Days: Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Hope is in the court room and her public defender is wanting to know why she picked him, a rookie. She says that she doesn't want to waste the court's time and money. That she plead guilty and she's going to prison. Bo comes up behind her and says no she isn't.

Nathan comes to Mel's rescue and gets his arm hurt in the meantime.

Ian (Stephanie's doppelganger) has pulled his hair back into a pony tail so they don't look quite so much alike. He agrees to see what he can do about getting the paternity test results for her.

When Daniel comes upon Chloe and Carly and asks what's up Carly starts to make an excuse, but Chloe says that it's time to tell him the truth. Um, yeah. I'm thinking that's NOT going to happen.

Replay of Nicole's whining and Rafe spotting her as an easy target.

Replay of Stefano seeing Sami in the living room doorway. This time he says "arranged Sydney's kidnapping" though instead of just "arranged the kidnapping" like he did on Monday. Sami says, 'What did you say?'

Nicole throws a drink in Rafe's face.

Sami says that it sounded like Stefano said that E.J. was planning on taking Sydney away. She says that she wants to be with her kids. E.J. says that he was thinking of stealing her away for a bit after the wedding. Sami says that maybe he regrets being involved with a woman with four children.

Nathan assesses Mel's neck where the guy grabbed her and says that she'll have bruises. She thanks him again for helping her.

Chloe tells Daniel that Carly is giving her a present for her birthday. Girl time with facials etc. Daniel is surprised. Carly says that it's really for him since he wants them to get along, they're going to spend time together. Seeee Chloe just keeps digging herself deeper. Carly's going to smack her one of these day.

Bo is trying to convince a very martyrdom intent Hope to not give in and to fight prison. Doug and Julie are watching and Doug takes Bo out of the room. They are meddlesome and it annoys me.

Rafe throws out a guy for being a jerk to Nicole about her being Misty Circle. She was very shaken up and thanks him. He says that he should apologize to her.

Lexi overhears E.J. and Sami's news and congratulates them.

Mel tells Nathan he should get his arm x-rayed. He offers to take her home.

Daniel is happy that Carly and Chloe are trying to get along. This is eating Carly up inside.

Ian has gotten to the file with the paternity tests on the St Mary's computer. But the tests results for Dana Scott aren't in.

Nicole is sulking in self pity. No, Rafe, she's right. No one needs to apologize to her. (Shallow side-note: The bartender is cuuuuute!) Ooooooo. Rafe was just trying to get Nicole to drop her defenses.

Chloe tells Daniel that she's learned a lot about Carly in the last few days and that she's come to see her in a new light. Daniel says that the new baby has made them a family.

Stefano tells Sami that he was wrong. Cut to E.J. telling Lexi that Rafe is out of the picture.

Rafe tells Nicole that Sami says that he's so jealous that he doesn't see that E.J. has changed. Nicole scoffs and buys the next round of drinks. Rafe is sooooo baiting her by telling her things that happened when Sydney was kidnapped and how sad E.J. was. Nicole doesn't believe it and Rafe in a fake slur asks Nicole to tell him that E.J. is a good guy. She says that she's not sure she can do that. I hope this works out for Rafe. :)

Daniel is on the phone with Mel she's going to meet them at the pier. He sends Chloe off so they can talk about her birthday surprise in private. Mel shows up and Carly and Daniel both immediately, notice her new bruises and ask about them simultaneously.
Carly: : Are those bruises on your throat?!?
Daniel: Wait, why aren't you... what happened to you?
Mel gulps and says, "That's a lot of parenting at one time." I have to add another Shallow Side-Note here. I absolutely LOVE when Crystal plays a character in 'mom mode' she always manages to convey layers of concern, love, protectiveness, and situationally appropriate anger in just the right amounts at the same time. Mel tells them that some guy got out of hand at the clinic but that Nathan took care of it.

Stephanie and Ian tell Nathan that he's helping her with computer programming stuff. He tells her that a guy freaked out at the clinic then goes to shower. Ian tells her that a girl as pretty as her shouldn't have to fight to keep a guy. I like Ian. I still don't like Stephanie. When Nathan comes back out he tells Stephanie that they freaked out guy at the clinic tried to strangle Mel. Stephanie says that he must know her well then. Nathan gives her a look.

Carly is asking Mel if she's sure she's okay and she's being all mommy to her. Soooo sweet! Mel asks Daniel to drive her home to change and they can talk about Chloe's present in the car. This of course makes Carly tense up and Mel notices and asks what's up. Daniel says that Carly managed to make friends with Chloe then they leave. Carly pulls out her phone and starts dialing or texting.

Stefano and Sami call a pseudo truce. Lexi is really trying to make sure E.J. isn't blind sided by the possibility of Rafe not having given up. Sami tells Lexi and E.J. that Stefano was nice to her.

Nicole is suspicious of Rafe now.

Doug tells Hope to trust Bo. Bo tells her that there's been a change of plans.

Carly calls to check on the test results to make sure they'll be available in the morning. She calls Chloe to confirm.

Nicole frisks Rafe for a wire and ends up losing her balance and falling on him. Cue sexual tension.

Sami and E.J. kiss. A few times.

Days: Monday, August 16, 2010

Daniel asks Carly opinion about a bracelet that he's giving Chloe. Aaawwww. He's excited that he'll get to tell everyone that he's going to be a father. Of course Carly is a little concerned since she knows he might not be.

Sami is caught off guard when Stefano and Will walk in on her kissing E.J.

Rafe is still on Nicole's trail.

Will is upset and Sami chases after him to try and get him to understand. Yeah, not gonna happen Sami.

Rafe has a mystery person in his pocket who he thinks is going to help him with Nicole.

Chloe and Philip fret about Nathan finding out about 'the sex on the couch'.
Daniel is trying to get Carly to open about about why she's so guarded and emotionally exhausted right now. She escapes by leaving him alone at the table at Cheatin' Heart.

Stephanie is annoying and tells Melanie that she probably doesn't want to work where her parents do. Mel says that she likes working with her parents. Aawwww. :) Oh! I guess Stephanie was at St Mary's hospital and Mel is there for her interview.

Rafe has called on .... dun dun dun.... Victor to help him with Nicole. Ha!

Will tells Sami that Rafe was different because he might have worked out and been a real part of the family unlike E.J.

Rafe might not have Victor in his corner. Victor needs more information that Rafe's not willing to give.

Stephanie is being annoying.

Philip doesn't want to leave Mel alone in the neighborhood where the clinic is. Mel says, "You're right. They should put free clinic's in safer areas." Hahaha. :) Oh, Mel is not alone, Nathan is working there too.

Daniel gives Chloe a silver spoon, fork and cup set for the baby. Chloe's feeling guilty and leaves Daniel alone for a minute. Sister Ann (from St Mary's) shows up and Daniel invites her to sit and meet Chloe.

Rafe tells Victor of his suspicions involving E.J. hiring Anna to kidnap Sydney and Nicole knowing about it.

Okay, Stephanie has called in a guy that looks an awful lot like her to help get the password for the St Mary's records system.

Carly walks back into Cheatin' Heart and lock eyes with Chloe who stopped dead while coming out of the bathroom when she spotted Sister Ann. Carly follows Chloe's terrified gaze and sees Sister Ann sitting with Daniel.

Sami and E.J. tell Roman and Caroline that they are engaged.

Rafe tells Victor that if Nicole is put away then she can't get her hooks into Brady. Hhmmm. This might be an offer that Victor can't refuse. :P

Stefano coaches Will into accepting E.J. and Sami's engagement. Um, ew.

E.J. gives Roman an impassioned speech on fatherhood and love and setting an example for Sydney. Um, okay. Uh. No.

Carly shoos Chloe back into the bathroom hallway then she goes to Daniel's table. Aaawwww! Carly said that she ran out because she has to take Ciara to a Brownie meeting. Even if it's not true, I love love love that it's something that Carly might be doing. Ciara needs Carly to be a parent to her. Carly is an awesome mom.
Sister Ann has to leave. Carly says, "So what's a nun doing in a bar?" Heeheee. :)
Daniel gets a call and has to leave. He asks Carly to go check on Chloe since she's been in the bathroom so long. Carly calls Chloe and says that they have to talk.

Okay, Ian (the Stephanie look-alike)has figured out that she wants something and agrees to it. He can read her very well. Smart guy.

Victor asks Rafe if he knows about Nicole's having been a porn star. Victor tells him that her dad was the one who got her started and that inside she's a broken little girl. Victor tells Rafe to convince Nicole that he's her white knight and she'll owe him. He says to do it before Brady falls again. Ooops. Too late!
Brady is drinking and tells Nicole that he's done listening to her.

Mel gets very hesitantly attacked by someone at the clinic.

Chloe and Carly meet on the pier (for yet another very public private conversation) and Carly says that she'll pick up Chloe first thing in the morning. Daniel walks up and has overheard that last line. He wonders what's up.

E.J. and Stefano are in the living room at the mansion. Stefano asks what would happen if Sami found out that E.J. had arranged the kidnapping. E.J. shushes Stefano and camera cuts to Sami in the doorway looking not happy.

Nicole is all frustrated in a very stilted soliloquy that she doesn't have the control over E.J. and Brady that she'd thought she'd have.

Days: Friday, August 13, 2010

Mel tells Philip that she's concerned about Brady, that he's been drinking and she thinks he and Arianna broke up and he's got something going with Nicole. She's feeling very grateful to have Philip right now.

Victor sees Brady drinking and makes a comment. Brady says that at least it's not coke.

Sami's being stupid and since she told Rafe "If you love me you'll stop me from marrying E.J." and he told her he wouldn't ('cause he's not going to play childish games) she tells E.J. that she wants to set a date.

Stephanie is hiding out in Chloe and Daniel's closet. She overhears Daniel saying that Chloe is pregnant with his baby. Have I mentioned that Stephanie annoys the snot out of me?

E.J. tells Sami that he wants to get married tonight. Um, eeeeeeewwwwwww! Doe eyed E.J. makes me squeamish.

Chloe and Daniel talk about baby stuff. He makes a comment about naming it after one of the Jonas Brothers since his last name is Jonas. He gets called to do an appendectomy and has them call Mel to observe.

Victor thinks that Brady is drinking because of Arianna. When he figures out that it's Nicole he's not amused.

Ha! Sorry, this is funny. Nicole tells Rafe that Brady broke it off with Arianna because he didn't love her and realized that he was in love with Nicole. Um, delusional much?

