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Episode #167 - Tuesday, August 1: - Will is rushed to the hospital. - Lucas and Sami get urgent calls from Lexie to get to the hospital. Sami and Lucas are devastated to hear what has happened to him. - Bo and Billie arrive at the Pub and tell Caroline that they need to see Kayla immediately, but she tells them Kayla has gone away for a few days and begs them to tell her what is going on. - Georgia cannot get through to Bo's phone so she heads to the Pub to see if he is there. - Steve continues to stow away to Smith Island while Kayle settles into the Green Mountain Lodge. - Lucas comforts Sami over what has happened. Sami feels racked with guilt over pushing Will away for being gay. Lexie tells them that it doesn't look like Will is going to make it. - As Bo and Billie are about to tell Caroline what is going on, Georgia bursts in and tell Bo and Billie and Caroline that she will not believe who she just saw! Georgia asks them where Aunt Kayla is! Caroline really demands to know what is going on now. - The two man in Salem continue looking for Steve as they re-call how they've been assigned to make sure Steve never remembers his past. They re-count how he has been to Chicago many times before, but he has never been this close to Salem! They recall how they need to give him the memory erasing drug immediately so it will fog up his memory a bit, and he will forget about Salem. - Sami says that if she ever gets the chance again that she will forgive Will and try her best to be understanding about it. Sami and Lucas recall Celeste's vision of Will dying. Sami and Lucas are beside themselves with grief. Lexie explains that Will's body is still very tender and vulnerable from the fourth of July accident. Sami and Lucas assume that this must be some type of hate crime. Meanwhile, Alan recalls to himself how his plan all along has been to ruin the lives of Sami, Carrie, Lucas, and Austin, and he doesn't care if he has to use Will to do it! - When Steve arrives on Smith Island, he thinks everything looks familiar. He then sees a cabin and a handpainted sign on the porch that says "Horton's." He says the name as it sounds familiar, as well. He feels as though he is very close to a memory break through! - Kayla thought the mountain air would do her good, but she says it just isn't doing the trick. She uses the phone in her room to make a call to Alice Horton and explains everything to her about wanting to get away. She tells Alice she thought the mountains were what she needed to get away from her memories of Steve, but maybe she should embrace her memories. She says the mountains might not be what she needs - maybe it's the water that she needs. She asks Mrs. Horton if she can use the Horton Cabin on Smith Island for a few days if no one else is using it. Alice tells her that it is more than OK. Kayla checks out of the lodge, heads back to Salem, hoping Smith Island is just what she needs to take her mind of her troubles for a few days. - Bo and Billie ask Georgia how she knows. Caroline yells knows what! Bo explains that Steve is not dead - he is very much alive and well and in Salem right now! Billie explains how she found him on the side of the road after he got into a car accident and that she brought him to Salem. Georgia explains that she had just been looking through the Brady Family photo albums to get to know her family better, but she took a break to go to the pier where she ran into him. Two men were poking around asking about him and then he disappeared! Bo, Billie, Georgia, and Caroline fear that these men could be connected to Stefano or Lawrence Alamain. - Meanwhile, Steve steps into the Horton Cabin at Smith Island and KNOWS he has been there before while Kayla is headed there herself.

Episode #166 - Monday, July 31: - Georgia tells Steve on the pier that she knows him! - Billie asks Bo why he is freaking out. Bo begins describing Steve and asks Billie if that sounds like this man she has found. She says it does. "Oh my god! It can't be!"...Bo yells. Billie demands to know what is going on. - Erika and Max burst into the Salem Lake cabin where they believe Lance is staying, but they find no one. Meanwhile, Lance and Maggie begin to hitch hike back to Salem. - Lucas tries in vain to get Sami to forgive Will for being gay. She refuses. - Will's body lays lifeless not far from the pier. - Belle tells Shawn that she still loves him and that she needs him in her life. Shawn says that Belle needs to get help for what she did. He tells her that she has placed herself AND Claire in grave danger! - "Patch" asks Georgia how she knows him. She says that she can't put her finger on it, but she tells him that he looks very familiar. Meanwhile, two men begin to close in on "Patch" and Georgia, unbeknownst to them. - Bo tells Billie that the man she has found sounds exactly like his presumed dead brother-in-law, Steve Johnson! Billie can't believe it. Bo says that it can't be. It must be a bizarre coincidence that the man also has an eye-patch and similar sounding physical attributes. Billie tells Bo that he was right the first time! The amnesiac man *IS* Steve! - Lucas tells Sami that he can't be with her if she is going to treat their own flesh and blood like this. - Jan cannot believe Belle can do something so selfish and still come out on top with Shawn! Belle agrees to get help for her post-partum depression if he will admit his true love for her. Shawn tells Belle that his commitment is to his marriage to Jan and their baby, Trey. - Erika and Max return to Salem without any new clues to finding Lance. They stumble upon Will's lifeless body and dial 9-1-1. Meanwhile, his attacker walks back to the Salem Inn, gets in an elavator, steps out of the elevator, and walks into a room. The attacker takes off a mask and black clothes. The attacker looks into the mirror - it's Alan Harris. - Georgia thinks of how she knows this man as he explains that he lost his memory sixteen years ago, and any information she can give him would be helpful. "Patch" sees the two men on the pier so he hides. The two men ask Georgia if they have seen this man and show a picture of Steve. Georgia realizes that "Patch" must have hidden because these men are a danger to him. She tells them that she has never seen the man. Steve hears a captain tell his deckhand that the Ferry to Smith Island is leaving in a matter of seconds. The name "Smith Island" sounds very familiar to Steve. "Smith Island?"...he says to himself. Meanwhile, it clicks in her head where she knows the man from! She re-calls seeing his picture in the Brady Family photo album. Georgia realizes that this man is her presumed dead Uncle Steve! - Billie tells Bo that the man seemed so familiar - and looked familiar. She couldn't put her finger on it. But she remembers now Caroline showing her pictures of Kayla's wedding day when she (Billie) was married to Bo the first time. Billie tells Bo that his brother-in-law, Steve, is VERY much alive! - Georgia races to where she saw Steve duck into in order to hide from the men, but she finds that he is gone! Meanwhile, Steve stows away on the Ferry to Smith Island. - Bo immediately calls Kayla's cell phone. The cell phone rings while it sits in the Brady Pub where Kayla left it with Caroline. Meanwhile, Kayla settles in to her quaint room at the Green Mountain Lodge.

