Sunday, January 27, 2013

Salem Unleashed

The first SalemDay of 2013 began on Thursday, January 3, 2013.

  • Brady and John recover from their no-holds-barred slugfest.
  • Once again, Kristen taunts Marlena.
  • Kate declares that she is heading out of Salem to visit Cassie (!), Rex (!), and Philip.
  • As Marlena tries to reason with Brady, Kristen plants doubts in John's mind.
  • Daniel prepares to host Jennifer for pizza takeout, but is interrupted by the arrival of Chloe Lane.
  • Under intense questioning from her husband, Marlena admits that she knew about Brady and Kristen for "weeks" (even though it's only been a handful of SalemDays",
  • Jennifer looks forward to a quiet night with Daniel, only to be interrupted by her brother, who needs her help to get Kate a hotel room in Paris and who then proceeds to trash the idea that she should ever get close to the man who stole Lucas' wife.
  • Samanther throws a hissy-fit upon learning that her stepbrother has been hooking up with a DiMera.
  • Out of the blue, Stephanie calls her mother to explain that her co-hort from two years earlier, Ian, had admitted to changing the paternity records of Parker Kiriakis, in an unrealistic tactic to somehow impress her.
  • Chloe reveals to Daniel that Parker is actually his biological child, a confession that is backed up by documents/tests that Kayla received from her daughter.
  • Gabriella meets with Dr Davis, both of whom remain unaware that their provate confidential conversation is being overheard.
  • Nick Fallon agrees to work for Kate, then attends the world's worst bachelor party at the coffeehouse, with Will, Jackson, Lucas, and Chad as the only participants.
  • The Bradys host a late-night rehearsal dinner at the pub for Nick and Gabriella.
  • A stunned Daniel re-connects with two-year-old Parker at the Kiriakis Mansion.
The second SalemDay of 2013 began on Thursday, January 10, 2013.
  • Jackson surprises Will with a key to the apartment and Will eagerly moves in.
  • After being torn between two loves, Samanther decides to choose Rafe, although she remains focused on the Fallon-Hernandez shotgun wedding that she has put together.
  • Will remains somber about his decision to step aside and let Nick raise his child, even as Gabriella and Nick meet at the altar to be married by Faither Eric Brady.
  • Just before the happy couple is announced as married, Chad stands up and wonders aloud why Gabriella isn't marrying the father of her baby.
  • Chloe meets up with old pal Anne Millbauer at the hospital, where they share their disdain for Saint Jennifer Rose Horton Deveraux.
  • A frustrated Will reluctantly announces to the churchgoers that he is the biological father of Gabriella's unborn baby, sending both Samanther and Rafe into separate tizzies over the revealed secret.
  • Billie jokes to her mother that Will's child will make her a great-grandmother.
  • Jackson storms from the church, with Will in hot pursuit, only to be stopped by his father, who berates Will for trying to hide the secret and reveals that he "didn't do jail time for him" in order for Will to screw up, a revelation that Nick secretly overhears.
  • Samanther berates Gabriella and upsets Rafe.
The third SalemDay of 2013 began on Wednesday, January 16, 2013.
  • Chloe meets Kristen DiMera and mocks Brady for dating his almost-step-mother.
  • In an effort to get Parker back to Philip, Kate manipulates Jennifer into attacking Jennifer, only to have the plan backfire.
  • Chloe's plan to reunite her family fails when Daniel chooses to remain with Jennifer and declares that he has no interest in Chloe's romantic overtures.
  • Gabriella has a sonogram with Dr Davis, who reveals the baby is a girl to mother, father, and Nick.
  • Upset with Rafe's defense of his sister, Samanther toys with choosing Elvis.
  • Jackson rejects Will outright, telling everyone that their romance is over.
The fourth SalemDay of 2013 began on Friday, January 25, 2013.
  • Kristen gleefully updates her father that her Salem Plan is going well.
  • John announces that he is leaving Salem, breaking Marlena's heart and cheering Kristen's spirits, and then visits Stefano in his European chalet, warning the man that Kristen's antics will backfire on the entire DiMera Family.
  • Kate is upset when Billie quits, announces a move to Europe, and criticizes the way her mother runs her life.
  • Chloe tries to make Jennifer angry/jealous by greeting her in one of Daniel's shirts and then interrupting a romantic overnight getaway with a frantic call, faking an inconsolable Parker hysterical outburst.
  • Bryan returns to the coffeehouse, makes a play for a distracted Jackson, who eagerly reciprocates, only to bail once they start to get naked at Bryan's apartment.
  • Justin encourages Will to not give up on Jackson and to prepare for an intense custody fight with Gabriella and Nick.
  • Samanther discovers that Gabriella and Nick have planned a quickie city hall wedding, which adds further fuel to her battles with Rafe, who manages to get his sister to postpone the quickie wedding.
  • Determined to "help" Brady, Nicole secretly downloads private documents from a Titan laptop, plants the info on Kristen's computer, and has the whole scheme blow up in her face when Brady figures out the timeline and that Nicole is only person who could be responsible.
  • A mere two Salem Days after choosing to be with Rafe, Samanther goes all in on becoming Mrs. Elvis DiMera again.