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Austin brings the wedding tape to the hospital. Sami is still slipping so Austin lies and tells her that he loves her. Carrie overhears and thinks it is the truth. Marlena explains everything to her. Sami responds and opens her eyes. Bo tells Billie he loves her as a friend and loves Hope as his wife. Hope did not hear the part that he loves her. Kate tells Billie to go to Bo. Hope goes to Franco for comfort. Billie hears Bo saying that he still loves Hope. Hope asks to take a case that is dangerous. Billie decides to go to Paris. Hope goes to the airport to stop her. Laura thinks that she can remember everything. Laura tells Jennifer everything. Jennifer thinks that she is just confused. Kristen calls Stefano and gives him an update. Lynn overheard everything and tells Kristen that she is working for Stefano. Lexie is reminded of Stefano again by getting a bill for the safety deposit box. Susan goes into labor. Marlena is right by Susan's room.
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Kristen tells Father Jansen everything and he says that he can not marry John and Kristen. Marlena goes to find John to tell him about Kristen. Marlena finds out that the baby is a boy. When John arrives 'Kristen' is gone. They go home and Kristen, not knowing that Susan was in labor, was there. Kristen yells at Susan for not telling her what was going on. Father Jansen told John that he would not marry them. Susan thinks a doll is a real baby. Kristen gets her blood taken and the samples don't match. Susan comes in and takes the second test. Hope tells Billie to stay so Bo and her can have closure on their relationship. Bo can not believe Hope is doing this. He says that he only loves Hope. Billie decides to go to Paris, but then changes her mind and fight for Bo. Bo gets put on a drug case. Hope goes with Franco on a modeling job so Bo and Billie can be together. Sami asks for Roman. She said that she saw him right before the accident and describes what happened. She thinks that it is four years ago. Jennifer is mad that Jack is pleading guilty. Jennifer decides to tell Jack that she loves him so he will change his mind. He sees a tabloid that calls Jennifer a black widow then decides to plead guilty.
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Hope arrived in Santa Rosa with Franco and began her modeling shoot, but she was nearly overwhelmed by memories of Bo and nearly returned home. Franco's passion for Hope deepened. Bo began drinking and had a brawl with Abe, resulting in Bo leaving the police force. The same night, Bo lost the Fancy Face on a pool game. Billie tried to support him, but he refused her help. A mysterious stranger trailed Bo and Billie all week, reporting to an anonymous employer. Sami continued to improve physically, but still did not remember the last four years of her life. Her mental condition impeded her annulment from Austin. Marlena continued to be suspicious of Kristen, but had no proof. Kristen had a scare when her blood tests did not match those given by Susan earlier, but she was able to call Susan in to retake the tests so that they matched. Vivian needed Kristen's votes at Titan to keep from being ousted, so when she began to suspect Kristen had a secret, she investigated her medical records and found out about the non-matching blood tests.
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While Sami sleeps, Marlena tells Caroline that Sami is paralyzed from waist down. Sami wakes up, learning she has had amnesia, as much time has passed. She finally recalls the last 4 years. Carrie and Austin are happy as now they can be married. Sami only remembers being happy in love with Austin, and all are told not to tell her anything else. Vivian and Ivan play census takers to snoop at Susan's apt. Kristen hides her friendship w/Susan. Vivian dons a wig, pretending to be Susan and outs Kristen. She wonders why Kristen needs someone to look like her, asking if perhaps Kristen miscarried in Paris, and did not tell John, and out pops the pregnancy pillow, proving her right. Viv blackmails Kristen for her vote at the Titan board meeting. Jack pleads involuntary manslaughter, trying to prevent Peter from kidnapping his wife and child. The judge goes to chambers, to find Stefano waiting for him.
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Bo is despondent after finding the Fancy Face burned, and goes to dinner with Billie, but sees Hope with Franco and misunderstands. He heads back to the docks, where he unwittingly is left holding "dirty" money. This later leads to a blackmail attempt by King. With Jack sentenced to prison for Peter's death, Marlena tries to hypnotize Laura into recalling seeing Peter alive. Kristen constantly interrupts and manages to drug Laura so she won't remember. Susan goes into labor while in her Kristen disguise and collapses. The 911 paramedics insist on taking her to University Hospital, and in a panic, calls Kristen's cell. Marlena has it and answers.
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Marlena learned that John and Kristen were married minutes before the baby's birth. John and Marlena are both unaware that Susan stood in for Kristen during both the marriage and the birth. Marlena despaired that she had lost John forever. Vivian acted as Kristen's ally during the wedding and birth. Sami was in pain when Mike Horton weaned her off of the pain medications, and demanded all of Austin's attention, ruining his plan to spend Valentine's Day with Carrie. Jack was sentenced to life in prison for Peter's murder, and spent his last night of freedom with Jenn and Abby. Bo continued to work undercover, playing a crooked cop for J.L. King, but distanced Hope, fearing for her safety if he appeared to care about her.
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Marlena tries to tell John about Kristen's deceit, but a health crisis with the baby prevents her. Kristen nearly seduces John into making love to her a day after the baby's birth. Vivian continues to scheme against Kate and to help Kristen. Kate tries to get Sami to remember the location of the blackmail papers, but is interrupted by Lucas, who is furious with Kate for treating Sami harshly. Mike runs tests on Sami, discovering that her paralysis may be permanent. Carrie continues to grieve over the enforced charade that Austin and Sami are happily married. Laura begins to remember bits and pieces of her abduction, but Lynn rushes in with a pill to stop her. Jack's first day in prison is perilous. He angers the prison bully and befriends an inmate named Travis, who is an agent of Stefano. Bo continues to play bad cop, busting through a high-tech security system to steal the King files from Abe's office. Hope suspects he is working undercover, but Abe throws her off the track. Billie and Hope are both grimly determined to win Bo back, and show up at a dangerous place, the Snake Pit, just as Bo is about to make contact with King.
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Sami learned that her paralysis might be permanent and was filled with despair, but Kate's offer to send her to a private rehabilitation facility in Hawaii gave her hope, especially after she discovered that Austin and Will could live there with her. Vivian and Ivan continued to help Kristen scheme to keep Marlena from telling the truth to John. Kristen named the baby John Jr. and had him baptized, with Marlena and Shawn Brady as godparents. The baby underwent successful heart surgery, leaving Marlena free to tell John she loved him, and about Kristen's deception. Susan continued to behave erratically, naming the baby Elvis and refusing to leave Salem without him. Bo, fearing that his undercover association with King could harm Billie and Hope, rejected both of them. Hope turned to Franco for comfort, but was still determined to find out what was wrong with Bo, especially after Shawn-D was attacked by a juvenile drug dealer. Billie was caught eavesdropping in King's office when King offered Bo a full time position on his payroll. Jennifer visited Jack in prison, and Travis reported to Stefano that she still seemed to be in love with him.