Shawn is Cook-ed! As the blog has previously reported, the show is going to systematically phase out five or six characters in order to feature other and new storylines that have recently been backburnered. The blog is now announcing that Shawn is one of those characters. "Shawn really is a great character when in the right hands, and Cook is a capable actor, but it is rumored that the real show is re-casting, and the blog is also very interested in a re-cast."...says the writer. "The blog's goal all along has been to take the current DAYS and prove how good and can be while making realistic and believable changes. I want there always to be some congruency between the real show and the blog. So, some of the casting decisions the real show does will be the same on the blog. And this is one of those cases." As for Shawn, "the character is going to be going through some major changes this month. His life will be turned upside down and inside out! And Cook will last air in late August/early September. He will be back in the fall. He will more than likely be played by the person DAYS has chosen to re-cast Shawn with, but anything is possible! Cook could be back if the re-cast does not impress! However, I have a feeling he will." Shawn is just one of a bunch of characters who will be leaving the show in August and September in storyline dictated moves - only to be brought back in an exciting and riveting November Sweeps and December!

Since Billie came to Salem in 1992 and Steve died in '90, the stance I am taking on it is that she knows of "Steve," doesn't know the nickname Patch, and has seen pictures and such when she was a Brady (that's why he looked so familiar.), but she never met him until now. All will be explained!

Melissa's kids were mentioned before around the time Frankie was trying to figure out why Melissa was so cut off/heartbroken.

August is kicked off with a bang in an unforgettable episode! Episode #165- Friday, July 28: - Bo and Billie are shocked that the room at the Salem Inn has been ransacked! - Patch sits on the pier where he reveals that mysterious men have been following him for years while he has tried to piece together his past and THAT is why he keeps moving around so quickly. He recalls how he knew he had to get out of the Salem Inn because he could sense that they were coming after him. - Georgia looks at pictures of the Brady and Reeds/Roberts to try and get to know her family better. - Frankie once again vows to get Melissa's kids back at any cost. - Bo and Billie cannot find the man Billie wants Bo to help. - Georgia skims over a picture of Kayla and Steve's wedding very quickly. - Kayla tells Caroline that she needs to get out of Salem for a while before settling in. She tells her that she is overcome by memories of Steve everywhere she goes so she just needs to isolate herself from the world for a little bit right now. She asks Caroline to take her cell phone from her and that she'll be back in a few days. - Maggie and Lance decide to head back to Salem. Maggie is eager to face Mickey and Bonnie, but Lance fears what going out in public will do to him. Meanwhile, Max and Erika arrive in the Salem Lake area. - Billie gets a lead on Liam, but she decides to backburner it to find Patch.Bo and Billie begin looking all over Salem for the mystery man of Billie's. Bo asks Billie what his name was or the name he goes by, but they are interupted. - Austin and Carrie ask Frankie if Greta has talked to him. He says yes. So they ask what he said about her proposition. Frankie is confused and intrigued. - Will is stalked by a hooded figure. - Austin and Carrie accidentally let Frankie in on Greta's predicament - how she needs to be married before September 15th if she has to claim her multi-billion dollar inheritance of the Von Amburg fortune. - Without telling anyone her exact destination, Kayla heads to the Green Mountain Lodge. - Georgia and Will walk along the pier together. Will tells Georgia that the threats and anti-gay remarks have been overwhelming, and he's only been out a few hours. He begins to wonder if this was the right decision for himself. Georgia assures him that it is. Will decides to call it a night. Meanwhile, the hooded figure is only steps away! - Erika and Max get another lead on Lance and make it to his cabin at the Salem Lake. Max fears for his life, but he decides to face his past head on. They enter the cabin. - Will is attacked by a shadow-y figure and beaten repeatedly within inches of his life. - Georgia bumps into Steve. "Oh my God!"....she says. "You! I know you!" Meanwhile, Bo asks Billie what the name of the man was so they can have beat cops keep an eye out for him and possibly get a sketch/poster up around town for him. Bo fears with the ransacked room that this man can be in danger. Billie says that she doesn't have much to go on. She knows there was something familiar about him which is why she brought him back to Salem. She says he doesn't know his name, but he goes by the nickname "Patch." Bo turns suddenly..."What!?."...he says in shock. "What did you just say?!" "He doesn't know his name, but he goes by the nickname 'Patch' because he has an eyepatch over his eye."...Billie replies. Bo sits in awe. "Bo? Bo! What's wrong!? Tell me!" Bo's eyes light up as he stands in shock. FREEZE FRAME.

