Australian air-date: Friday 4th December, 1998.
US air-date: Monday 21st August, 1995.
Cast (in alphabetical order):
Kristian Alfonso (Hope Brady), Christie Clark (Carrie Brady), Bryan Dattilo (Lucas Roberts), Eileen Davidson (Kristen DiMera), Drake Hogestyn (John Black), Miriam Parrish (Jamie Caldwell), Austin Peck (Austin Reed), Peter Reckell (Bo Brady), Frances Reid (Alice Horton), Lisa Rinna (Billie Reed), Alison Sweeney (Sami Brady)

Lucas finds Carrie on her way to the clinic and drives her there. By the time they and Austin eventually arrive at the clinic, the procedure has apparently been performed. However, we learn it wasn’t, as the doctors considered Sami to be to anaemic. Sami tells Austin she wanted to set him free. He tells her he’d die for the baby and Carrie is distressed at the sight of them hugging. Soon afterwards, Austin wants to speak to Carrie, but Sami is brought out in a wheelchair and she asks Austin to take her home.

Kristen tells Alice about her medical news and her concern about pressuring John into a commitment. She goes back to the loft to sort out how she’s going to tell John about her trouble conceiving when he arrives home unexpectedly early.

The image of Billie with an old-fashioned fan brings back to Bo similar memories of Hope. sensing something’s wrong with Bo, Billie decides to give him some space and goes to take some paperwork to John’s for Victor. She arrives as Kristen is about to tell John her news, and she is thankful for the intervention and persuades Billie to stay awhile. While John goes to see the kids, Kristen tells Billie her news and Billie reassures her that if she follows her heart, then nothing can go wrong.

Hope tells Alice that she has her memory back. Alice is overjoyed, but Hope admits she is nervous about telling Bo - what if it doesn’t make a difference to his feelings for her? She dresses in outfit she knows Bo will like and heads to the boat. Before she can tell him, though, he tells her he wants a divorce.

John runs into Alice in the park. She tells him that Hope has her memory back and also lets something about Kristen’s news slip, thinking she would already have told John.

Australian air-date: Monday 7th December, 1998.
US air-date: Tuesday 22nd August, 1995.
Cast (in alphabetical order):
Kristian Alfonso (Hope Brady), John Aniston (Victor Kiriakis), Roark Critchlow (Mike Horton), Eileen Davidson (Kristen DiMera), Ivan G’Vera (Ivan Marais), Deidre Hall (Marlena Evans), Drake Hogestyn (John Black), Joseph Mascolo (Stefano DiMera), Collin O’Donnell (Shawn-Douglas Brady), Thaao Penghlis (Tony DiMera), Peter Reckell (Bo Brady), Frances Reid (Alice Horton), Lisa Rinna (Billie Reed), Louise Sorel (Vivian Alamain)

Stefano suggests that instead of helping him with his therapy, Marlena should be trying to fix things with Sami as family is more important than anything else. She takes his advice and calls Sami, and though unable to talk to her, she feels much better. Stefano enlists Mike’s help in getting a small gift for Marlena, and though she initially refuses to accept it, she later is persuaded to take it. It is a small book of poems, one of which he recommends to her before she leaves: "Beauty is truth, truth beauty."

Hope is upset by Bo’s announcement and leaves. She later returns to tell Bo that she has her memory back and he is visibly affected by the news.

Charles cannot believe that Tony intends to kill John Black. Tony talks to Vivian about Titan’s Night of Magic fundraiser evening and manages to convince her that John would be a perfect volunteer to perform the death-defying great escape from a water tank.

Kristen tells John that she may have trouble conceiving. Vivian calls to ask John if he would mind taking part in the Night of Magic and he agrees, happy to do anything for a worthy cause. Tony is glad to hear this - now all he has to do is make sure he doesn’t escape. John tells Kristen he thinks they should wait until the church grants her annulment before they attempt to start a family.

Australian air-date: Tuesday 8th December, 1998.
US air-date: Wednesday 23rd August, 1995.
Cast (in alphabetical order):
Kristian Alfonso (Hope Brady), Jason Brooks (Peter Blake), Barry Cutler (the Parrot Man), Pat Delany (the Lady in White), Collin O’Donnell (Shawn-Douglas Brady), Peter Reckell (Bo Brady), Melissa Reeves (Jennifer Horton), Lisa Rinna (Billie Reed), Mark Valley (Jack Devereaux), Joseph Whipp (Lou)

The Parrot Man tells Jack that no one wants to talk about Aremid because they’re all afraid. He learns that the local newspaper folded twenty years ago, but no one will tell him why. He goes to the offices of the Aremid Daily News and finds that all files relating to the Blakes have been burned and all newspaper articles have been cut out.

