{"id":58169,"date":"2024-07-18T15:34:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T20:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/?p=58169"},"modified":"2024-07-25T23:42:48","modified_gmt":"2024-07-26T04:42:48","slug":"days-transcript-thursday-july-18-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/18\/days-transcript-thursday-july-18-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Days Transcript Thursday, July 18, 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><i>[jazzy music]<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Leo, come on, babe.\u00a0\u00a0 You&#8217;ve gotta come up with something.\u00a0\u00a0 Think of your fans, your Little Whistles\u00a0\u00a0 or whatever they&#8217;re called, foaming at the mouth,\u00a0\u00a0 waiting for their daily hit of titillating gossip.\u00a0\u00a0 Fans like that woman who was waiting outside\u00a0\u00a0 of Everett&#8217;s room.\u00a0\u00a0 She was an odd bird, wasn&#8217;t she?<\/p>\n<p>[knocking on door]\u00a0\u00a0 Who is it?<\/p>\n<p>Bonnie Kiriakis.<\/p>\n<p>[door clicks open]<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of odd birds.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry.\u00a0\u00a0 Old habits die hard.<\/p>\n<p>Hello, Bonnie. To what do I owe the pleasure?<\/p>\n<p>Well, I thought Lady Whistleblower\u00a0\u00a0 just might be interested in the story of a century.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[panting]\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; What&#8217;s going on here?<\/p>\n<p>Well, what does it look like?\u00a0\u00a0 Getting all pumped up for the big event tonight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[laughs]\u00a0\u00a0 Big event?\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;m very confused.\u00a0\u00a0 Are you preparing for a wrestling match?<\/p>\n<p>[gasps]\u00a0\u00a0 Is El Er\u00f3tico coming out of retirement?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; No, no, no, no, no.\u00a0\u00a0 Tonight I&#8211;I&#8217;m marrying the most beautiful woman\u00a0\u00a0 in the entire world.<\/p>\n<p>Margot Robbie.\u00a0\u00a0 Ana de Armas?<\/p>\n<p>Wrong on both counts.<\/p>\n<p>Hmm.<\/p>\n<p>The woman I&#8217;m marrying&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Mm-hmm.<\/p>\n<p>Is none other than Dr. Sarah Horton.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, her?\u00a0\u00a0 Yeah, she&#8217;s all right, I suppose.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; She&#8217;s a bit more than all right.\u00a0\u00a0 She&#8217;s absolutely perfect.\u00a0\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[sweet music]<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Listen, I am elated we were able to lock in this deal.\u00a0\u00a0 Seriously. And according to the forecast,\u00a0\u00a0 Q and Q of this year are looking very profitable.\u00a0\u00a0 Agreed.\u00a0\u00a0 Yeah, so now that we&#8217;ve got that all taken care of,\u00a0\u00a0 I am gonna go ahead and get ready for my wedding now.\u00a0\u00a0 I appreciate the well wishes.\u00a0\u00a0 Thank you. Take care.<\/p>\n<p>[knocking on door]\u00a0\u00a0 Come on in.<\/p>\n<p>Hey. &#8211; Hey.<\/p>\n<p>I just came by to see if you were ready for your big day.<\/p>\n<p>Getting there.\u00a0\u00a0 I just need to shower and change.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, and I won&#8217;t keep you.\u00a0\u00a0 But there is something that I need to say.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Theresa, don&#8217;t you think it&#8217;s a little late in the game\u00a0\u00a0 to have Tate come to your wedding?\u00a0\u00a0 I mean, uh, the lacrosse camp is in&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Yeah, I know, it&#8217;s in upstate New York.\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;m well aware. Flight&#8217;s only a couple of hours away.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Yeah, but it&#8217;s&#8211; it&#8217;s summertime.\u00a0\u00a0 I mean, the likelihood of finding a flight, there&#8217;s the&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 the direct flights are gonna be sold out by now.<\/p>\n<p>Well, then I&#8217;ll have Alex send the Titan jet.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8211;you&#8217;re gonna&#8211; you&#8217;re gonna have the Titan jet\u00a0\u00a0 pick our kid up at summer camp?\u00a0\u00a0 You don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s kind of extravagant?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; No, not for the future heir to the Kiriakis fortune.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Ah.\u00a0\u00a0 I forgot you were marrying Jay Gatsby.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[laughs mockingly] You know what?\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;m gonna call that camp myself, actually.\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;m gonna tell them to get ready\u00a0\u00a0 because I&#8217;m sending a charter jet over there\u00a0\u00a0 to pick up one of their campers.<\/p>\n<p>[birds calling]<\/p>\n<p>[knocking on door]<\/p>\n<p>Oh, my God.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Who is that?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; I don&#8217;t know.\u00a0\u00a0 Just be quiet, and maybe they&#8217;ll go away.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Tate, Holly, I know you&#8217;re both in there.\u00a0\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[tense music]<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>And you two are so busted.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211; Sophia?\u00a0\u00a0 What are you doing here?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[sighs] I hope you two have enjoyed your little staycation\u00a0\u00a0 because it&#8217;s all about to come to an end.\u00a0\u00a0 <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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Listen, you&#8217;re not gonna talk me out of marrying Theresa.