Bo & Hope #18 July 9-September 30, 1986: 8 hour original edit

DVD #18A Steve tells Victor that he thinks it is a waste of time to follow Kayla around. Victor disagrees as he wants all the information about Bo that he can get. After Steve leaves, Victor orders his henchman to teach Steve a lesson. Hope goes to tell Kim that she is pregnant. Kim is ecstatic for them. She fills Hope in on the search for Andrew, he is in Cleveland and they will have to buy him back.

7/10 Victor announces to Bo that they need to reconsider their arrangement. Victor informs Bo that if neither he nor his wife can be trusted their deal will be over and both will be asked to leave. Bo informs Victor that Hope is pregnant.

Hope & Melissa talk at Shenanigans. Victor is forcing Pete to launder money. Roman & Hope talk and she tells him that she is pregnant. She tells him that Bo is not in the least excited about being a father. He gives her a pep talk.

Bo joins them and later privately tells Hope that they need Victor to trust them and by her confronting him over Pete that she almost blew the whole deal. She argues that she is trying to protect her family. He makes a crack about a lot of things happening that weren’t planned, referring to the pregnancy. She gives him a look and then abruptly leaves without saying goodbye.

Roman advises Bo that Hope is going to need his support in the next 8 months and suggests he stop acting like a “lost little Kirikis”. He tells him that he needs to show Hope that he cares, show her some affection, do something to show her that her decision to marry him was the right one. Roman reminds him that marrying Hope was the best decision he ever made and begs him not to blow it.

Melissa calls and tells Hope that Victor has let Pete off the hook. Victor comes in and tells her that he did this out of caring for his daughter-in-law. He warns her that their family relationship has limits and not to test it again.

When Bo comes home, Victor tells him that the situation with Pete has been resolved and he doesn't ever want this to happen again. Bo agrees that they don't either. Victor tells him how important having a family is to him. Bo inform him that Hope is pregnant. Victor is thrilled. After he leaves, Hope is less than happy that he told Victor. Bo reminds her that part of this deal is trust and he is trying to protect the Bradys and building trust with Victor.

Hope tells him that only an hour ago that Victor threatened her to not go up against him again, that family loyalties have their limitations. She tells Bo that when the baby is born, she will not be living at Victor’s. She taunts him that he might not be happy about the baby but she will protect her child. He hugs her and tells her of course he wants the baby. He admits the timing isn’t great. He doesn’t want her to worry about Victor. He asks her to just take care of little Boo Boo. He starts teasing her with names, Cornelius? He gives her a present for the baby, a silver baby spoon. The spoon was his as a baby, and his pop’s before that. They tell each other how much they love each other and kiss.

7/14 Victor surprises Bo and Hope with a family dinner to celebrate the baby – he is not taking no for an answer. Hope doesn’t like Victor moving into their family life. She wants to keep the baby separate from Victor. Bo points out that when Victor does something, he does it for a reason. He suggests they should go along with it to find out what he is up to. Bo overhears a rave review of his performance at Allied. Victor is thrilled to hear the good news and says how much he respects Bo and wants him to move up in the ranks. Bo listens in as Victor continues to rave about Bo’s strength of character and how proud he is of him, that his rebel side is him just trying to be his own man.

Hope comes down for dinner in a beautiful red gown, Bo is wearing his white tux. She is not looking forward to this evening, Bo says it might not be that bad. Victor comes in and tells them that he arranged a celebratory dinner for the two of them together and has had the dinner catered. He urges them to enjoy and leaves them alone.

Bo toasts Hope, to the woman who taught him what being a man is all about, to the woman who carries around a little part of him all of the time, even before she was pregnant with his baby, to his “Fancy Face”. She leans in to kiss him and they are interrupted again by the servers. Their constant interruptions annoy Bo and he wraps up the dishes, food, and candelabra and whisks her off to the docks to enjoy their feast alone.

They dance together on the docks, and Victor is stunned to see them there. He observes they know more about romance than he does. Bo invites him to share the champagne with him since Hope can’t drink. Bo says he wishes he had a beer and Victor magically pulls one out, and admits he enjoys a beer on the docks. (LOL, this seems so out of character). Hope rolls her eyeballs as they are seemingly bonding. Victor takes his leave. Hope is shivering, and Bo holds her. She is scared as everything is changing too fast.