Victor is so much comic relief right now. Brady turns to leave the living room saying that he needs to change. Victor says, "Yeah, you're right. Oh, your clothes." (because Brady's wearing a swimsuit and towel) The thing is that John pulls it off really well, not corny or vaudevillian. You actually almost miss that he made a joke. Props to Mr. Aniston! Victor then goes on to call Nicole a 'Chimera' he says that she's a chameleon a shapeshifter (which isn't an accurate analogy) then says that she's still a fire breather. (In Greek mythology the Chimera is composed of several distinct animals it doesn't stop being a lion for example to become a snake. Here are references at Dictionary.com, Merriam-Webster and Britannica.com) Brady doesn't like is when Victor calls her a 'Gold digging slut.' Victor figures out that Brady still has feelings for Nicole. It's about time! Why does he sound so shocked? What did he think we were talking about?


Sami wants to get married at St Lukes by Father Matt. She wants a big wedding, but E.J. is a little apprehensive about having it at St Lukes where they had Grace's funeral. Kate has a coughing fit when she and Stefano find out that E.J. and Sami are engaged.

Creepy whiney Stephanie is hiding in the closet when she hears Chloe tells Philip that she's worried about Daniel telling everyone that the baby is his when it might be Philips. You knew that was coming. They just have to keep talking about the secret thing they did.

Daniel's appendectomy turned out to be a soccer injury. Mel says that maybe Stephanie had them call him. Daniel says that he's going to go 'dad' on her and asks if she and Stephanie aren't friends because of something Stephanie did or because Stephanie is with Nathan.

Rafe heads to the station to listen to the CD they recovered from Nicole's mom's locker.

Nicole thinks it will be a good idea to turn the CD over on her own and get into Brady's good graces.

Mel asks Daniel when he started defending Stephanie. He says, never. Then she says that she is over Nathan and wants the family and white picket fence but that one ting might stand in the way of her happiness. I'm guessing she's referring to Chloe maybe hurting Daniel.

Chloe is going stir crazy and she and Philip leave the apartment. Stephanie can now escape from the closet and set to work trying to find out everything that she can. I'm wondering if they're going to have her change the results of the paternity test to show that Daniel's the father even if he isn't so that she can keep Philip with Mel and therefore keep Mel away from Nathan.

Oh, I was wrong. Mel is considering working at St. Marys so that people don't think that the only reason she got the job at University Hospital because of who her parents are. Aawwww. That's kind of sweet.

Nicole tells Brady that the money is from a payoff for a story. Yup. This is boring and irritating. I'm only watching Nicole and Brady because Rafe and Arianna are involved.

Stefano offers Kate's experience in 'event planning' to help Sami with the wedding. Oh the looks those two give each other. Awesome! You can no only see the hate beaming across the room on their glares, but you could drives vehicles across it. Like a Golden Gate Bridge of animosity which is kind of ironic considering. :)

Rafe hears E.J.'s voice on the C but doesn't find out what he did yet.

Daniel tells Mel that she's just defining her individuality and that the new baby won't mean that he loves her any less. She gets teary eyed and he gets choked up and they hug. Aaawwwww, sweet.

Rafe figures it all out. He knows that E.J. paid Anna to kidnap Sydney and that Nicole has more copies of the CD and that he needs to find another one.

Ooo! Mel comes up to Stephanie at the hospital while Stephanie is searching for the test results on the computer trying to find out Chloe's results. Mel asks her what she's doing there before she can find the results.

Rafe tries to call Nicole but she doesn't answer. Rafe is looking intently at his laptop screen, I'm guessing there is info there that he's trying to decipher. The thing is that the editors have decided to do a multi-split screen so Rafe's scene pulls back and shrinks into the upper left corner, Nicole and Brady mauling each other is in the lower left and a vertical shot of E.J. and Sami kissing is the entire right side. Sooooo the end result makes it look like Rafe is watching video of the two couples smooching. I get where the editor was trying to take it, but the execution was not so smooth.

Days: Thursday, August 12, 2010

Philip shows up at the hospital and runs into Justin and Daniel. Chloe calls him and says that she has news about the baby.

Okay, Sami and Rafe have passed merely kissing and have moved on to mauling up against the lockers.

Philip tells Chloe that it's not a good time and that Daniel is there. She asks him to meet her at the pier. Dude, Philip is a jerk. Nicole shows up at Chloe's and asks her to wait and not leave yet because she needs a friend and Chloe's the only one she's got. Nicole is a jerk too.

Rafe stops the mauling and Sami asks why he did that. Um, duh! Rafe says that is was a mistake. Sami starts to go and she can't walk past him without the two of them heating up again. She doesn't make it out the door.

Chloe tells Nicole that she has to go and Nicole asks where she's got to go. Chloe says the hairdresser and Nicole gets all pouty. Woe is her, she's lost Brady again. Aawwwww boo hoo. Chloe needs to just leave and stop letting Nicole manipulate her. Nicole finally sulks off and leaves Chloe to go about her own business.

More Rafe and Sami making out while talking about how they shouldn't be. They stop again. She tells Rafe that if he loves her he should stop her from marrying E.J. She wants to know how Rafe found out about the proposal. She asks if it was E.J. Rafe tells her to ask him.

Mel is comforting Nathan over Hope's situation, but of course Stephanie sees the hug. She's annoying too. Maggie walks into the kitchen when Mel and Nathan are hugging. They pull away from each other. Mel leaves to go to her room. Maggie turns to Nathan to ask him what's going on with him and Melanie.

Chloe meets Philip on the pier. She's just telling him that she's taken the test. She still doesn't have the results yet.

Nathan tells Maggie that nothing is going on. She accepts his statement.

Sami tells E.J. that they need to talk.

Rafe is sulking at the Cheatin' Heart and runs into Nicole. Good times.

Chloe and Philip...... Nothing new, just a recap of the paternity test hijinks. Philip tells Chloe that he'll make sure Daniel doesn't find out and they hug. Stephanie sees them. She's annoying.

Caroline is short and a little rude with Maggie. Nothing new here. She annoys me too.

Daniel shows up at Maggie's to see Melanie and he tells her that he and she need to look after her mom. Aawwww. Mel tells him that she's blaming herself for what Hope did. Daniel tells her that guilt is second nature to Carly. Mel says that they all have each other's back which is kind of a miracle. He says that she wanted something from Lawrence that she was never going to get. Mel says that you can't change the past. Daniel says that you can't, but that you can learn from it. Daniel says that two people can't stay together after one has been unfaithful.

Days: Monday, August 9, 2010

Roman tells Sami that they've made an arrest in connection with the muggings. He tells her about Dr Baker first.

Carly comes home to find Julie at the house. Carly is surprised and Julie is rude. Carly asks her what's going on and Julie says that all she knows is that something is wrong.

Hope tells Bo that she doesn't want defended. That she needs help and needs to go away for a long time. She tells him that if he wants to do what's right for Ciara then he'll let her go away.

Sami is more surprised that Dr Baker is alive than she is that Hope was involved. Roman tells her about the sleeping pills.

Bo tells Hope that it wasn't her, that it was the pills. She corrects him and says that somewhere deep inside there is a lot of anger. He tells her not to give up on herself. That he's always believed in her and he always will. Carly is outside the door and hears that.

Bo asks Carly to give them a minute and Hope says that it's okay, that they're done. Then Justin shows up and Hope tells him that he deserves to hear what she's done.

Hope has told Justin everything and he starts to reassure her, but she tells him not to coddle her.

Bo and Carly are on the docks and he's just explained everything to her. She says, "Now I understand why you called me last night to ask about the drug. Why didn't you just tell me what was going on. I would have come straight home? Stupid question. I'm the last person Hope needed to see." I hate it when Carly is sad. :( Bo says that he's sorry. Carly says, "Don't be. You know I understand." Crystal is doing her amazing thing here. First of all you can tell that she really does understand, but that she's incredibly hurt too. She's had to compete with the ghost of Hope before, but never the living woman. Now that Hope is in a place where she needs help, Carly knows that Bo, being who he is, can't not help her. Carly has got to be feeling extremely vulnerable and insecure about their relationship right now. She knows that Bo loves her, that's not a question, but she knows that he has to help when he sees a need, and that Hope is someone Bo loves and wants to protect. When Carly sits down on the bench and she's talking to Bo about whether the medication Hope was taking will have lasting side effects now that she's stopped, she's clasping and unclasping her hands. Seriously! Crystal is really good at what she does. Carly tells Bo that stopping the pills will stop the behavior, but that the emotions behind it, the anger and the pain aren't dealt with as easily. She doesn't know what Hope's going to do with all of that.

Bo gets up and takes a couple of steps away. Carly says, "This must be hard on you too." and gets up to go to him. She's still playing with her hands. Aawwww Carly!!!! I wish I could tell you it will all be okay! He tells her not to worry about him, that Hope and Ciara are the ones suffering. She tells him that it will take time, but that he and Hope and Ciara will all get through it because they're family. Carly, don't give up! She says that he and Hope and Ciara are all strong because they have each other and there is so much love there. She sounds so much like she's stepping back and basically handing him over to Hope. Caaaarrrlllyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Bo's eyes flash a little, and I think that he thinks Carly's walking away too.

Justin tells Hope that she needs a lawyer. She says no, that she's pleading guilty and it will be easier on Ciara. She doesn't want her to have to testify.

Arianna and Mel are trying to get Brady to stop drinking. Arianna figures out that it was something that Nicole did that has driven Brady to drink again.

Bo tells Carly that he's glad she's here and she says, "Are you sure about that?" she feels in some part responsible for what's happened. She tells him that she's not going to feel guilty about her part in this because she's not going to force him to take care of her right now. That he needs to be there for Ciara and Hope. She tells him that she loves him and he hugs her and tells her that he loves her too.

Hope is all teary and Justin is there for her. Let's not forget that Hope is still the one to leave Bo long before she started taking the loopy pills.

Brady tells Arianna that her name is cleared. That they've caught the mugger.

Mel is excited that Arianna is free. Brady says that he feels bad for Hope and Bo, but that he's happy for her. Arianna leaves to go to the station. Mel stays to talk to Brady. Mel gets a text message from her mom to meet her at home. Brady tells her to go, that he'll be okay. Mel reluctantly goes telling Brady that she'll always be there for him.

