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00:00Aunt Marie, it is so wonderful to have you here.
00:08It's so good to be back for something uplifting this time.
00:11What could be more uplifting than celebrating the opening of a free clinic named for your father?
00:17And your grandfather. Oh, honey, be so proud.
00:21I know, I know. It's still great.
00:23Hey, guys.
00:24Welcome. Come in, come in.
00:26And introductions, introductions.
00:28Uh, this is Miss Beautiful Holly Jonas.
00:31And this is Mr. Tate Black.
00:33And this is my beloved Aunt Marie.
00:37Horton, it's lovely to meet both of you.
00:39Oh, it's our pleasure.
00:41I hear you want to hear about the Horton family.
00:43Oh, yes, we do.
00:45Well, fasten your seatbelts, children.
00:47We've got 60 years of stories to share.
00:53You okay, son?
00:56I'm good, yeah.
01:00I'm just a little beef.
01:02No wonder.
01:03All the shuttling around of various and sundry Horton family members you've been doing.
01:10Glad to be back in Salem?
01:11Yes, alone.
01:16It's a work in progress.
01:18What?
01:19Fifth graders giving you a hard time?
01:21No, the kids have been great.
01:23It's grownups I'm worried about.
01:25A lot of them, uh...
01:27They don't think I belong here.
01:31Maybe they're right.
01:32Hila, how's the time?
01:44Is he okay?
01:45Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.
01:58Okay, just about set.
02:13We really appreciate you sitting down with us.
02:15Well, of course.
02:17Now, what kind of stories do you want to hear?
02:19Um, I guess let's start with what the connection between the Horns and the University Hospital is.
02:25Oh, that's a long story.
02:27It goes back for generations.
02:29There's always been a Horton attached to University Hospital, uh, even before you and I were born.
02:35Okay, well, who was the first Horton to work at the hospital?
02:38Uh, that would be my grandfather, William, who was a doctor, and then my father, Tom, followed in his footsteps.
02:46Tom was your grandfather?
02:48That's right.
02:49He was.
02:50And we were both living in Salem at the time.
02:52He was made chief of staff of the hospital.
02:54And that was in 1978?
02:58I think.
02:591978.
03:00Wow.
03:01And you worked there, too, right?
03:02Yes, I did.
03:04And also my brother, Bill, and, uh, the man who turned out to be my other brother, Tommy Jr.
03:11Okay.
03:12Now that, that sounds like a story.
03:15Well, it was.
03:17You know, mom and dad loved that hospital, but their first priority was always their children.
03:27A lovely family, isn't it, Tom?
03:40Think we should quit while we're still ahead?
03:44Old, grown-up.
03:47On their own.
03:50Marie will be the last to go.
03:51Then you'll have the one thing you've yearned for all our married life.
03:56What's that?
03:57Enough for possible.
03:59Oh, Tom.
04:01But, I don't know you much.
04:04We'll be alone at last.
04:06Oh, that's a bum.
04:08Hi.
04:09Well, I'm glad you're here.
04:10Oh.
04:11Well, then, about that ten bucks, I just...
04:13Your mother needs cheering up.
04:15Listen, why don't you tell her about our double date, maybe?
04:17Yes, nothing funny about that.
04:19What do you think of your darling son, mom?
04:22He takes one girl home right after dinner and then makes a late date with another girl.
04:26So many memories.
04:29Some ways, it feels like a lifetime ago.
04:31And then, in other ways, it feels like it was just yesterday.
04:37Mom and Dad were standing right here, right here on this spot.
04:47A lot of people in Salem remember how I behaved last time I was here.
04:51Some of them are...
04:53They're finding it hard to trust me.
04:56Stephanie.
04:57Yeah.
04:59I get it, of course.
05:00Yeah.
05:00Both know I made a mess of things.
05:05I also know how hard you worked to get past all that.
05:09Still, maybe it was a mistake to come back.
05:15Salem is your home, Jeremy.
