Sunday, November 8, 2015

And That's Fifty

SalemDay 26 began in the middle of the show on Friday, September 11, 2015.
  • Adrienne and Justin have an uncomfortable date.
  • Clyde buys a house for his son and bride-to-be, visits Jennifer in her living room, and spots JJ meeting with Roman at the police station.
  • Ben reveals that he activated an app in his fiancee's cellphone, removing it once he comes clean.
  • Gabriella is released from prison after Aiden discovers a "sentencing guideline imporperly applied" and most of Salem seem to forget she shot and killed Nick Fallon.
  • Abigail sneaks Chad into see Marlena for a hypnotic session.
  • Stefano has a heart attack and is rushed to the hospital.

SalemDay 27 began on Monday, September 21, 2015.
  • Steve makes plans to fly to Cancun to find Bo's trail.
  • On his first day at Salem High, Joey is suspended, frustrating his mother.
  • After having a second secret session with Chad, Marlena is attacked by a dark-clad man wielding a red necktie.
  • Andre returns to Salem, ostensibly to help his father manage Chad's situation.
  • At Ben's insistence, Abigail agrees to leave Salem immediately.
  • Steve meets Britta Englund's "daughter" Claudia, who reveals her hired role in sending Bo to Mexico.
  • Stefano fires Aiden, who becomes frantic about his money issues.
  • Lani Price arrives in Salem, begins working at the police station, and stares loviingly at Mayor Abe.
  • Adrienne receives news that her mother, Jo Johnson, has operable breast cancer, leading the daughter to undergo genetic testing.
  • In his Mexican prison cell, Bo feigns illness, overpowers his guards, and manages to escape, only to be quickly recaptured and moved to a new, fortified location.
  • A desperate Aiden confesses his money woes to Hope, who reluctantly gives him $100,000.00 to resolve the issue.
  • Steve arrives at Bo's original cell only hours after it was vacated.
  • Abigail takes Chad to the Kiriakis fishing cabin to hide out.
  • Packing for his move from Salem, Ben recalls killing Serena and Paige.
  • Aiden remains frantic that 100K won't solve his problem.

SalemDay 28 began on Tuesday, September 29, 2015.
  • Jeannie Theresa disses Anne, losing her only friend in Salem.
  • Alone in the fishing cabin, Chad finally recalls an alibi.
  • Ben continues to be racked with memories of Serena and Paige.
  • Andre solves Aiden's financial problems by paying off all his debts, making Aiden in debt to the DiMeras.
  • Dr Salinas arrives in Salem as Caroline falters.
  • Ben asks Will to serve as Best Man at his wedding.

SalemDay 30 began on Friday, October 2, 2015.
  • Paige has a private funeral, bringing together her parents.
  • Steve returns to Bo's abandoned cell, only to be captured himself.
  • After Caroline fails to remember her, Kayla agrees to let Dr Salinas use the experimental serum to help her mother survive.
  • Victor finally reveals that Bo disappeared after locating the serum.
  • Eduardo Hernandez (AKA Eddie Larsen) wants to remain amicable with ex-wife Eve.
  • JJ sets up Clyde, who is taken into custody for running the Salem Drug Trade.
  • While being brutally tortured by his captors, Bo fakes a seizure and manages another escape.
  • Abigail asks her cousin to wait at the apartment for the cable guy.
  • Adrienne dumps Justin.
  • Experiencing writer's block, Will accidentally discovers one of Ben's red neckties in the garbage and starts to put the pieces together.
  • Ben kills Will
  • Samanther returns to Salem.
  • Chad figures it all out and heads to Ben's apartment, where the two men battle, with Chad getting pummeled into a coma.

SalemDay 31 began on Wednesday, October 14, 2015.
  • Salem mourns the murder of William Horton.
  • Samanther gets a stack of mail from her mother.
  • Chad lingers in a coma, and most of Salem believe he killed Serena, Paige, and Will.
  • Eric drinks heavily.
  • Stefano realizes that Rafe does not believe that Chad is the murderer.

