Ease Off The Testosterone

Carly stands in Bo and Hope's living room and finishes packing her things. Bo asks if she's nervous. Carly says she isn't so nervous but wants Bo to run interference by stopping her from making a fool out of herself. Boy, there's a case of too little too late if I ever saw one.

"All kids think their parents are idiots," says Bo, "My kids just happen to be correct."

EJ rants and rambles. Rafe jumps in. Brady jumps in. Sami avoids the shrapnel. Suddenly her phone rings, "OMG it's area code 216!" She picks up, but no one answers, "Nicole, is that you? I can hear the baby crying. Talk to me!"

Nicole lies on the floor and mutters, "Sydney..."


Carly stalls. Bo wonders if this is a sign she's feeling insecure about heading over to Maggie's. Carly says she's going but wants to say something, "All my life I thought I was a pretty tough cookie, but the last few years with Lawrence scared me. I felt weak and worthless. But this isn't about him it's about you. When I got here, you were like a rock for me. And I mean more than your IQ. I stopped being scared when I came here. You took care of me and didn't make me feel weak. In the end I feel stronger. You're quite a guy."

Bo is embarrassed, "Aw shucks ma'am. At least life ain't boring when you're around. Unless they're taping DOOL." Hugs

Phillip crashes in, "Hey, Bo let's go grab a beer." Oops. Phillip sees Bo is grabbing something else and figures the beer will have to wait.

Melanie and Arianna are together at a table in the Java Café. Melanie whines, "I guess I'm not the most mature person around. I really haven't had many boyfriends, but I've had gazillions of breakups."

Arianna, like the rest of us, tries to figure out how something like that works.

Mia walks up to the table, "Excuse me, I forgot the type of muffin you ordered. What was it again?"

Melanie jumps down her throat, "WELL, YEAH. NO WONDER YOU FORGOT SINCE I ORDERED IT AN HOUR AND A HALF AGO!"

"Sorry," whines Mia, "it's not the biggest thing on my mind." She sulks off.

"Why did I do that," asks Melanie, "Nothing like kicking someone when they're down."

EJ yanks the phone form Sami, "Nicole, we are coming for you!"

Back at the bus station, a figure walks up to Nicole and hangs up the phone. We pan in on lifeless Nicole.

Bo makes the intros. Phillip gets snotty, "Let's see, were you married to my brother before or after you married my father?"

Carly decides it's time to go, "Phillip, give my best to your father. You remind me of him." Carly leaves. Bo jumps all over Phillip for being snide. Phillip vows to kiss up to her next time.

Bo asks what he wants. "I'd like to go get a beer and talk," says Phillip, "But I'm not sure I should get marriage advice from someone who's having trouble with his wife and who has been found in the arms of another woman."

Tiger Woods sticks his head in the door, "That's OK. I don't make a practice of giving marriage advice anyway."

Phillip tells Bo Vivian is in town. Bo wonders, "What the hell is going on?"

Arianna and Melanie discuss Melanie's 'complex' love life. Melanie admits having it bad for Phillip but vows to get over it. Arianna reminds her Phillip wants to get together, "What are you so afraid of?"

EJ hangs up and Sami grabs the phone back. Rafe announces he's determined the call came from a bus station in Cleveland. Sami goes off the deep end, "There is a reason that Nicole wasn't talking. Why wasn't she talking to me?"

Nicole lies on the floor. The mysterious figure asks, "Miss... are you... Oh, dear Lord!"

Bo wonders how things are going between Victor and Vivian. Phillip tells him Victor and Vivian are actually quite friendly at the moment, "Let's face it. My parents... I have whacks on both sides of the family."

Bo reminds him, "One of those 'whacks' is my father."

"I guess whackyness must be hereditary," says Phillip. He apologizes for his mood, "I guess I just need someone to tell me the sun will come out tomorrow and everything's coming up roses. I also need to hear it's darkest before the dawn."

