Roman and Kate show up for dinner at the Blue Note. They drop by Jack and Jen’s table and congratulate them on their upcoming marriage. Jack asks them if there are any wedding bells in their future? Kate says Roman is a typical divorced man and he can’t hear the frequency of wedding bells. Roman and Kate then see Carson and his female friend, and Roman is not happy. Kate tells him not to let Carson ruin their evening. Roman ends up excusing himself and ends up confronting Carson. Carson ends up threatening both Roman and Bo with the possibility of taking both of their badges away. Roman doesn’t like hearing that. Kate comes running to Roman’s side, and Carson goes off on the idea that perhaps Roman and Bo are on Victor’s payroll. Kate wants to give Carson a piece of her mind, but Roman pulls her away because he doesn’t want Carson going after her as well.
Jack and Jen continue to watch Carson. Carson is spending a little over his limit, which Jack notices. Jack goes to confront Carson, who is not happy that Jack is intruding on his date. Jen pulls Jack back to their table, and they both recognize Carson’s date from somewhere. Jen ends up following the woman into the lady’s room to find out more about her. Jen happens to run into the girl, knocking her purse out of her hands. Jen helps her pick up her things, but takes her wallet. However, the woman knows Jen took her wallet. Jen pretends like she picked it up by mistake and she apologizes. The woman doesn’t believe her and leaves after getting her wallet back. Jen goes back to Jack and lets him know that Carson’s date is a big cheap skank (without saying it so bluntly, she says she wouldn’t be having tea with the ladies of Salem anytime soon). Jack and Jen wonder if Carson could be involved with some low-life illegal people.
Victor is making calls about items being shipped and double-crossing. Nicole walks in on him and warns him that she is onto him and won’t let him get away with it. Nicole accuses Victor of changing the locks on the cars. Victor tells her that she should not be going out at all hours of the night. Nicole refuses to allow Victor to keep torturing her this way. Victor throws her out, and she vows to find a way to get back at him. Meanwhile, Victor asks Nico to check into the gang scene in town for Bo’s sake, but also for his. Victor wants to know whom the new guy in town trying to run things is, and if he is traceable back to his business, well then he will have to be dealt with. As they talk, Nicole eavesdrops on them. Later, Nicole sneaks into Victor’s room while he sleeps and jumps on top of him. He tells her to get off of him. Nicole laughs and tells Victor that she knows about his illegal activities and what he is up to. She says she has something to hang over his head for once. She tells him to give back her freedom or she will let Bo know what his daddy is up to. Victor throws her out of her bed and onto her butt. She is furious and tells Victor that when she is threw with him he will be begging for mercy!
Marlena and Tony are on their way to meet Rolfe. Marlena wants to call John, but Tony asks her not too. She asks why not, and he says he thinks it would be best to spare John’s feelings for the time being. Tony says Rolfe may reveal information that will upset John greatly, and they can’t let John jeopardize this for them.
John tries to call Marlena, but her cell phone is off. He leaves her a message on it asking her to call him. John goes to the mansion, and runs into Marlena and Tony as they are entering the mansion. Marlena tells John what is going on, and Tony says he asked Marlena not to call him because he didn’t want him upset. John thinks that is hogwash and that Tony just wanted Marlena all to himself. Marlena talks with John in private, and Marlena wonder how John knew exactly where to find her? John shows Marlena that he had a tracking device placed in her purse. Marlena is furious with John for spying on her and treating her like a criminal. She thinks John does not trust her. John says he trusts her, but he doesn’t trust Tony. Tony interrupts and tells them that they need to start the interrogation. Marlena says she will be there, and walks out on John. John is left outside while Tony and Marlena deal with Rolfe. John invites himself into the mansion to watch the interrogation. Rolfe is tied up in the living room, and Marlena recognizes him as the man who delivered the twins. John also recognizes Rolfe. He remembers Rolfe in a lab on one of Stefano’s island when he, Kristen, and Hope were looking for a cure to save Roman. Tony begins to question Rolfe and he wants to know everything about the twins’ conception and their birth. Rolfe admits that he delivered the twins, and he took care of the twins. John remembers the room on the island full of baby toys. Rolfe says the twins were kept there, but they were moved right before John arrived there. Rolfe continues to refuse to speak out of loyalty to Stefano. Tony begins threatening him, so Marlena steps in and tries to reason with Rolfe. Marlena speaks to Rolfe about how she remembers giving birth to the twins, and she remembers them being taken from her right away. Rolfe tells her that she is wrong, she had the babies with her for many months. Rolfe says they were only taken from her when they were able to be bottle-fed. Marlena asks why she doesn’t remember it? John pushes Rolfe to start speaking because Stefano is dead, but he is not. John says he could use his assassination skills on him, so Rolfe agrees to tell them everything they want to know.
