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Episode #214 - Thursday, October 5, 2006: - Max remains in a coma. Frankie, Greta, and Caroline stay by his side. - Abby searches Lance's hotel room for proof he tried to kill Max, but inadvertantly killed his own daughter, Erika. - Jeremy reveals himself to Carrie! Austin is taken aback by the closeness between Carrie and Jeremy, Mike's son. - Annie tries in vain to win Eric back. - Lucas confronts Sami and asks what her secret is. - Carrie and Austin introduce Jeremy to Will. Jeremy and Will realize they are cousins through Mike and Lucas sharing the same father. - Victor comforts Caroline. - Lance realizes where Abby is and rushes home to stop her. - Austin remains unnerved by Mike's son's prescence. - Abby finds the evidence she needs. - Greta comforts Frankie, and they bond further. - Eric and Lucas begin to wonder if Annie and Sami have the same secret. They realize Sami must have brought Annie here from Sunset Beach for a reason. - When alone, Jeremy tells his newfound cousin that he saw him having sex with that "older dude." Will is shocked and appalled. - Victor hires a Private Investigator to learn all of Kate's secrets, once and for all. - Abby hides when Lance arrives at his hotel room. Lance realizes she is still there, but plays dumb and pretends to be asleep on the couch. Abby tries to make her attempt to escape his room. Lance grabs Abby! Episode #215 - Friday, October 6, 2006: - Eric and Lucas team up to learn Anni and Sami's secret. - Jeremy remembers hearing Alan on the docks recount all of his plans about ruining Carrie, Austin, and Sami's lives. Jeremy vows to expose and destroy this man for hurting his family and Carrie. - Lance grabs Abby! - Frankie and Greta share a tender kiss that shocks them both. - Will begs Jeremy not to reveal his secret. Jeremy makes no promises. - Carrie, Sami, Austin, and Lucas wonder why Jeremy and Will don't seem to get alone. - Annie begins to crack under pressure. - Will and Alan meet secretly. Will tells Alan that his cousin knows about them! Will panics. Alan is secretly pleased because he wants their secret affair to be revealed to disrupt Sami and Lucas' lives. - Abby breaks free form Lance runs for the door, but he stops her from escaping. He grabs a fire poker and begins following her around the ruin in vain attempts to hit her. - A screaming baby sends Carrie into a flashback of what happened to her the night she lost her baby. - Will and Alan come face to face with Jeremy. Will tells Alan that this is the cousin who knows their secret. Will asks Alan to talk to Jeremy and convince him not to tell their secret. When alone, Jeremy tells Alan that he knows what he's up to and knows everything because he heard him talking to himself on the pier. Alan is FLOORED! - Carrie remembers giving birth to a healthy baby boy! - Lance is able to land a hit on Abby and nails her in the head with the fire poker. A lifeless Abby falls to the ground. Lance takes pleasure in knowing that his secret has died with Abby. Lance calls his henchman and orders that they get rid of Abby's body. When he hangs up the phone, he turns to see a bloody Abby. Abby nails him in the face with the fire poker. Lance falls backwards through the glass doors onto the balcony. Abby runs for the door once again, but the catchy locks stall her enough so that Lance is able to catch up to her. They struggle past the glass doors and onto the balcony. Both of them fall from the balcony of the Salem Inn.

Sounds VERY exciting! The OLTL crossover is a neat little twist. I could actually totally see Aniston and Slezak in scenes.

