John & Marlena #3 June 23 - September 11, 1986: 8 hour edit

DVD #3A 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.

6/24 Bo and Hope arrive to offer their support. Neil informs them that Marlena has slipped into a coma. Bo and Hope try to get Roman to go home and get some rest but he refuses to leave the hospital. Anna comes in to ask how Marlena is doing and Roman informs her about the coma. Anna updates him about Carrie. Kim, and Hope come in and inform Roman that Andrew is missing and could have been kidnapped.

6/26 Anna informs Roman that she cannot find Carrie, whom he still hasn’t told about the seriousness of Marlena’s condition. Roman finds Carrie in Marlena’s hospital room crying about her loved ones all disappearing. When Roman shows up, he hugs her and says, “You’re not alone.” Abe informs Roman that the police force wants him back on their team.

7/1 Abe and Roman arrive at the PD as Roman rejoins the police force. He is welcomed back by his fellow officers who are thrilled to have him back. Roman and Abe hit the streets together. Roman has more flashbacks of Britta and Stockholm. 

7/3 Everyone in Salem gathers at the park for a Fourth of July picnic.

7/9 Anna gets worried about Calliope when she keeps having “fantasies” of seeing Eugene. Roman suggests a memorial service to help her move on.

7/10 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 Kiriakis”. 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.

7/11 Shane, Abe and Roman find an empty baby carriage with the baby blanket that Shane and Kimberly brought to take Andrew him in. 

7/14 Roman is digging into his past in Stockholm; Alice invites him to dinner. Roman agrees to have dinner with Alice at Blondie’s. While there, he probes Lars with questions about his sister and their past, which Alice picks up on. 

7/16 Roman spends the entire night in Marlena’s hospital bed; where he is woken up in the morning by a concerned Alice, who believes he should get some rest. Roman meets with Abe at Shenanigan’s, and tells Abe that he has been offered a a promotion to captain. Hope comes by and tells them both she needs their help, something big is going to happen Friday night involving a ship with the S&L Line. She assures Roman that she trusts this informant as her and Bo have used him frequently in the past. 

7/17 Roman feels Marlena squeeze his hand twice. Tom and Alice are there as Neil rushes in and examines Marlena. While Roman feeling her hand move is a good sign, Neil still does not know when or if Marlena will come out of her coma. Roman begs Marlena to wake up and return to him. Marlena miraculously comes to and speaks to him as Carrie comes in. Marlena tells Roman how much she loves him. She is able to talk to Carrie as Tom and Alice happily look on. Bo rushes in so thrilled with the news, and is able to talk to Marlena. Unfortunately, she is not awake for long and lapses back into the coma as Roman begs her to stay with him.

7/18 Roman spies on Lars at the dance studio. He listens in as Lars talks to Britta. Lars warns her that Roman is still asking a lot of questions. He questions if she is sure that she can’t trust Roman? He urges her that she needs and help and needs someone to turn to. She warns him that she can only trust herself and Lars. Roman gets a trace on the call that just came in and follows it to a phone booth on the pier. Lars and Melissa rushes up to Roman and tells him that Britta is in trouble. They were talking and the phone suddenly went dead. Roman tells them that Britta is in Salem but saw Roman and ran.

7/22 Britta arrives back in Salem; she looks worn-down and dirty. Melissa learns that Lars was only admitted to the hospital as a ruse to bring his sister, Britta, out of hiding. Britta falls right into Roman’s trap and is cornered at the hospital.

7/23 Roman confronts Britta about the poster in his visions and how he is personally connected to Stockholm. Britta reveals to Roman that Victor was the one that forced her to leave, for he would have had Patch killed had she not. Britta escapes when Victor shows up at the hospital.

7/24 Roman is stunned when he walks in on a fully conscious Marlena, but it all turns out to be a dream when he is awoken by Neil. Roman and Carrie are both horrified when Marlena goes into cardiac arrest.

7/28 Roman brings by new documentation that was recovered from Dr. Dennison’s office and reveals something to Kimberly, her signature is on the adoption forms. Roman wonders whether she signed forms for anybody but she cannot recall doing so. Patch and Roman butt heads at the docks. After Patch leaves, Roman discovers Britta hiding under the stairway.

7/29 Britta explains the hidden code in the poster – it’s a phone number. Roman calls her bluff and demands that she answer it. A man answers it and explains that he has a safety deposit box. Patch confronts Roman at his house where Britta is hiding from him. Roman stops by the hospital and attempts again to talk Marlena out of her coma, viewers can hear Marlena’s thoughts.

