Days 1990 - 1999
1990
In 1990, the real mystery key opened a storage place for Loretta Toscano's
diary, which revealed that Isabella was Victor's daughter. Jack tried to
keep the painful truth from Isabella. Steve and Kayla attempted to remarry, but
their wedding was interrupted when Kayla was wrongly arrested for Marina's
murder. In jail, she gave birth to a daughter, Stephanie, who was kidnapped by a
deranged nanny. Kayla escaped from prison so she and Steve could follow the
trail to Australia, where they hooked up with their old pals, Bo and Hope.
Together, they found the baby and returned to Salem. Kayla was cleared of all
charges when it was determined that Isabella had accidentally killed Marina and
blocked it from her memory. Isabella was acquitted on the grounds of
self-defense. Justin and Adrienne remarried, while Jennifer was torn between
Jack and Emilio.
Kim became pregnant, but was unsure as to whether the child was Cal's or
Shane's. Cal made it seem the child was his, which put a strain on the Donovan
marriage, then Kim left town to keep Jeannie from Cal.
Ernesto Toscano arranged a deadly voyage on the cruise ship "Loretta."
When the ship exploded, Jack, Jennifer, Julie, Victor, Bo, Roman, and Hope took
refuge on an island. Jack and Jennifer made love for the first time there.
Ernesto took Isabella prisoner, but Roman rescued her. Ernesto then held Hope in
a cage that exploded over a vat of acid. Hope was presumed dead.
While honeymooning in Tahiti, Justin and Adrienne met Dr. Carly Manning, and she
returned to Salem with them. She discovered her old boarding-school friend
Jennifer, who helped Carly avoid an arranged marriage to Lawrence Alamain.
Jennifer took Carly's place and Lawrence, uncovering their scheme, raped her.
Later, Jack was emotionally torn up over the death of his adoptive father,
murderous Harper Devereaux. His natural father, Duke Johnson, was a violent man,
too. Jack pushed Jennifer away. However, when Lawrence held her captive, he
rescued her.
Carly and Bo, began to become romantically involved. When Steve was killed and
died in Kayla's arms, Shane and Kayla took off for Alamain's country, believing
Lawrence was responsible. Lawrence engineered an earthquake, but the group
survived. By the end of the year, Lawrence was in Salem.
Feeling abandoned by Mike, who opted to join medical volunteers overseas, April
married Nick. Shortly after, Nick was mysteriously murdered.
1991
Emilio was murdered at the Alamain 1991 New Year's party. Carly became
Victor's doctor and he fell in love with her. Though she still loved Bo,
miscommunications engineered by Victor led her to accept Victor's proposal and
an exchange of vows. Anjelica had tried to skip town with her son, but
ultimately decided Justin and Adrienne would make better parents, and she
returned the child to his father.
Adrienne discovered she was finally pregnant. After the birth of their son
Alexander, Justin and Adrienne moved to Texas with him and their adopted twins,
Victor and Joseph.
Jennifer pressed rape charges against Lawrence, and he was jailed for a short
time. Jack and Eve married for business reasons. Kimberly got involved with
Lawrence; meanwhile, Shane and Kayla grew closer. Eve and Frankie fell in love,
and a train wreck left Jack, Jennifer, Eve, and Frankie stranded in a
snow-filled wilderness where they were helped by Molly Brinker, who lived in a
cabin with her dying grandfather. After his passing, Molly returned to Salem
with the others and found a friend in Julie Williams, who took a maternal
interest in Molly.
Jo Johnson confessed to Nick's murder and was institutionalized. Carly and Bo
finally got back together after her marriage to Victor was annulled.
Melissa was arrested for Emilio's murder, which turned out to have been an
accident. After discovering Neil was her sperm-donor father and that he and
Maggie were presently having an affair, Sarah left town with Melissa. The
Scofield family arrived in town and brothers Tanner and Brian became involved
with Molly and her recently rediscovered mother, Ginger.
Cal escaped from jail and kidnapped Kayla. After her rescue, Kim and Shane found
out Kim's daughter Jeannie was really Shane's.
Attempting to get Carly back, Victor tried to kill Bo on several occasions.
Victor also faked his own death, but he was found in Mexico, where Bo and Carly
declared their love for each other in a spiritual - though not legal - wedding
ceremony.
Jack and Eve divorced, then Eve and Frankie moved to Africa. Jack and Jennifer
married. Isabella denounced her father, and continued a relationship with Roman,
until Marlena returned from a five-year absence. Shortly after, so did the real
Roman Brady. Roman and Marlena reunited and John, who thought he was Roman,
wondered about his past. Isabella had become pregnant with his child. Stefano
appeared to die again in Mexico, leaving behind a few damaged clues to John's
true identity.
1992
The Torres family, headed by Rafi Torres, stirred up trouble in Salem in 1992
and kidnapped Bo. In the interim, Lawrence attempted to win Carly back, but
was unsuccessful. Roman rescued Bo.
Danielle Stevens arrived in Salem, claiming to have been John's wife. She turned
out to be a con-artist and thief called Romulus, who was trying to frame John
for her own crimes.