Episode #164- Thursday, July 27: - Greta is shocked when she realizes that Frankie might be the man Celeste was alluding to when she said Greta would find love with a new man. But Greta says it can't be because she would never come between two people in love. - Abby is troubled about Max and Erika's closeness while Max and Erika get a lead on Lance Avalon! - Will gets a threatening phone call at the Pub where he is called a "F*g" and told to watch his back. - Hope tells Lexie that she will NEVER win custody of Zach! - Billie tries to get Bo to come and see the amnesiac man she found who is staying at the Salem Inn. Meanwhile, Steve dreams of the woman's face he saw as he teetered near death before Billie found him. Little does he know that the woman is Kayla Brady! - Greta gets to know Frankie and Melissa more. Greta tells Melissa that Alice was one of her best friends when she was in Salem before. Melissa and Greta agree that Alice is one of the greatest people they've ever known. Greta takes a liking to Melissa and realizes that this won't work and that she must find a new Prince. - Billie still stands by the fact that something is not right with Liam. - Hope and Liam grow closer than ever as they continue to mourn Mason. - Max and Erika learn that Lance was last seen at a small market not far from Salem Lake. Max is worried that Lance could seek revenge on him for what happened all of those years ago, but he refuses to tell Erika or Abby about having a connection to Lance. - When alone, Melissa begins to open up to Frankie about her ex-husband and how he took her two kids from her after the divorce by using her turbulent past against her. Melissa says that the Horton fortune could not match his family's fortune and that he bought sole custody of their children. She says that the family is dispicable, and the Horton's would never stoop so low, but she must hope and pray that someday her kids will find a way back to her. - Max asks Erika why Lance is even on the run or missing anyway. Erika says that she is unsure - he just disappeared one day, but she fears that it has to do with his business dealings. She says that he has always been very secretive about his business. Meanwhile, Maggie tells Lance that she wants to go back to Salem and face Mickey and Bonnie! - Frankie asks Melissa if she's ever considered buying off her ex-husband. He knows it sounds horrible, but it would be worth it to fight fire with fire and get her babies back! Melissa tells Frankie that is not the Horton way and that she would never give Horton money to such a dispicable man. She just prays someday karma will come into play, and her babies will return to her. Frankie kisses Melissa and tells her that he will help him get her children back no matter what the cost. - A bunch of kids from Will's school begin to push and shove Will, jokingly calling him a "F*g" and "Gayboy." Will does not take it sitting down and lashes out at the boys. He gets violent back and ultimately forces the boys to retreat. - Billie and Bo finally arrive at Patch's room at the Salem Inn. They open the door and walk in. "Oh my God!"....Bo yells.

WHO'S GOING!? AND HOW WILL THEY LEAVE! According to the writer of the blog, up to five very popular characters/actors might find themselves off the show....temporarily, that is! "The blog really is like a big stove right now! We're constantly moving things from the frontburner to the backburner and vice versa."...says the writer. "With Justin, Adrienne, Jo, Stephanie, Lawrence, and Jack coming on very soon, the Steve/Kayla story is going to be moved to the forefront. The Alan story will also be featured heavily throughout the month of August. Maggie and Lance will be coming back to Salem so that's another story that will be moved frontburner. Consequently, some of the stories have to be moved off the frontburners to make some room. And we will do this by sending some characters on their way for about two months until Novemember Sweeps." Hope, Abby, Celeste, Cassie, Shawn, Georgia, Belle, and Lexie are all names being bandied about as of right now. "We'll see!" "The big stories of August and September will be Greta/Frankie/Melissa, Steve/Kayla, and Sami/Lucas/Alan. They're going to be the biggies!"...previews the scribe. "August is going to be amazing. Every episode is going to pack a huge punch. There's so much story to tell in every facet of the show right now." Casting About: The show is looking to cast Jeremy Horton, the son of Mike Horton. Jeremy is a sexy, yet wholesome young man in his mid-twenties. He is a gentleman and a true Horton through and through! Suggestions are welcomed and encouraged! Watch Out: On Friday, September 1st, a murder mystery is going to kick off as one of the show's baddies will bite the dust! Oh, the possibilities: The blog has a daring and unique idea that would take DAYS back to its supernatural storytelling, but it is unsure whether it wants to tell the story. "It's definitely crazy and farout, and it will have fans freaking out and not knowing what the hell is going on! I am just not sure if I want to tell it though! We'll see." Heads Will Roll!: Well, it's almost Sweeps Time again! And that can only mean one thing on the blog - pink slips! "It definitely is becoming a trend of killing or writing quite a few people off during sweeps, but it always works because it opens up so much story and propels the story further. And it definitely keeps fans interested and excited. At LEAST two people will meet some kind of end during Novemeber Sweeps. I can promise already that November Sweeps is going to be non-stop action and drama."

Episode #163- Wednesday, July 26: - While kissing, Max pushes Erika away and tells her that things can't go any further between them. - Greta tells Austin and Carrie that regardless of Frankie's status as a prince that she can't marry someone whom she does not love. And due to the limited time limit she has been given, she will have to forfeit her mother's inheritance. - Maggie is seen at a lakeside cottage with a mysterious man. The man's name is Lance. She thanks Lance once again for pulling her from the wreckage of her crash a few months ago. He says that he has love getting to know her these past few months, and he has given her the time she needs and asked for, but she really needs to confess everything about who she is and her life. - Erika tells Abby that she wants them to be close. Abby agrees, but she says it's hard for her since she resembles Chelsea so much. - The rift between Sami and Lucas grows as they continue to fight over Will's sexual orientation. - Austin asks Greta how much her inheritance is, and she replies that it, combined with her assets, is almost $3 billion! Austin and Carrie both agree that it would be foolish not to try and work out some sort of arrangement to marry someone for this money. - Maggie tells Lance about her life in Salem and about her husband, Mickey, her daughters, Melissa and Sarah, and all about Bonnie and how she must have framed her for relapsing from her alcoholism, which she also opens up about. Maggie recaps everything right up to her accident. Maggie asks Lance about his past, but he remains tight-lipped. Meanwhile, Erika vows to find her father as she looks at his picture....the picture is Lance! Max watches Erika look at the picture and says that if Lance Avalon ever finds Max, then Max is a dead man. - Cassie and Jan bump into each other at the hospital. They begin talking about how they teamed up to ruin Mimi's wedding to Shawn in the spring. Jan says she needs Cassie's help again in getting rid of Belle, but Cassie says that now that the truth is out about Tony and Marlena being her parents, Belle is her sister, and as much as she hates it, she cannot lash out at any more of her family members - not when the Black's and the Brady's are just forgiving her. - Sami tells Lucas that she has had a strict, Catholic upbringing and is worried for Will's soul! Lucas tells Sami that is rich, coming from her. He lashes out saying her entire family is worried for her soul! That comment hits Sami right to the bone, and she begins to cry and leaves, immediately. Lucas throws a vase in anger as he realizes that his family is disintegrating before his eyes. - Worried for her recovery, Lance babies Maggie and makes sure all of her needs are met. Maggie has fears about Lance, his past, and why he has remained so tight-lipped. - Megan tells Jan everything she's done to Belle while Jan has been away. Megan and Jan recall how Phillip is the only person who can expose them now, and he's half-dead half way across the country. Little do they know that Phillip is conscious! Phillip demands that his doctors find SOME way to get him back to Salem immediately. - Frankie and Melissa go for a midnight stroll along the pier. Melissa leaves to call Mickey. Frankie and Greta bump into each other. Greta introduces herself, saying that she used to date his nephew, Eric, and is good friends with Jack and Jennifer. Frankie says that of course he has heard of Princess Greta Von Amburg. Greta finds Frankie charming and begins to wonder if maybe arranging some kind of deal with Frankie won't be too horrible since he seems like a Brady through and through. - Belle awakens. She tells Shawn that she heard him professing his love for her while she slept. She says that she loves him too and that they need to be a family with Claire. Shawn wants to, but he thinks about Jan and Trey.... - Celeste tells Jan that she sees doom in her future. Meanwhile, Phillip's nurse begins to pack his bags and tells him that he can only go to Salem if a private nurse can accompany him. Phillip says that it doesn't matter what the circumstances! He has to get there because his wife is in danger from a madwoman! The nurse begins to gather his discharge papers. Phillipe tells Belle to hold on. - Greta and Frankie get to know each other better. Naive Greta seems rather smitten by Frankie, but suddenly Melissa hangs up with her father and rejoins Frankie, putting her arm around his waist, and they peck. Greta is taken aback and a little hurt as she recalls Carrie telling her that Frankie was single. Greta asks Frankie and Melissa how long they've been together. "About five minutes!"...they joke. Suddenly, Celeste's premonition about her finding love with a new man pops into Greta's head. "Oh my God."...she whispers as everything begins to come together.

