05-19-2017 (Friday) The Engagement

Abigail admits to Dario that she partly made the decision because she found out Chad and Gabi are in Greece together; since she isn’t planning on getting involved with anyone anytime soon, she figures she can help him out because she owes him.  They go buy a ring.  As they sit down for their interview with the immigration officer, Abigail gets uncomfortable when Dario describes the first time they met and when he realized he had fallen in love with her.  She describes being in trouble and him rescuing her and talks about relying on him and feeling safe with him; then she tells the man she is actually still married, but getting divorced and explains that he fell in love with another woman.  The man excuses them but says he will want to talk to them again to make sure this engagement is valid.

Andre is angry that Chad went to Greece; he tells Kate he tried to stop him and believes he did.  He says that thing ruins the lives of everyone who touches it; the man with the knife tells Chad that he wants the amulet.  Chad denies knowing what he’s talking about.  The man threatens Gabi and Chad gets the box out of his pocket and hands it to the man; the man shakes it and there is a noise so he leaves.  Chad is pissed, thinking he just lost twenty million dollars; Gabi pulls the amulet out of her purse.  She tells him she was looking at it and got nervous when a cop walked by so she stuck it in her purse… (explanation for what was in the box?)  Chad tells her thank you and hugs her; then holds her face in his hands.  It looks as if they are going to kiss; Eli walks in and asks if he is interrupting something.  They explain that they were just mugged; they don’t mention the amulet.  Eli says they need to explain the mugging to hotel security and goes to do that; Gabi tells Chad she will hang on to the amulet so that security doesn’t find it in his room; he gives it to her, she puts it back in her purse, and leaves.  

Kate calls and asks Chad if Andre talked him out of getting the amulet; Chad tells her no, he has it.  He mentions Gabi having helped him; Kate says they are good together.  Chad tells her that Gabi is with Eli now; Eli tells Gabi that he can see she is still in love with Chad and says he can’t see her anymore because of it.  Kate overhears Abigail mention the immigration guy; after Abby leaves, Kate asks Dario what that was about.  He tells her that he was told he could just re-file his papers, but he thought this was a chance to get Abby to fall in love with him; he says he’s heard stories of couples getting married for green cards and then falling in love.  Kate teases him and says she knew she liked him; she promises to keep it quiet, adding his marrying Abby leaves Chad free to move on.  She says she’ll get him a great wedding present and leaves.

Eli tells Gabi that he does care about her, but he doesn’t fight losing battles.  He thanks her for being honest with him from the beginning about Chad, and says they might have had a shot if Abigail hadn’t divorced him; he leaves.  As Abby stares at her engagement ring, she flashes back to her and Chad making love for the first time after her return.  Gabi returns to Chad’s room and tells him that Eli just broke up with her; she gives him the amulet back.  He suggests they go get drinks. The kids celebrate getting through their first year of college; Wyatt brags that he got an “A” on his paper… Theo corrects him; Ciara got an “A” on that paper.  When the girls leave the room, Wyatt tells Theo he better not think of telling Ciara he arranged all of this.  The girls walk back in and ask what he arranged; Wyatt makes up a lie about Theo getting passes to the water park for all of them this summer.  Theo cringes when Wyatt adds that they are completely free.  Claire is on the phone with her grandma; she tells Ciara and Theo that her uncle Brady isn’t doing well.  He needs a new heart and they don’t think they’ll find one; Ciara hugs her.  Theo decides to go take a shower; Claire looks upset and Ciara tells her Theo just has a hard time with stuff like that.  They decide to order food and Wyatt orders a bunch of things, then pretends he is going to pay, but realizes that he has not money in his wallet; Ciara says she’ll cover it.  When Wyatt suggests he and Ciara go up to the cabin for a weekend get-away, Theo says it sounds like a terrible idea.  Wyatt tells Theo it’s none of his business; Ciara suggests Claire and Wyatt go get food so she can talk with Theo.  She asks Theo why he is acting so weird about her dating Wyatt; he tells her Wyatt is not who she thinks he is.  He admits that he set them up, that he gave Wyatt all the information he needed to make her like him and that their interests-in-kind are all a lie; Wyatt and Claire return.

05-18-2017 (Thursday) The Greek Tour

Abigail goes to see Dario; he tells her he has a possible buyer for the Club.  She tells him she has thought about his proposal and has changed her answer to a “definite maybe.”  He gets excited and she tells him she hasn’t said yes yet; he gets a call from someone in Puerto Rico.  He asks them to tell him “that isn’t true.”  He tells Abby that a drug lord he caused to lose a lot of money is waiting for his return to Mexico.  Abby tells him she will be back to give him her final answer soon; she leaves.

