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00:04You are so close-minded, man. You can't see the truth when it's right in front of you.
00:09Oh, the truth. Huh, the truth. You want to hear the truth? I'll tell you the truth.
00:13The truth is, is that no one is going to tell me in my own house that thick crust is
00:18the best pizza.
00:19Oh, please. It has cheese. It has sauce.
00:23So does a casserole.
00:25Oh, fine. You know what? Since I'm very hungry, I will...
00:34You ordered me thick crust pizza. You love me.
00:39Yeah, I did, and I do. And honestly, I am just glad that you are up and about and back
00:46where you belong.
00:47I'm telling you, this place was way too quiet after you left.
00:50Yeah, well, what about Ari?
00:52Ari. Well, Ari, she's here for the summer. In theory, anyway. I mean, the only proof that I have of
00:59it is an empty refrigerator and a full dryer.
01:04Hey. Are you okay? Honestly, inhaling gas is no joke.
01:12Yes. Honestly, it's nothing a 24-hour nap can fix.
01:17Why don't you downplay this? Don't, okay? Because you saved Johnny's life, and he is like his son to me.
01:25I'll never forget it.
01:27We got lucky with the neighbor. Sometimes I think about what might have happened if he hadn't smelled the gas.
01:34If Trey had been in there.
01:35He wasn't. He wasn't. He wasn't in there, okay? You did good, Primo.
01:43I just did my job. I just hope my captain thinks the same.
01:56It wasn't some back alley experiment. It was cutting-edge science. And there were contingencies in place.
02:05You gave your sister her life back. I mean, it's literally phenomenal.
02:11It was my father's wish. And that meant proceeding with extreme caution.
02:18You can understand that, can't you? Why I couldn't tell you?
02:23Of course. It had to be top secret. I mean, the FDA regulations alone.
02:30I just...
02:33I can't help but wonder what it was like for you having to, you know, go through this all by
02:39yourself.
02:43It's worth it in the end.
02:50So, what happens now that the world knows about E.J. DiMera's life-restoring drug? How do you proceed from
02:59here?
03:03Carefully. Very carefully.
03:13I really wish that nurse would have let us wake her.
03:17Yeah, me too.
03:18But you know what? Just seeing our sister breathing again.
03:22I thought we thought we lost her all those years ago.
03:25Yeah. That's unbelievable.
03:30But we both know that the DiMera's have played chess with death in the past.
03:38But to bring Lexi back after all those years, after how she died...
03:46If death isn't permanent, then what does that say about life?
03:51I'm grief. I'm moving on.
03:56Well, my father always played God over and over again.
04:03And it should have ended with him a long time ago.
04:09Or maybe not.
04:15Well, what's so important you couldn't tell me in a text, eh?
04:20I'll give you precisely zero guessings.
04:24Does your lunch ever actually involve any lunch?
04:28I say my appetite for you, love.
04:30Oh.
04:31No.
04:35No.
04:43Like sand through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.
05:02What about my appetite?
05:05Insatiable, despite my best efforts.
05:08But, uh...
05:09If you want something sent up, I mean...
05:12Oh, my, can you imagine that call?
05:14Hello, room service.
05:15I'd like champagne, a cheese board, and Xander Kyriakos naked on my bed.
05:20Well, that can be arranged if you just let me out.
05:23Oh, will you just shut up and service me already?
05:26No.
05:29I just...
05:30I should have known better than to run into a Code 1 gas emergency without my gear.
05:36I thought Trey was in there, and I panicked.
05:39But then when you panic in an emergency, people die.
05:42I messed up.
05:43You saved Johnny's life.
05:47You stopped an explosion that could have taken down an entire building.
05:53Well, you're a damn hero.
05:56No, I'm not.
05:57No.
05:57I...
05:58I...
05:58I...
05:59I...
06:00I...
06:00I took a stupid chance, and I got lucky.
06:03You know, rules are rules.
06:06And you have to follow them.
06:09The captain is right to suspend me without pay.
06:13I mean, I wouldn't mind the suspension or even cleaning the fire engines for weeks
06:20if it didn't mean getting my first write-up.
06:22I mean, my record is spotless.
