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AWESOME finale to the "Night of Terror"! And GREAT ending. Man, November Sweeps is going to be so awesome for you guys! I mean, seriously. Nice having a couple deaths happen. Keep up the excellent work, guys.

Written by: Jay Episode#170 -Jan is running around as they begin to get very close to the DiMera Palace, Jan on Gina’s prowl. Jan dashes after her and catches her by the hair and throws her to the ground. “Shawn Brady was the love of my life and you took his!! Now your going to pay!” she screams with anger fueling her voice “Wait!!” Gina says. -Stefano, coming to a conclusion that Helena should be eaten and dead by now returns to the room where he locked his ex lover. He presses the button, and opens the door to find his dogs dead, and Helena gone. He looks in shock as Helena knocks him over the head with a gun that was handed to her. “ Thank you Grandson,” she continues Nikolas steps up and looks over Stefano. -After Bo and Hope tell Marlena and Roman they decide to break from Bo, Hope, and Shane because they want to find Belle and make sure she is alright. They call out her name as they burst out of the palace using one of the quicker exits and hear Phillip scream Roman’s name back, not too far off from the palace, and they find them. - “Tony” is sneaking around the palace when he hears someone exclaim “Tony!” and he looks to see Abe and Lexie after getting out of the chaotic palace through the main entrace, and Lexie met up with Abe earlier on after getting separated from the other four when Stefano’s men attacked. “Oh boy…” “Tony” says *LIS Opening* -“You don’t want to kill me!” Gina says. Sarcastically she continues on to say “ Shawn wouldn’t want you too” Jan yells“You don’t know Shawn, don’t you ever speak about him!” and Jan begins to beat the hell out of Gina. Shane, Bo and Hope intervene when they see Jan from a window in the palace and quickly get to them ” Jan” Hope says. “Spears what the hell are you doing here?” asks Bo. “Mr and Mrs. Brady, this woman killed your son!!” Jan says. Hope looks at Gina and attacks her in anger. -“How are you feeling Nikolas?” Helena asks him. “I’m fine, just in a little pain. What do you want to do with Stefano before we get out of here and I can take you back to Port Charles?” “Nothing…yet.” Helena tells him and continues on to explain “We stay here with him and when he wakes up, my Grandson, you take this gun and you kill him!” -“Belle! How are you feeling?!” Marlena screams out. “We’ve got to get you to a hospital”, Roman says. “I’m fine guys, trust me” Belle says as she slowly tries to stand. “All I need is a bandage. The wound is small, and it doesn’t hurt. “Marlena asks her how she was stabbed. She tells her about the whole Gina/Jan thing. Marlena, and Roman are shocked to hear that Gina killed Shawn. -“Tony” turns around and does a 180 of sorts on Abe. “Oh, Abe! I was looking for you my friend. I just found Kate Roberts outside.” “Kate’s here?” Abe asks. “Yes” “Tony” says, “and she’s dead!”

Written by: Daysfan Episode#169 -Belle and Jan chase after Gina, and Gina quickly runs into another street and they follow. Belle leaps forward and grabs Gina by the back of her neck and pulls her into the alleyway, and Gina remarks “Oh look. Isabella Black. Looks like you are not a little teenager anymore.” and Belle tells her to shut the hell up and that she’s here for revenge on Shawn’s death, but Gina suddenly grabs Belle’s wrist and throws Belle against the wall and holds her there, and whispers “Sorry, but that is not on the schedule.” -Helena quickly runs through the halls, damning them all. She briefly looks in at the small clinic and sees Nikolas lying unconscious and she can tell he is alright. She continues on and says to herself she hopes Stefano rots in Hell, and then a voice says coldly “The Phoenix NEVER dies.” and suddenly STEFANO comes out of the shadows and grabs Helena’s arm and pulls her close, and she gasps in shock! -Shane Donovan is revealed to be the one holding EJ’s gun and has EJ restrained, and Roman says “Shane?! What the hell are you doing h-” but then he looks over and sees Stefano is gone and asks where the hell he went. Bo says with sarcasm “Great. Both of them escaped.”, and Shane tells them all Lexie contacted him shortly after the disaster at Chez Rouge back in Salem, and she had turned against Stefano and needed his and the ISA’s help to stop him, and they had been planning something like this for a long time. Abe stares at Shane and remembers what Lexie said back in the clinic. Marlena interrupts and says whatever the case is, they have to find Stefano and Helena! Shane agrees but says neither can get far and ISA agents are spread out everywhere. While Abe gets the main entrance open for the rest outside, Shane quickly gives EJ to two other agents and they handcuff him and take him away and then he, Roman, Marlena, Bo, and Hope all head off. *Life in Salem Opening* -Helena asks Stefano how he survived those gun shots, and Stefano then asks Helena if she really thinks he would be stupid enough to not wear a bullet proof vest. Helena tells him this does not end the war, and she still has some cards up her sleeve. Stefano then tells her “You have not seen any of my cards yet, my dear.” and suddenly opens a door and tosses Helena down a stairwell! -Belle yells tearfully “YOU KILLED HIM! I DON’T CARE HOW STRONG OR RICH YOU ARE, I WILL AVENGE HIS DEATH!” but she cannot fight Gina’s tight grip, and she screams for Jan to help her. Jan stares at the two women and thinks to herself this could be her chance to finally let her rival, the woman who ruined her life in so many ways, die. But she looks at Gina and says “She killed my Shawn. My baby’s father!” and then she takes out a knife and charges at Gina, but Gina laughs and jumps out of the way, and Belle lets out a scream and Jan realizes she can’t stop, and her knife goes right through Belle’s stomach! -Allan quickly walks into the palace and Abe updates him on what is going on, and Sami runs into Lucas’s arms and he holds her and she says she is so glad to see him. Hattie follows Allan while Billie and Anna continue to stand outside, as Anna tries to look around for Tony and calls his name but nothing. However suddenly in the foyer, MANY of Stefano’s men burst out of hidden places with gun’s blazing. The group and ISA agents turn in shock and Abe yells for everyone to get down, and Lucas quickly pushes Sami down while Hattie runs off into another room for cover and Billie, Steve, Kayla, and Anna back up outside in shock. The ISA agents fire back and a huge gunfire battle breaks out. -Shane, Roman, Marlena, Bo, and Hope all run through the deep halls of the DiMera Palace and run into Lexie! Lexie sighs in relief seeing Shane, and Shane says they are getting everything under control. Roman tells her how Stefano and Helena are both running loose, and she says she’ll help her find them. However as they continue on…MORE of Stefano’s men come out from hidden rooms and small places and begin to shoot! Shane tells them all to quickly keep going as he fires back at them and slowly runs with the rest. -Gina says “Ta Ta, girls.” and runs off, and Jan looks down at what she has done in shock. Suddenly, Philip emerges and darts to Belle’s side, and holds her and both of them look at him in shock. Philip tells Jan to just get out of here, and she asks him what he’s going in Italy and he tells her that is none of her business. Jan groans in anger and says “Fine.” and continues to try to find Gina, while Philip takes out his phone and dials a number. -Megan is outside of the palace on the side, slipping out the window in the midst of the smoke after Stefano escaped the foyer. As Billie slowly walks around looking for anything to help she sees Megan! Megan then says to herself that now she knows everything here is taking course, she can go back to Salem and take Bo’s daughters!!! Billie gasps and says “You’re not going anywhere.” and Megan turns in shock. Billie tackles her and the two get into a fierce catfight. -Bo hears his cell phone ringing, and once he and Hope get to a place where they have well hidden cover from Stefano’s men he answers it and says “Brady”, and he hears Philip’s voice! He tries to ask Philip questions but Philip tells him what occurred with Gina, and Bo decides to save the questions for later and he says he’ll try to be there soon, and he hangs up and Hope asks what happened and Bo tells her Belle is in Italy and encountered Gina, and Jan accidentally stabbed her while trying to get Gina. Hope exclaims that they have to get there and get Belle to safety and find Gina, but then Bo says first they have to tell Roman and Marlena. -Helena stands up in pain after Stefano threw her down the stairwell, and Stefano then says at the top of the staircase that it’s time to unleash the dogs of war, and in her case, literally! Stefano punches a button on the wall and suddenly a gated area begins to open and ravaging dogs charge at Helena, while Stefano shuts the door and locks it and continues on. -Kate stands outside in the garden of the DiMera Palace, and she says to herself chaos is erupting everywhere on these grounds. She tries to find a side entrance, but bumps into Tony! She gasps and Tony asks her what the lovely Kate Roberts would be doing in Italy at the DiMera Mansion;. She tries to think of a response, but he grabs her saying he thinks she knows, since he has heard about how she helped Helena Cassadine try to kill Samantha Brady, so that most likely means she has an alliance with Helena. Kate denies it and says that is not true at all, but Tony says he disagrees and takes out a gun!!!! He says there is a war being fought, and any ally of Helena must be eliminated. Kate screams and tells him he wouldn’t do this, not even to her! Tony then leans in to her ear and whispers “Tony wouldn’t, but I would. You see my dear, I am Tony’s alternate personality….” and then he has a wide evil grin as he slowly leans back and then puts the gun right to Kate's head, and FIRES! Kate’s body then falls into the grass as he lets go of her and walks off…

