Summary: The captives prepare to leave the island as Bo rescues Hope and Billie…Kate puts her plan into motion at Alice’s Bar…Celeste has visions and vibrations, which are driving Lexie crazy.

At Sami’s…Trick or Treaters arrive as Sami rushes to the door and admires their costumes. She asks them to put on their masks and (in her mind) they all look like Brandon and she slams the door on them (awww, poor kids). Lucas and Kate ask her what’s wrong and Kate asks her if it is Brandon. Lucas stands by Sami but Kate continues to talk about Brandon. She reminds Sami how Brandon always hosted a Halloween party for the sick children and that is why she is thinking of him. Kate suggests Lucas get Sami some herbal tea and as soon as he is out of ear shot, they argue. Kate accuses Sami of still being in love with Brandon which she denies, telling her to leave it alone and shut up about Brandon (Sami keeps seeing visions of him). Kate suggests that they go to Alice’s Bar to the party (Will is there) and have a good time. But Lucas says no, he has a job interview in the morning and needs his rest. Kate pumps Sami to go with her to the party, but Sami is suspicious.

At Lexie’s…Trick or Treaters are greeted by Brandon (as Eugenia lurks in the bushes). Lexie is worried about Brandon returning to Salem and running into Sami. She asks him if he still loves Sami and he admits that he will always lover her in some level. Celeste is playing with her crystals and sees fire. She says “Oh my God…Abraham is at the gates of Hell” (LOL). She says that many lives are in jeopardy. Brandon talks to Lexie about he and Sami had a connection, but Lexie just can’t understand it. But he says Sami loves Lucas now, she has moved on and so will he. Lexie worries about how Sami will react upon seeing Brandon. Brandon decides to go for a walk and as he is getting ready to leave, Eugenia slides a flyer under the door about a the fund-raising Halloween party at Alice’s and he decides to go. Later, Lexie is upset with her mother over the psychic stuff and she is tired of hearing it. She turns on the TV where they are talking about a volcano in the Caribbean ready to erupt. Celeste (who must be in control of the Salem brain) has a light bulb moment and figures out THAT is where they all are. She convinces Lexie to call the police but they think she is nuts. Lexie can’t believe she is listening to her mom and that she is driving her crazy. But it is Celeste who says SHE is going crazy because she knows where they all are and no one will listen to her. Lexie decides she is going out and asks her mom to watch the kids (we find out that they also have charge of Zack). Celeste agrees, but is a nervous wreck about Abe and the others.

At Alice’s Bar…Will is there and sees Brandon arrive, wondering why he is there. He worries that he and his mom will get back together. He puts on his mask and calls his grandpa to come and pick him up. Meanwhile, Brandon and Bonnie talk at the bar as she is her usual nosey self, asking all kinds of questions about him and Sami. Eugenia arrives and calls Kate to give her an update. Bonnie advises Brandon to go after Sami if he still loves her (and WHY does she care about this?). Anyway, they are going to have some kind of charity dance and Bonnie announces it. Eugenia drags Brandon away, telling him she has the perfect costume for him. Meanwhile Sami and Kate arrive outside, Sami still leery of Kate’s motives. Kate says she is only trying to get along with Sami for Lucas and Roman’s sakes. They go in (still bickering) as Eugenia has the perfect costume for Sami as well. The music starts and the dancers are supposed to match numbers on their costumes. Sami (wearing what looks like a black shawl and mask) has #13 (as she comments is just her luck). She and Brandon match up numbers on the dance floor as Kate and Eugenia watch. Meanwhile, Will returns home, to find out where his mom went and he worries.

On the Island…Hope helps Billie up as they are surrounded by lava. Bo returns as things are shaking and erupting. He gets a tree trunk and tries to get to them as they yell at him to go back. But he is determined and finds a vine and swings over to them. All three of them hang on to the vine to swing back but it breaks. Later, Abe and Roman are searching for them (at the urging of Caroline and Doug…see below), but come up empty. They don’t want to call off their search, but they are afraid the others will be in danger if they wait any longer.

On the Docks … Marlena and the others are packing up to leave. Patrick is trying to explain his involvement, saying that Tony gave him no choice. John says they will never know the truth, for Tony is a dead man. But back at the compound, Bart is working on Tony’s leg, stitching him up. Tony calls himself “the TRUE Phoenix”. Back on the docks, Caroline corners Nicole and tells her as soon as they get home, she is going to jail for what she has done to Victor. Caroline and Brady watch and pray over Victor. Nicole tells Brady she doesn’t want to go back to Salem. We find out from Roman that Jack, Jenn, the baby and Cassie are on the speed boat (that Brady and Tek brought) waiting. We also learn that Tek has already help load up Maggie, Alice and Doug on one of the rafts as well and they are ready to go. Victor is waking up and mumbles to Brady about Nicole, but he can’t make out what he is saying. Patrick wants to go check on Jenn and the baby, but Abe stops him, telling him that Jack can take care of his family. John wants to know everything Patrick knows about the Dimeras later. Meanwhile back at the compound, Tony vows reveng on the people of Salem. Bart finds his briefcase and gets a good shock when he tries to open it. Tony says he will succeed where his father failed. Everyone is ready to go, but Bo, Hope and Bille aren’t there. Caroline and Doug refuse to leave without their children. About that time, Bo, Hope and Billie arrive, so everyone is accounted for so Roman tells them to start boarding the rafts. Tony and Bart round the corner as Marlena gasps “You’re alive”. Toney says “Surely you didn’t think I would be leaving my own party so soon did you?”…as the previews show…

Lexie (to Kate): I am guessing you are using Brandon to break up Sami and Lucas…

Sami: Why didn’t you tell me that you were back in town?…

Bo (to Billie): You’ve got to get that file you downloaded from Tony’s mainframe to the ISA. Watch for my signal, we will make our move then (as Hope and Marlena look frightened)…

Tony (to Bart): I want you to shoot and kill Patrick Lockhart NOW…

And the credits roll…

Laney

TUESDAY, November 2, 2004

Episode #9923
Tape Date - 9/30/04
Director – Roger Inman

Summary: Tony holds the remaining captives at gunpoint, the halloween party continues at Alice's, Mickey makes an announcement.

At Sami's.... Will remembers seeing Brandon at Alice's and warns Lucas they have to get Sami home. Lucas tries to explain to Will about his important job interview the next day being more important to their family than celebrating halloween..and once Sami realizes Will's left t he party, she'll come home too. The doorbell rings and Will rushes to it saying mom (like she'd ring the doorbell?) but it's only trick or treaters (wonder whose kids they are ;-). Will warns Lucas if they don't get to that party, he will lose Sami forever. They remember a year ago when Sami went to Will's school party and ended up walking around holding the knife like a dagger and scaring everyone. Lucas caves and agrees to only go to Alice's to get Sami so they can all be together for halloween.

The halloween party at Alice's continues....as Kate and Eugenia salivate as they watch Brandon and Sami (in their costumes) dance. She asks his name and they both admit being there alone. Both are clueless as to who each other are as Kate and Eugenia grow frustrated. We return to the costume contest as they applaud all the kids. Bonnie starts the dance contest as Sami and Prince Charming (Brandon) dance. Sami wonders why she's attracted to this stranger while in love with Lucas.

Julie and Mickey arrive and Julie reminds Bonnie it was a year ago tonight that Maggie was murdered. Bonnie understands and claims to have lit a candle at St. Luke's for Maggie. Julie mentions the big news about the island in the Caribbean that has a volcano about to blow and thankful no one is on the island. Bonnie mentions that's where Patrick was when his plane crashed and Mickey turns to comforting her. She still has hopes her son is alive. Julie mentions she lost her darling Doug, her sister, cousin, grandmother and her aunt a year ago (thata girl, one up her, haha) Privately Mickey tells Julie that Bonnie has made him realize that he is still alive and has a life to lead. He's mourned Maggie for a year, but has never been happier since Bonnie proposed. Pointing his finger at Julie, he vows to marry Bonnie whether Julie likes it or not. Later Bonnie tells Julie she and Mickey are celebrating tonight. Mickey warns Julie that he has something to say she won't like. Bonnie says she and Mickey are flying off to Las Vegas the next day to get married.

Bonnie addresses the party (just before Sami and Brandon introduce themselves). Bonnie starts the costume contest as Kate goes for a drink. She sees Lexie walk in. Lexie says Celeste is babysitting Zach and Theo. Kate brings up the exploding island and Lexie tells her about Celeste's vibes that all their loved ones are still alive. The only two non costumed attendees sit to chat about this at a table, asking if either of them has accepted the fact that their husbands are gone (both remembering their passionate times with Tek and John). Lexie looks for Brandon as Kate says this event is sponsored by Basic Black (while John's away she's donating BB $$ left and right). Lexie immediately spots Sami as the witch dancing with Brandon and tells Kate she knows about her generous offer to Brandon's organization. She goes and tells Sami there's a phone call in the office for her and Sami bids farewell to Prince Charming to get it. Will and Lucas arrive and ask Kate where Sami is. Kate spots Lexie talking to unmasked Brandon (after she asks him what he was doing dancing with Sami...now don't tell me he didn't recognize Sami's voice..paleeze!!) as he looks surprised. He remasks himself and agrees to leave, although not thinking there would be any harm in just talking to Sami. Sami walks out from the office (a quick shot of her walking where you can see she's pregnant) as she joins Kate, Will and Lucas. Will suggests his parents dance as Sami wonders who that masked man was, wondering if it was Brandon. She sees him walking out and chases after him and unmasks him outside.

On the bubbling island....
Tony and his only remaining guard Bart (LOL) join the remaining escapees. Bo whispers to John and Billie to get the others off the island, saying he might not make it. Tony threatens to blow them up as we have a flashback of Tony (with Stefano) detonating the blast. Tony mentions how someone in his operation screwed up the explosion and orders Bart to shoot Patrick (after Bart assures him it wasn't him, he can barely program his VCR). Bart hems and haws about shooting a man in cold blood, it gives him the willies (that should be a clue for the captives to RUN!!!) but of course they don't..they stand there and bicker. Bo tells Billie to listen for his signal and get out of there and get that disk to the ISA. John is tired of listening to Tony's tirade, but Marlena (not worrying about the island exploding) wants to hear more. Tony explains his has power to control the world in his briefcase (cue an earthquake).

Tony orders Bart to shoot Patrick and Bart shoots at the ground, scaring everyone. Marlena tells Tony this is not him, he isn't heartless. Tony firmly orders Bart to shoot Patrick again as Bart holds the end of the gun stead to aim it, haha. The women stand in front of Patrick and know Bart couldn't shoot a woman. Bart admits they're right and Tony grabs the gun. He knows they'll die anyway and smugly announces he'll best his father by ridding the world of them. Roman and Bo mock Tony's grandeur of ruler of the world, saying he'll be led by men in little white coats, haha. Tony says he'll control the tides with his technology that will evoke havoc. He also has virus' that will cripple the world's computers too. Tony tells John if he had remained true to Stefano, he could share in this. He tells Marlena the same if she had stayed by Stefano's side. Patrick rushes up and orders Tony to shoot him as Maggie rushes down there asking what's going on. It's enough distraction that Hope rushes up and grabs Tony's briefcase and holds it over the lava. Bo warns Tony what will happen to it if he doesn't comply. Tony curses Maggie for this. Maggie tells them she forgot her wedding ring and had to return for it (why did she take it off?) They order everyone to the rafts as Marlena refuses to leave without John. Patrick takes off with Billie and Maggie as the rest stay back of course. Tony holds the gun on Bo. Bo tells Hope to drop the case and she does so as Tony moans and slaps his head (he should have had a V8!) He goes to shoot Bo when a flare is shot in the sky and it startles him. The others rush him and get the gun, saying that's an all clear flare from the others to show they're safe. Tony holds his hands up and John tells him it's over. Tony says it's never over as the Dimera's never lose. We see something blinking in his hands. It's an untampered detonator and threatens to blow up everyone, including himself. (just shoot him John) Tony moans about all his hard work and plans are gone, except for being able to kill them all. Marlena pleads with him to let them help him back in Salem. He tells her she has enough time to say goodbye to her loved one and ponders who Marlena's loved one is, John or Roman...as the volcano rumbles (yawn) and he says there won't be enough time to figure that out as he goes to push the detonator...as the previews roll...

Sami tells herself she knows that was Brandon that she was dancing with and out loud, says where did he go??? Lucas walks up asking where did who go???

Victor tells Nicole that he'll tell everyone in Salem how she ordered Jan Spears to kill him. Brady walks up asking if someone can tell him what the hell is going on here...

Roman holds onto Marlena, saying John told them not to go after him. Marlena knows John's in danger. We see John asking Tony where this place is and Tony holds something saying this is the place where he's going to kill John in cold blood....

as the credits roll...

Linda

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, 2004

Episode #9924
Tape date – 10/1/04
Director – Herb Stein

Lots of action as the last of the islanders do their best to get off the island, while back in Salem, Will confronts Sami & Bonnie gives Mimi some motherly(?) advice.

THE HALLOWEEN PARTY continues at Alice’s Bar as Bonnie confides in Max about her plans for her future. (LOL, that dog is sooooo cute!). Meanwhile, Mimi is dreaming (in a flashback) of Jan threatening her, wakes up, and decides to go see her mom. She leaves a note for Rex, who finds it when he awakes, and follows her. When Mimi arrives, Bonnie tells her of her plans for a Vegas wedding the next day, & Mimi is happy for her. Mimi tells her mom about Jan blackmailing her, & Bonnie is furious, offering to pay her off, but Meems explains about Jan only wanting Shawn, the shredding of the uniform, etc. Bonnie tells Mimi to tell Rex…..Mimi refuses. Bonnie goes on about Mimi going after Shawn now….but Mimi is insistent that Rex is her only true love, and she is terrified of losing him. Rex comes up, hearing this, asking why? Bonnie pulls Mimi aside, telling her to tell Rex all… right now, and his reaction will tell her what kind of man he is. Mimi refuses, so Bonnie claims she will, and goes up to Rex, saying there is something he should know.

