Mayhem

The director brings Chloe a crock and tells her it's for pre-show publicity shots. Lucas tells her she will be great. Maggie bounces up to them. She's so excited to be shooting Hearth and Home in her own kitchen, "Daniel should be here soon."

CRASH!

So much for Chloe's crock. Now the only crock anywhere near is the show itself.

Daniel is on the phone and tells Kate. She wants to meet with him, but not at Maggie's place.

Chris bustles in with a load of stuff for Kate. After Chris leaves, Kate puts on industrial rubber gloves and douses the plate of food with the contents of the vile vial.

Mia works the counter at the Java Café and looks up to find...

CHAD!

Chad puts his hand on her arm, "I miss you."

Mia looks that up in the Gal Manual: "I miss you – The tramp I hooked up with after I dumped you left me and I'm horny."

"Please don't touch me," says Mia, "You've done enough of that already."

EJ serves Sami with a court order to take Johnny from her. Sami bawls, "You can't do this."

"I'm not doing it," says cold-hearted EJ, "Your lies about Grace did this."

Father Matt announces the nuns have arrived late because they had a flat tire on the way to the funeral. Sister Agnes pops in as Nicole sweats. Father Matt starts to introduce Nicole, but sister Agnes says, "Oh no, we don't need an introduction. I know who you are."

"You must have me confused with someone else," says Nicole. So Matt makes the intros. Nicole asks if sister Agnes came alone.

"No," says Sister Agnes, "I didn't."

Will walks into the ugly scene in the sanctuary and asks EJ, "Are you taking my brother away?" Sami begs EJ not to do it.

Lucas asks, "It's Daniel, isn't it?"

"What do you mean," asks Chloe.

"When I mentioned Daniel's name," says Lucas, "is when that crock met it's maker."

"I was just a little stunned he changed his mind," says Chloe, "Do you know why."

"No," says Lucas, "Actually I think my mom threw a bunch of money his way."

The director comes up to Lucas and spares us the rest of that gripping conversation by saying he needs to talk to him. Maggie walks up and tells Chloe she encouraged Daniel to do the show. Chloe does a double-take, "Maggie, why are you making this harder for me?"

"Don't thank me," says Maggie, "That's just the kind of thing I like to do for people."

Meanwhile, back in Kate's lab of death...

Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble...
Daniel walks in and sees Kate at work, "What are the heavy rubber gloves for?"

"Protection," says Kate, "It's a concept you were never in love with, remember?"

Chad wants to know why Mia is angry. She goes off to talk to the manager. Chad grabs her, "Come on Goldilocks don't do this."

Mia flashes back to the back seat of Chad's jalopy. Chad begs, "Don't make me stop."

Back to the poor excuse for reality that is DOOL. "Get out of here," says Mia, "Just go."

Will asks EJ if he can visit Johnny. EJ gives permission. Will thanks him and leaves. Sami calls for him him to come back. Will thrusts the dagger into Sami's heart and twists it around for good measure, "You and Rafe lied. I don't blame EJ. In fact he has every right."

It looks like Sami lost two kids today. Stunned Sami staggers over to a pew and sits.

Sister Agnes says Sister Teresa didn't come, "She has been reassigned to another convent and is no longer in Salem." Translation: When will these actors learn to tone down their salary demands?

"Drat the bad luck," says Nicole. She sees Will storming out and asks what's wrong.

Rafe sits by Sami and vows to fight. Sami looks up and gives EJ both barrels. EJ has a couple of barrels to give himself and the Scream-a-thon goes into high gear. Nicole runs in and asks what all the shouting is about.

Sami stands and turns her wrath on Nicole, "You know very well what this is about and you know this is your fault!"

EJ gets really nasty, "Samantha, you have exactly one hour to bring Johnny to me."

Sami retaliates, "I will see you both in hell for this."

Maggie wonders why Chloe is so threatened, "You are not over him are you? Chloe, you have to move on."

The atom in Chloe's brain flips polarity, "You're right. Maybe this is the best way to move on. I'll do that and make Lucas happy till death do us part."

Kate gives Daniel the letter making the charity deal official. Daniel wants to know why they are there and not at Maggie's. Kate says, "I wanted to have a moment of quiet before the mayhem at Maggie's. She says she has put the whole situation with him and Chloe behind her and suggests a toast, "To friends, new beginnings and Hearth and Home."

Daniel chugs his drink points to the horrors o'dourves and asks, "I haven't had lunch. Do you mind if I have one of those?"

Gulp. Kate rushes over and throws a block that would make any NFL team's highlight reel, "The food stylist will kill us if we touch this plate. These are the treats you will offer Chloe on the show." She asks him to take the horrors o'dourves over and she will meet them later. Daniel picks up the poisoned plate and leaves. Kate puts her rubber gloves back on and removes the vile vial from her purse.

Will stops by the Salem park bench and broods. He dials his phone.

Mia snaps, "Don't call me Goldilocks again!"

Chad says he still thinks of her. He apologizes for not being in contact with her, "You remember the fun we had don't you?"

Mia remembers steamy windows in the back seat of Chad's car.

YOU! In the audience... yeah, YOU! You can remember some steamy windows yourself, so stop judging.

Things really heat up in Chad's lovemobile.

Paradise By The Dashboard Light plays in the background...

Mia stops him, "Do you love me Chad?"

At the moment, Chad is soooooo in love, "I'll love you for all the Days Of Our Lives."

