WHAT WILL HAPPEN
• Hope blasts Bill for manipulating Liam. • Zoe digs in deeper in her quest to win Carter back. • Wyatt investigates Bill’s recent erratic behavior.
I’M BACK
Kate is distraught to find Jake in bed with Gabi. Jake reminds Kate that she dumped him and told him to go back to Gabi, but Kate reveals she did no such thing — it was Kristen — and storms off.
Chloe is shocked to find Kristen, disguised as Susan, coming out of the Dimera secret passageway. Kate goes downstairs and announces that Susan is really Kristen. Chloe rips off Kristen’s wig, which forces Kristen to grab Chloe.
Gabi encourages Jake to go after Kate, but Jake admits he still wants to be with Gabi, and they kiss. Later, Jake seeks out Kate and finds her unconscious. Meanwhile, Kristen has tied up Chloe and put her in the trunk of a car.
Brady explains to John that Kristen got out of prison by switching places with Susan. Marlena and John
begin to worry when they can’t get ahold of Chloe. Marlena informs Rafe that Kristen is on the loose.
SEX FACTOR
Locked away in the Dimera secret room, Sami tells Lucas about Nicole and Xander going into the Salem Inn together. She thinks Nicole is cheating on Eric. Sami gets mad when she thinks Lucas is defending Nicole. Their argument builds to passion and they sleep together again.
BREAK THE BANK
Nicole acts awkward when Rafe asks what she was doing at the Salem Inn. She admits she got drunk and didn’t want to go home last night.
Nicole returns home, where Allie tells her about her kisses with Chanel and then Tripp. Allie says she’s excited about a future with Tripp. Nicole suddenly realizes her wedding ring is missing and concludes it must be at the Salem
Inn. Later, Tripp surprises Allie by showing up with flowers. They kiss again.
Kristen, disguised as Kate, visits Xander and says she needs his help killing Lucas, Sami, Chloe and possibly Kate. Xander balks, but Kristen tells him to name his price. Kristen hides when Nicole arrives to get
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her ring, and overhears that they slept together. When Nicole leaves, Kristen tries to blackmail Xander into killing Lucas and Sami by threatening to reveal his little tryst, but he doesn’t care if people find out. After the Salem Inn manager shows up to evict Xander if he can’t pay the bill, Kristen offers Xander the money.
After having sex, Lucas and Sami try to find a way out through the ceiling, but stuff crashes down on them. Later, a gun-toting Xander enters the secret room.
LIFE UPDATES
Jake and Gabi rush Kate to the hospital. Rafe and Eli show up; Gabi and Jake fill them in. Kayla reveals that they had to put Kate in an induced coma.
Nicole opens up to Ava about getting drunk and cheating on Eric.
NAME YOUR PRICE
Xander informs Sami and Lucas that Kristen hired him to kill them. Sami offers to double Kristen’s price. A nervous Sami contacts EJ, who sends the money to Xander. Brady persuades Marlena to go to the Dimera mansion to find out what happened to Chloe. Marlena is troubled when she sees Xander emerge from the secret room with a gun in his hand.
LET’S MAKE A DEAL
Eli tells Lani that Kristen escaped from prison. Later, Lani runs into Kristen and says the jig is up. Kristen asks to meet the twins before Lani arrests her. After, Lani takes Kristen to Eli at the police station, where Kristen threatens that if they lock her up, no one will ever see Chloe again.
KISSING BANDITS
Shawn tells Belle that he plans to seduce Jan and then get her to confess to killing Charlie. After they fake an
argument, Belle “storms” off. Jan consoles a “distraught” Shawn, then pulls him into a kiss.
Claire comforts Ben when he shares that Ciara is suing him for a divorce. Later, Claire surprises Ben by pulling him into a kiss!
TO TELL THE TRUTH?
Julie blasts Jack for moving Gwen into the Horton house .... Abigail announces to Chad and Gabi that she is leaving Salem because she is riddled with guilt about what happened to Gwen’s baby.
Gwen informs Jack that Abigail did not intentionally push her down the stairs. Jack appreciates her honesty. Gwen hopes to keep the secret that she lost her baby before the fall. Later, Gwen is cornered when Dr. Snyder threatens to tell all.