36 minutes of quick scenes. And guess what? Eric and Nicole are working their way back to each other. Gag me.
Ava delivers food to Holly and Sophia at the pub. They are working on Mr. Ronald’s final project which is due so soon and they have a creative writing assignment due soon. Holly works hard all along; Sophia works best under pressure. They take a break from “working” and talk fun things, like the upcoming prom. Sophia is working on getting Tate Black to ask her.
Meanwhile at the park, Tate and a super bushy-haired guy (Arron) are talking about how summer league would sharpen their skills. They discuss extra activities and how that helps in getting scholarships. This conversation devolves into who’s going to the prom and with whom.
Harris is trying to crack Clyde and Gil’s code; he gets frustrated.
Eric just put Jude down for his whatever time of the day it is at that apartment, nap as Sloan comes in from wherever she went, and Eric leaves for work. As soon as Eric leaves, Sloan calls Melinda Trask and demands that she drop everything to come over to Sloan and Eric’s place.
EJ is strutting around the living room on the phone talking with the esteemed Dr. Rolf, who is running some DNA samples and after YELLING at the good doctor, that he wants the results as soon as possible. Nicole walks in asking if everything is okay? EJ apologizes for Nicole having to hear this his anger over a DNA test.
Nicole wants to know why he doesn’t let his people do the DNA test as she believes it is part of one if his cases. EJ admits to micro managing. He and Nicole discuss EJ working two jobs. EJ thinks if he gets the call, he will answer and be the head of DiMera Enterprises, the DA and Mayor. Johnny walks through with tea.
Ava comes in to help Harris break the code. Harris has sent part of the file to a old navy buddy. So did he send it to Thomas Magnum (Magnum PI) Steve McGarrett (Hawaii 5-0), Sam Hanna (NCIS-LA) to help him crack the code?
Bushy-haired guy (Aaron) is in charge of the prom. His prom will be better than the Last Blast Prom that everyone talks about. Tate continues to hem and haw about going to the prom. Then we jump to donating blood. There will be a blood drive. Tate faints at the site of blood. He then gets assigned to hand out cookies and juice and see what that will do for his street cred.
Back to the girls. It seems 10 boys have asked Sophia to the prom; one covered her entire front porch with flowers, which her mother loved, but her father not so much. But none of the boys are Tate. Sophia is going to ask Tate. Holly looks pained, Sophia asks if it’s okay that she (Sophia) asks Tate to the prom? Holly responds sure, that’s fine, we are good. Sophia wants to know if Nicole has backed off her tyranny vibe a little bit? Holly says a bit. But since Holly doesn’t want to go to the prom, she isn’t going to push her mom.
Melinda comes into the apartment and coos over the baby. Sloan recaps the story about Eric finding out she was paying all Leo’s bills, Leo getting drunk, and Leo telling EJ about the baby. Melinda is less than pleased.
The boys are talking about how Tate is no longer into Holly but he still talks to her because he's not a jerk. They play catch with the football, not sure either of them have ever seen a football.
The girls get ready to leave, Ava is nowhere to be seen so they may have put money on the table or they just left, couldn’t make it out. They head to the cute little boutique down the way that has amazing vintage prom dresses. They can try them on and pretend to walk the cat walk. Holly wants to finish her work but Sophia convinces her to go for a mental health break.
EJ's on the phone needing things put on his calendar by the end of the week. He is talking with Rita and buying up Titan stock. Johnny comes in, he needs a favor.
Ava and Harris discuss and freak out over the black book. Ava’s phone rings. It’s our good friend Clyde. Ava lies and tells Clyde that she hasn’t found the book. Clyde suggests places to look. Ava stalls, hems and haws with Clyde. We do NOT hear or see Clyde in this conversation.
Johnny tells EJ that Chanel is pregnant. EJ is shocked to find out that he is going to be a grandfather. Johnny says possibly.
Nicole and Eric talk about Sloan. Eric realizes that he is making the same mistakes with Sloan that he made with Nicole.
Melinda is panicking that she could be dead soon if EJ knows of her involvement in the baby stealing business. Sloan tells Melinda so far, her name has been kept out of this.
Tate threw the football and hit Sophia in the face. (Brady Bunch anyone?) Now poor Sophia will have a black eye for the prom.
Clyde gives Ava 48 hours to find the book, then she is to scan the book and send it to a place on the dark web. Once she’s done that, she’s to destroy the book. Harris is upset because the book is the bait to catch Clyde. Sending it over the dark web won’t capture him.
