02-27-2017 (Monday)

Brady asks Nicole to meet him in the square; she has just finished packing up her office.  She hangs up the phone to find Deimos standing there; he says he is not going to let her do this.  She tells him to get out of her way; he apologizes for bribing the judge.  He asks her what she wants to do next regarding Chloe; she points out how many times he has lied to her and says he will never change.  She tells him she doesn’t want his help.  Nicole meets Brady and tells him about Deimos showing up at the office while she was packing; he tells her about Chloe moving to New York.  She tells him that she will just have to find a job there and move herself; she would follow Holly to the ends of the earth, she says.

JJ and Loni make plans for their date; Gabi walks in and hears them.  She suggests to JJ that he not drink so much this time.  She asks why he called her there; he says he needs to ask more questions about the kidnapping.  He believes she knows something that she’s not telling him about her family and their business dealings.  Rafe comes in and tells Gabi to start talking; he says he knows about the Orwell device, and that Deimos stole it – he tells her about Drew and what they’ve learned about the kidnapping.  Rafe tells her he knows his dad was involved; JJ adds that what they really want is Deimos.  Dario walks into the room; he asks Gabi to come see him when shes done.  Gabi goes to the club to talk to Dario; he makes her a business offer… money to start her own company.  He tells her he, and their father, want to be her first clients; they want her to “clean up their act.”  She jokes about not being a miracle worker, but agrees to the deal, so long as she gets to make all the decisions.

Marlena asks Jennifer to meet her at the pub; she tells her about Eric.  Jen tells her she saw him at the hospital a couple of days ago; she said he wouldn’t say much.  Marlena tells her he is not doing well.  She tells her that Erik still has feelings for her; she wants to know if Jen will try talking to him.  She agrees.  Jennifer shows up at Eric’s; the door is unlocked.  She goes in and calls for him; he comes around a corner and tells her she should never have come there.  He tells her she has to go; she asks about the tattoo on his back.  He says it’s an eagle, Native American, and represents spiritual healing, but it doesn’t seem to be working; he asks if his mother sent her there.  She skirts the question; she figures out that he is the one who found Hope and cared for her.  She hugs him; he stands quite stiff.  Marlena talks to Rafe; she tells him if Jennifer can’t talk Eric into coming home, she’s not sure what will.  Jennifer tells Eric she cares about him; he says he doesn’t care about anyone.  She grabs him and kisses him; he relaxes and kisses her back.  She leaves but tells him that she is going to be back.

Deimos calls Brady for a meeting; Brady tells Nicole he says it’s about business.  He tells Nicole not to do anything stupid; she says she won’t, but her expression says otherwise the minute he turns around.  She heads off.  She shows up at Chloe’s; Chloe allows her to come in, but when Nicole tells her of her plans to move to New York with her, Chloe serves Nicole with a Restraining Order; she says she knew if she didn’t do it, Nicole would never give up or leave her alone.  She tells her that she will never see her or Holly again.

02-22-2017 (Wednesday)

Marlena walks into Eric’s house; he is speechless… she just hugs him.  She tells him his dad told her he was out.  Says she is not surprised about what he did for Hope; and tells him it is time now for him to come home.  He snaps at her; he is not going home.  Eric says he doesn’t belong in Salem; Marlena reminds him that he was pardoned.  He gets mad and says he didn’t want to be pardoned, he didn’t ask for it; he belongs in prison.  No matter how hard she tries to convince him, Eric tells Marlena he is not changing his mind; she says she is sorry then, because she isn’t leaving there without him.  I guess she’s moving in!  He talks her into leaving, but she says she isn’t giving up on him; she will love him until he loves himself again.  Marlena calls someone and asks to talk to them, in person, about Eric.  

