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Days of Our Lives
Monday, September 28, 2015

Ben is asleep, dreaming of killing Serena. Yes, we see it. He wakes with a start, is up, walks around, and then has flashbacks of killing Paige. Aloud he says Chad did this. When Abby comes home, he is at the window, where evidently a neon sign blinks below, casting different color lights on his face. He asks where she was, she says at her mom's, she told him she was going there to tell her about moving. Ben lets her know that he decided to stay in Salem, she is happy and grateful. Hugs.

Aiden is telling Hope he made some really bad investments, is deeply in debt, that it went o.k. at first, but then he borrowed money, and eventually from shady people who are impatient. She gets very upset, talks of the trust, honesty issues, but eventually calls her bank, gets money put into her account, writes Aiden a check for $100,000 which he says is all he needs, he can cover the rest. (he has told her of the guy watching and talking to Chase) She pointedly asks if any other secrets, he says no, that is all. Later, Aiden meets the goon, gives him an envelope with the check, the goon says are you kidding? Your debt has already been paid in full. Aiden is shocked, but returns to Hope saying it is all taken care of. He then is sitting alone, saying he still has all this money, gets a text from Stefano. Have another business deal, contact me.

Gotta get this part out of the way. Steve is at the monastery, it is dark, he has a flashlight, has found the cell where Bo was kept. He looks around, sees shackles, etc., then notices the place in the wall where Bo hid the pills. He digs them out, calling someone to ask how fast they can do a DNA test. Meanwhile, Bo is shirtless, on a gurney, wheeled into some room, lots of electric, we see him getting shocks, later 2 guys come in, talking of how this guy is a hard one to crack, so the boss is going to up the pain level. They leave, Bo (still in that Hannibal Lector thing on his face) struggles a bit, he is strapped down, but looking for a way to get loose.

Abby comes to see Chad, wearing the Salem disguise, baseball cap, dark jacket, but bringing food, can opener. He tells her she cannot do this, she has to stay away, and she is going to leave town with Ben tomorrow, so, they say goodbye. He thanks her a lot, will never forget what she has done for him.

Rafe is down at the docks, the cops had a tip Chad was seen, but no dice. He finds a locket, with Jen & JJ's pictures in it, figures it must be Abby's. He goes to see Abby, Ben is there, but leaves to do errands. Instead, outside the door, he listens via the peephole in the door, as Rafe shows Abby the locket he found. She thanks him, says she was on the docks for a walk after an argument with Ben, just to clear her head. No, she has not seen Chad, yes, she knows of the APB on him. Rafe takes his leave, Ben comes in, she only says Rafe had some questions about Chad. She is tired, isn't feeling all that well, going to go lay down, takes off her jacket, slowly walks to the bedroom, laying her locket on a table as she walks past it.

Roman comes to see Jennifer, JJ has not checked in. He is not happy. Jen clams up, only saying JJ is in a bad place, Paige's death, etc. Roman understands, thinks something is going on, Jen is keeping something back. She is tightlipped, Roman persists, JJ comes in. Roman starts in on him, but JJ tells him that Kyle is missing, he is unable to contact him, so he is of no use to the case now, and he is out. Roman asks if he found out Kyle's boss, No, replies JJ. Roman will tell Agent Watts, still thinks there is something JJ & Jen are not telling him, but leaves.
The two now whisper, Jen saying she said nothing, but telling JJ how Clyde came there, pretending to want to help with the wedding, but the conversation was very strange. JJ says Clyde is so paranoid, he has probably planted a bug, begins searching the room, eventually finding the one Eve planted on the mantel. He is babbling, but Jen remembers how they could not figure out Eve knew JJ was undercover, thought she must have overheard them talking, that she probably did this, not Clyde. This causes JJ to stop and reflect a bit. He tells his mom that Clyde won't touch Abby, but he will/would come after Jennifer, and especially JJ. They have to assume he knows it all, and they are not safe.

Chad is writing down what he remembers the night he was drunk. Does remember a fight with someone. He is talking aloud, writing it down, trying to remember why they were fighting. He remembers the guy had a filthy jacket, cannot remember his face. But he suddenly remembers Rafe saying Serena's time of death was 2:45 a.m., then the bum asking him for the time, him looking at his watch, it was 2:35 a.m. The guy tried to take his watch, they fought. So, Chad figures there was no way he could get over to the woods in 10 minutes to kill Serena. He has to find that bum, probably hangs out on the docks. Chad begins looking thru some old clothes that are hanging in the shack.

