I Sold My Soul To The Devil

Bonnie runs in and tells Mickey, “This can’t be happening – my baby arrested for attempted murder.”

Mickey says, “Tek had no choice. With Jan’s accusation on tape, he had to arrest her.”

Bonnie pleads, “Mickey please convince her not to plead guilty.”

“I’ll do my best.”

Mimi comes in and Bonnie hugs her, “It’s gonna be all right.”

“Time for a break,” says Marlena, “You’ve been attached to that computer and you’re 48 hours drug free. How do you feel?”

“Shaky,” says John, “but hanging in there. Doc, when I first realized I was hooked I kept telling myself if you were here I could beat it and now that you’re here I will.”

“We will,” says Marlena, “We will do this together and get those boys home safe and sound and then start looking for Sami.”

“I’ll track her down,” says John.

Billie is at the door.

“Good news,” says John, “The boys are in Marine protective custody waiting to fly home. No word about Phillip, though.”

“I’m here to ask Marlena a favor,” says Billie.

Bo says nothing is new. Roman says he should call Kate. Bo wants to get a time frame on when the boys will be flown home.

Kate and Hope meet up. Hope says, “If you’re here to talk to Bo about excuses for your daughter’s bad behavior, forget it.”

Kate brushes past. She needs to talk to Roman. They’re getting information on the boys.

Brady tells Phillip Lucas is there, too.

“Right now he’s our only Hope of getting out of here,” says Rex.

Sami only thought there were three musketeers. Tony says there is a fourth. “Who is the other one,” she asks. Tony has her turn and look as they take him by. “Lucas! OMG he saw me without my disguise. Now he knows.”

Tony takes a long drag on his cigar, “Imagine how awkward it will be for you when all of Salem knows.”

Mimi insists she’s fine, “The holding cell smelled like a sewer and when they booked me it was awful.”

“Has that changed your mind about pleading guilty?”

“No,” says Mimi, “There will not be a trial. Rex will never find out.”

Mickey asks her to give him a chance to prove her innocence.

Sami worries, “Lucas has seen me. My cover is blown.” OK, raise your hand if you thought Sami was looking at Lucas through a one-way mirror. Look at that sea of hands. Tony tells Sami she saw him through a one-way mirror.

They guards toss Lucas in the cell. Lucas says he keeps hearing voices. They think it’s a one-way mirror in the cell. They know Stan is working for the enemy. Lucas Hopes he got him good.

“Something’s not right about this,” says Rex.

The brilliant Shawn has an idea. We’re all in trouble. “Let’s break the mirror and take out whoever is on the other side.”

“Why didn’t you tell me Lucas is here,” asks Sami.

“I didn’t think you’d care,” says Tony.

John computes. He’s trying to get an update on the guys.

Billie tells them about the car accident. She wonders if Marlena would do some grief counseling with Chelsea. She promised Chelsea’s mom she would take care of her, “She’s just a teenager. She doesn't have anyone to take care of her.”

“She seems to have you,” says Marlena.

Bo tells Roman Hope blames him for Shawn being over there in the first place. Billie and Kate bust into the office. Reunion between Hope and Roman. Roman assures them Tony is dead. Hope knew about Caroline and Victor. She would have told Bo but he was off gallivanting with Billie. Bo tells Hope the Marines have the boys, but there is no word on Phillip.

Roman and Bo leave the office. Bo tells Roman about the pit, “Hope found me having sex with Billie.”

The prosecutor trashes Mimi. Mickey says he intends to show Mimi did not attack Miss Spears. The judge shuts him up. Mimi is to be bound over for trial

“No,” interrupts Mimi, “I don’t want a trial. I did it.” The audience is in chaos.

Billie says she just feels bad for Chelsea.

“I think you should be careful, says Marlena, “John told me what you have been through trying to find your daughter. You might become overly involved with Chelsea. You may be setting yourself up for disappointment if she doesn’t want your help.”

John says, “Oh, no. This can’t be happening. I got new intel on the boys. It’s not good news.”

Kate and Hope stare at the computer.

Roman wants the juicy details. Bo tells him he thought Billie was Hope. Then Hope and Patrick showed up and got an eyeful.

Roman asks, “Are you telling me Billie knew what she knew what she was doing? And Hope knew Billie knew? Oh, man. Well, as long as we’re not holding back I got a confession to make. Marlena and I turned to each other for comfort.”

“You mean...”

“Oh, yeah.”

Bo asks, “Do John and Kate know about this? This doesn't sound like Marlena. You think she will keep quiet?”

Roman says, “She better, or it’s the end of both of our marriages.”

Shawn wants to act. Phillip tells Shawn he doesn’t think before he acts, “Too bad you don’t have your motorcycle with you. You could just jump it right through that one-way mirror for us.”

The boys jump to Shawn’s defense. They tell Phillip Shawn would have done this alone, if they hadn’t come along.

“Yeah,” says Phillip, “I bet I know why too.” Staredown.

“I am not a fool for loving Lucas, Tony,” says Sami. Flashback. Lucas tells her, “I can’t wait to marry you so we can spend all the Days Of Our Lives together.”

Tony says, “Lucas said he never wanted to see you again. He wouldn’t have said that if he really loved you. We know it’s true Kate gave you and Brandon drugs so it would look like you slept together. If I were you I would never forgive Lucas for believing Kate. Id’ want him to pay dearly.”

Mickey asks for a moment with Mimi. He tells her she is making a huge mistake.

Mimi says, “Don’t you see this is the only way I can protect Rex?”

The judge asks if Mickey is ready to proceed, “Will the defendant please rise? Miriam Lockhart how do you plead?”

