John & Marlena #2 April 29 - June 20, 1986: 8 hour edit

DVD #2A 4/29 John confronts Marlena after he has overheard her telling Bo that he is Stefano (at the end of the #1B). He knows she must have seen his tattoo. Bo calls Shane with the news that both Victor and “Stefano” are after Marlena. John begins to show his dark side. Marlena attempts to escape in the car they took up, but John notices and jumps in as she takes off. They have a crash after spinning the car out of control.

4/30 Bo, Hope and Shane barge into an empty cabin with their guns drawn. Hope still isn’t clear why Marlena thinks that John is Stefano; she finds it very unbelievable.

John and Marlena are both knocked unconscious. John wakes up and sees Marlena is out cold, and tenderly begs for her to be okay as he looks at the cut on her forehead. Then she remembers that he is Stefano and starts yelling at him to stay away from her and she jumps out of the car and tries to run away. He chases her and grabs her and points out this is what she gets for not wearing a seat belt. He yells at her not to try to run away from her again. Marlena tries to tell John that the tattoo doesn’t exactly mean he is Stefano, but he is convinced because of prior knowledge about the farmhouse and her children.

Bo, Hope and Shane discover the wrecked car. Hope notices that Marlena dropped an earring and know that Marlena and “Stefano” are not far behind. Bo, Hope and Shane get lost and agree to go back to the cabin to wait for John and Marlena.

5/1 Marlena wakes up and realizes that John is still asleep. She uses a rock to cut the rope of her bound hands. She grabs a rock and ponders bashing his head in with it, though he wakes up in time and dodges it. John ties Marlena up to a tree to stop her from escaping.

Bo and Shane investigate a noise coming from the cabin. Hope stays behind in the jeep to guard. Shane and Bo discover Ingrid and other KGB agents at the cabin and are curious as to what their involvement in the situation is. John leaves Marlena tied up, and Ingrid and the KGB come across her. Victor is not happy with what has happened. The local authorities arrest Bo, Hope and Shane. Marlena learns that her life is dependent upon John showing up for the KGB.

5/2 Marlena realizes that her time is running out when she notices John, who has forced smoke through the fireplace, allowing her to escape. John and Marlena are on the run from the KGB. John and Marlena go on their famous raft ride down the falls to avoid Bo and Shane. Bo, Shane and Hope take the next raft and go directly after John and Marlena, who flip over as Marlena screams.

5/5 Bo, Hope and Shane get overturned on the raft. The camera flashes to Marlena washed up on the seashore face down, is she dead of alive? Bo and Shane land on the shore safely, but Hope is nowhere to be found. They scramble to find her. John finds an unconscious Marlena washed up and performs CPR, thus reviving her. She has a sprained leg and John must carry her.

5/6 Bo and Shane still cannot locate Hope after they tipped on the raft. The camera flashes to Hope still traveling down the river. Shane and Bo manage to rescue Hope.

5/7 An unconscious Marlena is having hallucinations of Roman and Stefano; she mentions Stefano kidnapping her children. John questions how he could have ever done those terrible things to her and her family. John tells Marlena that she doesn’t want to hurt her, which she believes is a trick. Bo is determined to kill the man that killed his brother. Marlena gets away from John.

5/8 Mrs. Peach tells Kimberly to contact the ISA. She makes the call but refuses to give out the location over the phone. They inform her that they are sending a helicopter and she agrees to go and find Shane. Victor has a nurse intercept Mrs. Peach’s message to Kimberly and is also on his way after “The Pawn” knowing that if he finds Shane, he will lead Victor to John’s location. Bo wants to go off on his own to find Stefano. Meanwhile, Marlena tells John that she is so confused about the entire situation and wants John to stop playing with her feelings. John tells Marlena that he has no memory of his life as “Stefano.” Marlena is puzzled why she is so comfortable with John.

5/9 Kimberly realizes that Victor is on board the plane with her. Bo, Hope and Shane continue the search for Marlena and “Stefano.” Kimberly and Victor locate John and Marlena while in the air. She starts fighting with him aboard the plane and it goes down. Shane runs immediately to the plane wreck after realizing that Kimberly was on the plane. Upon arriving at the site, he learns that both Victor and his fiancée were thrown during the crash. Kimberly and Victor are being held at gunpoint by the Russian agents and they intend to kill them both. Shane stumbles into the Russian hideout and notices a trap door. Everyone is below the door. They believe that Shane didn’t suspect anything.

