January

Monday Jan 3

Janice's Spoilers

Personal comment: I have to say that I thought Martha, Deidre, and Nadia did excellent jobs today. Jason shone as always. I loved seeing Francis Reid and James Reynolds.jmo...

The Clinic: Chloe, Brady, Nicole, Doctor

Chloe is still hiding behind the curtain and listening in. Brady is telling the doctor that he misses her and the doctor saying that she has a remarkable patient named Chloe. Brady starts to pull out a picture of her but Nicole comes back and tells him she called Belle. He tells her he wants to go to the wedding because Belle has lost her mother and needs him there. He tries to get up but the doctor stops him. Nicole wants him to rest and tells him she loves him. Chloe is upset. Brady asks Nicole to call a car service so they can go to the wedding and she leaves. Chloe wonders if Nicole really loves him. She says: “He still loves me even if he thinks I’m dead...he doesn’t want to let me go.” There is a flashback of Chloe in a lovely wedding dress and Brady in a tux saying their vows. Brady’s eyes are closed and he mumbles her name. She is drawn closer to him and touches his forehead. We see Nicole coming back and then the wedding flashback again. Chloe softly kisses Brady’s lips and he opens his eyes and whispers her name... “Chloe.” (very sweet scene).

Basic Black Jet: Bo, Billie

Billie wants the pilot to hurry up. Bo arrives and says: “No! Kill the engines.” Billie angrily tells him that it is her pilot and he can’t tell her what to do (excuse me, isn’t it John’s pilot???) Bo is mad at her for lying to him. Billie talks about how Bo has children and she wants to find Georgia. She says that sixteen years is too long to go without her daughter. They are arguing about him going with her. She goes to talk to the pilot and Bo sits down and sees the tape recorder. He listens to the message Billie left for Georgia. As it plays he gets caught up emotionally. Billie is talking about how much she loves Georgia and how wonderful her father, Bo, is as well. She goes on about how their daughter was conceived from love and that even though it didn’t work out for Bo and herself that she knows he loves their daughter as well. Billie says that if something happens to her that Georgia should know that she’ll always be watching over her. Billie returns and he tells her that he is going with her. She asks about Hope getting angry and he says that Georgia is also his family and that he has lost too many people and doesn’t want to lose Billie as well. He says that Hope will understand...pause...eventually. It looks as if Billie is trying to hold back a smile.... grrrrrrrrr...

St. Luke’s Church & the Castle:

The wedding hasn’t started. Hope and Jennifer are lighting candles. Julie, Doug, and other guests are still arriving. The wedding planner gets a call and rushes out. We don’t see Jan in the show but it is her calling to warn the wedding planner that Shawn is on his way to break up the wedding (how does Jan know the wedding planner’s number?). Julie is telling Doug that she usually loves weddings but she can’t understand why Belle is marrying Philip. Kate is in the background and whispers to herself that: “Your grandson’s loss is my gain.” The wedding planner tells Kate about the message and wants to tell the bride and groom but Kate stops her saying not to bother them. Kate runs over to the security guard and tells him to lock the doors and no one else can be allowed in. He questions her and she says angrily that this wedding will not be interrupted. The guard is standing outside when Lucas and Sami arrive. He won’t let them go in and Sami thinks its Kate’s fault. Lucas explains that she is the bride’s sister and he is the groom’s brother but it is still no go.

At the castle, Tony, in a tux, is telling Marlena and Roman about the wedding. Marlena is totally surprised. She says: “Belle and Philip are getting married?”

Mimi turns to Belle and tells her there is still time to change her mind. Belle smiles and says once more that she is going to get married. She turns still smiling to John and says “this is it.” Mimi starts down the aisle. We see Philip smile at Belle. John and Belle start walking down the aisle. Hope looks very worried.

Shawn is on his bike and you can see the speedometer going faster and faster. He says “Damn it.”
They are about ¼ down the aisle when Belle says to her dad: “Dad...wait...I can’t do this.” She turns to the side and stops.

Marlena says: “I knew they were dating ...but marrying?” Tony turns on the television monitor. Marlena is sorry she is not there for Belle. (Deidre rocked today). She is excited that John is walking but worried about her daughter. She is crying and whispers: “Does she look happy? Are you marrying the man you really love?” She thinks her daughter looks beautiful but unhappy.

Shawn is driving fast and has a flashback of making love to Belle in the Barn. We see blinding lights and he narrowly misses crashing. He mumbles: “I can’t let you marry Philip.”

John turns to Belle and says: “Are you okay, baby?” Belle has tears in her eyes and very nervously says: “Butterflies I guess.” She touches her grandmother’s locket and says “Are you ready?” (lol...she looks like she’s walking to her execution). They start walking again and the photographer accidentally bumps into John who falls down. The guests gasp with concern.

Marlena sees this and cries out. She yells at Tony and tells him she hates him. Roman pulls her back.
Kate is yelling at the guests...lol... “Please... please...don’t leave...there will be a short delay but the wedding will continue.”

Marlena wishes she could be there for John. Tony keeps taunting her that Kate is there to help him now. Marlena and Roman watch Kate trying to help John up. Back at the church: lol...the marines have arrived...the marines have arrived... Lucas is asking the guard: “Are you telling me the U.S. Marines can’t get in either?” The guard tells him that he was once a marine and gives the “Semper Fi” salute and says they can go in (very lame scene imo).

Lexie wants John to get into a wheelchair but he refuses. He won’t listen to Kate either. She sees Sami and Lucas arrives and rushes up to Sami warning her to not even think about disrupting the wedding. Sami says she wouldn’t dream of it (tongue in cheek...lol). Hope and Julie are talking about how stubborn men are, referring to John and Bo. Hope tells her that Bo isn’t going anywhere tonight. We see the marines come in. Abe is sitting with Celeste. She is mumbling about something bad happening and having awful visions. Abe tells her that weddings are supposed to be happy so to keep it to herself...lol... Celeste says that this wedding won’t be a happy one and that many hearts will be broken.
Belle goes to get John some water and Lexie asks if he is okay...if he took to much pain medication. She thinks his eyes look glassy. We get a quick flashback of John injecting himself again. He is sweating and in a lot of pain but tells Lexie it is just the aspirin. Sami tells Lucas that it looks like it won’t be a happy wedding after all. A few seconds later we see John looking around (he is alone...lol...in a room full of people) and carefully inject himself again with Sami looking on in amazement.

Mimi is looking at Kate suspiciously. All of a sudden Mimi says: “Oh my god...that could be Shawn now.”
Shawn is outside of the church but the guard won’t let him in. He says angrily to himself: “Damn! I have to get in there. There is no way I am letting Belle make the biggest mistake of her life.”

At the castle, Tony muses about when John and Kate will get married. The chef/waiter brings in a gourmet dinner on a cart and Tony takes a champagne flute and gives a toast to Belle and Philip while Marlena and Roman look sullenly on. Then he toasts John and Kate. Marlena is crying and Roman tries to comfort her.

At the church again, Kate is murmuring to herself...just leave us alone Shawn...no way can he get in and stop the wedding. Celeste has a vision of a huge bouquet of white roses on the floor, splattered with blood. She sees the vision twice. We see Philip shaking the Marines hands. Sami tells Lucas that Belle’s wedding will be a disaster.

Alice, Hope, Doug and Julie are sitting together. Hope wonders out loud if Shawn even knows about the wedding. Alice explains that he saw the invitation at her house. Hope asks her what his reaction was and Alice tells her that he was very hurt. Doug calls Shawn a Bozo for not marrying the love of his life. Alice calls out his name and gives him “the look” ...lol... Doug realizes that he also did that once and says that he wised up eventually. He gives Julie a kiss. Julies says that Belle is marrying the wrong man and that everyone in the church knows it. She says she is going to cry. Alice says: “Well that’s what weddings are for dear, to support the tissue industry.”LMAO... Then Alice muses to herself...maybe she won’t marry Phil after all.

Outside of the church... Shawn is banging on the door, screaming: “Belle, don’t do it! Don’t marry Phil.” (they can’t hear him inside)

Belle asks her father if he is ready. He tells her: “I’m ready only if you are positive.” Belle gives him a sickly smile and they continue, reaching the Marines who create an arch of swords for them to walk through. We see John still in pain.

Shawn is slamming his hand on the outside door. He is screaming (almost hoarse): “No Belle! Belle! Don’t marry him!”

At the castle, Tony is still drinking champagne. Marlena looks at the television monitor and says: “My precious baby girl. I don’t see the joy in your eyes...If only I was there to help you make your decision.” She’s crying.

Sami whispers to Lucas that Belle broke her promise and deserves to have her wedding collapse. John and Belle reach the altar and John tells her to be happy. She assures him she is (doesn’t look it in my humble opinion). He gives her away and sits down with Kate. The ceremony begins. In the next scene we hear the Father asking...if anyone here knows why these two should not be together...blah...blah... The camera shows the unhappy face of Mimi, the solemn face of Alice, and...lol...Sami.

Outside Shawn whispers: “No way I can let this wedding happen.

John looks over at Sami and says: “She wouldn’t dare.” Lucas stops Sami from getting up to stop the wedding. Philip and Belle have written their own vows (very short). Philip talks about them starting out as friends...blah...blah...he loves her (sorry, I didn’t really pay too much attention to this scene). Belle is crying and tells hi she was so proud to call him her friend and now she will be proud to call him her husband. She thanks him for waiting for him and tells him that she has given him her heart (doesn’t say the word love though...semantics...lol...). At this point Belle sees Philip’s face morph into Shawn and he is saying he loves her. Belle is completely shocked. Philip asks her if she is okay.

We see Shawn on his bike (a vision in black leather...be still my heart). He says: “No Belle! You cannot marry Philip.”

Celeste murmurs that the nightmare is just beginning. Philip asks Belle what is wrong. She looks literally shell-shocked. Belle looks at him and covers up by saying she is just happy to be marrying the right man. We see them lighting unity candles. Mimi looks very unhappy. Kate is smiling. John is sort of smiling. A beautifully eerie version of “Ave Maria” can be heard in the background. The camera zooms in on Alice and Hope (both look unhappy).

Shawn says desperately: “I’ve got to get in there. It looks like this is the only way.”

The Father takes the rings and begins...Philip to you take Belle... (vows aren’t completed)

Shawn revs the motor and starts off. Everyone in the church can hear a loud buzzing noise and are confused/shocked. “Kate murmurs shocked: “Oh no he wouldn’t... Celeste stands and everyone is looking at the stained glass window. In the next instant we see it shatter and Shawn coming through. The last clip freezes on Shawn’s face.

Preview:
Billie and Bo: she’s telling him she know’s how he feels about her. Bo telling her he is doing this because he loves her...grrrrrr....

Sami talking to someone on the phone (my guess the psychic from hell) Sami thinks it’s her fault that Shawn crashed Belle’s wedding.

The church is in chaos with screaming and confusion. Shawn is lying unconscious on the floor with a wound to his forehead. John is holding an unconscious Belle in his arms.

Marlena is crying and saying: “It can’t be my little girl!”

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Tuesday Jan 4

Janice’s Spoilers

Personal Note:

I thought that Deidre, Kristian, Martha, & Jason did a wonderful job today...just my humble opinion.

Clinic: Nicole, Chloe, Brady, doctor

Nicole is on the phone telling the driver that picking them up at the entrance will be fine. She thanks god that Brady is finally getting over Chloe. Chloe is kissing Brady and as he wakes up she runs back behind the curtain. The doctor stops Nicole and tells her that Brady should take it easy. In the meantime, Chloe is wavering. She has a flashback to Nancy telling her that Craig and Joy are coming home for Christmas. She says she doesn’t want to see anyone. Back in the present, Brady is calling out to her. He says: “Chloe? I don’t believe it. You’re finally here. I always knew you couldn’t have died.” He tells her he wants her to come closer so he can see her beautiful face. She runs back behind the curtain and whispers that she is sorry. Brady closes his eyes and talks about how much he needs her. We see Chloe kissing him but in the next instant it is Nicole’s face we see. She is kissing him and telling him she loves him with Chloe watching in the background. Brady’s eyes are open but he is confused and tells her that he was sure Chloe was just there. Nicole turns around and says “You!” It turns out to be the doctor who tells Brady that it’s normal to feel disoriented and that he can leave whenever he is ready. Brady can’t believe it was his concussion that had him seeing Chloe’s face. Nicole is upset. She whispers that he is still thinking about Chloe. Back in her room, Chloe is crying.

Basic Black Jet: Billie, Bo

Pretty much arguing throughout the show about who is the better agent/cop. Bo is telling her he doesn’t trust Patrick when she tells him she could have gone with him. He says he would never forgive himself if something happened to her. Billie looks at the tape recorder and is angry that Bo had the nerve to listen to the tape. She thinks that is the reason he is going with her. Bo admits to listening to it. He says he is going with her. She argues that he and Hope didn’t believe the message she got. He says he still doesn’t but isn’t letting her go alone. Billie asks him what will happen if they do find Georgia and he tells her that they will bring her home to Salem. She then asks him what Hope will think of that. He says she doesn’t know he is here. Bo flips out his cell phone and tries to phone Hope but hangs up saying her message box is full (contrived much???) Billie is angry that he didn’t tell Hope about going with her. We see a flashback of Bo and Billie in the kitchen (Billie has long hair). They are cooking pasta and sauce and start kissing...grrrr...really lame. Next we see Bo and Billie still arguing. She says that he thinks she can’t do the job. We see another stupid flashback...somewhere in France...Bo can’t speak French but Billie can and gets the bad guy. More gender stuff...she’s better trained than he...blah...blah...

Castle: Jack, Marlena, Roman

Jack is in the hallway. He falls through a moving bookcase and mumbles something about Cassie being right about how many secret rooms/exits there are. He ends up in the hallway again and hears voices and then hears it being announced that he has escaped. He takes off and ends up on the outside of the castle and says: “Jack Devereux has left the building”...lol...

Roman and Marlena are alone and watching the wedding on the screen. They see the crash and Marlena screams and starts crying Belle’s name. She asks Roman what happened and he tells her that it looks like an explosion. All of a sudden they lose the live feed. Marlena is hysterically screaming that she can’t take it anymore and she yells for Tony to let them out of there. (Deidre gives another amazing performance today). Later we see Marlena sleeping and then waking up suddenly. Roman tells her it was just a dream but she counters that it was a nightmare and that her little girl is hurt and John and Kate are together.

St. Luke’s Church:

Amazing photography in the first scenes. We see the crash again...it’s raining glass everywhere...people are running and yelling...Belle collapses with blood on her dress. Philip is trying to get to Belle but suddenly hears a noise and looks up. He tries to protect himself as he sees the chandelier falling towards him. Hope is yelling Shawn’s name as she kneels beside his unconscious body. She’s asking him if he can hear her. Jennifer stands beside them. Kate and Rex are with a prone Philip. Mimi and John are with Belle. He is cradling her in his arms. Lexie tells him to be careful and that Belle might have severed an artery. Mimi whispers worriedly that... “She’s not moving”. Sami is crying hysterically that Belle can’t die over and over again. John tells Belle that he can’t lose her too and she wakes up. Belle tells John that she loves him and then loses consciousness again. Philip wakes up disoriented and asks his mom what happened. He starts screaming for Belle and getting very agitated. Philip tells Kate that he loves Belle so much and that Shawn did this and he’s a dead man. They keep him from going to her. Rex leaves to get information on Belle. Shawn wakes up and whispers Belle’s name. Hope tells him not to move. Shawn tells her... “I need to see if she is okay” and then loses consciousness again. Jennifer stays near Shawn while Hope goes outside to phone Bo. The paramedics arrive.

The camera zooms in on a candle burning on the floor and back to Philip still wanting to see Belle. Then we go back and see the oil leaking from the motorcycle and moving towards the flame. The paramedics take Shawn and Belle away. John limps behind with his cane. Jennifer smells something ...gas...and says oh god! She yells for Rex and shows him the oil and fire and they both sound the alarm for everyone to get out. We see Hope calling Bo and then the huge church explosion behind her (amazing). She runs in crying and frantically searching for everyone and saying...oh my god...oh my god... She then runs out of the church coughing. (Kristian also did an amazing job with these scenes). Jennifer comes and tells her what happened with the oil from the motorcycle exploding. She tells her that everyone got out through a side door. Jennifer asks Hope where Bo is.

Hospital: Shawn, Belle, John, Hope, Jennifer, Lexie, Mimi, Rex, Sami, Kate, Philip

Philip is trying to look into Belle’s room from the window. He wants to see her but Lexie says no she needs her rest. Kate and Rex try to convince Philip to go lie down as well. John tells him that his daughter would appreciate his concern but that he will take care of Belle. Lexie asks John how he is feeling and he tells her okay. We see a flashback of John injecting himself again. John asks Lexie how Belle is. She tells him it’s too soon to know and goes back to check on her. John tells himself that the pain meds from the ISA are not cutting it and that he is going to need something stronger if he is going to make it through this night. Mimi asks Rex how Shawn could do something like this. Sami is on a payphone in the hallway talking to Lucas. She thanks him for going to get Will (Lucas isn’t on this show). Sami is crying about Belle and John overhears her say it is all her fault. He demands an explanation and she tells him that she prayed that the wedding wouldn’t go through and to leave her alone. Lexie is talking to Hope and Jennifer. She tells them that she ordered a tox screen for Shawn because she thinks he might have been under the influence. Kate and Philip overhear (of course) and Philip screams... “Son of a Bitch!” Hope wonders what Shawn was thinking. Kate tells her that Shawn is out of his mind and this has to stop. In Shawn’s room we see him awake and groaning in pain. He whispers... “Belle.” Lexie is talking to an unconscious Belle and telling her she is lucky an artery wasn’t severed. Belle wakes up and the first thing she whispers is... “Lexie...I need to see Shawn.”
John watches the nurse lock up her drug cart and take off. He picks the lock and pockets what he needs (fingerprints?). Sami is watching in the background and then we see a flashback to her watching John inject himself at the church. She says to herself... “So John Black is a junkie, a liar, and a thief.” The nurse returns and is upset. She knows someone broke into her cart. She goes to call a security guard. John goes into a darkened room and injects himself again (I just hate this stuff...grrrr...).

Lexie walks out of Belle’s room and Philip and Kate want to go in. She tells him that Shawn is with Belle and she can only have one visitor at a time. Shawn is standing by Belle’s bed. He looks devastated by what he has done. Belle whispers... “Shawn”, he sits down and says... “Belle.” She is crying and asks him... “Why did you do this to me?” Shawn tells her, “I’m sorry...I’m sorry.” He looks very upset.

Outside, Philip is angry but Lexie still won’t let him into Belle’s room. Philip says to no one in particular.... “You’ll pay for what you did to her, Shawn!” Mimi tells Rex that there is no way that Belle will forgive Shawn for this. He agrees.

Back in Belle’s room, Shawn says... “I don’t know why I did it. I wasn’t thinking. All I know was that I had to stop you from marrying Philip.” Then, sounding desperate, Shawn asks Belle, “Did I get there in time? Did you marry Philip?” Belle watches him silently and is crying.

The security guard tells the nurse that the thief might still be in the hospital. They ask Sami if she saw anything. Sami looks very calculating as she tells them yes. Her eyes set on John walking by.
Hope is upset because she still can’t get through to Bo.

Previews:

Sami and Lucas are arguing. He thinks she should take the blame for everything and start being nicer to John and Kate. She gets mad and tells him that he is starting to sound like John.

Shawn tells Belle...because in the back of his mind he thought there was a chance to work things out

Belle says: “work what out?”

Bo & Billie (sorry I didn’t get this)

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Wednesday Jan 5

Pat’s Spoilers

I don’t know where to start on today’s show. I listen to some of the stuff being said on this show and as a woman I feel degraded. I love Julie but good god having her tell Hope that she is lucky to have a man in her life – that is Bo is a blessing just like Doug is – lucky???? – she talks about women like Billie who are at that certain age just like Hope is and men look at her and say I don’t have to buy the cow – I can get the milk for free. I’m sorry – but I think that’s an insult to all women and I feel bad that such a talented actress as Susan is given garbage like that to speak.

