Post by STLUEE on Jun 4, 2014 17:57:35 GMT -5
Soap central:
As Brady and Theresa lounged naked under a sheet on the couch in Theresa's apartment, Brady echoed Theresa's suggestion that the two of them stay there all day. With a credit card, he lined up some more cocaine for them to do. After Theresa ignored a call from work, Brady and Theresa had sex on the floor in front of the couch. Afterwards, Theresa proposed that they shower and go out for something to eat. Brady insisted that Theresa go first. After she headed for the bathroom, Brady picked up the vial of coke. He thought better of it and tossed the vial back onto the coffee table.
Brady and Theresa had beers with their lunch at the café in Horton Square. Theresa observed that Brady seemed to be crashing and suggested that he do a "bump" in the restroom. Brady started to decline until he spotted his father near the flower cart, so he took the vial from Theresa under the table. As soon as Brady walked away, John sat down across from Theresa and announced, "You and I need to have a little talk about my son."
It didn't faze Theresa when John expressed his displeasure that Brady and Theresa were drinking in the middle of a workday. When Brady returned, he ordered his dad to get lost, but John refused to leave. Brady gave John a light shove, but that only seemed to mildly annoy John. Fed up, Brady punched his dad and slammed him against the wall.
In the garden outside St. Luke's, Nicole maintained that she could prove she and Eric loved each other if he would only go with her. Eric argued that Nicole had deliberately kept the evidence from him that would have allowed him to be a priest again, but Nicole pointed out that he didn't understand why she'd done it. She implored Eric to do one last thing for her before making a decision.
Back in Nicole's hotel room, Nicole unzipped her suitcase, took out a tissue-wrapped photograph, and handed it to Eric. She explained that it was the picture he'd taken of his first sunrise in Africa, which he'd given to her to thank her for helping him through what had happened to him -- because they had shared, and still shared, a connection. Nicole reminded Eric that he'd given the engagement ring to her because they had loved each other. "Now that this secret, this ugly secret is out, I think I love you more than I ever did before," Nicole said, picking up the photo from the desk where Eric had placed it.
Eric pointed out that he'd given Nicole the ring while she'd been lying to him. Nicole insisted that her intention to take that secret to the grave proved how much she truly loved Eric. Eric wanted to know how Nicole had felt during all those months of keeping the truth from him. Nicole admitted that she'd felt terrible, and she'd wanted very much to tell him the truth. Eric concluded that what Nicole had done would have tormented her the rest of her life -- and God had done her a great service by having Daniel find the files, because it meant her torment had ended.
Nicole implored Eric to try to build on the compassion and understanding he'd just shown to her. Eric wanted to know if Nicole still had the evidence, but she explained that Daniel had it. "What? He wouldn't even trust you with it?" Eric noted incredulously, as if he had answered his own questions. He grabbed his suitcase and announced, "I'm leaving. I'm leaving you." Nicole begged him not to go, but a furious Eric reminded her that she had allowed his church to believe the lies that Kristen had told about him.
"I know how hard you fought to find the truth, to give me the chance to search my soul to make my own decision, but then you took that chance away from me. You didn't give me a choice -- a choice that was mine to make, not yours," Eric hissed. Frantic, Nicole begged Eric not to leave her and swore that she would never lie to him again. Eric pushed past her and out the door, knocking the photograph out of her hands, and charged down the hallway. "I don't know what I'll do if I lose you! Please!" Nicole cried after him. Devastated, she bent, sobbing, to pick up the shattered picture frame from the hallway floor.
In the Horton Town Square, while Jordan listened, Sami gently broke the news to Rafe that Gabi had been arrested after confessing to shooting Nick. Sami explained that everyone had been trying to reach Rafe for hours, but his phone had apparently been turned off. After Rafe rushed off to the police station, Sami said that they had tried to reach Jordan, as well. Jordan apologetically explained that she and Rafe had the day off.
Sami chastised Jordan because Gabi hadn't been able to reach her brother. "Wait. Are you blaming me for this?" Jordan asked incredulously. Sami accused Jordan of convincing Rafe to turn his phone off and of not knowing how important it was for Rafe to be there for his sister. After noting that it was neither the time nor place to have that discussion, Jordan left.
Marlena arrived at the police station at Hope's request. Hope revealed that Gabi Hernandez had confessed to killing Nick. A stunned Marlena eased herself into a chair as Hope requested that Marlena perform a preliminary psychiatric evaluation of Gabi. Marlena agreed but wondered how Gabi had been so confident the day before during Arianna's birthday party that everything would be just fine.