When Vivian Alamain arrived, she insisted John was Forrest Alamain, Lawrence's
long lost presumed dead brother. She and Lawrence had kept that secret to
themselves. When John found Lawrence in bed with Carrie Brady, whom John had
helped raise as his own, John almost killed him. Lawrence spilled the truth to
save his own life. John was devastated but gained an Alamain fortune. He used it
to build a legitimate charitable organization.
After Bo became a police officer, Carly admitted she had a child once who died
shortly after delivery. Then Vivian's foster son, Nicky, arrived in town.
Jennifer found out she was pregnant. Jack believed he was dying and pulled away
from his frustrated wife, who gave birth to a daughter, Abigail.
Kimberly returned to town, and a car driven by drunken Roger Lombard hit her.
The sight of the accident caused paralyzed Shane to jump up and walk a little.
He continued to improve, but Kim, his ex-wife, began to suffer from
multiple-personality disorder. Stella Lombard was wrongly convinced her husband
was having an affair with his therapist, Marlena. Eventually Stella kidnapped
Marlena and held her hostage in an old boiler room in an abandoned factory,
until Marlena was rescued by John.
Isabella gave birth to John's son, Brady, on their wedding day, but she was soon
diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. She died in John's arms in Italy a few months
later.
When scheming Lisanne Gardner was murdered, youngster Nicky was inadvertently
responsible. Carly and Lawrence found out he was actually their long-lost son,
but they hid the truth from the authorities, including Bo.
Billie Reed and her brother Austin arrived in Salem. Carrie befriended former
drug-addict Billie, and fell in love with street-smart Austin.
1993
As 1993 started, Carrie was hit in the face with acid intended for Austin,
who had refused to throw a boxing match. Roman threatened to have Austin
arrested if Carrie continued to date him, so she refused to see him even though
he wanted to marry her.
Marlena and John had a brief sexual interlude. When Marlena's daughter Sami
found out, she became bulimic.
Mysterious Kate Roberts arrived in Salem with her son, Lucas. She and Victor
fell in love and the three settled into the Kiriakis mansion.
Nicky's part in Lisanne's death was revealed and the kind-hearted judge jailed
no one for the cover-up conspiracy.
Kristen Blake arrived in town. She and John Black began an affair even though
she was engaged to Tony DiMera. Her foster-father, Stefano DiMera, returned to
Salem with Kristen's brother, Peter. When Tony followed, she stayed engaged.
Billie fell in love with Bo, though he was still with Carly.
Sami, infatuated with Austin, and Lucas, who fell for Carrie, worked together to
break up the couple. When Marlena learned she was pregnant, she was unsure who
the father was. After Belle was born, Sami found out it was John, but switched
the blood test results to make it appear Roman was the father. Desperate to keep
her parents' marriage together, she kidnapped her sister Belle and tried to give
her up for adoption, but John and Kristen found her in time.
Determined to keep Nicky, Vivian began killing Carly's patients to make Carly
look guilty, but Carly caught her. Vivian had accidentally injected her with
morphine, then used herbs to make her appear dead. Carly was buried alive while
Vivian taunted her from aboveground. Vivian finally relented and told Lawrence,
who nursed Carly back to health. Carly, in a state of amnesia, remembered only
her romantic past with James, as she once knew Lawrence. When her memory of a
love affair with Bo returned, she still decided to go to Europe with Nicky and
Lawrence.
No-good Curtis Reed, Kate's first husband, was shot and Billie was arrested when
she could not remember what happened that night.
1994
In 1994, Vivian was institutionalized at Pinehaven Sanitarium, where she
discovered Laura Horton. They teamed up against Kate Roberts, who had
relationships with Laura's husband Bill and Vivian's ex-suitor, Victor Kiriakis.
At Billie's trial, Laura announced that Kate was once married to Curtis, and
that Austin and Billie were her children by him. The latter revelation shocked
even Kate, since Curtis had told her their children were dead. As for Curtis'
death, Stefano killed him in self-defense. One of Stefano's henchmen framed
Billie. At a press conference that should have been Kate's shining hour, Laura -
encouraged by Vivian - publicly revealed that Kate's son Lucas was fathered by
Bill Horton.
Vivian wanted to steal Victor away from Kate, and took extreme action. When the
couple attempted to have a child through in vitro fertilization, Vivian managed
to have their fertilized egg implanted in her. She used her pregnancy to win
favors from Kiriakis and cause Kate much pain.
At baby Belle's baptism, Stefano forced Marlena to reveal the truth about her
affair with John. Later, before Kristen and Tony took their marriage vows,
Stefano told her John fathered Belle. When John tried to stop Stefano by
shooting at his car, the vehicle exploded and Stefano faked his own death.
Kristen married Tony without hesitation.
Alan Harris tried to rape Carrie, but when his plan failed, he raped Sami
instead. Eventually, Sami pressed charges, but he was acquitted and she was
humiliated. In the midst of the turmoil in Salem, beloved Horton patriarch Tom
Horton died.
Stefano imprisoned John and Marlena at the DiMera estate, Maison Blanche.
