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00:03Here's the father.
00:09Salute.
00:11Salute.
00:19Lexi.
00:24I...
00:25Don't come.
00:26Is that...
00:29It can't be.
00:42Oh, no.
00:45Alexandra.
00:55Why did we have to stop looking?
00:57Because I didn't want to get caught.
00:59Or lost.
01:00The tunnels are like a giant labyrinth.
01:01Well, if we'd searched just a little bit longer,
01:03we may have found the person we heard skulking around in the shadows.
01:06Well, I'm sorry, Leo,
01:08but we had to get out of there before anyone found us.
01:13Since all the dimeris are up at the wall reading,
01:15I don't understand.
01:15Like, who could that have been?
01:23Look, look, look, let's see.
01:27Look.
01:28Look.
02:02Maxie, you should take a seat.
02:19Like sand through the hourglass,
02:22so are the days of our lives.
02:36I need to get out of here before anyone misses me.
02:38And you need to leave.
02:41And do not tell anyone that we were snooping around the tunnels
02:44or any of your ridiculous theories.
02:45Uh, listen, Kit Kat,
02:47I have many desires,
02:49eight-pack abs,
02:50a luxury yacht I would call voyance,
02:52but a death wish is not one of them.
02:54So, for once in my currently very unexciting life,
02:57my lips are sealed.
03:13Her pulse is weak.
03:14I'll call an ambulance.
03:18Let's see.
03:24Is it...
03:28Is it...
03:32Is it really...
03:38It's me.
03:43It's him, sweetheart.
03:49Can you...
03:50Can you hear me?
03:54This is who was in the pod, wasn't it?
03:57Answer me, you son of a bitch.
03:58Was she in the pod?
03:59Yes.
04:01The answer is yes.
04:09You didn't know about this.
04:11I couldn't say anything.
04:12We weren't...
04:13We weren't sure that she was gonna wake up,
04:15and now...
04:18Hang in there, Mom.
04:20It's gonna be okay, all right?
04:23That's you, Mom?
04:26I didn't know this was going to work.
04:29Okay, you know what?
04:32I need to interject a dose of reality.
04:38Has it occurred to any of you, um...
04:41Given our family's rich history of imposters and doppelgangers,
04:46that maybe she's not really Lexi?
04:50Considering your family's rich history of bringing people back from the dead,
04:54I think that it is entirely possible that it is her.
04:57Well, guess what, then?
04:58We need to make damn sure before we embrace this person with open arms.
05:07Just as we need to be sure about you.
05:10Excuse me?
05:11Won't I accept your claim that you're Stefan's widow?
05:13No questions asked.
05:15Seriously, Tony, that's what you're thinking about right now?
05:18E.J. just brought our sister back from the dead.
05:22Might.
05:23I wasn't talking to you.
05:24I was talking to Tony.
05:25Well, it sounds more like scolding.
05:27Kristen, would you shut up?
05:28No, you shut up.
05:31I'm not here for the company, E.J.
05:34I am here for my inheritance.
05:37It just seems like it got a whole lot smaller since this one put her greedy little hands in there.
05:46Hey!
05:46You are unbelievable.
05:48Stop!
05:49Stop!
05:50Stop!
05:50You all need to stop fighting.
05:55My God, this is my mother.
05:58And she's alive.
06:18I heard sirens.
06:21The ambulance just left.
06:24Ambulance?
06:26What happened?
06:28And where is E.J.?
06:30Oh, don't worry.
06:32Your beloved boss is just fine.
06:35Not surprisingly, he disappeared during the hubbub of the paramedics carting away.
06:40Whoever she is.
06:43She?
06:44Or, uh, sister Lexi.
06:49If it really was Alexandra, she crashed father's will rating.
06:55And I'm out of speaking.
06:57Huh.
06:58Kind of stole my thunder.
07:01Wait, wait a minute.
07:02Lexi, isn't she dead?
07:05Yeah.
07:06So we thought.