Carly gets to Maggie's and Mel tells her that she heard about Hope and asks Carly how she's feeling. Carly says that she's fine, that it's a tragedy for Hope that Bo is in shock and that Ciara is having a hard time and she wishes that she could reach out to her, but that it would be in appropriate for obvious reasons. Her voice is shaky and she's barely holding on. She turns and sees Mel looking at her and asks what she's looking at. Mel says, "You are so kind. Always thinking about everybody else's problems."
Carly: "Melanie, I just said that that family's gone through a tragedy, and for me to be thinking about my reaction and focusing on myself in any way...it's just..."
Mel: "Okay, then I will."
Carly: "You will what?"
Mel: "I'll focus on you." Carly is speechless. Aawwwww! Yay Melanie!!!!!! "Look, I know you said that this is a tragedy for Bo and Hope and their daughter and it is. This is, but this is a really sad and, and confusing time for you too, ya know. I think I getta worry about my mom, as your daughter." She's got tears in her eyes. Carly looks up at her and has tears running down her face. Carly looks away and moves toward Mel but doesn't look at her. They hug and Molly and Crystal are both just killing this scene. I'm so glad that Melanie is there for her mom. I love that Carly has someone to count on right now. :)

Bo is back at the station and asks Hope if he can get her anything. She says, no and reminds him that it's time for her to be booked.

Mel brings tea over to Carly.
Mel: "So is that okay? If I worry about my mom?"
Carly: "Of course it is. 'S sweet. But I will be fine."
Mel: "It's not your fault you know. You just fell in love with somebody who was single. Bo and Hope were separated when, when you guys got together."
Carly: "Married. They're married, and they had...they have children together, and maybe they could have worked things out if I had...."
Mel: "Except...I...ahem." She takes a breathe to compose her thoughts.. "Look at me." Carly looks up at her. "I know I've given you a pretty hard time the last couple of months, but um. You never gave up on me and you never stopped caring and you're an amazing person with a very big heart. I see that, now..." Carly dips her head and more tears come. "...so will you do me a favor?" Her hands are open in the middle of the table and Carly puts her hand into Mel's palms. Mel holds her hand in both of hers. "Will you see yourself the way I see you? Will you give yourself a break?" A very teary, and smiling Carly nods tiny almost imperceptible nods in agreement.

Bo begins the booking process for Hope.

Arianna walks into the station just as Roman was about to call her. He apologizes for her being arrested etc. She says thank you, but that he's not the one who owes her an apology.

Days: Friday, August 6, 2010

Recap of Daniel walking into Dana Scott's room. There is a long shot of Mel and Carly and they are 'mom and daughter' twins. Their shirts are different colors, but the same styles and they are both wearing the same kind of necklace.

Dr Baker recognizes and calls Hope's name. Bo asks her if he knows him.

Seriously Daniel, STOP! I'm not kidding with as adamant as he's being and as resistant to Carly's requests about the person who is NOT his patient as he is I would not want him for my doctor. I don't care how much of a crush I had on Shawn Christian when I was younger, I would not want this version of Dr Jonas near me. Carly tells him to stop again and then he turns on her and wants to know why she's so opposed to him seeing the woman. The better question Daniel is Why are you so determined to see this woman that you have no reason to talk to let alone the fact that you keep trying to make her let you see her. Obviously she isn't comfortable with that and it isn't your place to try and force yourself on her in what ever capacity. >:(

Dr Baker says that Detective Brady doesn't know him, but that he knows her because he saw her picture. Hope says that she does know him, but Avenger didn't mention him on the tape so I'm guessing that not what she's going to say. Roman says that Dr baker is the one who bought the materials and is an accomplice in trying to kill Bo.

Carly explains to Daniel that Ms Scott is from the Middle East and has to abide by strict rules including not showing her face in public or to a strange man. Oh, now he understands, but questions the need for an amnio. Carly says, "Because at one point she had serious doubts about her husband and she turned to someone else. And now she and her husband are getting back together and she needs to know who the father of the baby is, understandably." Thankfully Daniel finally gives up and leaves. He is sooooooooo frustrating. He needs to listen to Carly!

Daniel says, "Now I feel like an ass." Good! Maybe next time you'll listen to her! >:( Mel says that she doesn't believe it.

Aawwww Dr Baker really cares about her. He's trying to let her off the hook, but she's determined to tell the truth. She tells Roman that she was behind the muggings and that she tried to kill Bo.

Daniel asks Mel if she thinks that Carly is lying and Mel says, no that she can't believe that Carly can find the time to do everything she does.

Dr baker tries to stop hope from confessing but she goes on and says that she was the one. She apologizes to Bo again and to Roman. Roman asks Bo if they made it up to get Baker to confess. Bo assures him that it isn't, but that it makes sense that he's her accomplice.

Sister Anne is trying to steal Mel after she graduates. She invites her to work at St Mary's.

Bo and Hope are acting like she's in danger of getting sentenced to the electric chair. they just need to explain that it was the medication and that when she's not taking it there isn't any danger. Brady is after Dr Baker and the cop is holding him back.

Carolyn and Doug and Julie are all ragging on Carly. Apparently Julie didn't let Doug know that Hope had been taking sleeping pills.

Hope is doing a very inaccurate job of trying to convince Roman that Hope was the mugger. She finally yells at Bo enough to convince him to give Roman the video recording from last night.

Carly leaves Chloe to get dressed and tells her that Mel and Daniel are probably gone so she should be okay.

Ha! Sister Anne says that St Mary's hiring standards are very high. Um? Is Sister Anne an escapee from the mental ward? If they have high standards and she's been complaining about the ineptitude all day, then I would really hate to see 'poor' standards.

Roman and Bo and Hope are watching the video of Avenger. Bo explains that Hope was taking sleeping pills and what the side affects were. Hope apologizes to Roman again and he goes over and hugs her. Bo says that he's the one who needs to apologize because his actions started all of this.

Carly sees Mel still in the lobby of St Mary's. She takes her for coffee so that Chloe doesn't run into her. Chloe is leaving and runs into Daniel who apparently hasn't left yet.

Hope tells Bo that it isn't his fault. He says that it is his fault that he hurt her so much that she had to take the pills. I have to agree with Hope here. It's not Bo's fault that Hope need help to deal. He's not the one who left first anyway.

Mel and Carly are talking and Mel says that she's really proud of her. Carly says that she hopes she'll always feel that way.

Chloe tells Daniel that she got the opera tickets early and came to find him.

A very emotional Bo arrests Hope and reads her the charges.

Days: Thursday, August 5, 2010

Carly wants to know what Mel is doing there and Mel asks her the same thing. She asks Carly if she has a patient here too and when Carly says that she's there with a friend Mel asks if it's someone she knows. Carly is going to HATE having to lie to her if she can't wordsmith her way around it.

Daniel is trying to get Donna Scott to talk to him and open the curtain. Chloe is terrified (rightly so) and doesn't speak and holds the curtain closed.

Roman has Dr Baker in the station and he knows that he purchased the materials that were used to try to set fire to Bo. Roman is quizzing him.

Recap of Ciara coming home. Bo and Hope tell her that it might be awhile before Hope comes back. She and Bo are getting ready to head to the station.

Ooooooo Roman got Dr Baker's real name, and realizes that he's the one who delivered Sydney and switched her with Grace. Dr Baker says that he didn't plan any of it. Dude is going to roll on the girls isn't he?

Bo has Julie coming over to look after Ciara.

Carly hedges about her friend and changes the subject back to why Mel is there. Sister Anne (still not the uber cool blonde one from Guiding Light) comes up and sees Mel and Carly together and is surprised that they already met. Carly says that they know each other from more than work. Mel says that Carly is her mom. Sister Anne says that's a coincidence since she just met Mel's dad. Mel tells Carly that Daniel is there on a consult and she's observing.

Roman asks Dr Baker who did plan everything since he didn't. Dr Baker clams up and requests an attorney. Hope is snuggling with Ciara before she has to leave. Hope apologizes for not believing Ciara about the wallets and the lipstick and Uncle Justin. She says, "You were right. Mommy was wrong." Ciara begs Bo to make Hope stay.

Carly is panicked about Daniel being there on a consult. When she finds out that he's there for a burn victim then she relaxes. Mel says that that's why she's there to learn how to talk to and interact with burn patients. Carly turns to her an says that there is a lot of psychology involved noting that the patient has to give consent first before allowing Mel to shadow. The Sister tells Mel that she's lucky to have two parents who are doctors and that she'll no doubt be a very gifted nurse. Mel gets a little shy and says, "I do alright." Carly says, "Don't listen to her, she's at the top of her class." They go back and forth with the love and appreciation. It's so great to see Mel responding to Carly this way and Carly is eating it up and loving that Mel isn't rejecting her affection anymore either. When the Sister asks the girl at the desk if she showed Daniel to the patient's room, she replies, "He's in with Ms Scott right now." Carly is shocked and doesn't edit her tone when she automatically reacts and blurts out, Ms Scott!?!" Heeheehee. Seriously that was so totally an awesome delivery of that line.

Daniel keeps talking to Ms Scott and she won't open the curtain. Daniel says that he has an idea and since she won't talk to him then maybe she'll talk to someone who has been through a lot and is an Angel in his life. He says, "Her name is Chloe..." and 'Dana' tiptoes over to her purse to grab her phone and silence it.

The Sister calms Carly down and explains that they have two patients with the same last name and similar first names. The Sister has to leave to make a call and Carly sends Mel to get sodas from the machine. Carly goes over to Josie (the nurse at the desk) and asks her if she sent Dr Jonas to Dana Scott in room six. Josie starts out that no, she sent him to Donna Scott in room..... but cant' remember and get frustrated saying that she's so bad with these charts. Um.... wow... they really shouldn't let you back in class after the first day if you can't keep patient's charts straight. Especially when these files are like file folders and have the names on labels on the clearly visible tabs. Now back to Carly and her awesomeness. "Josie. I need you to focus. Focus okay? Where did you send Dr Jonas?" Josie has to think and all she can come up with so far is, "Uuuh?"

Chloe gets to her phone and Daniel is leaving her a voice mail. Woohoo, the phone didn't ring. Well 'Woohoo' for Chloe. I'm ready for this to be over with Carly needs her own life back. Chloe goes back to hold the curtain closed. Daniel is talking about family and love and Chloe gasps/sobs Daniel thinks that he recognizes her voice and asks if he knows her.

Bo is hugging Ciara now and tells Hope that they can't do this. That they can't do it to Ciara or to Hope or to the family. Hope is just crying. Dude, do NOT back down. Hope needs to go to the padded condos for a little bit. She really, really needs non-medicinal therapy to help her get over everything, including what happened BECAUSE of the meds prescribed by her doctor.