HOORAY!!!

Episode #162- Tuesday, July 25: - Greta worries about finding a prince to marry within 7 weeks. - Shawn tearfully confesses his undying love for Belle to her while she's unconscious. - Eric tells Will that Sami will come around in time and to stick in there. Will, Eric, and Caroline have some chowder at the newly reconstructed Brady Pub. - Frankie and Melissa grow closer than ever. - Melissa feels like she can finally open up to Frankie and let him into her world. - Abby tells Max that she doesn't think she will forgive him any time soon for keeping the truth from her for seven months that he slept with Chelsea before she died. - Belle wakes up. Shawn is by her side, and Jan is outraged. - Eric, Caroline, and Will are shocked when a brick comes flying through the Brady Pub window! - Melissa asks Frankie to spend the night with her. But they don't make love. They stay up all night talking about their pasts and their dreams for the future. - Greta tells Austin about the telegram that she received. Carrie leaves the hospital and joins them. Greta decides to tell Carrie about the telegram too. - Will, Caroline, and Eric are shocked to see a letter attached to the brick that says "Salem is no place for people like you!" Will breaks down over the pain he is causing his family. But Caroline and Eric comfort him. Annie arrives and is taken aback at this outlandish behavior of the Salemites! Annie says this would never happen in California or a place like Sunset Beach! She tells Will about some of the trials and tribulations she's been through and how her whole town of Sunset Beach was against her too, but you have to be strong, rally, be who you are, and stand strong and tall. Eric sees Annie in a new light. - Abby pushes Max away, but little does she know that he is seeking comfort in the arms of Erika. Max tells Erika that he can't get Chelsea out of his mind when he looks at her and that all of his feelings for Chelsea come flooding back when he looks at her. Erika tells Max that she has developed feelings for him, as well. Max and Erika share a kiss. - Melissa tells Frankie that she sees a future with him and that he can be the man to make her believe in love again. - Carrie tells Greta that she happens to know a single Prince - Prince Francois Von Leuchner also known as Frankie Brady! - Jan vows to find a way to get rid of Belle once and for ALL! Meanwhile, at a hospital far away, Phillip (Kyle Brandt) opens his eyes.

Hehe. Well, his amnesia name is Patch! When it comes out who he is, he'll be Steve.

Episode #161 - Monday, July 24: - Lexie vows to get Zach back from Bo and Hope at any cost. - Billie and Patch arrive in Salem. Billie takes him to the Salem Inn where she sets him up with a room. She tells him that he should get some rest, but she will be by in the morning with her fiance who is a detective and will help him figure out if he has connections to Salem. - Will returns to the apartment where Sami and Lucas wait for him. - Greta is shocked at the contents of the telegram she's gotten! Greta faints! - Belle is rushed to the hospital. Shawn calls Marlena, John, Sami, and Carrie to let them know what has happened. They all rush to the hospital to be with Belle. Kayla stabilizes Belle. - Sami and Will get into it again. Sami tells Will that counseling will get him through this and get him over it. But he tells her that he is whom he is, and he wishes he could change it, but he can't! - Marlena, John, and Carrie cannot believe that Belle has tried to commit suicide, but Marlena says she can. She breaks down in John's arms saying that she saw the warning signs and was worried about Belle's mental health weeks ago. John tells Marlena that she needs to calm down because this isn't good for the baby. John tells her that Belle will be OK and feeling so guilty is not going to help anyone. - Jan can see that Shawn still loves Belle and is outraged about it. Kate arrives at the hospital and immediately runs into Megan. Jan tells Megan and Kate what has happened. When alone, Kate lashes out at Megan for not stopping the gaslighting when she told her to. Megan tells Kate to back off - they've both gotten what they wanted now - revenge on Belle! - Kristen wishes Belle died and recalls how she tried to kill her before Susan locked her in the Harem prison. - Having left the hospital, Kayla dreams of Steve while Steve dreams of the woman's face he saw when he was near death in his car accident- Kayla! - Sami tells Will that she wants him to stay with his grandma Caroline. Will and Lucas are both shocked and appaulled, but Sami insists. Lucas tells Will to comply fo now and that he will talk to Sami and try and get her to understand. He tells Will that he loves him and that they will get through this. - Eric rushes to Greta's side, and Annie is furious. Greta tells Eric to leave her alone. She says he has a life now with his girlfriend and that she doesn't want a part of it. When alone, Greta reads the telegram aloud..."Princess Greta Von Amburg, It has recently come to our attention that the inheritance of the Von Amburg estate hinges upon a heavy stipulation. It is with deep regret that I must inform you that a hold, effective immediately, has been placed upon your inheritance and assets. It has recently come to our attention that the only way you could have and will be able to have access to your inheritance or the Von Amburg Assets, would have been and will be if you become the wife of a prince by your 30th birthday - September 15th, 2006. I am very sorry, Princess Greta. I do hope you find a way to complete the stipulations your mother has placed before you." - Will walks to his car in the parking garage of his parents' building and is prepared to go to his grandmother's when he sees the word "FAG!" has been spraypainted on his car. Will is hurt, but a shiver is sent down his spine. Kids from an apartment on the floor above them walk by with their parents. The kids are laughing. The parents usher their kids by Will quickly while giving him looks of judgement. An upset Will gets into the car and speeds off.

