Comprehensive daily recaps for Days of our Lives, dating back to 1996.
Monday, December 22, 1997
by Marcia Elgart
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Vivian is drinking coffee and ranting to Ivan that she needs this to helpher keep Jonsey alive. Dr.Wu examines Jonsey and that Jonsey is healthier than ever! When Dr. Wu saysJonsey may outlivethem all, Vivian faints! Before leaving, Dr. Wu tells Vivian she should goon the same healthprogram she put Jonsey on because she looks like she's aged 10 years in thelast month! Ivanencourages Vivian to take Jonsey off the health plan because he may relapseinto his old condition.Jonsey shows up with some Christmas decorations and everyone begins todecorate. Jonsey holdssome mistletoe over Vivian and expects a kiss. Jonsey starts chasing Vivianaround the houseand then tells Vivian they need to consummate their marriage. SuddenlyJonsey realizes he has to goto work! Vivian and Ivan are both puzzled that Jonsey has a job. Beforeleaving, Jonsey saystonight he and Viv will have a bubble bath together. Vivian and Ivan go toSalem Place to shop andthink about what they should do about Jonsey.
Lucas is getting ready to take Will to see Santa but Sami stops him andtells him he's not taking Willanywhere! Sami tells Lucas that Austin is taking Will to see Santa, butLucas informs Sami that he isgoing because he's not going to miss another milestone in his son's life.
Hope finds Bo asleep at the Horton house and asks him what he's doing here.Bo fell asleep lastnight after returning with Shawn D. with a Christmas tree. Alice comes downand finds out that Bostayed all night. Alice has some shades on, which she says is an eyeirritation. Bo leaves to make acall and Hope tells Alice not to get excited and tells her why Bo was here.Still, Alice takes it as agood sign.
Abe tries to call Lexie and leave a message, but she surprises him with avisit in person. Abe gets acall from Bo and tells Bo that they found the body of a male, DOA. Back atthe Horton house;Alice, Bo, and Hope discuss Jack's situation. Bo tells Alice and Hope aboutthe man's body. Alicehopes it isn't Jack, and Hope says there is nothing worse then losing theman you love. Shawn D.comes downstairs and wonders if his parents are getting back together. Hopejust says we'll see andShawn D. and Alice go into the kitchen to get some blueberry muffins.
Meanwhile Billie realizes Bo never came home and worries that he is withHope. Billie goes over tothe Horton Household and finds out that Bo spent the night there. Billiebrings some presents overand invites Hope and Shawn D. over to her place for Christmas dinner. ShawnD. tells Billie that heand his mom are going to the pub. Bo leaves to go to the station and Aliceasks Shawn D. to helpher get some decorations down. Hope tells Billie she knows what happens andBillie tells her she'dappreciate it if she didn't tell anyone. Hope says of course and she saysshe also knows about thecommitment Bo made to her. That makes Billie happy and says that she lovesBo very much, andBillie says he loves her too. Later, Alice and Hope look at the Hortonornaments. Thinking Billie isgone, Hope tells Alice that once Billie is better she will go after Bo.Billie, hearing this, thanks Hopeand says she now knows what she needs to do to keep Bo.
Austin and Carrie are shopping in Salem Place, as are Laura and Mike. Laurasays it's hard to get inthe Christmas mood without Jack and Jen. Abby shows up with Mickey andMaggie and says shefound a book her mommy wanted Laura to read to her. Abby then asks Laurawhy they haven'theard from mommy yet. Later, Mike almost enters a raffle but stops whenhe's told the prize is a redconvertible. Mike asks Abby what she wants to ask Santa for Christmas, andAbby says hewants her mommy and daddy to come home.
Lucas shows up at Salem Place with Will to see Santa. Austin is shockedbecause Sami told himthat Lucas was busy with meetings! Carrie blasts Sami for lying, and Samitells her sister at leastshe's not lying to herself. Sami excuses herself to get a Cappuccino andhands Will to Austin. Lucasand Carrie talk and Carrie admires Lucas for standing up to Sami. Lucassays that if he could havea wish come true that it would be that Sami stops lying. Austin, Will, andLucas pose with Santa.Sami gives a man a camera and tells him to leave Lucas out of the picture!
Stefano is also in Salem Place and he calls his man Bart to try to findout what is going on withPeter. Later, Rolf calls Stefano at a pay phone so his calls can't betraced. Rolf says he hasn'theard from Peter and that Peter dropped his medication before he left.Rolf has to cut the call shortwhen someone begins banging on his door. The man kicks in the door to thecompound anddemands Rolf to tell him where Peter is!