Written by: Daysfan Episode#168 -Belle and Jan leave the airport after the Spears Jet sets down. Belle asks what they should do to find Gina, and Jan says first of all they need to find Bo and Hope, and she remembers Gina had some problems with them. Belle agrees, and says Bo and Hope were with her mom and dad. She takes out her cell phone and calls Marlena! -Marlena hears her phone ringing, and she quickly reaches into her pocket to try to hold her hand over it to silence it. Helena is too distraught to hear, and Marlena looks at Roman. Helena asks EJ what he’s thinking, and EJ says for quite some time he has been going back and forth between who to side with: His mother, or his father. He says he is done thinking, he is just going to take the DiMera AND Cassadine thrones from both of them! *Life in Salem Opening* -Max asks around the town in Italy about Erin, and none have seen her. After some more asking and nothing found, he sighs. Suddenly a man in a mask approaches him, and says “So you are looking for Erin?” and he looks at him and quickly stands, saying “Who the hell are you?” and he growls “I’m her killer…" -Allan and co. arrive outside of the DiMera Palace. He tries to open the door but then says it is locked and sealed, and tells Lucas he might need his help to break it open. While Lucas comes to try to help Allan, Tony slowly slips out of sight… -Stefano shouts “EJ! HOW COULD YOU?!” and Helena looks at EJ in shock, while Marlena slowly answers her phone and whispers “Hello?” and Belle is on the other line, and Marlena tells Belle to quickly find Allan or someone back in Salem and get help, but Belle then tells her she’s in Italy, looking for Gina! Marlena hisses “No! Belle, we’re currently being held hostage in the DiMera Palace, it’s not safe here!” and meanwhile EJ continues on to tell Stefano and Helena both of them have been failures and are getting quite useless. Helena turns to Stefano and yells “YOU BASTARD! THIS IS ALL YOUR DAMN FAULT!” and fires several shots at Stefano. Stefano is able to dodge one but the others hit him right in the chest. He slowly falls back into a chair, and as Helena begins to shoot wildly in anger Roman darts at her and manages to grab the gun out of her hand and toss it aside just as Bo walks in. Megan runs to Stefano’s side as he just clutches his chest and stares at the ceiling with eyes wide. Megan shouts to Helena angrily that she’s killed her own father, and Helena tells her that was the point. EJ points the gun at Helena and growls “You’re next, mother.” Suddenly, they all hear banging on the main entrance doors and Allan shouts from the outside “Is anyone in there?! Whats happening?!” and then Sami shouts “Yes, we’re here!” and Lucas then yells they can’t get the main doors open. -Jan asks Belle what the hell is going on, and Belle says all she knows is that they’re at the DiMera palace and there are gun shots going off! Jan groans and comments that something like this always has to happen However Jan looks around, and says someone’s watching them. Belle asks what she means, and Jan says she can feel it. She hears swift movement in an alleyway, and runs over to it to see Gina running! Jan yells “THERE SHE IS!” and both women take off after Gina. -Max grabs the man by his collar and yells “What have you done to Erin?!” and the man chuckles as he shows Max a body bag! Max stares at it in shock and yells “NO!” and punches the man in the face, and the man smirks. He says that Max wasn’t the only man Erin had…she also had him! He goes on to tell Max Erin was tricking him the whole time. The man then tells Max the tape and letters were all fake…and they were both really a couple and hired by the DiMeras! Max stutters in shock and says no Erin wouldn’t do that, and the man says he’s afraid she would, and that Stefano didn’t forget about the youngest Brady, because he’s related to Bo and Roman. Several more of Stefano’s men come behind Max and Max asks what the hell they are doing, and the man explains that Stefano needs an edge against Roman and that’s why he targeted Max in the first place, because he had a feeling this war would happen and Roman would be chasing after him. Max is then dragged off! -Hope slowly stands up and goes to Bo’s side, and as Abe walks in overhearing Allan he’ll says he can help unlock the doors, but suddenly a window shatters! EJ mutters “Oh what now?” and suddenly, men in black clothing are seen sliding down into the palace from broken windows using ropes, and suddenly one throws a smoke bomb down and everyone begins to cough. From the outside Steve asks what the hell is happening in there, and Anna looks around wondering where Tony is! Helena in the midst of the smoke breaks free of Roman’s grasp and runs off deeper into the palace and Roman yells “NO!” but cannot see a thing. Slowly as the smoke clears someone is seen with EJ’s gun holding it to EJ’s head, and the person is soon revealed to be… SHANE DONOVAN!

