Summary of Week: Janurary 22-26

Margaret tries to kill Nikki. She shoots several times however Victor intervenes and saves Nikki’s life. He orders Margaret never to try that again or he will kill her!

John and Caroline decide to try to help each other accept the things that have happened in previous months. They end up bonding, and they both feel close again like they did all those years ago. Caroline vows she will not lose another child again.

Abe breaks things off with Lexie for the final time. Lexie tries to convince him not to but he does and leaves Lexie to wallow in all that she has lost. She vows that if she has to feel miserable, then everyone in Salem will have to feel her pain as well!

Colleen’s body is found by the police in a lake. They begin to investigate her murder, but come up with nothing. Meanwhile, EJ tries to manipulate Lucas and Sami apart but it does not work and he says drastic measures will be taken. Helena and Sami happen to meet and Helena does not tell Sami who she is, but she threatens Sami to stay away from EJ or she, Lucas, and her son will all pay dearly. Sami is frightened and confused by Helena’s threats. Helena vows to make sure Sami and EJ never get together.

Helena and EJ continue to plot, but they do not come up with any plans good enough to take out Stefano. Helena leaves without telling EJ and she decides to confront Stefano. Stefano meanwhile hears about Colleen’s death, and is convinced Helena murdered her.

Jeremy takes Chelsea to Chicago, and gives her money to take a train, plane, or something and get as far away as Salem as she can. Chelsea still refuses to and tries to get back to Salem, but Jeremy blocks her off and tells her the thugs that took her are after her to kill her. He promises Chelsea he will get her when the time is right. Chelsea tries again to get back to Salem but to no avail. She finally and reluctantly decides to take a train out of Chicago and just picks a random one. She breaks down as the train makes it’s way out of Chicago…..

Faux Roman puts his identity discovery on hold for now as he tries to deal with Shawn and Susan’s murder. He and Abe put Shawn’s first, and go down the list of suspects: Philip, Stefano, Victor, Kate, Jan, one of Victor’s or Stefano’s men, or even Belle. They say all these people had a motive to kill Shawn. Someone in a ski-mask and dark clothes watches them from the window, and takes out a knife!

Eric and Greta continue to go back and forth on accepting that they can never be together! Greta finally yells to Eric that it CANNOT AND WILL NOT HAPPEN! She says they just have to move on and leaves. Eric sobs and tries to convince himself to accept it.

Marlena is shocked and worried when she learns Sam has escaped from the Sanitarium! She blasts the staff of the Sanitarium asking in an angry tone why she was not alerted and how they could just sit back why she runs loose! Marlena tells them she is dangerous! They try to defend themselves by saying they have been trying to figure out what happen before they alert or the police, but Marlena still angry ignores them and storms out, then she heads back to Salem.

Once there, Marlena warns John about Sam. She worries that instead of targeting her, Sam could target someone in her family! John then brings up that Sam could be linked to Shawn’s murder. Marlena says John is right and they both head down to the police station.

Kayla and Steve’s reunion is short lived and they realize they must go. They hurriedly make their way back to the hotel, dodging Victor Lord’s thugs along the way. They finally get back there to see Stephanie and Kim being held hostage by the thugs! Kim is on the ground, and Kayla realizes that her legs had stopped on her again. The thugs tell Steve and Kayla to surrender themselves to them or Kim and Stephanie will die. Before Kayla can say anything Steve refuses but tries to negotiate with the thugs.

It doesn’t work and the thugs grab Stephanie and push her forward, holding her at gunpoint. She is crying and begs Steve and Kayla to help. They both worry for Stephanie and Steve’s anger gets the better of him. He attacks one of the thugs and it erupts into a huge fight. Steve knocks the gun out of the thug’s he just attacked hand and then he punches him continuously. The other thug turns his attention to Steve and fires at him but Kayla grabs the gun that Steve threw across the room and uses that to knock the thug out. Steve also manages to knock the other thug out.

Kayla helps Kim up and Steve checks on Stephanie. He comforts her and they breif Kim and Stephanie on what’s going on. Stephanie is overjoyed Steve has his memory back but Kayla says they have to go now and can celebrate later. The four cautiously head to the airport.

(Big Thanks to MichaelGL for the idea to provide weekly summaries until I am all caught up!)