HELLO AUSTIN PECK & MARK VALLEY!
GOODBYE LISA RINNA!
April 14 - December 31 1995
Austin Peck's First Day
Carrie and Austin's Engagement and Failed Wedding
Sami's various schemes to keep them apart.
Emily gets a line on where Ty is She had
decided to leave, but her conscience got the better of her and she came back to
help them. Austin [Now Austin Peck] helps Carrie dress as a hooker, and she
plans to tell Ty that she's ready to do what he wants. Actually, it was Emily
who helped get Carrie slutted-up, and Austin said she'd bait Ty "over his
dead body".
Carrie tells Austin that she loves him.
Austin decides that when they find Sami he'll tell Carrie about sleeping with
Sami. Ty finds Carrie [she went undercover as a street walker despite Austin's
protests, and attempts to take her at knifepoint until Austin comes to her
rescue, and the cops arrest Ty.
Ty denies knowing where Sami is [he said
he saw her and offered her work, but then she took off and he doesn't know
where. Carrie and Austin admit that they still love each other, and start to
make out, and Carrie asks him to make love to her, but then Austin gets a
flaskback of seeing her with Lucas, and pulls back. They are interrupted anyway
by Emily.] A girl named Jill [one of Ty's girls, or ex-girls now that he's in
jail] claims to have seen Sami a week ago, and says she was calling herself
'Jean' [Carrie remembers that Jean (actually, it's 'Gene' after Eugene
Bradford) is Sami's middle name. Jill says Sami said she was leaving town
again, because she realized the people she was running away from were looking
for her. Nobody knows where she went. Then Emily reveals to Austin that she
read about his mother's fatal plane crash in the newspaper.] Carrie helps
comfort Austin when he learns about Kate.
On Friday, Jamie tells Lucas that they
should tell Austin the truth about his making love with Sami, not Carrie. On
the flight back home, Austin admits to Carrie he feels somehow that his mother
survived the plane crash. [He also has a dream about him and Carrie being
together again, and her telling him she's going to have his baby.] When they
arrive in Salem, Billie explains to Austin about the pilot's claim that he fell
asleep, even after drinking a lot of coffee. Carrie hugs Lucas and offers her
sympathy to him [Austin glares at them through the window.] After confiding to
Billie that he saw Lucas and Carrie making love, Billie asks Carrie about her
relationship with Lucas. Austin confesses to Carrie that he loves her, and
suggests that Lucas better look out. Carrie claims that she would never sleep
with anyone other than him, since she loves him. Austin finally realizes
something weird is going on regarding Carrie's alleged encounter with Lucas,
and decides to get to the bottom of it.
Carrie assures Austin that she and Lucas
were never lovers [Austin gets all pissed at Lucas for not telling him, but
Lucas turns it around and makes Austin admit that he never actually asked him
if he had slept with Carrie. She then adds that she doesn't care who he made
love to when he was drunk, since that's in the past.
On Tuesday, Austin and Carrie wake up
after spending the night together at Austin's place. They talk about how they
overcame the obstacles between them and found each other again. Jonah ruins the
moment by showing up with little Benjamin, admitting Wendy's apartment is being
painted and he doesn't want Benjamin exposed to the paint fumes. He learns that
Carrie does not know that Austin slept with Sami. Austin is so happy to have
Carrie back that he thinks he might not tell her about sleeping with Sami after
all. He doesn't want to risk losing her again. He asks Jonah to come with him
to help him make a very special purchase for Carrie. When Carrie stops
by to talk Marlena about how happy she is with Austin, the demon within Marlena
urges her to find out who Austin slept with. Austin is about to propose to
Carrie when she interrupts him and asks about the person he slept with. Austin
assures Carrie that she is the only woman he loves [thereby avoiding revealing
the name of the person he slept with. She accepts his proposal and his diamond
ring.
On Tuesday, Carrie and
Austin tell Caroline and Shawn that they are engaged They break out the
champagne. Carrie would like Austin to have Lucas be his best man, while she
would like Sami as her maid of honor, if they could find her. Lucas boasts to
Jamie of his plan to put Carrie on a world tour for the company. Jamie points
out to Lucas that Carrie and Austin have always gotten back together regardless
of what has come between them. Lucas insists that Carrie deserves better, and
plans to take her to the Taj Mahal, Venice, Paris, etc. on 'Countess Wilhelmina
business. Hearing that Austin intends to marry Carrie in June. He realizes he must
do something, because upon mentioning the European cities to Carrie, she
commented that they sound like wonderful honeymoon locations. Lucas is confused,
and then Austin and Carrie announce their engagement.