Written by: Daysfan Episode#167 -Ivan finds Vivian at Alamain, and informs her Forrest is trying to discover what she did as the Mysterious Woman! Vivian tells Ivan there is no need to worry, and she will deal with her nephew and Kate once and for all. -Many Salemites arrive in Italy, and Steve and Kayla meet up with Allan, Hattie, Max, Lucas, and Billie and inform them of why they are here. Greta gets off a plane as well, and watches the rest from a distance, but suddenly NICOLE is seen watching Greta! Nicole says it’s time for Greta’s secret to be revealed, and Gina watches them all. Gina gasps when she sees Greta! -Lexie then says after a moment of silence that she has the bullet removed and Nikolas should be fine. She turns to Abe, and Abe tells Bo to go tell Helena her grandson is alive and should be fine. Bo nods and leaves, and Abe looks into Lexie’s eyes and says he’s will always love her, but he can’t ignore the law, and even if he could, he can’t be with her and he hopes she knows that. -Helena tells EJ to do the honors, and finally kill his father! EJ gulps and looks at Stefano, wondering if he should really kill him… *Life in Salem Opening* -Tony and Anna’s plane touches down in Italy, and they meet up with the rest. As they talk about what to do and such, Tony suddenly says the palace is where Stefano should be. Allan asks if he’s sure, and Tony nods. They all agree and head off, with Greta, Nicole, and Gina all following. Meanwhile Max decides to search for Erin. -Kate, after getting to Italy, slowly walks through the streets. She remembers how Helena’s message told her she could most likely find her at the DiMera palace. She flashes back as to how when she was Stefano’s lover, they once went to the DiMera palace. She sighs as she continues to walk. -Stefano stares at EJ coldly and says “Fine. Shoot me. Shoot the man who saved you from your mother and raised you.” and EJ keeps looking back and forth between Helena and Stefano, and finally says “No. I can’t do it.” and Stefano begins to cackle, but EJ then shouts “I think both of you are PATHETIC!” -Lexie tells Abe she accepted that a long time ago, she accepted it when he found Tek and her together in June of 2006. Abe tells her he doesn’t think she did, and Lexie continues to deny it. Abe then says she hoped they would get back together like they and everyone else in Salem always do. Lexie finally says “Fine, I did! That’s why I never put much thought into anything even when you found Tek and I together…I-I got cocky and arrogant! But then Tek came on to me later on and I had that gun for defense…it accidentally went off and that’s what caused everything!” and she breaks down, and Abe takes her hand as she stares up at him. He tells her she will always have a special place in his heart, and they share a child together. He says he can’t stop loving her, but he can’t get into another relationship with her. He then whispers “Goodbye, Lexie…I will always love you in my own way…remember that.” and they lean in to kiss one last time, before Abe turns and walks off. Lexie tearfully watches, and takes out her cell phone shakingly. She dials a number and then says into the phone “You need to hurry, there…isn’t much time…” and after a moment she hangs up, and sits down. She then whispers “I’ll prove myself to you, Abe…you may be done with me, but I’ll show you I will always help you, and never turn on you again…"

DAMN! Micheal Myers, as many already well know, is no joke. Pooor Salem.

OH MY HEAVENS! LOVED the whole episode but the ending was just plain CREEPY. I am so terrified for all of them. And I'm DEAD serious.

Written by: Daysfan Episode#166 -Steve and Kayla see Kim and Stephanie come into the Pub, and Kayla says they should tell them they’re leaving. Steve nods in agreement and they walk over to them and get them to sit down, and then Kayla explains the situation. Steve says they should be back soon, and looks at Stephanie and says they need to her to take care of her aunt, especially with her legs. Stephanie promises she will, and Kim tells Kayla and Steve to just be careful, because since there is a lot of DiMera activity in Italy, it’s probably very dangerous there. -Forrest is at the Alamain Mansion while Vivian is out, and Nicholas is just getting some coffee after waking up. Forrest sees him walking into the living room, and he then asks his nephew what he knows about his great aunt Vivian. Nicholas answers not much, but goes to explain what happened back when he came to town as a child and when she was scheming for Victor years later when he came back, and then she won the lottery and left, but she returned before him last year. Forrest thinks to himself the last part could be interesting… -Helena looks to Stefano and asks where one of his secret clinics are, and Stefano says he has no idea what she is talking about and even if he did he wouldn’t reveal anything especially not to save her pathetic grandson. Helena snaps she knows he has one somewhere in this large palace in the case of an emergency, and there is not a chance he does not. Lexie begs her father to just tell them where it could be, and he gives in and says fine, and tells them it is in the East Wing of the palace and continues on to say it is not very large, but it’s efficient. Helena then motions for Abe and Bo to help get Nikolas, and Bo holds Hope and says he’s not leaving his wife, and Helena says then his niece and sister-in-law will die. Hope tells Bo it wasn’t too deep, and she’ll be fine. He sits her down, and Abe and Bo help get Nikolas up and then they along with Lexie go off to find the clinic-type area. Helena looks to the rest and says “Now, where were we?” *Life in Salem Opening* -Steve and Kayla both say they understand, but they’ve been through so many adventures before this should be one of the more simple ones. Kim smiles, and wishes them good luck. Steve and Kayla say goodbye to their daughter before leaving the Pub. Greta sits at another table and she says in shock “My mother’s alive?!?!” and rushes outside and sees a stack of newspapers, and picks it up. A few minutes later she drops it in shock and says “I have to get to Italy!” and rushes off. -Abe and Bo find the small clinic and Lexie begins to work on Nikolas. Bo asks Abe how they are going to get out of this, and Abe says he’s going to try to use his cell phone to get in touch with Allan back in Salem. Lexie listens in on their conversation while she is working on Nikolas, and she suddenly says “Abe, don’t.” -Roman tells Helena she needs to see some damn sense, and Helena again says they will all be here until she can kill Stefano. Stefano interrupts and says Roman wants to kill him himself, and he won’t let anyone else do it. -Steve and Kayla arrive at the airport, and Kayla says she wonders if they really should go. She continues onto say she doesn’t want something huge happening in Italy, and Steve says that they caused chaos in Llanview back in January and they didn’t have nearly as much back up as they would have in Italy but they made it out alright. Kayla says that he does have a point, she just hopes Victor doesn’t pull something while they are gone. Steve says he’s already thought about that, and he doubts he will right now. Kayla finally agrees, and they like the others board the next plane to Italy! -Lexie continues to work on Nikolas and Abe looks at her, and Abe asks in a monotone “Why would you say that? You are one of Stefano’s allies and an escaped prisoner you have no right t-” and Lexie sadly says he is right, and she did become one of Stefano’s allies and she did escape from prison after being arrested for killing Tek, but she has this under control! She says after what she has planned to do is done, he can take her back to Salem and put her in jail. -While Nicholas sits down, Forrest walks off saying that he is going to find out what Vivian did last year before he came to Salem…and he knows it will bring her down…Ivan listens in from another room and his eyes widen in shock and he runs off to find Vivian! -Marlena snaps “Well he has a good reason, Stefano! You have done so much to him, me, and others!” and Roman looks at Stefano and tells him no matter how much he wants to squeeze the life out of him in the most painful way possible, he would never stoop to his level, because he is not as pathetic as Stefano. He tells Stefano no matter how he does it, he will always beat him. Helena growls enough of the honorable police officer speech, it is time to end this useless situation! -Inside a dark room, a figure is standing at a table with two men at the other sides of the table, and the figure looks up at both of them. “There’s something going on in DiMera’s palace, I think Helena’s made another move at him. We haven’t heard anymore from Lexie, I think something has happened. Be prepared to storm the DiMera palace…” the voice says as the screen fades to black…

Horrifyingly AWESOME episode!!!!!!!!!! In the beginning it was odd because this is a bit out of the blue but I was so intrigued, especially with how everyone even Abe was acting. Love Marlena's feistiness. She was always rocking on SL but she's improved and been at her best ever since she told Roman off a few weeks ago. Nice Horton scenes. Loving Lucas spending time with them and handing out candy at the Horton House. The transport stuff was chilling and astonishing...but it got so much more creepy as the episode went on...and horrific. When the prisoner was beating up that attendant, and the smashed radio...just breath taking. And then the ending...I never expected it. So awesome and mabye the most chilling part of the episode. The "atmosphere" of the episode was all around creepy especially when you have no idea what is going to happen. This is gonna be a GREAT Halloween for SL!!!

