Wednesday Feb 1
Pat’s Spoilers
Marlena, John, Alex and Lois: John tells Marlena it’s a great day because their granddaughter is going home. She agrees. John doesn’t think that Alex should be there – this is a family occasion. Marlena tells him that she and Alex intend on renewing their wedding vows so Alex will be Claire’s step grandfather. Alex tells Marlena that John is right this is a family occasion. He has some things to take care of. He’ll see her back at the penthouse. John and Marlena go into Claire’s room but John only stays for a moment. He tells Marlena he’ll see her at the loft. Alex goes to Lois’ padded room. Lois is not exactly happy with Alex right now. She doesn’t know if she can trust him. She heard the nurses saying that he is going to renew his wedding vows with Marlena. She doesn’t want to spend more time in a psychiatric ward while he’s off with Marlena. He reminds her that they have had their plan in place for a long time and they’ve discussed this many times. He takes her hands and John comes in wanting to know just what Alex is doing there. Alex says he was once Lois’ doctor. He came to see her to make sure that she is no longer a threat to Marlena. John asks him if Lois is a threat. Alex says she needs treatment. John makes it clear that he thinks there is more to this than meets the eye and he intends on getting to the bottom of it. Alex tells John he has been wrong about him at every turn and he’s still wrong. John doesn’t think so. He leaves. Lois is worried about John. Alex isn’t – he concedes that John is smart but he tells her he is smarter. By the time John or anyone finds out the truth it will be too late for Marlena. John enters the loft ignores everyone there except Marlena and tells her that he is going to prove to her that she is wrong about Alex. Marlena tells John that he is wrong and proceeds to list all of Alex’s virtues. John storms out.
Hospital: Belle is happy because Claire gets to go home. Mimi and Shawn are happy to hear the news as well. Belle asks them if they can help her take Claire home because Philip is at Claire’s arraignment. He was torn – he wanted to be here with Claire but he wanted to be with Billie as well. Belle realises she is talking about the arraignment of the person responsible for Zack’s death. Shawn asks if he can pick up Claire. He does … Mimi beams as she watches him and tells him that he is so good with Claire. He says it’s because she feels like family - it’s because of Zack. Bonnie is hovering muttering that Shawn can’t learn the truth. Oh … oh… Bonnie got Kate duty for the day I guess … sigh. Marlena comes in Shawn and Mimi leave the room to give her and Belle some privacy. I did like one thing Marlena said to Belle today. When Belle comments that she only wished that Claire’s good fortune didn’t come at Zack’s expense Marlena tells her that they should never forget and always be grateful (or something close to that). Belle is packing up and nonchalantly says they have so much stuff – they’ve been there forever – so if Marlena can carry the diaper bag Shawn and Mimi can carry the rest. Ask me if I saw red … now Shawn and Mimi are her personal servants???? Grrr.
In the waiting room Shawn and Mimi talk. Seriously – I know I’ve said this before but there is no other way to describe it. They literally glow with happiness. It’s a beautiful sight to behold. Mimi tells Shawn that she and Belle had a good talk and that Belle seems very happy for them – she even offered to design her wedding gown. Shawn says that things appear to be back on track between the two of them. Mimi says that she asked Belle to be her Matron of Honour. Shawn says he asked Philip to his Best Man. Shawn tells her he doesn’t want to rush this. Mimi knows it is because of Zack. Shawn wants her to know it’s not because he’s brushing their wedding aside he just doesn’t think that with his family grieving right now that this is the right time. Mimi understands completely. Shawn picks up her left hand and says that he wants to get her a proper engagement ring. They kiss - sigh. Bonnie is not happy with Mimi agreeing to delay the wedding.
Marlena, Belle, Mimi and Shawn arrive at the loft. Marlena and Belle talk by the crib. Belle makes her stupid comment about how Shawn and her will always keep Claire safe. Marlena pounces on it. The conversation goes on. I’m sorry but Marlena’s advice to Belle has got to be the most arrogant piece of hogwash to come out of anyone’s mouth. She advises Belle to resolve her feelings for Shawn before SHAWN marries MIMI. EXCUSE ME – but she should have resolved those feelings before she married Philip. And just what bearing do Belle’s feelings have on Shawn and Mimi’s marriage??? Is Marlena trying to say that because BELLE has unresolved feelings for Shawn, Shawn is supposed to stop loving Mimi, break his engagement and sit around and put his life on hold while Belle RESOLVES her feelings. As I said, like mother, like daughter – unbelievable!
Shawn and Mimi are now unpacking Claire’s supplies (don’t even get me started on this). Mimi says that Belle and Philip are going to have to make room for all kinds of baby supplies. Shawn talks about all of Zack’s stuff in the cupboards at home. It still doesn’t seem real to Shawn that Zack is gone. He used to go days without seeing him now he can’t bear to go to his parent’s house – he doesn’t know how they can do it. Mimi comforts him. She tells him he’s going to make a great father some day. He tells her he can’t wait to have kids with her – he hopes she feels the same. She does. He hopes she doesn’t mind but he would like to name their first son after Zack. Mimi hugs him – she thinks that is a great idea. Shawn hopes that once Billie is punished than his family can start to put this behind them. Bonnie shows up with two bags of groceries. Mimi answers the door surprised that Bonnie would do this. Bonnie starts in on Mimi – saying she better get a move on with the wedding or she’ll lose Shawn just like she lost Rex. She needs to bag Shawn now. Shawn comes up and asks Bonnie if she just told Mimi to bag him. Bonnie is a quick thinker, I’ll give her that much – she tells Shawn well the two of them are engaged so she thinks Mimi already has him – she was saying that the bags are heavy and she could use him to help her with them. Bonnie takes Mimi out in to the hallway and tells her she’ll be the one grieving if she doesn’t marry Shawn and fast. Mimi is not happy that her mother has so little faith in her – they go back inside. Shawn and Belle talk. Belle is so happy with her miracle and then apologises to him when she thinks about Zack. Shawn says that all babies are miracles. He can’t wait to have kids. He talks about how much closer she and Philip have become. True love is a wonderful thing. Belle says and you have Mimi – Shawn beams! Bonnie drags Mimi out again and tells her not to question her – just marry Shawn or she’ll lose him. Mimi asks her if she has been to the fortune teller again. Bonnie blurts out that it’s Claire. Shawn is Claire’s daddy. Mimi is shocked.
Courthouse: I’m not going into much detail when it comes to Billie, Frankie, Chelsea’s and Patrick scenes. Maybe if I would have sat back and counted how many times the “you can’t say anything about Chelsea being the driver version” was thrown out by Billie and Chelsea I might have been more interested. I did like how Patrick confronted Chelsea and told her outright that he had proof she was the driver. He can’t believe that she is going to let her mother go to jail for her – Chelsea’s response is that is what Billie wants to do and she is going to let her do it. Frankie doesn’t think that Billie is setting a good example for Chelsea but he agrees as her lawyer to keep her confidence. They hear Chelsea and Patrick arguing and Billie goes charging out telling Patrick that he can’t say anything. She gives the I’m doing to this to save Bo and Hope’s marriage spiel as well as to protect Chelsea. Patrick can’t believe what he’s hearing.
Bo, Hope and Caroline: We pick up where we left off. Caroline gives Bo the look and then says she is going to leave them alone. She leaves and guard comes in … Bo sees what the man left behind so he tells Hope they need to talk but he wants to go someplace else. She insists that she has to remain here. She looks over Bo’s shoulder and says ‘oh my god, Bo.’ She picks up the evidence bag and says these were Zack’s favourite pj’s – he was just wearing them the other night. She’s in tears, Bo is close to tears. She holds the evidence bag to her breast, Bo holds her. Hope faints. He takes her out of the courtroom and asks his mother to get some water. Hope comes to. He wants to get out of there. He says they don’t need them at the arraignment. He wants to take her home because she is emotionally and physically exhausted – she hasn’t eaten. Hope won’t hear of it. As long as she has him she can get through anything. If she lost him … Bo says that isn’t going to happen. He loves her and will be with her always. She is going to splash some water on her face and she’ll be fine. Bo wants Caroline to go with her but Hope says it isn’t necessary. Bo and Caroline chat. I loved how Caroline told him to suck it up and be the man she raised him to be – to tell Hope the truth. He wishes this was only about him – Hope needs him now more than at any other time. He’s the only thing holding her together right now and if he told her the truth she wouldn’t want anything to do with him. Caroline asks him if he wants her to find out second hand. Bo says no. He knows she would never forgive him. He tells his mother the position he is in. He either tells her now when she’s at her most vulnerable or waits until she’s stronger and it will hurt more. He would give up his life not to have to hurt her. Frankie, Chelsea, Billie and Patrick show up and Patrick is in the midst of telling Billie that she has to stop lying. Bo glares at Patrick. Hope looks at them all and demands to be told what is going on here.
Preview: Chelsea to Max – You have to take me somewhere far away where they will never find me. Please say you will help me. Mimi to Bonnie – I knew this was too good to be true. Bonnie – What are you talking about? Mimi – There’s no way I can marry Shawn now. Sami to Austin – She said you were two completely different people now and that it’s over between you two. Austin – I’m not giving up no matter what she says. Lucas to Carrie – Austin Reed & Co. Our first order of business is to crush them.
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Thursday Feb 2
Pat’s Spoilers
Lucas & Carrie: I’m not going to say much about their scenes because I think what Carrie is doing is so hypocritical…sigh! Carrie is in tears – still upset with what Austin did to her employees and her company. She tells Lucas that she can never forgive Austin. Lucas says some things are unforgivable – like what Sami did to him. Carrie tells Lucas she talked to Sami at the courthouse. She still loves him – she tried to deny it but then admitted it was true. Lucas doesn’t believe it but Carrie thinks Sami is telling the truth. Lucas says she has lied too often and he doesn’t want to get hurt again. He changes the subject – he has a proposition for her. The way he goes about asking her to work with him at Titan one would think he was going to propose. When he offers her a job based on the wonderful job she did at High Style I almost gagged - hmm – wasn’t the company on the verge of bankruptcy??? Carrie asks if he wants her to work with him so they can get closer? He assures her that it’s not personal, only business – what a liar. He tells her their first order of business will be to crush Austin Reed & Co. Austin needs to pay for what he did to her company so they’ll do the same thing to him that he did to her. Carrie agrees. So it’s alright if her and Lucas do it but unforgivable for Austin to do it … stupid, stupid, stupid.
Sami & Austin: I like Austin, I really do but I feel like screaming … hello – this is Sami – don’t trust a word that comes out of her mouth. She says they have work to do. She feels bad that she didn’t do more to prevent this break with Carrie from happening. He tells her that it wasn’t her fault. She told him not to go ahead with the takeover and he wouldn’t listen. It wasn’t her fault that they didn’t know Carrie was the CEO – cue Sami’s flashbacks where she can gloat about destroying Austin and Carrie’s relationship for good. She stands there and lies right to Austin’s face - I guess this character is never going to grow up. She tells him about her conversation with Carrie. Carrie said they are two completely different people and it’s over between them. Austin tells Sami he will never give up on Carrie. Austin asks her if she is prepared to do battle with Titan because he knows Lucas is going to come after them. She says yes. He says even if it means you will lose any chance of ever getting back together Lucas. She says yes and then thinks to herself that Austin is going to end up with her.
Great scenes at the courthouse today! Patrick tells Billie that he won’t let her do this – the lying has to stop. Hope wants to know what is going on. She wants someone to tell her. Patrick tells Hope that Billie is lying. Bo tries to get stop him by saying this is not the time – Billie tries to stop him – Chelsea runs out but Patrick looks at Hope and says that Billie is innocent. Chelsea was the one driving Bo’s car. Billie tells Hope not to believe Patrick – he’s lying. She turns on Patrick and asks him how he could do this to her. He says he cares about her and he couldn’t let her take the blame. Billie wants Patrick to tell them he is lying. Hope says Chelsea – but how. Hope asks Billie how she could lie about how Zack died. Billie insists that Patrick is lying. Patrick says he had proof. Billie says no. … Bo tells Billie it’s over. Patrick had a picture developed from the tape – its Chelsea driving and he points out the time stamp – it’s just before Zack was hit. Hope turns on Billie and says you were covering up for Chelsea? Bo tries to get her out of there but it’s not working. He says it was an accident – oh my – that look that Hope gives him … she was so angry with him. Billie says she didn’t want her daughter to go to jail. Hope sits down and Patrick and Bo go inside the court room. Bo is furious at Patrick which surprises the guy because he would have thought Bo would be grateful to find out the truth. Patrick realises that Bo did know the truth. He asks Bo how he could keep the truth from Hope. Bo says he did it to protect her. Patrick asks if he was protecting Hope or Chelsea. Bo says both. He was the one that signed the temporary license and loaned his vehicle to Chelsea. He’s the one responsible for Zack’s death. Patrick says that Hope is going to be devastated. Bo says that is why he wanted to be the one to tell her in his own good time. Meanwhile Chelsea comes back inside. Billie hugs her. Hope sees Chelsea and says ‘murderer.’
Chelsea and Max: Their scenes were basically about how her life is over and she can’t go to jail. She’s mad at Patrick. I like that Max told her that Patrick did her a favour. Chelsea isn’t happy about that. Max says I’ve told you over and over that the truth was going to come out – its better it came out now rather than later – it would have made things worse. Chelsea doesn’t think that things could get much worse. Hope is going to hate her – every time her father looks at her he’s going to being thinking that she is responsible for Zack’s death. She says there is only one thing to do and she turns to leave. Max stops her and says she can’t do that. She begs him to take her some place where no will ever find her. He tells her that she has to go inside and take responsibility.
The loft: Sigh … I see lying comes as easily to Belle now as it does to Sami – I never thought I’d see the day … oh well. But I really think that Shawn is on to her – he’s not buying that she is happy for him and Mimi. Not much about the Shawn and Belle scenes except I have to say that Jason is so good with the baby… When Shawn is holding Claire and talking to Belle the baby never takes her eyes off him – she smiles and coo’s at him … hmmm … I wonder if the baby has been visiting some web sites … LOL! I will say this because when I saw the baby the only thing that struck me is that the baby doesn’t have Shawn’s colouring but oh lordy the profile of the baby today when Shawn is holding her – the little tyke is the spitting image of Philip … LOL! It was just the way the baby’s head was turned but I did smile when I saw that. Shawn asks her if she is okay with being matron of honour – Belle says she wouldn’t have said yes if she wasn’t. Belle tells him that he’s going to be a good dad someday. He talks about how he and Mimi aren’t going to have a family right away. Belle asks him if Mimi is okay with not having the wedding right away. He says of course she is. Belle goes on to say it’s a good thing that Mimi understands – this is not the right time. Shawn asks her again if she is happy for him and Mimi. She says yes it’s just that a wedding should be a happy time – she wants things to be perfect for him and Mimi. Shawn tells Belle that the wedding may not happen now but it is going to happen. Shawn puts down Claire for a nap. He talks about what a great family they have and how much closer she and Philip have become. Belle agrees that Claire made her love Philip more (or something along those lines) – a child brings two people closer together.
In the hallway a shocked Mimi tells Bonnie it can’t be true. How could Bonnie possibly know? Bonnie tells her that it’s a fact and she has to marry Shawn ASAP. Mimi repeats that it can’t be true – she said that Belle was a virgin when she slept with Philip – he was her first. She talks about Shawn and Belle taking that purity pledge and wearing the rings. Bonnie wishes it wasn’t true but facts are facts. Mimi wants to know what facts. Bonnie talks about the EMT she dated and he told her that night Shawn and Belle were rescued from the burning barn they were both as naked as the day they were born. Bonnie goes on to say they did the nasty and neither of them remembers it. Mimi is in denial – she says they she knew they were naked – they needed to get warm … and then they fell asleep. She asked Belle about this and Belle denies it – Mimi then mentions that Belle didn’t remember everything. And she says just because they were naked – that isn’t proof that they slept together. Bonnie says that Claire is the proof. Mimi is overwrought by this point. Bonnie reminds her that even she thought it was possible when she heard the nurses talking about Shawn’s blood being a match. Mimi says that doesn’t mean anything. Bonnie brings up the liver transplant and the fact that Zack, Shawn’s brother was a match. Mimi says it’s because Zack is related to Philip and besides even you said that you didn’t have to be related to be a match. Bonnie insists that what Belle, Shawn and Philip don’t know won’t hurt them. She then tells Mimi that she found out by observing Kate and confronting her. Kate knows the truth. Kate has rock solid proof. Mimi is stunned that Kate knows and didn’t tell Philip. Bonnie explains that Kate wants Philip to be happy with Belle – just like she wants her to be happy with Shawn. Kate knows just like Bonnie knows if they found out the truth Belle would want Shawn back because she’s still in love with him. Kate was being so supportive of Mimi and Shawn’s marriage because she knew the truth. That’s when it sinks in for Mimi – Bonnie is telling the truth. Mimi says I knew it was too good to be true.
Bonnie asks her what she is talking about. Mimi says she can’t marry Shawn now. Bonnie asks her why not. Mimi says because she can not lie and pretend like she doesn’t know. Bonnie doesn’t see what harm it could possibly do. Everyone is happy. Mimi says that she can never give Shawn what he really wants – a baby of his own and Belle has. Mimi goes on to say that Shawn would still be pursuing Belle if she wouldn’t have gotten pregnant with Phil’s baby. Family means everything to him and to Belle. Shawn will want to be a hand’s on dad. She’ll be demoted to loyal friend – right back where she started. Bonnie gets angry and tells her she can’t tell the truth. Mimi insists that she won’t lie – been there, done that and got the T-shirt. Shawn deserves to know the truth and she is going to tell him. Caroline is lurking and comes out. Mimi thinks she’s here to see Belle and the baby. Caroline is there to congratulate her and Shawn – she here’s that Mimi is going to need to borrow her wedding gown. She tells Mimi “I told you that you would marry Shawn one day.” She has a gift for them. Mimi is speechless. Bonnie says it’s because she’s overwhelmed. Caroline says she’s never known Mimi Lockhart to be at a loss for words. Caroline asks where her grandson is. Mimi says he’s in the loft with Belle and the baby. Caroline goes inside. Bonnie and Mimi argue – Bonnie says this wedding is going to happen or my name isn’t Bonnie Horton. Mimi says it isn’t, it’s Bonnie Lockhart. Bonnie says whatever. Mimi tells Bonnie she’s going inside to tell them all the truth. Bonnie follows saying no…
Inside the loft: Okay, something is just not right … when Caroline says she is there to congratulate the two of them on their engagement … Belle gets all smiley and giggly and she stands next to Shawn touching his arm as if Caroline is talking about the two of them and not Shawn and Mimi. Shawn just beams when Caroline congratulates him on his engagement. Belle is all smiles as she strokes Shawn’s arm and says Shawn got a great girl in Mimi. Caroline talks about Claire being home from the hospital and she tells Shawn that soon he will have one of his own. Mimi comments to Bonnie that he already does with Belle. Bonnie tells her to shut up because Shawn will hear her. Mimi says he should, he and Belle will make perfect parents. Caroline says the baby looks so much like Shawn Douglas when he was a baby but how could that be. Belle mentions that Claire and Shawn are related through Philip. Bonnie says the baby looks like Mimi. Caroline asks her that could be. Bonnie says it can’t. All babies look the same, they look like Einstein. Everyone laughs. Caroline says that she is right – the resemblance was just in her head. Mimi whispers that she is telling them now.
Preview: Austin to Sami – What is the matter? Do you not want Carrie to part of my company … part of my life? Caroline to Belle – Belle, what is it? Belle – I still love Shawn and I want Claire to be his baby. Shawn to Mimi – My future is with you. Mimi – I can’t take this anymore. I have to tell you the truth. Chelsea to Hope – Dad gave me permission to drive his car – Hope stares at Bo.
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Friday Feb 3
Pat’s Spoilers
The only scenes I enjoyed watching today were those at the courthouse and a few scenes that Mimi was in. The rest of the show for me was a wash.
Lucas & Carrie: Lucas pushes for an answer. Carrie tells him if she does take the job it won’t be to get revenge on Austin. Lucas says of course not (liar, liar, pants on fire – of course I could say that about most of the people on the show today … hmm… I sense a theme) they’ll just be proving to Austin that nice guys in business don’t finish last. Carrie wishes that Austin would give all her employees jobs. Lucas pours it on thick telling her that’s she’s such a good person she will probably end up giving her employees part of her salary. She tells him she only needs enough to live on. He says that Titan doesn’t pay that much – he does have a suggestion. To save money she can live with him – he has a spare room – they can share the rent. She asks him why – he says he’s been unemployed for several years and he needs to save money so Will can go to college. Okay, so let me get this straight, all those years he was unemployed he still managed to pay the rent on his own but now that he’s a big time executive at Titan he needs someone to share the expenses. Yup – makes sense to me … NOT! When he asks for an answer yet again she tells him everything is moving to fast. She’ll make a fresh pot of coffee and think about it. Lucas goes to get some milk.
Austin & Sami: Sami tells Austin there is nothing he can do to change Carrie’s mind – he can’t give her the one thing that would make it up to her and that is her company. Austin refuses to give up. He’s come up with an idea that he thinks Carrie will accept and she will forgive them. He’ll offer her the job of being in charge of the High Style product line. He’s going to talk to her. Sami tells him to stop. Austin challenges her and asks her if she doesn’t want Carrie in his company or his life. Sami says no she doesn’t think that Carrie will want to work for him. She was once the CEO and now Austin is and she would have to take orders from him. Austin says he is going to shower and change and then he is going to talk to Carrie. Sami hears Lucas whistling in the hallway and asks him what he’s up to. Lucas tells Sami everything is going good for him. Sami smirks and says ignorance is bliss. Lucas wants to know what she’s talking about. Sami tells him that Austin has a plan to win Carrie back. Lucas wants to know what it is. Before Sami can tell him, Austin comes into the room and Carrie is at the door. Austin asks Carrie to come inside and listen to him. He has a suggestion …
The Loft: Shawn says Bonnie is right – all babies look alike. Mimi turns away and Bonnie and her talk. Mimi tells her mother that she can’t live a lie. She will not have a relationship with Shawn that is based on a lie. Bonnie says she had a lot of relationships based on lies. Mimi asks her how long they lasted. Bonnie suggests that if the truth has to come out that Mimi wait until after they are married. Mimi says why, so I can get alimony. She lied to Rex about a baby as well and look how that turned out. She made a mistake and she is never going to do that again. Shawn calls Mimi over and asks her who she thinks the baby looks like. Mimi says she can see Belle in her … than she stops and says Belle, Shawn, I have something to tell you. Bonnie thinks to herself that desperate times call for desperate measures. She doubles over in pain and says she thinks she is having a heart attack. Mimi says no you’re not. Bonnie groans louder and everyone goes rushing over to her. Shawn helps Bonnie to the couch and Caroline tells her that when she had her heartache she ignored the symptoms and by the time she went to the doctor it was almost too late – she almost died. Bonnie says geez, thanks. Caroline didn’t mean to worry her, she just thinks she should go and see a doctor. Bonnie says the pain is passing – she’s feeling a little better. Mimi tells her to rest while she talks to Shawn and Belle. Bonnie can’t let that happen so the pains come on again. Shawn rushes out to bring the car up to the door – Mimi says it’s not necessary there’s nothing wrong with her. Mimi and Bonnie are alone and Mimi tells her to stop faking it. Bonnie cries out that she isn’t – that she doesn’t want to die. Mimi thinks Bonnie is telling the truth and immediately apologises. They leave for the hospital.
