Spoiler for Monday, January 21st, 2002 **

Show #: 9225
Tape Date: 1/4/02
Director: Randy Robbins

SUMMARY:
Nicole visits Greta, Jen runs into Brandon, then Colin, and everyone involved gathers for the results of the DNA test.

SALEM HOSPITAL.....Jen arrives & Larry says he knows she came for the raffle tickets as Alice had already told him. They chat, she leaves & bumps into Brandon. He mentions leaving a few messages on her answering machine, and wonders if Jack erased them. Jen says no, then explains she has been really involved with problems involving her cousin Hope. She then explains about the paternity tests and possible baby switch at the hospital. Brandon pretends he knows nothing of all this (what a slime), as Jen says she doesn't know what she would do if someone tried to take Abbie away from her. Colin has come out of a room, sees them, and watches. Brandon shmoozes Jen about how her eyes light up when she talks about Abbie, and they talk of seeing each other again. Brandon tells her to call & she says she will. He leaves, she goes to elevator, Colin rushes over, stopping her from pressing the button.

DIMANSION....Abe & Lexie continue to argue about what she knew when, etc. Out in the hall Cameron Reese is leaving, assuring Rolf she will prey on Barb to achieve the results they are looking for. Taking care of a special needs child is very stressful, and with Barb pregnant, it could be too much for her. She leaves, followed shortly by Abe (who did not seem to know she was there). Rolf goes in to Lexie, who is, as usual, extremely nervous. Rolf assures her all will go well, Stefano will never let her lose Isaac, but not to worry, with Reese on their side, all will be well.

GRETA'S APT.....Nicole knocks at the door, inviting herself in when Greta opens it. She asks if Greta has heard from Eric, as she has not heard from him, but Greta takes offense, saying Nik just wants to rub it in at how much in love with Nicole poor Eric was. Nicole gives her a few digs about her poor choice in men, Eric, Austin, and now no one, and says something about not even all those internet matchmaking services have not helped. The gals get into a delicious verbal cat fight, as Greta mentions Nicole only finding an old man with one foot in the grave; Nik replies that Victor is a very vital man, they spar about her job, and Nik says Victor realized she had talent and put it to good use, and Greta says yes, she always knew Nicole's talent was while flat on her back (oh, this was all so hysterical). Greta then asked if Nicole made sure she was put in Victor's will, b/4 putting out. LOLOL Nicole then hands her some legal paper to read, which is the sub-let agreement. Greta says it is still in force and opens the door, asking her to leave. Nicole, smiling like the Cheshire cat, asks her to read Paragraph 4, Section C....which states she can retake possession with 72 hours notice. AND that is what she is giving Greta. Start packing, honey.

THE PENTHOUSE....John & Marlena talk about Belle. Marlena tells John just to give Belle some time. Upstairs Belle gets a phone call from Shawn, who wanted her to come over, and go with them, but Belle says she thinks she should go w/her parents. She comes downstairs, hearing something said about Stefano, and begins to rail at John and his one nite stand w/her boyfriend's mother. She yammers about how great things were at Christmas, she & Shawn exchanged rings, they made plans to go to college together, and now all has changed, they will be target of nasty gossip at school, etc. etc. Me, Me, Me. Marlena assures her that her good friends will be compassionate and understanding, and the others will soon go on to another victim.

THE BRADY HOUSE.....Alice has arrived to babysit JT. She & Shawn talk about him getting her ruby back to her, and then JT, as Shawn is so worried. Alice assures him that Grampa Tom is watching over him, and all is going to be fine. The Bradys leave.

SALEM P.D. ....The Reibers have arrived and Glen warns Roman against any funny stuff. LOL. Roman points out the courier with results in briefcase. Barb immediately goes out into hall, flirting, and putting the moves on the guy. (Have no idea what she hoped to accomplish in the middle of the police station). He brushes her off, and Cameron Reese arrives. She talks to Barb about all the work a sick child is going to be for her, giving her the whole spiel. (Ya know, I love this pink suit, it looks wonderful on Cameron Reese, but is it the ONLY piece of clothing she owns?.....she has NOT appeared in anything else!!LOL) The Blacks arrive and go into the office. Barb goes back in, tries to talk to Glen about perhaps not demanding custody, but Glen will have none of that. The Bradys arrive, Belle goes to Shawn, and Hope makes a heartfelt plea to Glen, telling him how much she loves JT, how much he needs her and begs him not to take him away.

