Days of our Lives Recaps: The week of March 17, 1997 on DAYS

Comprehensive daily recaps for Days of our Lives, dating back to 1996.

Monday, March 17, 1997

by Nat

Kristen pays a visit to Susan! Why? To tell her to get the heck out oftown before she screws things up for the "icing on the cake." Poor poorKristin, she might lose John! Susan is skeptical. "But you told me Icould see ma baby any time I want, Kristen," Susan exclaims in shock whenKristin tells her she's to go far far away. "John would let me if he knewI was the mother. John's a good man," Susan says sadly. "Yes but John willnot find out about you, now will he.. have a nice trip (oh and a nice lifeby the way)"

Marlena and Laura are talking and Laura thinks that Marlena and John areback together. She is telling Marlena how wonderful their relationshipwill be now that John knows. Meanwhile Marlena is standing there indisbelief of what she, herself did at Kristin and John's. "Laura..." Shetries to interrupt. But Laura keeps praising Marlena for what she did. ATthe end she tells Laura her dreams didn't come true after all.

Sami demands that Austin be there for her first physical therapytreatment. "I want to call Austin and tell him to come." Afterall herhusband should be there right?

Austin and Carrie are making love at home and are reluctant to answer thephone. Who wouldn't be? Finally on the one millionth ring, Austin decidesit might be a good idea to pick up the phone since he hears Sami on theanswering machine demanding he come to the hospital. Austin picks it upand Sami requests his presence. The lovemaking can wait, he figures, hereally should be there.

After Sami attempts to walk, she decides a hot tub "treatment" may be justwhat she needs. And who should join her? Austin of course; why? Well guysit is her husband. But yet Austin has no suit. "Please Austin, we shouldshare this experience together!" Oh yeah Austin has to share just abouteverything with Sami, why not the hot tub, (while Carrie is awaiting inbed!) Will Austin end up finding that suit? Or will he be skinny dipping??Hm,hm... what will Days do?

Tuesday, March 18, 1997

by Nat

Well Kristen demands that Vivan and Ivan find a way to prohibitSusan from lactating so that no one will ever know the truth. Vivian andIvan go to see that same Doctor they've visited in the past to get thedrug. At first he was skeptical but Vivian reminded him that she had powerover him. With that in mind he gave her the drug. She took it over toSusan's and at the end of the episode as Susan walks in to her apt, Vivianand Ivan are awaiting her appearance.

Susan also sees Marlena but doesn't say much. She basically cries andcomplains to Marlena that she doesn't know where to start or what toreally say. All she really says is "she took her away from me." Marlena,looking confused, requests another visit. But Susan tells her she must gofor good and that she'll be alright. Meanwhile Marlena gets a call to godownstairs and greet John and Kristen. She tells Susan, who has no ideathat they are there also, that she will be right back. Meanwhile Susandecides to phone Kristen to tell her she's not leaving until she can seeher baby. kristen who is in the hallway talks to Susan outside the roomwhile Marlena and John ooh and ahh over the baby picture that Kristen andJohn were there to give her.

Bo and Billy must continue with their charade of being boyfriend andgirlfriend. Franco calls Billie's place to talk with her and realizesthatBo is there. Bo now believes that Hope thinks he and Billie slepttogether. They did not but he is right, Hope thinks that is true. Francomakes a request to Bo. Meanwhile Hope is very upset and thinks she haslost Bo forever. Little does she know.

Billy comes to the photo shoot and sees Franco. Franco congratulates herfor being able to get back together with Bo. She doesn't need to hear thisthough since it is all just fake. She tells Franco she does not want todiscuss it because she is too concerned with how Hope feels. Instead shetells him she must go and sees Hope soon after. They talk and HOpe admitsher feelings are hurt but tells Billie she still is friends with her. Theythen talk for a second and Billies tells her she's so sorry it had to bethis way. Hope explains that she needs to get going and doesn't want totalk about it. Billie feels horrible that this is happening and decides totell Hope at the end. Although she has yet to say anything and Bo hasgiven her specific orders not to, she decides it is only right if Hopeknows the whole truth.

Caroline Brady and Alice Horton discuss Bo and Hope's breakup. Neither onecan believe it. Caroline can not even fathom Bo doing that to Hope.

Wednesday, March 19, 1997

by Nat

Today Kristen came over to stop Vivian from injecting Susan with the drug.Kristen decided she is going to have Susan step in for her once again sothat she can nurse her son. Yet Vivian accidentally injects Ivan who nowthinks he's developing female characteristics. Yikes!

Susan goes to the hospital dressed like Kristen to nurse her Elvis. Yetshe decides she is going to try to take him. Will she succeed?

Marlena evidently confesses to John that she no longer has feelings forhim and that it is time he gets on with his life without her in their way.Yet Marlena really does have feelings for him; she just thinks this is thebest thing to do.