Caroline and Bonnie gossip about Mimi. Belle can’t believe that Mimi thought her mother was faking it. Caroline asks if Bonnie has a habit of having fits of histrionics. Belle says well maybe. Belle doesn’t think they were talking about anything stressful or upsetting. Caroline says she shouldn’t have brought it up – Mimi must have a good reason for believing that her mother was faking it. Belle doesn’t want to drop it though because it gives her an opportunity to have a look at poor, poor me, pity party. I’m not going to say anymore because it will turn into a full-fledged rant and frankly this character is just not worth it. I can not believe that they write Belle to spend her time whining about still being in love with Shawn and wanting him to be Claire’s father instead of acting the least bit grateful that her daughter survived a major health crisis and came back from the brink of death. Everyone holds that baby instead of Belle – this is just sad. The re-written history is laughable. Interesting how Belle asks Caroline to keep it a secret from Philip – she doesn’t want to find out … ah, the cycle of lies and secrets.
At the hospital Lexie is on the phone saying she wants to know as soon as Abe is out of surgery. A nurse comes along and tells Lexie that she hopes the operation is a success. Lexie says they hope it will restore his eyesight but there’s no guaranty. She sees Shawn and Mimi with Bonnie and asks what is wrong. Bonnie says she thinks she is having a heart attack. Lexie tells them to take her to cubicle one. Mimi asks Lexie if Bonnie isn’t too young to have a heart attack. Lexie says no. Mimi tells Shawn that she feels terrible for thinking her mother was faking it. Maybe they should have called an ambulance – they could have given her oxygen or something. Shawn says she walked in on her own steam – she’s getting good care. Lexie asks Bonnie questions trying to get a medical history. Bonnie’s responses are quite comical. Lexie tells her to relax – Bonnie says and this is what I’m paying you for … Lexie says she needs some tests done to make a diagnosis. Bonnie is left in the cubicle and she overhears another patient telling the nurse what his symptoms were – he started sweating, his heart was racing and then he had this shooting pain in his left arm. Bonnie says Mimi can’t know I’m faking it. She gets out of bed and starts running in place – LOL – It just struck me as funny. She hops into bed when she hears someone approaching. Shawn and Mimi are there when Lexie expresses her concern over Bonnie’s heart rate increasing when she was just lying still. Lexie wants to know if she is under any stress. Bonnie looks at Mimi and says no. Lexie asks Mimi and Shawn to leave. Shawn reassures Mimi telling her that Bonnie is in good hands. Mimi feels like a bad daughter, she tells Shawn she doesn’t know what she would do without him. He smiles at her and tells her that she’ll never have to find out. Mimi says he doesn’t have to stay. He says he wants to be there with his fiancée if she doesn’t mind. He agrees he has a connection with Claire- so does she … Belle says you have a connection with Belle. He says yes because they spent a lot of time thinking they would be together. He tells Mimi not to worry about that the past is the past – my future is with you. Mimi says I can’t do this. I have to tell you the truth. Bonnie hears this and heart rate elevates again.
Courthouse: We get a replay of the Patrick and Bo scenes. They end with Patrick saying that when Hope finds out the truth it will kill her. Patrick tells Bo that he will not let Billie take the fall for something Chelsea did. She killed your son – now could you not tell Hope the truth. Bo asks Patrick if he’s really looked at Hope. She’s barely holding it together. She needs him. She needs him when they go home to their empty house. She needs him to help her get through the funeral. Does he really think that Hope could handle burying Zack on her own? He was going to tell her after the funeral when she was stronger. Patrick thinks the reason Bo didn’t tell the truth is because he was afraid of losing Hope so he was willing to sacrifice Billie instead of that happening. Patrick goes on to say that Billie always ends up paying for Bo’s mistakes. Bo denies that. He tells Patrick that if Hope finds out that the decision he made cost Zack his life she won’t have anything to do with him. He’s not going to let her go through Zack’s funeral alone. Patrick asks him how he was supposed to know that Bo knew the truth. And he still can’t believe that he let Billie do this. Bo says it was Billie’s idea. They hear Hope screaming and rush out of the courtroom.
Hope gets off the bench – she looks angry. When she returns and sees Chelsea in Billie’s arms she says “Murderer.” Chelsea and Billie stare at her. Hope says I know the truth. Chelsea lies and Billie just stands there and doesn’t stop her – Chelsea says she swears she doesn’t know what Hope is talking about. Hope yells out – you are the one that killed my son. Hope asks her if she was talking on her cell phone. Chelsea has a flashback to when she hit something. She tells Hope that Billie confessed. Hope says it isn’t true. I can’t believe that you let her do that. Poor Hope – she is almost shaking with anger. My son is dead and the two of you lied about it. She asks them how they could do that. Chelsea insists she didn’t do it. Hope really yells at her saying yes you did. You were the one driving. Chelsea lies again – denying that she was the one driving. Hope tells her that she has proof. Billie tells her it’s over. They have a picture of her driving Bo’s SUV. Chelsea is shocked and asks how could they have a picture. Hope shows her the picture and says that’s you. You killed your little brother. Chelsea cries and says she so sorry. Hope asks how she could hit someone and not stop. Chelsea says she didn’t know – she just felt a little bump. Hope tells her that is she just would have stopped and called 911 Zack would still be alive. Billie steps in and says that blaming Chelsea isn’t going to bring Zack back. She says if you driving and it was really dark and you hit something would you get out and check if it was a pothole or a branch. No one expects a small kid to be in the middle of the street after midnight. It was a horrible innocent accident. Hope asks her if it was so innocent why was she lying and taking the blame for it. You were teaching her that her lying mother would take the blame and let her get away with murder. Billie says it wasn’t murder. You’re a cop. You know that.
At this point Bo is there and Hope turns to him crying. They knew the truth and lied to us. How could anyone do something so cruel? Chelsea claims it was an accident. What about the woman who was watching Zack? Was she supposed to know that Zack was going to wander out into the street? Is she a murderer too? Hope says it would have been an accident if you hadn’t stolen your father’s car – you don’t even have a licence. Chelsea says she didn’t steal Bo’s car. Hope says no one would have given you permission to drive it. Hope says you can’t even stop lying now … Chelsea says I’m not lying about this, dad gave me permission to drive his car. Hope stares at Bo and says ‘What?”
Previews: Caroline to Belle – Are you saying that marrying Philip was a mistake? Bonnie to Shawn (Mimi is beside him) – Will you grant a possibly dying woman’s last wish and marry Mimi while I’m still here to see it? Carrie to Austin – You are just another heartless corporate shark. You haven’t said or done anything here to day to make me think otherwise. (Oh geez and Lucas’ first order of business is to crush Austin & Reed Co is not shark – like at all … no it’s the gentleman’s way of doing business … sigh ... stupid, stupid, stupid!) Hope to Bo – I don’t want you any where near me, Brady. Bo – Hope … as she walks away.
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Monday Feb 6
Pat’s Spoilers
The courtroom scenes are the only reason to watch this episode in my opinion.
Hospital: Bonnie calls out for Mimi to prevent her from telling Shawn the “truth”. Her blood pressure rises. Lexie tells Mimi and Shawn to leave but Bonnie begs Lexie to let her stay. If she has to go she wants her daughter at her side. As soon as Lexie says yes, Bonnie’s blood pressure starts dropping. Lexie says she needs to figure out what is going on – she’s going to put a rush on those test results. Shawn has a question and follows her out. Mimi tells Bonnie she’s very sorry. She thought she was faking it so that she wouldn’t tell Shawn he’s the father of Belle’s baby. Shawn comes in and says what did you say? Bonnie looks really sick now … LOL! Mimi wonders where the nurses are because Bonnie’s alarms are going off again. Bonnie says she is fine – she just saw a hunky orderly. Shawn smirks. Then he says you were saying something about the father of Belle’s baby. Bonnie covers and says Philip. No I was saying that Mimi thinks I’m a bigger baby than Claire. She goes on to admit that when she’s sick she milks it for all it’s worth which is why Mimi questions whether she’s suffering from a hangnail or something more serious. Shawn asks if there is anything they can do. Bonnie asks them to call and ask the mother of Connor’s friend if he can stay there while she recuperates from her cardiac event. Mimi says sure. Shawn says he will go with her. Bonnie says I remember what it was like to be young and in love that you never wanted to be apart.
Shawn asks Mimi what it is was that she wanted to tell him. Mimi says it isn’t going to be easy but he has to know the truth. Bonnie says the truth is Mimi feels terrible for thinking I was faking it. I won’t go into all the detail but Bonnie pulls out all the stops and plays on Mimi’s concern for her. She tells Mimi that she really thought she was going to die and that is the first time she’s been afraid in her life. She’ll be okay as long as Mimi does what Lexie said – doesn’t do or say anything to upset her. Mimi promises … sigh. Lexie comes back – the test results are inclusive. She wants Bonnie to stay so she can do more tests. Lexie asks to talk to Mimi and stresses to Mimi that she has to keep Bonnie calm until they can figure out if there is something seriously wrong with her. Shawn asks if there is anything else they can do. She asks if he and Mimi could keep an eye on Alice’s so her employees don’t steal her blind. Shawn doesn’t think they would do that but he and Mimi agree to look after the place. He asks her if there is anything else. She hems and haws and says there is but it’s not something she feels she needs…Shawn says we can’t do it if you don’t tell us what it is. She gives them the spiel about if she doesn’t make it she wants to go to that big bar in the sky knowing her Mimi is hitched to the man she loves. She asks Shawn if he would grant a possibly dying woman her last wish by marrying Mimi as soon as possible.
The loft: These scenes – I don’t know the purpose of them except to pound in the fact that we’re supposed to believe that Shawn is Claire’s father and to showcase how truly self-centered and selfish Belle has become. And oh joy –more rewritten history today as Belle goes through her album talking about the honeymoon location that her and Shawn talked so much about … yeah, right… One thing is evident – she wants to be married to Philip but she wants Shawn as well. She has the audacity to tell Caroline that the book holds all her dreams of the life she was going to have with Shawn, the life she could still have and then she follows that up with, but of course I love Philip and want to be married to him. Excuse me YOU have decided you could still have that life. Dumb me, I thought Shawn might have a say in the matter but I guess if Miss Belle wants it that’s all that counts. And the every time I look at Claire I love Shawn more – gag me. Belle starts babbling about what could have been. Caroline says you’ll drive yourself crazy doing that (okay no comment). Belle says it might be easier if I didn’t see Shawn every time I looked at Claire. Caroline says there’s a simple explanation for that – she’s surprised Belle didn’t figure it out herself. Claire looks like Shawn did as a baby (aww – always nice to insert comic relief into a show) that’s probably what brings up all the what if’s. Belle says she does love Philip and the three of them are a family but she can’t stop loving Shawn. Caroline says it will be easier when Shawn marries Mimi. Belle says now get this … ‘Why, because he won’t be available?” EXCUSE ME – but you’re MARRIED – and whether he’s available or not, whether you’re available or not – it’s Shawn’s choice – not YOURS. Then she compounds the insanity by saying that she and Shawn never had closure – they didn’t fall out of love – Jan kidnapped him but she didn’t know that. She just thought Shawn had left her when she needed him the most. By the time she found out the truth it was too late – she was married to Philip. Caroline asks Belle if she is saying that marrying Philip was a mistake. Belle remembers her wedding and says no it wasn’t. She may have married him for the wrong reasons but she is staying with him for the right reasons – it just goes on. Caroline talks about her choice and decision. She tells Belle she can talk to her anytime she wants because she can’t talk to Shawn or Philip about these residual feelings. Belle says she already has talked to Shawn and they’re happy with things the way they are. Belle comments that Caroline is happy with the decision she made and she is too. Caroline asks her if she is at peace with it. Belle smiles and says yes. She loves Philip, they have a healthy daughter and Shawn and Mimi are going to get married.
Lucas/Carrie/Sami/Austin: Sami and Lucas agree to team up to keep Austin and Carrie apart – haven’t we been there, done that with these 4 already. Austin gets Carrie to come inside. He wants to put a shirt on. She says don’t bother – I’ve seen you in less it won’t sway my decision. Austin has found a way to give her company back. Lucas says you can’t its gone. Austin says its product line isn’t. He asks her to be in charge of the High Style product division. She had great products and really knew that side of the business, High Style was managed wrong. He says that Nicole can look after the distribution, etc. He tells her not to think of it as a takeover but a merger. Carrie says we would be business partners then. He says yes and if you forgive me maybe more. Sami signals Lucas to put an end to this. Lucas pipes up and says that is just like mugging someone and then asking them for a date. Austin tells him to stay out of. Lucas says he won’t allow Carrie to be hurt again. Austin tells Carrie he never meant to hurt her. He didn’t know she was the CEO – she has to believe that. This was just business – a way to strengthen his company. Lucas jumps in – you couldn’t do it on your own so you had to steal someone else’s ideas. Austin says that Titan does the same thing – Lucas was going after High Style as well. Austin gives Carrie his pitch – he says she would basically have her company back – she’d have a job. Lucas says she already does, she’s going to work with me at Titan. Sami smiles – she’s thrilled. Austin asks Carrie if it’s a done deal. She says she hasn’t signed anything. Austin says you are a free agent then. Come and work with me – you’ll have complete autonomy whereas at Titan you’ll have to get approval from everyone. Sami pulls Lucas to the side and urges him to do something because Austin is winning. (How in the heck don’t Austin and Carrie notice those two conspiring together – sad!)
Lucas jumps in and asks Austin if he’s going to hire back Carrie’s employees. He says he can’t afford to right now, maybe in 6 months to a year. Sami reminds him if he tried to hire them that would be restructuring and his investors could pull out. Lucas promises Carrie that she can create a new products division in L.A. and hire back anyone she wants – her employees are like family – he really admires that about her – where’s my barf bag? She can do what she wants – but she’ll work in Salem. Austin asks him if he has Victor’s okay on this or is he just throwing around Victor’s money to impress Carrie. Sami asks Carrie which offer she is going to choose. Austin tells Carrie to work with him. Carrie won’t listen – would you believe she tells Austin that she trusts Lucas more than she could trust him because he understands that her family of employees and loyalty mean more to him than the bottom line. Geez – I wonder how much loyalty meant to Carrie when she was committing adultery with Mike while she was married to Austin. Talk about being a hypocrite. Austin tries again but Carrie just snaps at him and calls him a heartless corporate shark and stomps out with Lucas. Sami and Lucas smirk. Lucas and Carrie talk in the hallway – just rubbish … there’s only so much hypocrisy and stupidity I can take. Sami tells Austin she’s sorry it didn’t work out – it might have if Lucas hadn’t been so manipulative. She slyly says with Carrie it’s not just professional but personal for Lucas. Austin knows that. Sami says that Lucas just declared war. Austin vows to bury him. Sami says they have to go on the offensive and attack Titan which means attacking not only Lucas but Carrie as well. Lucas hasn’t given them a choice.
Courthouse: Chelsea tells Hope that is truly sorry. She loved Zack. It was an accident. Hope says you stole your Dad’s vehicle and you don’t have a licence. Chelsea says she had permission to drive – her Dad handed her the keys. Hope says Bo would never do that. Bo tries to get through to Hope but she just wants Bo to call her the liar that she is. They both agreed that Chelsea couldn’t drive until she had proved that she could be responsible. That is why they gave her the driving lessons. Bo says she was doing really well … Hope cuts him off and asks why are we talking about them. Chelsea will never learn. Her parents died because of a reckless driver and that didn’t make any difference. She calls Chelsea a pathological liar just like her mother. Billie says that is not true. Bo asks Hope to listen to him, there’s something she has to understand. Don’t miss this scene – oh my Kristian had me in tears … She asks Bo what is it that he wants her to understand. Bo wants to talk privately. Hope insists that they say whatever has to be said in front of those two. They both lied to her. She knows that Chelsea is his daughter but she killed my son … Bo wants to talk someplace else. Hope won’t budge. Patrick tells her that he thinks they should talk privately. Hope thanks Patrick for telling her the truth – he’s the only one that did. Patrick says than take my advice – go and talk to Bo privately. She says she can’t. She wants Bo to denounce their lies right in front of them. Bo tells her he can’t – Chelsea isn’t lying. Oh my the look on Hope’s face. The total disbelief. Bo has a flashback to making the biggest mistake of his life. Hope keeps asking him to say it’s not true, he didn’t authorize the temporary licence, he didn’t give the keys… Bo can’t. He says I’m sorry Fancy Face and Hope screams NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
Bo tells Hope there are no excuses – he should have told her from the beginning but she’s been in so much pain there was never the right time – he didn’t want to make things worse. Billie chimes in and says he wanted to tell you the truth but I asked him not to – I pulled out all the stops to make sure he didn’t. Hope yells I just bet you did. Billie says she didn’t do it to hurt her she did it to keep Chelsea out of jail. Bo tells Hope that Chelsea’s teacher said she was ready for a temporary licence; I signed it before I gave her the keys. He thought he was doing the right thing. Chelsea doesn’t drink. He thought it was safer for her to drive than get in a car on New Year’s Eve with a drunk driver. He’s sorry. Hope can’t see how this is possible. He’s her husband, Zack’s father – how can he be part of the conspiracy to keep the truth from her. Bo is confused – conspiracy??? Hope asks Patrick to be honest with her - they’re both still trying to keep the truth from her. They’re trying to protect Chelsea. Patrick can’t answer. Hope says to Bo that’s what you’re doing, isn’t it? Bo says he’s sorry Fancy Face but no one is lying to you. Hope is in complete denial – she says no. Bo says I signed the temporary licence – Hope keeps saying no you didn’t – Bo says I let her drive my truck. Chelsea says I didn’t mean to do it Hope. It was an accident. Hope yells no it wasn’t – it was murder. Bo says no – Hope turns towards him – she’s furious. She yells you lied to me, how could you lie to me? You all lied to me. Bo says it’s not that simple. She says yes it was. You knew the truth. You knew that Chelsea killed my son, my baby. You knew that you gave Chelsea the car and you let me believe that Billie was responsible. Bo asks Hope to let him explain. She says there is no explanation for what he has done. He reaches for her and she backs away and yells at him not to touch her. She has to get away. Bo says he’ll go with her. She tells him that she doesn’t want him anywhere need him. Bo watches her go and says what have I done?
Preview: Lexie to Tek – And you think you’re the man. Tek – Yeah, I do. Mimi to Shawn – What if my Mom really is dying? Patrick to Jennifer – He may lose both his children. Hope entering – If that happens he has no one to blame but himself. How could I ever forgive him? Chelsea to Billie and Bo – So this is it. Bo – They are going to file official charges against you for Zack’s death – group hug.
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Tuesday Fri 7
Pat’s Spoilers
Hospital Scenes:
Abe’s room: Lexie comes in and picks up Abe’s robe and caresses it. Tek comes in and Lexie isn’t exactly thrilled to see him. He steers her towards the bathroom and closes the door behind them. He kisses her. She responds. A nurse wheels Abe into the room. He thought Lexie would be there. The nurse offers to page him but he says no. In the bathroom Lexie tells Tek that Abe is her main priority, all her focus is going to be on him and that Tek being there is inappropriate. Tek tries to convince her otherwise. Telling her that Abe hasn’t been a proper husband to her for a long time, she’s a passionate woman. He also implies that Abe isn’t a good father because he gets impatient when he can’t do the things Theo would like to do. He tells Lexie that he is in love with her and she is in love with her. She corrects him. She says she loves him but she is in love with Abe. Tek decides to prove otherwise and starts kissing her. The door knob turns. Abe has asked the nurse to find his robe. Tek and Lexie hide in the shower until the nurse leaves. Lexie tells Tek that she may have been giving him mixed signals so she wants to make herself perfectly clear – she wants to be with Abe. Her pager goes off. Tek gets her to sneak past Abe but when he is trying to get out Abe calls out Who’s there? Tek says he came to see Abe’s wife.
Bonnie’s room: Bonnie paces the room (LOL at those fuzzy slippers). She congratulates herself for being able to pull one over on the doctors and she is convinced she is doing what is right for Mimi. It’s Mimi’s morals, ethics and honesty that is causing her blood pressure to rise. Outside her room Mimi is thinking of Bonnie’s request for them to get married but she is wondering how she can marry Shawn now that she knows he is Claire’s father. Shawn comes along and says he knows what she is thinking. She says try me. He says you’re worried about your Mom and you’re thinking about her request for us to get married. I think we should do it. Mimi says there is something she has to tell him. Bonnie can’t let that happen so she jumps on the bed and starts moaning loudly (well yelling is more like it). Mimi and Shawn come running in. Bonnie plays it for all the guilt and sympathy she can get. She grabs on to both Shawn and Mimi’s hand. To make a long story short she comes out with the same request as before – get married while she’s still here. Mimi asks Shawn if she can speak to her mother alone. Mimi tells her mother to drop it. She is not going to start off her marriage to Shawn with a lie. She lost Rex because of a lie. If she loses Shawn from telling the truth than so be it. Bonnie thinks she is making a terrible mistake. She’ll never be Mrs. Shawn Brady. Mimi lays her head down on the bed in frustration. Shawn comes in and tells them that he had Lexie paged. Lexie comes in and examines Bonnie – Mimi and Shawn are in the outside the room. Lexie wants to run more tests. She tells Bonnie that women of her age are at risk for heart disease. With some lifestyle changes Bonnie can reduce the risk. Lexie comes out and gives Mimi the news. When Mimi hears that Bonnie has to quit smoking, change her diet and start exercising and quit drinking Mimi says My Mom? Lexie leaves. Shawn comments that it appears that Mimi is not all that anxious to marry him. She says she does want to marry him but with everything going on she doesn’t think the time right – his family won’t understand. Shawn says he’ll make them understand. This is what we all need. He doesn’t see any reason not to get married now – he says we are in love. Mimi goes in to talk to Bonnie. Bonnie gets her way as Mimi agrees to marry Shawn and not say anything about Claire.
