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Kate tried to look through Jake’s things, but she got busted. She had to come up with an excuse for looking. He found the dress for her, but she noticed his suit. Eli warned Lani how Melinda was closing in on Kristen. He showed her the video footage of Lani helping Kristen leave the station. She was worried about the footage. He told her how he had to turn the footage over to Melinda. Abe was concerned with whether Melinda could be impartial with Kristen’s case. He felt bad for her because of her loss. Melinda got upset because Kristen always got away with her crimes. She wanted to put a stop to it. He thought she should recuse herself from the situation. Lani didn’t think the evidence was too bad until she watched the footage again. Abby appreciated Gwen being willing to be a nanny to her children. Chad was concerned they didn’t know much about her. She said there wasn’t much to know. He didn’t agree and wanted her to tell them about herself. She was about to tell them about herself when Kate interrupted them. Abby took Gwen to the kids. Kate asked Chad if it was a good idea to have Gwen take care of the kids. He explained why and then they talked about Jake. Jake walked in the room. Melinda had no intention of recusing herself from the case. She said she would be professional. She wanted to know why Abe would bring her back if he thought she couldn’t be professional.

Eli wanted Lani to tell Abe the truth that she helped Kristen. She didn’t want to tell Abe because he would be disappointed in her. She felt like she would be in Melinda’s line of fire unless she never saw the footage. Jake didn’t understand why Chad didn’t give him the head’s up about the Collins deal being done. Chad let him know he didn’t want to work with him. Eli warned Lani he stalled her as long as he could. She said there was other footage she could see. He wanted to know if she was asking him to delete the footage. Abe wondered if Melinda could get an ADA to take over the case. She said she would still be over the case. She said she would do her job and would be fair. He told her how Lani and Kristen were friends. She didn’t know they were friends. Lani said Eli did enough and wanted him to go to his desk. He wanted to know what he meant. She wanted to make sure his hands were clean. Jake warned Abby to watch out for Gwen. Gwen overheard Jake talking about her to Abby. Jake said she only wanted what was best for Gwen. Abby tried to defend her. Abe told Melinda how Lani and Kristen were there for each other. He wanted her to keep her personal feelings out of the case. She said she would do it. Eli couldn’t believe Lani wanted him to destroy the evidence. She couldn’t go to prison and wanted to protect the children. He wanted to do it together.

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Belle arrived and saw Kristen talking to Claire. She was upset to see her with Claire. Ben ended up meeting up with Hope. He told her how Claire told him how she thought Ciara was alive. Philip didn’t understand how Shawn could have arrested him when Jan was still out there. Shawn told him what happened and warned him to keep quiet. Philip said he was trying to defend his family, but Shawn said he would do it himself. Belle threatened Jan, but she warned her not to do it. She said she had Philip arrested for assault. Belle didn’t think anyone would be stupid enough to believe her. She informed her how Shawn was the one who arrested Philip. Sarah was upset with Xander for being the reason why Jan had Philip arrested. Hope told Ben about going after Ciara. She asked him if she remembered anything to indicate if Ciara was in the car before the explosion. He told her how he never saw her body or heard her. She knew there was still hope Ciara could be alive. Kristen wanted to go on the run with Brady. He didn’t want to go on the run. She couldn’t risk losing Rachel. She wanted to go far away. He refused to let her do it. Belle couldn’t believe Jan had Philip arrested. Jan wanted to feel safe and wondered if she knew a good lawyer. Belle didn’t want to talk to Jan anymore. Xander stood up to Sarah when she lectured him about Philip. Philip wondered if Shawn had a personal reason for arresting him. He thought it was because he found him with Belle. Belle showed up at the station and agreed to be in Salem.