07:07It's safe to say that E.J.'s mystery medical experiment has finally come to light.
07:13Oh, God.
07:15Oh, my God.
07:16Are you really that surprised, Miss Green?
07:19After all, you do work for E.J., as does your brother, the disgraced doctor.
07:26Tell me, what is it you know about all of this?
07:41What the hell happened?
07:44Alexandra suddenly began exhibiting signs of a return to consciousness.
07:47But before I could check on her, I heard someone in the corridor.
07:51Who?
07:51I have no idea.
07:52But I had to stay hidden until they left.
07:56By the time it was safe to come out, your sister was gone.
08:00Lexi stumbled out of the tunnels into the middle of the bloody reception.
08:04Now everyone knows she's alive.
08:08I don't know anything about what goes on in E.J.'s private lab.
08:14And your brother?
08:18Mark signed an NDA, so he couldn't tell me about his work, even if he wanted to.
08:22I highly doubt he knew anything about this.
08:27Look, obviously, E.J. was up to something with the pod.
08:30I just, I thought it was...
08:34We need to go to the hospital, okay?
08:38Yep, go on ahead.
08:39You're not going to come?
08:41Hmm.
08:42I strongly suspect this is a trick E.J. cooked up to get more of a father's fortune.
08:51So, you know, I'm going to stay right here.
08:54Hmm.
08:55Me too.
08:56I need to feel honor in.
08:58And then I have some business I have to take care of.
09:06Well, I'm going to look for E.J.
09:08Well, I'm sure he's down in the tunnels.
09:12I wouldn't go looking for him if I were you.
09:15I guarantee he's blowing a gasket trying to figure out how Lexi got loose.
09:20I'm going to go.
09:29May the end.
09:30Bye.
09:31Bye.
09:32Bye.
09:33Bye.
09:34I'll see you.
09:37Your mom? You mean Paulina?
09:40No.
09:41Lexi.
09:53Now it all makes sense.
09:55Why EJ bought the hospital.
09:57And I'm sure Rolf's involved in all this, of course.
10:01Do you know?
10:02Did they come up with some new cryonics technology?
10:05I mean, is Lexi the only patient that they were experimenting on?
10:09I'm sorry, Kayla.
10:10I don't have any answers.
10:12I just found out about this myself.
10:14All I know, I might have my wife back.
10:18Theo's mother.
10:20Can you help her, please?
10:24I will do my very best.
10:26Why don't the two of you wait in the visiting room,
10:28and as soon as I know anything, I'll come back and tell you, all right?
10:34This is not how I wanted Lexi revealed to the family.
10:39I wanted a carefully controlled and elegant reintroduction.
10:44Instead, I got something out of a zombie film.
10:47Do not miss the forest for the trees.
10:50We have made scientific history.
10:52This is quite possibly the greatest medical achievement of all time.
10:59Now, I need to monitor her and run extensive tests.
11:03You must get her back down here right away.
11:04Too late.
11:06After she made her entrance,
11:08she collapsed and was rushed off to the hospital.
11:12To be poked and prodded by a bunch of idiots?
11:14I have to get down there now.
11:16Well, I'm sure those idiots will have a million questions for me,
11:19and I'll have to do damage control.
11:25Why am I not surprised to see you here?
11:27Is it true?
11:28Did E.J. bring your sister back from the dead?
11:33Apparently.
11:34I knew it.
11:35I knew he had something major going on in that lab.
11:37My God, this isn't just a scoop.
11:39This is a triple scoop with a Pulitzer on top.
11:42I see an entire shelf full of awards in my future.
11:44Theo?
11:45Theo, all you are going to see is an unemployment check
11:47if you publish one word about my sister.
11:50Chadwick.
11:51No, no, no.
11:51I mean it.
11:53Now, until we know exactly what the hell is going on here,
11:57if Lexi's return is real or not,
12:00you do not tweet, post, speak, or even whisper about any of this.
12:05You got it?
12:07Fine.