Lexie is outside, warning Brandon he should leave and go back home before Sami sees him. Replay of Sami realizing it was probably Brandon with whom she was dancing, and rushing off to find him. Kate encourages Lucas to go after her, hinting about Sami’s flirting ways. Meanwhile, Sami pulls off the mask of Prince Charming, to see it is NOT Brandon. (Yawwnnn, how many times has Days pulled this type of scene?). Inside Kate & Eugenia are happy over the success of their plan. Outside, the guy leaves, Sami wonders what happened to the one SHE was dancing with, as she is sure it was Brandon. Lucas comes out, asking who she was chasing after, but she says just an old high school chum. She wiggles out of it, & leaves with Will. Lucas goes to say goodbye to his mom, who is clearly disappointed that Lucas did not find Sami w/Brandon. At home, Will lights into Sami for the lie she told Lucas, telling her he knows she was dancing with Brandon. He gives her what for about the whole thing, warning her that she will lose Lucas if she continues this way. Lucas comes in, hearing the end of the conversation.

ISLAND ANTICS! On a Coast Guard boat, Captain Chavez is being warned about the seismic activity being shown on the radar. They talk of the island imploding, breaking into pieces, and it being a disaster of epic proportions. On the island, the tremors are more constant now.

On the dock, Brady tells granddad to hang on…..and flashes back to Caroline telling Vic he’d be with Alice & Tek, but Victor wanted to be with Brady. Nicole talks to herself of the chances of Victor’s death. A tremor causes Brady & Nicole to bump up against each other and they kiss. Caroline sees, has a fit, & Brady apologizes. Brady leaves for more food and water…..(thought that was all there already). Nicole takes the opportunity to light into Caroline, calling her a low-life, bottom feeding whore. Caroline slaps Nicole (too bad she did not knock her out cold). Nicole continues to berate Caroline big time, asking her which silver fox she will choose when she gets back to Salem, Victor…..or the rosy leprechaun. Victor warns Nicole to leave Caroline alone, that he is stronger than she thinks, and back in Salem, he will tell Brady about her getting Jan Spears to kill him. Brady arrives at this point.

Marlena & Roman are looking down a shaft, and there is a long flashback scene of Tony holding the detonator, threatening everyone, and of John jumping him, with both falling down the shaft. As Marlena & Roman worry at the top, down below, John comes to, moaning. Tony also comes to, bringing a knife out of his sleeve, reaching over and stabbing John in the chest. He stands up, moving over John for the kill, but John stops him. Tony stuns John by pressing his ring against John’s neck. (That ring has more powers than a transformer box, lol). John comes around, asking what the hell is this place. Tony draws a sword (Samurai??), telling him this is the place where I murder you in cold blood.
Another tremor enables Marlena & Roman to find a staircase (boy, all these things are soooooo convenient) and they take to the stairs. As Tony prepares for his duel with John, a warning beep shows him Marlena & Roman descending the stairs.Tony & John engage in sword play (ah, shades of Errol Flynn as Robin Hood, lolol). Marlena & Roman arrive at the door, hearing John’s voice. Tony warns John the door is booby-trapped, and if they open it, they are dead. John yells to Marlena not to come in. John & Tony continue dueling, with John losing his sword. Tony comes at him for the kill, John reaches up and finds a big knife in the wood…..grabs and throws. It gets Tony in the neck! More tremors, Marlena & Roman rush in the open door, as a huge tremor causes John to fall. He says his back is busted up. Marlena looks up, sees Tony, yelling his name. Roman yells….”Noooooooo” as Tony pushes the button on his hand held detonator. (Both these guys must have superman strength. Where is the kryptonite…..I swear I feel like I am reading a comic book)

And the next scene shows Roman & Marlena have gotten to the dock, with Marlena thanking Roman for getting John there. (with a back injury, no less….hmmm). She mentions having given John some pain killers for his back, and Brady, Nicole, Victor, Caroline, John, Marlena & Roman push off from the dock. The island begins to blow.

Captain Chavez calls Pike, and they see the island has exploded causing a massive tidal wave at the 32nd parallel.

Roman announces to all that the raft is out of reach of the volcano, the waters seem calmer. Victor thinks to himself that Nicole should enjoy herself now with Brady, cause once they are home, he’ll tell Brady all. Roman tells everyone they will get all home safely. (Oh, yeah, wanna bet?) . and on the next show……..

Brandon tells Lexie it is time for him to have a little talk with Sami

Lucas tells Sami that maybe she’s not over him in the way she thinks, & that he & Sami will never get married

On the raft, in turbulent waters, John tells Marlena he wants her to be happy, and that Roman will be there for her. Marlena replies that he’ll be alright, they are going home.

And as the seas rage, Hope asks what is happening, Billie looks, saying, “My God, what is \that?”…as a huge tidal wave is about to engulf them.

Barb

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4TH, 2004

Episode #9925
Tape date – 10/4/04
Director – Albert Alarr

Summary: All of the captives of Salem Island are on their rafts and boats headed home, but all is not smooth sailing…At Sami’s place, Lucas confronts Sami about Brandon…At Alice’s Lexie confronts Kate about her scheme…and Bonnie decides to take a stand for Mimi.

At Alice’s…Bonnie pressures Mimi to tell Rex the truth, but Mimi is afraid of losing him and talks about Belle and Shawn. Mimi says if she lost Rex, she don’t know what she would do and begs her mom not to tell him. Bonnie consoles Mimi and says that if Rex means that much to her, do whatever it takes. Mimi says that Jan is going to ruin everything…she will lose Rex as well as her best friends in the end. Rex walks over to check on Mimi and asks her to dance. As they do, Bonnie damns Jan Spears for screwing with her Mimi’s life.

Kate and Eugenia are upset that their little plan didn’t work, but are encouraged that Sami chased after Brandon. Lexie and Brandon are nearby watching them (as Lexie is fuming) and tries to convince Brandon that Kate was behind it all. Kate promises Eugenia she will be well rewarded. Lexie tries to convince Brandon that Kate is up to no good and he says it is time he and Kate had a little talk. He heads over and Eugenia makes herself scarce. Brandon accuses Kate of meddling and setting it all up but she of course, denies it. She denies it, saying he is giving her way too much credit. But Brandon is sure she is plotting it all and tells her that he is leaving town. She asks if he still has feelings for Sami and he says no. After he leaves, Lexie jumps Kate and tells her to stay out of Brandon’s life and to consider herself warned. After she leaves, Kate says it is not over.

At Sami’s…Lucas overhears Sami and Will talking about Brandon and how Lucas would never forgive her. Lucas walks in and asks what is going on. Will tries to smooth it over, but Lucas asks Will if he knew that Brandon was there. Then Lucas questions Sami about it and asks why she chased after him. She admits it and Lucas demands to know why…does she still love him. Sami tries to explain and in doing so, realizes that Kate must have been behind it all and she won’t let her get away with it. But Lucas doesn’t want to believe that Kate was involved. Sami starts to bad-mouth Kate and stops as they send Will on to bed. Sami tries to prove to Lucas that Kate is responsible as she explains the way it happened. Lucas thinks that Sami has lost it, but she is sure that Kate hates her so much she would do anything to break them up. But Lucas is still upset that she followed Brandon, but she doesn’t have an answer for him. He asks if she has feelings for Brandon and she says no, it is HIM she loves. Lucas excuses himself, saying he needs to go to bed and get rest for his interview and leaves Sami in tears. She goes to the window and sees Brandon walking down the street.

The Great Escape…All of the Salemites are boarded on their rafts, desperately trying to escape the island. Meanwhile…there are men (Coast Guard) on a boat watching what is going on and see blips on their radar, not sure what to make of it. Later, they have satellite photos and make out that it is a boat and several hand-made rafts. But they are afraid they are doomed and won’t be able to escape the approaching tidal wave…God help them all.

On raft number 1…is Victor, Caroline, Brady and Nicole…and Victor isn’t doing very well as Caroline tends to him. Brady asks Victor why he is so angry with Nicole. Brady wants to go and check on the other rafts and swims off, telling them he will be right back. While he is gone, Nicole pleads with Victor to forgive her, insisting she loves Brady. He says she is a murderer and adulteress. Caroline worries about Victor getting excited and tries to calm him down. Nicole admits she has made mistakes but she has changed…Brady did that to her. She begs Victor not to destroy what she has found but he just glares at her. She tries to convince him, saying that she knows how he and Caroline feel and begs for a second chance. But Caroline says Brady deserves to know the truth. Victor says that he guesses everyone deserves a second chance for happiness….everyone but HER, she is a ruthless, murdering money-grubber and don’t know the meaning of the word love. He vows to tell Brady the truth. Brady returns with fresh water and tells them the plan…they are going to tie all the rafts together along with the boat.

On raft number 2…we have Bo, Billie and Hope. The sea is rocking and shaking them around as they hang on. They talk about going home as Bo and Hope talks about missing the boys. Billie has flashbacks of Georgia dying. She tells them that she has the disc and is ready to get back to her job with the ISA. She tells them that she is NOT staying in Salem. Brady swims up and tells Bo he is going to the other rafts, so Bo decides to join him, he wants to talk with Abe and Tek and devise a plan. While he is gone Billie tells Hope she doesn’t need to worry about her…she knows that Bo loves her and the boys. But Hope tells her that Salem is her home too…and to stay there. But Billie is sure that Hope doesn’t mean it but that is okay…she understands. She promises she is NOT a threat to their marriage. Bo returns as the seas get rougher. He tells them the plan to tie all the rafts together.

On raft number 3…we have John, Marlena and Roman. Roman wants to go and check on the passengers of the speed boat (he keeps referring to it as the “cigarette boat”). John mumbles that he hopes Tony is finally dead. It is really to see and hear what everyone is saying due to the loud sound effects and the darkness. Marlena tries to get John to rest as she hugs and kisses him. Marlena tells Roman that they need to get John to a hospital, she isn’t sure how bad it is, but fears he has a spinal injury. The winds pick up as they all huddle together. Then Roman swims off to the speed boat. John asks Marlena how bad it is, but she tells him she doesn’t know and tries to assure him he will be okay. She tells him that she is okay with what happened between him and Kate back in Salem, for they thought both she and Roman were dead. But John interrupts her, saying that he loves ONLY her. He tells her that he understands her and Roman as well…and if anything happens to him…he just wants her to be happy. Roman returns and tells them the plan. John wants to help, but gets a strange look on his face…and tells Marlena that he cannot feel his legs.

On the speed boat…I am assuming the rest of them are on it…Maggie, Doug, Alice, Tek, Abe, Cassie and Patrick, however the only ones we see are Jack, Jenn and the baby, who are on the upper deck). Jack and Jenn are talking about being at sea and how frightening it is. Jack reminds her of being on a cruise once and refers to it as the “Cruise of Deception”. Jenn is so excited they are headed home and talks about how happy Abby will be to learn she has a new brother. She says they should discus naming the baby and Jack has an idea. There is a commercial break and when we come back (no, we don’t hear his name), Jenn loves it. She tells him that had it been a girl, she wanted to name her Jacqueline. They tell each other that they love each other so much and they will never take their lives for granted again. It starts getting rough and Jack says he is going down to check on Alice. He gets up and the boat starts rocking really hard as Jenn starts calling out for him.

As we flip from group to group, everyone sees the giant wave at the same time and react. With a “what da hell?” from Roman, everyone holds onto their rafts (as well as each other) for dear life as we see a huge wave crashing across the screen…and the previews show…

Bonnie (to Julie): We are going to Vegas tomorrow to get hitched…that is what Mickey wants, right Mickey? (Mickey): I have made a decision…

Sami (to herself): I am with Lucas and we love each other…I guess I should go and talk to Brandon and make sure that he is perfectly clear…

Rex (to Mimi): You have to promise me…no secrets between us…

Celeste (to Mickey, Julie and Bonnie): There is a new danger now. (Julie): What is it?… (Celeste): Water…Tony…Dead…

And the credits roll…

Laney

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH, 2004

Episode #9926
Tape date – 10/5/04
Director – Phil Sogard

The apparently neverending Halloween night continues in Salem and in the Caribbean...who will be plucked out of the Caribbean and who won't? Will Halloween ever end in either Salem??....

Over at Sami's apartment....she looks out to see Brandon on the street below, looking up at her apartment. She figures Will's in bed and Lucas at home sleeping, no one will know if she goes to talk with Brandon. (what's with the noisy shoes Sami?) Brandon's gone by the time Sami gets downstairs. She wondered if there are still feelings between her and Brandon, but knows she and Lucas are together forever. She figures she'll go make sure Brandon realizes that and heads for Alice's.

At Alice's...
Rex and Mimi dance as she works up courage to tell him about the abortion. Bonnie anxiously anticipates being Mrs. Mickey Horton as Julie lurks and tells her not to plan on doing that. Julie asks Celeste (who's already at her table with her martini and tarot cards at the ready) to tell Uncle Mickey's fortune as she pulls him up to the table. Celeste tells them that tonight will change many lives. Loved ones will become estranged and the living and the dead will exchange places. She turns the card and gasps..saying many tears will be shed tonight, so many tears...(yeah, cuz they know it's November 5th by the time this airs and they're still stuck in October, haha) Celeste continues flipping cards and next sees fire, then water (as she gets splashed in the face with it...but turns out only she feels or sees it). She tells them there's new danger. Bonnie tells her to lighten up and walks away, haha. She sees Mimi having a serious conversation by the fire with Rex and worries. Mimi tells Rex she doesn't want to lie to him, but Bonnie drags Mimi over to have Mimi's fortune read by Celeste to break up their discussion. Celeste tells Mimi there's a secret that could ruin her life. Mimi thanks Bonnie for this news, LOL. Later Rex joins them and Mimi's nervous of what Celeste may say to him. Celeste sees someone in Mimi's life that she loved and has for a long time. Rex is very interested in this, but Mimi assures him the only other guy she's even dated was Kevin and it was never serious. Celeste has vibes and walks away saying her new vibes don't have anything to do with Mimi (I'm guessing Patrick is who she's referring to). Rex is worried there is another man in Mimi's life with the way she's been acting lately.