While John and Marlena are hiding out in a cave, he wants her to put him under hypnosis to locate a location close to their whereabouts. She agrees to do so and John remembers KGB agents. Bo has flashbacks of Roman’s death on the island and he wants to continue hunting for Stefano at night. Hope points out they need to rest and could get lost in the dark and he agrees. Later, Hope comes face to face with a mountain lion!

5/12 Marlena drops her guard and talks about her past camping experiences with Roman to John. The wall is brought back up again as she sees the phoenix tattoo.

As the mountain lion is about to pounce, Bo shoots and scares it off. John hears the gun and takes off to investigate. John overhears Bo and Hope talking about killing “Stefano.” When he returns, Marlena is surprised that he didn’t tie her up and he admits that he trusts her. He doesn’t feel like they are enemies, but she doesn’t forget that they are. He points out that she didn’t run while he was gone and excuses that while her fever is down, she still feels kinda weak.

He asks if she still thinks he is Stefano? She returns the query by asking, “Don’t you?” She asks about setting a fire, but he immediately says that is too risky. He says there is nothing around there to keep them warm. He suggests they hold each other, and she is adamant that she can’t do that! He tells her that before he knew anything about himself, he knew that he cared for her.

She admits that she feels like he is more John Black than Stefano. He asks doesn’t that change anything? She says it does night. He points out that it is going to be a long cold night and she might freeze and he doesn’t want that. He asks her to just let him be John Black for tonight. He slowly puts his arms around her, though she startles and is hesitant about his touch. John and Marlena hold each other in an attempt to stay warm and he wraps his body around hers, legs over her legs, his arms around her. John & Marlena's first kiss, though he is imagining the seductive kiss by the fire.

5/13 Victor and Kimberly remain trapped in the basement by the KGB. Shane knocks out Ingrid and stashes her body in the woods. Shane comes to Kimberly’s rescue and is thankful to hear that both her and the baby are okay. The KGB agents return and stop them both from leaving the KGB hideout.

5/14 Marlena dreams of her and Stefano from the prior year as she shot and killed him. She wakes up screaming, “I killed you,”. He rocks her to comfort her and continues to say to himself that he is not Stefano, he is John Black! John reminds her that he has no memory from his life as Stefano DiMera. He tells her that she doesn’t have to be afraid of him. She tells him that she almost died, and Bo saved her. He tells her that the answers they are looking for are at the ranger station. He says that they have to get moving as the hairs on the back of his neck are standing up. She looks at him strangely saying someone else used to say that.

John sees the look in her eyes as she is drawn to him and leans in to kiss her but she pulls away and starts to run. He catches her and she tells him that she is confused about her feelings. Marlena finally gives into her feelings for John and they kiss by the river. He gently begins to undress her so she can clean up in the river as they stare into each other’s eyes. They continue kissing and then get back to cleaning up. As a shirtless John stands by the river, Bo and Hope come up the ridge and spot them. Bo lines up the site on his gun with a bullseye on John.

Victor has escaped his captors and runs straight into Bo. A KGB agent whacks Bo over the head and Victor uses all of his leverage to stop him from shooting him.

5/15 Hope tries to talk Bo out of shooting John, she finds it hard to believe that he is Stefano as she can’t think of him of anything but John Black. He reminds her that John Black is Stefano and he killed his brother and he is going to die! Hope continues to beg Bo not to shoot, and reminds him of all the good he is doing like working at the hospital. As Bo shoots, Hope knocks the gun and the shot goes wild.

John realizes Bo is trying to kill him and grabs Marlena and tell her to run! John wants Marlena to go with Bo and Hope to safety. He begs her to leave him, that he has hurt her too much already and asks to let him protect her. She tells him to be careful and they part ways. Just as soon as John runs off, Marlena turns around and finds Victor behind her. She says that after everything she has been through, all Victor wants is “Stefano”. She complains about “Stefano” kidnapping her. Victor doesn’t believe that she doesn’t know where John is. He asks her which way “Stefano” went and she leads him in the opposite direction as John watches hidden from the river brush.

When Victor talks to the KGB goon, Marlena sneaks off and makes her way back to John. They hid as Victor and the goon leave the area. Afterwards, John asks why she isn’t with Bo and Hope? She tells him that Victor found her and she doesn’t care about being safe, she cares about John! She insists that she doesn’t want anything to happen to him and she informs him that she is staying with him. He realizes there is nothing he can do to change her mind. He promises not to let anyone hurt her.