Sarah put Xander on notice and warned him it would be over if he went back to her old ways. Brady reminded Kristen if she left, she could never come back. She would be a fugitive. She said it would be better than being a fugitive. She wanted to know if he was worried about Belle. He was worried about what it would do to them. Belle told Shawn how she ran into Jan and she told her about it. Belle wanted him to talk to Claire while she helped Philip. Shawn wanted Claire to stay away from Jan. Brady continued to convince Kristen not to go on the run. Xander wanted to do whatever he could to make her happy. Shawn didn’t understand why Claire would believe what she said. She said Jan threatened her. Philip told Belle he thought Shawn still had something against him and it explained his arrest. Claire didn’t think it was right for Shawn to blame Jan for the attack. He told her how she was a better person than Jan. Hope got a lead on Vincent. She said she knew where to find him. Brady wanted to go on the run with Kristen if she decided to go. Xander said he would make what he did right. Belle told Philip how they needed to stick together because Jan’s targeting them. She said Jan was trying to get to her through Claire. Hope and Ben found Vincent and they demanded he tell them where to find Ciara. Kristen decided not to go on the run. Shawn was ready to go out to dinner with Belle, but she had to help Philip. Vincent refused to answer any questions without an attorney. She put the handcuffs on him.

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Philip and Maggie talked about his issues running Titan with Xander. He doesn’t think it’s a good idea for Xander to run the company, but she didn’t agree. She thought Xander was doing a good job. Victor talked to Shawn about Ciara. Shawn told him how Ciara might not be dead after all. He said Hope was off looking for her. Allie told Nicole about running into Tripp. Nicole thought he was Steve’s son. She didn’t think it was possible for him to be Steve’s son. Nicole looked him up so Allie saw his picture. She realized he was Steve’s son. Steve and Tripp had a similar conversation about Allie. Steve wondered if he was the father of her baby. Jan and Xander talked on the phone about her pressing charges against Philip. She thought Philip would rush to get Belle as his attorney. Claire talked to Steve and Tripp about a memorial for Ciara. Tripp wondered if they needed one since Ciara might be alive. Steve was shocked. Jan went to the station and told Shawn she was sorry for his loss. He didn’t believe her. She told him how she had a way for him to get back at Philip. Philip hoped Maggie wasn’t Team Xander. She explained how Xander was there for her when she was at her lowest.

Steve was surprised to know Ciara’s actually alive. Claire talked about how the memorial for Ciara would go. Philip showed Victor his proposal and wanted his blessing to go through with investing in it. Victor said he needed Xander’s approval. Jan continued to talk to Shawn about Philip threatening her. He thought she was trying to score brownie points with him. She reminded him how he’s a cop and she’s a citizen so he had to do his job. Allie talked to Nicole about what happened when she met Tripp. Xander thought Philip’s investment had some risks. Philip got upset so everyone expected him to listen to Xander. Xander suddenly agreed to talk about it, but he wanted to focus on dinner. Shawn showed up to see Philip about a police matter. Allie continued to talk to Nicole about how she met Tripp. Jan saw Claire talking to Tripp. Jan wanted to talk to her. She wanted to talk to Claire about her father. Philip wanted to know what Shawn wanted from him. He told him how he threatened Jan. Philip said he told him in confidence, but he couldn’t wait to go cop on him. Shawn told him how Jan reported it so he had to show up there. Philip admitted to what he did so Shawn had to arrest him. Sarah looked at Xander, but he acted clueless. Shawn read Philip his rights. Philip said he was protecting his family.

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Tripp and Allie ran into each other in the park. He was surprised to see her, but she was upset to see him. She slapped him. Lani was upset Abe brought Melinda back for Kristen’s trial. She told him that she didn’t care about the stabbing. She only cared about what happened to Haley. He wanted to know what she wanted to do. She wanted him to fire her. Brady tried to talk Melinda out of going after Kristen, but she didn’t want to hear it. She was going to get the proof she needed to nail her. Melinda walked away and talked to Eli. Tripp didn’t understand why Allie hit him. She didn’t believe he didn’t know. She thought he was a jerk and was about to walk away, but he stopped her. Abe didn’t think he could fire Melinda because Lani didn’t like it. She explained why he could do it. Abe felt Kristen should be convicted if she’s guilty. Melinda asked Eli questions about Kristen’s case and noticed holes in it. Kate and Nicole talked about Allie’s custody situation. Nicole told Kate how Allie reacted when she asked about the father. Kate remembered she got upset when she asked about the father. Tripp didn’t understand Allie’s behavior. He said he thought about her, but she said she didn’t think about him because she was busy.

