July 21 - July 25, 2003 Updates
MONDAY, JULY 21ST, 2003
Episode #9603
Tape date : Various
Director : Randy Robbins
The Bicentennial Celebration continues for Bo and Hope (who watch
from the rooftop) and for Sami and Tony in the park, Lucas has a
meltdown and has to call the calvary. GREAT scenes here with
Bryan and Suzanne Rogers (Maggie), Brady and Nicole (along with
the cops and paramedics) search the crash scene for the driver,
and find him, ALIVE!
Up On The Roof
Bo and Hope enjoy their evening watching the fireworks, joke
around and talk about what a wonderful time they are having. He
tells her that the grand finale is yet to come, later at home (wink,
wink). They discuss the benefits of their new profession and
working for themselves as they have more wine and make a toast to
their lives. Their evening is interrupted when his cell rings. It
is an informant with some leads on the mystery substance. He
plans on going for a couple of days to follow up and gather some
info. He decides not to tell the ISA what he is doing and wants
to go it alone. Hope tells him no way as she gets angry and
pleads her case. He assures her that it will be boring grunt work
and finally she backs off. He promises that if he gets anything,
he will call her immediately and she can join him. She makes him
promise to call everyday, no twice a day as she continues to talk
as he kisses her. He flips on the radio as we hear Kelly
Moneymaker's "Can't Live Without Your Love" begin to
play and they dance on the rooftop.
At The Cheatin' Heart
Lucas is alone at his table staring at his drink. There is a
lovely girl at the next table (and if you squint she almost looks
like Reese Witherspoon) Okay, now that I am fully distracted, she
asks him what is wrong with his drink and offers to buy another.
She sits with him and questions him about who the girl is that is
bothering him. She suggests a game of pool and proceeds to beat
him at it. She offers other "entertainment" but he
declines. After she leaves, he picks up his drink, but sees
Sami's face in it and throws it against the wall. Lucas
apologizes and asks the barkeep for a cup of coffee. Realiing he
is in trouble, he whips out his cell and calls for backup. Later,
Maggie arrives at the bar (I was hoping he had called her)
offering loving arms and support for him. He confesses to her
that he has been drinking again and she already suspected it. She
offers an ear and an shoulder for him, asking what started him
back. He starts out blaming it all on stress, his job, Will, etc.
But she knows there is more to it. He also tells her that he has
been having "unsettling thoughts" about someone he
thought he hated. She wants the truth, the whole truth or
threatens to leave. He tells her that they have been romantic
fantasies and she asks if it is all about Sami. (God, she is such
a smart, classy lady!) He rants about it and claims that he is so
confused and just wants them to end. She is really tough on him
and says that she doesn't believe that. She listens quietly as he
blames it all on Sami and then comments on how much he protests
his feelings. She suggests that he go and talk to Sami and tell
her how he feels, but he is sure that Sami will only laugh at him.
But Maggie urges him to talk to her and let her know how he feels.
She also urges him to return to the AA meetings with her, as
there is one tomorrow. He agrees to attend with her and when she
asks what he intends to do about Sami, he agrees that he needs to
talk with her as soon as possible. He tells Maggie that he knows
where to find her. She gets up to leave and with a big hug and a
kiss on the cheek (leaving lipstick) Lucas thanks her and she
goes to leave. She makes him promise to call her next time BEFORE
he tips the glass. With that she is gone, leaving Lucas to make
the next move. And he KNOWS what he must do.
In The Park
Sami and Tony are also enjoying the fireworks as he notices she
is chilly and offers his jacket. After the finale, everyone
applauds and Tony offers her more champagne (hmmm, should she
really be drinking while on all those meds?) Music begins to play
as he invites her to dance with him. As Sami looks over his
shoulder, you can see the mischief in her eyes (Look out Tony,
our Sami is UP to something!) After the dance, Tony notices that
she is wearing the diamond necklace. He goes on to talk about the
shaping and polishing process of a diamond and it's final beauty.
He also talks about how only a diamond can cut another diamond
and that they are kindred spirits. (hmmm..something tells me that
they are only out to use each other, each with a different agenda).
