel said she hadn’t heard from her mother. She was upset over what could happen to Kristen. While EJ was about to leave, he overheard Rachel telling Brady that he was a spy for the warden. Brady said he didn’t think EJ was a spy, but he believed that Kristen had a plan. He said Kristen would find her way back.

Sarah checked on Marlena. She said Marlena still had a rash on her arm which was a sign of Lyme carditis. Belle and Eric talked about Sami being engaged to a mob prince. Eric was more understanding about the situation. Sarah told them that Marlena had carditis. She said she would run the Lyme disease test again but it could take a while because of EJ’s budget cuts. Sarah thought the budget cuts could have affected the original Lyme disease which kept Marlena from getting the help she needed. Belle went over to EJ and yelled at him. She threatened to hold him and the hospital responsible if anything happened to her mother. Belle left to check on Marlena. Eric and Sarah argued with EJ. Brady brought Rachel to the hospital. He gave Rachel money to get something from the vending machine. Brady told Sarah that Kristen escaped. Sarah ended up hugging him while Rachel watched them. In the crypt, Tony took the restraints off Kristen. She told him that someone jumped her from behind in prison and blindfolded her. Tony said someone got him on his way back to Greece. Kristen wondered if EJ had anything to do with what happened to them. Tony thought Gabi did it. Kristen said it was ironic that Stefano wasn’t among the dead DiMeras in the crypt now. Tony said the open sarcophagus was gone. He said whoever put them there took Stefano out. She said she still felt his presence and wondered if the other DiMeras were held captive somewhere. A fed up Kristen was determined to get out of there. In the lab, EJ put his hand on a cryogenic chamber and told it that their reunion was long overdue.

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EJ announced to everyone at the gala that Marlena was doing better and resting at the hospital. The event was going to resume. Kayla told Steve and Sarah that they were doing more tests on Marlena. Sarah felt bad that she hadn’t been able to diagnose her yet. Steve (Julie’s brother) noticed that she was wearing Alice’s diamond necklace. Julie apologized to Steve for accusing him of stealing it when Doug’s grandson did it. Mike revealed that Doug III reached out to Robin. Mike talked to her about Doug’s gratitude for Julie opening her home to him. Julie would have preferred to hear it from him directly. Mike was thankful that she let Jeremy stay with her. He thought Jeremy could find his way. Jack surprised Jennifer. She couldn’t stop talking about Thomas’ accident. Jennifer talked to him about getting custody of their grandchildren and taking them to Boston. Jack agreed that Abby would want her kids as far away from Cat as possible. Eli told EJ that he wanted to question him about his missing family members after the gala. He wanted to talk to him about Stefan, Tony and Dimitri. EJ let him know that Stefan and Dimitri left on their own. He was focused on finding Tony. EJ thought the police should consider Tony’s disappearance a priority too. Sarah let Maggie know that Xander didn’t respond to her divorce decree. Maggie shared that Xander implied that he wasn’t going to fight the divorce. She thought Sarah should be relieved. Sarah wasn’t convincing when she said she was relieved. Kayla found EJ and congratulated him for the clinic. She thought he did a good thing regardless of his motives. EJ smiled at her smugly. Everyone at the gala caught up with each other.

Jennifer talked to Lucas about getting custody of her grandchildren. Lucas understood where she was coming from, but he thought she was doing more harm than good. Julie approached Maggie at the gala. Maggie told her about the problems that Titan was facing. Julie knew that Maggie understood the business more than Xander and Philip. She thought Maggie could turn things around for the company. EJ continued with the gala. Paulina received a disturbing phone call. She wanted to let Abe know about it later. Sarah, Mike and Kayla made a tribute to Tom. EJ announced that the best way to honor Tom’s memory was to make the clinic free to everyone. Paulina stood up to give her speech. Abe hoped EJ made progress with what they talked about before. EJ said he didn’t forget. Marie Horton stood up to talk about Tom. Maggie talked about joining the Horton family and volunteering at the hospital. Julie talked about Tom as well. Jennifer presented everyone with a slideshow. There were flashbacks of Tom. Sarah was called to the hospital by Marlena’s cardiologist. Eli wanted EJ to know that the bureau would have more questions. EJ would share any information that helped them find his brother. Rolf was thankful that his cryogenic chamber was almost ready. Paulina told EJ that Kristen escaped prison. Kristen was bound and gagged. She was shoved into the DiMera crypt. Someone took off her blindfold. The person looked like Tony.

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Cat flashed back to reading a book to a bandaged man in the hospital EJ approached her and said that Tony’s phone was found on a beach. The location tracker was turned off. EJ didn’t trust Shane or Rafe to look for Tony, so he decided to hire people to do it. After EJ walked away, Cat called Rafe. She let him know that EJ seemed seriously worried about Tony. Cat thought he put on a good act for someone who was responsible for his brother’s disappearance, Belle promised Marlena that she would be civil to Sami during the gala. She left for the gala and Marlena stayed behind. Marlena had memories of John. Eric wanted to visit Sami, and she assumed that Marlena put him up to visiting her. He said that he could worry about her on his own. Eric was surprised to find out that she got engaged so quickly. Sami threw his love life in his face. She wondered what she did for him to get together with the one person she hated more than anyone. Eric reminded her that she used to hate John. Sami didn’t think there was any comparison between John and Nicole. She admitted that she loved John even when she hated him. Sami reunited with Will and Arianna. She couldn’t believe that her son and granddaughter were all grown up. After she talked to Will and Arianna, Sami ran into EJ at the town square. They had a nice moment together. Sami reunited with Brady, Rachel and Tate. EJ took Rachel aside to keep her from having Thomas involved in her pranks. He reminded her that Thomas wasn’t like them. Brady interrupted their conversation and told him to stay away from his daughter.

Gwen approached EJ and told him that their delivery was delayed. EJ sent her to handle it because the gala was about to start. After she left, Sami accused him of sleeping with Gwen. EJ wondered why she cared if he did sleep with her. Sami stammered while she was talking and walked off. After her run in with EJ, Sami ran into Belle. She talked to her about her relationship not working out with EJ. Sami found love and hoped Belle would find it too. Belle thought she came back to Salem to flaunt her engagement in her face. EJ started the event. Brady, Paul and Belle stood up to honor their father. John’s estate gave money for pancreatic research in honor of Isabella. Brady also paid tribute to Marlena. She talked about the type of woman Isabella was. Marlena couldn’t be prouder of John for funding research that could lead to a cure. After her speech, Paul told Marlena that he and Andrew were looking to adopt. Sami joined them to let them know that she was going away with her fiance. She looked at EJ one last time before she left. Later, Marlena clutched her chest while she was sitting with Rachel. Kayla and Belle rushed to her. Marlena didn’t want them to make a scene. Gwen saw the delivery at the hospital. She welcomed the delivery.

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