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Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Episode #11,244 Tape date 11/12 Director – Albert Alarr
Wow, pretty good episode today, as Nicole & all involved testify at her sentencing hearing. And what a great no-nonsense judge. But first, a couple side treks. Arianna is still taking inventory, with the music blasting (tho why this is not being done at night after closing is still beyond me) as El Creepo comes quietly in, pulls his gun. Her back is to him, but he quickly sticks the gun in his pocket when Brady walks in, chastising Arianna for not locking the door, and asking this dude if he had not seen the closed sign on the door. El Creepo makes a lame excuse about needing his coffee, but takes off at Brady’s urging. He gets hold of Troy, complaining, Troy said he should have killed them both, ElCreepo agrees to go back. Brady tells Arianna of running into Gabi, learning Arianna is alone, so he returned, and then mentions going to the hearing, and inviting her. Arianna refuses, Brady leaves. She starts doing her counting again, but decides to go chuck it and go to the hearing herself.
Chad is bringing Gabi another latte, talking of school tomorrow, promising to show her the ropes, etc., as Mia comes in, spots them, and one can see the green eyed monster taking over. Gabi leaves the table, Mia goes over, tells Chad about the hearing, and how she has to testify. He wants to go, too, so goes to see about getting time off work. Gabi return, asks what is up with Chad, Mia slyly says he has to testify at a hearing today, and why doesn’t Gabi come with her, and she can see for herself. Gabi agrees.
Philip opens the door to the K mansion, picks up Melanie to carry her over the threshold. Evidently they have come to pack his stuff as they are still going to Vegas…..but what the heck. A little roll in the hay first won’t hurt…the Titan jet can wait. In the afterglow, complete with mandatory L-shaped sheets, some small talk, then Phil gets up to finish packing. Melanie dozes off, and begins to dream of what just happened, only it is Nathan in bed with her…..some dream! She murmurs happily she could do this all day, as Philip returns, says something, she comes out of her reverie, and tells him she wants to honeymoon in Europe for a while after the wedding. Show him all the places she lived, and partied, and got guys to give her things, etc. Could take months, Phil has no problem with that.
Over at the hospital, Nathan & Stephanie run into each other at the nurse’s station. (so, o.k. I am guessing that her Public Relations office is there at the station, since she is always there…budget cuts must affect the hospital, too, lol. ). They have a conversation that is rather a yawnfest….she lets him know she was hurt he was fighting with Philip over Melanie, right after asking her out for New years……he thought a lot while in jail, and realized Melanie was not really what he wanted. Yada, yada, yada.
Later, Philip is at the hospital, Stephanie spots him, learns of the impending Vegas trip and plans for the long European honeymoon, while Melanie is filling out paperwork in another room, Nathan comes in, and learns of the plans, and that she is dropping out of nursing school.
Nicole is with her lawyer who is pleading with her to allow him to use diminished capacity as a defense, she refuses. She is sad, she is guilty, and no, she doesn’t want to spend the rest of her life in prison, but she deserves to, what she did was horrible.
Sami has come home, Rafe is bursting to tell her his news, but gets a phone call. Sami is trying to tell him about the ransom note, but Rafe has his news first, he has been reinstated with the FBI. Seems the man who laid him off retired, the new man in charge likes his work on this case, thinks he has been doing an excellent job co-ordinating between the cops and the FBI, and in fact, wants him to continue in that capacity. Sami is happy for him, but her eagerness to tell him about the ransom note has dissipated. Now he tells her of the hearing, they both change clothes, are about to leave when Will arrives. When he learns of the hearing, he asks them to wait up, he wants to go, too.
And now we are in the courtroom, with the Honorable David Goldberg presiding. Love this judge! He says it is a sentencing hearing, his decision will be based on the testimony presented. D.A. Woods has tried to talk his son, Chad, out of testifying today, to no avail. And now we see a series of Salemites giving testimony, with the entire story being told. Elvis DiMera is called first, with Sami, Mia, Chad all following, and then we see them all again and again. The testimony scenes are edited so the story of what Nicole has done is sort of told in sequence. Nicole is devoid of makeup, looks so sad, tears up at times, as the story of her miscarriage, faked pregnancy, deal with Mia, baby switching, Chad finally learning of fathering a child, the baby switching, Grace being Sami’s, dying, the grief, Nicole covering everything with lie after lie after lie. And finally the truth about Sydney comes out, Nicole takes her, tries to leave the country but is stopped, and then, someone else takes that beautiful baby. Gabi is learning a lot, Will listening intently. The judge states all this overwhelming testimony against Nicole, does no one want to speak on her behalf. Cue Brady to come in (Sami is not too pleased, EJ shaking his head).
