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At his hotel, Xander and Serena are in bed. He says he knew she couldn't resist him, even with all that's happened. She agrees and stabs him...but it's just a fantasy. Serena's actually having lunch in the square, admiring a sharp knife. (She also doesn't know where the heart is on a human, apparently.) She resolves to stop running scared.
In her office, Nicole is thinking about Xander kissing her, and Daniel asking her to "let this go." She frets about her plan to push Daniel away in order to expose Serena/help Eric. She calls Xander, who puts her off. Eric appears at her door, wanting to know why she's calling Xander. She claims it's for the story she's being forced to write, and to get all the info without bugging Brady. Eric doesn't buy it. Nicole claims that she and Daniel aren't on good terms now, so she didn't want to bother him for information. Eric still doesn't buy it, pushes, believes something's going on with Xander that has nothing to do with the Brady story. She admits it, and...she tells the actual truth, she believes Xander/Serena are up to something, tells what she overheard, but has no proof, as Eric yells at her...turns out it's a daydream. She really just passes it off as harmless flirtation, probably to make Daniel jealous, and it'll never be anything because of his closeness to Daniel/blood relation to Victor. Eric had just stopped by to stop her story, which she has to do anyway. She curtly dismisses him and he leaves. (Really loved that part, LOL.)
At the hospital, Xander approaches Daniel, asks about Brady's baby's surgery, ostensibly on Victor's behalf. Then asks about Nicole, claims he didn't want to upset their relationship. Daniel's clearly trying to flee, Xander is being friendly. Xander invites him to coffee, Daniel reluctantly accepts. They chat about Victor/Titus/George, and how close Victor/George were, when Serena saunters up and joins them. Serena talks about how she didn't know much about Xander's past despite their time in Africa, asks Daniel about Xander's past. Daniel tries to excuse himself, Serena wants him to give a message to Melanie, invites everyone to dinner. Daniel leaves; Xander's furious.
At DiMansion, Melanie and Chad are talking about Kristen's death, Chad wants to know everything about how his "sister" died. Melanie waffles, but Chad really wants to know. Later, she's told him, and regrets that her actions led to Kristen's death. Chad wonders what this means for Melanie/Brady. Melanie re-iterates that she has no regrets, Brady had to know. Chad pushes, he wants to know the whole truth, don't be kind. Melanie lowers the boom: Kristen held them all captive, would have pushed Marlena out the window and killed them all. He thinks he's a DiMera "through-and-through" as he rehashes his past misdeeds, but Melanie feels they pale in comparison to the acts of Kristen/Stefano/EJ. They talk about his learning he was a DiMera, how he was such a screwup Mia didn't even tell him about their baby. Melanie finally tells him to make his own choice, don't try to live up to his father's name. He thanks her, apologising for making this all about him.
In his office, Roman tells Abe he has a bad feeling about Marlena, from whom he hasn't heard in over 24 hours. After everything that's recently happened, this is extra suspicious, according to Roman's gut. Later, they discover all her appointments were cancelled by text, this cinches it in Roman's mind, Stefano's responsible. They don't want to wait for a warrant (?), want to act quickly.
In the DiMera Castle, Marlena tells Stefano that this plan is insane; he thinks it would be justice. She claims to know him better than anyone else on Earth, tries to psychoanalyse him, claiming he's just trying to end his obsession with her. They flash back to 1984 (????) when he was holding her in a secret mansion. He reiterates his plan to kill her. She points out how he's threatened her before, she's still here, despite his numerous attempts to kill her/family. Lots more flashbacks (including the famous helicopter scene). She owns him, declaring he's got a textbook obsession with her. He claims his hands are clean, but hers are not (absolutely awesome flashbacks to her shooting him, poisoning him, drugging him, and tossing him around like a pool toy during the Possession storyline). He declares her the Devil.
Second Half
In Xander's hotel room, Serena calls him out. He is nice to women to manipulate them, but nice to men whom he hates. Why does he hate Daniel? He claims he doesn't, she pushes his buttons until he screams at her. He pulls back, claims she's a fool if she thinks she can play on his level, warns her to get out and stay on his side. She leaves... [see next paragraph].
Nicole and Daniel run into each other in the Square. She apologises for going off on him. He apologises, and back and forth, until he invites her to dinner with him & Melanie. They have a lot to talk about. She does want to talk, but they're both too busy now. They part company and she again hopes that this scheme will be worth it. Later she is about to knock on Xander's door...at the exact moment Serena is leaving.
Abe arrives at the DiMera mansion. Chad asks about Theo; Abe expresses condolences for Chad's loss. Abe levels that he's looking for Stefano, and admits he thinks Stefano has Marlena. Based on history, and Stefano's MO. Chad remembers Stefano seeming calmer on their last call, realises something might be up. But what can he do? Abe begs him to persuade Stefano to see Kristen's death as an accident.
Why am I the Devil? Because I do everything to protect my family, Marlena pontificates. She talks of how they couldn't bury the hatchet when EJ/Sami married, but they did love their grandchildren. And Stefano and Marlena are both a part of them, and she wouldn't change that. Would he? Again she talks about losing a child. Would he feel better if he killed her? He thinks he would. How would Johnny/Sydney feel upon learning that their "precious Nono" took their grandmother away forever? He claims they'll never know. Orders his men in, tells them to throw her out the window.
Chad is trying to call Stefano, who ignores the call, while he watches Marlena struggle as the goons try to throw her out the window. Chad's under the delusion that Stefano (who's not like a Mobster or anything) wouldn't hurt her, as Stefano continues to ignore his call. Marlena manages to get free momentarily, and continues to struggle as the episode ends.