On the next days
Lexie tells Abe that he is the father of her baby, and never to question that.
Sami accuses Brandon of wishing Lexie’s baby was his.
Marlena tells John that him, she, and Tony are all bound together.
Shawn and Belle get hot in heavy in the bedroom!
John wants to get Marlena out of the mansion, but she insists on time alone with Tony. As John gets the car, they bond intensely off everything they’ve learned. After Marlena and John leave, Tony sees Rolf has escaped and couldn’t care less, because he’s learned everything he needs to solidify his position with Marlena...
Shawn and Belle show up at the pub, where Cassie, Rex, and Mimi are still partying. Rex/Cassie are worried about Cassie hanging around an upperclassman, Chaz, who’s surreptitiously giving her beer. Belle confronts her and suspects she’s drinking, but Cassie denies. Meanwhile, Mimi asks Shawn to give Rex some pointers to help further their blossoming relationship. Rex picks up some techniques from Shawn and uses a couple of his lines, unknowingly suggesting he/Mimi leave for some time alone. Before they get out the door, Cassie collapses in a drunken heap. They bring Cassie back to the dorm and walk in on Belle and Shawn, hot and heavy...
Brandon/Sami go to the Blue Note and Brandon blows a gasket when he sees Lexie and Abe there; he storms over and tells Lexie she should be home resting. Abe warns Brandon to back off. Meanwhile, Sami sits alone and Lucas comes along with a flight attendant he’s picked up. She stirs trouble for him when she mentions the multitude of women he’s been spending time with lately. Brandon returns and Sami is bent out of shape about Brandon’s constant obsession with Lexie. She turns the topic to Lucas and Brandon suggests Sami/Lucas go into counseling together for Will’s sake. Sami thinks Brandon should understand why she wants to keep Will away from a bad father, considering his own past with a horrible father, but Brandon tells Sami not to mention his dad. Meanwhile, Lexie overzealously reminds Abe he is the father of her baby and panics when he asks if there’s ever been any doubt of their baby’s paternity...
At the dorms, Belle and Mimi find Cassie sick in bed from her hangover. Cassie thinks she is dying and needs help. Belle decides to call Marlena to come and take care of Cassie. Belle can’t reach Marlena, so she and Mimi give Cassie a lecture on alcohol. Meanwhile, Rex talks to Shawn about trying to figure out the human race and how they are a bunch of liars. Rex refuses to trust anyone, and Shawn tries to convince him that not everyone is bad. Rex says they should all adopt the rule “Do unto others before they do unto you.” Shawn says that sounds a lot like Tony DiMera talking. Rex says Tony is the only person who has been nice and dependable to the. As Rex continues to rant and rave to Shawn, Hope shows up with Zack. Shawn asks what has happened? She tells him about the boy Shawn’s age getting killed and how it just rattled her. She says she just wanted to come see him and tell him that she loves him. Later, Mimi and Rex run off to class, and Belle and Shawn talk. Meanwhile, Rex and Mimi run into Chaz and Vin. They wanted to check on Cassie. Mimi says she is resting. Vin and Chaz invite Rex and Mimi to a keg party tonight, but they decline. Later, Chaz goes to visit Cassie to see how she’s doing. He also invites her to another party, and she says she will as long as she feels better. Chaz gives her some hair of the dog to help her get a little better.