Courthouse: Billie is comforting Chelsea who is repeating her mantra – ‘my life is over’ … Billie wishes she could do more for her. Patrick says don’t you think you did enough. Billie is very angry with him and asks him why he went to the convenience store to check video footage. He says because I knew you didn’t kill Zack Brady and I wasn’t going to let you take the blame for it. She says you should have stayed out it. Patrick can’t believe that Chelsea was going to let her mother take the blame for something she did. He tells her that he still cares for her but Chelsea snaps at him that he doesn’t care about anyone but Billie and she storms off. Billie tells Patrick she thought they had something special but not anymore. She tells him they’re over. Chelsea runs outside and cries on Bo’s shoulder. (Bo had just called and left Hope a message). Bo hugs her and comforts her when she says for the hundredth time, my life is over (we wish … sigh). They go back inside and witness Billie saying it’s over and Patrick saying he hoped their relationship could continue. Bo tells him to leave. Patrick tells Billie it didn’t have to be this way and leaves. Billie asks if he got hold of Hope and he says no – she has her cell turned off. The phone rings. It’s the DA office – Billie is free to go. The charges have been dropped. Billie says just like that. Chelsea cries and says now they’ll come after you. Bo tells her that charges will be brought against her for Zack’s death. Billie hugs Chelsea. Bo stands beside them but doesn’t join in the hug.
Jennifer’s: Hope walks towards Jen’s front door. She is clearly devastated. Jennifer opens the door and can see how upset Hope is and tells her to come inside. She’s sure Billie’s arraignment was very hard on her. Hope tells Jen that Bo kept the truth from her – it was Chelsea driving. Jen can’t believe that Chelsea would steal Bo’s SUV. Hope says she didn’t have to Bo gave it to her. Jens says but she doesn’t have a licence. Hope explains that as well. They sit on the couch. Hope tells Jen that Chelsea called for a ride that night when they were at the hospital – that must be when he gave her the truck. She then remembers that Bo go another call from Chelsea. He was with Chelsea when she found Zack and she couldn’t get hold of her – she is crying by now. Jen says but Bo didn’t know. Hope says neither did Chelsea because she didn’t bother to stop to see what she had hit. Bo didn’t know until the cops told him it was his car. Then he said there had to be a mistake and he would get to the bottom of it – he lied and she can’t forgive him for that. Jen defends Bo saying she can’t imagine the position he was in knowing that it was his daughter that was responsible. Hope is angry – she can’t believe that Jen is defending him. Jen says she isn’t and then says she guess she is – she loves them both. Jack did the same thing to her. Bo was probably trying to spare her from more pain. Hope says they were both wrong. She goes into the kitchen. Patrick shows up. He asks how Hope is doing – he saw her car in the driveway. Jen says she isn’t doing good. Patrick says that Bo isn’t his favourite person but the guy is in a difficult position. He may end up losing both his children. Hope hears this and says that if he does he has no one but himself to blame. Hope tells Patrick that she treated Chelsea like a daughter. She wishes that she had never come into their lives. As Zack’s mother she is going to make sure that Chelsea gets the maximum penalty the law allows. Patrick tells her that Chelsea is very upset – she loved Zack. Hope says she has shown no remorse – she’s upset because of what is going to happen to her. Chelsea was willing to let her mother go to prison for her – that’s not human! Patrick says that Chelsea is Bo’s daughter – for the sake of their marriage she has to work this out with Bo. Hope doesn’t care if she sees either of them ever again. She goes upstairs to check on JJ and to spend some time with him. Jen says she has never seen Hope like this before.
Preview: Austin to Sami (Carrie behind him): “Breaking up High Style gave me an appetite for more of the same. It’s my future.” Abe to Lexie: You’re beautiful. Lexie: “Oh sweetheart, you can see.” Chelsea to Bo: “What about Hope? She hates me.” Hope to Jennifer, Maggie and Alice: “Bo has a choice. If he stands by Chelsea Benson he loses his marriage to me. It’s that simple.”
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Wednesday Feb 8
Pat’s Spoilers
Hospital: Tek tells Abe he’s here to talk to Lexie. Abe says she isn’t here now but he can wait. Abe wants to talk to Tek about his relationship with her. Abe says that when he had his sight the two of them worked well together. He has never gotten used to other men giving his wife a second look and when he couldn’t see his imagination got the better of him. He apologises to Tek for the way he treated him. Lexie is standing behind the two men and hears what is said. Tek tells Abe he wasn’t entirely wrong, Lexie is a very desirable woman but he respects their marriage. Lexie makes her presence known. A nurse comes in to remove Abe’s bandages. They are also told that the donor family gave permission for the name of the donor to be given out. Abe’s bandages come off. He tells Lexie she is beautiful. She is so happy that he can see. The nurse hands him an envelope saying she has something for him. Abe says - what the bill? LOL! It’s the name of the donor. Abe opens it and gets emotional and passes it to Lexie who is also very emotional. It’s Zack. Abe says he gave me the gift of fatherhood and now the gift of sight – he’s never going to take anything for granted again. He tells Lexie that he has been wallowing in self-pity for a year and he wants a chance to start over. They hug and proclaim their love. Tek is outside the door and says it isn’t going to last – he’ll make sure of that.
Chez Rouge: It’s a sad day when I can say the only good thing about these scenes were Roman and Nicole. Nicole is polishing off a bottle of champagne when Roman shows up. He’s asks her if she drank the entire bottle herself. She says she did because he wasn’t there. She goes to join Austin and Sami. Outside Lucas and Carrie are arriving. Lucas wants the evening to a celebration. Carrie isn’t so sure – she hasn’t signed any papers yet. Lucas says not too worry – he’ll give her anything she wants. She’s still indecisive and says that is probably why she wasn’t good at business. Lucas says that she shouldn’t let Austin make her feel insecure. She rants about Austin being a corporate raider but admits she’s not ready to commit to Titan. She also asks Lucas if he is suggesting that she give Austin a chance on a personal level. They go inside and run into Roman. She tells Roman that she is staying in Salem. Lucas offered her a job at Titan. Roman is pleased. He says he’s heading back to his hotel room. Carrie offers to help him find an apartment. Nicole tells Austin she’s happy they made it. Someone that wants to do business with them is going to join them. If he comes on board then Titan, Lucas and Carrie better look out.
The guy is Larry Tate – someone Austin and Nicole did business with when they worked for Titan. Larry is so happy with the way Austin sliced and diced High Style. Austin says that is not his style. Nicole drags him aside and tells him they need this man’s money. He can take over six companies like High Style than he can give on to Carrie all wrapped up in a red bow. Roman hears this part and tells Nicole if he hadn’t heard it with his own ears he wouldn’t have believed it – she does have a heart. They have a drink or two together. Roman says he’s leaving – Nicole suggests he doesn’t have to go back alone. Roman says they’ve both had too much too drink – he leaves alone. Austin goes back and says that taking over High Style has given him an appetite for more takeovers. It’s his future. Carrie overhears this. The rest is just basically a set up for Carrie to overhear Larry Tate calling the CEO of High Style incompetent and worse and for Larry to act like a pig – which he does throughout. She’s furious with Austin and storms out – he goes after her. Lucas is trailing but Sami stops him – she says not to worry Austin and Carrie are history. Austin stops Carrie that what happened was just business. She’s highly creative but she lacks managerial skills. He says not everyone is cut out to be a CEO and that’s okay. She’s ticked at him but he reminds her that she wanted honesty. Now she’s mad at him throwing her words back at her. She apologises for the way she left him, she should have ended things with him a lot earlier. It’s obvious they were never meant to be. It’s over. Roman gets to his hotel room. There’s a knock on the door. It’s Nicole. Roman lets her in but he’s not sure about this. Nicole says she is sure enough for the both of them … she drops her wrap.
Jen’s: Hope comes downstairs and tells Jen that JJ went to sleep. Jen thanks her for looking in on him. Hope says it was good – it helped her. Jen says that Gran and Aunt Maggie are there. Hope says she won’t be good company. Jen says they don’t expect her to be. Hope hugs Alice. Hope tells that she is never going to forgive Bo for giving his keys to Chelsea. They had talked about Chelsea not being allowed to drive and now Zack is dead. Hope says that no one understands how much I’m hurting. Bo betrayed her and his daughter killed my son. Maggie reminds her that Zack was Bo’s son too but Hope says you would never know it. Maggie says that Bo is concerned for his daughter – she’s about to be charged with a crime. Hope can’t believe they’re all defending Bo. Maggie says you would do the same for Shawn – it wasn’t that long ago that he was in trouble – she brings up Belle’s wedding. Hope says he didn’t kill anyone. Alice says that he could have. Jen tells Hope that she has to do everything possible to save her marriage. Maggie decides to share one of Alice’s stories about the loss of a child – Addie. Alice says having your child go before you … she stops and then says her and Tom would go days without speaking to each other. Maggie says the pain was unbearable and then they remembered what they did have. Alice says we had each other and we had you, Addie’s daughter and we got through it. Hope tells them that if Bo chooses to stand by Chelsea Benson he loses her. It’s as simple as that.
They tell Hope that her and Bo have years together and urge her to call Hope. Jen takes charge and pulls out Hope’s phone and turns it on. We hear Zack’s voice. Jen is immediately apologetic and is going to erase it. Hope says no, she wants to save it forever. Hope is encouraged to go and find Bo. Jen tells her that they need to be there for each other. Hope agrees but adds god help him if she finds him with Billie and Chelsea.
Courthouse: Bo tells Billie he can’t find Hope. She tells him to go and find her – she needs him. Bo isn’t going anywhere – their daughter is about to be charged and if ever she needed her parents this is the time. Billie says she knew that Chelsea would come between Bo and Hope which is why she took the blame. She apologises for insisting that Bo lie to Hope. The worst thing that could have happened has happened – Hope learned the truth from a third party. Bo has the blinders on – no matter what Billie tells him he insists that Hope will understand and forgive. Billie point blank tells him that Hope won’t forgive him if he supports Chelsea but Bo insists she’ll understand he didn’t lie to protect Chelsea but to protect her. In the courtroom Chelsea tells Kate that she wishes she could have another chance. Kate says you only get one chance. She assures Chelsea she is going to pull all the strings she can to help her. It’s not going to be easy because Hope is going to make it difficult. Chelsea says she doesn’t blame her. Kate says she would probably do the same if it was her. The assistant DA comes in and informs Chelsea that they have a witness that saw her talking on her cell phone – she better get a lawyer. Bo and Billie enter. Bo thought they were going to wait. The guy tells Bo that the DA has seen no remorse on Chelsea’s part and he is charging her with first degree vehicular homicide. He gives Bo the arrest warrant and tells him he hates to do this but he has to ask Bo to arrest Chelsea. Bo and Chelsea are left alone. Kate and Billie talk. Billie says the trial is going to be horrible – Hope will be on the warpath. Kate says Hope will be standing against you, Chelsea and Bo. She’ll drive him right into your arms. Billie is appalled. Kate says if Hope doesn’t appreciate the man she has there’s no reason Billie shouldn’t – she’ll have the family with him that she has always wanted. Billie tells her mother to drop it and back off and walks away. Kate says I’m the only one that cares about your happiness. Chelsea is scared and cries on Daddy’s shoulders. Bo comforts her and tells her that he’ll get her the best lawyer. They’ll make everyone understand that she didn’t mean to kill his son. He’ll be there standing at her side – they’ll all be there. Chelsea says what about Hope, she hates me. Billie joins them. Bo says he has to take her in. Chelsea doesn’t want to go. Billie hugs her. Bo joins the hug. Hope arrives and sees the three of them in a group hug and stands there. Kate sees her and gets a slight smirk on her face.
Preview: Mimi to Bonnie – I know Shawn is the father of Belle’s baby. Bonnie – If you spill the beans about that you’ll lose Shawn. Billie to Chelsea – Whatever you do, do not go anywhere near Zack’s funeral. Jennifer to Frankie – Let me help you with your coat. They kiss. Bo to Hope – I’m sorry. Hope – Get away from me. Get away from Zack.
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Thursday Feb 9
Pat’s Spoilers
Patrick’s house: Chelsea answers the door – its Grandma Kate bearing gifts. She asks Chelsea why she isn’t dressed. Chelsea says she is. Kate means why isn’t she dressed for the funeral. Chelsea is not going. Kate says it’s important for her to be seen grieving with her family. There will be a lot of photographers there and potential jurors – they need to see her grieve. Chelsea says that they would need to replace the stained glass window in the church because Hope would throw her through it. Kate pushes Chelsea to go – she asks Chelsea if she is grieving. Chelsea says of course. She loved her little brother. Kate gives her the packages and tells her to try one of these on and wear it. Chelsea doesn’t think she should go. Billie agrees. She tells Kate that this is a new low even for her. Chelsea tells Kate she’ll think about it. Kate urges Billie to attend the funeral as well. It’s important that Chelsea’s family is seen to be supporting her and grieving with her. Kate goes on to say that Bo will need her. Kate leaves. Billie tells Chelsea that sometimes Grandma Kate gives bad advice. She tells her not to go to the funeral.
At the Kiriakis loft: Philip speculates that it has to help Bo and Hope a little to know that Zack is the reason Claire is alive. Belle saying Shawn loved his little brother so much. Philip saying Shawn has Mimi and soon they’ll be married with a family of their own. That will help. He reassures her that they will all be okay.
At Shawn & Mimi’s: I’m not going into the Bonnie stuff – this was so unnecessary today. Of course Shawn comes out of the bathroom clad in a white towel, his bracelet and his gold chain saying this isn’t happening after Bonnie loudly says that Mimi can not tell Shawn that he is the father of Belle’s baby. Of course Shawn didn’t hear her although I’m sure everyone in the building did, he’s talking about the eulogy. Mimi says that she’s sure they will understand if he can’t go do it. He says he has to do it for Zack. If she’s there with him he can do it – they hug. More of Bonnie saying the same stuff over and over. Mimi goes to change. Kate shows up – how insensitive is this woman. She shows up with honeymoon brochures just minutes before Zack’s funeral. Of course Bonnie tells her that Mimi knows and wants to tell Shawn. Kate says if she does the wedding will never happen.
Jen’s: Frankie says he doesn’t feel like having breakfast – they talk about Bo and Hope. Jen says they need to be together – to lean on each other. Frankie can’t imagine Bo without Hope … it’s always been the two of them. The doorbell rings. It’s Bo looking for Hope. They should be together. Jen agrees and tells him they convinced her to go and look for him yesterday but she came back in tears. Bo assumes she never found him because she never told Jen why she was upset. Jen tells Bo that Hope said she would never forgive him. Bo just looks grief-stricken. Jen tells him to go home and get ready for the funeral. He leaves. Jen is going to get dressed. Frankie says his new shirt needs cufflinks – he doesn’t have any with him. He asks for some paperclips. She says Jack had some – he can use them. We have a nice Jen and Jack flashback. And then a memory of when she gave Jack the cufflinks. Frankie says he can’t wear them. Jack appears to Jen and tells her that she should convince Frankie to wear them – that’s what he wants. She does. She changes and comes down the stairs. Jack appears again and urges her to move on with Frankie. He’ll make her happy – not as happy as she was with him but he’s a good guy – they’ll have a good life. He says this is the last time she will see him. He goes. Jen helps Frankie put on his coat. They kiss a couple of times. He tells her that he would never try and take Jack’s place. She tells him that she’ll never love another man the way she loved Jack – he understands. They almost kiss again but Jen says they’ll be late.
The church: There are no words that are adequate to describe these scenes. You really need to watch the scenes for yourselves. Kristian and Peter were outstanding today – amazing!. Hope was almost shaking with grief as she neared the casket all alone. I was already crying and so was Hope. When she opened the casket and called out Zack’s name and cried – it was just so emotional. Doug comes in behind her and holds her arms and when Hope cries “Daddy” – your heart will break for her. She says this is wrong – she doesn’t understand why God would do this. Doug tells her if they had the answer to that they would be God. He tells her that Zack is in a better place now where he’ll never feel pain or be afraid – where he was welcomed by Addie, Grandpa Tom and Jack. He’ll be there to welcome them when it’s their time. Julie is there as well but she stays silent – just cries. Hope has some things that Zack needs – she gives him his blankie because he can’t sleep with out it. She has favourite stuffed bear and she talks to him as she puts his arm around reminding him that she would always tell him that it would be like she was there with him. She places a rosary in the casket. She then notices that his hair is parted the wrong way and gets a comb to fix it. Doug and Julie tell her she doesn’t have to do this. She tells them that she is his mother – she has to do this one last thing for him. This scene is just heart-wrenching. Maggie comes in and says was hoping that Hope and Bo would have worked things out. Hope says she went to see him but it was obvious to her that he cared more about Billie and Chelsea than he did about her and Zack. She turns and is crying over the casket when Bo approaches. He touches her shoulder and as soon as he starts talking you can see Hope stiffen. He says Fancy Face I’m sorry. She turns and we see one lone tear trickling down her face as she tells him to get away from her and to get away from Zack. She tells him to go and comfort Chelsea and Billie. He tells her that Zack was their son. She tells him to leave her alone with her son. Bo is crushed. He turns to his mother for comfort. She tells him to give her some time. Kate and Victor arrive outside – their conversation was pointless so I’ll leave it at that. The only thing that was good about it was Victor mentioning his Isabella. The service is about to start – Hope tells Bo that she doesn’t want to sit with him.
I’m not going into the service itself. Father Jensen’s opening talk was brilliantly written. Job well done! Hope sits with Doug and Julie, Bo right behind Hope with Caroline and Shawn and then Shawn and Mimi behind them. Alice and Maggie are in the front pew across from Hope. The segment that includes Danny Boy had me sobbing. Frank Parker’s portrayal of a grief-stricken grandfather was so touching. When he broke down and Doug’s clear strong voice picked up the song – he was clutching both Hope and Julie’s hands – oh my. Then everyone joins in. Shawn’s eulogy is next. I’ll skip past what shouldn’t have been part of it and focus on what he said about Zack being taught by his parents to never lie – and he didn’t, he couldn’t. He also says that Zack taught him the meaning of love. He talked about forgiveness. He hoped that they could all live up to Zack’s standards – he wants to. He sits down and Mimi says she has something to tell him – she’ll tell him after the service. Throughout the service both Bo and Hope are crying – so close but not together. At the end of the episode he says her name and she leans into him and turns toward him … the door opens and in walks Chelsea amidst the sound of several gasps. Hope stands up and approaches Chelsea and slaps her … Bo gapes.
Preview: Abe to John – I’ve got some advice for you – a way to beat Alex North at his own game. Marlena to Alex – I know what you’re up to and you’re not getting away with it. Shawn to Chelsea – You killed my brother. Chelsea – I’m sorry. Shawn – Get out before I throw you out. Hope to Bo (pictures of Billie and Patrick flash on the screen) – He has every right to be here. I trust him a lot more than I trust you.
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Friday Feb 10
Pat’s Spoilers
Marlena & Alex: I’m going to say very little about their scenes. I didn’t like them. Seeing Marlena play the seductress really didn’t do anything for me. We are to believe they were at the funeral. Because Alex felt faint they were outside. They go back to the penthouse. Marlena goes upstairs to change just as the phone rings. It’s Lois. The guard went for coffee and conveniently her door wasn’t locked. She wants what Alex promised her for Valentine’s Day – Marlena’s heart on a silver platter. He says they just have to stick to the plan and they’ll have everything they wanted. She wants to see him – he says he can’t visit her. She gives him an ultimatum, come to the hospital or she’ll tell John Black everything. Marlena has a flashback of her and John celebrating Valentine’s Day but calls it daydreaming and proceeds to drape herself all over Alex. He tells her he has to go out. She knows what he’s doing and she won’t let him. He’s going to buy her a valentine’s gift – that is what she thinks – he agrees. He says he won’t be long. She still won’t let him leave.
Hospital: John goes to visit Abe – they talk about Zack being the donor. Abe said Zack’s first word was Daddy. He wishes he could be at the funeral. John does to – he didn’t go because Marlena is there with Alex. Abe talks about how lucky he is to have Theo and then talks about how bitter he was and how he treated Lexie. John comments that at least she didn’t turn to another man. Abe knows he’s referring to Marlena. John says that his investigation into Alex North has come up with nothing – the guy is too slick. Abe says as a member of the Salem PD there are certain things they can’t do but John as an ISA agent has other options. Abe has a suggestion that should help beat Alex North at his own game. John has to use different methods to get at the truth. John thanks him. Abe is used as a decoy to distract the guard. John goes in with a needle full of truth serum.
Bonnie: She’s living it up eating and drinking when she discovers Mimi’s diary. She puts it back and then decides to read it. She didn’t know her daughter’s life was such a page turner. She gets to the entry about losing Rex and reads it. Bonnie says she followed my advice and she lost Rex – maybe she should tell Shawn the truth. Doesn’t take Bonnie’s miniscule conscious long to disappear – she tells herself not to second guess herself. Mimi will thank her for this advice one day hopefully with cash. Mimi comes home and catches Bonnie eating pizza and drinking beer. She tells her that she will have a heart attack. Bonnie tells her only one thing will ensure her good health – Mimi marrying Shawn. She tells Bonnie after what Shawn said today it isn’t happening. When we see them again Mimi is at the end of her story and she says Bo is losing Hope because he lied – she won’t do that. She’s telling Shawn the truth as soon as he comes home. Bonnie pours on the guilt and really lets Mimi have it. Mimi looks shocked and confused by her mother’s diatribe.
Church: Replay of the end of Shawn’s eulogy. He’s at the casket. Bo hasn’t said anything to Hope – just touched her shoulder. Shawn goes back to his pew. Mimi tells him he did good. Zack would be proud. He says he was such a good kid. He was so honest. Mimi has something to tell him when the time is right. Kate tells Victor that Mimi is going to tell him that he is the father of Belle’s baby. Victor says that Shawn should know the truth. Chelsea comes in. Hope slaps her and says how dare you come here! Billie says she tried to stop her. Hope says not hard enough. Bo tells Hope that Zack was her brother. She came to pay her respects. Hope can’t believe that Bo is defending her. It was bad enough that he signed for a temporary licence and gave her the keys to his SUV. His daughter killed their son. Shawn is shocked and asked if he heard right – Chelsea is the one that killed Zack. Hope says yes and she let Billie take the blame. Shawn confronts Chelsea saying “you killed my brother.” Chelsea says she is sorry – she didn’t mean to … Shawn tells her to get out or he’ll throw her out. He can’t believe she let her mother take the blame – he says ‘how sick is that?’ Billie defends her saying it was an accident. Bo also defends Chelsea (not a good move Bo old boy…sigh). Shawn faces his father and says you lied to us. Hope says that Bo is still defending her. It’s clear whose side he is on. It’s not hers, or Shawn’s or Zack’s. Shawn asks Bo ‘How could you do it, Dad?’ (He does at some point rant about Bo covering up the truth – I’m just not sure where it falls in here… LOL!)