Mickey arrives, Cameron Reese comes in, then Roman and Abe. Roman clears the room, Abe goes out in the outer room, and calls Lexie. The lab guy comes in, sits at a desk, and everyone gathers round. He opens the briefcase, takes out the papers, & in the outer room, Lexie anxiously asks Abe what is happening. He opens the door slightly to listen. (This is the POLICE COMMANDER, sneakily listening in, here....jeez...) The announcement is made. The results of the DNA test on J.T. Brady show a 99% match, showing the father to be Glen Reiber. Glen breaks out in a big grin, saying I knew it, and want my son, NOW! Hope looks heartbroken, as Bo wraps his arms around her, and the credits roll.

Barb

Spoiler for Tuesday, January 22nd, 2002 **

Show #: 9226
Tape Date: 1/4/02
Director: Phil Sogard

SUMMARY:
Greta moves in with Jen and Jack and everyone's determined to keep JT one way or the other.

GUESS WHO'S COMING FOR DINNER (AND BREAKFAST AND LUNCH)
A very upset Greta stomps up to Jack's house and knocks on the door (hope she didn't drive over there in that mood). She rants on and tells him about Colin asking about him and Jennifer and he vaguely remembers Colin's name. He asks if she lost her Princess title and she tells him no and finally about how Nicole evicted her. He tells her it's just an apartment, she could buy the whole building if she wanted to (my thoughts exactly, ha!), but she gives him a strange look. It's her home, she declares. Everything she wants, she loses. He reminds her she could buy a mansion that Nicole would be green with envy over. Greta tell him how much she loves her apartment, it's HOME. For the first time in her life she's felt safe (yeah, does beat the swamp in comfort and safety, ha ha). Jack tells her it's a lost cause and to move on. He rants on about how he explored and moved on his life and realizes Jennifer was right about him.

AT SALEM U. HOSPITAL
Colin and Jennifer continue their talk in the hall. He calmly talks to her as she tells him how two faced he is. He tries to explain he has poor bedside manners and her visit in Ireland was not at a good time. She tries to walk away and he remembers being abrupt with her in Ireland, and how it's bothered him that he couldn't explain why, just that he had things going on in his life at the time. She asked why he didn't just say that instead of essentially telling her to kiss the blarney stone and to leave. She tells him how she stayed on in Ireland with Abby as she had left to get away from Jack, not just to see him. She says goodbye and walks away. He flashes back to their talks in Africa as she tells him about needing a man to sweep her away and Jack could never do that. He chastises himself for not asking how things are going with her and Jack and may never have the chance to now. He remembers when she came to see him in Ireland and how rude he was to her. He can never tell her why he was so rude to her at that time though.

Jen returns home, upset at the way she handled things with Colin. She sees Greta inside and peeks in the window, watching Jack and Greta talking. Greta tells Jack if he were straight, she would give Jennifer a run for her money for him. She could never be married to someone who's more like a brother to her than a husband though. Jack changes the subject to where Greta's going to live. She wonders why he gets jumpy when they talk about sex as he pushes her away when she starts touching him. Jen can tell Greta and Jack are intense, wondering why, but knows there's nothing going on between them. She noisily walks in, learns about Greta's being evicted and Jack announces Greta's moving in with them. Jen chuckles to herself, seeing Greta's as rattled with the news as she is..especially when Jack mentions that being they're having va-va-voom, it's only appropriate she move in. Jen is loving this and INSISTS that Greta move in as Greta tries to decline. Jen tells her about remodeling the guest room and will take her over right now to pack up her smaller things..Jack can get the heavier stuff tomorrow. Abby will love having a princess at the breakfast table (hey, a built in baby sitter too, ha!) She raves over Greta's coat as the two gals start talking about a shop Jen recommended as Jack is lost in the process. He asks what about him and Greta thanks him for his help as she and Jen leave. Jen does a little victory dance out front, for once beating Jack at his own game. She'll now see how close he and Greta are.

AT THE STATION
Abe tells Lexie on the phone that Glen is JT's father. He tells Lexie about Hope's reaction and Lexie claims to feel for Hope (yeah, right). She wants a blow by blow of what's being done there. John walks in and Abe hangs up, guessing Abe's talking to Lexie (being he's on his cell and never works anyway, haha). Abe confirms that and tells him how upset Lexie is over it. John's expression shows he knows the truth and just why Lexie is upset.