"You've gotten a lot out of your membership in the Cliché of the Month Club, haven't you," asks Bo. He gets a call. Nathan shows up.

Arianna thinks Melanie has a better chance of making it with a guy who turns her on rather than a guy who doesn't float her boat.

Carly finds Mia at the Java Café. She tells her she's moving into Maggie's today and they make small talk about Mia's job and school. Mia asks her to clam up, "And when you move into Maggie's place, I'd like it if you just left me alone."

"Gee, I hear that from a lot of people," says Carly.

Brady goes into action, "I'll go make sure the Titan jet is ready."

EJ stops him and we have the battle of the dueling corporate jet owners, "I'll take care of things. We don't need you." Rafe reminds EJ they need Brady, since he's probably the only one Nicole will talk to. EJ pulls the dysfunctional group together and the posse heads for Dry Gulch, otherwise known as Cleveland.

Mysterious people stoop and check Nicole out, "She was going to leave the country."

"Now she's headed straight to nowhere."

"Oh no," gasps Mysterious Guy #1, "Not that!"

"I'm afraid so," says Mysterious Guy #2, "DOOL renewed her contract."

"Oh, the humanity!"

Nathan says he's there to see Hope about some foundation business. It seems he's made the bad assumption that Hope is still living at Bo and Hope's house. Bo says he has to go to the station and arranges to meet Phillip later. He asks Phillip to fill Nathan in.

Phillip tells Nathan about the 'rough patch' in Bo and Hope's marriage. He says he's sorry about Melanie. Nathan macho's up, "Don't you dare patronize me!"

Melanie weighs her options, "Nathan isn't exactly a stick in the mud. We got arrested together!"

Arianna prods, "But Phillip is what you want."

"No," insists Melanie, "And if he is, I'm wrong."

"This isn't about right and wrong," says Arianna, "It's about what is and what isn't."

"It's certainly not about intelligent dialog, though," says Melanie.

Mia apologizes for talking to Carly like that. Carly backs away as Melanie walks behind her.

FOOMP!

Carly bumps into her and scalding hot coffee goes all over Melanie's arm. Melanie screeches, "WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?"

Sami and Rafe are situated on the DiMera corporate jet. Sami tells Rafe, "EJ thought this would be the best way to do things."

Rafe sighs, "I thought driving would be faster."

"Faster than flying," asks Sami, "At least your evenings won't be taken up by boring Mensa meetings anytime soon."

"OK," says Rafe, "We're flying. EJ ALWAYS knows best."

Sami scolds, "Ease off the testosterone." She goes back to obsessing over Nicole's call, "Why wouldn't she talk to me?" Rafe tries to be supportive.

Back at a hospital in Cleveland, the docs work on Nicole. They've figured out who she is, but wonder if she'll ever be able to answer questions.

Carly examines the charred remains of Melanie's arm and tells her she's a doctor. Melanie growls, "What? Are you out drumming up business?"

Phillip says he just doesn't want hard feelings. Nathan lets the hard feelings roll, "Melanie deserves a whole lot better than you and I'm going to make sure you leave her alone."

Melanie, bandaged arm and all, sits back at her table in the Java Café with Arianna and rants against Carly. Arianna reminds her it was just an accident. Whiny Melanie says she realizes that. Arianna worries about Rafe as Gabi walks in. Arianna makes the introductions. Melanie decides to leave. Gabi sits and wonders if they were talking about how unreasonable she is. Arianna says she wants a truce. Gabi wants to know about the baby. "I don't have any news," says Arianna, "I don't want to bother Rafe."

"Then why don't you call Brady," asks Arianna.

EJ barks orders to the pilot as Brady comes on board, "Could you move your briefcase, EJ? It seems the seat next to you is the only place left to sit." He snaps up his briefcase and he and Brady sit down together. EJ stews. Brady stews. Rafe wonders if the two of them will eventually stop fighting. Sami doubts it. Rafe assures her they are on the home stretch. Sami still wonders why Nicole wouldn't talk to her.