Carrie and Austin tell
Bo and Billie that they are engaged. Carrie tells Bo that she would like Roman
to give her away at the wedding. Roman is still supposed to be incommunicado,
but Bo says he'll see what he can do. Austin dreams that Sami came back and
will support anything he tells Carrie, and Sami also says she's glad Carrie and
Austin are together. Carrie returns to Austin's apartment after they said their
goodnights, and she went to her own apartment. He said he didn't know how to
ask her to spend the night. She says he doesn't have to ask. Meanwhile, Sami
eyes a poster that lists her as missing, but she denies to the person that
shows it to her that the person is her. She also clearly does not intend to
ever return to Salem.
On Monday, a scheming Vivian talks Lucas
into apologizing to Billie, Austin, and Carrie. At first he says No Way, but
Vivian assures him that her plan will work. Austin is puzzled when Lucas hugs
Billie and thanks her for helping him get through the death of Kate, and he
also apologizes for his outburst earlier, and says he's realized they should
work together as a family for baby Phillip's sake, and it was what his mother
wanted. When Victor sees that she got the children back together, he gives her
Kate's job. Billie and Austin are shocked, but agree to give her a chance.
Lucas now wants Vivian to work her magic to get him Carrie, before her wedding
to Austin in June, or he'll place doubts in Victor's mind regarding Vivian's
ability to handle Kate's job. Later, Carrie and Austin have a kissy smoochy
picnic in the park.
On Thursday, Lucas announces that he's
going to throw an engagement party for Carrie and Austin to prove what a great
guy he is. There was a board meeting at Titan for Countess Wilhelmina big
shots. Billie freaked when Vivian was about to sit in Kate's former seat, and
asked if it could remain empty in honor of Kate. Victor agrees. Carrie brings
up the idea of having a 'June bride' theme for Bella magazine. Victor likes it,
but figures other magazines will be doing it as well, so it needs something
unique. Billie suggests they document the steps leading to Carrie and Austin's
wedding. Carrie and Austin agree to it, and Victor likes the idea, and also
mentions that Kate would have loved it. Aside, Vivian tells Lucas that he can't
show his emotional side to Carrie. The others have bought Lucas' act thus far,
but Austin is still wary.
Since it is too hot to
sleep, Austin & Carrie and Jonah & Wendy spend a romantic evening on
the roof watching the meteor shower. Carrie talks about her worries about Sami.
Austin confides to Jonah that he wants to tell Carrie about sleeping with Sami.
Austin suggess that Jonah should marry Wendy but he says he is not ready for
marriage.
After a photo shoot
with a 1920's theme at Titan, Carrie and Austin get dressed up in the costumes
and spend a romantic evening together. Carrie says she's a real nostalgia buff
and enjoys being transported into another time period. Part of this evening is
witnessed by Lucas. Later Austin asks Lucas to be his best man and he accepts.
Lucas confronts Vivian, saying she has 24 hours to start breaking up Carrie and
Austin before he goes to Victor. Vivian decided that she'd created a monster.
On Wednesday, Jonah
learns that Austin has asked Lucas to be his best man, not him. He's hurt, but
Austin explains that it seems as if Lucas may be coming around and accepting
him as part of the family. Wendy agrees to be a bridesmaid, but wonders how
she'll pay for the dress. Jonah offers to pay for it, but Wendy refuses, and
doesn't want to burden Carrie with her problem either. She's relieved to learn
Maggie and Alice will make all the dresses, and with material from a discount
store too.Victor invites Austin and Carrie to hold their reception at the Titan
Grille [he says it's what Kate would have wanted, and they accept. Carrie says
her life is almost perfect -- if only she could find Sami. Meanwhile, in
Washington state, two girls talk about a weird girl named Sami. They discuss
how angry she can be, and how she's able to wrap men around her finger. With
the exorcism underway, John turns away a concerned
Carrie.
Sami get a lift from a truckie and
arrives back in Salem. Jamie sees Sami. Carrie, still very concerned about
Marlena, goes to see her. Carrie visits Marlena who has glasses on, so Carrie
doesn't realize. Carrie tells Marlena about her wedding plans but Marlena/devil
tells Carrie that Austin is seeing someone else.
Marlena/devil tells Carrie about the
other woman in Austin's life. Carrie rushes to see Austin and accuses him.
Austin can't take it and decides he has to tell her about sleeping with Sami.
John finds Austin and Carrie arguing and Carrie tells him what Marlena said.