In the interrogation room, E.J. tried to reassure Gabi that they could argue that Nick had provoked her. Gabi tearfully stated that she hadn't shot Nick because of what he'd done to her; she had done so because she'd wanted to make sure that her daughter would be around people who loved her. Gabi was worried that she would never see Arianna again. E.J. assured Gabi that Will would never try to take away her parental rights, and E.J. would ensure that Gabi served her sentence -- which he would try to keep to a minimum -- in a facility near Salem, where she had access to email so Will and Sonny could send videos and photos of Arianna.
E.J. asked what Gabi had told Hope about Nick's blackmail. Gabi explained that she'd admitted to her part in Melanie's kidnapping, but she had not divulged anything about what had happened to Nick down by the river. She was worried about Percy and the pictures from that night. E.J. assured her that Percy had returned to England, and any evidence Nick had possessed about that night no longer existed. Gabi hoped that meant Sami and Kate would be all right, since they had been trying to help her.
Gabi remarked that she hadn't told anyone what she had done to Melanie because she'd been afraid of going to prison. "And now, after so many people are hurt and Nick is dead, I'm still going there, anyway!" Gabi cried. Hope and Marlena entered just then, and Hope explained that she'd thought it might help for Marlena to talk to Gabi. Marlena assured E.J. that anything Gabi said would be in complete confidence. E.J. told Gabi that he thought it was a good idea.
After E.J. and Hope had left the room, Gabi admitted that she did want to talk to Marlena. With tears streaming down her face during their entire conversation, Gabi confided to Marlena that she'd always felt as if she'd wanted more from men than they'd been willing to give until she'd met Nick, who had loved her as much as she'd loved him. Then when she'd gotten pregnant with Arianna, Gabi had felt like Nick had been trying to control every aspect of her life, but Nick seemed to have changed after Arianna's birth and his admission about what had happened to him in prison.
Gabi continued with the story of how Nick had gotten the modeling contract for her in New York because he'd wanted to take her and Arianna away from everyone who'd loved them and how he'd snapped when Gabi had refused to go with him. Marlena wanted to know more details. "I can't tell you this. I can't tell you this," Gabi repeated, rocking back and forth and crying harder. Marlena assured Gabi that whatever they discussed would remain in confidence.
Gabi told Marlena the whole story of what had happened with Nick the night he'd tried to rape her, ending with how Kate and Sami had helped dump Nick's body in the river. Marlena maintained her composure despite her shock at hearing about her daughter's role in the incident. Gabi sobbed even harder as she described how Nick's eyes had opened when he'd gone into the water. "So you all thought he was dead," Marlena clarified. "But he wasn't. We just -- we thought wrong," a weeping Gabi replied miserably.
Gabi tearfully described how unreal it had felt when she'd shot Nick and when he'd seen that she had shot him. She continued, "I think it was better that he knew it was me. And then when we came into the square, it was like the christening all over again, and I just was thinking, 'He just won't die!' But then he did." She added in a whisper, "And it was better because it was quiet, and people could love each other again." Gabi concluded that Nick just hadn't known how to love the way the rest of them did.
Hope and E.J. were in Hope's office when an upset Rafe arrived. When he learned that E.J. was acting as Gabi's attorney, Rafe accused E.J. of talking her into confessing. Inserting herself between the men before Rafe started throwing punches, Hope informed Rafe that E.J. had volunteered to represent Gabi when she had arrived to confess of her own volition. When Sami arrived, Hope asked E.J. and Sami to wait outside.
Once Hope and Rafe were alone, she informed him that Gabi had claimed she'd gone straight from Horton Square to the hospital after Nick had collapsed, but Gabi had arrived at the hospital without the diaper bag, in which forensics had later found gunpowder residue that matched the gun that had killed Nick. "She did it, Rafe. I wish to God she hadn't, but she did. She killed Nick," Hope said.
In the hallway outside Hope's office, E.J. reassured Sami that Gabi hadn't said anything about what had happened to Nick at the river.
At Club TBD, Ben freaked out when he saw a photo that Abigail was looking at. "Where the hell did you get that?" he demanded. Abigail explained that she had taken a picture of Ben with her phone and Photoshopped it into one of the shots she'd taken of Gabi during the photo shoot. Ben complained that he didn't like having his picture taken, but Abigail assured him that no one else had seen it. Ben quickly dropped the dark mood and apologized. While Abigail stepped away to take a phone call, Ben ripped up the picture.
