Being Human Is Highly Overrated

Belle strolls down the street and gets into her car. She fumbles around and inserts her key into the ignition. Phillip jumps into the car, "Hey, Belle."

Belle sighs, "Oh, God..."

"Phillip closes the door and looks around, "You know, I never realized what a big, comfortable back seat your car has... Anyway, I just want to talk. You haven't returned my calls. You're afraid of what would happen."

"No, I'm not," insists Belle, "I'm marrying Shawn tomorrow." She tells him to let it go.

Phillip can't. He loves her and knows she loves him, too, "You can't marry Shawn while you're confused."

"Then I guess I'll never get married," says Belle, "Look, I told you, Phillip is everything I've ever... Oh, stop! You know I meant to say Shawn."

"What I know," says Phillip, "is that's the most honest thing you've said in weeks."

Roman asks Kate if the gun in a baggie looks familiar. Kate claims ignorance. Roman says her fingerprints are on it and it was fired recently. Kate wants to call a lawyer. Roman insists he's trying to make it easy for her. Kate insists she wouldn't shoot EJ since he's the one keeping Sami out of her son's life.

Roman launches into, "You have the right to remain silent..."

Patch stoops down and pulls the hidden gun out from under the bar as Bo walks in, "Hey, whatcha got there, Steve." Patch jumps out of his skin.

"Hand it over," says Bo.

Shawn comes out of the kitchen and tells Patch he's the one who found the gun. Patch figures he must be slipping if these two boobs can catch him. He chuckles, "Another detective in the family." Bo asks about the shooting. He wants to know how Patch knew EJ had been shot.

"I guess I haven't told you about my psychic powers, huh," asks Patch.

Bo gets in his face, "Did you shoot Junior?"

Sami asks EJ, "What are you thinking?"

"You're hard to get rid of," says EJ.

"The whole town knows that," says Sami, "I want you to get better." EJ doesn't know what to think. Sami says if he doesn't believe her she has to prove it. She dives in for a hot kiss.

Roman asks Henderson to process Kate on charges of attempted murder. Kate protests. She gives Henderson the look of a snake about to strike, "Touch me and you'll regret it!"

"I can vouch for that," says Roman. Henderson backs off. Kate tells Roman to be prepared to lose everything. She'll sue him, the police department and the city of Salem.

Roman asks for a minute alone with Kate. Henderson is all too happy to leave. "Tell me the truth," says Roman.

Kate figures Roman was lying about the gun in a baggie having her fingerprints on it, "I did not shoot EJ."

"Prove it," says Roman, "Turn over your weapon."

Patch evades, "You know me better than that. He tortured me and turned me into a psycho. But, hey, that's no reason to shoot him."

"This gun was clean," says Bo, "But you might have cleaned it after the shooting."

"When would I have time," asks Patch.

Bo says they both know it doesn't take that much time to clean a gun, "Besides, why would you hide a gun that hasn't been fired? Maybe you changed your mind."

Patch gives Bo the auto parts store story. He says he was at Hayes Auto Parts when the shooting happened. Well, it's just so happens Bo and good ole Bob Hayes are old chums. He suggests going to visit Bob and seeing his surveillance tapes. Suddenly, Patch decides it was the day before that he was at the auto parts store, "I was at the church. The DiMeras stole years of my life."

"So," says Bo, "You did go intending to shoot Junior."

"Yeah," admits Patch, "As a matter of fact I did."

Sami cries, "I'm so scared of losing you. Your son and I both need you."

"I love you," says EJ, "And if you love me..."

Sami corrects him, "I didn't say that."

EJ starts over, "I mean, if you have some feelings for me..."

"You are the father of my son."

"Yes I am."

"And he needs you and I need you."

Sami senses something is wrong. EJ says he did not believe after the "unfortunate incident" the night of Lucas' accident she would forgive him, "You do forgive me, don't you?"

Belle tells Phillip he has to stop doing this. What they had is over. "I can't accept that when I know you can't," says Phillip, "I know you have feelings for me."

"It was just sex," says Belle.

"If you can tell me that's all it was, I'll leave," says Phillip.

Patch says he went to the wedding to shoot EJ, but he didn't. He runs through what he did when he got to the church. The ceremony had already started. He thought about his family and decided it wasn't worth the risk. He heard shots and saw EJ down. He didn't see any of the shooters, "And since EJ is in the hospital proves I didn't do it. I'm a better shot than that."

Roman begs Kate to fess up and give him her gun. He will do everything in his power to help her, "The truth, Katie."

Kate caves in. She says she gave the gun to Phillip and asked him to get rid of it. As of yesterday, he still had the gun. Roman tells her to call Phillip and tell him to get over there.

Sami tells EJ all the ugly things they have done to each other are in the past. EJ says, "If I had it to do over again..."

"Stop it," she orders, "I know you are a different man now."

"You changed everything for me."

"We have changed each other," Sami asks him to promise to fight to get better. EJ zones. She begs him to think of his son and fight to live.

Bo checks out the gun and says he sees the serial number has been filed off. Patch claims he found it that way. He says he got it at the DiMera mansion.

"Let's go," says Bo.

"Cuffs or no cuffs," asks Patch.

"You want 'em, I got 'em," says Bo.

Patch turns to Shawn and tells him he's been quiet. He asks if Shawn thinks he did it. "For Kayla's sake, I hope not," says Shawn.

Patch says, "You sound more like a politician than a cop-to-be."

"If I sounded like a cop, that would disqualify me for the Salem PD," says Shawn. As Bo hauls him off, Patch says goodbye to "Mayor Brady."

