December 1988 Updates
December 2, 1988
Kim and Shane hide from Stefano's men, after Roman pulls
a con on him about shooting Shane and Kim. They worry if Roman
will be alright and Shane tries to assure her he'll be fine.
Steve and Kayla come home with Benji and Carrie. Roman finds
Diana in a pit with a snake, but he and Shane pull her out, as
Kim hears someone and she and Shane go to check it out. Shane and
Drew have another confrontation, as Kim watches. When Milo comes,
Drew pretends to be Shane, and Kim follows in on the act, until
Milo leaves then Shane wants to know what Drew is up to now.
Diana tells Roman Marlena is alive, she has seen her. Drew tries
to save Shane and Kim as they try to convince him to leave with
them. Diana tells Kim about Marlena, and how she told Roman, but
then remembers he needs the ring to get in the grotto and takes
off to find him. Milo catches Drew, Shane and Kim, but Drew sees
them, and is shot in the process. Roman finds a doll in the
grotto, as the island blows up with Diana in the grotto looking
for Roman.
December 5, 1988
Adrienne dreams of her and Emilio, as Justin wakes her.
Shane tries to save Drew, as Kim calls for an ambulance. Roman
comes off the other boat looking for Diana, as Kim tells him she
went to look for him. Roman then heads back to the island.
Adrienne covers with Justin about her dream. Kim and Shane get
Drew to the hospital and wait for news on his condition, as she
tries to comfort Shane. Roman talks to Stefano on a closed-circuit
television he has set in the grotto, as he tells Roman the game
continues in Salem. The doctor tells Shane Drew is in a coma.
Roman tells Shane and Kim Stefano has Diana.
December 7, 1988
Justin is in a bad mood, as Angelica tries to find out
why. Neil wants to adopt Anjelicia's baby when it's born, and she
agrees. Kim and Eve talk outside Drew's door. Roman talks to Abe
about Stefano's message about Marlena. When Shane comes out of
Drew's room there's an emergency, his heart stops, but the doctor
is able to revive him. Roman tells Shawn and Caroline about Drew
and Shane. Shane worries about people not trusting him anymore,
as Kim reassures him they will in time. Justin and Emilio have
another run in. Roman receives a picture of Diana and Marlena
together.
December 9, 1988
Adrienne tells Justin she is moving out. Jenn walks in
on Emilio boxing at the community center. Kim has a dream about
Drew coming to finish what he started, as Shane wakes her, and
tries to reassure her. Victor crashes Neil and Anjelica's wedding.
Kim goes in Neil's study, and remembers finding Emma there. She
and Shane then talk about how their love pulled them through all
the bad times, and it will this time too. Kim is offered a new
job, hosting a radio call in show. Shane tells Kim he thinks she
should try out for it, and gives his blessings for her to go to
Philly for the audition.
December 13, 1988
Mike talks to April before the judge sentences her. Eve
has a dream about Nick asking her why she turned her back on him,
as Shane wakes her and comforts her. Shane tries to get Eve to
open up to him, but she insists she's fine. Eve goes to Nick's
and packs his things to give to charity. Monty burst into the
judges chambers, and tries to save April, as Mike asks her what
is going on. After Eve leaves Nick's a strange guy goes in and
sees the slip with Eve's name on it. Mike figures out April
didn't pull the plug on Rosa.
December 14, 1988
Roman calls Shane and asks for a favor about the picture.
Mike pressures April to tell the truth, as she admits she didn't
do it, but is going to take the rap nonetheless. Mike tells the
judge she didn't do it, and the judge gives Mike 1 hour to come
up with some proof. Adrienne sits with Justin at the hospital, as
Victor comes in and blasts her out for Justin being there. Carrie
is cold to Shane while he is there with Roman, as he tries to
explain to her why he did what he did all those years ago. Victor
makes arrangements to have Justin moved to a private hospital.
Monty tells April to let him tell the judge the truth - he pulled
the plug on Rosa. Shane tells Roman the picture was doctored, but
the one of Marlena was taken recently. Diana calls Roman.
December 16, 1988
Shane teases Eve about her solo performance in the
chorus. Steve takes care of a bandaged man at his old place.
Stefano tells Diana Roman will be there soon, as Diana tries to
figure out what he is planning. Roman arrives as Stefano comes
out and says Diana is there too, as Benji hides and watches them.
Steve tries to learn about the man, but he won't talk. Stefano
forces Roman to turn over Benji to him. Shane and Steve talk and
mend fences. Stefano brings Roman back with him, and says things
will start when he says, not before. Stefano tells Diana she can
listen to Roman, since he is there now too. Eve finds her car
ransacked, but nothing is missing. Steve finds the bandaged man
in the snow, and takes him back to his place again. Diana listens
to Roman and Stefano talking about who he wants - Marlena or
Diana.
