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00:15Oh, ew, again?
00:22Well, in case you haven't noticed, Xander and I just can't keep our hands off each other, can we?
00:30We came over late last night for another night of wild.
00:34I don't, don't, don't need details, don't need details.
00:39Alright, well, I will say we are celebrating, though, aren't we?
00:44Because Dimitri has granted me no divorce, and he's offered to leave town.
00:52Could you possibly celebrate upstairs, or at least put on the damn shirt?
00:58Oh, what's the mastery, Jay?
01:02Is it the fact that Xander's physique enters the room five minutes before he does?
01:07Does that make you feel just a little bit lacking?
01:11Ah, hope you saved some champagne for me.
01:16Ha, ha, ha, ha!
01:18Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha.
01:25Ha, ha, ha...
01:34Is that...?
01:36Shhh.
01:40It's Trey.
01:42he's asleep
01:45okay and
01:49why is he here
01:57ah good morning madam mayor
01:59thank you for your invitation
02:01to breakfast
02:02please have a seat
02:06but
02:07before you go ordering your
02:09eggs sunny side up
02:11there are a few things we need
02:13to get straight
02:15if this is about judge
02:17dabney i did send an apology
02:19i copied your office on it
02:21so i saw
02:23but the damage has been
02:25done her threat to
02:27sanction you is not
02:29a good look for my
02:30da as well as my office
02:33paulina
02:35are you asking me to
02:37resign
02:45i'm glad to see you it's been a while
02:47yes it has thank you for letting me come by on such short notice
02:52of course
02:54have a seat
03:04how are you
03:07i'm a total mess
03:10and i need your help
03:22like sand through the hourglass
03:24so are the days of our lives
03:39oh
03:40that looks so delicious
03:43kristen
03:44kristen what are you doing here
03:47oh
03:49apparently interrupting
03:51salem's edition of
03:53love island usa
03:54i mean we have
03:57cocktails and
04:00half naked men
04:03i just asked these two to take their little party
04:06elsewhere
04:07oh no no no no no no
04:09no please
04:10please stay
04:11um
04:12the festive atmosphere
04:14is ideal for my
04:16oh
04:17big announcement
04:18oh
04:19what big announcement
04:20is that
04:21oh
04:22oh
04:22your powers of observation
04:23are failing you little brother
04:28i'm moving in
04:31cheers
04:42well i ran into chanel yesterday
04:44and i just mentioned to her
04:45that if she ever needed a
04:47hand with tray to reach out
04:49and she ended up texting me this morning
04:52so you're babysitting now
04:55it was an sos
04:56then annie called out sick
04:58there was an emergency at the bakery
04:59so
04:59after i hit the gym
05:00i swung by sweet bits
05:02and picked them up
05:04i was gonna run it by you first
05:05but i didn't want to wake you up
05:08i thought
05:09when i heard a baby crying
05:10i thought i was dreaming
05:12he was fussy when we first got here
05:15but
05:16finally dozed off
05:20look at him
05:23he's adorable
05:24yeah
05:26he is
05:29and it was
05:30really nice of you to
05:32to help chanel out
05:36but honestly alex
05:38this is the last thing
05:39i want to be dealing with today
05:46um
05:47paulina i wasn't expecting
05:49stop right there
05:52you are not
05:53resigning
05:54but you are still
05:55very much on
05:56judge
05:57daphne's bad side
05:58and
05:59that
06:00could
06:01present big problems
06:03for us both
06:03going forward
06:04i am aware
06:05but
06:06paulina
06:07when you and i discussed
06:09the situation
06:09with rachel
06:10i
06:10i thought that you
06:12supported my plan
06:13i supported
06:15keeping that little
06:15girl out of the
06:16juvenile justice system
06:18but
06:18in no way
06:20shape
06:21or form
06:22did i support you
06:23withholding
06:23facts from the judge
06:25my intent
06:27was never
06:28is
06:29never
06:30to deceive
06:31anyone
06:32well
06:33judge daphne is convinced
06:34that you tried to pull one over
06:35on her
06:37i get it
06:38with all of my personal ties to the case i should have recused myself
06:44but rachel is my niece
06:46i mean it was either
06:47what i'm gonna blow up my entire career
06:50or
06:50i am gonna hand off her entire fate to someone and just
06:55what hope for the best
06:57i mean that felt like a really impossible choice
07:02believe me
07:04i know exactly what you mean
07:09why don't you start at the beginning and tell me what's going on
07:16it's hard to verbalize
07:21all right
07:23take your time
07:27last night i had a meltdown
07:30i was at the pub with some friends i got overwhelmed
07:32and i started freaking out
07:35it was embarrassing so i ran out
07:38gabby tried to help me
07:42she tried
