Monday 2nd November 1992
(Wednesday 11th June 1997 in NZ)
Ivan calls Lawrence and tells him about Viv. Lawrence tells him to get back to the house to look after Nikki and then rushes down to the hospital. At the same time, Carly gets a page and rushes there also. Viv has had a massive coronary and needs a quadruple bypass. She goes into surgery and Lawrence quizzes Carly about what happened when her baby died.
Carrie and Austin go back to her place and Billie and Jesse aren't there. They start making out on the couch and soon it gets hot and heavy. Unfortunately Billie interrupts them and Carrie hastily pulls Austin's shirt on. Billie goes to bed but Carrie decides that she doesn't want to go on. Austin tells her that he will take her away for the weekend to a cabin he has. She tells him that sounds just like the way she dreamed it.
Stella goes back to the warehouse and realizes she forgot to switch the answering machine on. She does it and then uncovers the hole and calls out to Marlena. When she doesn't answer Stella shines the torch down on her and thinks she's dead. Finally Marlena moves and Stella is pleased but when Marlena says she's badly hurt and begs her to get help Stella refuses. She leaves and Marlena tries to move but is in agony. She lapses back into unconsciousness which is probably just as well when the rats come sniffing around. Later she wakes again and cries out for help. Meanwhile Roman is at the pub throwing darts. Bo tries to talk to him but gets nowhere and Taylor the same. Eventually he goes home and after looking at an old picture of the two of them turns out the light, not knowing that anything is wrong....
Tuesday 3rd November 1992
(Thursday 12th June 1997 in NZ)
John visits Roger and gives him some photos and the money agreed for to do the portrait of Isabella.
Jenn is interviewing for research assistants but can't find any halfway decent ones. Julie comes over and suggests that maybe Jack will be able to do it as well as the column he is doing for the Spectator. Jenn eventually talks him into agreeing to do it.
Carly tells Lawrence he can't see Vivian as it is far too dangerous. She asks how Nikki is taking it and he says he hasn't told him. Carly tells him he has to prepare Nikki for any eventualities. Lawrence goes home and tells Nikki about Viv but Nikki blames him. Lawrence asks Ivan if he knows what happened with Nikki's adoption but Ivan is tightlipped. John arrives to tell Lawrence he wants to call a meeting to discuss some things that Isabella wanted to implement. Lawrence thinks he's come to gloat but John tells him she's his aunt. John asks what happened and Lawrence thinks he's trying to blame him. He tells John he can't blame him unless he is willing to take all the blame for all the things that have happened in his family like Isabella's cancer. John leaves quick smart. Lawrence goes back to the hospital and Bo offers to have Nikki stay with them for a couple of nights. Lawrence agrees but has to go back to the house to take care of some "matters". He and Ivan have plans to get rid of Lisanne's body.
Roman talks to Abe about his argument with Marlena. Abe tries to pass it off as a mid-life crisis cop thing. At the warehouse Stella checks on Marlena and the answer-phone. There are no calls....
Wednesday 4th November 1992
(Friday 13th June 1997 in NZ)
Austin tells Carrie that he has changed his mind about where to take her. An Inn overlooking the lake. However later, it turns out that the thousand dollar bet that Tim had taken had been won and Austin has to pay out $50,000. The catch is, he only has $5,000 in his account.
Mickey turns up at LaAlamain to see Lisanne. Lawrence fobs him off saying that she is on Alamain business and will be back soon Mickey tells Lawrence that her investment broker wants to talk to her about some concerns. Vivian meanwhile is improving. But Nikki thinks that Carly won't take him to see Viv because she is dead. Carly acquiesces and takes him to see Viv but when he tells her he's been staying with Carly she has another seizure.
Kim switches to Claire again and decides that the kids should go stay with Shane. Phillip agrees for the sake of the children and helping Kimberley. Claire calls Tarrington to request this. He asks Shane and calls her back later when she is Kim. Kim is upset but agrees with Phillip that it's for the best.
Thursday 5th November 1992
(Monday 16th June 1997 in NZ)
Phillip calls a doctor about Kimberly. Later on she tells the kids that they are going to spend some time with their daddy. They take the kids over to Shawn and Caroline's where they have an impromptu going away party. Unfortunately Kim slips into Claire and Kim misses seeing the kids off. Later, back at the house, Claire tries to seduce Phillip.
Bo tells Carrie that they think the gambling ring is operating out of Johnny Angels and asks her if she knows anything about it. She tells him she doesn't but later she talks to Jesse and worries that Austin will get into trouble. She finds Austin and he tells her that they are not going to talk about it any more and she will be just fine. However down at the college he gets a black eye from the guy he owes money to while at the pub Tim fills Carrie in on the money problem.
Stella pretends that Marlena has just called her when Roman comes into the office. Roman has left some papers at home and Stella offers to go pick them up. At the house Kim checks out the goblets and then the answering machine. There is a message on there from Paul Whitman which she deletes. Back at the warehouse, Marlena has come too and is shouting for help. No-one hears her and she realizes it's no use. She finds the bread and water that Stella left and decides that she won't starve. Her ankle is twisted (funny since she fell on her *back*). Stella arrives with Roman's house keys and threatens the safety of the children if Marlena doesn't cooperate. She lowers the receiver down and dials Paul Whitman's number. Marlena calls Paul and asks him not to call her again. However she does tell him she had been looking forward to his seminar on claustrophobia. He tells her that was last year. Stella pulls the phone up and tells her that she'd better not try anything like that again.....
Friday 6th November 1992
(Tuesday 17th June 1997 in NZ)
Jenn's new show is due to start taping next week and she is getting stressed out over it. Jack sends her upstairs to take a nap. While she is gone he calls the studio and pretends to be her agent to tell them to put it off for a week but they are not happy. He tries to make a roast for the Horton's who are coming over for dinner but he burns it. He calls Alice to cancel and makes a little dinner for the two of them. However the whole family turns up with takeouts as Alice thought that Jack was just making excuses. Later the studio calls to tell Jenn they've decided to put off filming for a week.
Austin tells Carrie he can't take her away after all because of the problems with money. She tells him she wants to help but he tells her to stay out of it. However she goes to see John and talks him into giving her $5000 for tuition fees. She goes back to the pub and tries to give it to Austin but he won't accept her and ends up breaking up with her. Later on when Roman comes in he sees the cheque and tells her she has to give it back. Roman heads over to Johns to voice his disapproval about John's gift to Carrie but after a while apologizes and they talk about the problems with Marlena. Roman tells John it may already be too late to save their marriage.
Stella comes by and she asks her again to let her go. Stella refuses and tells her that her marriage might be in trouble, Taylor McCall is very interested in Roman. She leaves and Marlena asks Roman not to give up on her now. Back at the station, Roman tells Stella that he's worried about Marlena not calling the kids. He calls and leaves a message on the phone that Marlena hears. She is upset that he thinks she would not call the children because of their fight. Stella finds a kid who is up on charges for bootlegging and makes a deal with him. He splices a tape together of Marlena's voice which she intends to leave on Roman's machine. Stella takes it down and plays it to Marlena. After she has gone, Marlena goes back to unscrewing the vent in the wall. However, when she gets it open a snake comes slithering out towards her......