Monday, February 28, 1994
(Monday 25 August 1997 in Queensland)
Laura takes of her glasses and announces that she is Laura Horton. Everyone is shocked. Jen and the Hortons are thrilled that she is alive and no longer catatonic. Kate is devastated. Outside they begin to question her on where she had been and Vivian appears. Laura tells everyone that Viv saved her life and Jen is grateful to Viv. Jen wants to take Laura home but she insists on staying to be with the family. The trial resumes and Mickey again asks kate about her connection to Curtis. Kate denies any connection and Laura stands and announces Kate was Curtis's wife. Tony is angry at Stefano for faking his death and lying to Kristen. He tells Stefano he is telling Kristen the truth. Stefano tells Tony that Kristen was having doubts about the wedding and he made sure it happened. He told Tony not to tell her the truth as she may lose faith in the DiMera name. Tony reluctantly agreed not to tell Kristen. Roman is uncomfortable seeing John with Belle and starts to leave but is stopped by Marlena. She tells Roman she wants him to be a part of Belle's life but Roman says she doesn't need another father. Marlena is upset that Roman feels left out.
(Monday 19th May 1997 in Melbourne)
At Billie's trial Laura reveals that Kate was once married to Curtis. Kate breaks down and admits that they were married and that she hated him and is glad he's dead. Mickey asks whether she saw Curtis on the night of the murder and Kate says yes, admitting that he was blackmailing her, saying he would tell everyone of her past unless she paid him off. Mickey pressed Kate, feeling that she hadn't told the full story of why she hated him so much. Kate finally said she hated him because he stole her babies from her and she never saw them again. Billie and Austin stare at each other, realising that this means that Kate may be their mother.
Tony insists that Stefano must leave the country so Kristen doesn't find out what a scam he did, pretending to be killed in a car accident so that Kristen would feel obligated to marry Tony. He arranges for a boat and plane to get Stefano out of the country. At the pier Tony says goodbye to Stefano, saying he will never see him again. Stefano says to Peter that Tony must learn to not talk in such absolute terms.
John tells Marlena that they must talk about their relationship so that they can determine their future parenting of Belle. She suggests he go to the church to arrange Belle's baptism. He goes down and talks to the priest there who tells him that Kristen's marriage to Tony may be invalid, as a marriage done under false pretences, or a lie, can be annulled. John is most pleased to hear this!
Kristen heads off to the church to organise Stefano's memorial service and prays about how much she loves Tony and doesn't love John anymore. She sees John and accuses him of eavesdropping but he says he was just sitting there and happened to overhear (I must remember that excuse). He tells her she still loves him, she says no I don't and leaves and bumps into Tony and says oh I love you and I'm glad I married you, let's go home and put the past behind us.
(Tuesday 20th May 1997 in Melbourne)
At the trial Kate again explains (for those who missed yesterday's episode) that she was married to Curtis and that he stole her babies, not because he loved them but because he knew she loved them. Billie and Austin can't believe their ears. Neither can Jennifer who is the only other person who knows Curtis was their father. The whole courtroom has heard Kate say she's glad Curtis is dead, so Mickey tries to get Billie off the hook. The judge goes away to think about this and comes back and says he will not dismiss Billie and adjourns the court to the next day to give Pat Hamilton time to prepare for this unexpected turn of events. Billie refuses to believe Kate is their mother, while Bo doesn't understand why Billie isn't more excited by Kate looking so guilty. Roman thinks they need to do more digging into Curtis's past before the court comes back into session. Billie tells Austin she's terrified that it'll come out that Curtis was her father and that he molested her. She's says she'd rather die than have Bo find out.
Jennifer takes Laura home and introduces her properly to Abby. Laura tells Jennifer that she remembers everything Jennifer has told her and that she knows what a hard time Jen has had lately. The family are excited by Mike and Bill returning, but Laura doesn't look so excited at the thought of Bill's return.
Before leaving at the pier, Stefano tells Peter he must first set a trap for John. He rings John from his mobile and plays the tune which John remembers from his past. John hears it on his answering machine and hears water and a bell ringing in the background. He and Marlena head down to the pier. They do not find Stefano, but hear the bell they heard in the background while the music was playing. They hear a boat leaving and know Stefano has left for now, but that he hasn't finished playing with their lives.
(Wednesday 21st May 1997 in Melbourne)
Bo tells Billie he is going to search Curtis's past to discover everything he can about his connection to Kate. Billie worries he will discover everything about her too, because if Bo finds out Curtis molested her, he won't want to be with her anymore. Austin disagrees with her.
Wendy remembers her kiss the other night with Jonah. Jonah comes into Brady's pub and tells Wendy he's upset because Lexie is going to go back to the police force instead of going to medical school.
