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00:06This is Troy. Can I get you something? Coffee? Cake?
00:12Um, maybe later.
00:14Thank you again, Mr. Brady, for agreeing to host the reception here after Sophia's prayer service.
00:24I'm not calling it a memorial because I know in my heart that my daughter isn't gone.
00:31So I've been praying to God for a miracle, for him to bring her home to us.
00:40Well, Mrs. Troy, I hope very much you kiss your miracle.
00:45And my heart goes out to you and your entire family.
01:05It's good to see you on the mend.
01:07Yeah, well, I'm getting there. I'm almost cleared to head back to work, but for desk duty.
01:15Have they assigned you a new partner yet?
01:17No, not yet.
01:19Any idea who it'll be?
01:21No, I got no clue.
01:23Why, you have someone you could recommend?
01:25I'll give it some thought.
01:27And have you given any thought to, uh, what's next for you?
01:42Well, well, well, well, well, well.
01:45What have we here?
01:47Well, Julie roped me into judging a baking contest between Thomas and Charlotte.
01:52They made their favorite cupcakes.
01:55Oh.
01:55Oh, did you get a chance to see Steve and Stephanie and Kayla before they left?
02:00Oh, yes.
02:01Yes, I'm glad I got a chance to see them.
02:04Mm-mm.
02:04You were gone longer than I thought you'd be.
02:06Yes, I, I, I stopped to see someone else first.
02:13Who?
02:16Gwen.
02:29You're starting early.
02:32I suppose it's five o'clock somewhere though, isn't it?
02:36I couldn't care less what time it is.
02:40That's serious, eh?
02:48It is.
02:50Yeah.
02:59You're looking sharp, Philip.
03:02I just came from the Memorial Day ceremony at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery.
03:09A few of the men I served with are buried there.
03:12Grateful for your service.
03:15And for your brothers.
03:17I'm proud I served.
03:20But not proud of a lot of what I did afterward.
03:26Are you okay?
03:31No, I'm not.
03:32No, I'm not.
03:37Xander?
03:40What are you doing here?
03:43Moving back in.
03:46I'm sorry, what?
03:47The sprinklers went off in my apartment.
03:49There's water damage.
03:51All being repaired is going to be uninhabitable.
03:54So I thought in the meantime I'd just hang my hat here.
03:57And just make everything incredibly awkward for everyone else.
03:59Why can't you just stay at the end?
04:01Why should I stay in some cramped hotel room?
04:03I can stay here in my own home near my daughter and...
04:06You.
04:17Like sand through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.
04:43This is Troy.
04:45May I join you?
04:51Thank you for meeting with me.
04:54You said you had an update on the case.
04:56I do.
05:00I'm so terribly sorry to tell you this,
05:04but the search and recovery operation for Sophia has been called off.
05:09What does that mean?
05:12As much as we want to bring your daughter's body home,
05:17and we have poured every resource into doing so.
05:20The team has determined that there's almost no chance of recovering her remains.
05:27Almost.
05:29Then there is still hope.
05:32No.
05:33No.
05:34They have to keep looking.
05:38The team we have is the best there is.
05:41Okay, and they've assured me that continuing the effort, it just, it wouldn't change the outcome.
05:54Again, I am so very sorry.
06:02Chad shared with me that Gwen was hurt because she thought I didn't want anything to do with her.
06:08And the truth is, she's right.
06:13Has that changed?
06:16It's been four years since we lost our daughter.
06:24Tangled up in all of my grief are so many regrets.
06:30And I can't keep adding to them.
06:34So I told Gwen I wanted to try to have some kind of relationship with her.
06:41And?
06:43And she's open to the idea.
06:48How about you?
06:53Damn it, Xander, I don't get it.
06:56What?
06:57What don't you get?
06:58We're divorced, and not amicably.
07:01Why the hell would you want to be any closer to me?
07:03I thought that would be obvious.
07:05For our daughter!
07:07Now that I've got visitation right, she's constantly being shuffled back and forth between us.
07:10Which is working fine.
