Episode # 10324; Tape Date: 5/1206; Air Date: 5/29/06; Director: Roger Inman

Summary: Many holidays slip by in Salem without a mention, but on this Memorial Day, our Salemites have a barbeque and take a moment to pay tribute to our military heroes amidst all the personal drama. For that I give them a thumbs up. As for the rest of the show, you would be better off going to your own barbeque!

In a Far-Away Hospital…the doctor tells Jack that if the procedure worked, it will take some time. But if it is a success, he will be going home soon. He assures Jack that his wife and family will be thrilled to see him, but Jack isn’t so sure. Jack asks him what day it is and learns that it is Memorial Day. Jack asks if he can have a burger and a beer. He talks about the barbeques they had and how his burgers were famous…and that today is his anniversary as well. The doctor tells Jack if all goes well and he gets his rest, he will be home for the July 4th barbeque. Jack has flashbacks of grilling when he burned his hand and says that is how it all started as he looks at the scar on his hand. He wonders if Jen has fallen in love with Frankie. He has a fantasy about what it would be like to go home and then says maybe everyone would be better off if he were dead.

At Hope’s…She arrives home (with Patrick at her side) and immediately notices that Zack’s things are gone. Shawn and Mimi come by as she hugs her son. He says he is glad she is home, but she says this isn’t home anymore…a family is what makes it home. She gives him and Mimi a hard time for marrying while she was gone (as she has flashbacks of reading the articles). Shawn blurts out the news that they are going to have a baby. Hope asks when she is due and Mimi says she isn’t pregnant yet, but hopes to be tomorrow. Color Hope confused. Bonnie and Max (both dressed in red, white and blue) as she is thrilled to see Patrick. But Hope quiets everyone down, wanting to hear what’s the deal with Mimi and Shawn. They explain about the invitro process as both Bonnie and Hope are thrilled for them. Bonnie pulls Patrick to the kitchen and asks him about what happened with him and Hope…she wants all the juicy details. But Patrick’s lips are pretty tight about it and he tells her that he did all he could to get Bo and Hope back together. But Bonnie is thrilled that it didn’t work. She is excited that Mimi married a rich Horton and now Patrick is hooked up with one as well…it’s all a dream come true. She says it is now his job to make sure that Bo and Hope don’t work things out. They go back into the living room as Bonnie suggests they all go to Jen’s for the barbeque. Hope doesn’t want to go but they all talk her into it. She sits down on the sofa and stares at a picture of her family, on the verge of tears.

At Billie’s (or Patrick’s…where ever)…Chelsea (who has a new short haircut) is watching Max’s race as Billie is rushing her to get ready so they can go to Jen’s. But Chelsea doesn’t want to go and whines about Bo going after Hope. Bo arrives as Billie asks him about Hope. Chelsea smiles to overhear that things didn’t go so well and she didn’t come back with him. Bo explains that they talked but she learned about the trial date changing (but not from him) so now things are worse because he wasn’t the one to tell her. Billie tells Chelsea to go on ahead to Jen’s and she will be along shortly. After she leaves, Bo asks what happened while he was gone and Billie fills him in. She wants to know what happened on the island as Bo fills her in about Alex and Marlena being there and John coming to rescue her. He also tells her about Hope being there with Patrick and how he assisted the police and once again was the hero. He tells her about Hope learning of the trial and going ballistic, but came home anyway and that she is just itching to testify. Billie says he has to change her mind, but he says she is determined to send Chelsea to prison. He only hopes that they don’t run into each other first. The light bulb goes off for both of them as they realize that they probably WILL both be at Jen’s, so they go racing out the door to defuse the fireworks.

At Jennifer’s…the rest of the Salemites are gathering for a Memorial Day barbeque. Maggie, Alice, Caroline and Shawn are the first to arrive. Alice and Shawn talk about Frankie and Jen’s engagement and ask if they have set a date. Philip, Belle and Claire arrive (Philip in his dress blues, they explain he was in the Memorial Day parade). This leads to talk about the military and Shawn Sr. suggests that they have a moment of silence to honor them. John and Marlena arrive outside but she isn’t sure she can go inside and face everyone. Inside, everyone is watching the race and apparently Max wins as everyone is cheering. Caroline talks about how she hates race season, because when they race, so does her heart. She wishes Max would find another permanent occupation. Frankie suggests they fire up the grill as Abby mopes around having flashbacks of grilling with her dad and his talking about the famous Deveraux burgers. Jen asks Abby if she would like to help Frankie and she says no that is a memory she had of her dad. She then reminds Jen that today is also their anniversary, something that Jen is full aware of, being that she was up all night crying. Outside, John assures Marlena that everyone will be thrilled to see her but she isn’t so sure because of her behavior before. John says she wasn’t responsible for that, as Lexie, Abe and Theo walk up and Lexie says if there is anyone to blame, it would be her. Alice tries to soothe Abby, explaining that her mother loved Jack very much, but he is gone and she can’t spend her whole life mourning. They say that Memorial Day is about remembering people and what they stood for and this is something that Jack wanted. Frankie asks Caroline for her help with the burgers, but Abby stops her and says she will help, so off they go. Jen plops down beside Alice and asks if ALL teenagers are like that. Alice chuckles and reminds her that she and Tom raised Jen…and compared to her at that age…Abby is an ANGEL. Outside, Marlena asks Lexie what she means and Lexie explains that she is the one who recommended Alex to them and brought all this on them. And for that she is sorry. Abe informs John that all charges against him (concerning Lois’s death) have been dropped (as Lexie has flashbacks of Alex threatening her). She says she is glad that monster is dead. Abe rains on their parade, telling them that he talked to the cops on the island and learned that the body was never found. John says that Alex is somewhere giving a shark heartburn (LOL). John assures Marlena that all will be fine and convinces her to go inside. They walk in as Belle is thrilled to see her. They explain that she has her memory back as Belle rushes to her. Philip brings Claire in as Marlena wants to hold her and says it is like meeting her for the first time. She ooh’s and ahh’s over her as Claire coos “ma-ma-ma”. Marlena asks Belle if she is okay and she assures her she is fine and tells her about Shawn and Mimi as well. John fills the others in on what is going on. Chelsea arrives and wants Abby to go with her and ditch the party. She informs her that Hope and Bo didn’t come back together and Hope won’t be there to testify, good for her. Frankie and Jen walk out as he reminds Chelsea that she is to behave herself until the trial and should probably stay there. Jen says the same for Abby, who gets upset and accuses Jen of using Jack’s memory to manipulate her. Abby says that her dad would want her to be happy. Maggie takes Claire upstairs to play with JJ as John thanks Philip for taking care of Belle while he was so pre-occupied. Belle tells her mom she is happy that she and dad are back together, but Marlena tells her she isn’t so sure. She also remembered what caused the amnesia…losing the baby that wasn’t John’s…and now she worries about their future. Abby and Chelsea march back inside and the door bell rings. Chelsea excitedly thinks it’s Max and rushes to the door. She flings it open to find Hope standing there. The 2 of them glare at each other…as the previews show…

Mimi (to Shawn): Maybe it’s just not meant to be…(Shawn): What do you mean?...(Mimi): After what I have done, I don’t think that God can bless uw with a child…

Sami is in the hall with some bare-chested guy who introduces himself as EJ. She giggles as Austin watches (also bare-chested)…

Frankie (to Chelsea): Hope will show Bo that email and they will trace it all back to you…
Hope (to Bo): How do you think we could get back together…especially after that email you sent me?...

And the credits roll…
Laney