Days of our Lives Recaps: The week of September 15, 1997 on DAYS

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

Monday, September 15, 1997

by Marcia Elgart

The show opens with Carrie and Austin waking up in their honeymoon suite.She tells him she hadthe greatest dream that they got married and he tells her it is nodream...it's true and they kiss.They rehash the events of the preceding day andtalk about all of Sami's scheming . They discuss their future and Austinsuggests that they go away for a real honeymoon and tells her that Eric ishelping him with thearrangements. Austin calls Ericto check on everything and Eric tells them to come by DiMansion to pick upthe tickets and he andMarlena have something important to tell them

At DiMansion, it looks like the Brady family has set up house while Kristenis away. Marlena andEric discuss the John/Stefano situation. Marlena tells Eric that she feelsit is all just another DiMeratrick. Roman wakes up calling for them Marlena and Eric discuss whether they shouldtell Roman the truth (that Stefano is free) and theydiscuss whether there is really a cure. Marlena doubts it, but prays that it istrue. Roman overhears part oftheir conversation and wants to know what they were talking about, but theycover and tell himnothing. Marlena goes to get Roman's breakfast as Eric goes to check on thearrangements for thetrip. Roman turns on the radio and hears thenewscast about Stefano's escape and the suspicion that John has helped himand goes ballistic.Marlena and Eric rush in and they confirm the news. As Roman is ranting and raving helaunches into acoughing fit and Marlena is trying to help. Theyexplain to Carrie and Austin but they can't believe that John is in on this scheme.Marlena wants Roman to calmdown, so Eric, Carrie & Austin all leave the room. In the hallway, Ericexplains to Carrie and Austin as Marlenacontinues to try to help Roman. When they come back, Carrie and Austin tell Roman thatthey are changingtheir plans and not leaving, but he convinces them to go. They say theirgood-byes and leave fortheir trip.After they leave, Roman & Marlena talk and Roman feels helpless. Marlena triesto convince Roman that he WILL get better and he asks her where will she fitinto his life if he lives.Startled, she says she will always be a part of his life...they have afamily together. He asks her toremember their life together...all the good times...and that he was a foolto ever walk out on her. Hetells her that he could die a happy man knowing that she loved him. He pullsher down and kissesher right on the lips. She tells him to rest, they will talk later. Sheleaves the room and in the hallway,Eric walks up. As she cries, she tells him that right now she feels unableto help either John ORRoman and Eric comforts her. Later, Carrie & Austin are on the plane and thepilot announces they will be taking off soon for....TADA!!!...Rome. Carrieis excited because they will get to see Bo & Billie.

In Rome, Curtis is urging Billie to leave the room and go get a fix. Hetries to convince Billie that Bohas abandoned her but she insists that he WILL return. Curtis continues tobelittle and berate herand says you can dress up garbage any way you want...but underneath, it isstill just garbage. Hetells her that she is good for nothing. She is beginning to crackHE tells her to quit whining and just get up and walk out thedoor...nirvana's right around the corner!Billie finally gives in and heads toward the door and heads out. She saysCurtis is right...Bo HASindeed deserted her.

Out on the street, Bo runs into the cop/fashion model Petra. He tells herabout Billieand she tells him to be careful, because the drug laws in Rome are sostrict, if Billie is caught, shecould get hard time. Bo tells her about Billie being forced into using andPetra issues an arrestwarrant for Dino. Later they get a call that the cops have him cornered andthey rush off. In analleyway, they get into a shoot-out with Dino and he goes down. Bo grabs himby the collar andshakes him around a while, then turns him over to the cops. Dino tells Bothat Billies is nothing but ajunkie as the cops drag him off. Bo tells Petra that Billie is safe now...aswe see her wandering thestreets. She decides to pay Dino a visit for another fix as she seesthe cops dragging him by. She lies down on a bench and launchesinto a string of flashbacks concerning how Bo loves Hope...NOT her.