Lucas and Adrian have Arianna; they run into Rafe in the square.  Chloe approaches and Rafe quickly excuses himself; she says every in this town hates her.  Lucas tells her it’s her own fault; he tells Chloe that she knows Nicole was a good mother and this whole mess is her fault… he says if Brady dies that will be her fault too.  She argues that they should be held accountable for their stupid decision to go on the run; he says she forced them to.  Adrian comes back and tells them to stop arguing; Chloe storms off.  She goes into the Club where she ends up talking with Dario; they seem to hit it off and he suggests she stay in town, offering her a job as a singer to entice her.  She accepts.  Abby talks to Adrian for a minute and then leaves.  

After taking Ari to school, Lucas and Adrian get a room; he tells her he doesn’t want to pressure her, because he knows she’s still healing…but wants to let her know that he wants her more than ever.  She smiles.  She tells him she wants to be with him again more than he can know, but she isn’t used to her new body; she begins to cry.  Lucas tells her he will wait as long as she needs; they kiss.  Rafe talks to his brother and Dario tells him about the immigration issue; Rafe says he’ll make some calls.  Dario says he’s done enough; he tells Rafe he is going to fix this himself.  Abby comes back and tells Dario that she will marry him; at least she’s willing to give it a try, she says.

Gabi is back on the Kariakis plane; JJ tells her he has another flight back home for her.  She gets mad that he is trying to tell her what to do and runs off the plane again; Eli tells JJ that he just sent her running straight into Chad’s arms.  Hope and Chad have coffee; he lies to her about having the amulet.  She tells him she just doesn’t want to see him get hurt; he says he knows who he is and what he wants, with or without Abigail.  Gabi happens to show up at the table at that moment.  She tells Hope what she and the others are doing here; Hope says she is going to go see if she can help.  She mentions the curse of the amulet before leaving the table; Gabi asks if she really said “curse.”  Chad shows her the amulet and explains; after he tells Gabi about his plane having engine trouble, Gabi tells him he needs to get rid of the amulet right now.  He gets a phone call; she takes the amulet out of the box and gets a creepy feeling.  JJ steps off the plane to make a phone call; Eli sits down.  Lani tells Eli that she thinks he and Gabi could be good together; he decides to go look for her.  Chad comes back to the table and asks Gabi if she wants to go take an actual tour of the town; she says that sounds nice and they go.  

JJ and Lani talk on the plane; things start to get romantic, but JJ puts the brakes on.  He tells Lani if it happens, he wants it to be perfect; she questions the “if” and he changes it to “when.”  Hope boards the plane; she tells them if Deimos is really working with Xander, it will take all of them to bring them in.  She suggests they go get some rest and says she’ll watch the plane; she calls Rafe.  She tells him she thinks she stopped Chad from what he was going to do there, then tells him that Deimos is there in Greece.  He tells her about Dario’s problem and wishes her luck.  As Gabi demonstrates a dance she learned from a local man, she twists her ankle; Chad picks her up and carries her back to the hotel.  When they get to his room, they see it has been trashed; a man jumps out from behind the door with a knife.

05-17-2017 (Wednesday) A Change in Plans

Jade talks to Tripp and tells him there is probably no evidence against Kayla; he vows to find some.  Joey prepares for a date; Tripp calls Steve.  He invites Tripp to join him on the case he’s working on; he tells him to meet him in ten minutes.  They go to a motel room to keep an eye on a cheating spouse; he apologizes for the job being somewhat lame.  Joey’s date is quite pretty; she asks a lot of questions about his family and he tells her he’d like to talk about her instead.  They start laughing; Jade walks in.  She looks jealous.  Joey’s date goes to the bathroom; Jade comes over, stunned that he is already out on a date.  He tells her he has moved on and she should do the same.  

Steve asks Tripp to see if there’s a root beer in the fridge; Tripp chuckles, and says that he likes root beer too.  Tripp thinks about what he’d like to do for a job; Steve suggests he “shadow” Kayla around the hospital to see if he wants to go to medical school.  Tripp decides that shadowing Kayla sounds like a pretty good idea.  After Joey leaves his date; Jade approaches the girl and tells her Joey is a “total player.”  She tells the girl he knocked her up and dumped her; then tells her she lost the baby and Joey was relieved.  She suggests the girl skip the second date; the girl says, “definitely.”  Tripp asks his dad about his affair with his mother last year, claiming it was in the case file; he tells Tripp Ava blackmailed him into sleeping with her.  He pretends not to know already and says Kayla must have been upset when she found out; Steve admits that she was.  Steve goes to see Kayla at the hospital and tells her Tripp is interested in working with her; Tripp tells Jade his father gave him an idea about how to get close to Kayla… he says he is going to ruin her life.

