08-03-2017 (Thursday) What's Going On Here?

Chad goes to see Abby; Gabi tells Andre she wants to know what he was just saying to Chad. He simply tells her Chad is upset because Abigail has been hurt because of her brother; he says he just hopes she pulls through, and walks out.  He tells Chad they need to finish their conversation, about the picture they deleted; Chad tells Andre that he wants his son to know that his father did what was right – he says, as soon as Abigail is out of the hospital, he is turning himself in for killing Deimos.  Kayla tells Chad, JJ and Jennifer that Abby made it through surgery; she says only time will tell now if she recovers.  She suggests they pray for the best.  She says they can go in and visit her, but only one at a time; Jen goes in first.  Kayla warns her, Abby will be unconscious; but, she tells her, she can hear you.  Jennifer thanks her.  She tells Abigail she brought a picture of Thomas, so when she opens her eyes she can see his face; she then tells her how many people need her right now, including Chad.  She starts to cry, saying she needs her most of all; she says she won’t be able to take it if she loses her now.

JJ comes in next; he comments on how much Thomas actually looks like him, and then talks about when they were little, and how scared he was of Thunderstorms.  He says she comforted him, telling him the storm would pass and everything would be okay; he tells her he is holding her hand now and promises her that this storm will pass and she will be okay.  He says she has to be.  Next, comes in Chad; JJ and Lani go for a walk.  Chad tells Abigail he is there.  Andre tells Gabi that Chad is the one who killed Deimos.  Eric shows up at the hospital, telling Jennifer he just heard; he says he is so sorry.  She hugs him, and cries.

Nicole and Brady sit on the couch, watching T.V.; his mind goes back to overhearing her say that there is no reason for him to know “what happened” between Eric and her.  He shuts off the movie and tells her he’s just not in the mood; he says he feels like he hasn’t seen her in a while and he just wants to talk.  He asks how her community service is going; Nicole gets uncomfortable, and he notices.  She notices that he is thinking something and questions him; he says he’s noticed that she and Eric are getting along better.  She stands up, tries to blow off his comment; she says she is only doing this for Holly, reminding him that the kiss meant nothing.  Brady says he knows that; he says he trusts her.  She says, sometimes, it doesn’t seem like it.  He tells her he just remembered he has a phone call to make, a conference call, and says she can finish the movie alone.  She scoffs about it being an extremely romantic movie to watch alone; he apologizes and leaves the room.  Nicole tries to call Eric; he doesn’t answer so she goes to see him.

Brady’s call is shorter than he expected and he comes back into the living room to find Nicole gone.  Eric asks Nicole if she has changed her mind about forgiving him; she says no… she just wants to make sure Brady doesn’t find out.  Eric questions why; Nicole says if he knows she has forgiven him, he may think something else is going on between them.  Eric looks at Nicole somewhat longingly; he tells her, “there is nothing good that is not revealed,” quoting from the Bible.  She says she didn’t come for a Sunday School lesson and asks him not to try to change her mind, confirming that he won’t say anything to Brady.  He agrees to keep her confidence.  She says she needs to get going; Brady doesn’t even know she left.  As she walks out the door, she tells Eric to remember that this is their “little secret” and he assures her Brad will hear nothing from him.  Brady stands out in the hallway, listening.  He beats her home and asks where she was.  She looks guilty as hell.

Steve goes to see Joey and tells him “mom got her job back.”  Joey asks why Steve doesn’t seem happy; he says he is, then asks if Joey knows where Tripp might be.  Joey says probably at the hospital.  He tells his dad, getting to know Tripp, he’s become more than a brother – he’s a friend – and Joey feels responsible for his pain.  Steve tells Joey that Tripp would have never had a idealic relationship with his mother, reminding him how messed up she was.  Joey says Tripp is such a good guy, he deserves better; Tripp tells this man he is sitting with that he thinks he knows who really killed his mom; he tells him it was Kayla and it looks like she is totally going to get away with it now.  The man suggests a more conventional approach to his vendetta; Tripp asks what he means and the man exposes a gun in his belt.  Tripp doesn’t know what to say; the man pushes the gun toward him, covered by a napkin and tells him it can’t be traced.  He tells Tripp, he has got to take control; he needs to get rid of them before they figure out that he is a threat.  Tripp shoves the gun back, and tells the man he is going to handle this his way; he gets up from the table and leaves.

