A World-Class Liar

Stefano sits by the fire and sips his brandy. He grimaces as he reads a threatening note, "The truth is coming for you, Stefano."

EJ makes over Johnny D. He says the three of them will make a beautiful family, "She's over making a clean break of it right now."

Sami and Lucas argue. Sami repeats the same old tired excuse for being with EJ; she wants to end the vendetta. She claims she hates EJ and is lying to him.

Lucas rages, "Vendetta – I don't want to hear that word ever again. You tell me you're lying to the guy, so how do I know you're not lying to me?"

Sami yells, "Why would I do that?"

Lucas snorts, "Because you've been known to lie in the past." A referee throws a flag and penalizes Lucas for unsportsmanlike conduct.

Sami swears she is protecting the family. Lucas swears she is destroying it, "You made it clear I will be second best. I won't accept that. You got your new marriage bed. You made it. Sleep in it."

Apparently, somewhere along the line, Lucas has grown a pair. The guys in the audience all chant, "GO LUCAS! DITCH THE B*TCH! DITCH THE B*TCH! DITCH THE B*TCH!"

Ford has Chelsea down on the couch as the sisters all run to her rescue. Stephanie yells, "FORD! STOP YOU SOB!" Ford stands up and Chelsea bolts. Ford turns and shoves Stephanie across the room. Then he chases Chelsea. He catches her and tackles her halfway up the stairs. They both fall. Ford gets on top of her and continues his attack. Apparently he doesn't mind an audience.

Stefano sighs as Rolf comes in. Rolf has apparently been busy downstairs playing mad-scientist. His surgical gown is covered with blood splotches. He looks like he didn't just operate on the patient, he dove in. Stefano wads up the note and tells Rolf he's getting daily threats, "The message is always the same."

"Maybe it's a crank," says Rolf.

Stefano says, "No, my old nemesis is alive. This time it's not going to end until one of us is dead."

Tony and Anna arrive at EJ's. Anna takes the log, uh, baby, from him. They tell EJ they are on their way to the airport for an extended trip, but wanted to meet a DiMera whose conscience was spotless. Apparently that's the only thing Johnny has that's spotless. Anna takes him into the next room to change his diaper. She takes Johnny, too.

Tony tells EJ he has some advice about protecting his son.

Lucas says, "Show yourself out when you get bored. We don't have a future any more. I want you out as long as you are EJ's wife."

The guys in the audience cheer wildly, "DUMP THE FRUMP! DUMP THE FRUMP! DUMP THE FRUMP!"

Ford and Chelsea struggle as the sisters stand like zombies and take in the show. Chelsea wiggles free and runs up several steps. Ford follows and trips. He falls and rolls. And rolls. And rolls. When he hits the bottom, he smashes his head on the Lauren/Willow/Jan memorial headcrusher. He tries to pick himself up but can't, so he starts crawling across the floor. He struggles to inch himself along. Slowly... slowly... slowly... suddenly a tectonic plate whizzes past him. Finally he collapses in a heap. Morgan leans over and checks him out, "He's not breathing!"

Tony says Johnny needs protection because he's a DiMera. EJ thinks Johnny's grandfather will protect him. Tony says he needs protection from his grandfather most of all. EJ insists Stefano would never hurt Johnny. "You hold onto that very misguided thought," says Tony, "and one day you will suffer for it as will your beautiful little innocent son."

EJ thinks Tony must have done something awful to Stefano to make him send Tony into exile. Tony says, "It boils done to this. Stefano gets what he wants. If you love your son, I'm begging you to get him as far away from Stefano as you possibly can."

Sami says Lucas can't throw her out, "My name is on that lease."

"There are no DiMeras on that lease," says Lucas. Wild cheers from the guys in the audience.

"You can't make me go," says Sami.

"If you won't go I will," says the man who has replaced Lucas Horton in this episode.

Sami begs. Lucas stands his ground. He claims he loves her but it won't last for long, "I will prove I can get you out of my life."

"That is not possible," says Sami.

"I have to make it possible," says Lucas.

The guys in the audience cheer, "BAG THE HAG! BAG THE HAG! BAG THE HAG!"

Uh oh. Sami tries another tactic. She moves in on him. Lucas resists, "Stop it and go!"

Sami turns to sulk out. Suddenly she wheels around and attacks. Lucas tries to resist, but...

The guys in the audience go silent. One of the guys turns to the others and says, "Don't worry. It's OK, He'll kick her to the curb later. This is one for the road!" All the guys chant, "ONE FOR THE ROAD! ONE FOR THE ROAD! ONE FOR THE ROAD!"

The girls try CPR. It doesn't work. One of them suggests mouth-to-mouth. Another says, "Eeeeuuuwwww! Be my guest."

Bambi panics, "Quick! What's the number for 911?"

As they watch, Stephanie comforts Chelsea. Slone insists it's too late to call 911. Morgan checks him out and looks up in despair, "Slone is right. He's dead."

The girls sit in hushed silence. Bambi gets on the intercom, "Cleanup in aisle seven."

Tony keeps up his warnings. EJ keeps up his resistance. He insists Stefano will never harm Johnny. Tony thinks EJ is naive.

Stefano thinks his nemesis has picked the worst time to crawl out from under a rock. He's worried about passing the family mantle to Elvis, "Elvis wants to be loved. It's a trap he's fallen into. Samantha will be the poison that saps his strength." He isn't sure how much longer the future of the family can be left to Elvis. He tells Rolf to continue as instructed and have no fear, "I should have gotten rid of my nemesis when I had the chance but I will not make the same mistake again."

