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HUNK RETURNS! In a shocking turn of events, the blog will be mirroring a casting decision that the actual show has made! Jay Kenneth Johnson will be reprising the role of Philip Kiriakis this February! "I'm really excited to be writing for JKJ. He was always Philip to me, and he is going to come back with a bang. He's going to be involved with Shelle for the beginning, but there is going to be more to the story this time around."...says the writer. "JKJ will have new sexiness and chemstry to bring to Phelle, but he won't be in Belle's life as a romantic interest for very long." He'll be returning to the show in February for the wedding of his brother, Bo Brady, and sister, Billie Reed.

GREY'S STAR JOINS CAST! Grey’s Anatomy Star, Sandra Oh, will be joining the cast of the blog, effective immediately, in the recurring role of Rae Choi. The role is slated to be recurring, but the writer admits anything is possible. "Oh's extraordinary talent and outrageous beauty are the perfect combination I was looking for in casting this role."...says the writer/casting director. "Dr. Choi is going to appear this week at the hospital as Salem’s resident psychologist. Marlena is going to be seeking her guidance. Readers will see that Marlena and Rae have a friendship from working at the hospital together. There are long term plans for the character, but they all revolve around her giving guidance to Salemites. As readers now know, Celeste will also be needing some psychiatric treatment, as well. I would love to add Oh to contract down the line. DAYS has only had one Asian American actress on contract, and that only lasted a few months, I believe. It would be a great feat for DAYS!” Why won't Marlena be giving this advice to all of the Salemites, you might ask. "That's a whole OTHER story!"...promises the writer.

Great episode. At least someone knows how to write ITL episodes! You do it way better than the real show does.

Episode #254 - Thursday, November 30th, 2006: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqQc5sKx0tc - Steve and Kayla share a tender kiss, but he pulls away again. Kayla is confused because she thought they were past his feeling that he was hiding a subconscious secret. - Greta asks Celeste who the man she is going to make love to is… - Roman reveals that both Carrie and Austin have passed the polygraph test! - Annie tells Sami that they need to talk, but Sami tells Annie to screw off, and she has worse things to worry about here! - Marlena attacks the officer assigned to protect her! - Bo and Billie plan to marry on Valentine’s Day. She wonders if he is over Hope for good this time. He wonders what Billie’s feelings for Jack are. - Steve remembers Stephanie’s words and decides to keep his secret from Kayla in order to protect her from the pain of knowing he betrayed her years ago. - Celeste tells Greta that she has no way of knowing who the man is! - Sami and Will exchange looks as it becomes clear that they are both hiding something. - Will has a day dream nightmare about having blood on his hands. - Annie tries one last time to get Eric back, but he tells her that it was nothing but sex and rebound for Greta. Annie is devastated. She tells Eric that all she ever wanted was a man she loves to love her back. He apologizes, but he says that he is not that man for her. - Jack and Steve run into each other in the park, and the brothers begin to open up to each other about Jennifer/Billie and Kayla, respectively. - The officer explains that John Black hired him to protect her. Marlena is furious. She tracks John down and gives her a piece of her mind. - Melissa and Greta come face to face…and Melissa tells Greta that she has some words for her! - Kristen visits Celeste in the hospital. Celeste begins to panic as she remembers Kristen locking her in a dungeon in the Dimera Mansion basement for weeks when Celeste discovered Marlena’s baby nurse was really Kristen in disguise. - Sami lashes out at Annie for being a nag. Annie declares that she is going to make sure Sami pays a thousand times over for turning her back on her. Sami tells Annie that she was always a means to an end and nothing more. Sami says that she and Annie were never friends and that she never wanted Annie to be with her brother. Sami calls Annie a slut and tells her to go back to Sunset Beach and never come back! - Roman reveals that since it is clear Austin and Carrie had nothing to do with Alan’s death…that he is going to arrest Sami like originally intended! - Marlena tells John that she can take care of herself and can't believe he would be so stupid as to do something like this! She tells him they are over for the foreseeable future. She goes on and tells him she wants him out of the penthouse. - Kristen reveals to Celeste that she was given immunity for kidnapping her and all of her other crimes thanks to John. Celeste doesn’t believe it. Kristen persists. Celeste begins to scream and demands Kristen leave the room. Nurses remove Kristen and give Celeste a sedative. - Steve tells Jack that he discovered a secret from his past that if Kayla knows…could tear them apart forever. Steve says Kayla might not want to lay eyes on him ever again let alone be with him. Jack comforts Steve…Jack is taken aback when Steve has a tears in his eye. Jack is shocked because he has rarely seen Steve so emotional like this. Jack realizes Steve’s secret must be huge. - Celeste tosses and turns in her hospital bed. She has a vision of evil coming to Salem. She sees flashes of Stefano, Kristen, Megan. She sees flashes of Max/Abby, Steve/Kayla, John/Marlena, Sami/Lucas all having terrible fights. She sees Hope being held captive in a cage. She sees a Abe sitting at Lexie’s side who sits in a hospital bed. She sees much pain and devastation ahead for Sami. She sees a funeral….a casket….and all of the Horton’s. Celeste can’t take it anymore! There is so much heartbreak and misery ahead for the people of Salem. She begins screaming and yelling. She walks from her sleep. Her scream is ultrasonic. She breaks the glass of water that sits on her bed. The nurses come in and try and sedate her, but she’s uncontrollable. She tosses, turns, kicks, and screams. They come in and strap her into a straight jacket. They take her away as she continues to scream. The viewer sees a flash after flash of all of her premonitions growing faster and faster and faster until it reaches the casket. *FREEZE FRAME.*