Steph, Kristen, John & Hope all wake up on the plane. They are descendingand John demands Stefano to tell him just where they are. John questions him and Steph assures him thatthere IS a cure. As they prepare to land, John tells Hope as soon as theyland, the plane is headingback to Salem...with HER on it (but she insists on staying...finally shetells him "whatever you say..."but we know better!) The next we see of the Salem Safari, they are arrivingat a rundown shack andhave picked up 2 new members to their merry little group. Steph pulls the 2aside and whisperssomething and they leave. Kristen comments "You have connections EVERYWHERE,don't you?"John demands to know where the cure is and Stefano tells him that HEis in charge now.John pulls his gun and says is Steph is lying, then he has a CURE for thattoo! John says he is goingback to the plane tell Hope goodbye....as she strolls in and says "Why, areyou going somewhere?"She refuses to leave. Kristen & Hope get into it as K brings up the B&Bsituation and tells her tostay out her business. Kristen tells her to just go back home and "marry herpretty boyfriend." Theyhear the plane revving up and Hope tells them they are stuck with her. Johntries to call the pilot, butHope tells him not to bother, the pilot will not answer. Steph tries theradio, but Hope has thebatteries (Now, HOW and WHEN did she do that?) Funny, Kristen asks her thesame question!Hope says face it, she isn't going anywhere. Steph seems to be agitated byall this. Later, Kristencomes on to John and tries to convince him that she is helping only to helpRoman, but he will haveNONE of it and turns her down flatly. Hope and Stefano argue and she tellshim that she knowswhy he wants her out of there...because of the secret she learned at MaisonBlanche...and he tellsher she is making a BIG mistake. Later, we see John and Hope. She tries toconvince John that she is experienced enough to help him.He finally agrees to let her help him, BUT for her to be careful, stay outof trouble and follow hislead. After he walks off, Hope thinks to herself "Bo had to learn the hardway, guess you will tooJohn...I NEVER do what I'm told" and smiles. As they arriveback at the hut, Stefano and Kristen have also changed clothes They urgeJohn and Hope to sit down and eat something but John refuses and tellsStefano to quit stalling. As they argue over who is in charge, Kristeninforms them thatHope has disappeared. When John goes to look for her, Steph assures Kristenthat everything isunder control. Hope is snooping around in a room . Johnfinds her and they argue about her listening to him. Then they hear aSLAM...(guess it really IS acell after all!) as they realize they are trapped.....

Tuesday, September 16, 1997

by Marcia Elgart

Bo returns to the hotel room with some groceries only to find that Billie isgone. Bo fears she hasgone looking for a fix and runs out of the room. Billie is on a benchsomewhere and is dreamingabout how much Bo loves Hope.

Carrie and Austin's plane is about to land in Rome and Austin says Bo andBillie are going to besurprised to see them. Carrie is still worrying about her dad, and John.Austin tells her that miraclescan happen, they're living proof.

Austin and Carrie are walking around Rome, unfortunately Bo and Billieweren't in their hotel room.Austin says he can't wait to see his sister, he's so glad that she's finallyhappy. Carrie and Austindecide to go back to the hotel when Bo spots them and wonders what they aredoing here. Austinand Carrie find the Club Fortuna and Carrie thinks it sounds like a funplace, but Austin rather goback to the hotel. Meanwhile Bo is still looking for Billie and gets sidetracked when he sees awomen who looks like Hope.

Austin and Carrie return to their room and crack open some champagne. Carriewants to call Boand Billie again, but Austin side tracks her with a kiss, and they soon endup in bed.

At the DiMera mansion Marlena is wishing John would call and Eric tells herJohn will be okay.Marlena tells Eric she's so glad he's here, but that they can't let Romanknow John released Stefano.Sami shows up to see her dad but Marlena says he is resting. Sami and Ericgo downstairs whenRoman calls for Marlena. Roman is worried about John, he heard reports onthe radio that Johnreleased Stefano because of Kristen. Marlena tells him everything he'shearing are lies, John is goingto track Stefano down and bring him back to jail. Roman asks Marlena what iswrong, and she saysshe fears nobody will ever see John again. Roman looks at her and asks ifshe still loves him.Marlena says John is a very special man, and Roman agrees. He tells her thatit's okay, he loves himtoo, he owes John a lot. Roman doesn't blame John for anything, it was allStefano's fault. Romansays that is why John must bring Stefano back and lock him up for good.Marlena gives Roman akiss on the head and then leaves. Outside the room Marlena says that Romanand John are the twomen she's loved most in her life, and now she may lose them both.