Written by: Daysfan Episode#165 -Belle walks into the Spears Mansion and sees Jan. Jan turns to her and says she’s come so soon, and Belle immediately tells her she thinks Gina could be in Italy! Jan asks her what the hell she is talking about, and Belle explains the whole situation. Jan then says they need to leave for Italy NOW. -Allan finds Max at the Brady Pub, and tells him they have a lead on Erin’s location. Max asks where, and Allan reveals they think she might be in ITALY! Max asks Roman if he’s kidding and that’s where half of Salem is right now, and Allan says he is not, which makes him wonder if the kidnapping has a DiMera connection. Max says he’ll find out, because he’s going to Italy! Allan tells him he’s going too. -Anna tries to pull herself together back in Aremid, and tells Tony they just need to leave Aremid and go back to Salem, and Tony says they both know they really shouldn’t and they need to investigate more and see if there is any more he can remember. Anna says no they don’t need to, and there was no useful information here anyway. Tony stands and takes her hand with a sigh, and says fine, they can go back to Salem. Anna thanks him and says she’ll call Allan and tell him and the others they are coming back. -Sami lets out a scream when the gun goes off, and Roman immediately pulls Marlena out of the way and shields her while Bo does the same to Hope. EJ says “Well well well look who you shot, mother.” and Helena scowls when she sees she shot NIKOLAS! *Life in Salem Opening* -Helena looks at Lexie and tells her to tend to her grandson, now! She points the gun at her while Abe, Roman, and Bo all take out their guns and point them at Helena and tell her she better not make another move. Lexie sighs as she gets down to tend to Nikolas and her eyes briefly lock with Abe‘s, and Helena then points the gun at Sami! She says “Well officers, you can capture me and let this innocent woman die, or you can drop your guns and give them to me, which will it be?” and Bo looks at Roman, and Sami looks at her father with fear in her eyes. He nods to Abe, and Abe tells Helena fine, they’ll do it. They drop the guns and kick them away, and Stefano who is still lying on the ground slowly tries to inch a way, but Helena throws one of the guns to EJ and tells him to keep his father at bay! -As Allan and Max talk, Allan’s phone rings and he answers it, and Anna is on the other line. Anna tells him she and Tony are coming back to Salem but purposely leaves out Tony’s flashback, and she asks what is going on in Salem. Allan informs her of the situation and tells her he is about to head to Italy as well! Anna says “Italy?!” and suddenly when Tony overhears, he shakily gets up and is feeling odd. As he stumbles around he whispers “What is happening to me?” and suddenly, he looks at Anna as she hangs up, and tells her they need to go to Italy! -EJ slowly picks up the gun, and contemplates what to do and who to side with. He keeps looking at Helena and Stefano, and Stefano tells EJ to not do it to his own father. Helena then hisses to EJ he knows what his father did to her, and they have been planning this for months, now it is all full circle! EJ looks at Stefano and then finally points the gun at him. Stefano then growls in anger “You would do this to your own father?! Who raised you up! You truly are her son!” and suddenly he grabs his own gun and points it back at Helena in anger, and says now she has taken his own son away from him! Helena tells Stefano it would not be wise to shoot, because then EJ would kill him. Helena looks at the rest and says that Sami will live if they let her and her son go, and let them take Stefano with them! -Jan and Belle head to the airport, and Jan tells Belle she already has a Spears jet arranged. Belle says good, it will get them to Italy faster. Both vow to avenge Shawn’s death, but little do they know Philip is following them! -Abe says no, and they need to take both of them to jail for their crimes, and they won’t let her just take him and run off. Helena says she would finally kill him, and it would be revenge for everyone in this room. She looks at Abe and says he turned his wife against him, she looks at Bo and Hope and says he’s kidnapped Hope before and sent some princess to impersonate her, and then she looks at Roman and Marlena and smirks, and she says he has done the most to them, especially Roman. She then whispers “He destroyed your face, took your wife so many times, now he can finally be gone…you can be satisfied…” and as anger wells up, Stefano remarks “Roman plays by the rules too much…he knows he can never beat me, no matter if I kill his children or put his mother in a coma…” and Roman then yells “SHUT UP, YOU OLD MAN!” and launches himself at Stefano! -Allan tells Max they should head out now, and a voice says they aren’t going without them. Allan turns to see Billie, Lucas, and Hattie! Allan asks them how they know about this, and Billie says it’s what they heard. Billie says she wants to help, and it’s better than just sitting around Salem. Hattie says “Oh Mr. Allan, I would do anything for you. So I am going to help you bring down those nasty DiMeras.” and Lucas says he needs to find Sami! Allan says the more help they can get the better, and the group heads off! -Abe yells “ROMAN DON’T!” but Roman shoves Stefano up against the wall and begins to strangle him, and Roman yells “YOU’LL NEVER HURT MY FAMILY AGAIN YOU BASTARD!” and Stefano’s gun slips out of his hands, EJ shoots several times but misses as Roman and Stefano keep moving, and Abe darts towards Roman and Stefano while Bo rushes to EJ and grabs his hands to keep him at bay, and Helena who is slightly distracted by the situation looks at the chaos and Hope takes that chance to catch her by surprise and grab her and they enter a struggle, and Sami and Marlena run towards each other. Megan panics and grabs a knife to stab Roman with, but Marlena and Sami see it and both knock her over. Stefano punches Roman in the gut which causes Roman to stumble back in pain, and Stefano tries to get the gun but Abe manages to grab him in time. Hope and Helena continue to struggle, and Helena slowly grabs a knife out of her pocket with her right hand, and as the gun begins to slip out of her hand just in time Helena slashes Hope across her side! -Tony says that they need to go for Italy, for assistance, and maybe they can get Helena and Stefano so this can end. Anna says they really should go back to Salem and they probably have enough people in Italy already. Tony then says they must go to Italy, and nearly pulls Anna out, and Anna says “Fine fine, but what the hell is with you lately?” and Tony says nothing is as they leave the house, and head back to the airport. Back in the study in the empty house, a picture of Helena and Stefano standing together is seen on the ground… -Hope yells back in pain and falls back, and Bo sees she is hurt and runs to her side and manages to catch her, and he holds her as she slowly breaths in and out. EJ then points the gun at Stefano again while Helena points her gun at Marlena and Sami. She looks at all of them and says they had best stay where they are, or else. -Steve and Kayla at the Pub sees the group leave, and Steve says to Kayla since everyone is going to Italy he wonders if Britta/Gina is there as well, since she probably only killed Shawn to hurt Bo and Hope, she might strike one of them there. Kayla asks if he really thinks she would do that, and Steve says he knows how she thinks. He says maybe they need to follow everyone else and go to Italy! Kayla says with a laugh “You’re kidding right?” and Steve says no, he wants to be there to see Gina/Britta one last time…because he feels her time may be up in Italy. He says he needs to speak to her, and Kayla can either stay in Salem or go. Kayla says fine, she’ll go. -Many Salemites arrive at the airport, and all board planes to Italy! Allan, Max, Billie, Lucas, and Hattie board a public plane and it takes off…but suddenly Alexis is revealed to be watching Lucas from another seat! Meanwhile Jan and Belle leave…but Philip stows away on the jet! Philip whispers to himself he’ll get Belle back in Italy, and this time for good. The screen then flashes to a Basic Black jet and Kate is seen boarding it! Kate thinks to herself that she may not want to go to Italy, but after Helena’s strange message she probably should. All the planes leave! -The foyer in the palace is silent for a moment, and Roman tells Helena she can’t keep them hostage forever. Helena snaps until she can kill Stefano, she will! She says she has been preparing for this day for years, and she won’t let Stefano escape this time. Stefano tells Helena what she is doing is very stupid and ridiculous, and so many people have tried to defeat him for years, she will be no different! Lexie interrupts and says she needs to get Nikolas to a hospital or something, because he could die if they don’t get him somewhere with the proper equipment in time!