At the hospital Lexie tells Hope that Bo is probably at home sleeping and the out of range message she got when she called his cell is probably just a technical glitch. She tells her to go home but Hope is worried about Shawn. Lexie thinks Hope is too emotional to confront Shawn right now and tells her she’ll call her if needed. Hope goes home. She discovers Bo is not upstairs when there’s a knock on the door. It’s Julie, Maggie and Zach. LOL – Maggie’s reaction to Bo not being home – he can’t have gone out he has a fever. Maggie thinks that Bo probably heard what happened at the church so that is where he is. She tells Hope she’ll go and check. Julie points out that Billie wasn’t at the church but Hope is adamant that Bo would NEVER leave town without telling her. She says this over and over – bringing up how open and honest they are – he would never do that to her. Insisting that Billie is not after her husband. Insisting that Bo promised he wasn’t going after Georgia until they had a solid lead and ISA backup. I cringed every time she told Julie that Bo was not with Billie. Julie brings up Court TV and her friends and Hope wants to know what she has to do with any of that. Julie says you sound like every other trusting wife whose husband betrayed them. Maggie comes back and says no one at the church or hospital has seen Bo. Julie starts again and Hope warns her not to go there.

They do talk about Shawn in all of this as well. Hope doesn’t know what he was thinking – why he did something so foolish. He’s had months to talk to Belle but he was so stubborn. Julie says he was raised on the story of how his father rode up to the church and rescued Hope from a marriage that shouldn’t be. Hope says there is something wrong with Shawn and her and Bo have to get to the bottom of it together. She’s well aware that he could be arrested and she’s worried that there isn’t anything her and Bo will be able to do to help him.

On the plane Billie asks Bo to explain what he just said. They encounter turbulence. He says that came out of left field – she agrees but she’s not talking about the turbulence. She wants to know how he really feels about her. (They play around with this for a while trying to make the viewer think that Bo was professing his love for her). He says you know exactly what I meant. She says yes I do, you love me as a friend. He says there can never be anything romantic between them – Hope and his boys are his life. She says you love them completely but there was a time when you loved me that way. (Another corny newly created flashback). He says it can never be like that again. They end up talking about Georgia and he makes an innocent remark (can’t exactly remember the wording…sorry) but Billie immediately accuses him of wishing Georgia was dead. He says that wasn’t what he meant. He says when they find Georgia there will be bond and they will always be connected but sometimes it’s going to be very difficult. He tells her that he will always put Hope, Shawn and Zach first – they are his life, they are his future. She says she wouldn’t have it any other way. There was a point when she told him he didn’t have to come Patrick was willing to come with her. He lectures her about Patrick and says she deserves better than him. She says all the good guys are taken. She tells Bo that once they find Georgia that void in her life will be filled. He reminds her how she always said she wanted a man in her life – she says now Georgia will be all that she needs.

Lucas prevents Sami from giving a statement saying he wants to give her a progress report on Belle. He then starts lecturing her without giving her a chance to really say anything. In a way I can see where Lucas is coming from but I wish he would have at least heard her out. Heck he hardly let her get in a word edgewise. He knows that she really didn’t see anything and he knows how much she hates everyone except him and Will. He doesn’t want her accusing someone just because she hates them. He’s worried that he and Will are the only two people she loves and who would she turn to if something happened to him. He brings up John but Sami won’t hear of it. He says he was good enough to ask to pay for your wedding – he was good enough to ask for help with the annulment – she reminds him that John didn’t help. Lucas says he couldn’t. He just wants her to let it all go – she has her sister and John…He brings up the last time she accused someone falsely – him. He says we could have been married and happy all this time – he says who are you going to lash out and make false accusations against this time. He tells her that he’s not going to let her do it. Sami gets angry at him and says he’s beginning to sound like John and she storms out just in time to here Jan muttering that she thought the drugs she slipped Shawn would do the exact opposite (she just heard the results of Shawn’s tox screen) and someone said that is why he acted like a crazy man crashing through the church window on his motorcycle. Sami says why Jan you little… (I have no idea what Sami is going to do with this knowledge). Lucas apologises to Sami and asks her not to say anything (he firmly believes she didn’t really see anything). Sami looks like she might agree and than John really ties into her and calls her a selfish little bitch…oh oh…

Lexie and another doctor talk about the side effects of the drug that has been stolen. It can lead to severe mood swings even violence. Kate tries to get John to go home or at least use a wheelchair and he ties into her. When Lexie tries to says she’ll take him home so Kate can stay at the hospital with Belle and Philip John is very belligerent with her as well. Phil and Kate…waste of time both of them. I hated when John told Phil to hang in there because he knows that he is the right man for his little girl – hated it but I have to agree with John. Especially after the way Belle treated Shawn today. She’s welcome to Phil – heck know, she deserves a jerk like Phil – she doesn’t deserve Shawn. Phil struts around posturing and muttering his threats against Shawn and how he’s going to make him pay. When Phil asks Kate why there was armed guards around the church Kate catches a glimpse of Sami and says she wanted to make sure Sami didn’t do something to wreck her sister’s wedding. Phil says Sami is known for pulling stunts but he thinks Kate placed the guard there to keep Shawn out – Shawn overhears all this.

It’s very difficult to talk about the scenes in Belle’s hospital room because I hate the condescending, hateful tone Belle uses on Shawn – she looks at him as if he’s lower than low and someone she’s never loved. I also hate that they are having Shawn grovel. I did like the way JC played it today. He never raises her voice to her – you can see the pain in his eyes everything she stabs him in the heart one more time with her accusing tone and questions. She asks him what he was thinking by crashing into the church. The first words out of her mouth were “you could have killed ME,” then she mentions, Phil, and everyone else including himself…hmm we see who really counts here and in what order. He says he had to talk to her to see if there was still a chance – if there was still something left. She looks at him as if he’s a slug and responds in such a condescending tone. She tells him she can’t believe that she ever thought of spending her life with him. She doesn’t know him – he’s angry all the time. He says he crashed into the church because he wanted to stop her from marrying Phil and he wants to know if he was in time. He says he got her call and asks her what she wanted to talk to him about. She says he never called back. He says he did – but she didn’t respond to him – he says he asked her to talk to him but he was disconnected. He can tell she doesn’t believe him. He says he can’t blame everything on Jan – but since the crash he only has bits and pieces of his memory – everything is so hazy – he doesn’t know why he stayed away for so long. She says that’s because you were in Jan’s bed the entire time. He says no there’s more to it. He says he left town because he was angry and disappointed in her – she doesn’t want to go there…(no of course not because she didn’t do anything wrong except betray him). He just wants to know if he got there on time to stop her from marrying Phil. She just starts to say when you crashed into the church … and they’re interrupted.

Lexie comes in with a plastic surgeon and tells Belle that he’s going to look at her wounds – she asks Shawn to step outside. Lexie comes out and tells Shawn his tox screen showed that he had twice the legal amount of alcohol in his system and drugs. Rex asks Mimi if she still believes in Shawn. She says yes – she’s upset about the drugs – but what he did was out of love for Belle – they are meant to be. (Earlier she had told Rex that what Shawn did was very romantic – boy do I disagree with her). Jan is furious with Mimi and says Shawn does not love Belle. The doctor comes out and says she wants to see you – Phillie boy is all excited until the doctor says – not you – Shawn. Shawn just gives Phil ‘the look’ and goes inside. Jan says Shawn isn’t in love with Belle – he’s engaged to me. Phil says marry him and take him to Europe – Jan says I would if you would all stop saying he and Belle are meant to be together. We hear Shawn yelling Noooo…. Phil and the rest of them go rushing into the room. Phil wants to know what is wrong. Belle very coldly and very snidely says I just told Shawn that you and I are married (she looks so pleased with herself). Phil says that’s right, we’re married and there’s nothing you can do about it – he holds up his left hand and flashes his ring.

And so the character destruction of Shawn Brady begins…sigh…

Preview: Phil grabbing Shawn by his shirt yelling ‘that is my wife you son of a bitch – we are married – you see that’ and then he points to his wedding ring and Shawn punches him. Billie telling Bo that he is an incredibly loving and generous man but that he has this horrible habit of making the women who love him nervous wrecks. Sami sees John inject himself again. She calls him a junkie and thinks that John always told her that knowledge is power and this knowledge is going to make me very powerful – love her evil smile!

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Thursday Jan 6

Pat’s Spoilers

Just a quick report because I’ve missed so much of the fun on the board I don’t want to miss any more. Psst blame Ashley if you don’t find enough detail in the report…just kidding…Ashley is doing a wonderful job today and that’s the only reason I’m cutting this short.

I love Jack…LOL! Jack is Jack and it is great to see his adventure begin. He’s looks inside a chalet and sees people inside as he stands outside freezing. He makes fun of his situation – he’s wearing a DiMera guards uniform – he figures they don’t get out much, he has no money, he doesn’t know where he is, no ID, no passport and if he stands out there much longer he’s going to freeze his buns off. He goes inside and picks up some money a guy left the barmaid saying he needs it more. He sits down and the woman asks him how he got away from the castle. She explains that everyone knows that they don’t get much time off…he makes light of it by saying now that he knows she’s there, he’ll take more time off. He orders coffee and then steals a parka and a furry hat with ear flaps. There are some policemen there but he remembers Tony telling him that the police are on his payroll so he stays away from them. He decides to find out where the American Consulate is and go there. Bart shows up flashing Jack’s picture around. He talks to the cops and Jack overhears Bart say that one of their guests escaped…LOL! He jokes that the count isn’t particular whether he’s returned dead or alive. Bart also mentions that their man at the American Consulate will contact them as soon as Jack shows up. Jack is standing at the bar with his back to Bart when he hears Bart right behind him saying “I was hoping I would find you here.” Bart is speaking to the barmaid Helga. Jack realises he can’t trust anyone except Jen. He calls and gets her voicemail. He leaves her a really hurried message…telling her it’s him, Jack. I’m alive. I’m coming home. I don’t know where I am or how I’ll get home. LOL – he doesn’t say anything about being held captive by Tony or he doesn’t say that Cassie is alive – just that he’s coming home to her, Abby and Jack.

I loved Kristian and Melissa today. The Hope and Jen scenes were wonderful. Jen is trying to get Hope to face up to the fact that in all probability Bo broke his promise to her and took off with Billie to go search for Georgia. Hope is adamant that he wouldn’t but I think deep inside she knows he did but she doesn’t want to admit it to herself. Jen says Jack would make promises to her as well but as soon as he got a lead on a story he would get a lead on a story those promises would fly out the window. Hope talks about how impetuous Bo is as well and if he had a lead he would follow it but they don’t have a lead and he promised her he wouldn’t take off until they did. Hope tells Jen that she is angry at Julie for planting the idea in her head that Bo is with Billie – Jen tells her that she thinks he is as well. Hope is worried about Shawn and how he is out of control and that he needs his father. Jen talks about what Shawn did as being incredibly romantic. Hope says it was wrong (and other things she lists off) but she said yes, romantic. Jen talks about how similar Shawn is to Bo and they talk about how Bo swept Hope out of the church when she was marrying Larry. Hope has a flashback of riding through Salem on the back of his bike and of them kissing in the park. Hope says there is one difference, Bo got to me on time, Shawn didn’t get there in time. Belle and Philip are married and Shawn and Belle have no future. She gets a call from Lexie and learns that Shawn had both alcohol and drugs in his system. Poor Hope – she tells Jen that she doesn’t know if she can handle going to see Shawn on her own – she needs Bo – she cries that their son is going to prison.

The stuff on the plane between Bo and Billie is just basically an entire episode of Billie talking about how Bo drives the women he loves crazy with worry and more of those lame flashbacks. I hate that Bo tells her he remembers when she makes of point of talking about what he had to do to get her to forgive him (excuse for kissing manufactured flashbacks). Bo makes several attempts to call Hope but the line is busy. Billie says she’s probably frantic with worry and calling everyone she can think of him. She tells him that he could have left a note – he says he came to the airport to talk her out of going. She tells him she told him not to go – he’s the one that made the decision to come with her and she doesn’t want him putting the blame on her. He’s about to try Hope again when the pilot tells them they are about to make their descent so he can’t use the phone. He says that he’s in deep trouble…LOL!

Sami doesn’t tell on John she says she didn’t see who took the drugs. (She does this after having f/b’s of some of what Lucas had said to her yesterday. She then hears Lexie tell John she wants to talk to him about the drug thefts. Sami is overjoyed – she thinks Lexie is on to him and John will get what is coming to him. Abe is with Lexie. Sami is stunned to hear Lexie ask for help in finding out who is stealing the drugs. She thinks it would look bad for the hospital if the public got wind of it so she doesn’t want to file an official report. John agrees to do what he can pointing out that he’s not all that mobile. Sami says ‘talk about enabling…’ LOL – so true. She watches John inject more drugs and that is when she smiles her evil smile and says to herself “John, you’re an addict. You always told me that knowledge is power – this knowledge is going to make me very powerful.”

Phil and his mother just annoy me to no end. I don’t want to talk about them – LOL! I did enjoy the fist fight in Belle’s room – both of them got a few punches in but I think Shawn got the best of Phillie boy. John, Rex, Lucas, Mimi, Jan all rush in. JC was excellent today – I can’t say enough good things about him. Phil tells Shawn that they’re married but Shawn wants to hear it from Belle. He begs her to tell him that it’s not true. Belle has a flashback of the ring exchange and the pronouncement by the priest. She tells Shawn it’s true – her and Phil are married. He wants to talk to her but Lexie orders him out of the room and Rex and Lucas have to drag him out. Kate tells everyone else to give the newlyweds some privacy. I wont’ go into Phil and Belle too much – let’s just say there’s a lot of petting going on. Belle wants to talk to Shawn and Phil says he forbids it. Belle says you did not just say that – this isn’t the dark ages. She says she wants to talk to him to find out why he did what he did and if Phil loves her he’ll go and get him. She tells Phil he can stay in the room. Phil tells her he did it was because he was drunk and stoned out of his mind – not because he wanted to talk to you – he ruined our perfect wedding day but he won’t ruin our marriage. He says some awful things about Shawn – Belle says it’s not like Shawn to drink and do drugs – that’s just not him – they were best friends. He says it has been since he’s been with Jan – Belle says Jan – there is something wrong with everything – and she’d like to hear what Shawn has to say.

I absolutely loved Shawn’s talk with Mimi. Jan tries to get him to leave but he is very cold to her and tells her to get away from him he wants to talk to Mimi in private. Kate listens to everything. He asks Mimi to tell him he wasn’t too late. Mimi says she wouldn’t lie to him – Phil and Belle are married. Shawn is heartbroken. Mimi says you still love her, don’t you. He says it’s not that simple. Belle was his everything – she understood him – she is the only one he can talk to. Mimi says it’s not too late… Kate gets a hold of Mimi and tells her advice and tells her not to interfere in other people’s lives (talk about the pot calling the kettle black). Mimi says that Shawn and Belle are in love – true love. Kate says that Phil is now Belle’s true love and no one is going to come between them. Kate then tells Rex to keep Shawn away from Belle no matter what Mimi says – she stresses family loyalty. Rex says not to worry he’ll take care of Mimi. Kate phones the police. Shawn insists on talking to Belle but Rex and Lucas won’t let him…the police come and tell him he’s under arrest. He says don’t you know who my family is. The one cop says yes and we feel sorry for them. Now we can make this easy or hard, put your hands behind your back. He does and the show ends on his expression as he’s being cuffed.

Preview: Jack using his fake accent saying “I would like a room”. He drops something with the DiMera crest on it and someone behind him says “Got ya”. We see Patrick in the shower and Abby and Chelsea in the hallway. Chelsea tells Abby that she is going to do more than get him in bed, she’s going to make him fall in love with her. Shawn asking Hope “Where’s Dad, Mom?” Hope says “I don’t know.” Bo telling Billie that he has to call her and explain…Billie interrupts with ‘oh my god, Bo you’re bleeding.”

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Friday Jan 7

Janice’s Spoilers

Jennifer’s house: Patrick, Abby, Chelsea, Jennifer

Chelsea and Abby spy on Patrick exercising in the living room and listening to music. Chelsea’s mouth is practically hanging out, not to mention her eyes popping out. She’s whispering to Abby about how his body is so hot and that maybe she should get better acquainted with her future lover. They go up to Abby’s room and Abby asks her what she is doing with her brother’s video baby monitor. Chelsea says she borrowed it from Jennifer’s room and shows Abby a picture of Patrick’s shower. Abby can’t believe she did that. Chelsea picks up a ruler and says that she will soon be seeing every last inch of him (these are supposed to be teenagers aren’t they???). Abby says she won’t let her do that.

Patrick gets a call from Jennifer asking him to watch the kids for a while longer. Both Patrick and Jennifer agree that Chelsea is a good??? influence on Abby. Jennifer mentions that Abby really needs Jack and that he was the only one that she would ever listen to. Patrick mentions that there is a phone message for her and does she want him to listen to it. Jennifer says she will check it when she gets home.

Back in Abby’s room, Chelsea asks her what her problem is. Abby tells her it is a violation of Patrick’s rights and that Chelsea is crazy. She tells her that Patrick won’t give her the time of day. Chelsea is determined for Patrick to see the new her. She upsets Abby by saying that Jennifer won’t stand a chance and that she has seen the way they look at each other. (Chelsea is pretty brutal here). Abby argues that her mom still loves her dad but Chelsea says Jack is dead and she better hope that Patrick will want her instead of Jennifer.

Patrick is shirtless...lol...and wiping the sweat off when Abby comes down and asks him to check her computer for her. We see Chelsea putting on gobs of makeup, wearing a short top...showing lots of skin. Her hair has been teased up. She hears them coming upstairs and lays on the bed in a seductive pose. Patrick barely notices her, ignores her come-ons, and figures out the cord is loose from the computer. He laughs at Chelsea’s hair and tells Abby that he is going to borrow their shower. Abby and Chelsea peak into the shower but it is too steamy for them to see Patrick in the buff so they leave. Chelsea tells Abby that she is going to have Patrick make love to her and also fall in love with her.

Brady’s Home: Hope, Jennifer

Jennifer is with Hope when she gets a phone call. She prays that it is Bo. It’s from Uncle Mickey at the police station. He tells her that he has bad news and turns to look at a handcuffed Shawn. Hope gets off the phone and Jennifer is shocked that Shawn has actually been arrested. Hope says she figured it would happen because he tested positive for both alcohol and drugs. She asks what the hell is going on with him and where the hell is Bo. Jennifer begs her to take it easy, saying that she will accompany her to the police station. Hope asks her to go to gran’s instead. She doesn’t want Alice hearing about Shawn from the newspapers. Jennifer asks Hope if she will be okay. Hope says she would be a lot better if her husband was here. They hug and leave.

Salem Police Station: Kate, Judge (Karen), Mickey, Shawn, later Hope

The judge comes in and says she hopes it’s important enough for her to be called out from a political fundraiser. Kate dramatically tells her that it’s an emergency and explains what happened at the church. She goes on and on about how Shawn almost killed a lot of people before setting the church on fire. The judge is shocked that Bo and Hope’s son could do that. She asks Kate why she called her. The phone rings and Kate steps aside to take it. It’s the pilot from the Basic Black jet updating her that Bo and Billie have arrived safely. She’s surprised but happy that Bo is with her daughter and tells him to keep the jet on standby for her daughter’s needs.