Lexie and Abe wake up, happy to be back together, though Lexie is obviously still thinking about the fact that she has been accepted into medical school. Abe tells her this is the day, she only has to go before the police board and tell them she regrets helping the Pacifier and she'll be allowed to return to the police force. She sighs, and tells Abe that she's sorry she hurt their marriage and her career, but she still feels she did the right thing to help Abe.
Newspaper headlines about Kate come out and Kate worries about the embarrassment she has caused Victor. She offers him out of the marriage but he says no, he'll stand by her. Her lawyer tells her her position could be worse than Billie's. Lucas overhears and yells at him, telling him he'd better get him mum out of this.
Austin wonders if Kate is really their mother. Billie says why should they even care, if she is their mother, she left them with someone who beat up Austin and molested Billie. But Austin believes Curtis could have lied, and Kate could be telling the truth that Curtis made her leave her children. He remembers their mother reading them stories and singing to them.
At Jennifer's place Laura mothers Jen, making her breakfast and wishing she hadn't missed all those years. Laura says she wants to go to the courthouse because she knows Jen wants to be there for Billie. The 'phone rings and it's Mike ringing to speak to Laura. After the call Jen tells her they have another surprise for her - Bill is going to call. Laura drops her coffee cup. When the call comes through Laura presses the hang up button and pretends the line went dead.
Kate tells Lucas she's worried she has lost Victor's respect and that he'll regret marrying her. Lucas reminds her Victor knew a lot of the dirt before he married her. She says if she goes to prison for Curtis's murder she'll definitely lose Victor.
Shawn asks Jonah if there's something going on between him and Wendy, but he says they're just good friends. Outside the pub he bumps into Lexie. She tells him he has to get on with his life and not live his life through her. He says he helped her study for her medical exams for her, not just for him.
Bo turns up at Titan publishing with a search warrant to search Kate's files. Victor asks Bo not to treat his wife as a common criminal but Bo says he's after the truth. Kate moans that this is all Billie's fault and swears revenge.
Austin shows Billie a brooch their mother left behind and she remembers her mother singing to her. At the courthouse Billie sees Kate and tells her she wants to ask her something.
(Thursday 22nd May 1997 in Melbourne)
Marlena goes to Brady's pub to see if Roman is there. Caroline kind of hopes she'll leave, knowing Shawn and Roman won't want her to be there. Roman arrives.
Billie tries to ask Kate about her kids but Kate says Billie's the last person she'd speak to about them. She says Billie knew Curtis, that he was her dealer, and that Kate's humiliation is because of Billie. She calls Billie trash and accuses her of having been Curtis's lover. She tells her it's no wonder her mother left her, that she probably took one look at Billie and knew she'd turn out to be a conniving, drug addicted whore. Billie runs out and tells Austin "That bitch is not our mother".
Jen tells Austin she has been trying to track his mother down for months, and that Peter has files of marriages in Chicago during the time Curtis got married which they're looking through to try to find out whether Kate is really his and Billie's mother. Jen leaves the trial to go to Peter's to look through the files with him. She twists her ankle so obviously he has to carry her up to his room.
Bo gets a phone call with a lead he hopes will give him some information about Curtis and Kate.
Laura asks Alice to point out Kate's son to her, and Alice points Lucas out. Laura stares at him and Alice, seeing her stare, says there's something familiar about him, isn't there? Laura speaks to him and tells him he doesn't look like his mother and he says no, apparently I look like my father.
Carrie overhears Sami telling Jamie about her date with Alan, and how she hopes he'll try to kiss her. Carrie tells Sami Alan is too old for her and she'll get in over her head. Sami tells Carrie she's old enough to do what she wants.
Marlena says she needs to move Belle from Roman's health insurance to hers and that he needs to sign a document renouncing responsibility for Belle. He's sad about how Belle won't even remember him one day but Marlena says he made Belle's first months of life full of love. He remembers special moments with Belle and gets angry, telling Marlena not to come by the pub anymore. Carrie goes to the pub to tell Roman about Sami and Alan but sees his pain and decides not to. Instead she goes to Marlena. Meanwhile Caroline tries to persuade Roman to forgive Marlena. Sami in the meantime is with Alan and as he kisses her on the cheek Marlena arrives to talk to Alan and tells him Sami can't date anyone over 18. Sami says she has no right to tell her anything about what she can and can't do.
Bo arrives at the courthouse and tells Billie he has new information on Kate which should clear Billie. With Kate back on the stand, Mickey reveals that Kate once attacked Curtis with a butcher knife. She says it was only because Curtis had attacked her that night and she only did it to protect her babies. Mickey says that in light of this new evidence he moves that the charges against Billie be dropped and Kate be charged with murder. Lucas stands up and shouts that his mother didn't kill Curtis because he did it, he killed Curtis Brown. Boom boom.