Episode #280 - Friday, January 5th, 2007:

• Carrie and Mike discuss how he confessed his love for her on New Year’s Eve and their kiss, as well. Little to do they know that someone is listening to their conversation.
• Billie calls Jack and says they need to talk about his confession of love.
• Greta lies in her bed at the Salem Inn in post-coital bliss. She recalls her passionate night of lovemaking with the man of her dreams.
• Sami schemes and plots and figures out a way to get her nephew, Keith, who is now being raised by Simone, the bone marrow transplant he needs without confessing that she stole Carrie’s baby.
• OPENING.
• Andy and Roman search through all of Andy’s notes and books on his courses on criminology trying to find the case that is similar to what Andy feels like could be happening in Salem right now. Roman explains to Andy that he is unsure whether they are dealing with a Salem Serial Killer copycat or a Salem Slasher copycat. Andy says once they find the case he is thinking of, everything will be clear.
• Austin studies Sami’s case, and he realizes that he doesn’t have much of one. Alan’s blood being on the burned clothes found in Sami’s fireplace, and then the gun found in Sami’s apartment. Austin studies up and gets a crash course from Frankie on law.
• Sami tells Simone that the first thing she needs to do is get a new doctor on her case that is not Mike Horton or Kayla Brady! Simone is confused, but Sami tells her that if she wants to save her baby’s life, then she needs to listen to her. Next, Sami tells Will that she needs him to do her an extreme favor. She says he cannot ask any questions about the favor, but he just has to do it and not ask any questions.
• Mike confesses to Carrie that when they kissed, he felt an incredible amount of passions and love for her.
• Julie and Megan work together for ways to try and stop Bo and Billie’s wedding. After talking with Bo, they realize he is not going to bend when it comes to his love for Billie. For whatever reason, he’s in love with her.
• Greta meets up with Austin, and they do lunch. Greta reveals to Austin that she has finally lost her virginity to the man she was meant to. Austin is blown away when Greta tells him the identity of her lover, and he is blown away.
• Carrie tells Mike that she does still feel something for him, but as of right now, she needs time to grieve her son with Austin and time to get over her heartbreak that Austin has done to her by agreeing to defend Sami.
• Megan and Julie realize the only way to stop Bo and Billie’s wedding is to find Hope and bring her back to Salem. For Megan, however, she wants both women out of Bo’s life. For Julie’s agenda, she wants Hope and Bo back together. Megan pushes Julie to accept the fact that they need to come up with another plan, but Julie refuses.
• Andy and Roman hit pay dirt when they find the case in Andy’s textbook!
• Lucas cannot take it anymore and storms into the room, shocking Mike and Carrie. Carrie asks Lucas how much he’s heard, and Lucas replies…that he’s heard everything.
• Julie tells Doug that they need to find Hope and bring her back to Salem in time to stop this wedding. Julie says to Doug that Hope will regret this forever if Bo and Billie marry. Julie speaks to Doug and tells him that she cannot leave Salem because she has to keep an eye on Billie. Doug promises Julie that he will find Hope in Europe and bring him back. Julie and Doug share a goodbye as he heads off to find her. Ironically, Julie’s partner-in-crime knows exactly where she is - in a warehouse in London in the cell that she has locker her in!
• Greta calls her lover and asks him to meet her on a yacht docked at the harbor that she has rented out so that they can spend a romantic day together.
• Roman and Andy meet with Bo and tell him the shocking case they've found. They tell Bo about a copycat killer in a small town in New England who randomly copycatted all of New England's most notorious serial killers. Bo is floored. He and Roman concur that if this is what this person is doing, there is not telling what he or she is going to do next!
• Carrie begs Lucas not to tell Austin that she shared a kiss with Mike. She says she wants the opportunity to tell Austin. Lucas lashes out at his half-brother, Mike, and tells them both he is disgusted by them. Lucas gives them until the end of the day to tell Austin the truth.
• Simone shocks Mike and Kayla when she tells them both that she is off her son’s case. Meanwhile, Sami demands Will recruit his cousin, Georgia, and go to the hospital to be bone marrow donors. Sami tells Will it is very important that he and Georgia do not tell ANYONE about this. Will is very skeptical and knows his mother is up to another one of her dirty schemes and plots, but Sami guilts Will by saying she is taking the fall for his killing Alan so he needs to do this for her. Will rushes to meet his cousin, Georgia, and go to the hospital. Sami sits in her jail cell and discusses to herself how her plan to save baby Keith yet keep her secret hidden is working.
• Greta arrives at the harbor to prepare the romantic lunch for her lover. He arrives and knocks on the door. Greta walks above to the bow of the ship. She swings open the door to her lover. He sweeps her into his arms, and they kiss passionately. When they pull away, his identity is revealed.