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#1 - Ep. #8555
Days of our Lives - Season 34 - Episode 5
Austin takes Will to see his mother at the prison, and tells the reporters that it will be a tragedy if Sami dies. Inside, Eric and Sami spend time together, and she makes him swear not to give up on love and happiness. Austin brings Will in, and Sami wraps her arms around her son, knowing she doesn't have much time left with him. Mickey comes in, and tells her that her appeal was turned down. Shawn and Caroline show up after a nasty confrontation with the parents of a murdered young man, and Sami tells Will how lucky he is to have such a wonderful family. When Sami voices her astonishment that Lucas let Austin bring Will to see her, he reveals that Lucas and Nicole are off on their honeymoon. Eric is shocked, but his concern is for Sami. Kate is at the hospital with Roberto, telling him that the only way he can protect is family is to say that he shot Franco, but Roberto refuses. Kate lays the whole plan out for him, but he would rather die with honor. He still refuses, so Kate sends
#2 - Ep. #8556
Days of our Lives - Season 34 - Episode 6
Marlena goes to Stefano's to beg him to help Sami. She asks him to put pressure on the governer to have him give Sami a stay of execution. Marlena passionately recalls how Stefano robbed Sami of both her parents when she needed her the most, and talks hnowing how much he loves his children, and how he knows what it's like to lose them, and begs him to call in a favour. Stefano agrees, but says he might need a favour in return. Marlena agrees to anything. At the Hospital, Roman pulls Kate out of Roberto's room asking what she thinks she's doing. He tells her he can't help them because Joe told him there was no hit out on Franco. Kate talks Roman into talking to Roberto anyway and goes in with him to intimidate Roberto. Roman leaves the room to get a stenographer to take his statement, and Kate takes the oportinuty to further pressure Roberto. She tells him she'll protect his family, keep them from being hunted by the Moroni's, in exchange for him confessing to Franco's murder.
#3 - Ep. #8557
Days of our Lives - Season 34 - Episode 7
At the hospital, Roman's livid with Roberto. He reminds him he told Billie there was a contract out on Franco. Kate screams for him to say what really happened, and Roberto says Sami killed Franco. Roman furiously leaves the room and doesn't know what else he can do to save his daughter. In the hospital room, Roberto's family say their goodbyes to him. In the Limo, Nicole still doesn't understand what's going on with Lucas and tries to get him to talk to her. Lucas watches the TV as Tracey screams about Sami and her son being raised without his mother and it hits Lucas hard. From the death chamber, Harry Grunwell reports live on the procedure that will happen during Sami's execution, and Sami watches in horror from her cell. Sami prays with Orin for a miracle, and Marlena walks in saying she might have that miracle. She tell her she went to Stefano and Sami knows how hard that had to be for her. Marlena doesn't care, and the two talk about her childhood, and how she lost her for
#4 - Ep. #8558
Days of our Lives - Season 34 - Episode 8
At the DiMera mansion Gina pays Stefano a visit and the two talk about Marlena's plea for his help. At the prison, the news woman reports that the execution's underway and Tracey blows out her candle. In the viewing room, the audience react to the two injections going into Sami, as the 3rd injection is started Lucas barges in confessing to the murder. The governor's phone rings and the execution is haulted. Gina notices how shocked Stefano is and he tells her he never tried to save Sami. Meanwhile, a University Hospital helecopter lands at the prison carrying Roman, Mike and Kate. Carson Palmer arrives on the scene and demands to know whats happening. Austin punches Lucas and everyone demands to know whats going on. In the death chamber, Marlena, Mike, Eric and Roman rush in to get Sami, but she flatlines. In the viewing room, Kate explains that Roberto Barelli made a death bed confession to Franco Kelly's murder and thats why the execution was haulted, not because of Lucas. I