Celeste joins an arguing Mickey and Julie and tells him he might lose his beloved Maggie all over again. She feels these vibes strongly as she senses Maggie is fighting to return to Mickey. Celeste tells Bonnie (who's trying to shut her up) that Mickey and Maggie had a powerful love. Julie fears that maybe Doug and Maggie are out there fighting to return to them...maybe that's why she's had no desire to move on with anyone else. Bonnie stands firm that Maggie is dead and not going to come walking in that door. She and Mickey are in love and SHE'S the one who'll be wrapped up at night with Mickey like batter on a corn dog. They're going to LV to get hitched and that's what's going to happen. Mickey announces if Maggie were to walk in and be alive it would be the happiest day of his life...BUT...he's not going to spend the rest of his life waiting. He's not getting any younger and not going to waste any more time. Bonnie helps him live his life to the fullest. He still plans on marrying her if she'll still have him (oh, gag me..he can't wait a week after all Celeste's other predictions panned out?) Bonnie launches herself into his arms and they go off together. Celeste tells Julie that she feels Maggie is still alive. Bonnie goes to get some chili for Mickey, worried what if Maggie is still alive and has to get Maggie to LV fast.

Mimi tells Rex he's a man of science and shouldn't believe in Celeste's tarot cards. He still senses she's holding something back from him. Rex wants to take Mimi home and show her how much he loves her.

Sami returns to Alice's and asks Celeste where Brandon is. She swears to loving Lucas now, but was married to Brandon for a nanosecond and needs her help to resolve this. Celeste whips out her cards and tells Sami she isn't going to like what she hears. She tells her that if Brandon spends the night there, Sami's life will never be the same. Sami doesn't like this and suggests Celeste reshuffle the cards and try again (good answer). Celeste seriously tells her the cards have spoken and her happiness will be decided tonight. Sami tells Celeste her cards are broken and to get new ones, LOL! Sami wonders where Brandon is and Celeste tells her with Lexie and Theo, she didn't need her cards for that information. Celeste remains firm that if Brandon doesn't leave tonight, there will be problems.

At home, Lexie hopes Brandon didn't go to see Sami. She touches Abe's picture, wondering if he's still alive. She remembers Celeste's warning about the missing Salemites being on that erupting island. She turns on the tv to watch the news as they amazingly just broadcasting the news about the island and the tidal wave created by the earthquake. She prays Abe and Tek are ok as she hears a noise..thinking it might be Abe (sure Lexie). She opens the door to find Brandon returning. He had just remembered hearing someone yell to stop when he was outside Sami's apartment building, but it was just a girl calling for a bus. Brandon tells Lexie he's not trying to reunite with Sami. She belongs with Lucas as they have a son together. He tells her he's decided not to move back to Salem. If Kate's BB offer was just to break up Sami and Lucas, he's going to tell her to forget it. He can work from Chicago if she's serious about the offer. Lexie asks if he can at least spend the night. Later Lexie's alone holding Abe's picture, asking for a sign if he's alive or not when there's a knock at the door. Love her expression to that. It's Sami of course.

Back at the loft...Mimi can't stand Jan and Shawn being there too. Rex tells her to focus on them and their love as they fall to the bed. She pushes him off, saying she can't...she's not ready to start a family..it's too soon. Rex pulls a condom out of the drawer and agrees as they fall into bed together (isn't she suppose to cool her jets after just having an abortion?)

SPEAKING OF THE CARIBBEAN...

The Coast Guard continues their panic about the wave as they predict doom for anyone not on a larger boat. The blips on their radar disappear (why aren't these guys wearing life preservers if they know what's coming? I sure would be). The wave must have hit our rafters between shows. We find Bo swimming around calling for Hope and Billie, Brady's hanging on to his raft and calling out for Nicole (hey, isn't Bruce the Shark still hanging around in the water? Maybe no one's bleeding and they aren't worried about it?) Nicole's yelling out for Brady to save her as she hangs on to something.

On the cigarette boat, Jennifer calls out for Jack (who got knocked overboard by a large swell yesterday). Patrick rushes up to hold onto her and the baby. The Coast Guard apparently is close enough to see the rafters with their teeny binoculars, but weren't hit by the massive tidal wave (wow). The apparent leader speaks only of the doom of the rafters as he watches the other guy peer through the binoculars for any signs of survivors. (all of our Salemite's flew there in minutes...doesn't the Coast Guard have helicopters out there?)

Later we find the coast guard has fished survivors out of the water (aha..who got voted off the island/raft?) The first person they look at is Maggie, who's unconscious. They say the others didn't fare as well as her. (this was right after Celeste's telling Julie, Bonnie and Mickey that she sensed Maggie was fighting to return). Later we return to see the survivors as they rendevous in the control room. Hope and Maggie (who tells Hope that Alice is downstairs getting warm clothes on). They're joined by Patrick, Jen and the baby. Brady and Nicole walk in as he asks if they found John, Victor or Caroline. Jen's calling for Jack and the coast guard tells Patrick he can't go back out to search...the Navy Seals are out there as well as boats combing the area. Nicole stops Brady from going back out. The CG carries John in on a stretcher. John asks if they found Marlena. He says Marlena saved his life. We see his flashback of Marlena strapping him to the raft as he yells for her to save herself. Marlena is telling John she loves him and kisses him before getting swept under. He can't believe they survived that damn island just to lose them again.

The CG heartlessly carries in another stretcher with someone on it, covered up. They call out for a paramedic to come over and pronounce this one dead. The survivors gasp as they uncover the face to find Bo on the stretcher. Hope says he can't be dead as she remembers how he pushed water out of her lungs after saving her and brought her back to the raft. They hugged, kissed and he saw the CG lights coming toward them as he told her he had to leave and find Billie. She begged him to wait, but he said they'd be too late to help Billie. He kisses her and tells her he loves her before swimming off to find Billie. Back to present time she holds his hand and begs him to come back to her. She bends down to kiss him, saying they need him. He miraculously opens his eyes and says hi to his fancy face. The coast guard tells them they also got Billie Reed, but she's in bad shape. Bo said he found Billie and asks about Victor, his mom and Roman. Hope looks at John and Jen and tells Bo there are still a few people missing. Brady (who they gave a dry t-shirt to, gets up saying he has to get back out there. Nicole won't let him. They're told Doug was pulled out by another boat as Hope sighs in relief. The CG has a list of the survivors and ones who weren't as lucky. They found Abe and Tek and they'll be ok. They have a list of those they didn't find and are “presumed” dead. He reads off the names....Marlena, Roman, Cassie, Caroline, Colin, Victor, Jack. (what happened to Bart?) John says they can't all be dead (and you're probably right John...)....

as the previews roll...

Brandon tells Lexie that the limited amount of time he spends in Salem, he wants to spend with those he cares about...
Lexie responds for him not to take that chance and don't let her ruin your life...(does he even know his sister is missing?)

A shirtless Lucas asks Sami if she went to see Brandon. She tells him she did. He tells her it's over then, he's not marrying her...

Bo holds Hope asking why them? Why do the Brady's have to suffer???

Sami rants at Lexie (love Lexie's expression as she smirks) Sami asks why Lexie and her mother are making her suffer and she won't let them do this to her...as she grabs Lexie's neck to strangle her....

as the credits roll...

Linda

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8TH, 2004

Episode #9927
Tape date – 10/6/04
Director – Herb Stein

Summary: Lucas catches Sami in the act…Lexie tries to hurry Brandon out of town…the passengers on the Coast Guard carrier worry about the others…as some of the captives find themselves in danger aboard a fishing boat.

In Salem…Lucas goes looking for Sami in her apartment, but she isn’t there, infuriating him, sure she has run after Brandon. He says he cannot marry a woman he can’t trust. Will hears him and tells him not to give up on her…fight for her. Meanwhile, Sami is at Lexie’s, demanding to see Brandon. Lexie gives her attitude and Sami tells her about Celeste’s prediction and wants to make sure he is out of Salem. She admits she has feelings for him…and those feelings are that she wants him out of her life. Sami accuses her of trying to ruin her life and starts choking Lexie. Lexie asks if she has lost her mind and Sami apologizes and goes looking for Brandon. Lexie tells her that Brandon left because he doesn’t want to be near Sami. Lexie (not so) politely tells her to leave and shows her the door. Satisfied that he is gone, Sami leaves. After she is gone, Brandon comes downstairs (he had been upstairs with Theo) and tells Lexie he has reconsidered and is going to take her up on her offer to stay the night. He asks her what is wrong as she tries to get him to leave. He asks her what is she hiding…does it have to do with Sami? He assures her that he doesn’t care about Sami anymore, but Lexie worries he will be drawn back into her web and she doesn’t want to see him hurt again. Brandon thinks she is over reacting and besides, he wants to stay in Salem for a while and see his mom and Nicki. (He does mention here that he has been leaving Nicole messages that she hasn’t returned). But Lexie starts again about his leaving town. Later, he is packed and tells her that he is leaving which makes her happy. He leaves and Lexie breathes a sigh of relief. She looks at Abe’s picture, wishing he were there.

Sami returns to the apartment to be confronted by Lucas, demanding to know where she has been. She tries to lie but he nails her in her lie and asks if she went to see Brandon. She admits it and he says it’s over between then. But Sami swears that she doesn’t want Brandon and that Kate set it all up. But Lucas doesn’t want to hear it. HE says he can’t believe that she chased after Brandon and it’s over. She tries to explain and says that Brandon is in her past, out of her life. She just wants him out of town. Through her tears, she says that there is room for only one man in her heart and that is Lucas. She doesn’t want to lose him. She lays her heart out on the table, saying if she lost him she couldn’t live. He caves in and tells her that he would never leave her…he loves her and wants to spend the rest of his life with her as he holds her and they kiss. She suggests that they go to bed so he carries her away. To herself, she is thinking how glad she is that Brandon is gone.

On the Coast Guard ship…Abe talks with Bo and Hope. They tell him of the others that are missing. Bo refuses to believe that they are dead. John wants to go out and look for them as does Brady and Patrick. Nicole just hopes the “old geezer” IS finally dead. Jennifer begs them to go and search for Jack. But the captain tells them no, it is too dangerous. We then see some Japanese fishermen pulling in their nets and in the net find Roman and Marlena. The Coast Guard captain tells them they have sent out special equipment to aid them in the search as everyone prays the others are okay. Brady asks Nicole about Victor and she admits she wishes he were dead. Hope tries to console Bo, but he is worried about the others and asksy WHY do the Brady’s (Caroline, Roman, Cassie) have to be the ones to suffer. John prays for Marlena’s return. Jen and Patrick talk (Maggie now is taking care of the baby below) and she breaks down as he tries to console her. Patrick asks her for forgiveness and swears he never wanted her to get hurt. Nicole confesses to Brady that on the island she had the opportunity to kill Victor, but saved him instead. Bo brings Hope coffee and tells her that Billie is doing some better now and still has the disk she downloaded. They all worried that the info on it could somehow fall into the wrong hands and everyone fears it isn’t over. John asks the captain if there is any word about the others, but not yet. He tells them that they have been in contact with other boats and no one has any word. The only one they haven’t talked with is a Japanese fishing boat…their radio must be out. John wants to go to that boat and the captain says they will go, but it will take a while.

On the Japanese boat…The fishermen bring Roman and Marlena soup after they revive. (They don’t speak English…subtitles here). They wonder if others survived as well and try to ask, but the guys don’t understand. Marlena is worried about John as Roman tells her to consider the possibility that they may be the only 2 survivors. Then we see Victor on a bed with Caroline over him tending to him. They are on the same boat, but don’t know about the others. She too thinks that they may be the only 2 survivors. Then we see Jack with someone (Cassie?) telling to hang on. Marlena continues to worry about John as Roman is also worried, especially about his mom, Victor, Abe and Cassie. He tells her that he is especially worried about Cassie, who can’t even swim, saying he bonded with her on the island. Back in the other room, yes, it is Cassie (good to see Alexis again) with Jack as she wakes up. She is full of questions, but Jack has no answers for her. Victor also wakes up and asks if he has died and gone to Heaven…Caroline looks like an angel (Awwww). She smiles and tells him that she doesn’t know anything about the others. Meanwhile, back with Roman, Marlena asks what if there are other survivors on the ship. Roman wants to go and search, but realizes the door is locked. Jack worries about Jen and the baby and Cassie says she may be a bad person, but hopes that Tony is dead. Marlena tries to assure Roman that Tony is really dead, but he says he fears that it isn’t over and that Tony would haunt him from the grave. Then we see Bart in a Navy uniform lurking around the boat. He escaped the island and had made a promise to Tony…that none of them would get out alive as he pulls out a gun. Later he is listening to the sailors and makes out that the radio is broken. He says the prisoners will not get off the ship alive, saying he needs to talk to the captain. Victor wants to check and see if there are others on board, but they cannot get the door open and realize they are locked in. With them being locked in too, Marlena gets a bad feeling. Roman tells her that he has an idea, in case they have to defend themselves. As Jack also beats on the door yelling for help, Cassie also has a bad feeling. Jack fears that something bad is going on there. As Marlena and Roman plot, Bart walks in on them with his gun, startling them. He tells them that the captain would like to see them…just as Tony turns the corner. He tells them they are not leaving on his account…the “killer reunion” is about to begin…as the preview show…

Jan (to Shawn): I think we should plan our wedding…set a date. (Shawn): I don’t think we should rush things…

Sami (to Belle): I am glad that Brandon is no where near Salem today…

Brandon (to Lexie): Aren’t you glad to see me?…

Roman (to Marlena): How can Tony be alive and the captain of this ship?…(Marlena): What new hell does he have in store for us?…

And the credits roll…

Laney

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9TH, 2004

Episode #9928
Tape date – 10/7/04
Director – Roger Inman

Summary: It's a new day!! In Salem..Bonnie's anxious to get married, Sami works on wedding plans (isn't she working at BB anymore?), Belle runs into Jan and Shawn...while in the Caribbean the survivors anxiously hope to find the remaining survivors on the fishing trawler they're heading towards.