The judge is going over the police report. She still can’t believe that Shawn could be so irresponsible. Kate tells her that he is violent and out of control. She says: “As the judge who oversees the police commission, what are you going to do about it?” Kate tells the judge that she is worried about what else Shawn is going to do to her son and his wife. She’s concerned that he will just get a slap on the wrist because his parents work for Salem P.D. She doesn’t want him to get special treatment (Kate is really milking it here...grrr...). The judge says that if he did what Kate claims then he will be dealt with accordingly. Hope comes in and says if Shawn has committed a crime, he will pay the price. She asks where Billie is and Kate lies and tells her she doesn’t know. Hope goes into the office where Mickey and Shawn are. The judge says she is leaving to go back to the fundraiser. Kate makes a veiled threat about Shawn not getting off easy because it is an election year.
In Bo’s office, a handcuffed Shawn is sitting in a chair and telling Mickey: “That’s it....that’s the whole story.” Hope is there as well. Mickey tells Shawn that he didn’t witness any of it so he hopes that Shawn is telling the truth. Shawn tells him he wouldn’t lie to him. He says there was no other way to get into the church...the doors were locked. He tells Mickey that he never meant to hurt Belle and that they have to believe him. Hope tells Shawn it doesn’t matter what they believe. She asks him if he realizes that what he has done could put him away for years. She asks him what he was thinking. Kneeling down in front of him she says: “Honey, how did we get to this point?” We see Shawn having a multitude of quick flashbacks – talking with Alice, listening to Belle’s phone message with Jan, waking up and telling Jan he had a dream about Belle, arguing with Jan about Belle, the guard telling him he can’t get into the church, saying to himself that he can’t let her marry Phil, crashing through the stain glass window. Hope tells him to talk to her but he just shakes his head.

The judge asks Kate if she is being threatened. Kate says don’t be silly, she’s just pointing out that during an election year any action the judge takes or doesn’t take will be closely watched. The judge tells her that she is aware of that but until the D.A. reviews the charges there is nothing she can do. Kate thanks her for putting her mind at ease and says that when the time is right she is sure the judge will do the right thing. The judge has had enough and angrily tells her goodnight.

Mickey comes out and they greet each other like old friends. He asks the judge if the D.A. has had a chance to review the charges. She says she’s not sure and that Father Jansen hasn’t decided whether to press charges or not. Mickey asks her what happens if he does and the judge tells him that depending on what the D.A. goes for, his nephew could be facing 6-10 in Statesville. Mickey goes back into Bo’s office.

Hope says: “You understand that these charges are serious.” Shawn tells her he knows that. She asks him why he’s not more concerned. He tells her he is but he’s more concerned with Belle and needing her to know that he is sorry and that he never meant to hurt her. Hope tells him Belle will be fine and that he has to think about himself. In the next scene she says: “Now you’re not only drinking, you’re doing drugs?” He says he isn’t doing drugs and that he wouldn’t do that. Hope tells him that the lab reports don’t lie and Shawn says: “They must...they must because I’m telling you they are wrong.” Hope argues that they are not wrong. Mickey goes to interrupt but Hope holds up her hand to stop him. Shawn tells them that he has to talk to Belle now. He pleads with Hope that they can leave the handcuffs on, have a policeman escort him over there, and he promises he’ll be right back. He says she knows everybody and can pull some strings. Hope tells him she can’t do that because it would be an obstruction of justice. Shawn tells her he wants to talk to his dad then because maybe he will help him out. When she tells him that he isn’t there, Shawn questions her about Bo’s whereabouts. Hope makes an excuse that Bo is probably at the church or hospital looking for Shawn. He doesn’t buy it because he knows that his parents would have phoned each other. Hope finally admits that she doesn’t know where Bo is. Shawn tells her sardonically that Bo is probably with Billie looking for their kid. A policeman comes in and says it’s time to book Shawn, also says that Shawn will have to stay in lock up until the bail hearing. He gives Shawn some orange coveralls. Kate is watching is the background and whispers: “One down, two to go.” She says that if she can get rid of Sami and Hope then her children will be happy at last.

Bo decides to call the station so they can track Hope down for him. Hope is working at his computer and answers the phone. She is frantic and asks him where he is and if he is okay. He tells her he’s fine and starts in on her about not being able to get hold of her. She asks where he is again and he tells her not to get upset, that he is with Billie in Europe. A look of anger and disgust comes over Hope’s face and she doesn’t say a word. He asks if she is there and she finally says: “Damn you, damn you Bo!” Kate is listening in and smiling.

At the European Inn: Billie, Bo, Jack, hotel clerk

Bo tells Billie that he is going to try to get hold of Hope again. Billie is pressing the bell impatiently and the clerk comes out to greet them. Billie tells her that they don’t have a reservation and asks if she has two rooms. The clerk says she only has one with a bed big enough for two. Billie smirks but turns to Bo with a straight face.

Jack is outside in the cold and saying that he needs to find someone to help him who isn’t on the Dimera payroll. He mumbles that he needs money and pulls some loose change out of his pocket, dropping them in the snow. He bends down to pick them up and we hear a heavily accented policeman telling him to wait a minute.

Bo can’t get hold of Hope. Billie tells the clerk that one room won’t be a problem. The clerk says she knows two people in love when she sees them (give me a break!!!). Bo starts coughing. He tells her they aren’t married yet and are old-fashioned. Billie agrees. She tells the clerk that they are thinking of buying a house in the area and want to check out the village and surroundings first. She asks if there are many children around there. The clerk tells her that there are many children, wonderful schools, etc.. and gives them some brochures. Bo asks her for information on the castle and the clerk gets nervous. She tells Bo and Billie to stay away from that place or they will live to regret it. Taking a set of keys, she shows them to their room.

The policeman is telling Jack that he missed a coin and thinks Jack looks very familiar. Jack starts hacking and the cop takes off. Jack holds up a wallet (the cop’s?) and pulls money from it. He goes into the same inn as Bo and Billie and asks for a room. Jack is using a heavy accent to disguise his voice. He drops the wallet and another man picks it up for him. Jack is very nervous (thought the man worked for the Dimera’s at first).

Bo tells Billie that he is very upset that he can’t leave Hope a message. Billie notices that he is bleeding again.
Jack asks for a room and the clerk goes on and on about how it’s not clean yet and tells him to sit in the bar for now. Jack opens the locket and says...soon Jen...soon...

Billie finishes wrapping a bandage around Bo’s chest (shirtless of course). She tells him to get his rest but she is too wired and is going to go down to the bar. He doesn’t want her to get her hope up. When she leaves he tries to call Hope again.

Jack is eating strudel and goes to find a washroom. He bumps into Billie but their heads are down so they don’t see each other. Billie goes into the bar and asks for coffee. Jack comes back but still doesn’t see her. He sits down and has a flashback of phoning Jennifer. He sees a payphone and wonders if he should call again. Billie is looking in a mirror and says...oh my god is that who I think it is?

Alice’s home: Alice, Jennifer

Jennifer brings coffee to the table and tells Alice about Hope and Shawn. Alice wants to know where Bo is. Jennifer tells her that he seems to be missing at the moment. Alice is surprised. Jennifer equates it to all the times Jack took off for a story and starts to cry saying she misses him so much. Alice covers her hand and squeezes it. Jen is crying and says that if it weren’t for her family and children that she couldn’t get through this. She remembers going through it when she thought she had lost Jack the first time, and then how she found him again, and finally lost him once more. Jennifer says that it’s like starting all over again. She tells Alice how helpful Patrick has been and Alice asks her if she is taken with him. Jennifer is shocked and says that he is just a friend. Alice says that relationships can start with friendship. Jennifer says that Jack was her one true love.

When Jennifer gets back home she picks up the mail and throws it over the answering machine, so that it hides the blinking message light.

Previews:

Brady telling Belle that they should lock Shawn up and throw away the keys. He can’t understand why she is defending Shawn.

Hope angrily tells Bo that he always has a choice but as usual he has chosen to be with Billie.

John in a hallway injecting himself again with Nichole looking on in shock.

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Monday Jan 9

Janice’s Spoilers

Belle’s Loft

Marine boy carries his bride across the threshold of their loft. Inside, Kate has planned a surprise party for them (thank god we weren’t forced to sit through a wedding reception…lol…) this is bad enough! John, Brady, Nicole, Rex, and Mimi are there to greet them, Kate comes in a moment later apologizing to John for being late (bet she was busy destroying some other couple on her list of to-do’s). The guests throw rice and the place is decorated with balloons. Mimi says quietly that she hopes the party isn’t too much for Belle. Belle and John are concerned about Brady’s accident but he tells them he is fine. He says he’s sorry about not being able to come to the wedding. Belle tells him to be glad that he wasn’t at the church because he might have gotten hurt worse. Brady goes on a rant about Shawn, asking what the hell Shawn was thinking and saying that he thinks Shawn should be locked up for good and the keys thrown away. Belle is upset and starts to defend Shawn...she says... “Don’t say that Brady!”

Kate tells Belle she is sorry for not inviting Sami to the party. They all agree that Sami would have caused a scene…grrrrr… Philip says that Sami doesn’t want anyone to be happy. Rex toasts the bride and groom and they all join in. Belle looks at Philip but sees Shawn’s face. Philip tells her how happy he is to have married the most perfect girl. Belle tells him that she isn’t perfect and he says he is going to spend his life making her happy. They kiss. Brady tells Nicole about how life doesn’t always turn out the way you plan. He gives examples…his dad lost Marlena, he lost Chloe, and Belle isn’t with Shawn anymore but married marine boy. Nicole tells him that she thinks Belle and Philip are meant to be. They kiss but Brady has a quick flashback to his hospital bed and when he thought Chloe has kissed him.

John (sweating and with hands shaking) sneaks out into the hallway and injects himself again. This time Nicole watches him. John asks her if she and Brady are leaving but she tells him she just came out for some air. Back in the loft, everybody watches Belle and marine boy cut the wedding cake. Kate tells John that it is wonderful to see their children so happy. Rex is taking pictures of the happy (gag!) event. John dances first with Belle and she thanks him for making her day so special. John tells her that she reminds him of her mother and that Marlena would be so proud of her. He tells “Izzy” that he loves her. Kate is dancing with marine boy. Nicole and Brady are watching and she whispers that she thinks his dad is hooked on drugs. Brady is in denial but Nicole tells him she recognizes the signs from experience and to look at him. Kate is eavesdropping.

Rex asks Mimi why she’s so upset. Mimi is depressed and tells Rex that it just doesn’t feel right and that Belle belongs with Shawn. Belle and Philip are dancing. She is lost in a world of her own and he asks her if she is having second thoughts about getting married. She tells him no. Rex is frustrated and tells Mimi she needs to stop this…he goes on to defend Philip. He says that Belle and Phil are married now and Mimi has to respect that.

Kate and Nicole are talking now. Kate wants Nicole to stop calling John a junkie. Nicole taunts Kate by saying she just wants to play house and sleep with John and take control of his money and Basic Black. Nicole says that at least she loves Brady. They argue and Kate tells Nicole that if it weren’t Philly’s wedding day, she would mop the floor with her. Brady is watching his father. John looks pretty bad. He sees a syringe fall out of John’s pocket. Brady comes back and butts in convincing Kate that John does have a problem, and telling them what he just saw. They decide not to tell Belle about it yet. Brady offers to take his father home. John kisses Belle and tells Philly to take good care of his Izzy.

Mimi tells Rex that Belle is her best friend and that Shawn is a good friend of hers too. She says she won’t desert him now that he needs them most. In the hallway Rex tells Mimi that Shawn has to stay away from Belle and Philip. Back in the loft, Belle is worried about her dad and Brady. She talks about how much her dad misses her mom, his pain, and how lonely he is. Phil says them should appreciate what they have and not everyone can be as happy as they are.

At the penthouse, he wants John to get in his wheelchair. Nicole and Kate are with them. John is angry and takes it out on them. He walks off saying for them to leave him alone. Brady finds some drugs in his father’s coat pocket and Kate mentions about the drugs stolen at the hospital. She asks them what they should do and Brady tells her that they owe Nicole an apology…lol… He says that John needs professional help and wants his father in rehab. Brady picks up the phone to call Lexie and Abe for their help.

Salem Police Station: Mickey, Shawn, Hope

Shawn is a vision in orange…lol…and still in handcuffs. Mickey tells him how much trouble he is in and that he might not get bail. He lists the charges...driving under the influence, endangerment of life, drugs.... Shawn argues that he wasn’t taking drugs but Mickey yells back that they were found in his system.

Hope is in Bo’s office talking to him on the phone. She says: “I don’t understand how you could do this again.” Bo tells her that it was too dangerous for Billie to go on her own. He tells her that he didn’t have a choice. She angrily tells him that there is always a choice and that he always chooses Billie. She asks him what happened to waiting and then says: “So you just hopped on a plane without letting me know?” Bo tells her there wasn’t time. She says: “And to hell with me and our children, right?” Hope tells him there are problems at home but isn’t specific because she thinks that Billie is the only one that is important to him. Bo tells her that he told Billie that she and the boys come first but she doesn’t buy it…lol…go Hope! She tells him that actions speak louder that words and “Every chance you get, you take off with Billie.” Mickey comes in then and tells her that they need to talk. She hangs up on Bo. Mickey asks her what Bo thought of his son’s arrest. Hope tells Mickey that she didn’t tell Bo what was happening because he is too busy. Mickey is surprised and says: “too busy for his own family? She tells him that Bo is in Europe with Billie. Shawn comes in and says it’s the same old story and his father is to busy to be with his family because he cares more about Billie and looking for their bastard daughter. Hope changes the topic and tells him they have to concentrate on his bail hearing. Mickey says it won’t be that easy and asks Shawn if he is ready to go in front of the judge. Hope and Shawn hug and sat they love each other.

Later we see Shawn back in regular clothes and out on bail. Mickey thinks that if the case goes to trail that they should plea-bargain but Shawn says no. Hope wants him to listen but he says that he didn’t mean to hurt anyone he was just trying to keep Belle from marrying that toy soldier...lol...

Hope’s phone rings. Its Bo again trying to apologize and explain why he left so quickly (couldn’t let Billie go alone…grrrr…) Hope mentions that Patrick was willing to go and Bo goes on again about not trusting the guy and how he is not Georgia’s father. She retaliates by telling Bo that she doesn’t trust him! She tells him about Shawn needing him but it’s too late now and how something terrible has happened. In the next scene she has already told him and yells that if he had been there maybe it wouldn’t have happened.

Shawn is talking to Mickey and thanking him for his help. Mickey warns him to stay out of trouble and to stay away from Belle and Philip. Shawn goes to Belle’s loft and starts banging on the door. When Philip answers (shirtless) and asks him why he isn’t in jail, Shawn insists on seeing Belle. Philip gives him a dirty look.

European Inn: Jack, Bo, Billie, Bart, hotel clerk

Jack is sitting with Jennifer’s picture and talking to it. He thinks she should have gotten his message already and promises again that he is going to find a way to get home. The man Billie sees in the mirror turns out to be Bart. She knows the voice. Bart is showing a picture of Jack to the hotel clerk. She says he looks familiar. Jack listens in and disappears upstairs. He knocks over a lamp and the hotel clerk, Bart, and Billie go after him. Billie asks the clerk who she was talking to and asks about the man they are looking for. The clerk just takes off. Billie wonders what she is hiding.

Outside her and Bo’s room, Billie hears him talking to Hope and walks in. She tells him she knows that she was the reason they were fighting and says that she never wanted to cause problems for them…grrr…no comment. Bo tells her that Hope is upset but it will be okay and Billie goes on about how much Bo and Hope are in love with each other. She starts talking about how she once had someone like that. We get the most godawful new flashback of Bo and Billie in bed together…I am not going to describe it (lol…actually I fastforwarded through it). She tells him that if Hope is what is best for him then that is what she wants. Then she explains to Bo that she decrypted some of the information on the disc and thinks they are phone numbers. She is playing with his bandage and asks him if he told Hope that they are sharing a room together. Bo tells her no and says he will sleep in a chair and she can have the bed. Billie refuses. She says she is going downstairs to search on the computer again and tells him to rest and call Hope back.

Bart tells the hotel clerk that he will find the guy he is looking for because he has guards posted at every exit. It looks like she is on Dimera’s payroll or something. Jack listens in and, opening a window proceeds to fall out…lol… Bart gives up and tells the clerk that he is going back to the castle (and she needs to know this why?) LMAO…

Bo asks Hope how Shawn could be so reckless and promises he is coming home. We next see Jack wearing a fake mustache on a cargo boat. Some guy catches him and starts pushing him around asking him for I.D. Jack’s mustache comes off and he decides he should trust the guy and tell him just how much he needs to get back to Salem. The other guy gives in and agrees to take him as long as he works for it doing the laundry. Jack agrees and takes a laundry sack from him but gags from the smell when he opens it up.

At the inn, Billie is doing searches and comes up with some names. She questions the hotel clerk about them. The clerk says she knows them and that they have a teenage daughter who is about 15 years old. Billie thinks it might be Georgia and gets excited. Later the hotel clerk phones the family and tells them that Billie was asking questions and that they know what to do. Billie decides to keep this information from Bo.

Preview:

Abby tells Chelsea she is wrong about her mom. She says her mom only cares about her dad.

Philip and Belle share a toast and he says… “To the rest of our lives as husband and wife”

Rex tells Shawn… “Shawn accept it…Belle married Philip…it’s over!” Shawn is holding an icepack to his cheek.

John yells at Brady, Nicole and Kate telling them to get out.

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Tuesday Jan 11

Janice’s Spoilers

Jennifer’s House: Abby, Chelsea, Jennifer, Patrick, Jack (in fantasy)

Abby and Chelsea are upstairs in her room. Chelsea wants to look at Patrick again in the shower and talks about Jennifer being interested in him. Abby protests again that her father is alive and Jennifer isn’t interested in Patrick.

Downstairs, Patrick explains about using her shower and asks Jennifer what happened with Shawn and Hope but she’s too tired to tell him. He says he’ll bring bagels in the morning and they can talk then. He goes to leave and reminds her about her phone message.

Chelsea tells Abby that she has to accept that her father is dead but Abby refuses saying he came back once and he can again. Abby reluctantly follows Chelsea to the bathroom but Patrick is already gone.

Jennifer trips on the carpet and Patrick runs back and helps her up. She refuses to go to the hospital and says she twisted her back. Jennifer laughs at how stupid she must have looked and remembers Jack’s pratfalls. She says she misses him so much.

Upstairs, Abby tells Chelsea again that her mom is in love with her father and not Patrick.

Downstairs, Patrick apologizes for making her think of Jack but she tells him its okay because Jack is always on her mind. Patrick compromises and tells her if she won’t go to the hospital then she has to agree to let him give her a massage. Jennifer agrees and takes off her jacket.

Abby and Chelsea come down and Abby is shocked to see what is happening. Jennifer tells Abby about her little accident and Chelsea makes a snide comment to Abby. Chelsea tells Jennifer that Abby asked her to stay the night (when?) and asks if its okay and can she use the phone. Jennifer says yes but will she play the message first. Chelsea accidentally erases the message before it can be heard. Abby is upset but Jennifer tells her that if it is important then the person will call again.

On Cargo boat/ship: Jack

Jack’s scenes today are hilarious...

Jack is scrubbing clothes throughout the show...lol...up to his ears in soapsuds. He flashes back to leaving a message for Jennifer and says he would do anything to see her face when she gets his message. In the next scene he screams out: “Haven’t you heard of taking a shower? This stuff stinks!” He says he hates doing it but then changes his mind and says he will love it if it gets him home to his family.

Jack & Jen Fantasy...
Jack has a fantasy about coming home. We see him in dirty t-shirt touching their home address reverently and saying “home sweet home.” He rings the doorbell. Jennifer is wearing the same clothes from today’s show. She is shocked to see him. Jack says her name.

Next scene...Jack doing laundry again and then back to fantasy...

Jennifer is smiling. Jack says “hi.” Jennifer says: “Jack! No...no...” She says she’s imagined him walking in the door alive so many times but it can’t be true. Jack touches her cheek and hair. Jennifer says in amazement: “Jack...you’re not dead!” He says no. Jen says: “you’re here?” Jack says yes... “why are you looking at me like I’m a ghost. Didn’t you get my message? Jennifer says... “no...I didn’t believe it was true.” He tells her it is and so is he and that he’s here.