Interesting! I will enjoy Brady much better without seeing Lowder.

Stop stealing my ideas.

Episode #160 - Friday, July 21: BLOG BONUS: "Wonderwall" by Ryan Adams - Abe, Lexie, and Theo get stranded in the elevator at the Penthouse Grill. - Megan tortures Belle while Shawn and Jan finally return to Salem. - Greta realizes that maybe it's better never to tell John and Marlena the truth about his being her father. Meanwhile, Kristen recalls how she overheard that secret and is plotting to use it to her advantage. - The Penthouse Grill is taken aback with looks of shock and horror at Will's confession. Lucas and Sami look to one another and then immediately run to the balcony. Will asks Cassie if that was broadcasted to the entire room. Will can tell from the look on Cassie and Georgia's faces that it was. Will is crushed. Austin feels guilty. Sami and Lucas enter the balcony with emotions that run the gamut - they have looks of shock, relief, fear, anger, and disappointment. - Abe informs Lexie that he is leaving Salem with Theo. Lexie breaks down. - Megan forces Belle to an emotional breakdown when she uses the speakers in Belle's apartment to push her over the edge of her depression and anxiety. - Abe tells Lexie that he can trace the destruction of their marriage back to when she found out she was a Dimera. He tells her that he hopes it was worth it because it has now cost her her marriage and son. - Cassie and Georgia leave the balcony while Carrie, Caroline, and Marlena join Lucas, Sami, Will, and Austin on the balcony. Sami asks Will if it's true. She asks Will if he's gay. Will begins to shed tears over the embarassment of having this come out so publically and because of the fear. But he wipes away the tears and turns to face Sami and Lucas. He confirms it. - Belle can't take it anymore. She begins slamming things all over the apartment and pulling on her hair. She runs to the bathroom saying over and over that she can't take this post-partum depression anymore. Belle takes out razor blades. - Eric senses something wrong in Annie. He asks her what she is hiding or keeping. Annie breaks down telling him that no man has ever truly loved her for who she is, and she worries that she is once again falling for a man who will leave her one day and leave her more heartbroken than she was when he found her. Eric promises that won't happen. He explains to Annie that he's been hurt in the past, as well, and he would never break her heart. Eric and Annie kiss passionately. Greta sees this and hears the last bit of their conversation. She recalls Celeste's premonition that she will find happiness with someone who is not Jack, Austin, or Eric! Meanwhile, a messenger finds Greta and presents "Princess Von Amburg" with a telegram. - Sami lashes out at Will telling him that she can't believe he would do this to her. Will explains that this isn't about her and has nothing to do with her. Sami begins crying and asks Will if it is something she and Lucas did wrong. Will lashes back asking where he should begin to point out the mistakes she has made in parenting. But then he retracts, saying that has nothing to do with it. Sami asks how long Will has known about this. Will says a few years and that is why he ran away from home in the spring. Sami asks Will if he has ever been with a man, and he says that he hasn't. Sami suggests that he really doesn't know then what he is! Will tells Sami that he knows. Sami breaks down even more. Lucas tries to calm Sami and Will down. Lucas tells Will that they will love him no matter what, he deserves the right to be happy. Why should he have to live his life pretending he's someone he isnt?...Lucas says. Sami is taken aback by Lucas' public and opposite stance against her on this issue. Lucas tells Sami that he will not disown his son because of something like this, and parenting is not conditional. Sami says that he is right. Sami tells Will that he will have to start going to counseling with Fr. Francis and Marlena, and they will fix this. Will says that he doesn't want to be fixed! Sami tells him that this is against everything she was raised to believe and against the church, but Will fires back saying Sami has never thought about morals before. Sami then lashes out at Austin for keeping this secret from her and Lucas. But Will says that he couldn't have gotten through it without him. Lucas thanks Austin. Sami again is outraged at Lucas' opposite stance and yells at Lucas. Marlena, Carrie, and Caroline try to get Sami to calm down and see Will and Lucas' points of view. Sami refuses. Sami says that she refuses EVER to be ok with Will being gay! - Abe and Lexie recount 13 plus years of memories together in Salem through a montage of flashbacks. Lexie is in tears like Abe has never seen her. The elevator is fixed and begins working. Abe allows Theo and Lexie to say goodbye to each other. After Lexie and Theo say their emotional goodbye to one another, Abe tells Lexie that he will let them know his address when they get settled in. Abe and Theo leave the elevator and the building....and Salem. Lexie breaks down, screaming. - Sami storms off of the balcony. Lucas follows her and tells Will that he loves him, and they will get through this as a family and not to worry. Lucas hugs and kisses Will. Carrie, Austin, Marlena, and Caroline try to comfort Will, but he thanks them and asks if he can be left alone. - Shawn and Jan see that the door to Belle's loft is open. They walk in and find the place trashed. They make their way around the loft and can't find Belle or Claire. Jan finally finds Claire in her crib. Shawn walks into the bathroom to find the graphic scene of Belle in the bathtub filled with her own blood. Shawn begins screaming and crying and pulls Belle from the tub, screaming for Jan to call 9-1-1. Shawn holds Belle close and rocks her back and forth. LISTEN TO THE BLOG BONUS NOW!: Eric and Annie kiss passionately. Greta reads her telegram with shock. Austin and John gently kiss their mothers-to-be. But Annie and Kristen separately look on because they know what is coming. Abe packs up his things and Theo's things. They turn the lights off in their house and exit. Lexie smashes everything she can find at the Penthouse Grill and falls to the floor in tears. Sami is crying. Lucas comes up from behind her and hugs her. Will sits on the balcony and cries. Georgia and Cassie look on from inside the Penthouse Grille and, knowing he must be alone, fight the urge to comfort Will. Jan keeps Claire far from the bathroom where Shawn is holding a lifeless, naked, bloody Belle. The paramedics enter and rescucitate Belle and put her on a stretcher. Shawn is in tears like never before when Belle is wheeled out of the apartment. It is clear that Devastation has swept through Salem and left many victims in its wake!