05:17You have so much family here.
05:19And you knew it wasn't going to be easy.
05:24I guess it's just harder than I expected.
05:27Well, I'm sorry about that.
05:28But you're here and you've committed yourself to one of the most noble professions there is.
05:32Guiding young minds.
05:34The teaching part has been really rewarding.
05:36I'm glad.
05:37I'm glad.
05:39As for the adults, it's been my experience that the people in Salem eventually managed to find grace.
05:46It's a place you can come to when you want to make a good life for yourself.
05:52You, um...
05:54You think that can happen for me?
05:57I know it can.
05:58I know it can.
06:00You know it happens quickly as you hoped.
06:03Stick to it.
06:04Everybody in this town will realize what a good man you've become.
06:09A man I'm proud to call my son.
06:11Thanks, Ted.
06:15But believe it in me.
06:17Hey.
06:22Thomas has a mild concussion and a dislocated shoulder.
06:26But he is going to be fine.
06:28Oh, my goodness.
06:30Yes, we need to put his shoulder back in place.
06:33And a concussion is a difficult thing to predict.
06:36But I can pretty much guarantee you that he is going to be fine.
06:40Hey, thank you, Kayla.
06:41Can I go see him now?
06:44Are you sure that he wants to see you, considering this is all your fault?
06:55So you...
06:55You did not know that Tommy Jr. was your brother?
07:00Well, none of us knew when Bill brought him to Salem.
07:04The family had been told.
07:06That Uncle Tommy was killed in the Korean War.
07:09But in fact, he'd just been disastrously wounded.
07:12His face was disfigured.
07:14So he had to go through facial reconstruction surgery.
07:17Well, why didn't he tell you who he was?
07:20He did not know.
07:22When he woke up from this surgery, he had no idea who he was.
07:26He had to start all over again.
07:28So, we knew him as Dr. Mark Brooks.
07:31And when he took a job at the hospital, I became his research assistant.
07:37You mentioned then that you might need some help up here.
07:43You know the old adage.
07:44Every hand is a helping hand.
07:46Well, now, maybe you could help me.
07:56There are a lot of beakers, culture dishes, slides to watch.
08:00Maybe you could help prepare some slides.
08:02And I'm sure that you could handle, uh, the monoculations for me.
08:06Wait, are you saying that...
08:12I am saying that I fell for Mark.
08:17Well, I had no idea he was my brother.
08:22And fortunately, Mickey and Dad figured that out before...
08:29Well, before anything could happen.
08:31It was an overwhelming turn of events.
08:34I mean, for the whole family.
08:37And for my mother, Alice.
08:41Well, it was an answer to her prayers.
08:46See, that reminds me.
08:50I got these for Marie.
08:51I...
08:52I'd like you to have them, Mrs. Jordan.
09:01Thank you very much.
09:13Remember?
09:15Yes, I remember.
09:19My birthday.
09:23Our anniversary.
09:25Mother's Day.
09:26Mommy.
09:30Mommy.
09:33Always brought me a bunch of violence.
09:40Oh, my God.
09:42You must have freaked out when you learned Mark was your brother.
09:44You could say that.
09:52But even in my darkest hours,
09:54I knew God was with me.
09:58And so was my dad.
10:01He sounds like he was an amazing father.
10:04He was.
10:05Oh, there was so much love in this family.
10:12But I still had a hard time getting over it.
10:18So...
10:18I left town and became a nun.
10:22Now, that is a different story.
10:31Now, as your father, and as someone who does believe in you,
10:35is there anything I can do to help?
10:37I appreciate the offer, but...
10:40Now, this is something I have to handle myself.
10:42All right.
10:42Just throwing it out there.
10:44If I think it's something I need, you'll be the first to know.
10:46Good.
10:48Come on.
10:49Let's get back to the house.
10:50I want to be with my family on such a happy occasion.
10:53How am I to blame for what happened to Thomas?