#5 - Ep. #8616
Days of our Lives - Season 34 - Episode 20
Eric and Greta explore Gina's bedroom in the Chateau de Reves, while Kurt decides its time to get them out of the castle. Up in the touret, Gina plans her escape and knocks Kurt out and steals his keys when he comes to check on her. Gina makes her way to her bedroom and overhears Greta and Eric inside, unable to make out what they're saying. Back in Salem, Sami and Austin are having a swim in the Kiriakis pool when Carrie comes over to talk to Austin about their divorce. Inside the mansion, Brandon talks about Sami's hopes to get with Austin now that his marrage to Carrie's ending. Outside, Carrie relents and signs the divorce papers. Austin says it's the best 2 year anniversary present he could have asked for. Meanwhile at Carrie's appartment Mike anxiously waits for Carrie to get back so he can play her Ali's taped confession when he answers a phone call, it's Ali - shocked to hear Mike's voice she quickly hangs up. Shortly after, Ali shows up at Carrie's appartment with her
#6 - Ep. #8617
Days of our Lives - Season 34 - Episode 21
Ali taunts Mike as they drive to her secret hidaway. While enroute, Ali gets scared when a police siren sounds behind her. After the car passes her, Ali tells Mike if they'd pulled her over Tony, in the car behind them, would have killed them. Carrie and Austin again talk about their failed marrage, their second anniversary the next day, and Mike & Ali. As Austin's on his way out he stumbles on the tape recorder that Mike dropped and the two listen to Ali's confession and realize something is wrong. Sami and Brandon continue their discussion about Austin. Nicole and Lucas return from a country club function and Nicole's upset over the comments from some of the ladies there. Will calls for his parents and Nicole and Brandon are left alone to talk about her feelings for Lucas and Eric. Eric has a fantacy about being with Nicole, while Greta is visited by Gina who realizes she's her daughter.
#7 - Ep. #8621
Days of our Lives - Season 34 - Episode 25
In Paris, Bo and John continue to talk about their plan to get Gina out of Hope and come up with the idea to send John to tell her it's over between them. In Salem, after Mike's talk with Alice, he decides she's right and he has to leave town alone to think things over. Mike walks in to Carrie's meeting with Lexie and Maggie and after Winston and Lewis offer him his job back, Mike tells them no and that he's leaving Salem. Nancy and Craig try to contain their enthusiasm and Nancy gives Mike a big bear hug. Mike talks with Carrie in the board room alone and tells her she can't go with him. That after what their love's cost he needs to think things over, and that he'll do it while visiting his son Jeremy in Israel. Mike leaves Carrie devistated, but he knows it's the right thing to do, for now. Over at the police station, Claire McIntyre calls Mickey Horton down to defend her daughter at her arrainment, but angrily refuses. Later on, DA Carson Palmer arrives at Claire's request
#8 - Ep. #9277
Days of our Lives - Season 37 - Episode 103
Marlena and Roman take Sami up to Roman's room to get some sleep. Austin packs his bags and prepares to leave Vegas, he stops to tell Lucas that he will make sure he gets to spend more time with his son. Before leaving for good, Austin finds Nicole. In the casino, Colin tells Jennifer that Elizabeth has left him. Jack and Greta have a run in with a couple of gangsters and his briefcase of resumes is switched for their briefcase of stolen money.