Episode #159 - Thursday, July 20: - Belle decides to leave the shower and return home. - Abe arrives at the shower and tells his friends that he has won custody of Theo. - Steve tells Billie that he may be from Salem. He's not sure. He can't remember his past, but he feels Salem sounds very familiar so that's why he was heading there. - Megan Spears continues to torture Belle via the walkie talkie even though Kate has demanded she stop for fear of Belle's mental health and thus Claire's safety. - Abe tells John and Bo that he has decided to leave Salem. John, Bo, Marlena, Alice, and the rest of the Brady's and Horton's are very bothered by this, but they understand why he has to do it. - Frankie pulls Melissa into a sexy kiss on the dance floor. - Kate and Vivian learn that Sophistique will hit newstands tomorrow, and there is a BIG buzz about it. - Billie can't get over the fact that the mysterious "Patch" looks so familiar. Billie offers to bring Patch to Salem to meet her fiance, Bo, who is a detective. Billie tells "Patch" that her husband will be able to find answers to his past. - Victor learns that the competitor's magazine comes out the next day so he will definitely soon know who is behind the magazine. - Lucas walks around the party with the cam corder, and the guests wish Marlena and Carrie well with their babies. The images are projected onto the giant monitor in the main room of the Penthouse Grille, where mothers-to-be, Carrie and Marlena, gleefully watch. - Lexie sneaks into the shower to see Abe and Theo. - Lucas leaves the cam corder on the balcony when Mickey asks him to help him in getting Alice to her car. - Megan tortures Belle and laughs maniacally. - Abe takes Theo and walks away from Lexie to the elevator. She follows him into it. And as they are fighting, the elevator goes black and falls with the screams of Abe and Lexie and Theo in the background. - Billie and Patch head for Salem while Kayla can't shake the strangest feeling. - Austin and Will talk out on the terrace, and Austin urges Will to come clean to his parents. Little do they know that they are being filmed, and everything is being projected onto the screen in the main room. Everyone's ears perk up at the sound of Will keeping a secret. Cassie and Georgia grow nervous because they know what is about to happen. Cassie asks John to disconnect the camera, but John says he doesn't know how to and doesn't see the big deal. Georgia and Cassie run out to the terrace to stop Will from saying anything further. Will tells Austin that he is going to tell his parents right after the party. Austin says that is a good idea. Will thanks Austin for being a great uncle. Lucas enters the main room after having brought Alice to her car. Austin tells Will that he raised Will as his own for three years and will always think of Will as a son. Will tells Austin that he's right. He says that after the shower, no matter how hard it is, he will tell Lucas and Sami that he is gay. Everyone is taken aback in the main dining room. Sami and Lucas are shocked beyond words. Their mouths fall open, and they stare at each other in shock...and horror. Just then, Cassie and Georgia run out to the terrace screaming "No! Stop! No!" Will and Austin turn, confused. Cassie runs to the cam corder grabs it and SMASHES it to pieces. Will puts the pieces of it together in his mind. Will eyes grow wide. He looks up in surprise and agony. Freeze Frame.

Episode #158 Wednesday, July 19: - Billie runs an errand on the outside of town to pick up Marlena and Carrie's baby shower gifts. - Patch lays lifeless in his car on the side of the road. - Marlena and Carrie arrive to their baby shower at the Penthouse Grill and are amazed to see the beautiful set up - the decor is white, candles everywhere, a gigantic screen against the wall that is hooked up to a cam corder so that guests are able to send the mothers and the babies messages. John explains that everything is going to be filmed for prosperity but this way, the mothers-to-be are able to see the messages live, as well. - Belle is barely hanging on enough to get herself and Claire ready for the shower, and everyone can realize it. - Billie stumbles upon Steve's car and sees his lifeless body in the car. Steve teeters in and out of consciousness and sees a bright-lighted figure. - Everyone takes turns delivering messages of joy and well-wishing to the mothers-to-be. - Kate and Vivian put together the first issue of Alamain International's magazine - "Sophistique" - the french word for Sophisticated. - Victor and Caroline begin to think that the new magazine and publishing company might be an outside attack from a new company. - Celeste predicts that Greta will find love with someone in Salem....but it's not Eric! - Billie manages to get Steve out of the car and safely to her car on the road. Steve sees the bright light figure's face. He sees Kayla's face. Steve awakens. - Lexie and Abe go head to head for custody of Theo. - Greta tells Celeste that she thought she had feelings for Austin and Jack at one time, but those two are behind her as well. She realizes they will never love anyone besides Carrie and Jennifer, respectively. Celeste tells Greta that the man she is meant to find love with is none of these men. Greta is shocked...and intrigued. - Caroline tells Victor that she's so lonely since Shawn Sr. passed and has so much time on his hands. Victor informs Caroline that his secretary, Marie's responsibilities at Titan have recently increased so she may need an assistant who would act as an assistant to Marie and Victor. Victor offers Caroline the job and she takes it. - Will tells Cassie and Georgia that he is going to tell his parents about his being gay after the party is over. - Shawn and Jan's plane gets delayed. - Victor gets a call from Marie informing him that Billie, Austin, and Lucas have all resigned from Titan. Victor is outraged but realizes that the Reed's/Robert's are loyal, and it is natural that they would stick together. - Abe is awarded custody of Theo! Lexie has a breakdown in the courtroom and screams for Theo while Abe exits the courtroom and takes Theo in his room from the social worker. Lexie's screams echo throughout the courtroom. - Billie tells Steve that she needs to get him to the hospital immediately. But Steve says he can't because he has no medical insurance. He swears to Billie that he will be OK. Not knowing any better, Steve tells Billie that his name is Patch. Billie says to herself..."Patch?" "What? What is it?"...Patch asks. "Nothing."...Billie says while deep in thought. "It's just that sounds familiar. In fact, you look very familiar, actually. Are you from Salem?"....she asks. Patch's face perks up and looks at Billie intently.