Nicole makes it to the plane; the pilot brings out her baby.  He asks where Eric is; Nicole just looks nervous.  Eric is tied up to the bed now; Xander leans over him and tells him he was “a bad boy.”  Eric laughs when Xander mentions that he thinks he still has Nicole’s baby; Xander demands he tell him how he did it and where the baby is.  Eric tells him she is safe in her mother’s arms, far away from there; Xander throws a chair.  The pilot says that Eric told him, if he didn’t make it back with Nicole, they are to leave without him; he decides to take off.  The pilot asks Nicole where she wants to go; she says anywhere far away from Salem.  Xander tells Eric this is not going to end well for him.  Nicole calls Brady; he is so happy to hear from her.  Calling her “Nic,” he tells her he loves her so much; he asks to talk to Eric, and as Nicole tries to tell him that Eric didn’t make it out with her, the phone cuts out.  The pilot announces that they are ready to go; she apparently tells him to wait, because she is seen next asking a Greek police officer for help to go and rescue Eric.  The officer tells her to escort him back to the mansion to identify the suspect; she stupidly does, and the officer hands her back over to Xander.  He says she may regret coming back for man she doesn’t even like… “big time.”  Eric asks why she isn’t on the plane; she says, for Brady’s sake, she couldn’t leave him behind.

Kayla tells Brady that his body isn’t responding to the medication; she also tells him it isn’t likely that they will find him a new heart.  He realizes he is dying.  She and Marlena tell him they aren’t giving up on him that easy and tell him to hang in there; Kayla leaves the room.  Brady tells his mother that he sent Eric to get Nicole; she worries about the bad blood between him and Deimos.  John walks in the hospital room; Marlena hugs him.  Brady is happy to see him.  As Brady sleeps, John tells him he isn’t going to leave until he’s out of the woods; he lays his head on Brady’s chest.

05-16-2017 (Tuesday) Too Late

Dario has a serious problem he needs to take care of; he tells someone on the phone he’ll handle it.  He calls Abby and asks her to meet him at the park in the square; he tells her it’s serious.  When she shows up, he apologizes for calling her; he tells her he is being deported.  He explains that his mother was visiting family in Mexico when he was born, and apparently something was wrong with the paperwork she filed when she came back with him; he says his lawyer tells him the only way for him to stay is to marry an American citizen.  She considers the possibility, but tells him she can’t do that right now; he tells her not to worry…he’ll think of something.  Back at work, Abby remembers first meeting Dario and the way he took care of her; then she remembers him helping when Chad and Gabi were passed out in the locker… she recalls falling from the chair at the club and Dario catching her, and dancing with him, and wonders if she should marry him.

Chad checks with his pilot; there are problems with the plane.  He sends a text to Hope; jet engine trouble… being serviced.  He looks at the amulet.  Eli calls to ask for assistance; he tells his guys in D.C. that they are stuck on the ground because of legal “red tape” – JJ says at least being stuck on the tarmac will keep Gabi out of trouble.  Lani tells JJ that Gabi is gone; she finds Sonny and Paul.  They are upset that she is there; she says she is going with them whether they like it or not.  Chad walks up and asks them what they are doing there.  They tell Chad they are there looking for Nicole; Sonny tells him they know a judge there that hates Deimos and they hope to use him to get Deimos sent back to the states for prosecution.  Eli calls and tells them where Deimos is; Paul lets it slip that Chad is there.  He tells JJ.  They both find it strange. 

Chad tells Sonny he can’t tell them why he is there, but that it will hit Deimos “below the belt.”  The judge calls and gives Sonny the okay; they leave and keep watch on Deimos.  Gabi asks Chad if he’s okay; he tells her Abigail filed for divorce.  She tells him Abigail is just emotionally confused right now; she asks if there might be someone behind this… his mind flashes to Dario.  JJ worries, knowing Gabi is out there with Chad; he tells Lani she always gets herself in trouble when she’s with him.  Eli isn’t happy about it either.

When Deimos arrives, Xander tells him that Eric showed up to save the day; in the room, Eric tells Nicole she has to work with him to get out of there.  He finds a weapon; a pencil.  He sharpens it; Nicole worries this isn’t going to work.  Xander asks Deimos how he knows he isn’t going to back out on their deal and asks for assurances, reminding him that he is family; he gives Deimos a list of demands.  He tells Deimos if he doesn’t get everything on the list, he’ll tell everyone they are working together.   Eric tells Nicole his plan; they get ready.  Nicole screams for help as Eric pretends to be unconscious; she says he’s not breathing.  The guard leans over him to check for himself and Eric jumps up and fights him for his gun; the man blows a whistle and Eric slams him in the door, knocking him out.  Nicole runs out the back door.  Chad and Gabi talk; he assures her that he doesn’t blame her for Abby’s leaving him.  She asks if she can “lay low” with him while the guys go after Deimos; Chad pays the bill and they head off to tour the town.  Deimos gets angry when he is told that the amulet has been sold to Chad, but he ‘lets it go’ and orders his assistant to get the items from Xander’s list.