Episode #272 – Tuesday, December 26, 2006:

• Simone learns from Annie’s landlord that Annie has left town and returned to Sunset Beach. She is unable to find Sami, as well. When she reads the paper, she learns that Sami is in prison…for the murder of Alan Harris!
• Cassie and Jeremy are face to face! Jeremy recognizes Cassie as the girl he had sex with months earlier. Jeremy then realizes that Cassie is pregnant!
• John, Belle, Bo, Carrie, Eric, Frankie, Georgia, Kayla, Jack, Marlena, Laura, Melissa, Maggie, Steve, Victor, Austin, Billie, Kaye, Lucas, Will, Greta, Roman, Mike, Stephanie, Doug, and Julie arrive stare in shock, horror, and awe as the Horton House continues to burn. Fire engines’ alarms screech in the background and grow louder and louder and louder.
• OPENING!
• Jeremy is taken aback and asks Cassie what the hell is going on. Cassie asks Jeremy what the hell he is doing in town. She reminds him that he said he was only in Salem for one night – the night they slept together. Jeremy reminds Cassie that she said the same thing! Jeremy says he wasn’t lying. He explains that his family lives here, but at that time, he was only planning on being in Salem for a few days. Cassie fesses up and says she lives here, as does her family. Cassie asks Jeremy who his family is. Just then, Jan interrupts them.
• Simone goes to the jail with her baby (Carrie and Austin’s baby) to see Sami. Sami is horrified to see Simone and tells Simone she needs to get out of Salem IMMEDIATELY before anyone sees her!
• Bo, John, Jack Mike, Frankie, Eric, Steve, Roman, and Austin realize if they wait for the fire fighters, it may be too late for Alice. The nine men devise a plan to get past the flames and save Alice. Roman is befuddled when he sees a ladder outside the house, burning. Bo and John also see the ladder and are puzzle by what it could mean.
• Cassie and Jan realize they haven’t seen each other in months since they teamed up to ruin Shawn and Mimi’s wedding by exposing the truth about Claire. Cassie and Jeremy are frustrated that Jan has interrupted them. Later, when Cassie and Jeremy are alone again, Jeremy asks Cassie if this is his baby, and she refuses! She says that Max is the father of her baby. Jeremy asks “Max Brady?” Cassie is shocked and scared when it appears that the real father of her baby knows Max!
• The men of Salem brave the flames in order to save Alice. Bo manages to find Alice in the upstairs bedroom sleeping. He is worried for her life when he sees how close the flames are to her. Bo picks Alice up and removes her from the bedroom. Bo gets burned by the flames and screams in agony.
• Julie, Maggie, Melissa, and Laura pray aloud outside the Horton House.
• Cassie asks Jeremy how he knows Max Brady. All of a sudden, Max and Abby approach Jeremy and Cassie. Max asks Cassie how she and Jeremy know each other. Cassie asks Max how HE and Jeremy know each other. Abby explains that this is her cousin – Jeremy Horton! Cassie faints!
• Simone tells Sami that she isn’t going anywhere! Simone says that she returned to Salem because the baby, whom she has named Keith, is very sick. Simone tells Sami that she needs to know the baby’s medical history because the baby’s health is deteriorating! Sami panics.
• Bo emerges from the flames holding Alice. He falls to his knees. He hands Alice over to Mike and Kayla, who begin examining her. Billie comforts Bo who badly burned his arms and back. Mike and Kayla cannot resuscitate Alice! Laura, Melissa, Maggie, and Julie panic and scream. Mike performs CPR on Alice. FREEZE FRAME.