Beloved Character, Actor, Staple of the Show Let Go! James Reynolds (Abe Carver), who has been with the show for almost 22 years, will last air this Friday, July 21st. The move is storyline dictated. "This is really hard. Of all of the cast-cutting I've done in the nine months of the blog, this is the hardest, and that says a lot because of the high caliber of the actors who were written out. This was really difficult. I went back and forth and back and forth and back and forth with the idea."...agonizes the writer. "I knew it was the right thing to do for the character and the story, but then I wanted the readers to happy and have Abe around, so then I'd switch back to keeping him on, and so on and so forth. It just came down to the fact that the story with Abe and Lexie has run its course, and Lexie is going to be a delicious villain on her own. Abe and Lexie cannot be reunited. She's wronged him way too many times now. It wouldn't be right or believable. Abe could have stuck around as a pillar of the show like Alice or just the resident cop, but that's just not fair if I don't plan on using him." "So, it is with much regret that I have to inform that Salem will be without Abe Carver come this Friday. Of course, Abe can and most likely will be back sometime in the future. He has a lot of friendships and relationships that won't be forgotten. I don't want readers to get discouraged, however. I want them to know that when I make really hard decisions like this than they have to know the blog is going to be the best that it can be! These sacrifices ain't bein' made for nothing!" The cuts will not end there. "I thought I had the cast in the place I wanted it, but I wasn't planning on writing for Stefano, Steve, and Kayla then. I am sticking with the plan to keep the blog at least somewhat on track with the real show so I had to bring them on. Not to mention, I really wanted to! Three people who are on the canvas right now will not be on the canvas after November Sweeps. One will be gone as early as the last week of August. The fans won't miss any of the three characters."....the writer says, confidently, but he teases...."The actors, maybe."

UPDATED CAST LIST! CONTRACT: Liam Alcantar - Grant Aleksander Erika Avalon - Rachel Melvin Lance Avalon - Alan Dale John Black - Drake Hogestyn Bo Brady - Peter Reckell Carrie Brady - Christie Clark Caroline Brady - Peggy McCay Eric Brady - Jensen Ackles Frankie Brady - Billy Warlock Hope Brady - Kristian Alfonso Jan Spears Brady - Heather Lindell Kayla Brady - Mary Beth Evans Max Brady - Darrin Brooks Paige Brady AKA Georgia - Peyton List Sami Brady - Alison Sweeney Shawn Brady - Jason Cook Lexie Carver - Renee Jones Annie Douglas - Sarah Buxton Cassie Dimera - Alexis Thorpe Marlena Evans - Diedre Hall Alice Horton - Frances Reid Maggie Horton - Suzanne Rogers Melissa Horton - Lisa Trusel Mickey Horton - John Ingle Steve "Patch" Johnson - Stephen Nichols Belle Black Kiriakis - Martha Madison Victor Kiriakis - John Aniston Celeste Perault - Tonya Boyd Austin Reed - Austin Peck Billie Reed - Julie Pinson Kate Roberts - Lauren Koslow Lucas Roberts - Bryan Dattilo Will Roberts - Taylor Handley Megan Spears - Gina Tognoni Greta Van Amburg - Julianne Morris RECURRING: Vivian Alamain - Louise Sorel Kristen Blake Black as Nurse Paris - Michelle Stafford Alan Harris - Scott Holroyd Simone Marais - Kelly McGarry

Episode #157 - Tuesday, July 18: - Kayla visits Steve's grave. - Alan further bonds with Austin, Lucas, and Carrie. Sami is not pleased. - Hope and Lexie get into a war, but Bo is able to break it up. - Kristen has a plan to ruin Marlena and Carrie's wedding shower. - Patch continues his journey to Salem. - Kayla has an emotional breakdown at Steve's gravesite. - Shawn and Jan prepare to come home from their vacation, but Meghan and Kate continue to gaslight Belle. - John and Marlena take a moment to remember Edmund. Later, Kristen re-calls once again how she killed him and made it look like an accident. She vows to get John Jr. back from Susan one day, as well. - Will tells Austin, Georgia, and Cassie all separately that he is going to come out to his parents today. - Eric and Annie AND Erika and Max grow closer than ever, but Max vows not to let himself fall for Erika. Meanwhile, he worries what Erika's father, Avalon, will do to him when he finds him - or when they find him! Erika begins to realize that Max might have a connection to her father. - Belle wakes up from her sleep in tears. She hears Claire crying and does nothing to comfort her. Kate tells Meghan that things are getting out of hand now and that they need to stop. Kate says she does not want Claire being hurt. Kate goes over to the loft and wakes Belle up in order to calm Claire down herself. - Lexie learns from her lawyer that Abe has pulled strings to have Theo's custody trial moved up to an hour from now! She rushes to get to the courthouse. - Kayla recalls her best and fondest memories of Steve. - Sami tells Austin and Lucas and Carrie that she's disappointed in all of them for spending time with Alan. Carrie tells Sami that he deserves a second chance. She says she's given Sami chance after chance after chance after chance so why not give Alan a second one? Sami and Carrie get into it over Alan and their past together. Sami vows to get revenge on sancitmonious Carrie. She says every time she is about to give up her plot to steal Carrie's baby, Carrie does something to remind Sami why she wants revenge. - Kristen as Paris has a warm moment with John. John is shocked when he seems to have a weird connection to her. - When Kate leaves the loft, Meghan goes against Kate's wishes and continues gaslighting Belle in her sleep using the speakers they planted in her bedroom. In Belle's dreams, she spirals further into a pit of despair and depression. - Sami tells Austin, Carrie, Alan, and Lucas that Will does not know about her rape and that she doesn't want him ever to know. They all agree never to let it out. Alan even promises never to mention it. - Patch's car goes flying off the road just outside Salem! He lays lifeless in the car.

