The Poster Guy For Bad Boys

Chelsea and Caroline prepare to go to the party. Caroline gets sentimental about DMB*. She decides to go to the cemetery and put a flag on his grave. Morgan finds Chelsea and thanks her for letting her stay over. Morgan gets sentimental about her dad and the 4th of July. Chelsea says she has to get her mind off her dad and come to the Brady-Horton party.

(*Dead Man Brady)

EJ comes in and finds Lucas wandering around. "Have you seen Samanther," asks EJ. Lucas tells him she's at Bo and Hope's BBQ. EJ says he will let her know Lucas is sorry she couldn't join.

"Hold it, big boy," says Lucas, "I don't think you're going anywhere."

Bo arrives home and tells Hope about the things they found in Morgan's luggage. He says they found a letter to Morgan, "We didn't read it but will be there when she does."

They go into a smooch-fest as Doug and Julie arrive. Jugs and Doolie are dressed as Betsy Ross and Uncle Sam. When they get kinky, they don't go halfway. Doug laughs and turns to Julie, "And you thought the only fireworks you'd see tonight would be up in the sky."

"I knew they wouldn't come from you," says Julie.

"Excuse me," says EJ, "Did you just tell me I can't go to the Brady-Horton 4th of July party?"

"You can do whatever you want," says Lucas, "But Sami didn't invite you." EJ reminds him he's family because of his son. Lucas says he won't be married to Sami for long and warns him if he shows up he'll make Sami angry. Lucas tries reverse psychology, "OK, go ahead, go if you want to."

EJ bites, "You'd like that, wouldn't you?"

Doug and Julie tell Bo and Hope they got off their cruise and hopped a plane. They will join the cruise at the next stop. The conversation degenerates into talking about the greenification of Bo and Hope's house. Bo has installed solar panels and all kinds of other green-gumbo around the place and Doug and Julie are so proud.

"Our electric bill was pushing $350 a month," says Bo, "and now we don't have one. And installing the panels only cost $65,000."

"I've never seen anyone so smart," says Doug.

"We're off the grid," says Bo.

"Is that anything like being off your rocker," asks Doug.

"We don't have to worry about blackouts," says Bo. Subtle.

"Just bankruptcy," says Doug.

"And my lawnmower is made out of sunflower seeds," says Bo.

Julie and Hope tire of the boy-banter. Julie offers to help. "I thought you'd never ask," says Hope, "I was afraid I was gong to have to watch Ciara." Doug goes to help Bo and tells him he gave everyone a scare. Bo wants Doug's advice about Chelsea's situation.

Morgan asks about Chelsea's date. Chelsea blushes, "Is there a better word than fabulous?"

"Nauseating," says Morgan. Morgan is jealous. She wishes she could find someone who would sweep her off her feet.

"Daniel says I sweep him off his feet," says Chelsea, "Because I’m shaped like a broom."

Phillip and Chloe are sitting together at a table across the room. Phillip wishes Chloe had kept her mouth shut. We miss some of the conversation until the applause dies down. Chloe says, "I just did it to try to help you, Phillip."

Phillip says, "Unfortunately, what you did only made things worse."

Lucas' reverse psychology has worked! EJ decides to stay with Lucas and have some fun. OMG! EJ has been outsmarted by Lucas who was outsmarted by Chloe! ALERT THE MEDIA! WE'VE DISCOVERED THE BOTTOM OF THE FOOD CHAIN! "I'm outta here," says Lucas. EJ asks him to stay.

Nicole comes in, "Lady liberty has arrived. Let's get this party started."

Julie and Hope talk. Hope tells her things are better than ever between her and Bo, "That pancreas operation has severely limited his ability to talk, but not do dishes." Julie has always known Bo and Hope were meant to be together, but it was Doug who was against it. Hope compares her situation with Doug to Chelsea's situation with Bo.

"That's funny," says Julie, "I never knew you donated a pancreas to him."

Bo tells Doug Chelsea is dating an older guy.

Chelsea says her dad isn't thrilled she is dating an older guy. She realizes she's trying to get Morgan to forget about her dad and then goes on and on talking about her own father. She assures Morgan her dad and Hope and the SPD are doing everything they can to find Paul, "There could be a perfectly logical explanation for that."

Morgan says, "Maybe he's never coming back."