Bo and Hope are obviously distraught over learning JT's DNA test results as Glen struts over demanding his boy back. Mickey tells them no one is doing anything right now. He and Cameron will go over some papers and make some phone calls and ask everyone to hang tight. Bo checks on Shawn, who tells him to take care of his mom and make sure Glen doesn't get near her. He tells Bo that he and Belle are stepping out for some fresh air and tells Belle to just tell her folks they're going outside, which they do. In the hall he pulls her aside saying he needs her help.

Cameron announces she and Mickey have decided to set up an appt. with a judge and get a social worker assigned to the case. Bo and Glen get into a verbal sparring match that turns physical as Glen accuses them of knowing the truth all along. Hope is crying and Bo can only take so much of Glen (join the club Bo) as he repeats his mantra of wanting his „kid‰ back. He tells Glen to stay away from Hope as Glen continues spewing his nasties. Bo loses it and punches Glen in the face. The two start to go at it, Roman pulls Bo off of Glen and John grabs Glen. The two are still heated up and declaring JT is theirs. Hope finally asks Bo to get her out of there and he agrees. John tries to tell Glen how much Bo loves JT as Glen tells him to just stay out of his face. Marlena tells John that Glen's not worth it as she walks him away. Cameron tells Barb and Glen, who want action NOW, that they have a meeting with the judge in an hour. She asks to use Abe's office to talk with her client and Abe agrees. Glen slams Abe's door, which makes Mickey jump, lol.

Rolf says Phase I is over and we're going into Phase II. He knows it'll take time for the legal issues to be resolved. Rolf explains Bo and Hope are like Abe, good people and will do what they have to. It's only a matter of time before they come for Isaac. She tells him she'll see them in hell first.

In the hall, Hope tells Bo he has to control his temper as it only makes their case worse as they hug. The only thing that matters is keeping their son and they have to stay focused as it may take some time. Mickey tells them they have an appointment in an hour with the judge and they rush home to be with JT in the meantime. Bo asks Mickey to pick them up on the way to the court house and he agrees.

Marlena tells John she's counseled people on losing a child to death, but nothing like this. Glen leaves with Roman's warning to behave. John figures Stefano's behind this being his DNA test matched his as well.

Abe leaves to go home to be with his wife and son. He stops and tells tells Bo and Hope he's sorry as he leaves. At home, he walks in to overhear Rolf telling Lexie she's a DiMera in every way. He tells Rolf she chose to be a Carver though and Rolf leaves.

Shawn and Belle arrive home. He tells Gran what happened and how everyone's upset. He offers to drive Gran home, saying Belle will stay with JT, but wise Gran knows he's up to something and wants to know what. He sits down and explains how much JT means to him and he has to do anything it takes to protect him. She tells him he just can't take the baby and run away. He figures JT is talking and can teach him to say I WON'T GO as it'll make a big difference to the courts. Shawn explains he knows she only wants what's best, but he and Belle head upstairs to see JT. The two get JT and a bag of his clothes. They hear Bo and Hope return home and Belle thinks it's too late, but Shawn doesn't, saying they have to do this as the credits roll…

Linda

Spoiler for Wednesday, January 23rd, 2002 *** 1/2

Show #: 9227
Tape Date: 1/7/02
Director: Roger Inman

SUMMARY:
John & Marlena visit the Carvers, where John puts it all together, Brady & Sami have a verbal sparring match, while Bo & Hope discover Shawn & Belle have left with JT.