Steve tells Joey he is a wonderful person and he can’t squander that on guilt and regret.  He sits down and tells Joey he needs to talk to him about something else; he says the reason he was looking for Tripp was… the phone rings; it’s Kayla.  She tells him about Abigail’s accident and says she is going to stay there at the hospital tonight.  Steve tells Joey that his cousin, Abigail, was hit by a car, and it’s serious; the other conversation is lost for now, I guess.  Joey is saddened by the news of Abigail’s injury; Steve says it’s a good thing they reinstated Kayla when they did.  Joey asks what ever happened with that anyway, questioning if they were right about someone setting her up.  He asks who it was and Steve says, “your brother.”  He tells Joey, “I think Tripp wants to hurt your mom.”  Kayla goes into the lounge to take a nap; Tripp finds her sleeping and grabs a pillow.

08-02-2017 (Wednesday) New Patient "Hattie Adams"

As John picks up Marlena’s clothes off the floor, he wonders what is going on; he tries to call her.  Hattie looks at Marlena’s phone and says it’s too bad for him because he is going to get dumped; she says she’ll be gentle though, and starts to answer the phone.  Angelika grabs it out of her hands and tells her not to even think about it.  She says she needs some details and asks Hattie what happened; Hattie says she had to think a little outside the box.  Angelika asks Hattie where Marlena is now; Marlena wakes up, trapped inside of something.  She starts feeling around, banging on the lid; Angelika is appalled to hear she put her in her trunk, and then went to get her nails done.  She starts fantasizing about the future and Angelika brings her back to reality, telling her to start focusing on their goal. She gives her some forms and tells her to take her “cargo” and “make a little deposit outside of town.”  She asks if she can handle that; Hattie just shakes her head, but doesn’t look so sure.  John, out of desperation, and having checked everywhere else, goes to see Kate.  She tells him maybe Marlena got tired of waiting for him, since he was always leaving her; he gets frustrated with her responses and leaves.

“Marlena” brings a patient into a mental hospital outside of town.  The doctor says it looks serious; she tells them it is likely schizoid affective disorder.  She gives the patient’s name as Hattie Adams; Marlena can barely hold her head up, as they wheel her into the office.  The administrator notices the uncanny resemblance between them.  “Marlena” says “Hattie” is obsessed with her, and may try to convince them that she is ‘her’ and suggests they just ignore her.  She says she becomes belligerent and violent if she is confronted with the truth and says they may just want to keep her sedated; she signs “Hattie” in.  As Marlena lays in an isolation room, wrapped in a restraint jacket, she calls out (quietly) to John to come help her; John is trying to call her again, desperately looking for her; he leaves a message asking where she is and telling her to call, adding, “I love you.”

Lucas admits to Adrian that he was a little concerned when he saw her hugging Justin; she tells him they were just consoling each other because of their son’s arrest.  Lucas and Adrian kiss; Justin watches in the background.  He coughs, to let them know he is there; he asks about Sonny.  Adrian says they are waiting for them to bring him out; Lani tells them all about Abigail being in an accident.  Lucas says he is going to head to the hospital and says to tell Sonny he loves him; Adrian says she will.  She gives Sonny a picture Arianna drew for him; a self-portrait.  He says he misses her, but she was scared to come and visit him.  Sonny tells them Paul isn’t giving up on him; Adrian and Justin say neither are they.  The officer comes in to get Sonny; Adriana says, “already?”  Justin holds her hands as they take their son away.  Adrian worries, what if they don’t find any proof to save him?  Justin asks if she means what she said ,when she told their son he is the best lawyer in town; she says yes.  He tells her to trust him then; she asks him to wait while she goes to call Lucas and check on Abigail.  Angelika says, “well, hello there.”  Justin is not happy to see her; she tells him she is moving back to Salem.  Justin questions why she would want to move back there; she says she has plans, business plans which she isn’t going to abandon.  He brings up an associate of hers he has heard tell of; she questions how he’s heard this, but then confesses that all she wants is a chance to start fresh, claiming she comes in peace.  He tells her that’s not her style, as he pushes her hand away; she says we will just have to see about that.

JJ finds his mother standing in Abigail’s room; she says she’s just looking at all she’s been through.  She says she is so weak; Kayla said they barely got her stable enough for surgery.  Jennifer breaks down crying; JJ hugs her.  Chad tells Gabi he feels bad; Abigail could die now because she saved his life.  Gabi admits to Chad that Abigail’s marriage to Dario was all an arrangement; he wonders why then she would have gone into Witness Protection with him.  Kate tells Andre that something happened to Abigail; Andre goes to the hospital and tells Chad they need to talk.  He refuses to speak in front of Gabi; Lani shows up and hugs JJ.  He tells Lani he doesn’t understand why Abigail would agree to go with Dario because she had told him she would never leave her son, or Chad, again, when she first came back to town.  Chad tells Andre he doesn’t want to talk about business; Andre says its about Dario Hernandez.  He asks if Chad ever wondered why Abby would go with Dario and leave her whole family behind; he tells Chad about the photo of him standing over Deimos’ body wiping off the knife.  He explains that Dario was blackmailing Abby into going with him into Witness Protection.  Chad denies the allegation, saying he would remember if he killed the man; Andre says he saw the photo – it appears, he says, that Chad is the one who murdered Deimos Kariakis.  Chad is speechless.  Andre tells Chad Abigail came to him, desperate to protect him; the plan was for her to stall Dario while they tried to delete that photo… “now she is fighting for her life,” Chad says.

Chad realizes he has to call the police and set Sonny free; Andre says there is no proof.  Chad mentions the picture; Andre tells him it is gone; deleted, he says, from Dario’s phone, the Internet, everywhere, thanks to Theo.  Chad is pissed that they got Theo involved; Andre says they needed the best.  Lucas gets to the hospital, and tells Jen everything is going to be okay; he tells her he is there for her and says she can squeeze his hand as tightly as she needs to.  He offers to go pick up some things for her so she can stay the night with Abigail.  JJ relates a story to Lani from his past with Abby; he cries and tells her he can’t lose her again.  Lani tells him his sister has this; she says she has to get back to work and kisses him goodbye.  Gabi goes over to Jen and JJ; Jen asks where Chad is… Gabi says he is with Andre discussing something – she’s sure it’s nothing.  Chad cries; he says it’s his fault Abigail is in there fighting for her life.  Andre comments she did this because she still loves him, and questions Chad, that he still loves her too.  Before Chad can answer, Gabi appears in the doorway; she says Abby is out of surgery.

08-01-2017 (Tuesday) Abigail Fights to Live

Nicole continues to read the letters from Eric; Brady comes home and she hides a letter in her purse.  He apologizes for being late; he sees that she’s been crying.  She says she was just looking at the pictures of Holly that Maggie brought back.  He kisses her; Maggie comes in and says Tate had a nightmare.  Brady goes to calm him; Nicole thanks her for the pictures she send of Holly.  Maggie wonders if they are a help, or more hurt… Nicole admits she gets teary looking at them, but says they help.  Maggie tells her she is proud of the way she is handling things, bringing up her work at the Center.  Nicole tells Maggie she has forgiven Eric; Maggie looks like she’s going to cry.  She says she is very happy for her, and for Eric; she asks if Nicole has told Brady yet.  Nicole says she fears that Brady might think her forgiving Eric means that there is still something (feelings) there; Maggie asks her if there is.  She says no; she has forgiven him, but that’s all.  Maggie asks why she is worried about Brady then; she says she just doesn’t want to upset him any more and he is so stressed about what’s going on at Titan, she tells Maggie she sees “no reason for him to know what happened between Eric and me.”  Brady comes downstairs and approaches the door just in time to hear this part of the discussion.  He goes in the room and tells Nicole he wants her to know there isn’t anything she can’t tell him; she says she knows that and hugs him.

John calls Roman.  Roman tells John that last he heard Marlena was on her way home to wait for him; Eric comes in and he asks if he’s heard from his mom – he says no.  Eric tells Roman that Nicole has forgiven him; he has a hard time accepting her judgment of him in the first place, he says, but asks what’s next?  Eric says nothing is next, just peace; he says he is happy Nicole has agreed that they can be friends again.  He knows she is in love with his brother and he is fine with that; Roman isn’t sure he believes him.

Hope tells JJ that Witness Protection says Dario never showed up for his transfer to a safe house; they explain he was turning in some big fish from the drug operation.  Rafe sarcastically says it’s really good finally get to know his little brother.   JJ wonders what the hell is going on.  Raines comes in and tells them that Abigail was a victim of a hit and run; JJ goes to the hospital.  Raines tells Rafe and Hope that they need to find Dario now so they can get the son of a bitch that did this to Abby.  Rafe is on the phone; he finds out that there was proof in the parking lot that this guy was parked and waiting for Dario.  He says, it was going thirty miles an hour when it hit Abigail.  He says this is all Dario’s damn fault; he wonders why his brother wouldn’t have come to him when he was in trouble, and why he isn’t calling now.  He fears he could already be dead and is sure he will probably never see him again.

Gabi anxiously waits for Chad to return; she says he went looking for Abigail a couple of hours ago.  She tells Kate she hasn’t heard from him since he left; she gets the feeling Kate knows what’s going on and asks her what she knows.  She says Dario and Abigail told her about the Witness Protection program and she wasn’t going to stop her because it clears the way for he and Gabi.  Chad waits outside the window of Abigail’s ER room.  He’s panicking because the monitors are going off; Jennifer comes in and he starts crying.  He describes to her what happened; how Abigail saved his life.  Now he fears she could die because of him. Kayla tells Chad, Jennifer and JJ that Abigail needs surgery; she has suffered severe internal injuries.  She warns that the anesthesia could be dangerous, but says, at this point, delaying the surgery would be riskier still.  Jennifer and JJ are allowed to go in and see Abby; Chad is told, “it’s family only.”  Gabi tells Kate that she thinks she is going to head home; Kate tells her not to leave.  Gabi says she can’t sit there waiting to hear that he is with Abigail, and he’s changed his mind; she says for all she knows they could be together right now.  Kate tells Gabi she needs to fight for him; she calls Chad.  He tells her something terrible has happened; after explaining, she tells him she will be right there.  They bring Abigail out of the ER to take her to a room; Chad stops them and kisses her on the cheek.  Gabi comes in right after they wheel her bed away; Chad hugs Gabi.

07-31-2017 (Monday) Watch Out, Abigail!

Marlena is not happy to see Hattie in her room; she tells her to leave.  Hattie says she’s not ready to do that.  Marlena asks her what she wants; she says she wants her life.  Hattie tells Marlena how jealous she is of her and how she’s tired of always getting the short end of the stick; Marlena acknowledges that she knows she’s upset.  Hattie starts bitching about Andre and how he deserves to be punished; Marlena says she doesn’t see how that involves her.  Hattie tells her, she will.  She then condemns Marlena for throwing away a perfectly good guy (Roman); Marlena suggests Hattie go down to the Pub to talk to him.  Hattie says he doesn’t know she’s alive, but says he never got over Marlena; Marlena says Roman knows John is the only man she loves.  Hattie tells her that is going to change, as soon as she takes her place.  Marlena asks what that means, and says again Hattie needs to leave; Marlena goes to open the door, but gets unsteady; Hattie laughs that she had spiked the champagne.  Marlena grows weaker and weaker, and goes to lay on the bed; she asks what’s wrong with her… Hattie says Acute Drug Toxicity.  

John tells Paul he is looking for lilacs; he is going home to see Marlena.  He tells him not to call, because he doesn’t need any interruptions when he gets home this time.  Paul agrees, saying he has a lot to make up for to Marlena.  John says, yes, but first they need to decide how to deal with the information they got in Greece… fact that Victor masterminded Deimos’ murder and is letting Sonny take the blame for it.  John has no idea what is happening at home, as he lingers, still talking to Paul about what he has put Marlena through; he heads home, but it might be too late.  Marlena is passing out, and Hattie is preparing to take over, as she picks up Marlena’s phone.  She says, “it’s Hattie time.”  John comes in and hollers up the stairs; Marlena tries to call out, but can only manage a whisper of “help” before she loses consciousness.  John walks into the bedroom; he looks confused.  Looking around, he asks, “what the hell?”  John picks up Marlena’s nightie from off the floor; at this very moment, Hattie drags a duffle bag down the alley, complaining about how heavy Marlena is.

Victor comes to see Sonny; he says he shouldn’t still be in there.  Sonny tells him his father is going back to Greece to follow up on another lead; Victor asks what that would be.  Sonny says he isn’t sure, but he says the memory of moving Deimos’ body makes him look even more guilty; Victor tells him there is no way in hell he is going down for the murder of his worthless brother.  Sonny asks how he can be so sure; Victor doesn’t answer.  Sonny reminds Victor that he told him the other day there was no line he wouldn’t cross to help him, and asks what he meant by that.  He says he was talking about paying for the best representation money can buy; Sonny says he thought it sounded a bit more extreme.  Victor jokes about being such a moderate guy; Sonny takes his grandfather’s hand and tells him he loves him.  When Victor sees Paul at the station, he tries to get out of him what information they found in Greece; Paul tells him he is not allowed to say.  Paul goes in to see Sonny, and hugs him gently; Sonny says he missed him and asks how it went.  Paul tells him they are on the right and he isn’t going to stop until he gets him out of there.  Victor makes a call; he says he can’t let Sonny stay in that jail any longer, so it’s time to give the police another suspect.

Steve tells Tripp that nurse Shelly could not have been the one who changed Kayla’s notes; he says he can’t imagine who else could have done it, because he KNOWS Tripp wouldn’t have done it.  Guilt is all over Tripp’s face.  Kayla sits down at the Pub; Roman offers her a drink.  She says she could use a succession of them; he tells her he sent Joey home early and asks what wrong.  She says she just cleared out her office and changes her mind about the drink.  He asks what Steve is looking into now that nurse Shelly has been cleared of suspicion; Kayla says she thinks they have hit a dead end.  Steve and Tripp come into the Pub; Steve makes a big deal out of how hard Tripp has been working to try to help him prove who has been setting her up.  Kayla tells Tripp that even though he can’t shadow her at the hospital anymore, she still wants to work with him and help him become a doctor.  He tells her she doesn’t have to do that.  She tells him he is a natural; the conversation turns to his mother and her last minutes in the hospital, and Kayla’s attempt to try to save her.  She tells him she is very sorry for the way things turned out; he tells her that means a lot to him.  Roman pulls Steve aside and tells him about his talk with Joey; he tells him the guilt is getting worse for him and it has something to do with seeing how much losing his mother has hurt Tripp.  Roman pours he and Steve a shot and they drink them; he asks if there is anything he can do… Steve says no, this is something he has to handle alone.  Roman says if he changes his mind, he knows where he is.

Kayla’s director calls, saying there has been recent findings in the investigation and asks if she can come in to talk to him; she tells Steve he didn’t say way, but Seth Burns wants to see her – she says, he sounded grim.  Steve looks at Tripp as they leave; Tripp looks away, avoiding eye contact.  Mr. Burns tells Kayla, Mrs. Sherman’s autopsy revealed the appropriate amount of medication in her system; there was no physical error… in addition to that, he reports, the IT department says there may have been a glitch in the system that could have caused the mistakes in the record; he says there has been another incident since she’s been gone.  She is being reinstated immediately; he tells her multiple traumas are on the way and they need her there.  Steve goes back to tell Roman Kayla has been reinstated; he asks where Tripp went and Roman says he doesn’t know.  He asks Steve to give him a hand with something in the back; Tripp comes out from the restroom and smashes a vase full of flowers.  He says she isn’t getting away with killing his mother, and leaves the Pub.

As Abigail screams for Chad to get out of the way of the oncoming car, she runs and pushes him away, then stands there as the car appears to be heading for her.  Dario screams out to her; as the car speeds by, Abby gets thrown to the ground, bleeding and battered.  Chad goes to call for an ambulance; Dario leans over Abby, telling her he is so sorry for this.  Dario admits to Chad that the car was coming for him, saying that’s why he was going into Witness Protection; Chad tells Dario he should just get out of there.  He says he will stay with Abigail, and screams for Dario to leave.  Dario goes; Chad kisses Abigail’s bloody cheek.  The ambulance arrives; they ask if Chad is her husband… he hesitates, but then admits, no.  They says he can’t ride in the ambulance with her then and tell him to wait there for the police; he stands for a moment, then says, “like hell” and runs after them.  Kayla is shocked to see that the first trauma being brought in to her is Abigail.  Chad walks in the door right after her.  The doctor asks Chad if he saw what happened to her; he replays the scene in his head… Abby screaming out to him, pushing him out of the way, and turning to have the car scoop her up; she rolls over the top of the car and off the back, landing on the ground.  He tells them he couldn’t get the make or model of the car, and says Dario is gone.