Episode # 10160; Tape Date: 9/6/05; Air Date: 10/06/05; Director: Roy Steinberg

Summary: Sami is taken into custody…Kate tries to convince Austin to stay out of it, but instead, she gives him an idea of how to save Sami…Shawn and Mimi talk about the kiss…Alex manipulates Marlena into making a drastic step.

At the Loft…Mimi is having flashbacks of being on the roof with Shawn and the kiss. She tells herself to forget it and think of something else…like food. Shawn comes in and she offers to make pancakes and then they proceed to make small talk. Shawn asks her if she wants to talk about the kiss and how good it felt. He talks about how it distracted them after such a hard day and how it was like shock treatment for him and causing him to realize that his relationship with Belle is really over. They talk about how both of them are getting over lost loves and they will both be okay. He says that maybe the kiss was a mistake and afraid that he made her uncomfortable by it. But she says it was okay and it felt right. He tells her that the things he said about her being a wonderful person were true and wanted to make sure that he didn’t mess up anything between them to ruin their friendship. He is going to shower and change and asks if everything is okay between them now and she assures him all is okay…it didn’t mean anything. But to himself, he says it meant something to him.

At the Cop Shop…Roman leads Sami in to a hoard of reporters and photographers. He explodes at them and then takes Sami inside, followed by Austin. Kate shows up as well as Roman asks “what da hell” she is doing there. Sami starts blaming Kate for everything and calls her a bitch. They confirm that Sami is under arrest and Kate demands that Austin take her (Kate) home but he refuses. Mickey arrives (Austin had called him…we KNOW that Sami is in trouble now, lol) as Roman explains the charges to him. Roman suggests that Kate and Austin both go home, but they both refuse as Kate tells them she has even more info on Sami. Mickey suggests that someone else (other than Roman) interrogate Sami, being it is a conflict of interest (I agree) but Roman is determined to handle it himself. Kate pulls Sami aside and tells her that she is going to tell them about how “Stan” supplied drugs to John when he was in such pain. Roman and Mickey escort Sami into Roman’s office as Kate starts on Austin, wanting him to stay out of it. He explains that Sami needs a friend and he is trying to help her since she has no one to turn to. Kate keeps on but he tells her to just leave. But she refuses and continues to trash Sami. He tells her that there is nothing she can say about Sami that he doesn’t already know, but Kate goes on and on, and talks about how she put his brothers’ lives in danger and needs to go to prison. Austin asks her to repeat what she said and she does as a light bulb goes off for him. (I don’t know what it was…guess I missed it). He looks at her and says she did it…she has saved Sami, even though she didn’t mean to. Sami is going to get off the hook and it’s all because of Kate…as she stares at him.

In Roman’s office, he begins to question Sami as she pleads with him to understand. He informs her that she can go to prison for treason for putting those guys in danger and could possibly get the death penalty. She goes to pieces, saying she didn’t even know what was going on…and didn’t even know that Tony was behind it all until it was too late. She only thought it was someone offering her a chance to get revenge on Kate for ruining her life. Mickey stops her from talking, reminding her she could incriminate herself, but Roman assures them that so far, all is off the record. Sami worries about how this will affect her mom, considering all she is already going through and how Will will handle this. Roman says she should have thought about all that before hand. Sami gets deadly serious and says she will kill herself before she goes to death row again.

Outside the Beauty Salon…John sits in the car talking on the phone with Belle (we don’t see her). After he gets off the phone, he calls Tek. It seems that John was having Dr. North followed, but Tek informs him that the cops lost him. John gets concerned and rushes inside to check on Marlena. Inside, he finds out that she left out the back door without explanation or paying. He throws a wad of money at the lady and takes off after her.

Meanwhile, Marlena is outside the Java Café in a hypnotic trance when Alex arrives, telling her they have something important to discuss. She wants to call John but he stops her, assuring her that everything will be okay and then he begins flattering her, telling her how beautiful she looks and reassuring her that she will be loved truly forever. He tells her there is something she needs to do. After almost being run over by a guy on a bicycle (and Alex saving her), she says he saved her and she always feels safe when she is with him. They go inside and again she wants to call John but Alex starts talking about how he is worried about her recovery and how being around her family and being in Salem is hampering her progress. He pulls out the necklace and starts telling her to do exactly as he says.

Later, she is sitting alone, staring off into space, when John comes in and sees her. He starts talking with her and she snaps out of it a bit disoriented. He asks if she is okay and tells her she looks beautiful. She starts talking about Belle and wants to go see her and the baby. John tells her that the baby has her eyes, which thrills her. They talk about the baby as Alex watches from across the room. John talks about how he wasn’t there for her and “Izzy” in the beginning, but Marlena was always there for her. She seems all excited talking about this and John thinks she IS remembering and they are about to have a breakthrough. She asks him if she saved things from when Belle was a baby and he tells her yes. She wants to go through the things and take something to Belle and he says he will help her. She asks him why he calls her “Izzy” and he explains how they named her after Isabella, his first wife, who died right after Brady was born. Marlena says “So I was the only mother Brady knew then”. (I don’t understand why the conversation took this turn, but there must be a point to it). Then Alex walks over (like he just happened by) and brings them coffee and sits down, much to John’s dismay. He accuses John of being paranoid and suggests he get some help. He asks them if they want him to leave and Marlena tells him they were having a nice conversation and assures Alex that she feels safe with John. Alex takes that as a yes and excuses himself, but as he leaves, flashes the necklace at her. She smiles at John and tells him that she wants to continue their talk. She says she needs to tell him something about them. He asks her what as she looks at her and says “I want a divorce”…as John stares at her in shock…and the previews show…

Jen (to Frankie): This is a very serious drug…why is my husband taking this?...

Jack: I don’t want to put them through the pain of watching me die…come Halloween…I am outta here…

Kate (to Sami): You are going down and I hope you fry…

Marlena (to John): That’s why I need you out…that is why I want to be alone…John (to Alex): I understand…you are behind this, pal…

And the credits roll…
Laney