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Recap written by Michele and Cheryl

Philip and Xander found out that Gabi’s money came through. While they were celebrating, Sarah walked in. She joined them in the celebration. Philip sent Sarah and Xander down to the wine cellar. While Xander and Sarah were in the wine cellar, they talked about the past. They brushed each other’s hand while they were looking for the wine. When they tried to leave, the door wouldn’t open. While they were locked in, they talked about a dance he wanted to take Victoria to. They also talked about Holly. Xander wanted to tell Holly that EJ was behind the drugs and that they took him down. Kate showed up and asked Philip where Xander and Sarah were. Philip told her about his plan. Kate didn’t approve of the plan. She reminded him that he wasn’t responsible for Xander and Sarah breaking up. Kate said Xander’s temper broke them up. She said Brady was a factor and was better suited for Sarah. Philip didn’t care about Brady’s feelings. Kate reminded him about what happened when he tried to mess with Brady’s love life. She told him to go to the wine cellar and rescue Xander and Sarah.

Cat went to see Rafe to get the information on Gwen’s kidnapper. He said Leo took the bait and was on his way to Alamainia. Rafe said he was going there with Gwen’s confession and was going to get her to turn on EJ. During their conversation, Rafe apologized to Cat and acknowledged all the work she’s done. EJ felt bad about Kristen being kidnapped. Rita told him that the jet took off and that Kristen was still in Salem. The jet they were going to use was the one Chad let Leo use. They went to the airfield. Rita told EJ that it wasn’t hygienic to leave Kristen in the container. EJ wanted to let Kristen out. It turned out Kristen wasn’t the one in the container. It was Lexie. They woke her up. Lexie admitted that she overheard their plan for Kristen and took her place. She told them she didn’t know where Kristen was. Lexie said she wanted to go to the island and die in peace. EJ said he would take her home so she wouldn’t die alone. Sarah and Xander nearly kissed when Philip came in to rescue them.

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The Carvers celebrated Christmas early. Lexie broke down when Theo gave her a necklace. Theo and Abe were concerned so she had to cover up why she cried. They noticed her geolocator bracelet so she lied and said it was a gift from Kristen. Abe wanted to know how she was getting to the airport. Lexie snapped and said she would go by herself. She started crying again and said she was overwhelmed. Lexie wanted to say goodbye at their home. Javi and Gus were at the town square and ran into Leo. Leo told Javi about his plans. Javi didn’t think he should go to Alamania alone. Gus felt like he should let Leo do what he wanted to do. Leo’s ride arrived so he left. Javi worried about Leo a little more until Gus told him that he wasn’t his problem anymore.

Kristen decided to catch up with EJ. He gave her a drink to celebrate Rachel leaving Bayview. EJ told her that he knew that she was planning a trip with Sydney. He hoped that she treated his daughter better than she treated his son. They didn’t understand how they got to this level of hate. Their father wouldn’t like how their relationship changed. EJ let her know that it didn’t take blood for her to be the most like the DiMeras. After Kristen left, EJ called his henchmen to make sure to get started. Kristen was grabbed in the park. She activated her necklace. The henchman dragged her to the airstrip and threw her in a cargo container. Lexie stumbled to the airfield and found the cargo container. She struggled with the lock. Rita let EJ know that part one of the plan was complete. EJ felt sad about what happened. Rita reminded him that Kristen was his sister. Kristen checked on Lexie. Lexie didn’t want Abe and Theo to see her die again. She tried to reach for a crowbar and collapsed.

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Philip was trying to get investors to help save Titan when Gabi arrived. She apologized for accusing him of stealing from her. Gabi explained what really happened with her purses. Philip called her out for not believing him in the first place. He said it was over. Gabi said that she transferred the funds to Titan. Philip’s attitude changed once he found that out and hugged and kissed her. Alex told Stephanie that Joy won’t sign the custody agreement papers unless she’s banned from being around Kelsey. He promised her that he wouldn’t sign anything that would allow that. Stephanie was upset and blamed herself for that. Alex assured him that they were going to figure it out or fight it. He had to go to work so Stephanie found out from Roman that Joy was at the pub. Stephanie wanted to talk to her. Joy ran into Belle at the pub and wanted her legal advise. She told Belle about her issues with Stephanie and the custody agreement. Tate overheard their conversation and called her out for using her child to manipulate people. Belle pulled Joy to the side and assured her that Stephanie made a mistake, and it wouldn’t happen again. She explained that Stephanie went through a traumatic experience and had a good heart. Joy thought about whether she was being unreasonable towards Stephanie when she showed up at the pub.