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; No, no.\u00a0\u00a0 She signed the prenup. End of story.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Okay, good.\u00a0\u00a0 Because I don&#8217;t want to fight with you, Justin.\u00a0\u00a0 Not today.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Believe me, Alex,\u00a0\u00a0 I don&#8217;t want to fight with you either.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Good.\u00a0\u00a0 Well, then if you&#8217;re here not to warn me about Theresa,\u00a0\u00a0 what&#8217;d you come here to say?<\/p>\n<p>If it&#8217;s all right with you,\u00a0\u00a0 I would like to perform your wedding ceremony.\u00a0\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[gentle music]<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Theresa, Theresa. No, no, no, no.<\/p>\n<p>What are you doing?<\/p>\n<p>Let our son&#8211;just let him be.\u00a0\u00a0 Let him get settled into camp.\u00a0\u00a0 Let him make some friends.<\/p>\n<p>His mother is getting married.\u00a0\u00a0 You don&#8217;t think he wants to be there?<\/p>\n<p>Theresa, I think you&#8217;re just overestimating\u00a0\u00a0 a teenager&#8217;s interest in weddings in general.\u00a0\u00a0 Look. Look at the time. Look.\u00a0\u00a0 There&#8217;s no way you&#8217;re gonna get the jet fueled\u00a0\u00a0 and prepared to go.\u00a0\u00a0 And you&#8217;re gonna run out of time.\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s not gonna work. I&#8217;m sorry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[sighs]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[sighs]<\/p>\n<p>I suppose you&#8217;re right.<\/p>\n<p>[clicks tongue] Damn it.\u00a0\u00a0 I really wanted him to be there.<\/p>\n<p>Theresa, all right. I&#8217;ll send him a bunch of videos\u00a0\u00a0 from the ceremony, okay?\u00a0\u00a0 Why do you have that look on your face?\u00a0\u00a0 What?<\/p>\n<p>Because I just&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 ugh, I can&#8217;t help but just think\u00a0\u00a0 this is all Holly&#8217;s fault, you know?\u00a0\u00a0 Because if she would have just kept her distance from Tate,\u00a0\u00a0 we wouldn&#8217;t have had to send him off for the summer.<\/p>\n<p>[scoffs, sniffs]\u00a0\u00a0 But at least now we know that he&#8217;s not in her clutches.<\/p>\n<p>You know, I thought this place would be harder to find.\u00a0\u00a0 But, oh, the wonders of GPS. You should hear mine.\u00a0\u00a0 I programmed it to have this, like, cute English accent, so.<\/p>\n<p>Sophia, how&#8211;how did you even know that we were here?<\/p>\n<p>Oh, I spotted you two lovebirds scuttling off\u00a0\u00a0 into the park on the th of July.<\/p>\n<p>Wait, you followed us?<\/p>\n<p>And overheard you plotting to trick your parents\u00a0\u00a0 into believing that Tate had gone away\u00a0\u00a0 to lacrosse camp for the summer.\u00a0\u00a0 But I&#8217;m looking around,\u00a0\u00a0 and I don&#8217;t see a lacrosse stick anywhere.<\/p>\n<p>[gasps] Oh, that&#8217;s right.\u00a0\u00a0 You sent Aaron in your place, didn&#8217;t you?\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;ll admit, that was a pretty slick move.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, Sophia.\u00a0\u00a0 Look, I can explain this to you.\u00a0\u00a0 And I think you should just listen before you&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>I do wonder, though, Tate,\u00a0\u00a0 what would your parents say if they knew you weren&#8217;t there?\u00a0\u00a0 Because I bet they&#8217;d freak, hmm?\u00a0\u00a0 What do you think?\u00a0\u00a0 Should we call them?\u00a0\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[tense music]<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sophia, wait. Please.\u00a0\u00a0 You can&#8217;t tell our parents about this.<\/p>\n<p>Of course I can.\u00a0\u00a0 In fact, when I ran into Tate&#8217;s mom\u00a0\u00a0 in the square earlier, I nearly did.<\/p>\n<p>Whoa. What do you mean, &#8220;You nearly did&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, well, we were chatting,\u00a0\u00a0 and it was on the tip of my tongue.\u00a0\u00a0 But then I changed my mind.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, thank God.\u00a0\u00a0 Sophia, thank you for not saying anything.\u00a0\u00a0 And look, I get that you&#8217;re angry with me,\u00a0\u00a0 but we&#8217;re still best friends, right?<\/p>\n<p>Best friends?<\/p>\n<p>[scoffs] Wow, okay.\u00a0\u00a0 I think the best-friend ship set sail\u00a0\u00a0 when you became a backstabbing bitch.\u00a0\u00a0 No, the real reason I didn&#8217;t say anything\u00a0\u00a0 to Tate&#8217;s mom is because she&#8217;s&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 drumroll, please&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 She&#8217;s getting married.\u00a0\u00a0 Tonight.\u00a0\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[tense music]<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Theresa, come on.\u00a0\u00a0 We can&#8217;t put all the blame on Holly, all right?\u00a0\u00a0 Number one, she&#8217;s a kid.\u00a0\u00a0 Number two, our son did go out of his way\u00a0\u00a0 to lie to our faces and go behind our back.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t get it, Brady.\u00a0\u00a0 I have known girls like Holly all my life.\u00a0\u00a0 You see, they have this little hobby\u00a0\u00a0 that they have where they&#8211; they like to manipulate\u00a0\u00a0 the nicest-looking guy\u00a0\u00a0 into doing whatever they want for them.<\/p>\n<p>Ooh, okay. Yeah.\u00a0\u00a0 Sounds like someone I know.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Hey. Hey.\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s my wedding day. Be nice.\u00a0\u00a0 Okay? &#8211; Mm-kay.<\/p>\n<p>And though it&#8217;s not my first wedding, obviously,\u00a0\u00a0 it is my first proper ceremony, so&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Proper ceremony.\u00a0\u00a0 both: Yeah. &#8211; Well, you might have\u00a0\u00a0 a proper ceremony, but it&#8217;s not gonna be\u00a0\u00a0 as cool as the one we had.