07:46was there something in the atmosphere of the pub
07:49was it noisy was it chaotic
07:53there was a lot going on
07:55but i was on edge
07:57before i even got there
08:00do you know why
08:01yes
08:04it's killing me that i haven't been able to talk to anyone about this
08:08this is why i made this appointment
08:11dr evans if i uh tell you
08:15you can't tell anyone else
08:17you can't tell anyone else right
08:19no
08:21not unless you appear to be a danger to yourself or others
08:27part of me just feels like it's unfair to put this burden on you but i'm gonna lose my mind
08:32if i don't talk to someone
08:34well
08:35well this is
08:37a safe place
08:40tell me what's upsetting you
08:43it's my mother
08:46what
08:48lexie
08:49what about her
08:52she's alive
09:02you don't have to deal with trey
09:03i was the one who volunteered to watch him
09:07don't you have to work today
09:09well actually i decided to take the day off before chanel called
09:13because i figured you and i could spend some time together
09:17do something fun
09:19figured a little picnic in the park
09:22maybe a walk along the river
09:27um
09:30and now that you have the baby
09:33well he can come along
09:36fun and babies are mutually exclusive
09:39i i don't know if i have the energy
09:41and
09:43babies are a lot of work
09:49okay
09:51well then why don't you um
09:52let's go back to sleep for a little while
09:55trey and i will
09:55we'll stay out of your hair
09:58i don't mean to be a bummer
10:01i just
10:01i wish you hadn't sprung this on me
10:04in retrospect stephanie um
10:07given how tired you've been
10:09i can see that this probably wasn't a great idea
10:13i'm just
10:16i'm trying to find ways to just
10:19make you happy
10:28and clearly
10:29it's not working
10:36well
10:37i spoke to judge dabney
10:39and it took some tap dancing
10:43but i persuaded her not to file a complaint with state bar
10:50thank you
10:50don't exhale just yet counselor
10:54because you are still under a microscope now
10:58and there is
10:58zero room for error
11:01i'd steer clear of her courtroom if i were you
11:05oh i wish i could but
11:07i don't have any control over what judges i draw
11:11well then
11:11send an ada into her courtroom for the foreseeable future
11:15and for the love of god
11:17just don't make one step out of the line
11:20i have a lot problem to deal with
11:21i cannot stand anymore
11:24felina are you okay
11:27far from it
11:29why
11:30what's wrong
11:32two words
11:33e.j. demero
11:38you will not believe what that man has done now
11:48your mother
11:50is alive
11:53alive
11:53might not be the right choice of words
11:58she's in some state of limbo
11:59between life or death
12:01but e.j.
12:02he thinks
12:03she'll wake up soon
12:06e.j.
12:08yeah
12:09over the past years
12:10he's preserved her body in some pot
12:12and now
12:13he has this new drug
12:15which he thinks can revive her
12:16the whole thing
12:19it's unbelievable
12:20it's unbelievable
12:23a pod
12:25well there was
12:26there was one found at the hospital
12:28but it was empty
12:30e.j. moved my mother
12:31to this new special room under his house
12:34she's lying on this bed
12:36surrounded by all kinds of monitors
12:39have you seen her
12:42yes
12:44i have
12:45i have
12:45it looks like
12:46she's just sleeping
12:47but
12:48it's her
12:49it's my mother
12:51i don't know
12:53how any of this
12:55is possible
12:58well
13:01there is a cryonic technology
13:03but
13:04i don't know
13:05i can't say how far advanced that is
13:08so my mom might
13:10really come back
13:14you know
13:15i don't
13:15i don't want to get into the science of it
13:17quite yet
13:18i'm more curious to
13:20talk to you about you
13:22i mean how do you feel about
13:24the possibility of
13:26of your mother
13:27being back with you
13:30i just can't help but think
13:33if she comes back
13:34will she be the same
13:36well it would be a miracle
13:38if she came back to us
13:40obviously
13:41but it would cause so much upheaval
13:43in my family
13:44especially for paulina
13:47and for your father
13:50of course
13:50but e.j. told me i can't talk to him
13:53or anybody else
13:54because he doesn't want to get their hopes up
13:56in case it doesn't happen
13:58what a heavy burden
13:59why would he put that on you
14:01he said
14:04and he's not wrong
14:06that my mother would be devastated
14:08as she woke up
14:09and i was the ceo of gemura
14:12so he wanted to give me the opportunity to
14:15step down
14:17so his son could step in
14:22welcome home kristen
14:24says the other person
14:26who seems to have this place
14:27confused with the salem in
14:58oh i'm not confused
14:59oh yes we will be jay
15:03in the meantime