At Mickey's home, Bonnie's on the phone with the airlines, (wearing a beige Dolly Parton type tight low cut dress with tassle cuffs). She remembers Celeste's prediction that Maggie may still be alive. Tense that their flight to LV got bumped and no flights are available today as well, she's a bundle of nerves as Mickey walks in concerned. (Bonnie's got her hair curly and short now..not sure if wig or new hair style..but cute) She tells them to call with first open flight for them. Mickey's dressed and goes off to shave (?) as he tells her maybe the flight being unavailable may be an omen they weren't suppose to get married today after all. Bonnie chokes on her coffee and calls Celeste to rush over with her cards. Later Bonnie drags Celeste in. Before she gets her cards out, Mickey walks in. Bonnie tells him she wanted to apologize to Celeste for being rude at Alice's and asks him to go change into his wedding suit in case they get a call from the airlines. Mickey agrees and leaves the room and Bonnie lights up another cigarette as Celeste gets her cards out. Bonnie is a bundle of nerves as she watches. Celeste tells her nothing has changed. Maggie is still alive and will return. Bonnie makes her cross her heart it's true and rushes her out, determined to be Mrs. Maggie Horton. (If Maggie returns, she's obviously never died and will be still legally married to Mickey). Mickey comes down in his western suit and she rushes out with him.

Sami finds a sweet note from Lucas in the kitchen saying he believes she's over Brandon and he loves her. He's off for his interview. She smiles knowing that Brandon was not in Salem overnight and knows Celeste's warning was nothing to worry about.

Oh, lucky me...Jan and Shawn are on today. They run into Belle in the hallway and he tells her that he got his tuition money back as he's dropping out of college. Shawn says he woke up and spending his time doing better things then going to college and being a lawyer as he kisses Jan. He can just live off money he'll get from his late grandparents. Sami calls Belle wanting to have breakfast and talk about the wedding. At first Belle tells her it's not a good time, but when Shawn tells her he's done talking to her, she agrees. (Isn't Belle still in school too or is she working at BB now? They age them too fast to know nowadays.) Shawn tells Jan it sucks to run into Belle all the time (hello..move out then..please!!) Jan tells him they should move into her country house as she hates running into Belle and her macho marine all the time too. Shawn decides to take advantage of their time alone now and pulls Jan down on the couch. Oh joy, we join the naked duo under a blanket. She mentions moving out to her place and he explodes about her mentioning it again.

Belle and Sami meet at a coffee shop by the courthouse (hey, a new place). She tells Belle what Celeste predicted (in case anyone out there doesn't catch it the 10th or 11th time we hear it). Belle wisely tells Sami that unless she has feelings for Brandon, there shouldn't be any problem if Brandon's in town or not. If she does have feelings for him, then maybe she shouldn't marry Lucas. Sami says they're there to talk about the wedding and asks Belle if she's still working on her gown design, knowing the exposure in BB article will help Belle's career. Belle confirms Sami still wants her to rework Caroline's gown and Sami nods. Belle remembers she was going to wear it when she married Shawn too (flashback time of her and Shawn dressed up in it at the church). She looks lovely in it, cueing a little whining from her about Shawn and Jan. Brandon walks in carrying a wrapped present and hears crying (Belle) thinking he should go help. The waitress discourages him to do so and he orders pancaks. Sami feels Belle's better off w/o Shawn. He thought their mom was the killer too. Sami knows her life is better without Brandon now and Belle will find love again too, maybe with Philip. Sami has to rush off to meet with Father Jansen. Brandon doesn't see them leave, but cancels his pancakes as he has to go see Father Jansen too (why?).

Over at Lexies, Celeste arrives. Lexie asks her mother to confirm what she told Sami and she admits it's true. Celeste runs off and they decide to meet for lunch. Brandon comes downstairs and shocks Lexie as she thought he had left. His car broke down outside of town and was towed. He used the key she gave him and came in quietly so not to wake them. They talk about him and Sami and he chuckles about Celeste's prediction. Lexie laughs saying having Sami's future happiness ruined would have been exactly what she wanted...she's glad he stayed. He sees a birthday card and apologizes for forgetting her birthday. Without Abe she didn't want to celebrate. Brandon decides to stay in town and help her and Theo celebrate her birthday. She hugs him and agrees as she holds a picture of her and Abe to her chest. She starts crying, wanting him to come home to her and Theo.

Off to the Caribbean...... On the Coast Guard boat we find John near the helm. He's holding himself up standing as Maggie does her best to get him to sit down. They are on their way towards the Japanese fishing trawler who's radio isn't working..and about an hour away from them. Abe comes up and tries to get John to go below for something to eat, but John's determined to be there ready to take action if needed (he's still wearing his hood on his head..whatsupwiththat, bad haircut?) Abe's vision blurs and he almost passes out, but doesn't. Maggie rushes to him, but he says he just doesn't have his sea legs. The Coast Guard guy who complains a lot expresses his opinion that they'd be better off getting everyone to medical help as they aren't sure if there's anyone from the island even on the trawler. John, who insists on standing even though he might have a back injury) and Maggie tell them they took a vote and want to make sure if their loved ones are on the trawler. (surely there are more Coast Guard boats/helicopters that could help??)

We return as Maggie dreams about returning to her Mickey, talking to her daughters and going to have a party at Tuscany to celebrate all the holidays they've missed (guess John doesn't want to clue her in about Alice's ahead of time, LOL). Abe hopes he'll be home to celebrate Lexie's birthday with her too. John feels just walking and being alive is present enough. Abe's vision blurs again, but he doesn't say anything. Maggie asks if they have a radio or phone they can use, but they don't (what, no satellite phone?) The trawler is in site.

On Tony's fishing trawler, Marlena lies on her bunk remembering Tony's visit to their room. Roman got the top bunk and tells her he couldn't sleep either. They wonder what Tony's got in store for them now. Bart and a couple fisherman arrive with their breakfast. Bart tells them he saved them from green tea, sushi and seaweed and they are having coffee, ham and eggs (he thinks LOL). Roman asks about the other survivors, but Bart doesn't indicate if they even are any. Bart tells them Tony is nursing his neck wound from the late John Black, but admits not knowing about the others, just figures they're gone. Bart hold the gun on them and says if they want answers they have to talk to Tony. (Roman and Marlena could easily outwit Bart and get that gun...)

The CG pulls up close to the trawler. Maggie prays the rest are on it. We see Marlena and Roman's reaction as they hear the CG announce their presence on the loud speaker and hug...as the previews roll....

Celeste (in green) walks up to Lexie (rest of the scene is black and white) as Lexie's startled to see something....Celeste says “Alexandra darling, what's the matter?” as she turns to see and gasps...

Hope asks one of the fisherman where is she as Bo grabs the other by the collar...demanding answers and wanting them NOW!! Mickey (standing next to Julie) tells Bonnie he's made a decision, they're not getting married....

Shawn tells Belle he was wrong and asks Belle if she'll accept his apology....

as the credits roll...

Linda

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH, 2004

Episode #9929
Tape date – 10/8/04
Director – Phil Sogard

The spirits are with Celeste today, as she foretells events for various people, while Bonnie marches Mickey to the Justice of the Peace, the Coast Guard searches the fishing trawler, and best of all, some of the survivors finally make it home. Have a tissue handy for the very end.

Celeste is home, reading the newspaper, when the room goes dark, those stones glow, and her window blows open. (showing a big city out there, lol). She claims the spirits are apprehensive, and whispers to herself that when one chapter closes, another must begin. She calls Lexie, who tells her to read her cards. She fearfully does, gasping that they say change has been set in motion, affecting all their lives. Meanwhile, Kate is wondering how Lucas’s job interview went, calls him to wish him good luck, then calls Celeste to ask if Celeste told Sami that if Brandon spent the night, she would have no happiness. Celeste affirms this, & Kate asks her to read her cards some more, for some additional info. Celeste does….telling her to get to the hospital right away.

Brandon arrives at St. Lukes, being greeted by Sister Mary Margaret, & mentions his appt. with the priest, who then comes out. Brandon calls him Antonio, is surprised to see him, and gets ushered inside. Evidently they knew each other years ago, and Brandon did not know that Antonio went into the priesthood. He is filling in for Father Jansen, who is on sabbatical. Brandon talks of wanting to get Fr. Jansen’s help for his project, but maybe Fr. Antonio can help instead. Meanwhile, Sami arrives, is greeted by the nun, who says she will check to see if the priest has time for her. Evidently, Sami knew Antonio in her youth, and considered him quite the hunk back then, LOLOL She leaves, Sami gets a call from Kate, wondering when she will show up for work. Sami claims to be working on her wedding for Basic Black, but Kate tells her to get there in ½ hr. As Sami talks, behind her back, Brandon exits the office and leaves, with neither one spotting the other. (Oh, GMAB……in the crowded restaurant yesterday, o.k. but in that small place…….no wayyyyy)
Sami gets ushered in, explains about her upcoming wedding, and wanting to take Pre-Cana classes. She mentions an ex-husband, but assures Fr. Antonio, the marriage was annulled, and that she never even got to a wedding night with either of her ex-husbands. She then talks of how she loves her fiance’, but finds herself thinking, of late, about her ex. He tells her that she should talk to her ex, and find out if there is something missing from her present relationship, and if so……does she need that something. (Leave it to Days, no one can be happy for 5 minutes, can they?)

Bonnie rushes Mickey off to the Justice of the Peace, but he cannot understand why they have to be married in such a hurry. Julie comes in, asking same question. She apparently saw Bonnie’s speeding car, thought Uncle Mickey was being rushed to hospital, so followed them. Bonnie confesses no flight to Vegas til next week (boy, I thought Vegas flights ran constantly, lol, must be lots of gamblers in Salem, Ha.!), and she did not want to wait that long. Mickey decides they will not get married, Julie is ecstatic. She leaves them alone, while Bonnie pleads her case. Mickey says they can just live together, but Bonnie convinces him otherwise. Mickey goes to fill out paperwork, Bonnie takes out her compact, drops it, mirror breaks, bemoans another 7 years bad luck, which makes Julie gleeful. LOL. Both go into the office, Bonnie signs the papers….and urges the JP to get on with it.

Belle stands outside the Brady house, remembering Shawn telling her he plans to drop out of college. She knocks at the door, (wonder who decorated the house with a fall wreath, when both B&H are presumed dead???) and is surprised when Shawn opens it. She has come for her weekly play date with Zack, saying she has done this since his parents & Shawn were gone, to provide some stability for him. Shawn says no wonder Grampa Shawn asked him to bring Zack home for familiar surroundings before dropping him at Lexie’s. He wanted Shawn to run into Belle. (Gee……has that empty house been even dusted in all this while, lol, sorry, but I just cannot help myself here). Shawn & Belle talk a bit, and he takes a family picture off the mantel, speaks of the day it was taken, and bemoans the fact that Zack will have no memories of sailing on the Fancy Face (didn’t they sell it?), hanging ornaments at Christmas, Gramma Caroline’s sour dough bread. He apologizes to her for how he treated her at the loft, and complains of a headache, saying he has been getting them often.

On the Japanese fishing trawler, Bo, Hope, Abe & the Coast Guard Captain question a Japanese fisherman (who can speak perfect English.hmmmm). He assures them, they have picked up no survivors, only fish, and tells them to feel free to search the boat. Meanwhile, somehow, Roman & Marlena realize Bo & Hope are aboard, and begin yelling. Bart comes in, and takes them at gun point to a different room. Marlena manages to drop her wedding ring outside in the gangway. When Bo & Hope arrive at that place, Hope finds the ring, but the fisherman claims he does not know how it got there, that it could have come in the net. Bo doesn’t believe him, but is told the big tidal wave could have pulled it from Marlena’s finger.
In their new holding room, Marlena tells Roman about leaving her ring. He thinks it was a good idea. They hear a helicopter, look out the porthole, and see people boarding it from the CG vessel. Roman notes Maggie, Jennifer. Marlena asks if he sees John, but no. She looks, sees John, thanks God he is alive. Roman cannot budge the porthole, has to have special tools. They talk, convinced their friends will find them eventually. They yell at the door at Tony, who is on the other side, smiling, as he tells himself that Marlena has no idea what he has planned next. Roman tells Marlena they cannot let Tony know he is getting to them. Tony comes in, telling them that they will eventually be reunited with their loved ones. The question is whether it will be in Salem…..or in hell.He mentions the helicopter taking the survivors away, and how the Coast Guard could not find the hidden apts. (So Tony is stabbed in neck with huge knife, and has no trouble talking at all, while Sami lost her voice when her throat was cut when she fell thru his French doors. Abe could hardly speak, more or less grunted…… when he got the bullet in his neck…Tony’s recuperative powers are absolutely amazing, aren’t they?) He leaves, Marlena cries, and Roman talks encouraging words.

Kate is at the hospital, hearing Celeste’s voice urging her to go to the hospital, that someone she loves is there, a person she will spend her life with. Kate murmurs “Roman”, as she opens the door to Room 210……and is surprised to see John in the bed.

As Shawn opens the door to leave, he once again apologizes to Belle, turns, and gets a shocked look on his face. Bo & Hope run up, and all 3 are in a big group hug, smiling and laughing.

Maggie walks into her home, calling for Mickey, yelling that she is back home. No answer. She happily looks around, then takes a few steps, and cue a very shocked look on her face, as she surveys the room, saying, “Oh, No”.