Stephanie didn’t want Joy to make Alex choose between her and his daughter. Joy reminded her that it wasn’t a problem so far. Stephanie apologized to Joy for shooting at her. Joy wasn’t ready to accept her apology. Brady and Marlena talked about not hearing from Kristen. He was afraid that something was wrong with her. Brady told her about their weird conversation at Bayview. He thought she was saying goodbye. Brady, Marlena, Tate, Chad and Belle were celebrating Rachel being free from Bayview. Rachel received a text from her mother telling her that she arrived in Aremid safely to take care of her sick mother. Brady knew that something was wrong. He left to make a call. Tate took Rachel away from the table. Chad and Belle talked to Marlena about their trip. Marlena wanted to know what was going on. Belle admitted that the trip was about Stefano’s chess board. Marlena wasn’t happy about it. She reminded him that he and his family were threats to them. Marlena realized that she didn’t mean to include Chad. Belle promised that she would stay in touch with Paul. Chad said they would use the private jet to stay safe. Stephanie was upset and thought Joy was trying to come between her and Alex. Joy thought she was unstable. They kept arguing with each other. Joy was going to change her mind about Stephanie until she showed up. She refused to let Stephanie get any where near Kelsey.

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Leo went to see Rafe to ask for his help to find Gwen. Rafe said he was on the case. Leo told Rafe everything he knew. Rafe told him Gwen’s phone was found smashed at an airstrip. He said only cargo planes were at the airstrip. Susan went to the DiMera mansion to call out EJ. She told him not to go down Stefano’s path and that’s what he did. Susan tapped into his energy and decided that the ring was the cause of the problem. She took the ring off his finger and said he was not Stefano and she wasn’t going to let him turn into a monster. Susan walked out with the ring. Rafe showed up and accused EJ of kidnapping Gwen. When things became tense between EJ and Rafe, Susan came back. She gave EJ back the ring after it was cleansed. Rafe said EJ was up to shady things. Susan said she knew EJ was up to shady things, but he didn’t kidnap Gwen. She said she would know it if he did kidnap Gwen. Leo called the airstrip so he could get the flight log. They sent the logs to his computer. Leo noticed one of the logs. He said a flight to Alamainia. Leo sent Dimitri a text asking if he knew anything about it. He got a message saying turnabout was fair play.

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Alex and Joy went to the pub. Arianna was there when they showed up. When Alex left, Arianna called Joy out for playing Alex. Arianna told Joy that she was trying to get Alex back. Joy denied trying to get Alex back. She told Arianna it would be nice for her daughter to have two loving parents without a crazy stepmother being in the picture. Arianna warned Joy that Stephanie was her cousin so she had to watch what she said about her. She told Joy not to break up Alex and Stephanie. Philip went to the Hernandez house to tell Gabi that he and Xander had nothing to do with the knockoffs. He said they wouldn’t risk upsetting her when she was giving them money. While they were talking, he admitted that he still cared about her. When Arianna came home, Gabi told her about the knockoffs. Gabi accused Philip and Xander of being responsible since they had access to the bags. Arianna said she had access to it too. She admitted that the bag Gabi gave her was misplaced.

