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Rafe talked to Roman about why he really left town. They also talked about Ciara and why Hope left town. Gabi got a shock when she found Jake with Kate. She couldn’t believe he was with her. He wanted to know why she cared about who he was with and why she was in town. Claire blamed herself for what happened to John. Marlena tried to make her feel better about what happened. Marlena blamed Jan for why he was in jail. Belle talked to John about what happened with Jan. She tried to assure him how Jan and Sami were responsible for his behavior. Abe and Shawn discussed the commissioner position. Abe wanted him to be the commissioner. They also talked about Hope. Shawn was afraid Hope would never find Ciara. Rafe felt bad for not being there for Hope. He hoped she would find peace soon. Gabi got upset at the idea of Kate being with Jake. Kate was about to leave when Jake stopped her. Jake called Gabi out for the way she treated him before she left. She told him that it was a lie. Belle told John that he wouldn’t be at the station if it weren’t for Sami. Marlena walked in while she talked about Sami. She seemed to understand why Belle thought the way she did, but John didn’t see it that he. He understood why she did what she did. Gabi talked to Jake and Kate about what happened when she left town. She didn’t think he would have been in bed with Kate.

Shawn didn’t want to take the commissioner position because he and Belle were going back to Hong Kong soon. Belle showed up to ask if Abe could pull some strings to get John out of jail. He couldn’t do it because the courts were closed. He would make sure his case was the first one. Rafe blamed himself for not being there for Hope during the worst time in her life. Roman tried to make him feel better about leaving. Rafe wanted to find Hope and let her know that he loved her. Jake tried to make Gabi feel better about being with Kate, but she didn’t want to hear it. She wanted him to move to Arizona with her. She thanked both of them for being together so they didn’t have to do it. Kate asked Gabi not to tell Chad about her sleeping with Jake. She said she wouldn’t stop her by telling him. Shawn wanted to marry Belle after the charges were dropped against John. Jake told Kate how much she meant to him. She was moved by what he said and was glad they weren’t just using each other.

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Julie apologized to Jennifer for inviting Jack over for Thanksgiving. Julie said she talked to him and he said he loved Jennifer. Julie asked if she could forgive him. Jennifer said she was thinking about it and understood why he was with Kate. She said she couldn’t forgive him for lying about it. Julie said he lied to protect her. Jennifer said it didn’t justify what he did. Abby apologized to Jack for bringing the letter to the party. She said she apologized to Jennifer. Abby said she was mad at him and wanted him to hurt the way they did. She apologized again and wanted him to forgive her. He said he knew he messed up with Kate, but he made a bigger mistake yelling at Abby. He said he forgave her and hope she forgave him for what he said to her. She wondered if Jennifer would be able to get over it. He didn’t think she would. Kate talked to Jake about Allie. Kate said she was sad for Allie. He said she was fierce and her love would help Allie. They ended up making love.

Roman ran into Rafe. Rafe told him he was back for Hope. Roman said Hope wasn’t in town. He told him what happened to Ciara. He said Hope thought she was still alive. He asked Rafe about his mother. Rafe said it was a lie. He told Roman his father’s mistake put their family in danger. He said they dealt with the problem once the family was safe. He said his parents were in Mexico and he and Gabi were in Salem. Gabi went to the DiMera mansion. Chad said he thought she was in Mexico. He told her to go back there. She said she was home. He told her she wasn’t after what she did to Abby. Gwen came in when Gabi said she didn’t drug Abby. Gabi said the person was still out there. Gabi wanted to know why Gwen was there. He said Gwen was the nanny. Gabi asked about Jake. Gwen told Gabi not to be surprised if Jake moved on after the way she dumped him and said she used him to get DiMera back. Gabi said everything was a lie. She wanted to know where he was so she could tell him the truth. Gwen thought about catching Jake and Kate together. She told her to try the garage. After her conversation with Gwen, Gabi went to the garage. Abby came in when Gabi left. Chad told her Gabi was back. Gabi found Jake and Kate in bed together.

