The BEST episodes of Days of our Lives season 33
Every episode of Days of our Lives season 33, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Days of our Lives season 33!
"Like sands through the hourglass... so are the Days of our Lives." These words, spoken by late cast member Macdonald Carey, open every episode of this daytime drama, chronicaling the trials and tribulations of the citizens of the fictional city of Salem.
#1 - Tuesday, December 16, 1997
Season 33 - Episode 30 - Aired 12/16/1997
John feels like an outsider as Roman and Marlena share a Christmas moments with their children. Later, Roman becomes so swept up in the moment that he kisses Marlena. Having lost her baby, Susan feels like she’s at the end of her rope and contemplates jumping off the pier just as John appears on the scene. Dr. Rolf finishes the cure for Peter and administers it to him, unsure as to whether or not it will work. Jennifer is saved from being sexually assaulted by Travis when Peter phones them and interrupts. Later, Jennifer is able to make her way down to the cellar again and attempts to escape.
#2 - Wednesday, December 3, 1997
Season 33 - Episode 21 - Aired 12/3/1997
Still curious over John’s behavior, Roman confronts him asking him if he and Kristen’s marriage is strong and secure. Meanwhile, Eric continues to pressure John to stay away from Marlena so that she and Roman can reunite. After learning Sami doesn’t plan on keeping her end of their bargain, Franco tells her she’s in over her head and vows to take care of her. Billie decides to milk Bo’s desire to comfort her for all she can while Hope is watching them. Later, an upset Hope leaves the scene only to run into Max who tells her that while in Rome, Billie was hooked on drugs again.
#3 - Thursday, December 4, 1997
Season 33 - Episode 22 - Aired 12/4/1997
Laura breaks into Travis’ house and finds a photo depicting the location of his family cabin. Laura hopes Jack will call so she can relay the information, but unbeknownst to her, Jack is being held at gunpoint. John and Marlena both lament that they can’t stand deceiving Roman but know they must continue for his health. Later, Marlena realizes the day she must tell Roman the truth is fast approaching. Eric begins to get suspicious of Sami and her new position at Titan not knowing she is blackmailing Kate. Meanwhile, Sami continues to be followed by a mysterious stalker.
#4 - Friday, December 5, 1997
Season 33 - Episode 23 - Aired 12/5/1997
Kristen starts to get ahead of herself, thinking she is going to get little Elvis and goes to Salem Place to buy a bunch of baby stuff. Later, she runs into Marlena who immediately is suspicious of Kristen’s purchases. After talking to Celeste and realizing the danger Stefano could pose to little Elvis, Susan makes an important decision regarding her baby. John gets Lexie to visit Stefano under false pretenses and figure out the whereabouts of Peter. Later, Lexie overhears him telling Bart that Peter has left the island and is on his way to the mainland. Jack almost sways the militia man holding him at gunpoint to help him search for Travis’ cabin, but when he sees a picture of the cabin in question, he backs out saying there’s no way he’d ever go there.
#5 - Monday, December 8, 1997
Season 33 - Episode 24 - Aired 12/8/1997
Jack learns from a militia guy that Travis murdered his parents at the family cabin years ago. Later, Jack sets out on foot to scale a mountain en route to the cabin. Jennifer takes advantage of Travis’ poor tie-up job and is able to worm her way out of the ropes binding her. Later, she tries to escape out the window but Travis catches her. After learning from Lexie Peter could be at Stefano’s compound, John boards a plane headed there hoping to locate Jennifer and clear Jack’s name. Marlena becomes increasingly suspicious of Kristen’s behavior, seeing she’s bought up every toy in Salem. Later, Marlena catches her talking to Susan at the Dimera mansion.
#6 - Tuesday, December 9. 1997
Season 33 - Episode 25 - Aired 12/9/1997
Roman begins to get a little wary after hearing a phone message John left for Marlena. Confident Marlena will tell her the truth, Roman decides to ask her what’s going on with John. Hope learns from Bo the real reason he stayed with Billie in Rome. Later, the two seem on the road to reconciliation after sharing a kiss. Susan tells Kristen she’s not about to let her take Elvis from her and surprising, Kristen doesn’t fight her on it. Meanwhile, Marlena and Celeste deduce Stefano is little Elvis’ father. In the jungle, Peter has another attack of his jungle disease and has a dangerous encounter with a panther. Jack continues to make his way toward Travis’ cabin just as Travis steps outside to survey the area.