#9 - Ep. #9281
Days of our Lives - Season 37 - Episode 107
Bo, Hope and Shawn are emotional as they prepare for JT's custody hearing. While Shawn takes JT to visit Alice, Bo and Hope's worst fears become reality when the judge grants permanent custody of JT to Glen/Barb. The judge bestows it upon Mickey and Cameron to draft a plan to facilitate the change in custody. Hope is especially devastated and wants to appeal, despite Mickey's hesitations. In the midst of her own private hell, Hope experiences another flash of white. Bo manages to convince Hope that it will only be more painful for JT if they prolong the inevitable and he helps her come to terms with the loss. Meanwhile, Cameron is worried by the fact that she won the case that Rolf and Lexie bribed her to lose. Cameron informs Rolf that the Reibers won the case and Rolf vows that Cameron will earn her $50,000. Before the day is over, Mickey informs Bo that he has the paperwork to file to pursue custody of Isaac. Bo gives the green light; he knows they can't replace JT, but Hope definit
#10 - Ep. #9284
Days of our Lives - Season 37 - Episode 110
**from SoapCity.com** Jack is petrified to learn that Harold is Wentworth's son and Harold knows that Jack is worried about the safety of his secret. Harold warns Jack that he won't allow him to pose as a happy couple with Greta and lie to his father. Meanwhile, Jennifer senses Jack's demise and she and Brandon accept Wentworth's invitation to stick around to watch the rehearsal of his show. Oliver is panicked about his speech and Jennifer offers to revise it for him. At the same time, Big Chauncey and Chico disguise themselves as stagehands in order to get closer to Jack and the briefcase. They block all the exits as Jack and Greta realize they're trapped. As it looks like there's no way out, Harold gets an idea. While Jennifer and Brandon sit and watch the beginning of the rehearsal, Jennifer is shocked to see Greta in the line of dancing girls, along with Harold and Jack -- in drag! Bo and Hope wait tensely for word on Jan's condition. The prognosis is good and Colin and Dr. Bader h
#11 - Ep. #9285
Days of our Lives - Season 37 - Episode 111
**from SoapCity.com** Jennifer and Brandon are stunned to see Greta with Jack and Harold in drag on stage, making a fiasco of the rehearsal. Jack sees Big Chauncey pull out a gun and is stricken with terror. Jack hits a dancer with the briefcase, which spurs a round of hot potato, ending as Jack, Greta and Harold all go flying into the orchestra pit. Chauncey pulls Jack up and they struggle for possession of the briefcase. It goes flying and lands on a set piece above the stage. They scramble to retrieve it; as Jack is swinging from the set piece and it looks like he's going to be shot, Jennifer and Brandon knock out Chico and Big Chauncey! They're arrested and Jennifer is furious at Jack, who desperately tries to explain his tangled web of lies. Jennifer reveals that she knows his little secret and Jack blurts out, "I am not gay!" Unbeknownst to him, the microphone is on as his confession reverberates throughout the ballroom... Bo and Hope become even more worried about Shawn's state
#12 - Ep. #9286
Days of our Lives - Season 37 - Episode 112
Philip is concerned when Chloe shows no enthusiasm about them being in New York together for school. Belle throws the Pepperdine envelope in the trash unopened. Jack crashes and burns in Vegas when his lies are revealed.
#13 - Ep. #9287
Days of our Lives - Season 37 - Episode 113
**from SoapCity.com** Sami is in her apartment on pins and needles, knowing that her life is doomed if Kate/Lucas get the tape. She switches the numbers on her door with Austin's so that the tape will be delivered to her instead of Lucas/Kate. They all see the delivery guy arrive out their windows, believing the tape will soon be theirs. However, Roman is in the elevator and runs into the delivery man with the package -- and offers to take it... Shawn goes to visit Jan and runs into Belle and Mimi at the hospital. Alone with Belle, Shawn wants to talk, but Belle remembers her altercation with Jan and doesn't want to hear anything Shawn has to say. Meanwhile, Jan wakes up and fears that she'll lose her hold on Shawn since she's lost the baby. She sees Shawn and Belle outside her room and assumes that they've already gotten back together. Outside the room, Belle reiterates that they don't have a future together and walks off. Back with Mimi, Belle is thrilled to hear that Mimi got into S
#14 - Ep. #9296
Days of our Lives - Season 37 - Episode 122
**from SoapCity.com** The Bradys and the Hortons spend their last hour with JT before Glen and Barb arrive to take him to Iowa with them. Bo, Hope and Shawn all struggle valiantly to stay strong for their family as they try to come to terms with the idea of a future without JT. Alice and Grandpa Shawn offer prayers to help them through this unbearably difficult time. Glen and Barb arrive a bit early because they figured that it would take a while to load all of JT's stuff into the car. Shawn is deeply bothered to learn that Barb is having another boy and JT will have a new brother. When JT has trouble breathing, Hope screams for the nebulizer, but Glen calmly starts to flick JT's feet, saying he learned to do that in an infant CPR class. Glen and Barb express their gratitude for all the loving care the Bradys have shown JT and how they've nurtured him. Everyone is touched when Glen and Barb share that they want JT to know the Bradys and that they are all welcome to visit him whenever t
#15 - Ep. #9318
Days of our Lives - Season 37 - Episode 144
Everyone arrives at the church and have random conversations with each other. Bo and Hope receive the call from the DNA lab at the church. Rolf poisons the baptismal fountain with too much of his portion after John and Roman startle him, and it's now possible that the water could really kill Zack. Lexie overheats Bart on the phone with Rolf discussing the plan and Lexie is furious that Rolf went ahead with it after she told him not to. Lexie decides to crash the ceremony to save Isaac, Bart disguises himself as a drunk so that Lexie can get in without being noticed. As the ceremony starts, Lexie hides in a confession booth. Bo & Hope announce that Bo is Zack's birth father and everybody is overjoyed. Father Jansen starts the ceremony and Lexie watches in horror as he prepares to pour the water onto Zack.