Coincidentally, Kristen threw a party there, bringing herself, Tony, Jennifer,
Peter, Bo, and Billie to New Orleans. Peter and Jennifer made love for the first
time. Bo proposed to Billie. And a mystery woman, Gina, who looked exactly like
Hope, turned up. Roman freed Marlena and John, but Stefano disappeared and Tony
was blinded. John and Kristen almost reunited, but clues to John's past included
priestly vows. Although Tony was suspicious, and hid his regained sight to spy
on them, the couple had no further physical relations. Meanwhile, Peter fell for
Jennifer, and used whatever means he could to win her as his wife. To keep his
criminal associations secret from Jennifer, Peter attempted to make Laura appear
insane again by rigging her office with hidden speakers and toxic paint to
create voices and hallucinations. Laura was proven sane, but took a retreat at
The Meadows, where she had a "therapeutic" affair with Clark - who was
really her daughter's ex-husband Jack, whom she had never met.
Bo and Billie stayed together, unable to believe Gina could be Hope.
Stefano secretly gained access to Marlena's apartment, and he took her for
nightly outings she believed were dreams of a mystery man. The experience took a
toll on Marlena's health, and another force took over. She became possessed by
the Devil.
1995
In her possessed state, Marlena terrorized Salem in 1995 as the Desecrator.
After being threatened by Alan once too often, Sami turned the tables on him:
she shot away his manhood. Sami and Lucas continued their plans to break up
Carrie and Austin. Sami slept with Lucas, making it appear to Austin that it was
Carrie. Then Sami drugged Austin into sleeping with her, but it didn't keep him.
She left Salem, but returned just in time to interrupt Austin and Carrie's
wedding with the news that she was pregnant with Austin's child. Feeling
responsible for Sami, Austin moved in with her, but they never again made love.
Back in Salem, Laura and Jack discovered each other's true identities, but they
kept their involvement a secret. Laura was in love with Jack, while he tried to
win Jennifer away from Peter. Vivian managed to marry Victor without his knowing
it, and Vivian shed few tears when Kate was presumed dead in a plane crash.
John, with the help of Father Francis, Kristen, and Caroline, performed an
exorcism on Marlena. Although she appeared to die, it was a devil's ploy; John
and his guardian angel finished the battle and won. Marlena was alive and no
longer possessed. Salem was free of its many plagues, too.
Meanwhile, Stefano had been thrown out of Marlena's penthouse window by the
devil, and he was still suffering amnesia. She felt sorry for Stefano and helped
in his recuperation.
Bo married Billie, but Gina turned out to be Hope. Although Bo wanted to stay
with Billie, she left town so he could straighten out his feelings.
Peter and Jennifer married in Aremid, where the Blakes were raised.
Kristen wanted to get back together with John once he was released from his
priestly vows, but they waited for her to be divorced. Tony was insanely
jealous. When he found out he was terminally ill, he pulled off a suicide that
framed John for murder. Even Kristen doubted John's innocence.
In Aremid, a mysterious woman in white seemed to have clues to John's past.
Thanks to her, John was finally cleared of Tony's murder and was saved from the
gas chamber at the very last moment.
1996
After Stefano DiMera regained his memory in early 1996, Marlena wanted
nothing more to do with him. But he kidnapped her and held her in the
tunnels below Paris. Kristen, who had become pregnant by John and who had even
helped Stefano in his abduction plot, hoped that Stefano would keep Marlena away
forever. But John Black was abducted, too, and barely escaped death at the
guillotine before Vivian and Ivan came to his rescue.
The mysterious woman in white turned out to be Rachel, Peter and Kristen's
mother who sacrificed her own life when she seemingly shot and killed Stefano.
However, Stefano escaped and was still alive.
When Marlena was saved, Kristen used her pregnancy - in spite of a secret
miscarriage - to keep Marlena from telling John all Kristen's secrets until
after the baby is born. When Kristen evaded doctors' visits, Marlena became
suspicious, but Stefano, still very much alive, found a plan to help Kristen.
Celeste turned out to be Lexie Carver's mother, and Stefano was surprised to
find out that he was the father. Lexie continued a love-hate relationship with
Stefano who wanted to be totally accepted by her.
Kate returned to Salem and exposed Vivian's deceptions. Victor and Kate
reunited, but Victor had a stroke and now lays unconscious. Kate eventually
learned about Sami's sneaky plots and revealed them to everyone.
Austin and Carrie got back together. Furious with Sami, they tried to regain
custody of Austin's son, Will. Sami won the case, but Will was kidnapped shortly
after, and when he was found in France, Sami was delighted that the authorities
insisted on a traditional home for Will. They inadvertently played into Sami's
plans. The couple married and Sami tried everything to keep Austin as her
husband, while pushing Carrie further away from him.
Bo and Hope rekindled their love but handsome Franco Kelly, on some mystery
boss' payroll, arrived to cause problems. Billie had returned to Salem on
business, and it was obvious that she and Bo still had deep feelings for each
other.