John realizes what Marlena/devil has done and tells them the truth. Jamie tells
Sami that Austin and Carrie are getting married. She can't take it and decides
to leave again. Carrie and Austin continue to organize their wedding.
They can't get flowers. Austin asks Lucas to be best man. Lucas continues to
pester Vivian about her promise to help him get Carrie. If she doesn't help
him, he'll tell Victor everything. Tony comes to Carrie and Austin's rescue and
orders flowers from overseas. Kristen and John pray over Marlena/devil. John
tells devil he can't play anymore tricks like the one he pulled on Carrie and
Austin because they are still getting married. Marlena/devil tells him they
won't marry because there are other people who don't want them together.
Lucas can't stand seeing Carrie being
fitted for her wedding dress. Carrie and Austin have postponed the wedding for
a few weeks, to allow more time to find Sami and for Marlena to get well. Their
courtship etc. will be featured in the August issue of Bella. He pressures
Vivian to find Sami and get her back to Salem. Vivian's P.I. finds Sami in
Seattle and is ordered to get her back to town. Sami catches on that someone is
looking for her and hides. Meanwhile, Austin and Carrie receive an anonymous
gift from someone in Seattle, a set of goblets similar to those Roman and
Marlena had. When they toast, the glasses shatter.
Sami manages to pull a fast one of Vivian's
detective in Seattle. He doesn't find her. Sami says she won't go back to Salem
until she can come up with a way to convince Austin that he should be with her
and not Carrie, and she realizes that she doesn't have much time left. Vivian
comes up with another plan and decides to move up the issue of Bella featuring
Carrie and Austin on the cover dressed to get married. Vivian plans to feature
them in the July issue instead. After accidentally smashing the wine goblets,
Carrie's upset that it's a bad omen. Austin goes and purchases another and
assures her that everything will be fine.
Austin reveals to Carrie that someone
from the hospital called about a problem with their blood test. Austin fears
that he might have the HIV infection. He tells Carrie that when he slept with
the 'other woman', he was so drunk he can't remember if he used protection.
Carrie is forgiving and understanding, and says she wouldn't blame him if he
infected her, but the two are told later that Carrie is anemic and needs some
vitamins. Billie explains to Austin and Carrie about her doubts about Bo
and Gina, especially since seeing Bo and Gina kiss while on a stake-out.
The staff at Titan throw Carrie a bridal
shower. The July issue of Bella is conveniently heavily distributed to Seattle.
Sami sees it (Carrie's on the cover) and freaks. She reads about Carrie and
Austin's courtship and upcoming marriage. She has to come up with a way to get
Austin back. She steals a car and cracks it up. Lucas cringes as he watches
Carrie and Austin together, but Vivian tells him that Sami is probably on her
way back to Salem as they speak.
Sami is taken to the hospital after her
accident. She refuses to give her name, but Vivian's detective tracks her down
anyway. Vivian's detective calls Lucas with the news. Carrie suspects that
Jamie is interested in dating Lucas. Lucas announces to Jamie that there will
be no wedding between Austin and Carrie. He's going to find Sami and she'll
reveal that she slept with Austin, and they'll break up. Lucas says he'll do
anything to get the woman he loves. Jamie later admits to Carrie that she
admires how determined Lucas is when he wants something.
Lucas scowls and pouts as he watches
Austin and Carrie drool all over each other at the Brady Pub. The wedding is
only a few days away. Lucas calls Vivian and orders her to get on the next
plane to Seattle to bring Sami back. Sami, meanwhile, is in trouble. The owner
of the car she wrecked has decided to press charges. With Ashley's help, she
plans her escape back to Salem. Since Sami is in a lot of pain, the nurse gives
her an injection, but Sami finds out too late that it's a tranquilizer. She
struggles to stay awake but can hardly stand. Her escape will have to wait.
Vivian and Ivan arrive in Seattle and locate Sami's room, but it is guarded by
a cop. She learns that when Sami is released, she's going to jail. Carrie is
excited when Austin tells her that Marlena's bridesmaid dress is ready. But
soon John arrives at the Pub and tells everyone that Marlena has died. Carrie
is grief- stricken and she and Austin decide to postpone the wedding. Lucas is
thrilled. John finds it hard to deal with Marlena's death. John goes to the morgue and discovers
that Marlena is not dead, and still possessed. He finally exorcises the demon
from her, and takes her to St. Luke’s so her family can see she’s alive. Later,
Carrie asks Marlena to be matron of honor
if Sami fails to come back to Salem in time. Marlena refuses at first. She
feels very uncomfortable about being at St. Luke's after the things she did
there. John reassures her that everyone loves her and no one holds her
responsible for what she has done. Marlena agrees to be in Carrie's wedding,
but insists that if Sami comes home, she be the maid of honor instead.