7/16 Hope isn’t feeling well, and Bo asks her to not worry about anything, to just take care of herself and little Boo. Victor informs Bo that it is time for him to take an active role in his organization, at a higher operational level. Victor observes that he has an attitude but Victor can get past that, Bo has a natural talent for leadership and is his heir. He says he turned around the employees at Allied who resented him, he is very impressed with that. Bo warns him that he won’t wear a monkey suit, Victor doesn’t care what he wears, he can wear his underwear! He is offering Bo a real future, and seems disappointed that Bo doesn’t appreciate the opportunity he is being given.

Alex is taken back when Victor announces his plans for Bo to take over “The Pearl”. Doug informs his daughter that he will be leaving to meet up with Julie, whom has finished her cruise. He is still worried about her, but she assures him that she will be out of Victor’s house before the baby is born. Chris hires Hope to find out who is extorting the merchants on the docks. An informant tells Hope that something illegal is going down, Pier 5 on Friday night on “The Pearl”. Victor tells Bo that the Pearl has been delayed a week, so they will re-assign him to something else (obviously rethinking having Bo involved with the illegal deal in the works).

When Hope returns home, she fills Bo in on the tip she received. He offers to help her with the case. She tells him that she has already turned it over to Abe & Roman and asked for their help.

7/18 Abe questions Bo about his loyalties and is suspicious that Hope is being set up and could be walking into a trap. Abe stops Bo in his tracks when he asks Bo if he ever thinks about Theo as he sits at Kirikis’ table. Bo heads over to Shane’s place and tells him that them going after Victor for something minor like this isn’t going to bring him down. Bo plans on trying to help Victor and cementing his trust in Bo, come out of it looking like the good son. Shane tells him that he doesn’t continue to have to do this. No matter what, Victor is his father and it has to be hard for Bo to betray his own father. Bo disagrees and says when this all goes down, he will be fine giving him the final shove!

Bo shows up at the hospital and visits Marlena who has come out of her coma. He starts to tell her about Hope’s pregnancy and she passes out again. She has lapsed back into the coma. Bo then goes looking for Victor, he is off to Paris. Bo tells Alex that they have to act fast. Alex doesn’t trust Bo and doesn’t want him anywhere near the shipment. Bo pays off the informant, Woody, to go back to Abe & Hope and tell them that he overheard that it is going down on Pier 19 instead. Bo saves the day for Victor, and continues giving a puzzled Alex orders. Hope is upset when Bo confirms that Victor owns S&L Shipping. The shipping crates contained tractor parts, not illegal contraband.

7/21 Hope is thrilled to be home alone with Bo with no Victor! Victor soon arrives home. Bo fills Victor in and tells him that Hope had given the Salem PD about the illegal shipment. Bo pulled a switch to save the shipment. He diverted the cops to another pier and sent the shipment elsewhere. Victor is impressed and said he couldn’t have handled it better himself and he appreciates his loyalty. Hope is upset when she walks in to see them shaking hands. She observes they are becoming very chummy.

Kayla shows up and tells Bo & Hope that Kim & Shane went to Cleveland two days ago following a lead on their missing baby, Andrew. She hasn’t heard from them and can’t reach them. She needs their help to help Shane & Kim. They all head to Cleveland. Once there, Bo reports Shane’s rental car as stolen. They head to the address where Shane’s car was reported abandoned. Steve is already there and the kidnappers escape as Bo & Hope & Kayla come in and stop him. Kayla is furious that he was involved in the kidnapping. He says he only found out about this situation this morning. He tells them that Shane & Kim are being held in the other room. They are released and they ask where Dr. Denison is? Steve points out that he tried to tell them that they were letting them escape. The police come in and arrest Steve as he swear he is innocent and was just trying to help.

