Shirtless lover Shawn brings Belle breakfast in bed and shows a mysterious paper ad the killer will be revealed at the Horton charity circus. Victor tells Brady it should mean Nicole's last free day. She packs a gun and remembers Jan of their deal. Lucas and Philip find mother Kate unconscious in bed besides an empty pills bottle- false alarm, just a hangover. Tony placed the ad and prepares a sword to announce him personally, then is carried into the circus in a box, but the masked killer is already around. Marlena has another tiger-John-nightmare after counseling Jan to approach Shawn openly. Mimi has dragged Rex as volunteer roustabout to the circus, where her ma mounts a ridiculous 'rodeo act' with her dog Max.
—KGF Vissers