A Wolf In Sheep Dip

A news reporter stands outside the cop shop reporting on the disembowelment of Roman Brady by the evil Andre DiMera, who fled the scene. Detective Brady, supercop, pillar of the community and henpecked husband muscles his way through the crowd.

Crockett and Tubbs stand by and watch, "Bo may have bungled the setup, but he looks cool with his jacket casually tossed over his shoulder," says Sonny.

The reporters ask Bo for a comment. He tosses his jacket over the camera and snarls, "There's your comment!"

The brat strolls along the dock. It's a beautiful night, but she's all alone, "I hate men. I hate Jeremy and Max and Nick and Jett. Most of all I hate myself." Footsteps approach. It's Jett. He followed her. She says she doesn't need an explanation, "Let's see... Jett's turn on... long walks on the beach, moonlit nights and going after women who are already spoken for." Jett says he wants to set her straight.

Jeremy and Stephanie are late. Patch wants to trade his soft drink for a margarita. Kayla wants him to have a clear head for the meeting, but doesn't know where he can get a new head on such short notice. She tells him she wants him to be nice tonight. He says he asked Bo to run a background check on Jeremy, "If he's a wolf in sheep dip, we'll know soon."

EJ wants to take Sami to the hospital. Sami snivels, "I want my mom!" Lucas says he will get Marlena there soon. He asks what she remembers. Sami says she remembers EJ opening the briefcase and the gas coming out and that's it. Lucas explains what happened after EJ released the gas, "Gas came out of the briefcase, too." EJ says there is still one thing that doesn't make any sense. Why would Stefano kidnap her and then dump her. Sami can't stop thinking about that. She wishes her dad would call and explain what's going on.

Bo leans over Roman's gurney, "Hey, bro, You can't die – we have blowing league tonight."

Roman can barely speak, "I bowled a 93 last week."

"Oh yeah, that's right," says Bo, "I guess you can die if you want." They wheel him out through the crowd.

Kayla can't believe Patch asked for the background check on Jeremy. Patch says if Jeremy has nothing to hide Patch will sit back and let nature run its course – maybe. To him Stephanie is still a little girl because he missed everything, "I missed her dating and giving her boyfriends the 'you touch my daughter and I'll kill you' staredown. I'm just trying to keep Stephanie safe." Kayla brings up the baby. She has given him the perfect opportunity to raise a second child and he has said no. Apparently his mind is a little more clear than he is letting on.

She thinks the name Patch doesn't work for him anymore, "You used to be held together by spit and grit, but now it's the love of your family that's holding you together."

"When you lay it on, you use the high priced spread," says Patch. She goes over to his side and smooches him.

Chelsea says Jett can go. She thinks she's the most clueless girl in the world. Jett can't disagree, but says he introduced Danielle to Chelsea knowing she was already married. Chelsea says, "Forgive me if I don't want to hear your lame excuses. I want the truth."

Jett says, "The whole thing was a setup and Danielle was in on it. Is that enough truth for you?"

Sami wonders why Stefano let her go. Lucas suggests his horoscope was iffy or maybe his weekly goat sacrifice went bad. EJ thinks it was something else.

"Who asked you," snorts Lucas. EJ thinks Stefano has had a change of heart. "To do that," growls Lucas, "first you gotta have a heart."

EJ thinks Stefano thought this through. He saw the families coming together would end the hostilities. Lucas thinks EJ inhaled more gas than the rest of them. Lucas rambles on. Sami shushes him.

Nick arrives, "I gotta talk to you guys right away." He comes in and tells them he remembered why he was there when the bomb went off, "It's about your babies, Sami."

Jett says he lied to Chelsea. She wonders if he and Danielle are just part of one big liars club. She says she told him about Danielle because he is her friend. Jett tires to clear things up, but she doesn't let him get a word in edgewise. He says he lied because he needed a firewall. He couldn't get involved with her. He insists he was looking out for her. She doesn't buy it and she doesn't care, "If you're gonna let a girl down, go hard on her. It's easier to bounce back that way. Be less of a jerk and more of a man. I used to think Jeremy was the biggest jerk I ever met. I didn't know why you wanted to share his airspace, but I guess you solved that mystery for me."

Patch and Kayla slurp each other like a couple of teenagers at a drive in. Customers lose their appetite and start to leave, but the scene is broken up by Jeremy and Stephanie walking in. Jeremy brings gifts. He has perfume for Kayla, Eau de Sleaze,. He got Patch a blues harp mix. Kayla lets Patch smell her perfume and he chokes.

Stephanie chimes in, "Once you get to know Jeremy you'll love him as much as I do."

"OH I AM TICKLED PINK," says Patch.

Nick says he came to tell the truth then the bomb went off, "I messed up."

With her impeccable timing, Kate busts in, "I heard Sami ran away with EJ." Sami straightens her out. Lucas wants Kate to show a little sympathy. Kate asks Nick what he is doing there. Lucas says he came to tell them something about the babies.

"What," snorts Kate, "This wretched lab rat? I'm sure you don't have anything to say, do you, Nick?"

Jeremy toasts the whole bunch. Patch asks about Touch The Sky. "Everything Jeremy touches turns to gold," says the golden girl. She shows them the expensive necklace he bought for her. Patch doesn't approve of all the partying on the plane. Jeremy asks Patch if he partied when he was their age. Kayla thinks Jeremy has Patch on that one. Jeremy says they have their eyes on the future so he can offer Stephanie the life she deserves.

"What do you think, Papa," asks Stephanie.

"I think money is a great invention and owning a business has its own rewards, but a man's character has to factor in."

"I have a confession to make," says Jeremy, "I've scored as many errors as I have hits, but every time I forget the rules Stephanie reminds me of the man I want to be. It's only one of the reasons I love her so much."

