One Big Bowl Of Crazy

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The camera pans up EJ's bed as we hear Nicole talking in the background. She says she's surprised that she hates seeing him like this. Daniel walks in, "I'm surprised to see you here."

Nicole reminds him EJ was her husband, "I may have ended up hating him but I never wanted him to die. Except for when he was choking me."

Sami and Rafe are in bed. Sami smooches him and gets up as Rafe dreams about coming in and finding EJ in a bedroom, "You!" Will comes up behind him and shoots EJ.

Sami meets Will at the pub. She sits with him and tries to encourage him to eat. Will don' wanna. Sami defends herself again for shooting EJ, but Will tells her she doesn't have to justify it. He says he wishes he could have helped her so things didn't come to this. Sami tells him not to feel guilty, "I'm sorry. No one could have stopped me. It's true..."

"I shot DiMera
But I did not shoot the deputy."
Brady flashes back to what has happened in the crypt. He sits on the sarcophagus as Vivian struggles inside, "Get me out of here!"

Maggie hesitates at Victor's door and gives herself a pep talk. She practices her speech to Victor, but gives up on that, "Just be yourself and wing it. But just pray that Vivian is not home."

No problem there. Vivian is detained at the moment. Brady taps on the sarcophagus and tells Vivian she's a genius the way she has set this up. No answer. "What," asks Brady, "Mummy got your tongue?" Vivian begs him to let her out. Brady no-can-do.

Will says he realizes Sami did what she thought she had to do. "Your secret is safe with me," says Sami. Rafe stands there.

Vivian struggles to breathe. She tries threats. Brady reminds her he has letters to prove she was going to do this to Maggie, "Bloody Mary doesn't have a thing on you." He shuts off the electronics and leaves. The camera pans to an earring on the floor by the sarcophagus.

Vivian has a conniption, "Damn you, Brady! Let me out of here!"

Rafe, who has apparently gone deaf says, "You left without saying goodbye."

"You were asleep," says Sami. She goes to check on EJ. Rafe sits with Will and says he thinks Sami took off pretty quickly. Will says it's a tough time for Sami, "What's she supposed to do under the circumstances, sit around and have a leisurely breakfast at the pub?" Rafe reminds Will he said EJ got what he deserved. Will says he still thinks this is a sad situation. He gets defensive with Rafe and Rafe wonders why.

Nicole says there were many times EJ could be loving, "Especially when he wasn't trying to kill me. If he lives and goes back to being the old EJ then I will end up hating him again." Daniel has had enough. He leaves.

Nicole turns back to Buzz and gives him both barrels, "I do hate you... bastard. Do everyone a favor and die!"

Arianna walks into the room, "Get the hell away from him!"

Henderson escorts Maggie into the den. Brady finds her. She tells him she's delaying her trip. She says she wants to help Melanie plan the baby shower and also wants to come to his mother's re-dedication. She asks him if he knows Gus. Brady says he knows him. She says Gus called, "The connection got 'fizzy,' but he told me to watch out. Do you know what to make of that?"

"Yes I do," says Brady, "You had a bad connection and he told you to watch out."

Victor walks in, "Make of what?"

Will says he has to get to class and leaves. Apparently, Rafe gets to pay the bill.

Sami comes in to see EJ. She flashes back to shooting him, "What I did was terrible, but you have done terrible things to me. So now I need to know whether or not to end it." We have a flashback to the TV broadcast where Sami begged the kidnapper to bring Sydney back, "It was your idea wasn't it... to gather that crowd together and have that vigil? You told me she was dead. And you said you loved me."

Lexie stands at the door, "He did."

Nicole is at the dock griping to someone on the phone about Arianna having her thrown out of the hospital. Arianna walks by. Nicole stops her and wants to know why she had her thrown out. Arianna says Nicole ruined EJ's life and then pulled the baby switcheroo. Arianna starts to go but Nicole grabs her, "Why are you suddenly his guardian angel?"

Arianna says, "Somebody has to make sure he doesn't get another barbaric haircut."

Vivian huffs and puffs, "Gus, how could you leave me at a time like this. I know you care... please come back and save me."

Maggie says Gus called her. She doesn't know why he called but told her to watch out. Victor thinks Vivian pushed Gus too far.
says Maggie.

"Something was off in the conversation," says Maggie.

"If you ask me," says Victor, "both of you were." He suggests Maggie call Vivian and ask her about it.

Brady jumps out of his socks, "No. I don't think you should do that."

Lexie says EJ regretted what he had done when he realized how much he loved Sami. "I loved him too," says Sami, "and now that love is gone forever."

Will comes into the pub and meets Kate. She asked to meet him there. She tells him she thinks the world of him and would never hurt him, "So whatever you tell me will stay strictly between the two of us. Until it suits me to spread it around."

Will plays dumb (it's not a stretch), "I don't know what you are talking about."

"I think you do."

Arianna says she doesn't have to explain her actions to Nicole. Nicole thinks Arianna would like to move on with EJ, "What would your saintly brother think about that?"

"Thinking isn't his strong suit," says Arianna.

Brady says Victor shouldn't call Vivian because she's busy with the tribute. Maggie doesn't want to get Vivian involved or cause her to do mean things to Gus. Brady agrees. Victor backs down. Brady leaves.

