-High atop the new Titan Salem Towers, Doug and Julie have just walked in with Alice. Julie turns to Doug and tells him that you could cut the tension in this huge ballroom with a machete’. Doug concurs, saying that with what he’s heard, he hopes no one is hurt on this New Year’s Eve.
-Victor and Roman have a very heated exchange, having to do with their children’s marriage:
Victor: Claire is Philip’s daughter, Roman! And if he wants to raise her in his manner, who the hell are you to sto
-Victor is on his way to the park to meet with Bo when he runs into Philip, who is on his way to meet Belle there. He tells his father he has meaning to talk to him but with everything going on it's been hard. Victor apologizes for not properly welcoming him home. He tells Philip he looks more handsome now then he did prior to all his surgeries. Philip says he doesn't want to discuss that. It's been hard enough to deal with, much less talk about.
Victor understands Philip is having a har
-It's a new day in Salem. Laura and Bill arrive at the hospital to say goodbye to Jack and Abby before they leave for Africa. Bill thanks Laura for going with him to help out. She says she needs to. She did some horrible things during her few months in Salem and she needs to make up for them.
They enter the room and Abby gives them both a big hug, saying she wishes they didn't go. Bill says they have to and kisses her goodbye. Laura does the same and promises to return for another visit
Wk of 12/26/06 Edition
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: SALEM LIVES WRITERS TIM LOWERY (PHOENIX) AND PATRICK L. EWING (ROMAN) REFLECT ON 2006 AND LOOK TO 2007. LOOK FOR ANOTHER INTERVIEW WITH EP/HW TIM LOWERY NEXT WEEK IN THE INSIDER AS HE WILL GIVE AN IN DEPTH LOOK AT 2007.
I-Interviewer
TL-Tim Lowery (Phoenix)
IN THE SPOTLIGHT PART 1: EP/HW TIM LOWERY (PHOENIX)
I: Great to have you with us again.
TL: Great to be here.I:It was a great Christmas week. Salem Lives definitely delivered.TL: Yeah.
Announcer: THIS WEEK ON SALEM LIVES...
TWO MEN AT WAR...
Clip of Victor and Stefano.
TWO DEADLY PLOTS...
Stefano: Tonight...midnight. The Dimera's get their revenge.
Victor to Nico: Stefano and his men won't even get a chance to act. We will stop them dead in their tracks.
A STUNNING REQUEST...
Victor to Bo: It's time for you to prove your loyalty to me and our cause.
A DEADLY PREDICTION...
Celeste (crying and screaming): Blood!!! The floor of the ballroom is covered
***Be Sure to click on the links to play the montages and the song for the ending scene. It makes this episode like an emotional journey and a real treat for fans. Enjoy and Merry Christmas!!!***
Act 1, Scene 1: Christmas Eve. Kayla's suite. Steve enters.
Steve: Well, Stephanie is asleep.
Kayla: She had a long day...and a great one. I want to thank you.
Steve: For what?
Kayla: Making Christmas Eve just perfect. You dressed like Santa Claus and were great with my family. Despite n
-Everyone at St. Luke's continues to react to Marlena's return. Roman asks how Marlena survived falling into the volcano on the island. He never saw her on the ledge below. Marlena says she can't remember what happened. Roman says it's fine. He is just happy she is back. Marlena shares a tearful reunion with Belle, ClaireBo, Hope, Caroline, Laura, Maggie, Julie, and Doug. Everyone is happy to see her.
Marlena explains that Sami saw her outside and she wanted it to be a surprise. Rom
(***BE SURE TO CLICK ON THE LINK TO CELINE DION'S "O HOLY NIGHT FOR THE FINAL SCENES OF THE EPISODE. IT REALLY ENHANCES THE END-TRUST ME. THE LINK IS NEAR THE END OF THE EPISODE BEFORE THE LAST ERIC/NICOLE SCENE. ENJOY***)
-Steve, Kayla, Stephanie, Frankie, Max, Austin, Lucas, Will, Sami, Roman, Belle, Philip, Victor, Kate, Billie, Maggie, Abe, Hope, Jack, Billie, Kimberly, Shane, Andrew, Jeannie, and Caroline all wait for word on Eric. They are happy Eric is stabile but he is running out
-Sami, Roman, and Shane made it back to the copter and are on board. They are on their way back to Salem. Sami turns to Roman and says:
Sami: Are you alright? You look so tired.