Billy is put on the witness protection program. She tells Bo she feelshorrible about HOpe and wants to tell her. Bo demands that she does not.

Thursday, March 20, 1997

by Diane Dix

Dr. Paulsen says that Sami's physical therapy session went well, and that shehas never seen anyone as determined as Sami to get better. Sami says hermotivation is Austin and Will. Privately, the therapist tells Austin thatSami is still in a lot of pain, but has learned to cover it. Carrie becomesincreasingly depressed by the amount of time and energy Austin has to devoteto Sami. She remembers seeing Austin kiss Sami in the whirlpool. Carriegoes to talk to Marlena, who tells her not to give up, and to trust that bothof them will be with the men they love soon. Marlena tells Carrie she hasarranged a surprise for her. To Carrie and Austin's delight, Marlena bookeda room at the Green Mountain Lodge for them, and arranged to take care ofWill while they were gone. Austin tries to think of what to tell Sami so hecan get away. Kate comes by to visit Sami, outwardly supportive butprivately nervous that Sami will someday remember the information she can useto blackmail Kate. Just as Austin goes to tell Sami he needs to take a fewdays off, a nurse comes in and tells Sami everything is arranged. Austinasks her what is happening, and Sami tells him she has arranged for aspecial, intimate dinner for the two of them that night, and a cot for Austinto sleep in her room. Austin and Carrie realize that this will interferewith their plans to escape to the lodge.

Marlena asks Kristen why she does not seem anxious to nurse the baby.Kristen, privately fretting about Marlena seeing both her and Susan in herdisguise at the same time, explodes and tells Marlena to get a life and getout of hers. While they are arguing, Carrie comes to Marlena and Kristen getsaway. She sneaks up to the room where Susan and John have the baby andwitnesses Susan nursing John Junior, while John looks on lovingly. Susan is"in heaven" to be with John and the baby, not realizing that Kristen islooking on jealously. Kristen hides out in the bathroom to watch. When Johntakes the baby back to the nursery, Kristen comes out and tells Susan toleave immediately and take off her Kristen disguise. Susan is slow andreluctant, and John comes in, nearly catching the two of them together. ButSusan manages to hide in the bathroom and take off her disguise. John, whohad noticed something odd about "Kristen's" behavior while she was nursing,comes back into the room and talks sweetly to the real Kristen. He notices,however, that she is not wearing her wedding rings, although she was whilenursing. Kristen says she left them in the bathroom, and to her horror, Johngoes in to get them. Susan hides behind the shower curtain and leaves therings on the sink. Kristen is relieved to have the rings back without Johndiscovering Susan. She tells him that her fingers were swollen, but they'rebetter now. Susan, meanwhile, goes up and looks at her "Elvis." John seesher up there and they have a brief conversation which makes John think thatperhaps the strange woman has lost a baby. Marlena comes up to the nurseryand John and Marlena share an intimate memory of when Belle was born.Kristen interrupts their reverie, and Marlena notices Kristen is wearing herrings again. Kristen says her finger swelling comes and goes, which Marlenathinks is odd, because her fingers stayed swollen for months after the birthof her children.

Meanwhile, the wackiness continues with Vivian and Ivan. Ivan, stillparanoid after being accidentally injected with the anti-lactation drug, goesto Dr. Wu for the antidote. Meanwhile, Vivian hears from one of heremployees that Kate has destroyed a proposal and fired the girl. Furious,Vivan confronts Kate and forces her to back down, vowing that someday, whenSami remembers her damaging information, she will bury Kate for good. Kateprivately seethes, and wonders how to get her hands on the papers. Finally,she hires Pierre, a decorator, to redo Austin and Sami's entire apartment,telling him to search for the gray envelope with her photographs in it.Vivian meets up with Ivan again and asks him how the visit with Dr. Wu went.Ivan tells her that he has to drink a foul tasting tea three times a day,but that there is another twist: in order to fully recover, Ivan says, Dr.Wu has ordered him to make passionate love to a woman. Ivan plays onVivian's guilt about sticking him with the needle, and his years of sacrificeand loyalty, and eventually Vivian consents to let him make love to her.Ivan is ecstatic, and goes to get champagne. Vivian, nervous but willing todo one unselfish thing for her loyal servant, prepares her bedroom. Just asshe is about to let Ivan in, Vivian gets a call from Dr. Wu. When she asksabout the order to make love, Dr. Wu protests that he never told Ivan anysuch thing. Vivian, realizing Ivan nearly tricked her, decides to getrevenge. When she finally invites Ivan in, he sees a romantically bedeckedroom, with a woman's form under the sheets. Ivan leaps into bed and movesthe sheet to discover - Olga, the frightening Slavic physical therapist whohas carried a torch for him ever since she treated Vivian. As Vivian callsout gaily, "It isn't nice to fool your Auntie Viv", Olga descends upon aprotesting Ivan.