He whips out another box for her and in it she finds a pair of
matching diamond earrings. After she puts them on, she mouths a
thank you and he suggests that they go back to his place for a
night cap. When they arrive, they walk into the den and once she
sees the French doors, she has flashbacks of the accident and
bolts from the room. He chases after her and begins apologizing
and asking how he can make it up to her. She indicates that she
would like a diamond bracelet as well (that's our Sami!) but Tony
suggests a large diamond ring to replace the one that Brandon had
given her. This leaves her a bit taken aback, but Tony assures
her that he was only joking, he's not ready to hear wedding bells
any time soon. He goes on to talk about how much they are alike
and so misunderstood as Sami glares at him. He says that she
should consider the benefits of a future with him. He flatters
and sweet-talks her and then asks for another date. Cut to the
front door as Lucas arrives and contemplates ringing the doorbell.
In Pursuit Of Larry
Brady and Nicole arrive at the crash site (Larry's car went down
a ravine and exploded). Nicole tries to convince him that they
need to leave but he calls the cops and demands that they stay
until they arrive as Nicole prays that Larry is dead. She wants
to go down and check the wreckage herself, but Brady won't let
her. The cops arrive as Brady explains what happened. He turns to
Nicole and asks if she has any thoughts on the subject (with a
worried look on her face). He asks if she has any ideas on who
may want to kill Victor and she talks about Victor's shady
dealings and how it could be ANYONE. Brady has an epiphany and
realizes that Victor was the target by the pool, not HIM, and
figures they the killer was trying to finish the job that he
started. He says that they need to find out who is behind it all.
The paramedics arrive as the cops come back up, telling them that
there was no body in the car (as Nicole freaks out again). They
say that the door was ripped of and he either jumped or was
thrown from the car. The cops and paramedics continue to search
and then someone yells that they found him. Brady heads that way,
with Nicole demanding to go with him, all the while praying that
Larry is dead. They all arrive at the body to find him cut up and
bleeding. Brady comments that he looks familiar and then it dawns
on him that he has seen his picture in the papers and it's Larry
Welch. One of the paramedics announces that he is still alive as
the camera cuts to Nicole with a panicked look on her face as it
fades to black and the previews roll.
Preview:
Rex tells Mimi that they MUST get Philip away from Cassie.
Mimi tells him that they must tell Philip the truth, that they
share the same mother. Shawn watches as Philip and Belle are
laughing and hugging. Lucas tells Sami (they are at DiMansion)
that there could be some guy out there who really cares about her.
With a questioning look on her face, she points at him. In the
hospital, Abe asks Larry who helped him as he raises a hand and
begins to point his finger. Cut to the horrified face of Nicole.
Laney
TUESDAY, JULY 22ND, 2003
Episode #9604
Tape date : Various
Director : Randy Robbins
Mimi and Belle have a housewarming party at the loft, Larry's
taken to ER followed by Abe, Victor and Tony to find out more,
and Lucas goes to DiMansion to see Sami.
The Loft Warming Party
Belle and Shawn hope to find a place to be alone at the park.
They run into Mimi and Rex who invite them to join them for ice
cream. Cassie and Philip walk up together, much to Mimi and Rex's
dismay. Rex orders Philip to stay away from his sister. Cassie
assures him they just ran into each other and not on a date.
Belle invites them all up to the loft and Mimi agrees, saying
they've wanted to throw a housewarming party. Philip offers to go
get junk food and asks Cassie to join him. She agrees, telling
Philip he'll like it as Belle will be there. He tells her that
Belle's with Shawn. They talk about LIB and how he chose Belle
anyway. He says if he had known Belle was with someone, he might
have chosen her (Cassie). (Oh paleez, he knew!) Now alone, Shawn
asks Belle what happened to their evening alone. She tells him
they will be after their housewarming party (nights are long in
Salem, remember).
Later they all gather at the loft as Philip and Cassie arrive
with a couple grocery bags of junk food (never see them eating
any though). P&C head off to put some cd's on while Belle and
Shawn unbag the food. Seeing Philip and Cassie together just
irritates Rex and Mimi tries to reassure him nothing will happen
being Cassie knows the truth. She tells him telling the truth to
Philip is the only other way. He doesn't want one of those "Mimi
tells all" moments, LOL. They argue about his wanting to
stay a Dimera for MONEY AND POWER vs. being a Brady where he'd
have LOVE AND HONOR. He says that Tony and Marlena love them
where Kate and Roman can't stand them anyway. He asks her to
promise not to say anything, especially to Philip.
Philip asks Cassie to tell Rex he's harmless and she wants him to
keep her secret about her rabbit. He agrees. Rex overhears the
"secret" part and accuses Cassie of telling Philip and
goes ballistic. Cassie cues him he's getting upset over nothing.