Shane and Kimberly luckily escape from their captors and start running. Note: Their storyline splits off at this time and is not included as they make their way to a cabin and Kimberly gives birth, Victor finds them and calls a helicopter to return to Salem. There have no further involvement with John and Marlena for the location scenes.

5/16 Hope runs back to Bo and tells him that she found a ranger station. She is excited that now they can get help as it is only half a mile away. Bo tells her to go to the cabin alone, he has to stay on Marlena and Stefano’s trail as he can’t afford to loose them. Hope walks straight into Ingrid’s trap and is held at gunpoint.

Marlena wakes up in John’s arms. John can’t let Marlena be in danger with him and runs off, while she is still sleeping but he is caught by Yuri, and Victor comes upon them quite pleased at his success. Victor tries to tell John that he isn’t there to hurt him. John doesn’t believe Victor, and swears he doesn’t know where Marlena is. Marlena wakes up and decides to go after John. Victor savors the moment he has waited a long time for, to get his hands on the Pawn!

Victor reveals to John that he has Dr. Peterson’s briefcase containing the picture of what he looked like before the surgery. They will let him see it in exchange for information, but John gives them the slip. In the process, Yuri drops the briefcase and the contents scatter. John is on the run from Victor and Yuri. Marlena comes across the scattered briefcase and is shocked when she sees the picture, it’s of Roman. Bo and John come face-to-face. Bo and John fight on top of a cliff. Marlena desperately tries to find John and watches him be thrown rom the cliff by Bo.

5/19 Marlena screams at Bo, “He’s not Stefano, he’s Roman!” Bo is confused but manages to save John before he goes off the cliff. Marlena and her husband are reunited at last. Bo doesn’t know how to react to the news that John is Roman, he isn’t convinced that this man is his brother. Marlena is convinced that the news is accurate, but reveals that many people will not believe it at first.

Hope is still captured by the KGB, they are planning to execute her. Hope is left alone with Ingrid, who is pointing a gun at her. Roman, Marlena and Bo set out to find Hope. Hope gets into a scuffle with Ingrid and comes into possession of her gun; she shoots Ingrid in self-defense. Roman recalls his past and remembers a secret room under the cabin that the KGB was using as headquarters. Bo informs his wife that Ingrid is dead. She is noticeably upset; as this is the first time she has ever killed someone. Marlena promises to be with Roman every step of the way; he notices the Stockholm Poster on the wall. He knows it has some significance.

5/20 Buzzing in these scenes. Over at Shenanigan’s, Chris tells Abe that Roman Brady is alive and is John Black! Abe is shocked and runs out to find out what is going on!

Bo and Hope return home and are greeted by both Shawn and Caroline. They are curious as to where the two of them have been; Bo is ready to explain what happened as Roman and Marlena wait outside the Brady Fish Market until Bo and Hope have told the family. Shawn gets upset when they try to tell him that Roman is alive and doesn’t believe it. Bo reminds them Roman’s body was never found, and he is actually John Black! They don’t believe the news until they learn that even Marlena is convinced. There is a knock on the door and Shawn opens it to find John and Marlena there. Shawn and Caroline come face to face with their son. A jealous Bo watches his parents immediately embrace him.

After getting re-introduced to his parents, Marlena takes Roman back to the family home. Carrie comes downstairs and gets annoyed when she realizes who is there. Marlena attempts to explain the entire situation, and Carrie is angry when she is told that the man she hates is really her father and runs upstairs. Abe shows up to see the truth for himself. Roman tells him that Marlena believes it, but it is hard for Roman to believe it when he looks in the mirror. Abe shares that he and Roman were like brothers. Marlena returns and Abe is reassured by her belief and hugs Roman in relief and tells him, “Welcome back, partner!”. Marlena introduces Roman to his baby daughter, Sami. He tenderly takes her in his arms, and they all go upstairs together.Later, John and Marlena make love.

Meanwhile, Shawn and Caroline declare that this is one of the best days of their lives! Roman has returned from the dead, and Kimberly has given them a grandson!

5/22 Bo takes a walk down memory lane by looking at old photographs of the brother that he knew and still is unsure of how to take in this new information. Bo is having trouble accepting John as his brother as he looks oh so very different. Hope comforts him and believes that it is his past rivalry with his brother coming to the surface.

Roman is struggling with remembering details of his past; Marlena is trying to support him in every way possible. Janet Davis wants to do an expose on Roman’s return from the dead. Bo stops by the Brady house and there is tension between the two brothers. Marlena begs them to talk to each other as she goes upstairs to get ready for the gala that evening. Once they are alone, Roman asks Bo why he is so angry at him. Bo has no desire to talk to “Roman” until he remembers who Bo really is, and their past relationship and determinedly walks out.