THE PENTHOUSE.....Sami comes out of the elevator to loud music. She knocks repeatedly, & at last Brady opens the door, claiming to have been playing his guitar. Sami wants Marlena, but Brady says do I look like the butler? They trade barbs at each other, until Sami once more flashes her ring in Brady's face, announcing her upcoming nuptials, & how Marlena is going to help her plan her wedding. Brady berates her selfish behavior, when Marlena is going thru so much, (Brady really defends Marlena very well) & Sami finally remembers that Marlena is probably getting those DNA results. Sami goes on about how her parents care about her, and Marlena wants her to be happy....and then says "at least I have a mother". (low blow, Sami). She then begins insulting John, which ticks off Brady (Austin should hear her now, so should her mother!) They trade insults about their respective positions, with Brady calling her a b*tch with no soul, and how she is just "me, me, me", and Sami saying he is a "daddy's boy, still living at home w/ daddy". (Delicious dialogue, here, and both actors hold their own). They continue to argue, with Sami again flaunting her upcoming wedding, & Brady telling her in very descriptive terms how Austin will never say I do. That he only wants to be a father to Will, perhaps because his brother is in a coma. Sami protests that Austin loves her, with Brady saying, yeah, only took...what...10 years to land him? He then brings up Nicole, her long legs, how hot she is, and how those long nights working will eventually cause Austin to succumb to her charms, really rubbing it in. Sami is furious, (we know Brady hit the sore spot, lol) and stalks out. Brady says to himself - what a witch, but muses aloud that Sami's feelings about Nicole is really useful information. And twangs the guitar, with a smile on his face.

DIMANSION.....John & Marlena arrive at the Carvers, and Lexie begins babbling on and on about Hope/Gina having slept with Glen, probably slept around a lot, no other explanation for Glen matching DNA w/JT, blah, blah. Abe looks at her, rather puzzled, but John literally explodes. John confronts Lexie about everything that has happened....and lists them all. He talks about how he had a DNA test done on himself, how he had the papers and Stef stuck his head in the car, mentioning to Abe it was the East Side Lab....explosion?? Both he & Marlena talk of how the babies were switched at the hospital, in spite of the "tight security" (Oh, yeah, right...like anyone get into any place in that hospital....no questions asked) & that tho Lexie may not have known then, she found out somewhere along the way. He then talks about the party, where somehow Hope was regaining all her memories, and how they almost lost her in the process. Abe is clearly uncomfortable with all this, as Lexie is really turning on the waterworks, too. John then wants to know why the Reibers were invited, and every time he looked, Barb & Lexie were in a corner, w/intense conversations. As he talks, he ponders why Stef would set this all up. Why would he want Lexie raising Hope's baby. And the lightbulb goes off, as he realizes "family"...and how important it is to Stefano. That Stefano wanted Lexie, a DiMera, raising Hope's baby so it would be "family". As everyone looks puzzled, John says perhaps he was not the only one who slept with Gina/Hope. (ughh, I do not want to go there at all)

THE BRADY HOME....Bo & Hope arrive home (glad to see all the snow outside now, at least we know it is winter...even if very few dress like it, lol) and get the baby sitting report from Alice. She tells them Shawn & Belle told her the results, and as Hope hugs her, Alice says they will get thru this by helping each other, like they always do. Hope runs up to play w/ JT a bit.

Upstairs, Shawn & Belle gather JT's things together, then hear the car drive up. Shawn decides to sneak down the back stairs and they leave. They creep up to the truck, but first Shawn makes sure his dad cannot follow him in his car.

Hope screams for Bo, as she discovers JT is gone, along with Shawn & Belle and his meds are gone, along with some clothes. They hear the truck start up, and run downstairs. They run outside, to find the tires slashed on their car. (Puleeze...Shawn could have just let the air out....cannot believe he would slash the tires). When they return inside, wondering why he did this, Alice explains how Shawn wants to teach JT to say "I won't go".....(At his age, wouldn't No GO, be more realistic? Maybe not? But he is not talking that much, yet) and that Shawn only intend to be gone a little while. She says she thought she talked him out of it, but evidently not. Hope thinks it is wonderful of Shawn, tho Bo knows it was wrong. Mickey arrives, and is told of what happened. He agrees this could hurt their case, but is going to try and get a postponement from the judge. Hope and Bo join hands and pray for their two boys, and that JT remain in their family.

In the truck, Belle asks what are they going to do, with no money, but Shawn says they will not be gone that long. His cell phone rings, and it is Jan - naturally. She wants Shawn's help, and he tells her now is not a good time. He has a family thing, will get in touch w/her later, and says he will help her as he promised. He hangs up, (Belle comments here that he should get a head set so he can drive hands free w/no distractions.....and Shawn just shuts his cell phone off, saying he does not want to be distracted from his driving....Excellent message! JMHO) Belle asks what Jan wanted, and Shawn says he promised Jan not to say anything. Belle reminds him she is helping him kidnap his brother, and deserves his trust. He says Jan is having a hard time at home, Belle mentions Mimi telling her how Jan's mother treated her at the airport. Shawn jumps on it, saying yeah, that is it, the cleaning toilets duty, etc. and Jan wants to run away from home, drop out of school, so he is trying to help her cope.

