Episode #275 – Friday, December 29, 2006:

• The New Year’s Eve party at the Penthouse Grill in the Titan building begins. Everyone in Salem gets decked out and dressed to the nines in order to ring in the new year together. They realize, however, that their main goal of the evening is to help raise the funds in order to rebuild the Horton House and to help the family pay for Mickey and Alice’s medical bills. Kayla, Marlena, Greta, Melissa, Abby, Cassie, Belle, Kate, Vivian, Georgia, Carrie, Laura, Maggie, Stephanie, Billie, and Julie all arrive looking more stunning than ever. Steve, John, Eric, Frankie, Max, Jeremy, Shawn, Victor, Mike, Austin, Lucas, Roman, Bo, Jack, and Doug show up looking equally handsome. Megan and Jan arrive, as well, setting the room afire with whispers and gossip, but it alls stops when a bigger pariah enters - Kristen Blake!
• OPENING.
• Victor asks Melissa Horton if she will be the hostess of the evening, keeping the party guests updated on the donated pledges.
• Steve and Kayla are eager to ring in their first New Year’s together in over sixteen years. But he realizes that he must tell Kayla the truth…tonight! Steve flashes back to the hotel room in London where Shane handed him the I.S.A. file that revealed STEVE was the one behind Steve’s memory loss and faked death. Steve remembers how he came up with the plan in order to smoke out Lawrence Alamain.
• Abby and Max vow to tell Cassie the truth about their reunion. Meanwhile, Jeremy finally believes Cassie when she says that he is not the father of her baby.
• Jan confesses to Megan that despite her heated and disdain-filled relationship with Jeremy, she can’t help but be extremely attracted to him! Jan tells Megan that Jeremy is the first man to make her forget about Shawn.
• Sami rots in prison while Carrie and Austin continue to fight over the fact that he has agreed to be Sami’s lawyer.
• Eric flashes back to the night he blacked out. He remembers sleeping with a woman that night! He realizes he has not been faithful to Greta. He pushes her away….and right into the arms of Frankie!
• Celeste has a disturbing vision about the person who burned down Alice’s house.
• Julie lashes out at Billie telling her that she is nothing but a second rate Hope in Bo’s eyes. Bo and Jack tell Julie to stop, but she refuses. Billie and Julie fire back at one another. Julie dares Billie to slap her again like she did before. Billie tells Julie to keep running her mouth, and she just might!
• Victor reads the file his private investigator has found on Kate. He realizes now why Kate pushed him away in the summertime. Victor regrets what he has to do, but he realizes it must be done. He calls Kate into the boardroom of Titan. In casual conversation, he mentions to Kate that a new security system was installed in the building that runs on power. He says if the power ever goes out, the whole building shuts down. Then, he tells Kate that he knows the truth…he says he knows her biggest secret…the reason she ended things with him in the summer. Victor tells Kate that he knows she gave birth to Stefano Dimera’s twins thirty some years ago! Kate is horrified.
• Steve tells Kayla and Stephanie that he has something he must tell them. Meanwhile, Shane Donovan steps off a plane at the Salem Airport and heads to Titan.
• Jan and Cassie remember how well they worked together when they teamed up to expose Mimi at the altar last Spring. They realize they could work together again…to get what they want!
• Greta recognizes her love for Frankie, but she wonders if her love for Eric is on another level. She thinks Eric might understand her on a level that Frankie does not, citing the fact that Frankie went for an extravagant gift while Eric opted for a sentimental present for her. But she feels deeper for Frankie. She has never felt so confused. Greta books a room at the Salem Inn. She says she is going to make love to the man of her dreams tonight.
• Jan tells Cassie that she needs her help landing a new man in her life. Cassie agrees to help her, but she first asks Jan to help her trick the real father of her baby into thinking he is NOT the father! Little do they know that they are talking about the same man - JEREMY HORTON!
• Laura and Maggie tell Georgia and Will an old wive’s tale…that the person you’re with at midnight is the person you’re destined to be with for the following year.
• Celeste calls Bo and tells him that she is on the verge of finding out who tried to kill Alice! But the mysterious assailant overhears…
• Minutes later, the shadowy figure exits the Titan Building. On the way out, He/She passes Shane who enters the building. Once outside, He/She cuts the power coming into the building. The lights go dead. Screams are heard. Cries of confusion and shock can be heard, Every door, elevator, and window in Titan automatically closes and locks. The dark figure walks off into the night, and moments later, arrives at University Hospital. The elevator opens. The assailant enters and takes the elevator to the Psychiatric Wing. The attacker makes it past the nurse’s station, undetected. The mysterious person grabs a set of keys at the station, sneaks down the hall, and arrives at “Room 426.” The door is unlocked, and the attempted killer enters. Celeste Perrault awakens. “Please, Dah’ling, have a seat here, won’t you?” The mystery guest clutches a knife and walks forward. *FREEZE FRAME*