When Roman and Marlena arrive at Blondies for the Gala as Roman is re-introduced to Salem society, they are greeted with a round of applause at his return from the dead! Liz sings, “Friends and Lovers” (though the song is glitchy).

5/23 The Brady’s and the Horton’s gather together to celebrate Bo & Hope’s anniversary. Liz gets back on stage and sings, “Tonight, I Celebrate My Love for You.” Shawn toasts to their anniversary and Roman’s homecoming, commenting that he has his best friend back. Bo grows extremely irritated when Victor goes up for his speech and intends to deal with the situation once and for all as both his wife and brother try to stop him. When Bo finds Caroline and Victor fighting, he pulls out a gun as Caroline screams at him not to shoot, that Victor is his father!

5/26 We hear a sound of a gunshot in the main room, and then back to the action in the foyer. Shawn is furious at his wife and drags her out declaring they are going home! Marlena and Roman return to the main room having missed the gun shot and the confrontation. Alice fills them in on the nation. After she walks away, Roman and Marlena turn towards Shane and Kim for confirmation of this shocking news. At the pier, Marlena tells Roman that this was his favorite place to come and think back in the day. Montage sequence rotates around all the characters.

5/28 Carrie gets angry when notices Marlena taking down the old pictures of Roman and doesn’t want to accept this new man as her father. Roman tells Janet that he is not going to do the article for Carrie’s sake. Carrie refuses to refer to John as Roman because that was her father’s name and she is not associating the two. Roman comes across Shawn at the pier.

5/30 Roman gets furious when an article about him is published in the paper. Marlena realizes that Carrie is gone, she ran away. Abe arrives and informs Marlena that squad cars are all over Salem looking for Carrie. Roman, meanwhile, has an idea about where she might be. Roman finds Carrie on their pier and she doesn’t want anything to do with him. He declares that he won’t force her to go home with him, but winds up getting her to agree to go with him of her own choice rather than forcing her. Kayla sees her big brother for the first time with his new face. Back at home, Roman suggests to Marlena that he move out.

6/2 Roman tells Marlena that thinks that he should leave Salem, but Marlena doesn’t want him to go – having him back has made her feel alive again. Roman begins to pack his things. Marlena pays a visit to Alice to talk about things, she believes that Roman and Carrie will find their way back to each other over time.

Anna comes to pick Carrie up and Roman is surprised because nothing was said to him. Marlena wants to have a discussion with Carrie about what she is going through. She explains that lying is never the option when she has a problem, but agrees to let her stay with Anna for a little bit. Roman agrees to stay when he sees Marlena crying about his departure.

6/4 Jumpy. Victor shows up at Roman and Marlena’s home. He has a proposal for them, but neither agrees to the terms. Chris asks Marlena if he should listen to Liz and try to get information out of Savannah. Marlena informs him that it is entirely his decision, but he needs to take into context their mutual feelings for one another. At Shenanigan’s, Abe informs Roman and Marlena that their home was vandalized and they all rush out. When Roman arrives home, he realizes it was Victor’s work. Marlena demands to know why Victor destroyed their house and learns that it has something to do with the Stockholm poster. He stares at it and attempts to remember.

6/5 Background Buzz. Roman wants to talk to his brother about Victor Kiriakis, but Bo refuses to talk about the man and asks him to leave. Roman wants Bo to jog his memory to bring up events in Stockholm. Bo refuses to do this and leaves. Hope is left alone with Roman and tells him that her husband hates Victor more now than ever.

6/6 Kimberly asks Roman if she can use her old apartment. He agrees, but wants to know why she is moving out of Shane’s. She tells him that as long as Victor is around her and Shane don’t have a chance together.

At the hospital, Anna tells Marlena that they received another benefit for the hospital and Marlena gets upset when Alex informs her that the money came from Victor Kiriakis. Marlena has a change of her when she realizes that money could be of good use, but is still not happy with where the money is coming from. Marlena comes home to a home to a darkened living room, filled with candlelight and a home cooked meal by her husband. They share a romantic evening with one another.

6/10 Roman wants Marlena to hypnotize him in order to remember more information about Victor and his involvement in Stockholm. Marlena agrees to hypnotize Roman remembers Britta in Stockholm. She says, “Roman, I have the thing that you and I have been waiting for…” Roman questions Lars about his contact with Britta. He claims to have only talked to her once since she left. Roman insists that he must speak to her.