Sloan lets Melinda know she told EJ that Eric was Jude’s daddy and once he knew that little fact it was like some switch was thrown and his mood changed. Sloan believes that EJ knows the truth. Once the truth gets out, Sloan has convinced EJ that Nicole and Eric would want to be together.
Eric and Nicole talk about their past relationships as they slowly build back to being a couple that absolutely no one wants or believes in because the writers have done this to us too many times. Off they go.
EJ has been told about the radiation exposure of Chanel and the baby. Johnny tries make it not about EJ hating the mayor. He's upset that he didn’t find Chanel in the snow, but he knows he would have in another few minutes and the only bad thing would have been Chanel would have been a little bit colder. EJ asks if Chanel is going to go through with the pregnancy?
Harris and Ava can’t believe Clyde has won again. Ava has never felt so out of her depth. Harris techno babbles about tracking IP addresses. Ava needs to go back to work.
Tate has run to the pub to get ice for poor pitiful Sophia, who now thinks her nose is broken. Sophia guilts Tate into taking her into the prom.
Nicole and Eric blah blah their PSA on unhoused/homeless people.
EJ and Johnny discuss pregnancy, Johnny wants Chanel in front of all doctors who can help with the answers. EJ thinks that it’s too much to have this baby. Johnny tells EJ that there is no way he is going to tell his wife what she can and can not do with her body. EJ responds brilliantly, this baby is a DiMera first. Johnny asks just what the heck does that even mean? It sounds twisted, being a DiMera is no guarantee that the baby will be perfect. EJ apologizes for upsetting Johnny; Johnny accepts the apology.
Melinda and Sloan continue to talk about how much fun it is to be hiding such a huge secret. Sloan has finally figured out that nothing will ever be enough for Eric.
Nicole continues to talk about the homeless/unhoused time of her life; living in her car, the Misty Circle movies barely kept her afloat. Eric had no idea. Nicole tells of her good luck and amazing daughter. She feels the need to pass it on. Eric is now seeing her in a new light.
Holly coaches Tate to take Sophia to the prom. Aaron, aka bushy-haired guy, agrees to take Holly. They are going to double date.
Ava is back in Harris’ room thinking that the book is sticky. There is blood on the book!!!!!! From the look on Harris’ face, we know that this is important.
Ava delivers food to Holly and Sophia at the pub. They are working on Mr. Ronald’s final project which is due so soon and they have a creative writing assignment due soon. Holly works hard all along; Sophia works best under pressure. They take a break from “working” and talk fun things, like the upcoming prom. Sophia is working on getting Tate Black to ask her.
Meanwhile at the park, Tate and a super bushy-haired guy (Arron) are talking about how summer league would sharpen their skills. They discuss extra activities and how that helps in getting scholarships. This conversation devolves into who’s going to the prom and with whom.
Harris is trying to crack Clyde and Gil’s code; he gets frustrated.
Eric just put Jude down for his whatever time of the day it is at that apartment, nap as Sloan comes in from wherever she went, and Eric leaves for work. As soon as Eric leaves, Sloan calls Melinda Trask and demands that she drop everything to come over to Sloan and Eric’s place.
EJ is strutting around the living room on the phone talking with the esteemed Dr. Rolf, who is running some DNA samples and after YELLING at the good doctor, that he wants the results as soon as possible. Nicole walks in asking if everything is okay? EJ apologizes for Nicole having to hear this his anger over a DNA test.
Nicole wants to know why he doesn’t let his people do the DNA test as she believes it is part of one if his cases. EJ admits to micro managing. He and Nicole discuss EJ working two jobs. EJ thinks if he gets the call, he will answer and be the head of DiMera Enterprises, the DA and Mayor. Johnny walks through with tea.
Ava comes in to help Harris break the code. Harris has sent part of the file to a old navy buddy. So did he send it to Thomas Magnum (Magnum PI) Steve McGarrett (Hawaii 5-0), Sam Hanna (NCIS-LA) to help him crack the code?
Bushy-haired guy (Aaron) is in charge of the prom. His prom will be better than the Last Blast Prom that everyone talks about. Tate continues to hem and haw about going to the prom. Then we jump to donating blood. There will be a blood drive. Tate faints at the site of blood. He then gets assigned to hand out cookies and juice and see what that will do for his street cred.
