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Sarah suggested to Xander that they get couples therapy, but he didn’t like the idea. He felt like they were doing fine. Xander felt like their biggest obstacle was her thinking that he beat up Philip. She didn’t think that way anymore, so they had a chance. Sophia lurked at the town square and ran into Johnny. She noticed that he had a crib and wanted to know why he had it. Johnny let her know that he and Chanel were adopting. Sophia snidely commented on him changing his mind about being a father. Johnny tried to explain to her, but she didn’t want to listen. After Johnny left, Sophia took out her laptop and wrote a note to Children’s Services. She decided to write a letter objecting to the adoption. Arianna gave Holly some alcohol at the party. Holly had a paper to do. Ariana wanted to get out of the room and meet some hot college men. As Holly got ready to finish her work, her computer was wiped out. Sophia overheard Johnny talking to Arianna and Holly about the computer. It infuriated her so much that she continued writing her letter about his character. She wrote that he had an affair with a student.

Holly agreed to have drinks. Arianna left to get the drinks. She ran into Sophia. Sophia lied about being there to study. After Arianna left, Sophia burst into Holly’s room. Holly didn’t get a chance to yell at Sophia because she got sick. While Holly was gone, Sophia poured alcohol into her drink. Arianna went back into the room, and Sophia tried to act innocent. Holly came out of the bathroom and drank out the cup. She managed to feel sicker again. Arianna thought she needed a shower. Belle went home and had bad news about her father’s will. He wanted to leave money to the hospital, but the owner change made a difference. Belle didn’t think EJ would honor his wishes. She was going to make sure that her family continued to oversee the money even if she had to be stuck with EJ to do it. Marlena liked the idea. Belle tracked EJ down at the hospital. She warned him that she would be watching him like a hawk. There was a power failure in Salem. EJ and Belle were stuck in an elevator. Xander tried to defend his reasons not to go to couples therapy when the lights went out. He grabbed candles, and Sarah realized that her car was in the garage. She realized she was stuck. Xander suggested that she spend the night with him. Sophia helped Holly to bed, and Arianna wanted her to stay there until the power returned. Holly was out cold. Arianna left to brush her teeth leaving Arianna alone with Holly. Sophia grabbed Holly’s phone and took seductive pictures of her. Marlena went home and got dizzy once the lights went out. She passed out on the couch.

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Theo and Paulina had lunch at the pub. He asked her what she thought about him being offered an executive position at DiMera. Paulina thought it was a good thing. Theo said his parents never wanted him to be involved in the family business. She told him it would be okay to do it since the good DiMera was involved. Paulina said he could change DiMera to make it good. When Abe showed up, Theo stopped Paulina from talking. Abe talked about his tutoring. He thought Theo might have known Liam since they went to school together. Theo said he knew the person because he used to bully him. He told Abe that was how he learned to stand up for himself. Abe told him that he was proud of him. Paulina told him to tutor someone else. Abe didn’t want to do that because he thought the kid needed help. He asked Theo if it was okay if he helped Liam.

Stephanie admitted to Kayla that she was scared of moving in with Alex after her track record with men. Kayla said she and Alex loved each other and would make it work. Stephanie was nervous when Kayla noticed a paper about a blog tour for Anastasia Sands. She lied to Kayla and said Anastasia was a client. Kayla believed the lie. They went to the hospital for work. While they were there, they saw that Julie was upset about Foster being brought into the hospital. Kayla told Foster that he had chronic kidney disease. Foster said he didn’t want to do dialysis, but Kayla said he could try other options. After she finished talking to Foster, Kayla let Julie know that his son was coming to see him. Stephanie wanted to stay with Julie so she could get her help. She told Julie about EJ’s plans with the hospital. Julie liked the idea but didn’t trust EJ. Stephanie said it could be a good thing. She wanted Julie to get the Hortons together for the event. Chanel and Johnny talked about getting ready to adopt Tesoro. Sophia told Melinda that Johnny and Chanel were about to adopt her baby. She told Melinda that they weren’t going to adopt her baby. Melinda said they could be good parents. She reminded Sophia that she didn’t get a say on who gets the baby. Sophia said she did get a say. Melinda said she needed to move on. Sophia begged her to help. Melinda agreed to help. Sophia said she wanted Johnny to suffer for making her life crazy. Melinda told her not to do anything crazy. Sophia said she was going to make Johnny pay. Julie told Stephanie that Jeremy was coming back to town.