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Bo's undercover assignment turns dangerous when a nosy Billie is caught in King's office, and Bo has to pretend she is his girlfriend in order to save her life and his. Hope assumes Bo has really returned to Billie and is devastated. The news of the baby's successful surgery frees Marlena to tell John about Kristen. Although she is prepared to do just that, Marlena ends up realizing that John can't get his marriage annulled, since he entered it willingly, so she decides to keep silent, sparing John the pain of breaking his vows or living in a loveless marriage. Kristen is relieved and ecstatic, although Marlena makes it clear that one slip will cost her her marriage. Susan's instability continues, and she almost blows Kristen's cover, but Vivian and Ivan help get her out of the way. Hope comes across Susan by chance and refers her to Marlena for help. Jack realizes that by killing Peter, he didn't give Jennifer a chance to deal with her feelings for Peter. Calling from prison, Jack apologizes to Jennifer for Peter's death. Jennifer, in tears, takes off Peter's wedding ring, and finally realizes that she still loves Jack. Austin, realizing that if Sami goes to Hawaii he will have to go with her, arranges for her to have therapy in Salem.
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Kristen was forced to use Susan again when she realized John expected to see her nursing John Jr. Susan, depressed over losing "Elvis", talked to Marlena professionally, but did not reveal her secret. After nursing the baby, she became more determined than ever to get him back for herself. Carrie and Austin planned to get away, but were almost thwarted by Sami's plans for Austin. Lucas had another falling out with Kate over Austin. Kate had Austin's apartment redecorated as an excuse to look for Sami's blackmail envelope. Vivian accidentally injected Ivan with the anti-lactation drug meant for Susan. Ivan nearly tricked her into making love to him as part of the "cure", but Vivian caught on in time and set him up with his old nemesis, Olga. Jenn threw a wedding/baby shower for Kristen. Hope became increasingly depressed over Bo's seeming return to Billie. Billie nearly told Hope about Bo's undercover work, but Bo got her into the witness protection program and out of town. King questioned Bo about Billie's whereabouts and threatened him with a gun when Bo said she was out of town.
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Things got ugly between Sami, Carrie, and Austin when Sami came home unexpectedly while Austin and Carrie were together. Although they managed to sneak Carrie out unseen, Sami gathered enough evidence to guess that Austin was having an affair, and a chance remark by Carrie led Sami to accuse the two of them. They managed to convince her that she was mistaken, but the opportunity to tell Sami the truth and end the charade almost overwhelmed Carrie. Sami was remorseful about accusing her beloved husband and sister of treachery, and more needy of Austin than ever. Carrie began to have serious doubts about her relationship with Austin. After several near-misses with Susan, Kristen took John Junior home from the hospital without telling her, hoping she would drop out of their lives. Instead, Susan felt betrayed and stormed over to the DiMera house, intending to confront John with the truth about the baby. Vivian and Ivan continued to jump through hoops to help Kristen, although Vivian was increasingly disgusted by Kristen's demands. Lucas schemed to get Sami home from the hospital early. Bo's well-intentioned plan to put Billie in the witness protection program nearly ended in disaster, as a mistrustful King prepared to kill Bo and had Max wire the Horton house to explode, with Hope, Shawn-D, and Alice Horton all inside. Only Billie's last minute return prevented disaster, as King let Bo go and try to defuse the bomb. Bo disarmed the bomb with Billie's help, and Hope never knew she was in danger, but did see an affectionate embrace between Bo and Billie, and immediately assumed the worst. A passing illness of Abby's nearly unhinged Jack, who traded for another inmate's phone call by offering to do two months of backbreaking boiler room duty. Jenn finally realized she loved Jack, but their call was disconnected before Jack could hear her confession.
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Susan's newfound sense of power, prompted by her visits with Marlena, enables her to push the issue of "Elvis" with Kristen, so that Kristen is forced to hire Susan as a baby nurse rather than risk having her expose the truth about John Junior's parentage. Marlena learns that Roman has disappeared during a dangerous assignment. Vivian and Ivan continue to help Kristen conceal her secrets, annoying John in the process. John is disturbed by Kristen's choice of Susan, who is clearly unstable, and tormented by continuing feelings for Marlena. Prompted by Lucas, Sami convinces Mike it's time for her to go home to Austin and Will, spoiling vacation plans for Austin and Carrie. Carrie reaches her limit and has a date with Lucas while Austin sits home with Sami. Kate continues to fret about the blackmail papers, by chance failing to search the one doll where the documents are probably hidden. Hope is hurt and confused by mixed signals from Bo and Billie, especially when she learns they are moving in together. The deception tears Bo and Billie apart, nearly causing each of them to reveal the undercover operation to Hope. Jennifer continues to mourn Jack's imprisonment. Shawn-Douglas disobeys Hope and goes out with friends one night; the boys stumble into a drug deal in an alleyway and a thug fires a gun, presumably shooting Shawn-Douglas.
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Shawn-D is critical for a while, but Mike is able to remove the bullet with surgery, and Shawn-D begins to mend. Hope continues to be confused about Bo's feelings for her when she overhears him telling Shawn-D that he loves her and wants to be a family, but Bo, fearing for her safety while he works to expose King, tells her he lied to Shawn-D. Meanwhile, Bo tracks down Viper, Shawn-D's assailant, and scares him into naming King as his boss, but does not get a sworn statement. Billie tells others that she is engaged to Bo, but everyone notices she is not as happy as she should be about it. Lucas and Carrie grow closer as Austin's guilt over Sami's accident allows Sami to take over Austin's life, pushing Carrie away. Sami even takes away the haven of work by installing a state-of-the-art computer system at the apartment. Jack discovers that Jennifer loves him, but his appeal is denied when Stefano buys off the judge. A visit from Abby cheers Jack up, but breaks his heart. Susan continues to fantasize about being with John. Stefano's contractor shows up to build a secret room onto the house so Kristen can stash Susan away if need be. Marlena has nightmares about Roman's safety and asks John to find out if he is all right, but a call from Shane appears to upset John.