Chelsea whines that it was an accident. Billie goes to get her some water. Hope is with Shawn. Victor tells Bo that his wife needs him – he’ll stay with Chelsea. Bo decides to stick with comforting Chelsea because his wife doesn’t want to have anything to do with him. Hope tells Shawn that she didn’t want him to find out this way. He says she should have called – he would have been with her. Shawn says that Dad lied to both of us, now we know who’s really important to him. Bo says that’s not how it is. Patrick runs into Billie – he’s surprised to see her. Billie doesn’t want anything to do with him because he revealed the truth. He’s even more surprised when he finds out Chelsea is there. Billie tells him she couldn’t stop her. Patrick is going to inside and check on Hope. Outside the church Mimi tries to get Shawn to calm down. He is furious with his father for lying to them. He says there is no excuse for it especially when a child is involved. He would understand if his mother never forgave him. His mother has to deal with the funeral and with his father lies about Chelsea’s involvement. He goes on to say that secrets and lies are devastating to a couple – she knows that. Rex left her when he found out her, Belle lied to him her mother and everything went downhill from there – he asks her to promise to never keep any secrets from him. She promises to never want to keep anything from him. She tells him she loves him very much and she asks him to always remember that – he says he will. He suggests that she go back and check on her mother – his mother needs him now so he’ll stay. She doesn’t want to leave him. He says you need to be ready for the Justice of the Peace … Mimi asks him if he still wants to go through with it – he says yes. He goes back inside. When Caroline sees him she says she is worried – she hates what this is doing to the two of them. Victor says you knew? She says yes she told Bo to tell the truth – he made a big mistake by siding with Billie and Chelsea and now he could lose his family. Victor hopes it doesn’t come to that but he knows from experience how destructive lies are. He also says that someone else may be lying in the wings waiting to take advantage.
Patrick goes to Hope and as soon as Bo sees them he heads in their direction. He asks Patrick what he is doing there. Hope says that he has every right to be here. If it wasn’t for him I would have never found out the truth. I trust him more than I trust you. Bo asks Patrick to leave out of respect for their son and their loss. Patrick does. Hope tells Bo he had no right to treat Patrick that way. Bo says he had no right to interfere. Hope says you mean revealing your lies? Bo says that isn’t fair. Shawn says that Chelsea may have been driving but you killed Zack. Bo tells Shawn that he is responsible for Zack’s death. He leaves. In the meantime Billie is lecturing Chelsea telling her that she should have never come here. Chelsea blames it all on Patrick. Billie tells her to stop it – it’s time she took responsibility for what she did. Bo runs into Patrick. He says I told you to leave and stay away from my wife. You’re using this situation to get close to her. Patrick reminds Bo that he is the one that betrayed Hope. Bo grabs Patrick and shoves him – he falls over and knocks down the picture of Zack – the glass shatters. Bo bends to pick it up but Hope tells him to leave it alone. She tells him to look at what he has done. She tells him to get away from her. Her son is dead because of him – she tells to get out.
Previews: Lois to John – Have you ever heard of the St Valentine’s Day Massacre? Alex has something like that planned for Marlena. Marlena to Abe – Alex is my husband. I’m staying with him. Bo to Chelsea – Chelsea Benson you are under arrest for the death of Zack Brady. Hope crying (I think at Zack’s grave) … you shouldn’t be here – we see a hand reach down and touch her shoulder.
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Monday Feb 13
Pat’s Spoilers
The Penthouse: I couldn’t stomach these scenes. Alex flirts shamelessly with Marlena so he can deceive her, Marlena is as a giddy as a schoolgirl from all the attention and of course gives in to her Alex … yuck!
Hospital: Abe thanks the officer for delivering his papers. The guy says he will do it at the end of his shift. Abe says it has to be done now. The cop refuses – he can’t leave his post. Abe relieves him of duty. The officer says with all due respect you are on medical leave you are not my commanding officer. Abe threatens to call Roman and have him written up for insubordination. The cop caves and leaves. Abe heads back to his room. Lexie does the same and finds the room empty. She hears the door close behind her and smiles thinking its Abe. Wrong – it’s smarmy obsessive stalker Tek. She tells him that it’s over. He says it’s not that easy to let her go – he loves her. She talks about Zack and how painful this is. He says it’s not going to be easy for you to get over me … she says she has to and she will. He tells her that Abe can’t make love to her – he can’t give her another child. He moves in for a kiss when Abe enters. He says they look very intense. Lexie covers and says she was wondering where he was and was asking Tek if he had seen him. Tek says I told you he would be fine. He exits. Abe tells Lexie how he is helping John get back together with Marlena. He equates John’s situation with his. They hug – Tek obsesses as he watches them.
John is in Lois’ room – these scenes were just ridiculous. John is being John – Lois is being loony. She asks him why he’s there. He tells her to find out the truth about Alex North. One thing leads to another and Lois lunges for his throat. John grabs her and injects her with the truth serum. To be honest – she still talks in riddles – the only truth he gets out of her is that Alex is going to kill Marlena today – Valentine’s Day. She doesn’t know how. John threatens to have her committed to a state facility for the rest of her life. She laughs. He tells her that Alex already has her transfer papers filled out. He’s having her locked up for life. Lois insists that Alex loves her. Alex shows up at the hospital and sees John in the room. He finds where they have a two way mirror and an intercom and he listens in … I could have sworn I never saw any mirror or window in that padded cell … did anyone else??? He hears Lois telling John that Alex is going to kill Marlena and then the two of them will be together. John says over my dead body. Alex thinks to himself that could be arranged. Marlena talks to Abe. He tries to get her to agree to not letting her guard down around Alex. Marlena tells Abe that she trusts Alex. She has no reason not to. She owes him her life. He saved her. Abe asks her if she knows how many times John saved her life – she says no. Marlena is not interested in anything Abe has to say – Alex is her husband and she is staying with him.
Bonnie & Mimi: Bonnie is packing her things. She’s not going to stick around to watch Mimi make the biggest mistake of her life. Mimi doesn’t think that telling the truth is a mistake – lying is. The argument gets very heated. Mimi says they should stop arguing – Bonnie could have a heart attack. Bonnie says she’s perfectly healthy. She faked it so Mimi wouldn’t blurt out the truth. Mimi is momentarily shocked but then says why am I not surprised. Bonnie says she fooled the heart monitor, Lexie, the nurses and even sceptical you. Mimi says and you sound proud about that. She goes on to say that lying is wrong – isn’t that what mothers are supposed to teach their children. She doesn’t want her marriage to Shawn to be based on a lie. Bonnie doesn’t want Mimi to blow it. She then tells Mimi to play the C card – Cinderella. She comes up with an analogy that even Mimi doesn’t buy. Shawn is Prince Charming because of Grandpa Victor on hand and Great –Grandfather Tom on the other – Bonnie just won’t let up. Shawn comes home from the funeral and sees Bonnie packing. She tells him that she doesn’t want to outstay her welcome. Besides the two lovebirds need to be able to chirp without the old crow around. Mimi has a question for Shawn and she’s going to ask it in front of the old crow. She says do you still want to get married right away. He says yes. She says let’s do it. Bonnie is thrilled.
At St. Luke’s: We get a repeat of Bo pushing Patrick into Zack’s picture and it falling and shattering. Bo says he’s sorry. Hope tells him not to touch her and she asks him to leave. Chelsea tells Billie that they should leave. Hope turns and says that Chelsea is going to pay for what she did. Hope goes to Zack’s casket (Shawn is close by). She touches the casket and says she’s sorry that she didn’t protect him. She wishes she was with him. Chelsea tells Billie that she killed her brother. Billie says it was an accident. Chelsea says that Hope doesn’t see it that way and she is going to end up spending the rest of her life in prison. Kate says there’s only one way to make sure that doesn’t happen. The procession to the cemetery is next. Bo, Hope, Shawn, Caroline, Victor, Patrick, Kate, Chelsea and Billie followed by Father Jansen. Billie and Chelsea have the decency to hang back. Very moving scene as Father Jansen says the prayer … Hope, Shawn and Patrick on one side of the casket – Bo, Caroline, Victor and Kate on the other. Father Jansen says they may all say their final goodbyes. Kate places a white rose on the casket. Patrick does the same. Caroline goes next with Victor. Caroline starts sobbing. Bo was really crying throughout the prayer. Next is Shawn – he places the rose on the casket and says you were the best. Nothing will be the same without you. Bo steps up with his rose. He says I let you down Tiny Man. I should have protected you and I didn’t. I will regret that every day for the rest of my life. You’ll be forever in my thoughts and in my heart. I’ll never stop loving you. Hope is next. She says I can’t say goodbye because you’ll always be in my heart. I loved you from the moment you were born and I’ll love you until I take my last breath.
Billie asks Chelsea if she wants to say goodbye. She can’t – not after what Hope said. She was right – this is all her fault. The two rookie cops are in the background. The cemetery workers are there now. Shawn wants to take Hope home. She doesn’t want to leave but she tells him to go home to Mimi. He’s reluctant to leave her there but she insists. Victor tells Kate that if she tries to take advantage of this situation he will make sure she pays. She plays innocent but Victor says he knows she wants nothing more than to have Billie and Bo together. Patrick offers to give Billie and Chelsea a ride home – Billie makes it clear that he is not wanted and tells him to leave them alone. Bo goes to Hope and asks her if she can find it in her heart to forgive him. We should grieve together. Hope tells him to leave. She wants to be alone with her son. Bo goes. The two cops are arresting Chelsea. She’s not happy. Bo tells them to let him handle it. They walk out. Bo gives Chelsea her Miranda Rights. Hope is alone at Zack’s gravesite. She cries and says you shouldn’t be here. Patrick offers her his hand and Hope looks up… and places her hand in his.
Previews: John to Marlena – Listen to me. Alex has been plotting with Lois all along. They are in love and they plan to kill you. Alex (to himself) – Desperate times, desperate measures. Mimi to Philip and Belle (with a smiling Shawn next to her) – Look at the engagement ring Shawn gave me. Philip – Whoa! Shawn – We’re getting married as soon as possible. Bo to Patrick & Hope – What the hell is going on here? Get your hands off my wife.
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Tuesday Feb 14
Pat’s Spoilers
Hospital: Marlena is walking through the hospital vowing to herself that she will not let John destroy the future she and Alex have. Pathetic. John is trying to get more information out of Lois but she is very drowsy. He wants to know how long they have been working together. She tells him since the beginning. They are in love and will be married as soon as Marlena is out of the way. John wants to know what Alex is going to do to Marlena. She tells him to read between the lines. Alex is going to kill Marlena. Alex is hearing all this and he’s not very happy. John wants to know details but Lois doesn’t give any. John goes out trying to get a hold of Marlena. He calls the penthouse but gets the answering machine. He can’t leave a message because Alex lives there. Alex slips into Lois’ padded cell from wherever he was standing. She’s happy to see him and sits in his lap. She asks him if he brought her Marlena’s heart on a silver platter. He tells her that he brought her something she can hang in her room. She is going to get exactly what she deserves. John finds Marlena and tells her that Alex and Lois have been working together and are planning to kill her. Marlena scoffs and defends Alex. John rants and goes into the he-man role and practically drags her to Lois’ room. He says you are the psychiatrist she can judge for herself whether Lois is telling the truth. (He does tell her he injected Lois with truth serum). They get to Lois’ room just as Alex is slipping out – Lois is hanging. Marlena is shocked, John is like … duh … and Alex smiles in his hiding place.
The Police Station: Billie can’t believe that the police had to arrest Billie today of all days – Bo just buried his son. Bo says they have a job to do at least they let him give her the Miranda Rights and bring her in – they could have brought her in wearing cuffs. Chelsea doesn’t see what difference it makes. She is charged with manslaughter and she’ll be going to jail. Billie tells her that Bo isn’t happy about this – he just lost a son, he doesn’t want to lose his daughter as well. Billie tells Chelsea that Bo will talk to Hope and make her understand that it was an accident. Bo tells Chelsea he will do what he can to keep her out of jail. He would like to talk to Hope but she doesn’t want to have anything to do with him. Bo takes responsibility for the accident and says he won’t turn his back on her. He goes to make some calls. A cop comes and tells Chelsea Brady that he is there to take her to booking. Excuse me Chelsea BRADY – since when? Chelsea returns. Bo comes out and tells them Chelsea can go home after he posts bail. He promised the Assistant D.A. that she wouldn’t try and leave the jurisdiction. She promises she won’t. Chelsea apologises for coming between Billie and Patrick but at least she is spending more time with Bo. Billie says they are happy to be there for her but they need to be realistic. Hope is going to want her to get the maximum sentence – she’s a cop and she will have a lot of influence. Chelsea whines that Hope is out to get her – she thinks she deliberately killed her little brother – it was an accident. She goes on to say that “Dad” shouldn’t have to lose another kid but if the judge listens to Hope he will. Bo comes back and says he’s taken care of the bail, she’s free to go. He’s going to look for Hope – he hopes he can find her.
Billie wishes him luck. Chelsea apologises to him – she is sorry for everything he is going through. After he leaves she tells Billie that she feels so bad for him. And what will her going to jail help. Zack is coming back and neither are her parents. She plays the sympathy card – I bet he wishes you never found me. Billie says that is not true. Chelsea (who you can actually see scheming earlier on in the program) decides to start planting the seeds to get what she wants. She tells Billie that the only way Hope will forgive Bo is if he takes Hope’s side. They need to make sure that Bo and Hope don’t get back together. Billie is stunned. She says they just lost a child and you’re scheming to break up your father’s marriage. Chelsea says that Hope isn’t good for Bo. If they never get back together that’s not a bad thing for any of us.
Shawn and Mimi’s: Bonnie is so excited that the two of them are getting married soon. She thinks they should break out the champagne. Mimi tells her to cool it Shawn just came from his brother’s funeral. Shawn says it’s okay – their happiness is just what his family needs. He wants to make a toast but he’ll bring out the cider because of Bonnie’s health. He goes to get the cider and Mimi tells Bonnie that this is wrong – she’s marrying him under false pretences. Bonnie says you love him and he loves you – there’s nothing false about that. Shawn joins them and pours them each a glass and says that he’s not very good at this but he wants to toast the woman he loves … she’s beautiful, caring, funny and honest. Mimi says no… no I’m not. Shawn says yes you are beautiful Bonnie quickly steps in and says that Mimi’s insecurities talking. She suggests they out and celebrate – have a romantic dinner. Mimi says they have lasagne in the fridge. Bonnie says not anymore. Shawn thinks it’s a good idea and goes to change. Mimi can’t believe Bonnie ate all the lasagne. She goes on to say I guess it won’t bother your heart condition since you don’t have one. Bonnie says she binges when she is nervous and she thought Mimi was going to tell Shawn that he was Claire’s father. Shawn comes out … sigh I love that blue shirt on him … yummy! He says he will give Maggie a call and see is she can fit them in. It helps to know the owner. He then says sorry to Bonnie. She says that Chez Rouge is for romance. They’ll throw him a big bachelor party at Alice’s. Mimi has changed as well. They get ready to leave and Bonnie tells them not to forget to make wedding plans. During the evening we see Bonnie twice. Once she is lying on the coach eating and talking about how reach Mimi will be and how she, Bonnie, will be living on easy street. She feels a sharp pain in her chest and chalks it up to indigestion … she hopes. The next time she is by the window leading to the fire escape drinking beer – she belches and says – yes, it was just indigestion.
Hope & Patrick: Hope thanks Patrick for walking her home. There’s a box on the bench. Hope tells Patrick to bring it inside, it’s probably from one of the neighbours. They enter the house. She goes to turn up the heat and tells him to look in the box to see if whatever is inside needs to be refrigerated. He opens it and says how much more can she take. She asks what it is – he tells her that it’s stuff from Zack’s school. Hope goes through the box and looks at everything. She finds a Valentine that Zack was making for her. She sits down on the chair and reads it and cries. It says Mommy Be My Valentine Love Zack. Patrick says he can do something that might help. He brings her some tea. Hope is in front of the fire. Patrick touches her shoulder and says Bo should be there to comfort her. Hope says she can’t stand to look at him right now. He gave Chelsea permission to drive and now their son is dead. Patrick knows that he is the last person that would normally defend Bo but she should remember how much they love each other. Hope goes back to the box and says these are the things that Zack cared most about. She pulls out a bag of baseball cards that Shawn gave him. Then she pulls out a sailboat and breaks down again. Bo carved this for him. She tells Patrick that she knows she can count on him because he’s the only one that told her the truth. She leans on Patrick. Bo comes in and sees them. He is angry. He wants to know what the hell is going on and then he orders Patrick to get his hands off his wife.
Chez Rouge: I’m not going into the Belle and Philip scenes except to say that I feel so bad for Philip. He doesn’t have a clue on how totally deceptive his wife is. She smiles at him and tells him all the things he wants to hear but the entire time she’s has Philip morphing into Shawn. And when she’s not seeing Shawn she’s thinking of her conversation with Caroline. Now I know the purposes of the scenes with Caroline. When things don’t go her way Belle will have someone to blame – her life will be in shambles because Caroline gave her bad advice. I think I can sum up Belle’s actions today in one word – pathetic! Ahh something she shares in common with her mother.
Shawn and Mimi arrive. Philip and Belle go over to greet them. Belle is surprised that Shawn would feel like going out. Philip thinks it’s great. He asks them to join them on the dance floor. Shawn says they have to wait a few minutes for their table to be ready – there’s nothing he’d like more than to have the woman he loves in his arms. Shawn tells Mimi that he can always count on her. Mimi is happy that he feels that way. They talk about Zack. Shawn says he would like to think that Zack would be happy for him. He has that stupid flashback again. Mimi tells him that they don’t have to rush things. If he wants to wait that is fine. He says that he has a surprise for her. They go back to their table. They kiss. Mimi can’t believe he got the most romantic table in the place. He says it’s perfect for his surprise. She wants to know what it is. He says its part of dessert. She says you mean I have to wait until after dinner. He says no they’re going to start with dessert. Mimi says she doesn’t have a problem with that. Shawn calls the waiter over. He puts down a covered serving plate in front of them. Shawn takes the cover off – the dessert is covered in whipped cream with a diamond ring perched on the top. Both of them are so excited and happy. She tells him it’s beautiful. He asks her if she wants to know about it – it’s been in the family for a long time. It belonged to Grandpa Tom Horton’s mother. Alice had the stone placed in a new setting and sized to fit Mimi. He slips the ring on her finger and they kiss. Philip and Belle approach. Philip says they look happy. Mimi shows them her ring – Shawn says they are getting married soon. Mimi says it’s the Horton diamond – Belle knows about it – just hasn’t seen it – talk about a snarky look on her face. The four on are the dance floor again. Philip cuts in on Shawn and Mimi and asks if he can dance with the bride to be. He tells her that it looks like she has the future she always wanted. Mimi can’t believe it’s with Shawn. Nothing can come between them now, right? She thinks ‘not unless he finds out he’s the father of your baby.’ Shawn asks Belle if he she isn’t going to congratulate him. She thought she did. He says no you didn’t. She lies and says she hopes that he and Mimi will be very happy. Shawn asks her what is wrong. She says nothing. Shawn sounds annoyed and says he can tell something is wrong – what is it? She says this is all wrong.
Previews: Chelsea to Billie – This is your chance after all these years to be with the only man you’ve ever loved. John to Marlena – I’m telling you that he tried to kill Lois and if we don’t stop him right now, you’ll be next. Belle to Shawn – If you marry Mimi you’ll be making a huge mistake. Shawn – Why. Belle – Because I still love you. Hope yelling at Bo (oh my, she is furious!) – She killed our son. How dare you let her go free!
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Wednesday Feb 15
Pat’s Spoilers
Chez Rouge: Philip and Mimi continue dancing. He talks about him being married and Mimi being engaged – to the perfect guy for her. Mimi hopes so. Philip asks her if she is having second thoughts. Repeat of the same scene from yesterday with Shawn and Belle except this time Belle has to make a production out of it and she runs outside. Weeping Belle tells Shawn he doesn’t have to be there. He offers to go and get Phil so Belle has to change her tactics quick to keep Shawn there. She stops him and says no I don’t want to worry him. Shawn asks her if she is still taking her meds. She snarls saying she’s not crazy. Shawn says I didn’t say that. She goes on to say that she is not an emotional basket case either. Shawn makes excuses for her – after all she went through so much. Belle acknowledges that Shawn lost his brother. He lets her off the hook saying she loved him too. She doesn’t know how she got so lucky to have Claire and to get a second chance. She is worried about the transplant – it might not take. Shawn says you can’t worry about things like that. She says yeah – they’re out of my control but there are some things that can be controlled. Shawn wants to know what she is talking about. She says she shouldn’t have said anything. Shawn is annoyed with Belle now and he calls her on her little pity party – he knows exactly what it’s about. He says this is about Mimi’s engagement ring, isn’t it. Belle snaps and sneers at him in that condescending voice of hers If you marry Mimi you’ll be making a huge mistake. Shawn asks Why (he’s not happy with her). Go ahead and say it. Belle says Because I’m still in love you with. She knows this is not the best time to say this but she’s tried before but she was too emotional – she’s not depressed now – she has real clarity about her feelings. Shawn doesn’t know what to say. Philip and Mimi find them. Shawn looks very uncomfortable. Mimi gives Shawn a look – she knows something is up. Philip notices that Belle was crying. He wants to know what is wrong and then proceeds to tell them what that is. They’re all upset about Zack. Phil is very sincere when he tells Shawn that a day won’t go by that he won’t be grateful. Then it’s Philip’s turn to make excuses for Belle. Philip thinks going home to their daughter. Mimi tells Shawn they should go to – he agrees.
Hospital: I’m not going to go into much detail. This storyline is just too boring for words. John cuts down Lois, Marlena calls for help. John tries to convince Marlena that Alex tried to kill Lois because she is the only one that could tell them that Alex was going to kill him. Marlena keeps defending Alex – it’s sickening. Abe comes in followed by Lexie – John accuses Alex, Marlena says no, Abe calls the police, Marlena says no – are you sensing a pattern? Tek, Abe and John are holding up the nurse’s station as they discuss sealing off all the exits so they can catch Alex. John is convinced he’s since in the hospital. Alex walks past them with a folder in front of his face. Marlena and John – see conversation above. Marlena adds a new twist – Lois’ attempt at suicide is John’s fault. She was probably so distraught over lying to John about the love of her life that she had to end it. John and the others go to search for Alex. Lexie tells Marlena that she doesn’t trust Alex (she’s says a lot more – good for Lexie)! Alex skulks around the corner disguised in scrubs (rolling my eyes) listening to Abe and John talking about him not being found yet. Tek pounces on Lexie. He can give her a child. Why would she want a husband who can’t cut it? She’s so passionate. Abe asks them what they are whispering about. John and Marlena – repeat, repeat, repeat. Lexie tells Abe that Tek asked her if she saw Alex in Lois’ room – she says the answer is no. John and Marlena are in Lois’ room. Alex is listening and smiles when Marlena continues to defend him and refuses to believe John. John is searching the room – Marlena tells him to stop making a fool of himself – he won’t find any evidence against Alex. John finds the entrance to the room where Alex was lurking but isn’t any longer. He finds the scrubs. Abe has Alex. John tells him that Lois isn’t dead but when she comes to and gives a statement Alex is going to wish he was.