\u00a0\u00a0 You remember that little Vegas chapel, right?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[chuckles] Yeah.\u00a0\u00a0 Yeah, that was cool. &#8211; Yeah, it was.\u00a0\u00a0 Although I don&#8217;t remember everything,\u00a0\u00a0 every moment, because I was&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 I was high as a kite, if I recall.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah.\u00a0\u00a0 I may have taken advantage of the situation just a little.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah.\u00a0\u00a0 You mean, like&#8211;like if a girl would manipulate a boy\u00a0\u00a0 into getting whatever she wants kind of thing?<\/p>\n<p>Okay. All right. Point taken.\u00a0\u00a0 I got it, Brady.<\/p>\n<p>Yep.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[laughs]\u00a0\u00a0 In hindsight, it was more of a scheme than a wedding.<\/p>\n<p>Mm.<\/p>\n<p>You know, to me, the, um,\u00a0\u00a0 actual wedding was&#8230; the unofficial one.\u00a0\u00a0 You remember that?<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, um&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Upstairs, in your bedroom.<\/p>\n<p>I remember that one very well, yeah.<\/p>\n<p>It was like for one shining moment,\u00a0\u00a0 the stars were all aligned, and we were actually happy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[laughs]<\/p>\n<p>[sighs]\u00a0\u00a0 Shame that didn&#8217;t last.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[laughs sadly]\u00a0\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[wistful music]<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211; You want to officiate my wedding?<\/p>\n<p>I was talking to Maggie.\u00a0\u00a0 Xander and Sarah asked her to officiate their ceremony.\u00a0\u00a0 And since it&#8217;s a double wedding,\u00a0\u00a0 I thought I would take one of the ceremonies off her hands.<\/p>\n<p>Now, why would you want to marry Theresa and me,\u00a0\u00a0 when deep down you know, or think you know,\u00a0\u00a0 that I&#8217;m making this big mistake?\u00a0\u00a0 Unless this was some kind of a trick.<\/p>\n<p>You know what? I&#8217;m looking at this list,\u00a0\u00a0 and I have barely checked off any of these boxes.\u00a0\u00a0 We have so much to do before this ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Well, make Alex and Theresa do it.\u00a0\u00a0 They&#8217;re the ones that are horning in on our wedding.<\/p>\n<p>You having second thoughts about sharing our big day?<\/p>\n<p>Well, I mean, I know it&#8217;s too late to back out now.\u00a0\u00a0 But if I&#8217;m being honest,\u00a0\u00a0 and especially since we&#8217;ve been through a lot\u00a0\u00a0 to get here, Sarah,\u00a0\u00a0 yeah, I&#8217;d prefer the day be all about us.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Well, it&#8217;s like you said.\u00a0\u00a0 It is too late to back out now.\u00a0\u00a0 But as we&#8217;ve talked about,\u00a0\u00a0 it&#8217;d be really nice if this brought your family together.<\/p>\n<p>Sure. Yeah.\u00a0\u00a0 I mean, that&#8217;s all well and good.\u00a0\u00a0 As long as the young scion pays for his half of it.\u00a0\u00a0 I mean, really.\u00a0\u00a0 He should probably pick up the whole bill.\u00a0\u00a0 Don&#8217;t you think? Considering.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Considering what, that he inherited all that money,\u00a0\u00a0 and now he&#8217;s rolling in it?<\/p>\n<p>[laughs] Are we a little bit jealous?<\/p>\n<p>No, I&#8217;m not jealous.\u00a0\u00a0 I mean, it&#8217;s like I told you.\u00a0\u00a0 Having tons of money is&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 it&#8217;s no longer my goal in life.\u00a0\u00a0 I just&#8211;I want to make a good, honest living,\u00a0\u00a0 make my wife and my daughter proud of me.\u00a0\u00a0 And look how lucky I am,\u00a0\u00a0 marrying the woman of my dreams, again.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[laughs]<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s all that matters.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m very lucky too.\u00a0\u00a0 I get to marry the man of my dreams,\u00a0\u00a0 who manages to be sexy and loving\u00a0\u00a0 and goofy all at the same time.<\/p>\n<p>Just had to throw &#8220;goofy&#8221; in there, huh?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s my favorite thing.<\/p>\n<p>You know, I&#8217;m gonna dig into the storage and find\u00a0\u00a0 that Lucha libre mask,\u00a0\u00a0 and I&#8217;m gonna bring back El Er\u00f3tico\u00a0\u00a0 just to remind you how macho and suave I can be.<\/p>\n<p>Mm.\u00a0\u00a0 I mean, I think you can accomplish that\u00a0\u00a0 without any mask at all.\u00a0\u00a0 But maybe.<\/p>\n<p>[laughs]<\/p>\n<p>A double wedding?\u00a0\u00a0 That&#8217;s the story of the century?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Well, they don&#8217;t happen every day, you know.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; True.\u00a0\u00a0 But just the idea that Lady Whistleblower\u00a0\u00a0 would betray her readership with a story\u00a0\u00a0 so overly sentimental as a double snoozefest&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sorry, but didn&#8217;t you have one?\u00a0\u00a0 A double wedding, I mean.<\/p>\n<p>Did I?\u00a0\u00a0 Must have repressed that memory.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Oh, you couldn&#8217;t have.\u00a0\u00a0 Not possible.\u00a0\u00a0 It was Xander and Gwen\u00a0\u00a0 and you and Nancy Wesley&#8217;s ex-husband, Craig.\u00a0\u00a0 And just as the wedding ceremony was getting going,\u00a0\u00a0 that drag queen crashed the hell out of it\u00a0\u00a0 and told everyone that you were marrying Craig for his money.\u00a0\u00a0 Mm, mm.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; God, that wedding was more camp than a row of tents.