At the hospital, Victor shows up and learns that Brady has been by Chloe’s bedside all night. In Chloe’s room, Brady watches Chloe sleep. Isabella arrives to help Brady. Brady is confused and doesn’t know what to do for Chloe. Isabella tells him that Chloe must do this on her own, only then can she become the individual God wanted her to be. Victor walks into the room, and says “Isabella.” Brady thinks Victor can see her, but he says that Chloe just reminded him of her. We see a flashback of Victor giving Isabella her mother’s pearls for her wedding to John. Victor asks Brady if there is anything he can do for him or Chloe? Brady thanks him, but he doesn’t even know what he can do for Chloe. Victor remains distracted as Isabella stares at him. Victor can’t stop thinking about Isabella for some reason. Brady knows why he is feeling close to Isabella, and he helps his mom give Victor a message. Brady tells Victor that his mom loves him, and that he needs to let go of his anger. Victor admits he is angry that he never got to say a proper goodbye to Isabella, and he wishes he could hear her voice once more. Brady tells him that he can always talk to him. Victor thanks Brady for their talk and heads off. Isabella also thanks Brady for passing on her message, and she disappears. Chloe wakes up and sees Brady. She apologizes for what she said to him last night. She says she’s just so tired, and the things coming out of her mouth aren’t nice. Brady tells her not to worry about it. Meanwhile, Nico tells Victor that Tony DiMera wants to meet with him now.
On the Next Days
Victor talks to Tony about the new Mr. Big in town, and if he knows anything about him.
Bo and Jack discuss Carson Palmer’s involvement with the gangs.
Lexie tells Brandon that he is obsessed with her baby, and she doesn’t like it.
Sami orders Brandon to stay away from Lexie.
Nico and Victor show up to meet Tony, and Victor and Tony dismiss their henchmen. Victor wants to know what is going on, why did he want to see him. Tony would like to play a game of pool before they get down to the real business at hand. As they play pool, they discuss the direction Tony has taken the DiMera business. After the game ends, Victor wins, they begin discussing the gang problem in Salem and how it is troubling Bo. Victor asks Tony if he knows anything about the gangs in Salem or this new crime boss? Tony doesn’t know anything, or so he claims. Victor asks Tony to get to the point as to why he invited him here? He knows Tony wants a favor from him for backing off of Larry Welch. Tony gives Victor a piece of paper, he reads it, and Victor says no way in hell! Tony says there will be no negotiation; this is the debt he wants paid! Victor says he’ll think about it, so Tony suggests they play another game of pool, winner take all. Victor accepts, and the game begins. We soon learn that Tony isn’t as bad of a pool player as he let out to be. Basically, he hustles Victor! Tony wins, and thus Victor has to pay the debt Tony has asked. Tony gives Vic some paperwork and asks him to sign the documents. Victor does as Tony asks.
At the paper, Jen shows up with coffee and lunch for Jen. Hope is saying how she has so much time on her hands and wishes she could do something with it. Jen offers her a job as a detective working to solve mysteries for the paper! Jen asks Hope to help her investigate Carson Palmer. Hope is interested, and she and Jen talk about Palmer and his sleazy date Maria. They begin investigating Carson and look for photos of him in a press database. They eventually come across a photo of the woman that Carson was out with. Hope suggests they run in through a computer at the police station to see if there are any matches.
At the station, Jack shows up to talk with Bo about working together to bring down the crime ring. Bo accepts his offer. They talk about the crime ring, and Jack tells Bo that he thinks the person working on the inside isn’t a cop, but is the one and only Carson Palmer! Bo asks Jack why he suspects the DA? Jack says it is because the way he has been acting lately, and how he held a self-serving press conference the other day in which he distorted all of his facts and numbers. Jack says Carson has gone to great length to hide that street crime is up and their prosecution of these criminals is down. Suddenly, in walks Palmer. He confronts both Bo and Jack and asks if they have something they’d like to say to him? Carson has a statement to make to Bo, and to Jack. He says he will prosecute the gang member who killed the boy. Bo tells Carson if he had done his job then he wouldn’t have been out on the streets to kill. Jack confronts Carson about his ridiculous numbers from his press conference that don’t add up. Carson blames Bo and his brother for the death of the boy because they are the ones not doing their jobs. Bo tells Carson to get out, but not before Carson threatens to arrest both of them for as much as jay walking. Hope and Jen show up after Carson takes off. They have come to help with the investigation of Carson. They do a cross check on Maria’s picture and pull up a record which shocks them all. Maria Annabelle has a rap sheet a mile long! Jack and Jen end up taking off, and Hope tells Bo how great it feels to be working on something important again. Bo, however, is afraid Hope will get carried away with this.