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Viper escaped police custody without giving a sworn statement that King was his employer. A showdown in an alleyway outside the Snake Pit resulted in Viper's death and Bo getting shot, but Bo was unhurt because he was wearing his vest. A ballistics report revealed that the killing shot did not come from either Abe or Bo, leading them to suspect King, but unable to prove anything. Roman heard from Shane, confirming the worst - Roman Brady was tortured and killed by terrorists in the Middle East while on a very dangerous undercover assignment. Marlena, devastated, felt responsible for his death because her affair with John resulted in Roman's alienation. The news of Roman's death caused a hysterical Sami to have a memory flashback, and she remembered her mother's affair with John. The revelation left her needier than ever, and widened the growing rift between Austin and Carrie, while Lucas stood by to take advantage. John and Marlena came close to admitting their feelings for each other. Susan hatched a plan to take over Kristen's identity permanently, and began studying how to act and talk like her. Laura began to remember her kidnapping, and returned to the Blake house, where an anxious Kristen, who had been following with Nurse Lynn, knocked her out from behind. Lynn returned Laura home and tried to convince Laura that the whole Blake house incident was a dream, but Laura insisted that Mike and Jenn take her back. Kristen, still at the house and unprepared for them to return, was trapped in the secret room, with only her desperate strength keeping Laura from opening the secret room door and revealing all of Kristen's lies. At the prison, Travis convinced Jack to start looking for another man for Jennifer - on the internet.
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Marlena isn't convinced the body is Roman's until Major Dodd arrives with confirmation letter from Shane. Laura tries to tell everyone at Peter's house about the secret room, but can't convince them. Kristen finds Susan in John's bed, forces her out and then takes her place. Marlena's suspicions about Kristen continue to grow. Kate badgers Billie to marry Bo as soon as possible. Someone tapes Roman's funeral. Austin keeps getting interrupted when he tries to tell Sami the truth. Susan successfully fools Vivian into thinking she is Kristen. Both John and Marlena receive letters from Roman, giving them his forgiveness for their affair, and his blessing for their marriage. Austin tells Sami he is going to explain about her missing 4 years.
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Bo is determined to take the drug cartel down, as he works undercover. Hope thinks Billie is using when she spots her with a vial of cocaine. Bo calls Billie to the pier. Hope follows with a cop, which upsets Bo's plan and Billie is arrested. John tells Kristen that Marlena is moving in. Kristen shows Vivian and Ivan the secret room where she intends to keep Susan, who learns all about it. Kristen connives to have baby John, Jr. no longer be breast fed. The Brady clan gathers to bid Kim good-bye, as she returns to L.A. Austin doesn't tell Sami about Carrie. Susan thwarts Kristen's plan to get her into the secret room, and managed to get both Vivian and Ivan locked in it instead. John comes home with Marlena and the kids, with Kristen not knowing Susan is in her "Kristen" disguise upstairs.
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Billie is stabbed in her prison cell as she awaits arraignment on drug charges. She's not badly hurt, but her close call convinces Bo not to tell Hope the truth, which would endanger her, too. The rift between Bo and Hope grows. Billie's arrest also widens the rift between Carrie and Austin, because Carrie believes Billie is guilty and Austin can't believe she doesn't have more faith. Sami completely supports Austin, earning his gratitude and respect. Kate is also disappointed with Carrie's opinion. Lucas, realizing Austin will never let Carrie go if he knows Lucas is waiting in the wings, hatches a scheme to set Carrie up with Mike Horton to throw Austin off the trail. Mike, sad about the distance between him and his son, might be vulnerable to Lucas' schemes. Travis sets up a scheme to convince Jack that Jennifer needs a man to protect her and Abby. Jennifer is more devoted to freeing Jack and being with him than ever, but Jack is beginning to have doubts. A series of clues leads Marlena to the discovery of Kristen's schemes involving Susan, the baby, Laura, Peter, and Stefano. A confrontation between them turns violent, but no one is seriously hurt. Vivian and Ivan's part in the scheme is also uncovered. Marlena waits at the DiMera home for John to arrive so she can tell all.
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Marlena figures out Kristen's evil schemes, but before she has a chance to tell John, Kristen overpowers her and locks her in the secret room. Everyone assumes Marlena's disappearance means that Stefano is alive and has kidnapped her, except Celeste, who senses that Susan has something to do with it. Franco gets Billie out of prison, and the rift between Bo and Hope widens as Bo seems to blame Hope for Billie's arrest. Mike and Carrie get closer as Austin needs to spend more time with Sami to deal with the news about Marlena. Lucas encourages Mike to be with Carrie, thinking it will be easier to get Carrie away from Mike than from Austin. Austin starts to feel jealous.
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Knowing that a big drug deal is going down, Bo tells Billie to have Kate get Hope and Franco out of town on a modeling assignment. The assignment is in Rome - coincidentally, the site of the big drug deal where Bo and Billie will be going. They all leave for Rome the same day. Kristen's scheme starts to unravel when Laura gets an order to have Peter's body exhumed. Kristen and Vivian and Ivan are forced to dig up the coffin themselves. Susan discovers the video monitor which shows Marlena. Carrie and Mike get closer when Mike buys a new car and Austin is forced to spend even more time with Sami. Austin wonders if he's losing Carrie. Lucas is there when Sami receives a massive electric shock, which restores her lost memories.
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Laura is determined to exhume Peter's coffin, but Kristen, Vivian and Ivan get there first. The cremation of Daniel Scott's body gets Kristen an urn of ashes to pass off as Peter's. Sami regains her memory, but fakes still having amnesia to Austin. Bo and Billie and Hope and Franco arrive in Rome, not knowing the other couple is there. .Susan attempts to get Marlena out of the secret room, but Kristen stops her. Laura confronts Kristen about the exhumation, and is drugged by Kristen, causing a breakdown. At the hospital, Lynn drugs her further. Marlena is a witness, through the monitor in the secret room. Carrie saves Will from drowning, and lands in the hospital. When Kristen goes to check on Marlena, Susan follows and pushes her into the room, too, intending to impersonate her with John.
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King pushes Billie and Bo to get married in Rome, while Franco confesses his love to Hope and schemes to make her forget Bo. Sami and Lucas are up to their old tricks, scheming to push Austin and Carrie apart and Carrie and Mike together. Kate almost gives away Sami's secret, but the blackmail leverage Sami has prevents her. Laura is sedated in the hospital by Lynn. Susan locks Kristen in the secret room with Marlena and assumes Kristen's identity, fooling even Ivan and Vivian, until they spot a double of Susan in a nun's habit and follow her back to the DiMera house, where Susan seems shocked to see her. Marlena and Kristen, trapped like two bears in a cage, finally have a fistfight.