Downstairs Eric and Sami argue. Sami doesn't think she did anything wrong,and brings up the factthat John and their mom lied and hurt everyone, and are still lying to theirfather. Eric tells Sami thatKristen is the one who lied to their father, and if he learns Kristen liedit could set him back, heneeds to hang on until John returns with a cure. Sami says once that cure isfound and dad is betterMarlena will drop him for John, and crush his heart all over again. Samisays everyone may thinkshe's a lying witch, but she learned it from her mother. Eric tells her thatthere is no way she cancompare her situation to mom's. As Sami and Eric argue Marlena walks intothe room and asks Ericto go sit with his dad while s he talks to Sami. Marlena tells Sami toaccept the fact that Austin willnot be a part of her life. Marlena wants Sami to be happy, but Austin isn'tgoing to be a part of it.Marlena tells Sami to seek some counseling and Sami throws her mothers liesin her face. Sami saysthey are both doing anything and lying to anyone so they can have the menthey love. Marlena saysshe is only doing what she is doing out of love for Roman, Sami is doingwhat she is doing out oflove, Sami is doing it out of hate and selfishness.

Eric goes up to see his dad, who tells Eric he loves his mother so much andwants to rekindle hislove with her before he dies. Roman says he could die a happy man if he hadMarlena's love back.Eric goes back downstairs and tells Sami that Roman wants to see her.Marlena reminds Sami thatRoman isn't very strong, and she says she'd never do anything to hurt herfather, he's the only onewho really loves her. Sami goes upstairs and is lectured to by Roman. Romantells Sami that reallove wins out in the end, that is why Carrie is with Austin and he andMarlena are destined to betogether. Sami says she is destined to be with Austin and Carrie camebetween them. Roman tellsher she came between Carrie and Austin, and he fears she'll do it again.Sami says if her dad wantsher to be happy he'd help her get Austin back. Roman tells her to stop lyingto herself, Austin lovesCarrie. Sami tells her dad that everyone in this family tells lies, andRoman says he already knowsabout the lies, everyone is trying to convince him he can get well. Samisays he will not die, sheloves her dad and Austin more than anyone in the world and won't looseeither of them. Sami criesand runs out of the room.

Sami goes downstairs and cries and says she does belong with Austin. Ericcomes to check on her,he tells her he does care about her and wants to help her. Sami tells Eriche can't imagine how shefeels, he's never loved someone and then lost them. After Sami leaves Ericsays "Who says Ihaven't." Upstairs Roman tells Marlena that there is a way to show Sami thatif two people aresupposed to be together they will be, and suggests they teach Sami themselves!

In the jungle Stefano has locked John and Hope in a bunker. John asksStefano to let him out, butStefano says all in good time. John asks Kristen to open the door, but shegoes with Stefano. In thebunker Hope and John argue and Hope tells John the reason she stowed awaywas not only towatch him, she did it for love. Hope says she doesn't think it's right forStefano to become betweenanyone in love. Hope says she's lost Bo and can't do anything about that,but she can help him andMarlena, and Roman as well. Hope asks John to please let her help him

