CATFIGHT!

EJ is at Sami's holding Sydney. He shudders, "It isn't supposed to happen." He flashes back to seeing Sami in all her glowing pulchritude, "My God, what have I done? I love her." He strokes Sydney's head, "I love your mother."

Sami bumps into Nicole at the pier. "Long time no see," says Nicole.

Nathan pays for Stephanie's order at the Java Café. Stephanie says it's not necessary, "It's not like you want to forgive and forget, right?"

Chloe is at the hospital in Carly's face. She asks what Carly did to Daniel. Carly says there is a problem. Did you expect anything less?

Melanie is in with Daddy. She's gone totally off the cliff and tells him how much he means to her. Suddenly she stops cold and asks woozy dad, "What's wrong?" Daniel looks straight at her and sees two of her, a sight that would terrify even the most courageous among us.

Double your headaches,
You know you can't run
Get yourself two brats
Instead of just one.
EJ strolls around the room with Sydney and dumps her in her crib. The doorbell rings. It's Lexie.

Rafe is at the pub with Arianna. She has told him Nicole is in town and Rafe wonders where she is.

Sami knows. Sami can't believe Nicole is in town, "I can't believe you have the nerve to come back."

"I'm here," says Nicole, "And I'm not leaving. So get used to it."

Dr. Williams says Daniel's MRI shows blood has moved around the occipital lobe. Carly translates that into Bimboese for Chloe.

Again, Daniel sees double Melanie. Oh, the horror!

Outside, Dr. Williams says Daniel might experience double vision, but it might clear up. Chloe worries. The doc says he's hopeful things will get better. Suddenly, panicked Melanie rushes out and calls for the doctor to come in and look at Daniel, "Something's wrong!"

Nicole says she's happy to be home. "There ain' room enough for you'n me in this h'yar town," says cowgirl Sami, "Get outta Dodge Salem, or I swear I will kick your ass."

The audience chants, "Cat-fight! Cat-fight!"

Lexie senses something is wrong. EJ says he should have listened to her. "You should always listen to me," chirps Lexie, "About what?"

"About Samantha."

"Will wonders never cease," gasps Lexie, "Finally you will quit denying you're in love with Sami."

"It wasn't supposed to be like this," mumbles EJ, "I ruined everything."

"What have you ruined?"

Rafe asks about Arianna's elopement, "You ran off and didn't tell me?"

"You're a hard guy to ditch unless you've committed a crime," says Arianna, "And we went to Santo Domingo and Nicole had to track down Brady and that's why she was there."

Rafe asks, "She's back here now, right?"

Arianna says, "Ready to wreck my life."

Nicole asks about Sydney. Sami says she's safe where she belongs, "Anna took good care of her. And I know you let her get away with it so you could get out of prison. How could you do that? You stay away from my daughter."

"That's over," says Nicole, "Maybe you should be more forgiving. You lied to EJ too. So don't play the victim. Now you're happy with Rafe..." Nicole senses trouble in paradise, "Did I get that wrong? Are you not happy?"

The doc is in Daniel's room, "Daniel, it's Aiden Williams." He asks for a minute. The three gals go outside where Chloe beats up on Carly but Melanie, wonder of wonders, defends her.

Stephanie wonders if Nathan is trying to make peace. Nathan says no.

EJ rambles about Sami, "She hides my daughter and then tells me she's dead, and then I find out I love her. I don't just love her, I LOVE her!"

An announcer comes on, "Sorry, ladies and gentlemen, there will be a slight delay while we provide oxygen to the folks in the Ejami section who seem to have had some sort of mass fainting."

Lexie observes, "You even want to control who you love. You can't do that. Have you told her?"

"No,"

"Will you?"

"No," he stammers, "I don't know. I don't know how she would react."

"Right," says Lexie, "She's with Rafe."

"No," he says matter-of-factly, "She's not. They broke up."

Sami and Nicole keep taunting each other. "Oh," says Nicole, "Did your happily-ever-after not work out?" Nicole says in prison she realized none of this would have happened if Sami hadn't lied to EJ, "You blew it, Sami! You blew the one good thing you had working in your life. You blew it! You blew..."

That does it, Sami hauls off and... POW!

CATFIGHT!

Melanie clears things up, "I'm the one who was yelling at Carly, not Daniel. I ran out of the pub. Daniel followed and slipped on the ice."

Doc Williams comes out of Daniel's room and says they have to run more tests.

Inside, Daniel contemplates his double hand. Chloe comes back in. Daniel assures her it'll be all right if she tells him she loves him. Chloe hugs.

Carly serves coffee and thanks Melanie for sticking up for her. Melanie brushes it off and asks if Carly will tell her the truth, Melanie whines at Carly, "Tell me... Is my dad gonna be OK?"

Rafe calls and leaves a message for Sami to be on guard since Nicole is back in town. Arianna asks how things are with him and Sami. "About the same," says Rafe. He asks about her elopement, "You're not..."

"NO," says Arianna, "I'd let you know if I was." She tells him the wedding will be in Salem, "FYI, you're in charge of Mom." Rafe thinks she's happy. Arianna says Brady is the best. Rafe can't believe Nicole was able to blackmail Anna. He goes off to find Nicole.

Lexie asks, "So, according to you, Sami and Rafe are finished..."

"Not according to me," says EJ. Lexie wonders if that means EJ is looking to make something happen with her. EJ dunno. Lexie suggests he go for a walk to think things through. That would require thinking, however. EJ leaves.