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King pushes a reluctant Bo and a secretly delighted Billie to the altar in Rome, arranging a cruel surprise for everyone - Hope and Franco as anonymous witnesses. Franco shows a new compassionate side, deepening Hope's friendship for him. Kristen and Marlena chafe at their enforced captivity, and both are tortured by images of Susan as Kristen nearly making love to John. Susan's scheme is almost unraveled by a tattoo on her ankle, which she manages to conceal. Sami and Lucas successfully drive Carrie and Austin further apart, using Mike as a wedge. Kate finally calls Sami's bluff by arranging for Austin and Carrie to go away on business. Victor is so agitated by their fighting that he rises from his chair, only to bring on another collapse and possible stroke. Laura begins to come out of her medicated haze, due to a miscommunication between Vivian, Lynn, and Susan. Vivian and Ivan nearly kidnap Susan's twin, who is a nun, and wind up scrubbing floors at a convent for penance. And last, but certainly not least, the phoenix has risen again - Stefano DiMera returns to Salem.
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Sami coerces Kate into offering Austin a fat promotion which will take him away from Carrie at work, and a country house for him, Sami, and Will which will take him away from Salem. Austin goes along with the plan when he thinks Carrie and Mike are getting too close. In spite of himself, Mike begins to fall for Carrie, although her heart still belongs to Austin. Victor's stroke is confirmed and he is unconscious. Stefano arrives to take Marlena away, never noticing that Kristen is actually Susan. Lynn spirits a semiconscious Laura away from the hospital to avoid Stefano's men. Jennifer meets a new neighbor, Trent - actually Jack's prison friend, Travis. Hope survives Billie and Bo's forced wedding, and Franco confesses his love for her again. The last stages of the drug deal are put into place. Vivian and Ivan help sneak Stefano into the DiMera mansion on the wedding day, in return for the promise of Kristen's Titan shares. The wedding is shaping up to be a fiasco when Susan's bizarre costume choices, reminiscent of a Las Vegas Elvis revue, are revealed. Marlena and Kristen bust a hole through the wall of the secret room, only to hit a gas line, filling their prison with the smell of gas.
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All hell has broken loose as Marlena and Kristen are found and Kristen is exposed. Aided by Lynn Laura breaks out of the hospital, a few steps ahead of Stefano's goons, and makes her way to the DiMera house to astound the wedding guests with her accusations. Susan's identity is exposed and Ivan tells John where Kristen and Marlena are. He finds them just in time to keep them from dying of carbon monoxide poisoning. After a vicious argument, John finally believes Marlena's side of the story, and Kristen breaks down and confesses to the evil things she did. Jennifer realizes that Jack may be freed if Peter is alive. Just before she can be arrested, Kristen pulls a gun and threatens to shoot Marlena. In Rome, Bo and Billie are exposed to King by a crooked Interpol agent, and King imprisons them aboard a drug ship. Sami tightens her hold on Austin, but notices something strange about Will's blood type.
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With the help of the Roman police, Bo and Billie busted King, and Abe finally told Hope about the undercover operation just as Franco was about to get close to her. Together they headed to Rome to meet Bo, unaware that Billie requested that Bo make love to her one last time before reuniting with Hope. Sami discovered for sure that Lucas and not Austin was Will's father and left the apartment late at night without her wheelchair to falsify the hospital records, but she was seen entering the hospital and, as she broke into the computer, was unaware that a suspicious Austin, Carrie, Mike, and Lucas were searching for her just feet away. Kristen, all her schemes exposed, snapped and tried to shoot Marlena, but John prevented tragedy and Kristen, Vivian, and Ivan were arrested and jailed for kidnapping and conspiracy. John learned the whole truth about Kristen as he and Marlena finally admitted their feelings for each other and began to be intimate. Jennifer was ecstatic to learn that Peter was alive and Jack could be freed, but apprehensive when she realized Peter would come after her. Laura happily reconciled her differences with Jenn and Mike and her sanity was fully vindicated. Susan and Elvis moved in with Marlena.
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John and Marlena make love and John asks Marlena to marry him. She joyfully accepts, after they clear the way with Susan. Susan is only too happy to agree, thinking Elvis will come back for her. She is still keeping a big secret about her baby's father's identity. Kristen, Vivian, and Ivan rot in jail for a day until bail is set. Kristen still believes John will forgive her. Vivian and Ivan are kicked out of the Kiriakis mansion by a vengeful Kate. Hope's joy at learning about the undercover operation is dashed when her surprise visit to Rome ends in disaster - she sees Bo and Billie passionately kissing and half-clothed on the bed. She assumes the worst, not telling Bo what she saw and not sticking around to discover that Bo did not go through with it. King learns that Billie is alone in Rome after Bo leaves and sends Max to eliminate her. Bo returns home and learns from Mrs. H. that Hope doesn't want to see him. Sami is almost caught when she goes to the hospital to alter Will's records (unsuccessfully) but manages to explain her sudden ability to walk by claiming she was worried about Marlena. Mickey comes up with a plan to free Austin of Sami. Jennifer visits Jack and they hope that they can prove Peter to be alive, although they are both worried that he might come after Jennifer. Travis/Trent installs the alarm system. Lucas wonders why Sami is suddenly so cold to him regarding Will, and resolves to get to the bottom of it. At the Penthouse Grill, John and Marlena announce their engagement, only to be shockingly interrupted by an animal howl from Kristen, who showed up thinking John was throwing a birthday party for her.
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Bo finds Hope and Franco on Smith Island, just as Franco is slipping a friendship ring on Hope's finger. Kristen threatens to jump off a ledge and John and Marlena's engagement party. Stefano poses as a waiter to try to kidnap Marlena. In Rome, Max grabs Billie, ties her up, holding her prisoner. Vivian agrees to turn state's evidence against Stefano and Kristen, to stay out of jail. She has to divorce Victor, plus give up all her assets. Jack gets out of jail. Kristen agrees to help Stefano with the wedding present he has for Marlena. On the wedding day, Kristen finds Marlena alone in the church....and has someone wheel in her "gift," a wheelchair bound man, face all bandaged, and apparently asleep. Marlena is shocked as she realizes it is Roman Brady.
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The Brady clan receives the shock of their lives when Kristen brings a man who claims to be Roman Brady, whose death they had verified weeks ago, to John and Marlena's wedding. Their shock is compounded when they learn that the man is indeed Roman, and he is dying of an incurable bacterial infection. John and Marlena are torn between joy at Roman's return, fear for his life, and fear that they will never be together. Sami uses Roman to cement her future with Austin, although she has no idea he's dying. Carrie's despair drives her into Mike's willing arms, while Austin, who has received the annulment papers, misinterprets everything he sees. Kate worries about Billie, and Bo flies to Rome to find her. Hope thinks Bo is still with Billie and begins to think about moving in with Franco. Billie fights for her sanity as Max injects her with heroin and she has flashbacks of her junkie days with Curtis. Jack and Jenn's reunion is joyful, while Trent/Travis sweats it out in the house next door. Kristen and Stefano continue to plot to separate John and Marlena, but they are obviously less than thrilled with each other.
