Episode #157 - Tuesday, July 18:

- Kayla visits Steve's grave.

- Alan further bonds with Austin, Lucas, and Carrie. Sami is not pleased.

- Hope and Lexie get into a war, but Bo is able to break it up.

- Kristen has a plan to ruin Marlena and Carrie's wedding shower.

- Patch continues his journey to Salem.

- Kayla has an emotional breakdown at Steve's gravesite.

- Shawn and Jan prepare to come home from their vacation, but Meghan and Kate continue to gaslight Belle.

- John and Marlena take a moment to remember Edmund. Later, Kristen re-calls once again how she killed him and made it look like an accident. She vows to get John Jr. back from Susan one day, as well.

- Will tells Austin, Georgia, and Cassie all separately that he is going to come out to his parents today.

- Eric and Annie AND Erika and Max grow closer than ever, but Max vows not to let himself fall for Erika. Meanwhile, he worries what Erika's father, Avalon, will do to him when he finds him - or when they find him! Erika begins to realize that Max might have a connection to her father.

- Belle wakes up from her sleep in tears. She hears Claire crying and does nothing to comfort her. Kate tells Meghan that things are getting out of hand now and that they need to stop. Kate says she does not want Claire being hurt. Kate goes over to the loft and wakes Belle up in order to calm Claire down herself.

- Lexie learns from her lawyer that Abe has pulled strings to have Theo's custody trial moved up to an hour from now! She rushes to get to the courthouse.

- Kayla recalls her best and fondest memories of Steve.

- Sami tells Austin and Lucas and Carrie that she's disappointed in all of them for spending time with Alan. Carrie tells Sami that he deserves a second chance. She says she's given Sami chance after chance after chance after chance so why not give Alan a second one? Sami and Carrie get into it over Alan and their past together. Sami vows to get revenge on sancitmonious Carrie. She says every time she is about to give up her plot to steal Carrie's baby, Carrie does something to remind Sami why she wants revenge.

- Kristen as Paris has a warm moment with John. John is shocked when he seems to have a weird connection to her.

- When Kate leaves the loft, Meghan goes against Kate's wishes and continues gaslighting Belle in her sleep using the speakers they planted in her bedroom. In Belle's dreams, she spirals further into a pit of despair and depression.

- Sami tells Austin, Carrie, Alan, and Lucas that Will does not know about her rape and that she doesn't want him ever to know. They all agree never to let it out. Alan even promises never to mention it.

- Patch's car goes flying off the road just outside Salem! He lays lifeless in the car.