Episode #212 - Tuesday, October 3, 2006: - Someone watches Will and Alan having sex. - Sami, Lucas, and Austin begin to wonder if Will has a secret boyfriend. - Max is on the brink of life and death. - Abby calls Frankie and tells him to get to the hospital. - Jack, Billie, Bo, Hope, John, Marlena, Steve, and Kayla board John's plane bound for South Carolina to one of Dimera's Headquarters. - Victor decides the key to ruining Kate and Vivian's company is uncovering the secret that she wouldn't tell him this summer that forced their breakup. - Frankie and Greta arrive at the hospital. Greta consoles Frankie over Max. Frankie sees a new side to Greta. - Caroline rushes to the hospital to be with Max. Victor arrives and comforts Caroline. - Vivian and Kate decide to out-do Victor at the fashion week runway show in late October. - Carrie begins to have flashes of what happened to her the night her baby died. - Stefano blames Kristen and her stupid baby-snatching plot for the reason the "A-Team" is searching Dimera Headquarters. Sisters, Lexie and Megan, persuade their father, Stefano, that they should follow the "A-Team" to South Carolina and keep dibs on them. Stefano agrees. - Lawrence and Liam continue their plot to ruin Bo and Hope's lives and keep Steve and Kayla from the truth. They also decide to follow the do-gooders to the South. - Maggie and Lance get word of Max's accident. Lance rushes to the hospital to kill Max! - Melissa tries in vain to re-unite her parents, Mickey and Maggie. Later, Maggie and Melissa join Lance at the hospital and thwart his plans to kill Max. - Melissa is shocked to see Frankie and Greta in a compromising position! Episode #213 - Wednesday, October 4, 2006: - Eric confronts and Annie and demands she be honest with him and tell him her secret. - Victor comforts Caroline over Max. - The gang arrives in South Carolina and move into the Dimera Plantation. They begin looking for clues and secret passageways. - Lucas feels like Sami and Will are both keeping secrets. He feels like his life is spiraling out of control and considers drinking. - Annie refuses to comply with Eric's demands. Eric tells her that their relationship is over. - Caroline, Frankie, and Abby are told that Max's blood alcohol level was through the roof. - Abby tells Frankie to keep Lance away from Max while she handles something important. - Annie begs Eric not to leave her in an emotional scene, but he says he must. Without honesty, they have nothing! - Sami keeps Lucas from drinking. They share a tender moment and a kiss. But when he asks her what she is keeping from him, they get into another fight. - Eric leaves a devastated Annie. Annie tells Sami that Eric is onto them. - The mysterious man who now knows Will and Alan's secret follows them. He watches Alan and Will say goodbye to each other and separate. He then watches Alan plot and scheme to ruin the lives of Carrie, Lucas, Austin, Sami, and Will! - Abby tells Lance that she is going to find the proof that she needs to prove that Lance was responsible for the accident that was meant to Max, but claimed Erika's life. She leaves the hospital and heads for Lance's room! Lance reveals that he must kill Abby before she uncovers the evidence to nail him. - The mystery man turns around and reveals his face and says to himself that he is not going to let this man ruin his loved one's lives. The boy reveals that Carrie was almost his step-mother and that Lucas is his Uncle! The mysterious young man is JEREMY HORTON!

OCTOBER PREVIEW! "October is the new November!"...quips the blog headwriter, taking note that October is going to be just as exciting as the blog's November Sweeps. The adventure!: "Jack, Billie, Bo, Hope, Steve, Kayla, John, and Marlena are going on a witchhunt for Kristen Blake and John and Marlena's baby boy! It's going to be an awesome two month-long adventure filled with danger, lust, forbidden love, unrequited love, mystery, and intrigue! Little do they all know that Stefano, Megan, and Lexie are hot on their tails. And so are Liam and Lawrence. Charles Shaugnessy will be returning as Shane for a bunch of episodes in this story. This is, in no way, supposed to top anything done in the 80's, but this my little hommage to the glory days of DAYS. With these fourteen strong personalities coming together, you know not everyone will be coming home to Salem in one piece!" Sami/Austin/Carrie/Lucas/Will/Alan/Annie/Eric: "This storyline is going to spiral so out of control. All of Alan's secrets are going to come pouring out. All of Will's secrets will shock everyone. It's time for the fall out of three months of Alan's lies and manipulations. It's really going to hit the fan! Carrie's memory will return. She'll remember her baby is alive. In November, this story will reach the point of no return. This chapter is going to taint everyone's lives forever. Someone is leaving the show in a very concrete way." Frankie/Greta/Melissa: "Frankie and Greta will have to deal with the consequences of so foolishly and so hastily entering this marriage - they must stay married for nine months. Frankie and Melissa can't stay away from each other. Their love is a great love like Salem has not seen in many years. Meanwhile, Greta is going to fall for Frankie - HARD - and she will not know why, but she cannot shake Eric Brady from her mind." Titan vs. Alamain: "The battle will continue rage between Victor and his former lovers. Victor and Kate were hitting it off in the summer until he realized she had a secret. He is going to try and uncover that secret to win the war. Will he uncover that she had twin baby girls with Stefano Dimera thirty-plus years ago? Also, someone in the storyline will go too far, and they will live to regret it. And I'm looking to give the character of Vivian some depth. And the moment we've all been awaiting for two decades - Caroline confronting her feelings for Victor Kiriakis." Abby/Max and Lance/Maggie/Mickey: "Fans' mouths will be on the floor when they see who is left standing in this storyline. That's all I can say for now. My lips are sealed." Jeremy Horton: "A huge wild card. He is going to tear this town - and this family - up!" Shawn, Georgia, and Cassie: "They are not forgotten, and they will be back in November, as promised."