“Guilty,” says Mimi.

At the same time, Mickey says, “Not guilty.”

“You’re fired, Mickey,” says Mimi.

Bo rationalizes. Roman and Marlena were shackled together. They should tell John and Kate.

Roman appreciates his advice, “But we know what we’re doing.”

Bo asks Roman, “Did you and Marlena fall in love again at the castle? Is that what you’re afraid will come out?” Falling in love is a rather euphemistic way of putting it.

Kate says the boys’ lives are at risk because of Shawn’s selfish behavior. Hope thinks Shawn is being brave and noble and Kate is a hypocrite. Hope tells Kate, “Bo is my husband and you’re doing everything you can to encourage Billie to break us up.” And Kate is thinking, “Yeah, and who is encouraging Belle to break up with Phillip so she can be with Brain-Drain?”

John phones Roman, “There is new intel. You’d better get over here.” So we have Bo and Hope, Roman and Kate on the way over to be with John, Marlena and Billie. The fuse is lit.

Bo, Hope, Roman and Kate are instantly transported to John’s. Hope wants to know what Billie is there for. Personal business.

John announces the boys have escaped Marine custody. He doesn’t know where they went. He has video. He shows them the leading-edge technology on his computer. “Notice the thermogeographicular dots. We can ascertain from their size and shape that we are looking at Brady, Rex and Shawn. Lucas is over here, in the distance. I don’t know who this fourth dot is. It appears the fourth dot has led them into a trap.”

Phillip apologizes. It looks like Shawn came there for him. Shawn is a good friend, “I guess that means you finally accepted my marriage to Belle, huh?”

Shawn says, “Phil, there is something you should know.”

Tony says Lucas took Sami’s son away, “What if Lucas happens to find another woman in his life? Will would have a step mom. How much would you get to see him then? Whose fault is that?”

Sami says, “Kate.”

“Yes, says Tony, “So you should want your REVENGE on her. What you want is her sons to pay and make sure Will gets out of the evil clutches of Kate. Let me take care of it. You’ll have a future with Will. What’s it going to be? Do we have a deal?”

“No,” says Sami, “I can’t do it.” Tony is exasperated.

The judge says she will throw out the next person who disrupts, “Including you, Mrs. Lockhart.”

“That’s Horton,” says Bonnie.

Mimi says she doesn’t want a lawyer. The judge remands her for sentencing. Mickey requests bail. The state requests bail be denied.

John gives the play by play. He sees Lucas take out the thermogeographicular dot he couldn’t ID. John zooms in. Closer. Closer. Closer. “What the hell? I know that guy!”

“Who is he?”

“My pusher. He’s some low life punk. I don’t know what he’s doing over there,” says John.

Kate tells Roman Shawn is responsible for this.

Hope jumps to Shawn’s defense. “But,” she says, “you are right this shouldn’t have happened.” Hope laces into Bo.

Billie jumps to Bo’s defense.

Kate offers her opinion, “I don’t think Bo was confused in the pit.”

World War III erupts.

Roman takes charge, “Everybody just shut the hell up!”

Belle asks to say something, “Mimi is innocent. She’s pleading guilty because she did something else that’s not against the law. My family will personally guarantee Mimi will not leave town.”

Mimi stands up, “I don’t want bail, a trial or a lawyer.”

The judge sets bail at a million dollars.

“A million bucks? I’d have to rob a bank,” yells Bonnie.

The judge tells the guards to escort Mimi to the kilnk. Mimi says, “Just try to understand mom. I have to do this. When Rex gets back tell him I love him but it’s best if he never tries to see me again.”

Roman says, “We’re all on edge right now. But this sniping isn’t gonna do any good. We need to concentrate on what’s important. And that’s bringing these young men home safely.”

“You don’t’ have the luxury of backing out,” says Tony, “What if the good people of Salem discovered you were Stan, the person responsible for John’s drug addiction, Nicole disfiguring Chloe, tormenting Billie and also the person who led the young men into a trap in the desert? It just goes on and on. Samantha, you don’t have a choice. Your parents would be disappointed, too.”

“My God,” realizes Sami, “I sold my soul to the devil.”

Tony chuckles and says with his cigar in his teeth, “And look what you got in return. So leave the fate of the young men of Salem in my hands and none will be the wiser.”

Sami is resigned, “All right. Fine. But you have to swear you won’t hurt them.”

“Understood,” whispers Tony.

Shawn starts to say something but Rex interrupts, “He just wanted to say Belle was moved by the video.”

Phillip misses her so much, “Shawn, It amazes me you did this. It takes a big man to do what you did.”

Shawn says, “It wasn’t completely selfless. I wanted to do it for Belle. I’m sorry it didn’t work out.”

“It almost did except for Stan messing it up.”

Lucas says, “There is a missing piece to this puzzle.”

Sami says, “No matter what happened to me and Lucas, I still love him. I have to make sure he’s OK.” Sami opens a peephole and stares into the cell.

Lucas sees her eyes, “Sami?”

FF on Sami’s eyes


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Patrick tells Mimi, “You in a jail cell is a problem. I’m getting you out of here.” Bonnie chimes in, “A jail break. That’s it. Now we’re talking.”

Chloe snivels, “My life is over. If I can’t be with Brady, the I might as well be dead.”

Marlena says, “I wish Sami were here for Will. I wish there were some way to find her and bring her home.” John says, “Well, maybe there is.”

Sami says to herself, “I’m sorry I got caught up in all this, Lucas. If I can’t have you, it’s nice to know no one else can.”