Friday, September 8, 2006
Mimi and Shawn kissed. She wondered if Shawn, fresh from the hospital, was “up for this.” (Hey, they went there, not me!) He responded in the affirmative. Belle interrupted the make out session with a crisis: She needed Shawn’s help in getting Claire to sleep. Philip called and informed Shawn that the police had apprehended a suspect for “falsifying” a paternity test — Chelsea. Shawn told the women he needed some fresh air, leaving Mimi and Belle alone. Mimi blasted Belle for running to Shawn with all of her problems with Claire. She asked Belle not to make the paternity puzzle more difficult for everyone. Belle agreed to try calling before showing up on Shawn and Mimi’s doorstep.
Max defended Chelsea to Philip, claiming she hadn’t doctored the paternity report. Bo accused Chelsea of forging the report and wondered why she would do that to Shawn. Bo threatened to lock her up and throw away the key. Frankie interrupted, and demanded time to speak with his client privately. Frankie asked if Chelsea altered the paternity report. She confessed to putting it in Shawn’s room, but claimed that the rest was a misunderstanding. Bo warned Max, “You trust [Chelsea], you get kicked in the teeth,” but Max defended her again. Shawn arrived, demanding answers. He and Philip hoped to see her punished for her crimes. When Shawn bellowed to Chelsea that he wanted to see her go away for a long time, Max punched Shawn. Chelsea claimed that she didn’t falsify the records or switch the DNA. But when Bo revealed that Chelsea’s prints were the only ones on the document, Max doubted Chelsea’s version of events. Chelsea explained that she only gave Shawn the test results because she knew he still loved Belle. Max dumped Chelsea.
Jack and Jennifer investigated Officer Michaels’ murder at The Spectator. Jennifer wanted to go to the police, but Jack found the potential of a Pulitzer more appealing. They tried to match a gun book photo to a photo of the suspected murder weapon. Jack and Jennifer bickered when he believed he found the match in a book. Jack admitted that while she was talented, he only hired her at the newspaper initially because he was in love with her. They argued about who was more stubborn and Jack was forced to admit the gun he found wasn’t a match. Jack took Jennifer to a shady pawn shop contact to find out who owned the gun. Following a His Girl Friday fantasy, Jack paid off the proprietor, who handed over a list of potential gun owners. Jennifer scanned the list and recognized a familiar name. “That’s got to be our killer!” Jack exclaimed, stating the killer’s identity would stun Salem.