Stefano approaches Laura in Salem Place and asks her if there is any news.Laura laughs in his faceand warns him if Jack and Jen aren't returned home then she will spend therest of her life makinghim pay. Later, Bo tells Laura that the man found dead in the Grand Canyonwas Travis.
Peter, flying a plane, is nearing the Grand Canyon. Peter's head ispounding but he says he's tooclose to Jen to turn back. Peter thinks once he has Jennifer that Jen cantake care of him. Back inSalem, Stefano excuses himself to make another phone call, this time toPeter. Stefano tells Peter hemust return to the compound and take his medicine or face graveconsequences. Peter says he's tooclose to turn back now and hangs up on Stefano.
Jack has a nightmare that a ranger catches him. Jack wakes up and heand Jen get it on. Theyeventually get dressed and try to find Peter when they hear somethingoutside the cave. It's just aranger on the phone, and Jack and Jen hear him say that Travis is dead.Jack and Jen try to leavethe cave, but rangers overhead in choppers keep them from leaving. Jacktells Jen that the only wayshe will get home to Abby safely is if he creates a diversion. Jack thenbolts out of the cave.
Up in the air, Peter's plane starts to give out.
Tuesday, December 23, 1997
by Marcia Elgart
In the Grand Canyon, Jen ran out and tried to stop Jack from surrenderingso he went back in thecave and tied Jen to something and said she could free herself pretty easybut not before he couldsurrender to the police. Outside Jack hollered not to shoot but they shootand he has to hide from the bullets. Jen manages to get free and runs outto join him and they bothhide. For some reason the chopper leaves and they stand around trying tofigure out what to do.Jack yells at Jen as he asks her what they will do next. He says he isthinking up what to do as theygo along . They figure they will wait and see if Peter shows up and hehas but they haven't seen him yet. His plane ran out of fuel and he wasable to land without incident. He is looking for Jen and seems to be justbehind every step they make but they don'tconnect up today on the show.
At Salem Place, everyone is in their Christmas garb and furs. Marlena looksbeautiful with her hairup and fur on and Celeste has on a pretty fur too. Marlena and John andtheir kids have their picturemade with Santa so Eric and Sami figure they need to make up for the pastand ask Marlena andRoman to join them for a picture with Santa. Viv and Ivan show up lookingfor Jonesy and she runsinto Sami. They talk about the fact that Sami is doing well with Kate andViv ask her to let her in onthe blackmail fun but Sami says she will keep it to herself. Romanoverhears Sami but doesn't knowexactly what she was talking about and she says tells him she is changingwhen he ask her what sheis up to. When John and Marlena are having a drink together he gets a callfrom Kristen inviting himto supper. He agrees and Marlena ask him to be careful as they both knowhow treacherous shecan be. Laura is asked to light the Christmas tree this year since she wasmissing last Christmas. Sheagrees and all sing O Holy Night. Roman mentions tohimself that when he gives Doc her Christmas present they will be togetherforever and Eric tellsSami the same thing. John runs into Stefano and questions him about Peter butof course he deniesknowing anything. John gets a call from the ISA agent who tells John thatPeter was not found at thecompound and Rolf did not let on that he had been there. Stefano overhears thecall and is relieved thatPeter was not found but wonders where he is. John goes off shopping andbuys a beautiful negligeeand the clerk comments that it must be a very special lady. John says yesas Roman comes in andthinks John is buying it for Kristen. He ask if they are getting alongbetter now and John lies andsays yes . Roman runs into Doc in the mall areawhen he leaves the shop and notices they are under mistletoe. Being thenice person she is Marlenaobliges Roman with a kiss John and the kids walk up. John quickly hands thekids to Chelseabefore they see Mommy kissing that man and says to himself one day he willbe with Marlena.
At Kristen's she is excited that John is coming over but Stefano calls afterhe ran into Celeste at SalemPlace and she asked him what he and Kristen had planned for Susan's baby.He told her she betternot be up to anything but she hangs up on him and then leaves the phone offthe hook. Susan andThomas are on their way to Salem (he never speaks) as Susan talks to himabout helping her get hebaby back. Kristen is waiting for John when the doorbell rings. Oh she sayshe's here but opens thedoor to find Sister Mary . She said she was there to save souls. Kristensays she is expecting company and toleave but the Sister doesn't listen. The doorbell rings again and this timeit's Susan. She says shewants her baby and heads upstairs to get little Elvis. When she comesdownstairs Kristen tells hershe can't have the baby she signed him over and there's nothing she can donow. Then the dooropens and in walks Thomas and all three stand in a row as Kristen asks whoare you? Susan andSister say we are the Banks triplets
Wednesday, December 24, 1997
by Marcia Elgart
At the Horton house, Mickey tells the family that there is no word of Jenor Jack in the Canyon.Laura wonders how they will tell Abby her parents aren't coming home.Abby thinks if she hangsher mommy and daddy's stockings then maybe they will come home. Alice wantsto hang theornaments, but Shawn D wants to wait for his dad.