Billie & Chelsea: After today’s show I don’t have an ounce of sympathy or compassion for the character of Chelsea and Billie – what can I say – doesn’t say much for your intelligence level if your daughter can manipulate you so easily. They go inside Roman’s office. Billie chastises Chelsea for thinking of breaking up her father’s marriage. Chelsea whines that she doesn’t want to go to jail and if Hope and Bo get back together Hope will make Bo hate her. Billie says that Bo has been very good to her considering. Chelsea knows but for it to stay that way he can’t go back to Hope because Hope hates her. Billie defends Hope saying she is grieving. Chelsea says that Hope was a witch to the both of them before Zack died. She lost her parents and a brother in one year – she doesn’t want to lose to anymore. Dad and her (Billie) are all she has and they are all Bo has. Billie reminds her that Bo has Shawn and Hope. Chelsea dismisses them as they are talking to Bo. Chelsea thinks Bo is better off without Hope and if they don’t get back together that would be good. This is Billie’s chance to get back together with the only man she’s ever loved. Chelsea really turns on the pity party (geez I wonder if she’s been taking lessons). Billie says this has to be the worse day of her life but … Chelsea corrects her and says that the day she killed her baby brother was the worse day of her life. She lists what this day has been like and says it’s hard to know what the right thing to do is and who to trust. She doesn’t even know if she can trust her Dad. Billie says she can. Chelsea says we have to keep him on our side and you have to help. Billie says that she’s ashamed to say that she has tried to break up Bo and Hope several times in the past. They always find their way back to each other – they are too connected. Chelsea says things are different this time. Hope is angry at her but probably angrier at Bo. Billie says she has waited for Chelsea for 18 long years (Huh how do you wait for a stillborn baby?) and she’d like to give her what she wants. Chelsea turns on the tears and starts pleading please, please, please Mom. Billie says no.
Chelsea can’t convince her mother with her tears and pleading so plays the guilt card. You’re my mother – you say you want to protect me and you’ll do anything for me. It’s time to prove that – give me my family. Oh the whining about how she doesn’t want to spend the rest of her life in jail … geez! Chelsea goes on to say that Billie isn’t a good judge of men. She knows she was hot for Patrick but she loves Bo. Billie reminds her that she was hot for him too. Chelsea says that Patrick turned her in. He’s all about Hope now. Bo isn’t taken anymore. Billie says they don’t know that. Chelsea knows that Hope is a self-righteous bitch. Billie tells her that she just lost a child. Chelsea says you did to and did Hope care – no. You have a chance to be with the only man you’ve ever loved and if we’re a family I will be able to stay out of jail.
Brady’s: Repeat of Bo arriving home. Hope tells Bo that Patrick is her friend and he’s helping her. He tells me the truth which is more than I can say about you. Bo doesn’t think Patrick should be there – he’s just there to take advantage of the situation. Hope again says he’s a friend. Bo says we just buried our son today – we should be together. Hope says that Bo hasn’t been there for since Zack died. Bo looks stunned. She says he was to busy covering up Chelsea’s crime and letting Billie take the blame for it. He says he is sorry. Hope says you helped Chelsea kill my baby. Bo admits to making a terrible decision. He would give his life to take it back. And then he lied to her and that was wrong. She knows how much he loved Zack and I know how much you miss him. I know how empty this house is without his laughter. We need to be together. Hope wants to know where he was. He says you told me to leave you alone. She asks again where he was. He says I had to arrest my daughter and take her in to be booked. Hope says so you were with Chelsea and Billie again – at least Chelsea is behind bars. She sees the look on Bo’s face and says she is in jail. Bo says he called the assistant D.A. and had her released into Billie’s custody. Oh my – Hope is furious. She actually stamps her foot when she is yelling at him. “She killed our son? How dare you let her go free?”
Hope can’t believe that Bo used his influence to get the DA to let their son’s murderer go free. Bo says that if it was Shawn she would do anything to help him. He says they can’t talk about Chelsea. He asks her to let him take some of her pain. She says pain – she grabs the box of Zack’s stuff and slams it into his hands. She tells him that the pre-school sent Zack’s things back. She pulls out the Valentine and says Zack made this for her but he’ll never be able to give it to her because he’s dead. She tells him that she wants him to leave. He says no this is his home. Hope tells him if he won’t go she will. Bo gives in and says he’ll go. Hope opens the door and tells him he doesn’t deserve to be here. Hope tells Patrick she’ll be find alone – it’s something she will have to get used to. Patrick leaves. Hope picks up the white rose and cries.
Cheating Heart: Bo is hardly there for a minute before some biker is itching for a fight. Bo lets the guy hit him a few times and eggs him on – drains his shot glass and starts whaling on the guy. Bo keeps drinking and fighting more than one guy. The bartender calls Billie – he didn’t think Hope needed this to deal with. Billie tells Chelsea that Bo needs her and leaves. Chelsea smiles smugly and says I didn’t think it would be this easy. Mom and Dad are this close to getting back together.
Back at the Loft/Apartment: Mimi is looking at her ring and saying that her mom is going to crazy when she sees it. She says that it is so simple and elegant and it means so much to her because it’s a family heirloom. Shawn is thinking about what Belle said. Mimi calls his name a couple of times and asks him what he was thinking about. She says is it about Zack. He shakes his head no. He says I’m thinking that you’re too far away from me. They kiss. Philip and Belle – I feel so bad for Philip. That’s all I’ll I say – poor guy. Belle makes her way to the roof – so does Shawn. Belle gets there first and starts talking to herself (didn’t someone say earlier that she wasn’t crazy) – she can’t believe she told Shawn that she still loved him. Shawn confronts her and wants to know if it’ true. Belle’s reply – the standard one – the open mouthed slack-jawed stare.
Preview: Bo to Billie – Hope threw me out of the house. She can’t stand the sight of me. My life with her is over. John to Marlena and Alex – He lied to you about where he was because he needed an alibi. It was you who did this to Lois. Mimi to Belle and Philip – That little girl sleeping so soundly doesn’t belong to you Philip. Belle – What?
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Thursday Feb 16
Pat’s Spoilers
This is going to be a very short report tonight. I just don’t find much about this episode worth talking about. I will provide just a basic outline of what happens.
Hospital: The entire episode pertains of John accusing, Alex denying and Marlena fawning over her husband. Marlena’s staunch defence of Alex and continued disapproval of John is done right sickening. It takes practically the entire episode for Alex to provide an alibi – how convenient that a woman and a man were arguing and she threw the gift and the receipt in the garbage all within earshot of Alex. As Alex smugly says to John that he is taking his wife home now Lexie rushes in and says Lois is awake. John glares at Alex and says now the whole world will know that you are a cold-blooded killer.
Abe and Lexie: She takes him back to his room – saying he shouldn’t be overdoing it. He does admit that his eyes are itchy and his vision blurry but he was told to expect that. They talk about Alex – excuse for flashbacks of Alex and Lexie and Lexie and Tek. Lexie closes the blinds – they kiss. She wants to get closer. Abe withdraws. She suggests that they go away for the weekend – he wants to spend time with Theo. Lexie says he is shutting her out. They finally talk about Abe’s impotency. Lexie is very understanding and loving but Abe doesn’t want to confront it. The Commissioner phones and he makes it clear that Lexie’s presence isn’t wanted.
Mimi’s dream or should I say nightmare: She wakes up and Shawn is gone and the windows to the fire escape are open. Phil comes over looking for Belle. When she’s not there he says she must have gone up on the roof – Mimi says she’s not alone. Shawn and Belle return. Mimi says she has something to say that affects them all. They have been there for each other but that will end now – what she has to say will rip them all apart – she amends that by saying that her and Phil have the most to lose. She tells Philip that the baby sleeping so soundly in the next room is not his – Shawn is Claire’s biological father. Denials all around. Mimi convinces them. Shawn acts like an idiot so does Belle. Belle tells Philip she loves him but Shawn is her first love yada, yada, yada, …Shawn thanks Mimi for being so understanding – he wants to be with the mother of his child. Mimi says that’s what she thought. Shawn and Belle go traipsing off to see Claire. Philip starts yelling at Mimi asking her how she could do this to him. He yells at her that sometimes a lie is better than the truth – Mimi wakes up and calls out for Shawn. She sees the open window and knows where is. On the rooftop – repeat of Shawn confronting Belle – this time Mimi hears them.
Cheating Heart: The fight rages on. Billie arrives and flashes her ISA badge and threatens to arrest the bikers and Bo too. Bo tells Billie he didn’t need her help. She lays the guilt trip on him – what would Zack think. He should be at home trying to work things out. Bo says that Hope threw him out of the house. She can’t even look at him. Their life together is over. Billie says they always work things out. Bo says not this time. She tells him he’ll have to dig deep. Bo wants to drink more – Billie says you can’t find the answers in the bottom of glass – that’s what he told her. Bo listens to the lecture but then calls out for a beer. A cop comes. He tells Bo that if anyone wants to press charges he is going to have to book him. The biker wants to press charges and as soon as he finds out Bo is a cop – he says not only does he want him arrested – he wants his badge. The bartender refutes the bikers claim that Bo started it. Billie talks the cop into leaving. When Bo realises he isn’t going to be served liquor any longer he decides to leave and go where he will be served. Billie pays the bartender for the damages and goes after Bo. Bo doesn’t get far – just to the alley where his bike is parked. He pounds his fists against the wall of the building, throws some things around – flashes back to saying his final goodbye to Zack, Hope finding out the truth and Hope asking him to leave. He drops to his knees crying saying No, No, No – Billie watches.
Previews: Bo to Billie – My boy is dead because of me. I got what I deserve, I am alone. Billie – Not true, you have me. Shawn to Belle – I’m not going to break up your family. Belle – I can – then she lunges at him. Sami to Austin – There is no way I’m going to let you give up on our company just because you hurt Carrie’s feelings. Tek to Lois – Do you see the person who hurt you? She points to John.
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Friday Feb 17
Pat’s Spoilers
Hospital: Marlena continues to fawn over Alex. John continues his Alex is evil mantra. Lexie tells them that Lois is very weak but she wants to make a statement. John does not want Alex in the room because he’s the one that tried to kill her. Alex accuses John of being the reason Lois tried to kill suicide because he injected her illegally with a drug. Marlena lectures John on not being a psychiatrist and not caring for Lois’ well-being. John’s pleas that he was only doing this to get to the truth about Alex falls on deaf ears. Lexie says if Lois gets too upset she will clear the room. They all go inside, Tek and Lexie on one side of the bed, Marlena, Alex and John on the other. Tek asks her if she can point out the person who hurt her (Lois is very disoriented and can’t talk). She looks at Tek and Lexie and then faces the others and you can see her begin to panic. Lexie tells her to calm down. She points to John put she is thinking “You have to keep me safe from Alex.” John is shocked – Alex smirks. John says no you’re wrong. All I did was ask you some questions. Lois has flashbacks of attacking John and of the injection of the truth serum. She then remembers Alex choking her. She points to John again thinking “You have to protect me. You’re the only one who can.” She goes into cardiac arrest. Lexie clears the room. Lois dies. John feels sure that Lois retracted her statement. Tek says she didn’t – the two cops are here for you. John says you’re arresting me. Tek says they want to question you – John’s all for it but the cop’s have to restrain him when he sees Alex and Marlena walking out arm in arm.
Bo & Billie: Bo goes back to beating up a brick wall – Billie stops him. Bo is angry at the world but mostly at himself. Billie brings up Zack again. She tells him to go home. He says he can’t. Hope kicked him out. She’s been angry before but this time it was different. It’s over. He is the one responsible for Zack’s death – he gave Chelsea his truck to drive. Hope hates him, Shawn hates him, Chelsea doesn’t know if she can trust him and Zack is dead – he’s all alone. Billie says that’s not true – he has her. Bo shakes his head no (good move, Bo!). Billie looks at his hand and says they should get something on it so it doesn’t get infected. Bo says he is fine. Again she tells him to go home. He says he doesn’t have one. She asks him if he’s going to find a park bench and some newspapers and sleep there. He says he has slept in worse places. If she had her own place she would offer him her couch to sleep on but she doesn’t think he wants to go to Patrick’s – neither does she. Bo gets on his high horse calling down Patrick. He doesn’t know what Billie saw in him – hmm all of sudden – neither does Billie. So any brownie points Bo may have earned in my book just went out the window. She goes in to get some towels and ice and tells him to stay put. Bo sits on his bike and calls Hope. He asks her to call him when she gets the message. He says he loves her. He thinks to himself that she is never going to forgive him. He puts on his helmet, fires up his bike and takes off. Billie comes running out yelling at him to stop.
Java Café: Lucas and Carrie enter. Lucas offers to get her a latte – Carrie thanks him. He says it’s just coffee. She’s says it’s more – you’re always there when I need you. You’re a good friend. Kate is sitting at a table looking at a picture of Carrie and Austin on her cell phone and she says Austin and Carrie belong together. Carrie tells her that will never happen. Kate asks her to sit down. Carrie admits to being in love with Austin but he destroyed her company. Kate says it was business. Carrie tells her it was more than that to her – she gives the impassioned speech. One thing about Kate, at times she can cut right to the heart of the matter. When Carrie says I loved the company and the employees – they are family – Kate point blank asks her if she loves them more than she loves Austin. Kate goes on to say that Austin still loves her and she still loves him – nothing should come between that. Lucas overhears this and is upset with his mother. Carrie gets a call and goes outside to take it. It’s Becky. Lucas is upset with his mother and he doesn’t hold back – I can honestly say that I don’t LIKE this Lucas at all. He asks his mother to stop interfering in his life. He LOVES Carrie (god he sure can switch it off fast – bye, bye Sami the love of my life … sigh). If Kate doesn’t stop insisting that Austin and Carrie belong together and if she doesn’t stop trying to get them back together he will never let her see Will again. And if Austin and Carrie get back together he will spend all of his life taking revenge on Austin until Austin is destroyed and that will be on her conscious. Carrie sees Austin go in – we get a nice Austin and Carrie flashback. Lucas comes out and says he has to go talk to Sami about Will. She says is going to the book store. Lucas leaves – Carrie watches Austin and wonders if Kate is right. Inside Austin approaches Kate and tells her he needs her help.
Sami’s: Austin is talking to a friend in New York. He tells Paul about Carrie and how he may have ruined his chance with her. Sami comes out and hears him talking about Carrie so Sami being Sami, she listens. Austin gives Paul the High Style story – I won’t bore you with that stuff. He tells Paul that maybe he should just shut down ARC. Sami cuts in. She tells Austin that there is no way she is going to let him give up on the company just because he hurt Carrie’s feelings. Austin tells his friend he’ll call him back. He accuses Sami of eavesdropping. She says I’m in the living room of my home. She’s glad she heard him. Sami says that she and Nicole have been working hard for him. He tells her he was just blowing off steam with a friend – he is committed to the company. Sami tells him she is going to go out and get some stuff to make them a special supper – Nicole is out wining and dining potential investors. After Sami leaves Austin thinks to himself that he loves Carrie but he is going to need some help to win her back. He knows just what to do. Sami returns and finds a note from Austin saying he had an errand to run. She is happy. She believes that Austin has finally accepted that Carrie is never going to forgive him. She figures a sure fire way to get to a man is through his stomach. She starts the meal. When we see her next, she’s wearing a really nice dress and the table is set for two with candles burning. She shuts off the light. She hears footsteps so she stands behind the door and closes her eyes. As soon as the person enters she wraps her arms around him and kisses him – it’s Lucas.
Rooftop: Shawn wants to know if it’s true. Belle says yes, she’s never stopped loving him. Mimi is hearing all this and she is upset. Shawn wants to know why she is telling him this now. Belle says she was afraid … too guilty. Shawn knows there’s more to this so he says now what. Belle admits it’s because he’s engaged to Mimi and if he marries her she’ll lose him forever and she can’t let that happen and she attacks him and plants a kiss on him. Thankfully we barely get to see the disgusting kiss (maybe 2 seconds tops before the camera cuts to a shocked Mimi). Next we hear Shawn’s voice saying we can’t do this before the camera cuts back to them. He says I’m engaged to Mimi and you’re married to Philip. The two of you have a child together. Maybe if you had said something before … Belle cuts in and says before she didn’t have to watch Claire almost die, Zack hadn’t died. Those two things have shown her that there are no guarantees. She says he knew she still loved him but she had to try and work things out with Philip. They would never forget but they would move on but now she realises that life is too precious not to follow their hearts – now while they still can. (Belle is almost exuberant during this portion – smiling as she explains HER epiphany). Shawn says there so many other people involved. Ahh – Belle’s true colours come out now along with the claws. She says Exactly! When I saw the Horton family ring on Mimi’s finger I knew I had to say something (oh my the condescending tone and the way she practically spits the words Mimi’s finger – jealous much, Belle???) She had to stop dreaming about them being together someday and do something now before he marries Mimi. (Poor Mimi!) Oh my the look he gives Belle – I get the impression he’s not exactly sure how to handle her. He tries to talk but Belle won’t let him get in a word. She tells him that these are our lives – we only get one chance. The clock is ticking. Please tell me we won’t waste any more times. She steps up close to him like she’s expecting him to take her in his arms. He says that time ran out for them when she and Philip had Claire.
Belle says what do you mean time has run out for us? (Duh, what don’t you understand about that statement – no way to misconstrue those words??) Shawn says I’m sorry, but we’ve both moved on. Belle whines that they spent their whole lives planning their futures – don’t you still love me? Shawn answers of course I do, I probably always will (Mimi cries). But I love Mimi and I want to spend the rest of my life with her (Oh my, I love his voice when he says this … so impassioned!) Mimi mouths the words ‘thank you.’ Belle looks a little peeved and says so this is it, after everything we had? Shawn says we can’t change what’s happened. You are married to Philip you are the mother of his child. Belle says she loves Claire but … Shawn says after everything Claire has been through she deserves to have her parents together. Considering Claire can you find any other reason to leave Philip for me? Mimi whispers I can think of something. Belle stares. The only reason she can give him is that she loves him and never stopped loving him and she never will. She should have trusted that he loved her and that everything that happened with Jan was a lie. I should have just waited. Shawn says he shouldn’t have left town when they were fighting about her Mom being the Salem Stalker. But he did what he did and she did what she did. They thought it was the right thing at the time. Belle snaps that it wasn’t. Shawn says maybe but we can’t keep torturing ourselves. We have to accept the consequences and move on – you said that and you were absolutely right. He goes on to say it gets better because I am with Mimi and you are with Philip and they love us and we love them. We’ll stay friends. We’ll have kids and they’ll grow up together. We’ll live happily ever after. End of story. Belle whines and snivels that it can’t be over. Shawn says it has to be because I won’t break up your family and I’m not going to break Mimi’s heart. Belle says oh god what have WE done? (I better not say anything here because anything I have to say is not going to be pretty). Mimi goes back downstairs. Shawn comforts Belle and tells her that she has nothing to be upset about – you have a wonderful husband, a daughter – she has a great life. Belle is not happy with that and whines that it’s not the life she wanted. Shawn says we can’t be together. I’m sorry. I’ll always be there for you as a friend. Mimi is thinking that Shawn loves her and that he said that he wants to spend the rest of his life with her. But if he finds out the truth that will all change that’s why my Mom is right. I can never tell Shawn the truth or my nightmare will come true. There’s a knock on the door. Mimi looks to see who it is and says, god no, not you.
Previews: Austin to Kate – I will Carrie and I’m afraid that the one I’ll lose her to is Lucas. Carrie to Sami and Lucas – Do I have to draw you a picture? It is so obvious that you two are still in love. Belle (in her little girl voice) to Shawn – I still love you. There has to be a way to make this work – there just has to be. (LMAO at the look on Shawn’s face – too funny). Bo to Billie – I never would have made it through this night without you. Billie – I’ll always be here for you no matter what.
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Tuesday Feb 21
Janice’s Spoilers
Two New Salem gold stars to Peter for giving the performance of a lifetime today. My goodness it was amazing and so memorable!
A gold star to Jason as well for his solid performance on the rooftop! Finally his character addresses all his pain regarding Belle.
I also enjoyed Sami and Carrie’s talk today. Both actresses did a great job. Loved Farah as well!
Java Café: Austin & Kate
Austin explains to his mom his part in ruining his relationship with Carrie. She tries to blame Sami and Nicole but he insists on taking full blame. He asks her to help him get Carrie back. Kate tells him she loves him but isn’t sure that he can ever make things right, especially if the company was Carrie’s life. Austin knows he and Carrie love each other, he just wishes she could forgive him. Kate flashes back to Lucas threatening her with never seeing her grandson again if she continues to push Carrie and Austin together. Back in the present, Austin wants to make the company a success and have Carrie in his life at the same time. Kate tells him he can’t.
Kate doesn’t think Austin can have a future with Carrie, and then at his look says...at least not now... She reminds him about his investors and employees, suggesting that he concentrate on making the company a success. Austin tells her that he has to do something...he’s afraid he will lose Carrie to Lucas.
Austin talks about how happy Philip and Belle are. Kate murmurs that she won’t let anything happen to disrupt their family. He talks about the one day that he and Carrie were happy and then leaves the café. Kate is very much afraid that one of her sons is going to get his heart broken...and she’s thinks it will be Austin.
Sami’s Apartment: Sami, Lucas, Carrie, and later Austin
Sami walks into her candlelit living room and looks at all her preparations. She thinks it’s all perfect and romantic but not too romantic, and wonders where Austin is. Sami hopes he will give her a chance now that he and Carrie are finished. She sees the doorknob turning and without even stopping to think, rushes to open it...planting a passionate kiss on the man at the door...Lucas. She pulls back in shock and can’t believe she kissed him. Lucas threatens to charge her with sexual assault. She threatens to charge him with break and enter and can’t believe he just waltzed into her apartment without knocking.
They continue to rag on each other...getting louder and louder...until Carrie shows up and wants to know if they want her to draw a picture for them—it’s obvious they are still in love with each other. Lucas looks at her and then says that he only came to talk to Sami about Will. He insults Sami—says he hopes her seduction scene with Austin goes well because he doesn’t think she is that good in bed...calls her a horny little... Lucas goes to leave but Carrie decides to stay and talk with Sami.
Out in the hallway, Lucas flashes back to his passionate kiss with Sami for a moment. He still seems a little disturbed by it. He decides to eavesdrop on the conversation and moves towards the “almost closed” door.
