JasonDíSpeech
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At the hospital, Kate runs into Sarah. Kate didn't know Sarah was taking a job here; she learns Rex moved Mimi & Emily to Chicago. She apologizes for Rex's misdeeds, knows Rex loved her. They part after agreeing new year, new start. Sarah runs into Dr Henry Shah, they chat about how she's Jennifer's cousin and he welcomes her to the staff. Sarah tells Shah that Jennifer and Eric aren't engaged anymore; he should act quickly.
At the police station, Hope has had Ted brought in from the island. He's worried he's not safe. Hope tells him that they spoke with Stefan, he's focused on his daughter, not revenge. Ted doesn't believe this. Hope's not sure she believes Stefan, but there's nothing more the stretched Salem PD can do. Ted asks if she's doing this because he couldn't get Ben's confession. Hope denies and then the whole thing is dropped so Ted can play counselor; he thinks Hope and Rafe are trying to pretend they're not broken.
At Dimansion, Stefan0 is offering breakfast to someone off-screen. Pan over to a bound and gagged Gabi. He starts to eat, releases her gag, she screams for help. Everyone's gone, and you picked the wrong crazy guy to mess with. (Ben's been given time off.) He blah blahs about his pity-me life this year in Salem, Kate murdering his mother, and Gabby/Charlotte were his only rays of hope. Gabi is not sympathetic, teases him about falling in love with someone who didn't exist, and framing [Gabi] for a fake happy ending. They spar verbally, she knew exactly how horrible it would feel to lose his 'child', because that is what they did to her. (Good scenes, I must say.) Gabi's not afraid, and she's not sorry. Stefan admires her moves, can understand why she did it, but revenge is a cycle and he can't kill people (even though Vivian and Kate asked him to kill people). He does think she needs to suffer, warms a poker and holds it toward her face. Knows she values her appearance, wants her to be as ugly on the outside as on the inside. She knows, she knows she's ugly inside, she feels it. She lives with it every day. Go ahead, she dares him. He inches closer and closer, then cuts the ties that bind her. He steps away, tells her to go. She flees.
At the Horton House, Abby comes downstairs, Jennifer tries to make nice, Abby is steamed still. (Rightfully so in my opinion.) Jennifer recaps everything except her part in Abby's downfall, Abby is elated that her baby's not connected to Stefan, but she's furious that everyone stabbed her in the back. After a few rounds, Jennifer does apologize for being wrong, but she felt bad for not seeing Abby's DID the first time. Jennifer didn't know of Chad's plan, which resulted in Charlotte's being ripped from Abby's arms hours after her birth. Jennifer begs forgiveness. Abby can't assure she'll forget, but she wants her daughter to see forgiveness. She forgives Jen; she can't forgive Chad.
At Kmansion, Chad remembers Abby handing him Charlotte yesterday. Rafe interrupts him, Chad had called him. Chad tells Rafe to go upstairs and arrest [Rafe's] sister. Later, he's recapped how Gabi switched DNA results. Rafe recaps interviewing Gabi after initial accusations, is ready to move forward. Later, they are flummoxed by Gabi's absence, wonder if she has help. Rafe leaves to search; Chad flashes back to Kate's swearing that "Gabby" attacked her.
At the Pub, Roman and Eric are talking about Holly and Chloe. Roman throws his support behind Eric, but tells him for now, he wants Eric to live life. He gives Eric his tickets for a holiday party. Later, Sarah comes in for lunch, and also orders her dinner to go. Eric's surprised she is ordering her "New Year's Eve" dinner now. They talk about the Horton Center benefit at Doug's Place (the tickets Roman gave him), he gives her the tickets. She accepts on condition he go with her. (Frequent mentions of how he still works for the Horton Center.) He doesn't want to go, it's Jennifer's night, and Chloe runs the place. He tells her to go and be prepared for the unexpected.
Kate is in her room, looking at a crumpled letter. Later, Chad arrives, tells her Gabi has admitted everything. Kate acts surprised, Chad says she had to know, wants to know why she lied. Chad recaps; Kate admits. Finally admits Gabi was blackmailing Kate over Kate's feeding Stefan information about Titan/Chad. Later, Chad recaps: Stefan blackmailed Kate, then Gabi blackmailed Kate about that, all to "protect" Chad from looking guilty for going after Sonny's job because Kate was behind the harassment charges. She says she's sorry. Chad says, no, you're not, you are who you are. He embraces her, then says, "Stay the hell out of my life." He struts off.
At the Police Station, Rafe enters Hope's office, she is updating him on Ted, she notices Rafe's hangdog expression and he updates her on Gabi.
Dr Shah calls Jennifer, she thinks she's calling about Julie, who's resting comfortably at home. Shah asks her to the Benefit, she is shocked, but accepts. (She will be giving a speech in Julie's stead.) The doorbell rings, Abby gets it. Chad is there, tells her about Gabi's absconding from the law. He wants to see Charlotte, too, but she's sleeping. He asks to talk to Abby. She reads his list of crimes, including ripping Charlotte from her, believing Gabi, committing her, and almost moving in with Gabi. She slams the door in his face.
Big Z is talking to Stefano's portrait about how he's not as ruthless as him. Kate struts in, admits she came clean to Chad, whom she's lost, and tells him Vivian's death was no accident, and she deserved it.
Back at the Police Station, Hope and Rafe discuss Gabi, who appears to have skipped town. They decide to put out an APB. No need, says Gabi from the door. "I'm here to turn myself in."