Jennifer backs away and says not to do that to her. She is crying and saying... “please don’t do this to me!” Jack calls her name and she says this is all a dream and she is going to wake up and he will be dead. Jack says no. Jennifer is still crying and says that she’ll cry like she always does. Jack smiles and tells her that wouldn’t it follow that if he was in the dream with her that when they wake up they would still be together? Jennifer says that doesn’t make any sense and that this is her dream. He tells her that it’s his dream.

Jennifer says it isn’t and why does he always talk so crazy. He smiles and all of a sudden she realizes that it’s really him. They are hugging and kissing.

Next scene...Jack doing laundry...back to fantasy...

Jack and Jen are kissing on the couch and Abby comes in carrying Jack Jr. Abby says: “Daddy! You’re alive...you’re here.” Jack hugs them all and says that he is never going anywhere again.

Back to reality...

Jack says that Jennifer must have gotten his message by now. She knows he’s alive and on his way home to his family.

Shawn/Rex’s loft: Rex and Mimi are on the couch and she wonders if the marriage really happened as well as Shawn’s arrest. Rex says that Shawn is in bad shape and dangerous to society. He tells her that he should be locked up for what he did and hopes Shawn gets the help he needs. Mimi disagrees.

Belle’s loft: Belle has a back-flash to the marriage ceremony where the groom is kissing the bride and the father is announcing that they are man and wife. Then we see Shawn coming through the stain glass window. Back in the present, Belle says “you could have killed yourself, Shawn. Why did you have to risk your life like that?”

Hallway between lofts:
Shawn gets off the elevator and bangs on Belle’s door. Philip (shirtless wimp) answers the door and says sarcastically... “I don’t believe it. They actually let you out of jail?” Shawn says... “I didn’t come here to talk to you...where’s Belle?” Phil shoves him backwards and says it’s none of his business and to back off. Shawn asks him sarcastically if he is a big tough marine and starts yelling Belle’s name again. Philip closes the door and steps out into the hallway. He tells Shawn to get out and that she’s not going to see him. Shawn says that he’s not leaving until he sees her. Philip starts poking him and says he’s not going to see Belle...not now...and not ever.

Shawn/Rex’s loft:

Mimi tells Rex that Shawn doesn’t have a life without Belle. She’s not sure he’ll want to live at all now that he has lost the love of his life.

Belle’s loft:

Belle pulls out a framed picture of her and Shawn from her night table. She has a fantasy where he is kissing her hand (Shawn has shorter hair here). He tells her he wasn’t thinking straight and that all he knew was that he had to stop the wedding. Belle smiles and asks him if he can tell her why it was so important to stop her from marrying Philip...

Back in the present Belle says she thinks she knows why he did it and as much as a part of her wants to hear him say it, there is another part of her that is so afraid of hearing him say it. She says: “You have no idea how afraid.”

In the Hallway:

Shawn tells Philip that he can’t keep him from seeing Belle. Philip says that that is where he is wrong and that he has every right to keep Shawn from seeing her because he is her husband (puffed out chest...groan). Shawn says: “Oh right. I keep forgetting you are this big tough marine.” He takes a swing at Phil. Phil knocks him back against the door. Shawn ends up falling on the floor (really lame scene).

Rex and Mimi come running out and ask what is going on. Philip starts screaming at Shawn and saying... “This is the last time you will ever come near Belle! You understand me? You will never hurt her again! Stay away from my wife!” He goes back in the loft. Shawn looks determined.

Belle’s Loft:

Still holding the picture...more of the fantasy...

She asks Shawn if he can tell her why he came to the church tonight (touching his arm). Shawn tells her that everyone thinks it’s crazy but he had to keep her from marrying him. She asks him why again and he says that if he didn’t then she would be married and it would be too late. She asks, too late for what and he says that there are so many things they need to talk about before they can both move on.

Back in the present, Belle says it is too late and Philip is her husband now, so whatever Shawn has to say can’t make a difference now.

Downstairs, Philip locks the door and gets some wine glasses. He says he won’t let Shawn ruin their wedding night.

Hallway:

Rex tells Shawn he will help him up. Shawn heads back to Belle’s door. Mimi tells him to leave them alone before he really gets hurt. Shawn says that Philip is keeping Belle prisoner...lol... and starts banging on the door again and yelling Belle’s name. Rex tells him to give them their privacy. Mimi tells Rex that Shawn has to do what he is doing because that’s how much he loves Belle. Shawn is yelling... “Belle, I need to talk to you. Belle can you hear me?”

In Belle’s loft:

Philip is ignoring the shouting and grabs the glasses and champagne and turns on some music (very loud) to drown out the noise from outside. Shawn keeps banging on the door. Philip carries everything upstairs and catches Belle trying to come down. He stops her and asks where his “wife” is going. Belle tells him that she thought she heard someone calling her name and that it sounded like Shawn. She asks Philip if Shawn is here.

Philip gives her a strange look and says: “Belle, Shawn was handcuffed and taken off to jail. You know that.” Belle looks disappointed but agrees with him. She tells him the music is really loud and would he mind if she turned it down. Philip says no. He wants to make sure they can hear it upstairs. He walks to the bed and picks up her lace negligee and wrap and tells her he can’t wait to see “Mrs. Kiriakis” wear them. Belle tells him she will go and change. He tells her she loves him and they kiss. All she says is that she won’t be long.

In Shawn/Rex’s loft:

Mimi says she will get the ice. Shawn tells her he doesn’t want a damn drink. She tells him it’s for his damn jaw...lol... She gives it to him and says: “okay, don’t say thank you.” Shawn says okay he won’t. Rex asks Shawn how he got out of jail and Shawn tells him that his Uncle Mickey got him out on bail. Rex asks him about the charges and Shawn lists them. Rex tells him that it could mean a lot of jail time and Shawn says sarcastically: “No! Really?” Then he says that he has to talk to Belle. Mimi doesn’t think that’s a good idea but Shawn tells them that he doesn’t care what happens to him. Mimi says that she does and he should too. Rex says that Mimi is right and that they could add a charge of harassment if he tries to see Belle.
Belle’s loft:

The music is blaring now. Philip is lighting candles. He turns off the main light. Belle comes out and Phil says that he wishes there was a new word for “beautiful.” She tells him that beautiful is nice and it work’s. He kisses her hand and she asks him what happened to his knuckles. He says he scraped them and that it is no big deal. He tells her he loves her (she doesn’t tell him that). They kiss and toast each other.

Shawn/Rex’s Loft:

Mimi gives Shawn back his icepack. He thanks her. Rex asks him if he can hear the music. Shawn says that the whole town can hear it and so what. Rex says it’s Belle and Philip’s wedding night and Shawn has got to leave them alone. He tells Shawn not to be a fool and to accept it. Shawn and Mimi look at each other.

John’s Penthouse: Brady, Nicole, Kate, John

Brady is saying that his dad is a druggy. Nicole tries to soften the blow by saying its painkillers and that she hates to be right about this. Brady wants to call Abe and Lexie but Nicole says it’s a bad idea. Kate gets on her case and says that she doesn’t want John to get help.

Upstairs, John is looking at Marlena’s picture. He is sweating and looking in the mirror (looks in really bad shape). We see him flash back to giving himself injections at home, church, and the hospital. He tells Marlena’s picture that he knows how disappointed she would be in him but he did it for their little girl. We see another flashback to him walking Belle down the aisle and later dancing with her at the loft.

Downstairs, Kate is going on about how much pain John has suffered and that he is only using a small amount of drugs to ease the pain (she’s in major denial). Brady suggests an intervention and Kate says John will appreciate their help. Nicole looks at them as if they are crazy.

Upstairs, John is still holding Marlena’s picture. He says that he is in the worst pain he has ever been in and that he can’t face Brady, Nicole, and Kate feeling this way. He says this is what he has to do and then injects himself.

Downstairs, Nicole says she knows about addicts and that John will lie and try to guilt them. Brady and Kate are in la la land and don’t believe her. Brady calls John down. John limps down the stairs and ridicules their suggestion that he is on drugs. He calls Nicole a tramp and a bitch.

Previews:

John is screaming at Brady, Nicole and Kate and telling them to get the hell out.

Jan is eavesdropping as Shawn says to Mimi: “If she wanted to call off the wedding to Philip, it means that she’s still in love with me.”

Patrick tells an upset Hope that Bo went on his trip with Billie because he wanted to and that she should be mad at him.

Bo is telling a smirking Billie that she is the most stubborn...irrational...

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Wednesday Jan 12

Pat’s Spoilers

This is going to be very quick because I’m not feeling very well. I actually had to go to sleep after work. It’s almost 7pm and I’ve just finished watching the show.

Patrick is massaging Jen’s back when the doorbell rings. Patrick says he better put a shirt on – he doesn’t want to give anyone the wrong impression. It’s Hope. She tells Jen that she was right, Bo called and he’s in Europe with Billie. He promised to come home tonight but she thinks it’s too late. Once again he wasn’t there for Shawn and she wonders why he always puts Billie and Georgia first. Now it’s Jen’s turn to spout the theory that Billie knew exactly what she was doing when she came to the house with Patrick. Jen does say that she’s sure Bo didn’t really want to go. Hope tells her that Bo told her he went to the airport to stop her but once again he ended up going with her. Jen puts the blame on Billie. When Patrick enters Hope asks him if he knew that Billie was going to Europe that night. He says no. When he hears the story he defends Billie convinced that her only motivation is finding her daughter not getting Billie back. He says to Hope you know Bo – he wouldn’t do anything he didn’t want to do. Billie didn’t force him to go. Hope says he promised he wouldn’t go and he did – now he promised he’s coming home tonight – I hope he means it.

In Europe the woman from the hotel is constantly on the phone with Bart filling him in on Billie’s and Bo’s plans. Kind of reinforces my belief that there is no Georgia – this is all just part of Tony’s ‘master plan.’ Bo catches Billie outside and they argue. He tells her what happened at home and that the jet is being refuelled and will be ready to take off within the hour. He says they have to go home because their families need them. She’s not concerned because Phil is okay but she understands that he has to go. More arguing – he’s concerned because she won’t even consider the possibility that this is all a set up. She brags about being a trained ISA agent yada yada yada. She tells him he can’t force her to go. He says to himself that he hopes that Hope will understand. He tells Billie that one or two hours won’t make a difference – he’s going with her. Bart calls Tony and says that Billie and Bo won’t know what hit them.

Drake gave an excellent performance today as a strung out addict. I’m not going to go into a lot of detail. He denies. They confront. He calls Nicole a slut and Kate a whore. He really blasts Brady for listening to Nicole. Then he tells them he had the vial and syringe because he’s doing a covert undercover investigation on drug thefts from the hospital for Lexie and Abe. At first it sounds like Brady might believe him but neither he nor Kate do and this is when John gets really nasty. He tries to kick them all out but when they won’t leave he walks out on them and goes upstairs. He pulls out the vial and needle and sets it on the dresser and then he sits on the bed telling himself he’s not an addict – he’s just in a lot of pain. After a bit he needs the drugs.

Mr and Mrs Kiriakis enjoy (and I do mean enjoy) their wedding night. Phil disconnects the doorbell and turns the music up really loud to drown out the sounds of Shawn pounding on the door. Belle thought she heard Shawn’s voice but Phil reminds her that he was taken to jail in handcuffs. After she changes into her negligee they drink some champagne and then hit the sheets. They make love a few times. Belle tells Phil after the first time that he is incredible and that this is so right - things turned out exactly the way they meant to. He asked her if she was having doubts before the wedding – she lies (I have a feeling she’ll continue to do a lot of that) and tells him it was just pre-wedding jitter – they go at it again. Phil is sleeping - Belle hears something downstairs and slides out of bed.

Mimi and Shawn are sitting on the couch talking. Mimi tells him that she was the one that told Belle to call him and talk to him before she married Phil. Shawn wants to know if she told Mimi that she still loved him. Jan is at the door and comes in and interrupts them. Rex wants to talk to Shawn alone – Rex tells him that Phil and Belle are married – they are in a committed relationship and he just has to respect that and move on with his life. Jan threatens Mimi – Mimi sits and takes it. They all hear the sounds of Mr. and Mrs. Kiriakis’ mutual orgasm through the vent. Shawn goes pounding on the door. Rex argues with him as Jan and Mimi go it. Mimi tells Jan that she ruined Shawn’s life – he loves Belle. She says he loves me. When Mimi insists that she is wrong and says just look at him – Jan says half under her breath that maybe there’s a pill for that. Mimi realises she drugged Shawn and that’s why he went crazy. Shawn tells Mimi she has to help him – he wants the spare key to Belle’s loft. She says she can’t let him go barging in there. He tells her that she better get Belle to meet him up on the roof in fifteen minutes or he will break in. She says okay but he can’t let Jan or Rex know. He tells her he’ll use the fire escape. He tells Jan he has a headache and he’s going to bed – Rex is happy about that and goes to change. Jan is getting some ice so she has the freezer door open and doesn’t see Mimi slip out. Belle is glowing and telling Mimi how incredible the sex was and how she knows she did the right thing. Mimi says Shawn wants to see her. She doesn’t want to see him because he could have killed her when he was strung out on drugs and booze and that Phil would go ballistic if she did that. Mimi says he knows that you wanted to talk to him before the ceremony – he’s very confused. When Belle is still reluctant Mimi asks her if she is afraid of hearing what Shawn has to say. Mimi goes back inside and tries to prevent Jan from going into the bedroom so both Jan and Rex want to know what is going on. Mrs. Kiriakis goes on the roof wearing her bridal negligee – disgusting…couldn’t she put a coat or something on? Sigh…I hated seeing Shawn debase himself by pounding on Belle’s door after hearing the sounds of her and Phil making love.


Spoilers: Patrick to Hope “It was Bo’s choice to go. He’s with Billie because he wants to be.” John to Brady “If you want to know why I’m taking these pain meds just ask Kate.” Jan to Mimi “If you thought you lost something precious when you lost your baby just wait until Rex finds out about the abortion.” Rex “What’s this about an abortion?” Shawn to Belle “Just tell me before you go – do you still love me?”

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Thursday Jan 13

Pat’s Spoilers

Because of the party tonight Janice and I splitting up the spoiler report. She’s agreed to do a write up about the Shawn and Mrs. Kiriakis rooftop scenes – and I’ll do the rest. (LOL! – I just got Janice’s report and she covered everything included the rooftop scenes). All I have to say about them is that Jason just blew me away with his acting today. He couldn’t have played it better. Too bad this conversation couldn’t have taken place months ago…oh say after he crashed his bike. I also hate that Mrs. Kiriakis blamed him for everything that happened in the past nine months and he sat back and took it. Jason’s strong performance almost takes away my anger at what is being done to his character.

Another great performance by Kristian as well. Patrick is staunch in his defence of Billie and won’t back down. He angers both Hope and Jennifer. They tell him that he doesn’t know Billie like they do. Patrick says you painted a picture of Billie on the island and when I met her she was nothing like what you had made her out to be. He says you can’t blame Billie for Bo going with her. The responsibility is Bo’s – he went because he wanted to. Jen asks him how he could upset Hope like this. He claims he’s trying to help. He firmly believes that Billie’s mind is not on Bo but on their daughter. Hope says that may be the case but in the back of Billie’s mind she has to be thinking that if they find Georgia it will bring the two of them closer. Billie would do anything to get Bo back. Hope tells him that when Georgia was stillborn she didn’t tell Bo – she waited to blame a miscarriage on Hope. He asks Hope if she trusts Bo. If she trusts him she has nothing to worry about – if she doesn’t trust him then she can’t blame Billie. He also says to Hope if it was her daughter she would do the same. She says she would never take off without a plan and without backup.

She has a flashback to a conversation about Billie with Bo that they had on the pier. She talks about how much he was in love with her and that when she came back as Gina that only Gran knew and accepted her as Hope. He couldn’t because he didn’t want to face the possibility of anyone coming between him and Billie. Then she proved she was Hope and he was forced to choose. Bo tells her that there never was a choice- she was the one for him. Hope thanks Patrick for giving her a different perspective. She knows that Bo would take off like that after Billie if he thought she was in danger. She’ll have it out with him when he gets home tonight. She tells Jen that she will call when she gets home. She goes to the pier and flashes back to the rest of the conversation that her and Bo had about Billie. The bottom line is that even though Bo chose her he did love Billie with all his heart. Jen is angry at Patrick and confronts him about making Hope feel worse. He says he wasn’t going to agree with them just for agreements sake. She says so you’ve fallen under Billie’s spell as well. He says he’s never fallen under a woman’s spell and never will.

I’m not going into much detail about the Rex, Mimi and Jan scenes. I just want Jan gone. Mimi is making me so angry and Rex was just being…oh I don’t know … but he bugged me as well…LOL! Although Mimi tries to stop Jan from going into Shawn’s room Jan is hell bent on going to see her fiancée. Rex thinks they should check up on Shawn as well. He might be drinking and sneak onto the fire escape and break into Phil and Belle’s apartment. Mimi says he wouldn’t do that. Rex doesn’t agree with her – he sides with Jan. Jan is about to go in the room and Mimi says you don’t know Shawn very well – if you go in there he’ll break up with you. Jan says she knows every inch of Shawn – Mimi says I’m talking about his brain. He wants to be alone. He doesn’t want to talk to you, to us or to his mother. Rex wants to know why Belle phoned Shawn – so does Jan. Mimi says she doesn’t know. Rex goes to change.

Rex goes to change and Jan confronts Mimi telling her that she overheard her telling Shawn that she was the one that convinced Belle to call. She asks Mimi when she is going to give up Belle and Shawn. Mimi says never. Jan brings up her same old threat and asks Mimi what she’s going to do about. Is she going to tell everyone about the cage – taunting her that no one would believe her. That’s what really bugs me – why does Mimi think for a second that everyone would believe Jan over her. I’m so sick of Mimi allowing Jan to walk all over her – she could have told Belle about the blackmail the day Jan started it – but noooo… Rex hears them talking about an abortion and wants to know what they’re talking about. Jan tells the whole story but claims it’s about a mutual friend of hers and Mimi’s. Of course Rex says that he could understand why the guy would break up with their friend – that should have been a mutual decision between two adults who loved and trusted one another. Mimi is in tears and Rex is trying to figure out why. Jan gloats and says it’s such a sad story. Rex tells Mimi that it would never happen between them.

John now has the needle and drugs on top of Marlena’s picture. Nicole does not agree with Kate’s suggestion that they bring Lexie in to recommend someone that could talk to John and get through to him. She tells them there is no time and bringing Lexie in would make John’s addiction public. They can’t stop an intervention in the middle – they need to continue with it. Brady says his father won’t come down. Nicole says no, we have to go to him. Brady knocks on the locked door and John tells him to go away. He takes the syringe and says I just need something to help me get through the night. Nicole says we have to get to him – she can tell by the rage in his voice he hasn’t taken the drugs yet. Brady asks his father to let him in and when he won’t he kicks the door down and they enter. John has the needle plunged into his thigh. Brady says you can’t deny it now can you. John says no I guess not.

Brady wants to know what he is taking. He says they are pain meds prescribed by a doctor. Brady asks if Lexie knows about them. John says Lexie was too conservative so he had to get another opinion. Brady says she didn’t prescribe them because she knows how addictive they are. Brady wants the name of the doctor but John won’t give it to him. Nicole says you stole the drugs from the hospital. John says do you really think Lexie would ask me to investigate the drug thefts if she thought I was a junkie. Brady wants to know why he was taking them. John says Kate knows – but Kate is confused and doesn’t know what he is talking about. John says it was because of Belle. Brady is horrified that John is pinning his addiction on Belle. Nicole says that is what addicts do – they blame everyone except themselves. John gives the sad story about Belle losing her mother and how tough that was on her and then he makes a smart remark about how the break up with her boyfriend must have been hard on her so he had to be there. He had six weeks to tough it through rehab but then Kate when and threw this wedding together. Brady says and you wanted to walk her down the aisle. John says he couldn’t let her down. He only took them for that reason – just for the wedding. Nicole says is that why you had a needle plunged in your leg just now – the weddings over. He says because of everything that happened he overdid it and he’s in pain. He tells Brady and Kate that he won’t take it anymore. He apologises to Kate. Brady and Kate believe them – Nicole can’t believe they’re buying it. John hugs Kate and gets a huge grin on his face for pulling one over on them. I really liked Nicole in the these scenes. She was the only one that knew exactly how John was playing them.