Later, Abigail wondered where Sonny was. Ben explained, "I got a message. He said he couldn't come in, but he didn't say why." Abigail guessed that Sonny, Will, and Gabi had just needed some downtime. She asked if Ben had heard anything more about Nick's shooting, but Ben had not. Ben admitted that he'd been unable to resist looking up photos of Abigail online from her modeling days. Abigail was embarrassed. Ben reassured her, "You were beautiful -- true, true, not as beautiful as you are now. That wouldn't be possible."
Jordan arrived just then, so Ben got her a cup of coffee. Abigail tried to make conversation, although an obviously distracted Jordan kept her answers polite but brief. As soon as Abigail had left to take care of something for work, Ben asked Jordan what was wrong. Jordan told her brother about Gabi confessing, though she admitted that she hadn't felt it was her place to tell Abigail. Jordan confessed that a part of her had been relieved when she'd learned who had shot Nick. "My God, Jordan! Did you really think I killed that guy?" an incredulous Ben asked.
Outside, Abigail ran into E.J., who informed her that Nick's murder had been solved. E.J. explained that he couldn't reveal who had done it, since he was representing that person, but he had wanted Abigail to know that he had been telling her the truth. Abigail's phone chimed as E.J. walked off, and her eyes widened in horror when she looked at it.
Hope took Rafe in to see Gabi, who burst into sobs and rose to accept her brother's embrace. Marlena and Hope quietly left the room. Bawling, Gabi apologized for letting Rafe down.
In Hope's office, while Sami observed, Marlena gave Hope her assessment of Gabi's mental state. Marlena explained that Nick had convinced Gabi that she was hopeless and helpless, so Gabi had felt she'd had no choice but to shoot Nick -- but Gabi had known at the time that it was wrong. After Hope left the room, Marlena wordlessly narrowed her eyes at Sami. Taken aback, Sami asked, "Mom, what did Gabi say to you, exactly?"
Marlena pointed out that she couldn't tell Sami -- or anyone else -- what Gabi had said. Guessing what Gabi had revealed, Sami started to offer an explanation, but she stopped herself. "Is there something that you'd like to tell me?" Marlena inquired. Crossing her arms, Sami firmly replied, "No."
As Brady and Theresa lounged naked under a sheet on the couch in Theresa's apartment, Brady echoed Theresa's suggestion that the two of them stay there all day. With a credit card, he lined up some more cocaine for them to do. After Theresa ignored a call from work, Brady and Theresa had sex on the floor in front of the couch. Afterwards, Theresa proposed that they shower and go out for something to eat. Brady insisted that Theresa go first. After she headed for the bathroom, Brady picked up the vial of coke. He thought better of it and tossed the vial back onto the coffee table.
Brady and Theresa had beers with their lunch at the café in Horton Square. Theresa observed that Brady seemed to be crashing and suggested that he do a "bump" in the restroom. Brady started to decline until he spotted his father near the flower cart, so he took the vial from Theresa under the table. As soon as Brady walked away, John sat down across from Theresa and announced, "You and I need to have a little talk about my son."
It didn't faze Theresa when John expressed his displeasure that Brady and Theresa were drinking in the middle of a workday. When Brady returned, he ordered his dad to get lost, but John refused to leave. Brady gave John a light shove, but that only seemed to mildly annoy John. Fed up, Brady punched his dad and slammed him against the wall.
In the garden outside St. Luke's, Nicole maintained that she could prove she and Eric loved each other if he would only go with her. Eric argued that Nicole had deliberately kept the evidence from him that would have allowed him to be a priest again, but Nicole pointed out that he didn't understand why she'd done it. She implored Eric to do one last thing for her before making a decision.
Back in Nicole's hotel room, Nicole unzipped her suitcase, took out a tissue-wrapped photograph, and handed it to Eric. She explained that it was the picture he'd taken of his first sunrise in Africa, which he'd given to her to thank her for helping him through what had happened to him -- because they had shared, and still shared, a connection. Nicole reminded Eric that he'd given the engagement ring to her because they had loved each other. "Now that this secret, this ugly secret is out, I think I love you more than I ever did before," Nicole said, picking up the photo from the desk where Eric had placed it.