Episode #211 - Monday, October 2, 2006: - Max lays by the side of the road, unconscious. - Abby feels like something is wrong with Max. - Maggie wonders how to let Lance down lightly. - Frankie and Greta react to the news they just received from their lawyers! - Lucas and Eric close in on Sami and Annie's secret. - Austin and Carrie decide to make a decision about their relationship TODAY. - The mysterious man bandies about Salem looking at Horton's and Brady's. - Max is found by passersby and rushed to the hospital. - Austin and Carrie decide to work out their relationship. - Alan and Will grow closer than ever as Alan snares Will into his trap even further. - Austin, Sami, and Lucas begin to realize that Will is keeping a huge secret once again. - Abby arrives at the hospital to see if Max is there. Abby is devastated as Max is wheeled into the E.R. - Someone spies Will and Alan........having sex!

TWO STARS MAKE BIG RETURNS! The blog is very excited to announce the return of two fan-favorite characters and actors that should leave DAYS afficianados jumping for joy! Arianne Zuker (Nicole Walker) and Thaao Penglis (Tony Dimera) will be returning the show this November and December, respectively. "I'm so excited to be writing for these characters again. Nicole is going to be back and better than ever. Tony will be redeemed and reformed to his former glory of the 1980's and early 1990's. His character was destroyed by James E. Reilly, and it's about damn time he was fixed!"....says the blog's headwriter. "They are both going to be front-burner from the get-go, and they will both be on contract." "Nicole is going to be back to reclaim the love of her life. It's not Austin. It's not Brady. It's not Victor. It's Eric, but he has his hands full with Annie Douglas right now so expect some big changes in that story. Also, Nicole is going to learn a shocking secret that's going to change her life."...says the writer. "I was anti-Nicole for a very long time, but the last 8 months or so of her long run, Ari really impressed me. She is someone I want on this canvas!" "As for Tony, I have my work cut out for me after the way Tony left the show and his last year in Salem. It's unfortunate, but it will more than likely be explained that it was all Andre's doing once again. Tony is going to interact heavily with the people you'd expect - Stefano, John, Marlena, Kristen. He's going to find real love and romance this time though. Fans are going to just *DIE* when they see with whom!" "We're definitely keeping things fresh this fall and November Sweeps with some big cast changes. Between October, November, and December, there is going to be a cast-purging. Don't worry though! No fan favs will feel the cut of the axe!

Excellent casting decisions!