07:11Her nanny doesn't mind.
07:12Fran is a nanny, not a chauffeur.
07:15I just think it would be better for everyone, especially our daughter, if we're all together under one roof.
07:23Philip, I'm stunned.
07:26Hey, I blame myself.
07:28For being stupidly naive.
07:32For thinking she actually had some integrity.
07:36That she wouldn't lie to me.
07:38Especially about something this huge.
07:42Yeah.
07:44I'm sorry she did the Seatman.
07:46And a Titan.
07:48We've both played dirty in the past.
07:51I thought that made us compatible.
07:55Made me, off limits, as a target.
08:00I stupidly convinced myself I could trust her.
08:04Now our family could lose everything.
08:15Yeah, I got a plan in the works.
08:18Solid one.
08:19Just not...
08:20Not quite ready to put it out there yet.
08:23Okay.
08:23Well, I hope you'll let me know.
08:26When you're ready.
08:28For sure.
08:31I mean, hey, look.
08:32I...
08:34There's not a day that goes by where I don't wish I can go back.
08:39Change what happened that night.
08:41Look, I get that.
08:42I've been there.
08:44Right?
08:44I know the remorse is real.
08:46I do.
08:48But...
08:48Come on, you can't keep living in this forever.
08:50At some point you're gonna...
08:51You're gonna have to move on.
08:53I think you're ready.
08:55Look, JJ.
08:57I'm not holding any grudges against you whatsoever.
09:00You and I, we're good.
09:02And I mean that.
09:05Now what I need you to do is I need you to stop looking backwards.
09:07I need you to start looking forward.
09:10I'm trying, man.
09:13I'm trying.
09:16Jennifer, I know how you feel about Gwen.
09:21But this is just something I felt I needed to do.
09:23No, I get it.
09:24I completely understand.
09:27I mean, she's your daughter.
09:29Of course you want a relationship with her.
09:33I think I...
09:35It just makes me feel envious.
09:39Because I miss Abigail.
09:43And I know this sounds so ungenerous, but I always feel envious when I see a mother with her little
09:50girl.
09:52I mean, I was at a department store the other day and then the mother and daughter were there.
09:57They were buying a prom dress and I...
10:01I couldn't even take it. I had to leave.
10:05You know, I mean, I would do anything to have a little girl again to just talk with and laugh
10:15with and...
10:17You know, just hug and into the love.
10:24And you still have that, Jack.
10:28And I love you.
10:32And I know that you have also suffered so much losing Abigail.
10:39So I want this for you.
10:41I really do.
10:42And I want to support you.
10:43And I want to be happy for you.
10:45And...
10:46And I'm gonna try.
10:47I really am.
10:50Sweetheart.
10:58I refuse to accept this.
11:01Mrs. Choi.
11:02No, why are you sitting here?
11:04Get out there and find my daughter!
11:06Is everything okay here?
11:10I just had to inform Mrs. Choi that the search and recovery operation for Sophia has been called off.
11:18I have worn that badge.
11:21With many cases like this and I know how heartbreaking it is for everyone, but...
11:26Mrs. Choi, I promise you, this does not mean the Salem PD is going to forget about your daughter.
11:34Mrs. Choi.
11:35Not at all.
11:36The investigation is ongoing.
11:38Have you found anything else?
11:40Mrs. Choi.
11:41When we dragged the river, we recovered a gun.
11:46It was the same gun that was used to pistol whip Johnny.
11:51Mrs. Choi.
11:52What?
11:55Why am I just hearing about this now?
11:58And where on earth would my daughter get a gun?
12:01Mrs. Choi.
12:01Now that is a very good question.
12:07Mrs. Choi.
12:08She kept saying she owed me.
12:10Mrs. Choi.
12:11Mrs. Choi.
12:14She gave Titan the Gabby Chic shipping contract, even though DeMera made her a better offer.
12:19Mrs. Choi.
12:20Then she said if she got Stefan's inheritance, she wanted to give me a chunk of it.
12:25Mrs. Choi.
12:26It was guilt.
12:27Mrs. Choi.