Episode #253 - Wednesday, November 29th, 2006: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqQc5sKx0tc - Steve wrestles with whether or not to tell Kayla the truth behind his missing years. - Marlena and John have an awkward meeting in order to exchange Gabe. John says they can’t keep going on like this, but Marlena says they have no choice because she is not ready to forgive him for his atrocious error in judgment! - Frankie begs Melissa for a chance to explain his newfound feelings for Greta, but Melissa doesn’t want to hear it. - Eric awakens in the motel room with very little memory of what happened. He finds a trashed room and condom wrappers… - Meanwhile, Kristen saunters about the Dimera Mansion with malicious glee. She sips on a glass of wine and takes much pleasure in knowing her plan to seduce Eric Brady worked. - Stephanie (recurring guest star Lauren Ambrose) gathers Steve and Kayla for a big announcement. - Marlena has a strange hallucination that she is seeing Kristen almost everywhere she goes. - Kristen remembers her sex session with Eric in general. - Greta and John run into each other at Salem Place. She tells him she needs fatherly advice, and John is taken aback. - Steve and Kayla ask Stephanie what is going on. She tells them how happy and grateful she is to have her parents back together again. She is happy nothing can ruin their lives together now. Steve is perturbed. - Greta realizes that she’s said too much and backtracks in order to save the secret that John is her father. - Marlena tries to talk herself out of the tricks her mind seems to keep playing on her. She realizes that she needs to toughen up and not be paranoid about Kristen. - John calls in a favor at the I.S.A. and has a tale placed on Marlena in order to protect her. - Greta realizes that she still has feelings for Eric! - Stephanie goes on to tell Steve and Kayla that she is going to be heading back to Los Angeles now that Thanksgiving is over, but she would like to come back to Salem one day and be a family with them. Steve and Kayla say a touching goodbye to Stephanie. - Kristen has a fantasy about Marlena's reaction when she finds out that Kristen has slept with her son, Eric! - Marlena gets the feeling she is being followed…little does she know it is John’s friend from the ISA who was assigned to protect her! She believes it is Kristen and grabs a letter opener to protect herself from her “stalker.” Marlena waits at the corner to attack her “stalker”….the officer turns the corner. *FREEZE FRAME.*