12:08If and when this does check out,
12:10I get the exclusive for the Spectator.
12:13If and when?
12:14Front page above the fold.
12:16Chadwick, I'm sorry.
12:17I'm being a little insensitive.
12:19How are you holding up?
12:22I mean, part of me thinks that this is a drink of truth.
12:26And another part of me thinks that this is an absolute nightmare.
12:44How long have you known?
12:49A while.
12:53So, is this the reason that you decided to step away from DiMera?
13:03Yeah.
13:06Mom never wanted me to have anything to do with the company.
13:09I didn't want her to wake up and find me running it.
13:16That's what she had trusted me.
13:19This is too big a secret for you to carry along.
13:24Thank God.
13:26You're both all right.
13:27I know you told me as much on the phone,
13:30but you were calling from an ambulance.
13:32Someone must have been hurt badly.
13:36Otherwise, why would you have asked me to meet you here?
13:41Oh, my God.
13:43Is it Janelle?
13:44Is it Lonnie?
13:45One of the kids?
13:46I hope they're all fine.
13:47They're all fine.
13:48Well, then who was it?
13:49Who is it?
13:50Who was one in?
13:55We think it's Lexi.
14:03Hey, did you show the news with Anna?
14:06Yes, she's in a state of shock.
14:09Why?
14:11She's been down this road before.
14:14She thought you were dead for a decade
14:19before she found out that Rolf's magic serum brought you back.
14:26Well, what can I say?
14:27Anna's a very sensitive soul.
14:28She took the news hard.
14:31Speaking of news, any word from Chad?
14:34Mm-mm.
14:35None.
14:40You know, it's getting a little stuffy in here.
14:42I'm going to go get myself some fresh air.
14:50Well, this has been a real blast,
14:52but I think I should get going.
14:54I'll be in touch on how I can collect my share of the family millions.
14:59Or is it billions?
15:01With a B.
15:03Hmm.
15:04I would call a gold digger with a G.
15:07Oh.
15:08You're not really going to give me a hard time about this, are you?
15:11Oh, he's only not going to hand over Stefan's share of father's estate
15:17without proof that you are really his widow.
15:20Oh, I will get proof.
15:21I have a sworn statement from Yvonne stating that he saw Vivian sign Stefan's signature
15:27on their divorce papers.
15:29Hmm.
15:30Well, we'll conduct our own investigation.
15:33Have an expert determine whether Stefan's signature on their papers was forged.
15:39Theo is the executor of your father's will and said that he will take my claim seriously.
15:45If you and E.J. plan on fighting this, I'll see you in court.
15:49Oh, please.
15:51It doesn't have to go that far.
15:55What do you mean?
15:58Well, Gabriella...
16:02I have a proposition for you.
16:15What kind of proposition?
16:18It has to do with DiMera.
16:22Last time you propositioned me about DiMera, I ended up with a knife in my back.
16:26You used me to get dirt on Titan and undo the merger and install Theo.
16:33Who's decided to step aside.
16:37Well, Johnny did a fair job as a stand-in.
16:44But I never expected him to stay on permanently.
16:49And my reasons for not choosing him in the first place have not changed.
16:56Johnny is a filmmaker.
16:57He's not a businessman.
16:59He's simply not qualified.
17:01He doesn't have the required experience.
17:07Okay.
17:08So what does any of this have to do with me?
17:11Well, you are highly qualified.
17:14And experienced.
17:15And you've done this job before, in fact.
17:20So.
17:22How would you like to be the next CEO of DiMera?
17:32Oh.
17:35Oh.
17:39Oh.
17:43Oh.
17:48Oh.
17:52Oh.
18:01Mom!
18:08No!
18:13Just...
18:14Go away!
18:22Leave me alone!
18:31Lexi?
18:34You saw her?
18:38You have news.
18:41Should I go?
18:41No, no, no. Please. Please stay.
18:48How is she?
18:50Um, she's stable.
18:52And she's asleep.
