The BEST episodes written by Susan Kirshenbaum
#1 - Ep. #9971
Days of our Lives - Season 40 - Episode 45
After Billie overhears a furious Hope argue with Billie over why he went to Europe, she encourages him to go home and promises to call if anything comes up. She doesn't mention that she thinks she has a lead on the family who adopted Georgia. Shawn makes bail, thanks to Mickey. Brady, Nicole and Kate realise that John is into drugs after Nicole warns Brady that she recognizes the signs. Jack gets a job on a boat doing laundry in exchange for a ride home.
#2 - Ep. #9976
Days of our Lives - Season 40 - Episode 50
Jennifer is surprised when Patrick defends Billie, and wonders if he is developing feelings for her. Kate and John again argue as she tries to get him to give up the drugs, but he refuses. Bo blasts Billie for getting them tied to chairs, and believes Georgia was never there.
#3 - Ep. #9980
Days of our Lives - Season 40 - Episode 54
Sami visits Father Jansen at the rectory to talk about her upcoming wedding, and confesses to him all she knows about Mimi's secret abortion, John's drug usage, Jan's abduction and drugging of Shawn, Belle's lust for Shawn while wed to Philip, and her own love for Lucas and Will.
#4 - Ep. #9982
Days of our Lives - Season 40 - Episode 56
Shawn continues to beg Mimi to help him get close to Belle, but Mimi tells him she can't continue to lie to Philip. Hope and Patrick arrive in Europe to find Bo and Billie, who are managing to get themselves into even more trouble. Sami is shocked to learn that John gave the pearls she was promised to Belle as a Christmas present.
#5 - Ep. #9984
Days of our Lives - Season 40 - Episode 58
Bo and Billie believe they have finally found their daughter, Georgia, but the girl's adoptive parents have other ideas. While Kate and Eugenia still make their plans to break up Brandon and Sami, an air-bound Brandon tells a seatmate about Sami. Mimi locks Jan in a closet to get Shawn and Belle some alone time, and Jan tells her she's sunk.
#6 - Ep. #9990
Days of our Lives - Season 40 - Episode 64
Shawn pushes Belle to dump Philip by e-mail, but Belle thinks it would just be too cruel. Later in the loft, Belle is swamped with memories of her first love, which overshadow her memories of her husband. While Eugenia keeps an eye on Sami and Brandon, Kate heads over to Lucas' and turns on the waterworks while pretending to regret hiring a private investigator. Nancy encourages Chloe to be strong while they are at the clinic, even though Chloe still refuses to call Brady. Mimi is tormented by visions of the child she and Rex could have had.
#7 - Ep. #9994
Days of our Lives - Season 40 - Episode 68
Bo surprises Hope with a romantic Valentine's Day surprise, but their evening together is interrupted when Bo gets a call from a fellow officer, who has just arrested Billie for being drunk and disorderly down at the Cheatin' Heart. Brady confronts John about his drug addiction when he sees him trying to shoot up, but John insists he is not going to stop. After Mimi is rushed to the hospital, the doctor realises that she is experiencing complications from her abortion. Lucas gets pulled over by a traffic cop while speeding to the hotel to save Sami from Brandon.
#8 - Ep. #10001
Days of our Lives - Season 40 - Episode 75
Patrick and Jennifer talk about Billie and although Patrick defends her, Jennifer swears she knows Billie and that Billie will do anything she has to in order to get what she wants. Sami continues to beg Lucas not to give up on her and Brandon tries to help out. Will won't listen to anything his mother has to say, and blames everything on her. Hope worries that Billie will succeed in coming between her and Bo, and Bo promises that Billie will not stay in their home unless absolutely necessary. Mimi and Rex wait as the doctor's plan to do another test.
#9 - Ep. #10004
Days of our Lives - Season 40 - Episode 78
Marlena and Roman begin kissing in their sleep, waking to Tony coming into their room to tell them all about Sami's heartache. During their special evening together, Hope can't stop talking about how Billie is coming between her and Bo. Nicole tells Brady about seeing Nancy at the clinic and he hurries over, having no idea Chloe is there. Sami is tormented when she sees and hears Revenge everywhere.
#10 - Ep. #10012
Days of our Lives - Season 40 - Episode 86
At Chelsea's house, Chelsea and Abby get ready for Chelsea's big night out, with Chelsea decked out to the nines, complete with Jennifer's perfume. Jack and Jennifer are together at the cabin, where Jennifer talks about Abby and Jack Jr., and Jennifer catches Jack up on the Billie situation. Bo and Billie are at the hospital awaiting the DNA results on the sample of hair they brought in, while Hope chats with Lexie. Kate blames Belle and Shawn for Philip being missing in action.
#11 - Ep. #10017
Days of our Lives - Season 40 - Episode 91
Abby and Chelsea are worried that Patrick will suspect that they were responsible his role in what happened at the Cheatin' Heart, but realise he doesn't suspect a thing. After evading Brady's questions by telling him he worked with John with the I.S.A., Stan runs into Chloe and is shocked to realise she's alive. At a special anniversary party for Alice, she does her best to convince Maggie not to walk away from Mickey. Jack is again subdued by the fake Jennifer.
#12 - Ep. #10020
Days of our Lives - Season 40 - Episode 94
Hope is furious to find Bo comforting Billie, and demands that Bo make a choice: it's either her and the boys, or Billie and Georgia, but it can't go both ways. A drugged Jack is propped up against the door, unable to speak but able to hear as Jennifer, outside, tells Patrick all about their love. After a nightmare where both the men in her life are dead, Belle heads to Lookout Point where she and Shawn are overtaken by passion. Marlena and Roman are again devastated to watch John and Kate getting closer.
#13 - Ep. #10025
Days of our Lives - Season 40 - Episode 99
Bo and Hope find Shawn and Belle in bed together, and while Bo pulls Shawn aside to talk to him about what he's been doing lately, Hope is secretly pleased that her son is involved with his Belle, despite the fact that she is married to his half-uncle. Stan/Sami meets Chelsea on the docks and tries to help her with a few suggestions. At learning that Chelsea has already tried to drug Patrick to get him into bed, Stan/Sami commends her on her sneakiness, and compares her to Sami Brady. Patrick promises Abby he will stay away from Jennifer while Billie suggests that Jennifer is interested in Patrick.
#14 - Ep. #10035
Days of our Lives - Season 40 - Episode 109
While examining Jan, Lexie realises she has a skull fracture and will probably have some brain damage. Tek is the officer in charge of the investigation, and Lexie suggests that Mimi might know what Jan was up to. At the Church, Nicole realises there is something not quite kosher but Nancy soon interrupts, asking Nicole to leave, and urges Brady to say goodbye to Chloe. After seeing a TV news alert about Jan's attack, Mimi accidentally spills coffee on Shawn which brings back his memories of being kidnapped. Far from being furious, Belle actually feels sorry for Jan.