06:25You know.
06:27Well, hopefully it won't come to that.
06:36Maybe...
06:37Maybe you can put in a good word for me?
06:41Of course I can.
06:42I just don't know how much good, uh, reference from a guy in the Bureau is gonna do someone
06:48with the same last name.
06:50Yeah.
06:52Yeah, I was just kidding.
06:53No.
06:54That's good.
06:55Yeah.
06:56Yeah.
06:58But I do know someone who could help.
07:01Someone who has a lot of influence, connections in high places, and whose son didn't die a horrible
07:09death because of you.
07:15The way I see it, there are two choices.
07:21Abandon the project entirely, or move it forward through the proper channels.
07:31I imagine you'll be choosing the latter, right?
07:34Because you have other, what do you call them, patience test subjects on ice?
07:39There are more possible opportunities ahead, no doubt.
07:43And I won't apologize for the shortcuts I took.
07:46In my mind, the value of doing things expeditiously
07:51trumped the importance of doing it by the book.
07:57The humanitarian prospects cannot be disputed, but I really hope this doesn't fall into
08:06the wrong hands.
08:11I know this is personal for you.
08:14It is.
08:17My brother is already on parole.
08:22Mark's work has been strictly limited to animal testing, mostly on rats.
08:29He has not broken any laws.
08:32And though we may have pushed the boundaries of some outdated regulations, there's been no
08:39criminal combat since you can't break laws that don't exist.
08:46There's no need to worry.
08:52You do trust me, don't you?
08:58I do.
08:59Yeah, actually.
09:02Don't make me regret it.
09:07You actually have proof of what E.J. is doing?
09:11No, I'm not saying that.
09:14It's just the idea that something that you thought you lost forever could just come back.
09:23That's pretty powerful.
09:25Yeah.
09:27I see.
09:28I see.
09:29So, um, you were hoping that you would bring Abigail back?
09:36Obviously, I didn't do anything to get Abby back.
09:40E.J. said it wasn't possible.
09:44Hmm.
09:46Did he say why?
09:49Apparently, the process has to be initiated shortly after death.
09:55You know, Father had Lexi preserved cryogenically until the technology and the drugs existed to cure her and bring her
10:01back.
10:02But, you know, it didn't really offer hope to everyone.
10:14I'm sorry to hear that about Abigail, but I also was tempted to play God in the past.
10:22But I had learned that it was a huge mistake.
10:26Unlike E.J., who, uh, is just arrogant and thinks he's untouchable and ignorant and just...
10:39Maybe it's because he's cheated death just as much as Father did?
10:46Perhaps.
10:48Perhaps, yes.
10:51But he's not only mortal.
10:53He's highly fallible and he's cruel.
11:00You can't imagine what it does to you
11:05when you see that your child was traumatized
11:10so much that she was driven to pick up a gun.
11:13I know. Poor kid.
11:17Rachel shot E.J.
11:19because of what he did to my mother.
11:23And, and, and, and, and Rachel, she missed her grandma and, and she knew, she knew that it was E
11:29.J.
11:30who made my mother disappear.
11:37So E.J. followed his father's blueprint of playing God.
11:46And, uh, he didn't even realize the kind of pain he was putting on people, on everyone.
11:56And so it has to stop. It has to stop.
11:59It has to stop right now.
12:01What do you mean?
12:05Stop down.
12:16Forget it.
12:17Now, there is no way that I am asking E.J. DeMira to speak to my boss on my behalf.
12:22I, I want nothing to do with that.
12:24All right, all right.
12:25That's fine.
12:26You know how I feel about E.J.
12:28All I'm saying is that you saved his son's life.
12:31For God's sake, he owes you.
12:32Well, then he can send me a fruit basket because I am never going to ask that bastard for a
12:38damn thing.
12:39Okay.
12:39Okay.
12:40And if the captain comes down on me, I don't know, maybe it's a sign that I need to head
12:47back to Texas.
12:48What?
12:50You're talking about leaving again?
12:53I love Salem.
12:55And I love being here with you and Gabby.
12:58But yeah, it has crossed my mind a couple of times.
13:06Suddenly it feels like we're not talking about work problems anymore.