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Max gets Billie hooked on heroin again. Bo looks all over Italy for Billie, but comes up empty. Eric Brady returns home, where he is amazed to find his father weak, but alive. He promises Carrie he'll try to find out what Sami is up to, but hits a brick wall. Roman believes John and Kristen are happily married, Marlena is alone, Sami and Austin are happily married, and Carrie is in love with Mike. No one has the heart to tell him the truth. Sami finds out that Roman is dying. Carrie and Mike fly off to L.A. to attend a medical conference, hoping to find information on Roman's illness. Austin walks in on Sami looking at the annulment papers. Hope is trying to get over Bo and looking for a place of her own. Jennifer and Jack nearly uncover Trent/Travis' dual identity as Jack worries that he will be sent back to prison. Vivian and Ivan are penniless and move into a sleazy part of town.
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Kristen lies to Roman about Marlena and John, giving him hope. Sami learns her marriage to Austin has been annulled. In L.A. Carrie pretends to be Mike's girl to offset Craig's teasing. Vivian tires of living in squalor, and vows to get a job. Roman has a seizure, but Marlena saves his life, w/John's help. Sami plots to win Austin back. Austin thinks Carrie is over him, while out in L.A. Carrie is upset thinking Austin dumped her. John plots to nab Stefano by putting a transmitter in Kristen's purse. It works and leads John and Abe to Stefano's hideout, where they arrest him.
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Austin in Salem, and Carrie in L.A. play telephone tag, constantly missing each other, at all the wrong times. Sami puts a speaker in Austin's bedroom to transmit Will's voice, and send Austin on a guilt trip. John and Abe bring a manacled Stefano to see Roman, before taking him to jail. Stefano refuses to admit Peter is alive, and insists he was murdered by Jack. In Rome, Bo searches for Billie, not realizing she has become hooked on drugs again. At Jack's trial, Stefano convinces Kristen to lie with him about Peter being alive. Mike and Carrie get in a rural car accident; he carries her unconscious body to a nearby barn, strips off her wet clothes, and gets under a blanket with her to warm her.
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Bo finds Billie in Rome and tries to talk her into coming home, but she feels so worthless because of the drugs that she tells him to leave her alone and be with Hope. Jennifer is devastated to lose Jack again as he is taken back to prison. Kristen plots with Stefano to get him released. Vivian and Ivan are reduced to handing out coupons for a living and are publicly humiliated in a department store by Susan and Kristen. Sami gets Austin to propose to her again, but nearly blows her plan by leaving the incriminating baby book where Lucas can find it. Lucas and Eric both wonder why Sami is behaving so oddly. Kate is furious that she can't expose Sami. John tells Marlena that Stefano claims to have a cure for Roman, and they decide it's worth taking the chance of releasing him to find it. Abe tells them the DA won't allow it, so John decides to take matters into his own hands. Austin tries to contact Carrie again, but when he is unable to reach her, he assumes she's vacationing with Mike and has forgotten about him. Mike nearly loses his life when he is bitten by a rattlesnake, but Carrie's quick thinking and help from a tow truck driver get him to the doctor in time. The doctor prescribes a drug cocktail which may extend Roman's life. Sami tells Carrie about the upcoming "renewal" of vows.
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Bo arrests Max and discovers what he did to Billie. He finds her and promises to help her. Jennifer visits Jack in jail and says she'll find a way to get him out soon. John gets unexpected help from Lexie when she reveals where Abe keeps the security code to Stefano's cell, but both of them lose Abe's trust when he discovers John breaking into his computer. Abe reluctantly agrees to look the other way and let John break Stefano out. Sami's wedding is delayed after Eric tells Roman that something is going on, and Roman fakes a fall in the church to give Eric time to investigate. Carrie and Mike return from LA. Carrie learns that Austin got the annulment, but is marrying Sami anyway due to a twisted sense of obligation. Eric and Carrie's last minute investigation leads them to the hospital, where they ask Mike, who has confessed his love for Carrie to Laura, to help them stop the wedding for good.
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Bo helps Billie through the first stages of withdrawal in Rome. Hope visits Stefano at the jail and tells him she'll soon remember her missing years at Maison Blanche and he'd better watch out. Stefano engineers it so that Lexie, Abe, and John conspire to release him from prison to look for the cure for Roman. Susan reveals that Elvis Presley is her baby's father, but in a Stefano flashback, we learn that it was only Stefano disguised as Elvis. Vivian and Ivan run into an eccentric millionaire named Jonesy who has a soft spot for Vivian, who think he might be the key to regaining their fortunes. Carrie and Mike discover that Will is not Austin's son, and rush to the church just in time to stop Sami from marrying Austin. Lucas looks at the blood test results and realizes that HE is Will's father, and announces it to the shocked wedding guests. Roman is still sick, but stronger after using the drugs Carrie and Mike found out about. Everyone is shocked by Sami's lies. Austin proposes to Carrie, and Mike asks her to postpone the wedding, but doesn't tell her he loves her.
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Carrie finally marries Austin, despite Sami's best attempts to ruin the wedding. She does manage to ruin the reception by running in insanely and snatching the bouquet from Jennifer, who hoped to catch it as a sign of her future with Jack. Austin and Carrie have a happy, romantic wedding night, even though Sami gets him to come over and comfort Will. Mike is depressed at losing Carrie, but happy for her. Lucas and Austin reach a new understanding, united by their love for Will, who they now know is Lucas' son and not Austin's. Sami threatens to expose Kate again. Billie is going through withdrawal hell in Rome, with Bo helping her every step. They call Kate and tell her they're touring Italy, so Hope believes her chance with Bo is gone. Franco invites her to go away with him, but she refuses. John springs Stefano from prison and they get on a plane to the jungle, where the cure for Roman lies. Kristen accompanies them, and they have a surprise stowaway - Hope, who wants to remember Stefano's secret. Susan's sister Mary vows to uncover the secret of Elvis' parentage. Stefano pays a visit to his baby son. Marlena worries about John and his reputation once the story that he helped Stefano escape is leaked.
