DOOL Spoilers
Sami, Rafe, Bo and Hope are watching the report of the dead boy on TV. Bo reminds Sami that there is no proof that it is Johnny. At this point, Sami is choosing to remain positive.
Sami asks Rafe to go and confirm that the body is not Johnny’s. He is reluctant to leave her, but she asks him to go for her. Will offers to stay with his mom. When everyone leaves, Sami slips out, numb from grief.
John and Marlena are devastated at the news that a boy’s body has been found. Everyone is assuming the worst, that it is Johnny. John is more resolved than anything to plead guilty, he will not let any more harm come to his family. Marlena is reduced to tears, she can’t bear the thought of Johnny actually being murdered or of spending a day without John.
EJ too receives news that they have found a little boy’s body. He is completely besot with grief and guilt. Sobbing, Sami enters and they embrace by the fireplace, united by grief. However, they both refuse to give up all hope and speak of their son’s resourcefulness.
The positive encouragements between Sami and EJ are short-lived as the announcer on the TV confirms that the body of the boy is indeed that of missing Johnny DiMera.
In Brookville, Rafe examines the body and claims it is not Johnny! Relieved, Bo and Hope rush to tell everyone while insisting the TV station make an immediate retraction!
John wants to plead guilty to the judge right away. He thinks that a guilty plea will convince the kidnapper to release Johnny. Bo disagrees, for they can’t be sure that Johnny isn’t hiding somewhere but John is instant. Carrie urges him to wait for trial, but John is about to make a call to the judge himself.
Carrie calls on John’s behalf and the judge and DA agree to meet that evening!
Rafe calls the house to tell Sami the good news, but a distraught Will explains that she is nowhere to be found!
Back at the DiMera mansion, the TV is turned off. Sami’s phone has fallen to the ground and the battery has slipped out. Grief between the two parents has turned to blind rage, each physically and verbally assaulting one another trying to place blame.
The scene is angry, violent, riddled with grief and guilt which turns into intense passion as EJ and Sami kiss almost violently. They end up on the couch, partially clothed, and make out intensely with EJ writhing on top of Sami. It appears they are having sex, but it is not overly clear either.