Brady talks of having to tell Nicole about her miscarriage, how devastated she was, never saw so much pain, she loved EJ so much and that little girl, and he thinks something snapped in Nicole….that she got to where she really felt she had given birth to Sydney herself. Arianna has slipped in at this point and is listening.
Now it is Nicole’s turn, and gad, she looks so pale, wan, as she admits her guilt, what she did was horrible, how sorry she is for what she did, how many people have been hurt by her lies. She is crying, again repeating her remorse, and saying the only important thing is to get Sydney back, that beautiful precious little baby. The judge has heard the testimony, asks for the DA recommendation. D.A. Woods wants no mercy, 3 different sentences on each of the 3 charges, totally 70 years. Nicole’s lawyer objects, the judge silences him.
Gabi has come into the Java Café, ranting at Chad for not giving her a heads up about him and Mia having a baby. Mia comes in behind her, and smirks. (and don’t even ask me why they are not still at the hearing…)
Now the judge states that he has never seen anyone so remorseful and sorry for what they had done as Mrs. DiMera. And before he can say another word, EJ erupts, ranting over all she has done, the judge is trying to quiet him, threatening to hold him in contempt of court and put him in a holding cell. Sami has joined in just a bit, but Rafe calms her down and gets her back in her seat. The judge is still confronting EJ, however, and tells him that he finds it odd that someone named DiMera, who is guilty of breaking innumerable laws would come into this courtroom and demand justice. And that perhaps Nicole should receive the exact same punishment that he has received for all his crimes and misdeeds, which is absolutely NOTHING!
clap: 
) He then tells Ms. Brady he feels for her, he really does. The loss of her daughter has to be devastating. And her previous child’s death broke her heart. But he has read the history of this case in full, along with others “you have been involved in”, has seen her records, and is aware that she seems to have a penchant for custody battles during your life. Also, you lied to the baby’s father about the pregnancy, and kept it a secret for quite some time, so “you have not exactly been blameless in this, have you?”. For the record, I have reached a verdict in the sentencing of Nicole Walker DiMera. My decision is as follows.
Barb
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Episode #11,244 Tape date 11/12 Director – Albert Alarr
Wow, pretty good episode today, as Nicole & all involved testify at her sentencing hearing. And what a great no-nonsense judge. But first, a couple side treks. Arianna is still taking inventory, with the music blasting (tho why this is not being done at night after closing is still beyond me) as El Creepo comes quietly in, pulls his gun. Her back is to him, but he quickly sticks the gun in his pocket when Brady walks in, chastising Arianna for not locking the door, and asking this dude if he had not seen the closed sign on the door. El Creepo makes a lame excuse about needing his coffee, but takes off at Brady’s urging. He gets hold of Troy, complaining, Troy said he should have killed them both, ElCreepo agrees to go back. Brady tells Arianna of running into Gabi, learning Arianna is alone, so he returned, and then mentions going to the hearing, and inviting her. Arianna refuses, Brady leaves. She starts doing her counting again, but decides to go chuck it and go to the hearing herself.
Chad is bringing Gabi another latte, talking of school tomorrow, promising to show her the ropes, etc., as Mia comes in, spots them, and one can see the green eyed monster taking over. Gabi leaves the table, Mia goes over, tells Chad about the hearing, and how she has to testify. He wants to go, too, so goes to see about getting time off work. Gabi return, asks what is up with Chad, Mia slyly says he has to testify at a hearing today, and why doesn’t Gabi come with her, and she can see for herself. Gabi agrees.
Philip opens the door to the K mansion, picks up Melanie to carry her over the threshold. Evidently they have come to pack his stuff as they are still going to Vegas…..but what the heck. A little roll in the hay first won’t hurt…the Titan jet can wait. In the afterglow, complete with mandatory L-shaped sheets, some small talk, then Phil gets up to finish packing. Melanie dozes off, and begins to dream of what just happened, only it is Nathan in bed with her…..some dream! She murmurs happily she could do this all day, as Philip returns, says something, she comes out of her reverie, and tells him she wants to honeymoon in Europe for a while after the wedding. Show him all the places she lived, and partied, and got guys to give her things, etc. Could take months, Phil has no problem with that.