A frustrated Roman calls and leaves a message for Bo to call him as soon as possible. He throws the phone, and throws and shatters some glass as he yells that he has to talk to Britta. This is just as Carrie comes down the stairs, and she sees the glass shattering near her, scaring her. She cries for him not to hurt her. He promises her that he didn’t know she was home, and he would never hurt her. She tells him that her real father would never hurt her and she demands that he just go away. Marlena walks in and Carrie runs into her arms begging that he can’t live here with them and begs Marlena to make him go away!

Later, Marlena comes down the stairs after putting Carrie to bed. She tells him that Carrie has calmed down and she hopes she can sleep. A concerned Marlena tells him that Carrie really thinks he was trying to hurt her. Carrie comes downstairs and sees Marlena and Roman kissing, and she starts massaging his shoulders and she assures him that Carrie will be fine, and everything will be okay. Marlena suggests Carrie just needs time to adjust to him and they will be a family just like they were before. Carrie tells them both that she will not be in his family, and she hates him, and she hates Marlena. She runs out of the house, and is hit by a car.

6/11 Neil brings Carrie into the emergency room and rushes her into surgery. Roman asks Marlena to tell him if Carrie is going to die? Marlena tells him that nobody can answer that question yet. He says this is his fault, as he has been pushing her to accept him. He observes that he should have moved out. Marlena tells him that he has been patient with her and she just needs more time. He sadly says he just needs his little girl to be okay.

Anna arrives at the hospital and demands to know what happened with Carrie and how serious it is. Marlena reveals that Carrie is unconscious and could possibly slip into a coma. Roman is blaming himself for Carrie’s condition. Roman starts talking to Carrie and she slowly comes into consciousness. Neil reports that there are no broken bones, no head trauma and he doesn’t know why she hasn’t woken up yet. Marlena suggests that Roman go in and tell the child that he wants her to come home. It works and Carrie regains consciousness!

6/16 Roman feels that he is finally making progress with his family. The last one to win over is his brother. Bo visits Carrie in the hospital and they talk about Roman and how it’s hard to accept him as their brother/father due to his new face. Alice walks in and convinces the two of them that Roman does indeed love both of them. Caroline informs Roman that Bo is now living at the Kiriakis Mansion; he is outraged and storms over there. They get into a fight when he keeps bringing up their history in Stockholm together. Marlena tells Carrie that she can leave the hospital, which excites her, as the hospital is “boring.”

6/18 Kayla secretly gathers together all the Brady siblings to try and get Shawn and Caroline back together. Bo feels that he is the reason that they are separated and doesn’t want to take part in it. The Brady’s are all going to gather at Roman and Marlena’s house to discuss the situation. Caroline shows up as planned. Shawn shows up after everyone has doubts that he will. Caroline breaks down in her apology and flees the house; Shawn rushes out after her and they hug. He says that he cannot make any promises, but he is absolutely willing to try. They have too much together to let it all go. They come back in hugging each other. Roman offers Kayla a spare room so that Shawn and Caroline can have some time alone.

Marlena wants to make an appointment with Matt and she decides to meet with him. After realizing that he can trust Marlena, Matt confesses that he is on numerous drugs.

620 Marlena, Carrie and Roman are planning to have a picnic in the park together. Carrie wants to cancel their lunch plans when she finds out that Marlena will not be joining them. Roman convinces her to come when he reveals that he doesn’t know how to rollerskate and wants her help in learning how to do it. She still thinks that he is trying to trick her into thinking that he is her dad.

Jennifer is confused when Matt comes by the Horton house and gives him a watch that belonged to his grandfather. She phones Marlena and informs her of his strange behavior. Marlena has a bad hunch about Matt and is going over to his apartment. Jennifer wants to go, but is convinced by both Marlena and her grandmother to stay in case Matt tries to make contact. Marlena arrives at Matt’s apartment and finds that he is about to jump off the ledge. After some discussion, Matt agrees to come back in with Marlena. They slowly edge their way back towards the window when Matt slips. She and Abe help him up as Jennifer and Roman watch from the growing crowd. Matt gets in safely but knocks Marlena off the ledge.

6/23 Marlena is unconscious after her fall from the rooftop, nobody knows her condition, but she is alive. Marlena is brought into the ICU for immediate surgery. Neil begins to operate on Marlena. Roman feels that he just found his wife and identity and that he is already going to lose her; he has flashbacks of their first moments together after finding one another.

**The End**