7/23 Bo and Hope recollect on their trip to Cleveland in an effort to find Shane and Kimberly. The two of them question how Patch could have possibly known they would be there and Hope assumes that Victor is somehow behind it. Bo doesn’t think Victor was involved in this. Bo has a sit down with Victor to ask him if he had Andrew kidnapped; he is angered by the accusations. Victor says he would never have denied his son his own mother, and deny himself the opportunity to see his child. Victor is disappointed that Bo doesn’t realize how important family is to Victor. He swears that he has agonized over Andrew’s fate and he did not have anything to do with Andrew’s kidnapping.

Bo tells Hope that she is wrong, that Victor wasn’t involved in Andrew’s kidnapping. She is saddened to hear that he believes Victor and says he is using his relationship with Bo as his father to get him to trust him. Bo believes sometimes Victor does care, and he isn’t lying about this. He tells her that Victor has given him something, he believes in him and supports him in a way that Sean never has. Hope goes over to talk to Shane, he shares that Steve is sure that Victor is behind the kidnapping.

When Bo talks to Kim, she reams him for believing Victor. She questions him about why he sold out his own family for what Victor can give him. She can’t believe her brother has turned his back on her and taken Victor’s side. Bo insists to her that Victor was not involved in this. Back home, Victor invites Bo to join him at a father/son banquet, it is a black tie affair. Bo warns him that he doesn’t let other people do his thinking for him, that he doesn’t have anything to prove to anyone. Victor is concerned about the stress that Hope is under due to her distrust of him.

DVD #18B 8/26 Hope sneaks into Victor’s study and finds the file on the shipping company. Victor of course finds her and asks her what she is doing? He hands her the file she was snooping around about and tells her that she is welcome to read it. She tells him that she has already read it. She accuses him of dragging Bo into his corrupt business dealings. She knows he scheduled the illegal shipment and she almost had the goods on him until Bo got him out of trouble. He asks her if she did get the evidence of illegal activity, would she really report it and put Bo in danger?

Hope leaves and goes to the docks. She collapses in pain and Steve finds her and carries her to get help. Victor calls Bo. He offers to fly out to join Bo and they can enjoy a vacation together now that the job is done.

8/27 Steve rushes into the waterfront clinic carrying Hope. She tells Kayla that she is afraid she is losing the baby. Kayla calls Neil and an ambulance. Steve stays by her side reassuring her that everything will be okay. He sweet talks her and gives her comfort as she cries with fear. Kayla comes in and watches how tender he is with Hope. The ambulance arrives.

At the hospital, Neil comes out and tells Kimberly, Kayla, and Steve that she is okay for now and looks like the baby and Hope are okay. He is keeping her overnight and treating the contractions as she is at risk for losing the baby. Neil goes in to check on Hope and she cries in pain and tells him that she knows there is something wrong with the baby. Neil comes out and sadly tells them that Hope has had a miscarriage. Steve cries with sorrow for the lost life. Kim goes in and gives her comfort, as Hope worries about disappointing the grandparents. Kimberly calls and tries to reach Bo. When Victor answers the phone, Kim tells him to have Bo call as soon as possible. Hope doesn’t want her to tell Victor the news.

Meanwhile, Bo & Victor meet with clients. Afterwards, Victor praises his efforts. Victor insists they celebrate! Victor never tells Bo to call Hope. Bo calls and leaves Hope a message that he will be home tomorrow and he hopes they can talk out their problems.

Steve goes in and sits by Hope. She cries that Bo never called. He knows it isn’t the same thing but she has him. He holds her hand as she cries ad he tells her that he is there for her.

8/29 When Bo returns home from Europe, Steve is there waiting for him. Bo tells him he has had a very long flight and was up last night partying. Steve reams him that while he was partying that Hope lost their baby. Bo tells him he doesn’t know what game he is playing. Steve interrupts him to tell him that he is the one that found her on the dock and she lost the baby two nights ago. Steve assures Bo that Hope will be fine, no thanks to Bo. He doesn’t understand why no one called him. Steve tells him she did leave a message but he never called her! Bo demands to know where she is, Steve tells him she is still at the hospital.

Kayla & Kim remain at Hope’s side as she is released from the hospital. Bo arrives and finds she has already left. Bo asks why she lost the baby. Neil tells him that in Hope’s case it was stress related. He recommended that she relaxed. Bo says this was all his fault.