After Jill told Bo that her attacker might also be after Billie, Bo feared for
Billie's safety. He found Billie at the Horton cabin with Franco. Stranded
without a boat or radio, Bo jumped into the river and tried to swim back to
Salem for his wedding day to Hope, but he couldn't make the swim. When Hope,
with Franco's help, found Bo naked, sleeping in Billie's arms in front of the
cabin fireplace, the wedding was canceled. Later, Bo insisted that his only
reason for going to the island was to save Billie from harm. Hope agreed that if
Bo could prove Franco guilty, she would eventually marry him after all.
Stefano came to Kristen's aid by providing a pregnant woman who could, in
disguise, pass for Kristen and even deliver "Kristen's" baby. Pregnant
Kristen-look-alike, Susan, fooled everyone, including the doctors, Marlena and
John. And the real Kristen pushed John to elope with her, so that his marriage
vows would keep him tied to her.
When Jennifer found out about Peter's shady past, she served him with divorce
papers, but she refused to take Jack back. Jack suspected that Peter planned to
kidnap Jennifer and Abby. Jennifer thought he was being absurd and insisted that
he get rid of the gun he bought for protection. When Peter made his move, Jack
was waiting. They struggled and Peter was shot. Peter's emergency surgery ended
Kristen and John's elopement plans. Peter went into cardiac arrest, but he
survived only to "die" a little later.
During the hospital drama, Daniel Scott visited Stefano and walked into one of
DiMera's mysterious plans. Scott's body replaced Peter's at the funeral and
Peter, secretly alive and well, was in Stefano's care.
Sami, trying to prove that she could get ahead with her life, borrowed Austin's
car and money for college. But she continued to sabotage Austin and Carrie's
romance at every turn. She also discovered information about Kate that she used
as blackmail. At Sami's insistence, Kate promoted Carrie to vice-president of
Titan, a position that would include a lot of travel away from Salem, and
Austin.
After Jill survived pneumonia, she agreed to look at a police lineup. If Jill
identified Franco as her attacker, Bo and Hope would have nothing standing
between them. However, she didn't. Furthermore, Jill told Hope that Bo went to
the island out of jealousy, not fear for Billie's safety. Jill and Franco were
in cahoots.
At Peter's funeral, while Kristen raged at Jack, Laura saw Kristen's
"pregnancy" padding slip. While looking for Marlena, Laura stumbled
upon fugitive Stefano and the very-much-alive Peter. Stefano took Laura captive.
Eventually, Kristen learned the truth, too. Stefano and Peter left town after a
doctor performed laser surgery to erase Laura's most recent memory. Laura was
released and Kristen made sure that Laura continued to be drugged to boost her
memory loss.
Jack, Jennifer and Abby spent a wonderful Christmas together with Jack snapping
as many photos as possible, afraid that this might be his last holiday with his
family before being sent off to jail for Peter's death.
Like Kristen, conniving Sami had a rough time this month. Austin agreed to join
Carrie for her six-month business trip, and baby Will ran an extremely high
fever before he recovered. Kate promised Austin the Titan jet to return to see
Will at any time. Then Sami stole Austin's car and had an accident when
something malfunctioned. No one believed her, however, and Austin and Carried
were convinced that Sami had tried to ruin another New Year's eve for them by
keeping them from leaving town. When Austin headed for his car and was about to
get in, Sami made a passionate plea for him not to drive. After verbally ripping
her apart, Austin started the car which lurched and critically injured Sami.
Marlena and John shared a special Christmas morning with little ones, Brady and
Belle. Kristen, feeling very threatened, tried to get John to elope with her
before Laura could remember and tell John the truth about Kristen not really
being pregnant. As Kristen and John got to his plane, Marlena discovered their
plans for a trip and raced after them. Then news of Sami's injuries reached them
and the threesome rushed to Salem hospital. A long and painful vigil began as
Sami slipped further towards death.
1997
John and Kristen's plans to elope were interrupted by Carrie's call from the
hospital about Sami's accident. Sami had tried telling a doubting Austin
that there was something wrong with the car. When the car lurched out of
control, Sami was slammed up against a wall and ended up paralyzed from the
waist down and no memory of her recent past. Her kinder, gentler, younger
personality seemed to shine through. Guilt-ridden Austin continued to play
loving dad and husband, much to Carrie's great discomfort. Besides, until Sami
regained her mind, an annulment was impossible.
As a result of Sami's accident and subsequent amnesia, the search began for her
father, Roman. When news came that Roman was dead, John and Marlena became
closer, but neither revealed their feelings. Because of a final letter from
Roman asking her to take care of Sami, Carrie backed off pushing Austin to tell
Sami the truth about their relationship. She began to spend more time with
childhood buddy, Dr. Mike Horton. Lucas and Sami encouraged that situation to
drive Carrie further from Austin.
Eventually, in late spring, Sami was nearly electrocuted by faulty wiring in an
iron. The jolt brought back most of her memory, and even more of her old
scheming and conniving ways as she kept her memory return secret. Shortly after,
Carrie was out with Will when an accident on the pier threw Will's stroller into
the river. Carrie jumped too and Austin came along and saved both. The ensuing
brief hospital visit and tests made on Will would eventually prove very
important later in the year.