Chloe says she knows Phillip had nothing to do with the fire and they need to find Morgan's dad and prove it. Phillip wonders if she's making this all up and tells her she should have told him what she was going to say. Chloe apologizes. Phillip brushes it off, "What's done is done."

Chloe asks, "Is that like saying the past is in the past?"

Chelsea encourages Morgan to come to the party. Caroline gets back and says Roman is coming to help. Caroline walks off and Morgan says she feels bad for Chelsea's grandma. "There is an upside," says Chelsea, "With DMB gone, she baked four less pies and only had to order half the beer." Chelsea goes to help Caroline.

Hope tells Julie about Daniel. Julie can't believe Hope has any concerns at all, "Daniel is a..." An angelic choir sings the Hallelujah Chorus as Julie utters the holy word... "DOCTOR!"

"An older doctor," says Hope, "Much older. Bo has issues with that."

"You'd think Bo would be more understanding," says Julie, "Doug had issues with you dating Bo."

"Yes," says Hope, "But Bo wasn't a..." An angelic choir sings the Hallelujah Chorus as Hope utters the holy word... "DOCTOR!"

Doug reminds Bo he thought he was the worst person to be dating Hope, "You were the poster guy for bad boys." Bo says he didn't much care what Doug or anyone else thought back then. Doug says everything he did back then made Hope angry. He implies Bo should back off. Doug has already checked Daniel out because he handled Bo's operation, "He's a..." An angelic choir sings the Hallelujah Chorus as Doug utters the holy word... "DOCTOR!"

"He's a flight risk," says Bo. Doug says these are the same kind of things people said about Julie and him.

EJ wonders what Nicole is doing there. Nicole says she heard John was having a private party and she decided to stop by and show her spirit. EJ reminds her she wasn't invited. She wonders if he was invited to Bo and Hope's party. EJ tells her he wasn't but had decided to go anyway until Lucas used reverse psychology on him.

"OMG," gasps Nicole, "You were outsmarted by Lucas who was outsmarted by Chloe?"

"I'm afraid so," says EJ, "I would have shot myself but I figured if I were that dumb I couldn't figure which way to point the gun."

EJ finds the bottle Nicole brought is nearly empty. Nicole says she had to do something to entertain herself on the way over. EJ pours her a drink and makes a toast, "If you get drunk enough, maybe I can outsmart you."

Nicole says, "You're smiling like something good happened so do tell."

EJ says, "You're probably the last person I ought to tell about it."

Julie says, "Doug behaved like any father worried about his daughter."

"Daddy didn't have anything to worry about," says Hope.

Julie gasps, "But he caught you two in bed together."

"I was with Bo," says Hope, "Like I said, he didn't have anything to worry about."

"Your father was a bit of a bad boy in the good old days," says Julie, "Too bad the good old days are long gone."

Doug says eventually he came to see how much Bo loved Hope and gave his blessing.

"Is that how you remember it," asks Bo, "I don't remember you being quite that forgiving."

Doug clarifies things, "I didn't kill you."

Bo thinks Daniel could make Chelsea happy but the age difference is the problem.

Julie works on Hope and Doug works on Bo. Both think Bo and Hope should back off. "You're not gaining a son-in law," says Doug, "You're losing a brat."

Phillip says he probably won't go to the BBQ. Chloe says, "But it's the social event of the year."

"The party on the Titanic was the social event of the year, too," says Phillip, "But that doesn't mean I would have wanted to be there." Phillip decides he's going to stay there with Kate. He invites Chloe to get together later. She says she'd like that and excuses herself.

Phillip sees Morgan and goes over and finds her crying, "Have you heard anything about your father?"

"Blubber-blubber-no-blubber."

Phillip tries to reassure her, "It's going to be OK."

"SSSOOOOBBBBB!"

Nicole pries, "Why won't you tell me?"

EJ says, "I don't want to hear any of your lip about it."

"You know I will keep bugging you until you tell me," says Nicole, "And I'll know if you're lying just to get me to shut up. Try me."

"OK," says EJ, "I'll tell. Just as soon as I change for the party. See you."

Lucas comes in as Nicole pours another drink, "Help yourself. You're in love with Sami and considering that you might want to fall off the wagon. I don't understand, why the hell do you keep coming back for more?"

Lucas doesn't answer but the "L" on his forehead speaks for itself.