7/30 Kimberly tells Roman that Marlena has a lot to live for and encourages him not to give up hope.

8/1 Tracking first 3 mins. Roman comes into the waterfront clinic. He asks her about the antibiotics she prescribed for the homeless woman that she tended to the day before. Patch overhears the entire conversation and now knows that Britta is back in Salem. Abe informs Roman of the situation that Calliope and Jake have gotten themselves into.  Billings calls Roman and sets up a meeting for one hour. Roman is waiting on the dock for Billings and hears sirens in the distance. Roman and Abe take a man into clinic for treatment, Roman is shocked to see it is his contact, Billings! Billings is only able to mutter, “Three”, though Roman has no idea what that means. Kayla tells Roman that he isn’t going to make it. Roman visits Marlena and confides in her his frustrations over the case he is working on.

8/4 First :5 mins reduced quality, then improves. Roman announces to Britta that Billings (Roman’s ISA contact) is dead and she reveals that she was the one to inform Victor about it. Roman comes to ask Victor his whereabouts last night. Victor has an alibi during the time that Billings was murdered.  Roman returns home and fills Britta in on his meeting with Victor. She is sure that Victor killed Billings, as he is the only one who knew Billings was in Salem. Roman points out that he knew and Britta knew. She insists that Victor is the only person with a motive. Roman tells her that right before Billings died he whispered a clue to Roman. He shares that Billings gave him the number “Three” as his clue, even Britta doesn’t make the connection of the clue.

8/8 Roman is talking to a comatose Marlena telling her that the specialist told him that they are doing everything in Salem that they possibly can do and the rest is up to her. While he is talking Britta walks in. She tells him that while he was gone she's been trying to figure out what Billings was trying to tell Roman before he died. "Three" doesn't mean anything to Britta so it has to mean something to Roman. Britta and Roman go to talk in the lounge and as soon as they walk out and close the door Marlena opens her eyes but closes them again immediately.

In the lounge, Roman tells Britta that he tried to call the number on Billings' poster but it was disconnected and it was after he died. Roman tells her that next to Marlena getting better finding out who killed Billings and finding out what "Three" means is the most important thing in the world to him. Hope walks in and is surprised to see Britta out of hiding. She informs Hope that she is safe from Victor, Steve made a deal to keep her safe. Hope argues that Steve doesn’t have anything Victor wants but she knows who does!

Matt stops by Marlena's room to tell her how sorry he is that this happened to her but ever since that night he has been getting help and has been sober but it was hard like she said it would be. He tells her that seeing her come out on the ledge for him made him realize that if she thought his life was so important then should too. Roman tells Marlena about Matt coming by and he urges her to come back to him. When he gets frustrated and starts yelling at her, when he turns his back to look out of the glass in the door, Marlena opens her eyes and calls his name.

After Britt leaves, Roman asks Hope why she is upset. She tells him about the trip to Europe. Roman says Bo takes the cake for stupidity. Hope knows that Bo made a deal with Victor and now she has learned that Britta is part of the deal. Roman wants to know what is going on. Hope says she has already said too much. Roman realizes there is more to Bo’s conversion to being a Kiriakis than just dangling some shiny toys in front of him.

Dvd #3B 8/11 Marlena wakes up from the coma and doesn’t remember what happened or that she’s been in a coma for six weeks. Carrie visits Marlena and says she took care of her dad for her (1st time she calls the new Roman dad). Marlena wants to know what’s going on with Hope and Bo. Brita and Roman talk about how she will be staying in Salem and how solving the Stockholm problem is her priority now.

8/13 Roman distracts Marlena from wanting to go home from the hospital by locking the door and getting in bed with her. Maggie starts banging on the door and is embarrassed when she realizes what she’s interrupted. Marlena asks Maggie about Roman while she was in the coma and Maggie assures her that he was there every waking moment. Marlena thinks he’s hiding something from her. Roman brings the twins to see Marlena. Roman brings candles and champagne and proposes to Marlena. She tells him to name the date and he says “next Friday.”

8/15 Roman tells Marlena that she’s getting out of the hospital today. Abe drops by to see Marlena and Roman asks him to be his best man for their wedding. Shane and Kim arrive separately to Roman and Marlena’s and are asked to be in the wedding party. Shane and Kim agree to keep their breakup quiet for now. Roman and Marlena celebrate her coming home and make love. “You Just Can’t Smile It Away” plays during the end montage.

