- Stefano denounces/disowns Elvis
- Jackson runs into the recent Salem High grads in the park, plays volleyball while Kinsey swoons, meets his concerned parents at Brady Pub, and heads to the Kiriakis Mansion to announce that his Uncle Victor will never be disappointed that the has met the wrong girl as he is proudly, openly gay.
- Taylor visits a hungover Nicole in her hotel room and is interrupted by a pleading Elvis, whom she summarily rejects yet again.
- Mayor Abe advises that the DA wants Hope removed from interrogation of Fake Rafe, then urges Bo to call in a favor from Victor, who contacts Governor Ford, who in turn grants a full pardon/expulsion to Hope, allowing her to be reinstated as a fulltime police detective.
- FBI Agent Sofia mesmerizes Fake Rafe with her (fake) stories of a rich, powerful Colombian Drug Family, prompting him to finally rat out the DiMeras and leading him to believe he will be safely hidden away in South America as Sofia's partner.
- A mere hours after denouncing and disowning his son, Stefano repents, apologizes, and tells Elvis that all is well, although they will need to flee the country to escape imminent arrest by the Salem PD.
- Tad and Kinsey surf the net, admiring chummy photos of Jackson Kiriakis, who arrives to kibbutz with his cousin Abigail about coming out to Uncle Victor ("I'm here, I'm queer, he'll get used to it") and offer tickets to the sold out minor league baseball team, The Salem Titans.
- Nicole and Kinsey bond over lattes, despite Nicole not recalling Kinsey's name.
- Abigail frets about Chad becoming more DiMera-like and encourages her mother to not give up on Daniel.
- Melanie cheers up her despondent father at the Cheating Heart by announcing that she will be officially taking his name and become known as Melanie Jonas.
- Sofia visits Rafe to tell him that the plan to trap Fake Rafe worked like a charm, then proceeds to converse in Spanish with Rafe and Dario, which makes Samantha uncomfortable and lost.
- Tad freaks out when his internet troll buddies announce that Jackson Kiriakis is gay.
- Alice Caroline Horton returns back in the USA after spending the past few SalemDays in Singapore with her father.
- Chloe realizes that she needs money for an apartment deposit, so she calls Quinn, obtains a generous advance, and agrees to work it off.
- Vivian wanders Salem, routinely dismisses Gus, and overhears that Jennifer has broken up with Daniel Jonas because Carly is still interested in her baby daddy.
- Officer McCartney recalls that Fake Rafe was intently looking at a mug shot, leading Bo to think that the mug shot may be the photo of pre-surgical Fake Rafe.
- Bo calls Stephanie Johnson to get the scoop on Fake Rafe's loutish behavior, which is also confirmed by Nicole.
- Fake Rafe is identified as Arnold AKA Arnie.
- DA Woods snarls at the Bradys, then meets up with ex-son Chad Peterson Woods DiMera at the Cheating Heart to trade bitter commentary.
- Fake Rafe is killed by four thugs in the Salem prison cell, forcing the Salem PD to release Stefano and Elvis.
- A depressed Elvis gives Samantha full custody of Johnny/Sydney, has a seizure in the living room, is taunted by bitter Nicole while flouncing around on the floor, arrives at Salem University Hospital to have sister Alexandra quickly diagnose a "brain swell" which is immediately cured by steroids, begins to recall seeing a woman's feet at the pier as he laid post-smackdown, remembers that Melanie nursed him, apologizes to a concerned Taylor who visits his bedside, and then threatens Melanie that he will figure out what role she played in his beating.
- Viv arranges for Carly to see a contrived Daniel-Jennifer reunion, which leads Carly to meet up with Quinn's drug dealer a second time.
- Carly finds a ziplock bag of pills that the drug dealer conveniently dropped on the pier, yet doesn't swallow them, instead returning for a hospital shift before a late night snack at the Brady Pub with Melanie and Daniel.
- Brady offers Dario Hernandez a job at Titan.
- Chloe excitedly gets hired by the Brookville club for a one-night gig and shares the news with new BFF Kinsey and The Cheating Heart Kiriakii.
- Jennifer concocts a ruse that her ex-husband Jack is still in her life, giving Daniel a second reason for their breakup.
- Carly gets upset and swallows a handful of the pills she found on the pier, collapsing in her hotelroom.
- Nicole and Kate bond over morning martinis, their spouses, and hatred for Taylor.
- Dressed as a chambermaid, Viv sneaks into Carly's hotelroom, mixes pills into water, and forces a nearly-passed-out Carly to sip more drugs.
- Jennifer finds Carly sprawled on the floor, drags her into the shower to awaken her, forces soap down her throat to regurgitate the drugs, and saves a bitter Carly from near-death.
- Tad blows a gasket and spouts wild homophobic taunts at Jackson, only to be interrupted by Victor, who throats 100% support for his nephew and 100% disdain for the arrogant teen.
- Maggie wrestles with her feelings for Victor but is impressed by his defense of nephew Jackson Kirkiakis.
- After the debacle of FakeRafe, Bo is demoted from commissioner and replaced by Roman.
- Elvis checks himself out of the hospital and bonds with Nicole on the pier.
- Vivian is thrilled by her payback of Carly, posting a photo of her handiwork to the internet, giggling with delight about the role her secret son played, and annoying sidekick Gus, who starts drinking heavily and rebuffs a job offer from Kate.
- Melanie and Daniel race to Carly's hotel room once they see the Carly Photo, embarassing the doctor so much that she sneaks out of the hotelroom, disappears from her friends, wanders into a dark alley, dumpster-dives a couple of discarded beer bottles, passes out drunk, and is approached by a lecherous homeless thug.
- Maggie dines with Victor, applauds his heart, pronounces her love, drags him to her house, and invites him to stay for breakfast, an invitation which he gladly accepts.
- Taylor tosses a vase across Brady's head, knocking him out, steals his gun, meets Elvis at the pier just as she is about to toss the gun in the river, and decides to give him the gun as a test.
- Prompted by teasing by Jackson and Kinsey, Will decides to boink Gabi for the first time, only to have great-grandmother Caroline interrupt their First Time with a request for help at the pub.
- Tad takes Kinsey to an upscale hotel for their hookup, where Kinsey spies Chloe taking money as she slinks into an adjacent room with a sleazy older businessman.
- Elvis arrives at the Kiriakis Mansion and returns the gun to Brady.
- Quinn saves Carly from being raped/assaulted by the thug, carrying her back to his hotelroom, where she passes out yet again and he realizes that she is Carly Manning.
