Episode #217 - Tuesday, October 10, 2006:

- Carrie and Austin go to the gravesite as the police dig up the baby's coffin.

- Lucas and Jeremy plan Jeremy's Welcome Home Party. Lucas tells Jeremy that he has a surprise for him.

- Abby and Max lie next to each other on their respective stretchers in the I.C.U.

- Lance flatlines. Lexie tries desperately to save his life.

- Steve, Kayla, Jack, Billie, Bo, Hope, John, and Marlena settle into the Dimera Estate in North Carolina. They begin to search the Mansion for hidden passageways.

- Lucas surprises Jeremy with visits from Maggie, Mickey, and Alice! Jeremy re-unites with each.

- Abby and Max's hands drop to their sides and end up touching while they are in the ICU side by side on the stretchers. Lexie is surprised by the sudden improvement in each of their heath's.

- Alice and Maggie are worried when it seems like Jeremy Hortin is a bad boy. But they site that Shawn Douglas and Jennifer went through similar phases.

- Jack and Billie get locked in one of the secret rooms in the mansion in North Carolina. They bond further. Billie shares her hopes and fears with her best friend who falls for Billie more and more.

- Sami and Annie freak out when they learn Carrie and Austin are doing DNA tests on "their" baby.

- Liam and Lawrence touch down in North Carolina and discuss ways to keep Steve from remembering incriminating evidence against Lawrence.

- Lexie pronounces Lance dead.

- Annie and Sami try to switch the tests at the hospital to make Austin and Carrie think that the baby in the casket is their son.

- Mickey and Maggie show signs of a reunion, but just then Maggie learns of Lance's accident and rushes to the hospital. Lexie informs Maggie that Lance has passed away. Mickey tries to comfort Maggie, but she pushes him away.

- Steve and Kayla wonder if clues to Steve's memory loss could be in the mansion they are investigating.

- John and Marlena hire an expert architect to help them search the house for any secret rooms they may not be finding.

- When Lexie separates Max and Abby's stretchers in the I.C.U. unit, each of their heart rates begin to drop. Lexie realizes that it must be a coincidence, and she tries to save each of them, but to no avail. Each begin to flatline. Fearing there is nothing left to do, Lexie demands the nurses push their stretchers back together and put her hand in his like they were found doing. When Max and Abby's hands touch, their heart monitors stabilize.

- Carrie and Austin learn that the baby who was buried was *NOT* a genetic match for either of their DNA markers!