Katie, Viv and Vic

Sami and EJ stand in the rumpus room and argue about Sydney's custody. They take it into the foyer so Sydney can sleep. As if anyone could sleep in that house. In fact, a couple blocks down at the Salem Cemetery, the dead begin to stir when they hear the racket. Nicole comes up to the window and stares at Sydney.

Bo asks what Hope is doing going through Carly's purse. Hope doesn't miss a beat. She continues to rummage through the purse and says, "If you think I'm embarrassed you caught me going through her purse and want an apology, don't hold your breath."

Carly tells Maggie she would like to live there. Maggie wants to know if there is a reason. "Yes," says Carly, "there is." Oooooo... I can't wait to find out. If things get any more suspenseful, I think I'll explode.

Kate finds Vivian and Victor at the Java Café. Vivian sees her and gushes, "Katie DiMera! As I live and breathe! You haven't aged... very much. Katie, Viv and Vic... Together again, just like old times!"

Arianna returns to her room and finds Gabby and Rafe, mouths agape. "What are you guys doing here," asks Arianna.

Rafe holds up the bag of drugs and asks, "Why don't you tell us what you're doing with this?"

Sami and EJ continue to argue. Sami screams at the top of her lungs. Back at the cemetery, Dr. Tom Horton turns to Bob Anderson and asks, "What the hell is all that commotion?"

Suddenly, Sami stops, "What's that sound?" EJ and Sami bustle around the foyer like a couple of prairie dogs who have just popped out of their holes.

Nicole shifts her eyes.

Sami and EJ discover the mysterious sound was Stefano coming in. Stefano says he doesn't want to leave things the way they were. Sami takes the screaming to new levels, "YOU BASTARD!"

"That does it," says Bob Anderson, "I'm moving to the cemetery across town. This neighborhood has gone to hell."

Nicole has worked her way into the rumpus room and she checks on Sydney.

Arianna wants to know how they found the coke. Gabby tells her she was looking for towels, "You said you were done with all this."

Arianna is busted, "I'm not."

Kate wants to know why Vivian is in Salem. Vivian congratulates her on taking over her old role as Mrs. Stefano DiMera. Kate ignores that, snipes and says, "I can't stay, but we can talk before you jet off to your next stop."

"I'm not going anywhere," says Vivian, "I'm going to be living here from now on." Victor, totally enjoying the show, looks up at Kate, smiles and waits for her reaction.

Kate says, "Well, I like the coffee at the Java Café, but I certainly would want to live somewhere else."

Carly tells Maggie she has to get out of Bo's house ASAP, so she continues to make her play to move in. So, waitaminute. The big, suspenseful reason Carly wants to move in with Maggie is she has to get out of Bo's house and needs a place to live. Damn! I wet myself for nothing. Maggie needs to know everything that's going on with her. What a surprise. She also says she has to run this by Mickey if she can ever find him, and reminds Carly there are two young women living there. Mia walks in and Carly tells Maggie they have already met. Maggie tells Mia Carly might be moving in. Carly asks if that's OK with Mia.

Bo and Hope bicker. Hope says obviously Carly has a secret. Bo reminds Hope she also has privacy. Hope nukes about Carly living with her husband. Bo says Carly isn't the source of the problems. Hope is. Hope says she still thinks Carly is a liar.

Sydney sleeps. Nicole whines, "I just want to hold you one last time and then I will leave you because that's what's best for you. You are all I care about."

Sami nukes at Stefano for keeping Nicole's secret, "How can you live with yourself?"

"After just a few months of marriage," says Stefano, "I've found it's better than living with Kate."

EJ jumps on the Stef-bashing train.

Stefano bellows, Oh, cry me a bloody river! I did what I did because this woman is a rotten influence and whenever you are around her you turn into a quivering statue! I am not the villain! It was her treachery that started this."

Out in the audience, an Ejami fan turns to her neighbor, "Did you hear that? Stefano said whenever EJ is around Sami he turns into a quivering statue. I'm starting to quiver myself."

A Lumi fan overhears and shouts, "Quiver away, honey, the only thing EJ has that resembles a statue is his IQ."

Nicole holds Sydney and wonders how she can leave her with all the fighting and yelling.

Mia OK's Carly staying. Maggie and Carly decide they need to talk another time. Carly leaves. Maggie turns to Mia and says she wishes she could help. Mia insists Maggie has helped her, but whenever she thinks about Grace she gets despondent. Maggie urges her not to blame herself. Mia blubbers, "I just want to bring my baby back."

"On this show," says Maggie, "There's a good chance that will happen."

Rafe wants answers. Arianna says she wants to speak to Rafe alone. Gabby plays the 'just-a-kid' card but they kick her out anyway. She leaves and Rafe blows his empty stack. Arianna whoas him up, "Before I tell you what's going on it's your turn to stay quiet. I kept your secret, now you keep mine.

Nicole is conflicted about whether or not to take Grace.

Outside in the foyer, Sami, EJ and Stefano keep up the cacophony. Suddenly everything stops, "What... what is it," asks Sami.

"I thought I heard a nanosecond of silence," says EJ.

Vivian announces, "I'm staying in town... much to Victor's delight."

Victor gives a goofy smile, "I'm tickled pink."

"Go where you want," says Kate, "but stay away from me and stay away from Phillip or you will be very sorry." She leaves.