Vivian hired a lawyer
to help Sami out. He counsels Sami to play innocent and apologetic to the man
whose car she wrecked, but he doesn't fall for it. Sami continues to try to
escape and get back to Salem, but can't get past the police guard at her door. Determined
to bring Sami back, Vivian decides to check into the man's background, and dons
a disguise before going to his office.
Sami talks Ashley into trying to help her escape
from the hospital, but the cop at the door catches Sami before she can escape,
and Sami is taken to jail and into custody. When Mr. Panetta [the guy whose car
she wrecked] claims that Sami is a juvenile delinquent and needs the same
punishment his mother would have given, Vivian spots a photo of his mother, and
later arranges for Ivan, who coincidentally bears a striking resemblance to her
to pose as Sami's mother. The ruse works, and he agrees to drop the charges,
only to learn that Sami's been arrested and placed in jail. The police officer
says that since Sami's already been booked, Mr. Panetta can't drop the charges.
Anyway, Sami still refuses to give her last name. Somehow, Mr. Panetta knew her
last name though, but I don't know if this was a blooper or if I missed
something. There is a flyer in the police station regarding Sami's
disappearance, but it gets buried under files and nobody recognizes her. Vivian
and Ivan try to think of what to do.
It is the day before
Austin & Carrie's wedding. They again see Marlena to make sure she is up to
being matron-of honour. Marlena assures Carrie she will be there for her.
Austin & Carrie spend the rest of the morning rollerblading. John continues
to make a fuss over Marlena and reassure her that all the things she did while
possessed were not her fault but the Demon’s. Marlena has a vague memory of
Sami and thinks she may be responsible for Sami running away. Vivian tells
Lucas that Sami is in jail. He is furious. He tells Viv he is flying to Seattle
and that Sami had better be out of jail by the time he gets there or he is
telling Victor about her schemes. This motivates Viv to arrange for bail, and
to accommodate Sami in a luxury hotel. Sami is surprised and suspicious to
learn that Vivian is her benefactor. Vivian says she just wants to help and
asks that all Sami does in return is to not tell anyone of her part in helping
Sami.
Lucas warns Vivian to
get Sami on the next plane to Salem. Sami's suspicious of Vivian's offer of
help, but decides to use it to get back to Salem. She looks through dresses
from the hotel boutique and gets money from Vivian to get a makeover. The
lawyer also managed to get her ankle restraint removed, so she can leave
Seattle. Back in Salem, Carrie tells Austin that they should spend this night
before their wedding apart. Austin whines, but agrees. He's still feeling
guilty that he didn't tell Carrie about him sleeping with Sami, but Carrie said
she doesn't want to know who the person was, and Sami didn't want him to tell
anyone either, so Austin decides it's for the best that he keep it to himself.
Vivian explains to Sami that she bought
her a ticket for the first flight back to Salem tomorrow. Vivian arranges to
have dinner with Sami and Ashley that evening so she can keep an eye on them.
In the meantime, Sami disappears for a while to 'take care of some things'. She
says she has a plan that will shock everyone. Lucas is very high- strung about
having Sami return in time for Carrie and Austin's wedding. Vivian assures him
all is well. Sami calls and changes the reservation to leave tonight. In the
morning, Vivian discovers Sami is gone, but she's unaware that Sami's already
on her way back to Salem. Brady's Pub is readied for Austin's bachelor party.
Lucas looks thrilled to pieces (not). Austin brings Carrie to her grandparents
to spend the night before their wedding, even though he can't stand the thought
of sleeping alone tonight.
Vivian tries to get Ashley to reveal
where Sami went, and Ashley says she doesn't know. Celeste disguises her voice
and tries to convince Jennifer not to go to Aremid. The men of Salem gather at
Austin's apartment for his bachelor party. The party is a bomb. John isn't in a
party mood. Lucas is too busy calling Vivian every two minutes. Victor's an old
fart. Jack and Peter glare at each other. Then they hear what a great time the
ladies are having at Carrie's party at the Brady Pub, and decide to crash it.
They walk in as three strippers strut their stuff for Carrie and friends. Austin
and Jonah decide to take off their shirts and boogie as well. Then Peter joins
in. Before leaving the party, Carrie throws a bunch of flowers for 'practice'.
Gina catches it. Sami arrives in Salem, and talks to Jamie. Sami has plans, so
Jamie is not to tell anyone that she's in Salem. Sami sneaks into Carrie's room
at the Brady's and sees her wedding dress. She picks up a pair of scissors. She
sneaks out of the room before anyone sees her.
