DrOOL -- And They Get Dumber and Dumber . . .

My, My -- I wonder if Kayla feels really stupid? If she had listened to Steve when he first wanted her to have him arrested, half of last week's insanity would never have happened. John would still have both of his kidneys and Steve wouldn't be a raving lunatic foaming at the mouth. Instead we have the lunacy of Kayla who is not even a SURGEON do major surgery on a comatose patient in a nasty warehouse. Another dumb thing is Marlena is no where in sight. We only hear that "she's giving her statement" to the police when Bo first shows up at the hospital to investigate John's strange disappearance. Oh yeah, and how about Roman's dumbass comment to Bo, "Do you really think Steve was programmed to do the Dimera's bidding?" Well, um, uh, let's see . . . YES YOU FRIKKIN' IJIT! Half the town's been programmed at one time or another by the Dimeras and you have two of the main pawns standing around going, "Duuuuh. I dunno. Maybe Steve just is a psycho!" Who could ever forget BoBo Mime? I did like how Steve reminded the audience and informed newbies that it was him that kidnapped John (then known as The Pawn) from Stefano and brought John to Salem, but as EJ reminded HIM only at the behest of Victor Kiriakis.

So Nick saves Chelsea from Dr. Creepert and it was all good. I had to laugh though when Creepert tells Chelsea, "I know that you were picked up on prostitution." Remember that little show? Maybe it will give her food for thought later on down the road . . . Loved it when Nick yanked Creepert from the car, flung him on the ground and yelled, "DON'T YOU EVER TOUCH HER! EVER!" I could even tell that it made Chelsea weak in the knees, Nick being all forceful like that. It was all a perfect set-up for her to finally forgive him and realize that he never meant to hurt her by pretending to be Dr. Shane Patton. I got tired of Nick continually stating that it was all his fault for her being in that situation but was impressed when Chelsea finally admitted that he wasn't too blame for everything. Chelsea also realizes how mushy Nick makes her and they[the writers]even let them kiss! Nick convinces her to file a complaint against Creepert and I was impressed again at how fast they wrapped that up. Probably because Creepert was a fourth-rate character and no need to spend any amount of time on dragging out a sexual harassment case. Loved how Creepert tried to implicate Nick regarding the whole Internet thing but the Affirmative Action officer states that he knows all about that. BA-HAHAHA! Next we see Creepert with his box of belongings being escorted from the lab. What I thought was funny is all of sudden the lab has a staff of like 20 people when up til that time, we've only saw Nick and Rebert working there.

So, it seems Abbey is still "helping" Max out at the garage. But, um, shouldn't somebody tell her that the oil filter and pan are not underneath the trunk of the car? I distinctly remember Max saying, " . . . still need to do an oil change on this car," which turns out to be Jed's whom Abbey is totally rude to again. She's so snobby and stuck-up that she actually thought he stalked her to the garage. Loved her sheepish look when Max informs her that it's Jed's car she just repaired or whatever you want to call it. Max is still dealing with Mimi so can't really focus on his new-found crush on Abbey. Jed must be a sucker for punishment cause he's still determined to get Abbey to go out with him and she finally agrees! I think she's jealous cause he's prettier than she is. They end up at Chez Rouge (of course) where Maggie feeds them on the house and Jed's all, "Thank you ma'am!" and Maggie obviously does not like being called "ma-am" cause she is quick to correct him. "It's Maggie, dear." Just when we thought things were going really good between these two, Brandon spots Nicole. Oops, I mean, Jed spots Willow and Abbey unknowingly informs him that "that troublemaker is a former prostitute who keeps bugging Maggie about rehiring her". Had to laugh when Brandon, uh, Jed, glares at Abbey and says, "Let me reintroduce myself. I'm Jed STARK. Willow is my sister!" I could almost see Abbey visibly shrink to 2 inches tall at that revelation! Jed confronts Willow who is noticeably shaken to see her brother and she tries to brush off his questions and accusations. Finally she flees the premises and he starts to follow her but Abbey tells him to just let her go cool off and he says, "I don't even know where to find her!" And for some reason, Abbey's line, "I hear she's staying at the Y," just totally amused me.

Did Willow not tell Shawn that she's pregnant with his baby? If so, he'd better be fessing up to Belle before that train she keeps comparing their life to suddenly derails, crashes and burns. I see a headon collision on the horizon! Wooooo Wooooo! In looking at their shelter, I would like to know where they stuffed Claire. During their whole dramatics after Shawn kissed Belle, who certainly didn't protest much but made out like he tried to ravish her, we just see them kinda pointing to the pile of sheets or whatever whenever Claire is mentioned. And HOLY MOLY BATMAN! When Shawn decides to strip down to his underwear, there is pretty much NOTHING left to to the imagination. The entire time I'm thinking, "Those tighty whiteys aren't so tighty!" The reason he does that is because after standing around holding a palm leaf over his head, he finally decides that he might as well just get naked and take a shower if he's going to be forced to stand out in the rain while Miss Belle goes on and on about him "groping" her and just thinking she was a "willing sex partner". Because you know, that's what Willow was -- a willing sex partner. But Belle did make a good point when Shawn claimed he didn't have any feelings for Willow and Belle points out that he was quick to have her move in with him and hide her from Belle during the whole custody arrangement. Kinda got you there, Shawn. He was a pretty big idiot during all that. Shacked up with a prostitute, playing messenger boy between two criminals (EJ and Patrick) . . .

