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At the DiMera mansion, Kristen checks in with Rolf over the phone about the second half of the serum, and she doesn’t want Xander getting one drop until he hands her Titan. Brady walks

in at that point, and Kristen hangs up.

Brady has a bag with him, a belated Halloween gift for Rachel, and asks if Kristen was just talking to Rolf. She claims she was just checking on the serum. Brady calls what she’s doing is wonderful, noting she hasn’t always been altruistic.

Rachel runs in, interrupting them, and is glad to see her dad. They hug, and he gives her a bag of Halloween treats. Rachel asks her dad to stay for a special lunch she made for her and Mommy, so he agrees.

Rachel runs off to finish making the lunch, and Kristen thanks Brady for staying. Brady was hoping to discuss the visitation schedule. Before they can, Rachel returns with finger sandwiches and tombstone cookies. Brady eats one and tells her the sandwiches are delicious. Rachel hopes they can take a ride in his new car. He says they can, and she asks if Mommy can come too.

Brady thought she enjoyed their daddy-daughter dates. Rachel does, but wonders if her dad doesn’t want to be a happy family again. Kristen reminds Rachel that they talked about this. Brady says he and her mom care about each other but don’t want to return to the bad days and all the fights they had. Brady thanks her for the lunch and says he’ll see her soon.

Brady leaves, and Rachel tells her mom that she wishes Daddy didn’t have to go. Kristen tells her daughter that maybe someday they’ll be the family she wants them to be. Rachel begs her mom to make it happen.

At John and Marlena’s, Holly arrives to see Tate. He’s sorry he didn’t respond to her text last night, as he didn’t see it until this morning. She assumes he was busy. He confesses that he was with Sophia last night. She says he doesn’t have to explain as she knows Sophia has been moving in on him, and they were broken up. Holly admits she screwed up and made a huge mistake and was hoping he might take her back. She regrets her mean and stupid actions, cares about him, and is sorry.

Tate appreciates what she said. He asks what happened in Paris. She reveals she forgave her mom and Eric. She also learned his dad was innocent and is glad he’s free. Holly admits she transferred her anger over Eric and her father’s death to him and his dad. She thought if his dad were punished, it would right the wrong with her father’s death. What she did was awful, and she is sorry she hurt him. She again states she wants to work things out if it’s not too late.

Tate tries to tell her about Sophia, but she stops him. She knows he and Sophia are friends and that Sophia hates her. She just wants Tate to think about forgiving her and maybe starting over. He is glad she’s home and glad things are better for her, and he’ll think about what she said. Holly thanks him and decides to head out, saying she’ll see him at school.

Later, Brady returns home and senses something is up with Tate. Tate says Holly was just here, and she came to apologize to him and wants to get back together. Brady notes, from his demeanor, it appears that’s not a good thing. Tate admits something happened that Holly doesn’t know about.

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In Horton Square, Sophia is on the phone with her mom, telling her that she and Briana didn’t stay up late and did a lot of studying. She flashes to being with Tate.

Sophia finds Ava on the phone, leaving a message with Stefan, saying she needs him to call her back as she can’t process payroll without his input. Sophia asks Ava if she could switch shifts, but Ava needs her to work tonight as several people have already called out. Sophia understands, but she was hoping to hang out with Tate. Ava can see she’s in a good mood, and Sophia admits they slept together.

Ava tells her to have a seat. Ava feels like this is moving fast and happened all of a sudden. Sophia explains she wanted this for a long time, and it happened organically. Ava asks if they used protection, and Sophia says they did. Ava wonders if she’s having any regrets, but Sophia isn’t. Ava is glad it went well but asks what about Holly. Sophia wonders what is with all the questions, as Ava was the one who told her to go for it. Ava wants things to go well for her, but she wants her to protect her heart, too.

Sophia admits that now that they know Tate’s dad is innocent, there is always a chance that Holly could come crawling back to him. However, Tate promised her that he and Holly were over, and unlike the two of them, he and Holly never slept together. She is close to Tate in a way Holly never was and never will be.

Sophia thanks Ava for talking to her, and she says she could never talk to her mom aboout this. Ava thanks Sophia for trusting her and tells her that she’ll see her later. Ava leaves, and Holly appears. Sophia is shocked Holly is back but feels there is something she should know.

Kate barges into Philip’s room at The Salem Inn to confront him, only to find Vivian there. She wants to know why Vivian is in her son’s room. Vivian responds, “You mean my son.” They bicker over the past, and Vivian stealing Kate’s embryo. Kate asks where her son is. Vivian says he’s not here. Kate warns her to stay away from her son, but Vivian can’t do that.

Kate asks what she is up to. Vivian explains she’s helping Philip claim his Kiriakis’ birthright. Kate says whatever scheme she’s up to, it’s over, and she picks up the phone to call the police. Vivian stops her and offers to cut her in on some of the Titan money. Vivian hints Kate could use it to finance that soap opera of hers.

Kate says Philip is already Victor’s son, so what does she bring to the table? Vivian says she provided a letter from Victor insisting he wanted to leave everything to Philip, not Xander. Kate realizes the only way she’d get such a letter is to have forged it. Vivian admits she’s so clever. Vivian points out that if she implicates her, she implicates Philip, and he’ll never forgive her. Vivian urges her to return to the dark side and extends her hand. Kate takes it, and they shake on it.

At the Kiriakis mansion, Philip appears and hears Xander telling Victor’s portrait he’ll kill Philip if Kate can’t talk sense into him. Philip doubts their father would like that, opens up a safe behind Victor’s portrait, and pulls out a gun. He hands Xander the gun and tells him to kill him if he wants to. Xander warns him not to play games with him. Philip tells him that he’s all talk and no follow-through.

Xander grabs the gun and aims it at Philip.  He says he’s not afraid to pull the trigger, pointing out that he’s done it recently and still has a killer instinct when it comes to protecting his family. Xander says he has a death wish if he insists on stopping him from transferring Titan to Kristen. Philip tells Xander he has no proof Dr. Rolf’s snake oil will work. Xander claims he’s done miracles before, and all he cares about is Sarah’s health. Philip tells him that he doesn’t deserve the Kiriakis fortune, he’s a low life loser and tells him if he wants to go to prison and abandon his wife and daughter then shoot.

Xander pulls the trigger, but the gun is empty. He damns Philip. Philip says Maggie has always hated having a loaded gun in the house, and he played the odds and took the risk that it wasn’t loaded, which makes him a real Kiriakis man. Xander warns him that if his mother can’t change his mind, then he is a dead man. Philip says his mother doesn’t know he’s in town. Xander says she does now, as they talked. Xander even told Kate that he is staying at The Salem Inn. Philip screams this isn’t over and storms out.

Alone, Xander tells his father’s portrait that Maggie would be pleased the gun wasn’t loaded, and he knows he wouldn’t want him to kill Philip. However if Kate can’t persuade him to help Sarah, then he’ll have no choice but to kill Philip.

Philip shows up at his room at The Salem Inn and tells Vivian that she has to get out of of town before his mother finds her. Vivian says she already found her, and she knows about the forged letter, but not that Philip has known about it from the beginning of their plan.

At the Brady Pub, Kate considers calling Jada, worried about what Philip has gotten himself into.

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