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Stephanie tried to talk to Alex, but he was fixated on the lawsuit. She noticed that he was engrossed reading about the lawsuit against his family. He was mad that his cousins froze him out again. Stephanie suggested they make things right with Xander instead of steaming about the article he was reading. Alex took her advice and headed to the mansion. EJ was ecstatic that Tony pulled the wool over the Kiriakis family. Tony thought it was funny that the Kiriakis family thought they would take the company, and they would just take it. EJ arrived at the hospital and told Rita to get things rolling. He called Stephanie to talk about the free clinic. EJ credited Stephanie’s idea for the name change for why they were ahead of schedule. He wanted a press release for the clinic. They talked about what to do to celebrate the launch. He wanted a black-tie gala for the event. Maggie read the lawsuit against the family. She threw it across the room because she was disgusted by it. Maggie decided to go to the DiMera mansion to confront Tony. He didn’t expect to see Maggie. Maggie demanded an explanation from him since they used to be friends. Tony explained it to her, and she was shocked. Maggie felt like Titan belonged to Victor’s sons. She told him that he was better than that. Maggie vowed to do whatever it took if he went through with the lawsuit. Tony thought they could settle on something they could agree on. He wanted her to convince Xander and Philip to give him what he wanted. Tony would drop the lawsuit if they did what he wanted.

Xander and Philip couldn’t figure out how to keep their company. They would lose a trial, and Tony had all the cards. Philip said it would be the second time Tony pulled one on him. Alex arrived and tried to get in their conversation about Tony. He said it wasn’t his fault that Tony went through with the lawsuit. Philip supported Alex so he wanted to get Brady on board. Xander and Philip filled them in about the lawsuit. They agreed that they didn’t want a trial, but they didn’t know what to do. Brady suggested they let Tony have Titan. He said that the company wasn’t the same after Xander and Philip ruined it. Brady felt like they could save the family legacy by taking Tony’s money and doing something different for the family. He was tired of the family fighting over a stupid company. Xander didn’t like the idea. Philip backed Xander up. They started arguing until Maggie arrived. She didn’t understand why they were arguing. Brady wanted to leave when Maggie stopped him. She said they weren’t going to give up without a fight. After Maggie convinced them to fight, they agreed not to give up the company.

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Tate went to see Brady to get his advice about Sophia, the baby, and Holly. He told Brady about his fight with Holly. Tate said he used the fight to get information out of Sophia. He took advantage of the fact that Sophia had feelings for him by kissing her. Brady let him know that he was treating Sophia and Holly badly. He advised Tate not to cheat on Holly. Brady said to let him and Steve take care of it. He wanted Tate to focus on college. Marlena went to the hospital for her check up. Sarah talked about Rachel. They talked about sympathizing with Rachel and what she has been going through. Sarah said being with Ava brought up emotions, but she loved her. She let Marlena know that her blood work showed that nothing was wrong with her. Sarah said she was out of ideas and felt like she failed Marlena. Marlena said she didn’t do anything wrong and that she felt better. Sarah thanked her for working with Xander. She said there was a chance that she and Xander might work things out. Marlena said she wanted to work with them as a couple, but Sarah didn’t think Xander would agree to it. She told Sarah that Xander might agree to it since he wanted to save their marriage.

Johnny told Chanel that he couldn’t go to the press conference for One Stormy Night. Chanel said that was the least of his problems. Johnny realized that the merger would probably crumble and he could lose his job. He said he didn’t want to rely on his trust fund. It occurred to him that losing his job could affect their chances of adopting a baby. Chanel convinced him that they would be fine. Holly ran into Arianna at the pub. When Sophia came in, Holly went to the bathroom. Sophia asked Arianna if she told her that she came out of Tate’s room. When Holly came back, she heard Arianna say something about Sophia and Tate hooking up. Sophia pretended to apologize for what happened that night. When Sophia was finished talking, she left. Arianna apologized for not telling her what she saw. She said she didn’t want to upset her. Tate showed up to talk to Holly. She ended up hitting him. Holly yelled at him and said they were finished for good. Johnny and Sophia met outside of the pub. She wanted to catch up on what she missed in class. Johnny asked if she missed class because of everything that happened with the adoption. Sophia said they ruined her life, but she would be okay. Chanel showed up. Sophia walked away and eavesdropped on Johnny and Chanel’s conversation. Chanel said their chances of getting Tesoro were good. She said her mother’s word did the trick. Sophia was upset.