The Sister is a little creepy now. Doesn't she have other things to do rather than stalk Mel, Carly and Daniel? I mean the nurses are running amuck and can't even take an extra second to actually read a patient's name, yet she's stopping and talking to Mel every 5 minutes. She tells Mel that both of her parents are generous to volunteer their time like this. Mel goes on to gush about them being generous and mentions that she was adopted and just found out that they were her biological parents recently. This makes her contemplate why Carly is jumpy running into Daniel when she'd normally be fine with it.

Daniel is still talking to 'Donna Scott' and starts to open the curtain. Chloe has stepped back and resigned herself, but Carly gets there and stops him before he can to it.

Julie is there and she tells them to stay there and 'work things out' and she'll take Ciara to the park. Bo tries to give Hope and out and asks her if she's sure. Hope says that yes they have to do this.

Bo has to pull Ciara away from a crying Hope. Julie demands to know what's going on, but Hope can't talk and Bo won't tell her yet. Julie says, that he won't tell her later he'll tell her now and that whatever it is she knows that it's his fault. Julie needs a

The Sister tells Mel that she thinks Carly is just concerned for her patient. Mel asks if the Sister knows why Carly's patient is here but the Sister gets a phone call she has to take. Mel asks Josie if she knows where Dr Manning went. Josie has no idea who she's talking to and says, "Yeah, and I hope she stays there." Mel asks is Carly did something to upset her and Josie says, "Hey, I just made one teeny tiny mistake okay." Mel asks, "What was the mistake?"

Daniel asks Carly what she's doing there. She explains that there are two patients, Dana and Donna Scott. Carly still avoids outright lying to Daniel by saying that Dana Scott speaks very little English, that she married an American and that that's why she didn't respond to Daniel when he called her by the wrong name. He asks Carly how she knows and she says, "Because I brought her in." She tells him that his patient is in room eleven and for him to check at the desk. After he leaves Carly goes and opens the curtain. Chloe is freaked out and Carly tries to reassure her. Chloe says that it's not okay then starts talking about how carrying and warm Daniel was being. Chloe is worried about Daniel seeing her and Carly promises that he won't. Then she leaves the room. At the desk Daniel confirms to Carly that she was right and his patient was in room eleven. He then tells Carly that her patient (even being from the center where Carly works with immigrants ) seems to understand English since she reacted and started crying when he was talking about family. He tells Carly that he even recognized her voice.

Julie is over the top. She needs to stop yelling and stop laying into Bo. She's completely ignoring the crying and distraught Hope in the corner. The one she's claiming to protect. Hope jumps in to defend Bo and Julie starts laying into her about always protecting him. Question Julie........ If you think that Bo is that bad for Hope (it sounds like she sees Hope as being in an abusive relationship with Bo) then why in the 'H' 'E' double hockey sticks would you want them to stay together?!?! Whether it's true or not, if you believe he's that bad for her then how can you justify wanting her to be with him? Once more for good measure. Hope tells Julie that it's entirely her fault and that she doesn't know if she can forgive herself for what she did to him. She tells Julie she'll explain later and asks Bo to leave with her.

Carly asks Daniel why she would have cried at anything he said. He agrees. He asks her why her patient is there and she says that she doesn't want her discussing it with anyone. Mel says that she knows because Josie blabbed the whole thing and that she's there for an amniocentesis. Daniel is embarrassed to have been talking about facial reconstruction to a person who's there for an amnio. Carly tells him that he really shouldn't be late for his consult and sends him off again toward room eleven (which he still hasn't managed to go to) but he says he'll go in a few minutes but first he wants to talk to her patient again. Um, dude, her patient didn't want to talk to you to begin with. Stay the frell away!

Brady brings Nicole to the station to confess, and she runs into Dr Baker. Roman asks her if she'll testify against him. Nicole gets quiet, Brady says that whenever Nicole says that something is true it's usually not, and vice versa. Roman think that's a pretty good assessment.

Carly tells Daniel that he can't just walk in and talk to her patient and get her upset again. He says, "It will just be for a few minutes, excuse me." Seriously, Daniel. You are quickly sliding down my likeability meter here.
Rule number 1: Listen to Carly.
Rule number 2: Don't think that you know better than Carly.
Rule number 3: Carly is smarter than you and has been around more criminals than you. She knows the game, she knows how to survive and there isn't anything that you can teach her that she doesn't already know. Which brings me to....
Rule number 4: Listen to Carly.
Carly chases off to stop Daniel. Luckily he knock on the door giving Chloe time to pull the curtain closed before he gets in there. Carly and Mel follow but Daniel says that he has to see her to know that she understands his apology. Really Daniel? She could be afraid of men, she could have had very very traumatic things happen surrounding her pregnancy. You do NOT push yourself on a patient. Especially someone else's at the expense of your own. How long has Donna Scott been waiting? Mel, sweetie I beg of you, please please do not look to your Dad for an example of how to interact with patients.

Bo and Hope walk into the station where Brady and Nicole and Roman and Dr Baker and a couple of random officers are in the lobby. Good times are coming! :)

Days: Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Hope is sleeping while Bo is looking online doing research on the drug that she was taking.

Ah, Carly is calling Chloe to let her know she's on her way to St Mary's. Chloe wants to back out, but Carly tells her that she needs to find out. Daniel tells her that his consult got re-scheduled and that he wants her to spend the day with him. He says that he won't take 'No' for an answer.

Mel calls Brady, but he says it's not a good time. He's learning some things about Nicole since he found her bank her account.

Aaaannnnd Hope is awake. So long Avenger. :)

Chloe tells Daniel that she's going to Chicago to buy tickets for Faust. He tells her that he'll go with her then. She's not too good at this. :)

Hope doesn't remember what happened last night. Bo doesn't say anything and Hope gets frightened that there is something wrong with Ciara.

Ooops. Daniel's consult is back on. Chloe's off the hook. Or so she thinks.

Bo is trying to calm Hope and offers her coffee. He asks her what happened before she went to bed early last night. She tells him about Carly being there and Vivian arguing with her. Hope says that it was very unsettling. She said the details struck a chord with her and made her feel anxious inside. He asks if she had trouble falling asleep. She says that she thought she would so she took a sleeping pill. He holds up a prescription bottle and tells her that it's the answer to all of her questions.

Hope sees Bo's bandaged hand and asks him what happened. He plays it off as a kitchen accident. He tells her that they found the mugger and then plays her the video that he made. Hope is appalled and starts crying.

Daniel shows up at Mels to take her to his consult. He says that Chloe wasn't as upset as Mel thought she'd be that the cancellation of the consult got 'un' cancelled. Mel says that it means that Chloe is keeping something from him.

Carly thanks Sister Anne (not the really cool Otalia friendly Sister Anne from Guiding Light though) for squeezing them into the schedule. The Sister is most happy to oblige and be able to repay Carly for all of the help she's given the hospital in the past. She sends Dana Scott (Chloe) to change into her gown and wait for the OBGYN. The sister says that they have had many scheduling conflicts today and that the new nurses have not learned that God is in the details. She says that He is really testing her today with some of these girls. I smell a set up for a faulty paternity test. Hhhmmmm? Wow! Carly got the opera tickets to validate Chloe's cover story to Daniel. She just pulled a few strings. I think it says a lot for someone who has so many strings ripe for pulling, that she's not playing puppet master. I repeat what I've said before. Carly is a good person! Chloe is moved (for a second at least) by Carly's thoughtfulness and says, "I can't thank you enough." Carly is surprised, "Thank me?" Chloe says that she was reluctant, but now she knows that she wants to know who the father is.

Hope is freaked out over the video. Something clicks in her brain and she stops crying. She felt a connection at the beginning of the case. Bo tells her that they'll figure it out. That there is a lot that she doesn't remember.

Mel thinks that Chloe maybe keeping a surprise for the baby since it's her first child. And his first child, that he was there to raise. He regrets having missed her 'first' and she that the important thing is that he's here now and that she hopes he knows that she loves him. They hug. Aaawwwww!!!!!

Carly giggles and asks Chloe what she's smiling at. Chloe was thinking that they were getting along really well know and that it's a miracle in itself, but that wouldn't it be funny if she asked Carly to be the baby's Godmother. Chloe, that's only a good idea if the baby is Daniel's. Carly says, "Why would that be....?" Then she kind of gasps and whispers. "Victor! Oh he would love that wouldn't he?" Chloe has a huge smile on her face. She's giddy about the idea. Carly stops laughing and says that there a probably plenty of other people that Chloe would rather have. Chloe says that she loves Nicole, but that she's not going to trust her with the guardianship of her child. She says that thinking about it, Carly would make a great Godmother. That she's patient and strong and a good role model and Daniel would certainly approve. Chloe says that she's really starting to see Carly the way Daniel does. Carly says, "Chloe, thank you, and for the record, if you were to ask me to be the baby's Godmother, I would be honored."

Bo has just shown Hope the entire tape he made of his conversation with Avenger. Then he asks her if she's okay. Um, no Bo, she's not okay. Would you be after seeing yourself on tape saying those things and not remember having said them. He tells her that it's the pills, it wasn't her. But she says that there is no fixing this and that she has to put an end to it.

Carly leaves Chloe in the exam room while she goes to find the doctor to run the paternity test.

Sister Anne tells Daniel his patient is Donna Scott a burn victim. She asks the nurse for the file and of course the pre-established non-detail oriented nurse hands her the files for Dana Scott (Chloe's alias).

Hope thanks Bo for being so patient and not judging. She tells him that he has to arrest her.

The nurse goes to show Daniel to the patient's room. No one has looked at the file yet. Also, I have a question. The nurse handed the Dana Scott file to him, but said that the file was for Donna Scott. Wouldn't she end up taking him to Donna Scott's room anyway. Unless of course she looked at the file that he's holding to get the room number (which she hasn't yet) in which case she'd see that the name was not Donna, but Dana?

Bo doesn't want Hope to turn herself in. Roman calls Bo on his cell phone. Roman says that he's got a break in Bo's attempted murder case. Roman asks where Hope is, and Bo says that she's with him.

Carly runs into Mel at the desk at St Mary's which is now empty. Daniel is in Chloe's rooms and she's behind the curtain when he asks 'Ms Scott' if she's there and if he can pull the curtain back.