December 19, 1988
Shane talks to Eve about her car being broken into, and
he goes to call the police when Kim comes home and wonders what
is wrong. Stefano tells Roman whichever one he doesn't choose
will remain there with him, as Diana and a mystery woman listen.
Roman tells Stefano he's not falling for his trick and chooses
Diana. Benji comes in and tells Stefano he is a bad man. Mike
arranges for Monty to spend Christmas with his family. Shane
fills in Kim about Eve's car, when he gets a phone call from the
hospital about Drew. Shane and Kim get to the hospital to find
Drew gone, and Shane thinks he has died, until the doctor comes
in and tells him Drew has disappeared. Roman finds Diana, but
can't open the door until she tells him to use the ring. Jake
denies breaking into Eve's car. Benji tells Stefano he doesn't
want to go with him, as a broken hearted Stefano tells Benji to
go with Roman and Diana. Roman finds the woman pretending to be
Marlena. Stefano listens to them talk before they leave with
Benji, as he waves goodbye to his son.
December 21, 1988
Adrienne goes to see Angelica to help her find where
Victor has stashed Justin. Shane and Eve give Kim moral support
for her first radio show. Steve dresses as Santa and goes to see
the bandaged man (Nick). Angelica tells Adrienne she has already
spoken to Victor, to no avail. Nick gets a good laugh out of
seeing "Patchy Clause". Shane and Kim discuss Drew,
when Shawn and Caroline also come to offer their support for
Kim's first day, and they are very cold towards Shane, as he
senses their distance. Steve hands out presents on the docks, as
Marcus is dressed as an elf. Drew calls Kim on the radio show, as
Shane listens. Steve finds an envelope with money for a little
boy that was burned in a fire, after he tells Nick about the
boy's situation. Kim talks to Shane about Drew's call.
December 23, 1988
"Patchy Clause" gives Kayla her Christmas present. Kim
helps Andrew get ready to go to Shawn and Caroline's, as she and
Eve talk about family. Shane comes in and announces he's not
going with them, and gives Andrew his present. Roman tells Diana
she needs to read the newspaper, when he shows her a full page ad
asking her to marry him. Diana has cold feet, and thinks they
should wait, as Roman gets on one knee and proposes. Kim talks
Shane into going with them. Diana finally says yes to a waiting
Roman, as he gives her a ring. Kim, Eve, Andrew and Shane arrive
at the folks house for Christmas, but Shane still feels out of
place, so he makes up an excuse and leaves. Kim then tells the
others off for the way they are treating Shane, as Roman goes to
talk to him. Steve brings Nick a Christmas present, a new coat.
Roman returns with Shane as everyone celebrates.
December 26, 1988
Justin dreams about the accident in the stables. Shane
talks to Abe about looking at Eve's car, as she comes in and
thinks he's making a big deal out of it. Steve tells Kayla he
knows who the bandaged man is. Nick realizes Steve knows his
identity, when he can't find his wallet. Victor refuses to allow
Adrienne to go in and see Justin after he has a nightmare and
screams her name. Shane catches Eve as she's about to wipe the
prints off the car. He wonders what else is bothering her besides
the car. Steve catches Nick as he goes to run out and Steve tells
him he knows who he is. Shane talks to Abe about Nick's car
accident. Eve and Jake discuss Nick's death, as she tells him it
was no accident, as Shane overhears and ask what she meant by
that. When Steve returns with Kayla to check on Nick, he's gone.
Nick is in the alley listening to Shane and Eve talk about his
death.
December 28, 1988
Steve and Kayla talk about Nick taking off. Adrienne
goes to see Justin, but he's not there, as she asks Victor where
he took Justin. Justin and Emilio bump into each other in the
stables. Nick is almost found out by Eve. Shane and Kim make New
Years Eve plans with Eve. Adrienne overhears Justin tell Emilio
he's letting her go. Eve comes home, as Shane and Kim wonder what
is bothering her, as Jake comes over and makes it worse. The guy
who has been wandering in Nick's place, also stole Eve's purse
and now has her house keys. As Shane, Kim and Eve leave, he
enters. When they return, Shane sees the French Doors open, and
realizes someone was there. Nick goes to the loft to see Steve,
and makes him promise not to tell anyone he's alive.
December 29, 1988
Eve dreams she's been arrested for killing Nick, as
Shane wakes her. Eve learns Nick left her a fortune. Kim and
Shane watch as Eve nervously answers questions from an insurance
investigator for Nick's life insurance policy. Emilo barbs with
Jenn about her and her frat sisters wanting to throw a party at
the community center. Shane asks Kim to talk to Eve privately.
Roman learns he's been reinstated on the police force. Kim tries
to find out if something happened between Eve, Jake and Nick, but
she covers with Kim. Kim tells Shane she knows something happened
but Eve isn't telling her, but it has to do with Jake. Eve
pretends to go to a friends house, as she really runs away again.
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