Kiriakis. Lord is dead at this point.

Written by: Jay Episode#164 -Jan is at her apartment thinking about the episode she and Belle just had. She starts to laugh to herself, about what she will do to Belle after they work together. “Maybe I’ll dip her in acid, or maybe I’ll pull all of her pretty blonde hair out until she cries”. She goes over many psycho scenarios, and smiles. -Belle is sitting at the loft looking at Shawn’s picture. She says to it “Shawn, I may be making a big mistake teaming with Jan, but it is worth it.” She puts his picture down and hears a knock. It’s Will. -Victor looks at an old photo of him and Viki. He thinks about what a shame it is that he couldn’t rekindle their flame. Angrily he throws down the photo and gets on the phone. -Bo, Hope, Marlena, Sami, Abe, are all now at the airport in Italy. Abe asks Marlena if she knows where Stefano’s mansion or new lair may be. She says yes, he has a Palace and she remembers seeing it in pictures many years ago. All leave as Roman says “I hope we aren’t too late.” *LIS opening* -Nikolas arrives at the entrance to Stefano‘s palace, as does EJ and the two exchange words. “Nikolas, I know you are trying to “protect“ your grandmother which means taking her back to that mental institution you and your little friends in Port Charles put her in, but she is my mother and you should just back off, and let me work out the problems between my mother and father.” EJ snaps to Nikolas, but Nikolas angrily shoots back. “You have not known Helena for your whole life! I know how she works. I’m not claiming to know Stefano, but I sure as hell know Grandmother better, and if anyone needs to get back, it’s you! If you don‘t let me get her back to where she belongs, which is a mental hospital where she can receive proper help, she‘s going to slaughter your whole DiMera family.” -Will greets Belle and tells her that he’s worried about Sami. He tells her that she’s taken off to Italy and it has something to do with Stefano Dimera. Belle is taken aback having known from Marlena what happened to Sami at Helena’s expense. “Mom won’t tell me anything”, Will Says. Bellw explains all to him. “This sucks that my own mother couldn’t tell me this!” Will says a bit angrily, he thanks her and heads to the door, but Belle then asks him who all is going to Italy, and he tells her who all is. He leaves and Belle realizes that if Bo and Hope are in Italy, Gina could be there too! She heads off to find Jan and inform her of this. -Victor is on the phone with an unknown businessman. “Clint Buchanan, acting CEO of Buchanan Enterprises has wronged me. I want you to everything in your power to make sure his business goes to hell! ” he shouts coldly, he then hangs up “ And now it’s Salem’s turn to pay!” he exclaims. -Stefano is in the foyer with Lexie and Megan. They hear screams! Helena bursta in the room with a gun and says with a chuckle “Hello dear lover, ready to die?” -Marlena, Sami, Bo, Hope, Roman, and Abe run in to Nik and EJ and Abe tells them after what they pulled back in Salem they are not interfering in any of this, but they hear commotion inside. They all run inside and follow the voices. -Lexie tells Helena to calm down, and Helena says this is a war and her goal is to kill Stefano! She points the gun at Stefano but then Stefano has a heart attack, or so he wants Helena to believe. Lexie tends to him and Helena screams “ Now now, keep in mind that if there is one more move, someone will get shot!!” -Bo, Hope, Marlena, Roman, Abe, Nikolas, Sami, and EJ bust in the room, shocking Helena and the gun goes off!!!! Someone is shot. But who?

Oh my gosh....I can't believe Lucas did that, but at the same time mabye he did have a slight right to...but still he was filled with such anger....it was written really well. You guys have really been intriguing me lately...alot, your scenes are always so great I can almost feel it happening if that makes sense.

Whoa! This episode is just fantastic...as fantastic as the last one! Excellent aftermath of the reveal and that huge gunfight, with everyone involved. Keep this up. I mean, this is a start to a great week and a great continuing of the last fantastic week. I agree with Tishy, these are your top episodes of the years. I mean all your other stuff was great, but this even beats the end of Vendetta and the Cruise, hell even Marie's funeral but that was different kind of drama. Again just keep this up. You two are AWESOME. Can't wait for Halloween.

