Days of our Lives Recaps: The week of April 28, 1997 on DAYS

Comprehensive daily recaps for Days of our Lives, dating back to 1996.

Monday, April 28, 1997

by Marcia Elgart

Franco checks on Hope at the Horton Center, only to find her upsetwith Billie, Bo and the whole situation. Hope doesn't understandwhy Billie is acting the way she did, and knows that she's doingdrugs again. Franco tries to reinforce the fact that Bo justdoesn't love Hope anymore when they're interrupted by Shawn D. Heand Hope discuss school, and Shawn-D announces that he's not goingback to that school. He doesn't want to get shot again. Well, thisreally gets to Hope, and she's going to get the supplier tonight.

At Roman's grave, Bo says goodbye to his brother. He asks Romanfor advice on this case, and Bo promises to tell Hope the truth assoon as this case is over. Billie approaches him, learns the newdetails, and she wants to go with him, but Bo says no. Well,Billie follows him anyway.

Bo meets King and learns his part in tonights big shipment. Billiearrives with Max, and King is suspicious. Max takes Billie inside,and Hope & Franco are there. Hope and Billie argue again about Bo.Later, Hope overhears Max talking about Billie, and assumes thatBillie's doing drugs once more.

Carrie receives a letter from her father, in which he asks her tolook out for Sami, and that he loves her. Again, Lucas is there tocomfort her, not Austin. Austin, meanwhile is attempting to tellSami the truth. Well, the end result, is still the same. Sami isstill in the dark about their relationship.

At the DiMera home, Kristen is furious about everything. Shetells Vivian, that Susan must be locked up, and when Stefanoreturns he can take Susan and Marlena with him. Susan, shows upat Marlena's office wearing Kristen's pin. Susan recognizes Laurafrom Salem place, and almost gave herself away, but doesn't. Susantells her of her progress, and things that have happened, when hertime is up. The Pin falls off the sweater, lands on the floor,when it is noticed later by Marlena.

Laura runs into Kristen, and they have at each other. Vivan andIvan eventually find Kristen, and when they try to leave, Marlenagives Kristen her pin. She asks where did you find this? andMarlena answers in her office, and then informs her that she ismoving back in very soon, whether Kristen likes it or not. Susaneavesdrops on Viv and Ivan, and learns that Kristen has the pin.Marlena deduces from Laura, that the only person who has been inthe office has been none other than Susan.

Tuesday, April 29, 1997

by Marcia Elgart

In prison, Jack's waiting to use the phone, but is delayed atevery opportunity by Travis, who's working under Stefano's orders.Jack eventually gets phone time, and ends up talking to Mickey,who informs him of the status of his appeals, meaning he'll need amiracle. Jack decides he's never going to get out, and must makeJen and Abby move on with their life, without him.

Marlena and Laura, wonder about the significance of Susan havingKristen's pin, not knowing the whole story.

At Jen's, Lynn learns that Laura is at the pub, so she heads thereto give her another pill. Stefano has arranged for strongermedication. Marlena and Laura suddenly show up, and they all headover there together. Lynn tries to give her the pill, but Laurarefuses. Marlena and Jennifer convince her not to stop taking thepills, so she agrees but only til she gets reevaluated.

Austin explains to Sami, that all he wanted to tell her, was thathe was involved with other women before they married. Austinleaves to talk to Carrie, and this is Luca's time with Sami totell her that Austin is really in love with her, and he wants themto deal with their future. (yea right) Sami's having more memoryflashes, 1 being about the wedding reception, and one of theconversation with Lynn about drugging Austin.

Hope overhears more about Billie being in the drug scene again. Boshows up, and annoys Hope when he doesn't want to talk to Shawn Dabout school. Bo is hurting inside, because he strongly desires totell Hope the truth, but it'll have to wait because of the drugoperation is almost but not finished.

At the Horton Center, Shawn D is with Billie, who came by with icecream. Billie inadvertantly drops a vial of cocaine, which rollsunder the table. Hope discovers that Billie is there, and resentsit, saying she doesn't want anything harming her son. Just thenBillie gets a call from Max saying that Bo wants her at the pier.Later, a cop questions Shawn D about his shooting, discovers thevial of drugs, thinks it's Shawn D's, but Hope says it belongs toBillie. She'll handle this, she says to the cops. At the pier,King conversing with Bo, says that if anything goes wrong, peoplewill die. Billies' on her way to meet Bo, and Hope is also on herway, with a cop trailing.

Wednesday, April 30, 1997

by Marcia Elgart

Marlena's telling John, by phone, that she's moving back to theDiMera home. Kristen asks who's on the phone, and is told by Johnthat Marlena's moving in. Kristen needless to say is not happy, sowhen the doorbell rings, She learns from Susan, that it is Viv andIvan. John's not happy that these two are always there, and wantsto know what is it now. Kristen says that they wanted to have abottle of their wonderful wine. Susan is reminded to go nurse thebaby.