Eric pointed out that he'd given Nicole the ring while she'd been lying to him. Nicole insisted that her intention to take that secret to the grave proved how much she truly loved Eric. Eric wanted to know how Nicole had felt during all those months of keeping the truth from him. Nicole admitted that she'd felt terrible, and she'd wanted very much to tell him the truth. Eric concluded that what Nicole had done would have tormented her the rest of her life -- and God had done her a great service by having Daniel find the files, because it meant her torment had ended.
Nicole implored Eric to try to build on the compassion and understanding he'd just shown to her. Eric wanted to know if Nicole still had the evidence, but she explained that Daniel had it. "What? He wouldn't even trust you with it?" Eric noted incredulously, as if he had answered his own questions. He grabbed his suitcase and announced, "I'm leaving. I'm leaving you." Nicole begged him not to go, but a furious Eric reminded her that she had allowed his church to believe the lies that Kristen had told about him.
"I know how hard you fought to find the truth, to give me the chance to search my soul to make my own decision, but then you took that chance away from me. You didn't give me a choice -- a choice that was mine to make, not yours," Eric hissed. Frantic, Nicole begged Eric not to leave her and swore that she would never lie to him again. Eric pushed past her and out the door, knocking the photograph out of her hands, and charged down the hallway. "I don't know what I'll do if I lose you! Please!" Nicole cried after him. Devastated, she bent, sobbing, to pick up the shattered picture frame from the hallway floor.
In the Horton Town Square, while Jordan listened, Sami gently broke the news to Rafe that Gabi had been arrested after confessing to shooting Nick. Sami explained that everyone had been trying to reach Rafe for hours, but his phone had apparently been turned off. After Rafe rushed off to the police station, Sami said that they had tried to reach Jordan, as well. Jordan apologetically explained that she and Rafe had the day off.
Sami chastised Jordan because Gabi hadn't been able to reach her brother. "Wait. Are you blaming me for this?" Jordan asked incredulously. Sami accused Jordan of convincing Rafe to turn his phone off and of not knowing how important it was for Rafe to be there for his sister. After noting that it was neither the time nor place to have that discussion, Jordan left.
Marlena arrived at the police station at Hope's request. Hope revealed that Gabi Hernandez had confessed to killing Nick. A stunned Marlena eased herself into a chair as Hope requested that Marlena perform a preliminary psychiatric evaluation of Gabi. Marlena agreed but wondered how Gabi had been so confident the day before during Arianna's birthday party that everything would be just fine.
In the interrogation room, E.J. tried to reassure Gabi that they could argue that Nick had provoked her. Gabi tearfully stated that she hadn't shot Nick because of what he'd done to her; she had done so because she'd wanted to make sure that her daughter would be around people who loved her. Gabi was worried that she would never see Arianna again. E.J. assured Gabi that Will would never try to take away her parental rights, and E.J. would ensure that Gabi served her sentence -- which he would try to keep to a minimum -- in a facility near Salem, where she had access to email so Will and Sonny could send videos and photos of Arianna.
E.J. asked what Gabi had told Hope about Nick's blackmail. Gabi explained that she'd admitted to her part in Melanie's kidnapping, but she had not divulged anything about what had happened to Nick down by the river. She was worried about Percy and the pictures from that night. E.J. assured her that Percy had returned to England, and any evidence Nick had possessed about that night no longer existed. Gabi hoped that meant Sami and Kate would be all right, since they had been trying to help her.
Gabi remarked that she hadn't told anyone what she had done to Melanie because she'd been afraid of going to prison. "And now, after so many people are hurt and Nick is dead, I'm still going there, anyway!" Gabi cried. Hope and Marlena entered just then, and Hope explained that she'd thought it might help for Marlena to talk to Gabi. Marlena assured E.J. that anything Gabi said would be in complete confidence. E.J. told Gabi that he thought it was a good idea.
After E.J. and Hope had left the room, Gabi admitted that she did want to talk to Marlena. With tears streaming down her face during their entire conversation, Gabi confided to Marlena that she'd always felt as if she'd wanted more from men than they'd been willing to give until she'd met Nick, who had loved her as much as she'd loved him. Then when she'd gotten pregnant with Arianna, Gabi had felt like Nick had been trying to control every aspect of her life, but Nick seemed to have changed after Arianna's birth and his admission about what had happened to him in prison.
Gabi continued with the story of how Nick had gotten the modeling contract for her in New York because he'd wanted to take her and Arianna away from everyone who'd loved them and how he'd snapped when Gabi had refused to go with him. Marlena wanted to know more details. "I can't tell you this. I can't tell you this," Gabi repeated, rocking back and forth and crying harder. Marlena assured Gabi that whatever they discussed would remain in confidence.