Preview: Shawn to Mrs. Kiriakis “I never returned your ring. You have to believe me, Belle. I would never have her do that.” John to Nicole “I would do anything for my family.” Nicole’s response “Even lie to them.” Julie to Hope “What did she do to trick your husband into going with her this time?’ Hope “Billie didn’t trick him. He went because he wanted to.” Billie and Bo and two strangers – Billie yelling “I’m Georgia’s mother and this is her father and we want to see our daughter.”


Janice’s Spoilers

Jennifer’s House: Jennifer, Hope, Patrick

Jennifer tries to convince Hope that Bo is coming home. They both get mad when Patrick defends Billie and tell him some of the terrible things Billie has done. Hope threatens to kill Billie if anything happens to Bo. When she tells Patrick and Jennifer that she can’t understand how Billie lured Bo to go with her, Patrick tells her that it was Bo’s choice and he went because he wanted to. Hope retaliates and says that Bo thought Billie was in danger and that’s why he went. We see a flashback of Bo and Hope on the pier, talking about Billie. Patrick apologizes and Hope goes home to wait for Bo.

Jen gets upset with Patrick for siding with Billie, but he tells her that he doesn’t think Billie is after Bo. Jen thinks that Patrick has fallen under Billie’s spell. Hope ends up at the dock and has more of the same flashback with Bo. She is asking him if he still loves Billie. He counters and tells Hope that he loves her, etc… Hope continues to sit there but she feels very lonely.

Shawn/Rex’s Loft: Mimi, Rex, Jan

Mimi and Jan are fighting. She tries to keep Jan from going into Shawn’s room to check on him. Mimi has a flashback to Shawn telling her to get Belle to come up to the roof and then her telling Belle that Shawn is waiting for her. Jan gets mad and tells her that the last time she checked Shawn was HER fiancé and not Mimi’s. Mimi responds by saying she guarantees that if Jan goes in there that Shawn will break up with her. Jan gives her a suspicious look.

Jan wants to know why she can’t see her lover. Mimi suggests that she doesn’t know Shawn very well and Jan tells her that she knows every last inch of him. Rex is worried about Shawn. Jan tells them that Shawn was drinking before he left for the church. Mimi asks sarcastically who was responsible and Jan admits that they had a few drinks but that wasn’t why he went to the church. Jan has a flashback of the phone call Belle made to Shawn before the wedding.

Rex is wondering why she made the call and Jan thinks it’s because of Mimi. Mimi has a flashback to begging Belle to call Shawn at the church. She says it isn’t her fault and that Belle must have had a reason but Jan doesn’t believe her. Rex goes to change and Jan starts in on Mimi, slapping her and calling her a lying bitch. She tells Mimi that she overheard her conversation with Shawn. She wants Mimi to stop what she is doing because Shawn and Belle will never get back together. She taunts Mimi about going to Shawn and telling him about the cage. Again with the abortion threat…lol…except this time Rex hears the tail end of the threat and wants to know what it is about. Jan makes up a story about her friend who had an abortion but kept the info from her boyfriend. Mimi is upset and both Rex and Jan agree that it’s a sad story. Rex also says that it would be unforgivable and that would never happen to him and Mimi.

The Roof: Shawn, Belle

Shawn turns as the door opens. Belle, still in negligee and wrap, says: “Mimi said you wanted to see me.” Shawn thanks her for coming and asks if she’s okay. Belle says she is but she shouldn’t have come. She turns away but Shawn stops her: “No! Wait! We have to talk...about us.” Belle says they haven’t got anything to talk about because she is married to marine boy now. He asks her why she came up to the roof and Belle says it was to tell him that he ruined what was supposed to be the happiest day of her life. Shawn says the happiest day of her life was supposed to be when she married HIM. Belle tells him that she loves Phil now. Shawn looks skeptical. He says: “You can’t.” She says she does and that he’s her husband.

Shawn tells Belle that it wasn’t supposed to be like this. Belle replies that she doesn’t recognize him anymore and that she can’t believe that he almost killed himself and her tonight. He tells her he never meant to hurt her and she says that he did and has been hurting her for the last nine months. He yells that he’s sorry and wishes he could take it all back but he can’t.

Belle says that she accepts his apology and he asks her if she forgives him. She says she can’t forgive him for the things he has said and done. He tells her he understands and takes off his jacket. Belle says she has to leave. She doesn’t want marine boy to wake up and find her gone. Shawn tells her she never answered his question. He covers her shoulders with his jacket and holds it there with his hands.

Belle says they shouldn’t be having this conversation and gives the coat back to him. Shawn asks Belle about her phone call. He tells her that the invitation at Alice’s triggered his memory. He tells her that he crashed his bike into the church because of her call and that she must have had doubts. He tells her that the doors were locked and guarded. He is hoping that together they could figure out what went wrong. Belle gets angry and says that the reason they broke up was because he abandoned her. He says he would never abandon her and doesn’t remember it happening. Shawn tells Belle that he still loves her. Shawn tells her that he doesn’t understand what happened to him and that he wants to change but needs Belle’s help. Belle tells him that it’s too late…she is married to idiot boy and that her calling Shawn was a mistake. When she starts to leave, Shawn asks her if she still loves him.

The Penthouse: John, Brady, Nicole, Kate

We get more flashbacks of John yelling at Kate and telling them to go to hell. Brady tells her he is sorry for the way his father behaved. Kate still thinks Lexie could help by suggesting a counselor. Nicole says they can’t wait and that calling Lexie would make it public. John is upstairs in pain and shaking. He is thinking about taking more drugs to get him through the night. Brady is hammering on the door with Nicole and Kate beside him. He wants to help his father. Brady kicks the door open and they see John with the hypodermic needle in his leg. Brady is shocked and asks him what the hell he has done. John lies about what he is taking and says it’s a prescription for ISA that some doctor gave him because Lexie wouldn’t. When Nicole points the finger at him for stealing the drugs from the hospital, he lies again and denies it. We see another flashback. Nicole doesn’t believe him.

John says he did it for Belle, because she lost her mother and Shawn. He mentions his promise to Belle about walking her down the aisle. He says its Kate’s fault for putting the wedding together so quickly that he didn’t have time for rehabilitation and goes on about how Lexie refused to help him. Nicole tells John that the wedding is over. She asks him why he is still taking drugs. John says that he pushed himself too hard, but swears he is finished. He thanks them for caring and apologizes for yelling at them. John swears he is not addicted. He apologizes to Kate and she accepts. John and Kate hug and Nicole stands by in disbelief.

On the roof: Shawn tells Belle: I never returned your ring…you have to believe me…I would never have had her do that…

At Penthouse: John tells Nicole that he would do anything for his family. Nicole asks if he would even lie to them.

At Brady house: Julie asks Hope What Billie did to trick Hope’s husband into going away with her this time. Hope tells her that Billie didn’t trick him and that he went because he wanted to…

Billie tells couple that she is Georgia’s mother…this is her father and we want to see our daughter…

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Friday, Jan 14

Pat’s Spoilers

This has to be a very quick report. It’s almost 6:30 – I just basically finished watching the show so I don’t have a lot of time. I loved Nicole again today. Also Jason did very well again – it’s such a pleasure to watch an actor that knows his character. Every word, every nuance, every action, every inflection of his voice, every facial expression – he played the Shawn we all know to perfection.

The Julie/Hope scenes kind of took me by surprise. I just didn’t expect Hope to start doubting that Bo made the right choice when he chose her over Billie all those years ago. Julie is in the living room and sees a western themed jack in the box – she winds it up and is not happy when Bonnie’s likeness pops out. She twists the head off. Hope comes home and Julie can see how upset she is. She asks if Shawn is in more trouble. Hope tells her no it’s Bo – you were right. He went with Billie to Europe. Julie is angry and blames it all on Billie. Hope says Billie isn’t to blame, Bo went because he chose to be with her. Julie gets even more upset when Hope says that Patrick Lockhart helped her to see that. Julie starts ranting about the spawn of Bonnie Lockhart and talks about all the married couples having to protect themselves from the likes of Bonnie and Billie. Julie feels that Billie comes running to Bo over every little thing. Hope says their daughter isn’t a little thing. She believes that the only thing on Billie’s mind is finding her daughter – not seducing her husband. Julie says Billie is a trained ISA agent – she can look after herself – she doesn’t need Bo. Hope says Bo is the typical protector – he went to protect Billie. She says he might have picked me to spend the rest of his life with but he never stopped loving Billie. She wonders if he doesn’t feel responsible for abandoning Billie all those years ago. Julie is shocked that Hope could possibly think that Bo made a mistake picking her, his wife, over Billie. Hope feels better when she tells Julie that he’s on his way home right now. Julie says that proves he loves you more.

Okay…let me see…Billie is ISA – Bo’s a police commander and neither of them noticed that the ‘woman’ answering the door was a man? Good lord…ridiculous! Bo tells Billie that she has to keep her emotions in check. They knock on the door. The ‘woman’ that answers (jesus, I’m still laughing at that) lets them in after they tell her they’re from the US government and they’re there to interview their American born daughter about her dual citizenship. They go inside and Billie sees a portrait of their fifteen year old daughter Georgia and says is that our girl. Bo nudges her and then says it’s just an idiom. Georgia is out so they agree to have tea. The adoptive ‘parents’ tell Bo and Billie that Georgia was the child’s name on her birth certificate and that they like it. They talk about how Georgia’s mother was a drug addict and prostitute. They keep making smart remarks, playing Billie and she falls for it. She says she’s not a junkie anymore and she was conceived out of love. I’m her mother and this is her father and we want to see our daughter. The ‘woman’ pulls a gun on them and takes his wig off. He tells them that they’ve been watching them for quite some time. The two men tie Bo and Billie up in two chairs. She wants to know if that is Georgia. The guy says you’ll never see her again where you’re going. Bo asks if it the DiMera’s behind this but doesn’t get an answer.

John continues to snow Brady and Kate but not Nicole. I really liked Nicole today. Brady says he’s going to leave, Kate says she’s going to get some more things from her suite and Nicole says you’re not buying this. He’s addicted. Drake was excellent and I really liked the conversation between John and Nicole. He knows that she knows but he also knows he can convince Brady and Kate. Brady finally starts listening to Nicole and asks his father for the name of the doctor that prescribed the drugs. Brady calls him and is satisfied that his father is telling the truth. He tells Nicole the doctor was reluctant to prescribe them and only did because of the circumstances and there would be no refills. John is getting more and more on edge. Nicole can’t believe they’re falling for everything – she tells Brady John probably has something on the doctor. Brady refuses to believe his father would lie or do drugs. Nicole has no choice but to leave with Brady. She tries to convince him to go back before it’s too late but she is not successful. As soon as they leave John opens a drawer and pulls out a little wooden box that has more drugs. Kate comes back into the bedroom saying she forgot her keys and John is not in the room. She sees the vial and the syringe on the nightstand and says Nicole was right. John comes out of the shower in his robe and looks from Kate to his drugs.

I’m not going to say much about the Shawn and Mrs. Kiriakis scenes. The things she says to him, her condescending, accusatory tone and her entire demeanour rubbed me the wrong way. Although at the end – her very final scene with him – that was almost the Belle I used to know. Either they are setting up Belle for a major fall or they’re rewriting history because no matter how many times Shawn kept saying he didn’t know why he ended up with Jan, or why he didn’t come out and talk to her when she was at Jan’s house – he told her he didn’t even remember hooking up with Jan or getting engaged – he didn’t know why he chose Jan over her – Mrs. Kiriakis made it all about her. She cut him no slack at all. I always believed that Belle knew Shawn but when he found out that Jan gave Belle the purity rings and broke up with her for him and he told her he would never do that – that she knew him – that wasn’t him – she just threw it back in his face that she thought she knew him. The arrogance of her to say that the only reason he hooked up with Jan was to hurt her just boggles my mind. (I think that was a carry over from yesterday).

He wants her to answer his question – does she still love him. She says no. The only man she loves is her husband Philip. He doesn’t believe her. She doesn’t care. She talks about how much more of a man Phil is than he could ever be. He says you never gave me the chance. She tells him she’s not talking about making love. She’s talking about how he was there for me, supporting me, comforting me – he was the man that you couldn’t be. She complains about how she was feeling when she thought her mother was the serial killer – he reminds her she lied. She feels bad about that but no one really died. He says he didn’t know that. She says do you know what it’s like to have your mother accused of killing all those people. He says and most of those people were my family. Now this is the part that really made me see red – she says and I was there to comfort you (excuse me…Shawn never had a chance to grieve – he was forever having to comfort her) and when I thought my mother was killed in jail you didn’t even call. She tells me how she cried herself to sleep worrying about him.

There was a lot of accusing by Mrs. Kiriakis and a lot of Shawn taking it all and just listening – he couldn’t answer a lot because he can’t remember. The worse parts of all is when she throws it in his face that Philip is more of a man than he could ever be. He wants her help – he wants her to help him find out what happened to him this summer. He is practically begging her – saying she is the only one he can turn to. She snaps at him to turn to Jan – she’s going back downstairs to get back into the bed she shares with her husband. She leaves and yells Belle I need you and he throws his jacket down on to the rooftop. She stops but continues walking away. He calls her name again and he says what am I going to do. She won’t help me. I’ll never find out what happened. He turns when he hears her come back. He tells her she was right he doesn’t have the right to ask her but he needs her. She says after everything you did to me I can’t believe I’m saying this but yes I’ll help you.

Preview: Mrs. Kiriakis to Shawn “Nothing would have happened. I would still have married Philip.” Shawn – “I don’t believe you.” Kate to John “Let me throw them away and then I’ll know you’re not dependent on them” (She’s holding up the vials and syringe). Billie to Bo (as they struggle against the ropes) “You want to critique my job performance – fine, but do it later. Right now we have to concentrate on finding Georgia and getting the hell out of here.” Jen to Hope “Are you sure you know what you’re getting in to?” Hope - “He’s in danger. I can feel it. I’m the only one that can help him.”

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Monday, Jan 17

Pat’s Spoilers

Hmm…Chelsea must be the next generation eavesdropper…she creeps down the stairs to listen to Jen and Patrick’s conversation. Patrick wants to make things right with Jen. She tells him that he made a bad situation worse. He sticks with his convictions and says that Bo went of his own free will – it’s not like Billie held a gun to his back. Hope is approaching Jen’s house and she senses that Bo is in trouble. She says if anything happens to Bo there will only be one person to blame. Inside Patrick insists that he was trying to make Hope feel better – trying to make her see that Billie is focused only on finding her daughter. Jen reminds him that he doesn’t know Billie like they do. He wonders if they’re worried that Billie is going to work her feminine wiles on Bo. Jen says like she worked them on you. He says I’m in no position to get involved with anyone. Jen asks him why but the doorbell rings…Chelsea heads upstairs. Hope tells Jen that Bo is not coming back to her. Chelsea creeps back down to listen to more. Hope mentions her and Bo’s connection and she knows he is in danger. She needs a favour from Jen – she wants her to look after Zach until she gets back. Jen asks where she is going. Hope says she is going to Europe to find her husband. Jen says it good be dangerous so Patrick says he is going with her. Hope doesn’t put up much of an argument and he goes to pack. He comes back and they say their goodbyes. Jen sees Chelsea at the top of the stairs. She tells Jen she has insomnia and she was coming down to get something to drink. Chelsea says she overheard some of the conversation and she didn’t want to interrupt. She then asks Jen if Hope has a thing for Patrick. Jen is taken aback and says no one is more in love than Bo and Hope – Hope would never look at another man. Jen wants to know why she would even ask. Chelsea makes up a story about how nice it is to hear about a couple that makes it when there are so many stories about couples divorcing. To herself she thinks – the last thing I need is more competition for Patick.

Bo and Billie are still confrontational with their captors but it doesn’t get them anywhere. They tell Billie that Georgia is alive but she will never see her. As soon as they leave Bo starts in on Billie. She doesn’t want to hear the ‘I told you so’s’ they have more important things to do. Bo tries to tell her that Georgia isn’t there but Billie says she can feel that she was. Bo says she might have been but she isn’t any longer. He tells her they have to get out of there because when those guys come back they are going to kill them. Billie says we have to get free and make them tell us where Georgia is. Bo says they’re in a tight bind in more ways then one. The guys took their wallets and cell phones. He also says that Hope is going to go ballistic when she finds out that he is not on a plane on his way home. Billie smiles when he says that…that really irked me! She then laughs and he asks her what is so funny. She says we’ve been tied up by two DiMera’s goons and you’re worried about Hope being angry. Bo says facing Hope’s anger is worse. He says if he knows Hope she is going to do something impulsive like come after him. Billie asks him if she would really do that. He says definitely – she’s probably on a plane now. Billie says if we can’t get out of this mess by ourselves that would be a good thing.

Lauren Koslow did a great job today. This is the Kate that I used to admire. She accuses John of lying. He gives the same lie about the doctor prescribing the medication so he could walk his biological daughter (don’t have a clue why he really stressed the word biological) down the aisle. Kate is holding two vials and calls him on his lie. He lies again saying they are part of the investigation he is doing for Lexie. She really yells at him and he yells back. She says what’s even worse than lying to me and Brady is that you are lying to yourself. He then orders her out of ‘Marlena’s’ bedroom. She asks him what Marlena would say if he lied about taking the drugs. He insists he’s not addicted. She says there’s one way to prove it – she asks if she can throw the drugs away – that way she will know he’s not dependent on them. He tells her go ahead. She throws them away. The camera eye in the clock activates as they talk about the wedding and thankfully no one was really hurt by Shawn’s stupid stunt. John wishes Marlena could have been there and Kate says and Roman too. John says I couldn’t have made it through the day without you. They hug and the camera shuts off. He tells her it’s been a long day and he needs to crash. She says she is tired as well. On her way out she picks on the syringe and vials from the garbage can. He asks her what she is doing. She says she is going to take them and throw them into the trash downstairs. He says she can leave them. She says you don’t want the maid to see them. He tells her to give him the drugs – he’s going to take them tonight for the pain…she refuses. He yells at her and they struggle for them. He knocks her to the floor.

It was great to see Marlena on screen again today. Deidre gave an awesome performance. She wonders why they aren’t seeing any more video feed. She is so worried that everyone was killed. Roman tries to calm her down telling her he is sure that everyone is alright. Marlena still can’t believe that Belle married Philip when she has loved Shawn for years. Roman says she obviously doesn’t love him any longer – he’s wondering why Shawn would do something so foolish. Marlena tells him that people in love do foolish things. She talks about how some couples are meant to be together and that Shawn and Belle are meant to be just like Bo and Hope and her and John. She then starts worrying about what is happening back home. She worries that they may never get free and no one will ever look for them because Tony has everyone in Salem convinced that they are dead. They’ve been prisoners for months. Roman says he prefers to look at it as they have survived for months. The video feed comes back on and they see the one close moment between John and Kate. Marlena is overjoyed to learn that everyone is fine but she is concerned about how pale John looked. She is upset when she starts thinking how everything is changing because they are not at home. They kiss and then she cries on his shoulder.

