Episode #296 - Monday, January 29, 2007:

• The Brady’s celebrate in the waiting room of the hospital as they have just learned baby Roman is going to be all right!
• Marlena reveals to everyone that with everything that happened with Sami, Roman could not take it and had to leave town as soon as he as he could have.
• Carrie and Austin share a tender kiss as they celebrate the news.
• Marlena, Caroline, Maggie, Cassie, and Jack all remain terrified at the gifts that have received from The Fury. (See Last Episode.) The gifts remind them of their gruesome attacks by the Salem Serial Killer.
• Phillip, Kate, and Victor bond with baby Claire whom they have now acquired temporary custody of from the courts.
• Will opens up to Georgia about his father, Lucas, leaving Salem forever because of what his mother has done.
• Shawn and Belle continue to grieve the court’s decision.
• Meanwhile, Willow has managed to kidnap Shawn and Belle’s other baby, Trey, right out of their apartment while the babysitter was not paying attention!
• John struggles with telling Marlena the truth about his being Greta’s father.
• Sarah and Jack clash over the Sami story once again, and Jack is fired from the Spectator!
• Jan finds Jeremy who has drank himself into a stupor because of the issues he has with this father.
• Austin asks Carrie if she asked Mike to leave Salem so she can try to fix her relationship with him, and she says wholeheartedly yes.
• Marlena, Caroline, Cassie, and Jack demand Bo find the Fury for doing this to them. Bo says he will. But later, when alone with John, Bo tells him that he can’t put his finger on it, but something is going on with Marlena, and John agrees.
• The babysitter realizes baby Trey is missing! She calls Shawn and Belle and tells them to get home immediately.
• Jeremy and Jan share a sexy kiss in his drunken state.
• Will notices Georgia hasn’t been eating the last few times they have gone out to lunch. Will asks her if she’s starving herself for this modeling career. Georgia flashes back to her agent telling her she had to lose ten pounds by the end of the month.
• Sarah Horton’s boss informs her that the Spectator’s sales have almost tripled since she came on board.
• Marlena announces her retirement to the Brady’s and Horton’s and informs them of her party.
• Rae asks Marlena if she still wants to retire if her hallucinations have stopped, but Marlena says that it’s time.
• The Fury holds a picture….of Austin and Carrie. The Fury takes a knife to it and cuts it in half.
• Cassie continues to ensnare Max in her web of guilt and obligation.
• Dr. Rae reveals things will still be a little touch and go with the baby, but she can say without any uncertainty that he will make a full recovery.
• Willow runs into a man, who just so happens to be Philip. They each have their respective babies. They begin sharing info about their babies. Philip says her son looks familiar, but since he just got back to town, he doesn’t know baby Trey very well. Meanwhile, Philip unknowingly tells Willow that he is Philip Kiriakis of THE Kiriakis’, and Willow sees dollar signs.
• Roo and Felicia tell Georgia they booked her first big gig as a runaway model! Georgia is ecstatic! Will fakes excitement, but really, he worries for his cousin/best friend.
• Carrie and Austin thank Simone for coming forward with the news. Simone cries. She tells them how much she will miss Keith…or baby Roman, she means. They tell her they are eternally grateful to her for everything she has done.
• The Fury continues to stab the picture of Carrie and Austin.
• Willow asks Philip if he would like to get a drink with her.
• Shawn and Belle arrive home, and they are shocked to see Bo is there with the babysitter. Belle freaks out, and already being in a fragile state because of Claire, asks Bo what the hell is going on. Bo breaks Shawn and Belle’s hearts when he tells them that baby Trey is missing and was kidnapping right out of the loft. Belle breaks down and falls to her knees in exhaustion. She screams out “Noooo!”, and her scream is deafening.
• Jan and Megan talk about Jeremy and then Megan’s plight to try and land Bo. Megan says Doug and Julie cannot find Hope. Thank goodness, Megan explains, as Hope is being held hostage by her in London. Megan also explains she and Julie have had little luck in trying to stop Bo and Billie’s wedding which is fast approaching.
• Meanwhile, in a dark desolate prison, a woman sits in near-darkness. A pipe’s constant water drip is the only comforting sound she hears. She looks and sees a guard not far away. The woman is Hope Brady. She vows to break free from the prison…and get revenge on the woman behind her captor!