12:28She was trying to make up for what she did.
12:31Mrs. Choi.
12:31For what I was dumb enough to let her do.
12:36Mrs. Choi.
12:37I think you are being too hard on yourself.
12:41Mrs. Choi.
12:42If anybody should be beating themselves up right now, it's Gabby.
12:45And you know what?
12:46Mrs. Choi.
12:47I bet that's exactly what she's doing right now.
12:50Mrs. Choi.
12:54Mrs. Choi.
12:55Mrs. Choi.
13:06them on the living room.
13:07Mrs. Chevy.
13:10Mrs. Choi.
13:14Let Sarah O'Hugh.
13:15Definitely different.
13:15Mrs. Choi.
13:21Можно special look on her in which she didn't have my intention.
13:24Mrs. Choi.
13:24wasn't and now if i get the chance to self-destruct i take it every damn time
13:36yeah join the club membership is eternal
13:44come on sarah what do you think it would be better for victoria to have one home
13:48to live in a stable environment with two parents that love her
13:51i think it would be a farce whether we love her to assume that we can coexist i mean my
13:57god xander
13:59being under the same roof sharing hallways and a driveway a kitchen it would just it would make
14:04everything way worse and you know it
14:12and you're afraid we'll fight
14:22are you afraid of something else
14:36you and gabby you love each other
14:40there's no chance that you could forgive her really for doing the full judas
14:47no i don't
14:53i kicked her out of the house and told her i never want to see her here from wherever again
15:01look
15:03give it some time you know your feelings
15:05what might change
15:08i don't know rady
15:11i can't
15:12see
15:12ever getting past this
15:18i'm sorry i've been babbling about myself for way too long
15:22what's going on with you
15:24well
15:25you know
15:26some
15:26good stuff
15:28some
15:29not so good stuff
15:33okay let's start with the good
15:37my father came to see me
15:41he wants to try to rebuild a relationship
15:47that's great
15:49what does that mean exactly
15:53i'm not sure but um
15:58i do want to find out
16:02see i'm not i'm not going to muck things up this time
16:05i don't get many second chances and i
16:09i will not waste it
16:18and you're right
16:22it's been almost four years jack
16:27and i have so much anger and i do have to figure out a way to just let it go
16:37but this anger
16:38it's like this candle that i have
16:41lit for abigail
16:45and i think i'm so afraid that if i let the flame go out
16:51it'll be like i'm starting to forget her
16:53no we will never forget her
16:57we will
16:59we will
17:00never stop loving her
17:03and never stop missing her
17:07to live in a constant state
17:09of fury
17:10and
17:12and pain
17:13and resentment
17:14we both know that that is not the way to honor her memory
17:16and i don't want to live like that and i know abigail wouldn't want that
17:22i i i i have to move on
17:25i i do want to move on
17:29so that means i just i have to let go
17:32of all of these grudges that i am holding on to jack
17:38and and i have to support you
17:42if you want to be in gwen's life
17:47thank you
17:48jennifer
17:50thank you
17:55so how did you get here
17:57you didn't walk
17:58yeah it took me two hours
18:00it's not bad though right
18:04i'm joking
18:05i'm joking no jada she dropped me off
18:09and how's that going
18:10you two living together
18:11no hey
18:12no we're not
18:13i'm not living together
18:15all right
18:16i'm just
18:17i'm just crashing at her place
18:18until i can get back up on my own two feet
18:22so there's no
18:25all right look
18:27there's no denying that jada's a beautiful woman
18:29she is and i'm
18:32no i'm breathing
18:33but no no
18:34it's been strictly in the friend zone
18:36jen's been amazing
18:37i mean
18:38i've been patient
18:40i know with my um
18:42my recovery
18:43honestly i don't
18:44i don't know how i'd be able to do this without her
18:48well hey
18:48if she ever needs a day off
18:50or if you ever need anything
18:52well thank you
18:53and same to you
18:54but not because of what happened
18:56because
18:57because you and i are family
19:00and friends
19:01yeah
19:02always