All of Carrie's and Austin's friends and
relatives arrive at the church for the big wedding [except for Bo, who calls to
say he missed his flight and won't be back in time. After Ivan and
Vivian fly back to Salem, Lucas warns her that if Sami does not stop the
wedding, he will tell Victor everything about her scheming to win his love. As
the wedding begins, Mickey spots Sami in the hallway, and stops the wedding.
She is momentarily thrilled when everyone welcomes her home. Marlena
especially gushes over her. Sami cringes as Carrie embraces her. Austin looks
shocked and nervous. But when Carrie helps her get dressed to be her maid of
honor, Sami's anger returns when Carrie admits that Austin told her about his
one-night stand with the mystery woman. The wedding begins again. To those who
might be wondering, Shawn walked Carrie down the aisle. The bridesmaids
(Billie, Gina, Wendy, and Marlena) wore lavender. With Carrie and Austin and the
wedding party standing at the altar, Sami faints.
On Friday, as the wedding gets underway,
Sami passes out, but Jamie realizes that she's faking it. When Sami comes to,
she mentions she's concerned about her baby. Austin is shocked to hear her.
With big tears in her eyes, Sami tells Carrie and Marlena that she's about five
months pregnant, and claims not to have found out until her car accident in
Seattle. Carrie and Marlena realize that Sami got pregnant before she ran away,
so the father must be in Salem. They ask who the father is, so they can make sure
he takes resposibility for his actions. Sami blubbers about how when she found
out she was pregnant, she just wanted to come home. She claims not to have
known that it was Carrie and Austin's wedding day. She sobs that she was hoping
Carrie would never find out.... that the father of her baby is Austin. Austin
tells Jonah he can't believe this is happening. Jonah tries to calm Austin,
since they don't know for sure Sami is pregnant or that the baby is his. Vivian
guesses what Sami is up to, and Lucas is thrilled to think that Carrie won't
marry Austin.
On Monday, Carrie lectures Sami that
she's blaming others for her own mistakes. Sami claims that she only made love
to Austin once, and ran away so that she wouldn't hurt her sister. Carrie
remembers finding a lipstick mark on Austin's pillow, and she walks back out to
the altar where Austin is standing]\ and slaps Austin for betraying her. John
intervenes and takes the two to talk privately and try to work things out. Austin
apologizes and claims that he was drunk and thought Sami was Carrie. Carrie
can't believe that he was so drunk that he can't remember how it happened. She
says she can't marry him, and throws her bridal veil at him and leaves. Questioning
Jamie, Lucas accuses her of knowing that Sami was pregnant. Marlena reveals to
John that Sami told Carrie that Austin is the father of her unborn baby. Marlena
tearfully tells John that "her two girls" are in so much pain, and
she doesn't know how to help them. Watching Carrie run from the church in
tears, Lucas gloats that now he has a chance to be with her. Sami notes
Carrie's exit as well, and assures Jamie that once Austin realizes how much she
loves him, they'll be together and get married and she'll have his baby and
they'll live happily ever after.
Sami's victory is short-lived when
Austin refuses to have anything to do with her. She fakes a crisis with the
baby in order to force him to go to the hospital with her. Everyone is
understandably cold toward Austin, who can't apologize enough for what has
happened. Sami asks him if he'll be there for her and their baby. Meanwhile,
Lucas comforts Carrie and he suggests that maybe the situation isn't Sami's
fault, but Austin's for leading her on. After all, he knew Sami had a crush on
him, and Sami was very vulnerable after she was raped by Alan. Carrie looks at
the state her life is in and cries on Lucas' willing shoulder.
On Wednesday, Austin assures Sami that he
will do what he can for her and the baby. Sami is distraught, however, that
Austin hasn't asked her to marry him yet, and appears to still be deeply in
love with Carrie. Sami then brings Austin with
her to watch the sonogram of the baby every- thing appears to be fine. Lucas
takes Carrie to Austin's apartment to box up her things as she's moving out.
Lucas suggests Carrie stay with him at the Kiriakis estate so she won't be
running into Austin so much. Carrie then talks with Marlena by phone from
Austin's apartment, and Austin decides to rush over there even though everyone
has told him to leave her alone for now, when Austin insists that he only loves
her, Carrie states that she can't forget the pain he's caused, and with Sami
and Lucas secretly watching, Carrie hands back the engagement ring. Meanwhile,
Carrie had asked Lucas to get her something to eat at Brady's Pub, since she
hadn't eaten all day. Carrie finished gathering her belongings and finds a note
and wedding present from Austin. It's a pendant with two gold hearts. Austin
enters and begs her forgiveness. She says she probably would have married him
if he had slept with anyone but her sister. Sami happily gloats that soon she
will be wearing Austin's engagement ring. Lucas asked Sami if she was sure the
baby was Austin's, and she said it was.
