On “Days Of Our Lives” this past week, the Brady-Black
family banded together to perform an exorcism on Marlena and boy did Deidre
Hall deliver (as always)! The Devil as
Marlena tried to fight off John, was almost successful in blackmailing Lucas,
and attempted to use temptation via Kristen on Eric to break free. Later on, the whole family (John, Eric, Sami,
Belle, Brady, Allie, and Johnny) all joined in to help save Marlena. Hall was dedicated to her spot-on acting
choices during the exorcism such as having to thrash around on the bed as Marlena
was doused with holy water. Her delivery
of one liners was top notch and boy did she get in some great ones! In reference to Lucas and Sami “Those two
aren’t exactly the God squad, are they?” and “The fallen priest and the boozy
brother” in reference to Eric and Brady were stand out lines, but arguably the
best one was in reference to Belle and Sami “Oh my! It’s the professional slut defending the
junior slut”. The family was able to
save Marlena and there were touching flashbacks of each family member with
Marlena as her soul was freed from The Devil.
What a treat to see those as well as the flashbacks from the original
exorcism; Hall is just as spectacular now as she was then. When Marlena came to, she had a touching reunion
with her family and Hall quickly transitioned from the snarky, scheming Devil
to the nurturing, loving Marlena. This
storyline has been such a treat to fans to see Hall showcase her many talents
and fans are excited to see what happens next as Marlena will have to come to
terms with what has happened while she was possessed as the Devil.
Days Of Our Lives
EJ tells Nicole that he thinks Chad or Rafe is the one
framing him for Sami’s kidnapping.
Nicole throws out Lucas’ name as a possibility and EJ is then convinced
it’s him as it would make sense considering he’s always been in love with Sami.
EJ is released from the police station
and tries to reason with Sami. Nicole
shows up and Sami lets her know that EJ chose her over Nicole. Nicole leaves. Lucas breaks into Chad and EJ’s office with
the intention of fabricating evidence to prove EJ is the one who kidnapped
Sami. Chad catches him in the act, but lets
him slide as he would benefit from EJ being found guilty; he’d get to be the
sole CEO of the company. And that’s what
happens when the fabricated evidence comes to light. Sami is convinced it must be true and she
leaves EJ. She runs into Lucas and tells
him that she wants to be with him; they kiss at midnight on New Year’s Eve.
Ava overhears Chloe and Brady discuss Nicole and Rafe’s one
night stand and she later on cuts up Duke, the teddy bear that Rafe and Nicole
share.
Johnny and Chanel tell Tripp and Allie that they got married
in Italy. Allie does not approve and
lets them know she thinks they made a big mistake. She’s worried Johnny will hurt Chanel based on
his previous dating history. Johnny
accuses Allie of being jealous and that she wants Chanel for herself. On New Year’s Eve, Allie tries to make amends
with Johnny and Chanel on New Year’s Eve; she suggest they celebrate with her
and Tripp. As Allie, Tripp, and Chanel
wait on Johnny, fans see that the Devil has now possessed him.
Steve dressed up as Santa for the kids at the hospital. He later on gives Kayla a piece of jewelry to
compliment one he gave her on their honeymoon and fans got to see a flashback
of those scenes.
Maggie tries to convince Jack to make amends with Gwen and
Xander. She feels bad that Sarah left
Xander with no explanation and she feels like the least she can do to make up
for it is to help mend Xander and Jack’s friendship. Maggie later tries to contact Sarah and is
unsuccessful.
General Hospital
Scott gets Willow to admit on the stand that Sonny and Nina
were in a relationship when they were in Nixon Falls. The judge calls Sonny back on the stand and
Sonny says he doesn’t consider himself a victim. The judge rules to drop the charges against
Nina. Nina is upset with Scott for
exposing her relationship with Sonny even though it helped set her free. Carly was stunned and hurt to learn of the
news in the courtroom. Sonny tries to
explain why he didn’t tell her sooner.
