May 17-21, 1993 Updates
Monday 17th May 1993
(Monday 22nd December 1997 in NZ)
Bo comes across Billie, Jack and Tony at Salem place. He invites Billie to have dinner with him later on and Jack suggests that perhaps he come along too slipping in lots of clues that not all is right. Bo tells them to go and have a good time but as they pass him he grabs Tony and Lexie rushes up with a gun and arrests him. Hard to tell whether Bo already knew - I think he had already worked it out......So they take Tony down to the station and book him, Jack goes and Bo and Billie end up having a big fight with Billie telling Bo that she hoped Carly can put up with his self righteousness, cos she sure can't.
At the hospital, Lucas gets a copy of his birth certificate, and everything checks out. Alice remembers that Tom delivered him and then puts two and two together and realizes Kate was the woman who was beaten. Tom can't remember who it was that recommended her as a patient, but it must have been someone important as he was taking a break at that time. Alice also talks to a woman moaning about not getting a grant to keep the teen centre open. Guess who?
Sami invites Austin to the Spring Fling (poor guy) but he tells her she's too young. She vows to make him see that she's not and that she is the right woman for him - the only woman that will be able to help him get over Carrie. To do this she offers to help Lucas find out the truth about his Dad in return for accompanying her (in military uniform) to the dance, to make Austin jealous.
Marlena is waiting for her discharge papers when John comes in and tells her and Roman that he wants to talk to them about the baby, it's really important. He tells them that when Roman came back, he couldn't let go of that life. Giving up that kind of love was too hard. But now with them making a new start with the baby, he thinks it is time he got on with his life and stayed out of theirs. He wishes them the best of luck and then leaves. Roman is surprised and tells Marlena that he feels bad about how hard he's been on John. He follows John and brings him back to the room. There he tells John and Marlena that he is sorry for the way he has tried to push John out of the family. Carrie told him how lucky he is - how he has everything that a man would want and he realized she was right. He tells Marlena that after he came back and they tried to go back to living normal lives he had a whole lot of insecurities and it didn't make it easy for them. He tells her that it was silly, but that he wasn't secure in her love for him, until the moment he found out that she was pregnant. He says he knows that he is a very lucky man and that he should never have tried to push John out of their lives. Then he drops the bombshell and asks John if he will be godfather to the child. Marlena pipes up saying that it's a lot to ask of John. Roman says he knows, but he also knows that if anything happened to him or Marlena, he knows that John would be there to look after the kids, and the new baby. After all, Carrie and the twins are good kids and that has a lot to do with John bringing them up. John says of course he would be there for them but.... A nurse interrupts to tell Roman that Dr. Horton is free and he goes out to talk to Tom about Carrie. John tells Marlena he feels just terrible. There was Roman apologizing for his mistakes when John was the one who betrayed *him*, sleeping with Marlena. He tells her he couldn't even look at Roman. Roman comes back in and asks John if he's made a decision. John thinks that maybe they should just separate this crazy mixed up relationship once and for all. Roman says that they don't have to, it works as it is. John asks to think about it some more - it's a big decision and then leaves. Marlena and Roman talk for a few minutes about John and then Marlena tells him that she loves him. They head off home where Carrie is organizing a welcome home party. However, once there, Roman asks Carrie if she picked up the cake to celebrate their Scorpio baby. Carrie is confused - she thought it was going to be a Libra baby. Roman tells them that he was talking to a nurse at the hospital who told them that their baby is going to be a Scorpio baby too and she has access to Marlena's records....
John goes down to the park to think, but is interrupted by screams from nearby. Most unfortunately he has to be a hero and go and rescue the blonde from the knife wielding muggers.....
Tuesday 18th May 1993
(Tuesday 23rd December 1997 in NZ)
John manages to save Kristen from the muggers and she tells him she is a social worker who does most of her work for nothing. She discovers he's John's Black and doesn't seem terribly thrilled about it. Just then, John notices that she's cut and she swoons into his arms.
Jack discovers that it was Kate who was his mystery backer. She wants him to help get Lucas into politics. But meanwhile Lucas is discovering that his supposed father actually never graduated from Westpoint.
Phillip decides that Austin and Jenn can cover the Spring Fling for the show.
Marlena tells Roman that it was a misunderstanding. She had said something to the nurse about hoping her baby was a Scorpio baby and the nurse had misunderstood. Everyone comes round for the party but it is interrupted by John carrying Kristen in and dumping her on the couch like a sack of spuds. Roman and Tom take her out to the kitchen to tend to her wounds and question her about the mugging. John goes in but when he comes back out Marlena notices he's been cut too. She sits him down and treats it, telling him that if it had been much deeper he would have been in real trouble. He of course just tells everybody it's a scratch. Marlena tells Sami to go upstairs and get one of Roman's shirts for John. Sami glares at her and Marlena tells her in no uncertain terms to "Do it *now*. Roman comes back in when John is dressing in his (plaid) shirt and mentions something about their Libra baby. Then he proceeds to tell the room about the nurse thinking it was going to be born in November. Marlena tells them all it was a mix-up but John looks rather interested. Sami however, looks rather sick....
Wednesday 19th May 1993
(Wednesday 24th December 1997 in NZ)
Lucas and Sami tried to find out the truth about his dad.
Jenn thinks there is more to Kate's offer than she's telling and Jack turns her down.
John and Kristen had a spat at the community centre. Kristen told John she hates rich guys. She spent half the episode ringing mystery people to tell them John Black was in Salem. (Like HELLO, where else would he be?)
Thursday 20th May 1993
(Monday 29th December 1997 in NZ)
Another snorer of a show. Bo and Carly invite Nikki to go camping with them. Nikki doesn't want to till Lawrence tells him it's okay.
Carrie went swimming in the Horton's pool and busy-body Alice called Austin to come over. Austin and Carrie agreed to be friends.
Sami has someone at the station check out the photo of Lucas's dad. They discover it was taken at the Salem Photography Studio.
Billie is falling for Bo big time and runs out upset when she sees him dancing with Carly at the Cheatin' Heart. He follows her when Carly is paged and apologises for the other day and coming down so hard on her. But then he goes back to the boat and boinks Carly.
Friday 21st May 1993
(Tuesday 30th December 1997 in NZ)
Sami and Lucas take the photo down to the studio where the young guy tells them that the man who took the photo will be in later and he will get him to have a look at it.
Bo and Carly take Nikki and Shawn-D camping but it is a little fraught as Nikki isn't really an outdoorsy type and Carly is all over-protective. Of course Nikki and Shawn-D go off to play on the rocks and Shawn-D runs back to Bo and Carly yelling that Nikki has had an accident.
Vivian gets Ivan to get her Jade necklace and they call Dr. Wu in. She offers him the necklace in return for a special drug which he is very unwilling to give her. But the jade persuades him and he agrees.
Carrie tells Roman that she is moving out.
Marlena is heading off to work when Roman asks her when the amnio is going to be done. She says she will let him know. As she leaves she prays the baby will be perfect. And be Roman's. When she gets to the hospital, Alice tells her about Carrie last night. Then she runs into Kristen who is busy mouthing off about John and all the terrible things he has done. When Marlena questions her she won't elaborate and Marlena tells her to shut her mouth until she knows all the facts.
Marlena heads home and she and Carrie help Sami get ready for the spring fling. Sami looks gorgeous in a red off the shoulder dress that Carrie paid for. Lucas comes and picks her up in Victor's Porsche.