OLTL STAR DESTINED TO BE WILLOW! Rumor has it that a OLTL star is likely to nab the role of Willow Espinoza. 1. Erin Torpey - The actress who previously played Jessica Buchanan on OLTL is rumored to one of the front runners for the role. 2. Jessica Morris - The former Jennifer Rappaport of OLTL supposedly has all the qualities the blog is looking for in the character of Willow. 3. Bree Williamson - Ironically, the current Jessica Buchanan from OLTL is another name being bandied about. The blog would love to snatch her away from OLTL for the role of vixen-y Willow. 4. Erika Page - Erika Page portrayed Roseanne Delgado on OLTL from 1999 - 2001. Rumor has it that the writer is a big fan of Page and feels like she could be the perfect Willow. 5. Jordana Brewster - Being a former ATWT star, she is outnumbered by OLTL alums, but buzz on the set is the writer/casting director is enamored with Brewster and would be pleased as punch if she landed the role.

Episode #252 - Tuesday, November 28th, 2006: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqQc5sKx0tc - Greta is shaken by Celeste's prediction that she will be making love to a man very shortly. - John and Marlena see each other at Salem Place. She tells them that she hasn't forgiven him for what he has done (giving Kristen legal immunity for her past crimes in exchange for their baby). John continues to tell Marlena that he did it out of love and to reunite her with their son, Gabriel. Marlena tells John that there is ALWAYS another way! Marlena hands Gabe to John who is going to spend the day with his son. It breaks her heart, but Marlena says goodbye and walks away from John. - Roman and the lie detector operator get working on Austin and Carrie. - The mystery woman and Eric continue to flirt. She twirls her read hair. He swears he knows her from somewhere. But she continues to deny it. Eric is too drunk to see straight so he cannot place her. But he senses something familiar about her. - Steve and Kayla finally get some alone time. He feels the pressure to tell her his secret - that HE was the one responsible for faking his death and the memory loss in an effort to save Kayla and Stephanie from Lawrence. - Austin takes the lie detector test while being asked about questions regarding Alan's murder. Now, it is Carrie's turn. Will, Lucas, Austin, and Sami watched nervously. - Greta asks Celeste if she's going to be making love to Eric or Frankie. Celeste cannot say for certain. Greta recalls her dream in which she was making love to a mystery man. - Eric flashes back to Greta kissing Eric and continues to down shots. Meanwhile, the "red head" meets the bartender in the back of the bar and slips her in an envelope full of cash. "I'd say I did what was asked of me."...says the bartender. "Not quite yet. Keep going. He's almost where I want him."....says the mystery woman. - Steve realizes that if he did what he did all those years ago in an attempt to keep Kayla from harm...is it worth telling her the truth now and hurting her more than Lawrence ever could have? - Greta runs into John and baby Gabe at Salem Place. She wants to confide in John and ask him for fatherly advice...Greta feels the urge to confess to John that she is his daughter...FINALLY. But when he opens up to her about problems with Marlena, she realizes that this is not the best time. - Roman is shocked when the polygrapher reveals the results of Austin and Carrie's lie detector tests. - Back at a motel, Eric stumbles into a sketchy room with the woman. He bumps into her on the way in. Blonde hair begins to peak out underneath of what now appears to be a wig. The woman re-arranges her red wig before Eric finally gets his bearings and finally lands on the bed. He looks at her. She looks back at him. "Ain't broken hearts the worst?"...she teases. In a drunken stupor, Eric gets up and walks to the woman. They begin to kiss passionately. She throws herself up against the back of the door and drags him by the shirt with her. They begin to kiss furiously. She rips his shirt off. The buttons fly everywhere. He pulls her shirt over her head. She begins kissing his chest and working his way down his sexy, bare chest. She undoes his belt. He lifts her head back up to meet his face. They kiss furiously once again as she grabs his pants on the back and pulls them down. He lifts her skirt and pulls down her underwear. They begin to have passionate sex against the wall of the hotel. Upon the passionate thrusts, the woman's face is revealed to the viewers.

Jason Shane Scott rocks my socks!

Very interesting choices. Thanks, all! Keep 'em coming. Jennifer Morris is an interesting one. Th character doesn't necessarily have to be a blondie.