Jett admits he sent mixed signals, but he says he had no choice. He says he wants to protect her, "I'm not the man you think I am. Jeremy Horton is a criminal and I am ISA." He flashes his card.

Sami and Kate argue about Sami's motives. Kate suggests Nick can say his piece at a later time. Everyone in the room except Kate wants to hear now. Nick blurts it out, "Lucas is the father." Kate sucks all the oxygen out of the room.

Nick says the report was wrong. They ask if he is 100% sure. "Well," he says, "There is one chance in 13 billion the tests could be wrong."

"That's enough of an opening for the DOOL writers," says EJ.

Kate says reports could be falsified. Nick asks why he would do that. Kate says he could be incompetent. Sami wants to know how Nick messed up. Nick says he was under pressure and got careless. He ordered a new report. He shows it to them. Lucas looks it over, as if there might be a chance in a million he understands it.

After reading the report, Lucas is convinced. He attacks Sami's tummy, "Who's your daddy? Who's your daddy?"

The twins immediately ask for a second opinion.

Lucas' mood changes. He gets nasty with Nick, "Do you know what you put us through?"

Sami tells him to back off, "I think he was under a lot of pressure from someone."

Chelsea wants to know if the ISA card came from the Liars Shoppe at the mall. Jett says he wanted to tell her from the start. She wonders if he has been pretending to be her friend for the last couple of months, "Was the near kiss an act too?"

Winston Churchill appears on the scene, "Never in the field of human drama has so much been made of so little by so many."

Bo walks into the pub. Patch excuses himself. He and Bo go outside. Bo tells Patch about Roman's knifing, "Andre played me for the fool I am."

"If you beat yourself up every time someone plays you for a fool," says Patch, "You'd walk around looking like a piece of chopped liver."

Bo thinks they should get the whole family over to the hospital, "Also... I got that jacket you wanted on Jeremy. It ain't pretty. Jeremy is bad news. He's a Horton, Hope's family for God's sake." Patch reads it and weeps.

Jett says he felt chemistry for Chelsea from the beginning. He had to hide his affection. He figured if she met the person he is engaged to, that would cool the relationship off. Danielle walks up to them and flashes her own credentials, "Danielle Calder, special agent with the International Security Alliance."

They grill Nick about who pressured him. He says it was his mistake. He got careless in the rush and takes responsibility. Kate says she will talk to his supervisor and he won't lose his job. He asks her not to do that.

Sami says she doesn't believe him, "Look me in the eye and tell me that Kate or EJ didn't have something to do with you changing the results."

Nick looks at the floor, the ceiling, the walls, "If you need someone to blame, then blame me. It was my fault." He leaves.

Kate has a heart of gold, "I'm going to go check on that poor kid." She follows him out the door.

EJ swears he isn't in on this. Sami doesn't believe him. Lucas gets a call. He tells Sami it was Marlena, "Your dad was stabbed in the line of duty tonight."

Sami goes full throttle into panic. She runs around the apartment screaming she has to get to the hospital. She tells EJ he can't help them anymore. She figures Lucas being the father is why Stefano let her go. There is now no reason for EJ to be in her life, "You are totally irrelevant," she says as she heads into the bedroom.

Danielle apologizes for the cloak and dagger stuff. She says lying to Chelsea tore Jett up inside. She says Jett thinks Chelsea is special. Danielle says she has to go and takes off.

"My God," says Chelsea, "This is seriously unreal. No one will believe this, especially Stephanie." Jett says she can't tell anyone about this.

"Why," she asks, "What has Jeremy done?"

Jeremy talks about flying planes. The landings turn him on, "It's better when the lady you love is sitting next to you."

Bo tells Patch Jeremy isn't what he claims to be.

Jeremy and Stephanie smooch. Kayla has an uncomfortable moment.

Jett, like all good ISA agents, says he doesn't have a clue. He doesn't know what Jeremy is up to. Chelsea says he has to get him out of their lives. She wonders how he got together with Jeremy and the airline. Jett says it is true that he and Jeremy were together in the service. He says he was reading a file on a suspected smuggling operation, saw Jeremy's name all over it and offered to go in with him. He doesn't know who his accomplices are, or what he is doing, "We think Stephanie knows more than she is letting on."

Kayla goes outside. Bo tells her about Roman. Patch says he will stay and explain things to Stephanie while Kayla goes to the hospital. He goes back inside as the lovebirds smooch.

Chelsea says if Stephanie knew what was going on she wouldn't cover for Jeremy. Jett notes that Stephanie is in love with Jeremy and people in love do crazy things.

"I'm not in love," says Chelsea.

"There are exceptions to every rule," says Jett. He thinks Max is innocent, "Jeremy is keeping him in the dark." Jett wants Chelsea to watch Stephanie. She hesitates.

Patch walks over to the table. He gives Jeremy and Stephanie the bad news about Roman. He says Kayla went to the hospital. Jeremy is, oh so concerned, "Is there anything I can do?"

"Yeah, hotshot," growls Patch, "You can tell us about your record and the time you spent in jail." He smacks the file onto the table.

Lucas says he's taking Sami to see Roman and EJ has no part in that. He tells EJ he is out of their lives for good. Sami is a basket case. She runs out bawling and falls into Lucas' arms. He hugs her and assures her things will be fine. EJ watches.

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Chelsea says to Jett, "I'm just your informant, only I don't get paid and the perks aren't really that good. After you nail Jeremy, I don't ever want to see you again."

Patch tells Stephanie, "Throw this jerk out with the rest of the garbage."

Nick says, "Do what I want and your secret stays safe." Kate asks, "And if I don't do what you want?" Nick smiles, "I expose you."

Sami tells Marlena, "I have to protect my children. The best way I can think of is to kill Stefano DiMera." Lucas looks on.