Hope says that they need to take the camera with them to show Roman. Bo says it can wait, but Hope says taht they need to do it for her victims, and for Arianna. Ciara comes home and is very happy to see her mommy. Big hugs and Hope is teary. Awww.

Days: Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Brady and Nicole in bed. Arianna is one smart cookie for ditching him.

Chloe is wearing a 60's style soft blue wrap dress. Very pretty. :)

Carly is doing a 'gene mapping' study to get DNA info from Daniel. He sees that she's worried and she says that she will be until she's sure that Bo isn't in danger anymore.

Recap of Avenger/Bo scene and her coming at him with a knife.

Mel tells Chloe that she wants to have Philips baby.

Daniel says they got all of the drugs out of Bo's system quickly. Carly says that she's still worried for him.

Bo has blocked Avenger's swing, but he's struggling with her to keep the knife away from his throat. He says, "What are you doing?" Avenger says, "Trying to kill you." well, okay, then. Now that we've stated the obvious.....

Faye tells Rafe that Niki is mixed up in some very bad things, but that she's not going to turn her over to him. He tells her that he's not going after Niki.

Dr Baker is about to leave Salem when a cop comes up and arrests him. Ha! :)

Bo and Avenger are struggling with the knife and 'discussing' what's going on. She says that he can't just leave a damsel in distress, first it was Billy and now it's Carly. Uummm? Avenger, Ma'am? Carly was there before Billy ever was and when you were dead, so, um, yeah....She says that he won't ruin their daughter's life like he did hers, "I may have failed last night, but this time, I'm gonna rip your heart out." Uh, Bo. Now is not the time to 'get the situation under control' now is the time to RUN! Go get back, preferably in the form of all female officers who are in no danger from Avenger, then hide out at the hospital with Carly. Yep. This is what you should do. She has stepped back from him, but is wielding the knife quite gleefully. I think Kristian really likes playing Avenger. :)

Mel tells Chloe that she hopes the baby is a little girl. She wants a little sister. Aaawwww! Chloe and Mel are having a very nice stepmom/stepdaughter conversation.

Daniel tells Carly that he's glad she told him to work things out with Chloe. She says that the second trimester is so much better than the first, that you get you appetite back etc. He says that he wished he had been there. She gets a little sad and says that she hopes he knows that she wishes that too. He says that he's here now.

Bo is having trouble coming to terms with it being "Hope" who drugged him. He reminds her that he begged her not to leave. She says that she told him she wanted to come home one day and he told her it wasn't a good time. Bo says, "You don't want me dead." Avenger says, "She doesn't!" She makes another swing and he knocks that knife away from her. They struggle and Bo subdues her by wrapping his arms around her from behind. He says, "I don't want to hurt you Hope." She says, as she's losing energy, "Hurt me? You killed me. You killed me."

Mel is at the hospital with Carly and says that she's ready for her swab for the 'gene study'. Daniel seeing them and thanks Mel for taking baby books to Chloe. He's just gotten off the phone with her and she mentioned it to him. Mel gets all cute talking about it not being a big deal, but she's all gushing over the cute baby things she found. Carly is enjoying seeing Mel so happy. Once Daniel walks away Mel gets a little contemplative look. Carly asks her what's wrong. Mel is like, "What makes you think something's wrong?" Carly says, "A mother knows these things." Aawawwww! So cute! Mel says that she doesn't think Chloe likes her because when she was talking about helping out with the baby after it was born that Chloe got this look that was like, "When Daniel and I were hooking up you weren't part of the equation so don't think that you are now." Carly stops her before she can continue and reassures her that whatever it was had nothing to do with Mel. Mel says that she's trying really hard to be nice to Chloe, but that one time she "told her that if she ever hurt Daniel I would make her pay. And now I think that no matter what I do that's always in the back of her mind." Carly kind of shrugs and quirks her eyebrow like she's thinking, "maybe. could be."

Avenger says, "You're enjoying this aren't you?" Ha! Bo has her handcuffed to a chair in the living room. He says he's not. He was setting up a video camera while he was bandaging his hand. He wants Avenger to talk to him and explain herself. Bo is all planning things out, but he still should have called or texted someone to let them know what was up.

Mel is talking to another nursing student when she sees Carly behind the desk. She asks the other girl if she's met Dr Manning. Then when Carly comes up to them she introduces them, "Dr Manning this is Kathleen Bushman. She's a first year." Carly says, "Nice to meet you Kathleen." Mel says, "Dr Manning is an amazing surgeon, and I'm not just saying that 'cause she's my mom." Mel is all smiley and proud. Carly is all touched and happy and even blushes a little. Aawwwwww!!!!!!!

Rafe isn't really getting anywhere with Faye. She's telling him that Nicole sent her something, but won't show him what it is.

Avenger says that when she says Bo kissing Carly and he admitted that they were sleeping together that she knew that they were together and it wasn't going to change. She says that she went to the doctor to help her sleep and he told her that she needed to find a way to deal with her anger. He asks if that's when she started mugging men and taking their wallets. She asks how he knew about the wallets and he says that Ciara told him. Avenger says, "She's been a problem this whole time." Bo is a little shocked which is kind of hard to do given the current situation of finding out that 'Hope' was the mugger and the one who tried to kill him very gruesomely last night. "She's been a problem? You're the one mugging people." Avenger says, "I only went after the ones who had done something I hated." Oh, well. That's okay then I'm sure. Please continue Miss Avenger Ma'am. Bo wants to know what Brady did. He was loyal to Nicole after she kidnapped Sydney. Abe? Wasn't doing anything to get rid of the crooked D.A. She says that she would come home afterwards and sleep like a baby, but then that stopped working and she realized that the only man she wanted power over was Bo. That the only way to have peace was to see him dead. Now do you get it Bo? You need other people there because YOU. ARE. IN. DANGER. Do not trust the handcuffs. Call for assistance now! But no, he just looks all sad and sorry for 'Hope'

Mel is still walking around with Kathleen and see Daniel, "Oh, have I introduced you to Dr Jonas, my dad?" Kathleen says, "Wow, you are connected." :) Mel, "Daniel! Hey. This is Kathleen. She's new so don't be mean." Daniel, "I can't be mean? What fun is that?" Then he smiles, shakes her hand and welcomes Kathleen. Kathleen has to go on shift and leaves. Daniel wonders that Mel is still there. She says that after she got her cheek swabbed that one of the nurses asked her to show Kathleen around the floor. Then she looks down and admits that she volunteered, because she loves introducing people to him and to Carly and saying that they're her Dad and Mom, acknowledging that that's a change. He says that he's glad that she's getting along with Carly now. She says that she was thinking and realized that someone could tell all those lies and still genuinely mean well and that if she could get past that then she would have a Mom and a family even. Daniel and Mel hug. Aaaww.

Carly stops by to see Chloe. But it has to be quick because she's on a break. Chloe realizes that this must be hard on her because she heard about what happened to Bo. Carly says, "It hasn't been my favorite 24 hours." Carly is also worried about losing both Daniel and Melanie if they find out about the secret that she's keeping for Chloe.

Faye burned the things that Nicole sent to her. She's sorry now that it's Rafe who came searching and not some bad person like she thought might.

Avenger wants Bo to kill her since she's already dead. She talks about wanting him to hurt as much as she did and yells that she hates him and breaks down crying. He tells her that he gets that, but that there is something he wants her to know. That he still loves her.

Daniel confirms with Mel the consult at St Mary's across town.

Carly is confirming the testing at St Mary's with Chloe.

Rafe is taking the broken CD and the burned letter remnants to the lab to see if they can figure something out.

Avenger tells Bo not to tell her that he loves her. He says it's true that he'll always love her. She says, "You're the love of my life, but I'm not your anymore." He doesn't deny that and just says, "I'm sorry. I'm sorry." Avenger is getting tired. She falls asleep. Bo turns the camera off then uncuffs her and lays her on the couch and covers her up. Um, dude! She's asleep, that doesn't mean that the second she wakes up she won't try to kill you again. I mean 'we' know she won't because the Avenger pills will have worn off by then, but you don't know that.

Days: Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Recaps from yesterday. Bo runs into Avenger, Chloe tells Daniel she changed her mind. Lexi tells the Woods that Maddie didn't survive. Kate looks shocked.

D.A. Woods calls Chad a son of a bitch and blames him saying, "You killed her."

Avenger tells Bo she's there to pick up a game for Ciara. As she's leaving she kisses Bo then turns to leave. He calls for her to wait and says that something is wrong. "Where's Hope and what have you done with her?"


Mel is eating chocolate. (It's a Hersey's Bliss product placement/ad spot.) Philip comes in and talk goes to Chloe for a second then comes back around to Mel apologizing for not being honest and promising to never let it happen again. (again)

Chloe says that Father Matt won't marry them because he thinks she's a bad person.

Avenger asks Bo what he means by that. He plays it off as a joke, then admits that she is different. She says that he's right she is and there is a very good reason. ...commercial.... I'm guessing she's naming him as the 'very good reason'.

Chad is trying to defend himself and the D.A. won't listen. Lexi steps in, Woods lays into her, Stefano steps in to defend Lexi. Kate pulls him away and apologizes. D.A. Woods lays into Kate. He is a spiteful slimey man. She resents Chad for think that he had no control over as a child. I'm hoping that Kate and Stefano take in Chad.

Avenger tells Bo that she's working on a case undercover tonight. He says it's not just that, that she carries herself differently and that something weird is going on.

She says that she's just trying to pick up with her life. That maybe the 'little gossip faeries' that Bo is listening to do want her to do that.. He says that they only have her best interest in mind and that he believes them. She says that she's sure he does and then goes angry and lay into him about Carly living there. Then asks if he has a problem with that. He says that his problem is that she's dealing with it in a way that Hope never wood.

Daniel doesn't buy Chloe story. She's upset because she thinks he's calling her a liar. He just wants to know what's going on with Chloe. She picks up the phone and tells Daniel to call Father Matt and tell him that it's okay to say what Chloe told him in confession.

Kate and Stefano leave and Chad tries to talk to his father. D.A. Woods is laying into Chad again when Lexi steps in and tells them that she was on medication for a serious condition and was living on borrowed time. That Chad didn't kill her.

Bo says that if he's done things to make 'Hope' do things that she wouldn't normally do then he's sorry. She says that he made his choices. Bo stops her and says, "This is not about Carly, and I will not apologize for her. I hate what happened just as much as you, but to put this on Carly? That's below us." He says that they may not be together, but that he still loves her. That she's family and they spent a large part of their lives together. He says that he will always care and so will she.