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Chad had a dream about Abby having sex with Jake. Gwen went to see Chad. She pretended to look for Abby. He confided in her about picturing Abby’s head in Jake’s lap. He wasn’t sure what Abby was thinking of at the time. Gwen assured him that Abby wouldn’t cheat on her. He didn’t like how Abby slipped out. Jake and Kate got dressed when Chad showed up at the garage. He wanted to know if Abby was there. Kate hid before Chad saw her. Chad noticed the cot in the garage. He asked him if he was sleeping there. He said he was working on Stefano’s old car. They ended up arguing over the company until Chad left. Kate came out of hiding and asked if he really wanted to move up the corporate ladder. He confirmed he was serious. He let her know that Gwen knew about them. She was upset about it, but he assured her that Gwen was focused on other things.

Abby went to JJ’s room to see Jennifer. They hugged each other. She apologized to her mother about what she did. Jennifer didn’t think it was fault. Abby wondered if she would be able to work things out with Jack. Jennifer didn’t want to think about that. She wanted to think about what she’s grateful for instead of Jack. Abby went home and talked to Chad about where she was. She wanted to invite Jake for Thanksgiving dinner, but he was completely against it. Jack went to Julie’s place with flowers. She didn’t want to see him. He tried to talk to her, but she gave him a piece of her mind. He wanted to apologize for what he did to Jennifer. Julie finally forgave him. He wondered if Jennifer would do the same. She thought Jennifer would eventually forgive him. He was about to leave when Jennifer showed up. Julie asked her if Jack could stay for dinner, but she didn’t want him to stay.

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Jan wanted to know why Marlena wouldn’t pronounce her married to Shawn. She assumed it was because of the rings. Jan realized Brady was missing and threatened to kill Belle if he went to the police. John and Marlena came up with a lie to explain Brady’s disappearance. Brady and Eli broke into the hotel room to look for Belle. They only found a ransacked room. Eli wanted to go to John and Marlena’s place to get to Jan. Philip talked to Maggie about his feelings for Belle. He didn’t understand why he couldn’t get over Belle. Xander and Sarah broke into Ava’s apartment to see if they could find something there. Maggie continued to convince Philip to move on from Belle. Xander found out that the person who had the apartment spent time in a mental institution. Marlena couldn’t stall anymore and pronounced Jan and Shawn married. Jan waited for Shawn to kiss her. Maggie wanted to know if something else was going on with Philip. He said he was dealing with stuff. Jan initiated the kiss, but Brady and Eli showed up. Everyone demanded to know where Belle was so she said she shot her. John ended up choking her.

Brady, Eli, and Shawn finally pulled John off of Jan. Eli called for help. John didn’t mean to hurt her. He snapped when she said Belle was dead. Shawn and John wanted to find Belle. Eli stopped John to arrest him. Philip found Belle in his bed. Brady tried to talk Eli out of arresting John, but he wanted to arrest him anyway. Marlena offered to go to the hospital with Jan. Marlena told John to go with Eli to the station. Brady offered to go with him. Shawn went to the Salem Inn and saw the room. He also found the card that Belle wrote for Shawn. Philip wanted to know why Belle was in his bed when she was supposed to be marrying Shawn. She told him how Jan tried to kill him. Claire was upset about Jan possibly killing her mother. Charlie tried to make her feel better. She blamed herself for what Jan did. Charlie told her it wasn’t her fault. Shawn thought about Jan telling him to let Philip have Belle. He also thought about his last conversation with Philip. He told Eli that Philip was possibly working with Jan. Belle told Philip what happened with Jan. Shawn and Eli showed up at the Kiriakis mansion to see Philip. They told Maggie that they thought he helped Jan. Shawn found Belle in Philip’s room. She explained what happened when Shawn assumed he helped Jan.