Meanwhile Sami is busy trying to sap someone else's strength. She attacks Lucas and rips his shirt off. "Go to hell," snarls Lucas.

"Come with me," begs Sami. She gets him down on the couch. Lucas gets interested.

Chelsea rushes over to the lifeless Ford and starts smacking him. The sisters pull her off and decide she did that because of the drugs. Stephanie says if they call security they'll be arrested for murder.

Tony says Stefano loves himself more than he loves EJ and Johnny. If EJ doesn't give Stefano something he wants in the future, he'll cut them both down, "Look what happened to his children, Benjy and Renee." (Tony's words).

Tony says he doesn't regret rejecting Stefano's lifestyle of hatred and death. EJ has the opportunity of stopping the curse from going forward.

"You make the DiMera curse sound as if it's genetic," says EJ.

"Be a better man than Stefano can be," says Tony, "Do what you know is right for yourself, you future and your son."

Mission accomplished for Sami. She and Lucas sit on the couch holding each other. Sami says, "All EJ will ever get from me is lies." Lucas seems to have changed his outlook. Sami goes on, "I am doing this for us. And for our future. My marriage to EJ is temporary. You and I do have a future. I will never stop fighting for us. There is nothing for me without you." It's a good thing they're not spiders, or this would be the part where she has him for dinner. The guys in the audience are certain that is what's happening anyway.

The girls whine about their situation. They decide it was all an accident. Stephanie reminds them they drugged Ford, "That's premeditation. We called him over. We drugged him. He fell. That's murder!"

Morgan gets it. Slone argues for calling the police. Carmen joins the "it was murder" crowd.

Stephanie reminds them of that little thing called the death penalty. Morgan agrees and says Ford's father would crucify them in the courtroom.

Slone bawls, "He was still a human being."

"No he wasn't," screams Cordy.

Sami and Lucas dress. Lucas has completely changed his tune. He thinks Sami can convince EJ, "You're one hell of a liar when you need to be. But he's a world-class liar too, so it will be hard to fool him. He will find out sooner or later."

"He will believe what he needs to believe," says Sami.

"I don't know how long I can wait for that," says Lucas. The guys in the audience see a ray of hope. "LET GO DA HO! LET GO DA HO! LET GO DA HO!"

Sami decides to nip this in the bud. She moves in again, "Maybe I can convince you."

Round two is interrupted by a knock at the door. Lucas accurately predicts who it will be. EJ wheels himself in holding Johnny, "Am I interrupting something?"

Rolf says the surgery was a success. The patient will be at Stefano's disposal soon.

"Excellent," says Stefano, "He will be needed at his fighting strength. When he is ready I will make sure he takes care of this chronic nuisance..." Stefano burns the threatening note, "...once and for all."

Cordy says, "To be human, you need to be worthy of respect." The girls agree. They decide they aren't going to jail for the rat. All for one and one for all. Morgan reminds them they all added drugs to his drink, so they are all equally guilty. Everyone agrees not to call the police.

They wonder what to do with the body. If they try to carry him outside, the security cameras will see them. Stephanie suggests stashing the body in the basement. Everyone thinks that's a horrible idea. "OK," says Stephanie, "Any other ideas?"

Cary Grant has a suggestion, "How about over there in that window seat?"

Opera music fills the DiMera mansion as Tony and Anna come for a visit. Tony turns off the music. Stefano snarls, "I thought you were gone. I've wiped you from my mind. What can I do for you?"

Tony asks him to leave Johnny alone. Stefano tells him this is not his concern. Johnny is the heir to the DiMera name. Stefano will give him everything he needs. Tony says Stefano underestimates Elvis, "Bully him and he will fight you with every trick you have taught him. If you try to take that son away you will have a war on your hands."

Stefano scoffs, "How little you know."

Tony says, "If you want your grandson to inherit what is due him, then go back to Italy. Leave EJ to raise his own son."

Lucas asks, "What could you be interrupting?" EJ tells them he has decided Johnny needs to be over there with his sister.

"What's the catch," asks Lucas.

"There is no catch," says EJ, "The twins come first. It's that simple. And, I hate to say it, but Sami is better at looking after them than I am. If this brings us closer I am doing the right thing." He holds the baby out, "Sami?"

Sami takes the kid and EJ says goodnight.

The coven circles Ford. Morgan flashes back to the Halloween party and Ford attacking her. Cordy remembers Ford at the hotel room making threats. Stephanie remembers her night of hell. Ford doesn't remember much.

Sami tells Lucas she thinks EJ was sincere. At this point, Lucas will buy anything, but he thinks EJ will want something in return. Lucas takes Johnny. Sami asks, "Is there something I can do to help?"

Lucas says, "If I put Johnny to bed, it will wake Ali and she will be hungry. You can order pizza."

"So you want me to stay?"

Lucas caves and tells her she can do what she wants. The flushing sound you hear is the last vestige of Lucas' manliness headed for the septic tank.

EJ contemplates himself in the mirror and remembers what Tony told him about being a better man than Stefano.

Tony says he isn't leaving unless Stefano agrees with him. "Then stay," growls Stefano, "But this conversation is over." He walks off.

Anna tries to get Tony to give up. She says she hopes Elvis listened to him, "Stefano will only give up when he meets someone willing to be as ruthless as he is."

The girls all swear never to say a word to anyone. Slone and Cordy take the drugged Chelsea upstairs.

"Lets get this over with," says Morgan.

Carmen says, "Over with? It's just beginning!" They drag Ford off. We pan in to the Alpha Chi Theta symbol on the rug.

Back at the Horton Brady Roberts DiMera apartment and demasculinization center, there is a knock at the door. Lucas "P.W." Horton answers and sees two men standing there...

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