Carrie is defending Lucas and wants Sami to admit that she wants to be with him and still loves him. Sami gets upset and says she refuses to pine after a man who isn’t interested in her anymore. She just wants to get married to someone who loves her and have more children. Sami says she isn’t like Carrie who is smart and ambitious and wants a career. Carrie has a flashback to talking with a friend about wanting a family of her own and finding Mr. Right. Back in the present, Carrie tells Sami that at least she has Will, and admits to wanting a family and children herself. Lucas smiles to himself (his manipulative wheels are turning). Sami rags on Kate for ruining her dreams of a life with Lucas and Will. She knows that Lucas doesn’t want anything more to do with her. Lucas murmurs in agreement. Carrie sympathizes with Sami.
Carrie tells Sami that she just wants her to be happy. Sami believes that Austin is her last chance and feels he is the right man for her. She’s tired of her terrible track record...tired of hurting people and being hurt. She talks about how Austin is the only one who forgave her and wanted to be her friend, unlike Lucas. She wonders if Carrie will stand in her way. Carrie repeats that she doesn’t want anything to do with him. Sami asks her to back off. Carrie tells her it’s over between her and Austin so Sami asks her not to stand between her last chance of happiness. Carrie reassures her and they hug.
Lucas rushes away as Carrie leaves and then pretends he has just come to find her. She tells him that she had a nice talk with Sami. He of course wants to know what the talk was about...if it was about him. Carrie apologizes and says it’s obvious that both he and Sami have moved on. Lucas tells her that he wants to find happiness, love, have more children... Carrie is happily surprised (the wheels are turning) and smiles at him...sigh score one for Lucas. Austin gets off the elevator and sees them. Carrie says hello abruptly and then she leaves with Lucas.
Austin walks into Sami’s apartment and doesn’t even really notice the candles et al. She tells him about the great conversation she just had with Carrie. He gets hopeful and asks about it. She tells him she’s sorry but Carrie won’t take him back.
Rooftop: Shawn and Belle
The snow is coming down hard and Shawn suggests in a reasonable voice that they go inside before they say things they don’t want to or mean to and hurt others. Belle agrees but then turns away. He still wants to go inside but she says that she doesn’t want to go...she wants to stay with him because she still loves him and there has to be a way to make it work. Shawn looks at her perplexed.
Belle gets a little righteous and raises her voice to tell Shawn that she is living a lie and all of a sudden wants to tell Philip the truth about how she feels about Shawn. He looks at her... lol...I’ll be nice and say he’s in shock...he can’t believe she is serious and wants to know what good that would do. She admits she doesn’t know. He tells her that the only way Philip is going to find out is if she tells him because he isn’t going to. She knows he doesn’t want to hurt Philip but thinks she is hurting him by keeping the secret. Shawn looks at her...lol...lets use the word “shocked” again.
Shawn can’t believe that Belle will tell Philip that she still loves Shawn. She throws it back at him and asks him bitterly what makes him so sure. Shawn is getting more and more exasperated (I think he figures this is a twilight episode...lol...just kidding). He says that if she tells Phil the truth it would mean that she doesn’t love Philip anymore and wants to know if that is true. She starts yelling at him that of course it isn’t true. Shawn is completely frustrated with her now. He calls her on making her choice not once but three times already...when she got married to Philip...when Philip lost his leg...and then again when she got pregnant! He shouts at her that she has a beautiful daughter...has been given a second chance...and everything turned out the way it is supposed to. Belle asks him if he really believes that. He tells her he does, raising his voice once more to get through to her. He says that he and Mimi are going to get married...adopt some kids...and start a family...and he wishes that she could be happy for him the same way he was happy for her. Belle is crying and shouting at the same time now. She thinks that after everything they have had... Shawn yells at her to stop saying “You and I”...there is no “You and I” and there never will be again. Belle is in shock. She gets belligerent/ miserable/bitter (heck I don’t know!) and tells him she can’t accept that.
Shawn tells Belle that she has to accept that he and Mimi are getting married. She doesn’t think she can. He gets mad and asks her if she thinks it was easy for him when she and Philip got married. He says it hurt like hell but he just had to suck it up. He tries to placate her by saying that she, Philip, and Claire are a family now. She says they are and they aren’t... She starts pleading with him...still believes that she and Shawn are meant to be together...had the same dream and starts to speak of Zach. Shawn doesn’t want to hear it. Belle wants her daughter to have the best life possible. Shawn is perplexed again and figures that should mean that Claire has both her parents. Belle gets weird and tells him that he is so good with Claire and loves her. Shawn shouts that he isn’t Claire’s father and that life doesn’t always turn out the way they want it to...uses Zach as an example. Belle isn’t giving up. She thinks this is all wrong. He tells her it was wrong when she didn’t tell Philip how she felt before he went overseas. He reminds her that there were lots of times she was going to tell him but there was always a reason and now it’s too late. He tells Belle that he doesn’t want to hurt her but she has to let him go. She’s not sure she can. He doesn’t want to talk about this anymore...tells her he’s sorry but that they are finished. Shawn leaves.
Shawn & Mimi’s Loft: Mimi, Philip, and later Shawn
Mimi turns from the window, nurturing a cup of hot tea in her hands. She tells herself that Shawn told Belle he loves her (Mimi) and wants to marry her. If she tells him the truth about Claire, it will change everything and her nightmare would come true for sure. Mimi flashes back to the nightmare with Shawn leaving with Belle and Philip yelling at her. Philip is at the door looking for his wife. He woke up and she was gone and wants to know if Mimi knows where she is. Mimi looks upset.
Mimi tells him hurriedly that Belle isn’t there. He figures she must have had trouble sleeping and thought she might have come over to talk to Mimi or Shawn. He asks her if she knows where Shawn is. Mimi flashes back to the rooftop and Shawn finding out that Belle still loves him. Back in the present she gets very defensive and wants to know why Philip would think Shawn would have seen Belle if she hasn’t...lol...poor Mimi. He calls her on her defensiveness and wants to know what is wrong. She tap dances but he asks her outright if she thinks there is something going on between Shawn and Belle.
Mimi goes on the defensive yet again and answers a question with a question. She wants to know why Philip would assume that Shawn would be with Belle right now. He tells her that they do after all live next door to each other...he can’t believe Belle would leave the building without telling him...especially after they just brought Claire home. Mimi looks at the fire escape through the window. Philip looks at her strangely and says that maybe he will just go and ask Shawn himself. Her mouth opens wide and Philip’s look changes to suspicion. He says: Shawn is here...right?
Philip asks Mimi pointblank to tell him if Shawn is in his room. She gets nervous again and says yes but doesn’t want Phil to wake him up. Phil decides that Belle must be up on the roof and goes to leave. Mimi tries to stop him. Belle turns up in the hallway and apologizes for worrying him...asks about Claire...tells Phil she doesn’t like the baby being left alone (I guess Phil is relegated to babysitter while Claire’s mommy can go and do whatever she wants). He tells her he is wondering where Shawn is. Belle looks scared and nervous. Mimi is frowning at her but not saying a word. Shawn comes out, pretends nothing happened, and wants to know what is going on. Mimi tells him quietly that Philip was looking for Belle. Shawn continues to play innocent as does Belle. They all say good night. Belle looks at Shawn before she goes inside. Shawn closes the door to the loft and leans against it. He whispers goodbye Belle (not much emotion) as Mimi watches him and looks upset and suspicious.
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Billie is off looking for Bo in a snowstorm. She berates herself for letting him go off on his own after drinking so much and is worried he’ll get hurt or hurt others.
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Graveyard: Bo and Billie
Bo arrives at Zach’s grave. He looks warn out and completely devastated. Taking his flask out, he takes a swig of liquor. Billie finds Bo and thanks god for it. Bo is crying and tells her to go away. She stays. He is heartbroken and tells her that Zach is gone... his little boy is dead...but it just doesn’t feel real. Billie tells him he needs to take some time to grieve...he’s been so busy taking care of everyone else that he needs to do this for himself or he’ll go crazy. Bo kneels by the grave and falls apart. He looks up at the sky and starts to scream...wants to know why this had to happen...why did his little boy have to die.
Bo is crying his eyes out. He blames himself for what happened...should have said no to Chelsea. Billie tries to make excuses but Bo ignores her and keeps berating himself. He remembers that Hope said that someday someone would get hurt because of Chelsea’s recklessness...and it turned out to be his little boy. He doesn’t think he will ever be forgiven because it is all his fault...his fault that Zach died...his fault that Chelsea may go to prison for the rest of her life...his fault that Shawn lost his baby brother...his fault that he has lost his son Shawn....Shawn hates him and always will...Hope hates him too...he doesn’t deserve her love...he doesn’t deserve anything. Bo sprawls over the grave sobbing that he should be alone for the rest of his life and yells through his tears...what has he done...what has he done...over and over again.
Bo holds Zach’s teddy bear and flashes back to a reunion when he and Hope came home to Zach and Shawn (I think after the island). Back in the present he says they were so happy...nothing will ever be the same. Billie tells him someone should look at his hand. She wants to take care of him. He says okay quietly and thanks her for helping him get through the night. She tells him she would do anything for him and they leave.
Preview:
Bonnie shouts at Mimi that they can’t give those two a choice to get back together. Mimi isn’t very happy.
An upset Belle tells Shawn that she can’t do it...she can’t live like that. Shawn isn’t very happy.
Alex watches as John looks at Marlena in her wedding gown. John wants to know what that bastard is up to now. Alex thinks that this is shaping up even better than he thought. Marlena tells John to leave.
Hope and Jennifer are at the Salem Inn. Hope thinks Bo must have been drunk because he didn’t even shut the door. Jennifer tells her to go in. Hope opens the door and says his name.
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Wednesday Feb 22
Pat’s Spoilers
Not a lot good about this show … I liked Frankie, Hope and Jen and Caroline – that’s about it.
The loft: Bonnie shows up wanting to make wedding plans. Mimi is not into it – Shawn takes off – he tells Mimi he’ll give them some time alone – he kisses her and leaves. Conveniently Belle comes out of her loft at the same time. They go up the roof. Bonnie asks Mimi what is wrong. She tells Bonnie about the conversation on the roof. Bonnie goes into full overbearing mother mode and tells Mimi that they need to do damage control. She has to marry Shawn ASAP. They can’t give them a chance to get back together. Mimi says she hates lying to Shawn. Bonnie insists that she has to lie because if Shawn finds out he’s that baby’s father he’ll go back to Belle. Mimi asks Bonnie to stop saying that. Bonnie says it’s true especially now that he knows she is still in love with her. Mimi says he told Belle that he was in love with her. Bonnie says of course he does but just not the same way. Mimi is upset with Bonnie for saying that. Bonnie then says ‘at least he doesn’t realise it yet’. Bonnie keeps pushing saying she could still marry him and adopt babies and have the life she always dreamed of. Just don’t blow it. Mimi looks very uncomfortable. Caroline shows up with the wedding dress. Mimi thanks her for coming over. Caroline is very pleased that Mimi would want to get married in this old dress. Mimi tells her that she has been dreaming of being married in the Brady traditional dress since Shawn proposed. Caroline said it looked beautiful on her when she tried it on. Mimi says she better try it on again.
Shawn is happy he ran into Belle because he wants to talk to her about last night. It can’t happen again. He felt terrible lying to Mimi and to Philip – they didn’t know they were up on the roof together and they don’t know … Belle interrupts and says that I’m still in love with you. Belle is happy to see him again because SHE has made an important decision. He wants to know what the decision is. She says she can’t keep lying about her feelings for him. It’s tearing her apart. She loves Philip too and he deserves better than this. (So does Shawn, Belle – much, much, much better than you). Shawn says No, No. Belle won’t listen to him – she says the lies have to stop. Shawn tells her they can’t go keep going over this – the decision was made. What they had is over and they don’t have a future together and they never will. Belle won’t accept that – SHE can’t live like that. Shawn just gives her that look as if he can’t believe that she’s quite that … hmm … I’ll just stop there. Shawn and Belle are back in the hallway. He tells her he’s really sorry – maybe if things have been different but they’re not. She stares at him and says you’re really going to marry Mimi. Shawn very clearly states Yes, I am. She’s actually in there right now making plans with her mother. Belle wipes her tears and says I better go in and help – I’m the matron of honour. Shawn says you don’t have to do this. Belle snaps that it’s okay – she can do it. They open the door and see Bonnie, Caroline and Mimi in the dress – Belle gulps and bolts. Shawn calls out her name. Caroline tells Shawn she’ll go. Shawn says she probably went up on the roof.
Kate shows up and asks Shawn what is going on. Shawn says Mimi is having some pre-wedding jitters – everything is fine. Kate says she’ll go and talk to her. She comes in and shuts the door. Kate says she came to see what she thought of the sketches but it seems like she picked out a dress. She then says Shawn says you are feeling jittery. Is there a problem? Bonnie says there could be a big problem if they don’t get the two of them hitched like yesterday. Kate wants to know what is going on. Mimi tells her that Belle told Shawn she is still in love with him. Mimi admits to spying on them on the roof. Belle was all emotional and spilled her guts. Kate says fine – we just have to move this along. You have to marry Shawn as soon as possible because Belle can’t find out he’s the father of her baby. Mimi says “But …” Bonnie says not buts, what Shawn doesn’t know won’t hurt him. Shawn opens the door and looks from one to the other. He then says Wow, you look beautiful – he sees Belle in the dress not Mimi. Bonnie tells Mimi that should put all doubts to rest – any one can see that he is head over heels in love with the woman wearing this dress. Shawn smiles.
On the roof Caroline tells Belle she knows what she is going through. Snivelling Belle whines that she told her not to say anything but she did. She told him last night that she still loved him. Caroline wants to know what Shawn said. Belle says he said the right thing. She knows he stills her loves her but he said that she belongs with Philip and their baby and he is going to marry Mimi and she needs to forget about him. Caroline tells her that he was right and no matter how much it hurts what Shawn said is true. You have to accept that it’s over between you two and your future is with Philip. Shawn is going to marry Mimi and the two of them are going to be together forever so for everyone’s sake you just have to let him go. Caroline tells Belle to respect her marriage – it’s not like she doesn’t love Philip – she told her she did. You have a beautiful baby. You have a future together – so do Shawn and Mimi – that’s four lives – think about that. (Yeah, right – like that’s going to happen!)
Jail: Kate shows up to see John and says she’ll get her attorney to post bail. John says that Frankie is on it. John thanks her for being there for him – she’s the best friend he ever had. Kate asks him why he’s in jail. John says Alex is trying to pin a crime on him that he (Alex) committed. Lois didn’t commit suicide. John gives Alex credit for being good – he’s twisting everything to his advantage. John is confident that once he gets out of jail he can convince Marlena that Alex isn’t the man he claims to be. Kate doesn’t think it will be that easy and hands him the newspaper. John says oh my god. When he reads the part about the honeymoon he says Alex is going to take Marlena out of town to kill her. Kate says he can’t be sure about that. Frankie shows up. John wants to know if he can leave. Frankie asks Kate to leave. Frankie says he got him out on bail but on one condition and he’s not going to like it. He has to stay away from Alex and Marlena. John says Alex is a threat to Marlena – you think I’m going to let him hurt her. Frankie says don’t do anything you will regret. John says how could he regret protecting his wife from a killer. Frankie tries to warn him that he will end up back in jail – John tells him to relax and takes off.
Penthouse: I can’t really go into these scenes. I can’t stand Alex or Marlena. Let’s just say that Alex makes Marlena look like an idiot and makes her me dislike her more and more each day. Alex plays Marlena going from feeling bad about failing Lois as her doctor to making sure that Marlena knows that John is an obsessed stalker who has returned to the type of man that was a mercenary for Stefano DiMera. Marlena does say John wouldn’t hurt her and says if Alex hadn’t come along she would still be married to him. Alex has a surprise for her. He shows her the headlines on the Society pages about their renewal ceremony. In the article he mentions they are going to go on an extended second honeymoon. Marlena is positively giddy – I’m positively sickened … LOL! Alex has another surprise for her. He gives her a box and tells her it’s her wedding dress. He can’t wait to see her in it again. He has someone coming over to alter it. Marlena puts the dress on – it’s the dress she wore in her last wedding to John. The seamstress is there – Alex heads upstairs. John comes over and is shocked to see Marlena – he wonders what the heck Alex is up to now. Alex smirks thinking that this is better than he planned. Marlena doesn’t have a clue why John is so shocked and tells him to leave.
Jen’s: Frankie has his cast removed. They have coffee and mention that Chelsea is there. Jen worries about that – Chelsea is Abby’s best friend but Hope is hers and because of Chelsea they don’t have Zack anymore. Frankie says it was an accident. Jen says she knows but she shouldn’t have been driving. Chelsea comes down. She thanks Jen for letting her stay there because she couldn’t see staying with Patrick after what he did. Jen says he told the truth. Chelsea says the truth just made it worse for everyone – she does say she is responsible for what happened and she will have to live with that for the rest of her life. She wants to talk to Frankie about her case – that is if he is still representing her. He is. Jen here’s a car pull up. It’s Hope. Jen asks them to talk in the kitchen. She doesn’t think it’s a good idea for Hope to see Chelsea. Hope comes in – some idle chitchat and then Jen asks her if she worked things out with Bo. Hope says no, she threw him out. Jen tells her she can’t do that – they need each other more than ever. Hope says she can’t even look at him especially after last night. Hope tells Jen about what happened with Patrick. Jen defends Bo – saying he was grief-stricken – like she is. And she goes on to say that Bo is terrified of losing her as well. Hope says he lost her when he lied to her about how Zack died. She doesn’t see how she can ever forgive him.
Jen tells her to take some time and think about this – do not close the door on Bo. Jen says she wish she had the chance … Hope says Jack died in a tragic accident – he didn’t betray her. Jen defends Bo again – Hope’s cell ring. A female cop phones to see if Bo is alright after the bar fight. Hope asks if Bo was hurt – the cop says the bartender says some woman left with him – she thought it was Hope. Hope tells Jen that Bo was at a bar with a woman last night – one guess who it was.
Chelsea asks him how bad it is going to be for her if the judge listens to Hope who is going to want her to get the maximum sentence. Frankie tells her that the judge is going to listen to the family and want to do right by them and that could mean serious jail time. She asks him what will happen if Bo is on her side. Frankie tells her not to count on that. Yes Bo loves her but he also loves Hope and Zack and if he’s forced to chose Frankie doesn’t think he’ll choose her. Chelsea thinks to her that we’ll just see about that.
Chelsea is now eavesdropping on Hope and Jen’s conversation. Hope is very upset – she can’t believe that Bo went to a bar with Billie the night they buried their son. She says if there was any doubt about whose side he is was on there isn’t anymore. Jen tells her not to jump to conclusions – Bo must have an explanation. Hope doesn’t need one – it’s obvious what is going on and as far as she is concerned Billie can have him. Jen says you don’t mean that – she saw how worried she was about Bo when she thought he might have been hurt. Jen urges Hope to go to Bo and talk to him – not to make a decision that she will regret for the rest of her life. Hope gets a call from the credit card company checking on the use of their card at a motel. Hope tells Jen that Bo is a hotel – Jen says he had to sleep somewhere. Now that they know where he is they’re going to go there and Hope is going to talk to him. Hope says what if he is with Billie. Jen says he won’t be. Chelsea gloats – this is just perfect.
Motel: Bo in bed sleeping – Billie in a chair – flashback to Billie undressing him and telling him to go to bed. Bo says I still love you. Billie gets all excited and goes to the bed. She hears him say I’ll always love you Fancy Face. Billie says and you always will – you and I are just friends and that’s all we’ll be. Bo dreams of happier times with Hope and Zack. He says in his sleep that no one can break them up. Billie gets a call from Chelsea. Chelsea tells her everything that Frankie said – it’s really bad. Chelsea says you have to help me or my life is over. Chelsea says do you mean that. You have to break up Bo and Hope. The only chance she has is if they are together and she convinces Bo to be on her side. Then her family will be back together finally. Billie says she can’t talk because she doesn’t want to wake up her Dad. Chelsea is all excited that they spent the night together. Billie says she slept on a chair. Chelsea scolds her for not taking the opportunity to be with the only man she ever loved. Bo continues dreaming about happy times. Billie wipes her tears and says forget it Chelsea, it’s never going to happen. Chelsea phones again and tells Billie that Hope is on her way to the hotel. This is her chance – if Hope finds out that they slept together. Billie says we didn’t. Chelsea says if she thinks you did she’ll never take him back. Then Dad will be 100% committed to their family and will do whatever it takes to keep me out of jail. Chelsea says you have to do this. Billie says if Hope sees us together their marriage could be over. Chelsea agrees. Billie leaves the door ajar and then says God forgive me as she proceeds to strip naked and crawl into bed with Bo. She touches his face – Bo dreams that Hope is in bed with him touching him and they kiss. Bo does not kiss Billie thinking its Hope – he’s just dreaming this. Hope and Jen arrive. Jen says she’ll wait out here for Hope – she tells her to go in and talk to him. Freeze frame on Hope seeing Bo and Billie in bed together with their arms wrapped around each other.
Preview: Belle to Shawn – You still want to be with me. Just admit it. Bonnie to Patrick – You’d be coming home every night to a beautiful wife with oodles of money. What could be more perfect than that? Hope to Jen – It’s over between us. Jen – Hope, please. Hope – No. I can’t ever take him back. John slugs Alex. Marlena – How could you do that?
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Thursday Feb 23
Pat’s Spoilers
The loft: We get subjected to a repeat of Shawn’s icky vision of Belle in the dress. Mimi smiles but then says no this is wrong. We can’t get married now. Shawn asks her what she is talking about. She says you saw me in my dress – its bad luck. She says Mom get him out of her. LOL Jason played this part perfectly. Shawn is confused – he says but I saw you in the dress before … Bonnie pushes him out and shuts the door. Geez Shawn’s friendly neighbour stalker is out there waiting to pounce. Mimi wants to get out of the dress. Kate says we’ll do alterations. Mimi says she needs a new dress. Shawn seeing her in her gown means their marriage is doomed especially if he finds out he is the father of Belle’s baby. Kate tells her to never say that again. He isn’t going to find out. Bonnie hears Shawn and Belle talking and wonders what the little witch is up to now – she is a married woman. She takes a glass and puts it up against the door so she can hear them.