Meanwhile Kristen tells Stefano she won't let him hurt John, she loves himas much as he lovesMarlena. Kristen wants in on his plan, but he tells her it's extremelycomplex. Stefano decides toshow Kristen just how much he loves Marlena, and he shows her a room whichhe turned into ashrine of Marlena. The room is covered with gold framed pictures of Marlenathroughout the years.Kristen laughs and says this is so revolting, it's an obsession. Stefanocalls it love, in it's purist state,and one day he and Marlena will be together. Stefano and Kristen argue aboutlove, and Kristensays the one difference is that John actually loved her at one time, Marlenanever loved him. Stefanoreminds here there is a chance John will never love her again, but she saysshe will get him back.Stefano tells her she sounds obsessed, and she says at least she didn'tbuild a shrine to the man.Stefano tells her there is a way to get John back, there is a procedure thatcan remove a portion ofJohn's memory. He tells her that John will remember everything, except forthe fact that he lovesMarlena. Kristen says it sounds dangerous, there must be another way.Stefano tells her he doesn'tthink there is, and then tells her to go. A ticked of Kirsten Storms out ofthe holy shrine of Marlena.Stefano then calls someone and initiates phase 2, which involves the cure.

Kristen brings John and Hope some food, and tells John she'll considerletting him out if he givesthem another chance. John says he loves Marlena and Hope tells Kristen tolet them out, Stefanowill kill them. John says if she has an ounce of goodness left in her she'dat least let Hope out, butHope won't go anywhere without John. Kristen says all right, give me yourgun and I'll get the keyfrom Stefano. John looks at Kristen and asks if she would really murderStefano to try to win hislove back. Kristen says she has no intention of killing Stefano, she needs aweapon to get the key.Hope says it's a trick and John tells her that he maybe able to forgive her,but he won't forget, andhe'll never love her again. Kristen tells him that hurts and to think aboutwhat he said, and she slamsthe window on the door shut.

Kristen returns to Stefano and tells him he was right, John will never loveher without help. Kristenasks Stefano if this procedure will only take away John's love for Marlenaand Stefano says he ispositive. Stefano says all she has to do is say the word and he'll performthe procedure.

Wednesday, September 17, 1997

by Marcia Elgart

Viv is dreaming of being given a diamond necklace by a nicely dressedJonesy. He offers her a glassof wine and finds a huge diamond ring in the wine glass. For emergenciesshe's given a box withmoney in it. Ivan sees her saying "money, money" in her sleep. Viv tellsIvan she's ready to beJonesy's Flora Dora girl or whatever to have money, but Ivan gives her agreed or reason lecture.Being they've started on the proverbial straight and narrow path though, shethanks him forcorrecting her. Bertha comes with an ad for a new job and being it's whitecollar, they agree. Asthey close the door, Bertha smiles to herself. Ivan drives Viv overto their new job in a big truck for their management job in WD and finds outit's a glorified title ofgarbageman. The man tells them to empty dumpsters. Ivan rolls the dumpsterover to the truck Viv refuses to help him. Holding her nose, she saysthat's enough and leaves. Ivan stumbles in to their room exhausted and Vivcalls out if he finished the job. He said yes, he didit all himself. She comes out in a roaring 20's gold shimmering outfit andsays Jonesy, here comesyour Flora Dora girl, with a cigarette in a long holder.

Jack calls to wish Jen a happy birthday a day late. She tells him they had alittle birthday party afterhe asks how it went. The guard cuts off his call. Mike walks in and tellsher he took the day off dueto personal reasons. She guesses Carrie and he said yeah, he had planned thewhole day with her,right up to telling her he loved her. Jen tells Mike about wanting to findTravis while Trent listens outside. In jail, Jack remembers Travis' adviceaboutJen. The florist delivers some flowers to the house and Jen thinks they're abelated bday gift fromJack, but Mike corrects her that they were for Carrie. He's about ready tothrow them away, andshe said to give them to someone else he cares for. He hands them to her andsays Happy BelatedBirthday and she tells him NO,. that's not what she meant. She gives his egoa kick and he rushesoff saying he knows the perfect person to give them to . Jen starts to work andTrent knocks on her door. She tells him she's on her way to see Jack to tellhim she's going to helpJack start a story on Travis. He tries to talk her out of it, but rushes offwhen he gets a beepermessage to make a call.

Jen visits with Jack. Jen tells Jack about her plan towork together on the story about Travis and he tells her no way. Jack tellsher he needs to havesomeone on the inside to help him. They yell they love each other and that'swhy they're doing thisand he goes back to his cell. Jen's already talking with Jack at the prison,but Travis is still on the phone with Stefano. He assures Stefano thatJack and Jen will never be together.

