I Own You, Punk

Sami and Lucas rush around the mansion madly packing toys. Apparently Sami is going somewhere. She may also be taking the twins. She tells Lucas she's decided to walk them down to the Java Café. Lucas says she can leave them there with him. Sami says she's asked everyone to baby sit. "What's wrong with me," asks Lucas.

"I can't go into that," says Sami, "The show only lasts an hour. Besides, taking care of the twins can be overwhelming if you haven't had practice."

"I have to start learning sometime," says Lucas, "Leave them with me."

EJ steps into the room, "Over my dead body, Lucas." Lumi fans in the audience cheer.

Lexie Carver, Chief of Staph, wanders the halls of Salem hospital looking for something to screw up. Daniel grabs her and yanks her behind a drape. Lexie tries to compose herself as Daniel says he thinks they both deserve a break. He has arranged a breakfast for both of them. He pulls a cloth up, reveals the spread and hands her a cup of coffee. Lexie says she knows they've been having fun working together and wonders why he won't stick around. She will hate it personally and professionally she he goes. Lexie takes a bite of her bagel and gets a clump of cream cheese on her nose. Daniel wipes it off, "Can't have my Chief of Staph with cream cheese on her nose." Lexie gets a page and leaves.

Chelsea comes into the pub and sees Robbins and Nick working. Robbins thinks Nick is brilliant.

Chelsea joins Morgan. They chat about their grades as Stephanie comes up. Both Stephanie and Morgan aced their internships. Chelsea has to make up for all the time she missed while she was out. Morgan decides she has to run. Stephanie joins Chelsea. Pete rushes by and Stephanie asks him where Max is. "He has the next shift," says Pete, "He should be here soon." Stephanie figures that kills the evening. Max comes into the pub and walks up to their table. He turns into a zombie when he sees Nick and Professor Robbins working together.

Paul sneaks around the docks and hides as Nicole shows up. Chloe bumps into her. Nicole is looking for John and Chloe is looking for Phillip. Since neither of the boys is there, Chloe decides to move on. Nicole stops her, "Hold on there, Sugarcakes, it's time we had a chat."

John meets Phillip at the Kiriakis mansion. Phillip denies knowledge of the coke planted on John's ship. John tells Phillip, "You set me up. And now you have to pay."

Lucas tells EJ to stay out of this and they trade a few threats. Sami breaks up their argument and tells EJ if he has a problem with Lucas watching Johnny, she will take him with her. EJ definitely has a problem with Lucas watching Johnny, so Sami will take him and leave Allie with Lucas.

Abe meets Dr. Dan in the hospital hallway. He tells Abe Lexie is in a meeting, "You know, I've worked for a lot of Chiefs of Staph, but Lexie is special. I don't see how you both handle your busy schedules."

I've been trying to make time for her," says Abe.

"What a coincidence," says Daniel, "I've been trying to make time with her."

Lexie comes up as Daniel leaves. Abe suggests breakfast, but Lexie tells him Dr. Dan has already aced him out on that. Abe suggests lunch, so they can snipe at each other about Theo and all the trouble he's having at school.

Max zones in on Robbins and Nick, and then sits with the girls. Stephanie tells him about her grades. Pete comes up and Max asks him to take the next shift. Pete says, "Max, I'm sorry. I've been here since morning. No one in Salem works a full day."

Max goes right off the deep end, "PETE, I'M ASKING YOU A FAVOR HERE, ALL RIGHT?"

John accuses. Phillip denies.

Paul listens as Nicole and Chloe talk about Phillip. Nicole is playing the stepmom thing to the hilt, "I care about Phillip." Chloe wonders why Nicole is so interested in John. Nicole says, I am watching you and won't let you destroy Phillip the way you destroyed this dialogue. They leave. Paul comes out of hiding just in time for Morgan to show up. He tells her she shouldn't be there.

Allie is too much for Lucas to handle. He bumbles around trying to get her to stop crying. He has no luck, so he makes a desperate call to Sami, "I can't get Allie to stop crying. Where is that cute little doll?"

"EJ," asks Sami, "He just walked into the Java Café." She tells Lucas to check the nursery for Allie's toys and hangs up.

EJ joins Sami, "It's lovely to see the two of you... without Lucas." EJ is between appointments. Sami asks if his next one is with Nicole. EJ says no, he has lots of clients now. She tells him she knows how hard he works for the twins and it means a lot to her. Magnanimous EJ will always make sure they are provided for.

Stephanie asks if everything is OK. Poor Max is just too distraught to work. He blows up and storms out.

Nick and Robbins walk up and ask if everything is OK. Chelsea asks if something happened between Nick and Max.

Lucas runs around like a blithering idiot. Sorry for the redundancy. Allie screams at the top of her lungs. Desperate Lucas runs upstairs to check the nursery for Allie's doll. Allie heads for the hills. Lucas comes back with the doll he was looking for, but sees Allie is missing. He heads for the door and runs out of the mansion after her.

EJ and Sami laugh and play with Johnny. "This is nice, isn't it," asks EJ, "Johnny... you... me..."

Daniel walks in to the Java Café and orders. He calls Chelsea, "I need to see you."

John bets Phillip's drug dealer will turn on him. He thinks Phillip is lying, "Your old man was a formidable opponent but you're still wet behind the ears." Phillip reminds John he has nothing between his. John says, "You made a bad move trying to frame me."

Phillip snorts, "And you made a bad move starting this turf war."

"Thanks for admitting you planted the coke," says John.

"Tell me," says John, "Do you sleep with your eyes open?"

"I used to," says Phillip, "My new face was pretty tight when they first put it on."

