Sami's
Schemes Revealed
(Winter 1995 to Fall 1997)
THE PLAYERS
Sami Brady
Lucas Roberts
Austin Reed
Carrie Reed
Kate Roberts
Dr. Marlena Evans
Dr. Mike Horton
Will Roberts
PROLOGUE
This storyline is another tale about Sami's lies and deceit, trying to win the love of her Austin and forcing Carrie to be with Dr. Michael Horton. There were some incidents that happened before Sami's evil schemes which led up to this storyline. She met Austin as a young teen, and was immediately infatuated with him. Her hopes were dashed when on the evening of the opening at Titan, she met Carrie's new boyfriend. It was her dream man: Austin. She couldn't believe the man she'd been telling Carrie about was the same man who was her sister's boyfriend. Of course it was that same night that Sami's life was altered forever, when she witnessed her mother and John Black making love in the Titan conference room. In part, this event led to Sami's bulimia.
During a ski weekend, in 1994, Carrie was almost raped by an intruder she didn't recognize as Lucas's pal Alan, who dated Sami, and pretended to like her so he could get close to her sister Carrie. Later Austin and Carrie made love for the first time. After his failed attempt, Alan vowed instead to have Sami. When Sami went to Alan's apartment to cook dinner, Alan tricked her into posing for some playfully suggestive photos and then raped her.
After Lucas found suggestive photos of Sami in Alan's wallet, she admitted Alan raped her. Lucas told Carrie and they got a plan to trap Alan. Alan was finally caught after Carrie made herself bait and was nearly raped again by Alan. When charges were made against him they could not be filed unless Sami testified. When Sami did testify, she looked like a liar, and the charges against him were dropped. When a tabloid published Sami's seductive photos, she decided as revenge to break up Austin and Carrie so that her sister would know how it felt to be alone. This is when all of Sami's lies and deceit began.
SAMI'S SCHEMES BEGIN...
Initially, Sami used her fear of Alan attacking her again to help nab Austin. On a number of occasions, she called Austin, saying she feared that Alan was after her. Every time, Austin came to her rescue and protected her. When Alan attacked Sami at gunpoint, she got hold of the gun and shot him in the groin, castrating him. When Sami caught heat from the local guys who taunted her for what she had done to Alan, she turned to Lucas for comfort and support and they made love. Austin walked in on Sami and Lucas and thought Lucas was making love to Carrie, so he left. Sami and Lucas let Austin believe that this was true. Sami then drugged Austin so that he would make love to her, thinking that she was Carrie. When he realized what he had done and refused to continue an affair, Sami left town and eventually ended up in Los Angeles. Meanwhile Carrie figured out that Austin had slept with someone else, but she didn't know who. Although emotionally estranged, Austin and Carrie took off together to find Sami. While they were looking for her, their romance grew.
While Sami was away from Salem, Lucas contacted her and told her she had to stop Carrie and Austin's wedding, because Lucas wanted the bride for himself. He knew that Sami was committed to holding onto Austin, no matter the cost. Sami did in fact stop the wedding. At the ceremony, she announced that she was pregnant and the groom-to-be was the lucky father of her child. Carrie stomped out of the church. Sami knew that she did not have Austin's love, but she had manipulated his sense of guilt and responsibility into a loyalty to her , which she expected would someday grow to be real love.
During this time Marlena was busy being possessed and dealing with Stefano DiMera. Marlena was also busy dealing with her pregnant daughter Sami. Marlena continued to help Carrie, but because of the baby, Austin felt a heavy responsibility to Sami and helped her with Lamaze classes and financial and emotional support. Of course Austin was there when "his son" was born by c-section.
Will was not healthy at birth, which meant that Austin and Sami kept a bedside vigil, praying for the boy's well-being. Sami mistook this care for his son as love for her. Following his birth, Sami developed complications and ended up back in the hospital. After she got out, she was supposed to take it easy. She injured herself again when she dragged Carrie and Lucas' body into the bedroom to make it seem that they had slept together.
Sami got in the way of Austin and Carrie's relationship anytime she could. When they finally planned to go away together on a pre-honeymoon, Sami immediately planned Will's baptism, making them postpone their trip.
When Will was about six months old, Sami decided to move out on her own. With Lucas' help, she found a run down apartment in a shady part of town. She figured Austin would never want his son in a place like that and offer his apartment to them. Austin didn't fall for this scheme, so Sami was stuck in the apartment with her young son. She befriended Mary, a woman who lived down the hall. She told Mary all of her problems and felt that Mary was a true friend who was going to help her get her man. Mary had ulterior motives. She had her eye on Will. One day as Sami slept, Mary kidnapped Will and headed to Paris with him, prepared to sell him on the black market.