Belle realizes where they are headed, and is surprised, but Shawn says since they cannot go to their parents, this is the only way. We then see them outside the DiMera house (Belle's parents are still inside!) with JT in his arms, and holding hands as they approach the door. AND the credits roll.

Barb

Spoiler for Thursday, January 24th, 2002 ***

Show #: 9228
Tape Date: 1/8/02
Director: Phil Sogard

SUMMARY:
Greta manages to escape the Deveraux's and Shawn and Belle seek Lexie's help.

THREE'S COMPANY REVISITED
A replay of Jen insisting on Greta moving in with them. Jack rushes out to stop them and pulls them back inside. Jen justifies that she and Greta might get to be better friends then Greta and him. Greta is like a monkey in the middle as they argue over her. She tells them thanks, but no thanks for the offer. Jen continues to insist she live there as Jack says NO. We see a flashback of Jack and Jen when he talked her into them living together for Abby's sake. Back in real time they continue to argue about how Jack hasn't changed. He tries to get Greta out of there, but Jen insists she move in right now. Greta is literally pulled between the two and says it's HER life, doesn't SHE have a say? They both shout NO. (get out quick Greta!!) Greta insinuates knowing something and Jack tries to remind her she promised to keep it quiet while Jen tries to get the information out of Greta. Greta finally loses it and tells them as much as they seem wrong for each other, it's obvious they're both still very much in love. Jen runs to stop Greta from leaving and Jack tries to stop her…they both run into the door and smash their noses into it as it closes. They both have bloody noses and help each other stop the bleeding, talking about their dueling nose bleeds. Greta tells herself Abby's not the only child living in that house as she walks away.

DIMANSION
Shawn and Belle arrive with JT and overhear John's rant in the entry about Stefano being the father of Hope's baby and that's why the baby's were switched. They hide off to the side of the door to listen. They make some noise and rush off before Lexie hears something and opens the door to check (so much for their top notch security system, LOL!) John doubts Lexie heard anything outside and calls her a liar as Abe defends her. As John continue to call Lexie's bluff and her denying it, Marlena stands by watching. Lexie tries dismissing John and asks Abe to get them to leave. Abe tells John he's not making much sense and when John tells Abe that he use to be such a good cop, but can't see what's going on inside his own, er, Stefano's house…Abe tells him he's close to crossing the line. Marlena finally steps between them. John agrees to go quietly after he tells Lexie he knows what's really going on as her father taught him to think like a DiMera. They leave as John warns Lexie that the truth WILL come out. Lexie rushes into Abe's arms asking him to tell her they won't lose their son. (why aren't Bo and Hope insisting on a DNA test on Isaac, or the courts insisting on one for all the baby boys born that night in lieu of these test results?)

Sitting in the truck with JT, Belle asks Shawn what he thinks about all of this. He figures coming there was right as Lexie agrees that JT belongs with them, but Belle reminds him that Isaac MIGHT be his brother. (Oh yeah..glad SOMEONE thought about Isaac's part in this whole thing and Isaac might be the real Brady baby…) He understands if she doesn't want to help with this as JT sits there quietly sucking his pacifier. They finally unplug the pacifier long enough to try and get JT to say the 3 magic words (I won't go), but are unsuccessful, so plug him in again. They see John and Marlena pull away and take JT in to see Lexie. (you would think it would click to Shawn that Lexie shouldn't be trusted the way John was yelling at her perhaps?)

John and Marlena stop in the woods to talk about the situation, even standing outside their SUV to chat in the snow (didn't she just get over bronchitis or a cold?) John figures the courts will give custody of JT to Glen.

BRADY HOME
Roman is summoned and they tell him about Shawn taking JT. Bo takes Roman into the kitchen for coffee and to fill him in as Hope tells Gran how close Shawn is to JT. Roman wants to know what da hell Shawn was thinking as Bo rationalizes Shawn's reaction and what he did. Roman tells Bo he has to report this as Bo pleads with him not to. Roman agrees to not make it official, just to have the cruisers report where they see Bo's old pickup. They leave to go out and try and find Shawn and JT.

Hope tells Gran that she hopes Shawn will teach JT „I won't go‰. (Like the judge would listen to a one year old). Hope hopes that Shawn is successful in keeping JT long enough to say those words.