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Eli told Julie the truth about what happened with Lani. She wanted to know what he was going to do about it. She wanted Abe to kick Eli out of his house. She told him to tell Lani about it. She didn’t want Abe to keep them apart. Eli said he would try to work it out. Lani went to visit Kristen at the prison. She explained how upset she was with Eli. Kristen tried to defend Eli, but she still thought he was wrong. Kristen wanted her to live a good life with Eli. Lani felt like she couldn’t live a good life with him after what he did to Kristen. She asked her if she loved him enough to do anything for him. Jan demanded that Shawn marry her or else Belle would die. Marlena went through with the ceremony. Brady snuck out of the townhouse during the ceremony.

Claire read a poem during the ceremony. Shawn stopped her from reading. Julie reminded Abe about his involvement in Eli and Lani’s situation. She told him how he should have fired Melinda when she wanted him to do it. Kristen let Lani know how Rachel visited her and she didn’t want her to come back again until she talked to Marlena. Kristen told her how she had faith in Lani and Eli. She didn’t want to talk about Eli. She told Lani how she would give anything to be with her family and she didn’t want to be with hers. Kristen advised her to work things out or walk away. Brady found Eli and asked for his help. Eli wasn’t thrilled with him so he told him how Belle’s life was in danger. Jan threatened Shawn unless he went through with the ceremony. Jan said I do to marrying Shawn. Kristen continued to convince Lani to give Eli another chance. She insisted that she work things out with him. Brady was determined to go in the Salem Inn to find Belle. Eli told him how he didn’t know what they were walking in on, but Brady went anyway. Lani didn’t know if she could forgive Eli for what he did. Marlena didn’t pronounce Shawn and Jan man and wife, but stopped herself. Jan wanted to know what was wrong. She looked around and realized Brady was gone.

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Sarah hid when Ava opened the door for Philip. Sarah took a picture of Philip and Ava on her phone. Ava and Philip talked about the love they lost. She told him that she saw Tripp. She said wasn’t sure how long she could stay in hiding. He told her to leave town. She said she had to be able to trust him. She told him to take care of Xander or she would. He said they could use Sarah against Xander instead of killing him. Philip said he could push Xander until he did something stupid. She didn’t care what he did as long as he took care of Xander. Philip said he wanted her to leave him alone once he laundered the money and paid off his debts. She said she would. Sarah met up with Xander. She showed him the picture of Ava and Philip. The picture turned out to be a blur. Xander looked for the apartment online. He found out that a man named Fred Nakamura owned it. They didn’t know if that was a clue. He said he would stake out the apartment and break in it to get the proof against Philip. She said they would take Philip down together.

Belle was shocked to see Jan. Jan gave her a wedding gift. Belle wouldn’t take the gift. They argued over the past. Jan said she wanted a second chance the same way Claire got to get one. Belle opened the gift. Snakes came out of the box. Jan laughed at her and pulled out a gun. When Jan was about to shoot Belle, Claire knocked on the door. Jan kept the gun on Belle when she opened the door. Belle told Claire to go to Shawn and ask him about a bracelet. Belle told her that she wanted to get ready alone because she was nervous. Belle told her that she loved her and closed the door. When Claire left, Belle reached for Jan’s gun. At John and Marlena’s place, Shawn got a message from Belle saying she was parking the car. John went to the hallway. Someone dressed in a wedding dress showed up to meet John in the hallway. When Shawn saw her, he told her he couldn’t wait to marry her. When he lifted the veil, the woman turned out to be Jan. She said couldn’t wait to marry him either.

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Belle told John and Marlena how she and Shawn were getting remarried. Shawn talked to Roman about getting remarried. Shawn told him how he talked to Hope. Roman asked him about Hope. They talked about how she was doing. Ava called Philip while he was talking to Sarah. He asked her for some privacy. She hid behind a door to listen to the call. Ava told him how he should have been laundering money out of the company. He assured her he could handle Xander. Belle continued to talk to her parents about marrying Shawn. Jan met with Claire and she told her how her parents were getting remarried. Jan wanted to know why she thought she wouldn’t like it. Xander wanted to do business with Charlie at Julie’s Place. He told him how he thought Philip is stealing through the company. Sarah didn’t get much info while eavesdropping on Philip. She offered to take him to work. Belle asked John and Marlena if she could have her wedding at their place. She asked Marlena to perform the ceremony. Jan wanted information about where Shawn and Belle would get married. Claire told her they were getting married at John and Marlena’s place. Jan pretended to be happy for them. Jan pumped Claire for more info about the wedding.