Belle is having such a hard time with thinking about Mimi wearing THAT dress and marrying Shawn (oh boo hoo – cry me a river). Then to make matters worse we get that horrid recreated flashback of the Shawn and Belle scenes in the bride’s room – thank god it was only a couple of seconds worth … sigh. Belle wants to know what Shawn is thinking – god forbid the man have any thoughts of his own. He says at first he didn’t see Mimi in the dress he saw her. Belle smirks triumphantly – you do still love me – you still want to be with me. Just admit it. Shawn says he doesn’t understand … Belle cuts in grinning and says you still love me, why can’t you say it. Shawn says did I ever say I didn’t. What good does it either of us to say those words? You are married to Philip. You made that choice just like Mimi and I made ours. My parents always said you stick with family, anything else wouldn’t be right. Bonnie is happy that Shawn is such an honourable guy. Kate comes out and warns Bonnie – she has a tendency to blurt out things. Bonnie says that she won’t tell anyone about Shawn being the father of Belle’s baby. Mimi wants to know what they are plotting now. Bonnie says she is just happy that her baby girl is marrying Shawn Brady. She then asks Kate for the Basic Black credit card because the mother of the bride has to be the second most beautiful woman at the wedding. Kate hands it over. Bonnie leaves. She hugs Shawn and gushes about how happy he and Mimi are going to be. She babbles on and talks about how Claire is the spitting image of her father – then she adds her father, Philip. She heads to the elevator thinking she needs duct tape to tape her mouth shut. Mimi tells Kate that it feels wrong to be marrying Shawn based on a lie. Kate says that Shawn loves her. Mimi says he settled for second best. Kate doesn’t agree. Mimi doesn’t want to be patronized – she says everyone and their uncle knows that Shawn would marry Belle if he could – if it wouldn’t mean breaking up Philip’s family which it’s not really Philip’s family because he’s not Claire’s father. Kate’s reply – happiness with the man you love is worth one little lie.
Belle goes on to say she loves Claire so much – even more now (huh … why aren’t you with her instead of stalking a man who doesn’t want you???) but she wishes that Shawn was her father. Shawn gives her a very cold look – he’s very detached in this scene – he says he’s her godfather; he’ll always be a part of her life. He’ll always love her like she was his own. He says he has always felt so connected to Claire but the fact remains that she is not his daughter. She’s Philip’s and that is just the way it is. Kate keeps at Mimi. She tells her to think about how many people will be hurt if the truth comes out now. Mimi counters by asking her to think about how many will be hurt when the truth comes out later. Kate tells her not to ruin her ONE chance at happiness. Kate tells Mimi her options are marriage to the man of her dreams, entry into one of Salem’s finest families and a future full of promise or to tell Shawn the truth and be miserable for the rest of her life. Shawn is adamant when he tells Belle that he is marrying Mimi. She told him to move on and he has. Belle knows but she wants him to consider that they are making the biggest mistake of their lives. What if they are not doing what is best for Claire? (THEY – excuse me – Claire has a father). Shawn turns away from her. He says that Philip is a great father. Belle knows he is but … Shawn is angry now and he turns around and confronts her and says but what? Belle whines that Philip isn’t you (brilliant deduction, Belle – I wonder how long it took you to figure that one out … good lord). Shawn is beside him at this point. He says the Philip is Claire’s father. What they had is gone. It is a waste wishing for things you can never had. The three of us can never be a family.
The Penthouse: I’m sorry – I just can’t write this garbage up. I’ll sum it up as best I can. John tells Marlena that Alex’s plan to frame him isn’t going to work. He is going to protect her from Alex. Marlena tells John that Alex is her protector and he’s protecting her from him. She chastises John for spoiling a special moment. Alex had this wedding dress designed for her. John makes it clear that it is a carbon copy of the dress she wore when she the two of them got married. He makes her stand in front of a mirror and remember walking down the aisle, taking vows … Marlena has flashes of memory but denies to John that she has any memory. Besides even if she did remember what difference would it make? Alex is her husband and he is the man she loves and wants to spend her life with. She only wants to honour the vows she made to him. Alex comes down and taunts John. John hits him and knocks him out. Marlena is furious with John and tells him to leave or she’ll call the police. By this time Alex is conscious and he sits there and smirks when Marlena is throwing John out of the penthouse. John vows to save her from Alex.
Lockhart’s: Chelsea comes over to pick up a few things. She is not happy to see Patrick and lets him know that. He tells her to get out of his house then. Chelsea is very snotty with him – bringing up the fact that because of him she could be going to jail for a long time. Patrick felt he was doing the right thing – he couldn’t let Billie take the fall for something Chelsea did. Chelsea reminds him that it was Billie’s idea and rubs it in that Billie and Patrick are over. Patrick tells her she doesn’t have to leave, he’s leaving Salem. Chelsea tells him she won’t miss him. He says Jen and Hope will but Jen has Frankie to look after her, Abby and Jen Jr. As for Hope he doesn’t know because Bo is too busy looking after her (Chelsea). Patrick gripes that Bo freaks out when he sees him comforting Hope. Chelsea starts to play Patrick saying that her Dad is really threatened by him. He says the main reason he is leaving Salem is because he won’t be the reason Bo and Hope break up. Chelsea tells him if he was such a good friend to Hope he wouldn’t be bailing on her when she needs him the most. With her husband losing it, without him there for her to lean on Hope may go over the edge. Patrick repeats that he is not going to be the reason they break up – leaving town is the best thing he can do for the both of them. Chelsea eavesdrops as Patrick makes flight arrangements. She thinks to herself that he can’t leave Salem unless he takes Hope with him.
Bonnie comes home – sorry I hated the scenes between Bonnie and Patrick so I’m skipping over them. The bare bones – she finds out that Billie and Patrick are history so she decides that he should go after Hope. All she wants is her kids to be happy and loaded … sigh.
Motel: Bo dreams of being in bed with Hope. Hope sees them together and steps back. Jen asks her what is wrong and then looks in the room. She tells Hope that she is sorry. Hope says Bo has made his choice and he is going to have to live with it. Jen says again that she is sorry she brought her here – she doesn’t need to see this but Hope goes back into the doorway. Billie says make love to me again Bo (she emphasizes the word again). Hope has had enough. Billie hears them leave and gets out of bed – has a flashback to Chelsea’s call and then with tears in her eyes she says my god, what have I done? Billie is fully dressed sitting in a chair when Bo wakes up. She gives him some aspirin. Bo thanks her for being such a good friend – it was more than he deserved. Bo says he is going home. Billie says she knows that Hope is going through a really bad time right now but so is someone else. Their daughter. She is terrified of going to jail. Bo won’t abandon Chelsea. Billie wants to know how Hope is going to feel about that. Hope will never forgive their daughter but as difficult as all of this is, we are family and we have to stand together. Billie offers to drive him home. He says he doesn’t think that is a good idea – he’ll walk to the cemetery to get his bike. Billie thinks it would be best that Hope doesn’t know they spent the night even if nothing happened. Bo agrees. He leaves. Billie cries saying she is so sorry. She did it for Chelsea – she won’t let her go to jail. She hopes that someday he’ll be able to forgive her for what she did to Bo and Hope.
Jen’s: Jen is still apologising. Hope tells her that it’s not her fault that Bo crawled into bed with Billie. Jen can’t believe it. Hope can. She says that Bo was drunk – it’s not unlike Billie to take advantage of him – she’s done it before. Hope says she has lost her little boy now she’s lost her husband to the mother of her son’s killer. Sleeping with Billie – there is no way she can ever forgive him for that – it’s over. She can’t ever take him back. Hope is near tears and almost crying as she raises her coffee cup to toast the rest of her life without Bo. Jen won’t toast that. Hope says why not, Bo is with Billie now. You saw it with your own eyes. Their little boy just died and he’s sleeping with her – that’s a pretty clear choice. Jen tries to defend Bo – Hope tells her there is no excuse. Hope is convinced that Bo chose Chelsea over him and that he’s going to make a new family with them. Their son is dead – they have nothing. She starts crying that has lost him to Billie forever this time. Her heart is breaking – nothing can make this better. They hear Bo’s motorcycle – Hope can’t talk to him. She goes out the back way. Bo wants to see Hope. Jen says you can’t – it is too late. He hears Hope’s car start and he starts to run out – Jen yells that Hope is never going to forgive him and she doesn’t think she should. Bo runs out before Jen can tell him why.
Java Café: Eww – Chelsea and Billie. I can’t believe how disgusting Chelsea is. She is worried that Billie wimped out. Billie says she did it – she made sure Hope found them naked in bed together. Chelsea thinks that is fantastic! Hope is so bogged down with morals and values that she will never take him back into her life. She feels so much better now. She natters on that once Bo realises that Hope is never going to take him back he’ll be with Billie – and she’ll have the man she has always loved. Billie says my god, who are you? Billie says that Chelsea doesn’t understand anything about love and that’s sad. Bo and Hope are soul mates – they will be apart for long. Chelsea defends herself and says there is nothing wrong with her wanting her family to be together. Billie says you are trying to break up your father’s marriage – do you not feel any guilt at all? Sure she does but Bo and Hope aren’t the only two people who deserve to be happy. She does and so does Billie and she’s terrified of going to jail – she needs them to be there for her. Billie says she will be and that it will be okay. Chelsea doesn’t see how it can be unless Billie keeps Bo away from Hope. They get on the topic of Patrick. Chelsea says you are going to do a whole lot better – you’re going to be with Bo. Billie tells Chelsea that she spent years being unrealistic about her chances with Bo and she doesn’t want Chelsea to do the same. She goes on to say that she just wants to keep Bo and Hope apart long enough to keep Chelsea out of jail. Billie goes to get more coffee – Chelsea schemes on a way to get Hope out of the picture – she wants Hope to wind up at the same place as Patrick.
Preview: Abby to Hope – These are from Chelsea – a kind of peace offering (she hands her some flowers). Hope – And they are supposed to make up for killing my son. Bo to John – How are you going to prove to Marlena that this North character is a murderer? John – I’ll get her away from him – one way or another. Alex to Lois’ body – I hope I’m not catching you at a bad time – but we need to talk. Belle to Marlena – I saw the announcement in the paper. Sorry Mom but this wedding can not happen.
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Friday Feb 24
Pat’s Spoilers
The loft: Mimi is feeling a bit overwhelmed – she tells Shawn that they will never be ready for the wedding. Shawn tells her they will. He promises her that they will be ready for the wedding – somehow. Mimi doesn’t think he sounds too convinced. He knows this – they will be getting married whether they are ready or not. She asks him if he is working on the list she gave him. LOL – his answer – I’m working on the list and the five sub-lists. Mimi needs the addresses for his out of town relatives. He says they are on his computer. Mimi’s stress level is rising. She doesn’t want email addresses. He says okay, they’re in my address book – which is in the loft somewhere. Mimi’s voice is raised by now as she is telling him that he should have it out – Shawn tells her she should have asked sooner – Mimi yelling she did – Shawn asking her when. Bonnie barges in laden with packages asking them what is going on saying she could hear them all the way down the hall. Mimi tells here that she is beginning to think that getting married this fast was a really bad idea. Bonnie is a little ticked and says she had been running her butt off all over town Mimi can’t be seriously having second thoughts. Mimi says no but there is so much left to do – so many details. Shawn says Mimi is trying to say that we’re both feeling a little rushed here – Mimi jumps in and says ‘completely crazed’ … LOL! Shawn says yes. Mimi says at least I am. Bonnie says from now on you let me and Kate’s cheque book take care of everything. They don’t have to lift a finger until they slip those little bands of gold on that will join them together forever. Mimi takes a closer look at Bonnie and asks her what is up with the hair and the makeup. Bonnie removes her wrap and reveals her outfit – there are no words to describe it … LOL! Let’s just say it is shiny! Shawn smiles and says he thinks she looks great – Mimi laughs. Bonnie has been at the spa – she had to go for a test run. Patrick knocks on the door and tells Mimi that he came to say goodbye.
Mimi is surprised and asks him where he is going. He says he is leaving Salem. Bonnie says your brother is never one to stay in one place for long – just like his daddy. Mimi asks Patrick what is going on. He says it’s no big deal it’s just time for him to move on. She wants to know if it’s because of Billie. He tells her it’s because of a lot of things. Shawn tells Mimi that if he wants to go, let him go – it could be for the best. Mimi asks him what he means. Shawn says well he did work for the DiMera’s. Mimi defends Patrick saying he didn’t know what he was getting into besides he saved your parents lives. Patrick says it’s okay – he understands why Shawn doesn’t trust him – his father doesn’t either. It doesn’t matter because he’s out of here. Mimi says you’re not even going to stay for my wedding? He wishes her all the best in the world and he wants her to be happy – she deserves it. They hug. Bonnie says he won’t be gone for long – he’s got too much waiting for him here in Salem. She says they have a lot of work to do. Everyone grab a fork. Patrick asks what all this stuff is. Bonnie says food and wedding cake samples. Mimi says they wanted to keep everything small and low key. Bonnie says a wedding is what everyone needs – besides you only get married once – you gotta do it right. Bonnie says she was going to keep it surprise but she’ll tell them now – she’s hired them a wedding planner. They won’t have to do a thing. She’s on her way, she’ll be here any minute. Mimi says the place is a mess. Bonnie says she won’t care – she’ll want to get down to business – which is what they need to do. She tells them to start sampling. She samples one of the cheese puffs and says they are to die for – she starts listing a lot of other stuff. Shawn asks her if she should really be eating all this stuff with her heart condition. She says the doctor gave her a clean bill of health. Shawn says already. Bonnie amends it to say if I don’t overdo it. Patrick wants to know what they are talking about – what heart condition. Bonnie says she had a little scare – she’s fine now – she didn’t want to worry him. She then sticks some wedding cake in Patrick’s mouth.
Shawn says he needs to get going. Bonnie asks him where he is going. He says he has to go check on his mother. He thinks that the two of them and the wedding planner will be able to take care of everything. Patrick tells Shawn to give his best to his mom. Shawn says he will. Mimi tells him that if he wants to postpone this because of his mom she’ll understand. He says that he does not want to postpone this wedding. He kisses her. He tells her that he can’t wait to marry her. Mimi says ‘me either.’ She goes on to say that if after you see you mom you may change your mind. He shakes his head and says no, I’m not changing my mind. He kisses her again and tells her he loves her. She tells him she loves him. He’ll see her later. He thanks Bonnie for all her hard work and sampling … LOL! Bonnie mouths the word ‘thanks’. Patrick says goodbye – hugs Mimi and tells her to be happy. She tells him to keep in touch. Bonnie and Patrick hug. Bonnie starts lecturing Bonnie about trying to delay the wedding. Mimi tells her she feels torn – she feels so guilty. She wants to tell Shawn he’s the father of Belle’s baby. Bonnie says if you tell him you will destroy whatever chance you have left of being happy. Calliope arrives. Introductions and pleasantries are exchanged and then both Calliope and Bonnie speak at the same time – “Oh my god – love your outfit!” Bonnie says that something tells her that they are going to get along just fine – Calliope thinks so too. Bonnie says to Mimi with Calliope here, what could possibly go wrong?
Brady pub: John and Belle – yawn. Well the scenes are worth a laugh – just hearing John call her ‘baby’ had me in stitches. In a nutshell Belle proceeds to tell John what he has to do and that is stop the wedding. Then she goes on to tell him how to do it. Then she decides she can do something. John tells her to kiss his granddaughter – she will (Huh, pray tell, and when would that be??? Is it possible to slip in 30 seconds with your daughter who is just home from the hospital recovering from major life-saving surgery between stalking your ex and telling your parents how to live their lives?)
Bo calls home from outside the Brady pub and reaches the answering machine – We hear Hope’s voice, Zack’s and Bo’s. He asks her to please pick up. He wants to explain – he tells her that they need each other. We see Hope crying hugging one of Zack’s stuffed animals. Bo continues to plead with her – he tells her he loves her. He stresses that they need each other now more than ever. He asks her to call him. Bo is inside in a booth now – he has a flashback to Hope kicking him out - he vows to make things right with Hope. John sits with Bo and tells him he needs some help. Bo said he heard he was arrested for Lois Bank’s death. John says that is why he needs his help – he needs to clear his name and nail Alex North. He’s convinced that he’s up to something with Marlena – Lois knew about it but when she told John about it, Alex killed her to keep her quiet. Bo says he won’t be much help – he took a leave of absence. All he can focus on is making things right with Hope and getting his family back together. John understands – family first. John will handle North in his own way – he’ll get Marlena away from him one way or the other. John asks if he has made any progress with Hope. Bo says no but he’s not giving up. He asks John how he is going to prove to Marlena that Alex is a killer. John’s phone rings – he says this may be the proof I need. It’s the morgue – they have Lois’ autopsy.
Penthouse: Oh joy Marlena fawning all over Alex trying to pass as a love sick twenty year old. I’ll skip that especially the part where she refers to John as goofy. Ahh, take a look in the mirror for a textbook definition of goofy. Alex’ surprise arrives – a wedding planner. I love Calliope! She is the only thing that makes having to watch a scene with Marlena in it worth the time. And she is Calliope. She tells Marlena that she has missed her so much – not enough to call or write – but she missed her...LOL! Marlena asks ‘do I know you?” Poor Calliope – she is crestfallen as she asks “Have I aged that much?” Calliope learns that Marlena has amnesia – something that Calliope thought only happened on soaps. She guesses it wouldn’t mean anything if she told her that Eugene misses her because she won’t remember. Marlena says she’s sorry – she doesn’t. Calliope tells her not to be sorry – sometime she can’t remember why she married him. She is Marlena is going to snap out of this any minute now – they always do. Marlena wants to know what she is doing there. Alex tells her that he hired Calliope as her wedding planner – she’s the best there is. He didn’t know that Calliope is a former Salemite and a former friend of hers. Calliope says they did everything together – Marlena was her best man at her wedding. She could tell her some stories. Marlena says she wishes she would. Alex decides to leave them alone. Marlena clings – he leaves anyway – thank goodness. As soon as he leaves Calliope says amnesia or not – who is that guy and what are you doing with him? Marlena says he is her husband. Calliope says Uh-uh – I know all your husbands and he ain’t one of them. Marlena says that Alex is the man she is going to spend the rest of her life with. Calliope shakes her head in stunned surprise … sigh, join the club Calliope – I’ve been doing that for months now.
Calliope can’t believe that Marlena is choosing Alex over John. Her and Roman – oops John, she can’t get used to calling him that – LOL were so much in love. Marlena doesn’t remember that and the John she knows now is someone she doesn’t want to be with – she’s sure of that. Calliope wants to know what’s wrong with him – isn’t he cute anymore. Marlena says he scares her. Calliope wants to know how. Marlena tells her that he says he loves her but she thinks he’s obsessed with her. Calliope says ‘still obsessed with you … and this is a bad thing … because?’ Marlena says because it has turned violent on more than one occasion. Calliope defends John saying he was probably provoked by this Alex person. Marlena wants to know if John sent her because if he did she can leave and not come back. Calliope says “so cold.” She apologises for upsetting her – she’s just having a hard time with this because John was the love of Marlena’s life – at least one of them. Marlena doesn’t want to talk about John. Calliope gets down to business – she leaves her stuff to look at and she’ll call and set up an appointment. She leaves. Belle shows up and tells her mother that this wedding can not happen.
Jen’s: Okay the teenaged master manipulator is now using her best friend to further her agenda. Why does this surprise me? A person this cold and calculating can’t possibly be human. Unreal. Abby asks her where her stuff is – she went to Patrick’s to pack. Chelsea lies and said she saw Patrick’s car and she didn’t want to see him. Of course she goes on about how this is all his fault. Abby asks if she would have really let her Mom go to jail. Chelsea says she wouldn’t have, I will – Patrick made it worse. Abby thinks that he and Billie will get back together. Chelsea insists that Patrick has always been interested in Hope. She tells Abby that she has flowers for Hope. She really is sorry – it was just an accident and she didn’t mean to do it. Hope is so angry and won’t forgive her. Abby offers to take the flowers for her. Then Chelsea continues her sob story and thinks that maybe if Hope went away for awhile she would have some time to start to heal. Abby thinks that is a great idea. Chelsea tells her of this great place she read it – private, beautiful – Morgan Island. Abby says she will mention it. Chelsea turns her back and smirks thinking to herself that she didn’t think it was going to be this easy. Abby arrives home. Chelsea pumps her for information – she tells Abby that Hope is never going to forgive her. Abby tells her it’s too soon – maybe if she takes some time to herself. Chelsea asks Abby if she told her about Morgan Island. Abby says yes and Hope is going to look into it. Chelsea says you didn’t tell her it was my idea did you. Abby says no. Chelsea says they shouldn’t tell anyone about it because if her Dad finds out he may try and stop it. Abby agrees – she doesn’t think Hope is going to go. Chelsea thinks to herself that she has to go so her parents can get back together and she can stay out of prison.
Brady’s: Hope hears the doorbell and hopes that it isn’t Bo. Abby calls out so Hope answers. Abby gives her the flowers. Hope hugs her and says she is so sweet. Abby says they are actually from Chelsea – a kind of peace offering. She’s really sorry. She feels terrible. Hope says and they are supposed to make up for killing my son? Hope throws the bouquet in the garbage. Hope tells Abby if she is there to plead Chelsea’s case she wasted her time. Abby brings the flowers and says that Chelsea wanted to come herself but she was too afraid. Hope says she is afraid of going to jail – which she should be. Hope says I lost my son. I can never get him back. Abby apologises – she didn’t want to make her upset. Hope doesn’t want to talk about Chelsea. Abby says Chelsea isn’t the only reason she came. She wanted to see how she was doing and if there was anything she could do for her. Hope says that is really nice of you especially when I know you’re still grieving your Dad. Abby really misses him – she can’t imagine what Hope is going through. As hard as it is to lose a parent it has to be harder to lose a child. Abby adds she was thinking it might be good for Hope to go away for awhile. Hope says she was thinking of the same thing but she doesn’t know where she would go. Abby tells her about Morgan Island. Hope hears the key in the lock and is relieved that it is Shawn. She tells him that she was afraid it was his Dad. He tells her he came to see how she is doing – they hug. She says not great – she’s thinking about going away for a little while. The house is just so sad – it’s so empty. Everywhere she looks she sees Zack, his Dad, the happy family that never will be again. She needs to get away from Salem, from his Dad, from everything or she may really lose it. Shawn understands that she has to do what she needs to do. Hope doesn’t think she can spend one more night in this empty house. Shawn tells her that she can stay with him and Mimi – they have a spare room. She thanks him but says no. He asks her where she will go. She tells him somewhere quiet, remote – she tells him about Morgan Island. The more she thinks about the more she thinks she’ll do it.
Morgue: Alex waltzes in like he has every right to be there – unchallenged – no one around. He pulls out Lois’ body and tells her that they need to talk. He says not to worry – he’s not crazy. He knows she is dead because he’s the one that put her there. He had to do it because she was getting too chatty. She knows that John injected her with truth serum but he couldn’t take the chance she would reveal more than what she did. No one can find out what he is doing – Marlena has to pay the price. He knows that Lois wishes it was Marlena in there but soon she’ll get … he stops short of saying that Marlena will be dead – he says that what is going to happen to Marlena would make Lois very happy – he’s sorry she won’t be around to see it.
