{"id":58161,"date":"2024-07-16T15:09:16","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T20:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/?p=58161"},"modified":"2024-07-25T23:40:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T04:40:40","slug":"days-transcript-tuesday-july-16-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/16\/days-transcript-tuesday-july-16-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Days Transcript Tuesday, July 16, 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><b>Days of Our Lives Transcript<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6109\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dayslogo.jpg\" alt=\"Days of Our Lives logo\" width=\"235\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style3\">Transcript provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/20\/biothane\/\">Thane<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style3\">THIS STILL NEEDS EXTENSIVE EDITING!<\/p>\n<p>[Jude coos]<\/p>\n<p>[chuckles]\u00a0\u00a0 You know, pretty soon, you&#8217;re gonna get\u00a0 your first taste at the Brady Pub chowder.<\/p>\n<p>[Jude coos]\u00a0\u00a0 And you&#8217;re a part of a family legacy,\u00a0\u00a0 so I&#8217;m guessing you&#8217;re gonna love it.\u00a0\u00a0 Oh, yeah.<\/p>\n<p>[Jude cooing]\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Eric.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, Dad.<\/p>\n<p>Aren&#8217;t you supposed to be in Paris?<\/p>\n<p>Change of plans.<\/p>\n<p>But why?\u00a0\u00a0 And the baby, is&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 is that Jude?<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, it is.<\/p>\n<p>[Jude coos]\u00a0\u00a0 Would you like to say hello to your grandson?<\/p>\n<p>[Jude cooing]\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[chuckles]<\/p>\n<p>[phone ringing]<\/p>\n<p>Leo, we&#8217;ve discussed this.\u00a0\u00a0 You have to call and make an appointment&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Actually, this isn&#8217;t a professional call, Dr. Evans.\u00a0\u00a0 I was calling to see if you might want to watch\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;Drag Race&#8221; with me this week.\u00a0\u00a0 And if that silver fox husband of yours is back in town,\u00a0\u00a0 we could do it at my place.\u00a0\u00a0 I can order some room service.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll get back to you.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Well, just don&#8217;t take too long.\u00a0\u00a0 You&#8217;re not the only RuPaul-loving shrink in Salem.\u00a0\u00a0 Actually, I bet you are, and I love that about you.\u00a0\u00a0 I mean I respect that about you.\u00a0\u00a0 That&#8217;s more appropriate, right?<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll talk soon, Leo.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, was I too thirsty?\u00a0\u00a0 I think I was.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Oh, there you are.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Why, Ms. DiMera, we&#8217;re here bright and early today.\u00a0\u00a0 Suppose you heard that your days\u00a0\u00a0 of keeping bankers&#8217; hours are over.<\/p>\n<p>What the hell does that mean?<\/p>\n<p>Oh, I guess you haven&#8217;t heard.\u00a0\u00a0 Everett Lynch got released from the nuthatch,\u00a0\u00a0 which means he&#8217;ll probably be back in the office soon.\u00a0\u00a0 Nose to the grindstone for all of us.<\/p>\n<p>The only nose I want to put to the grindstone is yours.\u00a0\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[dramatic music]<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[clears throat] Marlena.\u00a0\u00a0 I wasn&#8217;t expecting you.\u00a0\u00a0 Are you&#8211;are you here to see Johnny?\u00a0\u00a0 I know he&#8217;ll be comforted by your presence.\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s been a tough time for him, obviously&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 Chanel&#8217;s miscarriage.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not here to see my grandson.\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;m here to see you.\u00a0\u00a0 I think you know why.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211; You&#8217;re sure you got Rafe out of the picture?<\/p>\n<p>I told you I would, didn&#8217;t I?\u00a0\u00a0 And when I make a promise, I keep it.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; OK.\u00a0\u00a0 So how&#8217;d you do it?<\/p>\n<p>In the back, with a very sharp knife.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[birds chirping]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211; Jada, where&#8217;s my brother?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; They&#8217;re working on him now.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; How is he?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; He&#8217;s lost a lot of blood.\u00a0\u00a0 Someone stabbed him from behind.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Oh, my God! Who could have done this?<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know.\u00a0\u00a0 When I got to the cemetery,\u00a0\u00a0 he was just lying there, bleeding.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; What did Kayla say?\u00a0\u00a0 How bad is it?<\/p>\n<p>She made me leave the room.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211; Kayla, what&#8217;s happening?\u00a0\u00a0 How is my brother?