Don't miss all of last week's five - * CAN'T MISS * - mini episodes! All of last week's episodes back-to-back in one post! Episode #206 - Monday, September 25, 2006: - It is a new day in Salem. - Austin and Carrie continue to grieve their baby's death. - Annie and Sami re-call their plans and how they stole Carrie's baby, convinced her it was dead, and gave it to a clueless Simone, Ivan's neice and Vivian's personal assistant. - Abby tries to help Max mourn, but to no avail. - Frankie moves into Greta's suite at the Salem Inn to keep up appearances. They re-call their disaster wedding that ended in a small ceremony between the two of them. - John's hunt for Kristen and his and Marlena's baby boy intensifies. - Will remains enamored by his secret older lover...Alan Harris! - Carrie and Marlena help each other grieve. - Lucas and Kate help Austin and Carrie with the funeral plans for their baby. - Melissa finds comfort in Maggie and Gran for her broken heart over Frankie and Greta. - Eric and Annie have a lovemaking session and later, Eric realizes once and for all that Annie is hiding something. - Will cancels plans with Alan in order to be with Austin and Carrie. - Steve and Kayla try to devise a new plan of action for discovering who has erased Steve's memory. - Sami can't take seeing the grief on Carrie and Austin's faces and tells them she has something to say. Episode #207 - Tuesday, September 26, 2006: - Sami decides to keep her mouth shut about what she has done. - Stefano has a meeting with Lexie and Megan about their next step in ruining Bo and Hope. - Hope and Bo have a tender moment while Jack takes Billie to her chemotherapy appointment. - Max and Lance wage war on each other. - Kayla and Steve's plans to have Marlena hypnotize Steve hit a snag when they learn Marlena's baby has been kidnapped by Kristen. - Jack has a daydream about a tender moment with Billie that runs the line between friends and lovers. - Billie continues to push Bo away. - Roman, Bo, and Kayla come together and help Marlena and John through the kidnapping. - Will helps Austin grieve. Carrie and Austin's fragile relationship is further torn apart. - Victor decides to put his war with Kate on hold until after the burial of her grandson, Roman Roberts Reed. - Anna and Marlena help Carrie through this difficult time. - Lexie and Hope get into a war of the words as - Stefano urges Megan to play matchmaker for Bo and Billie, claiming that it will be easier for Megan to take Bo from Billie than it will be from Hope. - Belle hires a Private Investigator to find Shawn and Claire. - Megan plants the idea in Hope's head that Bo and Billie were meant to be. - Lawrence and Liam discuss how they will re-unite Hope and Liam, but they cannot come up with anything. - Steve picks up on Jack's feelings for Billie. - Steve and Lawrence have an altercation that end in Steve finally believing Lawrence had nothing to do with his memory loss. Episode #208 - Wednesday, September 27, 2006: - The funeral is held for Roman Roberts Reed, Carrie and Austin's baby. - Sami is visited by the ghost of her late grandfather, Shawn Brady Sr. (FRANK PARKER), who urges Sami to tell everyone Carrie and Austin's baby is alive. - Alan sees this is an opportunity to comfort Will and take advantage of his weak state. - Stefano, Lexie, and Megan work to keep Bo and Hope apart....and Billie and Bo together! Little do they know that Lawrence and Liam are working to do the same exact thing across town. - Hope refuses to give Liam the time of day for what he has done. - Jack and Steve's talk forces Jack to re-evaluate his feelings for Billie. - Melissa is disturbed by Frankie and Greta's prescence at the Pub. - Belle's private investigator finds nothing on Shawn and Claire. - Frankie and Greta decide to meet with their lawyers to see when they can get Greta's inheritance and divorce. - Roman and Anna comfort Carrie and urge her to take Austin back during this time of pain and grief. - Jan and Belle get into a ferocious catfight! - Kristen's trail grows colder and colder. - Steve and Kayla grow frustrater when their trail also grows colder and colder. - A weak and emotionally devastated Celeste breaks free from the Dimera Mansion prison where Kristen has been keeping her. In a chilling scene during the funeral procession, all of the cars come to a hault when a catonic and zombie-like Celeste wanders the streets of Salem. Episode #209 - Thursday, September 28th, 2006: - Kayla and the others rush Celeste to the hospital. Kayla diagnoses Celeste with a catatonia induced by severe traumatic shock. - Billie apologizes to Bo for taking her stress out on him. He accepts her apology. They continue to plan their wedding. - Austin and Carrie's baby is bured. - Celeste comes out of the catatonic state long enough to say Kristen's name...this sends John and Marlena to the Dimera Mansion! - John, Steve, and Jack find the chamber Celeste was kept in. They realize Celeste must have learned that Kristen was parading around town as Paris and then Kristen locked her in there. - Bo and Hope are torn apart more than ever as Stefano, Megan, and Lexie seprate them even further. - Megan throws Stefano off when she asks about her mother. He tells her that she died many years ago. - Meanwhile, Kate recalls how she had twin daughters with Stefano years ago and how one died at birth and the other was Meghan Dimera, who died in the 80's. - Abby kisses Max in a strange way to get him to stop grieving. - Melissa will not hear a word of Frankie's excuses. - Carrie continues to push Austin away. - Lucas and Eric both wonder what Sami and Annie's secrets can be. - A mysterious man arrives in town.....he sees the sign "Welcome to Salem." He kicks the wooden pegs out from under it, and it falls. He puts out a cigaratte next to the sign. Episode #210 - Friday, September 29th, 2006: - Frankie and Greta meet with their lawyers. - Roman and Anna say goodbye to Salem once again. - Lance tries to romance Maggie. Maggie is unable to refuse him since his daughter has recently died. - Max gets drunk as a way to grieve Erika. - Lucas closes in on Sami's secret. - Eric also closes in on Annie's secret. - Max tells the bartender that he is cursed and how everyone he loves is put in danger like Chelsea, who died, Abby, who was shot, and Erika, who also died. - Carrie and Austin recall how they finally began dealing with Sami, Mike, their history, and their mistrust of each other and how their relationship just could not take it. And they feel the death of their baby will be what shatters them forever. - John, Bo, and Jack get a list of all of the Dimera Compound Locations. - Steve and Kayla reach a dead-end in their search. - Max gets drunk and gets behind the wheel of his car. Max crashes. - Mickey is jealous to see Lance and Maggie share a kiss. - Frankie and Greta ask their lawyers when they get the inheritance and how divorce or annulment impacts the will-stipulations. - The mysterious man bandies about Salem, spying on Horton's and Brady's. - Frankie and Greta learn that they must be married for eight months before they can annul or divorce! Greta and Frankie are floored as they realize their whole reasoning behind getting married - getting the inheritance and divorcing quickly - has now been shot to hell! - The mysterious man spies on Carrie and Austin who continue to fight. - John and Marlena vow to search every Dimera Compound on the earth until they find Kristen and their baby. Steve and Kayla asks John and Marlena if they could accompany them since there is nothing in Salem for them now, and there is a very slim possibility Stefano might be connected to Steve's memory loss. Bo and Hope also want to join them on their trip. Billie also decides to go. Kayla says that will supervise Billie's health while abroad. Jack also decides that he would like to take part. Stefano watches through a surveillance tape as he realizes that this is ruining everything. He is furious! He, Megan, and Lexie watch as the Salemites come together to take down the Dimera's and reveal all of their secrets. Stefano curses Kristen and picks up the surveillance monitor and throws it. FREEZE. SPLIT SCREEN WITH THE SALEMITES, JACK, BILLIE, BO, HOPE, JOHN, MARLENA, STEVE, AND KAYLA.