Maggie says she's been thinking and has decided to postpone the trip. Victor is delighted, "Why did you decide not to go?"

"There are lots of reasons," says Maggie, "But the main reason is you."

Brady sneaks into Vivian's bedroom — Drink in hand, of course. He turns on the TV and watches Vivian lying in the sarcophagus, "Hey Vivian, still there?"

"Little early for a drink, isn't it," asks Vivian.

Brady hoists his glass, "You drove me to it, old girl." He searches the room and finds the camera. It's pointing right to the bed, "You crazy woman. What the hell were you going to do at this angle? You covered your bases. OMG. Were you going to seduce my grandfather here and make Maggie watch it?"

"He is my husband!"

"You're one big bowl of crazy," says Brady, "There is no part of any man that could love a sadistic wretch like you. Victor will want you to burn in hell when he finds out about this."

Victor wonders about Maggie staying in town for him, "Dare I be flattered?"

"Dare away," says Maggie, "I never told you how I felt. I enjoy your company and think you are funny and kind. You can be exasperating at times, though."

"I kind of enjoy it when you tell me off," says Victor.

"Well," says Maggie, "I'll make it a point to tell you off more often."

"I'm delighted you are staying," says Victor. So is Mags, but she thinks they have to set boundaries because he is a married man. She says she doesn't understand why he feels compelled to be married to that awful woman.

Vivian tells Brady she was desperate. Brady says he wants to see her suffer. He tells her Maggie is there right now and is looking beautiful, "You should have seen Victor when she walked in. That man devoured her with his eyes. They're downstairs talking. Or maybe they aren't talking any more."

Vivian screams...

"NOOOOOO!"

Lexie leaves. Sami stares at Buzz, "OMG, please, no one can ever find out."

Kate says, "I think you know about what happened to EJ."

"More than you could guess," says Will, 'I know he was shot." Kate gives him a skeptical look. "What... you don't believe me?"

"No," says Kate, "I don't."

Arianna gets defensive and she and Nicole ramp up the argument. Nicole says she's happy for Arianna and claims she's in love, "I thought EJ was a swell guy once too. He was wonderful to me in the beginning. Then we left the elevator. I lost the baby and he threw me and little Sydney out on our asses. So, you defend him, but if EJ wakes up and you happen to be by his side declaring your love, just know you will be his next victim."

Sami is out in the waiting area with Rafe. She says there is no change. Rafe wonders how long it can go on. Sami says it's up to her because she is the one who has to decide to pull the plug. She shakes her head, "I can't do it. Rafe, I just can't."

Daniel comes in with EJ and Lexie. Lexie sniffs. Daniel comforts. Lexie whimpers, "Even if he survives his brain function will be minimal. And things will be back to normal. Wah-blubber-boo-hoo."

Victor says, "It's complicated."

"I can do complicated," says Maggie, "Complicated... uncomplicated... it doesn't matter. I'll spread it all over town either way."

"With Vivian it wasn't about love," says Victor.

"Mickey and I had a great marriage," says Maggie, "Except for when I wanted to kill him for having that little fling with Bonnie. I miss him more and more every day. Even if you were single, I wouldn't be ready to move on, and I may never be ready."

Vivian gets huffy, "That home-wrecking harlot! I told her to stay away!"

"Yeah," says Brady, "but then you decided it was more effective to stick her in a sarcophagus and drive her crazy. You know, I'm sure Lawrence misses you very much and would love your company deep in hell." Vivian starts to panic. Brady asks if he should make her life hell on earth instead, "How do you think grandfather will react when I tell him what you did to Mom."

"You can't tell him," screams Vivian, "You can't!"

Victor plays it cool in his moment of rejectification, "I don't quite understand."

"You cheer me up," says Maggie, "but as far as anything else goes... this just isn't our time."

Vivian insists Brady can't do this. Brady runs through a litany of Vivian's sins. He reminds her she has moved Isabella to a pet cemetery. Vivian defends that and says she put Izzy in a beautiful tree-shaded plot. Brady snorts, "What? A nice spot next to Rover and Mittens? Shut up! You're a criminal! You are in this situation because you made it his way. I want to watch you suffer. Have a drink!" He tosses the rest of his drink onto the camera and follows up by crashing the glass into it. Splash and crash.

"I distrust camels and anyone else who can go a week without a drink." -Brady Black

Arianna insists she is no victim. Nicole sneers and says when she gets to know EJ she'll wish he had never lived. She huffs off.

Will can't believe Kate is interrogating him, "If anybody is keeping secrets here..."

Kate interrupts, "Then you know about the phone call. I understand you love your mother."

Will freaks out, "STOP IT! Don't ask questions you know I can't answer. I get enough of that on tests at school."

Sami contemplates pulling the plug, "I'm not ready for this."

Out in the audience, the Safes chant, "PULL THE PLUG! PULL THE PLUG! PULL THE PLUG!"

Lexie comes out and gives us all the standard Salem doctor's look of death, "EJ... has taken a turn for the worse."

Sami panics, "OMG, Lexie, you're a doctor... or the closest thing to one around here... tell me, what is the humane thing to do?"

Apparently, the humane thing to do is stare.

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