SalemDay 32 began on Monday, October 19, 2015.
  • Samanther discovers a letter from Elvis.
  • Jackson returns from Paris to bury his estranged husband.
  • Lucas is devastated by the death of his son.
  • Will Horton is buried.
  • Andre arrives at the Brady Pub, startling the residents of Salem, who learn he has secured a blanket pardon from the outgoing governor, freeing him from his past crimes against the Hortons and Bradys.
  • Hope urges Aiden to ask Rafe to serve as Best Man at their wedding.
  • Chad remains comatose.
  • Andre gives Aiden his new marching orders:  Kill Hope Brady.

SalemDay 33 began on Wednesday, October 21, 2015.
  • A desperate and exasperated Ben reveals that he is the Necktie Killer to his imprisoned father, who is extradited to Florida.
  • Chase Jennings is suddenly 17 years old.
  • A delusional Bo is found in a rural town and nursed to health by a Mexican Hope Look-alike.
  • Dr Salinas recommends a second dose of serum for the improving Caroline, who returns to work at the pub despite her daughter's concerns.
  • Aiden obtains a life insurance policy on his fiancee and plots her murder.
  • Jackson abandons his daughter and returns to Paris.
  • Adrienne decides to run TBD, distracting her from health issues, as well as her romantic triangle.
  • Steve remains captive, and is joined by a re-captured Bo.
  • Shawn Douglas Brady arrives for his mother's wedding.
  • Ben manhandles Abigail, vows to claim the $100K reward for "catching" Chad, and leaves an unsettled fiancee in their apartment.
  • Bo and Steve manage to escape and board Victor's jet for a flight back to the USA.
  • Hope senses that Aiden is distracted and just misses a phone call from Bo.
  • Chad awakens from his coma, but doesn't recall anything about the night he fought with Ben, and is promptly arrested.
  • Samanther gets information about Elvis and the DiMeras in Switzerland.
  • Marlena is furious that John has re-joined the ISA.

SalemDay 34 began on Monday, November 2, 2015.
  • Ciara ages a whole decade in order to co-host a Morning Brunch with Chase for their parents.
  • A frantic Aiden tries to back out of the DiMera plan to kill Hope.
  • Steve and Bo endure a crash-landing into an Iowa corn field, eventually enduring local jail time, repairing a motorcycle, and speeding off toward Salem.
  • Jennifer is furious  that JJ applied to the Police Academy.
  • Eric drinks at the Salem Bicentennial Gala.
  • Stefano and Andre crash the celebration, leaving only when the citizens of Salem protest their attendance.
  • Caroline has visions of Bo.
  • Abigail suddenly realizes that Ben is dangerous, and likely the killer.
  • Ben admits it all to his fiancee, accidentally knocks her unconscious, sends bogus texts to the other Deverauxs, and takes Abigail away to a wintry cabin, where he handcuffs her to the bed.
  • As Hope's wedding to Aiden begins, Caroline gets a phone call from Bo and tries to stop the wedding by feigning illness.
  • A furious Kayla takes her mother back to the hospital, allowing the wedding to occur.
  • Abe confronts Lani, revealing that he contacted Tamara, who told him the truth.
  • Bo and Steve arrive at the Martin House after all the celebrants have headed to Murder Park for fireworks.
  • Caroline sneaks away from her hospital room and reunites with her son.
  • Andre learns that Samanther is back in Salem and kidnaps her.
  • Aiden and Hope have Wedding Night Sex, after which he excuses himself to don the black catsuit, retrieve a red necktie, and complete his assignment.
  • Hope battles with her attacker, un-masking his identity during the struggle for her locked firearm.
  • Bo arrives home just as Aiden attempts to strangle Hope, saving her and then battling Aiden for Hope's service revolver, which goes off, killing Aiden.