08-14-2017 (Monday) Are You There, Doc?

Lucas wakes up with his head on the bar; he grabs for his drink and Chloe grabs it out of his hand.  She asks what is the matter with him, reminding him that he is a recovering alcoholic and has been sober for “so long.”  He tells her to leave him alone; he asks why she’s even there.  She tells him she got a job offer and asks what happened to make him fall off the wagon; he says he didn’t fall off… he was “pushed.”  He tells her she just changed her mind today; he says he saw the look in her eyes and it was like she turned into a totally different person.  The bartender comes back and Lucas tells him he wants one more; Chloe protests but the bartender says it’s not his problem.

Chloe sits down and asks what happened between him and Adrian.  He tells her; she says it doesn’t sound like the Adrian she knows.  He says it’s not; it’s the new and improved Adrian.  The bartender gives him a shot and he downs it before Chloe can say, “Lucas, don’t.”  He tells her she’s got to be quicker than that.  She tells him tossing away his sobriety is just hurting himself; she begs him to go with her to a meeting.  He refuses.  He reminds her that she cheated on him with Daniel and says she is no better than Adrian is.  She says maybe Brady can get through to him; Lucas laughs and says he isn’t going to stop him.  He tells her that’s who he was drinking with before she got there; she is stunned.  She says she doesn’t believe it; none of this makes any sense, she says.  Lucas agrees, none of it makes any sense.  Chloe threatens to have the bartender arrested if Lucas gets in a car and kills someone, if he serves him again; the bartender cuts him off.  Lucas says he needs to go and falls as soon as he stands up.  Chloe demands his keys; he hands them over and tells her she is going to drive him.  He cries as they walk out of the bar, asking why and calling out, “Adrian!”

John is confused when Marlena calls from a random number and tells him she needs him more than ever; instead of coming out and saying “help me” right away – he seems suspicious of the call.  She goes on to tell him that Hattie is back and she’s changed places with her; she tells him she is at Bayview… John asks “are you there, doc?” telling her she is breaking up; I don’t think he’s heard anything she’s said.  She finally says “help me, John, help me.”  He hears “help” and says he knew something was up when they talked earlier; the guard grabs the phone out of her hand and hangs up.  Eric goes to see his mom and stops at Adrian’s door; he is shocked to hear the music and laughter… even more to see the plastic solo cups and bottles on the table when he walks in.  He asks “Marlena” to tell him what the hell she is doing there.  He is a little confused, but seems to buy their story, about Adrian being upset and Marlena trying to make her feel better.

Brady goes back to the mansion and shows Victor the amulet; he tells him he just found it in the room of his “beloved brother.”  Looks like they’ve got their ‘patsy.’  Brady explains to Victor that Sonny had that with him at the party.  He says his brother stabbed Victor’s brother to death and he’s going to let Sonny fry for it; Brady tells Victor to come on.  He wants to go tell the police immediately.  Victor stops him and reminds him that his fingerprints are all over it now; Victor tells him that he can tell he is “drunk as a skunk.”  He reminds him that he had him thrown into rehab before, and he can do it again; Brady argues he can handle alcohol… his problem was cocaine.  Victor reminds him he is supposed to be in charge of Titan while Sonny is locked up; he says all hell could break out if word gets out he’s “off the wagon.”  He tells him to go take a shower and then they will go talk to someone.

Eric tells his mom that John is a wreck; she says she doesn’t want to talk about it.  She says she is sorry about that, but she is much happier in her life without him in it.  “Adrian” tells Eric she used to have a bowl of oatmeal every morning; one day she woke up and decided she just didn’t like it anymore.  “Marlena” agrees, saying it can happen suddenly sometimes.  He agrees to go for now, but tells his “mother” they need to talk about John later, alone.  She nods; he leaves.  He is shocked when he gets back to his room and finds it a complete disaster.  “Marlena” says she is going back to her room now; she runs into John when she walks out of the door.  Shocked to hear him say she called him, she plays along; she says yeah, she did, blaming it on stress.  He ‘reminds’ her she said she needed help and asks what he can help her with.  She quickly spurts out, “I need to get some things out of the house tomorrow morning and want to make sure you won’t be there.”  He tells her there is something more going on here, and he isn’t going to stop until he figures out what it is.  The guard tells Marlena she is going to learn what bad girls get now; he gives her a sedative shot and puts her back in the straight jacket.  She quietly calls out to John, “help me, John, help me.”

Chad and Sonny try to reconstruct the events from what they remember; deducting that whoever took that amulet off of his body is the one who killed him.  Sonny says, whoever has that thing is going to regret it; he says the curse on that thing is ridiculous.  Chad asks Sonny what he remembers from the party; he tells Chad he wore the amulet to the party, thinking it was a good idea.  This was the day he had hired everyone Deimos had hired.  All he could think about was getting back at him; he says he remembers drinking the toast and going to look for Paul.  He says that’s when he saw Deimos dressed as a waiter.  He says he passed out in the hall; woke up to find Deimos grabbing the amulet.  He took off; Sonny ran after him.  He says he remembers nothing else, until Chad found him leaning over his body; Chad tells him to take a break and close his eyes.  He starts talking about his being able to get up and walk away from where he had passed out; he asks if he ran into Deimos when he was looking for Paul.  He remembers he was in the garden; the garden that was off the living room.  Sonny remembers walking into the room and finding Deimos already laying there with the knife in his chest; he tells Chad he didn’t kill Deimos.  They hug each other when they realize that means Chad didn’t do it either.

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