8/19 Roman has drawn the three knives and when Marlena walks in he tears off the piece of paper and wads it up. Marlena tells Roman that Calliope is going to design her wedding dress. Marlena tells Roman that the plans she has is so wonderful that it’s going to be the best wedding ever. Roman tells her that it’s her second wedding but his first since he doesn’t remember the first one and she can be silly about it because that’s what a bride’s suppose to be and he loves her for it. While they are talking someone knocks on the door. Roman opens it and it’s Britta. Britta apologizes for just stopping by. She tells “Roman” that they have to talk. He asks her if she’s found anything else out about Billings. Britta reminds Roman that they are suppose to be working together on this. Marlena comes in and gives “Roman” an envelope. It’s from Billings.

Roman looks at the letter from Billings in front of Britta. She tells Roman that it’s funny that with all of the ways he can communicate he sends a letter and then she asks Roman to see it. He tells her that he is perfectly ok with deciphering a letter. When Britta leaves Roman tells Marlena that he didn’t tell Britta everything that was in the letter. He’s trying to get more information from Britta. He also tells her that he needs to contact Gregory. Britta is outside hiding in the bushes listening in wondering what Gregory has to do with all of this.

Liz shows up at Marlena and Roman’s house to tell them about the movie offer. Marlena tells Liz that she understands that this could be a big break for her. Liz leaves and Roman goes to call Gregory. Roman gets a hold of Gregory and Gregory tells him that he can’t make it until Friday but that he’ll arrive in Salem on Saturday and he’ll meet with Roman and tell him what he knows. Roman tells Marlena that they’ll have to postpone the honeymoon and she tells him that they honeymoon is wherever they are.

8/20 Roman and Marlena talk about what Gregory and the tattoo shop has to do with his past. Marlena suggests canceling the wedding but Roman won’t allow it. Marlena and the girls all have to be fitted for their dresses. Roman tells Marlena that if she wants to change her mind about the wedding then that’s fine. Marlena tells him she’s here for him always. They each worry that they are doing the wedding for each other. They decide that the wedding is the one absolute in each of their lives that has to happen. Maggie interrupts them making up because it’s Marlena’s turn to try on the dress. Roman tells Marlena that everything is going to be just fine and to go and try on her dress.

Maggie, Mrs. H, and Kayla show up at Marlena’s for the dress fitting. Calliope shows up with a dozen boxes for the dress fittings. Marlena tells the girls that it was Romans idea to renew their vows. Shawn sees Roman walking by and makes him come in to the Brady Fish Market sit and relax and talk. He tells Roman they are in the same boat as Roman can’t remember and Shawn wishes there was some things he didn’t know but that the past is the past and it’s best to leave it there. Jennifer talks to Marlena and apologizes for not being nice to her. They talk and Marlena tells her to remember that there are a lot of people that care about her and love her. Jennifer agrees then she leaves.

Roman comes out of hiding and he asks Marlena if the committee is gone. The committee that’s planning their wedding and whose sole purpose in life is to make sure that they don’t have one moment in life alone together. Marlena tells him that they are gone. They start kissing and one of the babies starts crying. She tells him not to move a muscle he’d be right back. Roman sees a knife and starts having flashes. He writes down three knives and then he writes down the number 3 and circles it.

Britta calls the number that she got off of the notepad (Gregory’s tattoo parlor) and she pretends to be Roman’s secretary she also tells him that she knows everything. Gregory makes her prove it so Britta lies and tells Gregory some of what’s in the letter. She tells Gregory that Roman wants him to fly in on Friday instead of Saturday. Gregory agrees. Britta says after she hangs up about Gregory is going to be surprised when he sees whom she is.

8/21 Everyone begins arriving for Roman and Marlena’s pre-wedding party. Marlena gets a telegram to expect a mystery guest tonight. Roman is worried there could be danger. Abe fusses at a woman for almost causing an accident and illegally parking who turns out to be Marlena’s mystery guest, her friend from school Tamera Price. Victor questions Britta about what Roman knows. Brita tells Lars that she’s playing both Victor and Roman for information. Roman questions Britta about her talking to Victor. Abe has Tamera’s car towed. Roman and Marlena promise not to let anything interfere with their wedding tomorrow.