Daniel tells Chloe that he doesn't want her to be upset and since this conversation is upsetting her then he'll wait.

It seems that on top of hypertension which Chad and Dad knew about, Maddie also had a history of aneurysms. Lexi explains that to Chad. D.A. Woods takes it as the fall making it happen and continues to blame Chad. This boy is going to be severely more messed up than he is now.

Bo tells Hope that if there is anything she needs to talk about that he'll be there. Carly calls to let him know that she'll be in emergency surgery all night. He tells Hope that it'll give them a chance to talk. She likes that.

Lexi is talking to Chad helping him understand what happened. She's very gentle and tries to reassure him that nothing he did causes Maddie's death. Stefano walks up and tells Chad that his mother loved him very much. Kate's hoop earrings are HUGE!!! Seriously, they're bigger around than her biceps.

Avenger asks Bo to make coffee. She's talking to herself, she has plans for Bo and it has something to do with her pills. She's still convinced that Bo is being manipulative.

Daniel suggests going to a different priest to get married. Chloe says no because she doesn't want to. He thinks they should get married right away. She says no.

Bo brings in the coffee then gets a message and goes in the other room to call Roman back. Avenger fixes his coffee pouring in the remainder of her pills.

Kate comes up to Chad and tells him again that he didn't kill his mother. She tells him that right now he can't listen to his father. Chad says that he's never really acted like his father and walks away. Kate mumbles to herself, "I wonder why." Hhmmm? So the D.A. is not Chad's father? This is kind of fun. :) I'm sooo going to miss Maddie and Kate interacting though!

Daniel is leaving and Chloe stops him. Daniel explains that he's going crazy because he can't handle all of the back and forth that Chloe is doing with the marriage. He asks her what she's so conflicted about. She says that she can't explain it to him and he leaves.

Bo returns to the living room and Avenger hands him his coffee. He starts to drink it, but then turns to talk to her. He says that he means it when he says that he's worried about her. She asks him how his coffee is.

Days: Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Recap of Chloe and Philip with Daniel walking in saying, "Keep what between the two of you?"

Mel invited Arianna to hang out at the lake and brought a picnic with three set-ups, aaaannnd up walks Brady.

Daniel says that if he didn't know better he'd think they were keeping something from him. Really Daniel? Doh!

Nicole tells E.J. that Sami will listen to and believe her about what E.J. did.

Philip tells Daniel that he found out about Chloe's pregnancy and came over to congratulate her and that she was concerned because they were trying to keep it a secret.

Ari and Brady both tell Mel (in single minded speak by the way) that she doesn't know all of their problems and that they aren't getting back together because she tricked them into being here together. She says they can go if they can look her in the eyes and tell her they don't love each other.

Daniel accepts Philip's feeble explanation and when Philip leaves Chloe tries to make sure that Daniel isn't mad at Mel for letting the news slip. He says that he's not mad at her, but if he knew she was his daughter before she got married that he would have done everything he could to keep it from happening.

Mel gets Ari and Brady to admit they care about each other and to talk. Then she begs out of the picnic which although it had 3 place settings apparently had only enough food for two. She's such a little romantic.

Daniel points out to Chloe that she's always upset after she talks to Philip. He asks her to consider putting a little distance between herself and Philip. She looks stunned.

I think that Sami is being hard enough on Nicole that Nicole might just decide not to tell Sami out of spite.

Philip brought flowers for Melanie. Seriously he exhibits soooooo much 'abuser' behavior. Carly needs to save her daughter. :D

Daniel asks Chloe if she's considered that her being around Philip might make him a little bit uncomfortable. Chloe actually says, "You have no reason to be jealous." Wow.

Brady and Ari are talking, but the second she mentions Nicole you can see him stop listening.

Chloe is making a very good argument against Daniel's jealousy over her friendship with Philip. That is IF she hadn't SLEPT with Philip while she was MARRIED to Daniel. Wow (again).

Philip confesses to Mel that Daniel found out that he knew about the pregnancy.

Ari points out that Brady's walls came up when she mentioned Nicole. He tells her that he can't believe that she's listening to anything E.J. says. Brady says that Ari doesn't get him and Nicole. He says that he has to get up every morning and make a decision to be sober. He says that he can't abandon Nicole because she's weak. She's not strong like Ari. He says that Arianna is innately strong. She says that he doesn't get that she sees him as a strong person too because he makes that choice every day. Ari gets called away to work. Brady asks her before she goes if she wants to finish their conversation later or does she think they're done. She gets teary eyed and says that she thinks they're done.

Mel lets Daniel know that Vivian stopped by today. He wants to call a bodyguard for Mel. She says no.

Chloe tells Daniel that he's the most important thing in the world to her. He says that he loves her too and they hug. Then he tells her that he was already riled up when he got home because he just came from talking to Vivian. Chloe tells Daniel that Vivian is the one who planted the seeds of a Carly/Daniel affair in her head. Daniel ends up apologizing for not believing Chloe back then.

Ari and Gaby and Nicole and E.J. and Sami are all on the docks getting ready for a live broadcast. Oh, and now Brady is there too. I don't know what's going to happen, but can it please move this plotline along? Pretty please?

Mel thinks that maybe now that Maggie's Myasthenia Gravis is in remission that maybe they can look for a house of their own now. Mel tells Philip that she is thinking about them having a child.

Daniel says that he's grateful that Philip was there for Chloe when he himself wasn't. She contemplates telling Daniel now that he understands her state of mind at the time. She of course is speaking in vagaries and I'm sure we're being led like puppies only to be smacked on the nose in a minute for believing in forward story movement.

Nicole brings up to E.J. that the docks are where he tossed Sydney's bloodied clothes into the lake. E.J. is paralyzed with fear. It's kind of fun to see. :D

Mel reassures Philip that she's not talking about right now, but that finding Daniel and being a new big sister has gotten her thinking that families aren't so bad. Can I just say, 'Philip's an ass.' Okay, thanks, I needed that.

Nicole is on camera and announces that she's here to report on what was up until now an unsolved mystery.

Days: Monday, July 12, 2010

Vivian is annoying the doctor who is manning the desk. Heehee. Love that dayplayer! She rocks! :)

Chloe and Carly ... you know the drill. But Yay Crystal! :)

Philip and Mel: He looks kind of nauseated at the news of Chloe's pregnancy. Okay, not 'kind of' he looks like he's going to pass out any minute. Heehee. :)

Sami is on the lake beach and runs into Rafe. Aawww. :)

Chloe tells Carly that she doesn't know whose baby she's carrying.

Mel is very excited about being a big sister.

Hehe. Philip doubts the pregnancy. He's in so much denial. Mel lets him know that it's no hysterical, that Carly did the sonogram.

Carly tells Chloe that if the baby is Daniel's that she won't say anything, but you can hear her voice shaking. She tells Chloe that if Daniel finds out in any other way that not only Chloe, but Carly and Mel will lose Daniel forever.

Vivian is needling Daniel.

Sami tells Rafe that they were there last night for a family gathering. Now Rafe is a little sad and says, "With E.J.?"

Carly wonders if the man Chloe slept with will cause problems. Chloe says no, that it was a one time thing and she's never going to see him again. (Whhaaaaaa?!?)

Mel got called into the hospital and Philip says he'll go check on Chloe.

Rafe found the stuffed penguin Sami was looking for. She tells him how much the kids love the gifts he gave them and that they will never forget him. She gets all teary eyed. Rafe is being sad but strong. Sami needs to at least give him visitation.

Nicole shows E.J. that she recorded the conversation. E.J. thinks it the conversation they're having now. He starts to walk away and Nicole plays it. E.J. freezes and has scared crazy look in his eyes.

Daniel is on duty when Carly comes in. He's asking her about Vivian and Chloe. He's saying the he feels out of the loop sine she's not giving him any info.

Mel is at home, she's not needed at the hospital after all. There is a knock on the door and she opens in and sees Vivian. Love her reaction! Mel kind of stops her forward momentum and pulls her hands back and toward her shoulders in a cringe and says, "Aaah!" Killed me!!! lmao Mel is trying very hard to get rid of Vivian, but she's being too nice. She needs to go ahead and slam the door. Vivian is there to get Mel and Philip to move back into the mansion so that Victor won't have to come to Maggie's to see Philip. She thinks that's will solve her Maggie problem.

Daniel and Carly are at Java. Carly is telling Daniel what's going on without actually telling him anything. Anybody else getting dizzy? And bored?

E.J. destroyed Nicole's digital voice recorder. She can't be dim enough to have not made a copy.

Vivian tells Mel that Carly will ruin her life. That she did it to Lawrence and Bo and will come back to her.

Yeah. Nicole lets E.J. know that she made lots of copies and letters to go with them.

Daniel is leaving and tells Carly 'Thank you for being a good friend." He's not looking at her and she cuts her eyes and has that expression that says, 'Yeah, some friend.' She's talking to herself after he leaves and when Mel puts her hand on Carly's arm she jumps. Mel says that she can see that Carly is not okay.

Philip is being really annoying with Chloe and he gets that slightly psycho borderline abusive controlling look again for a minute. Can Philip not have storylines or scenes with women for a while, until after he gets some anger management classes please? He tells Chloe that he's thinking about telling Mel now that it's possible that a baby came out of their infidelity.

Mel tells Carly that she's sure that she did everything for her patient she could with the information and the time that she had. Even if she's second guessing herself now.

Chloe is talking to Philip: "This has to stay between us. Just the two of us. We don't have a choice." And of course, in walks Daniel.

Days: Friday, July 9, 2010

It's a new day in Salem.

Carly called Chloe to see how she's feeling. Chloe is not happy and tells Carly to stop with the preaching.

Mel and Philip are at the hospital so she can pick up something. Philip is trying to get a hold of Chloe who is not answering his calls. He jumps when Stephanie comes up to him.

Chloe asks if Carly is going to tell Daniel. Carly says that she wants to continue the conversation in person. Chloe says that she can come over now. Kate comes up on the end of Carly's conversation and asks what Chloe has done now. Carly only says that Kate can add Chloe to the list of Vivian haters. Kate says that Vivian got it right for once and that Chloe deserves whatever torture Vivian has for her. She also says that Chloe doesn't deserve to have Carly in her corner. Carly says that age hasn't mellowed her at all. Kate says that is hasn't made Carly any wiser either. Carly says that Daniel wants to be with Chloe. Kate says that Daniel is an idiot and that she can't be the only one who thinks that Daniel deserves better.