#16 - Ep. #9319
Days of our Lives - Season 37 - Episode 145
Lexie storms the alter and swats the poisoned holy water out of Father Jansen's hand and then pushes over the alter. Abe and Roman grab Lexie who completely loses it and starts screaming for her baby. Lexie tries to explain that the Father poisoned the water, but Roman thinks she was talking about Father Jansen and dismisses her explenation. Lexie is taken out of the church on a stretcher and is being transported to University Hospital for a full psychological workup. As Lexie's being wheeled out, she starts screaming for Isaac and everybody in the church hears her, and Isaac/Zack starts crying. With Lexie gone, Father Jansen completes the ceremony with fresh holy water. Over at the Brady Pub, the celebration continues. Bo & Hope are opening presents, and misc. conversations occur. Jack and Colin have another confrontation. Sami and Jack continue to plot to get back the ones they love (Brandon and Jennifer, respectively). Melissa and Kim say their goodbyes and head to the airp
#17 - Ep. #9431
Days of our Lives - Season 38 - Episode 2
Craig, Nancy and Chloe learn the baby is a girl and a match for Chloe. Hope sees Billie talking to Larry and realizes she was in on her abduction. After Billie leaves, Larry comes in to torment Hope. Saying she is now officially "dead". Cassie and Rex visit Shawn and get into an argument over Tony's involvment in his mother's abduction. After they leave, Bo arrives home to break the news to Shawn about the bloody sweater and the note.
#18 - Ep. #9432
Days of our Lives - Season 38 - Episode 3
Rolf tries to reassure Tony that the fugue states are only temporary. Billie warns Larry that Roman is beginning to suspect that Lexie was framed. Nicole realises that Sami set her up at the Cheatin' Heart. Kate again refuses to disclose her past with Stefano to Roman.
#19 - Ep. #9433
Days of our Lives - Season 38 - Episode 4
Bo's attempt to attack the truth of out Lexie get him arrested by Abe. Billie is shocked to learn that she isn't really a member of the I.S.A. Craig asks Brady's help in finding Frederick Sykes.
#20 - Ep. #9435
Days of our Lives - Season 38 - Episode 6
Brady and Chloe go Hollywood, but there's trouble on the plane. At the Brady Pub, Shawn refuses to accept his mother's death and Bo tries his best to comfort him. The Brady's receive news that Lexie has been brought to the hospital after her collapse in the jail. Bo insists on going but is told by Roman he's been suspended after his attack on Lexie earlier and will be arrested if he goes near the hospital. Bo sneaks out of the Pub and heads to the hospital anyway. Later, two reporters show up at the Pub demanding information on the Hope Brady case and Shawn blasts them. Meanwhile, at the hospital Lexie's escape is in full swing but just as she's about to fly away Bo catches up with her and strangles her dead!
#21 - Ep. #9437
Days of our Lives - Season 38 - Episode 8
While Craig hunts Sykes in Salem, Brady and Chloe are forced into an emergency landing.
#22 - Ep. #9438
Days of our Lives - Season 38 - Episode 9
Sami and Brandon vow their eternal love to one another. Philip tells a reporter that they may have to take Billie off life support.