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[soft orchestration]<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0 <i>announcer: Like sands<\/i> <i>through the hourglass,<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0 <i>so are<\/i> <i>the &#8220;Days of Our Lives.&#8221;<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211; Rafe&#8217;s in surgery.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; What? Why?<\/p>\n<p>The knife penetrated his lung.\u00a0\u00a0 We need to repair it.\u00a0\u00a0 We won&#8217;t know the extent of the damage\u00a0\u00a0 until we get in there.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, God.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; I need to join the team.\u00a0\u00a0 I will come find you as soon as I know something.\u00a0\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[dramatic music]<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211; My God.\u00a0\u00a0 Jude is your son.\u00a0\u00a0 Eric, I&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[laughs]\u00a0\u00a0 I am stunned, obviously,\u00a0\u00a0 but also very happy for you and for me and for Marlena.\u00a0\u00a0 But yeah, I&#8217;m&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;m kind of overwhelmed.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Yeah, I thought you might be.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, when did you find out?<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday. I waited to tell you in person.<\/p>\n<p>But how? How did&#8211;how did this happen?<\/p>\n<p>I was at the airport, and Nicole showed up\u00a0\u00a0 to say that her son was mine,\u00a0\u00a0 that I was Jude&#8217;s father.<\/p>\n<p>Nicole knew?<\/p>\n<p>No.\u00a0\u00a0 Well, she didn&#8217;t know either,\u00a0\u00a0 not until yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>But why is that?\u00a0\u00a0 Why didn&#8217;t we know that Jude was your son before now?<\/p>\n<p>Turns out, we have her husband to thank for that.\u00a0\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[light music]<\/i><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re being kind of loaded for bear here.\u00a0\u00a0 Does this have anything to do with that press conference?<\/p>\n<p>What the hell else would it have to do with?\u00a0\u00a0 Do you have any idea how my life\u00a0\u00a0 is just turned upside down because of all of this?\u00a0\u00a0 I mean, my God, first I thought my baby was dead,\u00a0\u00a0 and EJ and I had to mourn that terrible loss.\u00a0\u00a0 And then we finally get him back, and I think,\u00a0\u00a0 oh, my God, what a miracle we&#8217;ve been given,\u00a0\u00a0 and only to find out that EJ is now not the father of Jude\u00a0\u00a0 and Eric is.\u00a0\u00a0 And you knew about it this whole time.<\/p>\n<p>Me?\u00a0\u00a0 OK, look, I get why you would think that, but&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>OK, you know what?\u00a0\u00a0 You have caused our family so much pain\u00a0\u00a0 for the last few months.\u00a0\u00a0 And you think, what,\u00a0\u00a0 we&#8217;re just gonna be jovial coworkers,\u00a0\u00a0 trading gossip like nothing ever happened?\u00a0\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[dramatic music]<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0 Well?\u00a0\u00a0 What do you have to say for yourself?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks.\u00a0\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[dramatic music]<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Looks like we&#8217;re gonna be here for a while.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah.\u00a0\u00a0 It does.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>None of this makes any sense.\u00a0\u00a0 I was just with Rafe at the pub.<\/p>\n<p>I know. You&#8217;re the one who told me\u00a0\u00a0 that he was going to the cemetery.\u00a0\u00a0 Good thing you did.\u00a0\u00a0 Otherwise, I wouldn&#8217;t have found him there.<\/p>\n<p>Did you see anything else?\u00a0\u00a0 Was anybody else there?<\/p>\n<p>No.\u00a0\u00a0 By the time I got there, he was just laying there on the ground\u00a0\u00a0 with a knife sticking out of his back.<\/p>\n<p>Just like Li.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You stabbed the police commissioner in the back?<\/p>\n<p>Would you have preferred poison, maybe,\u00a0\u00a0 or a good old-fashioned bullet to the brain?<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t want him murdered at all.<\/p>\n<p>Well, you said you wanted me to get him out of the picture.\u00a0\u00a0 How else was I going to do that?\u00a0\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know about you, but I don&#8217;t happen to own\u00a0\u00a0 a private island or two where I can ship people.\u00a0\u00a0 The only way I know how to get rid of someone\u00a0\u00a0 is to put him six feet under.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t believe that son of a bitch EJ\u00a0\u00a0 knew the truth about Jude&#8217;s paternity all this time\u00a0\u00a0 and kept it from you.<\/p>\n<p>That was pretty much Mom&#8217;s reaction.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, well, as it should be.\u00a0\u00a0 Should be anybody&#8217;s reaction.\u00a0\u00a0 And, Eric, I know you&#8217;re a man of God,\u00a0\u00a0 but don&#8217;t tell me that you have already forgiven and forgotten.<\/p>\n<p>Dad, I&#8217;ll never forget.\u00a0\u00a0 I want EJ to pay for what he did.\u00a0\u00a0 But I&#8211;at the moment, I have other priorities.<\/p>\n<p>Well, of course you do. Yeah.\u00a0\u00a0 No, you got to focus on this little guy, your son.<\/p>\n<p>I missed him so much.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, we all did.