DAYS: Colleen Brady is Alive!

From Soap Opera Weekly

Hot on the track for Claire, as well as John's secret task, Bo and Hope and John and Marlena unravel a major secret this week -- Colleen Brady is alive! "Bo denies it at first," says Peter Reckell [bo]. "He thinks it's all poppy-cock."

The outrageous discovery happens at St Abban Bed and Breakfast in Ireland, where John and Marlena are the first to arrive. Knowing a bond is a clue to his mission, John is sure his objective is nearby, so he and Marlena search in the Inn. Meanwhile, Bo and Hope arrive and come face to face with Crystal.

"The ISA has been watching Crystal and following her, hoping she'll lead them to whoever hired her," explains Reckell, noting that Bo and Hope have been on her tail in search of Claire. "Crystal leads them to this Inn, where a couple of Irish guys ask what Bo and Hope are doing there. Crystal appears, says everything is going to be okay, and takes off." Bo and Hope "start looking through the rooms," continues Reckell. "As they're opening doors, they find John, Marlena and this older lady."

Marlena and Hope point out that the mystery woman [played by Shirley Jones] "Looks an awful lot like Colleen, right from the beginning," notes Reckell. "Bo doesn't believe it. She's dead!" He is the disbeliever in the group.

Shawn, Belle, Philip and Chloe soon join the company and the woman reveals her identity - Colleen Brady! Colleen reveals how she faked her death, ran away from Santo, and relocated to South America. Upon inquiring about her family in Salem, she learns of Stefano's vendetta against the Bradys and vowed to stop him from hurting her loved ones. "Colleen explains that she has done something," says Reckell, "and that's the reason why they are all there."

Finally, she orders Crystal and instructs her to bring Claire into the room, where the little girl is joined with her parents once again. "Everybody is overjoyed and teary and thrilled to have Claire back," cheers Reckell. "Bo's relieved, too, but he reams Colleen for kidnapping her and causing everyone so much distraught."

Colleen owns up to her actions, insisting she had a very good reason for taking such desperate measures, "And that will come out and pay off down the line," recounts Reckell. "They may not know what it is now, but later on, they will understand and appreciate her for it."

Unless it's all blarney...

Edited January 24, 200817 yr by Noel

"Bo denies it at first," says Peter Reckell [bo]. "He thinks it's all poppy-cock."

He ain't the only one.