When Carly asks him if he still has feelings for Nina, he dodges her
questions. Carly tells him she needs
time and to not come home.
Michael thinks Nina used Willow and convinces Willow of the
same. They confront Nina after the
hearing and Nina denies it; that she didn’t tell Scott about her relationship
with Sonny and that she doesn’t even know how he found out. Michael doesn’t believe her. Willow is upset she was put in that situation
at all and Nina reminds her that she could have lied on the stand and that Willow
has to deal with the consequences of telling the truth. Back at the Corinthos house, Carly is upset
with Willow for not telling her about Sonny and Nina as soon as she found
out. She later apologizes for lashing
out at her. Still upset, she cries out
for Jason and she goes to the bridge where she runs into Drew.
Dante finds Sonny drinking at Charlie’s. Sonny tries to explain the complexity of his
relationship with Nina. He says that a
small part of him is Mike and that Nina has Mike’s heart, but that he also
loves Carly. Dante is concerned Sonny
will drive home drunk so he takes his car keys from him. Nina later runs into Sonny and offers to
drive him wherever he’d like to go.
Martin tells Valentin about him and Lucy. Valentin tells him he sees it as a conflict
of interest since Martin is his lawyer and he works with Lucy so he tells
Martin he has to choose between pursuing a relationship with Lucy or keeping
him as a client. Lucy tells Maxie of her
and Martin’s night together. Martin and
Lucy try to spend New Year’s Eve together at the Savoy where Martin tells Lucy about
his dilemma. Valentin shows up with Anna
and Maxie helps Martin and Lucy leave so Valentin doesn’t spot them together.
BLQ has a fantasy dream about her and Chase hooking up. Ned tells BLQ that she and Chase should come
up with a legal agreement when it comes to Bailey.
Marshall asks Epiphany to join his band and she’s disappointed
that he didn’t ask her out on a date. He
tells her he’s not looking to date anyone at the moment. Marshall runs into TJ and Shawn at The Invader
and he confronts Shawn; blaming him for Tommy’s death. Shawn tries to help him understand that Tommy
was not in his right mind and attacked him first; that Shawn killed Tommy in
self-defense. TJ tells Marshall that he
has been able to forgive Shawn/he doesn’t blame him and that Marshall should
try to do the same. Curtis tries to get
answers about Marshall from Stella and when that doesn’t work, he goes straight
to Marshall who still doesn’t give him anything to go on.
Olivia and Ned get confirmation from the doctor that Leo has
autism. They seek answers regarding his
quality of life and how they can help him navigate independence and meaningful relationships.
Liesel tells Britt that her gift to her was setting her up
on a dating service for professionals; she wants her daughter to try to move on
from Jason. She later tells her about
Nina falling for Sonny in Nixon Falls.
Nina later confronts Liesel that she’s upset with her for telling Scott
about her and Sonny since he used it to get her free; she didn’t want to hurt
Sonny or his family in the process.
Alexis takes a college lecture with Josslyn and Spencer. The professor tries to convince Alexis that she
should be an adjunct professor.
Drew spends some quality time with Scout and Sam on New Year’s
Eve. Dante later joins Sam.
Curtis and Portia make love.
Anna and Valentin spend New Year’s Eve at the Savoy.
Finn and Elizabeth spend New Year’s Eve at her home with Cameron,
Aiden, and Violet. Liz takes off her
wedding ring and later realizes it’s missing and deduces it fell down the kitchen
sink. Finn gets it back for her and she
keeps the ring off. Josslyn later stops by
to surprise Cameron in time to kiss him at midnight during the fireworks.
The Bold & The Beautiful
Brooke orders a non-alcoholic champagne for New Year’s Eve. She runs into Sheila and is upset to realize
that she has been spending time with Deacon.
She doesn’t want Sheila around anyone in the family and tells her that
she doesn’t want her around Finn and Hayes.