SPUMORS: - It is being leaked that the rumors are true, and a Horton will die in Mid-December. - The big storyline that is rumored to take up most of 2007 is all set to be launched. Rumor has it that this storyline is intended to rival the Desecrator and the Salem Serial Killer Storyline. - Tony and Nicole will be making their debut in January. - RuPaul and Janice Dickinson will appear in January, as well. - Greta will be losing her virginity shortly, but to whom? CASTING CALLS: - A casting call has gone out for the role of Willow Espinoza. The blog is not interested in casting the show's current portrayer in the role. Although the name of the character is the same and she'll be interacting with the same set of characters, the character will be taking on a VERY different direction on the blog than she is on the show. The blog is looking to its readers to cast this role. - A casting call has gone out for the role of a teenager, Caucasian beauty, who will be in her late teen's. The blog is looking to its readers to cast this role. She will interact with Will very heavily, at first. She'll be connected to a Salem family.

TURMOIL BEHIND THE SCENES! There is a big rumor going around behind the scenes of the blog about a storyline planned for a good chunk of 2007. Apparently, the blog is planning a storyline that is set to rival the show's 1994/1995 Desecrator storyline and 2003/2004 Salem Serial Killer storyline in danger, suspense, intrigue, shock, drama, and....destruction! Many shocks, twists, and turns are set to be in store for the readers. "I hear it is going to be very exciting and very shocking!"...says an unnamed setside source. "Everyone is very excited about it!" There is no confirmation or denial from the headwriter, but he confirms that there are plans for anymore cast-cutting. So, fans and the cast can remain at ease! Some confirmed details on the storyline are supposedly going to be leaked all week this week.

Episode #251 - Monday, November 27th, 2006: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqQc5sKx0tc - Carrie and Austin both swear to Roman that they had nothing to do with Alan's death, but he tells them their word is meaningless right now. - Frankie and Greta share their passionate kiss. Everything around them slows down and only they exist....until someone is shown watching them kiss. - Austin tells Roman that he has a way to prove to Roman that he and Carrie have nothing to hide! When Roman asks how, Austin makes a mysterious phone call and asks someone to come to the Pub. Meanwhile, Lucas demands to know why Alan's bloody clothes were in Sami's fireplace, but she stays tight-lipped. - Frankie and Greta are being watched!........................by ERIC! A devastated Eric quickly takes off before anyone can catch him. - A polygraph performer enters the pub. Austin reveals to everyone that anyone who wants to prove to Roman that they have nothing to hide can prove so in the polygraph! Roman tells Austin that polygraph tests aren't admissable in court and mean nothing. But Austin convinces Carrie to take it with him. And she agrees. - Eric enters the Cheatin' Heart and begins to nail back shots as if there were no tomorrow. - Greta and Frankie wonder what their kiss means for them. Neither is forthcoming about their feelings for the other. They are interrupted when Alice calls Greta and asks her about volunteering at the hospital for the rest of Thanksgiving Day. - Everyone is shocked when Lucas, Will, and Sami all refuse to take the polygraph test. Meanwhile, Austin and Carrie follow through on their promise to take the lie detector test. - At the hospital, Greta realizes that her volunteering as a candy striper has led her into Celeste's room. After they get to talking, Celeste asks Greta why she is being so cold and official with her. Greta tells Celeste that she doesn't want to hear any of her gloom and doom premonitions. Celeste says on the contrary.........she sees Greta finding true love with a man and making love for the very first time....VERY SOON!!! - The bartender asks Eric what he is drinking his way away from. Eric tells him that the love of his life has fallen in love with another man. When Annie walks in and tries to comfort Eric, he drunkenly lashes out and tells her that they are THROUGH forever! He says he was only using her to try and get over Greta and that it hasn't worked. Annie is devastated and storms off. When the bartender tells him he is cut off, Eric manages to manipulate the bartender just starting her shift into rounding up some more shots. Meanwhile, a woman peers through the window at Eric. She walks through the door and sits on the stool next to him. Eric is intrigued. "Hey."....she says. "Do I know you....?"....Eric asks in a drunken slur. "No...well....not nearly well enough.".....she smiles wickedly.