Belle changes the subject and announces a new campaign she
suggested to Kate at BB about a dance machine/contest and unveils
the machine being John let her keep it in the loft. She wants
everyone to try it out. The video has two dancers on it and on
the floor is a panel with a center step and foot panels in the
north, south, east and west positions. You're suppose to follow
the dancer on the video. The one with the highest points wins.
All 3 couples do a dance..Rex and Mimi first as they clown around
jumping, Belle and Shawn second (she's wearing tennis shoes, but
he's in sandles), then Philip (in black dress shoes?
Whatsupwiththat??) and Cassie last. Belle announces she and
Philip got high scores and she hugs him, much to Shawn's dismay.
Later Mimi sits on Rex's lap as he vents about Cassie's choice in
men, a guy on bail and their ‡ brother. Cassie and Philip
talk about his feelings for Belle.
Mimi suggests they need to be alone and Rex agrees, but looks at
Cassie and doesn't want to leave her and Philip alone. B&S
talk about Cassie. He figures Philip would be good for her, but
Belle knows Cassie is beyond help. Later Shawn and Belle talk
loudly about putting food away for tomorrow and should they turn
out the lights. Belle says they'd be there all night if they did
that, haha. Rex and Mimi take the hint. Belle knows it's Mimi's
home too, but Meems says she's staying with Rex tonight and
orders them to have fun. They leave and B&S say 2 down..looking
at Cassie and Philip. Cassie offers to help Philip get Belle and
forget the soul mate thing.
DiMansion
Sami and Tony are still at his home, talking about the gift he
wants to give her. He goes on about romantic locations in the
world he knows about. He promises she'll get her voice back. The
doorbell rings in the background. Tony tells Sami that he's done
research and promises her vocal chords will be restored. Lucas
walks into the room to find Sami hugging Tony after his promise
to restore her voice and apologizes, but needs to speak with Sami
about Will. He tells Sami (Tony walked away for cell call about
Victor's attempted shooting) that Will's football coach at camp
needs a form signed by them. He offers to drive her back to the
apt. to sign it. Tony thanks Sami for a wonderful evening and not
to put away her dancing shoes and leaves. Lucas realizes he has
to tell Sami about his feelings before it's too late. They talk
about her date with Tony and the "rocks" (earrings)
she's wearing. He's asking if she's selling herself, but warns
her that Tony will want something in return (yeah, that's a good
way to tell her you care Lucas, haha). He offers to take her home
and, go figure, she isn't anxious to join him now. He tells her
he never thought she'd sell out for money and continues on
calling her a mistress of the Dimera empire, a countess want-to-be.
He reminds her how she almost got killed at the Blue Note when
the gunman tried to whack Tony. She signals him it was his fault,
but he said he saved her that night. He tells her their son needs
her and she knows how much Will needs both of them. For Will's
sake, he begs her to walk away from Dimera. He tells her she's
beautiful and desirable. He tells her to take her time and look
around, there could be a guy who really cares about her and could
be closer then she thinks. She points at him with a questionable
expression. He comes back with he doesn't have a death wish (oh
Lucas!!). She rushes out to the foyer and he stops her..saying
what he's been trying to tell her all night is, as he grabs her
and starts kissing her. She kisses him back as we see it's only
Lucas' thoughts, not real. He tells himself he can't do that and
rushes out after her.
At The Hospital (where all the doctors we know have left town)
Larry is wheeled into ER. Nicole is freaking out, needing to
know if Larry is alive. Brady asks why she's been acting so crazy
all night and Victor joins them, also wanting to know why. The
subject changes to how Nicole left Victor's side and rushed off w/
Brady. They remind him they got the shooter, Larry Welch. Victor
has to see Larry for himself to believe he's still alive and
pushes through Salem's Finest to do so. He sees Larry and the
nurse forcibly pushes him back out the door (atta girl). Victor
asks Nicole if they knew it was Larry Welch. They explain what
happened. Victor questions if it was Welch at the house the other
night and warns Nicole if she knows any more, now's the time to
tell him. Abe arrives, also wanting to see Welch. He's escorted
in as the doctor is swabbing Larry's forehead (serious stuff,
haha). Abe returns to Victor, Nicole and Brady and Victor demands
to speak with Abe alone. Brady suggests Nicole talk to him, but
she continues playing innocent. Tony joins Victor and Abe's
discussion advising them he wasn't involved. Victor orders Abe to
do his job and reminds Abe he's the victim. They wonder who
helped Larry escape and gave him the gun to shoot Victor.