\u00a0\u00a0 Hey, kiddo.\u00a0\u00a0 This is your Grandpa Roman here,\u00a0\u00a0 and I am so grateful to have you back in this family,\u00a0\u00a0 my young Mr. Brady.\u00a0\u00a0 I cannot wait to spoil you rotten.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll do that.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, I&#8217;m planning on it.\u00a0\u00a0 I am planning on it.\u00a0\u00a0 Hey, but now, you know, Eric,\u00a0\u00a0 since you&#8217;ve been reunited with your son&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Yeah?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; What about being reunited with Nicole?\u00a0\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[light music]<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211; Oh, I don&#8217;t even know why I bother.\u00a0\u00a0 You don&#8217;t give a damn about anyone but yourself.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; That&#8217;s not true. &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[scoffs]\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; I&#8217;ve been doing a lot of work on myself lately\u00a0\u00a0 in order to give a damn about other people.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Mm.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Even though we have to love ourselves\u00a0\u00a0 before we can love other people, as we all know.\u00a0\u00a0 As a matter of fact, I&#8217;m even starting to care\u00a0\u00a0 about what&#8217;s happening in the world.\u00a0\u00a0 Well, major historical events, anyway.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; All right, what the hell does that even mean?<\/p>\n<p>It means that Dr. Marlena Evans\u00a0\u00a0 is helping me work through my issues\u00a0\u00a0 so I can become a better person.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Oh.\u00a0\u00a0 And does Dr. Marlena Evans,\u00a0\u00a0 who is helping you become a better person,\u00a0\u00a0 does she know that you helped give birth to her grandchild\u00a0\u00a0 and let us all believe that he was a DiMera\u00a0\u00a0 and not her grandson at all, hmm?\u00a0\u00a0 Does she know that little piece of information?<\/p>\n<p>Well, I don&#8217;t know what she does and doesn&#8217;t know\u00a0\u00a0 because our relationship is strictly professional\u00a0\u00a0 and all about me and my lack of self-esteem.\u00a0\u00a0 But more importantly, I didn&#8217;t know that little Jude\u00a0\u00a0 wasn&#8217;t a DiMera, I swear.\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;m being honest.<\/p>\n<p>Honest.<\/p>\n<p>[scoffs]\u00a0\u00a0 Do you even know the meaning of that word?<\/p>\n<p>Nicole, listen to me.\u00a0\u00a0 I thought that EJ was that little munchkin&#8217;s real father\u00a0\u00a0 because that&#8217;s what I was told.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and I suppose you&#8217;re also gonna tell me\u00a0\u00a0 that Sloan gave you all that money\u00a0\u00a0 out of the goodness of her heart.<\/p>\n<p>No. Sloan doesn&#8217;t have a heart.\u00a0\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[dramatic music]<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0 And I feel really terribly guilty about all of that.\u00a0\u00a0 But I swear to you, I never knew\u00a0\u00a0 that Eric was Jude&#8217;s real father,\u00a0\u00a0 his biological father.<\/p>\n<p>So you mean to tell me, all this time,\u00a0\u00a0 you were convinced that EJ was Jude&#8217;s father?<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I was.\u00a0\u00a0 And I guess because that guy doesn&#8217;t seem like much\u00a0\u00a0 of a nurturer to me, which is putting it mildly,\u00a0\u00a0 I think it&#8217;s part of the reason why I thought that Jude\u00a0\u00a0 would be better off with Eric,\u00a0\u00a0 because he was obviously so in love with that little boy.<\/p>\n<p>His little boy. His!<\/p>\n<p>Yes, his little boy.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I&#8217;m also finally realizing why EJ\u00a0\u00a0 paid me to keep my mouth shut.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All right, would you like&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 would you like a drink, some tea?<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t want anything from you.\u00a0\u00a0 Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>All right.\u00a0\u00a0 Well, I can see that you&#8217;re not in the mood for pleasantries.\u00a0\u00a0 And since you&#8217;re not here to see Johnny,\u00a0\u00a0 I can assume that&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>I came to talk about Jude.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Well, yes.\u00a0\u00a0 But if you want to see him,\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;m afraid you&#8217;ve wasted a trip.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Well, when I want to see Jude,\u00a0\u00a0 I know how to do that.\u00a0\u00a0 What I actually came to do\u00a0\u00a0 was this.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I guess I shouldn&#8217;t be surprised\u00a0\u00a0 you stuck a knife in Rafe after what you did to Li Shin.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, no, you don&#8217;t.\u00a0\u00a0 That was completely different.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, really?\u00a0\u00a0 Because it sort of sounds like it was exactly the same.<\/p>\n<p>How was it the same?\u00a0\u00a0 I never wanted to hurt Li.\u00a0\u00a0 That was all Gabi&#8217;s fault and that awful Melinda Trask&#8217;s.\u00a0\u00a0 Those harpies turned Li off to the very idea of love.