Meanwhile, as the year started off, Vivian found out about Susan and that
Kristen wasn't pregnant. She blackmailed Kristen into voting her into a Titan
position. Vivian, along with John, Marlena and Kristen (in nurse's garb) were on
hand in the delivery room when overjoyed John married "Kristen" before
the baby came. Vivian made certain Susan signed Kristen's name on the wedding
certificate. Believing that John and Kristen were married, Marlena decided to
keep silent about all of Kristen's lies and deceits.
Kristen kept Susan in line with intimidation. However, Susan got some therapy
from Dr. Evans. As Susan's self-esteem grew, she convinced Kristen to hire her
as the baby's nanny. However, Kristen told Stefano who came to the rescue by
having a secret room built into the DiMera mansion to hold Susan. When Susan
overheard Kristen's plans for the room, Susan started to disguise herself as
Kristen, making moves on John and even parading around Salem.
Marlena figured out a connection between Susan and Kristen and confronted her.
After a heated physical struggle, Kristen locked Marlena into the secret room.
Everyone assumed Marlena had been kidnapped again by Stefano. Susan eventually
realized Marlena was held in the secret room and tried to help Marlena get free
but couldn't open the door. Then Susan realized that Kristen planned to marry
John, became horrified and started plans of her own against Kristen. When
Marlena tricked Kristen into coming down to the cellar to check the secret room,
Susan took the opportunity to foil Marlena's escape to keep her from telling
John everything, and trapped Kristen in the same room with Marlena!
In turmoil over estrangement from Hope, Bo lost his job after punching Abe, then
lost his boat, Fancy Face, in a pool game. Abe later convinced Bo to come back
to work undercover to nab drug kingpin J.L. King. His situation drove him
further from Hope and into Billie's arms when she got caught up in the
operation. Abe suggested getting Billie into a witness protection program but
when she left town, King's distrust about Bo, Hope and Billie erupted. He put a
gun to Bo's head and planted a bomb at the Horton house where Hope and Shawn-D
were staying before Bo finally saved the day. But Bo and Billie moved in
together to keep his cover intact. It caused more alienation from Hope. But when
Viper, one of King's teenaged drug dealers shot Shawn-D, the estranged couple
shared tender moments by their son's hospital bed. When a drug bust went bad,
Billie saved Hope's life and later took the blame for the drugs found near
Shawn-D leading to her arrest but was later released.
Ironically, as the drug operation took Bo and Billie to Rome, Hope and Franco
(who had finally told Hope of his deep feelings for her) also arrived in Rome
for a modeling assignment. Franco and Hope became witnesses in the wedding
ceremony, orchestrated as a test by King, between Bo and Billie. Later, a dirty
Interpol agent revealed Bo as an undercover cop and King took Bo and Billie
prisoner. Luckily, they made a daring escape.
In spite of nurse Lynn and Kristen drugging Laura, her memory was returning.
Laura continued to insist Peter was alive, even though no one believed her.
Eventually, Laura got an order to have Peter's coffin exhumed, but Kristen (with
Ivan and Vivian's help) beat her to it and had the remains cremated.
Jack was sentenced to life in prison for "killing" Peter who was alive
and in hiding. In jail, one of his cell pals, Travis, secretly worked for
Stefano to keep tabs on Jack. In the summer, Jack's appeal was denied.
Meanwhile, Stefano had Travis released from jail to become Jennifer's new
neighbor "Trent" who was so kind he put in a security alarm system at
her house!
With Kristen and Marlena trapped in the same secret room, their catfights
simmered to verbal taunting. On a monitor, both watched in horror as Susan,
disguised as Kristen, tried to seduce John. Susan, passing as Kristen, got Lynn
to stop drugging Laura and even fooled her twin, Sister Mary Moira. Susan then
changed Kristen's wedding plans - to a Presley parody - with John wearing
studded black leather, the bride in some version of Priscilla, and best man Abe
in Col. Parker garb. Even the music was pure Elvis. The reception was
interrupted when Laura escaped the hospital and arrived to expose Kristen,
unaware that it was really Susan. A frantic search ensued and they got to the
secret room before Kristen and Marlena died of gas leak they caused by trying to
break out. Marlena finally revealed Kristen's deceit to a horrified John. Susan
confirmed Marlena's story.
During a confrontation between Kate and Sami, a photo from the blackmail
material fell out and when wheelchair-bound Victor saw it, he suffered a serious
second stroke. Victor was transferred to an out-of-town nursing home and is not
expected to recover.
Sami, meanwhile, was rocked when she noticed a discrepancy in Will's blood type
on a hospital notice she got in the mail. Turns out Lucas, not Austin, is her
baby's father! On several occasions Sami tried to change the hospital computer
records, but failed.
Reunited John and Marlena were lost in love and enjoyed a romantic courtship.
Kristen, Ivan and Vivian (now penniless after paying fines) got out of jail in
time to crash John and Marlena's engagement party. Stefano was angered when
Kristen's threat to jump off the terrace foiled his plan to take Marlena again.