Mia snaps out of it, "I remember."

Father Matt comes in and asks what the shouting is about. Sami storms out and father Matt asks to talk to EJ. He tells him they have to remember that God asks us to forgive, "Don't do anything you will regret."

"Why don't you tell that to Samantha," says EJ, "She is the one who played God and will regret it."

Nicole approaches Sami. Sami tells her to go away but Nicole says the decision about Johnny was EJ's. Sami blows her stack and tells Nicole she looks guilty as sin, "What have you done, Nicole?"

Nicole tells Sami to back off and claims she has done nothing. She also says what Sami did was unconscionable, "EJ has been focused on you and Sydney but now he'll always focus on me and Grace."

Will is on the phone with Lucas, "Listen, we need to talk. Now... right now... this can't wait."

Lucas says, "Well, brainchild, you're on the phone with me, so talk." No, Will can't talk on the phone. He has to talk at the pier. Lucas agrees and tells Chloe he has to leave. He turns to Chris, "You'll have to take over for me."

Chris is so excited both of his wrists go limp. "Me? You mean as associate producer?"

Just be yourself," says Lucas. Lucas leaves safe in the knowledge he finally found a guy Chloe won't be in bed with in fifteen minutes. Chloe runs after Lucas, flings the door open and runs right into Daniel's arms.

Kate works with her Junior G-Man Kit and captures one of Daniel's fingerprints.

Nicole sits behind EJ in a pew. He tells her he and Father Matt agreed to disagree. Nicole wonders if they should take Grace's picture with them, since they don't have one. She breaks down, "This shouldn't have happened. It is so wrong."

"Someone should have told that to the writers long ago," says EJ.

Chloe and Daniel share an uncomfortable moment. She tells him she will be fine with this arrangement. He says he thinks Kate is finally coming around.

Back in her Junior G-Man lab, Kate transfers Daniel's fingerprint on the vile vial. She holds it up and surveys her work, "Yes, very identifiable."

Apparently Kate had to get Daniel's fingerprint off of a glass since by now all his fingerprints have worn off her.

The Java Café manager breaks up Mia and Chad's little party. He tells Mia, "I have someone to cover your shift, so you can start tomorrow."

In other words, after two full shifts, she still hasn't officially started the job. Gotta get me a job in Salem.

That thrills Chad to no end, "Now we have time to catch up."

Mia vetoes that, "We're over, Chad. I don't want to see you ever again." Mia walks off.

Lucas and Will meet at the pier. Will rants that Lucas knew Grace was Sami and EJ's baby and accuses Lucas of lying.

Sami and Rafe are back at her place which is really her mommy's place. Sami comes out in tears, "I just talked to Mickey and he says I have no choice. I have to take Johnny to EJ."

Another loss for Mickey.

Legal System: 5,219
Mickey: 0

Nicole tells EJ this is her fault because Sami hates her and that's why Sami didn't tell EJ about Grace. He tells her to put all this aside. She thinks she shouldn't go with him to get Johnny. EJ reluctantly agrees and leaves. Nicole prays and blubbers. She asks Grace's forgiveness and then walks out in tears.

Sami tells Rafe she has to take Johnny to EJ's by herself. Rafe says he doesn't have a problem with that and vows to fight and win. Rafe leaves. Sami packs up Johnny's things.

Will tells Lucas that EJ is taking Johnny. Lucas immediately runs to be with Sami. Lumi's in the audience swoon.

Mia finds Will.

Chris is in his element. He directs, barks orders and instructs Chloe and Daniel on the intricacies of making a second rate talk show work, "It's all about being loose... and banter. Dead air is an invitation to change the channel."

Daniel corrects him, "DOOL is an invitation to change the channel."

Kate rushes in and Chris reluctantly yields the command post back to her.

Kate is ready for the hors o'dourve scene. She tells Chloe and Daniel, "These little appetizers are tasty... to die for tasty."

EJ talks to Sydney and tells her Johnny is coming to live with them.

Nicole kneels beside Grace's grave, "It was only a few months ago when I helped you make your entrance into this world. You were so perfect. And then I gave you away so I could have Sydney. And now I think maybe switching you and Sydney... maybe I caused all this. Or maybe it was just your time. The worst part about it... you leaving this world made my life better because EJ will never forgive Sami for lying. Oh, God, please forgive me." She breaks down.

Lucas arrives at Sami's place. He says Will told him about Johnny. He tells her to fight it and offers to help her overturn it, "You can always count on me."

"That's little consolation," says Sami, "Since you can't count past ten. But it means so much to me. Thank you." Lucas leaves and Johnny runs up and tells Sami he wants to play.

"We're going to play a game we play a lot," says Sami, "dump Johnny."

Will asks if Mia is in some kind of trouble, "Did something happen."

"Nothing worth talking about," says Mia.

Chad talks to the Java Café manager, who gives him a job.

Back in Maggie's kitchen we get to the food scene.

Daniel and Chloe are a little nervous about the taping, but Daniel tries to reassure her, "Come on, this is a no-brainer, right?"

"With me," says Chloe, "everything's a no-brainer."

ACTION!

Daniel hands Chloe the horrors o'dourve.

Sami delivers Johnny. EJ scoops him up and turns to Sami, "Do me a favor. Shut the door on your way out."

Nicole continues to kneel and pray at Grace's grave, "I would do anything to bring you back... Anything." Rafe watches.

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