#7 - Wednesday, December 10, 1997
Season 33 - Episode 26 - Aired 12/10/1997
Celeste and Marlena confront Stefano about little Elvis but Stefano is on to their line of questioning and is careful to give nothing away to them. Kristen manages to drug Susan and gets her to sign the court papers, giving Kristen custody of Elvis. Later, Kristen, disguised as Susan, dashes off to the convent to get the baby and runs into Celeste. After telling Marlena he hopes John isn’t developing feelings for her, Roman shows her the necklace John has given her and asks her about it. Not wanting to lie, Marlena is forced to admit it was a gift from John. Travis spies Jack ascending the mountain and rolls a huge boulder his way. Later, Jack lays on the ground, seemingly motionless. Meanwhile, Jennifer manages to pull up the floorboards of the cabin and attempts to find a way out.
#8 - Thursday, December 11, 1997
Season 33 - Episode 27 - Aired 12/11/1997
Before Marlena can explain the real reason John gave her the necklace, Roman attempts to rationalize it himself, saying he’s sure John gave it to her as a sign of their friendship. Susan is devastated to discover she’s inadvertently signed away her child to Kristen. However, Kristen puts the fear of god in her using Stefano as a threat and Susan is forced to leave the Dimera mansion without Elvis. Bo admits to Billie he ran into Hope and told her about Max feeding Billie drugs again. Later, Billie grows increasingly insecure about Bo’s feelings for her and pulls him in a kiss. Meanwhile, Hope tells Franco she’s certain Bo and Billie relationship isn’t for real.
#9 - Friday, December 12, 1997
Season 33 - Episode 28 - Aired 12/12/1997
Bo confesses to Billie now that he knows Hope and Franco aren’t an item, he’s confused about his feelings. Suspicious over Sami’s new job at Titan, Austin and Carrie speculate that perhaps Sami has dirt on Kate. However, when confronted about the issue, both Sami and Kate remain tight-lipped about what’s going on. Despite his injuries, Jack continues to make his way toward the cabin, not knowing a park ranger is hunting him down. Meanwhile, in the cabin basement, Jennifer grows apprehensive when she hears Travis return.
#10 - Monday, December 15, 1997
Season 33 - Episode 29 - Aired 12/15/1997
John returns from his failed jungle trip and is upset to find Roman tending to Marlena’s emotional needs. Later, John’s heart skips a beat when Roman dangles the necklace John gave Marlena in front of him and proclaims he knows what’s been going on. Austin and Carrie enlist Eric to help them figure out what Sami is up to. Kate urges Billie to fight for Bo, especially considering all she’s done to get them back together.In another bout of jungle madness, Peter manages to single-handedly kill a panther and make his way back to Stefano’s compound in search for a cure for his illness. Jen manages to pretend she’s still bound to Travis who quickly informs her Jack is dead. Later, Travis appears to her in a towel, posing a new threat to her. Meanwhile, having been caught by the ranger, Jack manages to knock him out and continues his pursuit of Jennifer and Travis.
#11 - Tuesday, December 2, 1997
Season 33 - Episode 20 - Aired 12/2/1997
Max continues to threaten Billie if she testifies against him, he’ll tell everyone she is a junkie. Hope goes to see Bo at the police station only to find him hugging Billie and comforting her. Kristen remains confidant that if she can get Susan to hand over little Elvis, she can secure John’s love for her once again. After hearing Kristen go on and on about Roman and Marlena, John storms away from a dinner with she, Eric and Roman, leaving Roman puzzled about his behavior. Peter is overwhelmed by his illness and ends up passing out, missing his cargo flight. Meanwhile, Jack realizes Travis once spoke of a family cabin in the Grand Canyon and heads out to find Jennifer.
#12 - Wednesday, December 17, 1997
Season 33 - Episode 31 - Aired 12/17/1997
Laura tries to get Kristen to reveal Peter is alive by telling her to remember that she and Jennifer were once best friends. Later, Laura almost catches Peter when he calls Jennifer.After seeing the airstrip leaving the island has been washed out, Peter becomes desperate to get to Jennifer and attempts to hijack Rolf’s plane. Travis catches Jen trying to escape and discovers she knows he murdered his family. Later, Jen manages to overpower him and lock him in the cellar, escaping out the front door. John reaches out to Susan who is depressed on the pier. However, Susan doesn’t reveal Kristen took her baby and John is forced to think she’s just a lonely woman. Later, Susan exclaims there’s only one person who can help her.