At the pub Caroline is snippy with Maggie. Maggie asks Nathan to leave them alone and when he does Maggie asks what's wrong. Caroline says that she told Maggie to stay away from Victor so what is it that she's doing with him? Heehee.

Kate tells Carly that helping Chloe is a big mistake

Daniel comes home and brings Chloe his family's christening gown.

Mel and Philip run into Nathan and Stephanie on the beach.

Daniel is just heading out and opens the door to find Carly just getting ready to knock. She lets him know that she's there to see Chloe.

Caroline is upset that Victor called to request a quiet table and then Maggie walked in. She's not happy with the thought of them having a date. Victor walks in.

Daniel thanks Carly for making an effort with Chloe.

Chloe thinks that Carly is there to destroy her. They have a repeat discussion then Carly brings up finding out that Vivian was behind everything fueled by her hatred of Carly. Chloe says that yes everything was Vivian's fault. Carly points out that some of the choices were Chloe's. Then Carly sees the christening dress and asks Chloe about it.

Maggie says that Caroline and Victor have some things to work out and she leaves them at the pub.

Carly says that she thinks that Daniel will be happy if he can raise his child with Chloe and not have any regrets. Chloe thanks her and gives Carly a hug.

Philip and Mel are getting ready to go work out and he's looking in her gym bag and finds her 'big sister' t-shirt. Ooops. :)

Chloe misunderstood. Carly is only going to keep quiet until she gets a paternity test.

Mel walks in and Philip asks her about the shirt. She says that she's sure Daniel won't mind and tells him that Chloe is pregnant.

Days: Thursday, July 8, 2010

Sami and E.J. are on a picnic with the family, but of the kids I've only seen Sydney so far.

Mel is cursing Philip for eating her rocky road ice cream. Carly shows up with rocky road mint chip ice cream. They opt for no bowls two spoons straight from the carton. Mel figures something is up and asks Carly if she wants to talk about what's making her 'squirrelly'. Carly says yes, "your dad and Chloe." I like mother daughter bonding. :D

Sami and E.J. have a Chex Mix product placement. E.J. doesn't know what Chex Mix is. Then Sami conveniently spills oily salad dressing on his shirt. Now we have shirtless E.J. on the lake beach, and Sami a little distracted and trying to get oily salad dressing out of his shirt with just a bottle of water. Soooo not gonna work Sami. Water alone will not get olive oil out of a shirt. :)

Heavy dialog and cute scene from Mel and Carly.
Mel: "Um. I thought we were gonna stay out of things with Daniel and Chloe?"
Carly: "I know. I know what I said, but things are different."
Mel: "Are you talking about the baby? Oh! Did I just blab it?"
Carly: "No. No. I did the sonogram. I know she's definitely pregnant."
Mel: "Oh. Okay, but Daniel wanted to marry Chloe before she was pregnant. So what's the problem?" ::Carly flashes back to figuring out that Chloe cheated:: "Carly, is there a problem?"
Carly: "Yeah, there is."

E.J. and Sami are fighting over whether the shirt can be saved. Giovanni comes up and has found a friend from school. E.J. walks off with his son while Sami looks at Sidney and says that she can't help it E.J. has his shirt off. Will comes up with Gabby. Sami frets over his cuts and bruises from his fight with Chad. Will is annoyed to find out that E.J. is there too.

Nicole is skulking around the DiMera mansion and comes across the sonogram picture of Sidney and starts crying.

Vivian shows up at Chloe's door. She's not happy that Chloe didn't 'take care' of Carly.

Mel: "Is there something wrong with the baby?"
Carly: "No. No, everything is fine. It's just.."
Mel: "It's just... what? What happened?"
Carly: "When you're around Chloe, how does she seem to you? Is she happy? I mean are you 100% sure she won't hurt your father?"
Mel: "100%? No."

Will is helping E.J. clean up the picnic mess and have a little bonding moment. Will goes down to the lake with Sami and the kids. Gabby comes up thanks E.J. for helping Arianna.

Chloe tells Vivian that she's glad that she messed up Vivian's plan.

Mel: "Actually what bugs me about Chloe is something you said."
Carly: "What...what did I say?"
Mel: "That she is one of those people who never gets enough love."
Carly: "Right."
Mel: "I know people like that. I was people like that until I married Philip. You know, I found the right guy and now I feel like I have all the love I need and what I'm banking on is that Daniel is the right guy for Chloe. I'm scared because if she hurts him it'll kill him. Then I'll have to kill her." ::Carly looks a bit startled.:: She's never seen this part of Mel I think and wonders if she's serious and capable of carrying out the threat.

Vivian asks Chloe if she's quite happy being a coward. Chloe says, "I'm quite happy that I didn't kill someone. Why is that so hard for you to understand?!?" Heeheehee Oh, Chloe, give it up it's like talking to a brick wall. A really confusing, delusional brick wall. Ooooooo Vivian makes a comment about Gregory saying that Chloe is an airhead. Chloe figures out that Vivian paid Greg to lie to Chloe about Daniel and Carly. Chloe figures out that Vivian was behind everything. This is going to be fun! :)

Mel is nervous about having doubts about Chloe. She doesn't want Daniel to be unhappy. He's coming over and Mel invites Carly to stay and wait for him. Aawww. I think Carly needs Mel right now, she's so upset about Chloe and the cheating and keeping something else from Daniel.

Gabby sings Sidney a song that Rafe used to sing to Grace and Sami gets choked up.

Nicole is hiding and hears Stefano and E.J. talking about how E.J. doesn't have any evidence to support Nicole framing Ari.

Chloe is not happy that Vivian used her. Vivian says, "Do you ever stop whining?" Vivian lays into Chloe about being weak and Chloe threatens to call the police. Vivian turns it back around holding her phone out, saying she has them on speed dial and that Chloe will have to explain her involvement too. Chloe tells Vivian to leave an opens the door to Carly hand poised to knock. Chloe tells Vivian again to leave and Carly (ever the protector) says "You heard her. Go!" She's glaring at Vivian and checking to make sure that Chloe is okay at the same time. Vivian leaves and Carly turns to her as Chloe closes the door. Leaving Carly and Vivian alone in the hall. Carly: "What did you do to her? Why does she want you to stay away from her and Daniel?" Vivian plays it off as just thanking her for a wedding gift. Carly Figures out that Vivian was responsible for making Chloe think that she and Daniel were having an affair, and is the reason for all everything that Chloe has been going through. Vivian says that she's not having this conversation and walks off. Carly follows her. Chloe recaps aloud to an empty room everything that we know she processed in the blink of an eye while talking to Vivian. Is that for the viewers who are a little slow on the uptake?

Vivian tells Carly that just because she promised to not harm her, that it doesn't mean she won't manipulate others to make Carly's life miserable.

Daniel tells Mel that even though they have a lot to catch up on that she will always be his daughter and he doesn't want her to feel replaced. He wants her to be okay. She squeals and shows him a t-shirt that says, "I'm the big sister" Oh.... this is sooooooo Philip's baby. :( Mel gives Daniel a baby book that's from the dad's perspective and she gets all choked up and teary eyed and he says that he hopes the baby turns out to be a lot like her and they hug. Aawwwww. Sweet father daughter moment.

And in true Carly fashion she blames herself for Chloe's baby maybe not being Daniel's and his life potentially being ruined since everything happened as a result of Vivian's plotting to get revenge against her.

Nicole is recording Stefano and E.J. talk about EVERYTHING that they've been keeping secret for the last year.

Days: Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Okay in the re-shot scene It's clear that Melanie comes into the room after Chloe mentions that she slept with another man, then her closing the door and clearing her throat is actually what prompts Chloe to end the call to Nicole.

Jen is working on a scrapbook that she started a long time ago for Alice. She's worried she won't finish it in time. Ali is going to help her.

Stefano tells Maddie that she can have back everything that's hers. He says that he'll return everything untouched and unread she has his word. However Kate is reading a document that was in the envelope even as Maddie and Stefano speak.

Mike is delayed in Boston. Laura thinks that Alice is holding on just for Mike.

Jen is going to make something (doughnuts?) from Alice's special recipe. One that Alice never shared with Marie or Bill. She gives everyone a job including Ali who is charged with stirring in the love. Aawww. :) I love how they're including her.

Ha! Chloe tries to blame her indecision on her meds again. Mel says, "You're on antibiotics and maybe some aspirin. I don't think that's messing with your head." Yay Mel! :) Chloe brings up having doubts on your wedding day and pointedly asks Mel if she remembers. Now Chloe has gone from whining and hand wringing to manipulative with this situation.

Stefano tells Maddie that he has no interest in her family's affairs. She says, yes, they are very boring. Then I didn't catch the rest because when Stefano turned around it struck me just how amazing and handsome Joseph is looking lately. I never have thought Stefano to be charismatic, but in that shot it is very clear that he is indeed. Or the lighting for that scene was really really good. :D

Philip gets the message about the wedding. His phone was off earlier.

Mel asks Chloe is it's weird that Philip her old high school boyfriend is going to be her step-son-in-law. Chloe tells Mel that she's glad that she and Daniel found each other. Chloe tells her that she had a pretty bad foster family that even sent her back because she was too much trouble. So she says she would never stand in the way of their relationship. Mel visibly relaxes and says that she's so glad to hear that. She gives Chloe her necklace so she'll have something old and borrowed the new and blue being the flowers in a blue vase. Mel adds, "If you hurt him I will treat you like gum on the bottom of my shoe and I hate violence, so giiirl don't make me crush you." Chloe looks appropriately terrified. Mel is so her mother's daughter! :)

Chad and Mia walk into Maggie's as Maggie and Melissa are leaving. Chad tells Mia that he's not going to Wake Forrest, that he's staying in Salem. Mia is happy and kisses him.

Marie, Bill, Jen, Will and Laura are reminiscing.

Philip gets to the hospital and Mel tells him that he's not late that they are still waiting for the J.O.P. Daniel notices that Mel's necklace is missing and asks her about it. She lets him know that she loaned it to Chloe as her something borrowed. Daniel is so very proud of her and they hug. The J.O.P. is there and asks if they're ready. Daniel says that he has to do one more thing and asks Chloe if she's sure. She takes it as doubt and asks him if he's sure. She asks if he doesn't want to marry her. ... mid point commercial ...

Jen and Melissa looking through pictures. Jen has an Alice flashback. Aawww. I forgot she was a candy striper. :)

Chloe asks for a moment alone with Daniel. Mel and Philip and the J.O.P. leave the room.