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JJ had an awkward conversation with Gabi. He wanted to apologize for bumping into her, but she was cold to him. He got upset and took back his apology. Theo ran into JJ at the town square and noticed his gun and badge. He walked away from him. Alex talked to Brady about Philip’s fraud letter. Brady was upset that he was the only one who didn’t know about it. Alex told him that he was frozen out of what happened too. Gabi arrived at the pub and pretended not to know about the fraud too. They continued to act clueless about the situation. He felt sorry for himself, so Gabi tried to make him feel better. Gabi told him that it might be time for a fresh start. He felt like he needed to see Basic Black through. Gabi suggested that she run Gabi Chic and Basic Black. Xander wanted to go over Tony’s lawsuit with Philip. He felt like he was holding the fraud letter to blackmail him. Xander was glad that the contract to make him co-CEO was ready. Philip tried to sacrifice himself. Xander would gladly throw him under the bus if he thought that would help. He mentioned that Tony knew the truth. They had to do their plan, or they were finished. Philip signed the papers.

Xander and Philip tried to call Tony’s bluff by announcing their plan. Tony didn’t care. He said the charade was too little too late. Tony didn’t believe that their plan would work. He warned them that they would waste money if they called his bluff and lost. Tony wanted both companies and felt like it was in their best interest to give them to him. They were willing to risk a trial so Tony changed the offer. Tony offered them money for Titan, but he was getting DiMera no matter what happened. Theo went to see Jada to tell her that she made a mistake rehiring JJ. He told her about his shooting. Jada knew about that. She reminded him that he forgave JJ. Theo said he didn’t forgive him. He said that JJ left the force because he knew that was the right thing to do after his shooting. Theo forgave him because he thought he was leaving the force. Jada empathized with him, but JJ was back because he could trust himself to be a cop again. Theo wanted her to take his shooting seriously so no one else would be shot like that.

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Arianna and Holly were at the pub while Sophia was working. They were talking, and Sophia let Arianna know that Holly was obsessed with their professor, Johnny. Holly glared at Sophia. After Tate arrived at the pub, Holly was willing to study somewhere else. Sophia thought it was awkward between Holly and Tate. He wanted to make sure that Sophia would still watch the movie with him. Tate and Sophia went to his dorm to talk about movies. Holly’s name came up in conversation, so Sophia tried to change the subject. She reminded him that the night was about them. Tate wanted to talk before they started the movie. He wanted to talk about the adoptive parents. Tate wanted to know what their daughter looked like. Sophia tried her best to change the subject. Tate wondered if their baby was still alive. Sophia got upset with him because she thought he only wanted her there to talk about the baby. She knew he tried to trick her to think something would happen between them. He denied that. Tate said that he and Holly might be over. He tried to stop her when she tried to leave and kissed her. Holly and Arianna were at the bookstore. Arianna tried to get her to realize that she should go easy on Tate, but Holly didn’t want to do that. She talked about him liking Sophia’s posts. Arianna felt like Holly was getting caught up in Sophia’s trap by picking fights with Tate and pushing him away.

Javi and Leo bought baby clothes for Tesoro. They talked about what would happen when the baby left their place. Leo was scared and didn’t know what they would do without the baby. Javi became emotional, and Leo wondered if talking about his daughter helped him. He admitted that it did help to talk about his daughter. It’s the first year that he couldn’t see her headstone. He felt like he abandoned her. Chanel arrived and asked them if the waiting period was over. Javi and Leo became uncomfortable. They told her that they weren’t going to adopt her. Chanel was happy about that because she wanted to adopt him. Leo and Javi were surprised by her announcement. Chanel promised that they could visit the baby if she and Johnny get custody of him. Kate arrived at the mansion looking for Tony. Anna let her know that she could talk to her instead of her husband. Kate wanted to talk to him about what he did at the press conference. She wanted to get ahead of the problem he caused. Anna told Kate that they knew about Philip’s fraud. If Philip and Xander didn’t play ball, Tony would come forward with the revelation. Kate didn’t like how Anna was blackmailing her. She told her that the forgery wasn’t her idea or Philip’s. Vivian was the one who did it. Kate wanted Tony and Anna to give Philip a break. Anna thought that was funny. Kate wanted her to tell him that she stopped by. Anna told her that Tony just wanted the family company back. Chanel met with Paulina to talk to her about adopting Tesoro. Paulina was willing to help her. Leo and Javi got home, and Leo had second thoughts about Chanel and Johnny adopting Tesoro. He thought Johnny was messy regardless. Leo listed the things that Johnny did wrong. Javi felt like it was the social worker’s job to deal with his drama. Sophia was flustered by Tate kissing her. Arianna spotted Sophia leaving Tate’s dorm room.

