Wednesday, June 29, 2011

The Beat Goes On

SalemDay 13 began on Monday May 23.  Highlights included:

  • Original Rafe began his role as "Fake Rafe" by wearing a wire and attempting to get the DiMeras to verbally admit what happened, which they don't.
  • Caroline is furious with Samantha for reuniting with Rafe. 
  • After "leaving Salem" for an entire Salem Day, Taylor reappears at the pier just as Elvis plots to shot and kill "Rafe", announces that she never left town after all, shut off her phone service,  took up residence at a hotel near the Salem Airport, and drags Elvis there to seduce him after getting him to admit that only she can prevent him from being evil.
  • Melanie/Brady and Abigail/Chad shoot pool at the Cheating Heart, as Abigail notices that Melanie only has eyes for Dario.
  • Chloe is flying high after Justin and Adrienne arrange for her to see Parker in a supervised visit at the Kiriakis Mansion (while Philip is in town) and then enjoys a delightful evening with Quinn, who gets all freaky watching cellphone video of his hookups with Chloe and begins his life as druglord by sampling the product on the pier.
  • Adrienne misses her four sons and excitedly tells her husband that Sonny may come to visit now that the semester has ended.
  • Jennifer and Daniel have an awkward date of Chez Rouge food in the Horton Living Room, which gets interrupted by a hospital call, a private panic attack, a visit from Maggie, a temporary loss of credit cards and ID, and a walk-in by iPod-wearing Abigail as they wrestle on Alice's sofa like teens.
  • Vivian gets all angsty with Gus on a park bench when she finally realizes that her future with Victor is nonexistent, after which she snarls at Quinn, who insists they have no relationship despite being her son.
  • Gabi has an appendectomy and takes up residence in The Salem Hospital Room.
  • After being tormented by Original Rafe for details about his DiMera Connections, Fake Rafe worries that Original Rafe will find Fay's cameo, then breaks free from his ropes just before Samantha shows up.
  • After being visited by The Ghost Of Fay, Nicole shows up at the Hernandez Loft, tosses herself at Rafe with disastrous results, senses that something is different, and fails to notice her mother's cameo atop the luggage that FakeRafe had packed.
  • Lucas calls his half-sister.
  • Melanie applies to become a Nurse Practitioner and decides she wants to be more than friends with Dario. 
SalemDay 14 began on Tuesday, June 7.

  • Nicole is furious when she learns that Elvis spent the night with her sister at the Salem Airport Motel, trashes the DiMera living room, slaps sister Taylor, then appeals to Stefano to stop the Elvis-Taylor relationship from continuing .
  • Chloe is furious when she learns that good-guy Quinn actually wants to pimp her out to wealthy clients by blackmailing her with videos of their encounters and the cash he paid for her services.
  • Carly is strung-out in withdrawal in the AM, prompting a chicken-soup get-well-soon visit from Daniel and Melanie, and shows up for hospital duty in the afternoon, claiming that she is "all better". 
  • Melanie and Dario give a hospitalized Gabi a private prom with Will.
  • A deranged Brady pummels Elvis on the pier, stopped only when Nurse Melanie interrupts and aids the bloodied, unconscious DiMera.
  • Jennifer plans a spa weekend away with Daniel, snarls at her daughter for being overly sensitive, is hobbled when Young Explorer Ciara's attempt at self-defense goes awry, has a miraculous recovery when Daniel "adjusts" her back, and leaps into bed with the doctor only minutes after unpacking her clothes.
  • Kate congratulates Quinn on adding Chloe to his stable of rent-girls, while Chloe awkwardly meets her first official paying customer at the Cheating Heart..
  • Taylor arrives at the loft to get information about her mother's deathbed babbling about Rafe, only to spot Fay's cameo brooch, then is convinced by Samantha to give them 24 hours to explain.
  • Bo assigns a cop to follow Rafe, leading Bo and Hope to the warehouse where FakeRafe is being held hostage. 
  • Taylor tells Nicole that Rafe Hernandez killed their mother.
  • Melanie summons her parents to cave Elvis, joining Daniel, Carly, and Jennifer at a clinic near the pier, where Elvis has seizure and only momentarily regains consciousness..
  • Daniel manages to get Elvis to University Hospital, where Alexandra quizzes the doctor about details, calls Police Chief Bo to investigate, and telephones Taylor.
  • Jennifer puts Carly to bed and cleans the hotel room. finding what appears to be crushed drugs on the credenza.
SalemDay 15 began on Wednesday June 22.