Sami says she shouldn't have let Nicole provoke her. Translation: "I just figured out you might hit me back." Nicole rubs her face, "I think you broke my jaw." Nicole counter-attacks... POW! "You want a piece of me," sneers Nicole, "I'm right here." Oh, yeah, Sami wants a piece of her...

CATFIGHT!

The girls separate and then slam into each other again. They roll over the bench. Nicole gets Sami down and pounds her against the sidewalk.

Stephanie says she didn't mean to put words in Nathan's mouth. Nathan says it's OK since the letter was meaningless. Stephanie flashes back to the un-meaningless letter. She says she's sorry he got hurt. Nathan decides they should start over, "Hi... I'm Nathan Horton and wondered if you'd like to have dinner Ms. Johnson."

"I'd like that very much."

Daniel zones out. "Any change," asks Chloe. She wonders if the eye problem will get better. Daniel doesn't answer.

Carly tells Melanie she can't say what will happen. Melanie whines about him needing his eyes because he's a doctor, "I shouldn't have run out of the pub like that. It's my fault."

"It made more sense for you to blame me," says Carly.

EJ comes into the gym and finds Arianna having her own little catfight with the stationery bike she's on. "The idea of that bike is not to tear it apart," says EJ.

"I feel like tearing something apart," says Arianna, "Things are frustrating." EJ asks if she wants to talk about it. "It all started when my wedding was ruined," says Arianna.

Sami has pulled a reversal and has Nicole down. They continue to pound on each other. Rafe finds them and pulls them apart. They get around him and we have another round of screaming, rolling, smacking, hair pulling and... OMG... NAME CALLING!"

Melanie does another 180° and says she's changed her mind about being to blame. Carly insists it was an accident. "Yeah," says Melanie, "Now he just has to get better."

Chloe thinks she's a failure at cheering Daniel up. Daniel assures her that's not the case, "Just don't sing."

Melanie comes in. we go through the perfunctory how are ya's. Chloe leaves for the Brady pub to get Daniel chocolate cake. Melanie says she's sorry that he got stuck with her for a daughter.

Arianna says the elopement didn't happen but now they are doing something more formal. EJ asked what happened. Arianna is direct, "Your ex wife."

Rafe and officer Conway drag Sami and Nicole into the cop-shop. The women continue attempting to have their smackdown but Roman pulls them apart, "My house, my rules." He has Conway take Nicole into the rubber hose room. Nicole turns and shouts at Rafe, "Get her out of your life or she'll hurt you every chance she gets."

Daniel tells Melanie not to blame herself. Melanie does yet another 180° and wants to blame herself. Daniel pontificates about getting through things. Melanie says Carly knew exactly what to do while he was laying on the sidewalk with his brains oozing out. Carly joins them and says Melanie was quite professional herself. Melanie gets choked up and leaves after a quick chorus of Kum Bah Ya.

Nathan says he'll pick Stephanie up at 7. Adrienne comes up and Stephanie introduces. Nathan leaves. "Spill it," says Adrienne, "I've been getting emails from your dad and he says you're in love."

Stephanie admits, "I'm pretty crazy about him."

EJ puts two and two together and figures Arianna and Brady eloped to Santo Domingo. He asks if Nicole said anything about the pardon or gave details about the Syd-napping. Arianna says no. "At least she's a long way from Salem," says EJ.

"No she's not."

"Where is she?" Inquiring, not to mention criminal, minds want to know.

Rafe doctor's Sami's eye. "YEOWCH," screams Sami, "That stings! Owwww!"

Rafe is so compassionate and understanding, "Don't be a baby."

"You're the baby," says Sami, "Remember that cold you had last winter? You know, the one where the little viruses had a higher IQ than you? You whined around and complained all the time you had that."

Conway comes out and tells Rafe he can in and question Nicole.

Stephanie and Adrienne have a seat and a load of coffee. Stephanie tells her Nathan was into someone else, "But now she's out of his system."

Melanie is outside on the phone talking to the Dr. Williams about Daniel's vision, "Thank you for being honest." She hangs up and bumps into Nathan. Stares and tears.

Carly apologizes. Daniel can't take any more apologies. He says it's his fault. They talk about Melanie. Carly says it's good to see him smiling again and takes his hand as Chloe comes up, looks in, drops her jaw and stews.

EJ figures Nicole has been back in town for hours and expresses concern. He tells Arianna not to trust her. Arianna leaves. EJ zones, "I have to find Nicole."

Roman says he owes Sami an apology for telling Anna to come and see her. Sami says he would have had no idea Anna kidnapped Sydney. She thinks maybe there was some good in Nicole coming back and fighting her, "I think Rafe still loves me. It's just that he's so closed off. I think we are going to find our way back to each other."

Finally, a lone ray of sunshine beams down into the Safe section of the audience.

Meanwhile, Rafe is in with Nicole, "This is like the good old days. Me questioning and you lying your head off. How did you manage to pull the pardon off?"

Nicole sasses Mr. G-Man, "I guess I'm Anna's favorite."

"Cut the crap," says Rafe, "You knew Anna kidnapped Sydney and blackmailed her. How long did you know?"

Nicole ignores the question, "I was pardoned. Wake up."

Rafe reminds her, "You weren't pardoned from obstructing a federal investigation. I think you would have trouble coming up with a second pardon."

Nicole caves in, "Since you won't quit badgering me, I'll tell you everything."

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