Episode #205 - Friday, September 22, 2006 BLOG BONUS: "BETTER DAYS" by GOO GOO DOLLS. DOWNLOAD NOW OR CLICK HERE! - Roman interrogates Sami and Annie. - Frankie and Greta weigh the pros and cons of getting married as midnight draws closer. - Kate, Billie, Lucas, and Will arrive to be with Carrie and Austin. - Sami and Annie manage to evade Roman's questions and convince him that they are just out having a late-night stroll. - Max and Lance continue their confrontation. Abby arrives and stops it. - Marlena shows up to be with Carrie and the others. Everyone is shocked to see that Marlena is no longer pregnant. She hates to deflect the attention from Carrie, but Marlena explains how Paris was actually Kristen and how Kristen kidnapped Marlena's baby! - Frankie and Greta decide to get married and complete the stipulations of the Von Amburg will. - Roman tells Sami about Carrie's stillborn baby. Sami fakes devastation, but Annie can see Sami is channeling her remorse over stealing Carrie's baby and masquerading it as grief. - Will flashes back to his lovemaking session with Alan. - Max accuses Lance of murdering Erika. Lance has Max and Abby removed from his suite and breaks down and trashes the room. - Sami, Eric, and Roman arrive to be with Carrie and the others. Sami drops her glass when she hears what Kristen has done to Marlena. - Bo and Kayla arrive to be with Carrie and Austin, as well. - When alone, Carrie and Marlena break down in each other's arms and comfort one another on their devastating loses. - Frankie and Greta exchange vows in the church. Unfortunately, none of their friends and family are there to witness it. They kiss and end the ceremony. Melissa watches from outside the front doors of the church. Tears stream down her face.