Nearly all of Salem left for Paris in the summer of 1996, searching for a kidnapped Marlena. When Austin and Carrie returned from Paris, ready to be married, they learned that Will had been kidnaped, so their wedding was put on hold once again. When Austin recalled the baby next door and to his and Carrie's hotel room, they returned to the hotel, but learned that Mary had left. At the same time, Mary was meeting with people who wished to adopt Will. Sami and her mother headed to Paris in the hopes of finding Will. Marlena felt guilty because she had seen Will in Paris and didn't recognize him. Kate arranged for a broadcast plea from Austin and Sami, begging for Will to be returned to them
Carrie is comforted by Billie Reed, Kate's daughter, who lived in Paris. Billie, who had been thinking about returning home to Salem, decided to move back, although she continued to struggle with her feelings towards Bo. While out shopping with Billie, Carrie spotted Mary, and rushed after her. Carrie managed to capture Mary, who refused to say where Will was.
Carrie managed to get Mary to tell who she had given Will to, and Carrie and Austin rushed to the airport to stop the couple who had Will. At long last Will was returned to his family, and Sami still believed that she and Austin would be a couple. Later, though, French social services authorities took Will into custody. Carrie and Austin were shocked to learn that Sami and Austin had to marry in order for Will to be returned to their custody. Carrie urged Austin to go through with the wedding, although she felt destroyed by the turn of events. Austin and Sami were forced to appear like a happy family, even sharing a room for their honeymoon night. Although Sami tried to seduce Austin, he would have none of it.
Carrie broke down when she saw Austin and Sami together, and things got worse when she learned that Sami and Austin might have to stay in Paris. Sami went to the judge in hopes of turning things in her favor, but her plans backfired when the judge told her that she and Austin could return to Salem. Carrie, Austin, Will and Sami returned to Salem, although Sami was determined not to let Austin get away from her now that she was married to him.
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Two days after Sami crashed Austin's car, on New Year's Eve 1996, Austin hit Sami with his car in a parking garage. Sami gets last rites when she is in the hospital and the family has a bedside vigil. Nothing seems to have an effect on her. Austin brings Will to see her, hoping that him being there will bring her out of the coma, but it doesn't. Finally, Austin plays their wedding tape for her. A few days later Sami opens her eyes. She thinks she is 16 again, and called for her father Roman, who she assumes is still in Salem. |
If Sami doesn't get her memory back, Austin and Carrie cannot get their annulment. At first, Sami didn't even remember her son Will, but eventually remembered him and her wedding to Austin. Mickey and Mike encouraged Austin to play the loving husband so that it might help Sami regain the rest of her memories. Carrie hated the idea, but eventually went along with it for her sister's health. Lucas continued to push Sami towards Austin in hopes that he could get closer to Carrie, who became emotionally fragile after Austin and Sami reenacted their Paris wedding. Although Austin and Carrie shared a romantic Valentine's evening, before they got to bed, Sami had a lot of pain and called Austin to be with her. Carrie was deeply hurt to see Austin cradling Sami in her hospital bed, and the next morning, Carrie saw him kiss Sami, unaware that he just had a dream about Carrie. It was his dream, not Sami, that provoked the kiss. Carrie and Austin spent the day together and smoothed things out. Seemingly unselfish Lucas continued to take special care of Sami, but she called for Austin at every tingle of pain.
Sami became hysterical when she learned that her paralysis may be permanent. No one could comfort her -- she wanted her father. John promises to try and find Roman. Kate offers to fly Sami to a rehab facility in Hawaii where she would get the best care. Sami wanted Austin and Will to come with her since there are apartments for families there. However, Austin arranges for Sami to get good therapy in Salem. When he joins her in a whirlpool and givers her a kiss, Carrie sees their growing affection, and she starts to lose patience with Austin and Sami's pretend marriage, and is beginning to lose faith in Austin's love.
Kate redecorated Austin's apartment, under the guise of making it wheelchair accessible, but was really searching for the evidence Sami had against her. Lucas moves ahead with his own plans to land Carrie's heart. He's also suspicious of his mother's helpfulness towards Sami and figures out that Sami's got something on his mom.
Lucas snuck Sami out of the hospital and she interrupts a romantic evening Austin and Carrie had planned. Although Sami didn't see Carrie, she suspected that Austin was having an affair when she sees a lipstick and negligee that's not hers at the apartment. Later, she figures out that Carrie is sleeping with Austin. Sami decided to get discharged from the hospital immediately.