When Abby goes to bed, Ben takes out his tablet, opens it to the picture of Chad with the news article about the cops looking for him. Damn you Chad, you're going to pay for what you made me do.
 
Have to say, amazing that Steve got to that monastery in South America, found the right cell, and no one around to stop him or ask questions. Lucky Steve.
Bo and the torture chamber has now been entirely too overdone. We got it a long time ago, and amazing how Bo has kept his physique and strength, while being beaten, and barely fed for so long. One tough dude, for sure.
And then Aiden gets Hope's money, but his debt has been paid. And it does seem he is not going to figure out a way to return it. Grrrrrr.
 
How sad is it that I was sitting here at work refreshing my browser so I could see today's summary as soon as it was posted. :)

So it looks like Ben did kill Serena. But wasn't he in the apartment with Abby that whole time? Chad did say Serena was killed at 2:45 so did Ben leave in the middle of the night to kill Serena and then come back?

So Aiden finds out his debt is paid but keeps Hope's money anyway? Oh Aiden, you bad boy
 
I thought it was weird that Roman told Jennifer "a woman at the hospital" was attacked by the killer. I get there's an investigation going on but seriously, you're not going to tell Jennifer that it was MARLENA who was attacked??? Poor script writing there.

As to Aiden and the money....I wonder what he's going to do with that check since the debt was already handled, presumably by Stefano. I can understand him being bewildered about it as going back to Hope now saying he doesn't need the money would make her more suspicious than she already is. I thought it was kind of funny though that the thug didn't just take the money anyway. LOL.

I'm glad they started showing flashbacks of Ben killing Serena and Paige. Ben is definitely off the rails since he said Chad made him do it. Good grief. I liked Chad sitting down and writing and thinking through his memories trying to figure out what happened and prove his innocence. Unfortunately, I hope he's not thinking the word of a bum who was trying to steal his watch is going to be enough of an alibi.

Abigail said she didn't feel good....I hope the baby is ok but the stress can't be good for her. She better watch her back too because now Ben knows she's probably helping Chad. He might follow her and lead directly to Chad's whereabouts. Every time Abby says "I love Ben" or "my life is with Ben" there's little to no sincerity to her voice and it's like she has to keep telling herself that.

I liked the "phoenix" emoticon on the text from Stefano to Aiden. Nice touch.
 
I thought the flashbacks of Ben killing Serena and Paige were great too. I felt so bad for Paige especially. I'm still thinking something bigger is going on with Ben. There is some kind of mental imbalance there to say the least.

Bo is now FF material. Time to get him back home.

I wonder if Jen and JJ will figure out that Eve planted the bug. I do like that Roman is being used for entire episodes now.
Stefano sending a text :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Overall, another really dark show. Both literally and figuratively.
 
My guess is that these Bo scenes were all filmed in a day or two and they are showing a little here and a little there to make Peter Reckell's (Bo) short term return last longer. I have no solid proof, of course, but that's my best guess based on what we've seen so far.

On a totally off topic note, I just have to say how much I love all of the Rafe avatars you wonderful people have. His handsome face makes me happy. :)
 
Have to say, amazing that Steve got to that monastery in South America, found the right cell, and no one around to stop him or ask questions. Lucky Steve.
Bo and the torture chamber has now been entirely too overdone. We got it a long time ago, and amazing how Bo has kept his physique and strength, while being beaten, and barely fed for so long. One tough dude, for sure.
Steve probably has the Salem super sense of direction. Recall when Max and Stephanie were forced out of a jet plane, parachuted into the middle of some Southwest desert, but were found by Bo and Hope in a matter of hours without any local assistance. And Bo's captors aren't very good housekeepers, allowing cobwebs in their secret torture lab. Dr. Rolf wouldn't have stood for it. As for others besides Steve: 1) Aiden; the way this guy lies with a straight face, Stefano might want to consider making him an honorary son; 2) Ben: what a sicko -- killing two women up close and personal and then saying that Chad made him do it. Even Xander would be shaking his head over this one; and 3) Abigial: using a baseball cap as a disguise -- why didn't she also wear JJ's hoodie and dark glasses?
 