Gabi told Marlena the whole story of what had happened with Nick the night he'd tried to rape her, ending with how Kate and Sami had helped dump Nick's body in the river. Marlena maintained her composure despite her shock at hearing about her daughter's role in the incident. Gabi sobbed even harder as she described how Nick's eyes had opened when he'd gone into the water. "So you all thought he was dead," Marlena clarified. "But he wasn't. We just -- we thought wrong," a weeping Gabi replied miserably.
Gabi tearfully described how unreal it had felt when she'd shot Nick and when he'd seen that she had shot him. She continued, "I think it was better that he knew it was me. And then when we came into the square, it was like the christening all over again, and I just was thinking, 'He just won't die!' But then he did." She added in a whisper, "And it was better because it was quiet, and people could love each other again." Gabi concluded that Nick just hadn't known how to love the way the rest of them did.
Hope and E.J. were in Hope's office when an upset Rafe arrived. When he learned that E.J. was acting as Gabi's attorney, Rafe accused E.J. of talking her into confessing. Inserting herself between the men before Rafe started throwing punches, Hope informed Rafe that E.J. had volunteered to represent Gabi when she had arrived to confess of her own volition. When Sami arrived, Hope asked E.J. and Sami to wait outside.
Once Hope and Rafe were alone, she informed him that Gabi had claimed she'd gone straight from Horton Square to the hospital after Nick had collapsed, but Gabi had arrived at the hospital without the diaper bag, in which forensics had later found gunpowder residue that matched the gun that had killed Nick. "She did it, Rafe. I wish to God she hadn't, but she did. She killed Nick," Hope said.
In the hallway outside Hope's office, E.J. reassured Sami that Gabi hadn't said anything about what had happened to Nick at the river.
At Club TBD, Ben freaked out when he saw a photo that Abigail was looking at. "Where the hell did you get that?" he demanded. Abigail explained that she had taken a picture of Ben with her phone and Photoshopped it into one of the shots she'd taken of Gabi during the photo shoot. Ben complained that he didn't like having his picture taken, but Abigail assured him that no one else had seen it. Ben quickly dropped the dark mood and apologized. While Abigail stepped away to take a phone call, Ben ripped up the picture.
Later, Abigail wondered where Sonny was. Ben explained, "I got a message. He said he couldn't come in, but he didn't say why." Abigail guessed that Sonny, Will, and Gabi had just needed some downtime. She asked if Ben had heard anything more about Nick's shooting, but Ben had not. Ben admitted that he'd been unable to resist looking up photos of Abigail online from her modeling days. Abigail was embarrassed. Ben reassured her, "You were beautiful -- true, true, not as beautiful as you are now. That wouldn't be possible."
Jordan arrived just then, so Ben got her a cup of coffee. Abigail tried to make conversation, although an obviously distracted Jordan kept her answers polite but brief. As soon as Abigail had left to take care of something for work, Ben asked Jordan what was wrong. Jordan told her brother about Gabi confessing, though she admitted that she hadn't felt it was her place to tell Abigail. Jordan confessed that a part of her had been relieved when she'd learned who had shot Nick. "My God, Jordan! Did you really think I killed that guy?" an incredulous Ben asked.
Outside, Abigail ran into E.J., who informed her that Nick's murder had been solved. E.J. explained that he couldn't reveal who had done it, since he was representing that person, but he had wanted Abigail to know that he had been telling her the truth. Abigail's phone chimed as E.J. walked off, and her eyes widened in horror when she looked at it.
Hope took Rafe in to see Gabi, who burst into sobs and rose to accept her brother's embrace. Marlena and Hope quietly left the room. Bawling, Gabi apologized for letting Rafe down.
In Hope's office, while Sami observed, Marlena gave Hope her assessment of Gabi's mental state. Marlena explained that Nick had convinced Gabi that she was hopeless and helpless, so Gabi had felt she'd had no choice but to shoot Nick -- but Gabi had known at the time that it was wrong. After Hope left the room, Marlena wordlessly narrowed her eyes at Sami. Taken aback, Sami asked, "Mom, what did Gabi say to you, exactly?"
Marlena pointed out that she couldn't tell Sami -- or anyone else -- what Gabi had said. Guessing what Gabi had revealed, Sami started to offer an explanation, but she stopped herself. "Is there something that you'd like to tell me?" Marlena inquired. Crossing her arms, Sami firmly replied, "No."