Kate could not find Sami's blackmail material, but since Sami's memory was lost, she wasn't worried about it anymore. Sami insisted on leaving the hospital and recuperating at home. That ruined Carrie and Austin's plans for Hawaii. Fed up with the charade, Carrie went to the Titan benefit with Lucas against Austin's wishes. Lucas provided Sami with computer magazines and led her to encourage Austin to work from home. Carrie lost the opportunity to have Austin to herself at the office.
HER MEMORY IS BACK!!!
 The NBC commercial that ran when Sami's
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The news of Roman's death jolted Sami's memory of John and Marlena in an embrace on the Titan boardroom table. She clung tighter to Austin for support. Again, Carrie felt estranged by Austin's loyalty to Sami. She insisted that Austin tell Sami about them immediately. By the time he decided to go ahead and tell Sami that they aren't really happily married, Carrie receives a letter from Roman that asked her to take care of Sami and be protective of her. Ironically, Carrie stopped Austin from telling Sami everything. Together, they introduced Nurse Lynne to Sami, hoping that she might help spark Sami's memories, regarding how she had Lynne's help in drugging Austin the night she got him into her bed almost a two years ago. Of course, Lucas encouraged Sami to keep to herself that she vaguely remembered talking to Lynne about a drug. |
Lucas gained more influence over Sami, who regained some vague memories. However, Lucas convinced her to hide her recovery from Austin, who had argued with Carrie over Billie's arrest. That conflict delighted Lucas, and rekindled his chances with Carrie. Later, Lucas realized that Austin would never let go of Carrie if he thought she would turn to him, so Lucas told Austin that Carrie was interested in Mike Horton. When Austin saw Carrie with Mike, he was upset and continued to get more upset. Sami told Austin that Mike was Carrie's first secret crush, and everyone else commented on what a perfect couple they made. At Carrie's suggestion, Mike bought the sports car of his dreams and the two started to go out together as friends.
Trying to live down his father's reputation for being a bad husband and father, Austin tried to show Sami some genuine concern. He even slipped into bed in the early morning, but Sami assumed he had been there all night and made reference to waking up with Austin in a conversation with Carrie. A few weeks later, Sami tried to fix the iron and managed to electrocute herself. The jolt brought back her memory, along with a bit of her old personality. After Lucas warned her not to tell Austin about this, Sami realized Austin was only interested in staying with her until she was well. She decided to keep her regained memory to herself. The only others who knew were Lucas and Kate -- who Sami could manipulate through the blackmail material she remembered.
When Austin asked Carrie to pick up Will while he ran errands, Will and Carrie almost died when there was a cargo accident on the pier. Will was knocked into the river and Carrie followed. Austin jumped into the river to save them both.
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Sami and Lucas continued to work to keep Carrie apart. As Mike and Carrie's friendship grew closer, Austin took Sami and Will home from the hospital. Realizing they were drifting apart, Austin and Carrie made plans to get away together but Sami enlisted Lucas to mess up their plans, so that Mike and Carrie ended up together at the lodge. Lucas' fire alarm ploy at the lodge backfired, however, when the couple helped a man who had a heart attack, and the hotel manager mistook them for newlyweds and gave them a free suite. While Austin's jealousy over Mike smoldered, Carrie had doubts that she and Austin could really make it in the long run. |
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When Sami went to the Kiriakis mansion, she confronted Kate over the business trip that Kate had arranged for Austin and Carrie so they could be together out of town, away from Sami. As they argued, a photo fell from the envelope that held the blackmail material Sami was keeping over Kate. When wheelchair-bound Victor saw it, he suffered a serious second stroke and a distraught Kate accused an unwavering Sami of being a murderess. At the hospital, Kate planned to expose Sami, but Mike warned her that more stress could be very dangerous for Victor, so she backed off. In fact, to appease Sami, Kate announced she would buy a house in the country for Austin, Sami and little Will. Although Austin nearly caught Sami walking, she managed to cover and Lucas continued to play on Austin's fears about a deepening relationship between Carrie and Mike. |
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Sami, meanwhile, was rocked when she noticed a discrepancy in Will's blood type. Now Sami isn't even sure who really Will's father is. Her new project was to change the records in the hospital computer so that it looks as if Austin fathered Will. |
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Sami used her dying dad to bolster her position with Austin by telling Roman that Austin wasn't Carrie's boyfriend . . . . he was Sami's husband and they were a happily married couple. She also told Roman that Carrie and Mike were dating and wanted his approval. Because of his condition, everyone felt obligated to spare Roman any harsh truths that might hurt him.