At the Kiriakis Mansion, Kate is toasting to Austin and Carrie and Bo andBillie when Sami crashesKate's party. Kate suggest that they put their differences aside for Will'ssake. Sami likes that ideabecause her grandma invited Kate over to the pub later. Bo tells Billie hehas to go to Alice'sbecause he promised to hang Shawn D's ornament with him. Austin, Carrie,Lucas, Sami, and Willhead over to the pub. Franco shows up with some presents for everyone.Franco asks Kate ifeverything is calm, he saw Sami on the way in. Kate says nothing is calmwith Sami around, she justhopes Sami never reveals that she hired Franco to break up Bo and Hope.Unknown to Kate, Billiewas around the corner and heard EVERYTHING! Billie goes back into the roomand talks withFranco.
Bo goes over to the Horton house and hangs his ornaments with all theothers. Mike is glad Bo ishere because the hospital beeped him with an emergency and he needs a favor.
Kim comes over to the penthouse to see Roman and the kids. Roman tellsMarlena he has a bigsurprise for her this Christmas. Roman and Eric leave and Marlena tells Kimshe hates to breakRoman's heart again. Kim tells Marlena that in time Roman will understand.Kim tells Marlena thatshe has some surprises as well, but she needs to get going.
At the Brady pub, Kim surprises Caroline and Shawn with Andrew and Genie!Kim tells them thatKayla and Stephanie are in Germany with Philip, Philip is making a moviethere. Celeste andMarlena show up and Celeste tells Marlena that she has this bad feelingabout Susan and her baby.Marlena tells her not to worry, John has a plan.
In Salem Place, Auntie Viv runs into her nephew John and pours on the sugar.Vivian wonders if hehas any plans for Christmas Eve and John tells her he's spending Christmaswith Kristen. Vivian isshocked and asks why he'd want to spend Christmas with her? John leaves(never hear the end oftheir conversation) and Jonsey shows up. Jonsey is playing Santa! Jonseytells Vivian that he has abig Christmas surprise for her.
At the hospital, Stefano surprises Lexie with a present. Lexie opens it upand it's some type of scarfor shawl. Stefano says it was his mother's and he'd love it if she wore itfor the holiday because hewon't get to spend it with her. Abe and Celeste show up, so Stefano leaves.Celeste warns Lexiethat if she lets Stefano into her heart he will corrupt it.
Later, Bo reads the Christmas Story to the kids at the hospital as Billieand Franco watch. Francotells Billie he has a great idea to win Bo back (we never hear what it is).After the reading, Romanand Eric decide to leave to get their surprise ready for Marlena. Jonseyshows up at the hospital tohand out Christmas presents. Jonsey tells Viv that this is hergift, the gift of giving.
At Kristen's, Kristen is surprised to see the Banks triplets. Kristen askswhat is going on, and MaryMoira says she'd like to know the answer to that as well. Mary turns to herbrother and asks himwhat he is doing here. Mary says she prayed that their brother would changehis wanted ways, butthat would take a miracle. Kristen tells Mary that she demands John Jr. begiven back because shehas legal custody. Kristen goes to get the papers and Susan begs herbrother to leave with the babybefore Kristen comes back. Mary says" no no no, nobody is leaving this house"until she resolves thisdilemma to her satisfaction. Kristen returns with the legal document andKristen takes the baby fromThomas. Kristen asks them all to leave, but Susan refuses. Thomas tellsSusan that he will take careof Kristen, but Mary yells stop! Mary says Thomas always tries to solvethings with force and thathe should go to midnight mass and pray for serenity. Kristen says if theydon't leave she will call thecops, and Thomas says if cops are coming he has to split. Mary says theywill all leave, but shewarns Kristen that she will pay a price come judgment day.
Back at the pub, Stefano shows up with some gifts for everyone. Lexie tellsStefano he really shouldgo, so her respects her wishes and leaves. Billie and Franco show up andBillie rubs Bo's love forher in Hope's face. Franco talks to Sami and says he hopes they can worktogether again in thefuture.