Yup, the flowers were for Alice. She tells him to sit down and talk. Anotherego boost and tellinghim he reminds her of Tom. She guesses the flowers were for Carrie. He tellsher he has fallen inlove with Carrie. He tells her how it lead to love, but trying to protecther, etc. and that somethinghappened while they were in the hut after the accident. Her kissing him andtelling him she loved him was meant for Austin. Alice suggests someonewho might help and knowing what she means, asks to use her phone. He tellsher it's long distance(Jeremy?) and she said that's ok. Two for two, yeah, it's Mike calling hisson to come visit. Jeremyreminds him he's in school and Mike said maybe over the holidays. Jeremytells Mike he's got agirlfriend, but she doesn't know it. Mike tells him to tell her and go forit, not to give up on love.

Jen calls Mike on her cell phone from the prison. He tells her even thoughJack says he doesn't wanther in his life anymore, to hang in there and stay strong and fight for yourlove. She knows it'scoming from the heart knowing the pain he's in . Jen seesthe bulletin board with jobs posted on it and gets an idea as to how to beon the inside. Mike dreams of him and Carrie by the carand says everything reminds him of Carrie, even the car, and thinks ofselling it.

Austin and Carrie wake up and agree they don't want to leave the hotel room.Housekeeping callsto ask if they are ever leaving so they can clean the room. Feelingthey are probably the talk of the hotel, they decide to shower and go seesome of Rome, but insteadget back to what honeymooners do ;-) While Carrie showers, Austin calls B &B's room and findsthey haven't been back for a few days, probably sight seeing. Off comes thetowel and you knowwhat. Austin and Carrie run into an older couple out on their honeymoon too,saying they've waited 20years to get married and appreciate not having to wait THAT long. Wine isdelivered to their table,courtesy of the house. The waitress tells them she's still looking for Mr.Right.

Billie is still on the park bench dreaming of Bo and Bo finds her. He wakesher up and she'sshivering. He apologizes for leaving her along and promises not to again,they're going to beat thisthing. Bo has Billie back in bed wrapped up in blankets and he can't realizehow anyone could hurtanyone as sweet and caring as she is while she's out of it. He goes to gether water and sheremembers her Curtis hallucination about another fix. She tells Bo she'll doanything for a fix and hecalms her down again. He talks to her about good memories on his motorcycleand GreenMountain. She mutters don't leave me and he tells her he won't.

Thursday, September 18, 1997

by Diane Dix

Jack's cellmate warns him that the new guard, TC, is trying to be thetoughest guy on the block and they'd better stay clear of him. While they'retalking, TC is around the corner on the phone with Travis gettinginstructions - looks like he's a DiMera employee, too. Meanwhile, Jennifertells Alice that in order to help Jack with his prison expose, she's going toapply for a job as a guard, using Hope's credentials. Alice is against it atfirst, but then she remembers the times she used to help Bo and Roman withtheir capers, and tells Jen that she'll help her when the time comes for thewarden to check her references. Jennifer goes to get an interview, and whileshe's gone, Susan drops by to eat some of Alice's doughnuts. While she'sthere, Jennifer calls Alice to say that the interview is in an hour. Alicehas to think fast, and brings Susan to the police station and tells her toprovide a diversion if necessary. Jennifer, in a dark wig, interviews withthe warden, who is impressed with her credentials. While she's interviewing,Jack comes in to clean the office, but the warden tells him to come backlater, so he doesn't have time to recognize Jennifer. Alice, at the station,goes into Abe's office by sweet-talking an officer, and Susan comes runningin with her vampire stories to get the officer out of the office. As luckwould have it, while Alice is in the office alone, the warden calls to check"Hope's" credentials. Alice pretends she's Abe's executive assistant andgives "Hope" a glowing recommendation. The warden tells Jennifer she has thejob and can go get her uniforms.