Friday, March 21, 1997

by Diane Dix

Carrie is upset that Sami unintentionally ruined her plans to go to the lodgewith Austin by arranging their special dinner. Austin tells Carrie that hefeels guilty about Sami being in the hospital, but Carrie says that it's upto Austin to decide whether he wants to stay with Sami for the night, andthat she is sure he will make the right decision. Austin tells Sami that hehas to go out of town on business for a few days. Sami is upset, but triesto hide it. Carrie is delighted that Austin chose to be with her, and theyreturn to the apartment to pack. They find Kate there with a picnic basketand workmen preparing the apartment for remodeling. After Kate and theworkmen leave, Austin prepares a romantic setting and gives Carrie a sexynightgown to wear. She puts it on and they begin to make love.

Kate is still terrified that Sami will regain her memory of the blackmailinformation, and resolves to find it before Sami can remember. At Austin'sapartment, Kate pays a workman to find the gray envelope with the damaginginformation. Lucas sees the exchange and realizes Kate is up to something.Lucas makes a shrewd guess that Sami had been blackmailing Kate, and thatKate is now searching for the evidence. Lucas begs Kate to tell him what'sgoing on so he can help her, so they can work together as a team the way theydid before Austin and Billie came back into Kate's life. Although she wantsto tell him, Kate thinks the risk to herself is too great. Lucas accuses herof favoring Austin over her again and leaves in a huff. Kate returns toTitan and Lucas goes to the hospital to visit Sami. Sami tells him how sadshe is that she can't remember anything about her life with Austin. Lucasasks her if she can remember where she might have hidden something. Samisays it's a funny question, because Kate had asked her the same thing. Lucasstores that information away. Sami suggests that Lucas take her back toAustin's apartment so she can try to remember something. Lucas is reluctantat first, but finally agrees, telling Sami what a great team they used to be.Sami doesn't know what he means, but he promises her she will remembersomeday. Neither of them is aware that Austin and Carrie are at theapartment making love.

Bo tells Billie that she has to go into the witness protection program forher own safety, and that Abe has arranged for her to leave tonight. Billieprotests that it's too dangerous, that King expects her to show up at theclub. Bo tells her he will think of something, and that there is no goodreason for her to stay. Billie says that there is; she tells Bo she loveshim. Bo says he doesn't want to hurt her, but he loves only Hope. Billiefinally agrees to leave after running a couple of errands.

Jennifer decorates her house for a combination wedding/baby shower forKristen. Hope stops by to help her, obviously depressed. Hope notices Jennhas removed her wedding rings and asks whether she is getting back togetherwith Jack if Mickey's appeal is successful. Jennifer tells Hope she is stillunsure and tries not to think too much about the future. Laura arrives andasks what all the fuss is about, and Jennifer tells her about the shower forKristen. Laura, who knows that Kristen is dishonest and still has suspicionsabout Kristen's role in her captivity, is less than enthusiastic. WhenKristen arrives, Laura warns her that someday her lies will be exposed.Kristen notices that Hope is depressed, and asks her what's wrong. Hopetells Kristen and Jennifer that Bo has returned to Billie. Jennifer looks mortifiedand says that she wishes she had known, because it was going to be awkward;as Hope asks her what is going to be awkward, Billie enters. Hope and Billieare obviously uncomfortable with each other, but try to make the best of it.Billie goes upstairs to visit Abby, and while she is upstairs, her cellularphone rings. Hope answers it; it's Bo, needing to talk to Billie. WhenBillie comes down again, Hope hands her the phone. Bo tells Billie to getdown to the meeting place with Abe. Billie leaves, hugging Kristen and Jennsorrowfully, but not telling them she is going away. Billie tells Hope notto worry, and that things will work out for the best. Before Hope canquestion her, she leaves, stopping by Kate's office on the way to tell hermother she is going, and not to worry. Billie meets Abe and leaves withoutincident, petrified for Bo. Back at Jenn's, Hope and Jennifer notice thatBillie left her scarf behind and call Kate at Titan, hoping Billie might bethere. Kate tells Jennifer that Billie has left town, and speculates that shehad a fight with Bo. Jennifer passes the information on to Hope, but Hoperefuses to go after Bo any more, and tells Jennifer she is going after the drugkingpin on her own. Jennifer tells her that's crazy, but Hope is determined togo through with it.

Bo goes up to King's office alone. King immediately demands to know whereBillie is, and Bo stalls. King tells him he has exactly a minute to produceBillie, or things will get ugly. Bo says she went out of town. King tellshim that's too bad, and pulls out his gun, pointing it right at Bo.