Melinda wanted answers from Eli. He thought about finding out Kristen was guilty. Lani continued to convince Abe to get rid of Melinda. Nicole and Kate continued to talk about Allie keeping quiet the father. Allie wanted Tripp to pretend he never saw her. Melinda wanted to know how Kristen knew to run. She was convinced someone tipped her off. Allie went back to the apartment and told Nicole about running into Henry’s father. Eli told Melinda that he didn’t know who tipped Kristen off. She thought it was someone on the inside. He lied to her and told her Kristen must have overheard Rafe talking about it. Lani went to the station to talk to Eli. He told her about the info Melinda wanted to nail Kristen. He warned her that they knew where the investigation would lead. Kate met with Abe and saw how he was babysitting Rachel.

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Gwen talked to Rolf about Abby not falling for the drug she gave her. He was surprised that she was so resilient. Ben thought Ciara was in his room only for it to turn out to be Claire. She returned Ciara’s suitcase. Sami told Nicole that she had to get back home, but nothing changed between them. She still hated her, but she wanted Allie to fall in love with her son. Lucas and Allie talked to Abby and Chad about being around her baby. Gwen and Rolf talked about how they ended up working together to get Abby. She asked him for another dose to drug Abby, but he told her that he couldn’t do it. Sami reminded Nicole that she still had custody of the baby so she better not try anything. Allie and Lucas went to Eric’s place. Sami gave Allie the baby and said it was time to name him. Ben looked at Ciara’s things and told Claire about the memories he had. He apologized to Claire for telling Ciara not to let her be the maid of honor. He thought Ciara would still be there if he hadn’t wasted time accusing Claire of coming after them. Rolf told Gwen why it wouldn’t be a good idea for her to keep drugging Abby. She asked him if he had another idea.

Allie was surprised Sami didn’t name him. She didn’t think it was her place. Allie wanted Nicole to name him, but Sami refused to let her do it. Nicole agreed with Sami and thought she should name him. She decided to name him Henry Lucas Horton. Abby wanted to go back to work, but Chad wasn’t so sure it was a good idea. Rolf wanted to know what Gwen knew about Abby. She told him what she knew. Rolf suggested she go after Chad. She liked the idea and she wanted to bring Abby down. Rolf wanted to know why Gwen hated her so much. She said she had a very good reason and he would find out when everyone else found out. Chad wanted to support Abby and was okay with her going back to work. They were kissing when Gwen showed up. Sami expressed how much she would be there for Allie. She talked about their unbreakable bond. Claire told Ben he wasn’t responsible for what happened to Ciara. She told him that Hope went after Vincent. She also told him that Ciara might not have been in the car. Nicole wondered if Allie named the baby after the father. She got really upset and didn’t want to talk about him. Ben decided to help Hope look for Ciara.

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Steve checked on John at the hospital. He told John that Marlena was with Ben. John didn’t understand why Marlena would be him after he tried ti kill Will. Steve explained how compassionate she is. John thought he was after her. John reminded him how he wanted Marlena in the past. Steve told him how Rolf messed with his mind. John said sorry and believed something was wrong with him. Steve tried to make him feel better. Ben had a nightmare about the explosion and called out Ciara’s name. Marlena tried to comfort him. He felt like he failed Ciara when she needed him. He said she was the best thing that happened to him. He didn’t know how he could live without her. She said it will be hard, but he could get through it. He cried and thanked her for helping him. He asked her about John. She let him think he was fine.