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[chuckles] Yeah,\u00a0\u00a0 that&#8217;s the reason he wasn&#8217;t interested in you, right?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Of course it was.\u00a0\u00a0 If they hadn&#8217;t hurt him, his heart would have been open\u00a0\u00a0 and he and I could have been together.\u00a0\u00a0 We would have had a chance at a wonderful life.\u00a0\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[dramatic music]<\/i><\/p>\n<p>[sighs] He was so romantic\u00a0\u00a0 and handsome and intelligent.\u00a0\u00a0 And, oh, that smile, it just lit up a room.<\/p>\n<p>Connie!\u00a0\u00a0 Snap out of it!\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; OK.\u00a0\u00a0 Sorry.\u00a0\u00a0 I was just thinking about what could have been.\u00a0\u00a0 But that&#8217;s all in the past now.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; You&#8217;re damn right it is.\u00a0\u00a0 Li&#8217;s dead.\u00a0\u00a0 You and I need to stay laser focused.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; OK, OK, I&#8217;m focused.\u00a0\u00a0 You said you&#8217;d keep my secret if I helped you out, and I did.\u00a0\u00a0 The commissioner&#8217;s out of commission,\u00a0\u00a0 and you&#8217;re free to be with Jada.\u00a0\u00a0 Satisfied?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211; I can&#8217;t believe that somebody hurt Rafe\u00a0\u00a0 in the exact same way that Li was killed.\u00a0\u00a0 I mean, couldn&#8217;t there be a connection?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; It&#8217;s possible, but Li&#8217;s assailant is dead, so&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Wait.\u00a0\u00a0 Didn&#8217;t you tell me that your ex said\u00a0\u00a0 that Gil Carter didn&#8217;t do it?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Yeah, but that might have been a ploy,\u00a0\u00a0 you know, just to keep me close,\u00a0\u00a0 keep me wondering,\u00a0\u00a0 just a reason for me to keep going back to visit him.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; What if it wasn&#8217;t a ploy?\u00a0\u00a0 And what if it&#8217;s true?\u00a0\u00a0 And what if the person that killed Li\u00a0\u00a0 is the same exact person that stabbed Rafe?\u00a0\u00a0 It feels more than just a coincidence, doesn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, no, it does.\u00a0\u00a0 And we are going to investigate every possible lead, Gabi.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; What about the knife?<\/p>\n<p>The knife? What about it?<\/p>\n<p>Well, I&#8217;m assuming you weren&#8217;t as stupid as I was\u00a0\u00a0 when I pulled it out of Li&#8217;s back with my bare hands.<\/p>\n<p>No, I waited for the EMTs to arrive.\u00a0\u00a0 I think they removed it when they brought him here.<\/p>\n<p>Well, where is it?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure.\u00a0\u00a0 You know, I haven&#8217;t had any time to even\u00a0\u00a0 have the team come and process the trauma room yet.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Then it must still be here.\u00a0\u00a0 With any luck, you can prove who did this to my brother.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I suppose I deserved that.<\/p>\n<p>You deserved that and more.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>You knew that the baby that Eric and Sloan adopted\u00a0\u00a0 was Nicole&#8217;s,\u00a0\u00a0 so you must have known that baby was Eric&#8217;s.\u00a0\u00a0 And you let him come to you and give you that baby,\u00a0\u00a0 even knowing that it was breaking his heart.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You have every right to be angry with me, Marlena.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wow.\u00a0\u00a0 You&#8217;re not gonna give me some lame excuse?\u00a0\u00a0 You&#8217;re not gonna try to tell me that you and Nicole could\u00a0\u00a0 raise Jude in a wonderful environment,\u00a0\u00a0 give him every privilege?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[clears throat]\u00a0\u00a0 There is no excuse for what I did.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The only defense that I could come up with\u00a0\u00a0 is that I was terrified of what would happen\u00a0\u00a0 if the truth came out.\u00a0\u00a0 I knew that I would not only lose my son\u00a0\u00a0 but my wife,\u00a0\u00a0 my everything.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211; EJ paid you to keep quiet about the baby?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; More or less.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, don&#8217;t you give me more or less.\u00a0\u00a0 You tell me all of it now, or I&#8217;ll make you eat\u00a0\u00a0 one of those very expensive shoes.<\/p>\n<p>OK, OK.\u00a0\u00a0 So a while back, I had a few too many,\u00a0\u00a0 and I may have spilled the truth to EJ\u00a0\u00a0 or at least what I thought was the truth.<\/p>\n<p>That the baby Eric and Sloan were raising\u00a0\u00a0 was actually his and mine.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Right.\u00a0\u00a0 I thought he would be delighted&#8211;overjoyed, even.\u00a0\u00a0 But instead he paid me to keep my mouth shut.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[scoffs]\u00a0\u00a0 And that didn&#8217;t strike you as odd?<\/p>\n<p>Of course it did, especially once I sobered up.\u00a0\u00a0 But I would have been up you-know-what creek\u00a0\u00a0 without that money, so I put my suspicions aside.\u00a0\u00a0 Only now it all makes sense.\u00a0\u00a0 He didn&#8217;t want to claim Jude as his\u00a0\u00a0 because he knew that Jude wasn&#8217;t really his.