Days of our Lives Recaps: The week of June 2, 1997 on DAYS

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

Monday, June 2, 1997

by Marcia Elgart

While Laura's in a drug-induced state, Jennifer gives Jack acall about what's happened. Maggie chats with Jack and urges him not to giveup hope that one day of a reunion with those he loves.

Locked in the sameroom in the basement, Kristen and Marlena go at it, wrestling each otheraround the room until they spot Susan, disguised as Kristen, in bed with anunsuspecting John. As Susan offers John a back rub, Kristen notices thatSusan has had her hair done to look like hers so she'll no longer need towear a wig. Before they can make love, John leaves to see what's wrong withthe crying baby. Susan dons her wig to look like Susan again and arrives tocalm the baby down.

Lucas asks Kate if she's willing to risk everything. Katetells Austin that his place is with the family. Lexie assures Austin and Samithat Will is going to be fine. Sami wants to go home until Austin revealsthat he's staying to check on Carrie. Mike calls John about Carrie and Willand learns about Laura's problem. He wonders why Kristen didn't mention auratrying to attack her. When he hears that Kristen ordered Peter's body to ecremated, John wonders why she didn't mention this as well

Tuesday, June 3, 1997

by Marcia Elgart

Wednesday, June 4, 1997

by Marcia Elgart

Thursday, June 5, 1997

by Diane Dix

Bo tries to figure out a way to get out of marrying Billie, but King ispersistent. He throws them an engagement party and they are forced to playthe happy couple. Billie and Hope have a close encounter in a boutique,where each picks up a beautiful piece of antique lace. Hope, meanwhile, isastounded by the fortune teller's "vision", not knowing that she was paid byFranco to discourage Hope from pursuing a relationship with Bo. But evenFranco is surprised when the fortune teller starts to make predictions on herown, about Shawn-Douglas and the danger to Bo. Hope and Franco notice theengagement party at the trattoria, but do not see Billie and Bo. The fortuneteller passes by a few minutes later, and gazing at Bo and Billie, she says,"Great joy...but great sorrow."

Austin and Carrie continue to argue about Sami's memory. Carrie is convincedthat she may be faking the amnesia, but Austin says it's impossible. Toprove it, he promises Carrie that they will got up to the lodge that night asplanned. Carrie tells him there is no way that Sami will let him go. Sami,who has been listening outside the door the entire time, is apprehensive whenCarrie tells Austin to go ahead and tells Sami the truth, because she can'tstand the charade any longer, but Carrie changes her mind a few minutes laterwhen she sees Roman's letter asking her to care for her sister. Samiheartlessly gloats that it's a good thing that Carrie is so caring. Samireturns to the apartment, and when Austin comes back planning to tell herthat he is going away for the night, Will starts crying. Sami and Austintake his temperature and find he has a low fever. Austin has a memoryflashback of a time when he was a boy, and Billie had a fever, and Curtis wasnowhere to be found. Austin reluctantly goes back to Carrie's and tells herhe can't go with her to the lodge. Carrie has finally had enough and tellsAustin that no matter what he's doing, she's going to the lodge by herself.Austin goes back to the apartment and finds that Will's fever has dropped.He calls Carrie on her cell phone as she is driving up to the lodge. Sami,of course, eavesdrops. Austin tells Carrie that Will's fever is down and hewill absolutely be at the lodge first thing in the morning. He tells Carriethat if Sami tries to stop him, he will just tell her the truth. Samiwonders how she's going to get out of this one, but she is determined to stopAustin from being with Carrie.

Friday, June 6, 1997

by Diane Dix

Sami and Lucas hatch a devious plan to keep Carrie and Austin apart for good.Sami keeps Austin busy running errands all day because she knows he promisedCarrie he'd be at the lodge first thing in the morning. As the day wears onand Austin keeps calling with excuses, Carrie becomes more and morediscouraged. Meanwhile, Lucas pays a lodge attendant to call Mike Horton,telling him that a woman staying there requested his medical assistance.Thinking Carrie is in trouble, Mike rushes up there, only to find that itwas a false alarm. But Carrie is happy to see him, although confused aboutthe mix-up. Because Mike had no sleep, Carrie tells him to go shower andsleep in her room while she goes to the hot tub. Mike gets out of the showerto find his clothes missing - the maid had them cleaned, thinking he wasstaying with Carrie. But she tells him there is a swimsuit shop in thelodge, and he could wait in the hot tub with Carrie while his clothes arecleaned. Lucas overhears all this and is ecstatic. He tells Sami to letAustin come up immediately. Austin hurries up to the lodge and bursts intoCarrie's room with a huge bouquet of roses, but no one is there. While he'swaiting, an attendant comes in with a dry clean bag of men's clothing.Austin thinks it must be a mistake, but the name on the tag is Brady.Suspicious by now, Austin finds out that Carrie is at the hot tub and headsdown there. By now, Carrie and Mike are discussing her relationship withAustin and the fact that he has not arrived yet. Carrie begins to feeldiscouraged and Mike puts his arm around her. She leans her head on hisshoulder in what looks like an intimate embrace - which is exactly whatAustin sees when he comes around the corner. He remembers Carrie saying shecouldn't wait to get into the hot tub with the man she loves...

Susan, disguised as Kristen, has a close call when her false teeth come outwhile John is there, but she covers up. When the baby starts fussing, shehas to get into her regular clothes and appearance to comfort him in front ofJohn. After John leaves, she goes downstairs to give Kristen and Marlenasome food and to check on them. Kristen tries to convince her that she can'tkeep being two people at once, but Susan tells her that she will do anythingto be with John. Kristen is furious, but totally helpless to do anything.Upstairs, Kristen sees Vivian and Ivan and wonders if her disguise will passwith them. Kristen, watching on the monitor, thinks that she will never foolVivian. At first Vivian is suspicious and even tugs on Susan's hair, notknowing that Susan got extensions and is not wearing a wig any more. Susanmanages to convince Vivian that she is Kristen, and has locked Susan in thesecret room with Marlena. John comes back and tells them that he can't findSusan anywhere and is worried that she might have been kidnapped. Susanthinks fast and tells John not to call Abe, because she let Susan go. Johnsays he will miss her, but he understands. Susan tells Vivian and Ivan toreturn to their spa and that she will see them at the wedding. Kristen is intears at the thought of Susan marrying John again. At the airport on the wayto the spa, Ivan and Vivian spot a nun who looks exactly like Susan andfollow her, knowing that if it is Susan, she could be up to anything. Thenun goes to John and Kristen's house and rings the bell just as Susan hasalmost seduced John into making love to her. John has his shirt half offwhen he answers the door, shocking the nun. Susan, in her Kristen get-up,sees the nun and looks shocked, saying, "What are you doing here?" Kristen,watching on the monitor, is totally confused.