Upset, Sheila has the non-alcoholic champagne switched out for a real
one. Brooke gets drunk during the holiday
celebration with Deacon, Hope, Liam, and their kids, but they don’t seem to
notice. She’s anticipating Ridge coming
home in time to celebrate with her, but he breaks the news he’s not able to make
it. She’s disappointed. The family is gone and Deacon returns for his
phone. He overhears that Brooke will be
alone and offers to spend time with her.
Brooke continues to drink and he joins her. He tells her he never stopped loving her and
they kiss. Douglas remembers he left his
toy at Brooke’s and Liam tells him they’ll get it tomorrow. Douglas doesn’t want to wait, so he sneaks
out to Brooke’s. He notices Brooke
kissing a man with a Santa hat on, but the face is covered by the hat.
Sheila stops by to visit Taylor to thank her for assisting
with her seeing her son and grandson for Christmas Eve and gives her a cactus
as a gift. She brings it with her to
Steffy’s home where later on Steffy’s daughter pricks herself when she touches
the cactus. Steffy uses that as another
way to remind them all that they shouldn’t allow Sheila in their lives. Steffy and Thomas hope that Taylor and Ridge
will reunite.
Quinn lets it slip to Carter that Zende plans on proposing to
Paris. Carter texts her to warn her just
in time. Paris tells Zende that she enjoys
being single and independent and that she’s not ready for marriage yet. Zende gets the hint and decides to not pop
the question. Paris later thanks Carter
for telling her so she was able to tell Zende before he proposed so she wouldn’t
have to reject his proposal. She and
Carter kiss.
The Young & The Restless
Chelsea and Abby reconnect as Chance and Adam do the
same. Chelsea tells Chloe that the only
way she’ll be fine working for Newman Fashion is if it’s made clear that Chelsea
is Sally’s boss.
Elena tells Sharon that she is moving in with Nate. Later on, Sharon offers the apartment to
Tessa and Mariah who accept. They tell Sharon their plans about adopting a
baby. Noah arrives to share the final
product of the art concept for Tessa’s album.
While they discuss it, Mariah discusses the adoption with Sharon who
voices her concerns that the adoption process is not easy. Noah lets it slip in an alluded way that he’s
interested in Tessa and she catches on.
Before she can say anything, Mariah interrupts them.
Nate convinces Devon to tell Chance and Abby that he wants a
bigger role in Dominic’s life and to make legal changes to reflect and protect
that. He does so and it catches them off
guard. While Chance appears to be
slightly open to the idea, Abby is offended by the suggestion. She thinks Devon wants to have shared custody
of the baby and she thinks it only came up now after she had left the baby with
Devon when she went to search for Chance.
She confronts him and Devon denies it.
Victoria confronts Billy who is drinking at Society, but
finds out he has been faking it. Worried
that the gig is up, Billy and Lily plead with Victoria to keep it a secret. Victoria is willing to do so…for a
price. She wants Billy to go after Adam financially
so that it leaves the company in a vulnerable position for her to take it over. Billy claims he was not interested in a
company battle, but rather it was to save his reputation. However, Billy tells her if she’s going to
take over the company, he wants her to have him run it. Victoria doesn’t think Billy is capable of
doing so. Lily is frustrated that Billy
is playing into Victoria’s hands.
Victoria fills in Ashland on the plan.
Ashland shares with her that his treatment is working.
Nick tells Phyllis he is going to visit Summer in
Italy. Lauren tells Phyllis that Jack is
in New York and tries to encourage her to make plans with him for New Year’s. However, since Jack will be in NY for a
while, Phyllis agrees to spend New Year’s with Lauren, Michael, Kevin, and
Chloe. Chloe invites Sally to join them,
but Sally tells her she already has plans.
Chloe assumes it’s with Adam. She
later lets it slip to Chelsea who gets jealous.
She calls Adam over and makes it clear she wants them to get back
together. Chloe voices her concerns
about Chelsea, Sally, and Adam to Kevin and gets an idea that she should try to
talk to Adam about staying away from both women.
(Article written by Adriana Grecco.)
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