In her office, Nicole is thinking about Xander kissing her, and Daniel asking her to "let this go." She frets about her plan to push Daniel away in order to expose Serena/help Eric. She calls Xander, who puts her off. Eric appears at her door, wanting to know why she's calling Xander. She claims it's for the story she's being forced to write, and to get all the info without bugging Brady. Eric doesn't buy it. Nicole claims that she and Daniel aren't on good terms now, so she didn't want to bother him for information. Eric still doesn't buy it, pushes, believes something's going on with Xander that has nothing to do with the Brady story. She admits it, and...she tells the actual truth, she believes Xander/Serena are up to something, tells what she overheard, but has no proof, as Eric yells at her...turns out it's a daydream. She really just passes it off as harmless flirtation, probably to make Daniel jealous, and it'll never be anything because of his closeness to Daniel/blood relation to Victor. Eric had just stopped by to stop her story, which she has to do anyway. She curtly dismisses him and he leaves. (Really loved that part, LOL.)
At the hospital, Xander approaches Daniel, asks about Brady's baby's surgery, ostensibly on Victor's behalf. Then asks about Nicole, claims he didn't want to upset their relationship. Daniel's clearly trying to flee, Xander is being friendly. Xander invites him to coffee, Daniel reluctantly accepts. They chat about Victor/Titus/George, and how close Victor/George were, when Serena saunters up and joins them. Serena talks about how she didn't know much about Xander's past despite their time in Africa, asks Daniel about Xander's past. Daniel tries to excuse himself, Serena wants him to give a message to Melanie, invites everyone to dinner. Daniel leaves; Xander's furious.
At DiMansion, Melanie and Chad are talking about Kristen's death, Chad wants to know everything about how his "sister" died. Melanie waffles, but Chad really wants to know. Later, she's told him, and regrets that her actions led to Kristen's death. Chad wonders what this means for Melanie/Brady. Melanie re-iterates that she has no regrets, Brady had to know. Chad pushes, he wants to know the whole truth, don't be kind. Melanie lowers the boom: Kristen held them all captive, would have pushed Marlena out the window and killed them all. He thinks he's a DiMera "through-and-through" as he rehashes his past misdeeds, but Melanie feels they pale in comparison to the acts of Kristen/Stefano/EJ. They talk about his learning he was a DiMera, how he was such a screwup Mia didn't even tell him about their baby. Melanie finally tells him to make his own choice, don't try to live up to his father's name. He thanks her, apologising for making this all about him.
In his office, Roman tells Abe he has a bad feeling about Marlena, from whom he hasn't heard in over 24 hours. After everything that's recently happened, this is extra suspicious, according to Roman's gut. Later, they discover all her appointments were cancelled by text, this cinches it in Roman's mind, Stefano's responsible. They don't want to wait for a warrant (?), want to act quickly.
In the DiMera Castle, Marlena tells Stefano that this plan is insane; he thinks it would be justice. She claims to know him better than anyone else on Earth, tries to psychoanalyse him, claiming he's just trying to end his obsession with her. They flash back to 1984 (????) when he was holding her in a secret mansion. He reiterates his plan to kill her. She points out how he's threatened her before, she's still here, despite his numerous attempts to kill her/family. Lots more flashbacks (including the famous helicopter scene). She owns him, declaring he's got a textbook obsession with her. He claims his hands are clean, but hers are not (absolutely awesome flashbacks to her shooting him, poisoning him, drugging him, and tossing him around like a pool toy during the Possession storyline). He declares her the Devil.
Second Half
In Xander's hotel room, Serena calls him out. He is nice to women to manipulate them, but nice to men whom he hates. Why does he hate Daniel? He claims he doesn't, she pushes his buttons until he screams at her. He pulls back, claims she's a fool if she thinks she can play on his level, warns her to get out and stay on his side. She leaves... [see next paragraph].
Nicole and Daniel run into each other in the Square. She apologises for going off on him. He apologises, and back and forth, until he invites her to dinner with him & Melanie. They have a lot to talk about. She does want to talk, but they're both too busy now. They part company and she again hopes that this scheme will be worth it. Later she is about to knock on Xander's door...at the exact moment Serena is leaving.
Abe arrives at the DiMera mansion. Chad asks about Theo; Abe expresses condolences for Chad's loss. Abe levels that he's looking for Stefano, and admits he thinks Stefano has Marlena. Based on history, and Stefano's MO. Chad remembers Stefano seeming calmer on their last call, realises something might be up. But what can he do? Abe begs him to persuade Stefano to see Kristen's death as an accident.
Why am I the Devil? Because I do everything to protect my family, Marlena pontificates. She talks of how they couldn't bury the hatchet when EJ/Sami married, but they did love their grandchildren. And Stefano and Marlena are both a part of them, and she wouldn't change that. Would he? Again she talks about losing a child. Would he feel better if he killed her? He thinks he would. How would Johnny/Sydney feel upon learning that their "precious Nono" took their grandmother away forever? He claims they'll never know. Orders his men in, tells them to throw her out the window.
Chad is trying to call Stefano, who ignores the call, while he watches Marlena struggle as the goons try to throw her out the window. Chad's under the delusion that Stefano (who's not like a Mobster or anything) wouldn't hurt her, as Stefano continues to ignore his call. Marlena manages to get free momentarily, and continues to struggle as the episode ends.