Mimi is out in the hallway pacing – she is worried that Jan will discover Shawn is not in his room and that Rex will find out she arranged for Belle and Shawn to meet. She’s also worried that if Belle doesn’t get back soon Phil will wake up and discover she is missing. (Phil is rolling around in bed dreaming of the exchange of vows). Sami shows up and is about to knock on Belle’s door – Mimi asks her what she thinks she is doing. Sami says she had a long talk with Lucas and she wants to come and apologise to her sister. Mimi says on her wedding night. Sami says it is her wedding night so she won’t be sleeping. They start talking about Shawn – Sami calls him her sister’s psycho ex-boyfriend and Mimi starts defending him. Sami is taken aback when Mimi says that Shawn only did that because he loves her and wanted to stop the wedding. Mimi says that Shawn and Belle are in love and belong together. Sami says you’re supposed to be her best friend – are you telling me that you are going to help break up my sister’s marriage. Phil comes out and asks what all the noise is and why is Sami there. She tells him she brought their wedding gift and she wants to apologise to Belle. He tells her that Belle is not there and he asks Mimi where she is. Mimi tries to play innocent and says she probably went out to get something. Sami says on her wedding night. Mimi says she doesn’t know…maybe she needed some air – it’s been a stressful day. Sami says if that was case she would be on the balcony – or the roof – that was her and Shawn’s special place. Phil asks Mimi if they are on the roof and he sees the answer in her eyes. He says he’s going to put an end to this tonight. Mimi is furious at Sami.

I have decided not to write up anything on the Shawn/Mrs. Kiriakis scenes. I’m doing this for two reasons. One – because for the most part I personally found the scenes to be incredibly boring and for the second part – there are scenes in there that I think each individual watching should judge for themselves – some will like them – some won’t. I have my opinion which I will keep to myself. I don’t want what I have to say to in any way shape or form influence your gut reaction when you see the scenes. One thing that makes me extremely angry is that as much as I absolutely hate it – Phil is the wronged party. Doesn’t matter how wrong he was to pursue Belle when Shawn left – nothing changes the fact that Belle married him of her own free will and that they are now husband and wife.

Preview: Nicole (in tears) telling Brady that she has tried to show him how much she cares and how she’s changed but it will never be enough. He’ll never love her like he loves Chloe. (Chloe hears all this and she is crying as well). Sami asks Mimi what is going on between her and psycho Jan. Mimi says nothing and for once in your life mind your own damn business. Shawn asking Mrs. Kiriakis if he would have got there in time would she have called it off – Phil waits for the answer.

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Tuesday Jan 18

Pat’s Spoilers

The opening segments had replays of the John/Kate struggle and the Mrs. Kiriakis/Shawn scenes. I feel a lot better with this version of events. Shawn is persistent but not forceful. They are kissing and Mrs. Kiriakis breaks the kiss and says she can’t do this – she’s married and walks away. Shawn follows her – he says no, you felt something – you can’t deny it and he kisses her again. She didn’t say no in this new segment and she didn’t try and pull away at all. Too bad I don’t see any passion between those two at all. Mrs. Kiriakis cries foul again saying they shouldn’t be doing this – she’s Phil’s wife. Phil charges through the door. Mrs. Kiriakis calls her husband’s name and Phil yells at Shawn that he is going to kill him and the fight is on.

Mrs. Kiriakis keeps screaming for them to stop – Shawn ends up on the ground and Phil is yelling at him to get up – Shawn does and throws a chair at him and Phil charges him. When he throws Shawn down again Mrs. Kiriakis steps in front of her husband and tells him to stop. Shawn gets up and yells at Phil to come on. Phil is screaming is this what you wanted – look how upset she is. Shawn says it’s all you. Phil turns to his wife and asks her if she’s alright but he doesn’t let her answer. He screams at Shawn that if his wife wasn’t there he’d throw him off the roof. He then tells her that this is what they are going to do – they are going to let the cops take care of this. She tries to tell him that he was just wanted to talk. He wanted to apologise for ruining their wedding. Phil wants to know why she is defending him – he saw Shawn kissing her – he was forcing her – he heard her say stop. She says he just got carried away. Phil wants the scumbag out of their lives. He tells Shawn that when the cops find up that he came after them again tonight he’ll be locked up for a long time and there won’t be any bail. He tells Shawn that he and his wife are going to start their lives together. He wants to go call the cops and she says no you can’t do that. Shawn is just standing there glaring at Phil.

Phil asks her again why she is protecting him. He asks her if she doesn’t want him to leave them alone – to stop interfering in their lives. That’s not going to happen until he’s locked up. The guy just doesn’t get it. It’s over for the two of you. You and I are married. Shawn says Hey Phil – are you sure she’s not having second thoughts. Phil charges – Rex runs in and breaks it up. He tells Phil to calm down he’ll take care it. Phil says no – he wants to finish it. Rex says not tonight – don’t do something you’ll regret. Rex tells Shawn that he needs to go – he caused enough trouble. Shawn tells Rex to shut the hell up. He’s not going anywhere until he gets some answers. Rex asks him answers to what. Shawn says that Belle called him before the wedding – he wants to know why. He asks her if he would have got there on time would she have called it off. Shawn steps toward her and asks her to tell him the truth – to tell both him and Phil the truth (yeah, right – like that’s going to happen). If I had gotten to you before the wedding would you have called it off? Phil attacks – and all the rest show up on the roof. Shawn is yelling – answer the question – can you handle the truth – Phil is screaming I’m going to kill him and Mrs. Kiriakis is standing there … well, no comment. Rex, Mimi, Jan are all in the mix. Mrs. Kiriakis is furious with Mimi – she wants to know how this happened – how did Phil find out that they were up there – did she tell him. Mimi yells no of course not. Mrs. Kiriakis wants to know how he found out – Sami comes running up and sees what her sister is wearing and gives her coat. Mimi says I’ll give you one guess who told. Mrs. Kiriakis lashes out at Sami saying how could you do this to me. (Can you see me rolling my eyes)?

Phil comes to his wife and says we’re leaving. Shawn says no don’t go. Mrs. Kiriakis looks at him and says we have nothing left to say – goodbye Shawn and then she just throws Sami her jacket as if both the jacket and her sister are a sack of garbage and stomps off. Jan says to Shawn let’s just go back to your place – Shawn walks away and says just leave me alone. Jan wants to follow him but Rex says it’s not a good idea. Jan is worried they’ll start fighting again. Rex says he’ll make sure it doesn’t happen. Shawn and Rex come out of the stairwell and Shawn is telling Rex to leave him the hell alone. Rex says he will when he leaves Belle and Philip alone. They are married now and he has to accept that. Belle has made her choice. Shawn says yeah and she also made a big mistake. She doesn’t love him because she’s still in love with me. Sooner or later she is going to have to admit that she married the wrong guy – Phil and his wife overhear this.

It’s very late so I’m just going to do a quick run down of the rest of the show. For the most part I enjoyed today’s show. JC played his scenes to perfection – the emotions weren’t over the top – he was understated when he needed to be and loud and angry when he needed to be. I also enjoyed seeing Nancy again. Kate was the Kate I used to like. I enjoyed seeing Nadia again.

Sami asks Mimi if she is trying to ruin her sister’s marriage. Mimi tells her to keep her voice down so Sami deliberately yells which brings both Rex and Jan into the hallway. Rex wants to know what is going on. To make a long story short Sami tells Rex that she thinks Mimi is trying to ruin her sister’s wedding night because she arranged for Shawn and Belle to meet on the rooftop. (Maybe not in those exact words). Rex goes up the stairs – Mimi is about to go after her until Jan yanks her by the hair and tells her she has interfered with her and man for the last time. She threatens Mimi that she is going to tell Rex everything and Mimi says no you won’t because then you wouldn’t have anything to hold over my head. She heads up the stairs as do Jan and Mimi. After Phil and his wife leave the rooftop, Sami is leaving when Shawn and Rex go by – she stops to listen to Jan and Mimi’s conversion and overhears that Mimi aborted Rex’s baby without telling him. She says not that is one big secret.

No matter what Nicole says Brady will not believe his father is an addict. He says that she just doesn’t know him like he does. His father wouldn’t lie to him. She keeps telling him she is only telling him this for his own good because if something should happen to his father he would blame himself. She asks him if he thinks she is just making this up because of the things his father said about her. He denies that. She says but if it were Chloe telling you this you would listen to her. He says Chloe has nothing to do with it. She asks him to explain why he doesn’t believe what his father says about her if he doesn’t believe she’s changed. She would never have tried to get John help before – she’s changed because of him. She says you’re never going to love me the way you love Chloe. I’m not anything like she was – beautiful, talented and good. She says she’ll never be good enough for him. She leaves he follows. They get to the house – he wants to talk before they go inside – she says it won’t change anything.

Nancy is worried about Chloe – she hasn’t been eating. She tells Chloe that she needs her strength for the surgery tomorrow and she needs Brady. If Chloe won’t tell him she’s alive, she will. Chloe tells her she can’t do that. They go back and forth and finally Chloe says I’ll thing about it if you go get me some soup. Nancy leaves, Chloe hopes out of bed – she has jeans and a sweater on under her hospital gown. She says sorry Nancy I need to do this my way. She goes to the mansion and lets herself in. She picks up a picture of Brady and has a fantasy about telling him she’s alive and showing him her scars. He doesn’t care – to him she hasn’t changed – they kiss and her scars are gone. I was never a gung ho fan of Chloe and Brady but I would much rather see him with her than with Nicole. She hears Nicole and Brady at the door and hides in the closet. They come in and the phone is ringing. Brady goes to answer it – he finds out from Kate that Nicole was right – his father is an addict. He goes to tell her that – Nicole opens the closet and gasp says Chloe and passes out.

When Kate comes to John is holding the vial and the syringe. He keeps apologising. She says you must have really needed that. He says just tonight – tomorrow I’ll start clean. She tells him she knows about addiction – Curtis, Billie and Lucas. They all said they could control it and stop whenever they wanted. He doesn’t really listen. She says do it for your kids – do it for Marlena. There’s a lot more to their conversation and it’s really good. He finally admits that he has a problem. She wants to call Lexie. He says no. She wants to know why – Lexie will help and she will put him in the hospital. He says he doesn’t want to go there. She says why – is it because you are investigating the drug thefts – he just gives her the look – lol. She says oh – you were the one that stole them. She still wants to call Lexie but he doesn’t want it made public. He has a better idea. He’ll go to the ISA in the morning – they are discreet. She doesn’t think it’s such a good idea because it was an ISA doctor that prescribed the drugs. John says he strong armed the guy into doing it – he had something on him. She agrees to stay and help him through the night. She calls Brady.

Preview: Bonnie to Maggie – I’m Mickey’s way now and my answer is no. Maggie’s response as she hands Bonnie a cheque – Maybe this will be enough to change your no into a yes. Mimi to Sami – Funny it’s you accusing me of my lying when your Salem’s all time champ. Sami – I’d be a lot nicer to me – a lot nicer. Shawn in the doorway of Mr and Mrs Kiriakis’ loft asking – Do you still have feelings for me? Jarhead’s expression is priceless as he swings his head in Belle’s direction as if to say – Well tell him (I’m sure if Belle doesn’t he will). Brady asking Nicole Who was in the closet. Nicole – Chloe. She’s alive.

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Wednesday Jan 19

Pat’s Spoilers

It’s close to seven and I just finished watching the show so this is going to be a very very short report. There was nothing about the show I liked today except for the fact that it appears on the trip down the stairs Shawn met up with a barber. Nice trim…LOL!

I can’t even talk about the Maggie and Bonnie scenes because Bonnie disgusts me. To listen to the way she talks about Mickey and the crude references she makes is not my idea of entertainment. I did like how Maggie talked about what Mickey meant to her and what she went through while being held captive but it had no effect on Bonnie. Then when she takes the cheque from Maggie and says she’s not leaving Mickey but she will show the cheque to show him what a low-down (can’t remember what she said) his first wife is. She then has Max chase Maggie up the stairs.

The scenes between Mimi and Jan are just pointless already. How many times can they each threaten each other already? I guess we had to hear it for the hundredth time so Sami could hear it all for the first time. I still haven’t figured out why it was so important to drag Sami into this. Sami is giving a running commentary on their conversation but doesn’t say anything when Mimi talks about Jan keeping Shawn in a cage all summer. Maybe she didn’t hear that part over the noise of the candy wrapper of her chocolate bar.

I’m still shaking my head at Brady convincing Nicole she couldn’t have seen Chloe. Did we need scene after scene of him telling Nicole what she really did see – his hooded sweatshirt. Nicole remembers that there was something wrong with Chloe’s face. In the meantime Chloe is listening to everything talking to herself. She wonders if she should just let Brady know she’s there. When Brady talks about how Chloe was the most beautiful woman in the world and he doesn’t think he’ll ever find anyone that beautiful again. Chloe decides that means he loved her the way she was and she can’t reveal himself until her face is the way it was before the accident. Brady tells Nicole that he didn’t think he could ever find someone to love again but he has - he picks her up and carries her upstairs to bed. Chloe is back in her hospital bed crying as she writes in a journal explaining to Brady why she couldn’t tell him she was alive.

I’m sick to death of Philip. I hated the things he called Shawn today. I hate the way he basically demands that Belle tell Shawn that she doesn’t love him because that’s the only way he will leave her alone. When he tells her to tell Shawn in front of Rex, in front of the entire world that he is the man she loves she just says she wants to talk to him in private. I hate what Belle is doing. She won’t give Shawn an answer – she isn’t being straight with Philip – she’s keeping both of them dangling. Philip is forever in her face. He tells her that he won’t go to fight for his country knowing that Shawn will constantly be harassing her. She tells him that Shawn isn’t himself but she felt he was being sincere – more like the Shawn she used to love. Over at Shawn’s Rex is preaching to him about having to respect that Phil and Belle are married. Shawn talks about how Mrs. Kiriakis was pressured by family and friends into marrying Phil. Rex says she’s not pregnant – duh…that’s a sure sign that they are going with the dim-witted, totally predictable, totally stupid, totally boring who’s the daddy storyline. Rex’s holier than thou attitude with both Shawn and Mimi gave me a headache. When his wife comments that Shawn was more like the man she used to love Phil asks her if she still loves him. Shawn walks in and says he might not have the right to know but he wants an answer. Does she still have feelings for him?

Preview: Shawn yelling “I’m not leaving here until I get an answer.” Mrs. Kiriakis very snottily “I’ll give you my answer now.” John holding on to Kate saying he won’t be able to make it through the night. Roman and Marlena seeing John and Kate in bed together. Sami talking to herself (thinking of John, Kate and Mimi) saying if anyone tries to mess with my happiness, our happiness I won’t rest until I destroy them. Okay – what has Mimi ever done to Sami??

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Friday Jan 21

Janice’s Spoilers

Note: The John/Kate and Roman/Marlena scenes were very hard to watch.

Europe—The Castle: Roman/Marlena

Roman is trying to calm Marlena by telling her that at least they’re together. We see a quick flashback of them kissing on the island. They both talk about whether or not they will ever get home to Salem and that at least they have each other.

John & Marlena’s Penthouse: John/Kate

John is shaking and sweating badly as the drugs leave his system. He crys out in agony and Kate runs into the bedroom. John says that he knows he needs to stop taking the painkillers but can’t do it tonight. He needs it too badly. She tries to convince him that he can do it but he doesn’t buy it.

Kate finally gives him a bottle of sedatives so he can sleep. He frustratingly throws them on the bed saying they won’t help him. He finally agrees to take them and Kate stops him from taking more than two at a time.

John is very cold so what does Kate do? Well of course she gets into bed to give him body warmth. (nobody heard of electric blankets?)


At the Castle again: Marlena/Roman

The television monitor is on again (no sound though…guess a picture says a thousand words…lol) and Marlena and Roman get a bird’s eye view of Kate lying on top of John.

Marlena is crying and tells Roman that John and Kate think they are dead and have given up on them and their respective love for each other.

At the Penthouse: John/Kate

John tells Kate that if someone found them like this they would be suspicious. He falls asleep and Kate starts caressing his cheek (geez first Philly patting Belle’s head all the time and now Kate?) She tells him that she will always be there for him.

Castle: Marlena/Roman

Miraculously, the sound is on again. Just in time for them to hear John tell Kate that even though he never thought he could get through this without Marlena, Kate’s support…blah…blah… They see Kate kisse him on the cheek and tell him to get some sleep.

Penthouse: John/Marlena

In the next scene, John is talking in his sleep. He is telling Marlena how much he loves her. Kate is still awake…lol…no rest for the weary and says that if Marlena is gone then so is Roman. (you can just see the wheels spinning in her head). Eugenia calls and Kate tells her that they are going to work on breaking up Sami and Lucas' wedding.

Castle: Marlena/Roman

The television monitor is off again. Marlena is glad that she at least knows John is alive and that Belle is all right. She tells Roman that Tony has taken everything from them, but from John and Kate the most. She also relates what she and John discussed on the raft about moving on without her and that John told her she could move on with Roman if there was no chance of her making it home to Salem….grrrr…we know where this is going. They both admit that they never got over each other completely. Roman takes her hand (you can see the chains on her feet) and has her lie down on the bed. He spreads a blanket over her and promises not to leave her. She kisses him.

Belle’s Loft: Shawn/Belle/Marine Idiot/Jan the Leech/Rex/Mimi

Shawn is still asking the question. Belle is still not answering it. Flashbacks of making love to Philly one minute and kissing Shawn the next. Jan tries to get Shawn to leave. Shawn keeps wanting an answer. Jan keeps trying to get him to stop. Rex wants him to stop upsetting Belle. Philip pulls Belle aside. He tells her he’s going off to fight for his country (or words to that noble effect) very soon (probably by 2008 in my estimation) and that this could be their last night together.

Shawn’s Loft: Sami/Mimi/Rex/Lucas

Sami and Mimi are still fighting. Sami tells her to stop threatening her because she has the goods on her. Rex and Lucas come in and want to know what is going on. Lucas gets Mad at Sami for interfering but then understands when he finds out that Mimi helped get Belle and Shawn up on the roof on Belle’s wedding night. More arguing between Sami and Mimi---who’s the bigger liar.

Rex wants to know what Sami has on Mimi. Lucas gets mad at Sami again telling her he is disappointed in her. She keeps quiet to Rex and leaves with Lucas. On the way she passes on a threat to Mimi, telling her she is toast. Even though it is Belle’s wedding night…lol…Meems tells Rex they should check on her and Shawn and go over to the loft.

Back at Belle’s Loft:

Belle’s upset because it could be their last night together. She has a flashback of marine boy in the war zone (not very realistic) and under fire and doesn’t want him to leave.

Shawn makes a remark about Philip leaving that doesn’t go over very well and Belle gets mad.
She can't take it anymore and Philip tells Shawn and Jan to leave. Shawn refuses to go without her answer, and she tells him angrily that she will give it to him now. She looks at Philip as she answers saying she has no regrets and that P was a friend to her when Shawn should have been. Shawn counters that with a comment that he was a friend who went to bed with her. They go back over history…blah…blah…and Shawn says he doesn’t remember being with Jan.

Belle says it doesn’t matter anymore that he still left her, didn’t trust in their love, and that marine boy was there for her. She lies and tells him that her call from the church was for closure and that Philip is the kindest…blah…blah…blah… Shawn says he doesn’t believe her. She turns and kisses Phil. Philip struts his stuff and tells Shawn that he has his answer. He wants them all to leave…blah…blah…takes her upstairs. Shawn is devastated. Jan is ecstatic. Rex stops Mimi from going to comfort Shawn.

In Belle’s bedroom, she’s crying. He asks her why she went up on the roof and why she is crying and she tells him it’s for him. Belle is upset that she could lose marine boy and that this might be their last night together (never mind that its lasted 2 ½ weeks now.)

Shawn’s Loft:

Rex is trying to convince Shawn that Belle loves Philip, but he refuses to agree. He says that Mimi knows the truth and wants her to set up another meeting with him and Belle. She says she’s sorry but she can’t and that Belle told him her feelings. Jan of course puts her two cents in, agreeing wholeheartedly and tries to get Shawn to go to bed. He ignores her and gets a beer. Jan is talking to herself again thinking that Belle will stay true to her vows so that Shawn will come back to her. Shawn looks up at the vent.