Nicole's standing behind Victor as he says this. The nurse rushes
out to tell Abe that the patient is awake and wants to talk to
him. Nicole passes out which keeps Brady and Victor with her, but
Abe goes in alone. Victor hopes Larry lives long enough to tell
Abe the truth. Nicole rushes into Larry's room, as does Brady.
Abe encourages Larry to tell him who his accomplice is. Larry
tells Abe he did it for revenge. Abe knows Larry had outside help
and asks for a name. Larry points at Nicole as she shakes her
head and the previews of the next show rolls.
Preview:
Lucas (who's shirtless) looks at Sami saying it's great, she
can talk, as she (fully dressed) looks surprised. Mimi tells Rex
that the Dimeras are evil and he tells her she'll never
understand, the truth could ruin their lives. Victor tells Nicole
he almost got killed covering for her, now it's payback time.
Hope stands by Larry's bedside... I think he tells her she ruined
his life (sorry, don't have closed captioning) and she tells him
to burn in hell.
Linda
WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2003
Episode #9605
Tape date : Various
Director : Albert Alarr
Sami & Lucas have a restless night, while Rex continues to go
off the deep end, and Larry finally breathes his last.
DiMansion
Philip has brought Cassie home, and while she goes to get a CD
for him, Rex & Mimi come home (thought they left b/4
P&C??) Rex explodes at Phil, wanting to know why he is there,
Cassie returns, as both try to get Rex to calm down. But Rex
rants at Phil, telling him to forever stay away from his sister,
etc. Phil leaves. Cassie is angry at her brother, claiming she
& Phil are friends, she needs one, and would never blab that
they are related. Outside Phil calls someone to meet him at the
DiMera's as he has more investigating to do. Inside, as Rex &
Mimi enter his room, she tries reasoning with him about his
obsession with being a DiMera, but Rex will have none of it. He
explodes at her, and agrees it was a mistake for her to be there,
as she storms out.
Outside Tek arrives, not too sure about Phil spying on Rex, w/o
the go ahead from headquarters, but gets talked into it. Phil
feels Rex is up to something, he knows not what. Tek gives him
nighttime moon goggles (to see in the dark) and a voice activated
high tech recorder. He leaves, as Mimi comes out, slamming the
door, bumping into Philip. She spots the square shaped recorder,
wanting to know what it is, he lamely says a palm pilot, but our
smart Meems realizes he is spying, and that he is much more than
a simple Marine (face it, Phil, you are just not cut out for the
spy game, lol). He denies it, but Mimi wants to know why he is
spying on the DiMeras.
Inside, Cassie comes into Rex's room to see if he wants some ice
cream, but surly Rex says not now, he is busy. As he types away
at that darn computer, she picks up a vial, wondering what it is.
Rex shouts at her to put it down, that he & Tony have a big
plan to work on together.
Sami's Apartment
In the darkened apt., Sami is sleeping on the sofa, dreaming of
screaming at Tony and then going thru the window. Across the hall
in his darkened apt., Lucas (clad only in his shorts, and looking
mighty fine! LOL), cannot sleep, checks the TV listings, but
infomercials are not appealing (boy, you got that right, Lucas).
He paces around, takes out a bottle of booze, gets a glass, but
as he is about to pour, changes his mind, murmoring that he has
to get rid of all this stuff, as he tosses the bottle in the
garbage. He takes the trash out, stops at Sami's door to listen.
Later, we see him quietly opening her door with a key, and wakens
her on the sofa. She is astonished to see him, but he explains
that as he was taking out the trash, he HEARD her crying, she
must've been having a bad dream. (Just watch all Ali's facial
expressions during these scenes, she is totally awesome.) Lucas
tells her that if he heard her, it means she is getting her voice
back, and encourages her to try, to no avail. He brings up Will,
telling her to use the phone to pretend she is talking to him.
Sami tries, but cannot, and gets upset. Lucas is so gentle with
her, asking her to maybe make any kind of sound, hum or
something, but Sami cannot. She cries on his shoulder, as he
quietly holds her. He asks if she wants him to stay a while, but
her look reminds him he is clad only in his shorts, so he leaves,
telling her she has his key, if she wants anything. Both are now
alone in their apartments, both restless, pacing. Lucas goes to
bed, tossing and turning endlessly. Sami finally pulls open a
drawer and takes out a key, looks at it. Lucas turns in bed, to
see Sami standing there. She comes to the bed, they hug, as Lucas
pulls back the covers & she lies down. He puts his arm around
her, she lies on his chest, just wanting to be held.