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[snorts] &#8211; Thank you for bringing up\u00a0\u00a0 that shameful and humiliating time in my life,\u00a0\u00a0 for which I hope you don&#8217;t judge me\u00a0\u00a0 because I&#8217;m in very serious therapy now,\u00a0\u00a0 working \/ towards becoming a more honorable\u00a0\u00a0 and substantial person and less of that shallow\u00a0\u00a0 and manipulative dirtbag that I was.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, Leo, I do not judge, especially since I&#8217;ve been\u00a0\u00a0 that shallow, manipulative dirtbag myself, truth be told.\u00a0\u00a0 Anyhoo, this wedding will not have the drama\u00a0\u00a0 of that wedding&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 at least not the drag queen part.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Not the&#8211;well, if not the drag queen part,\u00a0\u00a0 then what part will this wedding have,\u00a0\u00a0 Ms. Bonnie Kiriakis, whose very expressive punim\u00a0\u00a0 is giving her away right now?\u00a0\u00a0 The marrying-for-the-money part?<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, I just&#8211;I think I&#8217;ve said too much.<\/p>\n<p>Wait, wait, wait. I&#8217;ve got it.\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s Theresa Donovan, isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>[gasps]\u00a0\u00a0 Are you saying what I think you&#8217;re saying?\u00a0\u00a0 That she&#8217;s only marrying that minted hunk Alex\u00a0\u00a0 because he&#8217;s the heir to the Kiriakis fortune?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[humming strangely]<\/p>\n<p>Look, I don&#8217;t know much of anything and I just&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>I knew I was right about Theresa.\u00a0\u00a0 That lying little minx! Okay, Bonnie. Spill the tea.\u00a0\u00a0 I want the who, the what, the when, the where, and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Okay.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the last one is.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, okay, fine! Fine.\u00a0\u00a0 There have been some concerns\u00a0\u00a0 about Theresa&#8217;s motives for marrying Alex.\u00a0\u00a0 But please, I beg you,\u00a0\u00a0 you cannot put that in your column.<\/p>\n<p>Ugh. Fine.\u00a0\u00a0 Though I could really use the content.\u00a0\u00a0 My last column was a profile\u00a0\u00a0 on this Canadian expat, gorgeous trainer\u00a0\u00a0 who adopted this doe-eyed Siamese little cat.<\/p>\n<p>Aww.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it.\u00a0\u00a0 That was the story. I thought he was gay,\u00a0\u00a0 possibly into me, but it turned out&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Okay, okay. I get it. You need content.\u00a0\u00a0 But you have to understand, Alex is family,\u00a0\u00a0 and Theresa is soon to be.<\/p>\n<p>Okay, fine.\u00a0\u00a0 Kinda like that lying little minx anyway.\u00a0\u00a0 She reminds me of my former BFF.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, you mean G&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>My beautiful Gwennie, yeah.\u00a0\u00a0 Yeah, whom I betrayed,\u00a0\u00a0 who now hates me with a vengeance, so.<\/p>\n<p>[breathes deeply]\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[clears throat]\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[inhales] &#8211; What are you doing?<\/p>\n<p>Well, though I haven&#8217;t talked to my therapist,\u00a0\u00a0 Dr. Evans, but I plan to,\u00a0\u00a0 I read in &#8220;Stop Kvetching and Get a Life&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 that when you&#8217;re having terrible guilt\u00a0\u00a0 for having ruined a friendship,\u00a0\u00a0 you should inhale the shame&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[inhales deeply]\u00a0\u00a0 Exhale the serenity.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Is it working?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; No. &#8211; Oh.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, although I don&#8217;t blame Theresa\u00a0\u00a0 for wanting Alex&#8217;s fortune and all that it can offer her,\u00a0\u00a0 I would marry that beefcake if all he had was a Styrofoam cup\u00a0\u00a0 with some loose change in it.\u00a0\u00a0 I mean, between him and Xander, every day is like a dry run\u00a0\u00a0 for another &#8220;Magic Mike,&#8221; right?<\/p>\n<p>I think we may have done this out of order, Mr. Kiriakis.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, well.\u00a0\u00a0 I thought it was pretty perfect, to be honest.\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;m just hoping that it&#8217;s not bad luck,\u00a0\u00a0 you know, for the bride and groom\u00a0\u00a0 to see each other before they walk down the aisle together\u00a0\u00a0 and maybe a little bit more than see each other.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[laughs]\u00a0\u00a0 I think you and I have had our share of bad luck.\u00a0\u00a0 So I say no more worrying.<\/p>\n<p>What? You mean like that time right before\u00a0\u00a0 one of our other weddings, when Kristen stuffed you\u00a0\u00a0 into a bloody trunk and shipped you off to a deserted island?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Yeah, that one&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 or when you were falsely imprisoned for a murder\u00a0\u00a0 that you didn&#8217;t commit.\u00a0\u00a0 Yeah, I think, uh, the list goes on and on\u00a0\u00a0 and on and on and on and on.\u00a0\u00a0 But that&#8217;s all in the past.\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s gonna be clear skies from now on.\u00a0\u00a0 You&#8217;ll see.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; A trick?\u00a0\u00a0 You think I&#8217;m trying to trick you?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[scoffs] I mean, didn&#8217;t you do exactly that\u00a0\u00a0 with Konstantin and Maggie?\u00a0\u00a0 I mean, I wouldn&#8217;t be the least bit surprised if,\u00a0\u00a0 you know, mid-ceremony you burst out of your seat,\u00a0\u00a0 and you accuse Theresa of embezzling money from Titan.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; You can&#8217;t be serious.