19:06the fbi used a forensic technique
19:09called small particle reagent
19:11it allowed them to obtain evidence from the gun
19:14even though it had been in the river
19:17and they found sophia's fingerprints
19:20along with john's blood
19:23i don't believe this
19:25can the gun be traced back to the original order
19:29uh no
19:31the serial number was filed off
19:36where would it seem to get a gun like that
19:39i don't know
19:41but
19:42i intend to find out
19:47if this is about your so-called irresistible pull
19:52need i remind you that i am happily involved with another man
19:56interesting that's where your mind went
19:58the point is
19:59the pull
20:00doesn't exist
20:02so
20:03being around you
20:05as long as you
20:06remain non-homicidal
20:09isn't a problem for me
20:10then what is the problem
20:12maggie already let philip move back in
20:14she can't keep me from
20:16staying in a home that is legally half mine
20:18and neither can you
20:19fine
20:21just stay out of my way
20:23will do
20:24and don't you dare
20:25bring any of your women here
20:28okay
20:28so that means no gwen
20:30or whoever else you're sleeping with
20:32oh but i bet it's just fine and dandy
20:33for you to bring brady around isn't it
20:35do not even try
20:36to compare the two
20:54no it's a tie
20:55tie
20:56it's a tie
20:56we can't pick a winner
20:57no
20:58hey mom
21:00oh hi
21:00daddy
21:01hi
21:02oh it's good to see you
21:04you too
21:04son
21:05it is good to see you
21:09so
21:11guys happy to be back in salem
21:12yes
21:13always
21:13we've just been missing everyone
21:15and you know the weather's so great
21:17we thought it was a good time to come back
21:19yeah
21:20any check on me
21:21no
21:22wait
21:22the talking to you on the phone
21:24isn't nearly the same as seeing a person
21:26and we're
21:28a little concerned because of what happened in the past
21:32listen i don't
21:34i don't blame you for that
21:35and i appreciate how much you care
21:37but i am doing better
21:40better than i have been in uh
21:43in a long time
21:48hey
21:48how was breakfast with jj
21:51it was good
21:52i mean he's obviously still holding on to some of the weight of what happened
21:55but um
21:56i made sure to let him know that i don't blame him for anything
21:59well
22:00i'm sure that goes a long way
22:02yeah
22:03yeah
22:03i think he's um
22:04i think he's turning the corner
22:06which is great
22:07so what about you
22:08did you uh
22:09did you meet up with uh
22:10amy choy
22:13yeah
22:15um
22:16i just
22:18finished telling her and her husband
22:21that their daughter's almost certainly dead
22:24now
22:25her body
22:26may probably never be found
22:31it's the worst part of the job
22:44well
22:44i'm sure you're getting lots of thank yous today
22:48well deserved
22:50and you have my gratitude
22:53and you have mine
22:54roman
22:56everything you did for the holiday
22:57means a lot
23:00decorations
23:02the table
23:04i heard you're cooking meals for the vets
23:06peace i can do
23:07that's pds and money's no good here
23:10ever
23:11now listen
23:12i gotta get back to the kitchen
23:13so help yourself to coffee
23:15whatever else you need
23:27mrs choy
23:29yes
23:31i just wanted to say
23:34i'm very sorry for your loss
23:38have we met
23:41oh
23:42forgive me
23:44philip kiriakis
23:45i'm tate's uncle
23:48i know
23:49i've heard that name before
23:51i'm so glad i ran into you
23:58so that's the good news
24:00dare i ask
24:02what the bad is
24:08i made an inadvised deal with my ex
24:13xander and i agreed to be
24:15not
24:15friends
24:16with benefits
24:19oh hey
24:21if you're going to do no string sex with
24:24someone
24:26xander is an excellent choice
24:31but i don't get it
24:32i
24:33how is casual sex with xander a bad thing
24:39oh
24:41you caught feelings
24:45oh
24:50brady
24:51hi
24:53hi
24:54what's going on
24:55xander
24:58is moving in
25:02really
25:03how come
25:05oh
25:06maybe henderson needs to help you cut your veggies
25:09water damage at my place
25:11water damage that's a bummer
