Episode #181 - Monday, August 21:

- Vivian and Kate fear what Justin Kiriakis will do at the helm of Titan.

- Megan and Jan regroup.

- Melissa is shocked and offended that Frankie would even suggest such a preposterous idea.

- Jan and Belle get into a scathing catfight!

- Alan pulls Will closer into his web of deception.

- Eric inadvertently gets wind of Greta and Frankie’s plans.

- Billie warns Liam to come clean and tell Hope before she does. Liam says that he does not understand why Billie wants to reveal this if it might tear Hope and Liam apart….and re-unite Bo and Hope!

- Kayla and Steve share a passionate lovemaking session. Meanwhile, Jo, Jack, and Adrienne catch up. Abby later joins them.

- Frankie tells Melissa that it will be worth it if she can get her children back!

- Belle reveals that Shawn has left town thanks to Jan…and he’s taken Trey with him!

- Steve and Kayla rejoin Jo, Adrienne, Vern, Jack and the others at the Pub. They vow to get the answers to Steve’s past. Justin arrives and tells Adrienne and the others about his Uncle Victor’s heart attack.

- Sami and Lucas get into another fight over Will’s sexuality. The arguing leads to passion and leads to a steamy kiss between the two….and Alan sees it.

- Eric tells Greta that he cannot do this. Greta tells Eric to back out of her life. Eric tells her that he knows how important love, marriage, and family is to her and that she can’t just make the sacrament of marriage a farce like this. Greta tells Eric that he needs to let her go and let her be her own person. She says that if he cared about her so much then he wouldn’t have cheated on her with Nicole all of those years ago.

- Billie tells Liam that lies and deceit are not the way to Bo or Hope’s heart. She tells him that she knows from personal experience.

- Alan hatches plots to break up Sami and Lucas….and Austin and Carrie!

- At the Pub, Jack and Abby discuss how Jennifer still has not forgiven Jack for allowing himself to be blackmailed/threatened into working for the Dimera’s. He claims that one day, he will find her and bring her home to them.

- Melissa tells Frankie that she is a Horton, and she won’t pay anyone off to see her children and that she will not go along with this lie. Frankie tells Melissa to let go of her morals and values and look at the big picture. Melissa cannot believe that she ever fell for Frankie.

- Will begins to realize that he has a crush……on ALAN HARRIS!

- Lawrence makes a phone call to his contact in Salem….he asks if what he has heard about Steve is true. His contact confirms this. The question remains…who is working for Lawrence?!?!