Gran tells Hope she's more worried about Hope than Shawn and JT. As Bo and Roman leave to go find Shawn, Hope asks Bo to let Shawn just go with JT. He tells her to stay home in case Shawn calls, but Hope runs out after Bo, not able to just stay home. Poor Gran is left there sitting alone.

BACK AT DIMANSION
Lexie and Abe talk as she plays innocent. He can't believe how John talked to her and all the damage that's been done. Abe feels a terrible loss and figures Lexie must feel it too. She only figures their friends don't have any compassion for them and they have to move on. He gets paged away to work, but doesn't want to leave her alone. She'll go upstairs and watch Isaac sleep (that kid sure sleeps A LOT!). Rolf walks in, telling Abe he'll be there. After Abe leaves, Rolf tells her he heard everything that went on. Rolf warns her to stay calm and keep her eye on the prize. Ding dong. Lexie finds Shawn at the front door. He asks for her help. She doesn't know what she can do and asks him what he wants. He tells her they need money, and lots of it..as the credits roll.

Linda

Spoiler for Friday, January 25th, 2002 *** 1/2
(mostly because reality is finally sinking in to our Salemites heads)

Show #: 9229
Tape Date: 1/9/02
Director: Herb Stein

SUMMARY:
Close encounters at Princess Greta's, Chloe comes to a realization (thanks to her mom), and Austin gives Sami a reality check.

CHLOE & HER GUYS
At dotCom, Brady and Philip chat about Chloe and what she wants. Brady informs Phil he hasn't seen her in quite a while. Philip is relieved to hear Brady really hasn't seen her and figured Brady was chasing after Chloe. Brady tells him he doesn't chase after girls, they chase after him (oh brother). He figured Chloe and Philip were close to getting back together. Philip asks Brady what he and Chloe did together last summer. Brady goes on about he and Chloe took a cruise on the Baltic Sea. Philip doesn't believe him and Brady brags that Chloe understands him. He finally tells him they had a weekend in Chicago at an art exhibit. Ok, they didn't go, but they talked about it. He yanks Philip's chain some more saying they went skinny dipping, but Philip knows better. Brady finally tells him they just „hung out‰ while he was down playing Survivor in Puerto Rico. They even went bowling as we see a LONG flashback of Brady teaching Chloe how to bowl. He tells Phil that Chloe's now back in high school where she belongs and he's where he belongs. Philip won't give it up and asks Brady if he'd go out with Chloe if she wanted to. Brady tells him that Chloe is only 17 and more into the high school stuff and he's past that. Chloe wants someone more like Philip. Walking away, thinking he bluffed Philip pretty good, leaves Philip thinking he misjudged Brady and Chloe's relationship.

Chloe is in her room looking at pictures of her and Philip as we see a montage of flashbacks of them together in happier times. She lies down on her bed to pet Sugar and goes into flashbacks of her and Brady next. Nancy walks down the hall and peers in at her before knocking. She asks to have a girl talk with Chloe, wanting to know what's going on in Chloe's head. Chloe tells her she'd like to know too. Later Nancy is petting Sugar and rubbing her belly, saying she's (Sugar's) putty in her hands…Chloe tells her not to get any ideas, LOL. Nancy cites the 2 heads are better than 1 adage and suggests Chloe talk it out. Chloe admits not being brave enough to talk about her relationship with Philip face to face. When she brings up Brady's name, Nancy wants to know what he has to do with it. She feels Brady wouldn't be jealous. She tells Nancy how she and Brady have a lot in common. His love of music plus he's smart and independent. He treats her like she's a dreamy teen giving up her music future over a teenage crush on a quarterback. Nancy asks if that's why they don't hear her singing anymore around the house. Chloe denies that, saying she doesn't feel like she's good enough and tells her Brady said so. Nancy gets upset, telling her she just dump them both and not let a guy decide her future. She hugs her daughter, telling her she loves her and leaves. Chloe lays on the bed with Sugar and quietly says, „Mom, I think you're right.‰ (good to see these two bonding finally!)

