Episode #265 - Friday, December 15, 2006:

BRAND NEW OPENING!

• Frankie comforts Melissa over Jen’s death. Melissa returns the favor to Frankie who was also close with Jennifer.
• Max consoles Abby.
• Carrie and Austin are floored when Mike answers the door to the Horton House. Carrie instinctively gives Mike a hug. Austin understands, but it is unsettling to him.
• Doug, Julie, Maggie, Mickey, Laura, Bill, and Alice recall their fondest memories of Jennifer.
• Billie comforts Jack. Jack discusses the guilt he feels over all of this. Billie tells Jack that Jen loved him more than life itself and that she would not want him to tear himself up like this. Jack says she never would have been in Europe if not for him. Billie tells Jack that he and Jen were meant to be and would have reunited eventually.
• Bo cannot find Hope anywhere. He has his contacts search all over London for her, but nothing.
• Megan realizes Bo is about to uncover that she kidnapped Hope.
• Mike awkwardly gives Austin a handshake. Austin takes his hand and pulls him into a hug. They apologize to each other for each having lost Jennifer…but there is an underlying meaning to their words.
• Mickey leaves the living room. Bill follows him, asking Mickey if he is alright. Mickey insists that he is.
• Abby reaches out to Max in her pain and agony, and they share a tender kiss.
• Megan has her handwriting expert mock up a letter from Hope to the Horton's telling them how sorry she is to hear of her cousin's death and how she will cut her trip short to return not long after the New Year. It is enough to ease the minds of Doug, Julie, and Bo for now, but they feel something is not right!
• Billie and Jack grow closer than ever as he lets her see a rare side of him very few people have.
• Mike and Carrie catch up on what their lives have been like since they left each other in Israel. Austin gives them the time they need to reminisce. But it secretly bothers him.
• A new day dawns in Salem….the day of Jennifer’s funeral.
• Each Horton and loved one of Jennifer shares an emotional and touching story of their times with Jennifer. Bill, Mike, Maggie, Alice, Doug, Julie, Bo, Lucas, Laura, Austin, Billie, Mickey, Melissa, Abby, and Jack each take turns saying goodbye to Jennifer. There is not a dry eye in the house. The funeral ceremony comes to an end as sobs and Jack Jr.’s cries are heard radiating through St. Luke’s.
• At the gravesite, everyone gathers to say his or her final goodbyes to Jen. When it is Mickey’s turn, something goes terribly wrong. Alice calls out to Mickey. Mickey says that he is fine. Bill gets in close to his brother and tells him this is the second time Mickey is staggered in less than 24 hours and that he must get checked out. Mickey asks for a moment to finish saying goodbye to Jennifer. As Bill, Laura, and Alice turn their backs to give Mickey the chance to say goodbye, they hear a thud, and they turn around. Mickey lies on the ground. Maggie and Bill rush to his side. Alice is heartbroken. Maggie begins screaming and crying. Kayla also rushes to Mickey’s side, and Bill and Kayla deduce that Mickey is not breathing. Maggie screams a gut-wrenching scream. Bill and Kayla begin C.P.R. Maggie screams. Her face is of pure devastation. FREEZE FRAME.

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