Belle. Phillip. Staredown. Phillip says she can't look him in the eye and say she doesn't care. Belle says she cares, but Shawn means more to her.

Phillip's phone rings. He ignores it, and says it's only a matter of time till Shawn finds out because Hope will eventually blab. Belle says it meant nothing to her, and she can live with Bo and Hope watching her every step, "Because it won't happen ever again."

"It's only a matter of time," says Phillip, "Go ahead – marry him if you don't think of me when you lie next to him."

Belle says, "I can lie whether I'm next to him or not."

As Phillip leaves, he tells Belle to call him when she changes her mind.

Sami tells EJ it's important to her that he fight. He says she has given him something to live for. Sami believes he can make a miracle happen. EJ says, "The fact that you're here, we're married, you are starting to care, and DOOL is still on the air, that's a miracle."

"You are the strongest man I know," says Sami, "I know you can beat this." Another kiss.

Sami starts to leave. He asks where she is going. "I have to get back to Johnny D and _________. He asks her to bring his son the next time she comes. She says she can't bring him into the ICU, but that's another reason for him to get out of here. Sami backs out of the room. Outside, she tells Stefano she thinks she's going to be sick.

Roman tosses Stefano's file onto his desk. Bo rushes in and Roman tells him about Kate giving the gun to Phillip. Bo tells Roman about Patch and his gun. "Do you think he's involved," asks Roman.

Bo thinks so. He starts to rattle off all the reasons, "He said he was at the church just before the shooting..."

Roman interrupts, "Bo... Bo...,"

Bo asks, "What?"

Roman says, "It's my gun. Steve was lying to protect me."

Phillip meets Kate at the station. She tells him she told Roman about the gun. Phillip nukes, "You just told them I'm an accessory after the fact! You told me the gun went off by accident. Is that true?"

Kate says, "You don't believe me, do you? You think I shot EJ."

Stefano has Sami sit down and asks what happened in the room. She says she did what he asked and gave EJ reason to live. Stefano says he will not forget it. As long as EJ is alive and happy Sami and her family have nothing to fear. Sami huffs off.

Belle arrives at the pub. She shows Shawn the dress she bought for Claire for the wedding. Shawn tells Belle he got Bo his first lead on the EJ shooting. He tells her it involves Patch. They don't know if Patch was involved, "but it doesn't look good."

"Poor Kayla," says Belle, "Poor Stephanie." Shawn gives her the details.

Patch goes over his story with Bo and Roman. Roman insists he didn't shoot EJ.

"But you went to the church with that intention," says Bo.

"Phillip comes in. Bo asks, "Where is Kate's gun?"

"I'm taking the fifth on that," says Phillip, "And if you want to search my home, get a warrant."

Bo turns to Roman, "What the hell is he talking about?"

Phillip leaves. Bo says, "I'm gonna have to bitch slap that brat one of these days."

Belle thinks Shawn will make a great cop. He wants to be a great husband and a great father.

"You're already a great father and as a husband... I think you'll do OK," says Belle. Shawn thinks they have a great future. He senses something is wrong. Belle says she is just tired. Shawn volunteers to take Claire to the doctor.

Belle tosses one in out of left field, "Shawn I wanna marry you."

"I never said you didn't," says Shawn, "Is someone telling you that?"

A nurse brings EJ lunch. Stefano comes in. EJ says he's feeling better. The nurse leaves. Stefano asks what he and Sami talked about. EJ says, "She admitted to having feelings for me." Stefano says he knew it was only a matter of time.

"I take a bullet and her feelings come to the surface," says EJ, "I'm really allowing myself to believe we will be husband and wife in a real sense of the word. She makes me happy. I want to do the same for her and raise our son together."

"We will rear Johnny D," says Stefano, "He is a DiMera and is a part of us."

Shawn figures it out, "You ran into Phillip and he put these crazy ideas into your head."

"I ran into him," says Belle, "But the crazy ideas are a permanent fixture." Belle claims it's pre-wedding jitters. She tells him not to worry, "It's normal for a bride to be stressed out." Shawn takes the dress to try it on Claire.

Belle remembers Phillip telling her to call. She gets his card out of her purse and zones.

Phillip tells Kate he took care of things. She tells Phillip she's sorry.

"If I never heard another woman say 'I'm sorry' I'd be a happy man."

Shawn brings Claire out all dressed up. Claire babbles. Belle babbles. She can't wait to marry Shawn. Smooches. "As long as we show up, things will be perfect," says Shawn.

Belle gets a call from Hope and tells her she's on her way. Shawn will take Claire. He reminds Belle the next time they see each other they will be exchanging vows. "Oh yeah," says Belle, "I almost forgot – I'm spending the night with Bo and Hope, so we can go over and over my little peccadillo with Phillip and beat that dead horse into a heap of mush."

After Shawn goes, Belle grabs her things and leaves. She wads up the card. But does she throw it away?

Roman knows lying to Bo put him in a bad position, "I'll clear it up with Abe."

"No," says Bo, "As far as I'm concerned it didn't happen." Roman doesn't want him to put his career on the line. Bo is sure he wants to do this. He wants Roman on the case. He says they know Kate is one of the shooters. They speculate about who the other ones are. Bo says, "We gotta find these shooters before Stefano does."

Stefano tells EJ he doesn't want Johnny D brought up as a Brady. He says if he had left EJ with his mother he would be weak.

"Maybe I would be more human," says EJ.

"Being human is highly overrated," says Stefano, "My grandson is one of us. Never forget who you are." He turns and leaves. EJ stares.


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