Vivian heads off to Jonesy's mansion in her flapper outfit, and is stopped bySusan, who naturally thinks she looks "purty." That gives Ivan time to catchup with her, reeking of cheap cologne that he put on to cover the smell ofthe garbage which even the shower couldn't remove. He trails Vivian toJonesy's mansion, which they find unlocked and empty. While they'researching around, Jonesy comes in and is delighted to see Vivian, making herdance to an old phonograph tune from the '20s. He gets tired and fallsasleep, and Vivian discovers a safe behind an old painting. While she'strying to open it, Jonesy wakes up and realizes she's not his Flora Dora girlat all. Vivian tries to convince him that she is, and he says if she's hisFloradora, she should bring him to Baba. When he falls back asleep, Vivianand Ivan run around the mansion trying to figure out who Baba is. Ivan saysthat in his country, they used to call their grandmothers Baba. Vivian getsan evil gleam in her eye...

Stefano tries to convince Kristen that the surgery on John's brain whichwould erase his love for Marlena is the only way she's ever going to win hislove again. Kristen says that if they get the cure for Roman and Marlenastays with him, she'll have a chance at John anyway, so the surgery is thelast resort. She tells Stefano to get Hope out of the cell with John becausethey're two healthy young people and anything could happen. Stefano tellsher not to be ridiculous; Hope loves Bo and she has to stay locked up.Kristen accuses Stefano of being afraid of Hope and what she knows. Shestarts yelling at Stefano that she wants to know his plans and he tells herto quit behaving like a spoiled child. While they're arguing, Kristen'sfinger brushes a button under the rim of Stefano's desk. Stefano yellsat her not to push it, but she does, and a dart goes flying across the room.In a fury, Stefano tells her it is tipped with poison to which there is noknown antidote, and the room is filled with them so that if any of hisenemies penetrate in to this fortress, he can eliminate them. Kristen tellshim he's sick.

John and Hope argue about how to get out of Stefano's cell. John says thatif it will help get her home safe, he'll pretend to forgive Kristen. Hopesays that there's no way she'll let him do that. While they're arguing, theyhear a guard coming to give them food. Hope immediately falls to the groundmoaning and clutching her stomach, while John climbs up into the rafters.The guard comes in and John jumps him and takes his gun, but before he andHope can escape, four more of Stefano's guard come in. Hope keeps moaningand John tells them to go help her. As soon as they get close enough, Hopepunches one of them and John takes care of the rest. They lock the guards inthe cell and, both armed, start running through the complex. They open adoor and John gapes in astonishment - they've entered Stefano's Marlena room,which contains everything from wall portraits, snapshots, gowns she's worn,and even a diamond brooch the John gave her. John furiously smashes throughthe glass to get the brooch, and while he's doing that, Kristen and Stefanocome in. Stefano congratulates them on getting out, and John tells him he'scrazy if he thinks he can ever win Marlena. Stefano gets behind his desk andtells John that he's on Stefano's turf now and he'd better learn to behaveaccordingly, all the while inching his finger toward the poison dart button.With an "Auf Wiedersehen," Stefano releases the dart. Kristen screams andHope jumps in front of John, taking the dart. She slumps into his arms asKristen says, "John, it's a poison dart....she's going to die!"

Friday, September 19, 1997

by Diane Dix

Jack calls Alice Horton at home, where she's sitting with Susan after herlittle caper in Abe's office. He begs her to try to talk Jennifer out ofhelping him with the expose. Alice tells him that Jennifer can take care ofherself. Sister Mary, Susan's sister, and Caroline Brady stop by looking forSusan, and take her with them to the park to play with the children.

At the prison, the warden asks Stefano's plant, the guard TC, to show "Hope"(Jennifer) the ropes. He stares at her and for a minute Jennifer wonders ifhe recognizes her. He begins showing her around and Jennifer thinks that ifshe can just get to Jack privately, he won't blow her cover. Then TC showsher up to the weights room where Jack is sitting with his back turned,reading. TC keeps staring at Jennifer and she asks why. He says it's becauseshe's so beautiful, and he wonders why she'd want a job like this. Then hepoints out Jack and says that he wants to introduce her to the senator's sonwho is in for murder. Jennifer ducks out before Jack can see her, and whenTC asks where she was, she says she had to check out a disturbance in thehall [by the way, am I the only one who thinks that if a good looking womanshowed up as a new prison guard, she wouldn't be able to quietly walk into aweights room full of men?]. Later, when Jack is asleep, she creeps into hiscell and surprises him by waking him up with a passionate kiss.