\u00a0\u00a0 He was Eric&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, that son of a bitch.<\/p>\n<p>Nicole, I&#8217;m sorry.\u00a0\u00a0 Truly.\u00a0\u00a0 I know it doesn&#8217;t mean much now,\u00a0\u00a0 and I don&#8217;t expect you to accept my apology,\u00a0\u00a0 but I know that I should have protected you\u00a0\u00a0 and I should have protected your son.\u00a0\u00a0 I mean, I helped you give birth to that beautiful little boy,\u00a0\u00a0 which is the proudest moment of my life, truly.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211; If you really are sorry, Leo,\u00a0\u00a0 then I think there&#8217;s a way you can make it up to me.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Really?\u00a0\u00a0 I will do anything. Just tell me.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Great.\u00a0\u00a0 I want you to testify to all of this in court.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211; Why would you ask me about reuniting with Nicole?\u00a0\u00a0 You think, after finding out about Jude,\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;m just gonna get back together with her?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Eric, come on.\u00a0\u00a0 You can&#8217;t tell me it hasn&#8217;t crossed your mind.\u00a0\u00a0 I mean, all the obstacles that kept you two apart&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 her marriage to EJ, having a child with him&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 they&#8217;re all gone.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; I don&#8217;t know for a fact\u00a0\u00a0 that her marriage to EJ is over.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; You haven&#8217;t spoken to her about it?<\/p>\n<p>No, not since I saw her at the airport.\u00a0\u00a0 I mean, she texted me to check in on Jude,\u00a0\u00a0 but I think this is just her way of giving me a chance\u00a0\u00a0 to reconnect with him, to bond with him.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Yeah, but, my God, I can&#8217;t imagine\u00a0\u00a0 that she&#8217;s ever gonna forgive EJ for what he did.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; I can&#8217;t imagine it either.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Yeah, so that means, when all the dust clears,\u00a0\u00a0 she&#8217;s gonna be able to very clearly see\u00a0\u00a0 there&#8217;s nothing standing in her way\u00a0\u00a0 of getting back together with you.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211; There&#8217;s gonna be a murder investigation.\u00a0\u00a0 You know that, right? &#8211; A murder investigation?\u00a0\u00a0 I never said Rafe was dead.\u00a0\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[dramatic music]<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; He&#8217;s not?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; I didn&#8217;t say that either.<\/p>\n<p>Well, which one is it, Connie?\u00a0\u00a0 It can&#8217;t be both!\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; What I&#8217;m trying to tell you is,\u00a0\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know if he survived.\u00a0\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t stick around long enough to find out.<\/p>\n<p>Well, so you just, what,\u00a0\u00a0 you just left him there, bleeding out?<\/p>\n<p>My plan was to roll him\u00a0\u00a0 into a conveniently located open grave,\u00a0\u00a0 but someone showed up before I could move him.<\/p>\n<p>Someone showed up? Who showed up?\u00a0\u00a0 Who? Did they see you?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; What am I, an amateur?\u00a0\u00a0 No, they didn&#8217;t see me.\u00a0\u00a0 I got the hell out of there as quickly as possible.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re sure?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure.<\/p>\n<p>OK, but you don&#8217;t know if Rafe is dead or alive?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[sighs] If I had to put money on it,\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;d say odds are against him walking away from this.\u00a0\u00a0 He looked like a goner when I fled the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Damn it.\u00a0\u00a0 This is not what I wanted.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211; I don&#8217;t understand why you&#8217;re so upset,\u00a0\u00a0 and it&#8217;s starting to make me mad.\u00a0\u00a0 Poor Detective Hunter is going to be devastated,\u00a0\u00a0 and she&#8217;s going to need someone to console her.\u00a0\u00a0 And you&#8217;ll be there to pick up the pieces.\u00a0\u00a0 How is that not what you wanted?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[somber music]<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[sniffles]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[sniffles]<\/p>\n<p>[sobs]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[sighs]\u00a0\u00a0 You know what?\u00a0\u00a0 I think I&#8217;m gonna drop this bag off\u00a0\u00a0 and give Smitty a break behind the bar.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; I can pitch in if you need me.<\/p>\n<p>Absolutely not.\u00a0\u00a0 You&#8217;ve got my grandson to look after.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, but don&#8217;t you want to hang out with him?<\/p>\n<p>Of course I do, but now that I got him back\u00a0\u00a0 and my son is gonna stick around Salem,\u00a0\u00a0 I got all the time in the world to hang with him&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Dad, I don&#8217;t&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>And you.