18:55The neurologist is running some tests.
18:59Is it?
19:02Is it really, Lexi?
19:05I don't know.
19:06Um, I will run a DNA test as soon as I get a chance.
19:11How much will she remember?
19:12She didn't recognize me before.
19:16Well, Theo, you have changed quite a bit since the last time your mother saw you.
19:21We'll just have to wait till she wakes up to see.
19:24We'll see.
19:26Wake up.
19:28We don't know that either.
19:30But you are welcome to sit with her.
19:34You should go, Dad.
19:42You should. You should go and be with your wife.
19:48Yeah.
20:06Aja!
20:08Here you are.
20:09Did you give my text?
20:10I did.
20:11I, uh, I guess I have some explaining to do, but first I need to see how my sister is.
20:15She's stable. That's all I know so far.
20:19Look, we need to keep a tight lid on this.
20:21I don't want any information getting out.
20:23What do you need me to do?
20:25Nothing.
20:27Excuse me?
20:29Leave her out of this, okay?
20:31I don't know what kind of illegal activity you're involved with,
20:35but do not drag her into this.
20:43When did you find out?
20:45Uh, weeks ago.
20:52I'm, uh...
20:53I'm sorry, Paulina.
20:56I couldn't say anything,
20:59but I wanted to warn you.
21:01That's okay.
21:03When you said part of why you decided to leave DiMera
21:07was that you were thinking of your mother.
21:10I had a feeling that you might know.
21:14What?
21:20I knew, too, DiMera.
21:25I knew...
21:26Lexi was alive.
21:42Oh, my God.
21:48Oh, my God.
21:52I missed you.
21:56I missed you.
22:07Chad, it's okay.
22:08EJ's not asking you to do anything illegal.
22:10Of course I'm not.
22:12And instead of holding accusations at me,
22:15perhaps you could, I don't know,
22:17express some gratitude for my having brought back a sister.
22:20If that's what you did, then I am grateful.
22:23But bringing Lexi back from the dead is going to disrupt a lot of people's lives, EJ.
22:28No good deal.
22:30No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
22:31It's not some act of charity, okay?
22:33You played God.
22:35And despite what you may think,
22:37that is not who you are.
22:41Now, there will be repercussions for this,
22:43and I sure hope you're ready for him.
22:49Where did you go?
22:56Emmett, where are you?
22:59Rip the railing?
23:01Just in case.
23:03The police check for fingerprints.
23:28You can't come back.
23:32You're dead.
23:34Kristen?
23:36What?
23:37Are you all right?
23:40Of course, I'm not all right, Dr. Rolfe.
23:45Or should I call you Dr. Frankenstein?
23:49I couldn't help but overhear you.
23:52Alexandra is not dead.
23:54She is very much alive.
23:57I should have known that you and my brother were working together.
24:02You are both monsters.
24:04Why such anger?
24:06Your sister's return is cause for jubilation.
24:09She's in your lives once again,
24:11ready to resume her place in your hearts.
24:15Schmaltz is not a good look on you, Rolfe.
24:19Whoever or whatever you and my brother brought back,
24:24it is only going to cause pain and misery
24:27to the people who loved Lexi.
24:34I'm ready for whatever comes my way.
24:36Look, I know this is overwhelming.
24:39But once you get past the initial shock,
24:41you'll see that Lexi's return will bring our family nothing but joy.
24:45Ah, how is my sister?
24:47She is still asleep.
24:49Can we see her?
24:50Abe is with her right now.
24:52We still have a lot of tests to run,
24:54both to assess her health and verify her identity.
24:57I was just telling Chad that I know that this all comes as a huge surprise.
25:03To put it mildly, yes.
25:04When are we going to know if it's really Lexi?
25:07As soon as I have a chance to run a DNA test.
25:11I can tell you right now that the results will prove
25:14that she is none other than Alexandra Carr.
25:17E.J., can I speak with you privately, please?
25:21What?
25:25I knew that you did not buy this hospital to help other people.