Written by: Daysfan Episode#163 -As morning rises in Salem, Jan walks out of the elevator at Belle’s loft. She walks up to the door, and without bothering to knock walks right in. Belle looks at her in surprise and growls to Jan that she better get out or she will call the police and she was lucky she left her off the hook last time. Jan says she’s not here to fight with her, she says she’s here because she knows who killed Shawn. -Bo walks into his house, and sees Hope there after Julie and Maggie left several hours ago. Hope greets Bo with a kiss and she asks what took him so long to get home, and he says they have a problem. She asks what kind of problem, and he says EJ, the son of Helena, and Nikolas, the grandson of Helena, attacked Abe and Roman. Hope gasps and asks if they are alright, he says yes but they are going to Italy to find Stefano and they might need his help. Hope sighs, and says she’s not sure if she wants him leaping off on an adventure so soon after losing Alice, and he says he knows and he doesn’t have to go. Hope sighs, and thinks for a moment. She finally says she’s going with him. -Roman and Abe are at the airport, and Abe tells Roman Nikolas and EJ are probably already out of Salem, but he knows where they are going to go. Roman says obviously Italy and Abe agrees. Roman calls Marlena, who is at the penthouse with Sami, and tells her there has a last minute change of plans and explains to her the whole situation. Marlena tells him she’s going too, and Roman says she needs to stay in Salem for safety. Marlena tells Roman not a chance, and he can’t change her mind. Roman then tells her he won’t let her get hurt, and Marlena assures him she won’t. Marlena then says she’ll see him at the airport and hangs up before he can get a word in. -Tony says “No, it can’t be…this is impossible….” and Anna asks again if he’s alright, and Tony says he remembered him shooting himself in Aremid! Anna immediately says “No, that can’t be true. You’d never shoot yourself. I know you…” and she says Andre was the one who shot himself in Aremid! Tony says now he’s not so sure, and Anna then sputters that Stefano could have implanted him with some kind of chip that made him think he shot himself, but Tony shakes his head slowly. He says “Anna, I truly think I shot myself…” *Life in Salem Opening* -At the Kiriakis mansion, the doorbell is rang and Victor answers it to see Viki. He tells her to come in and she does, and then tells him she has news: She and Clint are going back to Llanview. -Belle gasps and she anxiously asks who, and yells “WHO KILLED SHAWN?!” and Jan then replies “Princess Gina Von Amberg, I saw it in the news. I’m surprised you didn’t.” and she walks up to Belle’s face and snarls that she hates her, but they may have to work together to stop Shawn’s killer, and Jan continues to say she would do anything for Shawn, even team up with her. Belle tells Jan she thinks she is psychotic, but she will do it. -Bo says she can’t and shouldn’t go, Stefano is dangerous and their daughters need her. He also says she’s still getting over Alice’s death, and Hope in silence briefly looks at a picture of Alice on the mantle, and says softly as she looks back to Bo “It’s what Gran would want me to do. We’ve faced Stefano so many times before, and Julie and Aunt Maggie can watch the girls. Abe and Roman need your help, but you need mine.” and Bo finally admits she‘s right, but they just have to be very careful when they get to Italy. -Marlena looks to Sami and informs her of what has happened, and Sami tells Marlena she’s going to Italy. Marlena sighs and says now she is in the position Roman was. Sami tells Marlena Helena tried to kill her, she’s going. Marlena tells Sami fine, and both head off. -Anna asks Tony how would he know and he just had some strange flashback, and Tony says because that flashback tells it all to him. He says he wonders if it perhaps wasn’t Andre in Aremid and it was him. Anna yells “NO! You didn’t frame Roman for your murder, you wouldn’t do that! YOU WOULDN’T, I KNOW YOU TONY!” and Tony takes her hand and tells her he’s just confused at this point, he is not sure what to think…but he gets the feeling he may have done it. Anna snaps to Tony they can’t be sure at all and she doesn’t understand why he is suddenly thinking like this. -Victor asks Viki in shock “What?!” and she says it’s true. She says at first she wanted to stay in Salem to figure this all out, but after talking with Clint she knows she needs to go back to Llanview to see her family for familiar scenery. She says they have been without her for so long, and she thinks now is not the time to be in Salem. He tries to tell her Clint is just polluting her mind but she says no, and then says she will probably return to Salem someday, but now is not the time. She then says “Goodbye, Victor.” and walks out the door, and after it is shut Victor slams his fist down in anger and says that he’s lost Viki again, but this time all of Salem will pay for it. -Belle warns Jan to not pull any tricks, and Jan says not this time. Belle then says “So it’s settled.” and Jan nods. Jan turns and tells Belle she’ll be in touch, and after she walks out the door and into the elevator, she begins to laugh evilly and says Belle is such a fool. She says she may be joining up with her for now to stop Gina, but she has plans in store for Belle. Meanwhile back in her loft, Belle sits down and says she just teamed up with Jan Spears, which could be an advantage or her death. -Bo, Hope, Marlena, and Sami all arrive at the airport and greet each other. Sami briefly glances at Roman but looks away, still not ready to accept him. Abe says it looks like they have a few extra people, but Hope says they can handle this. Abe warns them that this will be dangerous and every one of them, even himself, must be careful. They all agree, and board a plane to Italy! Gina, who was watching in the background, says she guesses this means she must go to Italy as well. -Tony tells her he may have only just remembered the memory but he has to. Anna tells him it’s impossible, and Tony tells her they can’t rule out the possibility. Anna trembles “N-N-no…it has to be Andre…” and tears begin to stream from her eyes, as she breaks down and slowly says again “You wouldn’t do that.…you wouldn’t frame another man for your murder…” Tony looks at her and slowly puts his arms around her as Anna slowly looks back at him and asks in-between the tears… Anna: Why?! Why would you do that and not even remember?! WHY, TONY?! Tony: Anna….I can’t know that….not yet…. Anna: Then maybe you didn’t do it. Mabye it’s Stefano whos making you think like this. Mabye you were under his control. Mabye- She then just stops in her sentence and continues to cry harder as Tony cradles her, and the screen fades to black…

OH MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ORPHEUS IS STEFANO'S SON?! *DIES*

This is a fantastic episode. Truly one of my favorite so far and very very emotional. I love how you did the flashbacks and the montage. GREAT job!

Written by: Daysfan Episode#162 -As Stefano , Lexie, and Megan all walk around in the foyer of the palace, and Lexie says this is bigger than any other mansion or compound she has seen that belongs to Stefano. Stefano says yes, and this was the main DiMera home. Stefano glances around and asks for his daughters to leave him alone for a few moments, and both say they will and walk out of the room. Stefano slowly sits down in a chair, and Stefano flashes back to a woman(Annette Bening) and a man(Andy Garcia) making love on the couch… -Helena stares at the DiMera palace for a moment, and she suddenly flashes back to the same woman and man Stefano flashed back to, and she remembers the woman yelling at the man: “ One day you will pay for this. Pay dearly! No one uses Helena Cassadine this way. For now, you can continue on with your life in prosperity and always rising from the ashes. But I am a vindictive woman, and I will be back when you least expect it. However for now I curse you, Stefano DiMera, and your damn family. When I return for my revenge, you won’t rise from the ashes. The Phoenix will lie on the ground cold and dead!” she shouts as they stand in the doorway of the palace, and she turns and marches out Helena whispers to herself that now is not a time to focus on the past, and focus on the present, and that is defeating Stefano. She chuckles evilly as she walks off. -EJ looks at Nikolas and smirks, and says looks like the good Cassadine may actually have the same goal as him. Nikolas says he doesn’t want Helena to go free, but he does want to try to handle this himself and he can’t let anyone get in the way. Nikolas tells EJ that includes him. EJ laughs and says Nikolas is not a match for him. Nikolas then comments they’ll see about that, and they’ll also see who goes down. Suddenly a voice says both of them will go down, and they turn to see Bo standing there! -Tony has brushed off the flashback in Aremid and both Anna and him continue to search the study. Anna says they have searched almost everywhere and found nothing. Tony says they haven’t checked the locked drawers in the main desk yet, and Anna asks if he can get them open and Tony says with a smirk of course he can. However as he tries to get one of them open, suddenly he has another flashback to a gunshot going off and yelling… *Life in Salem Opening* -Lexie, after going to a private room, quickly takes out her cell phone and dials a number. She then a few seconds later says “Hello. Yeah, it’s as we thought, he came to the main DiMera palace in Italy. It’s huge, just hurry but be subtle. We can’t have this blow up in our face now. He seems to be not suspecting anything from you at this point, and believes I am loyal. Just be careful.” she warns and then says goodbye, and hangs up. She whispers to herself her father will get what is coming to him. -Stefano sighs and takes out a gun, and as he stares at it he says “Helena, my dear, you were foolish to think the Phoenix could perish. You were wrong. I have hurt so many people in Salem and imprinted things in their lives that will last permanently, but it is nothing compared to what will happen to you…” -Bo asks them what the hell they think they are doing knocking out two people, who are even police officers. EJ remarks they are taking care of business, and Bo tells them he knows who they both are: the Cassadine boys. Bo tells them to step aside while he makes sure Roman and Abe are alright, and not to go anywhere, and after they awake he’ll see if they have to be taken down to the station or not. However as EJ slowly steps out of Bo’s way, he takes off running! Bo takes out his gun and yells at EJ to freeze, but EJ pulls out his OWN gun and begins to shoot at Bo! Bo takes cover at the front of the car, and Nikolas takes this chance to dart off! Bo yells “Damn it!” as both run off. -Tony stares off into space for a few minutes, and Anna notices something is wrong and asks if he’s alright. He answers after several seconds he is fine but Anna says maybe he should sit down. He agrees and she asks what happened. Tony answers he keeps having odd flashbacks ever since they got into this room…of a gunshot going off. Anna asks what it could possibly mean, and Tony says he has no idea and he believes this is the first time he was ever here. -Megan comes back into the foyer, and Stefano greets her. She asks Stefano why they are being so slow in everything, and he assures her it is all part of the plan. He says he can’t put anything more into motion until everyone arrives in Italy, but that will be very soon. He says Roman should already know he is here, and Helena of course does. He tells her all in due time things will unfold. -Bo manages to wake Roman and Abe up and inform them of what happened. Roman tells them it’s obvious they will be heading to Italy too, so they need to get there fast. Abe agrees, and tells Bo they could use his assistance. Bo says he needs to talk it over with Hope first ,especially with the state she is in about Alice, and they still have to find Gina. Roman then says he needs to tell Marlena about all this, he just hasn’t had a chance. Bo says he will talk to them later, and they agree. Bo heads to his house to talk to Hope while Abe and Roman drive off… -EJ arrives at the airport and boards a private jet he had arranged on the way there, and it flies off to Italy! He says on the plane that he knows his nephew Nikolas will head there as well, but he’ll deal with him soon enough, but for now he must handle his father and mother. Meanwhile, Nikolas also arrives at the airport and boards a plane to Italy, and it takes off! -Anna puts her hand on Tony’s shoulder and asks him if it could be anything more. He shakes his head, very unsure. As he stares at the wall in front of him, he begins having the flashbacks again over and over. Anna can tell something is wrong again and says “Tony?” and then repeats herself, but he stays silent as the flashback continues to replay. Finally, he has the full flashback!!!!(CLICK HERE FOR TONY’S FLASHBACK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PiACBAXSl4 )