Abby saw Chad in a picture with a woman. The woman in the picture was the previous Abby. Chad let her know he was in the picture with her. She looked at it again and saw her face in the picture. He asked her if she was hallucinating again. She thought it was possible, but assured him she was okay. She said her medications make the hallucinations manageable. He asked her if she was mad about him kissing Gwen. He assured her that he loved her. Gwen thought about drugging Abby. She said Abby was going to have a bad day. Jack and Jennifer had a bad day. She made comments about Abby until they left. Chad and Abby walked in and she offered them a cup of coffee. Chad told her Abby couldn’t have it because of her medication. Chad was going to drink it, but she stopped him from drinking it.

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Brady told Kristen he was going to confess to trying to kill Victor. Kristen was upset that he wanted to do that without talking to her. He said he wanted her to be there for Rachel. She wanted him to be there for her too. Sami almost had Allie convinced that she was taking the baby to Marlena’s place, but Kate told her what she really wanted to do. Allie went off on her. Allie mentioned Eric leaving town so Sami wanted to go after him. She was going to take the baby, but Allie told her she couldn’t. Belle arrived and told Brady that the DA retired and wasn’t the one working on Kristen’s case. Melinda walked in the room and said she was the one working on it. Belle said she refused to accept the plea or Brady’s confession. Sami arrived at Eric’s place. She couldn’t believe he was going to leave without saying goodbye to her. He said it and slammed the door in her face. She was determined to get in the apartment. They talked about the custody case. He advised her to work things out with Allie or she would lose her daughter. Kate tried to get Allie to look at the baby, but she didn’t want to do it. Kate asked why she wanted to run away so Allie explained how she didn’t want to screw up his life.

Melinda reminded Kristen about what she did to her daughter and how she got away with it. Brady asked her not to make it personal, but she didn’t want to hear it. Sami told Eric that she asked Allie to come with her. He knew she didn’t want to go with her. He said Sami would be violating what Allie wanted. Nicole wondered about Allie. Sami didn’t think Allie was ready to have custody of her baby. Eric had another idea, but Sami had to get over herself. Kristen begged Melinda not to take what she did out on Brady. She had no intention of doing that to him. She wanted to deal with her. Brady tried to threaten her, but it didn’t work. She was ready to see her in court. Eric continued to convince Sami to go along with his plan so she wouldn’t lose her daughter forever. Sami was finally willing to compromise. Sami thought Allie had to agree to the plan. Eric and Nicole thought she would. Sami wanted to know how long Eric would be gone. He told her and they said they loved each other. Brady thought what was going on with Melinda was unfair. Belle warned him that the justice system was unfair. Kristen said she wanted a child her entire life. She accepted that she had to say goodbye for a long time. Allie told Sami that Justin was getting a restraining order against her to keep her from taking the baby to Italy. Sami told her about the arrangement. She would let Nicole have custody of the baby if Allie lived with her.

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Lani apologized to Kristen for Eli arresting her. He came in and told them Belle called. He said Belle was going to take the case. Eli wanted to know if he and Lani could get past this. She told him to let them know when Belle was there. He left the interrogation room. Lani told Kristen that she didn’t think she could forgive Eli. Kristen told her she should. Lani said he put his job before her. Kristen said she put her before him. Kristen suggested that she listen to him. Brady asked Victor if he could back up his story that he stabbed him and not Kristen. Victor didn’t think the police would believe the story. Victor didn’t want Kristen to be free. Brady wasn’t interested in what Victor wanted. Brady said he was going to confess and get a deal. Victor agreed to talk to the police. Marlena and Belle talked about what John did to Sami. Belle thought it was funny, but Marlena didn’t. Marlena said John was losing control. Eric showed up while they were talking. Roman showed up too. Eric told everyone he was leaving Salem. They wanted to know if he talked to Sami and Brady. Eric said Brady was busy with Kristen. Eric didn’t want to see Sami. They tried to convince him to tell her goodbye.