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Vivian and Ivan endure more humiliating jobs, and Vivian decides to impersonate Jonesy's Flora Dora, dressing like a flapper and dancing with the eccentric millionaire, until he asks her and Ivan to locate his "Baba." Carrie and Austin go on their honeymoon to Rome, where they try to hook up with Bo and Billie but keep missing them. Billie gets out of her room and tries to score drugs, but Bo and Petra have arrested Dino; Bo finds Billie on a park bench and takes her back to her room. She's haunted by hallucinations of Curtis and almost dies, while Bo's spirit does battle with Curtis'. Sami plots to get Austin back and gets a scolding from Sister Mary about respect and righteousness. Roman finds out John and Stefano are gone and assumes John's trying to catch Stefano. Roman tries to romance Marlena. Jennifer goes undercover as her cousin Hope to get a job as a prison guard, where she is reunited with Jack. Travis tries to block her every move. Stefano reveals the depths of his obsession in the jungle, where a whole room is dedicated to Marlena; he imprisons John and Hope, but they escape, and he finally shows them the lab where his scientists are working on a cure for Roman. Stefano is afraid of what Hope might remember from Maison Blanche.
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Bo defeated Curtis in a spiritual battle for Billie's soul, symbolizing Billie's victory over drug addiction. Billie and Bo finally met up with Austin and Carrie in Rome. Sami engineered getting a job at the hospital and sent Mike Horton to Rome for a medical conference, making sure he was booked at the same hotel as Carrie and Austin. Laura and Kate had a vicious confrontation in which Laura vowed that Kate would one day be repaid for her gloating. Vivian and Ivan held a wacky séance to convince Jonesy that they could bring back his dead Baba - with Ivan in drag (again) as Madame Marais, the seer, and Vivian disguised as none other than Elvis Presley, while Susan and Sister Mary looked on. Jennifer started working as a guard, using Hope's credentials, at Jack's prison. TC and Travis continued to work against Jack and Jennifer for Stefano. Roman declared his undying love for Marlena again, and Marlena almost told him the truth about her love for John, but stopped short. John and Hope grew closer as they tried to uncover Stefano's secret in the jungle, but didn't find anything out. When a lab assistant dropped the one precious vial containing Roman's cure, everyone thought there was no hope of retrieving the essential flower to make a new batch, which grew 10 miles away through hostile jungle, with the natives in a deadly uprising - until John Black volunteered to go. In Salem, Marlena had a premonition of danger for John.
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John and Hope set off in search of the orchid for Roman's cure through hostile jungle, where they encountered danger at every turn. They saved each other's lives a few times, but ended up weaponless and vulnerable on a ledge half way down a cliff with a fire approaching. Stefano and Kristen waited at the compound, Kristen furious that Stefano wouldn't allow her to accompany John, and Stefano relieved that one way or another, Hope is out of the picture for a while. Back in Salem, Jennifer and Jack figured out that Stefano was probably behind Jack's sentencing, and Jennifer tried to load a program into the warden's computer to help Jack access the internet, but was caught by TC, who has ideas of his own about Jennifer. Sami was satisfied that her scheme to break up Carrie and Austin was going full-speed ahead with Mike in Rome. Mike ran into Deborah, a gorgeous old colleague who had just gotten divorced. They encountered Carrie and Austin at a festival, and Mike realized his feelings for Carrie were as strong as ever. A misleading conversation with her gave him false hope that she might love him back. Mike prescribed drugs to help Billie through her withdrawal, and Austin found out about the sham marriage and Billie's re-addiction. In Salem, Vivian found out Baba was actually a sheep and pulled off a scheme to convince Jonesy that it was okay for him to see his Flora Dora, but was unaware that Jonesy was just a caretaker and all her effort to land a rich man was wasted. Marlena came close to telling Roman the truth about her love for John.
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Hope and John escaped the fire in a cave, where Hope saved John's life once more. Hope was captured by natives and John saved her life. They found the flower by accident, but before they could get it, Stefano and Kristen came to rescue them from natives in a helicopter. Hope went up the ladder, but John stayed to get the flower, until he was clubbed by a native and fell down the cliff into the water, where he was left for dead. TC attacked Jennifer and Jack rescued her. Jenn got locked in Jack's cell overnight and was nearly caught. Sami blackmailed Kate to fly her to Rome so she could work on breaking up Carrie and Austin. Mike decided to try to make things work with Deborah once he realized Carrie and Austin really loved each other. Billie began to recover from her addiction with the help of Mike's prescription and Bo's decision to try to recapture their love, since Kate told him Hope was with Franco. Vivian and Ivan moved into Jonesy's townhouse and found out all may not be as it seems. Roman and Marlena went to the cabin on Smith Island, where they recaptured some of their old feelings, but Roman had a relapse and ended up in the hospital fighting for his life.
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TC almost caught Jenn when Abby recognized her in her guard disguise while visiting Jack, but some fast talking threw him off the trail. Jenn promised to get the warden's password for Jack. Abby had a birthday party with Maggie, Mickey, Alice, and Jenn. Sami flew to Rome and was confronted by Franco, who finally agreed to be her accomplice if she could help him get Hope, warning her that if she screwed up, she would pay. Sami stole Carrie's diary and got some information to help her with her plan to encourage Carrie to fall for Mike. Mike and Deborah got closer, but there was an obvious tension between Mike and Carrie that Carrie didn't even recognize. Billie and Bo got closer, but Bo kept sensing that Hope was in danger. A fortuneteller told Billie that Bo's other love was in great danger, but Billie chose not to pass on the message. Roman had a talk with Eric and told him he was going to have to be the man of the family after Roman died. Marlena began to realize she still had feelings for Roman, and was more concerned about him than about John. In the jungle, John survived the fall from the cliff only to be captured by natives. He escaped and made it back to the compound area in time to see Hope, Kristen, and Stefano preparing to leave, with the natives between John and safety. A native aimed a poison dart at Hope.
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Jenn and Jack were no further along toward obtaining the warden's password, but TC and Travis figured out that there was a connection between the new guard "Williams" and Jennifer Deveraux when TC's call to Williams was picked up by Travis at Jennifer's house. In Rome, Sami and Franco used a special song Sami read about in Carrie's diary to make Mike and Carrie think about each other. Carrie finally realized her feelings for Mike might not be completely innocent. Deborah learned that Mike loved Carrie. Bo committed himself to Billie again and decided it was time for him to forget about making a life with Hope by making love to Billie. In Salem, Celeste had a vision about Susan and led her to a strange house, which she said was connected to the father of Susan's child. Roman, hanging by a thread, told Eric that his final wish was to be married to Marlena before he died, and Eric told Marlena. Marlena talked to John and learned that he was safe, but that they couldn't get the cure for Roman. John, who had been hit by a poison dart, was saved in the nick of time, but during his delirium, he hallucinated that Hope was Marlena. Her decision to give John strength by preserving his illusion probably bought him enough time to save his life. Hope and John were on the verge of breaking in to Stefano's secret room.