Episode #250 - Friday, November 24th, 2006: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqQc5sKx0tc - Everyone is BEYOND shocked when Roman arrests Sami during Thanksgiving Dinner. - Eric manages to get Greta alone at the Pub. He continues to tell her how much he loves and wants to spend the rest of his life with her. He shows her the engagement ring once again and says that he has never gotten over her and never will. Greta lies once again and tells him that she is over him and through with him for good. - Frankie re-calls breaking Melissa's heart by telling her that he has developed feelings for Greta. Frankie later asks Greta if he can speak with her alone. - Shawn and Belle bond with Claire as a family, but later, the awkwardness of the dinner creeps in once again. - Bo and Billie decide to get married on Valentine's Day! Unfortunately, each of them is having thoughts of another - Hope and Jack, respectively! - When Sami and Lucas ask Roman what the hell is going on, Roman explains that he found traces of clothing in her fireplace...and the clothing had some blood samples on it! - All of the Horton's are able to pick up on the attraction between Shawn and Belle. - Eric refuses to give up on Greta and knows she is lying about not loving him anymore. - Victor breaks down at Caroline's bedside, asking for forgiveness. - Frankie and Greta talk outside of the Pub. They discuss Melissa, Eric, and their marriage...and the pretenses of it.....neither picks up on the other's subtext. - Roman continues on to explain that the blood that was tested on the clothing is indeed Alan Harris'. Will, Lucas, Austin, and Carrie are all shocked. While being carried out of the Pub, Sami screams and yells and reveals what Annie told her earlier...Austin and Carrie are lying about being each other's alibi! - Marlena brings her daughter, Cassie, to the side and asks her what the hell is going on. When Cassie asks with what, Marlena rolls her eyes and very obviously points to Cassie's belly. Cassie reveals to Marlena that she's six months pregnant with Max's baby and that they're going to live happily ever after. - Victor spends Thanksgiving Day at Caroline's bedside praying and thanking God for saving her life. Victor asks God for forgiveness for what he has done in a teary, emotional confession. Unfortunately for him, Vivian is listening at the door. - Roman asks Carrie if she lied to him about her alibi. She admits she did. Roman says that he doesn't know what is happening to his children and why or how they all have such a blatant disregard for the truth! Roman lets Sami out of the handcuffs. He brings Sami, Carrie, Austin, and Lucas upstairs from the Pub to the Brady Household. He sits them down and tells them that he wants to know what the hell is going on RIGHT NOW! - Eric tries to find Greta. Frankie and Greta continue to drop hints that they each have feelings for the other, but neither has enough self-confidence in the romance department to truly believe the other has feelings...Frankie can't take it anymore. Frankie grabs Greta and takes her into his arms and kisses her passionately!

Really? They're both working for me.

HOPE EVERYONE HAD A FANTASTIC THANKSGIVING!! HERE IS THE HOLIDAY EPISODE! Episode #249 - Thursday, November 23rd, 2006: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqQc5sKx0tc - Steve and Marlena return to Salem with baby Gabriel and arrives at the Pub where they are greeted by Sami, Lucas, Austin, Will, Carrie, Roman, Kayla, Bo, Billie, Kate, Frankie, Greta, Max, Cassie, and Eric. - Meanwhile, Alice, Mickey, Maggie, Jeremy, Abby, Jack, and Melissa gather at the Horton House for Thanksgiving Dinner. Maggie reveals that Shawn Douglas has opted to have dinner at the Horton's instead of the Brady's so he won't encounter Belle, John, and Marlena. But Alice reveals that she ran into John at Salem Place earlier that morning, and he told her that he and Marlena won't be celebrating the holiday together so she invited John, Claire, and Belle to their house! - Everyone at the Pub and the Horton House takes a turn saying what each of them is grateful for having this year. - Bo, Kayla, and Roman lead a prayer for Caroline. - Belle and Shawn run into each other outside the Horton House. They are shocked to see each other, but agree to let everything between them subside for the sake of the Horton's. - Roman and Marlena bond as she reveals there is trouble with John. But Roman does not probe. - There is an awkwardness between Greta and Eric, and everyone can pick up on it. - Will is tortured as he recalls his bloody secret from the night Alan was killed. - Austin and Carrie's rift grows, and it is apparent to everyone. - Roman gets a disturbing call during Thanksgiving Dinner. - Belle and Shawn manage to put their problems aside for the holiday. Later, they bond with Claire as a family. - Steve manages to keep his secret from Kayla for the holiday. - Eric and Lucas are convinced now more than ever that Sami is keeping a secret. - Greta and Frankie have something to tell each other. - Max and Abby can't stop thinking of one another. - After Roman gets a disturbing call from the DNA lab at the police station, he shocks everyone by slapping handcuffs on Sami and telling her that she's under arrest for the murder of Alan Harris!