On John and Marlena's wedding day Kristen got her revenge. Just as Marlena was
about to walk into the church, Kristen delivered a bandaged and wheelchair-bound
Roman, suffering from the still-lethal effects of chemical warfare. Kristen
tended Roman at the DiMera mansion and told Roman that Marlena's relationship
with John was over; and she and John were happily married. John and Marlena
moved into the DiMera mansion too.
Roman's return played into Sami's plans. She used her dying dad to bolster her
position with Austin, telling Roman that she and Austin were happily married,
and that Carrie and Mike were dating. Because of Roman's condition, everyone
felt obligated to play along.
Austin got the annulment from Sami but saw Carrie and Mike drawing closer to
each other. He hid the annulment papers and said nothing. Sami found the papers,
but Austin, believing Mike was better for Carrie anyway, proposed marriage to
Sami who was delighted to accept. Meanwhile, Mike held his heart in check while
helping Carrie through her family ordeal. The Bradys got another shock when
Sami's twin brother, Eric, returned to Salem from Denver. Kate didn't tell
Austin that Sami had regained her memory for fear of Sami's blackmail: she had
been a call girl in the past and Kate had hired Franco to come between Bo and
Hope.
Once King was locked up, Hope learned the truth about Bo and flew to Rome.
Franco went along and made sure Hope found Bo and Billie in bed, looking very
passionate. Terribly hurt, and convinced Bo had fallen in love with Billie
during the undercover operation, Hope returned to Salem and accepted a
"friendship" ring from Franco. Meanwhile, in Rome, Billie was captured
and drugged by Max, one of King's henchmen. By the time Bo found Billie, she was
truly hooked on drugs. He helped her through a torturous withdrawal and they
bonded deeply.
Mike, as a doctor and family friend, joined Carrie at a bacterial disease
conference hoping to find information that would help Roman. They ended up
sharing a suite, romantic dinners, a night on the town and a drive to the
mountains. The couple were caught in a storm and had a car accident. Mike and
Carrie grew closer while they were trapped in a cabin. By the time the Carrie
was able to call Salem, Sami and Austin were planning their wedding. Carrie was
devastated to have lost Austin.
Eric's suspicions and Roman's concerns for both his daughters delayed the
ceremony long enough for Carrie to go to the hospital and, with Mike's help,
access the files and come back with proof that Will is not Austin's child. After
presenting the information - and a memorable roundhouse punch - Carrie stopped
Sami from marrying Austin. Instead, Carrie became Austin's bride, with
heartbroken Mike serving as best man.
While Carrie and Austin were on their honeymoon in Rome, Sami manipulated Mike
into attending a medical conference there, then secretly followed the trio to
Italy. Dressed as a nun, Sami spied on Carrie and Austin making love, stole
Carrie's diary, and schemed with Franco, also in Rome, to manipulate Mike and
Carrie's emotions.
Back in Salem, John agreed to release an imprisoned Stefano and join him on a
jungle quest to find Roman's cure. Before heading out to the jungle, DiMera
visited Susan's baby, Elvis. Through flashbacks, it was revealed that Stefano
fathered Susan's baby while dressed up like Elvis. When John, Hope, Kristen and
Stefano finally arrived at DiMera's mysterious jungle compound, John and Hope
were imprisoned. Later, the vial holding the cure was broken and DiMera's
doctors no longer had the rare orchid needed for another batch. Only John
offered to go into the jungle filled with hostile natives, dangerous beasts and
natural hazards. Hope followed. The duo faced a tarantula, stalking natives,
cliff falls, fire, and near death more than once each. Back at the compound,
Hope felt she was coming close to jarring her memory about some secret from
Maison Blanche. However, natives attacked and they were forced to leave.
Luckily, John made it back in time but was hallucinating due to a native dart.
With the seeds remaining in John's backpack, Dr. Rolf was able to concoct
another batch of cure. Their plane was caught in a thunderstorm and downed.
As his last wish Roman wants to re-wed Marlena. Drawn to Roman in his need and
believing John was dead in the jungle, Marlena agreed to remarry Roman. They
were before a priest and about to make their vows when John arrived carrying
Roman's cure. Roman was rushed back to the hospital for treatment.
Jennifer landed a job at Jack's prison, posing as a prison guard named Hope
Williams. When Travis/Trent figured out who "Hope" was, he kidnapped
Jennifer and planned to rendezvous with Peter, who would pay him for her
delivery. Jennifer tried to escape at every opportunity. When Jack found out
Jennifer had been kidnapped, he escaped to hunt for her. Peter was on his way
from his hideout in the jungle when he was bitten by a mosquito and suffered
recurrent bouts of jungle madness. At the Grand Canyon, Jack found Travis and
the two struggled and fell over the canyon rim. While Jack fell to a ledge,
Travis went to the bottom and died. Jack and Jennifer got back to Salem, and
Abby, in time for a secret Christmas celebration.
An odd old man crossed paths with Vivian and Ivan. It appeared he was wealthy
and very eccentric, so Vivian began a plan to swindle him out of his fortune by
pretending to be his lost love, Flora Dora. She had a costumed Ivan perform a
"marriage" ceremony in order to get into Jonesy's will.