#23 - Ep. #9439
Days of our Lives - Season 38 - Episode 10
Marlena's trapped in the secret passage, and John demands Tony tell him where she is. In the passage, Marlena discovers a life sized portrait of herself, and a note that she urgently must take to John. Craig tends to Sykes leg, furious over what he did to Nancy. Craig tells him about his daughter Chloe, but Sykes says it's impossible for him to be the father. In Denver, Brady & Chloe enjoy their time together. Shawn's having trouble with his dad being in jail and his mother dead.
#24 - Ep. #9440
Days of our Lives - Season 38 - Episode 11
A tearful Kate signs the papers to take Billie off life support. Marlena helps John save Tony's life.
#25 - Ep. #9446
Days of our Lives - Season 38 - Episode 17
Billie is suspended! Nicole threatens Kate. Rolf programs the twins to protect all DiMeras.
#26 - Ep. #9449
Days of our Lives - Season 38 - Episode 20
Brady and Chloe return to Salem and Chloe's new found happiness is shattered when she learns the truth about Nancy's grave condition; Lexie learns that she's pregnant...which Sami overhears. Bo and Hope share a special dance to Kelly Moneymaker's love song "Can't Live Without Your Love."
#27 - Ep. #9469
Days of our Lives - Season 38 - Episode 40
PREVIEW: Suspects arise in Colin's murder: Brandon, Nicole, Jennifer, Jack, Sami, Hope and Bo. SUMMARY: **from SoapCity.com** Brandon is the first to appear when Belle screams and he pronounces Colin dead as everyone else rushes onto the terrace. Meanwhile, Roman/Kate catch Sami just as she puts the gun away, but Sami shifts the focus off her and blasts Kate for pursuing Roman. Sami's forced to admit things are getting serious when Roman tells her he wants to be with Kate. Roman's called to the murder scene, leaving Sami/Kate alone at the house; Kate questions Sami about Colin's murder and agitated Sami storms out, crashing her car right outside Roman's house. Abe sees Lexie's distracted and reveals he's been aware that something's been bothering her. Lexie covers and then Abe is called to the Kiriakis Mansion. Back at Bo/Hope's house, Bo asks Hope about the blood on her hand. Hope's thrown to see the blood and assumes she cut herself when she was slicing an apple. Bo asks why she
#28 - Ep. #9625
Days of our Lives - Season 38 - Episode 196
PREVIEW: John discourages Marlena to fight for Sami's job; Philip kisses Belle! SUMMARY: Anyone interested in writing a summary for this episode, please contribute your work using the contribute button ( + ) in the upper right hand corner. Please remember that the summary must be your creation and you will be given the credit. Any questions, please email the co-editor at ambere@tbbs.net. Thanks to everyone!
#29 - Ep. #9626
Days of our Lives - Season 38 - Episode 197
PREVIEW: Roman tracks down Kate; Sami receives annulment papers from Brandon. SUMMARY: Anyone interested in writing a summary for this episode, please contribute your work using the contribute button ( + ) in the upper right hand corner. Please remember that the summary must be your creation and you will be given the credit. Any questions, please email the co-editor at ambere@tbbs.net. Thanks to everyone!
#30 - Ep. #9629
Days of our Lives - Season 38 - Episode 200
PREVIEW: Sami crashes her car into Kate; Why are Bo and Hope sleeping in separate beds? SUMMARY: Anyone interested in writing a summary for this episode, please contribute your work using the contribute button ( + ) in the upper right hand corner. Please remember that the summary must be your creation and you will be given the credit. Any questions, please email the co-editor at ambere@tbbs.net. Thanks to everyone!
#31 - Ep. #9632
Days of our Lives - Season 38 - Episode 203
PREVIEW: Abe receives a frightening surprise; Victor threatens to tell Brady the truth about Nicole; Shawn & Rex finally get into a physical fight. SUMMARY: Anyone interested in writing a summary for this episode, please contribute your work using the contribute button ( + ) in the upper right hand corner. Please remember that the summary must be your creation and you will be given the credit. Any questions, please email the co-editor at ambere@tbbs.net. Thanks to everyone!