25:14sarah was just giving a passionate speech about why it's a problem for me to move back into my own
25:19home
25:20i think maybe she's afraid of what might happen
25:24hmm
25:24have a solution
25:26i thought to be good
25:28no seriously you need to get settled in
25:30all right we can get out of your hair
25:33just go to my place
25:49these past few weeks um
25:52i've been thinking about the choices i've made
25:54by choices you mean
25:57in my career
25:59i rejoined the salem pd without talking to theo first
26:04which he was very understandably upset about
26:06and i
26:08i did it because i thought i had the judgment to be a good cop
26:12that i was ready to be back out on the street
26:16and i found out the hard way
26:19that neither was true
26:21the night of the blackout
26:25so i quit
26:28and i wasn't in a great place for a while but
26:31talking to you guys
26:33talking to julie
26:35helped me come out of it
26:38how so
26:40you reminded me that i started over before
26:44and the reason i rejoined the force wasn't
26:46it wasn't really because i wanted to be a cop
26:49it was
26:49it was because i wanted to do some good
26:52that's right
26:53and i still do
26:55i want to serve the public
26:57i want to serve the public
26:58just not with a gun
27:00and as you know after
27:03after what happened with theo i became an emt
27:05and mom
27:07that work
27:09it was meaningful
27:12and fulfilling
27:14i felt like i was making a difference and i feel like i can again
27:20so i decided to get recertified
27:23you took the test
27:25i didn't say anything because i wasn't sure how it would pan out but i passed and i applied to
27:31rejoin the salem fire department
27:32oh my goodness that is so wonderful
27:34jeje i am so proud of you
27:37i am so proud of you
27:38thank you dad
27:40oh yes
27:45sean
27:45something about this just doesn't add up
27:49sophia may have been a deeply troubled young woman but
27:55she wasn't part of some crime syndicate
28:00i mean the untraceable gun that that is not an amateur's weapon
28:05i don't know
28:09you think maybe she might be working with someone else
28:14nothing we discovered points to that
28:17and going by what she told johnny
28:21the motives
28:22they were of her own
28:26clearly
28:27clearly there is something that we're missing here
28:31i have a question i want to ask you
28:34it's rather personal
28:38it's okay
28:40please
28:46as you know um
28:48my daughter sophia she fell into the salem river
28:50and now she's missing
28:52and i've been doing some research about what it takes to
28:56survive a fall like that
28:58and i came across your name
29:00and i know that you did it and several others have as well
29:05please tell me how
29:07tell me everything that you did to stay alive
29:12i'm sorry
29:16but i can't
29:25unfortunately my feelings for zander have returned
29:29despite my best efforts to keep things casual
29:33my feelings have crept back in
29:37and zander doesn't feel the same
29:40he wants what he signed up for
29:42sex
29:43no mess
29:49just like your words
29:52it's my own damn fault isn't it
29:55i mean i knew what i was getting into
29:58i thought i would be okay with things being casual
30:01you know
30:01be cool
30:03and detached
30:06sleep with zander
30:07even though i knew he was still very much in love with his ex-wife
30:14yes
30:17yes
30:18he is
30:19sarah is the goddess
30:20worthy of his
30:21eternal devotion
30:23and me i'm just
30:24good for a romp in the bloody hay
30:26i'm sure zander cares about you
30:31i don't know maybe at one point he did
30:36just like
30:37everyone else he's cared for me at one time
30:40it doesn't
30:42doesn't last long
30:45it's all right i'm used to it
30:47since i was a child
30:51and since my mom died
30:53i just told myself i need to just do
30:57what i need to do to survive
30:59you know and i will be fine
31:01just
31:03no emotions
31:04no emotional fluff
31:06but
31:07i'm not fine
31:15i do want to matter to someone
31:17no matter how much i tell myself
31:22i don't need love
31:24but
31:26i bloody do
31:33well seeing as i'm just getting off of work