  • Many Salemites pull an all-nighter.
  • Bo wakes up at University Hospital and begins to quiz Elvis on what happened at the pier.
  • After being summoned to the hospital by a random nurse's phone call, Nicole fantasizes about smothering her husband with a pillow, realizes that Brady is the one who beat him down, and insists that a divorce is imminent.
  • Original Rafe locates Taylor on the pier, tries to tell her that there is more to the story, and insists that she cannot be anywhere near Elvis.
  • Hope locks Fake Rafe in a closet, races to the pier, sends Original Rafe to watch his doppelganger, advises Taylor that everything will work out, then connects that Taylor and Elvis are now a couple.
  • Maggie begins decorating the Brady Pub for Salem High Graduation at dawn, summons her Aunt Julie to join her, admits that she feels guilty about seeing anyone with Mickey having been dead for such a brief time, and laments that Gangster Emeritus Victor Kiriakis won't be a part of her life.
  • Julie brings her own coffee to the pub because Caroline makes her coffee "too weak".
  • Melanie lies to Victor about Brady's injuries, however he puts the pieces together and learns about Pier Brawl 2011.
  • Jackson Kiriakis arrives in Salem, reconnects with his cousin Abigail Deveraux on the pier, excites his parents with his early arrival at the Cheating Heart, and seems thrilled to meet up with his Uncle Victor, a notion both of his parents quickly dismiss.
  • With the video confession by Fake Rafe destroyed and both Walker Sisters spouting in public that Rafe killed Faye, Bo and Hope launch a plan to trick the DiMeras into thinking they believe Rafe is dangerous and sought for arrest.
  • Will, Gabi, Kinsey, and T graduate from Salem High and party like its 1945 at a Brady Pub celebration
  • Dario is questioned by the police about his whereabouts during the brutal attack on Elvis, only to have both Adrienne and Melanie concoct phony alibis for him.
  • Jennifer learns from Abigail that Katerina Von Leuschner filled prescriptions, steals Carly's room key, sneaks a sample of the powder from the credenza, insists that Daniel secretly test the white flakes, and then learns from him that the powder is remnants of highly addictive prescription drugs.
  • Stefano pleads with his son to remain secretive with Taylor, eavesdrops on their awkward tenderness, and sets up a meeting with the person he believes is Fake Rafe, only to be stood up at the pier.
  • Justin, Adrienne, and Jackson dine at Chez Rouge, meeting Chloe, who has been reunited with son Parker for a supervised visitation.
  • Vivian extends an olive branch to her son Quinn, who threatens Chloe, reminding her that he controls every aspect of her life.

SalemDay 16 began on Wednesday June 29.

  • Bo and Hope launch their plan to snare the DiMeras, planting a story in the local newspaper and seeming to hunt Rafe Hernandez as the attacker.
  • Kate tricks Chad into delivering a bogus message to henchman Marco, enabling Abigail to see the nasty side of DiMera Enterprises.
  • Elvis checks out of Salem University Hospital, gets a haircut, searches for Taylor, and proposes to her in the park a mere ten SalemDays after marrying Nicole and meeting Taylor for the first time.
  • Samantha fakes a hysterical angry moment at the DiMera Mansion to plant a small bug in the living room.
  • Maggie visits, teases, and kisses Victor, then flees the mansion.
  • Jennifer confronts Carly, who barely convinces Jennifer that her drug issue is resolved.
  • A tipsy Nicole follows Original Rafe to the warehouse, where she discovers Fake Rafe, who convinces her to untie and free him.
  • Nicole passes out in the warehouse.
  • Original Rafe arrives at the DiMera Mansion, hoping to trick Stefano and Elvis into admitting details about the Rafe Switch
  • Taylor arrives at the DiMera Mansion just after Fake Rafe appears in the living room and learns that the replacement planted by the DiMeras did kill her mother.
  • Samantha arrives at the DiMera Mansion and slugs Elvis
  • Bo and Hope join the crowd in the living room as Elvis pleads with Taylor to forgive him.
  • Johnny overhears Rafe calling Elvis a killer, prompting him to race into the room, see the second Rafe, get confused, and demand to go home with Samantha and Original Rafe.
  • A sobered up Brady spies Melanie and Dario sharing a tender kiss at the Cheating Heart.
  • Bo and Hope arrest Fake Rafe.
  • Chloe completes another assignment.

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