Austin assures Sami that he will be
there for her and the baby, he also insists that he is still in love with
Carrie and wants her back. He looks at the sonogram of the unborn baby and is
overwhelmed by the fact that he is going to become a father. Victor spoils
Lucas' plan for a romantic dinner for Carrie by interrupting with the statement
that Kate always wanted Austin to be with Carrie. Victor thinks that Austin
should be punished for his mistake, but not so far as to lose Carrie forever.
Carrie declares that she is through with Austin. She admits to Lucas that in a
way she is jealous of Sami, because she wanted to have Austin's children.
Ugly confrontation when Carrie runs into
Austin while picking up wedding gifts to return from her apartment. Carrie
tells Austin that she cannot understand why he would sleep with her sister. She
gives him the wedding band back, which they had inscribed "Love born out
of truth will never die". Since she can no longer trust Austin, Carrie
says she will never, ever marry him. Austin
confides to Billie that he doesn't remember making love to Sami. He remembers
going to bed, smelling Carrie's perfume, dreaming of making love to Carrie, and
waking up with Sami. The two discuss the fact that he is usually unable to make
love once he's had too much to drink. Billie is suspicious of the situation and
the timing of Sami's appearance. Lynn runs into Jamie and Sami at the mall and
mentions the drug she told Sami about, the one that would enable her to get any
man she wanted. Sami claims not to remember the conversation, but starts to
worry that Lynn will ruin everything, and enlists Lucas' help. Carrie talks
with Sami about what happened between her and Austin. Since Austin can't
remember, she wants to know what really happened. Sami lies through her teeth
and said she didn't notice that Austin was drunk. He just seemed really happy,
and he was saying such nice things to her. One thing led to another. Carrie
hesitatingly buys it. Later, Lynn hears from Carrie that the wedding is off,
and wonders aloud what happened.
Sami tells Lucas that there could be
trouble because nurse Lynn remembers telling Sami about the drugs she used on
Austin. Lucas orders Sami to keep Austin away from Lynn, and he'll keep Lynn
away from Carrie. Lucas is relieved to learn from Carrie that Lynn failed to
mention the drug. [Carrie wonders why Lucas is so interested in her
conversation with Lynn, and he claims that he's just worried about gossip
spreading around, so he tells Carrie to be careful what she says.] Lynn later
talks with a nurse at the hospital about how she intends to become good friends
with Carrie [she says it's because Carrie is a good person and needs the
support of friends after what Austin did to her, but Lynn also knows that
Carrie is good friends with Jonah, whom she still has feelings for.] Jonah
wonders to Austin how he could have sex and not remember. [Billie wonders the
same thing, and finally Austin wonders himself. After all, everyone is taking
Sami's word for truth when she's been known to lie. Billie admits to Carrie that she feels
it's odd that Sami could show up on her wedding day. Austin questions Sami
about the night they slept together and she slips, changing the story to the
point where Austin begins to question her further. Realizing her mistake, Sami
breaks down in tears to change the subject. Not wanting to upset her, Austin drops
it. Later, though, he realizes that he has to get to the bottom of this if he
ever stands a chance of getting back with Carrie. Sami vows to keep her story
straight so Austin never finds out what really happened.
Jonah suggests to Austin that they go
back to the Cheatin' Heart to see if Austin can retrace his steps on that
fateful night, but when they arrive there, Austin insists that he only
remembers having a single beer and nothing more. The bartender remembers
nothing helpful from that night. Lynn shows up and throws herself at Jonah. She
asks him why he's tying himself down to someone with a kid when he's a free
spirit. Jonah says people change. Upon hearing that Austin can't remember what
happened the night he cheated on Carrie, Lynn suggests that it was some kind of
chemical imbalance that caused him to react so strongly to the alcohol.
However, Austin has never reacted that way before or since. Jonah arranges for
Wendy to bring Carrie to the bar, in hopes that she and Austin will be able to
talk, and Jonah conveniently plays their song on the jukebox, but once Austin
sees how hurt Carrie is by his presence, he runs out. He runs into Sami, who
happened to be meeting Lucas to discuss what to do about Lynn. Sami turns on
the tears and says everyone blames her for what happened and no one wants her
around. She asks Austin if he wants her here. Austin hugs Sami and comforts
her. Lucas offers a suspicious Lynn a job at Titan but explains that it will
send her to Chicago to work. She's very interested, but Lynn wonders why Lucas
is so anxious to have her move away.