Episode #156 - Monday, July 17: -Bo and Hope try to come to terms with what Lexie’s lawsuit means. - Will realizes that he could have died without his parents knowing who he really is. He vows to tell them the truth this week. - Meanwhile, Carrie convinces Austin and Lucas to give Alan a chance. - Marlena tells John that she and Carrie have decided to have a joint baby shower but everyone is invited, not only the ladies! - Kayla has the strangest feeling that Steve is closer than ever. - Meanwhile, Steve enters a bar right over the border of Illinois. When the bartender at the counter asks him his name, he says just to call him “Patch.” Steve says then that if the man doesn’t know his name, then he must not look familiar. - At lunch, Austin and Lucas begin to realize that maybe Alan has really changed after all. - Mickey explains to Bo and Hope that Lexie is trying to have Hope deemed an unfit mother based on recent events with Mason and is trying to take Zach back since she doesn’t trust Hope with her. - Marlena sees Alan and lashes out at him for what he did to Sami all of those years ago. - Kayla can’t get Steve out of her mind no matter how hard she tries. The bartender is confused so Patch tells him that he lost his memory sixteen years ago and has been searching the country for sixteen years for clues to his identity. The bartender asks him why he goes by Patch if he doesn’t remember his name. Patch looks at him with a DUH look on his face. - Alan apologizes to Marlena and later Sami and says one of the reasons he’s back is to make things right with Sami. - Bo and Hope track down Lexie. Lexie tells them that they turned her back on her and judged her when she cheated on Abe instead of being a friend and understanding that she was manipulated into the situation by her father. - Patch and the bartender continue to talk when the news on the TV mentions Salem. The news reporter talks about the devastating accident on the Fourth of July that caused a horrible explosion that claimed one life, the life of a boy. Patch turns to the TV… “Salem?!”…he says. - Sami refuses to forgive Alan and vows to ruin his life the way she’s ruined so many others. - Hope lashes out at Lexie who lashes back claiming Mason’s death was Hope’s fault and her shoddy parenting. Hope decks Lexie! - Patch tells the bartender that this place called Salem sounds familiar and asks him where it is. After getting directions, Patch takes a shot and runs out the door of the bar.

Episode #155 - Friday, July 14: - Kayla grieves Steve. She tells Caroline that she's never been able to move on without him. - Abe tells Lexie that they are over - FOREVER - and to move on with her life. He informs her that HE is moving on with his plans to get custody of Theo. - Hope, Liam, and the Hortons mourn Mason's death at his funeral. - Bo and Billie vow to keep their engagement a secret for a few weeks, in light of recent events. - Carrie and Alan do lunch at Salem Place. Carrie is shocked at how he really has changed. - Everyone is taken aback by how comforting Billie is towards Hope. - Kayla tells Caroline that as a doctor, she's seen many wives and husbands grieve and been able to move on. She says she doesn't understand why Steve still occupies every waking second of her mind like it did when they were first in love. - Hope and Liam share their memories of Mason at the funeral. Georgia is also very sad since she was just getting to know him. - Alan tells Carrie over the last 12 years he has married a wonderful woman in Ohio, and they adopted three great kids. Carrie is impressed that Alan seems to have turned his life around. Carrie asks him why he's returned to Salem. - At the burial site, Hope says goodbye to Mason. Emotions run high. After the burial, Billie drops her purse leaving the cemetary. Hope helps her pick up the contents of the purse. She is shocked to find Billie's engagement ring! Hope asks Bo and Billie if they are engaged. - Alan tells Carrie that things just didn't work out with his wife who has filed for divorce. He says it's all very amicable, but he had to return to his roots and his hometown for some perspective and some clarity. - Before Billie and Bo can answer Hope's question, a man walks into the graveyard. He apologizes, but says he was ordered to deliver these immediately. He looks very guilty for arriving at such a place. He asks who Bo and Hope Brady are. Hope says she is now divorced from Mr. Brady, but she is Mrs. Brady and points to Bo as Mr. Brady. She asks what this is about. He, then, hands Hope papers. Hope grows angry. Bo asks what is going on. Hope tells him that she and Bo are being sued by Lexie.....for custody of ZACH! - While Kayla grieves and stares at a picture of Steve, a man drives down a long dark winding road. He pulls off the side of the road. He gets out of the car. On the side of the road, a sign reads "Welcome to Illionois." "Sixteen years I've been driving around this damn country trying to figure out who the hell I am."...says the voice. "Every damn time, I always find my way back to you, Illinois. It's time I found out why." The man....is Steve "Patch" Johnson. Next Week On DAYS: - Patch, Patch, Patch! So many questions! So little answers! - Sami and Lucas will live many parents' worst nightmare when they learn the truth about Will. - Billie learns a horrifying truth that will change her life with Bo forever. - Victor and Vivian come face to face. - One character attempts suicide in a shocking scene that could only be done on the blog and NEVER on daytime!

BADDIES OF THE BLOG There's a whole lot of scheming going on in Salem lately......... And with these two headed to town......................... You know things are just getting good! Nobody does villains better than "Days of Our Lives!" STAY TUNED!