John and Isabella decide to get Married now. She decides to where her white lace dress and they go out, find plastic rings and flowers and then go to the registry office. There the couple in front of them are arguing. When it comes to there turn, they ask for some music and get really horrible stuff and the cake that is delivered from Wings has fallen over during the taxi ride. They change their minds, deciding that a wedding is for family and friends and decide to get married on Friday.
Roman and Schofield bust into the Lombards apartment. Marlena is okay and doesn't want to press charges. Roman tells Lombard that if he lays a finger on Marlena, he'll get him. They go home and when they're changed, Roman sits Marlena down on the couch with popcorn and the movie - Magnificent Obsession. They both end up crying at the end....
Carrie goes to see Lawrence at Wings and tells him it's over. He asks her if she believes the lies about him. She tells him that she didn't at first but then she talked to Jennifer and saw her face when she talked about it. She tells him not to talk to her ever again. (Yet another great scene from Tracy...) She meets Jesse later and he offers her something to take her mind off it. She says she'll think about it.
Bo and Carly try to work out whether Goddard was telling the truth and if so, who took the baby away. They don't come to any conclusions, but vow to find out the truth.
John and Isabella organize the wedding. They decide Bo and Carly will stand up for them if they get back in time. Isabella asks Shawn to walk her down the aisle, saying that she would choose him as a father over Victor. Then she goes to the hospital after having a couple of contractions. The doctor says that the baby could come at any hour.
Julie agrees to take over management of the Spectator. Jack (who still thinks he's dying,) is trying to find a miracle cure.
The Professor that Molly has been working for is making advances toward her, but she doesn't quite realize it. He gets her to go to dinner with him... (This story-line (along with the current Jack and Jenn one,) is kinda painful to watch, so forgive me if you don't get much of an update on these characters....)
Marlena gets to the station after getting a call from Abe. He offers her a job as a counselor for victims etc. Roman is really upset about this, saying how dangerous it could be and being totally over-protective. They argue about it. They are interrupted by John and Isabella who ask them to go to the wedding. Marlena is stunned, but recovers and hugs John (awwww, don't they make the cutest couple...), saying she’d love to. Roman agrees as well. Marlena (ever the martyr) offers to help Isabella with the wedding arrangements. When they go, Roman and Abe discuss Marlena's new job. It turns out to be a set-up, with Roman having suggested it to Abe to keep Marlena out of trouble. Abe tells him Marlena won't like it if she finds out, and that some would call him a chauvinist. (I'll say! Where does he get off, making these kind of decisions for his wife. Like she's not capable of looking after herself....well, okay....) Roman says he doesn't care, he has to protect Marlena.
Isabella is trying to cook up a surprise for John, but isn't sure that it will come through in time. John gives the jeweller his signet ring (the Romulus one) to be melted down, having told Isabella that he wanted to sever all ties to Danielle. He then selects a unique wedding ring for Isabella and takes it home to her. There's a knock on the loft door and the elderly man behind it introduces himself as Buddy Rose. He asks if John is Forrest Alamain.
Carly and Bo get back from Paris. There is a message from Isabella asking them to call her. They decide to pay Vivian a visit and they ask her about Goddard's claim. She tells them that there's no way that the baby could have survived. None of them are definitely sure though. Bo and Carly vow to find out the truth.
Buddy Rose turns out to be the janitor at Forrest's boarding school in NY when he was a kid. He was John's only real friend and he was called John Stevens then. Buddy gives John the baseball signed by Mickey Mantle that John had given to him when he left the school.
Lisanne tells Lawrence that John isn't leaving town after all and that he is legally entitled to the money.
Isabella visits Bo and Carly and asks them to stand up for her and John. They are thrilled and they all troop off to the church for the rehearsal. John is supposed to meet them there, but he is waylaid by Lawrence, who visits him at the loft, ostensibly to greet him as a brother’....
Lawrence greets John as his brother and wishes him well for the wedding, interspersing a few subtle threats...
At the church, Marlena tells Isabella that she's organized the reception, the flowers and the music for the reception. Roman arrives and they decide to sit down for the rehearsal. Carly, Bo and Isabella realize that John hasn't arrived yet... (No!) Isabella decides that something is wrong and that she has to go home to John.
At the boat, Carly finds a Mother's Day card addressed to her and thinks that someone is playing a game with her. It turns out to be from Shawn-D and he says that he hopes that she doesn't mind that he called her Mom. She says no and hugs him, he calls her Mom again.
Isabella gets home and John tells her about Lawrence's visit. He tells her that when she marries him, she's taking a lot on. She says that she knows. In the morning, she wakes to find a note on her pillow from John which says he'll see her at the wedding.
John is at the church when Carrie arrives. She's come early to talk to him and tells him that she's still real upset that he burst in on her, even though she knows he was right She tells him that she wishes that he and Isabella will be happy. She hugs him tight, wishes him luck and then leaves.
Guests begin to arrive at the wedding. Isabella is late and Marlena and Carly are fussing in the ante room. When she arrives, she tells them that she's been having pretty regular contractions. Carly gives her the bracelet she wore at Chichen Itza for her something borrowed. Marlena gives her a blue garter for something blue. Isabella says that it means a lot coming from her. Marlena says that she feels slightly responsible for the fact that their wedding is so late. Isabella tells her not to, she's just glad that she can be there with her now. Marlena agrees and hugs her... Isabella has a really strong contraction, which even Marlena can feel.
Carrie, Sami and Eric are signing in when Roman comes up. He tells Carrie that he's proud of her for coming. Victor arrives and Shawn tells him to get out. Victor says that Isabella can decide. He goes to see her in the dressing room. She is wearing a robe and the veil. He gives her her mothers pearls. She says that she remembers them, but never saw them after her mother died. He puts them on her and she tells him he can stay.
John and Bo are standing in the front of the church. Isabella comes out and Marlena goes and sits down. Isabella tells Shawn and Carly that the pearls are the something old and the baby is the something new. Shawn begins to escort her down the aisle. Halfway down, she stops as she has a contraction....