Kayla helps Hope get settled in at home. Bo arrives and Kayla tries to stop him but he barges in and wants to know how she is doing. Hope gives him the cold shoulder and asks if Europe got boring? He wishes he had known. She says and what would have been different? Would he have chosen her and their baby? Would their baby still be alive? He only got the message that she called but not that she was in the hospital or anything about the baby. He called her back and left a message at her office. She points out that he never wanted the baby, that this was just a problem in his life and now that problem is gone. He tells her that he was just afraid, and he got used to the idea and was looking forward to having the baby. He would have done anything to be there for her and their baby. She says bottom line, he wasn’t there for her or their baby. She storms off as he yells that it was his baby too!

Steve arrives bearing flowers for Hope. She is glad he stopped by so she could thank him. She says that he didn’t just help her, but he cared too and he really is a good friend. Bo is talking to Shane and hides when Hope arrives. She tells him that she is ready and eager to work. Shane is concerned over how soon she is up and moving around due to physical shock and emotional trauma. She tells him she is determined to start a whole new life, no more baby and no more Bo and work is the best therapy. She assures him as she leaves that work is the best therapy.

Back home, Kayla is worried at Hope pushing herself too soon and that she isn’t dealing with her loss. Hope opens her music box from Bo and listens to the music playing. Meanwhile, Kimberly expresses her sympathy to Bo. She worries it was her fault that Victor dropped the custody suit over Andrew when Bo moved in with him. She points out that he paid a really high price. He assures her that she had nothing to do with Hope losing the baby. After she leaves, Bo tenderly holds a little teddy bear he had bought for the baby.

9/2 Bo shows up at Hope’s office and tries to reason with her. He is disturbed that she has gone back to work so soon. She tells him that she doesn’t need him in her life and wants him to go. He tells her that if they stay together that they can make it through this. He tells her they are partners. She tells him that he deserted her. Shane comes in and interrupts and Hope leaves.

Bo defends his actions over Victor, that he trusts him and he is getting they information they need. Shane suggests that he fills Hope in on what he is working on. Bo says that Hope would put herself in danger if she knew what he was working on. Bo tells Shane that he is doing what is needed to bring Victor down.

When Hope returns, Shane tells her that Bo loves her. She tells him that Bo wasn’t there for her when she needed him. He tells her that what is happening between them in tearing Bo apart. Hope insists that him living with Victor is what is tearing them apart and as long as he is living with Victor, she wants nothing to do with him. She asks him if that is what he is doing with Kimberly? Shane apologizes for being pushy and tells her that he is just worried about her.

Bo pays Woody the informant to call Hope to come meet him. When she arrives on the dock in pouring rain, he tells her that he wants her to listen to him. He loves her and has always loved her. She leaves him standing alone in the rain. Britta sees Hope leave and approaches Bo to join her for a drink for old times sake. He goes with her to her place and she drugs him in order to get a picture of his tattoo.

9/3 Steve has tired to call her and when he gets a busy signal, he uses grabs a key from the front desk and uses it to enter Britta’s room. He finds Bo out cold. He wants to know what the camera is for? She tells him that Victor hired her to come between Bo and Hope. He doesn’t believe her for a second, that this isn’t Victor’s style. He knows Britta is just out to help herself. He takes the film out of the camera, grabs Bo and rushes him into the shower. He takes a drugged Bo downstairs and pours coffee into him. He looks like he is drunk when Hope walks into the restaurant. Kayla tells Bo how disappointed he is in him. Hope says she doesn’t even know Bo anymore.

Kayla, Chris and Hope head to Blondie’s. Bo and Steve find her there. He asks her if she still loves him? She doesn’t answer as Marilyn McCoo begins to sing. When her song is over, Hope gets up and walks out as Bo watches her leave.

9/5 Kimberly challenges Bo not to give up on Hope. He complains that she won’t even talk to him. Kim storms out and Victor comes out to see what the commotion is all about. Victor advises him to give Hope some time and leave her alone. Bo disagrees and points out that Victor has never been married and doesn’t know what it takes to keep a wife happy.