Jonah urges Carrie not to write Austin
off. Jamie hints to Sami that secrets have a way of revealing themselves. Sami
learned that Austin was at the Cheatin' Heart trying to get details about the
night he slept with her. She is deeply hurt and runs off, since the only person
she could turn to, Austin, thinks she's lying too. Sami realizes she needs to
think of a way to keep Austin from learning what really happened, or at least
get him to stop asking questions. She gets an idea, and goes to the pay phone.
Jonah talks with Carrie and Wendy about the night Austin slept with Sami, and
speaks up in his friend's defense. Jonah says that if he thought Austin slept
with someone else to hurt Carrie or because he didn't care about her, he'd
support Carrie in breaking it off with him. But he believes that there is an
explanation for what happened, and Carrie shouldn't eliminate Austin from her
life just yet. Carrie and Austin wander off separately down to the pier, and
Carrie overhears Austin's anguish. To herself, she admits that she still loves
him. After hitting on Jonah and getting rejected again, Lynn accepts Lucas' job
offer, prompting Lucas to think that he has Carrie right where he wants her
now. Jamie overhears Sami making an appointment to terminate her pregnancy.
Sami asks Jamie to tell Austin about the
abortion she's planning to get. Jamie is reluctant to get involved and lie to
Austin, but Sami says if she doesn't help her then she will have an abortion.
Jamie finally finds Austin and gives him the news, but before he can arrive
Austin has car trouble. When Sami falls asleep due to the medication she was
given just a mild sedative, but she reacted strongly to it, she is unable to
stop the operation as she planned. Meanwhile, Carrie discovers that Sami has
been calling a family planning center Carrie went to see Sami to talk to her,
and found the phone number of the clinic. She calls and finds out that they
offer birth control and pregnancy termination. She rushes out.
On Monday, Carrie figures out that Sami
is having an abortion at the clinic. She runs into Lucas on her way to stop her
and he drives her there. Austin finally gets to the clinic as well, and Sami is
waking up from the anesthesia. Sami is relieved to hear that they did not
perform the abortion because she is slightly anemic. Thrilled that Austin came
to stop her, Sami asks if he really cares for her that much. He says something
to the effect of he'd die to prevent anything
from harming their baby, and he says he's also protective of her too. Carrie
chooses this tender moment to walk in, and quickly walks out unnoticed. Sami
plays on Austin's sympathy and asks him to drive her home, since she still
doesn't feel well.
Sami draws Austin closer by telling him
that the baby kicked last night [he puts his hand on her stomach but feels
nothing.] She talks him into taking her to the benefit magic show [and going
shopping with her to buy a new outfit, since nothing fits anymore.] Sami tells
Carrie that she's sorry about what's happened. Carrie likes the idea of Hope
moving back in with her. Carrie decided to move back into the apartment, since
she has to get on with her life. Austin runs into her and wonders how they'll
handle living so close together.
It’s the date of the big charity magic
show. Ivan begins the show with his magic tricks. On stage, Austin and Carrie
are handcuffed together, and it is discovered that the key is lost! Sami gets
upset, but Lucas tells her to chill out. Backstage waiting for someone to find
the key, Carrie and Austin talk. Austin thinks it was fate that they were
handcuffed together. He reminds Carrie that marriage is a spiritual union as
well as a legal one, so they are already spiritually married. He doesn't love
Sami. The two share a kiss. Carrie is in white, and Sami is wearing some
loose flowery dress. Sami
spots Mr. Panetta from Seattle [he's got business with Victor], who immediately
recognizes Vivian as the nun. To Sami's relief, he says he won't say anything
about her little incident in Seattle.
On Wednesday, still handcuffed together,
Austin kisses Carrie, and she kisses him back. Carrie explains that Austin has
to learn to live without her. She is relieved when the keys are found and they
are separated. Tony offers to donate $20,000 if John is able to escape from the
water torture trick without any help, but when John can't escape, Jamie runs
for Austin's help. Austin has to break the lock on the tank with a crowbar.
John is finally pulled out and brought back to life. Carrie thanks Austin for
saving John's life Mr. Panetta tells Vivian that he remembers her from Seattle.
Sami eavesdrops as Vivian denies ever being in Seattle.