CELEBRITY DIVAS GUEST STAR!!!! Janice Dickinson, the world's notorious first supermodel and Vh1/Oxygen Reality Star, and Rupaul Andre Charles, a celebrity Drag Queen performer, will be joining the blog for quite a few appearances next month. Dickinson will be playing "Felicia Labay;" Charles will be playing "Jade." Both characters will be debuting in December and interacting heavily with up and coming model, Georgia Brady, played by glamorous and outstandingly beautiful Peyton List. The writer says..."Both roles are temporary. I wanted to bring on some familiar faces and do some stunt casting for this story because it works. It's a story about celebrities and glamor and this small town girl's entry into this world of fame and fortune and everything that goes along with it. It will be a fun run for them both. The blog needs some fun. It's been nonstop drama and action for a year now. There's been a lot of fires and death and destruction. It needs some light-heartedness! This is something the real show would do. But in the end, it's going to lead to a new storyline for Georgia, and it ain't gonna be pretty!"

Episode #248 - Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqQc5sKx0tc - Marlena is furious with John! She slaps him! John is FLOORED. - After her confession of love and dedication, Melissa asks Frankie what is wrong while Greta is shocked at how moving Eric's love confession was. - Thanks to Megan, Bo gets a letter from "Hope" telling Bo that she wishes him the best with Billie, but she won't be coming home from London for some time. She says in the letter that she is going to be spending time with Doug and Julie. In the letter, "Hope" urges Bo move on with Billie, and "Hope" says she won't interfere this time. - Marlena asks John how he could do this to her! She demands to know what would make him think it is a good idea to let Kristen get off scot-free for her kidnappings, her baby's kidnapping, kidnapping Susan, and killing Edmund! John stands in tears. - Greta asks Eric why he cheated on her with Nicole. Eric says it's because he was scared. Eric takes out an engagement ring and hands it to Greta. She asks what this is. He tells her that he was going to give that to her the day he slept with Nicole. He explains that he feels like he could have been self-sabotaging himself from being happy. Eric expects that Greta will be moved by this, but instead, she turns and slaps him in the face. - Melissa asks Frankie just to spit it out! Frankie tells Melissa that he has developed strong feelings for Greta. - Bo and Billie share a romantic night and make love. Meanwhile, Jack and Abby continue to vent to each other about Billie and Max. Abby says it is hard to hear Jack is falling for someone new, but she is glad he is going to be happy again...she hates seeing him so lonely. - Marlena screams at John and tells him she wants an answer. John says that he had no choice! The only way he could get Gabriel back was to give Kristen what she wanted. Marlena tells him that there is always another way! - Melissa tells Frankie that she can't believe he has broken her heart like this...again! Frankie tells Melissa that he doesn't know how he feels, but he knows he cares for Greta. Melissa cries and tells Frankie that she isn't going to wait around any longer. She says they are through....this time forever! - Greta tells Eric that he ruined everything. She tells him that she was head over heels in love with him and would have done anything for him. She can only imagine how happy their family could be right now six years later if he didn't mess EVERYTHING up with that whore, Nicole. Eric tells her that he has always been trying to fill a void in his soul, and no one has ever come close to filling it the way she has. Greta tells him that she's not ready to forgive him. But Eric fires back that he knows she also loves him still. Greta says that she has feelings for a new man now. Eric asks if it is Frankie, and she says yes. Greta lies when she says she does not love Eric anymore and that he needs to move on with his life! - Marlena and John continue to fight. John tells Marlena that nothing matters now that they are back together with their baby boy. Marlena stops John. She breaks down in tears. She says she can never forgive Kristen for all of the horrible things she's done to her over the years. And she says she can't forgive the man who helped her get away with it all. She tells John to get out of her sight. A heartbroken John walks to Gabriel and kisses him on the head. Marlena breaks down even further. She turns away. John whispers that he'll see her in Salem. He leaves. Marlena takes Gabe in her arms. The baby cries...as does Marlena.