Brady went to say goodbye to Eric. Eric walked away so Brady and Belle could talk about Kristen. Belle tried to convince him not to do his plan, but he wanted to do it anyway. Brady went to the police station to see Kristen. He told her Belle was going to talk to the D.A. to get a deal. He said he was going to confess to stabbing Victor. Kristen told him that he wasn’t doing it. Nicole was happy to see Allie. Allie told her she was going to talk to the judge to get her to change her mind and let Nicole and Eric have the baby. Nicole told her Eric was leaving so she would be the one raising the baby. Nicole wanted to talk to Eric about it. Allie asked her to raise the baby by herself. Sami talked to the baby about her plan to get Allie to fall in love with him and move to Rome. Kate walked in and was glad to see the baby. Kate thought Sami was trying to manipulate Allie. Sami tried to defend her actions. Sami wanted to stop Allie. Kate said Allie was at Nicole’s place. Sami wanted to go there, but Kate told her not to go. Kate didn’t want her to push Allie away. Kate said she would make things worse. Sami said she had to do something. She said she was taking the baby to Rome and no one was going to stop her. Allie came in and wanted to know what Sami was up to.

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Marlena talked to Sarah about John’s behavior. She wasn’t sure how long it was going to last. Shawn wasn’t happy when Shawn saw Belle with Philip. He wanted to know what was going on with them. Belle told him about Jan showing up at Hope’s house. Xander talked to Jan about getting Philip out o the picture. She thought he wanted her to go to the police. She realized that was why he was concerned about her safety. He thought Victor wouldn’t like it. He offered his phone number, but Sarah stopped him. Allie overheard Sami talking about taking the baby. They got into an argument about it. Nicole tried to talk Eric into going to Africa to help the people. Eric didn’t want to go, but she continued to convince him to go. Claire talked to Marlena about meeting Jan. Shawn hoped that Claire wouldn’t have anything to do with Jan again. Belle didn’t want to talk to Shawn with Philip around. Philip offered to help since he doesn’t have to follow the law. He told them that he threatened her. Sarah explained who Jan was to Xander. Nicole wanted to do the right thing by telling Eric to go to Africa. She wanted him to do it for her. Allie was going to take her baby to Eric and Nicole’s place. Sami told her that she couldn’t because she’s not the guardian. Allie was going to do it anyway.

Nicole continued to convince Eric to go to Africa. She wanted him to help people. Marlena reminded Claire about the terrible things Jan’s done. Claire said that she did terrible things too. Claire defended Jan to her. Belle talked to Shawn about being worried about Claire bonding with Jan. Shawn couldn’t believe Claire defended Jan. Belle was scared for Claire. Marlena wanted Claire to stay away from Jan. Sami suggested that Allie go back to Rome with her. She would help her raise her baby. Allie thought she wanted that all along. Shawn assured Belle that he wouldn’t let anything happen to Claire. Belle was afraid something did. Jan ran into Claire and apologized for not telling her who she was in the first place. Sami was okay with it if Allie hated her, but she insisted she see her baby. Shawn thought he and Belle should let Philip kill Jan. Jan advised Claire not to talk to her in public. She would understand if she didn’t do it. Allie told Sami she thought about the list of things she got away with until now. She was going to the judge the next day.

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Sami went to see John. She bought him a cactus. He threw it against the wall. He reminded her that she said he was nobody. He called her out for her selfish behavior. He asked her if she knew how sick of her he was. He called her a nasty b*tch. She told him that she hoped her have a blood clot in his cold, dark heart. Marlena came in and told Sami to leave. Marlena told John that she didn’t believe Sami’s side of the story. Marlena didn’t believe that he would resort to calling her names. He admitted it. He wasn’t sure if it had to do with his condition. He said he said things to Sami that he would have never said to anyone. He wanted to know what was wrong with him. She said it was nothing to worry about. Belle was upset to find Jan with Claire. Claire wanted to know why Belle was mean to her friend. Belle said she wasn’t her friend. She said it was Jan Spears. Jan said she stopped by to offer her condolences. Belle knocked the flowers out of Jan’s hand. Belle didn’t believe Jan changed. Jan said people with mental illness could change.