#13 - Thursday, December 18, 1997
Season 33 - Episode 32 - Aired 12/18/1997
After finally getting to the cabin, Jack realizes Jen has escaped and Travis is trapped in the cellar. Meanwhile, Jennifer has a fantasy about Jack being alive and later realizes he is. John and Marlena grow increasingly frustrated over not being able to go public to Roman with their feelings. Meanwhile, Eric continues to be agitated over John and Marlena’s involvement. Kristen couldn’t’ be happier now that she has "her" baby back in her arms. However, she doesn’t realize that Stefano has ulterior plans involving her. Peter manages to overpower Rolf and boards the plane not realizing in the confrontation, he has dropped his bottle of pills. Susan is ready to spring into action after having a fantasy in which Elvis encourages her to move on with her life and get her baby back.
#14 - Friday, December 19, 1997
Season 33 - Episode 33 - Aired 12/19/1997
After Marlena tells him she suspects Stefano is the father of Susan’s baby, John heads to Kristen’s to check things out under the guise of wanting to make amends. Later, he nearly misses seeing Stefano with the baby. Susan goes to see a mysterious man, Thomas, and asks him to help her get her baby back. After an intense showdown with Travis, Jack is able to overpower him and send him to his death. Later, Jack and Jen are reunited but unbeknownst to them, Peter is about to arrive on the scene.
#15 - Monday, December 22, 1997
Season 33 - Episode 34 - Aired 12/22/1997
Jack and Jen take refuge in a cave, knowing the ranger in on a manhunt for Jack. Later, Jack wants to turn himself in to save Jen but she begs him not to. Still without his pills, Peter continues to race toward the Grand Canyon in a plane with an almost empty fuel tank. Bo, Billie, and Hope find their holiday preparations somewhat awkward as the three of them struggle with their feelings toward one another. Behind Lucas’ back, Sami manipulates Austin into taking Will to see Santa. later, they take a group photo of the event and Sami requests that Lucas be cropped out.
#16 - Tuesday, December 23, 1997
Season 33 - Episode 35 - Aired 12/23/1997
Marlena continues to be torn between her two men after both have Christmas photos taken with her. Meanwhile, John arranges a dinner with Kristen in an attempt to probe around about Stefano and the baby. Discovering Rolf has been kidnapped by the ISA, Stefano is concerned he will reveal Peter’s whereabouts. However he’s later relieved to find he hasn’t and attempt to contact Peter himself. Peter makes it to the Grand Canyon and narrowly misses coming face to face with Jack and Jennifer. It is discovered the man Susan has asked to help her get her baby back is Thomas, the triplett sibling of Susan and Mary Moira.
#17 - Wednesday, December 24, 1997
Season 33 - Episode 36 - Aired 12/24/1997
Roman surprises Marlena by taking her to their old house. Despite the memories she has of her and Roman, she still remains torn. Much to Kristen’s horror and in a strange twist of fate, Stefano hands over to Elvis to John, who immediately reunites him with Susan at the Brady Pub on Christmas Eve. While hanging ornaments on the tree, Alice says a prayer for Jack and Jen’s safe return. Later, everyone is delighted when the two arrive in time to hang their ornaments. Hope and Billie put aside their personal feelings for a few moments to exchange Christmas greetings.
#18 - Friday, December 26, 1997
Season 33 - Episode 37 - Aired 12/26/1997
Despite their happy reunion with the Hortons, Jack knows he’s still a wanted man and enlist the help of Laura to help him in a plan. Later, suspicious of Laura, the authorities order her followed. In the midst of another jungle madness attack, Peter continues his pursuit of Jen. Marlena tells Eric as son as Roman is given a clean bill of health, she will tell him about her and John. Later, John demands Marlena tell him how he feels about her. Kristen remains determined to gain custody of little Elvis.
#19 - Monday, December 29, 1997
Season 33 - Episode 38 - Aired 12/29/1997
After overhearing Sami lament to Roman no man has ever told her he loved her besides Austin, Franco begins to formulate a plan to nail her. Carrie urges Eric to stay out of Marlena’s love life, telling him whatever she decides to do is her decision to make. Peter follows Laura to the Horton house and discovers Jack and Jen are inside. Later, Laura arranges for Jack, Jen and Abby to drive away in an escape car just as Peter jumps in his car to follow them. John and Marlena learn Kristen coerced Susan into signing over Elvis and rush to her aid to figure out a way to reverse the situation.