Written by: Jay Episode#161 -Stefano, Lexie and Megan arrive in Italy. “Ah, It is good to be home” Stefano says. Lexie wants to know what they are doing there. “You will find out soon enough my dear”, Stefano remarks. -Roman and Abe are at the station. Roman is making a case related call while Abe is calling Celeste to watch Theo while he is gone. While Abe is on the phone, Celeste warns him, “Abraham, you and Roman mustn’t go looking for Stefano; you will find trouble before you reach him.” Abe thanks Celeste for the concern but lets her know that it is his job to stop her. Roman gets of the phone; Abe gives him the nod, and the two head out. -Steve, Kayla, and Stephanie are walking when they see Nikolas. “He’s hot!” Stephanie says. Kayla tells her that he is Nikolas Cassadine, grandson of the woman who has come to wreck everything Salem and Stefano DiMera. *LIS opening* -Roman and Abe are on their way out when they hear something funny outside. Abe tells Roman about what Celeste told him and the two brush it off. When getting into the car, Roman and Abe are both knocked out with clubs. The camera rises to EJ and Nikolas each standing on opposite sides of the car and the two stare each other down. Celeste and Theo are reading a book. Celeste feels something. She hugs Theo and says, “Theodore, I hope your daddy is ok.” -Stephanie tells her mom “So?”, and Steve tells her that Nikolas’s Uncle Stefan Cassadine was a bad guy. He then explains the history of Stavros, Mikkos, and the whole Casssadine Empire. Stephanie says “So he’s rich and hot?” “And dangerous,” Steve says. “I wouldn’t want to have anything to do with those Cassadines!” -Helena is on her airplane on the phone. She tells the person that she is on the phone with that everything is going as planned. She then says she is hot on Stefano’s tail and he cannot get away from her. She smiles deviously. -Stefano and the gals arrive at a huge palace. He then says “Here it is my girls, where it all took place” -Helena getting out of a car arrives at the palace and simply says “ShowTime!"

LOVE the big talks. Although Tony and Liz talk barely revealed a damn thing but that is very good. Keeps us in suspense and also it was just glad to "see" Liz. Besides it is movement and that's all that matters to me. Great Forrest and Abby stuff. You right both of them so well, especially Forrest. Oh and Jean interacting with someone other than Alyson. Interesting she's talking to Doug. I LOVE IT!!!

Written by: Daysfan Episode#160 -Christopher comes over and Roman asks how the hell she escaped, and asked if she had a guard by her door. Christopher replied yes she did but they found him stripped of most of his clothes and apparently she had pushed on his pressure point which is how she escaped. Abe says he is going to send out search teams for her immediately. -Greta sits in the Salem Inn as she flashes back to being outside Chez Rouge over Steve’s unconscious body. She remembers saying he was her father, and she slowly says to herself she has to tell him and Kayla someday. As she stands and slowly walks around she says “I can’t keep this thing a secret forever.” and suddenly NICOLE is revealed to be listening from the door. She smirks and says to herself “Now what would that secret be, Greta?” -Tony and Anna arrive in the small town of Aremid, and as they walk through town Anna comments the place is very desolate. Tony tells her he has heard the same thing, even from when most of Salem was here in 1995. Tony and Anna slowly walk up to a fairly large sized house, and Tony says this is it. This was the house that is owned by the DiMeras and was the one that Andre killed himself in twelve years ago. -Julie walks into Hope’s house to see Hope sitting with Pamela and Addie. She smiles at Julie as she puts the babies down and greets her and asks how she is. Julie says she is pretty much fine, but she just visited Doug at the hospital. *Life in Salem Opening* -Roman tells Abe he’s realized they can’t just sit back anymore, and they have to find Stefano and Helena. Abe says they just need to find where they are, and Roman says obviously Stefano wouldn’t be anywhere near Salem so they need to find out what DiMera private jets were used lately! Abe agrees and they leave, while Christopher watches as they go and thinks he recognizes the name Stefano… -Greta says to herself she should go find out what is currently occurring in Steve and Kayla’s life, and she grabs her purse and heads towards the door. Nicole hears her coming and hides behind a wall as Greta walks out and leaves the Salem Inn, and Nicole vows to find out Greta’s secret, and decides to follow her! -Tony and Anna enter the house, and Anna asks where they should search first. Tony automatically says “The study.” and Anna asks “Why so sudden with your answer?” and Tony is silent for a moment and says he’s unsure, but they should search there anyway. Anna nods as they head up to the study. -Hope slowly asks how he is, and Julie says sadly he’s the same. Julie asks Hope how she is, and Hope says she’s as good as she can be. She says her and Bo were supposed to investigate something about the DiMeras but she’s not ready. She is still grieving Alice and after the discovery Gina killed Shawn she just can barely do anything, and she doesn’t even have her father or sons. Julie sniffs and pulls Hope into a hug as Maggie walks in. -Greta walks up to the entrance to the Pub and watches as Steve and Kayla are talking inside. She watches and says “Not now…” and turns around to leave, and then says to herself “From what I know they have enough problems with Victor Kiriakis as it is. Now is not the right time to reveal Steve is my father…” and as she walks on the screen pans to reveal Nicole listening in on what Greta said! Nicole’s eyes widen and she says “Steve is Greta’s FATHER?!” and as she slowly walks forward she smirks and says “I can use this to my advantage…” -Tony and Anna walk into the study at the house in Aremid, and begin to look around, searching for anything they can find. Anna says there has to be something in here and Tony agrees, and suddenly as Tony looks at the couch and examines the study closely he has a small flashback of a gun going off! -Maggie smiles at Julie and Hope, and as Hope wipes away a few tears that came out of her eyes she greets Maggie. Maggie walks over and hugs Hope, and Julie says they are just still trying to get over what happened to Alice and what happened to Doug. Maggie nods and says she understands and it took her some time to get over Mickey’s death. She then says but they are Hortons, and they are strong. She tells Julie and Hope they will get through this, it is what Alice and Doug would want. Julie agrees, and after a few seconds Hope nods, and all three embrace each other. -Abe and Roman try to look for information back at the police station on if any DiMera private jets have been known leaving anywhere recently, and finally after some time Roman discovers a DiMera jet was only a few hours ago leaving for Italy! Roman tells Abe of what he has discovered, and Abe says then that concludes it. Stefano is in Italy, and then Roman says they have to go there to stop him.