Episode #204 - Thursday, September 21, 2006 - Greta and Frankie remain at the church wondering what to do. - Kate and Vivian tremble in fear at the "new" Victor. - Carrie and Austin continue to grieve their baby boy, Roman Roberts Reed. - Bo and Jack remain by Billie's side. - Hope continues to push Liam away. - Max and Lance get into a fistfight over Erika's death. - Frankie recalls Melissa interupting his wedding to Greta to declare her love. Meanwhile, Greta recalls the chandelier falling and killing Erika in the middle of the ceremony. - Victor warns Vivian and Kate that this is not the "new" Victor, but the old Victor that neither has encountered before. - Roman and Anna surprise Austin and Carrie with a visit to help them through this tough time. - Bo and Jack find themselves competing to make Billie more comfortable. Jack decides to leave the engaged couple alone. - Lance can't believe that Erika died! - Frankie and Greta realize the hours of September 15th deadline are dwindling. - Victor tells Kate and Vivian that he will put Alamain International out of business and make each of them beg for mercy. - Austin tells Roman that he hasn't had a chance to tell Kate yet. Roman tells Austin that he will take care of it for him. - Lance breaks down when he realizes that Erika was the target of his murder attempt on MAX! - Billie tells Bo that he can be with Hope now since she knows she does not have a child with Liam and that it was all lies, but Bo tells Billie that she is the one he wants. - Frankie and Greta wonder if they would be selfish to carry on their ceremony, given what has happened tonight. - Sami and Annie worry when Roman realizes all is not right with them. They fear he has overheard them talking about how they kidnapped Carrie's baby!

Episode #203 - Wednesday, September 20: - Carrie and Austin grieve their baby boy. - Abby tries to comfort Max, but he pushes her away...and heads straight for Lance! - John launches a plan to find Kristen and his and Marlena's baby. - Annie and Sami cannot believe they've pulled off their baby heist. - Carrie asks Kayla if she can see their son, but Kayla says that it is not a good idea. Carrie insists. Austin says no, but Carrie stands her ground. - Max bursts in on Lance, and they engage in a fist fight. Lance is shocked to see that Max is alive! - Victor wraps Kate and Vivian in a blanket of comfort. - Jack realizes that he has feelings for Billie! - Carrie breaks down when she sees her baby boy's body. Austin can't take the pain either and also breaks down. Carrie and Austin comfort one another. - Kayla calls her brother, Roman, who is traveling in Europe. Kayla tells Roman that Carrie's baby has passed away and that he and Anna must return to be with her. - Max asks Lance if he is shocked to see him alive. Lance brushes Max's words off. - Abby finds comfort in her father and tells him everything that's been going on with Max and Erika and how she died. - Out of nowhere, Victor picks up Vivian and Kate's plates off the tables and hurls them across the room of the private Penthouse Grille. Vivian and Kate scream. - Carrie and Austin stay by their baby's side. Carrie and Austin discuss names for the baby. - Hope continues to push Liam away and tells them that there relationship is over for his lies about Mason being her son, but he explains that they did have a great love once - Jack opens up to Abby about how he loves her mother and wishes she was here with them now. He says that he will never give up on their love and prays she will return someday soon. - Max reveals to Lance that ERIKA is DEAD! Lance refuses to believe it. - Carrie and Austin sign their baby's death certificate....Roman Roberts Reed. - Victor tells Vivian and Kate that he knows all about their mole at Titan and how SHE is how Kate and Vivian are managing to steal Belle's stories for Sophistique. Victor tells them both that he did not expect such deplorable behavior - not even from whores like them! Victor tells Kate and Vivian that the war is on, the old Victor is back, and that he is going to make both of their lives a living HELL! Vivian and Kate tremble with fear. Congrats to UKBOI and DAYSFANJEAN for their choice in the Austin and Carrie baby name contest!! Thanks, everyone, for your submissions. They were all excellent and made the choice a tough one!

I have to agree with you on that!

Yeah. I mean I knew Sami shot it off, but they've gotta do the deed somehow.