#20 - Tuesday, December 30, 1997
Season 33 - Episode 39 - Aired 12/30/1997
In a dramatic moment, John and Marlena are able to aid Susan in thwarting Kristen by having her disguise herself as Kristen at the custody hearing, enabling Susan to win custody of Elvis. Franco begins to worm his way into Sami’s heart by attempt to flatter her ask she picks out a dress for New Years Eve. Later, he tells her make herself appear unavailable to Austin, thus making her more desirable. Lexie confronts Mike about his still strong feelings for Carrie and tells him she may be on the verge of find out. Later, Lexie urges Mike to bring a date to the New Years Eve party.
#21 - Tuesday, November 18, 1997
Season 33 - Episode 11 - Aired 11/18/1997
Marlena stops John from telling Roman the truth, citing any bad news could cause him a setback. Later, John concern about his relationship increases when Marlena agrees to have Roman move in with her. Laura is on the verge of another emotional breakdown when she discovers just how dangerous Travis is. Meanwhile, Abe does all he can to arrange a manhunt for Travis and Jennifer. Jack finally manages to break free and through the prison walls just as it’s discovered he’s missing.
#22 - Ep. #8267
Season 33 - Episode 2 - Aired 4/8/1998
The Penthouse Grill: AUSTIN spots CARRIE heading into the elevator, leaving The Penthouse Grill, he asks her why she isn't staying for the wedding, she says she has to go and help MIKE at the hospital, but she'll be right back. Inside, LAURA is organizing "SUSAN" (Actually Kristen in disguise) and EDMUND'S wedding when VIVIAN arrives and congratulates her on her performance at "KRISTEN'S" funeral, both Laura and Vivian agree Kristen is better off dead, as Laura thinks back to the night "Kristen" was murdered, Laura thinks of her shooting "Kristen", she then decides to go home and get changed. Later, Vivian gives Edmund a wedding present for himself and "Susan", as SISTER MARY MOIRA enters she confronts Vivian as they speak about JONESY'S death, Vivian then gives Sister Mary Moira a check for $25 000 as she is now Mega Rich after being married to Jonesy. Vivian later tells SAMI that she has to be blackmailing KATE to have her job at Titan; Sami keeps her lips sealed. JACK, JENNIFER, M
#23 - Ep. #8414
Season 33 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/6/1998
Nicole and Taylor have a confrontation at Nicole's place. Taylor attacks her sister for the way she lied to Eric, and accuses Nicole of ruining the friendship that she [Taylor] and Eric had. Eric meets up with Austin and Carrie and tells them about the break up, but Austin tells Eric that if he really loves Nicole he should take a moment to think about what his life would be like without her in it. Austin's words make Carrie feel guilty, and later, she tells Austin she's ready to start a family, as Eric knocks on Nicole's door. Stefano is furious when Vivian signs power of attorney papers giving John control. Vivian, Celeste, and John leave, and a furious Stefano relays his frustrations to Rolf. Stefano wants to use the mind control on Vivian, and Rolf warns him that Vivian could die from just one more push of the button. Later Stefano watches John and Vivian on the monitor at Jonesy's townhouse, and vows that John will never get his hands on his [Stefano's] treasures.
#24 - Friday, November 7, 1997
Season 33 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/7/1997
After learning she must marry Jonsey to gain control of his riches, Vivian forces Ivan to dress up as a priest and marry the two of them. Later, Vivian discovers Jonsey intends on sharing a real honeymoon with her. Eric lays into Marlena after catching her murmuring John’s name while deep in sleep by Roman’s bedside. Later, Marlena feels racked with guilt, torn between two men. Stefano tries to reach out to John, saying they should be friends, but John will have nothing to do with him. Jennifer finally manages to get the warden’s password and attempts to send it to Jack. Meanwhile, T.C. and Travis decide it’s time to do something about Jennifer.
#25 - Monday, November 10, 1997
Season 33 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/10/1997
Vivian manages to escape a night of passion with Jonsey when he passes out from the celebratory champagne. However, it looks as though he may be more than passed out and Vivian and Ivan fear he’s dead. Armed with the warden’s password, Jack is able to discover Trent and Travis are one in the same and realizes how much danger Jennifer is in. Meanwhile, Travis has gone ahead with his plan to kidnap Jennifer and attempts to knock her out with a rag of ether. Stefano turns out to be the hero in the eleventh hour when it looks like Roman will die as he comes up with a serum to help improve his condition. John finally gets a moment alone with Marlena and questions her about their status.