SUPERCOUPLE TO SAY GOODBYE It will come as a big shock to those who know the BLOG's headwriter best, but writer-favorites, Austin Reed (Austin Peck) and Carrie Brady (Christie Clark), will be leaving the DAYS BLOG this winter. "It was a really difficult decision. It tore at me, and it breaks my heart to do it, but it has to be done! It's really sad knowing the blog must go on after my favorite couple is gone."...says the writer. If it is so gut-wrenching for the writer, then, why is this happening? "The reason the blog was created was to take what the show was doing and take the current state of the show and make it better. Do different and better things with the same opportunies and cast. In that light, I have always tried to keep the blog as close to the real show, cast-wise, as possible. Having this couple stay on after the show has written them off is a big incongruency. As much as I'd love to keep them on the canvas and write for them forever, it really would be a big departure from the blog's original intention." The couple's last airdate is set for sometime in January. Although the writer confirms that Roark Critchlow's return was only supposed to last until February anyway, his return has been cut short because of this, as well. "There wasn't a triangle planned, but he was going to propel them into their new storyline. But as a result of this casting decision, he will be leaving town not long after Christmas. And Austin and Carrie will be leaving not long after."

Well, not gonna lie, I have no idea what is going on! LOL! But I loved the Thanksgiving Dinner angst/montage. I don't know what is happening or who anyone is, but I WANT to know so that mean's it's great.

She is definitely going to see a life BEYOND SHAWN!!! Yay. I am glad you are reading again, psychofan. There will be a lot going on with Jan soon.

STOP! DID YOU READ EPISODE #246 posted right below this? If not, read that first! Episode #247 - Tuesday, November 21st, 2006: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqQc5sKx0tc - Roman sends the clothing sample from Sami's fireplace to get DNA tested. - Will continues to be disturbed by the night Alan died. - The Brady's gather at Caroline's side and pray for her recovery. Victor continues to be angst and guilt-ridden over what he has done to her. - Georgia is shocked when she receives a call from a Modeling Agency who saw her perform at the Fashion Show. - John and Marlena brainstorm for names for their baby boy. They finally decide on Gabriel Black, after the Angel Gabriel who brought John and Marlena together when she was battling the devil. - Melissa and Frankie face their awkwardness towards each other head on. Melissa tells Frankie that she has something to tell him. - Carrie can't give up on the feeling that her baby, Roman Roberts Reed, is alive and well and that Alan had something to do with his kidnapping and presumed "death." Austin tells Carrie that he once had the hope she has that their baby is alive, but he has lost it. - Sami has a big secret regarding the night of Alan's murder. - Jan reaches out to hug Shawn. He grabs her hands and throws her off of him! - John inches closer and closer to telling Marlena the truth about how he got their baby back, but he continues to dodge her questions. - Megan hires a man to watch Hope in her cell in London while she (Megan) returns to Salem. Before she boards a plane though, she visits a handwriting expert. - Carrie can't believe Austin doesn't believe their baby is alive anymore. Austin tells her that even if their baby is alive, it could be impossible to find him now that Alan is dead. But he says the police exhumed the body and the baby's DNA is theirs! Austin and Carrie get into a blowout over this. - Lucas is confused as to why Sami would be happy that Austin and Carrie are fighting. Lucas can't help shake the feeling that Sami is keeping something from him, but he can't tell if it is from the night Alan was murdered or if it was before that. - Georgia meets with Billie and Kate to discuss a lucrative offer she has received to be a mdoel for a National Modeling Agency. - Annie vows revenge on Sami for her turning her back on her. - Shawn tells Jan to stay away from and STAY AWAY FROM TREY! Shawn says that they will never be a family and even though he has no idea where Jan got Trey in order to pass him off as their baby, he has no intention of letting Jan anywhere near the poor, innocent boy. - Melissa tells Frankie that she has thought a lot about what has happened between them, and it has been hard to forgive Frankie for what he has done, but she realizes that her love for him far outweights the pain and betrayal she feels. - Eric sits Greta down. She refuses. He asks her to stop giving him the cold shoudler. He apologizes for cheating on her with Nicole and says it is the biggest regret of his life. He explains that every since the very second he made that mistake he has been regretting it...he has never stopped loving Greta and has never stopped thinking about her! Eric tells Greta that he wants to spend the rest of his life with her! - Melissa tells Frankie that she loves him, she's IN love with him, and she will wait for his wedding of convenience with Greta to be over so they can be together! Frankie, who has been waiting to hear these words for two months, does not look as pleased as he should. Melissa is confused. - Marlena tells John to cut the crap. She says the last time he returned her missing child to her and wouldn't tell her the details about how he found her (Belle) it meant that Sami was the kidnapper. Marlena tells John to stop protecting her and tell her what has transpired. John tells Marlena that in order to get the baby back, he had to make a deal with Kristen. Marlena is confused and asks what type of deal. John tells Marlena that he had to be the mediator between Kristen and the I.S.A. to cut a deal and offer Kristen 100% immunity for all her past crimes. Marlena face is overcome with shock. FREEZE FRAME.