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TC exposed Jennifer's disguise, nearly got her arrested, and had all of Jack's privileges taken away. Jenn tried to give Jack the password to the warden's computer in an illicit phone call, but TC found them and promised to throw Jack in solitary. Bo and Billie went to a romantic inn in Italy to try to recapture their love. Bo had a premonition of danger for Hope. Debra was about to tell Carrie that Mike loved her when Austin told Carrie that Roman was dying and they had to get home. Sami overheard and got on the same plane to Salem as Mike, Carrie, and Austin were. Celeste and Susan infiltrated Jonesy's house in Halloween disguises, but were found out when their attempt to get into the cellar set off an alarm, alerting Vivian, Ivan, and Jonesy. Roman and Marlena decided to get married in St. Luke's and began to take their vows. Dr. Rolf completed Roman's cure and Stefano, Kristen, John, and Hope left the compound and made it back to Salem, despite various misadventures, only to discover that Roman was neither in his hospital bed nor in the hospital chapel, as they had been told.
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Vivian discovered a cache of jewels and money in Jonesy's mansion and held a fake marriage ceremony, with Ivan dressed as a pastor, to get Jonesy to write her into his will. Hope, John, Stefano, and Kristen burst into St. Luke's with the cure just in time to stop Roman from remarrying Marlena. Mike returned from Rome with Carrie and Austin, and arrived at the hospital in time to analyze and administer the cure for Roman, but although it stabilized him at first, Roman's body began to reject the cure. Marlena had conflicting feelings about whether she loved John or Roman more. Eric got angry at Marlena for still having feelings for John, but they reconciled. Sami got caught in her nun disguise by Sister Mary Moira, who punished her by exposing her Rome adventure to Carrie, Austin, and Mike, and by making her wash habits in the convent. Bo and Billie remained in Italy while Hope went home to Shawn-D. Stefano gave needed blood antibodies to Roman in exchange for a promise from Marlena to forgive him for his past atrocities and to try to help him become accepted in Salem society. Lexie rushed to accept Stefano, but Abe and Celeste were more cautious. Stefano met with his son Elvis again, although nobody else was aware that Susan's child was Stefano's son. Jennifer made Stefano promise that nothing would happen to Jack in prison. Unable to contact Stefano, Travis and TC decided that Jack was getting too dangerous and nearly had him killed in a machine press - until a last minute phone call from Stefano saved his life. Jenn worried constantly about Jack's safety, and they began to pass notes to each other through a trustee's girlfriend - until TC caught Herb, the trustee, handing Jack a note. Travis and TC decided that if they couldn't hurt Jack, they'd go after Jennifer, and Travis went to Jenn's house with a gun.
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Vivian enlisted Dr. Wu's help to keep Jonesy awake long enough to write his will out in her name, but he didn't quite get around to it. Stefano dramatically saved Roman's life again by coming up with a special drug cocktail that Roman's weakened body could accept. John made Marlena promise they would tell Roman they were in love as soon as he woke up. Eric continued to resent John's presence in Marlena's life. Lucas threatened Sami that he would take Will from her if her evil schemes ever affected his well-being. Mike received a pocket watch from Carrie and Austin, and continued to pine for Carrie. Celeste continued to have premonitions about Susan's child. When she told Susan her baby's father was coming for him, Susan assumed she meant Elvis Presley and began to prepare for his arrival. Kristen learned that Stefano was little Elvis' father, and made him promise to let her raise the child with John if she would help him with his master plan. She gave Susan a drugged peanut butter and banana sandwich so that Stefano could gain access to the child, but Susan woke up and caught Stefano about to cut a lock of the baby's hair. Travis kidnapped Jennifer and threw her family off the trail, until Mickey learned the true identity of "Trent" from Jack. TC listened as Jack and Mickey figured out that Jenn had been kidnapped.
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Roman began to recover rapidly, and Eric suggested that he move in with Marlena at the penthouse, much to Marlena and John's chagrin. But Marlena felt so guilty about her affair with John that she said yes. Susan figured out that Stefano was Elvis' father, but he threatened to take the child away from her if she ever blabbed, so she moved into the convent for protection. Everyone was shocked to learn of Jennifer's kidnapping, and Laura was beside herself with worry about Jennifer and anger at Peter and Stefano. Jennifer nearly escaped Travis several times, but he always caught her. Herbie showed Jack an old blocked escape tunnel, and Jack drew on superhuman reserves of strength and busted out of prison, making his way to Laura's room and Trent's house to pick up clues about Jennifer. Hope and Bo and Billie were reunited at Jenn's house, and Billie was dismayed to see that Hope and Bo were obviously still very much in love. Carrie and Austin were blissful newlyweds, oblivious of Mike's love for Carrie.
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Roman moved back into Marlena's penthouse and began to try to romance her, planting big kisses on her at the slightest excuse. John simmered and had dinner with Kristen, but refused to tolerate her insinuations about Roman and Marlena. John, Bo, Abe, and Roman worked on Jennifer's kidnapping case together. Lexie got Stefano to admit that Peter was alive. Kristen convinced Susan that baby Elvis would be better off being raised by her, Kristen, because only she could protect him from the DiMera curse. Jennifer and Travis left the hotel in disguises, while Jack kidnapped TC, who led him to the hotel only seconds after Jennifer and Travis had gone. Jack tracked them to a gas station, where he saved the owners from a gunman and escaped. Jennifer got a message to Jack through Abby that they were headed toward the Grand Canyon, and Jack let Abe and his men know. Jennifer and Travis made it to the Grand Canyon, where Peter was scheduled to pick Jenn up, but Jennifer jumped out of the car when they heard police sirens. Peter, in the jungle, was bitten by some sort of poisonous bug and began to get delirious. Hope and Bo cleared up their misunderstandings, but wondered if they would have a chance to get back together. Billie vowed that she would never lose Bo again, and Franco vowed not to lose his chance with Hope. Sami called Kate's bluff by exposing some corporate secrets to a tabloid, but Kate and Lucas knew there was much more where that came from, unless Kate did Sami's bidding. Lucas told Austin and Carrie that Sami was blackmailing her, but they did not learn the details.
