Episode #182 - Tuesday, August 22:

- Will begins to realize that he has his first crush on a boy…but it’s not a boy. It’s a man, and it’s ALAN HARRIS!

- Alan realizes that Will has fallen hook, line, and sinker for his plan - to attack Will and take advantage of him during his vulnerable recovery while Sami pushed him further and further away because of his sexuality.

- Lawrence’s contact gives him details on Steve and the Johnsons’s/Brady’s.

- Steve stops dead in his tracks when his daughter, Stephanie (played by Lauren Ambrose), enters the Pub after getting Kayla’s urgent and vague message about coming home to Salem. Steve and Stephanie embrace and share a gut-wrenching reunion.

- Erika begins investigating Max’s connection to her father, Lance.

- Frankie begs Melissa to understand where he is coming from. But she refuses.

- Alan’s plots work - Austin and Carrie get into a raging war over the past - all of the times he’s fallen for Sami and taken Carrie for granted….and her indiscretion with Mike, something they never dealt with until now.

- Jack and Billie have a fun reunion as they unexpectedly run into each other at Salem Place. They open up to each other about Bo and Jennifer.

- Justin makes plans to have Titan/Bella strike back at Alamain/Sophistique. Meanwhile, Victor regains consciousness.

- Frankie tells Greta that he wants to go along with wedding, regardless of what Melissa says. He tells Greta that when he gets her kids back for her, Melissa will understand and forgive him.

- Bo and Hope have a tender moment before the custody trial, but Megan Spears recalls how she is Megan Hathaway and her love of Bo from the 80’s. She interrupts the moment between Bo and Hope and makes sure they enter the courtroom rattled.

- Lawrence finally arrives in Salem. He reveals that his contact is in very good with the Brady’s….good enough to be at Steve’s “Welcome Home” party!