In the wine cellar, Kristen shows Viv and Ivan the secret room.They watch John and Susan interact upstairs. Kristen gets upsetseeing Susan flirt with John and leaves in a huff. Viv goes aswell, leaving Ivan in the room, with the door shut! Viv realizesthat Ivan got stuck in there, and goes back to the wine wall.Meanwhile, John rushes Kristen out of the house, they have to saybye to Kim at the pub. Outside of the pub, they stop and discussher stopping the breast feeding. Susan, in the living room,notices the bottle of wine, and prepares to bring it back "whereit belongs..." Viv finally finds the right bottle of wine, andthe room door opens.

Both Laura and Kim tell Marlena that she must start thinking ofherself, what will make her happy.... Marlena finally agrees.Sami feels like she's seen Lynn before, but doesn't rememberexactly where or when. Lynn told Carrie and Austin, that she wantsto help them get back together, and feels guilty of helping Samiin the first place. Sami remembers the conversation about thedrug, doesn't understand it, so therefore she won't tell anyoneabout it.

Bo and King are still on the pier waiting for his ship to come in.Bo, King, Max, Billie are all on the pier each with own agenda.They notice Hope approaching with a cop in pursuit. They arepissed! There's a tussle, Bo gets hit on the head, King and Maxleave with a threat to Bo's loved ones, and Hope gets Billiearrested for cocaine possesion. Bo can not believe this! He getsmad at Hope. Bo leaves the pier, leaving Hope alone, and Kingrealizes Bo didn't set them up, and that maybe Bo's really on thelevel.

Susan, through eavesdropping, learns what Viv and Ivan areplanning for her in the secret room. The show ends with Vivianabout to get bopped on the head with the wine bottle.

Thursday, May 1, 1997

by Diane Dix

Kristen plots with Vivian and Ivan to get Susan stashed away in the winecellar's secret room before Marlena moves in. None of them are aware thatSusan overheard Vivian and Ivan plotting, and will definitely not cooperate.Susan, convinced Vivian and Ivan are vampires, barricades herself in thenursery with "Elvis" and refuses to allow them in.

At the pub, members of the Brady clan and friends gather to say goodbye toKimberly Brady, who is returning to Los Angeles. Carrie and Austin aredisappointed that Sami's encounter with Nurse Lynn did not trigger anymemories. Lucas is ecstatic, and determined to keep things that way.Meanwhile, Kristen fumes as John and Marlena talk cozily in a booth, andeach has fond memories of their lives together and fantasizes about whattheir lives might have been like if they had stayed together. Kimberly tellsMarlena she needs to find happiness for herself and quit worrying so muchabout others. She tells John the same thing. Kristen tells John she isexhausted from breastfeeding and it may be endangering her health;reluctantly, he supports her decision to switch the baby to formula, neverimagining the real reason. After Kim leaves, the others disperse to go home.John and Marlena head to the penthouse, but Kristen heads home to try tohelp Vivian and Ivan get Susan into the secret room. Susan refuses to comeout when she realizes John is not home to rescue her, and says she needs tofeed the baby first. Filled with panic at the thought of being imprisoned,Susan calls her only friend, Dr. Marlena Evans. Kristen calls John atMarlena's penthouse and says the baby has a cold and maybe Marlena shouldn'tmove in right away. Marlena takes the phone and smoothly tells Kristen notto worry, and that she will keep Belle and Brady away from the baby. BeforeKristen has a chance to protest any more, she hangs up and she and John headover to the house. Just before Marlena enters, her cell phone rings.

Austin, Sami, Carrie, and Lucas return to Austin's apartment. Carrie asksLucas to sit with Sami while she and Austin spend time together. Lucas isfuming, but pretends not to mind. While Austin and Carrie share a rareromantic evening, Lucas is the only one there when Sami has a memory of Lynnand herself at the church, discussing the drug Validan, but Sami does notremember that she used that drug to trick Austin into sleeping with her. Shetells Lucas about the memory, and wonders if she should tell Austin, but hepersuades her that the memory is probably not genuine and that she shouldn'tget Austin's hopes up. Sami reluctantly agrees not to tell Austin, althoughshe dislikes lying to him. When Carrie and Austin come in later, Samidoesn't say a word about her memory.

Officer Tommy brings Billie Reed into the Salem police station to book her oncharges of cocaine possession. Bo is angry and confused, until Billieexplains privately that Max planted the drugs in her purse, and she onlyconfessed to owning them to spare Shawn-D and save the undercover operation.Bo is touched by her loyalty, and calls Mickey in to see if she can bearraigned and let out on bail that night, but Mickey has no luck. Billie isforced to face the prospect of spending a night in jail. Meanwhile, Kingfumes that Brady's ex-wives ruined his biggest drug shipment ever, and tellsOfficer Nan to watch for any signs of a double-cross, threatening that ifBrady crosses him, he will see to it that Shawn-D becomes a drug addict.Hope arrives at the station right after Bo and Billie, still stung that Bois so angry at her and confused about Billie's confession. Jennifer shows upto investigate the story, and is amazed when Hope selflessly calls in a favorto see to it that Billie's case is not made public. Hope tries to talk toBo, but he brushes her off, and she sees him holding and comforting Billie,and becomes more convinced than ever that she has no chance of being reunitedwith Bo.