10:57I happened to run in the cat,
10:58and she's telling me how she just got some bad news about her mother.
11:00Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that.
11:03You know what?
11:03Maybe if you hadn't blown up like that,
11:05gotten Thomas all worked up about me and Cat in the first place?
11:07I had nothing to do with his reaction, Chad.
11:10You haven't been turning him against me?
11:11No, you've done a fine job of that all on your own.
11:14Everything that happened today...
11:15Okay, okay, okay.
11:16It's because of your...
11:17Stop it.
11:18Come on.
11:18You guys are family, both of you.
11:21All that matters right now is that Thomas feels
11:23safe.
11:24Yes, that is all that matters.
11:25That is all that I care about,
11:26so I'm going to go see my son.
11:37Uh, the cameras for a college course?
11:41Yeah, the assignment was to do a mini-documentary,
11:45and so we chose to do it about your family
11:47and its long-storied history with University Hospital.
11:52Great.
11:53So, what did we miss?
11:55Well, Holly and Tate were asking about the other Horton doctors
11:58who had worked with your grandfather in the early days.
12:03Well, that would include me.
12:05Oh.
12:06I even stepped into Grandpa Tom's shoes as chief of staff for a time there.
12:12Oh, wow.
12:13You must have felt like you had a lot to live up to then.
12:16It was a pretty big responsibility.
12:20It was also a pretty big honor.
12:23Mike and Jennifer's parents were both doctors.
12:27Uh, Dr. Bill Horton and Laura Horton, who was an esteemed psychiatrist.
12:33One of the best.
12:34Rest your soul.
12:36Yeah.
12:36She even mentored your grandma, Marlena.
12:38No way.
12:40Yeah.
12:41I didn't know that at all.
12:42I'll have to talk to her about it.
12:44Well, can you guys tell us about Bill and Laura?
12:47It sounds like they were the University Hospital power couple.
12:50Honestly, Laura, you know, I said a short time ago,
13:02if you took off those glasses and let down your hair,
13:05you'd really bowl them over.
13:07Well, that turned out to be the understatement of the year.
13:12Are you just going to stand there?
13:14Or are you going to mix us some drinks?
13:16I'd like a martini, please.
13:18Oh, well, well.
13:19Well, a martini, you're...
13:21Mm-hmm.
13:31It is late, and morning will be here before we know it.
13:35I have early remarks to make.
13:46Well, they certainly made their mark on the hospital,
13:49and our family.
14:01I hate getting so upset with Chad.
14:06Of course you do.
14:09I mean, he really has been such a wonderful father
14:11to our grandkids since we lost Abigail.
14:13Lord knows he has suffered so much as we all have, Kayla.
14:23But he's different.
14:24He's changed.
14:25His priorities have changed.
14:27He says one thing, and then he does another.
14:32When it comes to Kat.
14:34Yes, Kat.
14:35What she has put our family through.
14:39He promised me that he would stay away from her.
14:44And every time I turn around, they're together.
14:47She shows up at the spectator.
14:49Thomas saw her on Halloween.
14:51They were just wrapped in each other's arms at the square.
14:54Is that why Thomas got so upset?
14:56Yes, Kayla.
14:56That is why he got so upset.
14:58He ran in front of a moving car.
15:00I can't even think about what could have happened to him.
15:07I just can't.
15:09I can't let it go.
15:10And I will not.
15:13What do you mean?
15:15I have to do something about it.
15:18Hey, buddy.
15:20You have no idea how happy I am to see you.
15:24And to know that you're not hurt that badly.
15:27Yeah, in fact, they said you're going to be okay.
15:35Hey.
15:37Thomas, I'm really sorry.
15:39Thomas, hey.
15:40Hey.
15:40Listen, don't do that, alright?
15:42Look, I know you're upset.
15:43You lied.
15:44Broke your promise.
15:46Lied.
15:49Again.
15:49Alright, well, uh, we won't take up any more of your time.
