Episode #290 - January 19, 2007:

• Vivian and Simone realize Sami must have stolen CARRIE’S baby!
• Austin, Sami, Will, Carrie, Lucas, Marlena, Andy, John, Belle, Shawn, Bo, Billie, Caroline, Eric, Roman, Alice, Maggie, Sarah, Melissa, Frankie, Kayla, Steve, Georgia, Max, Cassie, Jack, Abby, Philip, Victor, and Kate all gather at the court house to hear the verdict in Sami’s trial for Alan’s murder.
• Simone is devastated and horrified to learn that baby Keith comes from a good home and decent parents, who deserve to have him back in their lives.
• Rae tries desperately to save Keith, but his health continues to fail because he hasn’t received a bone marrow donation from a direct kin.
• OPENING.
• Shawn and Billie have another confrontation in which he tells her she isn’t good enough for her father.
• Julie and Megan continue to try and plot to stop Bo and Billie’s wedding.
• Austin thanks Sami for behaving the way she did, saying it was her good demeanor and peaceful manner that allowed them to convince the jury she is a good person who did this because of justifiable homicide.
• Shawn and Belle have an awkward moment with Philip when they bump into him in the park. Philip realizes he misses Claire more than he realized! Kate and Victor push Philip to lay down some roots in Salem and go after Claire!
• Willow (Bree Williamson) arrives in Salem and is hell bent on finding Jan in order to blackmail her for more money.
• Sami says if Will keeps his cool and sits through the trial today and lets her take the not-guilty
• Jack and Sarah clash when he rips her apart for her story about Greta that left nothing up to the imagination. Jack lashes out at Sarah, saying she is nothing like a true Horton. He says anyone with a heart would never do this to a family friend.
• Lucas tells Sami the local papers are predicting she will get off for the murder based on how well Austin has defended Sami. Lucas thanks Austin for everything he has done for Sami. The two brothers have a touching moment.
• Jan and Jeremy flashback to the guttural moans and screams they heard in the Dimera basement.
• Cassie asks Max what is next for them. Max is hesitant to answer, but Cassie has delusions of grandeur in her head.
• Kate, Victor, Philip, and Billie make sure Lucas know they want him and Will to be happy, and although they do not want him with Sami, they know he will not find happiness if she is found guilty today so they tell him he is in their prayers. Kate says she must agree with Sami for once - Alan deserved to die for what he did to Will.
• Jan asks Jeremy if he would like to spend some time with her. He realizes that she is asking him on a date in her stand-offish way, but he says the only way he would do this if she tells Shawn and Belle where she found baby Trey so they can acquire custody. She refuses saying Shawn and Belle are better off not knowing.
• Sarah fires back to Jack saying she is more of a Horton than he knows. She flashes back to overhearing Frankie tell John he is Greta’s father. She gets teary and tells Jack he knows nothing about her and that he should check his facts before he makes such big statements. Sarah tells Jack that their relationship is purely professional and that she doesn’t consider him a Horton anymore either! Jack realizes he must have struck a chord deep in Sarah when he said something about her not really being a Horton.
• Lucas and Sami map out their future for when she is acquitted for the murder.
• Vivian and Simone search the computer files and try to find the files they need to prove their theory that Keith is the daughter of Carrie and Austin. Vivian realizes her theory is right! Vivian says they need to tell Austin and Carrie immediately so that they can get to the hospital and donate their bone marrow in order to save baby Keith.
• The Brady’s, the Horton’s, the Robert’s, and the Reed’s all sit down and await Sami’s verdict.
• Jan is floored when she opens the door and sees Willow standing in front of her! She faints.
• Rae informs Simone and Vivian that Keith will not survive the day without his transplant. They scurry to find Austin and Carrie!
• The jury announces to the court that they’ve made their decision.
• Vivian and Simone frantically search all over Salem for Austin and Carrie, but they cannot find them anywhere.
• The judge is told by the bailiff that there is an urgent call for the judge. So, the judge dismisses the court for a ten minute recess.
• Simone realizes Sami’s verdict is being read today! Simone and Vivian rush to the courthouse.
• The judge reveals the jury has come to a decision regarding Sami’s fight. Sami clutches Lucas’ hand as she realizes her fate is seconds away from being announced.
• Vivian and Simone find that the police will not let them into the court room.
• The judge says the Sami has been found…..
• Vivian and Simone burst through the doors of the court. “Stop! You can’t do this!”….Vivian yells. Everyone is baffled by Vivian’s outburst. “She's not the person you think she is! You can’t announce the verdict yet! Sami….Samantha Brady isn’t even on trial for her most dastardly…most evil crime yet! She’s sunk to a new low…even for her!” Sami is shocked and confused. She and Lucas shares looks with one another. Kate is intrigued. The judge asks Vivian what crime she is taking about. “Kidnapping, your honor! Sami kidnapped a baby and made the mother and father think the baby was dead!.....................Sami Brady kidnapped her own sister’s baby!” The faces of Marlena, Carrie, Austin, Lucas, Kate, and Will change from confusion to shock. Sami’s eyes bug out and her mouth hangs open. *FREEZE FRAME.*