Hope and Shane talk about him and Kim. He feels he has let Kim down by not being able to get Andrew back by now. When Kim arrives, Shane leaves. Hope comments that a blind man could see how they feel about each other. Hope promises Kim that Shane is not giving up, he is working Andrew’s case and reviewing the police files to see if they missed or overlooked any clues. Kim counters by telling Hope that she just came from seeing Bo. Hope says they are way past talking, that she knows that Bo won’t leave the mansion. Now she says, even if he did move out of Victor’s that it is too late. Hope points out that it isn’t Shane’s fault that he hasn’t been able to find Andrew, but it is very possibly Bo’s fault that the stress he put her through caused her miscarriage!

When Hope returns home, she finds Bo waiting there for her. Hope begs him to just leave her alone. She storms out. Bo picks up the music box and says, “First Anniversary” and gets an idea.

Bo comes into their loft and asks her to go with him? She refuses and promises that she won’t take one step with him. He pick her up and tosses her over his shoulder and takes her down to the waiting limo and tell her that he is taking her on a honeymoon.

9/8 Hope tells him he is crazy if he thinks she is going anywhere with him. She tells him that he is wasting her time. He tells her that they are going on a honeymoon together. She refuses. He reminds her that she promised to love him forever and reminds her of her vows for better and worse. She says it is too late and too much has changed that they don’t have a marriage any more. He tells her that the only thing that has changed is how much more he loves her now.

They drive out into the country where a hot air ballon is waiting. When they stop, she demands to be let out of the car. He tells her they have stopped and she can get out now if she chooses, she is free to go. She tells him there is nothing out there! She gets out of the car and the limo takes off leaving them stranded. She is going to head off on foot and he tells her they are miles from Salem and there are no phones nearby. He pulls back some bushes and shows her a waiting motorcycle. She refuses to get on the motorcycle with him so he takes off leaving her standing there as she calls after him. He turns around and comes back for her. She gets on but tells him that she is getting off at the first sign of a pay phone, that she just wants to go home. He promises that he will take her home.

He drives away from Salem and she complains that he is going the wrong way. She insists that she is not going on any honeymoon with him. He tells her that he will take her home AFTER their honeymoon. He takes her to a waiting hot air balloon. She is excited and says she has never seen anything more beautiful. She catches herself and goes back to insisting he take her home. He picks her up and puts her into the balloon. She tries to bite him and insists that she will NOT have a good time. He holds her as he starts up the balloon and they begin lift off. She demands that he put this thing down. He tells her no can do.

He tries to get her to admit that she is impressed with his idea. She refuses to admit it. He asks her if she would like to know how long he has had this planned? She says nothing and he shares that he has had this in mind for a long time for their honeymoon. He just asks her to try. He asks her to just admit that she loves him. He lowers the balloon to the ground.

9/9 As they land, Bo notices a rattle snake. He gets out of the balloon. It begins to take off without him and he grabs hold of a rope and hangs on for dear life. He is able to lower the basket and she gets out as the ballon takes off without them! She can’t believe that he has left them stranded on this island. He tells her it is just the two of them for the week on the isolated island. Hope continues to insist it is too late. She wants to go home and insists that she will find some way of the island!

She makes her way to an island mansion and finds a caretaker. She asks him to get her off the island. He tells her the only way off is the supply helicopter due in later that afternoon. The caretaker then informs her that her husband has rented the house and his service for the week. Bo finds her and grabs her and kisses her. She responds for a moment and then pushes him away still insisting they have no future together.

When Hope spots the helicopter, she runs towards it and falls into the pool. Bo helps her to get out and by that time the helicopter has left again. She tells him again it is too late and runs back towards the house. She finds a beautiful dress waiting in her room. She comments, “You never give up Brady.” She goes into the hall and yells to him that he is not going to win this one!

He finds her wearing her new dress standing on the balcony and tells her how gorgeous she looks. He invites her to join him for dinner. He tells her again that he loves her. She tells him that doesn’t matter anymore. He tells her that is the only thing that matters. He knows he hurt her. She says that she doesn’t think she can ever get over it. He promises that they can do something about their future. He tells her that they have to move ahead. He tells her that she has a choice to make, either she wants to have a future with him or she doesn’t. Her answer is to walk out on him and go back to her room, though its obvious he is starting to wear her down.