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Marlena was surprised to see Brady putting Tate’s toothbrush in a bag. Brady said he had it taken care of. After they finished talking about the toothbrush, they talked about Rachel. Marlena suggested that he go easy on Rachel or he could lose her. She said Kristen being gone for six years was a long time for a kid and she could make sure she and Kristen saw each other. Steve went to the hospital to ask Kayla for her help with a DNA test. Kayla didn’t like being in the dark and refused to do the test. She said she had her ethics and that EJ was looking for a reason to get rid of her. Kayla gave Steve a link so he could order a link to do the test himself. When they went to the nurses’ station, Brady showed up with the toothbrush. Kayla told him to take it to the lab. EJ talked to Cat about the blueprints. Cat said she knocked them over but didn’t know what they meant. She said she was curious, EJ lied to her about the free clinic so he could improve his family reputation.

At the hospital, Xander and Sarah talked about what’s going on with Titan/DiMera. Sarah said she would help. She let him know that he was a good father. Sarah apologized for not believing him when he said he didn’t attack Philip. She asked if he could forgive her. Xander said he forgave her. Sarah asked if he could forgive her for lying about the fraud. Xander said if he could forgive Philip, he could forgive her. Sarah said he needed to be able to trust her if they were going to repair their marriage. She said Xander not attacking Philip changed everything. Xander wanted to talk to Marlena. Sarah saw EJ and Cat at the Bistro she thanked EJ for the clinic. When Sarah left, Cat asked EJ why he bid on her at the auction. EJ said it was a way to look like a supporter of the hospital before he bought it. He said he wanted a date with her and know more about her. EJ said he was impressed with her con which was one of the reasons why he hired her. Sarah met with Brady and talked about Rachel. She told him about the Titan/DiMera drama. Brady asked if she knew what fraud Tony was talking about. Sarah said he should talk to Xander. He said the company splitting up could be disastrous. Brady said Titan and Basic Black could be ruined. He hoped that Xander and Philip didn’t do something that could ruin things. Xander went to see Marlena and told her about Tony’s lawsuit. He said he wasn’t taking his anger out on anyone and that he and Philip were working things out. Xander said there might be hope for him and Sarah.

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Alex was about to wrap up the press conference when Tony arrived. He made a shocking announcement. Tony planned to sue the Kiriakises for taking over DiMera. He was suing for fraud. Leo asked Tony questions about the lawsuit. Tony informed him that everything would be revealed in time. Gabi pretended to be shocked by the news. Alex called Xander and Philip to let them know about the lawsuit. Tony warned him that they better settle. Stephanie had to answer questions and noticed Tony and Gabi slinking away. Gabi chased Tony to the pub. She didn’t like how he didn’t warn her about his ambush at the press conference. Gabi liked the idea that he pulled his plan off. Tony told her that it would be over quickly. He remained coy when she asked about being the CEO of the company. Sarah tried to get Philip to admit that Xander attacked him, but he refused to help her. Xander overheard Sarah. He also heard Philip say that he saved his life. Xander walked in the room and tried to play the victim. Sarah tried to apologize to him when Alex walked in to tell the news about the press conference. Maggie finished putting Victoria down when Sarah told her about the press conference. They realized the lawsuit was why Xander and Philip tried to make their partnership legit. Sarah realized that her family was broken up because of her. She tried to blame Xander for beating up Philip. Since he didn’t beat him up, it was her fault that it happened. She realized she was wrong about what happened, but it didn’t change what happened. The Kirakises met at the company to talk about Tony’s announcement. While they were talking, they realized that Tony could have planted the bug in the office. Xander blamed Alex because he didn’t come through and find the person who had the bug. He wanted Alex to leave so they could talk.

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