Episode #: 10537
Tape Date: 3/5/07
Air Date: 3/29/07
Director: Herb Stein

Summary: Chelsea turns to Nick for help…Max and Kayla make their way to Italy…Belle tries to convince Shawn that it’s time to leave Tinda Lao…and Steve starts trouble at the mental hospital.

On the island…
Shawn wakes up as Belle is folding their clothes, telling him she couldn’t sleep so she bathed Claire and washed clothes. She is in a bitter mood, saying she is worried about Claire having no interaction with family or other children. She thinks they need to leave this island and go to Australia and soon. They discuss it as she says this is not a good place for them to raise her. But he thinks there is more to it than she is saying. He asks her if she has a plan and she takes out the ring and suggests they trade it for a boat and says she is just thinking about what is best for Claire. Shawn is just happy to see her smile again but he thinks there is another reason she wants to leave. She gets upset accusing him of calling her a liar. Gabby shows up with breakfast and tells Shawn that Duck wants him downstairs to check the generator. After he leaves, Gabby asks Belle if she is okay and offers to watch Claire if Belle wants to take a shower. Belle asks why she is so interested in Claire and points out that Gabby is still a stranger to her. Gabby says she is only trying to help and asks Belle what is wrong with her. Gabby apologizes if she upset Belle in some way and says Claire just won her heart and she was happy to finally have another “girl friend”. But if she is angry with her, she will back off. She just wants the truth from Belle. So Belle lays it out, saying she isn’t so sure it is a girlfriend that Gabby is after and asks if she is after Shawn. Gabby asks if she is jealous of her. But Belle doesn’t want to discuss it any further. Gabby swears she is not interested in Shawn, just as he comes in and gives a report on the generator, so Gabby leaves to go give Duck the news. After she is gone, Shawn asks Belle what is wrong. She tells him if he loves her then they should get out of there. He assures her that he does love her and that will never change. She says she loves him too, but feels like they are drifting apart in this place and it kills her. He holds her as she cries and he tells her not to worry. She is sure that if they leave this place, they can make it work. Shawn finally says they will go see about that boat today…as Gabby listens at the door.

On the plane to Italy…
Max and Kayla are on their way as she thanks him for going with her. He asks why they are going and she explains to him the story of how Steve kidnapped John from the hospital and forced her to remove his kidney. She is convinced that it is Stefano who needed the kidney. Max asks what do they do now and she has the address of where Marlena and John found Stefano last year. She says they have to get proof that he received the kidney. Max talks about how lucky Steve is with her risking her life to save him. He asks how do they do this and she says they will need a distraction. Max spots a priest on the plane and has an idea. He takes the priest’s carry-on, telling Kayla to just call him Father Maximus. He tells her that where ever there are priests, there are bound to be nuns and suggests she pose as one. He says it could get them in to see Stefano. She is worried and says that do go through with this, she will have to get down and dirty. He laughs at her, saying she is what she is…an angel on earth. She says maybe she is an “avenging angel” and now must become what she fears the most about the DiMeras in order to go up against them. He laughs at her, saying she is tough in her own way…calling her “Special K”…saying she is soft on the outside, but tough inside. He is sure she can do what she has to without turning into a DiMera. They will do this…the Brady way. She turns and gives the priest a donation to his parish. Max laughs and says she is just trying to assure her place in Heaven.

Chelsea goes to see Nick…
And he wants to put their past behind them. She asks if he feels the same as he did before and he says he loves her even more. She says she is in trouble and needs his help and to take a risk for her. They sit as she explains about how they found Hope’s jewelry at Willow’s after the fire. Nick says that is good news and proves that Willow is guilty and that should let Chelsea off the hook. But then she explains about the hairbrush being found on the scene, even though she is sure it was Willow who swiped it. Nick thinks she should just tell her dad the truth but she is sure he won’t believe her. She asks if when the brush comes in for testing, if he could “lose” it. But he says no, that would be breaking the law, there must be another way. But she says she just wants him to help clear her name and swears that she still loves him and they can be together. He again advises her to tell Bo the truth. She finally sees that he isn’t going to help her so she goes to leave. He swears he does love her, but he just won’t compromise his integrity for her. She asks if he thinks she is guilty and he says he believes her, but he just can’t do this. He says he can’t commit a crime, but she says he would be preventing one. She says she would do anything for him and thought he would do the same for her. She leaves dejected and in the hall, makes a call to book a flight to New York. After thinking it over, Nick chases after her, but she is already gone.

At the mental hospital…
The orderly (Foley) orders Steve to clean up the mess, but he tells him it looks like slop and since HE is the pig, he can eat it. Steve finally gets down on the floor and puts food on the guys shoes, asking if he wants fries with that…as the others laugh. Steve continues to insult him until he takes out his tazer and threatens to shock him. Steve rips open his shirt and tells him to bring it on, he needs a recharge anyway. He zaps him, just as Dr. Kraft comes in and sees, asking ‘what the HELL is going on?” She goes off on Foley and defends Steve, saying if there was trouble, he should have paged her. She asks Steve how he is and he says he is “all fired up” (lol). She helps him up and says she is taking him back to his room as he asks if she is going to have her way with him. She laughs and says she ALWAYS gets her way. She leads him away as he makes kissy faces at Foley. Later, she checks him out and says it doesn’t look that bad as he explains he was just standing up for another patient. She leaves, telling him she will see him later in private session. She tells Foley to get Steve a new shirt and don’t do anything like that again. He goes in and tells “popeye” that he made himself an enemy today. Steve tells him “bring it on, bro…bring it on…” as the previews show…

Sami (to EJ) I am more than okay…because YOU are NOT the father (as he snatches the paper away from her and says): Let me see that…

Philip shows Gabby a picture of Shawn and Belle and says: I am looking for 2 people who kidnapped my daughter and I have reason to believe that they are on this island…as Shawn watches and listens…

Steve (to Dr. Kraft): it IS a matter of life and death…somebody could die…(Dr. Kraft): What are you talking about?...

A man holding a gun on Max and Kayla (dressed as a priest and nun) asks: Who are you?...

And the credits roll…
Laney