Stefano shows up at Kristen's place. Kristen gives Stefano the brush offand slams the door in hisface! Stefano becomes angry and then realizes Kristen is using the baby towin John back. Later,John goes over to the mansion to have dinner with Kristen. Kristen giveKristen a gift, it's perfumethey found in Paris that Kristen loved. John said he had it flown over fromParis just for her. Kristenstarts crying and John says sometimes he wonders what might have happenedif they didn't lose thebaby. Kristen then brings up John Jr. and she tells him they can still havethe family they alwayswanted. John asks what she means and Kristen tells him to wait here, shehas a surprise. Kristenleaves the room and then we hear her scream! Kristen runs down and tellsJohn that John Jr. washere. When John goes to look outside, he runs right into Stefano who isholding little Elvis. Johnasks him what he is up to and Kristen shows up demanding he give her backher son. Stefanowhisks Elvis out of Kristen's reach though.
Susan and Thomas say goodbye and he tells her that if she needs him againto just call. AfterThomas leaves, John gives Susan her little Elvis back. Back at the mansion,Kristen tells Stefanothat she'll never forgive him. Stefano blasts Kristen for what she did.Stefano warns her to stay awayfrom the baby and he leaves. Kristen says that Stefano will be sorry, he isher baby now.
Back at the Horton house, the Hortons hang their ornaments. They decide tosave Jack and Jen'sornaments for last so Abby can hang them. Alice hangs Tom's ornament andwe see someflashbacks of Tom. Mickey says they should go to the pub to be with theBradys, but Abby saysthey can't leave because Mommy and Daddy might come home. Everyone goes tothe pub, butAlice, Laura, and Abby stay behind. Alice suggests they hang the ornamentsup, and they do.However, before they can hang up Jack and Jen's, Jack and Jen show up to doit themselves!
John shows up at the pub and asks Eric where Marlena is. Eric says Romantook her somewhere,he has a surprise for her. Everyone begins to sing Joy To The World.Meanwhile, Roman surprisesMarlena with their old house, he bought it back! Marlena is touched andthey kiss.
Thursday, December 25, 1997
by Soap Central
Due to the Christmas holiday, Days of our Lives did not air today.
Friday, December 26, 1997
Laura calls Abe and tells him that she has heard from Jennifer. She tells himJennifer is safe, but won't reveal her location. She also tells him Jenniferspoke to Peter on the phone several times, confirming that he is alive andsomewhere in the Grand Canyon National Park. Abe promises to let the FBIknow, and reassures her that if Peter is there, he will be found. Laura hangsup the phone and goes back to the living room, where Jennifer and Jack aresitting on the couch with Abby and talking to Alice. They recount theiradventures, telling Alice and Laura how they got back to Salem by hopping afreight train. Alice looks alarmed at the thought of all the danger they werein, but is happy to have them home safe. They send Abby upstairs to getdressed, and she looks worried and asks Jack if he will still be there whenshe gets back. They reassure her and she runs upstairs. Jack says that hewill have to leave soon, because his presence in the house is endangeringAlice and Laura, who are harboring a known fugitive. They both tell him thatis nonsense, and Jennifer tells him there is no way he is going to leave herand Abby again; they will just hide out until Peter is caught. Laura andAlice promise not to reveal their presence to anyone, even family. Just then,there is a knock on the door. Jack and Jennifer hide while Laura answers it, andare alarmed to hear that it is Abe and FBI agent. The agent had becomesuspicious that Laura and Abby were not home for Christmas, and decided to goto Alice's to check them out. The agent asks for permission to search thehouse. Not wanting to seem nervous, Alice agrees and Laura takes them aroundthe house, praying that Jack and Jennifer had time to hide somewhere. The agentasks to see Abby, who is sitting on her bed in her room - with Jack and Jennhiding underneath. The agent asks Abby if she knows where her mom and dadare, and she says, "Yes, they're hiding." Laura, Jack, and Jennifer think it'sall over, but Abby starts wailing about how the police are after her daddy andshe doesn't want him to go back to jail, and Laura tells the agent to stopupsetting her granddaughter. They leave, and Jack and Jennifer crawl out fromunder the bed and congratulate Abby, who is smiling. She says it was a fungame, and can they play it again some time?
