41 minutes. John and Konstantin don't move forward, Alex, Brady, Kristen and Theresa are back in junior high, but nothing moves forward by more than an inch or two.
Kristen and Alex meet at the town square, Alex was late to the meeting. Kristen is not happy. Plan 1 didn’t work, they need a Plan 2. Since Plan 1 didn’t go well, they blame each other. Alex calls Kristen Cruella as they exchange insulting names towards each other. Kristen spies Brady and Theresa together. She has a plan.
Sarah and Xander are talking after Xander puts Victoria down for a nap. Victoria can move a toy from one hand to another, Xander missed that milestone. She isn’t going to be allowed to go on dates till she’s 27 and Xander will chaperone. Sarah giggles at him. She suggests they allow Maggie to babysit and have an adult-only evening. Xander says "and walk in to pick her up and find her in Konstantin’s arm? No thank you, I don’t trust that slimeball."
Replay of John saying goodbye to everyone to go to turn himself in to the Greek authorities and Konstantin forgiving him. Konstantin says it’s time to put this all behind us. John won’t accept the forgiveness.
Sarah says she kind of understands Konstantin. Because Maggie sees kindness in him, Sarah is trying to understand. Xander interrupts as he believes Konstantin is a con man who is after Maggie. Sarah tries to convince Xander that Konstantin deserves a chance.
John says he has to go turn himself in and let the authorities do a full investigation, that will be his full path to forgiveness. Marlena promises to stand with John no matter what he did. Steve wants to go with him. He won’t let John do it.
Brady and Theresa talk about Tate and Holly forever, Brady spies Kristen and Alex smooching in the town square. Both Brady and Theresa are triggered by this sight.
Theresa walks up and yells at them, because she’s a “Karen”, I guess. Kristen tells Brady and Theresa that they are seeing each other now. Kristen goes to speak with Brady. Theresa yells at Alex for being with the headcase that is Kristen.
Brady and Kristen argue about Alex being Kristen’s boy toy.
John continues his self-flagellation. Maggie tries to talk sense into John, as does Marlena.
Brady and Kristen continue their conversation. Kristen twists the knife about Alex being the CEO of Titan, a job Brady was never able to hold on to.
Theresa and Alex go over the fact Alex had the ring and didn’t propose. Alex tells Theresa to call the proposal police. They have a similar annoying conversation about life in general.
Xander won’t allow Konstantin another choice. He makes Xander’s hair stand on end. Sarah pleads Konny’s case. She brings up Xander and her losing a child, Mickey, and they agree losing a child is bad.
More conversations to convince John about how bad Victor was towards him. Maggie makes a speech about how men change. John breaks down in tears.
More Theresa and Alex, Theresa brings up Kristen stealing her embryo and giving birth to Tate, the Kristen masks, and calls Kristen an alien that even her home planet doesn’t want. Throughout this conversation, Theresa is waving her phone around in her hand.
Brady and Kristen continue their side of the conversation of why Kristen should be with Alex.
Xander and Sarah are talking about lost children, Victoria’s kidnapping. Victoria’s back and she’s perfect in every way and Xander's not the least bit biased. Xander and Sarah are happy to be together. But maybe Konstantin deserves a second chance, too. But Xander refuses to accept Konstantin.
John turns to Konstantin and asks why has he been so quiet? Konstantin has heard all of John’s friends speak and finds it is time to let his hatred go, and more garbage. Neither man is the same man they were back in the day. Konstantin begs John to not go back to Greece, but to go home. We must move past this. Marlena talks to John; John agrees to try to move past this. Marlena and Steve agree to help John move past this, John thanks Konstantin and they leave.
Xander tells Sarah that Konstantin’s purpose for coming to Salem was to swindle Maggie from her money. Xander knows this, but can’t prove it with the Harris Michaels' shooting hanging over his head.
Theresa and Alex talk about his being with Kristen. Brady and Kristen talk about her being with Alex.
Xander and Sarah talk about the case against him. Xander thinks the cops would be happy to put him in jail for any of his past crimes.
Kristen thinks maybe she has been too harsh on Brady regarding Rachel. Brady leaves and Kristen gets a call. They discuss how they well their conversations went. They gloat.
Maggie tells Konstantin how proud of him she is. She wants to know why Konstantin didn’t tell her it was John who killed his daughter? Konstantin didn’t want to hurt Maggie’s feelings. Maggie tells him it is hard for her to accept the knowledge of the type of man Victor was with the man she knew of Victor. She asks why he come to town as Victor’s dearest friend, but apparently he wasn't? Konstantin spins yet another tale.
Back at the townhouse, Marlena and Steve speak encouragingly to John. John doesn’t want to move past the taking of a young woman’s life. He feels he must pay for this crime.