\u00a0\u00a0 You know damn well why it went down the way it did\u00a0\u00a0 with Konstantin and Maggie!\u00a0\u00a0 And for you to not trust me because of that&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Oh, okay.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[exhales] &#8211; Okay. Fine.\u00a0\u00a0 I am&#8211;I&#8217;m sorry for making that analogy or whatever.\u00a0\u00a0 But can you really blame me, Justin?\u00a0\u00a0 You&#8217;ve given me a whole lot of pushback about Theresa.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[sighs]\u00a0\u00a0 I can assure you, Alex, I have no ulterior motives.\u00a0\u00a0 I just thought it&#8217;d be nice.\u00a0\u00a0 That&#8217;s all.\u00a0\u00a0 I may not be the father of the groom,\u00a0\u00a0 but I just want to be a part of your special day&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 but not if it doesn&#8217;t work for you.\u00a0\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[gentle music]<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211; Actually, it does work for me.\u00a0\u00a0 And I am sorry for accusing you of ulterior motives.\u00a0\u00a0 I really am.<\/p>\n<p>Apology accepted.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; But I am gonna have to ask Theresa first, obviously.\u00a0\u00a0 I don&#8217;t think she&#8217;s gonna have a problem with it, but still.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Okay.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Okay? &#8211; All right.\u00a0\u00a0 Well, I&#8217;ll go start preparing my script for the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>All right.\u00a0\u00a0 Justin&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0 thank you.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[laughs]<\/p>\n<p>Sort of been our problem, hasn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>Hmm?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; We get together, and we&#8217;re&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 we&#8217;re good for a while, and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[laughs] Can&#8217;t seem to make it last.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, yeah.\u00a0\u00a0 Why do you think that is?<\/p>\n<p>Hmm.\u00a0\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know.\u00a0\u00a0 I would say it&#8217;s probably my fault.\u00a0\u00a0 I think I screw up a lot.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, that&#8217;s been&#8211;no, that&#8217;s&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 you can&#8217;t take all the blame.\u00a0\u00a0 I was so stubborn, so stubborn.\u00a0\u00a0 Most of the time. Almost all the time.\u00a0\u00a0 Also pretty unforgiving.<\/p>\n<p>Okay. Yeah, you&#8217;re right.\u00a0\u00a0 We&#8217;re both at fault here.<\/p>\n<p>[both laugh]<\/p>\n<p>I just hope things are different with Alex, you know?<\/p>\n<p>Yeah.\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;m rooting for you, you know.\u00a0\u00a0 I am, for&#8211;for both of you.<\/p>\n<p>Really? You mean that?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; I do.\u00a0\u00a0 Despite everything, I just want you to be happy&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 truly.<\/p>\n<p>I want that for you too. You know that, Brady.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, at least one of us found true love, right?\u00a0\u00a0 You deserve it. You deserve it.\u00a0\u00a0 I mean that.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[exhales]<\/p>\n<p>I have to confess something to you.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211; I&#8211;I&#8217;m&#8211;I&#8217;m sorry.\u00a0\u00a0 My mother is getting married tonight?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Yeah, she was outside the bakery\u00a0\u00a0 going on about her wedding cake.\u00a0\u00a0 Wait.\u00a0\u00a0 You didn&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n<p>No, I mean, I knew my mom was engaged to Alex Kiriakis.\u00a0\u00a0 But no, I didn&#8217;t realize that the wedding was tonight.<\/p>\n<p>Well, it is.\u00a0\u00a0 And I didn&#8217;t want to spoil your mom&#8217;s special day\u00a0\u00a0 by telling her that her darling son is a big fat liar.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Oh, well, thank you.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; I&#8217;ll just tell her tomorrow instead.\u00a0\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[unsettling music]<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sophia, please.<\/p>\n<p>Like, pretty please with sugar on top?<\/p>\n<p>Seriously? Do you really wanna hurt us this badly?<\/p>\n<p>Well, yeah, that&#8217;s why I ratted you out the first time.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; What first time?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[scoffs] Hello.\u00a0\u00a0 How do you think Tate&#8217;s mom caught on to your plans\u00a0\u00a0 to sneak off on prom night?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Oh, my God.\u00a0\u00a0 You told her?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[scoffs] Oops. &#8211; Oh, my God, Sophia.\u00a0\u00a0 How could you do something so spiteful?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; I suppose the acute sense of betrayal I felt after you let\u00a0\u00a0 me, your so-called best friend, make a complete fool of myself\u00a0\u00a0 by asking Tate to the prom when, in fact,\u00a0\u00a0 you two were secretly seeing each other the whole time.\u00a0\u00a0 Yeah, that made telling her a whole lot easier.\u00a0\u00a0 Do you have any idea how humiliating that was?<\/p>\n<p>Sophia, look.\u00a0\u00a0 I-I had no intention of hurting you.\u00a0\u00a0 I thought that maybe you would just&#8211;you&#8217;d get with Aaron,\u00a0\u00a0 and then everyone would be happy.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Really, Tate?\u00a0\u00a0 Even though I have never, not once,\u00a0\u00a0 expressed interest in Aaron?