Preview: Tex to Lexie – Tell me you don’t want me and I’ll go. You can’t, can you? Lexie – No. They kiss. Shawn to Hope – You should go and take care of yourself. How about if I come with you? Shawn to Bo (Chelsea is there) – Mom needs to get away. Bo – Away? Where’s she going? Shawn – like you care. Marlena to Belle – You need to listen to your heart. John to Abe (Alex is there – beat up) – He’s going to try and use the law to stop me from protecting my wife but I’ll tell you one thing Abraham, I will protect her.
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Monday Feb 27
Pat’s Spoilers
Hospital: Abe comes to Lexie’s office and tells her his follow up examination went well. His vision will be back to normal within a few months. Lexie wants to go home and celebrate with a bottle of wine in front of the fire. Abe tells wine and a fire won’t fix ‘that’. Tek, the letch, is eavesdropping. Lexie tells him that she just wants them to be close. Abe says it’s too hard on both of them – it’s torture. Lexie is upset with him. She tells him that his condition will only come between them if he lets it. She wants her husband back – the man she could talk to about anything. She asks him not to shut her out. Abe says he won’t. She says good because she needs him – Theo needs him. She tells him he has his eyesight back – maybe this other thing was just psychological. He says my impotence. He doesn’t want to talk about this now. He has to meet John and he doesn’t know what time he’ll be home. She tells him she’ll have the wine and fire ready just in case. Abe leaves and the letch enters. He tells Lexie that she shouldn’t have to put up with Abe’s abuse. When she says Abe isn’t abusive – he counters that she shouldn’t have to put up with his neglect. He admits he was listening – it wasn’t intentional – huh??? Lexie worries that Abe saw him – he didn’t. He tells Lexie that Abe is neglecting her and she deserves better than that. He’s the man to give it to her – he kisses her. Lexie slaps him – Tek says you want me. She says she’s a married woman. He says that never stopped her before. She wants to do know what she has to do to get him to stop – this is harassment. He tells her to stop kissing him back. She tells him to stop kissing her. He throws up the fact that she cheated on Abe before. The conversation turns to the tough time that Abe and Lexie are going through because of the loss of Zack. Tek reminds her that Abe turned his back on her when they lost Zack to Bo and Hope. Tek just keeps badgering her – he says you want me – Abe can’t satisfy her physically or emotionally. He’ll leave if she asks him to but if she’s honest with herself she won’t let him go. Lexie can’t tell him to leave – they start kissing and then undressing.
Lockhart’s: Billie is freshening her makeup. Chelsea tells her she looks great and asks her where she is going. Billie is going to check on Bo – he told her he was going to check on Hope – that is if she will talk to him. Chelsea gloats – fat chance of that happening after she caught you two in bed together. Billie is conflicted about this – Bo is a good friend. Chelsea jumps on and whines that they need him on their side to keep her out of jail. She says the closer you get to Bo the better for everyone. Patrick here’s this and tells Billie that if she is trying to come between Bo and Hope she’s making a big mistake. Billie says he’s the one coming between Bo and Hope because he turned Chelsea in. Patrick is a little taken aback by this asinine accusation and tells Billie a thing or two but then realises it’s useless and tells her that’s he not going to get into it. He warns Billie not to turn her back on Chelsea. She was willing to let her own mother go to jail and he bets that she wouldn’t have felt in the least bit sorry. Chelsea whines that Billie is all she has and now he’s trying to turn her own mother against her. Billie says that Chelsea told her he’s leaving town. He tells her they can stay – he talked it over with his mother. Chelsea tells him to enjoy the beach. Patrick is immediately suspicious and asks her how she knew he was going to the beach. She covers but he asks her what she is up to now. He tells Billie that Chelsea is working her – Billie stares.
Patrick goes on to warn Billie – he tells her that Chelsea is selfish and she doesn’t have an accurate moral compass – something Billie is aware of. He wonders how far she will go. Billie defends Chelsea – saying if she is selfish it’s because she had to fend for herself all those years. Patrick says that is bull – the Bensons were good people. Patrick goes on to say that Chelsea is the one responsible (and lists all the things wrong she did that night) and tells Billie that she can’t let her feelings of guilt ignore that and she shouldn’t let Bo do that either. Billie spits out that she is their daughter. Patrick says from what he has seen she is bad news. Patrick wishes Billie luck and happiness – he won’t be returning to Salem. Without her in his life there is no reason for him to come back. Billie smugly says if you say so. Patrick is more than civil to her. She finally says that this is his house and he has family in Salem he doesn’t have to leave because of her. He says he doesn’t want to cause any trouble for Bo and Hope – Bo loses it every time he approaches Hope even as a friend. Billie’s nose is out of joint – wanting to know if he approached Hope with more than friendship in mind. He says no, I’m a good friend that he is willing to walk away. He just hopes she does the same for Bo. She lies and says she would never come between Bo and Hope. She then asks him if he’s running from temptation. He says no he is just leaving. Chelsea returns and lies about where she was. When she finds out the Patrick has left she says good now no one can stop you from going after Bo.
Brady Pub: Bo tells his mother that he doesn’t know how to fix this. Caroline tells him to wait this out – time heals. Bo says that every day for the rest of our lives we’re going to miss Zack. It’s not going to get better. She says yes you will but your emotions won’t always be this raw. Hope won’t always be this angry. Bo isn’t so sure – she’s stubborn. She won’t let me explain and even if she did, how can I explain it when I’m angry myself. He’s angry at Chelsea, at Billie for convincing him to lie but most of all he’s angry at himself. You told me this would happen if I didn’t tell her. Caroline lists the various stages of grief. She tells Bo that he has to trust and faith in their love. Bo says he is the reason their son is dead. Every time they look at each other they are going to know that. He asks her how they can get past that. Caroline tells him to put himself in Hope’s shoes. She’s very angry at both Chelsea and Billie and it might help her if she knew he felt the same way. Bo says that Chelsea’s needs both of her parent’s support right now. Besides he doesn’t want to feed Hope’s anger especially when everyone should be blaming him. Caroline cautions Bo to not let his love for his daughter cause him to turn to Billie for support or anything else. Bo says that is not going to help but Billie is Chelsea’s mom so he’ll have to spend some time with her. Caroline tells him every time Hope sees him with them she’s going to feel that he is choosing them over her. Bo knows that she’ll feel that way even though she doesn’t want him anywhere near him. Caroline says that he and Hope really love each other and that love will see them through this tragedy.
Chelsea enters and makes beeline towards Bo. She tells him she’s been looking all over for him. She wants to set up an appointment with Frankie – they need to start working on her defence. He says they will. She pouts and threatens to leave because he’s obviously not interested in helping. He tells her to sit down. Her case won’t come to trial for a long time. He’s got a lot on his plate. She whines that he’s thinking about Hope. He says yes and Zack. I really can’t go into detail on how she plays Bo – it’s really sickening – sorry. It’s all about how Hope hates her and is going to try and turn Bo against her. Surprisingly when she says it was just an accident – Bo reminds her that it was one that could have been avoided – she was reaching for her cell phone. He understands where Hope is coming from and why she is angry at the both of them. Shawn walks in and says he knew he’d find them together. No wonder Mom wants to get away. Bo asks him where she is going. Shawn answers like you care and walks away. Bo grabs his jacket and leaves the pub. Chelsea is cursing Shawn saying now Bo is going to stop her. Chelsea approaches Shawn – he tells her to get away from him. She just wants to know if Hope is leaving town. Shawn is sure she would like that because then she wouldn’t have to face the woman who wanted to put in her jail for killing her son. Chelsea lies and says she is fully prepared to take her punishment. Shawn calls her on that and says is that why you were talking to my Dad – to see if there’s a way he can keep you out of jail. Chelsea’s true nature surfaces – she tells Shawn that he is her father too and she has a right to talk to him. She whines that she feels really guilty. Shawn says she should because it’s her fault. She knows that it’s her fault – what else can she do. He tells he knows what she could do – spend a lot of time behind bars and stay away from them. She says that she hopes that Hope forgives Bo and that they can move on with their lives. Shawn says that won’t happen. Chelsea then says maybe he’ll stop her from leaving town. Shawn says she’ll be gone before he gets there and walks away. Chelsea smirks.
Brady House: Hope hopes that he doesn’t mind her going away. Shawn understands. He says it hard enough for him to be in the house without Zack there so he can imagine how hard it is for her. He also understands that she needs to get away from Dad. Hope thanks him for coming to check on her. He says it actually got him out of another marathon session of wedding plans with the new wedding planner and Bonnie. Hope says – what was I thinking. I can’t go away. I’m not going to miss your wedding. Shawn says that they are moving up the wedding but it’s not like its tomorrow – so if she needs to get away she should. She tells him that she is very happy for the two of them but she just can’t handle being in St. Luke’s right now. Shawn tells her she needs to take care of herself – he has an idea – what if he comes with her. Hope teases him that he’s trying to get out of more wedding planning. He smirks and says maybe a little – it’s more that he just wants to be there for her especially with Dad … Hope interrupts him and tells him it’s not his job. She just wants him to be happy. He tells her he really is. She and I have been friends for a long time, it’s not like he’s settling. He tells her that he really loves her. Hope says I hope so.
She tells him that her and his Dad used to argue because for the longest time she was rooting for him and Belle to get back together. Shawn tells her for the longest time so was he. Hope says she has to believe that Zack saved Claire’s life for a reason. Shawn tells her not to worry about him – she tells him not to worry about her. He thinks going away is the best thing for her. She doesn’t want him to tell his Dad her plans. Shawn says he’s not talking to him right now. They hug and both say I love you. She tells him not to worry – she’ll be back in plenty of time for the wedding. She wouldn’t miss it for the world. Hope is on the phone with the airline. She picks up a picture of her, Bo, Shawn and Zack and packs it in her case. She picks up the stuffed animal she was holding earlier. Bo enters the house and finds a note for the cleaning lady Maria. Hope says she is going out of town and leaves a cheque for two months. Bo wonders where she would go for two months. He picks up the phone and hits redial in case she called someone. He reaches the Salem Airport and says he needs to know if his wife is on a flight. Without the airline name they can’t help him. He rushes out. He arrives at the airport. Hope is in a waiting area – Patrick is in a different one.
Penthouse: Sorry – I’m not going into detail on this garbage – just a quick summary. Belle insists that Marlena and John were so much in love – they belong together. Belle tells her mother that she is happy in her marriage with Philip – and that she loves him. Marlena knows that Belle loves Shawn more so her choices are clear – she can either stop Shawn from marrying Mimi or she can live her life without Shawn. But get this – earlier she tells Belle she is not advising her to end her marriage. So I guess Marlena is telling Belle to stay married, destroy Shawn and Mimi’s relationship and keep Shawn on the side????
Morgue: The attendant won’t give John the results of Lois’ autopsy. John will wait for Commander Carver and get the information from him. So what now – Abe has his old job back and Roman is out – just like that? Nice way to come out of retirement! John sees Alex inside. Alex tells Lois that his plan is working perfectly and her death has made his job easier. He goes on to thank her for making him look like a hero in Marlena’s eyes. Now John is under arrest for her death and no one will be around to stop him from carrying out his plan. John confronts Alex saying he’s been right about him along. Alex admits that he was and he confirms John’s suspicion that he is going after Marlena next. John wants to know what he plans to do to her. Alex taunts John – he wants to know if he wants it step by step or if he should cut to the chase. He asks John if he has a tape recorder because he’ll never remember. The taunts continue and Alex gets the response he’s looking for – John goes Neanderthal. Alex tells him that Marlena is going to suffer more pain than anyone, even him, could possibly imagine. John says you killed Lois. Alex says yeah – she was an incompetent psychobabbler. John can’t believe he admitted it. Alex says sure I admitted it to you but who’s going to believe you – not Marlena, not the police because you’ve cried wolf once too often. There’s not a shred of evidence linking him to the crime but John admitted to illegally administering truth serum to him. He hates to rub it in but I win, you lose. John beats the stuffing out of him. Abe charges in and pulls John off of Alex.
Alex tells Abe he was in here saying goodbye to Lois when John came in and assaulted him. John insists that Alex be arrested for the first degree murder of Lois Banks. Alex claims John is lying and if Abe hadn’t come in John would have killed him. Abe tells Alex he didn’t do this for him he did it for John. John tells Abe that Alex confessed to killing Lois and said that Marlena is next. Alex smirks and asks John to produce the taped confession or the witnesses that overheard this alleged confession. He tells Abe he didn’t confess to a damned thing. He says John is crazy. He wants to know what he’s doing there. John says he got a call that Lois’ autopsy report was ready. Abe says he talked to the morgue attendant – no one was called. John realises that Alex set him up. Alex accuses John of following him – he was at the penthouse earlier harassing them. He tells Abe he wants another restraining order – John is a dangerous, violent man and with the Police Commander as his witness a judge will have no problem granting his request. John tries to get at Alex but Abe holds him back. Abe says that Alex has a case. A condition of his bail was to stay away from Alex North. Abe asks him why he keeps doing this. Alex says he’s going home to his wife. He stops in front of John and says I can’t wait to see her in that wedding gown when we renew our vows and I can’t wait to see her out of it. John goes ballistic – Abe holds him back. John tells Abe everything that happened earlier. John says you saw it – he’s taunting me, baiting me – he’s going to use the law to keep me from protecting my wife but I will protect her even if he has to die trying.
Preview: Alex to Marlena – Does this mean that you are having second thoughts about renewing your vows with me? Lucas to Carrie – This isn’t a business dinner. I’m asking you out on a date. Austin to Sami – What did she say? Sami – Oh come on, Austin. You told me not to be nosy, remember? Austin – No I’m serious. Why won’t you tell me? What did she say? Hope – Good bye Zack. Goodbye Bo.
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Tuesday Feb 28
Pat’s Spoilers
This is going to be a very short spoiler report tonight.
Titan: Carrie is whining about High Style (yawn). Victor is waiting in Lucas’ office for them. He wants to talk to Carrie alone. She is happy to be with working with him – he hopes he can feel the same. She’s not exactly known to be a corporate barracuda. He wants to know if she will have a problem going after Austin Reed & Co. She’s not going to have any problem at all – she learned from someone that used to be close to her. What a hypocrite she is! Kate arrives. Lucas threatens her again and Kate tells him she has already told Austin to back off. Carrie and Lucas are working together – she whines some more about High Style. Lucas the slime ball goes to work on her and asks her for a date – Carrie is thrilled. Victor wants to know what Kate is doing there. She wants his advice about what to do with the Marlena John Alex situation. He tells her to stay out of it. He brings up how she interfered with Sami and Lucas’ wedding which caused Sami to disguise herself as Stan and wreck havoc on everyone in Salem. He blames Kate for the fact that Tony held Philip captive and for Philip losing her leg. Kate is surprised and says it’s not her fault – he hates Sami as much as she does. Now Sami is going after Austin. Victor talks about things that are wrong and says that Shawn deserves to know that he is a father. Kate tells him that Philip’s life will be destroyed (I would argue that point … LOL) – does he want to hurt Philip. Think of it as a business deal. He says it isn’t business – it’s personal.
Sami’s: Austin apologises for missing dinner. Sami blames Kate. He went to have coffee with her, came back and got a text message and left. Kate was badmouthing her again. Austin denies it. More conversation from Sami how Kate would never miss an opportunity to lecture him about being involved with her – she is probably warning Philip about her as well. Austin says Philip is happily married although Kate did seem concerned about Philip and Belle. She said nothing is a sure thing. Sami says then she did something or she knows something. Austin doubts it but Sami doesn’t. Austin tells her whether she did or she didn’t it’s none of their business unless Philip and Belle make it their business. They actually are getting some work done. They get on the subjects of strengths and weaknesses’ – Austin says her weaknesses are that she is easily distracted and too damn nosy. She doesn’t think so. Austin finds a cuff link. She thinks it is Lucas’. She tells him he stopped by last night. Austin asks if he is trying to get her back. She says no. He came to talk about Will. Lucas has made it clear that they have no future just like Carrie … she stops and won’t say anymore. Austin wants to know. She tells him that Carrie has to interest in getting back together with him. She goes on to say that the way Carrie and Lucas were acting last night she wouldn’t be surprised if the next wedding they go to will be theirs.
Brady Pub: Abe wishes there was more that he could do to help John. John is drinking and recalls Alex’s threat. He tells Abe that Alex murdered Lois Banks and Marlena is his next victim. Abe tells John that he doesn’t really know that Alex is going to kill Marlena. He certainly doesn’t have any proof of that or that Alex killed Lois. John says he gloated about it – he practically dared him to do come after. Abe says maybe that was intention – maybe he’s playing you – maybe there’s no truth in anything he said. John wants to know whose side he is. Abe says what if Alex made it all up just to get John to attack him so he could file for that restraining order and keep him away from Marlena once and for all. John insists that Alex wasn’t lying. He’s not about to let Alex get away with what he has done and what he is about to do – he turns and leaves. Outside the pub Abe tells John if he violates the restraining order he’s going to end up in jail. John says and if he doesn’t Alex is going to kill Marlena. Abe still believes his theory is correct because why would Alex confess – he would have to be crazy. John says exactly and that is what makes him so dangerous. Abe tells him not to violate the restraining order. John says not only is going to violate it he is going to kill Alex North. He’ll give up his life to protect Marlena’s.
Penthouse: As I did on Friday, I will do again today. I refuse to write up the garbage between Marlena and Belle or Marlena and Alex. In a nutshell Marlena encourages Belle to stop the wedding, break up her marriage and family even though Belle told her that she told Shawn how he felt and he is still going to marry Mimi. Marlena obviously has no clue who or daughter is any longer. She tells Belle that it’s time that she stopped considering everyone else’s feelings and put herself first for a change. HUH??? Who the hell are you talking about? Belle hasn’t put anyone’s feelings before her own for almost two years now. Can you believe that she told Belle she wouldn’t lose full custody of Claire – she’d have her half the time … who are these people – get them off our screen – both mother and daughter… sigh. Alex comes home. Marlena acts like a lovesick teenager (which is not flattering) without seeing his injuries. A little talk of John – Marlena wonders why so many people say they are right for each other because John is an obsessed control freak. She is very upset when she sees his face – of course Alex tells her that John attacked him without being provoked. She says soon they will be renewing their vows and then he’ll have to leave them alone.
Shawn & Mimi’s place: Mimi is flipping through a bridal magazine as Bonnie and Calliope are having a glass of wine. Bonnie can’t believe that she snagged the world famous wedding planner Calliope Jones Bradford to plan Mimi’s wedding and she can’t wait to stick Kate with the bill. Calliope says they got lucky – she’s generally booked two years advance but she was coming to Salem to plan her good friend Marlena’s wedding anyway – so she can double her billable hours now. (Okay 2 years in advance – how was she available to do Marlena’s wedding?). Shawn gets home – he looks dejected. Mimi asks him if they have to postpone the wedding. He says no but his Mom probably isn’t going to be there. She left town alone. Mimi says ‘you’re mother left town?’ Calliope waves her arms and says that the mother of the groom MUST be at the wedding. Shawn says this one won’t be. Calliope says it was just a reflex. She tells Shawn that she heard about his brother. Her husband, Euge, still keeps in touch with Roman no John and he told me how upset your mother is with your father. Shawn says – do I know you? LOL! She tells her name, that she is a wedding planner and a former Salemite – he must have heard about her. Shawn says no but if she knows so much of what is going on then she must know why his mother had to leave town. She’s glad he brought that up because she doesn’t know much of what is going on around here. John and Marlena are breaking up. Bo and Hope are breaking up. It’s crazy around here – but than it always was. Shawn says you could say that. He wishes he knew why his parents were breaking up. He always thought they would be married forever. Mimi comes to him and tells him that it’s all going to work out. Shawn says it’s just strange that his parent’s marriage is ending and theirs is just beginning. Bonnie says that it’s a shame. Considering he’s not talking to his father she guesses that is two names she should cross off the list. Mimi says what? She wants to see this list. Calliope tells Shawn – let’s look at some new tuxedo styles. She puts a lot of energy into the rear ends of the groom but that is what a lot of people are looking at – a man’s rear end is everything. Shawn looks at a picture of him, Bo, Hope and Zack.
Calliope and Shawn are sitting on the couch looking at brochures. Shawn says whatever Mimi decides is fine. He’s sure she will make great decisions. LMAO – Calliope whacks him one and shakes her finger at him telling him that is exactly the wrong attitude (it looks like Jason is having a hard time keeping a straight face- I don’t know how he did it because I was rolling). She goes on to say that the reason Calliope Jones Bradford’s weddings are so successful is because she cares and she takes into consideration his preferences. It’s really important to her that it reflects both him and the bride so it’s the bringing together of two people together as one. Now look at the hors d’oeuvres. Mimi tells Bonnie that she forgot to add Philip and Belle to the list. Bonnie didn’t forget. Mimi says that they are the best man and matron of honour – they have to be at the wedding. Bonnie doesn’t think so – she hopes its Mimi’s wedding not her funeral. There’s a knock on the door. Shawn seems eager to get away from Calliope. It’s Belle (hmmm so much for not following her mother’s advice – does she have any idea of what or where her daughter is). Mimi introduces her. Calliope gushes saying you’re John and Marlena’s little girl. She keeps yakking and hugs Belle. Belle mouths the words who is this … LMAO – Shawn just shakes his head and makes a gesture with his hand as if to say be darned if I know. Calliope focuses on Belle – Bonnie rolls her eyes. Calliope goes on to say that from the letters and pictures her mother sent her she thought for sure that Belle would be the one to end up with Shawn. (Hmm … didn’t Calliope say that she missed Marlena but not enough to call or write???) Bonnie frowns, Mimi grimaces, Shawn shakes his head and rolls his eyes … LMAO – join the club! Calliope asks Belle is she is happy with Philip – she says very. They talk briefly about Claire. Bonnie says they are very happy as are Shawn and Mimi whose wedding I’m paying you to plan. Shawn and Mimi kiss – Belle gives that look of hers – the little sneer.
Airport: Bo is very close to Hope but doesn’t see her. He goes to the ticket counter to ask if his wife is on the flight. He is told he can’t get that information without a warrant or TSA approval. He’s very insistent – a cop comes along and asks if there is a problem. He recognises Bo. Bo asks him to help him find Hope – do not let her board any plane. Hope boards the same plane as Patrick. The ticket agent tells Bo the TSA gave approval for him to go on board and check any planes to find out if his wife is board as long as departure isn’t delayed. He checks one – no Hope. By the time he checks that one all the other flights have taken off. He has no idea where Hope went to. On the plane Hope says Goodbye Zack. Goodbye Hope. Bo takes off on his bike. One cop says to the other if he takes off on his bike that angry he’s liable to get hurt. The other cop doesn’t think Bo cares about that right now.
Preview: Sami to Austin – Let’s just ignore the fact that Carrie and Lucas are out on a date. Austin – What makes you think they are on a date? Lucas to Carrie – It looks like Sami and Austin are on a date too. We see Hope and a voice saying Love is going to find you while you are on this island. Bo finds an unconscious Billie lying in the snow.
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