Lucas tried to get Sami to back off her blackmail of his mom Kate by threatening
to take Will away from her permanently, but it didn't work. In fact, to prove
her point and land a prestigious position at Titan, Sami planted a negative
story about Kate in a tabloid. Although she balked, Kate gave in and gave Sami
the job of Director of Imaging, a move that aroused Carrie and Austin's
suspicions. Susan discovered Stefano is her baby's father when he came to visit
the child. Kristen became obsessed with the idea of having John Jr. back as the
way to win back John. Kristen drugged Susan and had her sign over custody of her
baby. Determined to get her son back, Susan sought out her brother, Thomas, and
returned to intimidate Kristen who was shocked by the sight of the Banks
triplets! Eventually, Susan asked for John and Marlena's help. When Susan got
her son back, she wasted no time in getting on a plane and heading out of the
country.
Eventually, Bo and Hope cleared up most of their misunderstandings, but Bo
omitted that he did consummate his marriage to Billie. To keep himself away from
Billie, Bo threw himself into the search for Jennifer. Bo told Billie how much
he thinks of Hope and she became disheartened. But Kate told Billie to do
everything she can to hold him and Billie became determined to fight for Bo.
At the New Year's Eve party, Mike brought a married nurse he hoped Carrie would
think is the woman he loves. Carrie became very uncomfortable seeing Mike and
his date together, and it was clear that there's more chemistry brewing than she
wants to admit. Meanwhile, Austin was clueless. Sami attended the party alone,
which made it easy for Franco to put his plan of seducing her into action: use
Sami as another stepping stone to Hope while making Sami believe he's helping
her make Austin jealous.
Roman received a clean bill of health from Mike and bought Marlena an engagement
ring. Kristen formulates a plan to win back John and ruin Marlena's life.
Bo decided to tell Hope the truth about consummating his marriage with Billie in
Rome, and Hope decided to ring in the New Year with Bo. However, just as Bo and
Hope made their way to each other, Billie fainted... And it looks like she has
the ammunition to keep Bo at her side!
1998
Hope was distraught to discover that Bo and Billie made love in Rome.
Later, Billie became pregnant, which she used to manipulate Bo. But even with
Billie's pregnancy, Bo continued trying to help Hope regain her memory. The
couple traveled to the swamps by the now-gone Maison Blanche in search of clues.
What they found was a mysterious swamp girl. Soon after, Billie and Roman
followed Bo and Hope. During the trip, Billie suffered a miscarriage. She buried
her daughter Georgia in the bayou and then returned to Salem, where she staged a
fight with Hope, so that people would believe Hope was responsible for the
miscarriage. Bo, who was fascinated by the swamp girl, moved to the bayou, where
he hoped to learn more about her. While hiding from bayou boys Wayne and Earl,
Bo and the swamp girl bonded in the catacombs beneath Maison Blanche. Bo
suspected she might be the real Hope, but it was later revealed the swamp girl's
name was Greta. She had been badly scarred in the explosion that had supposedly
killed Hope years before.
Roman and Billie went to Lugano for the I.S.A. and attempted to infiltrate a
smuggling ring. Hope and John also surfaced in Lugano, where they hoped to find
clues to her past. They met a woman named Ms. Faversham, who thought Hope was
Gina. But Faversham's nasty assistant, Lucille, revealed Hope's true identity.
Hope explained the reason for her deception. Meanwhile, Ms. Faversham persuaded
Hope to continue impersonating Gina. Eventually, they took a train trip, which
Faversham thought would help Hope regain her memory.
Vivian went to England, where she married Jonesy. Soon after, Jonesy died.
Vivian thought she had inherited Jonesy's house, but it really belonged to
Stefano. When Stefano learned that Vivian had taken occupation of the house, he
plotted to have her removed. Stefano implanted a device in Vivian that would
alter her moods. They went to Europe, where they ended up on the same train as
Hope. Celeste and Ivan were also stowaways. When Lucille made an attempt on
Hope's life, Stefano rescued her.
Bo and Billie brought Greta back to Salem, where she recognized John as a priest
she knew at Maison Blanche. Georgia's coffin was shipped to Salem, where it
provided evidence that Hope wasn't responsible for Billie's miscarriage. Hope
began experiencing flashes that made her believe she was really Gina. Unknown to
Hope, it was part of Stefano's plan to turn Hope into Princess Gina, who was
Greta's mother.
Meanwhile, Stefano wanted Vivian to turn over power of attorney to him so that
he could get the townhouse back. Kate, who was suspicious of Stefano's action,
took delight in seeing the different ways that Vivian made herself look bad.
Stefano and Vivian married. Shortly after, Vivian inadvertently discovered the
implant when she fell out of a hot air balloon and the chip began picking up
radio frequencies.
Eric was attracted to Nicole, the model for Titan's New Faces campaign. When the
two went to Los Angeles for a photo shoot, a shady character from Nicole's past,
Jay, suddenly surfaced and made things miserable for them. Even though Nicole
and Eric were growing closer, she wouldn't reveal anything about her past. Jay,
and a mysterious jailed man, held it over her head that they knew the truth
about her. Later, it was revealed that Jay was Nicole's former boyfriend.