Alejandro, the care taker, shows up at her door with a tray loaded with food. There is a note from Bo telling her that he loves her and couldn’t have her going to be on an empty stomach. She picks up the pink rose on her tray and seems to have softened as she says, “Oh Bo, what am I going to do with you?”. Meanwhile, in his room, he toasts to her that no matter what she says, they are going to make it through this!

9/10 The next morning, she thanks him for his note and the wonderful meal but continues that it is too late and there is nothing more to be said. He agrees and grabs her and kisses her and she kisses him back! She pulls back and tells him no that this isn’t going to work. She knows he is just trying to tempt her with food, champagne, a romantic setting and trying to seduce her with kisses. He gets on his knees and asks what can he do? Write poetry? Climb mountains? He promises that he will keep her on this island as long as it takes.

This just upsets her as she points out it is still on his terms, what he wants and walks out again. He is puzzled and asks himself what he is doing wrong, clearly surprised that his plan hasn’t worked. Alejandro approaches her and tells her that her transportation is on its way. Bo approaches and tells her that he ordered the helicopter for her and she can leave the island. Now she looks disappointed!

She doesn’t understand why he is letting her go? She snarks now he is giving up. He says he has tried everything, a romantic setting, wined and dined her but nothing is working. He realizes he can’t make her love him if she no longer does. She can’t believe that he thinks she doesn’t love him. She admits that of course she still loves him, can’t he see that. He says if that is true then she isn’t going to get on that helicopter! She says she doesn’t know what comes next. He tells her that they can make it through anything together, even Victor Kiriakis! He tells her it will be hard but they can’t give up. She cries that she is so confused. He is tired of the games and wants to know what she wants. He tells her when she decides what she wants to let him know and he leaves her alone.

Hope finds Bo as the helicopter lands. She asks what he is going to do? He tells her that he will stay on the island for a couple of days. She turns to leave, and he tells her that he is sorry that things didn’t work out. She cries as she tells him that she really does love him but doesn’t know where to go from here. He tells her that he loves her too. She admits that she is scared and she needs him to hold her in his arms and tell her it is going to be okay. He holds her and promises her it will be okay as he says he has waited for this for a long time. She begs him not to let he go. He kisses her as they hold onto each other and make their way back to the house, arm in arm, stopping to kiss along the way. They enjoy the evening on the beach in front of the fire, holding each other.

9/12 Victor suddenly shows up at their island retreat demanding that Bo return to Salem immediately. Bo refuses and gives Victor attitude that he won’t be ordered around or told what to do. Victor demands that Bo put the business first and threatens that he is risking his job. Bo is adamant about spending time with his wife and says he will see if he still has a job when he returns home. After Victor leaves, Hope is thrilled that Bo stood up to Victor! Hope relishes him being out of their lives forever. Bo doesn’t commit to that and says they should avoid talking about Victor.



9/16 Bo & Hope return home, with Bo carrying her over the threshold to their loft. Mrs. H calls and tells them that Marlena has been kidnapped. She doesn’t want to talk about it over the phone and heads right over to fill them in. The good news keeps coming in as Kayla tells Bo that Britta has been shot and she is dead. Bo heads down to the clinic.

Hope finds a very drunk Steve and tries to get some coffee into him. He realizes that she has bad news to tell him, he is heart broken to learn about Britta’s death. When Bo returns home, he tells her it is time to go home to Victor’s. She is shocked and feels this is some sort of a joke. She assumed they would move back to the loft together.

9/18 Bo & Hope wake up in bed together. She gives him another ultimatum. If he walks out on her again, she will never go back and there are no balloons, limos or islands to save them, there marriage will be over. He tells her that he loves her and that is never going to change. As he gets up to leave, he asks her to never forget that no matter what happens.

After Bo leaves, Mrs. H stops by the loft and Hope fills her in. Next she confronts Bo at the mansion and asks why he is choosing to live separately from Hope? He tells her this just they way it has to be and he can’t tell her anymore. Hope calls and asks Bo to come down to the clinic. She tells him there is evidence of a fight and Kayla is missing.