Victor has a chuckle fit. "I had forgotten how stimulating it is to be around a woman like you."

"The party doesn't have to end now," purrs Vivian.

Hope says she doesn't trust Carly. Bo tells her only Carly knows what happened with Lawrence. Hope thinks it should bother him that she may not be being truthful, "You are willing to throw everything away just to protect her. She is playing a mind game with you."

"She wouldn't do that," says Bo, "That would take a mind."

Hope thinks his involvement with Carly also puts Bo in danger, "That I will not forgive. If I lost you I wouldn't have anyone to treat like garbage." She storms out. Bo stares.

Arianna tells Rafe about her undercover operation. The one with the cops, that is... Not the one with Brady. Rafe figures Brady knows also. Arianna whines and makes excuses about telling him. She says she doesn't know where she stands with Brady anymore because of Nicole.

EJ thinks things are too quiet. They rush into the rumpus room and find Sydney's empty crib. EJ freaks. Sami freaks. Stefano watches the freak show.

Victor is back at the Kiriakis mansion as Hope arrives. Victor takes her in with Vivian. Apparently Victor and Vivian did take the party elsewhere. Hope starts to leave but Vivian stops her and asks why Hope is there.

Carly is back at Bo and Hope's house. She tells him she has been at Maggie's and has made a big decision.

Maggie wants Mia to open up, "I'll get my notebook." She invites Mia to help her bake pies for the Thanksgiving charity.

Mia says she isn't in the holiday spirit, "You want someone to count her blessings, go ask Sami."

Sami isn't exactly counting her blessings at the moment. The DiMera crowd panics as Kate comes in through the balcony doors. They ask her in unison if she has seen Sydney. Kate says she saw a figure out in the mist moving away form the house.

"It's Nicole," screams Sami, "She has taken my daughter!" Over at Salem labs, the Richter Scale registers its highest reading ever.

Nicole and Sydney slink through the woods. "This is our one last chance," says Nicole. Off they go.

Rafe insists Arianna make things right with Gabby. He gets a call and Sami tells him Nicole has stolen Sydney, "I need your help."

Rafe rolls his eyes, "When it rains it pours."

Maggie rambles on about how lost she was when she was drinking. She says she went to meetings and learned to be thankful for what she still had, "You can go upstairs and be sad and lonely or you can help me bake these pies. It's up to you, so what will it be?" Mia smiles. Quick, get me a hanky.

Rafe, EJ and Sami bumble their way through the woods. Rafe asks EJ, "How did you let this happen?"

Nicole wanders at the pier, "I don't have any money. What are we gonna do?"

"I don't know about you," says Sydney, but I could use a few rounds at the Cheatin' Heart."

Arianna calls Gabby. Gabby looks at her caller-ID, sees it's Arianna and refuses to pick up. Nicole sees Gabby wandering around and asks for help.

Victor gets a call and leaves. Vivian says, "I don't want to intrude, but..." She intrudes. She brings up Lawrence's murder and says it haunts her, "I don't want him forgotten."

"How will you make sure of that," asks Hope, "It wouldn't have anything to do with Carly Manning would it?"

Carly tells Bo she wants to move to Maggie's place.

Maggie and Mia finish building their concoction. Mia says Maggie has made her feel like she has a family, "Now that Grace is gone... family is everything."

"In other words," says Maggie, "What you're saying is you have nothing."

Stefano is on the phone barking orders, telling his henchmen to find Sydney, "If you fail to do this I will fire your asses — all of them!"

"Please don't do that," begs the flunky, "It's hard for donkeys to find work these days."

Kate suggests, "Maybe you should call EJ."

Stefano don' wanna. He thinks EJ has made a terrible mistake, "I'm going to do what I should have done from the start."

Nicole introduces herself as Laura. Gabby is Gabby. Nicolaura tells Gabby her husband has been abusive and she's trying to get out of town, so she needs money. She also says her husband is a cop so the cops can't help her. She just wants money for a bus ticket. She offers to trade her diamond bracelet for $7. Gabby gives her what money she has. Nicolaura thanks her. Gabby doesn't want the bracelet but Nicolaura insists, "I have no other way to repay you. I will never, ever bring my child back to this place."

Larry, Moe and Blondie stand in the woods and argue instead of looking for the kid.

Nicolaura and Gabby bid each other a fond goodbye. Nicolaura starts off but sees someone coming.

Vivian says Carly has been proven innocent, "Case closed."

"That's not accurate," says Hope, "Someone confessed." She thinks Vivian has a casual attitude about it all, "So drop the act."

"Maybe you should drop yours," says Vivian, "This concern over your husband's ex lover. I think you are the one who is unhappy she is free."

Bo gasps, "You are planning to move into the same house as your daughter?" Carly nods.

Maggie and Mia stick the pie in the oven. Mia says she's happy now, "Maybe some Thanksgiving I'll be as happy as Sami is now. As for this year, don't worry. I'll mope around here and make it the best Whinesgiving you've ever had."

The Three Stooges split up. This will enable them to bumble in three different directions at once.

Arianna finds Gabby as Nicole cowers. She asks who Gabby was talking to. Right now Gabby ain' talkin' to nobody. She starts to leave. Arianna grabs her arm to stop her and sees the bracelet, "Where did you get this? What's going on?"

Nicole frets. Sydney tries to decide whether she would be better off calling for help or just running off.

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