The Hospital
Tony talks to Victor about Larry, and that Victor got him to take
the fall for killing Colin. Inside the cubicle, Abe questions
Larry about who helped him escape and pull off his previous
"death". As he slowly raises his hand, finger seemingly
pointing at Nicole, he murmurs "Hope", and all turn to
see her standing there. Abe fills her in on events to that point,
and all realize he had an accomplice. Larry wants to talk to her
alone. Everyone leaves (Oh, yes, like the cops would leave at
this point!),& Hope pulls the Salem soundproof curtain around
the bed. ROTFL. Larry talks about their past life, saying they
had some good times, "when you loved me" as we see 3
black & white flashbacks of a very young Hope & Larry. In
one, she is asking him to put the engagement ring on her finger,
another must be of them already married, and things not going
well, and the last she angrily slaps him across the face. Hope
tells him off, saying he could have made a good life for himself,
he was a lawyer, a prosecuting attorney, and instead he went the
wrong way. Now he can roast in hell, as the devil takes him
there, while she is happy with her family, and because he will be
in hell, he will never, ever see her again. As she spits out
these words, the monitor begins beeping more, and finally
flatlines, as Larry leaves Salem forever. Nicole is one happy
camper at the news Larry is no more, while Brady chats with Hope,
wanting to make sure she is alright. She says Bo is out of town,
but will hear about Larry soon enough.
Later, Hope goes to visit Alice, having seen her light on. Alice
is sitting in her kitchen, in her bathrobe, with a big plate of
donuts on the table. Hope makes tea, commenting on how Alice
seems to have been busy, & Alice tells her to take those
donuts home to the boys. Hope comments on how Zack won't eat any
but hers, that she was to pick him up at the Pub, but it was so
late that Caroline insisted she let him sleep, and get him in the
morning. She tells Gran all about Larry, how he did not die
during the prison transfer explosion, and was probably just
biding his time until he came after them again. But they are now
safe, and she looks forward to new adventures.
But at the hospital, Victor questions Nicole about her coming out
of the Blue Note to warn him, but Nik claims that when he called,
saying he had just pulled up, she could not wait to thank him for
the beautiful flowers. She saw Vic getting out of the car, saw
the gun, and screamed. Brady is finding this interesting, and
Victor looks his usual grim self. Hope says Dr. Reiker (guess we
will have to get used to seeing all these new docs, now that
there are no familiar faces at the hospital, not even Brenda, the
head nurse!) is trying to revive Larry, which panics Nicole. (Man,
if ever someone constantly looked guilty as you know what, it is
Nik!) But Dr. Reiker comes out saying they could not revive him,
Larry is dead. Victor & Tony have to go in, just to make sure.
(Egads). As they chat over the corpse,with Vic telling Larry to
rot in Hell, Nicole is a wreck outside the cubicle. Larry is
wheeled out, and Victor chides Nicole about being so nervous
seeing a dead body. After all, she already has bagged one of her
own, Colin. Victor says he nearly lost his life covering for her,
and now it will be payback time, & insists they leave. As he
ushers her out the door, Nicole turns, a stricken look on her
face, as Brady has a puzzled look on his.
Preview:
Philip telling a protesting Belle that "we made a mistake
before and cannot go there again" as Shawn walks up asking
"can't go where?" Jennifer (Yayyyy!!!) to Hope who has
just said "What" Something you can do for us right now.
Tony to Lucas about Sami's background being totally different
from his, but he can identify with her survival instincts &
Lucas saying "So, are you in love with her or what?"
Barb
THURSDAY, JULY 24, 2003
Episode #9606
Tape date : July 8, 2003
Director : Roger W. Inman
Lucas and Sami visit the hospital where she gets good news, Maya
puts a hit out on Tony, Hope is a guest on 'In the House'.
Hope Is 'In the House'
Jack and Jennifer return from their morning run as she suggests a
shower. They are kissing their way up the stairs as the doorbell
rings. They reluctantly open it to find Hope and Shawn who have
come by to tell them about Larry Welch trying to kill Victor the
night before. Shawn has to get going, he is in summer school and
wanted to stop by the gym first. He also tells them that he is
declaring his major as pre-law. Jen gets a call about their guest
star canceling on them (once again) and complains about not
getting stories. She turns to Hope for help and tries to convince
her to go on their show and talk about the Welch story. They
harass her until she finally caves in.