16:02Oh, must you go?
16:03We really do have 60 years of stories to tell.
16:07Well, maybe we'll set up our own two at some point.
16:10But thank you.
16:10This was such amazing stuff.
16:12Yeah.
16:13Seriously.
16:13And we'll be sure to share the video with you when we're finished.
16:17So, again, thank you so much for being so open with us.
16:21No.
16:23Thank the two of you.
16:24You are preserving memories for future generations.
16:27We appreciate it.
16:28I think we've made our own time capsule.
16:33Well, I hope you both get A on the project.
16:35So do we.
16:36Fingers crossed.
16:37I'll walk you out.
16:39Cool.
16:39Bye-bye.
16:40Thanks again.
16:45Okay.
16:46Okay.
16:47What was that look you two had earlier?
16:50What look?
16:52Uh, that one.
16:52Right there.
16:54Tate asked you about Bill Norhoart and you both clammed up.
16:57Like there was something you didn't want to tell them.
17:00Oh.
17:02Ah.
17:02Hold that thought.
17:03Hold that thought.
17:06Ah.
17:07Jennifer.
17:07Oh, Jennifer, darling.
17:08I'm so glad you called.
17:09Uh, Mike's here and Aunt Marie is here and...
17:12What?
17:16Oh, no.
17:21Thomas, hey.
17:22Look, I get that you're mad at me.
17:23But if you just give me a chance to explain.
17:26Thomas.
17:26Sorry to interrupt.
17:31Thomas, um, we need to put that shoulder back where it belongs.
17:35Okay, buddy?
17:38It's gonna hurt.
17:39Well, I'm going to give you some medication that'll make it a little better.
17:45But I'm not gonna lie to you.
17:46It is gonna hurt while we move it.
17:48But then it is gonna feel so much better.
17:51Does that sound good?
17:53And you know what, buddy?
17:54I'm gonna be here with you the whole time, okay?
17:55You can squeeze my hand as hard as you want.
17:58I want grandma.
18:00What?
18:01I want grandma.
18:03Thomas, I'm your father.
18:05No, Chad, can I talk to you for a second?
18:09We have to get this done to ease the pain.
18:12And the calmer he is, the smoother it's gonna go.
18:15So if that means letting Jennifer be in here instead of you...
18:19Okay, fine.
18:22Whatever's best for Thomas.
18:28So, Thomas is gonna be okay.
18:30Jennifer said he was very lucky.
18:32Oh, thank God.
18:33Must have been so scary.
18:35For all of them.
18:36A dislocated shoulder, that's no joke.
18:38No.
18:38But it could have been so much worse.
18:41How about I run down to the hospital, check on them, and keep Jennifer company?
18:45Oh, she'd love that, darling.
18:46I'll call.
18:47I'll call after I talk to them.
18:48Okay.
18:49Give Thomas our love, and tell Chad and Jennifer, if anything they need, just to call us.
18:54We'll do.
18:54Okay.
18:57Poor kid.
18:57Maybe we'll have the, uh, kids run them and get well notes.
19:02Well, that's a lovely idea.
19:06You know what else is a lovely idea?
19:08You two answering my question.
19:09Is there something in that family allure that I don't know?
19:17There is, Jeremy.
19:19It's not a pretty story, and it concerns your father.
19:26Are you sure you want to hear it?
19:28It is really great to see you, sis.
19:38It's so good to see you.
19:40I have missed you so much.
19:41I missed you, too.
19:43How are you holding up?
19:45I'm good.
19:46I'm better now.
19:48Now that Thomas is going to be okay.
19:49Hey, Mike.
19:54It's been a while.
19:56It has.
19:57Good to see you.
19:58How's Thomas holding up?
20:00He's in pain, and, uh, and he's scared.
20:04He asked for you to be in there with him.
20:06One kill, a minute, he lights his shoulder, so.
20:08Yes, of course.
20:11You'll stay, right?