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@mandamiee.........There has been an article written about the fact the Peter Reckell (Bo) HAS been filming a bunch of scenes which then are being inserted into various episodes. I expect you are correct that it is to make his short stay seem more extended than it will be. This was the deal Mr. Reckell needed/wanted in order to have Bo back.

@sparks.....yep, a month definitely has been wasted

As to Ben.....Sort of almost seems like a split personality disorder............except, he knows what he is doing, but a trigger sets him off. So.....think.......The HULK! Remember that statement "you wouldn't like me when I get angry". :)
 
Ben and Clyde may be working in tandem. Ben doing in Serena and Paige. And Clyde attempting to do in Marlena.

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So, Bo's return will be short lived--:angry:--as in all this time in a cell makes him too weak to crash Aiden and Hope's wedding?? Please say he can at least get that much done for his Fancy Face.
 
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You beat me to the punch Poirot, I was going to suggest a split personality as well I guess it's true what they say about great minds thinking alike. LOL

I wonder though since Ben was wearing a ski mask in both flashbacks I kind of wonder if the twist might end up he THINKS he did it. Maybe he's suffering a psychotic break because he saw the murders. That begs the question why would he just stand there and watch. Yeah I don't buy that one either. I guess it's back to drawing board on this one. We've been told there some twists to this story and I'm just trying to think of what it could be. The flashbacks seem to confirm Ben's the killer but I think the reason why he has on a mask is so they can give themselves a possible out. We shall see.

Wasn't it nice of Stefano to pay Aiden's debt? I guess the Phoenix really is just a big old softie like Chad said he was.

I wonder what Aiden is going end up doing with Hope's check. Now that I think of it it's kind of amazing that he can actually DO anything at all giving the way the fleet of Greyhound buses the writers have thrown him under keep backing up over him.

Every time I see Bo in that dingy laboratory with the Hannibal Lecter mask I keep reaching for my remote thinking I've mistakenly changed channels to one of the movies in the "Saw" or "Hostel" franchise. I agree with what seems to be the consensus on this board: Enough of that.

I liked the way neon lights played on Ben's face and the camerawork in the scenes with Chad writing things down and talking to himself. Once again it felt very noirish I loved it.

Poor Paige, the fact that calling for help and nobody came. That just made me sadder for her.

I couldn't help noticing that the female cop Rafe was talking to on the pier was also a corrections officer at the prison when Melanie visited Gabi back in December. And for that matter the officer who escorted Gabi into the police station the day she came back was a guard when Rafe, Will, Sonny and Arianna visited her before Christmas. It makes wonder do SPD uniforms moonlight as Corrections officers at Statesville on the weekends to earn extra cash. Something to ponder.
 
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I must have missed something. Why did JJ blare the music the other day if he didn't suspect a bug till today?:confused::confused:
 
I loved Abigail mentioning about Jack being on the run to Chad, was interesting to mention.

I also felt bad for the Paige scene with her running away and screaming putting up a fight. Now that Ben in the lights, just the look of pure evil in his dark twisted eyes is spooky. What is ironic is when Ben came to town he had vowed to never harm a woman because of his mom being abused by Clyde.

I'm starting to think and see how tacky as well as classless Aiden has become. That was real trailer trashy to keep the $100,000. Hope may find out about Stefano and end up not marrying Aiden and he can skip town with the 100 grand maybe in trouble had no choice.
 
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I knew Steve would be too late to find Bo. I wondered who he called about
the DNA test on the pills.

Abby is putting too much stress on herself and baby with all the lying
she's doing. Interesting what Roman said to Rafe that it's the family.

So Aiden plans on keeping the money anyway. Will he gamble it all away?

Interesting flashbacks of Ben killing Serena and Paige. Then he blames
Chad for him doing it.

I don't like seeing Bo being tortured. I hope he gets found before Nov.
 
Is anyone else amazed that Hope is a cop and has not figured Aiden out? And she gives him all that money and doesn't want a full explanation of why he needs it? Also I totally wish Abigail would make up her mind! All she does is lie and sneak around!
 
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