Friday, May 2, 1997

by Diane Dix

Carrie and Lucas go back to Austin's apartment to get Lucas' jacket, but stopoutside the door when they overhear Sami begging Austin to sleep in her bedwith her. Austin tells her he is a restless sleeper, but Sami says shedoesn't care, and wants her husband with her. Austin agrees, and Carrie isstunned. She and Lucas go back to her apartment. Carrie can't believe thatAustin couldn't find a way out of it, and the thought of Austin sleeping inthe same bed as Sami drives her crazy. Lucas tells her that if Austin hadany guts, he wouldn't do it. Carrie tries to defend Austin, but Lucas saysAustin is behaving like a jerk and that it seems that he almost enjoyshurting her. Just then, Austin comes in, having told Sami he was going toCarrie's to get ice. Austin is angry at Lucas for taking advantage of thesituation, and assures Carrie that what Lucas said isn't true. Lucas tellshim to go get under the covers with Sami. Austin finally snaps and punchesLucas in the gut. Carrie is furious at Austin for hurting Lucas. Lucasleaves to let them work it out and goes over to Sami's. Sami is hurt andconfused at Austin's odd behavior. She asks Lucas if it was the right thingto do to ask him to sleep with her, and of course, Lucas encourages her.While they are talking, a news bulletin flashes across the TV - that BillieReed has been arrested for possession of cocaine. Sami and Lucas are stunnedand go over to Carrie's to break the bad news to Austin. Austin is horrifiedand he and Carrie head down to the police station immediately. Lucas remindsSami not to tell Austin about her vague memory of Lynn and drugs becauseAustin is sensitive about the subject because of Billie's problem.

At the station, Hope is devastated that Bo is so angry with her and doesn'tunderstand that she did what she did for Shawn-D. Abe comes back and demandsto see Bo immediately. Bo explains what happened on the pier, and tells Abethat he can't take hurting Hope any more. Abe tells him to stick with it fora while longer, because King will definitely hurt Hope and Billie if hesuspects he is being crossed. Hope comes in to talk to Bo and he nearlytells her about King, but he imagines Hope trying to go after King and endingup dead. The image is so strong that he knows he can't tell Hope andjeopardize her life. Instead, he tells her that Billie's drug problem is herown business, and to stay out of it. Hope is crushed by his cruel words andleaves the office upset. Officer Nan, King's plant, calls King and lets himknow that so far, Bo checks out. King is still suspicious, though, eventhough the captain of the drug ship reports that no Coast Guard ships arefollowing him, so Bo didn't call the police. King vows that if Bo crosseshim, the one to pay the most will be Shawn-D. King also thanks Nan forskillfully leaking the story of Billie's arrest to the press. Abe tells Bothat there is another King plant somewhere in the station, so Bo has to bedoubly careful about not blowing his cover. Bo asks Abe to see that Billiegets a private cell and visiting privileges, but Abe reminds him that specialtreatment would look suspicious. Bo leaves Abe's office and learns fromJennifer, who is standing with Hope, that the story of Billie's arrest is allover the airwaves. Bo is furious, and Hope assumes that he is blaming her.Bo tells Hope to just stay out of his life, and Hope says she will neverbother him again. Bo walks away to go see Billie.

Marlena answers her cell phone just before entering the DiMera house withJohn, and hears Susan babbling frantically about vampires who are out to gether. Little does Marlena know that the "vampires" (Kristen, Vivian, andIvan) are trying to get into Susan's room in the house Marlena is about toenter. Susan hangs up, leaving Marlena puzzled and disturbed. John,Marlena, and the kids enter, and Kristen has to leave Vivian and Ivan to takecare of Susan. Kristen welcomes Marlena and the kids and keeps them fromgoing upstairs by telling them she has arranged a surprise party for them.Marlena is suspicious, but can't figure out what she's up to. While thecake and refreshments are brought in, Kristen rushes back upstairs to try totalk Susan out of the nursery. Susan stubbornly refuses, knowing that theyintend to lock her in the secret room in the wine cellar. John begins towonder why Kristen is taking so long. Marlena calls Susan, but can't makesense out of what she's saying. Susan overhears Vivian, Ivan, and Kristenplanning to knock her out, roll her up in a rug, and take her down to thesecret room. Ivan leaves to prepare the room and Kristen is called away byJohn, leaving Vivian to take care of Susan. Susan tricks Vivian into cominginto the room and hits her over the head with a chair. Susan dresses up asKristen and rolls Vivian up in the rug and drags her down to the room.Pretending she is Kristen, Susan gets Ivan to drag Vivian into the room andshuts the door on both of them. At first, Ivan does not realize it is Vivianin the rug. Kristen, checking in by video, sees Ivan and the bundle andassumes everything is fine, and that Susan is taken care of. After Kristenlooks away, Ivan unrolls the rug to find Vivian coming to. They are shockedthat Susan tricked them, and even more shocked to discover they are locked inthe secret room. Meanwhile, Marlena asks to see the baby, and Kristen,thinking Susan is safely stashed away, agrees - not realizing that Susan isactually upstairs in the nursery, disguised to look exactly like Kristen...