Episode #286 - Monday, January 15th, 2007:

• The Fury continues strangling the life out of Greta on the pier while Bo, Roman, Shane, and John begin an intense search to find her.
• Sarah Horton (Susan Ward) returns to Salem and has a touching reunion with Maggie and Melissa. Maggie and Sarah try to comfort Melissa over Frankie breaking her heart.
• Jack gets a call from an old friend - the owner and editor of The Salem Spectator! Jack’s old friend calls him in for a meeting and asks Jack if he would like to come back to the newspaper so he can takeover the reporting on the copycat assailant terrorizing Salem. Jack quickly agrees, recalling all of the amazing times he had at the paper with Jennifer.
• Vivian is shocked when Simone tells her that Sami Brady helped her get baby Keith. Simone realizes Vivian must know Sami and begins asking Vivian about her. Vivian informs Simone that Sami is one of the most evil people on the face of the earth and definitely the most evil person in Salem. Simone is floored.
• OPENING.
• Max tells Abby that he will never be able to forgive her for causing the death of his and Cassie’s baby. A tearful Abby explains that she didn’t mean to hurt Cassie or the baby and says she thought Cassie was faking her ailment and pains in order to keep them from telling her that they’ve gotten back together like she has been doing for months!
• Jan and Jeremy continue to bond in the basement of the Dimera Mansion, but Jan is beginning to worry because it’s been hours since the time she and Cassie had decided on letting them out of the basement.
• The Fury leaves Greta’s lifeless body on the pier. Seconds later, Bo, John, Roman, and Shane stumble across it. Bo and John scream out for her and rush to her side. Bo and John begin CPR in order to breathe life back into Greta. Shane and Roman call an ambulance for help.
• Vivian convinces Simone that Sami is always up to no good and if she gave her a baby…it would be for one reason only….that she didn’t want someone ELSE to have that baby!
• Sarah, Melissa, and Maggie visit a comatose Mickey, and his frail state brings Sarah to tears. The three Horton women stand by his side and pray for his recovery.
• Max tells Abby that they are through…for good! Cassie is secretly eavesdropping and is very happy about this latest development.
• Kristen and Eric face off as he lashes out at her for being a terrible person for everything she has done to his mother and his step-father. She says it’s only just begun, recalling the night of sex she tricked him into. Kristen informs Eric of her plan to expose their affair to Marlena. Eric grabs Kristen and demands she never breathe a word of this to Marlena.
• Simone breaks down and tells Vivian she can’t lose baby Keith. Simone says they must keep Sami’s connection to Keith a secret because if Sami stole this baby, then the real mother is going to take Keith from Simone, and Simone says she can’t deal with that. Vivian promises to keep Simone’s baby secret.
• Jan and Jeremy manage to escape from the basement…but Jan and Jeremy hear a deep scream from the bowels of the Dimera Mansion that makes them think someone else is down there with them. Panicking, Jan and Jeremy continue their escape and emerge from the basement where they find the light of day.
• Sarah reveals to Maggie and Melissa that she’s already found a job in Salem. They are curious and ask where she’ll be working. She says she is about to meet her co-worker in a few minutes at Salem Place.
• Melissa, Sarah, and Maggie arrive at Salem Place where Sarah comes face to face with her new co-worker - Jack!
• Kristen pulls Eric into a kiss, and he throws her off of him. Eric tells her that she’s insane and has lost her mind, but Kristen informs him that happened years ago…his mother saw to that!
• Vivian and Simone vow to keep baby Keith in Simone’s custody no matter what. Meanwhile, Dr. Rae Choi is called to the post-operation room of baby Keith whose condition worsens.
• Jan and Jeremy wonder if they should tell anyone about what they heard in the basement of the Dimera Mansion. Jan recalls her mother confessing to her that she is the daughter of Stefano Dimera and that means Jan is the grand-daughter of Stefano. Jan’s wheels start turning, and she realizes that she should probably help keep whatever Dimera secret is in the basement, and so she does…Jan convinces Jeremy that they should keep what they heard in the basement a secret!
• Jack is shocked that Sarah Horton is the new up and coming, edgey, talented writer the owner of the Spectator told him about! When they hear sirens, they realize the Fury may have struck again.
• Frankie arrives at the pier where John and Bo try to save Greta’s life. Frankie tells Bo he was supposed to meet Greta here. He asks Bo what happened, and who they are trying to save. Bo tells Frankie to stay back and stay away from the victim. Frankie cannot and approaches the body. Frankie screams and cries out as he sees Greta’s face!
• Rae calls for a crash cart as she realizes that baby Keith’s vitals are dropping…and fast!
• Frankie falls to his knees and begins breathing life into Greta. Meanwhile, Jack, Sarah, and Melissa arrive on the scene. Melissa is terrified to see the love of her life, Frankie, trying to bring her arch-nemesis, Greta, back from the brink of death. Jack informs Sarah that the woman is Greta. Sarah turns to Melissa and asks her if this is the same Greta who took Frankie from her. Melissa says yes. Jack, Sarah, and Melissa look on in horror as they see Frankie attempt to bring Greta back from the dead.