Sami’s Apartment: Sami/Lucas

Wow…Sami tells him about Mimi's abortion and that Rex doesn't know. She want’s to go back and tell Lucas’s brother about it. Lucas says it's none of their business. She tries to phone Rex but Lucas grabs the phone from her and hangs it up. He tells her to think about the good things she has like him and Will and that he knows she misses her parents.

Previews:

Rex is talking to Mimi. He asks her if she is keeping anything from her and she denies it.

Lexie is talking to John, with Kate by her side saying: “oh my God, you're the one who's been stealing the drugs from the hospital”

Philip asks Rex to keep Shawn away from Belle and Rex tells him he will...

At the same time we get a short sizzling scene of Shawn kissing Belle.

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Monday, Jan 24

Yippee! It’s a new day finally…lol…

St. Luke’s Church: Sami, Father Jansen

Sami is at the church talking to Father Jansen about her and Lucas’s wedding. He doesn’t want her to worry and tells her that repairs have already begun on the church, including a new stained glass window. He asks if John will walk her down the aisle but she goes on a rant telling him no and that John is a jerk and “shacking up” with Kate Roberts. She tells him that Kate promised Lucas o get along with her even though she hates Sami. LOL...Sami tells Father Jansen that her list of enemies is growing even though she tries to be good and throws Mimi’s name out.

Sami tells him that Jan is responsible for breaking Belle’s heart and how Philip and Belle already have marriage troubles because Belle is still in love with Shawn. We see these dump bubbles pop up over her head. One has Belle and Philip, another John and Kate, the last one has Shawn and Jan. Sami bursts them with a pin. (totally ridiculous…then again this whole conversation is as well).

Father Jansen wants to know if Sami is going to hurt anyone. He tells her how wrong that is and she placates him and changes the topic back to her wedding. He asks her if she wants him to hear her confession and she says no but thinks that she can confide in him anyway because he’s a priest and won’t reveal her secrets. She starts in about Mimi and the abortion. Sami wants to tell Rex because they are related (half-brother) but Lucas wants her to be good and mind her own business. Then she talks about Jan drugging Shawn and that is why he crashed through the window at the wedding. (hmmm…I wonder if now that Father Jansen knows the reason, if he will not press charges).

Sami tells about seeing John taking drugs at the church and stealing from the hospital. She says that Lucas is the reason she hasn’t told anyone else. Father Jansen commends Lucas and tells her she is paranoid…lol…ya think??? Sami says everyone including her own sister, Belle, are against her and rags on about wanting to marrying before Belle…yada…yada… Sami thinks that Belle will break her vows to Philip when he is gone and talks about Shawn and Belle up on the roof.

Father Jansen tells her she needs to stop being so involved with everybody else’s lives and she agrees. Then she threatens them all, saying that if she loses Lucas they had better watch out (foreshadowing?) More conversation about Sami hurting others when they hurt her…blah… blah… Sami talks about marrying the man of her dreams and then talks about not being legally divorced from Brandon. She thinks he is gone and won’t return.

John & Marlena’s Penthouse: John, Kate, Lexie

John doesn’t look so good…sweating and in pain. He won’t let Kate call Lexie and he knocks his water on the tray of food Kate brought him. She leaves with it and phones Lexie. When Lexie arrives, Kate tells her about John getting drugs from the ISA and about him going through withdrawal. John is mad at Kate for phoning Lexie and tells the doctor she can’t help him. Lexie realizes with amazement that it was John who stole the drugs from the hospital and wants to call the police. John tells her he did but Kate asks her not to turn him in. Lexie examines John and says he is hypertensive and could be at risk for a heart attack or stroke. She gives Kate a bottle of new pills and tells her to give him one only. The women go back downstairs and Kate tells Lexie how John is having such a bad time and she is taking care of him…blah…blah…they only have each other now. Rants about wanting Shawn in jail.

Lexie tells her about Hope and Patrick going to Europe to find Bo. Of course Kate isn’t a happy camper and Lexie picks up on that. She asks Kate if she was hoping for a Bo and Billie rematch and Kate admits it’s true (excuse me??? The man is MARRIED Kate!!!)

Back in John’s bedroom, he is groaning in pain and seeing visions of Marlena. He calls out to her but her face turns into Kate’s. Downstairs Lexie gets a SOS call from Lexie telling her that Abe has fallen. She quickly leaves but forgets her PDA behind. Kate takes advantage of the fact by using it to send Brandon a message to come back because of Abe. She thinks that will stop Lucas and Sami from getting married.

Shawn & Rex’s Loft: Rex, Mimi, Shawn, Jan

Rex is taking something for his headache and tells Mimi he couldn’t sleep…something is bothering him and he has to talk to her. He us upset that she helped Shawn and Belle and is sure that she is hiding something from him. Mimi tells him she is sorry but that they are all friends and she still thinks that Shawn and Belle belong together. He wants them to be honest with each other and wants to know if there is anything else that she isn’t telling him. She denies it.

In Shawn’s room, Jan is standing near his bed watching him sleep. She talks about how he didn’t make love to her last night (three guesses why…lol…) Jan decides to crawl into bed and kisses him. When he looks at her he sees Belle’s face and calls her name saying he loves her. Jan gets angry and he tells her to leave him alone and stomps into the bathroom. Jan says she knows whom she can get to help get Belle out of Shawn's head.

Belle’s loft:

Philly is telling her he loves her but she sees Shawn’s face instead. He wants to know what is wrong but she says it’s because he’s going and she doesn’t want him to. Phil goes on about taking an oath…yawn… She tells him she’s worried but at the same time proud. He tells her about their love getting him through this (barf!) and talks about starting a family when they get back…(little marine boys??? please say it isn’t true!)

Philip comes out of the shower and Belle is gone. He reads a note from her saying she had to leave to pick something up for him. Phil calls someone saying he needs his? help and has to see him? right away. Looks like it was Rex. Marine boy is telling him that he needs a favor…loves Belle…yada…yada… and wants Rex to watch over her when he’s gone…make sure Shawn keeps away from her…etc…etc… Rex promises he won’t let that happen.

Shawn/Rex Loft:

Jan says she can’t find Shawn. Rex doesn’t know either and runs off saying to Mimi that he has to leave for a while…it’s personal. Jan sarcastically tells Mimi that it looks like Rex also has secrets and starts threatening her again. Mimi comes back saying that Jan wouldn’t have anything on her then and she could tell Shawn about the cage…yada…yada… Jan doesn’t believe she will be found out and wants Mimi to make sure Shawn and Belle stay away from each other or she will lose Rex.

Salem Place: Belle, Shawn

Shawn and Belle see each other but she leaves and enters a jewelry store. Belle wants to get a medal for Philip for protection (I could say something buttttt…) Shawn goes in after her. He wants to talk. Belle admits that she still cares about him but he says that it’s more than just caring and that she still loves him. He wants her to confess that marrying Philip was a mistake.

The sales clerk shows Belle a medal that she gave to her nephew when he left for war. Belle has a flashback of Philip in combat. She pays the clerk and runs out of the store. Shawn takes off after her. Belle tells them that Philip is her husband and they are over with. He refuses to believe it and tells her it will never be over, that he knows she loves him because he can see it whenever he looks in her eyes…he can feel it and thinks she can too. Shawn pulls her to him and kisses her.

Preview:

Billie is screaming and Bo that he doesn’t care about Georgia and that he just wants to leave and find Hope…

Patrick pulls Hope to him and kisses her, just as a camera flashes…

Kate talking to Lucas (sorry I didn’t get much of it) something about Sami not getting pearls or the wedding she wants and Lucas saying they can always elope…

Sami walks into John’s bedroom just as John is throwing something against the wall…

John is slinging something up against the wall of the bedroom…just as Sami walks in…

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Tuesday Jan 25

Pat’s Spoilers

Flashbacks are one thing but good lord is it really necessary to have a flashback of something we just saw ten minutes ago. Sheesh!

Bo/Billie: I don’t know how Billie can call herself an ISA agent – if I was her superior I wouldn’t let her brag about it. She makes the entire organization look bad. Bo and Billie are still tied up and are asleep. It appears that Billie wakes up when she hears a voice asking her if the men hurt her. She looks up at the portrait and then realises that someone is with her. It’s Georgia. Billie calls her by name and says our girl or something like that. Billie refers to Bo as her birth father and herself as her birth mother. ‘Georgia’ gets really upset and says no. Billie says that she shouldn’t be scared. They love her very much and they have been looking for her. Billie tries to wake Bo up and when she turns back to talk to the girl, she is gone. We then see that it was all a dream. Bo has worked his ropes free and he wakes up Billie and unties her. She tells him their daughter was just there but she got scared and ran off. He tells her that it was just a dream. They must have been drugged because they slept all afternoon and evening. He sees the guard at the front of the house and checks the back and says it’s clear. She refuses to go without Georgia. When he tries to tell her it was a dream she’s not there she refuses. She claims to have the same type of connection with Georgia that Bo has with Hope. Their daughter was reaching out to her. Bo says we won’t be much help to her or to Hope if we get tied up by the goons again. Bo is worrying that Hope doesn’t know she’s walking into a trap – he feels that she came to look for him. Oh Bo, Hope has a lot more brains than you give her credit for. Billie ties into him claiming he’s more concerned about Hope than he is about finding their daughter. He points out that both Georgia and Hope are counting on them and if he wasn’t interested in finding Georgia he wouldn’t have flown off with her in the middle of the night. She apologises and agrees that they have to get out. She distracts the guard and Bo knocks him down. Billie is holding a gun on the guy but he outsmarts them and pulls a gun on Bo and presses it into Bo’s stomach. Billie keeps demanding to know where Georgia is as she’s ordering the guy to drop the gun. The guard laughs at her and says if she shoots her lover will end up dead. He then tells her that they are hiding Georgia in plain site. Billie looks up and sees the silhouette of the girl in the window and she tells Bo that Georgia is here.

Hope/Patrick: They stand outside the inn arguing. Hope is all ready to mount a search, Patrick wants them to get some rest and than put together a plan. Hope knows Bo is in danger. She is upset because Bo and Billie came without ISA back up. She sees the DiMera castles and says they have to know that Stefano and Tony set this all up just so they would all put their lives in danger again. When she wants to start searching Patrick says you’re doing the same thing you accused them of doing – taking off with any type of plan. He says that this little village is just like the island. There are surveillance cameras everywhere and everyone there works for the DiMera’s. He admits to having been there a long time ago. He tells her that they can’t arouse any suspicion. If they don’t ask too many questions they won’t be watched. They go inside the lobby and there is a wedding celebration happening. When they go to register Patrick notices a security camera and turns and kisses Hope so her face can’t be seen. He tells her about the camera so they avoid looking directly at it. A clerk comes and they pretend to be a newly engaged couple. The desk clerk it must be the mood the other American couple were just as in love as you two. Hope gets all upset but Patrick reasons with her saying it was probably part of their cover just like it’s ours. The clerk steps away and Patrick covers the registration book with a map so Hope can slip it out from underneath to look at it. She gets caught with it but Patrick covers for her. After she tells him that there was a page torn out but she saw some of the name. She can’t believe that Billie was so careless as to register using her own name. They check out the run that Bo and Billie were in but it’s empty. Hope is worried that the DiMera’s got them but Patrick says there is no sign of a struggle so they’re probably just out in the village looking for a lead.

Black Penthouse: Lucas and Sami spend half the show talking outside the door to the suite. Sami is explaining what the pearls mean to her. She tells Lucas her mother always meant for her oldest daughter to wear them on her wedding day. I guess they cover this new part of history by having Sami say that her mom never gave them to her at any of her other weddings because she knew that weren’t going to last. They were Grandmother Evans’ pearls and she wore them on her wedding day, Marlena wore them when she married her father and now she wants to wear them on her wedding day. Lucas is confident that John will give them to her. Sami says yeah that is if he hasn’t sold them to buy drugs. Lucas says you don’t go and ask him for a favour by calling him a junkie. Sami insists that the pearls are rightfully hers. She tells Lucas that she had to tell someone about John or burst so she told Father Jansen. Lucas is very upset with her – she needs to consider John’s reputation. Sami could care less…LOL! She tells him not to get so worked up – she confessed to Father Jansen so he can’t tell anyone else. He tells her that she has to go inside and be the good little step-daughter John always wanted her to be. Sami sees the pearls as a good luck charm and tells Lucas if John doesn’t give them to her then they will elope. She’s not going to risk another disastrous big wedding.

Eugenia is downstairs inside waiting for Kate. She feels bad that on top of everything else John has now got the flu. She has a flashback to a conversation she had with Kate. They talk about how they can’t believe St. Luke’s is going to be ready for the wedding. After all the damage that was done Eugenia was sure that they would have to delay the wedding by at least a year. Eugenia tells Kate that Brandon hasn’t seen her email yet – she has him on her buddy list and he hasn’t logged on since she sent the message using Lexie’s PDA. Kate is counting on him showing up to help his father and that would have Sami torn between two lovers but if he doesn’t get there then it’s up to them to do everything they can to stop the wedding. Upstairs Kate is tending to John who is having visions of Marlena – he pulls Kate to him and starts kissing her. She stops him saying he is trying to seduce her so she’ll give him drugs. He tells her he thought she was Marlena – he was kissing Marlena and then when he opened his eyes he saw her. Kate talks about the research she did on the internet and about both the physical and emotional withdrawal he’s facing. She suggests rehab but he stops her and tells her he is not ready for that. She goes down to get him some tea and he rips up the papers saying he doesn’t need counsellors or tea, he needs the damn drugs she threw out. He is in a wheelchair looking for drugs but the medicine cabinet has been cleared out. He remembers that Marlena kept a spare medical bag around so he searches for it. When he finds it but no drugs inside he throws it against the door.

The doorbell rings and when Kate sees that it is Lucas and Sami she tells Eugenia to hide. Sami and Kate don’t take long to get into it. Kate tells Sami that she can’t see John. Sami says she is going to wash her hands and she tells Lucas to tell Kate what is going to happen if she doesn’t get what she came for. Lucas tells Kate that Sami wants to wear her mother’s pearls on her wedding day and she doesn’t get them today she is going to call the whole thing off. Kate is happy thinking that Sami is going to dump Lucas but he tells her no it just means no big wedding. They are going to elope. Kate yells no. Sami slips upstairs. Eugenia is trying to signal to Kate that Sami went upstairs. Lucas asks his mother what is wrong and when she says nothing – she is going to check on John. Lucas says he knows that ‘nothing’ and he wants to know what is going on. Sami opens the door just as John throws the bag. She can see that he doesn’t have the flu but doesn’t say anything. She makes nice but John is in no mood to deal with her and he asks her what she wants. She says she wants to wear her mother’s pearls on her wedding day. John says what pearls?

Preview: Sami yelling at John that her father and mother are dead and what does he do – he shacks up with her dad’s widow. John just shakes his head. It appears that Patrick and Hope find the house that Bo and Billie were at. A guard has a gun aimed at Patrick but doesn’t see Hope who is crouching behind a shrub. Hope is saying move out of the way Patrick. Shawn saying he’s got to figure out how to handle the situation with Belle by himself – but he feels he’s running out of time. Mimi asking Mrs. Kiriakis if she is finally going to admit that she is still in love with Shawn.

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Wednesday Jan 26

Pat’s Spoilers

If it’s not a flashback it’s a repeat of the end of the last show … sigh.

Eugenia ends up on the balcony as Kate continues to lie to Lucas telling him how concerned she is about Sami getting the same flu John has if she should go and see him. My god the lies flow so easily off her tongue – that’s obviously a trait she shares with her new daughter-in-law – something they can bond over. Lucas says Sami thinks that Kate is out to get her and that belief is fuelled when she sees Kate hanging out with Eugenia. Kate makes a glib excuse and says she is going to check on Sami. Lucas closes the doors leading to the balcony leaving one very cold Eugenia outside.

When John tells Sami he gave the pearls to Belle as a Christmas present from her mother Sami tells him they are hers and he has to get them back. Sami accuses him of lying – he didn’t give the pearls to Belle he just doesn’t want her to have them. Belle didn’t wear the pearls on her wedding day. John says she was saving them for her honeymoon. Marlena told him that she was going to give the pearls to the first daughter that got married. Sami said no she said they were for her first born daughter on her wedding day you moron. John refuses to ask Belle to give them back – her husband is being shipped out – she has enough to deal with. Lucas and Kate come running and Lucas asks Sami what is going on. She says the bastard gave my pearls to Belle and then she turns on Kate accusing her of being the one behind it.

Kate says that she doesn’t know anything about the pearls but she gives the same sob story about Belle’s husband shipping out. Sami sings the same old tune – everyone is out to get her. John tells her to buy new pearls and send him the bill. Sami tells him that he can’t buy her off. Lucas tries to get her to calm down but that’s like trying to stop a runaway train by placing a bale of hay on the railroad track. John tells her that she can buy anything she wants – he wants to make up for his mistake. Sami is furious and says she shouldn’t be surprised – he hates her and she storms out. Eugenia is just about to make her escape but has to scurry back onto the balcony when she hears Sami coming down the stairs. Lucas gets her to sit down. He asks her what happened to her promise to try and get along with his mother. She says she has been trying but she knows that Kate is working with Eugenia to make sure the wedding doesn’t happen. Lucas informs Sami that Kate hasn’t seen Eugenia in weeks. Sami says and you believe what your mother tells you. Sami tells Lucas she can’t believe he’s that stupid…LOL – that’s not going to win her any brownie points. She again blames Kate for Belle ending up with her pearls. Lucas tells her she is making too much out of the pearls. She says she was going to wear them, then her daughter… Lucas tells her they don’t have a daughter. She tells him they could. She is angry with him and everything and decides to get some air. Eugenia panics but Sami hears the fax machine. She picks up the paper and sees that it’s from Lexie to John. She now has the proof that John is a drug addict. Upstairs John is very upset with himself. He admits he screwed up – of course Marlena wanted her first born daughter to have the pearls. Kate tells him not to worry about it Sami doesn’t deserve them.

Patrick and Hope are looking for a clue in the room that Bo and Billie were in. Hope knows that Bo is in danger and she tries once again to explain this connection she and Bo have. She finds a note pad and using a pencil she gets the address to the house they went to. They get there and she tells him that she is going to check out all the entrances/exits to the house – he argues with her but she persists. He finally agrees and tells her to meet him back there in five minutes. She gets just behind the shrub when the guard tells Patrick to put his hands up. Hope aims her gun in that direction. (Can someone please tell me how she got her gun through airport security???) The guard recognises Patrick and puts down his gun. Patrick says he needed a break after the island. The guard makes mention of a job that Patrick did in Barcelona. Patrick lets the guy talk and he sucker punches him. The same guard that took out Bo comes up behind Patrick but Hope takes care of him.

Bo urges Billie to leave him and go after their daughter. Billie insists she couldn’t forgive herself if anything happens to him. They argue using that as a distraction and Bo is able to knock out the guard. Billie goes inside but Bo is caught outside by another guard. The next time we see him he is lying on the floor inside the house bleeding from a cut on his head. Billie searches upstairs and comes inside a room and sees a rocking chair and the top of what she thinks is Georgia’s head. (Sheesh even I could tell that was a wig). She goes on an on about how much she loves her and how she has been searching her…yada…yada…yada… She asks Georgia to talk to her. She finally goes to the chair and sees it’s just a mannequin. A guard comes up behind her. The next time we see her Bo and her are back in the chairs all tied up again. She wakes Bo up and pulls a knife out that she conveniently took out of the kitchen before going upstairs. They get loose and he tells her they have to get out of there. She says without Georgia. He says yes. She wonders if they will ever find her. Then she gives him a sob story and brings Hope into the conversation when she says Hope is a mother and she isn’t it.