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know if I&#8217;m sticking around.<\/p>\n<p>What do you mean?\u00a0\u00a0 I mean, you told that job back in France\u00a0\u00a0 that something came up, right?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Yeah, we just pushed back my start date,\u00a0\u00a0 but that&#8217;s as far as we got.<\/p>\n<p>But you&#8217;re not gonna take that job now, are you?\u00a0\u00a0 I mean, my God, Eric, why in the hell\u00a0\u00a0 would you even think about leaving Salem\u00a0\u00a0 when you finally got a chance to have\u00a0\u00a0 everything you&#8217;ve ever wanted?\u00a0\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[light music]<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; You want me to walk into a court of law\u00a0\u00a0 and testify against EJ?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; That&#8217;s what I want.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; EJ DiMera, the district attorney of Salem?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Leo, EJ is not only an immoral bastard,\u00a0\u00a0 but he broke the law.\u00a0\u00a0 And it&#8217;s not enough for me to just divorce him.\u00a0\u00a0 I want him locked up.\u00a0\u00a0 Look, just testify to the jury\u00a0\u00a0 that EJ paid you to keep quiet,\u00a0\u00a0 and that should be enough evidence to put him away.\u00a0\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[dramatic music]<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; That makes a lot of sense.\u00a0\u00a0 And I wish you the best, Nicole&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 not just you but you and Eric and that little boy.\u00a0\u00a0 But I don&#8217;t want any part of that.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211; I&#8217;d be a fool not to have worried\u00a0\u00a0 that the truth would end my marriage,\u00a0\u00a0 that I would be certain of it, in fact.\u00a0\u00a0 Everyone knows the epic love story\u00a0\u00a0 between Eric Brady and Nicole Walker.\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s a tale for the ages.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Spare me your self-pity.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; I&#8217;m speaking from the heart, Marlena.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>And I would have you know that as soon as even\u00a0\u00a0 there was a question of Jude&#8217;s paternity,\u00a0\u00a0 Nicole was already planning her escape.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; What does that mean?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Oh, you want details? &#8211; Oh.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; About how I caught your son and Nicole together,\u00a0\u00a0 over and over again,\u00a0\u00a0 looking at each other longingly,\u00a0\u00a0 how I witnessed their addiction to one another?<\/p>\n<p>Then why didn&#8217;t you let her go?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[sighs]\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; I mean, you can&#8217;t believe\u00a0\u00a0 that a lie of that magnitude would keep her with you.\u00a0\u00a0 EJ, you&#8217;re smarter than that.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Apparently not.\u00a0\u00a0 Apparently not.<\/p>\n<p>[sighs]\u00a0\u00a0 And I know now that I deluded myself\u00a0\u00a0 because I love her so much.\u00a0\u00a0 I loved the life that we were creating together\u00a0\u00a0 with Holly and my children.\u00a0\u00a0 I just thought to myself, if I just had the time,\u00a0\u00a0 I could make her happy, and she would come to love me\u00a0\u00a0 more than she ever loved Eric.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Something funny?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211; Sometimes I forget who you are\u00a0\u00a0 and how very much you are like your father.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thing is, I&#8217;m not sure\u00a0\u00a0 how much consoling I can offer Jada at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>Why not?\u00a0\u00a0 Is it the meds?\u00a0\u00a0 I know there can be side effects.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; No, Connie!\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s not the meds.\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s because I&#8217;m pretending to be Everett, remember?<\/p>\n<p>Oh.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah?<\/p>\n<p>Right, right.\u00a0\u00a0 But hey, that doesn&#8217;t change our deal.\u00a0\u00a0 I did what you asked.\u00a0\u00a0 I cleared the way for you to get back together\u00a0\u00a0 with your ex-wife.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Yeah, by stabbing the police commissioner\u00a0\u00a0 in the back with a knife.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; For you, Bobby.\u00a0\u00a0 So whether you&#8217;re calling yourself Everett or Dr. Jekyll\u00a0\u00a0 or whoever the hell else you&#8217;ve got in there,\u00a0\u00a0 I need to know that you&#8217;re not going\u00a0\u00a0 to tell anyone that you saw me in the park\u00a0\u00a0 the night of Li&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[sighs]\u00a0\u00a0 Fine.\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;m not gonna tell anyone.\u00a0\u00a0 But you need to understand that no one&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 no one&#8211;can see us together,\u00a0\u00a0 especially now that Jada thinks\u00a0\u00a0 that the identity of Li&#8217;s killer\u00a0\u00a0 is locked somewhere in Everett&#8217;s brain.