13:14Actually, I should get going.
13:16So, thank you so much for the pizza bin.
13:21You are welcome.
13:22And you better hurry up.
13:24Don't want to miss your ETA.
13:26Okay.
13:36I wouldn't dare cause you regret.
13:41Plus, what I do regret is...
13:48losing the memory of our time together initially in the hospital.
13:52And I want to do something about that.
13:56I don't know if there's anything you can do.
13:59I could schedule a session with Marlene.
14:02In fact, I already have.
14:06She's hypnotized me once before when I was trying to remember who shot me.
14:10And I really do think she could help me now.
14:14I'm just...
14:17I'm just tired of the missing pieces.
14:21I want to know what really happened.
14:24Why you and I connected.
14:27Was it coincidence?
14:30Or orchestrated by someone?
14:32Or was it simply fate?
14:38Well, you will let me know what comes up, I guess.
14:45I promise you I will.
14:49And if that is everything, I'd probably take a lunch break.
14:57I will see you later.
15:06I don't know how I would stop EJ when it is above my pay grade.
15:13I didn't realize you thought anything was above your pay grade.
15:16Huh.
15:17Huh.
15:20You know...
15:22Would I cry if EJ vanished off the face of the earth tomorrow?
15:31Definitely not.
15:33And unlike EJ, I am not interested in doling out justice and deciding who deserves to live or die.
15:45Well, glad to hear that.
15:48Yeah.
15:50I would never, ever...
15:54want to go back to prison again.
15:56You know, be separated from Rachel.
16:04It almost destroyed her.
16:08But what really, really scares me, Chad, is...
16:14What the future holds for our family, for our children, if EJ continues to play king.
16:22Yeah.
16:24Well, if not EJ...
16:27Then who?
16:28Oh, come on.
16:29Anyone would be better than him.
16:33So, you...
16:34Right?
16:36One queen to rule us all?
16:39But you are sounding like Peter.
16:43Ooh.
16:43Yeah.
16:45And you know what happened to him, don't you?
16:47Mm-hmm.
16:50So, be careful, Chad.
16:52Hmm?
16:52Round you, sis, always.
16:56All right, I gotta run.
16:57I gotta get to a meeting.
16:58Okay.
16:59See you later.
16:59I'll see you soon.
17:00Okay.
17:14That was quick.
17:17But satisfying.
17:21You disagree?
17:25I was hoping for an encore.
17:29Well, there will be one.
17:31But first, I do have to get back to the office.
17:35Really?
17:37Want you the boss?
17:39Can't you just come and go as you please?
17:44I wish.
17:45But no, apparently there's just endless things to be done that only I can do, so...
17:52I see.
17:52I'm just a chore to be ticked off your list of to-do things, then, am I?
17:57Chore?
17:57Oh, no, no, I thoroughly enjoy our time together, Gwen.
18:03But, uh...
18:05We said this was just gonna be fun, right?
18:07No strings.
18:09That was our agreement.
18:11Would if I don't like our agreement anymore, would if I want a new one.
18:28You seem to like our arrangement just fine the other day, up until right now, actually.
18:37It's funny, because you and I haven't even exchanged two words to each other since E.J. made me move
18:43out of the house.
18:45But I suppose that does make your booty-call lunchtime very convenient, doesn't it?
18:52To not have to schlep all the way to that dreary mansion.
18:55Well, it was always worth the trip.
18:57In fact, I was kind of getting used to that place.
18:59Plus, pissing off E.J. was such a huge plan.
19:03How?
19:05I see.
19:07So, you just liked to...
19:11use me to torment the enemy?
19:14I was your in, and now I'm not.
19:17So the bloom is off the rose?
19:22When...
19:25If you're looking for tenderness...
19:28feelings, I...
19:29I can't give you that.
19:31I was...
19:32I was very clear from the start, wasn't I?
19:41Is your still in love with Sarah?
19:51My God, your silence just speaks volumes.
19:57Well, look, I think I'm going to have a quick shower.
20:00Before I go back to work.
20:16Coast is clear.
20:21I told E.J. I was taking lunch, so we don't have a lot of time, but...