8/22 Day of Roman and Marlena’s wedding. Gregory calls Roman wanting to know why he didn’t pick him up at the airport. Roman says he’s supposed to be here tomorrow. Gregory mentions Bo and Roman wants to know how he knows Bo, but he won’t say. Gregory says he’ll contact him tomorrow. Marlena worries that Roman is not at the church yet. Liz surprises Marlena by showing up to sing at her wedding. Marlena feels awkward when Liz realizes Tamera is going to sing at the wedding. Roman tries to see Marlena before the ceremony and Alice sends him on his way. Roman arrives at the church. Britta approaches Gregory on the docks and claims Roman sent her. Gregory tells Brita that the tattoos she, Steve, and Bo got when put together form a clue that lead to something, but he doesn’t know what. Roman and Marlena renew their vows. Steve sees a body floating in the water and dives in after it, it’s Gregory.

8/25 After Roman and Marlena leave the church, Roman and Marlena talk about Gregory coming in early. They have to stop on the way to Blondie’s for an ambulance and recognize Steve. Roman gets out to check it out and finds out that Gregory is shot to death. Steve fills him in. Roman sees Gregory’s letter in the water and jumps in after it. Abe helps pull Roman out of the water. Roman and Marlena show up late and wet to the reception. Chris makes a toast to the bride and groom since Abe is at the police station dealing with the murder. Shane calls Roman and tells him that the bullet they pulled out of Gregory matches the same type of bullet that killed Billings.

Marlena tells Roman that he’ll find out the secret to Stockholm no matter how long it takes him. Roman calls Blondie’s to tell everyone they won’t be coming back to the reception so they can be alone. Roman tells Marlena he’s going to see if Shane can get the ISA to work their magic on the water-damaged letter. Marlena says they aren’t going to Mazatlan for their honeymoon. They are going to West Virginia to help him unlock the mystery of Stockholm.

8/27 Roman and Marlena enjoy time together at home, while someone watches them. Shane comes by to take a look at the letter from Gregory and Roman tells him that he and Marlena are going to West Virginia on their honeymoon. Shane tells Roman he and Kim have broken up. Roman and Marlena arrive in West Virginia and the KGB cabin is gone.

8/29 Roman steps on a land mine. Roman and Marlena try to use rocks to replace his weight to buy him time and it works long enough for him to get to safety. Marlena hypnotizes Roman in the underground bunker (under the land mine) and he says he remembers.

9/1 Roman remembers an exchange of a valuable package between Brita and Victor, but Roman talked her into giving the package to Roman instead so he’ll protect her from the KGB and give her a new identity. He remembers a box marked US Treasury and stolen treasury engravings. Roman thinks he hid the package and that Billings helped him. Britta knew about the poster and the significance of the dates (phone number) but not where the bonds were hidden. He said he hid the poster when he was trapped by the KGB at the cabin. Roman and Marlena run into a hiker when they emerge from the room and someone pays him when they leave. Marlena nearly passes out at the hotel and she tries to reassure Roman that she’s okay, just tired.

9/4 Roman takes Marlena on a picnic by a pond. He tells her how much he loves her, that he began to feel connected to those who love him once they got married, he believes he is Roman Brady. He thanks her for helping him to regain who he is. He asks her what she thinks of this crazy honeymoon so far? They laugh, and smooch as they enjoy a romantic afternoon together. They get into their honeymoon as they make out in a seductive music montage of kissing scenes as they make out. Roman’s instincts awaken as he feels they are being watched. He tells her to stay there and takes off and catches the guy following him. He demands to know who he is and who he is working for?

Roman gives him a message to take back to his boss, that he is out of working for the ISA and he is focused on his wife and his family and nothing is going to stop him from doing that. After he lets the guy go, Marlena questions if he is really out of the ISA for good? No more KGB? No more land mines? He assures her that he has been dealing with this since Stockholm. He will turn over all of this information to the ISA and then he is done with this. She says she just hopes this is all true. The guy is still watching him and says, “Dream on Brady!”

9/5 Copy, so-so quality. Roman and Marlena returned home from their honeymoon. They stop in Shenanigan’s for strawberry pancakes, as he teases Marlena about snoring on the ride home. He is excited as he is about to resign from ISA, and he can’t wait to be a free man. He just wants to use all of his energy to love her, and says that Stockholm will be the ISA’s problem. Shane joins them and he is happy that Roman has gotten his memory back, he agrees that he has most of it back.