20:12I'll be right here.
20:13Okay.
20:14Okay.
20:14Thank you so much.
20:16Of course.
20:23Wow.
20:25You want to tell me what that was all about?
20:32This all happened in the late 60s.
20:36And it was a pretty dark chapter in our family.
20:40Your grandfather, Bill, had been out of town for some time, and he came back.
20:50And he found out that your grandmother, Laura, had married his brother, Mickey.
20:57And Bill got drunk.
21:00And in a fit of jealousy, he forced himself on her.
21:05My God.
21:06And in the aftermath, Laura discovered she was pregnant.
21:14And that's when great-grandpa Tom realized the truth, because he knew Uncle Mickey could not father a child.
21:23The day I had you in here and told you were the results of that sterility test,
21:28You asked me if you could be the one to tell Mickey.
21:34Obviously, you didn't tell him.
21:38I had just found out that morning that I was pregnant.
21:42And when he asked you questions about the test, you answered him by telling him that you were pregnant.
21:50Naturally, he assumed that it was his child.
21:51Yes.
21:54And you expect me to be a part of this deceit?
21:57You must be out of your mind.
22:00I couldn't have been a part of anything so self-serving and contemptible.
22:04He's my son.
22:05And so is the father of my child, your son.
22:07Your son.
22:11So they kept it a secret.
22:14Even from Uncle Mickey.
22:15The truth did not come out for years.
22:22Oh, I just gave your lab report to the floor nurse.
22:25Wait, was Michael a type of okay?
22:27No, you're A-B type.
22:29Michael Horton is O.
22:32I was hoping that I could help.
22:34But his mother, she'll be here very soon.
22:37Oh, Dr. Laura Horton?
22:39That's right.
22:41No, her type's wrong too, according to the floor nurse.
22:43No, no, no, there's some mistake.
22:47She's a doctor.
22:48She wouldn't be mistaken about her own blood type.
22:51Is her husband alive?
22:53Yes, yes, he is.
22:54Oh, then the father of the boy can donate.
22:56Because his blood has to match if the mother's doesn't.
22:59But I...
22:59I'm Clark's father.
23:08You almost tore the family apart, Jeremy.
23:12And Uncle Mickey.
23:13Uncle Mickey lost his mind.
23:17Oh, God.
23:18Oh, God.
23:23Ah!
23:27Son.
23:33Ah!
23:34What?
23:35No.
23:36No.
23:37No.
23:38No.
23:38No.
23:39No.
23:40No.
23:42No.
24:09I don't even know what to say.
24:11Wait, how does a family survive something like that?
24:23Jennifer and I have been having some disagreements.
24:28Sorry to hear that, Chad.
24:31I mean, you talk to her all the time, so I'm sure she's told you how disappointed in me she is.
24:36How she blames me for what happened to my son.
24:37No, maybe she's not wrong.
24:48I think we have a few minutes before our next interview.
24:51You want me to grab us a coffee?
24:52At least the first interview went well.
24:54But, you know, I still can't believe all the stories we heard today.
24:58I mean, like...
24:58Like, like what?
25:01I know.
25:02Crazy.
25:02I mean, I...
25:03For some reason, I thought we were going to get, like, like, puff pieces about, you know, heroic doctors and family togetherness.
25:11But that was...
25:12My God, that was, uh, something else.
25:15Yeah, totally.
25:16I mean, I always viewed the Hortons as, like, this perfect family.
25:21Yeah, me too.
25:23But, you know, it kind of reminds you that Julie and Marie and even my grandma, they were young like us once.
25:28They made mistakes, and they brought the drama just like us.
25:32Drama?
25:32You think we bring drama?
25:34No.
25:34Ew.
25:35Well, we're done with it.
25:41Are we, though?
25:42Yeah.
25:43I'm hopeful.
25:45I feel like I've learned from my mistakes, and I'm dedicating myself from now on to making it up to you.
25:54Yeah.