Over at the hospital, Nathan & Stephanie run into each other at the nurse’s station. (so, o.k. I am guessing that her Public Relations office is there at the station, since she is always there…budget cuts must affect the hospital, too, lol. ). They have a conversation that is rather a yawnfest….she lets him know she was hurt he was fighting with Philip over Melanie, right after asking her out for New years……he thought a lot while in jail, and realized Melanie was not really what he wanted. Yada, yada, yada.
Later, Philip is at the hospital, Stephanie spots him, learns of the impending Vegas trip and plans for the long European honeymoon, while Melanie is filling out paperwork in another room, Nathan comes in, and learns of the plans, and that she is dropping out of nursing school.
Nicole is with her lawyer who is pleading with her to allow him to use diminished capacity as a defense, she refuses. She is sad, she is guilty, and no, she doesn’t want to spend the rest of her life in prison, but she deserves to, what she did was horrible.
Sami has come home, Rafe is bursting to tell her his news, but gets a phone call. Sami is trying to tell him about the ransom note, but Rafe has his news first, he has been reinstated with the FBI. Seems the man who laid him off retired, the new man in charge likes his work on this case, thinks he has been doing an excellent job co-ordinating between the cops and the FBI, and in fact, wants him to continue in that capacity. Sami is happy for him, but her eagerness to tell him about the ransom note has dissipated. Now he tells her of the hearing, they both change clothes, are about to leave when Will arrives. When he learns of the hearing, he asks them to wait up, he wants to go, too.
And now we are in the courtroom, with the Honorable David Goldberg presiding. Love this judge! He says it is a sentencing hearing, his decision will be based on the testimony presented. D.A. Woods has tried to talk his son, Chad, out of testifying today, to no avail. And now we see a series of Salemites giving testimony, with the entire story being told. Elvis DiMera is called first, with Sami, Mia, Chad all following, and then we see them all again and again. The testimony scenes are edited so the story of what Nicole has done is sort of told in sequence. Nicole is devoid of makeup, looks so sad, tears up at times, as the story of her miscarriage, faked pregnancy, deal with Mia, baby switching, Chad finally learning of fathering a child, the baby switching, Grace being Sami’s, dying, the grief, Nicole covering everything with lie after lie after lie. And finally the truth about Sydney comes out, Nicole takes her, tries to leave the country but is stopped, and then, someone else takes that beautiful baby. Gabi is learning a lot, Will listening intently. The judge states all this overwhelming testimony against Nicole, does no one want to speak on her behalf. Cue Brady to come in (Sami is not too pleased, EJ shaking his head).
Brady talks of having to tell Nicole about her miscarriage, how devastated she was, never saw so much pain, she loved EJ so much and that little girl, and he thinks something snapped in Nicole….that she got to where she really felt she had given birth to Sydney herself. Arianna has slipped in at this point and is listening.
Now it is Nicole’s turn, and gad, she looks so pale, wan, as she admits her guilt, what she did was horrible, how sorry she is for what she did, how many people have been hurt by her lies. She is crying, again repeating her remorse, and saying the only important thing is to get Sydney back, that beautiful precious little baby. The judge has heard the testimony, asks for the DA recommendation. D.A. Woods wants no mercy, 3 different sentences on each of the 3 charges, totally 70 years. Nicole’s lawyer objects, the judge silences him.
Gabi has come into the Java Café, ranting at Chad for not giving her a heads up about him and Mia having a baby. Mia comes in behind her, and smirks. (and don’t even ask me why they are not still at the hearing…)
Now the judge states that he has never seen anyone so remorseful and sorry for what they had done as Mrs. DiMera. And before he can say another word, EJ erupts, ranting over all she has done, the judge is trying to quiet him, threatening to hold him in contempt of court and put him in a holding cell. Sami has joined in just a bit, but Rafe calms her down and gets her back in her seat. The judge is still confronting EJ, however, and tells him that he finds it odd that someone named DiMera, who is guilty of breaking innumerable laws would come into this courtroom and demand justice. And that perhaps Nicole should receive the exact same punishment that he has received for all his crimes and misdeeds, which is absolutely NOTHING!
clap: ) He then tells Ms. Brady he feels for her, he really does. The loss of her daughter has to be devastating. And her previous child’s death broke her heart. But he has read the history of this case in full, along with others “you have been involved in”, has seen her records, and is aware that she seems to have a penchant for custody battles during your life. Also, you lied to the baby’s father about the pregnancy, and kept it a secret for quite some time, so “you have not exactly been blameless in this, have you?”. For the record, I have reached a verdict in the sentencing of Nicole Walker DiMera. My decision is as follows.Barb