Peter is convinced that Jack was responsible for the phone calls Jennifer received warning them to stay away from Aremid. Jennifer and Peter decide to restore Aremid to its former glory. They arrive at the house, which Peter has arranged to have cleaned up, and find it looking beautiful. (However, the maintenance men are quick to leave the house. They sensed they were being watched...) Jennifer and Peter find the words "Go home" written on one of the walls inside the house. While Peter goes to get something to eat from the pub, Jennifer is spooked by the lights and noises in the house. Eventually all the candles in the house extinguish. Jennifer trips and hits her head. The house fills with smoke from the fireplace while she lays unconscious on the floor...

Peter comes across Jack at the pub and accuses him of writing "Go home" on the wall of the Blake house. Jack denies any knowledge of this, but Peter thinks that perhaps it’s time he took care of Jack once and for all.

Australian air-date: Wednesday 9th December, 1998.
US air-date: Thursday 24th August, 1995.
Cast (in alphabetical order):
Tanya Boyd (Celeste), Jason Brooks (Peter Blake), Christie Clark (Carrie Brady), Barry Cutler (the Parrot Man), Pat Delany (the Lady in White), Deidre Hall (Marlena Evans), Joseph Mascolo (Stefano DiMera), Miriam Parrish (Jamie Caldwell), Austin Peck (Austin Reed), Melissa Reeves (Jennifer Horton), Alison Sweeney (Sami Brady), Joseph Whipp (Lou)

Austin has bought Sami a baby book which he tells her they can work on compiling together.

Stefano is sorry to learn that Marlena has still not heard back from Sami. He is determined to walk again so he can show Marlena that she hasn’t failed him.

Marlena explains to Carrie that she’s helping Stefano with his physical therapy. Carrie tells Marlena about the antics at the abortion clinic. Later at the pub, Sami tells Marlena that she loves Austin and Marlena tells her she has to let him go. Appalled at the suggestion, Sami accuses Marlena of taking Carrie’s side again. She says she didn’t plan all this just to let Austin go and then runs off. Her words intrigue Marlena. On the pier, Carrie tells Austin he has to be with Sami now and that it’s over between them.

Celeste is horrified when she learns that Jack, Jennifer and Peter are all in Aremid. She tries to come up with a way to get them all away from the place. She pays Stefano another visit at the hospital in the hope of him recalling something about Aremid, but he cannot and advises her to go to the police if there is any trouble or danger. He hopes he doesn’t get his memory back because it seems to him that he was a horrible man. She is dismayed that Marlena is the reason for Stefano wanting to start his life anew.

Stefano calls for Marlena and she is amazed when he manages to stand on his own.

Australian air-date: Thursday 10th December, 1998.
US air-date: Friday 25th August, 1995.
Cast (in alphabetical order):
Tanya Boyd (Celeste), Jason Brooks (Peter Blake), John Clarke (Mickey Horton), Eileen Davidson (Kristen DiMera), Drake Hogestyn (John Black), Renee Jones (Lexie Carver), Thyme Lewis (Jonah Carver), Thaao Penghlis (Tony DiMera), Melissa Reeves (Jennifer Horton), Michael Russo (Charles), Mark Valley (Jack Devereaux)

Jack records some footage of the Blake house on his video recorder. Jennifer is annoyed to find him and in order to prove to him that there is nothing mysterious going on she agrees to help him search the house from top to bottom. Jennifer finds a painting of a lady in white (indeed, it is the Lady in White who is watching them while they search). Jennifer decides that her wedding dress will be modelled on the one in the painting which she considers to be beautiful. They take it to the pub and hide it so Peter doesn’t see it. Jennifer then suggests that Jack return to Salem. She goes upstairs to find Peter arranging a romantic dinner. Jennifer is forced to spoil her surprise when Peter mentions the portait of the Lady in White, and worried that Jack will do something to the picture, he insists on bringing it upstairs to their room. However, when they go to get it, it is gone.

Jack, in the meantime, heads to the Aremid graveyard in the hope of turning up something about the Blake family. When he gets there, he thinks someone is watching him. While he searches the graveyard, we see the Lady in White’s lace-gloved hand raise a knife over the portrait, ready to slash it...

Tony rigs the tank in which John will perform his death-defying trick on Titan’s Night of Magic, much to the continued disbelief of Charles.

Sure that Tony will not sign the annulment papers Mickey has just brought around to them, Kristen and John go to see him at the DiMera mansion. He is not home, and when the phone rings, Kristen answers it. It is Peter, and Tony enters as Kristen tells him that she and John are going to have a wonderful life together. Peter tells Kristen about how Aremid has gone to the dogs since they were there last. She realises Tony is home and ends the call. She and John are surprised when he readily agrees to sign the papers. After they depart, he tells Charles that John will be dead before the annulment goes through. Indeed, he returns to the Penthouse Grill to ensure that the water chamber has been sufficiently sabotaged to ensure John’s death.