15:06stay the hell out of my way
15:10oh what
15:12he'll shoot me
15:13oh
15:15go get us the popcorn
15:17i don't want to miss what happens next
15:23if that is what you're afraid of
15:28why don't you leave
15:58i'm not going anywhere
16:04i get why you wouldn't want to take care of him when you're tired
16:06but why would him being here
16:08make you feel edgy
16:11he's just a sleeping baby
16:12because
16:17never mind
16:17no no no no
16:18tell me
16:18stuff please
16:20hey
16:20look at me
16:21whatever it is
16:24it makes me edgy
16:26because
16:27you've mentioned
16:28more than once
16:29wanting to start a family with me
16:32and
16:33and
16:38and i feel like you're trying to
16:41manipulate me into getting on board with that
16:46which i'm not sure i can do
16:55are you saying ej
16:57had selfish motives
16:59by telling me about my mother
17:03what do you think
17:05well i always knew he wanted johnny to be the ceo
17:08so me stepping aside works in his favor
17:10but like i said
17:11my mother
17:12would hate to see me involved with the demurras
17:16she was adamant that i stay away
17:21maybe ej's motives weren't
17:23completely selfish
17:27but you know their family what they were after
17:31money and power
17:33and if the strut of ej works
17:36it
17:36obviously could provide him with both
17:40i don't think that's the full story
17:42ej he loved
17:43my
17:44mother
17:45and he told me it was nono's last wish
17:47to give her back the time that was taken from her
17:51so when she died
17:53he had dr rolfe secretly freeze her body
17:57i'm sure after what your grandfather did
18:00he would
18:01do anything
18:02to make things right
18:06wait
18:09what did
18:10no no do
18:17well i for one am delighted to have you back here kristin
18:23why thank you gwen
18:25uh
18:28is your
18:29other friend living here too
18:33thunder is my um
18:37guest
18:39and what a classy one he is
18:42breaking beds and helping himself to the buffet
18:46eej
18:47eej
18:48stop it leave her alone
18:50no no no no no you know what gwen she's been through a lot
18:55it's uh jake and dimitri
18:59let the girl enjoy her company please
19:03don't
19:04me
19:07anyway eej i will send for the rest of my stuff
19:10i just wanted to give you a heads up about my return
19:17hmm
19:19ta-ta
19:24well
19:30you know what they say
19:31the more the merrier
19:34well perhaps the fewer the better
19:38what i meant to say was all the things your grandfather didn't do
19:43i mean after all the times that he
19:46he cheated death
19:49it must have been crushing to him to discover that he
19:54he couldn't do the same thing to save his daughter
19:58well i know how special she was to him
20:01even though they didn't always see eye to eye
20:04she loved him
20:05he loved her
20:09i'm glad we've been able to have this conversation
20:12this is um
20:14a lot for you to carry alone
20:17it's been good to talk to somebody about it
20:20it's been really hard keeping quiet and
20:24everyone's been asking me why i walked away from dimira
20:30i'm not good at lying
20:34well i'm glad to be your confidant here
20:37and i will remain that
20:40until
20:41we know
20:43what happens to lexi
20:45of course
20:46and i'm praying that she
20:48comes back and she's herself
20:50and that she's okay
20:53but i know that if that does happen
20:57it won't be happy news for everybody
21:05what has ej done
21:08what hasn't he done
21:12the hospital is one head after another
21:16whether it's siphoning electricity
21:19or employing a psychopath
21:21who stashed two kidnapped victims behind his lab
21:24well
21:25shockingly
21:26ej did let the police search that lab
21:28which led to them finding stephanie
21:30and that
21:31mysterious pod
21:33which ej claims is for his research
21:37anyway jada thought that they might find some answers about what's happening in that secret room in the dimira house
21:43but the judges won't issue a search warrant
21:47taking her out of the hospital nearly killed her so if you don't want to be responsible for her death
21:52quickly a net card with me
21:55need i remind you ej that you are the one who created this mess
22:00now you want to stop the search warrant
22:03look just go call the judge
22:05amol
22:06not like you haven't done this before
22:08oh
22:09thank you for the helpful suggestion
22:12but i can't risk being connected to this
22:16surely you don't want abe to find out what you've been keeping from him
22:20are you serious
22:21are you seriously blackmailing me with your secret
22:26madam mayor i'm only asking you to do the ethical thing here
22:31one call and that warrant is dead on arrival
22:38you have the power
22:39you have the power
22:40so use it