At the police station, Hope has had Ted brought in from the island. He's worried he's not safe. Hope tells him that they spoke with Stefan, he's focused on his daughter, not revenge. Ted doesn't believe this. Hope's not sure she believes Stefan, but there's nothing more the stretched Salem PD can do. Ted asks if she's doing this because he couldn't get Ben's confession. Hope denies and then the whole thing is dropped so Ted can play counselor; he thinks Hope and Rafe are trying to pretend they're not broken.
At Dimansion, Stefan0 is offering breakfast to someone off-screen. Pan over to a bound and gagged Gabi. He starts to eat, releases her gag, she screams for help. Everyone's gone, and you picked the wrong crazy guy to mess with. (Ben's been given time off.) He blah blahs about his pity-me life this year in Salem, Kate murdering his mother, and Gabby/Charlotte were his only rays of hope. Gabi is not sympathetic, teases him about falling in love with someone who didn't exist, and framing [Gabi] for a fake happy ending. They spar verbally, she knew exactly how horrible it would feel to lose his 'child', because that is what they did to her. (Good scenes, I must say.) Gabi's not afraid, and she's not sorry. Stefan admires her moves, can understand why she did it, but revenge is a cycle and he can't kill people (even though Vivian and Kate asked him to kill people). He does think she needs to suffer, warms a poker and holds it toward her face. Knows she values her appearance, wants her to be as ugly on the outside as on the inside. She knows, she knows she's ugly inside, she feels it. She lives with it every day. Go ahead, she dares him. He inches closer and closer, then cuts the ties that bind her. He steps away, tells her to go. She flees.
At the Horton House, Abby comes downstairs, Jennifer tries to make nice, Abby is steamed still. (Rightfully so in my opinion.) Jennifer recaps everything except her part in Abby's downfall, Abby is elated that her baby's not connected to Stefan, but she's furious that everyone stabbed her in the back. After a few rounds, Jennifer does apologize for being wrong, but she felt bad for not seeing Abby's DID the first time. Jennifer didn't know of Chad's plan, which resulted in Charlotte's being ripped from Abby's arms hours after her birth. Jennifer begs forgiveness. Abby can't assure she'll forget, but she wants her daughter to see forgiveness. She forgives Jen; she can't forgive Chad.
At Kmansion, Chad remembers Abby handing him Charlotte yesterday. Rafe interrupts him, Chad had called him. Chad tells Rafe to go upstairs and arrest [Rafe's] sister. Later, he's recapped how Gabi switched DNA results. Rafe recaps interviewing Gabi after initial accusations, is ready to move forward. Later, they are flummoxed by Gabi's absence, wonder if she has help. Rafe leaves to search; Chad flashes back to Kate's swearing that "Gabby" attacked her.
At the Pub, Roman and Eric are talking about Holly and Chloe. Roman throws his support behind Eric, but tells him for now, he wants Eric to live life. He gives Eric his tickets for a holiday party. Later, Sarah comes in for lunch, and also orders her dinner to go. Eric's surprised she is ordering her "New Year's Eve" dinner now. They talk about the Horton Center benefit at Doug's Place (the tickets Roman gave him), he gives her the tickets. She accepts on condition he go with her. (Frequent mentions of how he still works for the Horton Center.) He doesn't want to go, it's Jennifer's night, and Chloe runs the place. He tells her to go and be prepared for the unexpected.
Kate is in her room, looking at a crumpled letter. Later, Chad arrives, tells her Gabi has admitted everything. Kate acts surprised, Chad says she had to know, wants to know why she lied. Chad recaps; Kate admits. Finally admits Gabi was blackmailing Kate over Kate's feeding Stefan information about Titan/Chad. Later, Chad recaps: Stefan blackmailed Kate, then Gabi blackmailed Kate about that, all to "protect" Chad from looking guilty for going after Sonny's job because Kate was behind the harassment charges. She says she's sorry. Chad says, no, you're not, you are who you are. He embraces her, then says, "Stay the hell out of my life." He struts off.
At the Police Station, Rafe enters Hope's office, she is updating him on Ted, she notices Rafe's hangdog expression and he updates her on Gabi.
Dr Shah calls Jennifer, she thinks she's calling about Julie, who's resting comfortably at home. Shah asks her to the Benefit, she is shocked, but accepts. (She will be giving a speech in Julie's stead.) The doorbell rings, Abby gets it. Chad is there, tells her about Gabi's absconding from the law. He wants to see Charlotte, too, but she's sleeping. He asks to talk to Abby. She reads his list of crimes, including ripping Charlotte from her, believing Gabi, committing her, and almost moving in with Gabi. She slams the door in his face.
Big Z is talking to Stefano's portrait about how he's not as ruthless as him. Kate struts in, admits she came clean to Chad, whom she's lost, and tells him Vivian's death was no accident, and she deserved it.
Back at the Police Station, Hope and Rafe discuss Gabi, who appears to have skipped town. They decide to put out an APB. No need, says Gabi from the door. "I'm here to turn myself in."
, but this whole thing of people living at the inn or in these tiny spaces with no kitchens is driving me crazy. If Kate's so powerful, why doesn't she have her own place? I know she's going through hard times, but wasn't she in the hotel when Will came to ask her to pay off Ted? She ended up not doing it, right? Use that money for first month's rent and a deposit, lady!