Later, the crew is there and setting up for the show and everyone
is getting ready. Hope is terrified as Jen tries to calm her down.
(Whatsup with that HUGE red flower on the side of Hope's head?
Does someone actually think that is attractive? ;-) Later, the
show is wrapping up as Jack and Jen tell her that she did an
great job and thank her. She gets a call from Bo on her cell.
While she is talking, Jack and Jen talk and he once again
complains about how they are journalists and is tired of being
the daily piece of fluff. He wants hard-hitting stories. (Is ëIn
the House' on it's way OUT? Let's hope so!) Hope tells them that
Bo has a lead and she is going to join him. As she heads out the
door, Jack tells her to bring them a good story.
At The Titan Gym
Philip and Belle are there working out as they talk about their
recent adventure. As he spots her on the bench press, she
questions him about his next case. He tells her that he may not
have one. He explains that the ISA isn't happy with him and she
thinks it's all her fault for interfering (Uh, yes Belle, that is
correct). She offers to talk to her dad on his behalf, but he
makes her promise not to. Meanwhile, John and Tek are in the
steam room and talk about Tony and why Maya would want to have
him killed. They wonder about what kind of involvement Tony will
have with her in the future and wonder if she will try and have
him killed again. Tek asks if John would rush to his rescue again.
Shawn arrives to overhear Belle and Philip talking and Belle
explains how Philip doesn't want her involved in his work as
Shawn agrees. After Philip walks off, John comes out and asks
Shawn how his family is doing (Belle had told him about Larry).
He says that he knows Bo is out of town and if they need
anything, let him know. Belle almost brings up Philip's problem,
but resists. Philip asks Tek if he is fired and is told that the
jury is still out, but he needs to learn to follow orders. Shawn
has decided that he must get to class and doesn't have time to
work out so he and Belle say their goodbyes and he leaves.
Meanwhile, John and Philip talk and John offers a second chance
and promise to do all he can to help him. But it looks like this
case is over and he may be gone. They discuss the Maya/Tony case
as John talks about what all they found in the wreckage,
wondering what they were up to. He mentions the laser as Philip
has an idea and rushes off.
At The Prison
Maya gets a visit from Tony (and is not too thrilled about it).
He reminds her that they are partners til the bitter end. He
tells her that she may be out of business, but he isn't and still
needs her help. In turn, she refuses and tells him to go to hell.
He makes a thinly veiled threat against her life, which rattles
her, saying she wants to return to her cell. Later, after he
leaves, she gets another visitor. This time it is Sal (her crony)
and she tells him about Tony threatening her. She tells him that
she wants Tony killed before he has her killed.
At Lucas' Apartment
No, it was NOT a dream, Lucas wakes up to find Sami in his
bed. He goes to kiss her and she wakes up and pushes him out of
bed (is this their new form of foreplay? ;-) as she rushes back
to her apartment. Later (dressed now) he goes over and offers to
fulfill his promise to take her to the hospital. She wants to go
alone, but Lucas thinks he needs to go along to describe what
happened the night before (her crying). He jokes around with her
and she softens up a bit and they leave. At the hospital, they
are treated very rudely by a nurse (NOT Brenda) until Lucas
throws his weight around and she learns that Sami is Dr. Evan's
daughter. (LOL, she knows of Sami's work reputation). The nurse
finally agrees to go and find Dr. Galloway (don't you just LOVE
this new parade of doctors in the hospital?) as Sami thanks Lucas
with a smile. The doctor comes and wants to run some tests on her
as Lucas offers his support and offers to stay. She wants to go
it alone and he promises to come back and pick her up later.
Lucas leaves and goes over to DiMansion (where Tony is home now
and having flashbacks of an earlier conversation with Sami where
she offers to be his friend. I think this was back when he first
came to Salem). Lucas arrives to hear Tony ordering a special
bouquet of flowers for Sami. Lucas tells him about Sami being at
the hospital and Tony wants to go over there. Lucas begins
questioning him as to his intentions with Sami and what he wants
out of her. He asks if he is in love with her. Tony says he isn't
sure, but goes on about how he admires her spirit and how he is
fascinated by her and is interested in pursuing a relationship
with her. (You can see that Lucas is unsettled by all this). Tony
heads to the hospital, with Lucas on his heels.
After he tests, the doctor gives Sami good news, telling her that
her vocal chords are healing and that she is improving steadily.