Hope is enjoying her freedom, in the park; she tells Rafe she fears it might be her last, saying she is still worried something might go wrong.  Rafe assures her it is over; and says it was worth the wait.  They go into the café, where they see…xx … Andre walks in the door with a young Asian girl, smiling and laughing.  Hope looks frightened.  Apparently, it’s the new District Attorney; Hope excuses herself.  Andre gets up to talk to Rafe once she leaves, saying he’s “sorry” he missed Hope… he asks if Rafe is wondering what he is doing there with the DA; Rafe simply says he better not be making any under handed deals to send Hope back to prison, or he will regret it.  Andre thanks him for that information and says, “who knows how it’s going to turn out for Hope,” gets up and goes back to his table.  

Andre is by Chad’s bedside when he wakes up; he tells him that Abby is the one who found him, adding that she stayed by his bed all night.  He also tells him that he wasn’t breathing when Abby found him… Gabi wakes up to find her dad next to her, he tells her everything is okay.  He asks her what she remembers; she tells him that her memory got fuzzy and confused – she isn’t sure.  She recalls telling Chad that she was glad she was with him.  Eduardo makes it clear that it would not be good if she was with Chad; she angrily tells him she is not with Chad, and turns over.  Andre tells Chad that he needs to know about their father – that he was apparently in custody but then slipped away.  Chad asks if Hope is free; Andre says, “we’ll see.”

Just as Chad is reflecting upon his close-encounter with Gabi, Gabi steps through his hospital door.  Still in her gown, she just says, “hey” and asks how he’s feeling.  She pretends not to remember anything, as does he, until he admits that he remembers she told him she loved him; then she says she remembers him saying the same.  They stare at each other awkwardly for a few moments; she asks if he remembers anything after.. he says trying to stay warm, then kissing her.  They discuss what that means.  Dario interrupts and when Gabi comes back in, she tells Chad that she realizes none of it meant anything; it was just a “moment” that’s all – he has to think about his wife and son, her best friend and they have to live with that.  They agree that they were not in their right minds in that locker and Gabi says they don’t need to ever talk about it again. Andre brings in Chad’s lunch tray; Gabi passes him on her way out.  

Eduardo brings Ariana to see Gabi; she is smiling so cute (growing up).  Chad tells Andre he has to be honest with Abby and tell her everything that happened in that locker; otherwise, he says, he would be a hypocrite, since he has demanded such honesty from Abigail.  The DA announces that Andre DeMira wishes to drop all charges and move on with their lives; she tells the court that the “people” agree.  The judge tells Hope she is free to go.  Rafe meets Hope in the park and has a picnic basket with wine sitting on the park bench, waiting for her; she kisses him.  He says there is more; he gives her a box of graham crackers, marshmallows and chocolate.  She cries; says it’s been a long year. He welcomes her to the rest of her life.

02-24-2017 (Friday) The Funeral

Brady tries to talk to Chloe at a table in the pub; she is short and cold with him.  He becomes frustrated and tells her that Nicole has dumped Deimos; he says she is done with him, for good, so there is no reason to keep her daughter from her now.  Chloe says Nicole could get back together with him anytime; she has done it before.  He stresses again that Holly is Nicole’s daughter; he begs her not to go back to Chicago.  She tells him she’s not; she is moving to New York, instead.  Maggie says goodbye to Holly; Brady calls to talk to Nicole.  

Abby come back into Chad’s hospital room and lays down on the bed with him, as he is sleeping; he wakes, and says what a nice surprise.  They talk about what got them into this mess; she promises not to do any more private investigating, and they agree not to take each other for granted ever again.

Eli introduces himself, just as Valerie’s son; he tells Julie he is sorry for her loss and asks if he can stay.  She says of course and goes back in the chapel. Eli looks at his mother and says, “she seems like a nice person to me.”  They go in and sit down.  Julie speaks first; she says David inherited all her worst traits, being brash, opinionated, etc., and admits that they had a hard time getting along with each other, though they loved each other.  She admits regretting not being close these past few years, calls their fights stupid, and then mentions her grandson, Scotty; Eli gets uncomfortable.  Valerie looks at him apologetically.  