Carrie and Austin are enjoying their honeymoon at the hotel in Rome, butAustin is haunted by the feeling that someone he loves is in trouble, and bymemories of Curtis and Will. Carrie sees how troubled he is and tells himthat no one will ever tear them apart again. Austin asks her to promise, andCarrie says she'll never leave him.

A few rooms away, Billie is going through the worst of the withdrawal. Sheis literally fighting for her life. She keeps telling Bo that Curtis isn'tdead, that he's here in the room with them. Bo tells her it's just thedrugs, but the demonic Curtis hallucination tells Billie she's no good andthat she's better off dead, in Hell with her Daddy. Billie starts to slipaway as Curtis urges her to die. Bo tries to rally her, but finally realizeshe needs some divine intervention. With his religious medallion in his hand,Bo prays for the strength to fight the evil that has invaded Billie's soul.While he prays, a phantom Bo rises from his body to confront the evil Curtisspirit. The spirit Bo tells Curtis that if he wants Billie, he'll have to gothrough Bo first.

Roman takes Marlena to the park and surprises her with a picnic lunch,complete with their romantic snack of strawberries and cream. Roman thinksit's their special romantic ritual, but Marlena remembers eating strawberriesand cream with John. So when Roman offers her a strawberry, she says she'snot hungry. They sit down to eat their lunch and Roman tells her that heshould never have divorced her, and that he loves her more now than the daythey were married. He says he'll understand if it takes time for her to growto love him again. Across the park, Sami and Eric are watching themtogether. Sami is indignant that Marlena is still lying to Roman and willbreak his heart. Roman sees them and invites them over, and he and Sami goto play Frisbee. Eric asks Marlena if there's any chance her feelings forRoman are returning. She says she'll always love Roman, but her passion isfor John. Just then, Caroline comes by and introduces Sister Mary toMarlena. A few minutes later, Sami starts in on Marlena about being ahypocrite and a liar. Suddenly, Sister Mary grabs her by the ear and pullsher away and tells her never to speak to her mother that way. She says thatshe's heard all about Sami's evil schemes and that she had better get on thepath to righteousness before it's too late. Sami is defiant at first, but asSister Mary slams her ruler around threateningly, Sami gets frightened andruns away. Marlena thanks her for trying and says she hopes she got throughto Sami. Sister Mary talks to Marlena about her situation and reminds herthat in the eyes of the church, Roman is still her husband.

In the jungle, John and Kristen are terrified that Hope is dead from thepoison dart. But she begins to stir and says that the dart didn't stick intoher skin, and she's all right. Stefano takes the dart and says it wasn'tpoisonous anyway, and that he only did it as a way to show them that hewasn't about to hurt anyone [aren't there easier ways?]. To prove it, hesticks it in his own skin. Then he tells them that every other hidden dart inthe room is deadly, and for their own protection they'd better follow hislead. John demands to be taken to the cure. Stefano leads them to alaboratory, where a Dr. Ralf, a scientist he freed from prison, is working onsome of the most daring experiments in the world. Dr. Ralf greets Hope as ifhe recognizes her, but then denies it. Stefano shows them a vial of milkyfluid which he claims is a cure for Roman, but says it's not complete yet.Hope is still troubled by her encounter with Dr. Ralf and wonders if it hasto do with her memories of Maison Blanche and Stefano's secret. Later, inthe Marlena shrine room, Hope sees a picture of Maison Blanche and has amemory flashback of herself in bandages staring at her hands, and then oflying in a bed while Stefano caresses her. Stefano and Kristen see herlooking at the picture, and Stefano is afraid.