She makes him promise that she's marrying her because he loves her not because he's afraid it will fall apart if it doesn't happen. Which is exactly what she's doing. He says he is doing it because he loves her.

Stefano is back home and tells Kate that they're done with Maddie. He tells her to pack up the other stuff and mail it to Maddie.

Dude! Lucas is using Alice guilt on Will to get him to move out of the mansion. Oh, Nathan says that Alice gave him Tom's medicine bag. Will tells Bill that he should have it. Bill says, "You want to go against the wishes of Alice Horton?!?" Hehehe. Cute. :)

Mel asks Philip if he wants to place odds on whether or not Chloe goes through with the wedding. Daniel pops out and says that they're ready.

Kate plays off her jumpiness as being upset about Alice and about not being able to see her son. Stefano doesn't look convinced but lets it drop.

Maddie goes to see Mia.

Carly goes to check on Chloe and asks Maxine for her chart. Maxine tells her that she might want to wait since Chloe is getting married as they speak.

Maxine comes in to call away the J.O.P. in the middle of the 'wedding'. Chloe is upset, they're 'halfway married' she pouts.

Will tells Stefano that he doesn't want to worry Alice and that maybe he should move out.

Kate is at the Pub and sees all of the Hortons through the window. Lucas comes out to talk to her. He invites Kate in but she says that she doesn't want to do that to Laura.

The scrapbook is done and Jen thanks Ali for all her help. Mike calls. He's in town.

Chloe is getting antsy that Kevin isn't back yet. When the door opens Daniel thinks that he's come back, but it's Carly. Philip is all "deja vu all over again" and Carly says, "Except this time I'm going to say what I came here to say."

Days: Monday, June 21, 2010

Daniel is still confused by Chloe's on again off again wedding desires. Can't blame him, I'm getting whiplash and I know what's going on.

Nathan is Rude to Mel. Grrrr. >:(

Lucas and Ali show up at the Pub and meet Sami. Lucas is rude to Sami. Go figure.

Maddie is talking to herself on the docks. She's contemplating that Kate and Stefano are behind the empty safe deposit box. She's afraid that 'it will all be over' now. Not sure what will be over, maybe her career? But then why was she using it for leverage. No idea what's going on.

Kate and Stefano are ready to watch the tape. They're acting like it's movie night. Hehehehe.

The tape is (so far) a young Maddie and an older distinguished looking guy. Maybe a senator or something? Stefano says, "This is it. Everything that happened that night." So the question is what else happened that night? Heheheheheh.

Lucas has an Alice flashback of her giving him his Horton family ornament. Aw, I didn't know that Ali was named after Alice.

Mel is explaining to Nathan that she is only there to check on Maggie and then apologizes to him and starts to leave. He gets that he's being an ass and apologizes to her for his behavior and she comes back and they talk about Alice.

Chloe tells Daniel that her most recent turn around and fear that the wedding won't happen if they wait, is because of a dream she had last night. She's pleading with him to get married tonight. He says that now he thinks they should wait. Of course he is. He's probably thinking that if she's having any doubts then getting married out of panic is not the right step.

Bill tells Jen and Maggie and Laura that the Dr says that the end is near for Alice. Her breathing is becoming more labored. Much crying. Bill is hugging Jen and Laura is hugging Maggie. It's so so sweet.

Chloe freaks out as says that he nightmare is coming true. He tries to explain his thinking and she starts to get louder in her protesting. Yep. He tells her that it feels like a panic decision. She says that she doesn't care about anything except being married to him and they can have a proper wedding later. He says that everything she's saying doesn't sound like her. She keeps pleading and he gives in.

Stefano and Kate are watching the video. Kate says, "You're enjoying this aren't you?" Like she isn't! :D Kate and Stefano talk. Kate introduced Maddie to Stefano when Stefano needed Congressman Andrews' vote. Apparently Maddie was down on her luck so I'm guessing Stefano paid her to seduce and tape the congressman. On the tape the congressman stops when Maddie says his name. He figures out that they're being taped and shakes her asking where the camera is then pushes her away and she falls off the bed. They we see a hand picking up the lamp that's in front of the camera and we see it and the congressman flay across the room. Said congressman falling face down unconscious on the bed. Kate and Stefano continue watching. You can hear Kate and Stefano on the tape. Maddie checks Mr. Andrews' pulse and says that he's dead. Kate's voice says, 'Stefano, we killed him.'

Daniel wants Mel to be at the wedding even if they're getting married tonight on short notice. Chloe is concerned and asks if Mel doesn't pick up the phone if Daniel is still going to marry her. He laughs and says yes. Okay, they reason that Mel and Nathan were milling about and talking in the Horton's foyer is so that Mel was with Nathan when she found out that the wedding is happening now. Because Nathan agrees with Mel about not being supportive of the wedding.

Maddie calls Stefano to meet her at 'Pier 13' (the docks). He is leaving and Kate says, "Okay, I don't understand why you agreed to meet her." He says, "Leave Madeline to me." Kate looks a bit worried.

Nathan doesn't tell Mel what he knows but encourages her to tell Daniel if she has concerns about the wedding. Stephanie shows up and Mel bolts. Stephanie annoys me. Nathan however is smitten he has gotten them hot air balloon ride tickets.

Sami and Lucas show up in Alice's kitchen and everyone says hello and Bill is great with Ali.

Maddie tells Stefano that he's an idiot if he thinks that she didn't make copies. She demands the rest of the contents of the safe deposit box. He says that she's in not position to demand anything from him. That he's holding all the cards and her blackmailing days are over. She seems like she needs to regroup, but not that she's intimidated really.

Mel shows up to the hospital while Daniel is leaving a message for the J.O.P. that he knows.

Kate calls Lucas she wants to have dinner he's not sure that's going to work out. Kate is sad.

Stefano gave Maddie enough money to fund her law schooling. He says that she sawed her gratitude by trying to blackmail him with the tape. He wonders what else she thought he meant. Meanwhile, Kate is rummaging through the other contents of the box. Chad has a STACK of bonds. Wow! That's some bribe. I'd go to ... wherever it is that his parents are pushing him to go, if they gave me that much in bonds. :D

Mel tells Daniel that she can't shake the feeling that Chloe is just jerking him around. I LOVE that her apprehension is coming from a pure place. She doesn't know any of the things that the others know. It's sweet and honest. She's just sincerely concerned for her father. He says that Chloe makes him happy and he wants to make her happy. This causes him to think of something and he says he'll be right back.

Maddie says that there is nothing else. Stefano doesn't let it drop. She wants her things back from the box minus the tape and then they can call it square.

Chloe is leaving a message for Nicole about it not being a problem if Carly tells Daniel about her sleeping with another man because once they're married everything will be fine. Of course Mel has just entered her room and clears her throat. She wants to know what kind of games Chloe is playing. Seems she didn't hear the part about sleeping with another man.

Kate has just found out what was in that stray envelope in Maddie's box. What ever it is Kate's reaction was a whispered, "Oh my God.."

Days: Friday, June 18, 2010

Kayla! Maggie falls apart in Melissa's arms. This is so hard for her so soon after losing Mickey.

Dr Baker did not know that Brady was an addict.

Arianna tells Brady that if he slipped it's okay. That he doesn't have to protect her. Now he knows how she felt with the not believing.

Daniel tells Mel that the wedding is postponed.

Father Matt comes to see Chloe and is not happy that she lied to Daniel again. He says that he won't be party to her piling one sin on top of another. She's afraid he'll tell Daniel that she slept with Philip.

The guard puts Ari back in her cell before she and Brady can work it out.

Nicole says that if Dr Baker puts Brady in danger again then she'll want his head on a platter.

Melissa has an Alice flashback. Awwww.

Stephanie and Kayla talking. Steph tells Kayla that she and Nathan are serious and have worked through many obstacles.

Brady is ready to leave the hospital even against doctor's orders. He needs to get to Arianna.

Mel and Daniel talking about why the wedding was postponed.

Father Matt has to leave for Chicago and will be gone for 2 weeks. Very convenient for Chloe. Father Matt tells her that she doesn't have a choice in the matter that she must tell Daniel the truth. Soooo question. Why are some people all outraged that Carly has been telling Chloe to tell the truth, but nobody bats an eyelash when Father Matt does?

Oh! Melissa and Maggie are about to get into it I think. Melissa is glad that Nathan is with Stephanie and says that 'that other girl' Melanie was trouble. Maggie does not look happy about that.

Daniel tells an apprehensive Mel that Nathan is not at the Horton house and is she wants to go check on Maggie that now might be a good time.

Daniel brings Maggie news about her illness. This doesn't look good. :(

Nicole goes in to see Chloe. After Chloe tells her about the elevator falling Nicole says that she's been so caught up in her own world that she's not watched the news or even called into the station. Chloe says, if you didn't know what happened then why are you here? Nicole tells her that she found Brady with drugs and alcohol in his system. She says that she believes him when he says that it was done to him. Chloe says, why unless you know something? Then asks Nicole what she knows. Chloe can be very perceptive sometimes.

Daniel actually brought Maggie some good news. The new meds they tried have put her Myasthenia Gravis back in remission.

Maggie tells Melanie the good news. She says that she wishes she could stay and help out. Maggie says that she is here, and Mel points out that she can't stay though. She says that she's like poison to that house.

Ari thinks that Brady isn't admitting that he was drinking because he doesn't want to blame her. He points out that she doesn't believe him and that it's not a split second flicker like he had. He said that this feels like a real end.

Maggie thinks that Mel is uncomfortable at the Horton's because she thinks they perfect. Maggie says that they aren't perfect and that if the were they shouldn't judge her.

Chloe just told Nicole that she slept with someone because she thought Daniel and Carly were having an affair. Nicole has a plan to get around Carly's insistence that Chloe tell Daniel. Nicole tells Chloe that she needs to get married now. She says that she'll take care of Carly.

Mel is leaving the Horton house and sees Nathan. / Ari wants to call Brady and apologize but she's out of phone calls for the day. / Nicole goes to check on Brady and he thanks her for believing in him. / Daniel goes back to Chloe's room. She tells him that they can call the J.O.P. that he knows or have the hospital chaplain do it and they can get married now. He calls her on the abrupt change and says. She says she wasn't thinking clearly because of the pain meds. He tells her that she's got a head injury and isn't allowed pain meds. He wants to know what's going on and wants to know now.