Brandon brings in a birthday cake for Lexie, who thanks him, then wonders where Celeste is. She goes outside to check, sees Celeste, saying, O, there you are…and suddenly her expression changes to one of disbelief. Celeste turns around, gets the same expression on her face, as Brandon joins them, looking equally stunned…& saying, I don’t believe it. There stands Abe. Lexie closes her eyes, shakes her head, expecting the vision to disappear. She opens her eyes, and Abe is still there. She haltingly says, “You’re alive?”. And Abe replies, I’ve come home to you. As realization dawn, Lexie begins to shake, jumping up and down, saying “Oh, My God”..and runs to him. They hug each other as though they will never, ever let go……………..and previews then show

Lexie, crying, telling Abe she never stopped loving him, not for a minute. He is the only man she has ever loved……as we see Tek’s face hearing this

Jan telling an astonished Hope…Surprise, Mr. & Mrs. Brady. Not only are your son & I dating, but we are engaged.

Belle enters the hospital room, crying, saying, O, Daddy is it true.? You’re both o.k. My mom & dad are alive.

Celeste tells Brandon that by staying here last night, you opened a Pandora’s box, and inside it is Samantha Brady.

Barb

THURSSDAY, NOVEMBER 10TH, 2004

Episode #9930
Tape date – 10/11/04
Director – Jim Baffico

Summary: It is reunion day in Salem…some are happy…some bittersweet…some downright shocking.

At the Justice of the Peace…Bonnie and Mickey are all ready to get hitched but as the judge asks if anyone has objections, Julie starts to speak, but backs down. But she can’t stand it any longer and says she can’t let this happen…calling Bonnie a “Dolly Parton wannabee” (LOL, didn’t Linda just say that?). Mickey orders Julie into the hall and proceeds to chew her out for her outburst. He is furious with her and tells her to get out of his life. She says she only loves him and don’t want to see him turn into an old goat who tosses his family aside for a “gold-digging floosie”. She storms out as Mickey goes back to Bonnie. But the judge tells them that he can’t marry them today, he has another appointment and must leave. After he does, Bonnie fears that Celeste’s predictions will come true.

Meanwhile, at the Horton house…Maggie enters the house calling for Mickey. Doug follows her in as she is shocked to find her prize winning fern (Ms. Minerva) dead. She wonders what happened to it (as we see flashbacks of Bonnie dancing around, putting out her cigarettes in the pot). Doug and Maggie both worry because neither of them can find Mickey or Julie. Meanwhile, Julie comes in through the kitchen, angry with herself for upsetting Mickey so much. She decides to write them a letter to apologize. She is looking for a pen when Doug walks up behind her. She asks him to get her a pen…then the realization hits her….it is Doug…and he is alive. She melts into his arms, then faints dead away. Later, she comes to as he kisses her (Maggie watching happily). Julie cries, holding on tight to him. She sees Maggie and they hug as well, all crying. Maggie asks where Mickey is, but Julie cannot tell her. She only says they must find him before it is too late. Maggie wants answers, but Julie cannot tell her. About that time, Mickey and Bonnie come in through the front door laughing and kissing…just as Maggie walks in and sees them.

At the Brady House…there is a replay of Shawn opening the door, shocked to find Bo and Hope there. They rush into his arms as everyone is shocked and excited. Zack rushes to Hope calling “Mom” (so cute) and she sweeps him into her arms covering him with kisses. Hope hugs Belle telling her that John is at the hospital and is okay. Belle and Shawn are both full of questions, but Belle rushes off to the hospital to see her dad. After she leaves, Hope talks about how happy she is to be home and hugs her boys. She asks where he had been but he doesn’t have many answers, but promises to never leave them like that again. Hope asks about him and Belle, but he tells her that they are broke up and both seeing others now. Jan walks in, telling Bo and Hope that she and Shawn are engaged, shocking them. They want to know what is going on (both being hostile towards Jan). Jan tries to explain for Shawn, but they want to hear HIM explain it, telling her to keep quiet. He tells them about the wreck he had, but his memory is foggy. They explain to him about how Marlena was NOT the stalker and that she killed no one. Later, Bo and Hope also explain that Victor as well as Colin were alive and on the island (shocking Jan, as she has flashbacks of killing Victor). But she breathes a sigh of relief to learn that he may be dead now. Bo and Hope are both deeply troubled by the turn of events as Hope vows to find out the truth. Later, outside, Jan tries to comfort Shawn, who is trying to process it all. He tells her that Marlena never killed anyone and this changes everything. He tells her to leave him alone and walks off, as Hope is watching from the window. She is worried about what is going on and talks about how everything has changed and may never be the same again.

At the Hospital…Kate remembers Celeste’s words telling her that the one she loves and will spend her life with is there. She thinks it is Roman but walks in to room 210 to find John. He takes his hand as he tells her that Roman and Marlena were alive. She asks where they are and is full of questions as he tries to explain. He tells her that that some were lost…Victor, Caroline, Colin, Jack and Cassie (which crushes Kate). Kate wants to find Roman but John stops her, telling her the coast guard is looking for them. She asks how will they get through losing them all over again. He tells her that they will get through it together (taking her hand). He tells her about Tony’s demented plan and she asks about Roman (as John has flashbacks of talking with Roman). He tells Kate that Roman missed her very much. She asks about Cassie and he tells her that she and Roman bonded on the island. She dreads having to tell Rex. John also worries about telling Sami and Belle about losing their mother again. Belle rushes in and to John and falls on him, hugging him and crying. She says she is so happy to have her dad and mom back again. She asks where mom is and John has to tell her the grim news. He tells her that she was alive, along with the others, but he has bad news. He tells her about the escape and the tidal wave and losing Marlena. They are both crying as he holds her. Kate goes out into the hall, taking out a picture of Roman, talking to it…crying that he can’t be gone. Inside, John holds Belle and tries to comfort her…he tells her that he is praying that she survived and that someone will find her.

At the Carver Home…There is a replay of Lexie going outside to find Abe there. After the shock, she rushes into his arms, yelling “Oh My God!” over and over. He tells her he loves her and missed her so much. She tells him that he is the only man she could ever love (as Tek overhears). Abe is so happy to see them all…and especially happy that his son, Brandon is there too. They all go inside, followed by Tek. Lexie realizes that Tek brought Abe home and thanks him. She has so many questions and Abe promises to answer as many as he can later. She calls it a miracle and says that her mom was right all along. Abe says he will never doubt her powers again. Abe’s vision begins to blur as Lexie is asking who was behind it all. He tells her it was her brother Tony. She is shock, saying she always trusted him and believed in the good in him. Brandon suggests they turn this into a birthday party/welcome home party. Abe talks about his beautiful Lexie as she starts turning fuzzy to him. She asks him what is wrong, but he brushes it off, saying he just hasn’t had much sleep. In the kitchen, Brandon and Celest talk about Abe and she hopes that now Tek will step out of the picture. But she is worried about Brandon as well…telling him he has opened Pandora’s Box…and Sami Brady is inside. In the den, Abe’s vision gets worse as he begins to stumble around and falls to the floor. Everyone rushes to him and as he looks at them, his vision turns black. Lexie is asking what is wrong and he says that he cannot see…he is blind…as the previews show…

Bonnie tells Maggie she will always be welcome in their home. Maggie: “YOUR home…YOUR home???” and erupts, trying to attack Bonnie…

Sami asks Kate what she is up to now…as Kate says she will not believe her eyes…

Lexie (to Brandon and Tek): What are you two arguing about? Brandon: You!…

Jennifer is at her computer checking for a message from Jack. Patrick tells her that the messages were a hoax. Jenn looks at the computer and gasps…

As the credits roll…

Laney>p>

MICKEY & BONNIE COME IN THE FRONT DOOR, laughing, giggling, and kissing, as Maggie walks in from the other room, followed by Doug & Julie. All are astonished at seeing each other, Mickey is sure he is dreaming, but Maggie walks up, gives him a big kiss, asking if this seems like a dream. Bonnie tells her to take her hands off her husband, but Maggie replies that he is HER husband. Mickey is overwhelmed, but Julie tells him that yes, Maggie is alive, as is Doug, Gramma, Hope, Jen. Mickey looks like he is going to have some sort of attack. Doug explains “in a nutshell” that all was part of a nefarious Tony DiMera plot, & gives the Readers’ Digest Condensed version of what happened. Bonnie is clinging to Mickey, insisting on him being her husband. Maggie knew this might happen when the islanders were shown the video of Mickey & Bonnie dancing at the Penthouse Grill. She knew Mickey would need someone to take care of him, and Bonnie was right there. Julie tells Maggie she tried to stop him, to no avail, & Maggie realizes that.
Bonnie tells Mickey she knows how happy he is at the good news that Maggie is alive, then turns to Maggie saying “I just want you to know you will always be welcome in our home”. Whoa! Maggie turns livid. “OUR HOME!”? Both she & Julie go after Bonnie, while Mickey & Doug hold them back. LOL….loved it.

WE SEE FRAMED PHOTOS ON A MANTLE , as the camera pans across them….Mickey & Maggie, Tom & Alice, Doug & Julie, then to a table where there is a photo of Jack & Jennifer, and one of a SORAS Abby. The door opens, and in comes Jennifer, holding her baby, and Patrick, (minus his beard, and with very slicked down hair). Jen thinks of all the happy reunions going on and cries over the missing Jack. Patrick makes a call to see if any news, but no luck. Jen is very upset, and Patrick apologizes for his part in everything. Jen excuses him, saying not his fault, then goes to check her laptop for messages, hoping for word from Jack. Patrick tells her the previous ones were a hoax, but Jen is hopeful, and gets excited when she sees message from Jack. Patrick points out it was dated the day she left (amazing that Abby has not used that computer in all this time, or that not even family members checked it when she turned up missing). Patrick talks of gathering his things to move out, but Jen wants him there when Abby comes home. Since she blamed Jen in the past for Jack’s “death”, she hopes his presence will help when she tells Abby all that has happened. Outside Abby (now aged to 16) is coming home with friend, Chelsea, talking about driver’s ed, and how she hates driving with Aunt Julie, who has been taking care of her.
Abby comes in, sees her mom, and they have a tearful and joyful hugfest. She introduces her friend to Jen & and to Patrick. Abby sees Jen is no longer pregnant, asks about the baby. Jen assures her he is fine and goes upstairs to bring the baby down, and introduce him to his big sister. (We do SEE the baby this time). Abby holds him, and asks about his name. Jen starts to say something about your father & I decided…….when Abby interrupts saying that dad did not even know she was pregnant when he died. Jen starts to explain about Jack being alive on the island, Abby gets all excited, babbles on and on….guessing Jack must be upstairs, runs up to find him. Jen does not know why she did not stop her, and tell her immediately about her father.

LEXIE HAS ABE IN THE HOSPITAL checking him out. She has called in an opthamologist to look him over. Tek & Brandon are outside, talking. Brandon warns Tek to stay away from Lexie, but Tek is right back at him, bringing up Brandon’s affair a couple years ago with Lexie. Kate comes along, spots Brandon, and is very happy to see he has not left town. Downstairs, Sami is babbling away to a nurse about her upcoming marriage plans, how she is there for her blood test, showing off her ring, & talking of her rosy future when she becomes “Mrs. Brandon Walker”. Uh, oh! the nurse gives her a hard time about her Freudian slip, & brings up Brandon having dumped her right after the wedding, and even Franco being murdered. Sami claims that was all Kate….in fact Kate interfered in all her love lives….Back upstairs Abe talks of wanting to teach his son to play soccer, & football. He prays he will see again. Dr. Nash arrives, & Lexie leaves the room, to see Tek & Brandon arguing. Tek leaves, then the doctor comes out of the examining room, telling Lexie & Brandon that Abe’s condition is very serious.

BACK AT THE HORTON HOUSE, Mickey is asking Bonnie if she is o.k., as she takes a swig from a bottle. Maggie is horrified to see alcohol in her home. She tells Bonnie that Mickey is Maggie’s husband, and this is NOT Bonnie’s home, even tho she has put her tacky stamp over everything. She comments she is surprised there is not a stuffed buffalo head over the fireplace…..and Bonnie says, awwww, you spoiled my big surprise for Mickey’s wedding present. They go back & forth about Bonnie’s lack of cleaning skills, how Maggie should have fired her, as the only thing was good at was cleaning out Maggie’s wallet. LOL….(Don’t mess with Maggie!). Mickey just stands around like a doofus, looking and acting helpless. Maggie tells Bonnie that Mickey is a lawyer, can verify that their marriage is invalid, and he is still married to her. But feisty Bonnie retorts that yes, HER husband is a lawyer, and Maggie was declared dead legally, signed, sealed and delivered, and therefore her marriage to Mickey is valid, that she is the one and only Mrs. Mickey Horton.
Doug suggests to Julie they go to see Gran, that they need to celebrate, but Julie cannot leave Uncle Mickey in the middle of this mess. Maggie tells Bonnie that since the marriage is not yet consummated……Julie has flashback of bursting in on Mickey & Bonnie in bed..and just nods her head yes to Maggie…..who is absolutely devastated at that bit of news. Maggie cries, as she puts her head on Julie’s shoulder. Maggie leaves, runs upstairs, and comes back down, flabbergasted that all her clothes are gone, & holds up the thong outfit she found in her undie drawer. Bonnie grabs it, saying it was for her wedding nite, (guarantee you all, you will be rolling your eyes a lot during this Horton “reunion”, lol).
Doug tells Mickey that this cannot go on. That it is up to him, and HE is going to have to make a choice between Bonnie & Maggie. And then, asks “Which one will it be”.

KATE SPOTS SAMI AT THE HOSPITAL & tells her she has some bad news for her. Of course, Sami cannot ever shut up for a second, & they argue about their feuding and Lucas, yada, yada, yawwwwn. We have heard it all many times. Kate sends Sami to the 2nd floor waiting room, where she assures her she is going to be surprised. Sami goes, spies Brandon, is shocked, goes up to him, asking, O, my God…..what are YOU doing here? and the previews show

Hope asking Shawn if “that could be the reason you changed your mind about Belle.” Shawn angrily replies that it is HIS life and to back off.

