Episode #283 - Wednesday, January 10th, 2007:

• Austin lashes out at Carrie for her lies and betrayal, but she says it happened after their break up. Austin screams and yells telling her that she is a hypocrite for breaking up with him for taking Sami’s side, but she is allowed to go back to Mike the second things get rocky. She tries to explain, but he says he does not want to hear it and leaves her in the hallway of the courthouse. She cries and seeks out comfort in Mike’s arms.
• Bo, Roman, Shane, and John are positive that Stefano has something to do with the attack on Alice and Celeste, and they speculate what they can do to draw Stefano out of hiding.
• Abby lashes out at Cassie and tells her enough of this faking upset and faking fainting crap! Max is taken aback by Abby’s harsh words for Cassie.
• OPENING.
• Frankie tells Melissa that he has news for her regarding their relationship.
• Rae reveals to Simone that baby Keith has gone into surgery for his bone marrow donation.
• Austin tells Sami again how important it is to build her strength of character. So, he warns her not to be classic Sami and lash out at anyone during the trial.
• Frankie tells Melissa that he only married Greta in order to fulfill the stipulations of the Von Amburg estate. He says he is still very adamant about using his share of the money to help her get custody of her children.
• Max scolds Abby telling her that regardless of how she feels towards Cassie, she is still carrying his baby, and Abby has to respect that.
• Jeremy and Jan bond in the basement of the Dimera Mansion where Cassie has locked them.
• Felicia reveals to Georgia that is very interested in signing her to her modeling agency, and Georgia is ecstatic.
• Rae tells Simone that she found something very strange in Keith’s anonymous donor’s file….very similar genetic markers! Simone reveals to Rae that Keith is adopted so he must have family in Salem. It is then that Simone realizes Sami must have arranged for Keith’s real family to donate their bone marrow to the hospital. Simone flashes back to Sami telling her the first step to saving Keith was getting Mike and Kayla removed from the case. Simone realizes that Sami is hiding something very big about Keith’s real mother.
• Austin proves to the court how Sami was before Alan entered her life. He claims she was a good person and a good woman. Austin proves to the court that Alan brutally raped Sami and then now has come back over ten years later to sexually prey on her son, as well.
• In a rare moment, Jan opens up to Jeremy and shows rare emotion to Jeremy. Jan breaks down in front of Jeremy and opens up to him about how she was raped by Paul Walker. Jeremy comforts Jan.
• Melissa misinterprets what Frankie is saying. Frankie tells Melissa that she misunderstood. Frankie says that although the relationship with Greta started out platonic and a business transaction, it changed once they learned how much they had in common.
• Austin calls John, Roman, Eric, Marlena, Lucas, Will, and the other Horton’s and Brady’s to the stand in order to prove Sami’s good nature to the courts.
• Frankie finally tells Melissa the truth - that he and Greta have taken their relationship to the next level and they have decided to give their marriage their all. Melissa breaks down in tears and slaps Frankie across the face.
• Felicia sets Georgia up with a modeling coach named Roo (played by legendary RuPaul Andre Charles), who tells Georgia that if she is going to make it in the fashion world, she is going to have to perfect her runway walk, which she helps her on. Next, Roo and Felicia take Georgia to Salem Place where they tell her to say goodbye to her old look and give her a fresher, edgier look complete with a new, short ’do. When the makeover is completed, Felicia says NOW she is ready to get to work on her portfolio. In the meantime, Felicia says that Georgia has to start losing weight - and fast.
• At the end of the first day of trial, Roman and Bo tells Austin they’ve seen a lot of trials, and think he has done a very fine job. Austin has won round one.
• Bo and Roman meet up with Shane, John, and Steve and all five men realize that Kristen is the key to finding out Stefano’s location in Salem.
• Carrie tries to talk to Austin at the end of the day, but he tells her that he can’t believe her hypocrisy. He says he might stand by Sami’s side and help prove her innocence, but there has never been another woman in his heart, and there never will be, which is more than he can say for her! He leaves a crying Carrie on her knees in the hallway of the courtroom, crying her eyes out.
• Roo warns Georgia that Felicia has a tendency of being harsh, dramatic, and overactive. Roo tells her to ignore Felicia’s harsh words and focus on the positives. When alone, though, Georgia is shown in front of the mirror sucking in her “gut.”
• Melissa slaps Frankie for his betrayal and tells him that he has basically cheated on her with Greta. When he tries to object, she says at first it was a marriage of convenience and that he swore up and own that it would go no further than that. She reminds him that he swore they would be together in the end. Frankie tearfully apologizes. Melissa tells him that she never wants to see him ever again!
• Simone begins to put all of the pieces together and realizes that Sami must have obtained baby Keith illegally.
• Abby tells Max that he needs to man up and start calling Cassie out on all of her crap, or this is not going to work. Abby screams at Cassie telling her that she’s going to be alone and miserable, and she has no one to blame but herself for all of her lies and schemes. Max begs Abby to let it go and leave Cassie alone! Suddenly, a very upset Cassie doubles over in pain.