Austin was devastated to hear Carrie go along with Roman's belief that she and Mike were a couple, unaware she was trying to keep Roman comfortable. Carrie grew more suspicious about Sami's convenient memory lapse, which still had Austin tied to Sami's side. Meanwhile, Kristen and Stefano were impressed with the level of Sami's deception, for Stefano could see everything going on in the DiMera mansion from his hidden cameras.
A little research into blood types (she'd had experience in 1993 when she switched Belle's paternity tests) convinced Sami that Lucas, not Austin, was Will's father. She tried to change the hospital computer records to hide this fact. However, when a nurse saw someone who looks like Sami walking around the hospital, she told Dr. Michael Horton. In turn, Mike called Carrie, Austin and Lucas. They found Sami, but she covered her presence at the hospital. She told them that she didn't want to tell them she could walk until she had been examined by a doctor. Carrie suspected that Sami's memory had returned and that she was faking her amnesia to hang onto Austin. Carrie tried to trick Sami by asking her to be a bridesmaid at Marlena's wedding to John, knowing that Sami blames them for the breakup of her parent's marriage. Sami refused but cleverly dodged her real animosity, saying she felt awkward in a wheelchair and would steal attention from the bride.
As a result of Victor's second stroke, he was transferred to a private hospital out of town called New Haven Medical Center. Sami again used the time at the hospital to try and change Will's records. She also asked Maggie about job possibilities at the hospital, which stirred Carrie's suspicions. Sami also grew concerned that Lucas was spending too much time with Will. She grabbed Will out of his hands on a number of occasions, afraid he'd somehow know he was the boy's father. Sami was even more desperate to keep Austin from getting an annulment.
Austin grew more optimistic about getting an annulment and told Carrie their ordeal might be over soon. However, he also saw Carrie and Mike drawing closer to each other, unaware that Lucas and Sami made sure that Austin would see those two together. In spite of nudges from his mom, Laura, to pursue his feelings for Carrie, Mike decided to hold his heart in check. While Mike helped Carrie deal with her father's condition and her doubts about believing that she might be better off with Mike, Austin pocketed the annulment papers without showing them to her.
After Sami found the annulment papers, Austin admitted their entire relationship was a lie. She left, but still plotted to get Austin back. Sami planted a speaker in Austin's apartment and played the sound of his son crying out for him. Austin suffered nightmares of his father, Curtis, and doubted his own role as a father. Kate vowed to stop Sami's schemes, but Sami held her blackmail threats over Kate. She said she would reveal to everyone that Kate had once been a call girl, and that she is Franco's mysterious employer and plotted to keep Bo and Hope apart for months. Kate considered sacrificing herself for Austin's happiness, but when it came down to it, Kate was too frightened to act.
Meanwhile, Roman told Sami that he regretted never walking either of his daughters down the aisle. This spurred Sami to yet another tactic. She and Will moved out because it wouldn't be right for her to live with Austin, unmarried. After a lot of thought about Carrie and Mike and Will, Austin made his decision. He proposed to Sami, and of course she accepted. Although she almost blew Sami's game, Kate stopped herself from telling Austin that Sami had regained her memory for the fear of repercussions of Sami's blackmail. Instead, Kate offered Sami a million dollars and a fortune in jewels to give up Austin, but she refused.
When Marlena found out about a bacterial disease conference in L.A., Carrie offered to go so Marlena could stay in Salem with Roman. Mike, as a doctor and family friend, joined Carrie on the trip. A lost reservation forced them into sharing a suite together. And, in a lighthearted moment, Carrie helped Mike one-up an old classmate (Craig Wesley) by posing as his girlfriend. When Carrie seemed down, Mike treated her to a night on the town and a sandcastle at the beach. A few days later, they headed to the mountain cabin of Dr. Brock, who might be able to help Roman. Austin repeatedly tried to reach Carrie at the hotel but never left a message. Carrie had called Austin, but Sami erased the tape. Making matters even worse, the hotel receptionist commented about how in love Mike and Carrie appeared to be.
While headed for the doctor's cabin, a storm burst and the car skidded off the road. Mike pulled Carrie from the car before it burst into flames. In an empty shack, Mike put Carrie in his clothes and used his body heat to keep an unconscious Carrie warm. Both of them had romantic dreams of a kiss, but while Mike's thoughts were of Carrie, hers were of Austin. When she came to, Mike finally professed his love for her, but she had fallen asleep again. The next day, Carrie was fine until a snake bit Mike. Carrie saved his life with quick-thinking and first aid skills.