Bo sits in the pub and talks on the phone, "No press conference until we find out how this plays out." He hangs up, "We're looking for a baby, not publicity."

Mia comes up and he tells her there might be good news. He invites her to sit and says he figures things must be tough because she once thought Sydney was her baby. Mia plays the 'poor-me' card. "Feelings don't go away," says Bo, "That's what moms are like."

"Not my mom," whines Mia.

Carly arrives at Maggie's talking to herself, "Well, that last encounter didn't go so well. We'll just have to give it another shot."

Arianna don' wanna call Brady. Gabi don' wanna stop gabbing. She lectures Ari about the drugs. Arianna claims she's innocent. She hauls Gabi outside so they can talk, "I am scared you are going to send me back to prison or worse. I am working undercover so can you keep your mouth shut?"

"I doubt it. They named me Gabi for a reason."

Sami sleeps on Rafe's shoulder. EJ gets into his briefcase. Brady asks, "How can you do work at a time like this?"

"Actually," says EJ, "I'm going to do a crossword puzzle. What's a five letter word for 'the irritating little gadfly sitting next to me?'" They bicker about Nicole.

Sami announces to Rafe, "I have the worst headache ever."

"I didn't realize I was bothering you," says Rafe.

Nicole lies in bed. She wakes up, "Sydney? Sydney?"

Gabi accuses Arianna of lying, "If you're working undercover and Brady knows it, why aren't you getting back together. I'll bet it's because of that other woman."

Phillip and Nathan argue about Melanie. Nathan warns Phillip, "If you hurt her one more time, we won't talk about this next time. He heaves."

Phillip interjects his opinion, "What a doofus."

Melanie comes in and tips over Carly's suitcase. Then she bumps into Carly herself, "What are you doing here?"

"I'm Carly Manning. I just moved in."

Bo offers to call Mia when they get Sydney back. She gives him his number. She thinks the Brady's are nice and says she's always wanted a family like that. Mia leaves.

The fearsome foursome rushes into the hospital. The nurse tells them Nicole can't have any visitors. Sami sobs, "Where is the baby?"

"I told you," says the nurse, "She can't have visitors." She also tells them Nicole came in alone.

Sami gasps, "OMG!"

Phillip arrives at the pub and accuses the Hortons of being smug and judgmental. Bo says he figured things were over between Melanie and Phillip. Phillip says it isn't over and also says he doesn't need Bo's advice. Bo reminds him he's the one who asked him to go for a beer. Phillip says he isn't going to blow it this time.

Melanie can't believe it, "You're living here? Maggie's gonna have to up her homeowner's insurance." Mia arrives. Carly tells her, "Maggie said this won't be a problem, but if you and..." She can't quite recall the name.

Melanie helps out, "Uh, burn victim Melanie..."

"If you don't want me here ill go," says Carly.

"That would be a good idea," says Melanie.

The Four Doofskateers wonder where the baby is. They demand to see Nicole, but the doc says only family is allowed. EJ steps up to the plate as Nicole's husband and heads in to see her. Rafe goes with the cops. Sami shudders.

Arianna calls Brady. He tells her he's in Cleveland, "We found Nicole."

EJ stands over Nicole's bed, "Wake up. It's over."

Nicole wakes, "Where is Sydney?"

"You're supposed to be telling me that," says EJ, "Where is my daughter?"

Rafe comes back to Sami with Mr. And Mrs. Robinson, "They saw Nicole with Sydney at the bus station, so we've ruined their family vacation by pulling them in here to stand like bumps on a log and say nothing." The cops pull the Robinsons away.

Sami tells Rafe she knows she heard Sydney during the call. She thinks Nicole was hurt trying to protect her, "Someone has my baby, where is she?"

Meanwhile, back at the bus station, Sydney, wearing dark sunglasses and a fake beard, boards a bus for the most remote part of the Northwest Territories.

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