31:35i just desperately want to take a nap somewhere that
31:39zander isn't having a temper tantrum
31:42well there's plenty of uh peace and quiet
31:44at my place tate's not there so it's empty
31:47oh yeah i'm sure brady's ribbiting conversation will put sarah right to sleep
31:51with a smile on my face
31:54because brady knows how to satisfy me in all the ways
31:58i'm gonna go upstairs and get some stuff ready
32:00okay
32:00okay
32:08so what bedroom are you gonna pick
32:10what's it for you
32:11and
32:13why do you give a damn where i'm sleeping
32:15unless
32:15yes
32:18you don't have a problem with me being this i see
32:30my two cents
32:33xander can't give you what you need
32:35except in bed that is
32:38and find someone who will
32:44and be honest
32:45completely honest with that person
32:48and everyone you care about
32:52like you wish you i would fit it
32:57learn from my mistake
33:01hmm
33:03anyway
33:04i have to get going
33:08you're gonna drink away your feelings
33:10yep
33:11that's the plan
33:14anyway
33:15good luck to you
33:17you too
33:20and gwen
33:23it's xander's loss
33:41no xander i don't have a problem with you staying here
33:45you can pick fights with me
33:47you can
33:48take your shots
33:49you can mess with basic black
33:50you can even stay in this house
33:52it's not going to change a thing
33:55we'll see about that
33:58ready
34:01sure am
34:19why can't you tell me
34:23because
34:25i never fell into the river
34:31it's a long
34:32and embarrassing story
34:34but
34:35the short version is
34:39i staged my own murder
34:41in order to frame someone else
34:45when they found my prosthetic leg
34:47which i'd thrown
34:50in the water
34:51everyone assumed the worst
34:54my god
34:57i was in the middle of a mental health crisis at the time
34:59and not thinking clearly
35:01to say the least
35:07sophia was in a dark place too
35:10i hope you're
35:12feeling better now
35:15i am
35:16i got the help i needed
35:20i wish sophia had accepted help
35:24i wish i knew how badly she needed it
35:31the items on that table
35:32each have symbolic meaning
35:36the rose
35:37reminds us of those who are missing
35:40as well as their loved ones
35:41who keep the faith
35:42while they seek answers
35:45i do
35:52mrs troy i sincerely hope that sophia
35:54thank you
35:59i have to believe that my baby's
36:01still alive
36:05i need to hold her again
36:09i would do anything to hold her again
36:20j.j. what we
36:22what i said earlier about
36:24your mom and me
36:27seeing you in person
36:28it's not that
36:29it's not that we didn't believe you
36:32on the phone
36:33but when you're
36:35when your child
36:36nearly takes his own life
36:42even though it was
36:43almost a decade ago
36:45the fear that
36:46it could happen again
36:47never goes away j.j. never
36:50i understand
36:52but mom
36:54please know
36:55i am not going to hurt myself
36:59that is nowhere in my head
37:03like i said
37:04i am in a much better place now
37:09come such a long way j.j
37:13i didn't do it alone
37:16thankfully i had the care
37:18and support
37:19from the people
37:20who love me
37:23i value my life
37:25and everyone in it
37:28especially the two of you
37:34now maybe it's time
37:35we start thinking
37:35outside of the box
37:36on sophia
37:37i've got a couple of
37:38contacts on the street
37:39maybe they know something
37:40about that kind of weapon
37:41and if that doesn't pan out
37:42then
37:43i always ask my uncle steve
37:44all right all right
37:46slow down robocop
37:48you're on medical leave
37:50remember
37:53look we can talk about
37:54the case later
37:55but right now
37:57we gotta get you home
37:59all right
38:00we'll get up
38:01i'm careful
38:03don't you uh
38:05don't you mean to uh
38:06your home
38:11hold on
38:12i'm a little bit
38:13all right
38:15wow
38:16you look like a real hero
38:22thank you for your service
38:26save it
38:29semper fi means always faithful
38:30always loyal
38:34those don't apply to you
38:52you
38:52you
38:52you
38:53you
38:53you
38:54you
38:55you
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