Jan advised Claire to ask Charlie to the wedding. She told Jan how it was just for family, but she warned her that she would look like she was blowing him off if she didn’t talk to him about it. Xander continued to talk to Charlie about Philip embezzling money from Titan. Philip ran into Shawn and they argued over Belle. Shawn told him how he and Belle were getting married. Belle walked up to them to find out what was going on with them. Shawn told her how Philip thought he proposed to him. She told Philip how she popped the question. Philip wished them luck. Shawn offered an invitation to Philip, but he declined it. Philip went to Ava’s apartment. Xander told Charlie to tell him everything that he sees Philip doing. Claire showed up to talk to Charlie. Xander told her off for what she did to Charlie. Xander didn’t know why she didn’t want to go out with a good man like him. Belle thought Shawn did too much by inviting Philip to the wedding. Jan saw Belle and Shawn kissing each other.

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Chad wanted answers from Jake about his conversation with Gwen. He didn’t want to tell him about it until Chad was prepared to go to Gwen. Gwen went to see Rolf. She talked to him about what she did to Abby. He wanted to know how she got Abby to reveal what Jack did. She told him what she did. She was satisfied with what she did to Abby’s parents so she wanted to go after Abby’s marriage next. Abby went to JJ’s place to talk to Jennifer. He let her know that Jennifer wasn’t there. They talked about what happened at the party. Jennifer confronted Kate about what she did with Jack. Mr. Shin showed up while Chad and Jake were talking. He confirmed that Jake called him. Abby wasn’t sure what would have happened if Chad had did to her what Jack did to Jennifer. JJ tried to assured her that it wasn’t her fault that Jennifer found out the truth the way she did. He blamed Jack for what happened. Jack told Roman what happened at the party. Jennifer couldn’t believe that Kate was with Jack while he was vulnerable just like she did with her father. Kate told her how her parents’ marriage was over way before she came along. Jennifer reminded her how her marriage was fine and she went after Jack. Kate told her how Jack’s heart was involved in what they were doing. Jennifer slapped Kate.

Kate was surprised that Jennifer had it in her to slap her. She ended up slapping her back. Roman had suspected that Jack was with Kate. He saw him with her all of the time and put two and two together. Jack said it happened once and he wrote a letter about it. He said Jennifer wouldn’t have found out about it if it weren’t for Abby. JJ assured her that Jennifer would have found out what Jack did regardless of who told her. Gwen told Rolf how she planned on making Chad think Abby was having an affair with Jake. She knew Chad wouldn’t get over the fact that Abby was with Stefan. She knew he would think Jake was after her too. Gwen told Rolf that she only wanted Chad to think Abby was cheating. She mentioned how Jake was sleeping with Kate. She would let Chad think Jake is sleeping with someone in the mansion and he would assume he was with Abby. She planned on picking up the pieces after he breaks up with Abby. Mr. Shin told Jake that Chad would be the sole CEO, but he wanted him to be Vice President. Kate tried to explain what happened while Jennifer was in a coma. Kate asked her how long Jack was supposed to wait for her. She told her to get over herself. She tried to convince Jennifer to give Jack another chance or she would lose him. Chad put Jake on notice about comforting his wife.

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Lani confronted Eli about what he did to Kristen. She told him how Brady told her everything. Jack went to JJ’s room to talk to Jennifer. He let him know that Jennifer didn’t want to see him. He begged JJ to let him in to talk to her. He wanted to say sorry to Jennifer. Brady went to see Kristen and told him how Lani knew the truth about how she ended up in prison. Eli tried to lie to Lani about the baby shower until she told him how she recorded his conversation with Abe. She wanted to know where they would go from there. He explained how he had to do what he had to do to keep her out of prison. She was mad that he wouldn’t have said anything. He explained what happened when he had to help Kristen. He told her he had to protect her over Kristen. Jake tried to warn Gwen about going after Kate. She thought he was protecting her because he slept with her. She figured it out because she saw him kissing Kate. Jack called out to Jennifer to apologize, but she wouldn’t come to the door. JJ closed the door on him. Jack ran into Kate at the town square.