He says that she should be speaking clearly soon with no lasting
effects. But, in the meantime, she still needs to take it easy
and rest her chords. He assures her that her voice will come back
when she least expects it. He tells her that he will go and get
her husband. She corrects him and he then calls Lucas her
boyfriend. She tries to correct him again, but he tells her that
soon, she will be able to say those 3 important little words
again. LOL at the look on her face. In the meantime, Lucas and
Tony have arrived as Lucas looks for the doctor. Sami is dressed
now and spots Lucas at the nurses station, she whispers "LUCA"
a couple of times but he never hears her. We can see Sal lurking
around as he takes a scalpel off a tray and heads towards Tony.
The camera freezes on Tony's face as we see Sal in the
background, as the previews show.
Preview:
We hear Maya's voice saying to kill Tony as we see Sal raise
the scalpel behind Tony. Sami sees all this and weakly says
"TONY". Cassie asks Rex if there is anything she can do
to help, he tells her that he needs her to get close to Philip.
Victor is telling Brady all about how Nicole was forced into
pornography by her father. She overhears this and rushes into the
room, attacking Victor, yelling "How could you do this to
me?"
Laney
FRIDAY, JULY 25, 2003
Episode #9607
Tape date : July 2, 2003
Director : Herb Stein
Sami gets her voice back but Maya's goon gets to Tony anyway,
Nicole and Brady have a talk, Lucas thinks he's lost Sami to Tony
and Cassie gets a bunny.
Brady Pub
Cassie walks fast through the pub and accidentally kicks and
trips over Kate's briefcase that she had just put on the floor.
She proceeds to yell about why Kate doesn't keep her junk off the
floor so people can walk safely. Kate tells her it is a Leonardo
hand tooled leather briefcase and Cassie calls her a pretentious
bitch under her breath and walks out. She joins Philip outside
the pub as Kate watches from inside. Roman joins Kate and she
tells him what happened, wishing the twins went back to where
they belong. Mimi comes in and bends down to adjust her shoe. She
overhears Kate and Roman trashing Rex and Cassie and pops up..telling
them they wouldn't talk that way if they knew the truth. Of
course they ask her what she means. She apologizes for
eavesdropping as Roman wants to know what she meant. Mimi covers
by saying that Rex is secretly Roman's biggest fan, following all
of his cases. Roman stops her, knowing that's a lie. She agrees
Rex has his bad days and splits. Roman gets a call about a
stabbing at the hospital and Kate decides to join him.
Outside Philip surprises Cassie with a live bunny. He figured if
she had something alive to take care of might be good for her.
He's worried about what her dad might think and she takes out the
floppy eared cutie and loves it, not caring if "Tony"
likes it or not. She names him Whiskers and tells it they're
going to be best friends. Philip questions why she and Rex aren't
closer. She tells him Rex is more of the genius persona than she.
He inquires about it and gets her to tell him about Rex's
creating something, but he pushes too hard and she takes Whiskers
and splits. Mimi joins him with her lunch take out and he
suggests they go back inside and eat (no left over junk food for
Mimi for breakfast!). We find them at a table with her burger and
fries (that only he nibbles on) which sit nicely on a plate now.
He lets her rattle on about Rex's genius creative side (guess she
forgot about accusing him of spying of the Dimera's the day
before?). She tells him Rex has blueprints and computer print
outs all over the place, but doesn't know what it's for. She
tells him Rex is a good guy when Philip is concerned for her
safety. He disagrees, thinking Rex is bad news. Mimi changes the
subject, accusing him of still having the hots for Belle. He
realizes that's futile, but she says sometimes we can't choose
who we fall in love with.
DiMansion
Rex returns from a shower after exercising. He tells his recorder
it didn't help relax him as hoped. He remembers his argument with
Mimi and doesn't understand what his mood swings are all about.
Anxiety/Paranoia because Tony's not his father? He's afraid to
research what his condition mgh be, not knowing what he'll find.
Worried it might be genetic, he realizes he has to talk to Kate
and Roman. Cassie joins him and finds him digging into medical
books as he tries to figure out what the headaches are from. He
asks her to get closer to Philip to find out about their heritage.
He asks her to get a strand of Philip's hair for his DNA pool and
she agrees.
