Lexie refuses Tony's offer to arrange an escape; Abe keeps questioning Brandon, who blames him for abusing Lexie's honesty as for having courted his ma. Chloe insists on Brady's accidental declaration of love; they end up kissing, afterward she feels his late mother's presence too. Kate hopefully observes grumpy Victor at breakfast with Nicole, but Sami runs off worried where Brandon went. As the sweater from the dumpster with blood of Hope's type also had two types of hair, Lexie's is DNA-tested. John announces he'll bring Stefano's legacy down, first of all Tony, after investigating the Gemini-shaped archipelago. Bo is enthusiastic, Marlena's protestation this is no adverse time is shoved aside. Hope's note is found in the crematorium which was broken into for illegitimate use. A sexy waiter saw Nicole at the hotel, and lures her out on the terrace to pull out 'her' business-card from the nightclub and kisses her, which Victor sees. Lexie tells Tony she changed her mind about escaping.
—KGF Vissers