20:24Things have gotten infinitely more complicated than yesterday.
20:29Oh, really?
20:30More so than Lexi coming back from the dead?
20:34Let's put a pin in that.
20:36But we have problems, right?
20:37Major problems.
20:38Such as?
20:40To start with, Leo Stark asked if I am ISA.
20:45He what?
20:46I know, it's...
20:48Okay, it's because of Dimitri.
20:51I hadn't even met the guy, so I had no idea he'd be able to call me as ISA, but
20:55I run into
20:55him and Leo at the hospital right before he skipped town.
20:59Apparently, he recognized my voice from years ago.
21:02You fought?
21:03Oh, my God.
21:04Okay.
21:05Should cover his bone.
21:07Well, here's the thing.
21:08I don't think so.
21:09I'm pretty sure I was able to convince Leo that Dimitri was wrong.
21:13Oh, yeah.
21:13Well, with all due respect, I know Leo better than you do.
21:16And once he gets an idea in that slippery little brain of his, he doesn't let it go.
21:23So what do we do?
21:28And how is Lexi?
21:30She was sleeping when I dropped by earlier, but how far so good?
21:35Good.
21:36That's good.
21:38Because we need to run the story.
21:41Leo.
21:41I know, I know.
21:42She's family.
21:43It's personal.
21:44But this is the biggest story since Free Britney, and with a Dimitri on the masthead, it'll look
21:49worse than clueless if we're not on it.
21:51I agree.
21:53Yeah, we gotta run the story, but you're gonna respect Lexi's privacy, okay?
21:59We're not gonna sensationalize what happened.
22:01Got it?
22:04So, Lexi Carver, Undead and Loving It is not the headline you had in line?
22:08No, not quite.
22:10Okay.
22:11Fine, we'll go with your sensitive, boring headline.
22:16Now, look, I understand how hard my sister's return to life must be for you.
22:21Thank you, Chadwick.
22:22This was supposed to be my Pulitzer winning moment, an EJ takedown.
22:26Instead, it's the medical breakthrough of the century.
22:28If not the millennium, I don't even get to break the story.
22:32You know, I almost ran into your newly resurrected sister.
22:36I was this close, right before she made her grand entrance.
22:39What?
22:40Where did you almost see her?
22:41Down in the tunnels.
22:42Cat and I heard these random footsteps.
22:43Hold on.
22:46Cat was down there with you?
23:00When?
23:03Why ruin our lovely agreement by, I don't know, trying to turn it into something it isn't?
23:10Well, I don't think I would ruin it if I added value to it.
23:16What kind of value?
23:20Oh, I don't know.
23:21You're going to have to find out next time, aren't you?
23:30And that's work.
23:31I'll have a visa.
23:33Talk soon?
23:34Yeah, sure.
23:48Okay, well, from what I've seen, the ISA covered your tracks very well.
23:52Yeah, right, they did.
23:54So if Leo starts nosing around, he's not going to find anything.
23:58Which will overly convince him that you were telling the truth, and he will move on.
24:02Right?
24:02Yeah.
24:03Okay, so what's the next problem?
24:08EJ.
24:09Um, EJ just told me that he is going to start digging into our time at the hospital in Italy.
24:17What?
24:18Why?
24:19He wants to better understand our connection from that time he's booked an appointment with Marlena.
24:25Ah, damn it.
24:26Okay.
24:27All right, we need to stop this and fast.
24:29I'm a hell of a lot more worried about EJ than I am Leo.
24:34Leo, why was Cat in the Tunnels?
24:38Um, I'm not sure.
24:40She was only in there for like a second.
24:41Okay, but why?
24:42What was she doing down there?
24:46Oh, my God, it's true.
24:48You are ISA.
24:55Don't you think that I am in the ISA?
25:00Come on.
25:01I mean, I wish my life was that interesting.
25:07She was getting wine.
25:08That's all.
25:11If that's all, then why did you lie for her at the hospital?
25:15Why didn't she tell EJ what she was doing?
25:17Hmm?
25:17What's the big deal with grabbing wine?
25:20Well, no.
25:21See, she was covering for me because I begged her not to rat me out that I was the one
25:26down
25:27in the tunnels, and she didn't.