25:55Oh.
25:55Hmm, I suppose that's a story.
26:12So, has Jennifer voiced her concerns to you about me and Kat?
26:18She has.
26:21Look, I love my sister.
26:24And I loved Abigail very much, just like I love her children, her great nephew and niece.
26:31So, I'm going to assume that you're a decent man with a good heart, and I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and trust that you're going to make the right decision for those children I'm concerned.
26:41Hey, Mike!
26:43I didn't know you were going to be here.
26:45Hey, Kayla.
26:45Hi.
26:46Hey.
26:46Good to see you.
26:49How'd it go?
26:51Um, well, I'll tell you something, Thomas.
26:52It's very brave.
26:54We got his shoulder back in place, and I think if you fill out the paperwork, he would be ready to go pretty soon.
27:01Okay.
27:02Any instructions?
27:03Just that he'll be in a sling, and you can have him rest and ice it and some over-the-counter meds if he needs it.
27:10Um, anyway, they're over there if you want to fill them out.
27:12It is so great that you could be here for the dedication of the clinic.
27:19Well, the Dr. Tom Horton Free Clinic has a certain ring to it.
27:24Well, it sure does.
27:26How does it feel to be back here in Salem?
27:28It's always nice to come home.
27:29Jeremy picked me up at the airport.
27:36Oh.
27:37How is he?
27:38Kayla.
27:40I know the last time he was in town, he did not treat Stephanie the way she deserves to be treated.
27:48No, he did not.
27:49I am really sorry about that.
27:52More importantly, Jeremy is too.
27:56So we've heard.
27:59You have every reason to be skeptical, but I can say without hesitation
28:03that he has been working very hard to turn his life around.
28:06I have heard that, too.
28:10So I guess, you know, time will tell.
28:21I can't believe I never knew.
28:24Your father never confided in you?
28:29Maybe bits and pieces.
28:31Whispers.
28:33Like, no.
28:34No one ever sat me down and told me the story.
28:36But I guess that's why Dad always said he considered Uncle Mickey a second father.
28:42Well, thank God, eventually, Uncle Bill got the help that he needed.
28:47And with time and with love, the family found forgiveness.
28:53And Bill and Laura did eventually marry, and they had another child.
28:58The one and only Jennifer Rose.
29:01And Mickey found happiness with Maggie.
29:04Yes, they were soulmates.
29:06They were soulmates until the day he died.
29:10Just like great-grandpa Tom and great-grandma Alice.
29:14And you and Doug.
29:15You know, Jeremy, all families have secrets, even the best of families.
29:30You learn, and you grow.
29:32And you find out in time, it's not about sweeping things under the rug.
29:40It's about not letting the past define you.
29:43As you move forward with your life, Jared.
29:53Chad.
29:57Sounders coming up?
29:58The nurse is getting him ready to go.
30:00Okay.
30:01I don't see if he didn't help.
30:02Wait, I just, um...
30:03Chad.
30:04Chad.
30:07I just want to talk to you for a second.
30:09Hey, go ahead.
30:15In the years since Abigail's death, I never doubted that Thomas and Charlotte should be anywhere else but with you, their father.
30:24But that is no longer the case.
30:29No longer?
30:31What are you saying to Jennifer?
30:32I am saying that you have been negligent.
30:35You have not put your children first.
30:39That is why Thomas got hurt today.
30:42You do realize he could have been killed, right?
30:47Thank God he is going to be okay.
30:50This time.
30:54And in good faith, I cannot trust you with my grandchildren.
30:59Anymore.
30:59What are you going to do, Jennifer?
31:00What are you going to do?
31:01Are you going to try to take away my kids?
31:02Since Thomas found out that you were seeing Cat, he told me that he wanted to come live in Boston with Jack and me.
31:08And with everything that has happened, I now support that.
31:13So I'm taking him and I am taking Charlotte to Boston.
31:16And you are not going to fight me or I will sue you for custody.
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