Jennifer asks Patrick if this innocent little boy is going to grow up without a father

Sami begs Brandon to say he didn’t spend last night in Salem. He says he did, and asks if she has a problem with that. Sami replies that if so, her life is over.

Barb

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH, 2004

Episode #9933
Taped 10/13/04
Director – Albert Alarr

Summary: Sami continues the blame game as Hope delivers bad news…Roman and Marlena wonder what Tony has in store for them now…Maggie and Bonnie almost come to blows…Billie tells Bo goodbye.

At the Horton House…Julie and Doug try to reason with Mickey (with Julie telling him ‘I told you so’). Bonnie claims her “dumplin” acted of his own free will and reminds Maggie that she is legally dead as Julie urges him to get an annulment. But he says he can’t do that. Maggie asks if he doesn’t love her anymore. Julie tells him to just throw “the cleaning woman out on her ashcan” (LOL). But Mickey says he can’t, Maggie was declared legally dead and their marriage dissolved. Bonnie lets it be known that she and “mighty Mickey” have been doing it for a while now. Julie has heard enough of her trash talk and goes to deck her, but Maggie stops her, telling her the “bitch is MINE” and puts up her dukes. Bonnie is “ready to rumble” but Mickey steps in and breaks it up. He tells Maggie he does love her, but he thought he lost her and wanted to die himself. But Bonnie taught him to live again. Maggie cries saying she does not know him anymore (join the club honey). Bonnie sees no problem with that and Julie threatens to give her a “fist full of fist”. Julie even gets angry with Doug for not backing her up. Mickey tries to explain as Maggie cries. He says they have three bedrooms and all of them can stay there in separate rooms. This causes Maggie to flee from the house in tears, followed by Julie. (Bonnie calls “dibs” on the master bedroom). Bonnie works on Mickey, trying to talk him into letting Maggie go. Outside, Maggie is in turmoil as Julie tries to comfort her. She breaks down as Julie tells her it isn’t over. Back inside, Bonnie is trying to snow Mickey but Maggie comes back, telling Bonnie she is staying and taking the blue bedroom…and renaming it the “Nightmare Room” because that is what she is going to be to “Blondie” her worst nightmare…as Bonnie gulps.

At the Cop shop…Bo arrives to learn from Billie that she has decrypted the code and has tons of DiMera info, including financial records, criminal activity and everyone on their payroll, dating back to when Roman and Marlena were held prisoner. There are even records on there of the “pawn’s” training. She says is could take her whole career to follow up on all the leads. Bo asks if she is leaving Salem and she says yes…unless he has a reason for her to stay. She says she is talking about work and if she isn’t needed there, she needs to get started on this. He says there must be more in her life than work, but she says it is not his problem and not to worry about it. He is sure she will find a special someone in her life. She talks about last time she was in Salem and apologizes for being duped by Larry and causing problems with him and Hope. He says she saved them several times on the island so they are even. She tells him that he and Hope are lucky and deserve happiness. She tells him goodbye and he offers his hand to her. But she wants a hug. As they hug, she chokes back the tears. After he leaves, (with a “see ya”), she cries alone, saying that he is the only man she ever wanted.

At the Hospital…Sami clamors to hear news on her parents from Kate and says she knows they are alive. She starts ranting at Kate and John. Hope comes in with a bag of clothes and as she pulls them out, John recognizes Marlena and Romans shirts. She tells them that Brady also identified other things from Caroline, Victor and Jack’s backpack. And there is blood on them. The blood is now being tested for positive ID. After she leaves, Sami jumps all over John and Kate accusing them of having an affair, saying they don’t want Marlena and Roman to come back. Belle and Lucas both try to shut her up, but she just keeps on. Belle suggests she go see Lexie, then she starts on her, calling her a moron. Hope comes back with the results and tells them the bad news, the blood matches all the missing. Sami breaks down as Lucas holds her. Hope also tells them that the Coast Guard is calling off the search as everyone cries. Hope tries to console Sami, but she lashes out at her as well, blaming her and the other survivors for making it home without her parents and then rushes out, followed by Lucas. Hope asks for time alone with John where she gives him Marlena’s ring. He asks if she is SURE Marlena wasn’t on that boat and Hope says yes, even though he feels she was. Hope says that with Tony dead, she believes that it is over this time and that there is no DiMera plot…she fears that Marlena may really be dead…as John cries. In the hallway, Belle lashes out at Belle for not supporting her as Kate lectures Lucas about Sami. Kate blames Kate for everything and rushes off…followed by Lucas again. She runs into Brandon (who had been with Lexie…see below). He tries to offer comfort and tells her that he cares about her. She cries that he is the only one who understands her as she falls into his arms…just as Lucas rounds the corner to see them.

Lexie tells Brandon…that Abe has been transferred to the eye clinic and wishes she and Theo could have joined him. Brandon says Abe is lucky she is a doctor, but she feels helpless. He tells her that he is going to be there for her and Theo. Tek comes up and tells them the news of the clothes they found. They fear the worst and they worry about how to tell Abe the news. Lexie tells Tek that Abe is gone and he goes to hug her, to be broken up by Brandon, telling Tek to leave her alone. Lexie has to break them up and asks Brandon for some time alone with Tek. He already knows what she is going to say as she she explains that Abe is back and she loves her husband. He says he understands and glad that Abe is alive, calling him the luckiest mane on earth. After he leaves, Lexie sighs.

On the Trawler…Marlena and Roman wake up to find they are in different clothes and have been injected in the arms. They wonder what it could all mean. Tony joins them and they bombard him with questions. He is his usual smug self and offers no real answers. He tells them that they are never going home and that they are nearing their final destination, but won’t tell them where. They ask about the clothes and the injections, but he tells them that they needed blood samples. After he leaves, Marlena isn’t buying it and thinks there is more to it. She figures it out…that he put blood on their clothes so the others will think they are dead and give up the search. (Roman had already suspected it, but didn’t want to say it). They fear that because they think Tony is dead, no one will be looking for them and they will be at his mercy as they hug…and the previews show…

Sami (to Kate): you brought Brandon back to break us up (Kate to Lucas): She is crazy! (Sami to Kate) I am going to kill you…

Lexie (to John) You have suffered extensive damage to your spinal column…

Hope (to Bo, in bed) I am thankful for every minute I have with you…

Billie (to Patrick) I think I like you Lockhart. (Patrick) There are some things people shouldn’t mess with…

And the credits roll…

Laney

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH, 2004

Episode #9932
Taped 10/12/04
Director – Herb Stein

Summary: Sami blames John for her parents missing…Abby blames Jen for Jack missing…Bo and Hope are suspicious of Jan, who scrambles to cover the truth…Brandon decides to hang around Salem for Abe’s sake, much to Lexie’s dismay.

At the Deveraux Home…A disappointed Abby comes back downstairs and rushes to the kitchen looking for her dad. Jen tells her that he isn’t there and tries to explain to a bewildered Abby. Of course Abby blames her mother once again for losing her dad. In tears, Jen tries to tell her that Jack tired his best to get home to her. But an angry Abby says if she is to have one of her parents, why couldn’t it be him…she wishes it would have been HER that was dead. Patrick defends Jen and her friend Chelsea speaks up, telling her to be happy her mom is there. She tells them to shut up and runs upstairs. They are all worried about Abby and Chelsea leaves, telling Jen to have Abby call her later. Jen wants to go to Abby, but doesn’t know what to say, so she stands at the foot of the stairway and cries, saying she can’t go through all this again. Patrick hugs her, telling her to be strong. He promises to be there for her for as long as she needs. She worries about the baby growing up without a father as he tries to encourage her. She says she is lucky to have him in her life and as he cradles her face, tells her that he will always be there for her.

At the Brady House…Bo and Hope are worried about the other survivors and what they will tell their families. Shawn and Jan come in as Bo and Hope are still keeping one eye on her. Jan tells them that she and Shawn love each other. Hope asks about Belle, but Shawn tells them that he and Belle broke up, so get used to it. He tells them that Belle lied to him and he wants nothing to do with her. Jan informs them that it is SHE that took care of him after his accident but his folks aren’t buying it, thinking there is something wrong with him. Shawn tells them to just back off. Bo blasts him for talking to his mother like that and he apologizes to them, but they are sure something is wrong as they eye Jan. They talk privately as Jan listens. Hope vows to get to the bottom of it. Jan tries to get Shawn to take her home (to have sex), but he tells her to give it a rest and calls her stupid and storms off. Jan worries about his folks being cops and is sure that they will figure it out. She says that desperate times call for desperate measures. Later, she is crying and tells Shawn that seeing him with his folks makes her miss her own parents and how she doesn’t have a family. He swallows it hook, line and sinker and volunteers to take her home. He tells Bo and Hope goodnight as Jan rushes over and gives Bo a kiss and Hope a hug (LOL at the looks on their faces). As they leave, Bo asks “what the…?” As they leave, Hope is even more sure now that something is wrong and she is going to find out what. Outisde, Jan tells Shawn he will not regret it and kisses him, telling him she will always be by his side. Inside, Bo gets an urgent call from Billie about something they found on the disk. But Hope is worried and doesn’t want him to go down the station…she fears that something is wrong…it isn’t over yet.

At the Hospital…Belle is with her dad, sure he will be fine and that mom will come home. They talk about how happy she wasn’t the killer after all. John reveals that Brady stayed behind and is helping the Coast Guard with the search and assures Belle they will find her. He talks about how they ended up on the island and how Tony was responsible, and it was all because Tony wanted to destroy John. Belle asks where Tony is now and John says he killed him…he won’t bother then again. He tells her about their escape and how Marlena saved his life by tying him to the raft (insert flashbacks her of their goodbye). With tears streaming down his face, the tells her how her mom risked her life for him. He talks about the others missing too, including Victor and Caroline. Belle worries about Shawn too.

Meanwhile, Kate observes as Sami and Brandon have their reunion. Sami is hysterical to see Brandon there and wants him to leave Salem. Kate has flashbacks of promising Roman to get along with Sami. But she apologizes for breaking that promise…just as Lucas walks up, telling her that he heard the news. (Has Kate even CHECKED ON Billie yet???) He asks Kate about the news of Marlena and Roman missing. He asks if Sami knows and Kate says she isn’t sure. Lucas is going to find her and tell her…afraid she will fall apart when she finds out they are missing again.

Sami is furious that Brandon didn’t leave town, but he tells her he did, but his car broke down and he came back. He thinks she is nuts for believing Celeste’s prediction. He tells her he is glad he did return and goes to tell her about Abe, but Sami cuts him off. A nurse comes and gets Brandon (Lexie wants to see him) and he leaves. Sami vows not to let Brandon come between her and Lucas. Lucas walks up to tell her the news. He tries to get her to sit, but she just wants the news. He starts telling her about her parents and she is thrilled. She is in shock and wants to know where they are. He gives her a brief overview, but Sami wants to know where her mom is. She babbles on about how she was right all along, not giving Lucas a chance to finish. He finally tells her that they are missing, telling her they need to talk to John and she rushes off.

Brandon catches up with Lexie, who is filling out paperwork to get Abe into an eye clinic for more tests. They talk about keeping him positive. Brandon offers to stay in Salem a while longer, but Lexie wants him to leave now. He tells her that he has already run into Sami and they had round one and she worries about him. He swears he can handle it. Lexie is happy that Sami is miserable, but doesn’t want to see Brandon hurt again. Brandon talks about all the things that he and Abe missed together and wants to be there for him now. He says his dad needs him and he is staying, even though she tries to talk him out of it…he is determined.

Kate returns to John’s room and tells them that she tried to call Philip about his father but couldn’t get hold of him. Sami comes rushing in demanding to know about her parents, calling John a bastard in the process. She yells at him as Lucas pulls her away. Belle is also trying to talk to her and she seems to calm down a bit. Belle tells her that some made it home, but there are others missing too, including her grandmother. Sami asks WHY is it always HER family? Sami is upset because John is “lying on his ass” and not doing everything he can to find Marlena. She is hysterical, but is sure that her parents are fine and will be found. Kate tries to calm her down, but she blames Kate too. She wants more details and as John talks to her, Kate pulls Lucas aside, telling him that Sami is destructive and she wants him away from her so he doesn’t get hurt. They go into the hallway and Lucas tells her that he LOVES Sami and if Kate tries to break them up, she will lose. Lucas goes back inside as Sami is once again railing at John, saying she believes that her parents are in love again. She goes on about how John never loved Marlena and can’t wait to move on to someone else…Kate. Lucas tries to shut her up as Kate walks in and Sami sneers at her. Kate tells them that she just talked to Brady and they have news. They have found something and are bringing it home. Sami starts yelling that they have found her parents and they are alive and coming home…as the previews show…

Bo (to Billie): So you are leaving Salem? Billie: Unless you can give me a reason to stay…

John (to Hope): Is it possible that Doc was on that trawler? (he is holding her ring). Hope: No…

Marlena (to Roman): O my gosh Roman…we could be held captive by Tony forever…

Sami (to Brandon): You are the only person that understands. She hugs him as Lucas turns the corner and sees them…

And the credits roll…

Laney

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17TH, 2004

Episode #9934
Taped 10/16/04
Director – Jim Baffico

A rather ho-hum show, as nothing seems to move story forward. Belle & Kate visit John, Sami is still running into Brandon & making excuses to Lucas, Kate still plotting against Sami. Jennifer mourns Jack, while getting prepared to tell Abby the news, while Billie lets Patrick know what she knows.

HOPE IS ON THE PHONE TO A CRYING JENNIFER , expressing her sympathies, as Jen says she doesn’t know how she is going to tell Abby her dad is lost for good again. Patrick comes in, offering to go with Jen to Jo & Vern’s to tell Abby. (WHAT is she doing there, when her mom just came back from the dead herself, with a new baby brother?) Jen declines. Patrick leaves, but opens the door to find Billie about to come in. She has a large manila envelope that she tells Patrick is the key to his past…..and his future

BO COMES IN HIS HOUSE, telling Hope that the computer disk had all sorts of stuff about the DiMera holdings, financial accounts, plus stuff about them all, John’s past, and what the DiMeras were planning for Patrick Lockhart. He says that he doesn’t trust the DiMeras, tho, as the disk could be a plant. They nuzzle on the sofa a bit, then Hope gets an idea, Bo asks if it involves their bedroom, she says could be, and he picks her up, carries her upstairs. (Young actors take note…..Bo & Hope can say more with a smile & a kiss……) In the bedroom, Bo takes off his shirt…they kiss, and we next see them in the shower…..they kiss, and then, towel wrapped, they go to the bed. We see them later under the blanket, telling each other how much they love each other.