Back to the girls. It seems 10 boys have asked Sophia to the prom; one covered her entire front porch with flowers, which her mother loved, but her father not so much. But none of the boys are Tate. Sophia is going to ask Tate. Holly looks pained, Sophia asks if it’s okay that she (Sophia) asks Tate to the prom? Holly responds sure, that’s fine, we are good. Sophia wants to know if Nicole has backed off her tyranny vibe a little bit? Holly says a bit. But since Holly doesn’t want to go to the prom, she isn’t going to push her mom.
Melinda comes into the apartment and coos over the baby. Sloan recaps the story about Eric finding out she was paying all Leo’s bills, Leo getting drunk, and Leo telling EJ about the baby. Melinda is less than pleased.
The boys are talking about how Tate is no longer into Holly but he still talks to her because he's not a jerk. They play catch with the football, not sure either of them have ever seen a football.
The girls get ready to leave, Ava is nowhere to be seen so they may have put money on the table or they just left, couldn’t make it out. They head to the cute little boutique down the way that has amazing vintage prom dresses. They can try them on and pretend to walk the cat walk. Holly wants to finish her work but Sophia convinces her to go for a mental health break.
EJ's on the phone needing things put on his calendar by the end of the week. He is talking with Rita and buying up Titan stock. Johnny comes in, he needs a favor.
Ava and Harris discuss and freak out over the black book. Ava’s phone rings. It’s our good friend Clyde. Ava lies and tells Clyde that she hasn’t found the book. Clyde suggests places to look. Ava stalls, hems and haws with Clyde. We do NOT hear or see Clyde in this conversation.
Johnny tells EJ that Chanel is pregnant. EJ is shocked to find out that he is going to be a grandfather. Johnny says possibly.
Nicole and Eric talk about Sloan. Eric realizes that he is making the same mistakes with Sloan that he made with Nicole.
Melinda is panicking that she could be dead soon if EJ knows of her involvement in the baby stealing business. Sloan tells Melinda so far, her name has been kept out of this.
Tate threw the football and hit Sophia in the face. (Brady Bunch anyone?) Now poor Sophia will have a black eye for the prom.
Clyde gives Ava 48 hours to find the book, then she is to scan the book and send it to a place on the dark web. Once she’s done that, she’s to destroy the book. Harris is upset because the book is the bait to catch Clyde. Sending it over the dark web won’t capture him.
Sloan lets Melinda know she told EJ that Eric was Jude’s daddy and once he knew that little fact it was like some switch was thrown and his mood changed. Sloan believes that EJ knows the truth. Once the truth gets out, Sloan has convinced EJ that Nicole and Eric would want to be together.
Eric and Nicole talk about their past relationships as they slowly build back to being a couple that absolutely no one wants or believes in because the writers have done this to us too many times. Off they go.
EJ has been told about the radiation exposure of Chanel and the baby. Johnny tries make it not about EJ hating the mayor. He's upset that he didn’t find Chanel in the snow, but he knows he would have in another few minutes and the only bad thing would have been Chanel would have been a little bit colder. EJ asks if Chanel is going to go through with the pregnancy?
Harris and Ava can’t believe Clyde has won again. Ava has never felt so out of her depth. Harris techno babbles about tracking IP addresses. Ava needs to go back to work.
Tate has run to the pub to get ice for poor pitiful Sophia, who now thinks her nose is broken. Sophia guilts Tate into taking her into the prom.
Nicole and Eric blah blah their PSA on unhoused/homeless people.
EJ and Johnny discuss pregnancy, Johnny wants Chanel in front of all doctors who can help with the answers. EJ thinks that it’s too much to have this baby. Johnny tells EJ that there is no way he is going to tell his wife what she can and can not do with her body. EJ responds brilliantly, this baby is a DiMera first. Johnny asks just what the heck does that even mean? It sounds twisted, being a DiMera is no guarantee that the baby will be perfect. EJ apologizes for upsetting Johnny; Johnny accepts the apology.
Melinda and Sloan continue to talk about how much fun it is to be hiding such a huge secret. Sloan has finally figured out that nothing will ever be enough for Eric.
Nicole continues to talk about the homeless/unhoused time of her life; living in her car, the Misty Circle movies barely kept her afloat. Eric had no idea. Nicole tells of her good luck and amazing daughter. She feels the need to pass it on. Eric is now seeing her in a new light.
Holly coaches Tate to take Sophia to the prom. Aaron, aka bushy-haired guy, agrees to take Holly. They are going to double date.
Ava is back in Harris’ room thinking that the book is sticky. There is blood on the book!!!!!! From the look on Harris’ face, we know that this is important.