Roman: Oh, I’m fine. I’ll be better once your brother gets this medicine in him, though.
Sami: Yeah. I will too. (Looking at Roman as he leans his head back) You are such a wonderful man. I was wondering......
Roman: Yeah?
Sami: Well, I was just thinking......I have no one coming over for Christmas, and I wasn’t
-Max shows up in Abby's room. He is relieved to see her awake and says there is something important they need to discuss. It's something he has felt and wanted to tell her for so long and he doesn't want to wait any longer. Abby says she needs to talk to him too. After all that is happened, this can't wait any longer and she doesn't want to play games anymore. It's time to come clean.
Abby admits to Max how her acting out was mostly a ploy to get his attention and the more it worked th
Announcer: THIS WEEK...
THE WEEK FANS HAVE WAITED FOR...
A WEEK OF REVELATIONS...
Max to Abby: What I feel for you is more then friendship...much much more.
Abby (in tears) to Max: I have dreamed so many times of you saying that.
The screen then shifts to Hope in Chelsea's room.
Hope: Just tell me Chelsea...
Chelsea: Hope...your my mother...
A WEEK OF PAYOFFS...
Sami to Shane: I am going to find my father and save my brother.
Scene of Sami going through the blinding
WEEK OF 12/18/06 EDITION
***STARTING WITH THIS EDITION, THE INSIDER WILL NO LONGER FEATURE LENGTHY ARTICLES ABOUT THE WEEK'S EVENTS. THEY WERE SIMPLY GIVING AWAY TOO MUCH. WE WILL STILL INCLUDE TEASERS, RED LETTER DAYS, NEXT WEEK PREVIEWS, AND CASTING NEWS AS ALWAYS ALONG WITH RUMORS ONCE IN AWHILE. YOU WILL FIND ALL THE INFO YOU NEED TO BE INFORMED ABOUT THE BLOG HERE WEEKLY AS USUAL. WE WILL ALSO START A NEW FEATURE CALLED "THE INSIDER SPOTLIGHT" WHICH WILL FEATURE AN INTERVIEW WITH ME,
-At Salem University Hospital, Billie is with Chelsea. Billie reminds her that she will be holding Chelsea to her promise to change. Chelsea vows that she will and that she knows she has alot to do to get her life together. She apologizes again for her actions and says she will learn to deal with all that has happened to her in better ways.
-Max is determined to tell Abby the truth as Cassie watches in a panic. Frankie arrives and tells Max that Abby is awake. Max is overjoyed. They are
-At Salem University Hospital, it's a new day and it's the morning of Christmas Eve. Jack is by Abby's bedside. Doug and Julie are watching outside with Bill and Laura when Maggie arrives, asking if there is any change. Julie shakes her head solemnly saying she was hoping they would have good news before tonight's tree-trimming party. The news about Roman isn't making things easy either. Maggie says they just need to have faith things will get better.
Jack is holding Abby's hand when he
-Fr. Jansen arrives and the final preparations for the wedding are made. Nicole tells Caroline that a nurse is going to film the wedding so Roman doesn't miss it. Caroline still would like to know how Roman ended up on the mission instead of Victor. Sami comes down and explains. Caroline is worried about the growing feud between Roman and Victor.
-Sami and Belle share a heartfelt reunion. Bo and Hope show up and they embrace Belle too. Hope asks her about San Francisco and what she did
At the Newcastle Mountain Retreat in Colorado, Cal has just came in from skiing on the slopes. Katherine is with him, and asks how everything went. He says fine but he just can’t relax knowing that his family is in trouble. She reminds him that the Bradys are not his family anymore. He walks up to her and tells her that just because she insists on acting like a prude most of the time, doesn’t give her the right to dictate who is and isn’t family.