25:29And then I saw EJ really laying into her, so I thought I would just fess up.
25:35Well, I'm sure, Cat.
25:36Appreciate it.
25:36Oh, it was nothing.
25:38EJ hates me anyway.
25:39Listen, I'm going to grab some dessert to go.
25:41Thank you for lunch, Chadwick.
25:44Let's hope Roman's rodent control takes care of that little tunnel rat.
25:49He's a good guy.
25:51Okay?
25:52He's just persistent.
25:54Yes, persistent in trying to destroy my life, like certain other people in this town.
26:03I didn't expect you so soon.
26:06Well, I was, uh, in the neighborhood.
26:11How convenient.
26:12How convenient for me, since we have to have a private discussion urgently.
26:30How can we stop EJ from working with Marlena?
26:32What was his plan?
26:34Hypnosis?
26:34Yeah.
26:35But how's that even going to work?
26:37I mean, most of his time in the hospital in Italy, he was unconscious,
26:41healing from third-degree burns.
26:43Well, you never know what the mind can retain.
26:46Trust me.
26:48And if Marlena doesn't want to work with him, he is going to find someone who will it.
26:53I am telling you, EJ is way more relentless and ten times as dangerous as Leo.
27:00I can handle EJ.
27:02You can handle him?
27:05You can handle him?
27:06What if he finds out that you are ISA or that you have been lying to him and playing him?
27:12I don't even want to think about what he would do.
27:15Okay?
27:18Oh, God.
27:18And, you know, we embedded you way too deep in his organization.
27:24No.
27:24No.
27:25I...
27:27This isn't good.
27:27I mean, if he finds out, we could lose an incredible agent.
27:31And it's going to put your life at risk, your family's life's at risk.
27:36Now, you know what?
27:38No, there's...
27:38I don't even think there's anything for him to find.
27:41There's nothing for him to find.
27:42And we have more urgent problems right now.
27:44What is more urgent than not putting your life at risk?
27:48The lives of people like Lexi Carver.
27:52And whatever EJ's plans are for this life-restoring drug.
27:57Okay.
27:58Okay, but did he, uh...
28:00Did he give any hints?
28:03He said he felt like he had two options.
28:06Either completely abandon the project, or make it legit.
28:10Take it through official channels.
28:12All right.
28:13How convenient of him to leave out the third option,
28:16which is the untraceable and unregulated black market.
28:21Yeah.
28:21I've heard the chatter on the dark web.
28:23They know that the drug exists,
28:25and it's not impossible that there will be bidding wars.
28:27Of course, you're absolutely right.
28:30We need to stop him.
28:31We need to stop him and fast before this gets out of our control.
28:39Do you mind if I sit for a minute?
28:42No.
28:45Actually, I wanted to talk to you about something that happened yesterday.
28:48This is about Lexi.
28:50I...
28:50It's not.
28:52It's about you and Kat.
29:03Hi.
29:03Hey.
29:04Come along.
29:04I thought I heard voices.
29:06Uh, yeah.
29:06I was on the phone.
29:07What can I do for you, Leo?
29:08Well, the pub special today was Javi's favorite, so...
29:12I thought you two spoke about making a clean break.
29:15Well, we did.
29:15I just thought that I would make a kind gesture.
29:19Right?
29:19Yeah.
29:21Well, you missed him.
29:22He's out.
29:23Oh.
29:23Out where?
29:25Went to pick up his boyfriend at the airport.
29:29Oh.
29:32Oh, okay.
29:33Well, then, uh...
29:34Then I should go.
29:35I hope he enjoys his favorite meal with his boyfriend when he gets home.
29:42Excuse me.
29:42Yeah.
29:43Uh, Leo?
29:44Leo?
29:44Yeah?
29:45Um, look, for what it's worth, I'm...
29:48I'm sorry.
29:49It worked out this way.
29:53Me too.
29:55I'll see you around, Leo.
30:05How it's close.
30:10So, why exactly are you so desperate to get me all alone in your hotel room?
30:17We need to talk.
30:19And I don't want anyone lurking in the corridor of the Demare mansion to overhear.