Bo is comforting her when Patrick and Hope burst into the house. LOL – Hope is furious and she really puts both Bo and Billie in their place. It’s a fun scene to watch especially when they admit this was just a DiMera ploy and they didn’t find Georgia in the house and she throws the I told you so in their faces. Patrick says they should save the arguing for later. Bo jumps on him for telling his wife what to do. Hope tells Bo off again and drags him by the ear into the middle of the room where she hauls off and slaps him. She tells him how angry she is at him and how worried she was…Bo tries to defend himself but he doesn’t really get a word in edgewise. He says you always forgave me before – Hope says that was then this is now…LOL! There’s a thumping sound and Billie asks if anyone else heard it. Upstairs a young girl is sitting in the rocker reading.

Mrs. Kiriakis surprisingly doesn’t tell her husband the reason it took her so long to buy his present was because she was busy betraying him with her ex-boyfriend. Phil is talking to her but she’s daydreaming about her soon to be lover. When her husband kisses her she sees Shawn. Phil just keeps nattering away totally oblivious to his wife’s true character. At this point it’s hard to tell who deserves the Aus-dumb mantle more Philip or Shawn???? Phil has a gift for Belle as well. He gives her a journal with an email address in it. He tells her he doesn’t know how often he will be able to check it but at least she knows she can reach him. She gives him the medal. They start talking about him leaving. She finally asks him how long he is going to be gone. He tells her he really doesn’t know – they’re not telling him. It could be a couple of months – it could be more. They have to be prepared for anything. She worries that he thinks he could die fighting. He tells her that he is coming back to her. He has her to live for. He plans another little celebration. He pours them champagne and he has a cake and they do the feeding each other cake thing. She is very loving and flirtatious with him. He says he has to finish packing. She says she’ll help but he tells her to just stay down there and think about the man she is going to spend loving the rest of her life. She barely waits till he’s up the stairs before she is on the phone telling Mimi she needs to see her.

Shawn wastes no time telling Mimi that he ran into Belle and that he kissed her and she kissed him back. Mimi wants to know if that means that they are back together. Shawn says she’s still married to Philip (duh…you think???). Mimi says if it went that far something must have changed. He thinks back to after the kiss. Belle is telling him they can’t keep doing this – she’s fine when she’s not around him it’s only when she keeps running into him. He tells her it’s all the things they didn’t talk about. They can’t move on until they understand and there is so much he doesn’t understand. He doesn’t understand why she is with Phil and he doesn’t know why he is with Jan and he asks her if she does. Mrs. Kiriakis tells him that what they had was in the past – they need to move on. He says if that was true she wouldn’t have kissed him back she would have slapped him. He again says he needs to understand and she’s the only one who can help him. Mrs. Kiriakis tells him that is not possible and he’ll have to find what he is looking for with someone else. Shawn tells Mimi he can’t let it end there – he needs her to help him one more time.

Mimi tells him she already helped him once and they all know how that turned out. She asks him why he wants to risk getting everyone mad at him again. She says it doesn’t matter who Belle loves she is married to Phil and at some point don’t they have to respect that? Shawn avoids the question and says Belle is just as confused as he is. Why is she with Philip and why is he with Jan. He doesn’t know why he and Belle didn’t end up together. He needs to know and so does Belle. They need to do it before Philip leaves for duty. Mimi says at least he doesn’t want to go behind Philip’s back. He says that’s not the only reason. Belle’s a loyal person and once he’s gone she’ll stay true to him. Hmmm…loyal and Mrs. Kiriakis in the same sentence – that’s the best laugh I had all day. Mimi tells him she was true to him when he took off for the whole summer – she knows he doesn’t believe that but it’s the truth. (I guess Mimi’s version of staying true is vastly different than mine – I don’t exactly call begging your boyfriend’s best friend to make love to you on more than one occasion staying ‘true’). Shawn doesn’t know why he was gone – he doesn’t remember most of it including how he ended up with Jan. The only thing he knows is what Jan tells him and he doesn’t exactly trust her. Mimi tells him it’s about time. He wants it all out in the open – he asks her if she wants her best friend to be happy – he asks her to help him. She says she can’t.

Mimi tells him she can’t because Rex would be angry with her again like he was when he found out about she had lied about where Belle was last night. She won’t risk her relationship with Rex. Shawn says he understands there's nothing worst than when someone you love lies to you. He tells her he won’t come between her and Rex – he wants things to work out for them. She wants him to be happy. Shawn wants them all to be happy including Phil which is why he has to figure this out or else his feeling about Belle and what might have been will haunt him for the rest of his life. Mimi takes a call and tells Shawn she has to go out. After she leaves he says he’ll have to figure this out on his own but he’s running out of time. Mimi goes across the hall. Mrs. Kiriakis tells Mimi she needs her help. She has to see Shawn. Mimi asks her if she is ready to admit that she is still in love with Shawn.

Preview: Shirtless Shawn with a beer in his hand pacing saying that what Belle says is totally different than what she feels and one way or the other they have to get to the truth. Phil holding his wife (her back against his chest) asking her to promise him that while he is gone she will stay away from Shawn. Sami telling Lucas that she knows how devious she can be – she knows she (Kate) is up to something she just wishes she knew what. Bo telling Hope to go check on Lockhart to see what is taking him so long. Hope says so you can go check on Billie?

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Thursday Jan 27

Pat’s Spoilers

I’m sorry – the show made a big mistake today. The opening scene was shirtless, sweaty Shawn, the gold chain and cross in full display, those earphones in his ears as he is lifting weights and … and… and… I really didn’t pay very close attention to anything else after that.

One thing I will say is that if I have to see that boring scene at Salem Place that took place between Shawn and Mrs. Kiriakis ONE more time I’m going to throw something. Geez – just give it a rest already – those that care will have every word memorised already and for those of us that don’t care – we’re sick to death of it. And then to top it all off we get Jan and Mimi flashbacks to the cage and the threats – how many times do they have to remind us that Mimi has the goods on Jan and Jan the goods on Mimi – we get it. Move on already.

It was great to see Matt Cedeno again. He’s in London and he finally checks his email. He calls Abe and Lexie and Celeste answers. He asks how his dad is doing. Celeste tells him that his vision is deteriorating quicker than expected. She tells him he had a bad fall and that he and Lexie are at the hospital getting some tests run. Brandon says he is coming home. Celeste picks up the top tarot card and tells him he can’t come home. She tells him the cards are telling her that if he comes home now it will be disastrous. She tells him to at least wait until after Sami’s wedding. He says he’ll think about it but after he hangs up he decides to go home and books the next flight out.

Kate and Eugenia – do they ever say anything different. Their entire ‘friendship’ is based on making sure Sami doesn’t marry Lucas. Eugenia checks and sees that Brandon has checked his email. Kate wishes that she could know if Brandon is coming home. How convenient – Eugenia worked at a travel agency so she knows all the passwords to check every airline – can you see me rolling my eyes – not only does she remember them but none of the passwords appear to have been changed. Eugenia then sets up the computer to alert them when Brandon books a flight. And she has trouble finding a job…Why??? Kate sends her to the psychic to make sure Sami is given the right advice. Kate is thrilled when she gets the alert.

Sami and Lucas – more of the same. Sami is convinced that Kate and Eugenia are scheming against her to make sure the wedding doesn’t happen. Lucas says the only person that can prevent me from marrying you is you. He then goes to pick up her wedding present. Sami calls the psychic and of course Eugenia is there to make sure Sami is told what Kate wants her to hear. The psychic tells her that nothing can go wrong unless Brandon shows up. Sami is not worried because he’s in London and he’s never coming back.

Bo/Hope/Billie & Georgia: Billie wants to check upstairs before they leave and they can’t stop her but Hope will not let Bo follow. He tells Hope that he knew the whole thing could have been a setup but he had to protect Billie. He kisses her and she tells him that he is just trying to make her forget that she’s still mad at him. He kisses her again and keeps telling her he’s sorry. He says he has to check on Billie and goes up the stairs. Billie finds the girl and asks her name. She tells her she’s Georgia and Billie says I’m your mother. At first the girl says no and then Billie says I’m your birth mother and before long they’re hugging. Bo enters and Billie says Bo come and meet your daughter. The three of them are hugging when Hope enters. She looks devastated.

Mrs. Kiriakis tells Mimi that there is just a lot of stuff unresolved between her and Shawn like why they broke up (duh…look in the mirror for the answers)…why he’s with Jan. She talks about him not remembering. She wishes that they could find out what really happened – it was as if someone was manipulating them into breaking up but that can’t be true. Mimi has her guilty flashback but again doesn’t say anything. Mrs. Kiriakis wishes Shawn would get his memory back. She says they have to resolve this so she can tell her husband that they are committed for life (excuse me…but you kind of did that when you MARRIED him…sheesh) or that she is in love with Shawn. (I could say so much about this asinine conversation but I won’t). Mimi tells her friend that she can’t help her because Rex would be angry with her. Phil comes down the stairs and asks them what’s going on – they sounded so intense. His wife lies to him – she does that soooooooo easily. Mimi leaves – Phil goes on and on about how much he loves her, how he’ll be thinking of her and yada, yada, yada. He then tells asks her to promise that she’ll stay away from Shawn. He sees she’s crying and she tells him it’s just because he’s leaving. He goes on about Shawn not being the guy she used to love and he knows that she still misses that guy – so does he. But Shawn’s changed – he almost killed her…yack, yack, yack. .. He asks her to promise him but she is saved from lying to him again by the ringing telephone. It’s Mimi saying that Rex will have to understand – where does she want to meet Shawn.

I’m not going to say much about the Jan/Shawn conversation except I will comment that I got a good laugh out of the way Jan was dressed to go pick up beer – a strapless mini dress – yup…that’s exactly how I dress when I make trip to the liquor store. I also got a good laugh out of how Mrs. Kiriakis has both Shawn and Jan snowed. Listening to them talk about how ‘true’ and ‘loyal’ she is was worth a giggle or two. Shawn point blank tells Jan that he met her on his walk and kissed her. Jan asks him if she needs to remind him they are engaged. Shawn makes no bones about who he is in love with. Jan says she would never cheat on Phil – that one was worth a big laugh…Shawn says he is going to talk to her before Phil leaves. Jan decides she has to stop it. Mimi comes back and Shawn asks her to help him again…Jan pushes Shawn out the door telling him she has to talk to Mimi. Same old boring threats and Shawn is left pounding on the door. When Shawn is back inside Mimi tells him she will help him but he has to make sure that Jan doesn’t know what’s going on. He says he’ll take care of her…Mimi disappears. Jan comes out in a black leather mini skirt and a bustier carrying a multi-stranded whip – and asks him if he’s ready to play with their whips and chains. He gets a really strange look on his face when she says whips and chains – hmm…maybe a memory???

Preview: Hope to Bo: You don’t know if this is your daughter. This could be a DiMera plot. For all we know she could be working for the DiMera’s. Lucas telling Will it’s time for mom’s next surprise – Sami is beaming. Shawn to Mrs Kiriakis: I need to know that you love me – that you want to be with me as much as I want to be with you. Jan confronting Mimi – You set up another meeting for them, didn’t you. She then shoves Mimi and tells her to get out of her way. Mimi shoves back and says no way. Jan yells back I said out of my way you bitch as she whacks Mimi with her shoulder bag.

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Friday Jan 28

Pat’s Spoilers

There’s a lot in this show that I have no real desire to talk about…LOL!

I’m sorry but Kate and Eugenia are a waste of air time. Must be cost effective because their dialogue never changes – geez I never would have guessed that their entire purpose for being is to make sure Sami and Lucas don’t get married. Even Eugenia is not too thrilled that Kate is hoping that Bo and Billie get back together because Bo is married.

Excuse me but just who do Bo and Billie think they are – they are just going to waltz into someone’s home in a foreign country and say you’re our girl you’re coming back to the U.S. with us…Puh-leese.

Hope warns Billie that this could all be a DiMera setup and that Georgia could be working for them. Billie is upset with Hope – she knows this is their daughter – she knew it from the minute she saw her. Bo asks Hope if she thinks that Georgia looks like them. Hope says no. Georgia’s parents come in and Georgia runs to them. Billie makes sure they know that her and Bo are Georgia’s birth parents. They have her birth certificate. Hope tells Bo that him and Billie better start thinking like the cops they are – they don’t even know if these people are who they say they are. Bo says we’ll get the proof we need when we run a DNA test once we take Georgia back to the U.S. Ackk…I can’t believe that Bo was the one that said they were taking Georgia home first. Where oh where is even one sixteenth of the Salem brain when you need it. Georgia cries saying she doesn’t want to go. Billie gives the sob story about how she was taken from her at birth – she never consented to an adoption so it’s not legal – Billie is getting more and more adamant and Georgia is getting more upset with them.

Mimi and Jan – more of the same old same old between those two as well although I loved to see Mimi get the upper hand and lock Jan in the closet. Jan threatens to tell Rex. Mimi threatens that Jan will end up locked behind bars for what she did to Shawn. Jan tells her that Shawn was her love slave and he loved being tied down and they had the hottest sex…yawn…Jan also tells Mimi that Belle would never cheat on her husband – jesus, how dumb are these people. Same thing with Shawn spouting the same crap about how she would stay true to Philip – yup, just like she stayed true to him.

Mrs. Kiriakis tells her husband the truth (needed to mark that on the wall) when she tells him that it was Mimi that calls – but then I had to erase it because of course she lies about the nature of the call. Mimi told her that if she finds herself alone then Shawn will see her. She asks her husband what his plans are and they are to spend as much time as possible with his beautiful wife but he has one thing to do.

The Phil/Kate scenes – I refuse to talk about their conversation because I hated hearing both him and her talk about his duty and his job…Blech…He asks Kate to look after his wife and to make sure Shawn stays away from her. When she asks him to be careful he says he has a lot to live for including starting a family with his wife. They might as well put Mrs. Kiriakis in maternity padding – can they make it any more obvious that she is pregnant. How sad that he salutes his mother…where’s a barf bag when you need one.

Mrs. Kiriakis here’s a noise as soon as Phil leaves and goes upstairs. Shawn come in through the bedroom window. She slaps him. I’m sorry but that woman needs a reality check. She tells Shawn it’s his fault that she lied to her husband – can you see the smoke … it’s me cursing a blue streak… he ruined her wedding night and he kissed her – blah, blah , blah. Everything is always someone else’s fault – yup Shawn had a gun to her head and forced her to lie…Shawn asks her if she just wanted to see him to slap him. She wants to see him so she can convince him it’s over between them. He has something he hopes will change her mind. He found this digital scrapbook on his computer – he figures he was making it for her for a gift – he wants her to see it. Its some pictures of them and he comments about how happy they were – she agrees. I did like JC’s performance – he gives it the best he can but I’m sorry it just didn’t do anything for me because I didn’t see him get anything back. The talk about how she made him a better person and he didn’t want to live with all this resentment and anger any longer was nice. The part about her being his compass was a little over the top but he gives it his best. He has the almost tears, the catch in the voice – it’s there. He says he loves her – she says she loves him – he walks towards her and they kiss. Philip comes in and calls for his wife who upstairs betraying him with Shawn.

Preview: Sami holding up a gift and Lucas reading a card that says Wishing You Every Happiness. Sami says it must be from Grandma Evans. Lucas says no, it’s from Brandon – Sami drops it (it’s a piece of crystal). Georgia’s mother holding up an envelope saying we were told to open this if anyone claimed to be Georgia’s birth parents and wanted to take Georgia away from us. Jan telling Rex (who is holding a doll) that she was in a toy store and saw this and couldn’t help but think of Mimi.

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Monday Jan 31

Pat’s Spoilers

This is just another one of those episodes that I just couldn’t get into so I’m not going to say much.

Shawn and Mrs. Kiriakis – boring…Shawn says they have to tell Phil – she agrees and tells him to leave. He doesn’t want to leave her to do it on her own – she says it will look like he’s gloating if he stays. Colour me confused – does she think that she’s such a prize???? Sheesh…that arrogance continues to shine through. Shawn, like the good little puppy dog he is going to be, leaves with his tail tucked between his legs. Mrs. Kiriakis goes downstairs and Rex is there – he tells her that her husband got some bad news so she has to be there for him. Phil goes on and on about this guy at the base (like Phil is ever there to know who is who – but wait Belle and Phil had supper with him and his wife…and even Mimi knows them…sigh) who was in a terrible car accident. His wife left him for an ex-boyfriend. There’s more but it was all a constant drone so I tuned it out. Phil is just happy that he doesn’t ever have to worry about that happening to him because he knows she will be faithful to him. Hey – the long awaited comic relief … using the word faithful when referring to Mrs. Kiriakis is always worth a laugh or two.

Loved the smile on Shawn’s face when he comes back into his apartment through the window and hears Jan in the closet. Mimi says well you told me to keep her away from you. Rex comes in and Jan tells him that Mimi set up another meeting between Shawn and Belle. Rex is angry but Shawn says he forced her to – he needed to talk to her. Rex says I bet she really put you in your place. Shawn says they are back together and Belle is telling Phil at this very moment that it’s over. Shawn – you are living in such a dream world. Jan is furious then pretends to accept and goes out. She comes back with this anatomically correct doll that Rex plays with (I’m rolling my eyes, can’t you tell).

Lucas and Sami were cute today up to a point. They get a delivery of wedding gifts and Lucas says they need to wait until after their wedding to open them. This is Sami we’re talking about so she starts opening them. When she finds out the crystal love birds are from Brandon she drops them and they break. She starts freaking out that their wedding being cursed. They argue about Kate – she can’t believe that he really believes his mother isn’t trying to do anything she can to stop them from getting married. Lucas tells her that he’s going to show up at the church to be married – he hopes she can make it because it wouldn’t be the same without her. She decides that she can tell the store that it was broken when it arrived – Lucas says – now that sounds like the Sami I know and love.

Bo made me so angry today. Billie is just … just… so … She demands that Georgia come with them. Georgia doesn’t want to go. Billie says but I’m your mother…geez, that would work on me if I was Georgia. Both sides accuse the other of working for the DiMera’s. Billie says we have her birth certificate. Georgia’s mother says I can prove she’s not your daughter. She brings Georgia’s birth certificate out and there’s a three month difference. Bo just dismisses it as a DiMera plot – the man does not have one brain cell today!! Bo asks Hope if there is any way they can take Georgia back to the States for a DNA test – she says no. Billie talks so condescendingly to Hope accusing her of not wanting them to find their daughter because she is afraid of losing Bo – and Bo lets her talk like that to his wife. Hope says there is a way that they can get proof right now. She asks Georgia what her blood type is but she doesn’t know. Her mother says she is AB. Bo is O negative and Billie O+ so they can’t be a match. Bo still won’t accept it. Hope tells him to stop and think about what he is doing. She asks him if he doesn’t remember what they felt like when Glen first told them he was J.T.’s father. Bo dismisses her saying it’s different. Hope says yes – it is because Glen really was J.T.’s father. The women gives them the envelope that she forgot she had – she was supposed to give it to anyone who claimed to be Georgia’s birth parents. It’s from Tony – it reads that he wish there was a way they could hear his laughter. Even though the letter says they were fooled Bo and Billie won’t concede – Bo thinks that Tony could be tricking them. Georgia clips a strand of hair and tells them they can take that back and use it for DNA testing. Billie hugs her and Georgia wishes them well. Bo puts his arm around Billie comforting her – he just walks past Hope as if she isn’t even there. He tells Billie that he’s going to be there with her every step of the way. Hope hears his promise to Billie.

Preview: Jan (with Mimi, Shawn & Rex looking on) – I’m going to tell your boyfriend what you should have told a long time ago. Mrs. Kiriakis snuggled against her husband as he pets her head –Phil - If I had any suspicion that he was trying to worm his way back into your life it would kill me. Bo to Hope – What you’re not saying is that you don’t want my daughter to be a part of our lives. Tony – When I’m finished Bo and Hope will part never to reunite.