Kristen talked about how great a person Lani is. Brady thought Eli did what he would have done to her. Kristen didn’t think Lani would understand what he did. Eli and Lani continued to argue over Kristen. He told her how he had nightmares that she would leave him over that. She said it wasn’t a nightmare, but a premonition. Jennifer thought Jack was sorry because he was caught. Kate wanted to talk, but he wanted to talk somewhere else. Jake told Gwen that Chad couldn’t find out about him and Kate. Chad walked in on part of their conversation and wanted to know what Jake meant by what he said. Jake lied and told him how he was talking about the company. JJ wanted to be there for Jennifer. Kate apologized for saving Jack’s letter. He was sorry that he wrote it. She said how she hid the letter and didn’t think Abby would be able to find it. He wanted to know why she kept the letter. He said what they had was over. They agreed that it was just a night. She said she felt a connection with him when he told her that she helped him. Lani had a bag packed, but Eli didn’t think she should be moving out when she’s about to give birth. She agreed and told him how he was the one leaving. He couldn’t believe she was kicking him out because he kept her out of prison. She said she was doing it because he put her in prison and lied about it. Jack and Kate talked about Abby exposing them at the party. He let her know how he tried to reach out to Jennifer, but she didn’t want to talk to him. She asked if he wanted her to talk to Jennifer.

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Tripp went to see Allie to ask her not to go to the police with the test results. She was upset when he asked her that. He wanted to talk to her again about the night she was raped. He told her how nothing happened. She reminded him how he raped her when she said she didn’t want him. He told her how it didn’t happen. Marlena went to see Kristen in prison. Kristen thought Brady sent her because she needed a shrink. She didn’t want him to bring Rachel there again. Lani went to Brady to find out what Eli was keeping from her. She told him how she accidentally recorded Eli’s conversation with Abe. She wanted answers from Brady. Lani demanded Brady tell her what happened. He said he it wasn’t his place. She asked him again and he said it was about Kristen. Kristen told Marlena how awful it was for Rachel to be there. Marlena tried to reassure her that she would see Rachel again. Steve told Kayla that the district attorney wasn’t going to press charges against Tripp because it was outside of this jurisdiction. Kayla was upset because she thought Tripp was guilty. Allie mentioned to Tripp how she knew he put a scalpel to Kayla’s neck. He told her that he thought she killed his mother. Ava went to see Kristen. Brady told Lani about Eli’s involvement in Kristen’s arrest. She couldn’t believe that Eli would agree to that. He said he did and tricked Kristen into confessing. Tripp told Allie how he regretted what he did, but Kayla forgave him. He said she got him into medical school and how things were great until he was accused of rape. He apologized for what happened to her and told her how he didn’t rape her.

Steve wanted to fix the situation. Kayla thought Tripp was out celebrating. He was surprised that she convicted him. She reminded him how she did multiple tests on him. She thought he didn’t want to believe it because he’s his son. Steve thought she he was guilty because of Ava. Ava and Kristen talked about how Rolf brought her back to life. They talked about when they first met. Lani wanted to know how Eli tricked Kristen. Brady told her how Eli wanted Kristen to agree to the story. He told Lani how Eli got Kristen ended up confessing while he recorded it. He told her everything else that happened. She was mad that Eli forced Kristen to confess and kept himself out of it. Kayla couldn’t believe Steve would think she thought Tripp was guilty because of Ava. They ended up talking about Ava taking advantage of him the way Tripp took advantage of Allie. Tripp walked in the room while Kayla said Ava raped him. Lani couldn’t believe what Eli did. Brady tried to reassure her that he wanted to protect his family. She didn’t like how he ripped his family apart and left Kristen in a cell. Tripp refused to let Kayla badmouth his mother because of him. Steve told him how Kayla was telling the truth. Eli arrived home and told Lani how the baby shower was getting planned. She said there wouldn’t be a shower. Steve told Tripp what Ava did to make him sleep with her. He couldn’t believe his mother would do that. He realized that was why she thought he would do it too.