Hospital
Bossy nurse gives Maya's goon some films to take to radiology
just as he was approaching Tony. Not wanting to be too obvious,
he agrees. Lucas questions Tony's feelings about Sami. Sami sees
them, and the goons quick return and him holding the scalpel he
stole from the nurses tray. She tries to call Lucas' name, then
Tony's as she watches the goon approach them. Tony apparently
hears her and turns in time for the goon to slash him with the
knife. He looks up at him in surprise, grabs his bleeding chest
and collapses. Lucas tackles the goon as Sami watches (all the
rest of the hospital staff just watch) and as soon as he knocks
the guy out, Sami rushes to Tony's side. Later the nurses are
sopping up Tony's blood (check out the pile of towels behind his
head, LOL, why don't they guerney him to ER??) as Sami and Lucas
watch. Lexie rushes in and takes over (where did she come from?),
ordering them to cross match his rare blood for transfusion. Sami
is silently crying as Lucas takes her in his arms to comfort her.
Later they finally wheel Tony away as Kate and Roman rush in. He
had heard that Lucas was the one to capture the goon. Lucas
denies it as Sami confirms to Roman that Lucas did do it. Lucas
tells them Sami saw what was going on and called out to Tony.
Roman looks at her and she softly says YES. She softly croaks out
what she saw and Roman orders her to wait for the specialist that
Lucas had just paged to reexamine her throat. She assures Lucas
she's okay and slips out. Kate excuses herself to return to work
after a moment with Lucas as Roman gets to work himself. Lucas
asks Lexie (now in scrubs, she back on staff?) about Tony. She
tells him Dr. James is operating on him and he's the best (being
Mike and Craig aren't there) there is. Sami overhears Lexie tell
a nurse that Sami might have done more harm then good by calling
out to Tony. The knife wouldn't have injured Tony as severly in
the back. Sami's specialist joins her and overhears her talking
to herself. He's happy for her. He tells her not to overdo it and
she should be fine.
Kate lectures Lucas about working for Tony, saying it's too
dangerous. He thinks Tony needs him more then ever now.
Sami and the specialist leave the curtained examine area and
Lucas overheard the good news. He comments on her warning Tony
with her first words (she called Lucas' name first if you'll note
on today's show). She remembers the doctor saying it might be
something important to make her speak and how she called Lucas'
name first. Lucas tells her how he respects Tony, yada yada and
hopes he pulls through and leaves, apparently thinking he lost
her to Tony.
Back To DiMansion
Mimi comes to see Rex and he apologizes for what happened. She
tells him he has to find out what's causing these mood swings. He
shows her books he's been reading on it, but she's worried
analyzing it won't stop them. He tells her she means more to him
then anything else. She warns him that Philip thinks he's up to
something bad. Rex tells her he loves her and shushs her concern
by kissing her.
Back To The Pub
Cassie returns, finding Philip still lurking at the pub.
Kiriakis Mansion
Kiriakis targeted in Blue Note Shooting..is the headline as
Nicole glances at the newspaper. Victor joins her and she reminds
him they had a "truce" she thought. He said after
someone tried to shoot him he doesn't trust anyone again. Brady
slowly approaches and overhears her asking if Victor would trust
anyone who made a deal with the devil. He taunts her about losing
the role of widow being Larry failed. Brady enters, intentionally
interrupting, saying Roman hadn't found out any more about what
happened (yeah, he's too busy eating at the pub, ha!). He asks
Nicole why Victor would want to stay married to her as it's
obvious they're both miserable. She tells him most couples aren't
happy all the time, but he doesn't buy this. They argue about
it's none of his business. He asks if she ever loved his
grandfather and she breaks down, saying she never got the hang of
love and not capable of that. He questions that as she pours a
drink (starts early, huh?) She tells him her life has been ugly
and he wants to know why. She tells him about her father and he
treated her better then her mother and brother. She starts to
tell him about what her father forced her to do, but stops. He
offers to be there for her if she ever wants to finish the story.
Declaring she's strong she tells him not to feel sorry for her.
Victor joins Brady later, hoping he'll join him for lunch. He
tells Victor about Nicole's childhood and asks what happened.
Victor tells him how Nicole's father put her in porn movies.
Nicole overhears and rushes in, flailing at Victor for telling
Brady. The camera pans on Brady's surprised face as the credits
roll to tomorrow's previews....
Preview:
Kate tells Belle (Alice and Shawn are also there) that Basic
Black is going to have a benefit fashion show and she wants to
use Belle's sleepwear line to headline it... Belle happily
replies... NO WAY! Nicole tells Brady (in front of Victor)
that Victor only married her so he'd be married to a porn star.
Sami watches as Cassie cries in Lucas' arms asking if Tony's dead.
Linda