Episode #246 - Monday, November 20th, 2006: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqQc5sKx0tc - Megan drags hope to a secret hideway in London and locks her in a room. - Stefano is devastated over Lexie. Kristen tries to help comfort him. Stefano suddenly asks where the baby is. Kristen confesses that she's given the baby back to John and Marlena! - Marlena has a touching, emotional reunion with their baby boy! - Roman finds clothing in Sami's fireplace. - Melissa decides to go back to Salem and tell Frankie that she wants to be with him - despite his marriage of convenience with Greta. - Meanwhile, Eric prepares to tell Greta how deep his feelings for her go. - Bo and Billie have a romantic reunion while Hope lies in a desolate location. - Jan and Jeremy both remain sitting on the ground at the park where they ran into each other. They begin berating each other for causing the accident. - Belle decides not to sue Shawn for custody of Claire...yet. - Abby and Max see each other at the Pub, but they ignore each other. Cassie arrives. Abby leaves in an upset rage and runs into her father, Jack. - Max and Cassie announce their pregnancy to Frankie, Greta, Kayla, Bo, and Roman. Everyone is shocked. Cassie says that even though she is not a Brady anymore since Tony and Marlena were proved to be her parents like originally thought, she hopes the Brady's will accept her as family. They all decide to visit Caroline at the hospital. - Will dreams of the night of Alan's murder and blood on his hands. Meanwhile, Sami re-calls burning clothes the night of the murder. Annie tells Sami that they need to walk because Eric has just ended their relationship! Sami tells Annie that they are through and that she has done all she can for her. Sami tells her to go back to Sunset Beach! Annie is devastated. - Jack comforts Abby over Max. Later, she turns the conversation around on him and asks Jack if he is developing feelings for Billie. - John wonders how to tell Marlena the price that he paid to get their baby back. He wonders how Marlena will react when she finds out he had to grant Kristen immunity to rescue their baby from her clutches. - Cassie has a secret! - Roman realizes he may have to arrest Sami for Alan's murder. - Jan and Jeremy continue to fight, yell, and scream over each other after their collision. She ends it abruptly telling him she needs to go meet the father of her baby! She continues on to Shawn's hotel room. - Hope awakens! - Frankie and Melissa come face to face! As do Eric and Greta and Shawn and Jan! - Hope comes face to face with her kidnapper, Megan, who tells Hope that she should get used to her isolated and lonely circumstance because it is the fate she is destined for!

RETURNS DELAYED! This just in!: The blog has recently revealed that some scripts for November Sweeps have been re-written and the plans for Ari Zuker and Thaao Penglis to return have been pushed back until after the New Year!