\u00a0\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[dramatic music]<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hey.\u00a0\u00a0 Where&#8217;d you go?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; I was down in the chapel, praying.\u00a0\u00a0 Feels like the only thing I can do right now\u00a0\u00a0 to help my brother.\u00a0\u00a0 Did you find the knife?<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, I sent it over to the forensics lab,\u00a0\u00a0 so hopefully they&#8217;ll be able to pull some prints, DNA,\u00a0\u00a0 something that points to who did this to your brother.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, hopefully.\u00a0\u00a0 Although when I found the knife that killed Li,\u00a0\u00a0 it was just the beginning of my problems.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211; But, Eric, unless I&#8217;m missing something,\u00a0\u00a0 the reason you took that job in France was,\u00a0\u00a0 you thought it would be too painful to be around Jude.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Yes.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; And now you know Jude is your son,\u00a0\u00a0 so it is not painful anymore.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; No.<\/p>\n<p>Not to mention that Nicole is his mother,\u00a0\u00a0 and I don&#8217;t see her pulling up stakes anytime soon.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; It&#8217;s doubtful.\u00a0\u00a0 I mean, Holly&#8217;s about to start her senior year in high school.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Yeah, so why would you want to move\u00a0\u00a0 halfway around the world from your son,\u00a0\u00a0 who you just finally got back?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Dad, I&#8217;m still figuring things out.\u00a0\u00a0 I mean, this is all still so new.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Understood, and I don&#8217;t mean to press you.\u00a0\u00a0 Look, all I&#8217;m&#8211; all I&#8217;m saying, son,\u00a0\u00a0 is that there are decisions to be made here.\u00a0\u00a0 And I think a good start would be talking to Nicole.\u00a0\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[light music]<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[sighs]\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Look, Leo, if you&#8217;re worried about testifying against EJ\u00a0\u00a0 because you&#8217;ll actually have to admit\u00a0\u00a0 that you were blackmailing EJ and Sloan,\u00a0\u00a0 then I will talk to Rafe, OK?\u00a0\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know who will be prosecuting the case,\u00a0\u00a0 but I&#8217;m sure there&#8217;s a way to get you immunity\u00a0\u00a0 in exchange for your testimony.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Maybe.\u00a0\u00a0 But that&#8217;s not why I don&#8217;t want to take the stand.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Are you afraid EJ would come after you?<\/p>\n<p>No, it&#8217;s not that either.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Well, if you&#8217;re not afraid of the law\u00a0\u00a0 and you&#8217;re not afraid of EJ, then what&#8217;s the problem?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211; I guess I just feel like&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0 hasn&#8217;t that guy suffered enough?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[scoffs]\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; He lost his kid. He&#8217;s losing his wife.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Because of his own actions.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Sort of.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211; What does that mean, sort of?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; It means&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0 wasn&#8217;t he gonna lose you both anyway?\u00a0\u00a0 I can only assume that that is why EJ kept quiet about Jude,\u00a0\u00a0 because he knew if the truth came out,\u00a0\u00a0 it would bring you and Eric closer together.\u00a0\u00a0 Now he&#8217;s got to watch his worst nightmare come true.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211; Stefano never gave up on you, did he,\u00a0\u00a0 no matter how many times he was reminded\u00a0\u00a0 that John was your one true love?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Well, I&#8217;m not sure that it was about me,\u00a0\u00a0 maybe just more about the desire to win.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[chuckles]\u00a0\u00a0 Mm.\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;ll admit that we DiMeras\u00a0\u00a0 don&#8217;t like to find ourselves with a losing hand.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; So then you just try to stack the deck.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[sighs]\u00a0\u00a0 OK.\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;ll admit that maybe my lying about Jude&#8217;s paternity\u00a0\u00a0 was about losing\u00a0\u00a0 and that I&#8217;ve been especially terrified of losing\u00a0\u00a0 because of the years I lost after the accident\u00a0\u00a0 and because I lost Samantha and the life we shared&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>And that I went over the top in my effort\u00a0\u00a0 because of my desperation to not lose Nicole,\u00a0\u00a0 whom I do truly love.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>But that&#8217;s all moot now, isn&#8217;t it?\u00a0\u00a0 Truth is out. Nicole&#8217;s divorcing me.\u00a0\u00a0 She and Eric now have their son back, and,\u00a0\u00a0 well, I have nothing.