22:42alexi's death is on your head
22:46yes
22:48that is unfortunate
22:52it's ridiculous
22:53i mean what are the odds that ej dimira is using his power for the good of humanity
22:59low
23:02very low
23:12why don't we take this upstairs
23:15before the damaris siblings come back for round two
23:20you know i'd love to but i really do have to get to the office
23:27really
23:30well that's too bad
23:33so i was hoping you'd stick around and
23:37make it up to me for falling asleep on me quite literally
23:41ah yeah
23:42sorry about that darling
23:44you know that had nothing to do with you right
23:46i mean
23:48i just had a really long day and way too much to drink
23:52yeah what's that about
23:55turned up here so bloody hammered
23:57well
23:58i learned something that
24:01well it just threw me for beverly that's all
24:04yeah and that is
24:08it appears that
24:11sarah and brady have gotten serious
24:14oh and that bothers you does it
24:16why can it not
24:17you know she's the mother of my child
24:19and he's such a
24:21tool
24:22try as i might i just can't get the image of the two of them out of my head so
24:30why don't you just let me help you
24:32i can't stop thinking about all the lives this will affect
24:46i understand
24:48but right now i would like you to focus on yourself and how
24:53how you might be affected
24:55if your mother returned
24:59easier said than done
25:03yeah
25:03you know there are lots of ways to process your feelings
25:07besides
25:07besides
25:08therapy
25:11have you tried journaling
25:14i considered it
25:16when i thought claire was having an affair
25:19but i decided against it
25:21because i was scared that she or somebody else
25:24would see what i had written
25:27i understand
25:29this is a little bit different
25:31you just
25:34take the thoughts in your head and you put them down on paper and
25:37and that can be
25:39a big stress reliever
25:42okay
25:43i'll give it a try
25:46good
25:47and of course we can
25:50continue to talk
25:54just
25:55contact my assistant
25:57and uh
25:59she can make an appointment
26:02and my cell number
26:03is on there for you
26:05so
26:06feel free to use that too
26:07if you need to
26:11aunt kristen
26:12i hope i'm not interrupting
26:13i need a word with marlena
26:17i don't know
26:17i was just leaving
26:20thank you again
26:21dr evidence
26:23of course
26:23i don't have time for this now
26:45steph i swear to you
26:47there's no ulterior motive
26:49as to bringing trey here
26:50other than trying to help a friend
26:52and hopefully make my wife happy
26:57so you aren't eager to start a family
27:01it's not something i was gonna start working on tomorrow
27:05but it is something i look forward to
27:07in the future
27:14stephanie when you went missing
27:18i was afraid
27:19we might not have any future
27:23that we might not ever grow old
27:25together
27:27and never have kids
27:29alex please
27:30no but
27:31you're back now
27:34thank god
27:37and that is all that matters
27:41really
27:42yes
27:43really
27:45there is no rush
27:47at all
27:48for us to have kids
27:49none
27:50at all
27:53you just need to heal
27:55and i want you to take all the time
27:57that you need to do that
28:00and then
28:01when you're ready
28:02that's the thing
28:04alex
28:08i may never be ready
28:17well i have to get back to the office
28:20thank you for letting me vent
28:23and thank you
28:24for not asking me to resign
28:26well you have no idea
28:28how grateful
28:29i am to have a d.a. that actually cares about justice
28:35but going forward you better be careful
28:37there can be nothing that so much as resembles a misstep let alone misconduct
28:47from here on out i expect prosecutorial perfection
28:53well thank you for setting the bar so high
28:56it's an honor to work for such a confident and ethical mayor
29:08yes i'm sorry to pull you out of pilates reader but this is urgent
29:12now while you were squeezing your glutes
29:15kristin showed off the mansion with her luggage
29:18attempting to squeeze my
29:23yes damn it she's moving back in
29:25and i think we know why
29:29i'm aware that she can no longer access the tunnels
29:32because we changed the codes
29:36agreed
29:37if she gets too close
29:39we'll have no choice but to take
29:42other measures
29:44get back to your class or throw you back
29:47hello there
29:49bell
29:50what can i do for you
29:56you can't do anything for me
29:58e.j
29:59but i did want to thank you for your help with the
30:02tray's adoption hearing
30:04of course
30:05happy to help
30:07i mean it's like your timing could not have been more perfect
30:11it's almost as if
30:13you'd arranged to just swoop in and come to johnny and chanel's rescue