After the funeral, they talk, and Valerie explains to her son the relationship she had with David; she says she didn’t know she was pregnant until he was gone.  He says it must have been awful for her; she tells him, no… he was the best thing that ever happened to her.  JJ asks Loni out on a date; she agrees, to JUST a date.  She realizes she has lost her cell phone and goes back to the church to look for it.  Eli is there, talking to his father’s coffin.  Abe finds Valerie crying in the park; she tells him she doesn’t think her son is ever going to forgive her.  He sits down by her and hugs her as she sobs.  

02-23-2017 (Thursday) Goodbyes

Claire is on her phone again, complaining about some other girl who thinks she’s a star and posts every boring minute of her life; Ciara snaps at her, letting her know that she is not much better.  Claire is offended; she asks Ciara how she could be so mean.  Ciara reminds Claire that their aunt Julie’s son’s funeral is today and they need to be there for her. They get in a fight and Theo comes in and breaks it up.

Valerie says her goodbye’s to Abe; and he tells her even though he will miss her, he is glad they reconnected.  He offers to escort her to David’s funeral today; she says that isn’t necessary.  He says he would like to be there for her…she says he doesn’t need to.  She asks if Theo might be there; Abe says Theo is sorry to see her go, which surprises her.  She heads to work.  Doug tells Julie it is time to head over to the church to say goodbye to David; Julie stands up and says she isn’t going.  Marlena asks why; Julie says she doesn’t deserve to go to her son’s funeral.  She talks about having given him up for adoption when he was born and even though they found each other again, she doesn’t feel she was ever a good mother to him.  Ciara gets to the pub and consoles Julie reminding her that when he mom wasn’t there, she was there for her.  Claire reminds her that she always kept him in her thoughts and prayers, and put his ornament on the tree at Christmas; they head to the funeral.  

Dario asks his dad if Gabi is going to be okay; then asks how much she knows about the war.  Eduardo says, enough to know why she was taken hostage.  Dario slips away when Kate walks in, pissed off at Eduardo for keep the secret from her about kidnapping Sonny.  She says the “beat him to a pulp” and he apologizes; he says the guard will be punished or dismissed.  He promises her everything is okay now; she tells him he couldn’t be more wrong.  He tells her that he still believes they were meant to be together; she turns around and walks away.  

Abby apologizes to Chad for making things so difficult, by her leaving and staying gone; he tells her that he thinks he is the one who needs forgiveness.  Valerie comes in and interrupts; he tells Abby they need to finish this conversation later.  When Abby comes back, she says she thought of how empty her life would be if he wasn’t around.  He brushes her hair from her face.  He tells her he kissed Gabi; she look surprised at first, and then relieved.  She says she knows the cold can make you delirious and make you do things you wouldn’t normally do – she was truly afraid something more might have happened – she tells him, he’s good.  She leaves and goes to the park, where she stands in front of her memorial statue and says there’s no way she could have ever expected him to love her again after being gone for so long; she has a little hissy-fit tempter tantrum and breaks the statue.  Dario finds her and sits down with her; she confesses everything to him… he makes up a story about hearing Chad calling out Gabi’s name (when it was the other way around) and tells Abby her marriage is in trouble.  He obviously wants her for himself; she hugs him and tells him she is so grateful to have such a good friend.  

At the funeral home, Valerie talks to David’s coffin, saying she should have told him and Eli the truth; Abe walks in.  He apologizes for interrupting her private moment; Julie comes in and hugs her, saying how different things might be if they had stayed together.  Valerie looks hurt; Abe hugs Julie.  Valerie’s son, Eli, shows up at David’s funeral; Valerie asks what he is doing there.  He tells her he is there bury his father; she looks completely dumbfounded.  He tells her he knows that David was his father; she hushes him as Julie comes over to say they are ready to get started.  She introduces herself to Eli and asks who he is; he stares at his mother, shaking her head, behind Julie.