Leo saw Marlena and talked to her about Gwen and how he was trying to find her confession letter. He said he thought EJ was behind Gwen’s disappearance and that he could be next. Leo said he had to plan his next move. Marlena said that wasn’t a good idea. He said he tried to get Cat to help, but she wouldn’t do it. Leo said it was up to him. He went to his room to pack. Cat went to Rafe’s office with Gwen’s confession letter. She told him that she stole the letter. They talked about EJ possibly making Gwen disappear. While they were talking, they realized they needed to find Dimitri. Alex and Joy went to the Kiriakis mansion to meet with Justin about Kelsey’s birth certificate. Justin told them the custody papers were ready to be signed. If anything happened to one of them, Kelsey would live with the surviving parent. Joy said Stephanie wasn’t raising her baby. She said Stephanie was dangerous to Kelsey. Joy wanted the custody agreement to be amended so that Alex’s access to Kelsey was contingent on Stephanie staying away. She said she wouldn’t sign without the amendment being added. Alex refused to sign it if it was added. Marlena ran into Cat and confronted her about lying to Leo about not being able to help him. Cat said she was on the case. Marlena realized that Cat made Gwen’s letter disappear. She warned Cat that she would talk to Andrew about her feelings for EJ getting in the way.

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Marlena went to see Kate to offer an olive branch to her. She wondered if she would be willing to work together at Titan. Kate didn’t want to do it because Titan was going under. She blamed Marlena for the company’s downfall. Marlena tried to get her to get Roman’s forgiveness, but Kate didn’t think that would be enough. Kate felt like she had been knocked down before, but she always gets up. After her conversation, Kate decided to go the pub to talk to Roman. He wasn’t interested in making up with her. Kate went down memory lane with him, but it didn’t work. She tried a different approach by reminding him that she was his wife and apologized again. Kate was willing to give up everything for him. Xander found Sarah to tell her about his theory about the pills. He believed that Holly was innocent, but EJ wasn’t. Sarah didn’t think EJ was that cruel, but Xander reminded her that the DiMeras wold be in trouble if the truth about the drugs came out. Sarah told him what Steve said about the Coriseal supply and everything fell into place. She couldn’t believe that she thought Holly was lying. They realized that they needed proof before they approached EJ. Sarah had to apologize to Holly.

EJ went to see Holly at the hospital. He let her know that he helped her with Amy. EJ believed that Amy would drop the suit against her. He promised that he would be there for her. Sarah found EJ in Holly’s room and threw him out. Holly became upset with her when she did that. Sarah apologized to Holly. She told her that she knew Holly didn’t take the drugs, and they were planted in her bag. Sarah wouldn’t say who did it, but she knew she wasn’t guilty. Holly was relieved that she believed her and forgave her for everything. Brady and Tate went to the hospital. Tate wanted to get a gift for Holly. Xander overheard them talking about Gwen’s disappearance. Brady talked to Xander about his theory that EJ kidnapped Gwen. Xander told him that EJ planted the drugs on Holly. Marlena went to see EJ at the DiMera mansion to give him a warning. She reminded him that he was hurting his family, and people were afraid of him. Marlena wondered where it would end. She informed him that she knew about Lexie and wanted him to leave Titan alone and stop using Johnny to do his work for him. Sarah told Brady and Xander that she found EJ in Holly’s room. They agreed to keep digging for information until they had enough to take EJ down. Sarah thought it was weird that they were working together.

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Xander and Sarah talked about Holly, and the pills in her system. Sarah wanted to believe her, but the evidence was hard to ignore. She wondered how Holly got the pills. Xander felt like EJ was involved with what happened to Holly. Sarah was worried about Xander going up against EJ. She was afraid of what EJ would do to him. Leo was at Gwen’s door and didn’t get an answer. He wondered if he should get Gwen’s letter and expose EJ. Leo finally got into Gwen’s room and saw that she hadn’t been there. He looked for her lawyer’s card and went to the town square. While Leo was in the town square, he ran into Cat. He started telling her about Gwen and the dirt on EJ. Leo told her that Gwen wasn’t missing as long as she wanted to be before he got the letter, but he wanted to do something anyway. He wondered if Cat could help him. Cat promised that she wouldn’t tell EJ about what he knew. Kayla and Steve talked about Gwen’s disappearance. Steve wanted to check with Shane to see what he knew. Brady arrived at the pub, and Steve talked to him about EJ. Steve talked to the pharmacies that did business with the DiMeras, and they cut off their Coriseal two years ago. It happened around the time of the deaths. He thought that the DiMeras had a lot of bad pills and got rid of them,