Taylor, a newcomer to Salem, was exposed as Nicole's sister. Eric was furious
with Nicole for keeping secrets with him, but she only made things worse for
herself by continuing to fabricate lies about her past.
Thanks to Kristen, Roman found out that John and Marlena were still together. It
strengthened his determination to win back Marlena. Later, Roman gave up and
accepted that Marlena and John belonged together. Kristen resolved to get her
baby back by kidnapping Sister Mary Moira. Kristen told Sister Mary she would be
killed if Susan didn't do what she wanted. Meanwhile, Susan was living in
England, where she had fallen in love with a man named Edmund. Even though they
were engaged, she returned to Salem. Shortly after Susan's arrival with baby
Elvis, Kristen was found dead in a pool. Laura and Susan were the prime suspect.
Eventually, it was revealed that Kristen wasn't dead. She had impersonated
Susan, who was apparently held captive in a concubine. Later, Stefano admitted
he fathered Little Elvis. Edmund was exposed as the murderer of the body in the
pool, who turned out to be Susan's other sister, Penelope, an actress. Edmund,
who believed she was Kristen, committed the murder to protect Susan. With
Susan's help, Edmund had actually sent Kristen off to the concubine. They left
town with Little Elvis.
Celeste developed jungle madness. Likewise for Peter, who stalked Jennifer, Jack
and Abby. They dropped out by joining a circus. Jack, who was an escaped
convict, also wanted to prevent detection from authorities. Eventually, Peter
found them and took Jennifer hostage. After an accident, Jennifer was presumed
dead. But it was actually a scheme designed to have Peter's identity revealed to
authorities. When he did, Jennifer was reunited with her family and Jack was
cleared of murdering Peter. Shortly after, Jack, Jennifer and Abby moved to
Africa. Meanwhile, Stefano provided Celeste with a cure for her illness.
Franco schemed his way into Sami's good graces by pretending to help her get
Austin back. Lucas's drinking problem progressed, which alarmed Austin. Sami's
growing romance with Franco also disturbed Austin. Unknown to Austin, Franco was
only using Sami to obtain his green card. Sami and Franco announced their
engagement. To complete her family, Sami won sole custody of Will by accusing
Lucas of being a drunk. She also charged that Lucas beat Will. Since Austin and
Carrie were fighting, Austin took Sami's side. On Sami and Franco's wedding day,
Franco tried to kill Kate, who wanted to expose her true reason for marrying
Sami. To protect his mother, Lucas shot Franco. When Sami walked in and saw
Franco dead, she fainted. A fast-thinking Kate wiped Lucas's prints off the gun
and placed it in Sami's hand. Sami was charged with murder. Meanwhile, a drunken
Lucas tried to escape with Will, but got into a serious car accident. Sami, who
was unable to remember what happened the night Franco was killed, tried to keep
Lucas from having custody of Will. She persuaded Austin and Carrie to act as the
child's guardian. Roman suspected Kate was involved in Franco's murder. When
Sami, who was out of jail, pulled a gun on them, he agreed to back off the
investigation, provided Kate didn't report Sami's new crime.
Mike struggled to hide his feelings for Carrie. He applied for the hospital's
Chief of Staff, a position Craig also wanted. Craig picked up on the attraction
between Mike and Carrie and, with his wife Nancy's help, launched a dirty
campaign to smear Mike. In an effort to take his mind off Carrie, Mike pursued a
romance with nurse Ali. Eventually, Mike was named Chief Of Staff. Craig and
Nancy took jobs at the hospital, where they continued undermining Mike. Craig
and Nancy manipulated the romance between Ali and Mike, which made Carrie
jealous. Later, Ali applied for the position as head nurse in the same week that
she slept with Mike.
1999
Franco Kelly is murdered on his
wedding day to Sami. He is shot and killed by Lucas, who was saving his
Mom.
Lucas and Kate decide to frame Sami, and they do. Sami is arrested for Franco's
murder.
Eric and Billie are trying to help find out who really killed Franco, but before
they can get too close, Billie is distraught by Bo and "Hopes"
recindled love. She knows something is up with "Hope" and goes off to
Europe to sort out her life, and find out all she can about Princess Gina
Sami is out on bail but runs from the police on the day of her sentencing, with
Austin and Will.
When finally caught Sami is sentenced to death by lethal injection.
On her death bed, she prepares to die. Lucas decides he cannot let her die, he
bursts into the death chamber and says he killed Franco.
It looks like he will finally get what he deserves, but across town, Kate has
plans of her own. She "persuades" Roberto to take the wrap for
the murder, as Roberto is dieing anyway. He does this, Lucas say his last minute
confession was to spare Will from losing his mother.
Mike and Carrie declare their love for each other, after a series of mishaps,
and mistakes, the pair finally leave Salem to start a new life in Africa
Princess Gina finally snaps, and imprisons Hope and Stefano in her Castle in France. She then arrives in Salem and takes over Hopes life. She now has two new allies, her long lost daughter, Greta, and long time friend, Lili Favershem. "Hope" and Bo decide to marry on new years eve.
These synopsis are courtesy of Sony,
Soap City.