Shane joins Roman and Marlena on their trip to DC to the ISA. Vaughn points out that Roman has pieced together the Stockholm situation but there is one problem, that there was something else in the box. Roman is upset to learn ISA knew all along about the engravings in the box. Vaughn tells him there is something else that was in the box and asks where that is? Roman is furious that Vaughn/ISA knew all along about Stockholm and didn’t tell him. Vaughn points out that it was better for Roman to regain his memory in order to recall the other item in the box. He tells him there was 25 Billion in fake treasury bonds. They have to recover the fake bonds in order to avoid the entire American economy collapsing. Roman gives Vaughn the files he compiled and tells him that he is out. Vaughn can’t believe he is resigning.

Roman determines that the ISA will have to find the bonds without him. Vaughn urges him to reconsider as there is another party is after the bonds and they need him, his country needs him. Roman is tired of being jerked around by the ISA. Roman understands how important it is to retrieve the fake bonds but Vaughn will have to do it without him. Roman continues that he is not going to chase after something that he has no personal stake in. Marlena interjects if there is anyone who deserves some peace and quiet, it is Roman Brady. Roman tells Vaughn he has turned everything over to the ISA, and he is out. They leave and she is relieved this is over. He kisses her and they head home. Vaughn is furious that nothing he said made any difference. He tells another agent that you just have to know where to apply pressure. Vaughn knows that his wife is key to enlisting Roman’s help. If she was in trouble, Roman would go to the ends of the earth.

9/9 Roman is surprised when Marlena returns home from work early. She shares that she had called him at his office and when she learned he had gone home, she decided to head home and join him. She wants to spend all of the time with him that she can. She notices the Stockholm poster and pauses. He tells her that he wants to close the door on this, and was just hoping it would trigger additional memories. He assures her that this is all in the past. He is just concerned that there is something he has forgotten that could put her in danger.

But right now, all that is important is they get on with their own future. She tells him that getting this poster out of their house, and he corrects her “out of their lives”. He tells her he is heading to Shane’s to turn the poster over to Shane. He returns home and tell her that he is free, that Stockholm is now behind him as the poster was his last tie. Carrie comes in with the twins and yells, “surprise”! She gives them a cake that she made to welcome them home, we see them being watched from outside.

Roman and Britta talk, he knows she knew that the KGB was going to give Victor the fake treasury bonds in return for information and he accuses that Britta knew all of this. He reports that she gave him the treasury bonds, but doesn’t know where he put them. She admits that she did know about this, and starts to make excuses. He doesn’t want to hear it, he tells her that he is out of game. He suggests that she get out know as she is playing with the big boys if she wants to get out alive. Roman plays with the children, and then draws Marlena into the “tickle game” as they laugh and play. We see a mystery man saying that Britta wants the bonds for herself and if it comes to it that he will take care of her.

9/11 Roman is working from home, and Marlena entices him to join her in a hot steamy bath. As they are going upstairs, Abe arrives and urgently tells Roman that they have trouble. Abe tells Roman and Marlena about a break in at hospital drug cabinet and he is really strung out and could be dangerous. Roman calls Kayla to warn her. Too late as a junkie is threatening her with a knife to get drugs and demands to know where they are kept, as Max runs out. He tells her he is strung out and needs her help. She says she can’t give him a prescription as she isn’t a doctor. Roman gets worried when Kayla doesn’t answer the phone at the clinic.

As it continues to ring, Kayla goes to answer the phone and the guy threatens her with a knife. She tells the junkie she has to answer it or someone will know something is wrong if she doesn’t. It is Roman who is calling to tell her about an addict seeking drugs and just hit the hospital and for her to be careful. She doesn't say much and after hanging up, Roman decides to head over there with Abe. Steve finds the addict with a knife on Kayla. He attacks the addict and starts beating him as Kayla begs him to stop. He notices she is bleeding and turns his attention to helping her as the addict runs out. Roman runs in and Steve tells him what happened and Abe and Roman run out after the guy.

When Roman and Abe return, Steve starts filling them in and then remembers Max and finds him calmly sitting in another room. Kayla tells him that he is her hero, and Roman says that he will have to get a big hero reward. When Roman returns home, he finds Vaughn there waiting for him. Vaughn tries again to get Roman to help the ISA to retrieve the bonds to prevent them from falling into the wrong hands and ruining the US economy. Roman was the last person to have the bonds and if he works with them, it will be much easier to locate them. Marlena interrupts that Roman deserves to take a break and spend time with his family as he has done enough. Vaughn realizes Roman won’t change his mind and leaves. Roman is annoyed that Vaughn won’t take no for an answer. Back at his office, Vaughn gives an agent an assignment and hands him a folder. The agent is shocked that Vaughn would do this to Roman Brady!

**The End**