Sarah met with Kayla at the hospital, and Steve and Brady told her what they found out about the Coriseal. Sarah and Kayla got to work on how Holly fit into the equation. Steve thought that the well had to be how Holly got the arsenic in her system. Sarah and Brady realized they were too hasty to believe that Holly was taking drugs again. Johnny arrived at the DiMera mansion and ripped into EJ about what happened to Holly. EJ didn’t deny planting the drugs, but he had to protect the family. Johnny was very angry with his father, but EJ told him it had to be done to protect the family. He said he would lose Chanel and his family. Johnny understood, but he didn’t agree with what he did. He realized he didn’t have a choice and had to go along with EJ. Later EJ went to see Melinda. He demanded that Amy drop the civil suit against Holly, or he would file charges against Sophia for what she did to Johnny. He would also put the blame on Amy for what Sophia did. Leo interrupted them to talk to Melinda. EJ left Melinda’s office in disgust. Leo asked Melinda about Gwen’s lawyer since he works in her office. He needed her help to bring EJ down. Melinda wanted to help him get EJ. She looked through the lawyer’s files and found a folder for Leo. Xander went to see Johnny. He knew that Johnny lied to Steve and Brady about the missing drugs. Xander needed Johnny’s help for Holly’s sake. He believed that Holly was telling the truth. Xander wanted Johnny to help her. He flashed back to the day he brought Holly’s bag to her. EJ was there at the time. Xander showed Sarah a video, and the bag was left in the room. He rushed out the door when he put it together. Shane reached out to Steve and told him that Gwen’s phone was deactivated. Melinda opened the letter, but it was blank. Cat was on the computer and deleted the file. EJ called Rita and told her that it was time for Kristen to disappear.

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Kristen went to Abe and Lexie’s place to let her sister know that they had to get ready for tomorrow night. If Lexie wasn’t ready, Kristen understood and would come up with another plan for her to get away. Lexie didn’t want to back out so Kristen came up with another plan. She told Lexie they just had to say goodbye to their loved ones. Abe arrived home while Lexie wrote her goodbyes. He gave her wedding rings. Abe informed her that her death certificate was rescinded, and he wanted to renew their vows. They decided to renew their vows. During their renewal ceremony, Lexie’s hands were too shaky to put the ring on Abe’s finger. She said that she was nervous. Lexie cried during the ceremony. Marlena and Brady went to see Rachel at Bayview. They let her know that she would be going home soon. Rachel was ready to go. Marlena left the room so Brady and Rachel could talk. Kristen arrived at Bayview. Rachel noticed how sad Kristen was. Kristen said that she missed her. Rachel left the room to get her artwork. Brady wanted to make sure that Rachel would be safe around EJ. Kristen thanked him and said goodbye.

Belle saw Stephanie at Small Bar. They talked about Joy and how she was trying to come between her and Alex. Belle reminded her about what Jan did to come between her and Shawn. She said that she lost Shawn because of her jealousy and paranoia. Belle didn’t want Stephanie to do the same thing with her marriage to Alex. Chad had the same conversation with Alex about Stephanie and Joy. They also talked about the feud between their families. Alex thought that the DiMeras and the Kiriakises had to end their feud. Chad and Alex met with Belle and Stephanie for their date nights. Chad surprised Belle with tickets to Milan. Belle told him that the clues mentioned Rome so they decide to go to both places. Alex and Stephanie talked about their problems with Joy. Stephanie told him that he was a good man and that she was lucky to be married to him. Alex was thankful that she felt that way especially with the drama going on with the family. Stephanie offered her royalties to help them get through the problem. Belle and Chad went to the town square and agreed not to tell anyone where they were going. They ran into Marlena and ended up telling her about their plans. Abe wanted to go on a second honeymoon, but Lexie made plans to see her mother. Brady realized something was going on with Kristen. Rachel interrupted them before he could ask Kristen any questions.

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