To help keep Austin and Carrie apart,
Sami blackmails Vivian into hiring her by telling Vivian what she knows about
Mr. Panetta. Sami wants to work at Titan so she can keep an eye on Austin and
Carrie and keep them separated. Vivian tells Ivan that Sami is more devious
than she was at the age. At the gym, Sami
pretends to get stomach pains when she spots Austin talking with Carrie. She's
thrilled when Austin offers to help her exercise.
Victor invites Vivian
to dinner and admits that he would do anything to have Austin and Carrie back
together again. Austin asks Victor what he thinks of his new Countess
Wilhelmina campaign proposaland he says he's impressed, but he'll need an
experienced assistant to make it happen. Austin suggests Carrie, and Victor
agrees. Billie has a chat with Carrie about the great true love that Carrie and
Austin share, and she shouldn't give up on it. Austin asks Carrie if she'll
work with him, and she agrees, on the condition that it's strictly business.
Vivian tells Sami that since things are going so nicely between her and Victor,
and she won't be part of keeping Austin and Carrie apart because Victor wants
them back together their deal is off. She won't get Sami a job at Titan so she
can keep Austin and Carrie apart. Sami then blackmails Vivian by reminding her
that her grandmother Caroline doesn't trust Vivian, John would be interested in
hearing about Vivian's schemes, Billie for some reason thinks Vivian is
involved in Kate's death, and Abe would be more than happy to look into it if
Sami asked. Vivian gives in. Victor suggests that Billie take the company jet
to Santa Rosa to be with Bo, and they can sleep on the jet since there is no
room at the hotel. Vivian tells Carrie and Austin that she has hired Sami as a
consultant for young people. Countess Wilhelmina wants an 'inside' opinion from
their target teen audience, and Vivian claims to need an assistant.
Carrie and Austin spend
the night together working at Titan. They're working on a new Countess
Wilhelmina campaign. Austin wants to find something that appeals to both males
and females, and suggests love. Austin and Carrie start talking about love and
try to envision advertisements. They envision a romantic scenario, which Carrie
calls irresistable. Austin decides they should call the perfume they are
promoting 'Irresistable'. Lucas and Sami discover the pair are there and
quickly hurry over to spoil any chance they have at rekindling their romance. Lucas
pretends he's giving Sami a tour of the place, since she starts working there
tomorrow. Upon hearing Austin and Carrie's ideas for the campaign, Sami
suggests focusing on young mothers/pregnant women, and how they still want to
feel beautiful. Lucas takes some 'test' shots of Sami, and calls Austin over to
be in the picture. Sami tells him she'll put the photo in her baby scrapbook.
The baby kicks, and Austin is thrilled to feel it. Lucas asks Austin to take
Sami home since he's staying at Titan late. Mission accomplished -- Carrie and
Austin's time alone together is ruined.
Victor urges Austin not
to give up on Carrie. Victor then helps arrange for Austin and Carrie to be
paired up together again this year playing silly games like the 3-legged race,
wheelbarrow, and egg toss. Sami works on Carrie's loyalty and conscience
by complaining about how Austin has failed to be there for her as he promised.
Carrie assures her little sister that he will be there for her. Meanwhile,
Lucas gets his own ideas for keeping Austin and Sami together so that he can go
after Carrie. Austin had taken Lucas aside and asked him to keep an eye on
Carrie so she doesn't get involved with the wrong guy. Lucas then tells Carrie
that Austin won't give his full attention to Sami as he ought unless he is
convinced that Carrie will not give him a second chance. Carrie needs to get
involved with someone else.
Lucas and Sami put
their plan to separate Carrie and Austin into action. The first stepis to get
Austin away from Carrie, and Sami accomplishes that by tricking Carrie into
asking Austin to walk a dizzy Sami home Sami fakes another one of her
"Oh-I'm-pregnant-I'm-so-fragile" spells. Lucas then suggests to
Carrie that the best thing she can do to help her sister is to get Austin out
of her own life. Lucas suggests that he pose as Carrie's new love interest.
Sami presses Lucas to put
his plan to have Carrie agree to pretend to date him into action. Austin asks
Carrie to go to dinner with him. They had won a free dinner at the Penthouse
Grille at the Titan picnic. He says that Jonah and Wendy would come with them.
She agrees. Lucas brings up his proposal to Carrie, and she turns him down.
Austin meets Jonah and Wendy at the mall for lunch and shares his plans for the
dinner. At first, they decline, but agree when Austin tells them that he wants
to remind Carrie of what brought them together, instead of what ripped them
apart. They leave, and Lucas comes up. Austin tells Lucas that he appreciates
him looking after Carrie, and shares his plans for the evening, saying that if
things go well, