01-27-2017 (Friday) STEFFANO IS ALIVE

Deimos tells Maggie and Victor about Holly being their grandchild, Daniel’s child; Maggie is overwhelmed.  Chloe comes in with the baby; although hesitant to, she does allow Maggie to hold her.  She doesn’t let her hang onto the baby for very long though; and will hear nothing about them taking Holly home with them.  She says, she is going to take care of Holly until a court says otherwise.

Justin tells Nicole that her bail hearing went well; she just has to put together the funds.  She is anxious to find out how soon they can get proof that Holly is her baby girl; Justin goes to check on her processing.  Daniel appears…he tells her how happy he is about the baby, and what a great mom he knows she will be – he never says anything about Deimos, which surprises me – just that he trusts Nicole to take care of their baby girl.  When Brady comes back in, she talks to him about how Daniel is still here in so many ways; he agrees.  Maggie and Victor come in to see Nicole; they congratulate her on their beautiful grandbaby.

Rafe waits nervously with his phone, hoping to get news about Steffano to save Hope; Shane shows up at the door.  He tells them that he has about a dozen pictures of this man that they think may be Steffano…the problem is, he says, that none of the pictures have enough points to match to the facial recognition system.  After pondering the quandary for a while, they find a program that can put all of the pictures together, to build a full profile of facial points.  It matches the data in the system; this is, indeed Steffano!

01-26-2017 (Thursday)

Chad stares at Abigail in her tight blue dress; they are both acting very awkward.  Abigail gives a little speech about how she and Gabi are trying to be honest with each other and rebuild their friendship; she says Gabi wants their marriage to work because she is not a home-wrecker.  He steps closer.  She tells him she is part of the family, like it or not; he says he likes it, and they kiss.  Just as things are getting really passionate, Andre bursts in and says they have a business emergency; Kate comes in right behind him.  Chad tells Andre to go ahead and tell everything to the ladies.  He does.  Chad dismisses the situation and tells them he and his wife want some private time; he tells Kate and Andre to strategize their hearts out.  He hangs a ‘do not disturb’ sign on the door, bringing up a memory of their wedding night, then apologizes.  She says she never wants to forget what they said that day; he tells her he loves her, and they both look at the bed.  Chad undresses Abigail slowly, to a nice love-song; she returns the favor as they continue kissing.  They lay down on the bed and the camera pans down to the floor; next shot, they are tangled up in the sheets together, careful to keep them wrapped around them while they roll around together doing a lot of kissing and maybe some love-making.  

Kate and Andre proceed to argue whether Chad is better off with Abby or Gabi; Andre tells her it doesn’t matter because that ship has sailed.  He reminds her they have a child together, who is related to her child, so that makes her family; she disagrees.  They get pretty angry about it, as she adds that she blames him for her breakup with Eduardo; she picks up her cup and takes a drink.  Lucas is sitting at a table at the café; Adrian shows up and asks if she can sit down.  She is putting on a good front; he tells her that her fighting spirit and feistiness is one reason he wants to marry her.  Her smile kind of fades.  She tells him she can’t be with anyone now; she feels she has to go through this alone.  She says she’ll have no hard feelings if either he or Justin want to move on; he takes her hand and says he’ll wait as long as it takes.  She gets a call about newspaper business; she hangs up and says she needs some one to fill in for her when she doesn’t feel up to getting out of bed.  Just then Anne walks in; Lucas says he thinks he knows who she can get.  Adrian doesn’t look happy with that idea, but ends up hiring her, saying she has to run it by Jennifer though.  

Steve, Kayla, Marlena and Rafe are still in Europe; they are discussing what else they can do, but exhausting all possibilities, Rafe says all they can do is wait and pray for a miracle.  For some reason, everyone decides they should go get ice cream; Rafe gets angry with them, saying Hope’s life is on the line and he feels he’s the only one who gets that.  The guys end up arguing; Kayla tells them to calm it down some.  She says she and Steve will just take a walk; Marlena asks Rafe if it’s really Steve he is angry with.  He admits he is just angry with the situation.  Steve and Kayla sit down at a patio café; a palm reader comes by…she tells Steve she sees a wedding in his future.  She sees something frightening in Kayla’s palm; ashes, she says, and the Phoenix. Rafe gets a call; he says they still have one more shot at proving Steffano’s alive.  

Hope holds some kind of religious pennant, telling Eric she’s trying to stay strong; he says he has something that might help, and injects her.  She says she thinks God sent him to take care of her.  She asks if she should keep running or turn herself in; he tells her Steve and Rafe are working on finding evidence of her innocence.  He tells her at least she killed a devil; he gets up, as he says, “I killed a saint.”  He brings back more cool water to wipe her face down; her wound is infected and she’s burning up with fever now.  (He looks pretty sweaty too;-).  As he wipes her forehead, he completely misses blood running down the right side.  She tells him he is a good man and there is always redemption; he says there is no redemption for him.  He realizes how hot she is, grabs her and takes her outside; she drops her pennant.  He brings her back in, wet and cold now and wraps her back up in the blanket.

01-25-2017 (Wednesday)

Gabi comes to see Abigail; they discuss what their next step should be since the guys don’t seem to want to get along.  Abigail mentions the fact that they both still love Chad; Gabi gets a little upset, but Abby thinks they should be able to talk about it.  They hug and decide to get back to discussing the case at hand; Gabi knows “Myron” so Abigail suggests that she Gabi get “glammed up” and sweet talk this guy at the club he frequents.  Gabi says she can’t, because he knows her; “but, he doesn’t know you” she tells Abigail.  Abby responds with a “yuck” but does a really convincing job playing a sweet, southern gal in a sleek, shiny blue dress, with her lacy bra top exposed.  Myron is quite taken; she says she needs Dario to look at her phone.  Myron says he can do it, and almost faints when she hands it to him, saying, with a Southern accent, “I think I love you.”  He almost melts.  

She sits down on his desk, leaning forward and speaking softly, and tells him what an idiot she is when it comes to technology.  Gabi warns Abigail by text that Dario is coming; she tries to hurry up and get out of there, but Dario walks in on her before she gets to the door.  She tells him she came have him look at her phone, but says Myron was very sweet and took care of it; Myron smiles, then asks what happened to her accent.  She denies ever having an accent, and laughing, she walks out the door.  She finds Chad talking to Gabi in the club; Gabi was trying to avoid him.  Abigail walks up and tells Chad that she and Gabi were having coffee; she says they are friends and they are moving past things.  She snuggles up to Chad and suggests that they do the same.  He can’t help staring at the dress (or rather, at her boobs in the dress).  He kisses her and says, “let’s go home.”  

Nicole sits in an interrogation room now, accused of attempted murder; she recollects Chloe saying Holly was her baby, that she was her mother – she looks at Brady for reassurance – he nods his head.  She snaps back to reality; Roman is there to question her.  She tells him she has a baby; she says she can’t go to prison…she says she can’t think straight, as she remembers her screaming match with Chloe, and Chloe swearing she kept her promise (that was to give Nicole and Daniel a child) she said Deimos was too evil to raise this child.  Chloe now sits by Holly’s crib, telling her everything will be all right; a knock comes on the door… it’s Belle.  Chloe makes sure she came alone, and tells her that she needs her help keeping her baby.  She has decided to sue for custody.  Nicole tries to get Roman to go get the baby; he tells Nicole she is listed on the birth certificate as the baby’s biological mother so he can’t take her.  He tells her Justin is already working on her arraignment, when she says she needs a lawyer, but, as for the baby, he says, there is nothing he can do.  

I can’t believe that Deimos isn’t down at the police station throwing a fit and trying to buy Nicole’s freedom.  When he comes in, Nicole is very angry with him because Brady told her that he and Deimos have known for a few weeks that Holly might be her child.  He talks her down, of course, gets her to forgive him and assures her that he is going to fix everything; he kisses her and leaves.  Sonny and Deimos argue over how they should handle business; Deimos leaves the house.  He goes to talk to Dario, telling him he knows he put out that hit on him and simply tells him that he better watch his back from now on.  

Belle asks Chloe if she is certain this is what she wants to do; she says it isn’t easy to get custody over a biological parent.  But given Nicole’s situation right now, she might have a shot.  She tells Belle just to do the best she can do.  Brady knocks on Chloe’s door; he insists on talking to her and says he is not going away until she opens the door.  She tells him she is suing for custody and Belle admits that she is representing her; he leaves to go tell Nicole.  She says she won’t let Chloe take her daughter from her.  Roman shows up at Chloe’s to take the baby for a maternity test (they said paternity, lol).  Chloe insists on going with her.

01-24-2017 (Tuesday)

Chad runs into Gabi walking through the park; Arianna reaches out for him. He takes her and she hugs him.  Gabi tells him she has been having bad dreams; he sits down and plays with her.  Chad tells Gabi he needs to impress this lady client; she gives him her advice and goes shopping for him, bringing back a nice gray shirt and green tie, telling him to match it with the tweed jacket she got him a few months ago.  They seem to have a hard time saying goodbye, but finally do; she goes on her way.  Joey, Claire and Theo are all carrying boxes into the communal apartment, while Claire takes pictures of herself for her social media page; Ciara suggests she sit her phone down and pick up a box, but she acts like a princess, so Ciara tells her so.  

Claire's mom and dad show up for a visit, and when Belle offers to help the other kids get more boxes, Claire complains to her dad about being called a ‘princess.’  Shaun asks if she is acting like one; she says of course not.  Abe comes by to talk to Theo and Claire; he makes them promise there won’t be any parties going on there, and says he is watching them, even though he isn’t living in his house.  Theo says he wouldn’t want it any other way.  They order pizza for the kids and say goodbye; Shaun hugs Ciara and promises her that Hope will be fine.  Claire starts bitching about the shows her grandparents watch every night; Theo says his dad watches it too… Ciara says Jennifer watches it too.  They all wonder about the intrigue; Jade says her folks watch cable news every night and yell at the t.v.  Everyone looks at her, as if that was a weird thing to say (sounds completely normal to me).  Ciara mentions how long the four of them have known each other; Joey says they should promise to always be friends.  They all agree, and then Joey looks over a Jade, sitting alone at the table; she is obviously the outsider and feeling it.  (I must say, I like this Jade much better than the first, though… I find her quite likeable.)  

Abe, Shaun and Belle are having a drink at the pub and talking about how their kids have grown; they all agree that this is probably going to be harder on them than it will on the kids.  Claire and Ciara get in a fight after Theo and Joey decide to go off and play games in the other room; Ciara storms out, and Claire calls out to her saying they have a mess to clean up.  Jade stands up and says she’ll do it; Claire swooshes her hair and says she forgot that she was even there.  She semi-thanks Jade and hands her the plate she is already holding, and leaves the room; Jade shrugs her shoulders and tells herself, no matter what this should be interesting.  

Chloe confesses that Holly is Nicole’s child, with the constant prompting of Brady; she tries twice to just leave and he stops her.  Nicole is confused at firsts, then astounded at the news; she does not know what to say.  She stands up and asks to hold her, but Chloe refuses; she gives the baby to an officer instead.  She defends her decision not to tell Nicole, saying Holly may not be biologically hers, but she can’t let Deimos raise her.  Nicole tells her that is not her choice to make; Chloe thinks it is.  Things escalate to the point that Nicole is screaming, “give me my baby.”