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Okay. You know what? You&#8217;re right.\u00a0\u00a0 He screwed up royally, and I&#8217;ve been a terrible friend.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; We&#8217;re sorry.\u00a0\u00a0 We never should have lied to you.\u00a0\u00a0 We just&#8211;with everything that&#8217;s happened, you know,\u00a0\u00a0 we got so caught up in keeping this thing\u00a0\u00a0 between us a secret that&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 I don&#8217;t know&#8211; we didn&#8217;t think about\u00a0\u00a0 how it would affect other people.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Ugh, the groveling.<\/p>\n<p>What are you talking about? We&#8217;re apologizing.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; So I won&#8217;t snitch on you.\u00a0\u00a0 Because as we both know, the stakes are kind of high.<\/p>\n<p>No, that&#8217;s not&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[sighs]\u00a0\u00a0 Sophia, look, I&#8217;m sorry, okay?\u00a0\u00a0 I really am sorry.\u00a0\u00a0 But yeah, it&#8217;s true we don&#8217;t want you to tell our parents.\u00a0\u00a0 If you do, Tate&#8217;s probably gonna be shipped off\u00a0\u00a0 to military school, and we&#8217;ll never see each other again.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[inhales sharply] That sounds like a you problem.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Sophia, we have known each other\u00a0\u00a0 for a very, very long time.\u00a0\u00a0 If our friendship ever meant anything to you,\u00a0\u00a0 would you just please keep our secret?\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;ll do anything.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Anything?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; What is it you want to confess?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Well&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; What in the world is my gorgeous bride doing here?\u00a0\u00a0 Shouldn&#8217;t you be getting ready for the wedding?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Yeah, uh&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 um, I was just telling Brady here that, um,\u00a0\u00a0 despite our differences, I&#8217;m really happy that&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 that he&#8217;s coming to the wedding.\u00a0\u00a0 I mean, you are Tate&#8217;s father, after all.\u00a0\u00a0 And even if he can&#8217;t be there, I&#8217;m really glad that you can.<\/p>\n<p>Hey.\u00a0\u00a0 Um, I&#8217;ll see you two at the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, we&#8217;ll see you.<\/p>\n<p>[sighs] Mm.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; I should&#8211;I should probably get to Sarah&#8217;s now.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Oh, before you do, I wanted to run something by you.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; What? Did you, like, hire Ed Sheeran\u00a0\u00a0 to perform or something?\u00a0\u00a0 I know you&#8217;re a big-shot CEO.<\/p>\n<p>Uh, no.\u00a0\u00a0 Actually, Justin offered to officiate our wedding.\u00a0\u00a0 I wanted to see if you had any objections.<\/p>\n<p>No.\u00a0\u00a0 Of course not. That&#8217;s fine.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Okay, good. Good.\u00a0\u00a0 I just wanted to, you know, talk with you about it first.\u00a0\u00a0 So it wasn&#8217;t like the prenup all over again, you know?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Oh, yeah.\u00a0\u00a0 You learned your lesson, did you?<\/p>\n<p>I did.\u00a0\u00a0 Because I just wanna be the best husband\u00a0\u00a0 that I possibly can be for you because I love you,\u00a0\u00a0 and I can&#8217;t wait to spend the rest of my life with you.<\/p>\n<p>I feel exactly the same way.\u00a0\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[mysterious music]<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[sighs]\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Can you believe our precious little girl is still asleep?<\/p>\n<p>Good, she&#8217;ll be well rested for the ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>What have you got there?<\/p>\n<p>Just looking over our final guest list.<\/p>\n<p>I see my mom never got back to us.<\/p>\n<p>No.\u00a0\u00a0 I assume that she moved, and who knows where?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Or maybe she just doesn&#8217;t give a damn.<\/p>\n<p>Baby, I am so, so sorry\u00a0\u00a0 that I pressured you to reach out to her.\u00a0\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t&#8211;I didn&#8217;t mean to reopen old wounds.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s fine. I-I understand.\u00a0\u00a0 It was worth a shot, you know, for Victoria&#8217;s sake.<\/p>\n<p>Of course.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, honestly,\u00a0\u00a0 it&#8217;s probably just as well that she&#8217;s not coming.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Look, I&#8217;m sorry for wasting your time.\u00a0\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t realize a double wedding was,\u00a0\u00a0 as you say, a snoozefest.<\/p>\n<p>No, hold on, Bonnie. Wait, wait, wait.<\/p>\n<p>[sighs] Okay, look.\u00a0\u00a0 As vanilla as it is, four very straight,\u00a0\u00a0 very good-looking people getting married,\u00a0\u00a0 maybe we can find an intriguing angle here.<\/p>\n<p>Intriguing angle?\u00a0\u00a0 Like what?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Like, did anything scandalous happen\u00a0\u00a0 at the bachelor and\/or bachelorette party?\u00a0\u00a0 Something involving drugs, strippers?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; No, they skipped all that.<\/p>\n<p>Huh.\u00a0\u00a0 What about the ceremony?\u00a0\u00a0 Any inside details?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[gasps] They&#8217;re gonna have a chocolate fountain.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Well, that&#8217;s great.\u00a0\u00a0 Anything else?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Oh.<\/p>\n<p>[gasps] Well, actually&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>[sucks teeth]\u00a0\u00a0 There might be a surprise guest.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; A surprise guest, eh?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Mm.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Do tell.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Xander&#8217;s mother? &#8211; Mm-hmm.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; I didn&#8217;t know he had a mother.\u00a0\u00a0 I mean, I guess we all have mothers,\u00a0\u00a0 though I think of mine as a spiritual black hole.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Oh. Sorry to hear that. &#8211; It&#8217;s okay.\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;m learning that I&#8217;m eminently lovable despite all that.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Oh. I&#8217;m happy for you.\u00a0\u00a0 That&#8217;s good.\u00a0\u00a0 And yes, Xander certainly does have a mother,\u00a0\u00a0 and she might&#8211;might&#8211; key word being &#8220;might&#8221;&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 be coming to the wedding.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; And this is a surprise because?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Mm, she and Xander have been estranged for years.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Really? &#8211; Mm-hmm.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Why?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Probably because she had a drinking problem.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Oh, so she likes to wet her beak, eh? Go on.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Well, Sarah worked really hard to track her down,\u00a0\u00a0 and she finally got an address for her in Paris.\u00a0\u00a0 And she was all set to send her an invite.\u00a0\u00a0 And then I found the invite in the trash.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Really? &#8211; Mm-hmm.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Why would she throw it away?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; I think Theresa got in her head.\u00a0\u00a0 She kept discouraging her from sending Mama Cook an invite\u00a0\u00a0 and kept saying over and over again what a bad idea it was.<\/p>\n<p>[sighs]<\/p>\n<p>So then how did Mama Cook get the invite?\u00a0\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[tense music]<\/i>\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[giggles] &#8211; Bonnie, you didn&#8217;t!\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Guilty! &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[gasps]\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; I sent it.<\/p>\n<p>[laughs]\u00a0\u00a0 I figured Xander and Sarah would thank me later.<\/p>\n<p>[chuckles]\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; So they don&#8217;t know? You never told them?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Honey, a surprise is not a surprise if no one&#8217;s surprised!\u00a0\u00a0 Hello!<\/p>\n<p>[giggles]\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; You know, there is at least one potential positive\u00a0\u00a0 of my mom not attending. &#8211; Hmm?<\/p>\n<p>At least our open bar won&#8217;t get ransacked.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re terrible.<\/p>\n<p>Come on.\u00a0\u00a0 The woman&#8217;s skipping her own son&#8217;s wedding.\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;m allowed a few barbs.<\/p>\n<p>Okay.<\/p>\n<p>[rapping on door]\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Hi. &#8211; Hi.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[sighs]\u00a0\u00a0 Well?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Well what?<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t have anything to say?\u00a0\u00a0 Like, for instance, oh, I don&#8217;t know, uh,\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;Thank you for letting us join in on your wedding&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>Okay.\u00a0\u00a0 Thank you for letting us be part of your wedding.\u00a0\u00a0 We are eternally grateful.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; And you are eternally beholden.\u00a0\u00a0 Hey, I better go get ready.<\/p>\n<p>Okay.\u00a0\u00a0 I am so sorry about him.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, it&#8217;s okay.\u00a0\u00a0 And thank you, Sarah, for letting us crash your wedding.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s no problem.\u00a0\u00a0 I mean, in a few hours, we&#8217;re all gonna be family.<\/p>\n<p>Hmm.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; So what&#8217;s the word?\u00a0\u00a0 Have you run it by Theresa?<\/p>\n<p>I have.\u00a0\u00a0 We&#8217;d love to have you perform our ceremony.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Oh.\u00a0\u00a0 Well, that&#8217;s great.\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;m very happy, Alex.<\/p>\n<p>Me too.\u00a0\u00a0 I know how much family meant to my father,\u00a0\u00a0 and I know this is what he&#8217;d want.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Look, I don&#8217;t mean to speak ill of the dead,\u00a0\u00a0 but I really don&#8217;t give a damn what Victor would have wanted.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; I will consider keeping your little secret,\u00a0\u00a0 but I want something in return.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Sure. Anything.\u00a0\u00a0 Just name it.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Well, I figure since Aaron took Tate&#8217;s place\u00a0\u00a0 at lacrosse camp,\u00a0\u00a0 it&#8217;s only fair that you take mine.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Wait, you&#8217;re going to camp?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Not exactly.\u00a0\u00a0 My parents are making me get one of those pesky J-O-Bs,\u00a0\u00a0 waiting tables at the Bistro.