She tells him he’s right, but he just has to p
At Salem University Hospital, Nicole stays by Eric’s side. She has tears running down her face and leaves to go out into the hallway. Once there she informs the shocked family members that her and Eric are going to get married. Caroline walks up to her and, after a moment’s hesitation, congratulates her. She tells her she has really changed for the better and would be honored to have her as a Brady.
-Hope and Billie run into each other in the hallway. She asks Billie to walk with her. Once t
Week of 12/11/06 Edition
ERIC AND NICOLE WED!!
Family and friends rally around Eric to make his final wish come true this week on Salem Lives and Nicole couldn't be happier. "Eric is the man she loves and she has done more to hurt him then he has done to hurt her," says EP/HW Tim Lowery. "That is the key. He was the first person to give her the time of day in Salem and was the only guy that never led her on or hurt her to the point where she couldn't stand him. He came back to
-At the hospital, Hope approaches Victor and says she needs to speak with him. She fears for Bo's life, especially after what happened in Sydney, and begs Victor to do something to make him quit. Someone is going to get killed eventually and she does not want it to be Bo. Victor insists there is nothing he can do. Bo is his own man and he reminds Hope of everything Bo and his family has had to deal with.
Hope understands but says she can't lose him after everything that has happened. She
-It's a new day in Salem. Caroline, Frankie, and Max are at the hospital. Doug and Julie soon arrive. Laura arrives and Julie embraces her and asks how she is holding up. Laura says the best she can under the circumstances. Doug asks where Bill is. Laura says that Bill is helping Greta try to find something to help Eric.
Caroline comes over and mentions the rest of their loved ones from Sydney are back and should be arriving. At that moment, Bo and Hope rush in followed by Steve and
-As the floor with Sami’s apartment burns around them, Alan is the first one to regain consciousness. He looks around, barely able to stand, but manages to do just that. He looks down at Sami, who is also coming around, and plots an exit for them as the floor beneath them begins to show signs of buckling.
Austin & Lucas run up to the apartment building, only to be held back by police. Austin asks if everyone got out safely, to which the police officer responds that there are still two pe
-Caroline, Greta, and Nicole look in on a resting Eric. Nicole goes and sits by his bedside and then turns around to thank Greta for everything she’s done for him, especially given their dislike for each other in the past. Greta just hopes that he will learn from this and not do something this stupid again. He agrees and thanks his family for staying by him. Sami also steps in and thanks Greta as well. Shocked, they shake hands.
Later on, while alone, Eric promises Nicole that everything wi
-It's a new day in Salem. The episode opens at Salem University Hospital where Kate is walking into Chelsea's ICU room to see how she is doing. Billie is there and she says there is no change. Billie leans in close and begs her daughter to fight for her life. They already missed enough time already and she still feels like she hasn't had a chance to be a mother to her. Kate comforts her.
-Jack is in Abby's ICU room when Laura arrives and asks how she is doing. Jack says there is no chan
Announcer: THIS WEEK... "A DECEMBER TO REMEMBER" HEATS UP!!!
FIRST!!!
TWO FAMILIES GET DEVESTATING NEWS...
Clips of Caroline, Kate, Lucas, Bo, Hope, Billie, Jack, Laura, Bill, Doug, Julie, Frankie, and Max waiting in the hospital and then clips of Abby and Chelsea lying in ICU.
Billie: Doctor, tell us. Will our daughters be ok?
Jack: Yes, doc. Tell us.
Doctor: I'm afraid it's bad news...
THEN!!
A DYING MAN IS ON THE PATH TO RECOVERY...
Eric to Nicole: It's go
CHRISTMAS CASTING BONANZA!!!
Big casting changes are coming to Salem Lives this December!!! As previously reported, Patsy Pease will make her long rumored return to the role of Kimberly Brady later this month. "We wanted to bring her back sooner, like right after the funerals this summer, but were unable to," notes EP/HW Tim Lowery. "Now we are and she will be sticking around, like Shane (Charles Shaughnessy) has for awhile." In addition, Tom Welling and Michelle Williams are ret