Kristen and Alex meet at the town square, Alex was late to the meeting. Kristen is not happy. Plan 1 didn’t work, they need a Plan 2. Since Plan 1 didn’t go well, they blame each other. Alex calls Kristen Cruella as they exchange insulting names towards each other. Kristen spies Brady and Theresa together. She has a plan.
Sarah and Xander are talking after Xander puts Victoria down for a nap. Victoria can move a toy from one hand to another, Xander missed that milestone. She isn’t going to be allowed to go on dates till she’s 27 and Xander will chaperone. Sarah giggles at him. She suggests they allow Maggie to babysit and have an adult-only evening. Xander says "and walk in to pick her up and find her in Konstantin’s arm? No thank you, I don’t trust that slimeball."
Replay of John saying goodbye to everyone to go to turn himself in to the Greek authorities and Konstantin forgiving him. Konstantin says it’s time to put this all behind us. John won’t accept the forgiveness.
Sarah says she kind of understands Konstantin. Because Maggie sees kindness in him, Sarah is trying to understand. Xander interrupts as he believes Konstantin is a con man who is after Maggie. Sarah tries to convince Xander that Konstantin deserves a chance.
John says he has to go turn himself in and let the authorities do a full investigation, that will be his full path to forgiveness. Marlena promises to stand with John no matter what he did. Steve wants to go with him. He won’t let John do it.
Brady and Theresa talk about Tate and Holly forever, Brady spies Kristen and Alex smooching in the town square. Both Brady and Theresa are triggered by this sight.
Theresa walks up and yells at them, because she’s a “Karen”, I guess. Kristen tells Brady and Theresa that they are seeing each other now. Kristen goes to speak with Brady. Theresa yells at Alex for being with the headcase that is Kristen.
Brady and Kristen argue about Alex being Kristen’s boy toy.
John continues his self-flagellation. Maggie tries to talk sense into John, as does Marlena.
Brady and Kristen continue their conversation. Kristen twists the knife about Alex being the CEO of Titan, a job Brady was never able to hold on to.
Theresa and Alex go over the fact Alex had the ring and didn’t propose. Alex tells Theresa to call the proposal police. They have a similar annoying conversation about life in general.
Xander won’t allow Konstantin another choice. He makes Xander’s hair stand on end. Sarah pleads Konny’s case. She brings up Xander and her losing a child, Mickey, and they agree losing a child is bad.
More conversations to convince John about how bad Victor was towards him. Maggie makes a speech about how men change. John breaks down in tears.
More Theresa and Alex, Theresa brings up Kristen stealing her embryo and giving birth to Tate, the Kristen masks, and calls Kristen an alien that even her home planet doesn’t want. Throughout this conversation, Theresa is waving her phone around in her hand.
Brady and Kristen continue their side of the conversation of why Kristen should be with Alex.
Xander and Sarah are talking about lost children, Victoria’s kidnapping. Victoria’s back and she’s perfect in every way and Xander's not the least bit biased. Xander and Sarah are happy to be together. But maybe Konstantin deserves a second chance, too. But Xander refuses to accept Konstantin.
John turns to Konstantin and asks why has he been so quiet? Konstantin has heard all of John’s friends speak and finds it is time to let his hatred go, and more garbage. Neither man is the same man they were back in the day. Konstantin begs John to not go back to Greece, but to go home. We must move past this. Marlena talks to John; John agrees to try to move past this. Marlena and Steve agree to help John move past this, John thanks Konstantin and they leave.
Xander tells Sarah that Konstantin’s purpose for coming to Salem was to swindle Maggie from her money. Xander knows this, but can’t prove it with the Harris Michaels' shooting hanging over his head.
Theresa and Alex talk about his being with Kristen. Brady and Kristen talk about her being with Alex.
Xander and Sarah talk about the case against him. Xander thinks the cops would be happy to put him in jail for any of his past crimes.
Kristen thinks maybe she has been too harsh on Brady regarding Rachel. Brady leaves and Kristen gets a call. They discuss how they well their conversations went. They gloat.
Maggie tells Konstantin how proud of him she is. She wants to know why Konstantin didn’t tell her it was John who killed his daughter? Konstantin didn’t want to hurt Maggie’s feelings. Maggie tells him it is hard for her to accept the knowledge of the type of man Victor was with the man she knew of Victor. She asks why he come to town as Victor’s dearest friend, but apparently he wasn't? Konstantin spins yet another tale.
Back at the townhouse, Marlena and Steve speak encouragingly to John. John doesn’t want to move past the taking of a young woman’s life. He feels he must pay for this crime.
Please do something with these stupid stories. It's such a waste of time to watch them, yet we do, so if they do progress, will we still know?