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS
Jen and Jack sit there with Kleenex stuffed up their bloody noses (eewww) as they quibble about their current situation. She wants to know what the big secret is that he and Greta are sharing. She figures she can find that out as soon as Greta moves in. Aha, Jack tells her, you still DO love me. She asks how he came about that rationale (take that Kleenex out of your noses please, yuck) as they go on about Brandon and Greta. She uses the word alleged a lot and he calls her on it. She can't picture him intimate with Greta. She leaves to go help Greta pack and he wants to go too (where's Abby?) as they take off together.

Nicky and Brandon meet up at dotCom, both wearing black leather jackets. She needs his help as we see her excited about what they're going to do.

Greta's driving back to her apartment, anxious to crawl into her Lucy and Ricky PJ's (aww, I know SOMEONE who that would appeal to big time! ;-), and crawl under her comforter..but she can't..she's being evicted. She returns home and hears someone in her apartment. Later she's just about ready to go into her apartment with a huge pipe wrench from the janitor's closet when someone taps on her shoulder. It's Jack and Jen. They find out what's going on and Jen goes on about how someone broke into their house while she was a kid and the two gals go on about how you never lose that feeling. Jack says they sound like soccer moms, but this isn't the time and takes it on himself to break in to catch the burglar off guard. He huffs and goes into some kung fu type of warm ups (if it's not kung fu, I'm sorry…but you get the idea, ha!) and knocks the door down, falling on the floor. We find out it's Brandon and Nicole (uh, can they do that before the 72 hrs. is up?). Greta is upset that Nicole and Brandon came in and going through her possessions, Brandon tries to explain he just helped bring stuff over, Nicole said she was just making room in some closets (ha!) while Jen and Jack continue their on-going dialog about his relationship with Greta. Nicole finally whistles, getting Brandon off the hook and telling Jen she knows exactly what's going on with Greta and Jack and it's about time she knew too (Greta signals to Jack she didn't tell her anything.)

Nicole starts with Greta and her Princess complex and wanting to be on a pedestal, admired and adored, but not touched. Jack rants on about how that's not true as Greta smirks. He tells Nicole that Greta doesn't use people and wouldn't throw someone out of their apartment without even an apology. He asks how he figures she knows HIM. She explains the look of terror on his face as he broke in, his obvious jealousy over Jennifer with her brother and his ridiculous way of talking. She calls Jack a wus. Jack admits being many things, but NOT a wus and asks Jen to tell Nicole. Jen firmly tells Nicole that Jack is a strong and brave man and would go to the ends of the earth to save someone. Jack and Jen stare into each other's eyes after she says that. Greta realizes that Nicole tore the buttons off one of her dresses and calls her on it. She goes to pull the rack into the bedroom and Nicole pulls the rack the opposite direction. They end up pulling on Greta's black cocktail dress and Nicole rips it, then starts laughing (this girl's sick). Jack promises Greta they'll talk to a lawyer. Brandon blows a loud whistle leaving everyone holding their ears and backing away as Jack bumps into something, knocking Greta's jewelry box over with her jewelry falling on the floor. Nicole happily gets down to look at the jewelry as Greta pulls it out of her hands.

HOME SWEET HOME (?)
Sami's home picking up Will's toys off the floor with a fire going as Austin just walks in (hey, whatsupwiththat, it's her apartment?). He feels Will should be picking up after himself and tells her Nicole took off early, so he decided to come home early to be with her and Will. She hopes he'll always put her first and he questions her if she believed he wouldn't do that. She rationalizes she watched a talk show psychologist who said sometimes wives take a back seat to their kids. Austin tells her if she expects him to put her above his feelings for Will, it's good he knows this now before it's too late. Will runs in and innocently asks if he's going to take him to see his daddy now. Sami gets irate saying she thought it was decided SHE would take Will and he doesn't have any say in it as Austin looks confused. She rattles on and even Will tries to stop her until Austin storms out. Will tells his mom it was HIS idea, not Austin's to go see his daddy.

A little later, Sami goes across the hall (with Will) and knocks on Austin's door. Austin answers it only wearing a towel from the shower. Austin agrees to talk to her only if she agrees to take Will to see Lucas. When she starts justifying not doing so, Will speaks up saying she promised she would. She finally agrees to do so. She asks to come inside, but Austin repeats he has an early day the next day and will see her tomorrow. He doesn't even kiss her goodnight as he tells Will goodnight and shuts the door (ha!). Will thanks her for taking him to see his daddy (aww) and Sami lets him back in their apartment determined on getting out of that promise as the credits roll….

Linda

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