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Finally, with a prescription that would hopefully make Roman more comfortable, Carrie called the Kiriakis mansion, trying to reach Austin. Sami answered and told Carrie that she and Austin were getting married. Roman would finally get to walk a daughter down the aisle before he died. Carrie was stunned, but determined to get back to Salem before the ceremony. |
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Sami went to the hospital, claiming she was getting her prenuptial blood test, but was really intent upon changing Will's blood type in the hospital computers to keep his paternity a secret. When Eric and Austin found Sami at the keyboard, Sami had to cover. Carrie and Austin went over the reasons why Austin felt he should marry Sami. He insisted it was the best for everyone. Carrie was devastated to have lost Austin again, most likely for the last time.
On the big wedding day, Mike planned to tell Carrie he loved her. Sami continued to hide her memory's return and the truth that Lucas is really Will's father. Her anxiety became apparent to her twin, Eric. When Eric told Roman that Sami was hiding something, and it had something to do with her being at the hospital, Roman took one look at Austin and Carrie's pained expressions and pretended to collapse. That gave Eric time. He and Carrie headed for the hospital and, with Mike's help, accessed the files. They found out that Austin could not possibly be Will's father. Instead, Lucas' blood type indicated that he fathered Will.
Carrie hurried back to the church in time to stop the wedding, and she punched Sami. Eric and Mike arrived with a print out of blood types and compatibility, proving Austin was not Will's dad. Carrie raged over the harm Sami had caused. Lucas was stunned when he discovered he was Will's real father, and Austin was devastated when he found out that he was not. Austin asked Carrie to marry him right away. Mike tried to tell Carrie how he felt towards her, but he couldn't get himself to do it. Austin asked Mike to be the best man, he accepted with a secretly aching heart.
IN THE END
In her pain and anger, Sami threatened to tell Roman the truth about Marlena being in love with John. She realized she couldn't hurt her father. She remained determined never to accept Carrie and Austin as husband and wife. Against Eric's counsel, Sami crashed the reception and Marlena finally slapped her daughter after Sami said that Marlena's love for John was nothing more than her cheating on Roman.
On Austin and Carrie's wedding night, Sami called and interrupted them, saying Will was sick When Austin went to check on him, Sami acted as if he had returned for good and delayed his leaving, but ultimately couldn't keep him. At the same time, Mike dropped by to see Carrie. When Austin returned, he saw Mike with Carrie's negligee in his hands. Austin remembered that Sami insisted that Carrie was in love with Mike, but instead Mike insisted that it was all very innocent. Austin spent their wedding night full of love. In the morning, Austin surprised Carrie with a honeymoon trip to Rome.
After landing a job at the hospital, Sami lied to accept an invitation for Mike to attend a medical conference in Rome, where he would see Carrie. Kate found out about Sami's manipulation, but because of her blackmail material, she could do nothing to interfere. In Rome, Austin and Carrie had a storybook honeymoon. During a Renaissance-themed street fair, Austin wore a costume that was exactly the same as Mike's. When Carrie kissed the man she believed was Austin, she was shocked to find out her mistake. Mike, of course, was both thrilled and pained by the mistake.
Sami arrived in Rome and took a room next to Austin and Carrie's honeymoon suite. When she sneaked into the room to steal Carrie's diary in hopes of finding something about Mike in it, the newlyweds returned. Sami hid under the bed and listened to the couple make love. She became more determined than ever that she should be married to Austin. Dressed as a nun, Sami ran into Franco who was in Rome and recognized Sami. He blamed her blackmailing for Kate of losing Hope. Although intimidated by Franco's darker side, Sami agreed that if he helped her get Austin back, she would help him win back Hope.
Carrie, Austin and Mike flew back to Salem, unaware that Sami, in a nun's habit, was also on the plane. At the airport, Sister Mary Moira stepped in when customs challenged Sami's passport, which indicated she was not a nun. Lucas threatened to take Will away from Sami is she did not accept him as Will's father and stop her pursuit of Austin. Although Sami told everyone she had been in the mountains, not in Rome, her twin, Eric, knew she was lying.
Sami overheard Carrie tell Mike that she'd been thinking about the wonderful times they shared. Later, Kate offered Carrie another honeymoon to making up for the one Sami had intruded upon, but Carrie's refused, saying that she would not allow Sami to run her life. When Carrie and Austin discussed children, Austin was shocked to discover that Carrie was not as anxious as he was to start a family. Sami lived with hate knowing that she couldn't have Austin and tried her hardest to get him back, but she and Franco started hitting it off. That is another one of "Days of our Lives" great storylines.
This storyline carried "Days of our Lives" from 1995 to the end of 1997.