At the convent, Susan is ecstatic to have her baby back, and vows never to beseparated from him again. A nun knocks on her door and tells her that agentleman is here to see her. John comes in and asks how she is doing. Shesays she is fine, and so grateful to have her baby back that she doesn't knowhow to thank him. John asks her what happened with Kristen, but Susan won'tget specific, only saying that Kristen tricked her into giving up Elvis. Johnasks if the baby is Stefano's. Susan says that the night he was conceived wasa blur, and she doesn't want to talk about it anyway. John tells Susan hecares very much for her, and won't let anything happen to her or Elvis. Hekisses her on the cheek and leaves Susan melting, saying, "What a man!" Soonthe nun returns to tell her another gentleman is here to see her. Susanbarely has time to hope it isn't Stefano when a strange man enters the roomand serves her a summons to appear in court and give up custody of littleElvis to Kristen Blake. Susan is stunned and refuses. The man tells her it'sher choice, but if she doesn't come, they will arrest her and take the babyanyway.
Kristen is coldly furious that her plans were spoiled at the last minute.Stefano comes to her door, and she screams that he spoiled her plan. He tellsher that she has no right to the baby and she should be begging for hisforgiveness. Kristen says that John was coming back to her and if he had lether have Elvis, John would have seen what a good mother she was and fallen inlove with her all over again. Stefano says she is a fool, and that takingSusan's baby would only alienate John from her further. Besides, it's not apart of his plan. Kristen says she doesn't give a damn about his plans, andhe obviously only cares for his real children, Elvis and Lexie, because hehas abandoned her and Peter. Stefano is protesting when his phone rings, andhe hears Peter on the other line. Peter, who has been stumbling around theGrand Canyon for days, looking for Jenn, has just found a newspaper announcingTravis' death, and has concluded that Jack and Jennifer must be together andhalfway to Salem by now. Peter is getting one of his madness headaches again,and begs Stefano to send his private plane to get him. Stefano tells Peterthat he is a danger to himself and others if he does not get back to thejungle compound to take his medication immediately (haven't these people everheard of mail?). Peter says he is fine, and all he needs is Jennifer.Stefano says he can't help Peter because Abe and the FBI are watching him likehawks. Peter says fine, he'll make it back to Salem on his own. Suddenly, hehears the footsteps of a ranger nearby and hides in the brush. The rangersearches the area and reports in to headquarters and then starts to head intothe ranger station. He hears a crackling in the bushes and goes toinvestigate. Like a madman, Peter springs out of the bushes and starts tobeat up the ranger, obviously temporarily out of control with the junglemadness. Then he blacks out. When he comes to, he almost stumbles over thebody of the ranger. He checks him and finds, to his relief, that the rangeris not dead. Peter knows he has to get out of the area immediately and runsaway.
Roman goes to the hospital and finds Mike, telling him that he wants the bloodtests as soon as possible so that he can get a clean bill of health and marryMarlena. Mike is harassed and busy, and tells Roman he may not be able to getto him for some time. Roman says he is perfectly willing to wait as long asit takes, because his future with Doc depends on it.
At the penthouse, Eric sits with Marlena and talks about the gift Roman gaveher for Christmas - the purchase of their old house. Marlena says she isextremely touched by it, but is still in love with John, and that as soon asRoman is healthy, she will tell him the truth. Eric is furious at her andasks how she could hurt Roman like that. Marlena says she wishes she didn'thave to, but it's necessary to stop lying. Eric asks her if John were not inher life, could she fall in love with Roman again? Marlena says maybe, butthe question is irrelevant because John IS in her life, and always will be.Eric tells Marlena she owes Roman, because her affair with John almost costhim his life already. Marlena says she begged Roman to stay then, but hewouldn't listen, and she doesn't owe him anything. Eric says he just wishesthat Marlena would forget about John and marry Roman again. Just then, thedoor opens and John says that is never going to happen. Marlena says she isglad John is here and asks Eric to leave them alone to talk. Full of anger,Eric leaves, reminding John before he goes that they just had a lovely familyChristmas without him, and if John gets his way, it will be the last they everhave. Marlena apologizes for Eric and says the situation has to end. Johnasks her what she means, and she changes the subject by asking about Susan'sbaby. John, who has just come from the convent visiting Susan, tells Marlenathat Kristen DID have the baby at the house, and that he was supposed to beher Christmas gift to John. Marlena reacts with amazement, especially when hetells her that when Kristen went to get the baby, he was gone, and Stefanoshowed up with him, telling Kristen that the baby was Susan's, and allowingJohn to take Elvis back to his mother. John says that Susan claims Kristentricked her into letting her have the baby, but he doesn't know how. BothMarlena and John are more sure than ever that Stefano is the baby's father.Marlena then tells John about Roman buying their old house for Christmas.John is shocked and says that must have brought back a lot of old memories.Then he asks her pointblank if she is having second thoughts about tellingRoman the truth.
Friday, December 26, 1997
by Soap Central
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