25:29That you bought it to help yourself.
25:32God knows how many laws you broke in that lab of yours.
25:36Medical research isn't illegal.
25:38Oh, technically maybe you're right inside the legal lines.
25:42But what you did is immoral.
25:44And depraved.
25:46To use a human, who might actually be your own sister, as a guinea pig.
25:52Not to mention you did an Enron around every rule and regulation that's put in place
25:58for patient safety.
26:00And we all know why you did it.
26:02So that you could sell your little miracle drug on the black market.
26:08And you understand my position perfectly.
26:11Because you were in it not too long ago.
26:14I'm sure you recall the dire straits your brother Beau was in when Bercevix was stolen.
26:20And why it's sometimes necessary to bend the rules or even break them
26:25to save someone you love.
26:27So spare me your superiority and get to work.
26:31In what universe do you really think that you can speak to me that way?
26:36Oh, I don't know.
26:37The one in which I'm your boss.
26:41And your only job right now, Dr. Johnson,
26:46is to take care of my sister.
26:52I thought you wanted family running, Demera.
26:56Oh, Stefan's widow.
26:58You're still family.
27:02And you have a very impressive track record as a businesswoman.
27:07You built Gabby Sheet.
27:08You've expanded internationally.
27:11You're a force.
27:14Thanks, I guess.
27:17But I thought that you didn't believe me about Stefan.
27:20Well, I believe you.
27:22I just don't think you can prove it.
27:25Oh, I will prove it.
27:27But you do your own investigation since you insist on that.
27:30And I do know that E.J. put Rita on the case,
27:33so she'll just find that what I'm claiming is true.
27:37Maybe.
27:38But how long is that going to take?
27:41Weeks?
27:42Months?
27:43Maybe years before you even see a dime at Father's fortune.
27:47It'll be worth the wait.
27:50Gabrielle.
27:52We both know you're not a very patient woman.
27:56You want your piece of the pie now.
28:00That's why I'm offering you this on a silver platter.
28:14I couldn't help but overhear Kayla, Ramey, and you out just now.
28:20It's to be expected that people will have questions about all this.
28:25And I have one for you.
28:30Lexi's doctor mentioned hearing someone in the tunnels earlier before she emerged.
28:38During that time, I noticed that you weren't at the will reading.
28:42I assume you were just setting up the reception.
28:46I was handling some last-minute details.
28:51Right.
28:53And while you were doing that, did you see or hear anyone?
29:01Do you have any idea who the person in the tunnels could have been?
29:13I was getting too close to what EJ was doing in that lab,
29:18so he showed me his project.
29:24And I told him, as mayor, it was my job to shut him down.
29:29And he offered me another option
29:33to get what I'd seen and just keep my mouth shut.
29:39He put that choice on you.
29:42There was no choice.
29:44As much as I wanted to slap the smug out of EJ,
29:50I couldn't stop his work.
29:53I could never do that to you and your father.
29:57How is she?
29:58I have nothing to report,
30:00but I want to see if you go to the lab with me
30:02and give a DNA sample to compare it to Lexi's.
30:05Absolutely.
30:07Will you be okay here?
30:09Yes, yes.
30:10I'll be fine.
30:16Everything's going to work out the way it's supposed to.
30:30It's been
30:38almost 15 years
30:42since we lost you, right?
30:48I'm looking at you on the hands.
30:52Since no time has ever really passed.
31:04Is this...
31:10Is this really happening?
31:18I've held his hands so,
31:21so many times.
31:34I've held it for comfort.
31:39I've held it for comfort.
31:40For affection.
31:45In partnership.
32:09I never thought I'd hold this hand again.
32:31I never thought I'd hold this hand again.
32:52No, I didn't hear or see anything at the house.
32:56Hey, what's going on?
32:57Oh, um, EJ was just asking Kat if she knew who was in the tunnels earlier.
33:02And this is your business how?
33:04Because I know who was in the tunnels earlier.