Written by: Jay Episode#159 -Lexie asks Stefano what the real deal is with Helena. She tells him that it’s not like him to be running from a lady. Stefano shuns her and dismisses the accusations that he is running from a woman. claiming that she will get hers once in Italy. He then says that “Italy is where it is meant to happen, and it shall go down there...” -Abe is walking about when he comes across Marlena after she leaves the hospital. They greet each other. She tells him that she just got done with Kate and they both turn their noses up at mention of her name. Abe tells her that he heard what has been happening with Helena. Marlena reveals that Helena Cassadine is Ej’s mother to Abe. -Kate, recovering from her lashing from Marlena runs into Roman. She complains about Sami and Marlena and Roman defends his daughter and his wife. Kate tells Roman that Marlena is just upset at her because “some crazy lady beat Sami up.” Roman says “What?!”, and wants to know where he can find Helena Cassadine. -EJ has left the hospital. He is walking and he drops his bag with all of his valuables. When he looks up, Nikolas is there and he says “Told ya”. *Life in Salem Opening* -EJ looks up, and says “What the hell do you want?” Nikolas says “I told you this wasn’t the end of it.” EJ tells Nikolas that he wants nothing to do with him. Nikolas tells him, “You would if only you knew what your father did to my grandmother” EJ looks at him. -Kate tells Roman that Helena is a force to be reckoned with and that he had better just let Stefano handle her. Roman says “No, tell me where she is, Kate!” “I don’t know Roman. All I know is that she is in Salem Hospital” Kate finally tells him “I’m going”, Roman remarks. -Marlena tells Abe that Helena is in Salem to get revenge on Stefano, and Sami was just caught in the crossfire. Abe tells Marlena that he is sorry. He asks if there is any way he could question Helena and get a lowdown on her before she starts any trouble. Marlena tells him that she is in Salem Hospital. He says that he will go over. -EJ ask Nikolas what he means. Nik tells him he will just have to wait and see, and Nikolas walks away. -Abe and Roman meet up and they both figure out that the other is going to the Hospital. They both walk in to the hospital to find mass turmoil. Abe flashes his badge and asks what’s going on. A Doctor informs him that Helena Casssadine has escaped!! -Helena in new clothes is boarding a plane. “I know you my Stefano. I know how you think. Italy, here I come.”

Life in Salem is happy to finally break it's silence on a high-profile story and announce that Annette Bening, Andy Garcia, and Chazz Palminteri are joining the cast as younger versions of Helena Cassadine, Stefano DiMera, and Mikkos Cassadine! They will be on recurring but will have a large role in The War. "Annette plays a younger Helena in the seventies, while Andy plays a younger Stefano in the seventies and Chazz plays a younger Mikkos in the seventies," EP/HW Daysfan/Tara explains "Stefano and Mikkos have a hidden connection, this will be explored. And of course the relationship between Helena and Stefano must be explored, mostly through flashbacks. You could say it's slightly like Santo and Colleen, just none of the couples will be sitting around reading letters[laughs]. And it won't be quite so much of a romance story, but again Helena and Stefano will be similar." All three are on recurring but will get some airtime. While the airtime may be small they still again have large roles but "won't conquer the whole story. The main focus will be on the now, not the past."

Written by: Daysfan Episode#158 -Celeste meets with Abe, and Abe hugs her in happiness seeing she is alright. Celeste explains what happens and Abe says he’s heard. Celeste asks how Theodore is, and Abe says he’s been fine for the most part just wondering where everyone in his life is and they all vanished. Celeste frowns and says sadly Alexandra still seems to be loyal to Stefano. -Nikolas snorts saying he thought EJ was loyal to Helena this whole time, and EJ snaps that he is he is just pondering things in his mind. Nikolas says no matter how much he hates Helena, he can’t let Stefano do whatever he is planning to do. EJ says he plans to take the DiMera throne from Stefano, and Nikolas asks if he’s sure. EJ growls to Nikolas to get out now, and Nikolas says fine but he hasn’t seen the last of him. -Sami explains to Kate what happened, and Kate tries to come up with an excuse but Sami leans in and whispers “I know you set me up to die.” and Marlena walks in and sees Kate, and remembering what Sami told her she says angrily “YOU!” -Stefano, Megan, and Lexie are all on a DiMera private jet to Italy. Megan asks Stefano why they keep retreating, and Stefano responds they aren’t, and major things will be happening in Italy… *Life in Salem Opening* -Anna and Tony find Roman and tell him what they got out of Bart at the DiMera mansion. Roman asks if they’re sure Bart is not lying, and Anna says he was terrified he definitely did tell the truth. Roman tells Anna he’ll trust her judgment but if they go to Aremid they need to be careful. Tony tells Roman not worry and they will be fine. -Abe sighs and tells Celeste even if they get Lexie back she will still be facing some tough times. He says she will be facing the charges of Tek’s murder, breaking out of jail, and working with Stefano, a criminal. Celeste sadly says “I know, Abraham.” and Abe says he’s sorry, and he doesn’t want to do it either. -EJ sits in his hospital room and thinks back to what Nikolas and him discussed, and how Helena ordered him to stay away from Sami. He considers siding with Stefano but then says “No, I must side with my mother…” and decides it’s time to leave this hospital. -Kate looks to Marlena but before she can say anything Marlena tells Kate she knows she purposely lured Sami down to the docks to be killed. Kate says she has no idea what she is talking about but Marlena tells her to just stop with the stupid lies. Marlena tells her she never got to properly confront her on all the things she has done to her daughter over the years, but now it is time. Kate tells Marlena she is so sorry and they were friends once and they can be that again but Marlena snaps no they can’t. She calls Kate a manipulative bitch and says she’ll never harm any of her children ever again. Kate angrily growls to Marlena “Fine. Have it your way, Marlena…” and stomps off angrily. -Lexie asks Stefano what he means, and Stefano says they won’t just be hiding in Italy. He says slowly many people of Salem will be attracted there, notably Helena. And then he says he will take care of her, and he will truly be back on top, and Helena is a fool if she thinks she can defeat him…and in Italy, he shall defeat her… -Tony and Anna board a plane to Aremid, and Tony asks Anna if she’s ready. Anna says she’s always ready and she kisses him on the cheek, and he smiles. Slowly the plane flies off and heads to Aremid, Tony and Anna ready for what secrets they find…or are they?

You guys have struck PURE GOLD with the Steve and Hope stuff. I am not sure if I would want to see them in a romantic relationship but what you are doing now is excellent and love Kayla and Bo wondering what is going on. Can't wait for the return of Liz. This will be great! Oh and...the Victor and Stefano war is really heating up!