AT THE HOSPITAL Belle comes into John’s room, telling him & Kate that Lucas is looking for Sami. (3 guesses where she is, first two don’t count, lol). Kate gloats on how Sami is probably with Brandon….and of course she is……crying on his shoulder as Lucas comes around the corner to see. Sami scrambles to explain, as Brandon leaves them alone to talk. John tries to reason with Kate about Sami, but she goes on and on about Sami & Brandon. Kate leaves, and now John & Belle talk about Sami & Brandon. (yawwnnnn). John tries to give Belle Marlena’s wedding ring, but she tells him to hold onto it. Brandon, Lucas & Sami are talking, Brandon leaves, but first mentions Kate funding his Outreach Program. Sami realizes Kate planned this….and when Kate shows up, she attacks her once more, saying she is going to kill her. (this is getting wayyyyyyy too old…)She tells Kate that when she tells John how Kate is spending his money, he will throw her out. Belle comes up, disagreeing, as both she & Philip approved this charity, as it helped needy kids. Sami is taken aback. Lucas takes Kate aside for a private talk…..as we see Brandon having a long, long flashback of him dancing with Sami. (Strictly a time filler).

BACK AT THE DEVERAUX HOUSE Billie tells Patrick the envelope has all his personal life on it, but being the ISA has more important fish to fry, it is low priority. She is sending the disk to the London office for complete decoding, claims that decoding is her specialty and that is why she ALLOWED (oh, give me a big break here) herself to be kidnapped, so that she would have access to the DiMera mainframe. (yeah, from her cell, right?) She considers her mission a success. Just then Jen comes out, asking how could it be a success when so many innocent lives were lost. Billie backtracks, & then extends her sympathies. She comforts Jen, as Patrick goes out for more wood for the fireplace. Jen goes to change clothes in order to go get Abb, while Billie picks up Jack’s picture (Man, I soooooo miss that guy, it is NOT fair to have him off screen so much!). She promises Jack she will use all the ISA resources to keep Jen and his family safe. Patrick comes in, and the two of them have a few words about Billie’s interest in Bo….and Patrick’s in Jen. They part with Patrick offering to buy Billie a drink, and “will call” her.

MEANWHILE, AT THE HOSPITAL, Lexie is telling John that he has extensive damage to his spinal cord, that there MAY be residual effects. That he may have chronic pain for the rest of his life. Outside the room, Belle prays to her mom to watch over her dad. John looks at Marlena’s ring, and with tears in his eyes, says “I miss you, Doc”. Lucas tells Kate that she had better not be plotting against Sami, cuz if she is, Kate will lose Lucas forever. He leaves, & Eugenia asks Kate if her plot is worth it. Brandon looks at a video monitor, sees Lucas & Sami kissing in the elevator. And the previews show…

Maggie saying “Mickey is my husband. I married him first.” (Right now, Mickey is being the biggest jerk there ever was….but then, this is NOT our Mickey Horton, is it?). Bonnie replies “And you’re legally dead”. We see Maggie scream as she falls to the floor.

Sami asks Brandon if he has forgiven her, and happily goes in for a hug when he says yes, just as Lexie & Lucas come up.

Lexie tells Brandon that Sami is as resilient as a cockroach, and is gonna eat him for lunch

Billie asks Kate whose demise is she planning now, as Sami comes up, sweetly saying “mine”.

Barb

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH, 2004

Episode #9935
Taped 10/15/04
Director – Phil Sogard

Our returning Salemites flock to Alice's to either get their minds off lost family members, reunite with their moms or to support Maggie, who sees the transformation of her beloved Tuscany while others plan or overhear plots against Sami. Doug and Julie have their own party of sorts ;-)

From coast guard duds to his tux, Doug looks smashing as he wows seeing his beautiful wife in her full length black gown. He's got a romantic evening planned to hit all of Salem's finest eateries and clubs. Maggie calls and asks if Alice knows what's going on at their house. Julie was hoping it would be over and not have to tell Gran about it. Maggie knows Alice has ways o f hearing these things and tells Julie that it's not over yet. Mickey wants to take her to the restaurant to show her what changes Bonnie's made there. She walks out to find Bonnie and Mickey (both in western wear) smooching in the foyer after she claims to see shaving cream under his ear. (loved the old Mickey and Maggie, but frankly willing to let Bonnie have this one the way he's acting) The same issue about who is Mickey's wife comes out. Mickey needs time to work things out as he tells Bonnie not to let that happen again. Hearing that, Maggie goes to the car to wait and Bonnie suggests they get their marriage annulled (figuring he'd decline), but he surprises her and says that may be for the best. He tells her he loves Maggie with all his heart, but he still loves her too. She offers to go, and Mickey knows what he's doing is wrong, but asks for her patience. She agrees and he happily suggests they go “show off” Alice's.

Bo and Hope make their own plans in bed. They decide to order Chinese take out (guess Zack was playing in his room?) as Hope has to go through the pile of bills and mail. She tells Bo she figured that they would have stopped coming as they were assumed to be dead (wait til you see the late payment fees). Bo feels for Jen, John and Sami, especially Sami. Feeling guilty about his part in Marlena's shooting, Hope reminds him that wasn't what killed her, but Marlena and Roman's worst fear about Sami being alone may be coming true. Julie calls and tells Hope about Uncle Mickey. Afterward the duo come downstairs. Hope's in a pretty two piece pink sparkly outfit as Bo puts Zack's toys away (back to reality). She tells him about Mickey taking Maggie to show her what Tuscany's become and asks she and Bo be there for Maggie's support, knowing she herself wouldn't be welcome. Ding Dong, Julie and Doug arrive to watch Zack (bet Doug would love time with his grandson anyway) while Bo and Hope are gone. Hope feels bad ruining their plans after seeing them, but Doug's just happy to be alive after all they've been through. They're happy to learn Chinese food is on the way (bet he didn't have that on Melaswen) and Julie tells Hope that Bonnie's had her octupus tentacles out for Mickey for a while now. Doug worries about Maggie's reaction when she sees Tuscany.

Doug and Julie watch Mr. Magoo on tv with Zack. Doug's enjoying himself and Julie wishes she could be at Alice's. She wishes she could have stopped Mickey and Bonnie from doing the “push push” as she covers Zack's ears, LOL. Doug kisses her, saying Grandpa Tom would have been so proud of her. Dinner is delivered and Julie gives Zack some chow mein at the kitchen table. She and Doug relish in the time with each other and Zack as Zack projects some noodles at them. At first Julie is aghast at that, but Doug has fun and tosses some noodles at her. A food fight starts with them all laughing. Later we find Julie cleaning up and Doug returns after getting Zack cleaned up and into bed. He offers fortune cookies to Julie, but she drops them and steps on them, saying he's all the good fortune she needs.

AT ALICE'S.....
Lucas and Sami arrive outside. He figures dinner out is what she needs to get away from the photo albums and sad memories. He figures her parents wouldn't want her dwelling on it. She thanks him for taking such good care of her and apologizes for what happened with his mom earlier. Sami walks in and sees Kate and Billie hugging. Billie didn't realize the ISA had told Kate she was dead. She introduces Billie to Eugenia as Kate orders a club soda. Eugenia warns Kate to think through something. Billie knew the tone Eugenia was using and ask whose demise she's planning now. Sami overhears and says, MINE. She clues Billie in on what's happening before Lucas arrives to hug his sister. He excuses Sami and himself saying they'll catch up later and he'll let her be with mom now. Billie tells Kate to chill out and let Lucas be happy . Kate knows a life with Sami won't make Lucas happy, just like a life for Billie without Bo won't make her happy....as Bo and Hope walk in and they trio nods to each other from across the room.

Lexie tells Brandon that Abe is doing good at the clinic. She orders OJ, he beer. He tells her about running into Samantha at the hospital earlier and she was hysterical and ran into his arms. He was glad she did, but Lexie believes Sami did it on purpose. While waiting for their drinks, Brandon's heart feels for Sami's loss, but Lexie knows Sami will take advantage of that sympathy. He knows Sami and Lucas are a couple and tells Lexie to let it go.

Maggie walks up outside, holding her sparkly evening bag as she gazes at the Alice's sign. She walks in and looks around in shock as Eugenia asks if she has a reservation (give me a break!). Mickey and Bonnie walk in as Bonnie knows that Maggie will just love it. Maggie screams and faints on the floor as Bonnie sarcastically mutters “I knew she'd love it” as Mickey rolls his eyes up to the heaven's, LOL! Mickey rushes up to Mickey as does Bo and Hope. They help her to a table as Lexie takes her pulse. It's racing and she wonders what happened. Bo speculates that Mickey changing her elegant restaurant to a honkey tonk bar might be the reason and Hope asks Mickey how he could do that to her? (was the bar changed AFTER Hope had left Salem?)

Sami and Eugenia meet up in the ladies room. Eugenia tells her about the rotten jobs she's had (including working in a sausage factory) and how her parents are disappointed in her after her 6 years of college. Sami is truly sorry, not wanting Eugenia to have lost her job, but Eugenia vows someone will pay. (uh, Eugenia has a bit of that responsibility for screwing up too I think) Sami wonders how much more can she pay. Brandon is outside the ladies room and sees Sami walk out in tears. They talk about all that's happened and Eugenia can't forgive her for what happened, just like he hasn't. He tells her he has and she goes into his arms, sobbing again, grateful. She tells him how much it means to her that he and Lucas believe in her. Of course Lexie and Lucas walk up and see this. Disgusted, Lexie goes to leave and Brandon follows her. Lucas surprises Sami by being happy she and Brandon made up and in AA they emphasize how much verbal restitution means. Sami tells Lucas she can't marry him until she apologizes for all the bad things she did to him over the years. He feels bad for all the bad things he did too and they're square and kiss, happy they can start fresh.

Lexie tells Maggie she'll be back to check on her and leaves. Hope offers to take her home. Maggie can't believe her beautiful Tuscany that she built with her blood, sweat and tears was turned into a honkey tonk. Mickey apologizes to Maggie, realizing he should have known what a shock it would be to her (duh!). Bonnie tries to leave, saying she's needed at the bar and asks Maggie if she wants to continue her tour. Maggie figures no one wants to see her at a bar right now. Bonnie asks for Mickey's help and he looks to Maggie. She tells him to just go and he says he'll be right back (he never does) as Bonnie takes his arm. Maggie looks up at Hope and says everything that mattered to her is gone.

Kate tries to get Billie to reconsider leaving Salem, her life is there. Billie knows her and Bo are over. Kate wants her to leave the ISA. She just lost her husband and Cassie, she doesn't want to lose her too. Billie knows Hope would be happier if she was gone too. Billie knows that Bo and Hope share two sons and Kate brings up Georgia, saying she'd want her parents together (they keep bringing her up, are we going to find her in the swamp years later?)

Patrick walks in and shocks Bonnie. He's tried calling her and couldn't reach her. She flashes the ring and tells him it all happened today and Connor and Max are moving in with Mickey. Patrick reminds her Maggie is still alive. Bonnie says Maggie, the stray dog, is back home to find Mickey's married to a thoroughbred (her) and she's keeping the man she loves. He's the only man who's treated her with respect and she doesn't want to lose him. She goes to get him a drink. Billie walks up, telling Lockhart this one is on her. Bonnie turns on line dancing music and grabs Mickey, thinking she'll show Maggie who Mickey will choose, claiming the person you end up with when the music stops is you soul mate for life. Hope and Patrick are dancing as are Billie and Bo when the music stops. Maggie is weeping in the corner. Hope tells Patrick that she knows Billie loves Bo, but she and Bo are secure in their love. Brandon spots Kate talking to Eugenia and knows trouble is ahead. Kate watches Sami and Lucas dancing and says out loud that she knows exactly what she has to do to break up Sami and Lucas. Brandon overhears...as the previews for the next DOOL roll....

Sami invites everyone at Alice's to attend their wedding...Brandon asks if that means he's invited too as Sami and Lucas smile...

Shawn tells Belle he wouldn't even ask, but it's a favor to Aunt Maggie. Belle takes his hand and says in that case she can't say no...

Jan tells Philip that if she were going to take up with a gun, this is the time to do it

Hope tells Bo that Shawn and Belle are going to end up with the wrong people and will be miserable...

John looks up and asks what the hell you're doing here....

as the credits roll...

Linda

AT ALICE'S....
Lucas assures Sami he can handle whatever Kate has planned. Kate denies planning anything and only has a surprise for them.

Brandon confronts Eugenia about if Kate is trying to break up Sami and Lucas. He tells her to tell Kate to forget it if so.

Lucas suggests Sami ignore Kate and they go see Aunt Maggie. Loved this scene. Lucas warmly welcomes Maggie back with a hug, saying he missed her. (has Mickey or anyone else even talked or seen his mother since she came back from the dead? Sorry, I digress.) Maggie tells Sami how sorry she is about Marlena and Roman. She notices Sami and Lucas hugging and the ring on Sami's finger and asks about it. They smile and admit they're engaged. She's happy for them and a group hug ensues. (awwww) She tears up saying she's glad someone's got good news. Lucas asks if she's okay and she tells them about Mickey and Bonnie. Both are shocked and Lucas suggests Mickey unmarry Bonnie.

Outside Belle and Philip arrive. He feels they need a night out to deal with losing his grandfather and her mom (again). They see Jan and Shawn arrive and go inside.