EMMY AWARD WINNING MICHELLE STAFFORD OUT! EILEEN DAVIDSON RETURNS! The blog can now announce one of its plans for a big return this fall. As previously speculated, Emmy Nominated Eileen Davidson will be returning to the role she originated, Kristen Blake! She will be replacing the current re-cast, Michelle Stafford. Stafford has been playing, on a recurring basis, the post-surgical Kristen, who has been posing as Marlena and John's pre-natal baby nurse. Davidson has signed a contract, and big storyline is planned for Kristen. "Kristen will be hitting the sheets with someone who is NOT John! I have big plans for Kristen when we next see her. The baby-snatching storyline will not mean the end for her. She's not written into a corner. She's just getting started!" There is no word on her first airdate. It seems the blog would like to keep readers on their toes, but we can confirm that Stafford has last aired as Kristen on Monday, September 18th when she was last seen leaving town with John and Marlena's baby boy.

Shawn Brady Returns! Shawn Brady will return during an unforgettable November Sweeps, but he will not be in the form as fans know him! Jason Cook last "aired" as Shawn a few weeks ago when Shawn learned that Shawn Brady III AKA Trey was actually not his and Jan's child like he previously thought. Shawn left town and took Shawn's portrayer, Jason Cook, with him! When viewers next see Shawn in November, he will be played by Brandon Beemer, who will first air as Shawn on the real show next week. "We're very excited for Brandon to step into the role. A lot happened to Shawn in his last few months in town - he found out his sister, Georgia, was still alive and he met her as well, he learned Trey was not his, he learned Claire WAS his, his marriage to Mimi fell apart on the altar, his parents are divorcing, Bo and Hope lost custody of Zach to Lexie, Belle tried to commit suicide - needless to say, Shawn will return a slightly changed man. He has matured. And he is less of an optimist and more of a realist. Some may say he's kind of a skeptic now. Naive Shawn is a man of the past. The new Shawn will find his edgy roots much like his father had." Beemer will first "air" in November.

Episode #202 - Tuesday, September 19: - Max continues to grieve at the church. Abby tries to comfort him, but he pushes her away. - Kayla enters to see Carrie and Austin, and they know something is wrong. Carrie begins to cry. Austin pulls her close, despite the problems between them lately. - John continues to comfort a hysterical Marlena as Marlena explains everything to John once again. The police realize that Kristen/Paris boarded a private plane under the name "MERADI" at the airport. John says that is one of the Dimera's pseudonyms. - The police tell Max and Abby that the chandalier falling was no accident. - Kayla explains to Carrie that a nurse at the hospital found Carrie on the side of the road outside of town. Carrie says she doesn't remember that, but she was on an errand for Sami to get Will's birthday present. Kayla explains that the nurse found Carrie in labor and that Carrie gave birth to a stillborn baby boy. Carrie and Austin are griefstricken. Kayla apologizes and excuses herself wanting to leave them alone. Once alone, Kayla breaks down at the fact that she just gave her neice the worst news a woman could ever receive. Austin comforts a shattered Carrie who has a breakdown in Austin's arms. Austin and Carrie console each other over their loss. - John and Marlena cannot believe that Kristen has been parading right under their noses and in their house as their pre-natal nurse. Marlena is devastated and broken. John has never seen Marlena like this in their twenty years of knowing each other. John vows to Marlena that they will find Kristen and bring their baby back to them! - Lance learns that someone died at the church. He assumes his plan has been executed like expected and that Max has died. Lance toasts to his victory. - Max realizes that he was the intended target of the chandalier falling. - John tells Marlena that this is not a normal kidnapping. They know who the culprit is, and they will find her! Marlena agrees with John, claiming that Kristen wanted her to know every nitty gritty detail. Kristen wanted Marlena to remember every painful second of the birth and the kidnapping. The police take Marlena to get her statement. John and Marlena share an emotional goodbye even though it is just for a few seconds. When alone, John smashes his fists against the desk and wall...when he is sure that he is alone, John sheds tears over the kidnapping of his baby boy.

I totally did not know you had a blog! I am going to take time this weekend and read and catch up!