30:19nothing like that just good fortune
30:22how did you know
30:24really
30:26immediately when you walked into judge dabney's chambers
30:29how did you know that you were going to announce that you were taking over johnny and chanel's case
30:33i mean
30:34it's almost as if
30:36i don't know somebody tipped you off
30:39wouldn't be the first time a dimera had a judge in their pocket
30:42wouldn't
30:46i'm sure you know why i'm here
30:50you're upset because your daughter is back at bayview
30:53yeah because of you
30:56you
30:56you
30:57did this to her
30:59i'm not going to have this conversation
31:00oh okay i see i see the world renowned
31:04psychiatrist dr marlena evans is in denial
31:08because she can't face the fact that she betrayed her own granddaughter
31:14you know what
31:16if anybody is to blame here it is you
31:20you
31:20you were the one
31:21that pulled rachel out of baby
31:24against the doctor's instructions
31:25and you were the one
31:27who forced me to testify
31:29because
31:29you told the judge i was going to be part of her ongoing treatment
31:34yes and i honestly thought that that would help our case
31:37it didn't
31:38did you think that i was going to lie
31:43no
31:44no
31:45no
31:46no
31:46instead of protecting rachel
31:48you saw an opportunity to
31:51punish me in the cruelest possible way
31:55and you ran with it
31:56you ripped my daughter right out of my arms
31:59when she needed me the most
32:01i will never forget this marlena
32:04ever
32:20you ain't like that don't you
32:21stop
32:23stop
32:25you've come to me
32:32once ago we were having drinks with chanel
32:36and trey spit up on you
32:38and you made that comment
32:42what comment
32:44is that you love babysitting
32:46because you get to give the kid back to their parents at the end of the night
32:49and i just took that as that
32:51you didn't want to be a mom
32:55but then you insisted
32:56that you did
33:00has that changed
33:03a lot has changed
33:07last time we talked about this you wanted to focus on your writing career and i totally understand that but
33:11now
33:12you're you're you're taking a break from that
33:14yeah and now i have a ton to figure out obviously
33:18which is why i am in no place
33:20to even begin to think about starting a family
33:24and and i'm not just going to rush into something
33:28so huge
33:29just to
33:30fill a hole or make things normal
33:32i wouldn't want you to do that
33:34stuff
33:38i was just asking
33:42i guess i shouldn't have
33:43no alex
33:45you can ask me anything you want
33:47but i don't have answers
33:51all i have is questions
33:57when i look in the mirror
33:58i don't recognize myself
34:03i don't know who i am
34:04what i want
34:06what's important to me
34:12i have to figure all of that out
34:14all over again
34:20and
34:20as for having
34:22kids i always thought that i
34:25that i would
34:30but now i'm not so sure
34:36but yet you couldn't wait to have them a chat
34:42what
34:43i just want to be clear
34:44stuff
34:46are you saying that you're not sure you want to have
34:48kids
34:50or you're not sure you want to have them with me
35:01first of all chad already had two kids when we were dating
35:05and if you had gotten married
35:07you'd have wanted more
35:09but we didn't get married
35:10and
35:12yes there was a point where
35:13i wanted to
35:14but for all the wrong reasons
35:18and
35:20why are we talking about chad
35:23whether or not i want to start a family has nothing to do with him
35:26or you
35:28it's got nothing to do with me
35:32i'm your husband
35:33and i'm trying
35:36stephanie i am really
35:38trying
35:40i just
35:41i just i don't
35:42i don't know what to do
35:44right now
35:44i don't
35:45i don't know
35:45how to help
35:46and i don't
35:47i don't even know if you still love me
35:50what of course i do
35:53but the woman that you married
35:59who had confidence
36:02and clarity
36:03and certainty
36:05i'm not
36:06her
36:07i am not
36:10the same person
36:11i used to be
36:17here am i
36:20i was a player
36:23now i'm over here talking about wanting to be a family man
36:29you did that
36:31stephanie
36:33you changed me
36:51i'm gonna bring trey for a walk
36:54and i'm gonna bring him back to chanel
36:56and we're gonna give you some space
36:59don't leave
37:01talk to me
37:01honestly stuff
37:02i really don't have anything else to say
37:10excuse me
37:35i'm sorry little man
37:40i can't seem to do anything right
37:45i can't seem to do anything right
37:47i can't seem to do anything right
38:04you're a man
38:06don't like it
38:06i don't thank you
38:30i can't seem to do anything so
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