Roman arrives at the pub. He and Caroline have a giggle fest. Roman is going to miss the way DMB used to sample his and Bo's Brady burgers to decide which was best. Roman thinks it's too bad Lucas can't come to the party. Caroline hopes Sami won't bring EJ.

Phillip says he's got people looking for Paul, "My friends over at the Salem Grappling Hook Company."

Morgan wants to know, "What's the real reason you're looking for my father?"

"Now that he's spent all that time in the Salem River," says Phillip, "He's worth a fortune in mercury."

Julie is surprised Hope would giggle at the concept of true love. "Honestly," says Hope, "It's coming from Betsy Ross." Hope thinks Doug and Bo are talking about the same thing. They go to spy on the guys.

Bo says he realizes he's got to back off. "Think long and hard before you act," says Doug, "Hurt and angry daughters are not very big on forgiving and forgetting."

"That was pretty lame," says Bo, "But it's better than 'the past is in the past.'"

Phillip admits Paul isn't his favorite guy. He thinks he was working against him and his father. Morgan says his bags were checked but he never boarded the plane, "Why would he do that?"

"Maybe after he checked his bags, he found out he was flying on 'Touch This Guy' airlines."

Lucas says love is a foreign concept to Nicole. Romping, however, is not a foreign concept to her. She asks, "When you found EJ and Sami in the sack, did it hurt?"

Lucas claims it didn't, "We're working on it."

Nicole asks, "Is there anything that can make Sami truly happy?"

"I can," says Lucas, "I love her."

"I hope it works out," says Nicole, "I really do."

"If you mean that, thanks," says Lucas, "But I don't want your help."

Nicole thinks she and Lucas are a lot alike, "We're both romantics want to be loved, but not to be sober. If you give Sami your heart she will stomp on it."

Lucas says, "Not this time. He leaves.

Nicole twirls her drink, "I wish you all the luck in the world."

Fireworks spew across the sky. Doug thinks it's a bit early for them and figures it's just a test. Julie wants to know if he and Bo had the same discussion she and Hope has. Doug thinks it was the same topic. Julie says, "You were worse with Bo than he is being with Daniel."

"Wweeelllll Duuuhhhhh," says Doug, " Bo was not a rich, successful..." An angelic choir sings the Hallelujah Chorus as Doug utters the holy word... "DOCTOR!"

"Bo turned out to be the right guy," says Julie.

"That's right," says Doug, "Hope could always depend on him to take her back after the little tramp came crawling back from an affair. I hope he and Chelsea can work things out the way Hope and I did."

Bo tells Hope about the conversation with Doug and says he would find it hard to back off. Hope encourages him to cool it, "If my dad hadn't done that we wouldn't be flipping Brady burgers right now."

"I'll never forgive him," says Bo.

Nicole goes through things at John's desk. Rolf asks if she is looking for something in particular. "Mind your own business, Ralph," says Nicole, "Why don't you go out into the kitchen and bring me some caviar?"

EJ walks in, "Rolf, how about some crumbled eggs, Dijon and toast points?"

"Whatever happened to normal food," asks Rolf.

Nicole wants to know what's up with EJ, "You promised."

"Did I pinky swear," asks EJ.

"I will get this good news out of you," vows Nicole, "So.... ??"

EJ caves in, "Sami found out we are no longer married." The blood drains from Nicole's face.

Phillip tries to encourage Morgan. Morgan thinks none of this would have happened if Chloe hadn't said something. Phillip has to go but tells her to call if she needs anything. Hugs.

Chloe soaks it in. Once she has had enough, she breaks things off, "OK..."

Phillip makes excuses for the hug but Chloe doesn't buy it.

Roman arrives at the Brady party. He immediately gets on Bo about the Brady burgers and they make a beer bet based on who eats the most of Bo or Roman's burgers. "Damn is that beer gonna taste good," says Roman. Hope encourages Bo to build a better burger and wants to know what the big secret was at Chez Rouge. Bo says he can't tell. Hope pouts. Bo goes to flip his burgers.

EJ tells Nicole Sami overheard John saying he and Sami aren't married. Nicole wonders if Sami went ballistic.

"Of course," says EJ, "In the ensuing exchange..."

"You mean explosion."

EJ continues, "...she was forced to admit she has feelings for me. So I suppose I should be thanking you. Cheers."

Lucas stands outside the door and listens. Oh, God, Sami, how could you?"


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