Episode #201 - Monday, September 18: - Frankie and Greta's wedding lies in shambles as the chandalier has come crashing down, killing one of the wedding guests. When Greta and Frankie re-gain their footing, Greta looks to see a mangled body under the chandalier. Greta begins screaming at the grotesque scene. Greta places her trembling hand over her mouth as she screams and screams. Frankie comforts her. - Annie and Sami re-call how they stole Carrie and Austin's baby and gave it to Simone. - Carrie wakes up at the hospital and is greeted by the male nurse whom Annie is blackmailing. - Victor asks Vivian and Kate to come to a special private dinner at the Penthouse Grille to form a truce. - Alan and Will continue their passionate and scandalous lovemaking. - Marlena wakes up in the spa...and Kristen is no where to be found. - Bo, Billie, Hope, and Jack hear Greta's screams and enter the church. Billie and Bo are appalled, and she seeks comfort in his arms. Hope runs to her purse, takes out her phone, and calls 9-1-1. Bo and Billie are shocked to see that the dead ringer for their daughter, Chelsea, is buried underneath the church's chandalier. Abby and Max awaken. Max is devastated and begins screaming and crying. He tries to remove the chandalier from on top of Erika, but Frankie warns him that he could injure Erika further. - Austin comes rushing into Salem University Hospital after getting a call that Carrie is there. Austin joins Carrie in the hospital room. They await Dr. Kayla Brady. - Jack is shocked to find himself a little perturbed by the fact that Bo is comforting Billie. When alone, Jack asks himself what he is thinking/doing. He begins to wonder if he has feelings for his best friend, Billie. - Vivian and Kate show up for Victor's private dinner party. - Marlena realizes that she's given birth! Marlena begins screaming and falls into a hysterical fit. - The emergency medical technicians arrive as well as the police, and they are able to free Erika's body from underneath the chandalier. Abby comforts Max. Bo comforts Billie. Liam tries to comfort Hope, but she tells him that he has no place here or in Salem anymore. She tells him to get out of her sight! - Billie opens up to Bo about how even though Chelsea did not turn out to be Georgia, she still loved her as if she was, and seeing Erika underneath that chandalier brought back the memories of Chelsea dying in the explosion at the Pub at Christmas. - Post-coital, Will and Alan bond as Alan "opens up" to him about how he was maimed, but Will has no idea Alan is lying and keeping what actually happened a secret. Alan knows his only chance of continuing to manipulate Will is to keep the fact that he raped Sami all of those years ago a secret! - Victor charms Vivian and Kate and lures them into a feeling of comfort and safety during the dinner. - Marlena continues to scream for someone to help her. The Spa Staff enter to help Marlena. Marlena asks them to call the police and her husband, John Black, right away! - Kayla talks to the nurse and gets all of the details on what happened to Carrie's baby. The nurse explains how he saw her on the side of the road outside of Salem on her way to picking up a gift, she was in labor when he found her, and they were stranded. He explains how the baby was stillborn. Kayla struggles with what to tell her neice, Carrie. - The police realize the chandalier was tampered with. - The E.M.T.'s pronounce Erika dead on the scene of the church. Max is devastated and breaks down. He falls to his knees on the altar of the church and buries his head in his hands. - John arrives at the spa. Marlena tells him about Paris really being Kristen and how Kristen lured her here to steal her baby! John is confused. A hysterical Marlena explains that Kristen has drugged her, induced her labor, and stolen her baby! A broken Marlena falls into John's arms, as he sheds tears, wondering what he should to comfort Marlena...knowing there is nothing he CAN do. Meanwhile, Kristen is on a private jet bouncing a beautiful baby boy on her knees.

Haha. Well, technically, he doesn't since Sami shot it off. LOL. But, Will has a manhood........hahahaha.

BIG DOINGS FOR NOVEMBER SWEEPS! As usual for Sweeps, the blog has some major casting plans for the fall period. "We will definitely have some returns - Cassie, Georgia, Celeste, and Shawn will all be returning and cause huge explosions in the lives of those around them. Shawn will be back with a new portrayer. And readers can of course expect some other, slightly more unexpected returns." But the blog isn't waiting until November to keep the action going. "November's going to be life-changing and action-packed, but October is going to be a key month in getting all of the stories into place where went them. Episode 200 breathed new life into all of the stories. And October will be a key month for everyone on the show. All of the stories have reached the point of no return now." In other news, Josh Taylor (Roman Brady) and Leann Hunley (Anna) will be returning in late September to interact heavily with Carrie Brady who will have recently suffered a huge loss in her life. They are expected to be back for a handful of episodes.

Yeah, the character just never picked up as I had hoped. She had to go! LOL.