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Roman began to have his suspicions that things about John, Kristen, and Marlena were being kept from him, especially when he had dinner with Eric, John, and Kristen and noticed the tension between Kristen and John. Sami tried to pry Eric's secrets out of him, but he insisted there were none, and suggested they focus on their common goal - getting John out of the way so Marlena and Roman could get back together. Susan began to have nightmares about baby Elvis growing up to be demonic like his father Stefano, and prepared to hand the child over to Kristen. Marlena overhears Kristen telling someone she is about to get her baby back. Jennifer left a message for Jack in the dirt of the cave in the Grand Canyon, and he figured out that Travis had taken her to his parents' cabin. Jack was nearly captured by a separatist militia man. The man let him go, but informed him that Travis was very dangerous. Travis took Jenn up to his parents' cabin, where it soon became apparent to Jenn that something about the cabin put Travis on the edge of a nervous breakdown. Peter's mosquito bite worsened into the jungle madness, which made him abnormally strong, but delusional and in great pain. He called Stefano to ask for help and Stefano told him to go to the compound in the jungle, where Dr. Rolf met him. Billie began to turn the neediness screws on Bo, telling him that she would need his support if she testified against Max, and reminding him of all the promises he made to her in Rome. Hope ran into Max at the station and he told her about Billie's addiction in Rome.
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Roman became suspicious of John's relationship with Marlena after hearing a message on Marlena's answering machine from John, and learning about the garnet necklace John gave Marlena. Before Marlena could tell him the truth, Roman decided that the necklace and phone calls were gestures of friendship, and apologized to Marlena for ever doubting her and John. John figured out Peter's location after Lexie overheard Stefano having a conversation with Bart, and headed to the jungle, but bad weather prevented him from landing, and he had to return to Salem. Eric plotted to keep Marlena and Roman together by digging up a box of family mementos at Caroline's. Sami badgered Kate into giving her Vivian's old job and office at Titan; Lucas, Austin, and Carrie wondered what she was up to. The story about Kate's corporate ruthlessness broke in the tabloids, causing Kate embarrassment, but Sami assured her it was nothing compared to what she would feel if her children and the world found out about her past as a hooker and her plot to break up Bo and Hope with Franco. Susan changed her mind about giving Elvis to Kristen, but Kristen drugged her eggnog and tricked her into signing papers for Kristen to adopt Elvis. When Susan realized she had signed over custody, she fell into despair. Marlena nearly uncovered Kristen's plot, and warned her that if she messed with Susan and Elvis, Marlena would make her sorry for it. Jack climbed up the mountain toward Jennifer, but fell and was injured several times. Travis saw him and rolled a boulder down on him, thinking he killed him, but Jack survived the fall. As a precaution, Travis called in an anonymous tip to the park rangers about Jack's whereabouts. Meanwhile, Jennifer got into the cabin cellar and uncovered the truth about Travis - that he had murdered his parents. She became terrified that Travis would kill her, too, if he found her down there. Peter realized he left Jennifer's necklace behind, and in a maddened state, he left the compound, only to be attacked by a tiger. Rolf finished the cure, but couldn't find Peter. Hope told Bo she knew about Billie's addiction and told him to stay with her until after the trial, fully expecting that they would be together afterward. Bo didn't tell her of the commitment he had made to Billie when he thought she was with Franco. Franco tried to talk Hope out of committing to Bo again, and Billie tried to seduce Bo.
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Eric enlisted the help of Sami, Carrie, and Austin to surprise Roman and Marlena at the penthouse with a Brady family tree-trimming party. Marlena and Roman shared some happy memories, leaving John feeling like an outsider, which was just fine with Eric and Sami. Marlena and John decided to wait until after the holidays to tell Roman about their love. John, Marlena, and Celeste all became suspicious of Kristen's involvement with Susan, and figured out that Stefano was probably the father of Susan's baby. Celeste and Marlena discovered that Susan had left the convent, while John pretended to forgive Kristen in order to lure her into giving away her evil plan. After contemplating suicide in her despair, Susan took a train to Capital City and consulted with a mysterious figure named Thomas, who agreed to come back to Salem to help her get her baby back. Stefano continued to lie about Peter, all the while warning Kristen not to get involved in his plans for baby Elvis. Billie's attempt to seduce Bo failed, and he admitted he still loved Hope Billie, prompted by Kate, vowed to do anything to hang onto Bo. After single-handedly killing a tiger, Peter took the cure for the jungle madness, but left his medication behind when he flew toward the Grand Canyon to pick up Jennifer. Jack was captured by a park ranger, but assaulted him and stole his uniform and gun to find Jennifer, making him an armed and dangerous felon. Jennifer attacked Travis and escaped the cabin, locking him in the cellar, but Travis got out shot Jack in the arm. After a scuffle with Jack on a cliff, Travis tumbled to his death, while Jack was reunited with Jennifer.
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Dr. Wu pronounces Jonesy healthy as can be, who now wants to consummate his marriage to Vivian. While Salemites shop in Salem Place, Jack and Jen hide in a cave near the Grand Canyon, while Peter is flying overhead, looking for them. The man found dead in the Canyon is Travis. Salemites gather to light the Salem Mall tree and sing Carols. Susan returns with Thomas to get her baby, Elvis. Kristen opens the door to Sister Moira, and then Kristen and Thomas, astonished to meet "the Banks triplets". The Hortons hang their traditional ornaments. Bo reads the Christmas story at the hospital. The Bradys celebrate Kim being there with Andrew and Jeanie. Salem celebrates Christmas everywhere. Stefano helps John to give Susan her baby back. . Jack and Jen get back safely, but Peter, who is very ill, is still looking for Jen. Roman gifts Marlena with their old house, hoping to get a clean bill of health, so they can be married.
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Laura helped Jack escape the Horton household without the FBI - or Jennifer - knowing about it, but Peter came back to Salem in time to follow Laura and hide out in the back of Jack's rental car. John and Marlena devised a plan to outwit both Kristen and Stefano and get Susan legal custody of Elvis and smuggle her out of town. Stefano reveals his paternity of Elvis and vows to get the baby back. Carrie and Mike had more trouble hiding their feelings from themselves and others as they got closer at the New Year's Eve fundraiser. Franco convinced Sami to try to make Austin jealous by hanging out with him (Franco). Eric and Sami vowed to find love in 1998. Billie fainted after watching Hope and Bo have a heart-to-heart. Roman gets a clean bill of health and buys an engagement ring for Marlena. Kristen, infuriated by Elvis and Susan's escape and Marlena's gloating, sends Roman to the Alamain jet, where he sees Marlena and John locked in a passionate embrace.
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