At the dorms, Mimi and Rex are flirting with one another again. As they talk, Chaz shows up. Mimi asks him what he is doing here? He says he was helping Cassie, and she is feeling much better now. As they argue, a professor hears them and hopes none of them are drinking because that means immediate expulsion from Hartly House. Later, the professor asks Rex with the help solving a problem because an enormous amount of grant money is riding on it. Rex agrees to help the professor, but only if he and the other teachers allow him to take the exams he needs to take in order to graduate early. Rex solves the problem, and when the professor says his math skills are “other worldly,” Rex becomes upset. His professor says it was just a joke. He offers to enroll Rex in the doctoral program, but Rex says he’s bored with school. He says he has better and bigger things planned, and it will blow people away.
Belle goes back to her room, and Cassie is on the floor doing crunches. Belle is shocked to see that she is okay. Cassie says she had a raw egg, some Worchester sauce, and two shots of whiskey! Belle says this has to stop, and she threatens to call someone to help Cassie. Cassie asks if Belle is going to call mommy on her? Belle says she is going to call their mom because she needs help! Belle thinks Chaz is a jerk, but Cassie likes him and tells Belle to stop insulting her “boyfriend.” Belle says he is not her boyfriend because they just met. Belle picks up her phone and calls her mom, but Marlena can’t talk to Belle right now. Cassie accuses Belle of trying to turn their mother against her, and she says she is just like her father! Belle refuses to listen to Cassie insult her father. Cassie lays into Belle and says ever since they found out that Marlena became her mother she has been nothing but mean and nasty to her! Cassie walks out of the room, and Belle thinks about how she has been treating Cassie. Mimi shows up, after seeing Cassie storm out, and she asks what happened between her and Cassie now? Belle refuses to allow Cassie to ruin tonight for her. Mimi realizes Belle is planning to have sex with Shawn. Mimi talks with Belle about this and whether she is ready or not. Mimi says Belle sounds like she is having doubts. Belle says she isn’t, she just wants to make Shawn happy. Cassie returns and wonders how she is planning to make Shawn happy? Mimi tells her that it is none of her business. Belle and Cassie get into a huge fight, and Cassie accuses Belle of being nasty to her when all she wants is a relationship. Belle tells Cassie that they may be sisters, but they don’t have to like one another or be friends. She says she will stay out of her life and Cassie should stay out of hers. Rex walks in on their fight, which gets really nasty. Belle ends up telling Cassie that she is so clueless and is heading for a total disaster. Cassie walks out, and Rex says he’ll talk to her and runs after Cassie. Rex ends up telling Cassie that Belle may have been out of line, but Chaz is not good enough for her. Cassie says they may be twins but they are two separate people. Cassie says she has to find out who she is, and that means living and experiencing. Cassie says she’s tired of being “Rex and Cassie.” She wants to find out who she is, separate from him. Cassie ends up making friends with another girl in the dorm, who offers Cassie some more “hair of the dog.” Cassie thanks her, and is later caught by a professor. He tells her that he has to report this, and she will be kicked out of Hartly House for drinking.
At the penthouse, Marlena is still cold to John, which he doesn’t like. John wishes Marlena would unleash her anger at him. Marlena says she refuses to be treated like a criminal anymore. The phone rings, it is Belle calling about Cassie, but Marlena tells her to handle Cassie on her own. John says the reason he was tracking her is because he was concerned about her because he doesn’t trust Tony. Marlena says she knows that, but it is insulting to her intelligence to think that she wouldn’t be able to tell when Tony was trying to manipulate her. Marlena says as much as she tries to assure him, he thinks the worst about her relationship with Tony and the twins. She tells John that he is becoming irrational. John says if that is all she has to say, then he has nothing more to say. Marlena asks John where he got the tracking device, what other secrets is he keeping from her? Marlena says if they don’t have trust, then what do they have? John says he is only looking to protect his family, but Marlena says she won’t put up with it! Marlena knows that John is afraid Tony is going to steal her away just like he stole Kristen from him! John says that is not what this is about at all. He tells her to open her eyes and see what Tony is doing. John says he is using her to get everything he wants. Marlena decides to go for a walk, but before leaving, makes a point of making sure she doesn’t have anymore tracking devices on her.