Belle threatened to get a restraining order and pushed Jan out of the house. Claire asked if she thought Jan reached out to her because they were both crazy. Claire said she was doing well because Ciara gave her another chance. Lucas had trouble entertaining Allie’s baby. Nicole came in and offered to help him. She was able to control the baby. Sami came in and was furious that Nicole was holding the baby. Nicole ripped into Sami for taking the baby from Eric. When Nicole left, Sami told Lucas she was taking the baby and leaving town. While she was on the phone making the arrangements, Allie walked in and told Sami that she wasn’t taking her baby. Philip ran into Jan. He warned her to stay away from Belle. Xander was eavesdropping on them. Philip threatened to take care of Jan permanently if she didn’t stay away from Belle or her family. When he left, Xander introduced himself to Jan. Philip went to see Belle. He let her know he was going to protect her and Claire from Jan. They hugged each other.

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Brady was surprised that Kristen was arrested for stabbing Victor. He asked Belle to represent Kristen. Belle didn’t want to represent her. He asked her to do it for him. She changed her mind. She warned him that he could be arrested for aiding and abetting depending on what Kristen told the police. Brady went to the police station. He and Kristen planned on how they were going to fix her situation. He told her that Belle was thinking about representing her. Kristen said she forgot people hated her. She said no one would side with her. Abe comforted Hope. He wanted her to take a break, but she wanted to make Vincent pay for what he did to Ciara. Victor told Maggie that he wanted to get revenge. He blamed Ben for what happened. She saw Victor with a gun. He wanted to go to the hospital and kill Ben. She said he couldn’t go in the hospital with a gun. He said she was right. He said he would hire someone. Maggie tried to talk Victor out of killing Ben. He was upset that he didn’t kill him when he had the chance. He said he failed Ciara. Maggie said he should be there for the people Ciara left behind. She said they would all be hurt. Brady ended up showing up. He asked Victor to help Kristen.

Lani yelled at Eli for putting his job before their marriage. She wanted to know how she could trust him again. Eli tried to defend what he did, but she wasn’t hearing what he said. She ended up walking away from him. Claire offered to clean up Hope’s place. Jan showed up when Shawn left. Jan said she was a friend. Jan offered to help Claire clean up. Jan suggested that they get to know each other. Claire told Jan that she loved Ciara. Claire said she almost killed her. They bonded over the things they have done. Jan said therapy helped her. While they were bonding, Belle came in and told her to get away from her daughter. Eli got a tip that Vincent was seen on a bus. Shawn came in with a report on the explosion. He saw that the explosion was caused by a bomb that was triggered remotely. He was scared to ask about Ciara. Hope looked at the report. She said it didn’t make sense. She said they didn’t find any remains. Hope thought Ciara wasn’t in the car. She said Ciara was still alive. Hope wondered where she was.

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Hope went to Eve and told her what happened to Ciara. She let her know that she didn’t tell Vincent to go plant a bomb in the car. Hope talked to her about Vincent’s agenda for going after Ben. Lani hoped Eli would look the other way and not go after Kristen. Eli arrested Kristen and she told him anything she could think of to get out of being arrested. John woke up, but he couldn’t remember Brady and Marlena. Kristen told Eli that Lani wouldn’t forgive him if he arrested her. She reminded him that he would be married to Gabi if she didn’t convince Lani to go after him. She wanted him to act as if he never saw her. Lani showed up at Kristen’s door. Hope told Eve that the firefighters only found Ciara’s engagement and wedding rings.

Lani took Rachel to Kristen’s place and saw Eli there. Kristen thought she got through to him, but he ended up arresting her. Marlena filled John in on some details of their lives together. John got his memory back and Brady and Marlena were relieved. Eli took Kristen to the station. Lani was upset when she saw Eli. Brady wanted to give John and Marlena some time alone so he wanted to call Kristen at the Salem Inn. Marlena was surprised that Kristen was in Salem. Lani was upset that Eli lied to her and arrested Kristen. He explained why he decided to arrest Kristen. She thought he used a personal conversation and used it to look like a hero. Kristen called Brady. He told her how John was awake. She was glad for him, but she said she was arrested.

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