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Tripp tried to assure Steve that he didn’t rape Allie. He let him know that Allie turned the test results over to Trask. Melinda told Allie how there was nothing she could do about the rape. Philip got a shock when Ava was the one watching him in the park. He told her she would ruin everything if someone saw her. She told him how he was losing her trust. Xander and Sarah talked about who could be working with Philip. He thought Brady was the one who was helping him because of what he and Victor did to him. Steve told Tripp Trask wasn’t going to prosecute him because the rape happened outside of her jurisdiction. Tripp wasn’t happy because he couldn’t clear his name. Steve thought they should be grateful because the jury might have convicted him. Steve said he believed him, but he wanted to know why. Allie was upset that Tripp couldn’t be prosecuted. Melinda explained how the rape didn’t happen in Salem. Xander planned on confronting Brady about what he was doing. Philip told Ava how Xander was watching his every move. She didn’t think it was her problem. She reminded him how he owed a huge gambling debt. He wanted to know if she was there to watch him or because of Steve. She wanted to see Steve, but she couldn’t because she’s wanted by the law. Steve explained why he believed Tripp. Allie thought she came forward for nothing. Melinda said that might not be true.

Melinda told Allie she could send the file overseas so Tripp could be prosecuted where it happened. Allie wanted to think about it before she agreed to it. Tripp wanted to convince people that he was telling the truth. Philip asked Ava if she knew Tripp. She didn’t want to talk about him or Steve. He wanted to make sure she was focused on the right thing. She wanted him to do whatever it took to make sure their plan worked. She warned him that he would pay if he didn’t take care of Xander. Sarah went to see Brady to find out if he was working with Philip. Allie thought about confronting Tripp about the rape. Ava was on the phone with someone and said she believed she gave Philip the proper motivation to take care of Xander. Melinda ran into Tripp and thanked him for what he did for Haley. She also gave him the warning that she talked to Allie about forwarding the results to London. He thought they could still prosecute him.

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Claire talked to Jan about kissing Theo. She said it was embarrassing how she kissed him, but it made her realize that she could have a shot with Charlie. She told her what happened when she went to see Charlie. Charlie talked to Xander about Claire showed up at the office. He wanted to know if he told her about kissing the other guy, but he didn’t tell her. Belle told Philip how Jan still intended to press charges against him. She suggested he plead guilty and wouldn’t get any jail time. He would only have probation. He didn’t want to take the deal. He wanted to go to trial. She said the deal was a good one. He thought Xander was going to use the case against him. She warned him the case would be long and destroy his life. He was fine with it, but she didn’t think Shawn would like it. Theo talked to Lani and Abe about what happened with Claire. Claire told Jan how she hadn’t heard from Charlie. Jan insisted that she go after Charlie. Sarah went to Xander’s office and told him how he was right about Philip. She thought he was hiding something.

Charlie showed up while Claire and Jan were talking. Jan asked him why he blew Claire off. He said it was because he was kissing a new guy. Lani told Abe and Theo how she worked things out with Eli because of what happened with Kristen. Abe thought about his last conversation about that with Eli. Claire was surprised that Charlie knew she kissed Theo. She asked if he was spying on her. He explained the advice he got from Xander. He told her what happened when he saw her kissing someone else. Jan kept getting involved until her phone rang. She was upset by her phone call. Belle went to Shawn and told him how Philip was her former client. She said he took the plea deal. Xander told Sarah how Philip shifted money around without telling him. She asked him what he thought that meant. Claire told Charlie what happened with Theo. He wanted to know why she didn’t tell him what happened. Xander continued to talk to Sarah about Philip. Philip was jogging and someone was following him. Belle assured Shawn that she loved him. She got down on one knee and proposed to him.

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