Psycho Phil arrives back in town and pretty much relishes telling Bo that Shawn and Belle jumped overboard with "his daughter" and got "his daughter" killed. He dumps a box marked "Remains" on Roman's desk which contains Claire's teddy bear, Shawn's hat(?) and part of the ripped up lifeboat. He gets in Bo's face about while he was off "serving his country and getting his face blown off" that Shawn and Belle were plotting against him to take Claire away from him. Bullsh!t!!! Uh, HELLO??? You LEFT Salem! You sent Belle divorce papers (which did she ever sign??)! And actually Shawn and Belle were fighting amongst themselves over Claire. They weren't even giving Phil a second thought. And I'm absolutely SICK of Phil referring to Claire as "HIS daughter"!!! She is NOT his daughter!!! I was cheering Bo on when he grabs Philip by the shirt neck and shakes him like a sack of potatoes and tells him to shut his pie-hole. I wish Bo'd stomped him flat but instead he flings Phil away. Philip gets all cocky again and smirks, "I've always looked up to you Big Bro but I've never been afraid of you." I ALWAYS forget these two are half-brothers. I hooted when Bo snarled, "YOU'RE NO BROTHER OF MINE!" and throws him out of the office. BA-HAHAHAHA

Later Bo makes the discovery that Shawn & Co. are alive by this code Shawn supposedly left on the side of the raft. He explains the theory to Roman who pretty much has the usual, "What da hell" look on his face. Something about flags of different countries representing letters of the alphabet. The gist being Shawn scratched the word "SAFE" on the side of the raft and ripped the raft up for show to throw Philip off their trail. We did find out the blood was Claire's. Told you that was some cut finger. I find it absolutely asinine that the Australian coast guard or whoever called off the search after only one hour of looking and finding the torn up raft. However Bo tells Roman to call the Australian authorities to form another search and rescue. His Sailor Man is alive! You know what cracks me up? If a word was missing from his message -- like it really reading, "NOT SAFE". Now, that's funny stuff.

So Mimi finds out that SHE is the one who killed her dad. Man, can this girl cry. Snot running out of her nose, cheeks drenched in tears. She makes Marlena look like an ice queen. And here's Max -- trying to be a good boyfriend so to speak. I guess the whole thing with the surrogate has gone by the wayside. It was interesting that Bonnie said Victor was the one who posted her bail. I just assumed it was because she used to work for him and he's not totally turned to stone. But I read on Dustin's page, I think, that it could've been a part of Victor finding out about the surrogate. Who knows. Methinks this will be one of those storylines that gets swept under the rug never to be heard from again. And actually? I could care less. Bonnie convinces Mimi to let her take the wrap and for Mimi to go to Arizona to be with Conner. Bub-bye Mimi. It was nice knowing you and your many different colors of hair.

Let's see. What else was going on? Oh, yeah. EJ, Sami and Lucas. EJ confronts Sami on knowing about her pregnancy and I laughed when he whispers, "I went through your trash!" and she's looking at him like he's crazy. But all I can say is "Sami, Sami, Sami," as she falls right back in her old ways of trying to cover things up when we all know that it will blow up in her face and she'll be left with nothing. You would THINK that she had learned her lesson by now, but NOPE. Not this girl. Her biggest problem is she's not willing to trust the people that love her to stick by her. Especially in THIS particular situation. Anybody with two cents would know it wasn't her fault regarding the whole EJ thing and she did what she thought she had to do to save Lucas. GEESH. EJ threatens to tell Lucas all about their night of sin if she doesn't get a paternity test to prove who's the father. And strangely he remembers their encounter much differently than what really happened. I honestly think he's convinced that she actually liked it! But what's scary is that Sami looks like she's starting to be convinced too! ICK. Anyhoo, EJ finally agrees to move out of the apartment as he'd promised Lucas previously. This is only after Lucas tells him that he'll quit Mythic and move his family away from Salem. Oooooh. You go Lucas in your awesome tight blue shirt that makes you look sooooo goooood. Ahem.

Maggie must've taken Hope on a Mighty Guilt Trip for Hope to show up at Willow's room at the Y and offer to pay for her doctor's appointments and time with a nutritionist! Plus give her extra money to buy groceries and other things she needs. I liked how Hope eavesdropped on Jed and Willow when she first showed up. We hear Jed giving Willow the what-for for lying to him about being this big "executive" and such. He wants to know how many tricks she turned to make $10,000. Ouch. He leaves and Hope ducks to the side making sure he doesn't see her. Hope is really laying it on thick as far as playing the do-gooder. She tries to make like she's happy to help out Willow and the baby but Willow quickly reminds her how she reacted when Willow first came to her for help. Hope asks what happened to the $10,000 that Willow received for lying on the stand and Willow snarks that she smoked $10,000 worth of Crack. Hope becomes livid and grabs Willow and tells her to NEVER say something like that because she KNOWS what it feels like to lose a child. Plus, I was thinking about when JT was born and Hope thought she caused his birth defects by drinking while pregnant (which wasn't the case of course). Willow looks stunned for only a moment but then dramatically falls back on the bed saying, "Oh! You got me with both barrels that time!" This girl just makes my skin itch. Also I would like to wipe that pork chop grease off her mouth. Willow then has the audacity to suggest that she come home with Hope!!! OMG! Thankfully, Hope refuses and tells Willow that she has a mean streak when things don't go her way and there's no way Hope would trust her being around Doodlebug. I had forgotten about Doodlebug. Are they EVER gonna name that poor kid? Regardless, I was scared too death we were going to have a repeat of the "Let's have Jan Spears Live With Us" fiasco. Lord have mercy on our souls if that should happen . . .

Until next time . . . and please feel free to leave comments!

(All pictures courtesy of Days2 with my own added captions)