John walks out as Chloe walks in and asks what just happened.

Paul tells Morgan to leave, "The pier has become too dangerous to meet here." Max walks up and remembers Stephanie telling him she wants the truth, and then telling Stephanie why he left Chez Rouge. Then he remembers yet another scene where Stephanie was bugging him, which, frankly could be any scene they have had together.

Finally Max snaps out of it. Ugly ole Bluto walks up and tells Max to get to work. Max says he will be glad when he doesn't have to take orders from him anymore. Bluto says he is sick of being assigned worthless pieces of garbage, "Until you're released form community service, I own you, punk."

That does it. Max attacks. Bluto outweighs Max by at least 100 pounds, but Max makes mincemeat of him. Paul and Morgan run up. Morgan screams, "Max, what are you doing?"

"Well, it's not Dancing With The Stars," says Max.

Bluto manages to pick himself up, "You shouldn't have done that."

"BRING IT ON," yells Max. Bluto decides he's tired of being a heap of rubbish on the dock, so instead he's going to tattle to Max' case worker. Bluto limps off as Nick and Stephanie come running down the stairs. Stephanie screams, "Max, what are you doing?"

Nick asks, "What's wrong with you?"

Sami and EJ work on Johnny. Sami pulls off his diaper and hands the dripping, bloated wad to EJ. EJ makes a face and handles it gingerly, "These DOOL scripts just keep getting worse, don't they? " He hands Sami a fresh diaper. She puts it on Johnny and turns and shares a high-five with EJ. He helps her up and heads for his next appointment.

Roman arrives and shares a hug with Sami. Nicole breaks things up, "Well, two Brady's for the price of a measly shot of Americano. I have news for you, Sami. Your marriage to EJ isn't exactly what you think it is."

"What does that even mean," says Sami.

"You saw that script a few minutes ago," says Nicole, "You tell me."

Chelsea joins Daniel, "What's up."

Daniel says, "It's time I was finally honest with you."

Lucas tells Allie to play as the cops show up at his door. They inform him he's under arrest for breaking the perimeter. Lucas refuses to leave his daughter. The cops inform him they have called child services to take custody, "Lucas Horton, you have the right to remain silent..." Viewers everywhere wish that would happen.

Unfortunately, Lucas does not remain silent. He babbles on as they haul him into the cop shop. The cops say they empathize but remind Lucas he broke the rules, "I know my rights," says Lucas, "I want to make my call."

Lexie joins Abe. They bicker about Theo's problems. Lexie thinks Abe doesn't seem worried but he assures her he is, "I just don't want to overanalyze this."

"You're on the wrong soap opera then," says Lexie.

Nick takes Max aside and tells him if this is about the prototype he's tried to give him credit. Max blows up, "I have to go to work. I'll call you later."

"This is not Max," says Stephanie, "I keep trying to help him, but he keeps pushing me away."

"At least he has some sense left," says Nick.

John bumps into Max. "I'm here to check on a shipment. A Kiriakis shipment."

Phillip rages about John. Chloe offers support, "You won't let him destroy you." Phillip realizes Chloe believes in him. Victor walks in and breaks up the party.

Phillip says, "I didn't know you would be here today."

"Obviously," says Victor, "I want this witch out now."

"It's my house, too," says Phillip, "She can stay."

"Overruled," growls Victor, "I want her out now."

Daniel says there are things he has kept from Chelsea, "There is a woman... here in Salem... and we've been hooking up."

Sami doesn't want Nicole's stinkin' opinion. She gets a call. Lucas gives her the good news, "I'm in jail again."

Paul meets Morgan at the pub. Morgan wants to know how he's involved with all this.

EJ meets Mr. Burke.

Chloe says it will be easier if she just goes and she walks out. Victor says he isn't putting up with Chloe any more. He says Brady has a long recovery ahead of him and it's all because of Chloe. Philip wants to talk about John. Victor will take care of him, too.

Max tells John he doesn't know anything about a Kiriakis shipment. He also says he's not getting caught in a turf war. "You don't have any choice," says John, "You're here on the dock. You've got eyes... you've got ears... If you had brains you'd be a real threat. You're gonna tell me what you know." John lunges toward him.

Max explodes, "YOU WANNA TAKE ME ON? YOU WANNA TAKE ME ON? COME ON!"

Sami shows up at police HQ and brings her wrath down on Lucas, "HOW COULD YOU BE SO IRRESPONSIBLE?"

Lucas decides it might be best to talk to Roman instead. He tells him the only reason he broke the perimeter was to get Allie. Sami is beside herself. She wants her daughter. They bring Allie in. Sami grabs her and gives Lucas a look that could kill.

Chelsea thinks Daniel is making things up. Daniel denies it. "Do you love her," asks Chelsea.

"It's not that kind of thing," says Daniel, "She's not available to me."

"So she's married."

"I'm not discussing this with you," says Daniel, "It just seems sneaky and weird not to tell you."

"Oh," says Chelsea, "So now that you've told me it's not sneaky any more – just weird."

"I'll see you around," says Daniel.

EJ says he appreciates what Burke has done, "Discretion is required, however."

Nick and Stephanie are back at the pub. They wish they could figure out what's going on with Max. Nick heads for class.

Paul assures Morgan nothing is going on. He just wants her to be safe.

Victor says he's relieving Phillip of his shipping duties, "The first rule of business is don't get your hands dirty. You're through."

Max screams, "COME ON! YOU WANNA TAKE ME ON? SHOW ME WHAT YOU'VE GOT! LET'S DO THIS!" John smirks and gives Max his three-finger Kung Fu whammy pose.


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