33:08It was me.
33:10You odious little rodent.
33:12I should have you arrested for trespassing.
33:13Oh, relax.
33:15As an esteemed member of the Fourth Estate, I asked Kat to ask you for an invitation to your father's
33:21will reading.
33:21You declined.
33:22Ergo, I was just looking for alternative access.
33:25In other words, you snuck into my home.
33:27I should bring your squint.
33:29Take it easy.
33:30Take it easy.
33:31He works for me.
33:32He was just doing his job, okay?
33:33Perhaps a bit overzealously, yes.
33:36That's enough of the threats, all right?
33:39Leave him alone.
33:44Let me get this straight.
33:46You're offering me the CEO position.
33:49In exchange for what?
33:51You expect me to drop my claim on Stefan's share of his father's estate?
33:57Not at all.
33:59My offer stands, regardless of the outcome of your claim.
34:03Okay.
34:04Damaris only make offers if there's something in it for them.
34:08And besides, Damaris tightens biggest rival.
34:13Oh, don't tell me you're afraid to outcompete your paramour.
34:18You didn't hesitate to sell him out when he placed a bug in Philip's office.
34:23Yes, that's how we found out that he used forged documents to steal half of Titan.
34:30You know, the whole reason why his whole family company could go under.
34:39That was all before I fell in love with him.
34:45Oh, my, my.
34:48Gabriela Hernandez.
34:50She has a heart.
34:54And your remarks are doing nothing to win this over.
35:03Thank you for the offer.
35:05But my answer is now.
35:16Chadwick to the rescue.
35:18Leo, you should not have taken the blame with Iché.
35:21I had it under control.
35:22Oh, E.J. already hates me and knows that I'm always snooping.
35:26He doesn't need to know you were snooping, too.
35:28I was happy to protect you.
35:32Oh.
35:34Oh, so I'm going to need to return that favor.
35:38Oh.
35:40You took a mighty risk going on that sword.
35:43What's E.J. going to do?
35:44Kill me?
35:46Let's hope not.
35:51That was quite the defense of Leo Stark.
35:57Did you put him up to pry into my affairs?
36:01Are you really that surprised that he wanted in on the rating?
36:04Hmm.
36:05The entire international business world wants to know what's in father's will.
36:11And now they're going to be even more curious when news about Lexi gets out.
36:14Which it won't until I know she's made a complete recovery.
36:18I hope you've made that clear to your reporter.
36:22Yeah.
36:22Yeah, I did.
36:26I guess I know why Theo didn't think Abby was in the pod.
36:30Huh.
36:35Tell me the truth.
36:36Is that really Lexi?
36:41It really is.
36:46I can't believe he did this.
36:51I just finished with father's father.
36:56Have we ever found Abigail?
37:02I mean, could you?
37:06Is it even possible?
37:14Lexi was preserved shortly after she died.
37:20Have any chance of success?
37:24That has to happen.
37:28Yeah.
37:29I'm so sorry.
37:36I'm surprised you are not happy to see your sister.
37:44When I learned that my mother was alive,
37:48after all the years that I thought she was dead,
37:52I was over the moon.
37:54See?
37:54No, you don't see.
37:56No, you don't see.
37:57My mother didn't die.
37:59I just thought she did.
38:02And when we were reunited,
38:04she was a living, breathing person.
38:09Not some reanimated corpse.
38:13Alexandra was never a corpse.
38:15Oh, so what, she was in a limbo state?
38:20Oh, she was in a limbo state, lingering between life and death, waiting for her return to the family fold
38:28and screw up everyone's lives?
38:30Is that it?
38:35Rolf, you threw a large rock into a river and completely ignored the effects the ripples have on the living.
38:49So, no.
38:53No, Dr. Rolf.
38:55The dead need to stay dead.
39:03The dead need to stay dead.
39:12I'm here.
39:16I'm right here.
39:26I love you, Eve.
39:35I love you.
39:40I love you, too.
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