30:26Hmm.
30:27That's too bad.
30:28I thought you wanted to be here for something rather, uh, different.
30:35You can't mean you.
30:38Oh, Sander.
30:40No wonder you came so fast.
30:43I'm getting that critique a lot today.
30:45Come again?
30:46I can be arranged, if that's what you want.
30:50What are you talking about?
30:52Come on, Kristen.
30:54I've seen that look in your eye more than once.
30:56The way you check me out.
30:58Oh, you mean this look?
31:05Because that is me resigning myself to the tedium of a giant ego.
31:14Fine.
31:16Well, if you're not finally giving in to your burning desire for me, the storm I stir in your blood,
31:24what do you want from me?
31:29We need to talk.
31:31I mean, really, you can't figure this out.
31:36To talk about our alliance against E.J.
31:41Come on.
31:42Are you ready to step up your game?
31:46Huh?
31:57Well, why are you so glum?
32:00I don't want to talk about it.
32:06Is it about Harvey?
32:09Well, that's part of it.
32:12It's also about the E.J. expose.
32:15Things not going according to plan?
32:18It's dead in the water, it seems.
32:23Well, that's too bad.
32:30You know, I have been binging on room service.
32:34I thought I'd go out for a walk and have some caffeine.
32:38If you'd like to join me.
32:45Yeah, what the hell?
32:47It beats brooding alone.
32:52Ways to shed misery, then.
33:01What are you talking about, me and Kat?
33:05At the will reading,
33:07I heard you two discussing dinner plans, dessert.
33:10The next time.
33:15My employee and I were making polite conversation.
33:22Come on, E.J.
33:24You have been circling her ever since you bid on her at that bachelorette auction.
33:29Which, as I recall, I won.
33:32Now, what I don't recall is our romantic skydiving date.
33:36Now, what is that?
33:40Oh, that's right.
33:41Because I stepped aside,
33:43and she went with you.
33:46Is that the point I'm trying to...
33:47And I left the two of you well alone
33:50until one of you completely bailed.
33:54Now, which one of you did that?
33:56Oh, that's right.
33:58Once again, that was you.
33:59I did not bail.
34:01I had to go take care of her.
34:02Ah, spare me the custody battle saga.
34:06All that really matters is that she's off limits to you.
34:08Does that mean she's off limits to everyone else?
34:10No, that's not what I'm saying.
34:11Oh, so just me?
34:13Yeah.
34:14Just you, E.J.
34:16You are the last person that she needs.
34:18Okay?
34:19I'm going to tell you once.
34:21Stay the hell away from her.
34:24Now, that is going to be rather impossible since I'm her employer.
34:31Not to mention, I'm not the one who's legally required to keep my distance from her,
34:38so that won't work either.
34:43Take care of her, little brother.
34:58So, Leo did not follow me here?
35:01No.
35:02No, he was just dropping something off for Javi.
35:06Okay, well, I should probably go before somebody else comes knocking on your door.
35:12Yeah.
35:13And I should get back to work.
35:14See if I can get a hold of Kristen and find out if she knows how to summon Rolf.
35:21Yeah.
35:22Hey, Kat.
35:25Listen to me.
35:28No more close calls, okay?
35:31Watch your back.
35:32Yeah.
35:35Bye.
35:37Come on, Kristen.
35:57Pick up.
36:04You're going to get that?
36:07I'll call them back.
36:10Are you going to answer my question?
36:13I'm no fan of EJ, so what do you have in mind?
36:16Well, I'd hoped at first we might capitalize on whatever it was that he was so desperate to keep secret.
36:24But that turned out to be Lexi.
36:26And while her resurrection may be ethically murky, I doubt it's legal.
36:36So, on to plan B.
36:40I'm listening.
36:41Hmm, well, the only way to punish EJ for everything he's done to the people we care about is to
36:49eliminate him completely.
36:53As in?
36:54Wipe him off the face of the earth.
36:56Come on, Kristen.
36:57You've tried to take out EJ in the past, and it blows up in your face.
37:00True, but what I want now is for you to kill him.
37:08Be a little bit.
37:37If we change the world, what we want now is for you to kill him?
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