\u00a0\u00a0 What do you think, Holls?\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;m sure Stefan DiMera won&#8217;t mind\u00a0\u00a0 if I give up my spot to you,\u00a0\u00a0 though there is one small stipulation.\u00a0\u00a0 I collect every last cent of your paycheck.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Sophia, if I work your job at the Bistro,\u00a0\u00a0 that means that I&#8217;ll never get to see Tate.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Sure you will, as soon as you get off work.\u00a0\u00a0 So what do you say?<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211; Ugh, I can&#8217;t believe\u00a0\u00a0 I have to work all summer at the Bistro.\u00a0\u00a0 I&#8217;m not even gonna see a single penny from it.<\/p>\n<p>Holly, no. No.\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s&#8211;I don&#8217;t want you to make such a big sacrifice.\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s not fair to you. I&#8217;ll just go to camp.\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s gonna be a couple of months.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; No. &#8211; Yeah.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; No way. &#8211; Holly, come on.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; &#8220;Come on&#8221; what, Tate?\u00a0\u00a0 Rather be doing what we&#8217;re doing now\u00a0\u00a0 than not see you at all.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; You sure?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Yes, I&#8217;m sure.\u00a0\u00a0 We&#8217;ll just have to make the most out of the time\u00a0\u00a0 we do have together.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Oh. Well, in that case&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Come here. &#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[chuckles]\u00a0\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[gentle music]<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[laughter]\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; &#8220;Lend me your ear, dear reader,\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;for &#8217;tis the summer of love here in Salem,\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;as two scorching-hot couples are about to tie the knot\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;in what promises to be the social event of the season.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;But let&#8217;s hope that this wedding has a happier ending\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;than the last Kiriakis nuptials,\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;a dumpster fire in which the would-be groom\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;was shot and killed.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;Not that anyone shed a tear, since the victim\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;of said shooting was responsible for the death\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;of the famously witty and intimidating family patriarch,\u00a0\u00a0 Victor Kiriakis.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; That man up there was a narcissist\u00a0\u00a0 of the highest order, a manipulative control freak.\u00a0\u00a0 To him, everything was a means to an end.\u00a0\u00a0 He could be cruel&#8211; &#8211; I didn&#8217;t think\u00a0\u00a0 that you were still so angry with him.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; How could I not be?\u00a0\u00a0 He robbed me of a son!\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Justin, I was never your son to begin with.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; And he should have never lied to me about it.\u00a0\u00a0 Or he shouldn&#8217;t have revealed the plot twist in his will.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; I don&#8217;t think it was a plot twist.\u00a0\u00a0 I think he was trying to make things right.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Make things right?\u00a0\u00a0 It was too late for that.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; I know it hurt you. I-I do. I get it, and I&#8217;m sorry.\u00a0\u00a0 But I don&#8217;t think you should be standing here\u00a0\u00a0 in my father&#8217;s house and dragging his name\u00a0\u00a0 through the mud when he&#8217;s not here to defend himself.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; What he did was indefensible.\u00a0\u00a0 And I for one don&#8217;t know how you can stand there\u00a0\u00a0 waxing sentimental about it!<\/p>\n<p>Because he was my father!<\/p>\n<p>So was I, damn it!\u00a0\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[tense music]<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>[sighs]\u00a0\u00a0 Don&#8217;t think about it.\u00a0\u00a0 You and Theresa? Come on.\u00a0\u00a0 You were never good for one another.\u00a0\u00a0 You were never good.\u00a0\u00a0 You were&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[mysterious music]<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[breathing heavily]\u00a0\u00a0 How are you gonna get through this wedding?\u00a0\u00a0 How you gonna&#8230;\u00a0\u00a0 <i><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>[ominous music]<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Come on.<\/p>\n<p>[bottle clinking]<\/p>\n<p>[sighs]\u00a0\u00a0 Aha.<\/p>\n<p>[sniffs]<\/p>\n<p>[groans]\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Hi. I hope I&#8217;m not late.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; No, come in. Come in. Come in.\u00a0\u00a0 We&#8217;re just getting started. &#8211; Oh, good.\u00a0\u00a0 Well, I be here bearing gifts.\u00a0\u00a0 I have everything from hairpins to Spandex to ibuprofen.\u00a0\u00a0 I got you girls covered.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; You are an angel.\u00a0\u00a0 Um, and the bouquets?\u00a0\u00a0 &#8211; Oh, damn. 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