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211; I don&#8217;t feel sorry for you.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Just stating a fact.\u00a0\u00a0 And as far as you&#8217;re concerned,\u00a0\u00a0 well, I&#8217;ve got my comeuppance,\u00a0\u00a0 and hey, all is right in the world.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Well, I&#8217;m so glad the truth is out.\u00a0\u00a0 And I&#8217;m so glad that Eric has his son.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>But as far as your comeuppance goes\u00a0\u00a0 and all&#8217;s right with the world,\u00a0\u00a0 because of the way you have hurt my family,\u00a0\u00a0 I can only hope that your suffering\u00a0\u00a0 has just begun.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[dramatic music]<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[laughs]<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re back from Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>What gave it away?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Did you have a good visit with Rex?<\/p>\n<p>I had a great visit with Rex and an even better return home.\u00a0\u00a0 I just ran into Eric and our grandson Jude.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; You heard the news.<\/p>\n<p>I heard the best news.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; It is the best, isn&#8217;t it? &#8211; Oh, my God.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, my gosh, I&#8217;m so happy.\u00a0\u00a0 And was Eric simply beaming?<\/p>\n<p>Oh, he was. He was.\u00a0\u00a0 I mean, our boy has waited for this for so long.\u00a0\u00a0 And to see Jude back in his arms again,\u00a0\u00a0 to say it did my heart good,\u00a0\u00a0 my God, that would be just a huge understatement.<\/p>\n<p>He deserves to be happy.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Yes, he does, and now I&#8217;m hoping\u00a0\u00a0 that there&#8217;s even more good news on the horizon\u00a0\u00a0 for Eric and his future happiness.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; You&#8217;re talking about Nicole.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Well, what do you think?\u00a0\u00a0 Think they got a chance to get back, work it out again?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Well, only time will tell.\u00a0\u00a0 But after the last few months,\u00a0\u00a0 I think we have reason to be hopeful.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[chuckles]<\/p>\n<p>[Jude cooing]\u00a0\u00a0 Ah, what do you think, cowboy, hmm?<\/p>\n<p>[Jude coos]\u00a0\u00a0 Your grandpa, he brought this back for you.\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s one of the best baby toys ever, right?<\/p>\n<p>[Jude cooing]\u00a0\u00a0 He&#8217;s a real wise man.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Think he was right about your mommy too.<\/p>\n<p>[Jude cooing]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[knock at door]<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[sighs]\u00a0\u00a0 I don&#8217;t understand why the courier\u00a0\u00a0 didn&#8217;t drop this off at my office.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[sighs]\u00a0\u00a0 Well, Marlena,\u00a0\u00a0 I guess my comeuppance is coming\u00a0\u00a0 faster than you thought.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[sighs]\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Excuse me. &#8211; Yes?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Aren&#8217;t you Lady Whistleblower?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Why, yes, I am.\u00a0\u00a0 Wait, I didn&#8217;t write anything bad about you, did I?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Not at all.\u00a0\u00a0 I love your column.\u00a0\u00a0 I read it every day.\u00a0\u00a0 People in this town are bat poop crazy, huh?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[chuckles] To say the least.\u00a0\u00a0 Well, it&#8217;s always so nice to meet a fan.\u00a0\u00a0 Are you a friend of Everett&#8217;s?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Everett?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Everett Lynch, my editor.\u00a0\u00a0 Isn&#8217;t that his room?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Yes, it is.\u00a0\u00a0 He and I go way back.\u00a0\u00a0 Nice meeting you.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Wait, don&#8217;t&#8211;don&#8217;t you want an autograph?\u00a0\u00a0 Selfie?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you.\u00a0\u00a0 Just make sure you put a rush on those results.\u00a0\u00a0 This is for Commissioner Hernandez.\u00a0\u00a0 Forensics should have something for us soon, OK?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Feels like he&#8217;s been in surgery forever.<\/p>\n<p>I know.\u00a0\u00a0 Kayla, is there any update?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Is Rafe out of surgery?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; There&#8217;s been a complication.\u00a0\u00a0 Rafe has a pulmonary embolism, a clot to the lung.\u00a0\u00a0 The surgeons have worked to remove it,\u00a0\u00a0 but I&#8217;m afraid he&#8217;s slipped into a coma.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[sobbing]<\/p>\n<p>Oh, my God.<\/p>\n<p>I need to get back there.\u00a0\u00a0 I will get back to you, but pray for him, OK?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Yeah.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>It&#8217;s gonna be OK. 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