Bo asks to see Shawn alone and Jan is determined nothing or no one will stop her from achieving her goal. Bo questions Shawn's decisions lately and Shawn admits making a huge mistake. He's not a kid anymore and wants his parents out of his love life. He and Belle use to be in love, but now he's engaged to Jan. Bo asks if he LOVES Jan and he doesn't answer. Bo says there's only one love in your life and you know it when you look at them. Shawn asks about Carly and Billie then. (oops) Bo even had a baby with Billie (there they go again, reminding us about Georgia). Bo tells him that was different, he thought Hope was dead. Shawn works up a froth (figuratively speaking) saying Belle isn't exactly missing him either, is she? He walks off after telling Bo to stay out of his love life.

Hope asks Billie for a moment alone in the ladies room and Billie doesn't lie to her, dancing with Bo was wonderful. Inside Billie and Hope also talk about Georgia and how her life would have been so different had Georgia survived. Billie asks if the tables were turned and she and Bo had a child together, would Hope leave? Hope knows she wouldn't and Billie says that's why she knows she has to leave Salem and Bo behind.

Belle heads to the ladies room as Shawn walks in and overhears Philip mumbling to himself how he's waited long enough and he and Belle need to start their future. Shawn runs into Aunt Maggie and gives her the 10 second hug and welcome back. She asks about Belle and learns he's with Jan now and he walks off. (Poor Maggie..Julie should have took her and Jen aside and briefed them on all the Salem happenings). Maggie wonders what the world is coming to with Bonnie Lockhart and Jan Spears now. She gets an idea and perks up (ahh, our Maggie surfaces).

Philip and Billie hug and she feels bad about Victor. Kate joins them and mentions they're both happy he's marrying Belle. He rushes off after correcting his and Belle's status and Billie digs into Kate about butting in (atta girl). She tells Kate she and Bo are over and to lay off. Of course Kate disagrees to herself.

Bo and Hope hug outside. He asks if she was jealous of him and Billie dancing, then tells her about his talk with Shawn. Hope knows Jan manipulated Shawn somehow and is worried that Shawn and Belle will end up with the wrong people. Bo and Hope know they were given another chance and will make the most of it for both each other and their family.

As the classic song Our Love is Here to Stay plays (can't believe Bonnie had that in her juke box, but great song), Jan overhears Maggie urging Shawn to ask Belle to dance to it. Kate and Billie watch and Billie tells Kate to stay out of it. Jan and Philip watch as Shawn and Belle eye each other and he finally asks her to dance. She's surprised, saying she doesn't think it's a good idea. He tells her Aunt Maggie wants it to happen and she can't refuse. Maggie dims the lights and prays this works (guess Bonnie and Mickey are busy elsewhere as we don't see them at all). Shawn apologizes to Belle for accusing her mother of being the killer. If he hadn't acted as he had they might still be together...but goes off tract saying then she slept with his best friend...and she states he slept with Jan first and walks off, back to Philip. Jan wastes no time slipping into his empty arms as the song ends.

Sami (who's still carrying her purse around) and Lucas stroll around as she's nervous what Kate's got planned. Kate tells them she's going to make a tribute to Marlena and Roman's memory. She gets up on stage when the song ends and tells everyone about Sami and Lucas' wedding courtesy of BB. She tells them due to Sami's parents tragedy (ouch), that she and BB are going to throw the reception for the couple and she herself will pay for a cruise to any destination they want (wonder if that's about the same time Ali goes on maternity leave?) Both Sami and Lucas are startled by this announcement. Later Belle and Philip are dancing as he tells her it's time for some good news about their future. He asks her to step outside as he has something important to ask her (gee, wonder what, haha). Shawn notices they're leaving and follows, much to Jan's dismay.

Kate tells Eugenia she's still planning to break up Sami and Lucas and her announcement was meant to throw them off. Billie walks up and asks to speak to Kate privately. She didn't overhear her conversation to Eugenia and compliments her mom on her generous offer. Sami makes her own happy announcement, inviting every one there to their big day. Brandon asks if that means him too and both Sami and Lucas agree. Lucas walks away and Sami asks Brandon if he really wants to come. Kate urges Billie to stay for the wedding and Lucas joins them, agreeing with his mom. Billie goes to tell Bo something.

Outside Philip gets on his knee and proposes (not a very romantic one, more of a life sucks, let's get it on approach) as Shawn and Jan lurk in the background watching. Belle's reaction is sullen as well

At the Cop Shop...two unknown cops in uniform see a hidden file that Billie missed and are surprised to see what it says.

AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL...
Hairy John lies in bed watching his rapidly dripping iv. He asks the nurse for more pain medication, but she tells him it's too soon. He's left alone to sleep and dreams that Marlena is with him, comforting him, promising to never leave him again. He asks what happened and she only wants to know how he's feeling. In her doctor garb she undrapes his legs and he feels his legs for the first time. She takes off her doctor lab coat and is only wearing her negligee (LOL!) and crawls into bed with him. We return to him sleeping, calling out Marlena's name as someone slips into his room. John wakes up and asks what the hell you're doing here as he sees a skeleton in a death garb (think of the movie Ghost) as it strangles Marlena as she calls out for John's help. It points and John and tells him he's next. As John continues sleeping, someone walks in and injects something into his IV....as the previews roll..

Sami to Brandon...”why were you outside my apartment building that first night you were back in Salem?”...
Brandon's answer. “Maybe I did come back to Salem because I still have feelings for you”....

Belle to Shawn: “Do you really and truly want me to marry Philip???”

Bo to Hope (at the cop shop reading something)...”we have to stop Billie”..
Hope looks and says..”oh my God, it can't be”....

In the kitchen at Alice's, Bonnie screams and says “I've had it” as she and Maggie are both wielding huge knives at each other with Mickey in the middle trying to calm them down...

as the credits roll..

Linda

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND, 2004

Episode #9937
Tape date 10/19/04
Director – Phil Sogard

Almost felt as tho watching replays of various things from last week, as Philip pops the question, Billie says her goodbyes again, and again, Sami & Brandon reach an understanding, John sees Death calling him, while Maggie & Bonnie have at it.

IN THE COP SHOP the two officers are decoding the hidden file found on the disk, comment that this is huge, that is no wonder the DiMeras encrypted it, and that when Commander Brady & Billie Reed find out, they will be blown away. Sanders calls Bo, and is told to bring the file to Alice’s Restaurant.

IN THE HOSPITAL John awakes, & blurrily sees those black leather gloved hands fiddling with his IV. Murmurs “what’s happening to me”. A nurse comes in (the figure is hiding in the bathroom) and tells John no one has been there, and it is still not time for more meds for him. (Anyone else think Days is really overdoing the black leather gloves, and seeing “legs only” thing?). John flashes back to seeing the Death figure. She leaves, the person comes out of hiding, once more injecting the I.V. John again sees Death telling him that it is time! Philip arrives, asking for Belle’s hand in marriage. John gives him the ol “be good to my daughter” talk, and then gives his blessing.

AT ALICE’S Billie tells Bo & Hope goodbye, her plane leaves in a short time. Celeste accidentally bumps into her, looks at her strangely, then says she is making a big mistake. She tells Billie that she is reading her aura, that the key to her future, the person who will give her life renewed purpose is right there in Salem. Bo gets a call about the hidden file on the disk, tells the officer to bring it over to Alice’s. Billie says maybe she should wait, but Bo says they will send her the file. Billie leaves them, to talk to Kate, who tries to talk her into staying. Billie figures Celeste’s comments were about Bo, and tells her mom that Bo is married to Hope, & to stop trying to run her life. Lucas comes up, agreeing. He thanks his mom for paying for the wedding, but tells her he still does not trust her. (smart man!) Kate claims she only wants her children to be happy, and if Lucas ‘s happiness is with Sami, so be it.

While Lucas is with Kate, Brandon talks to Sami. They go outside, as she tells him how happy Lucas makes her, that he is her soulmate. Brandon tells her she told him the same thing, and probably told it to Austin, too. She questions him about being outside her apt. the night he arrived, and he replies that perhaps he was just trying to tell if he had any unresolved feelings for her, but knows how much she loves Lucas, and they belong together, & that he has moved on. He tells her he won’t be at the wedding. After he leaves, Lucas find Sami crying. She tries to explain how that things ended so suddenly w/Brandon, so when she see him there is this little “thing” still there, and she doesn’t want it to be there. So she has this fear of losing Lucas, and blames Celeste’s stupid prediction, but declares her love for Lucas, as he pledges his love for her.

We again see Philip proposing to Belle, with Shawn & Jan watching. Belle is hesitant, not expecting this. Shawn rushes up, blabbering that Belle is a slut and Philip a snake, so go ahead. Accept. He bellows out more insults and Belle runs inside, with Philip following. He knows he surprised her, says he has been carrying the ring for a long time. Ask her to hold it as he has to do something and will be right back. (See above). While he is gone, Shawn come up, continuing to give Belle a hard time. She asks if he wants her to tell Philip yes, and asks why he is talking to her like this. He stalks off to Jan, who is smiling like the cat who swallowed the canary. Philip returns, telling Belle where he went, asks her again. Jan tells Shawn to take her home to their bed, as she kisses him. Belle looks at them, then tells Philip yes. He is ecstatic, but Shawn goes to the bar for more drinking. (Soon he is gonna need an AA sponsor!)

Maggie is in the kitchen, talking to Mickey about Belle & Shawn, saying what a shame when 2 people who love each so much are kept apart by a *itch on wheels. Ahhhhh, in storms Bonnie, on roller skates, no less, LOL, asking Mickey if he is defend his one and only legally married wife. (give that a rest, Bonnie, will ya….)Maggie & Bonnie have words. Mickey parts them saying all 3 of them have to work equally together at the house and at the restaurant until things are sorted out. (MICKEY! You’re an attorney. You file to have marriage to Bonnie annulled, then to have have Maggie declared NOT dead. It takes 5 minutes! THEN you can “sort” things out. I hate Mickey being such a fool!) He tells Bonnie that Maggie’s biggest forte was interacting with the people, greeting them……Maggie smiles as she has a vision of being dressed in western outfit, welcoming a rather tipsy Bonnie & Mickey (which reminds me, after being married to Maggie for so many years, how can Mickey put up with all Bonnie’s drinking). Maggie, however, tells Mickey that she has no clothes, Bonnie gave them all to charity (& naturally, Mickey doesn’t volunteer to spring for a new wardrobe, the big jerk), but that she is very good at keeping the books. The look on Bonnie’s face is absolutely priceless. Maggie asks her where she keeps the books……and Bonnie huffily brings out a couple shoe boxes, then a cardboard box…..all full of receipts and invoices. She then drags out a couple of loaf pans and finally, from under the counter, a huge, black, trash bag full….and dumps all of it on the counter. Maggie is appalled, asking Mickey HOW he could ever trust Bonnie. Maggie questions all the payables mixed with the receivables, but Bonnie says she has her own system. LOLOL Maggie says the IRS will just love that…..Bonnie bristles at the supposed threat & picks up a large butcher knife. Maggie grabs an equally large one, and they chase each other around the room, out the door and back in. Mickey just helplessly wrings his hands. (Oh, Mickey, WHAT have they done to you, why would Maggie even want you back?)
The two women chase each other back into the kitchen, and are face to face. Maggie says, so this is it…and Bonnie says “yes it is, and you have to ask yourself, do you feel lucky” (big laugh & kudos to the nod to Clint Eastwood’s Dirty Harry!). Mickey bangs a couple of pans together to get their attention, makes them drop their “weapons”. He tells them they will get an independent bookkeeper, and then have to work on the living arrangements for the 3 of them…..making a schedule for cleaning, cooking, kitchen & bathroom privileges, etc. (Oh, sure, with Connor & Max moving in…Maggie is sure to be treated like Cinderella. Shame on you, Mickey, and Shame on Days.)

Billie once more says goodbye to her mom, Lucas, and then Bo & Hope. She leaves, telling Salem good-bye from outside
The officers bring the file to Bo, who looks at it, and is shocked. He says they will have to tell Billie, and shows Hope, who is equally stunned, and cannot believe it.
Sami seeks out Celeste, asking what happens now. Celeste tells her all is o.k., & she probably was mistaken. Sami is relieved and leaves. Eugenia comes up, asking Celeste if she told Sami the truth about the cards. Celeste says that Sami’s future is in her own hands.
Jan comes up, asking Shawn if he is gonna let Philip & Belle marry before them, wanting to get married right away. Shawn tells her to shut the hell up, as he downs another shot. Philip is excitedly talking to Belle about buying a house, having dogs, etc.
John sees Death beckoning to him. He writhes in pain……and then flatlines!! And the previews ……

Shawn tells Mimi that he & Jan are together now, & Belle is with her Marine

Philip tells Belle he is sorry, but that phone call changes everything

Bo tells Patrick to keep this to yourself til I have a chance to talk to her. Patrick gives his word, but Bo says it remains to be seen how good that is

Hope tells Jennifer that “we just learned about something else Stefano did years ago. Something that will affect Bo, Billie & me.

Barb

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23rd, 2004

Episode #9938
Tape date 10/20/04
Director – Roger Inman

Bo and Hope look for Billie; John's real intruder lurks as Lexie and Kate ponder his dilemma; Jen has problems now that Abby's SORASed into a teenager; and more nonsense with Jan, Shawn, Belle, Philip as Mimi and Rex deal with it at Alice's Bar.

DEVERAUX HOME
Poor Jen. She returns from Dimera hell on Salem Isle to teenage hell in Salem, USA. She tries calling Abby on her cell phone, but gets no reply. Patrick is with her and comforts her. Chelsea calls (hmmm..will she be the missing Georgia?). Abby returns home with attitude to spare. She tells Jen she was use to taking care of herself and is 16. If Jen had spent as much time worrying about her father, he'd still be alive. She smart mouths about Jen being too hasty to pull the plug and Jack would still be alive if she hadn't and rushes upstairs. Chelsea offers to talk with Abby, knowing she'd have better luck. Jen agrees and Patric