Abe snarks that Steve is their #1 suspect in Britta’s murder. Hope says no way that he is devastated over her death. Frankie comes in and tells them that two cops arrested him. Abe reports that it wasn’t Salem PD. Abe suggests that they were impersonating cops and may have both Kayla and Steve. Bo is worried that Kayla was taken because she was a witness. Bo & Hope talk back at the loft. She asks him to stay. He offers to stay tonight but no more than that. She refuses and tells him it just isn’t enough.

9/23 Hope tells her dad about her separation from Bo. Roman finds Hope and tells her that he needs her help. He got a call from Marlena and she was able to give him some clues as to where she is. He needs Hope to go with her to Maryland and pose looking for a home to rent so they could search for one matching the distinctive description. Unfortunately, Gillian (Shane’s ISA friend) over hears and reports into the kidnappers (another ISA agent) that Roman is hot on their trail.

9/24 Roman & Hope are able to identify the home that Marlena is being held at and they hurry over there. Gillian has once again tipped them off and they move Marlena before Roman & Hope arrive. Marlena drops her wedding ring as a clue and Roman finds it. Marlena gets away from the kidnappers and calls Abe. The ISA guy/kidnapper gives Roman the address of the pay phone that Marlena called Abe from. The fake police guys have taken Marlena hostage again.

9/26 Mr. Brady arrives at the mansion to see his son. He learns that he is separated from Hope and is very disappointed and warns Bo not to blow his marriage.Caroline arrives and is upset to find out Bo & Hope are living apart. Hope & Roman return home to Salem.

Roman and Hope arrive at the loft. When Roman sees Steve there he attacks him, demanding to know where his sister is! Kayla comes in and Steve takes off, with Roman right behind him with gun drawn. Kayla yells after her brother to not shoot Steve. Kayla worries to Hope about what Roman will do to Steve if he catches him. Hope assures her that Roman isn’t going to shoot Steve, just arrest him. Kayla insists she has to go after Steve to protect him, and Hope goes with her. They find Roman and Abe on the docks. Kayla fills them in that her and Steve were kidnapped by the fake cops. Kayla did leave Roman a message at the station that she was okay, a message that he obviously didn’t receive. Hope assures them that no way would Steve hurt Britta, that he loved her.

9/29 Kayla calls Roman and Hope to meet her at the loft. She tells them that Steve took off. Roman is furious with her for letting Steve leave. Steve doesn’t trust the Salem PD not to railroad him for Britta’s murder. Roman is irate as he needs Steve to lead him to who kidnapped him as this could leave him to Marlena! Steve saunters in and assures Roman that he doesn’t know who kidnapped Marlena. He also promises that he didn’t kill Britta. Hope is happy that he didn’t run. Roman says he believes Steve that he didn’t kill Britta, but he still needs to go down to the station with him. Roman shares that Billings, Britta, Gregory are all dead. He thinks they were murdered to keep them quiet and all roads point to Stockholm. He thinks Marlena’s disappearance is linked to Britta and Stockholm. Steve reports that the kidnappers questioned him about Britta and what she might have been looking for. Roman lets Steve go as a sign of trust in return for the information.

9/30 Hope tells Bo that she is going to apply for a legal separation. She is going to have Uncle Mickey draft the document and asks if he will sign it. He refuses and assures her that they can work out their problems. Mr. & Mrs. Brady walk up and they are hopeful that they are reconciling. Hope bursts their bubble and tells them that she is applying for a legal separation. Bo denies this. Hope softly touches Bo’s face and asks him once again to move out of the mansion and she will cancel the papers. Victor enters and watches their exchange with interest. Bo can not concede to her terms and Hope walks away. The press conference gets under way as the current mayor announces his decision to not seek another term. He throws his support behind Doug Williams as the next mayor. Victor then injects that Alex Marshall is running for mayor. Alex looks rather surprised by this turn of events. Victor turns to Bo and asks if he can expect his support for Alex? Bo turns and walks out.

**The End**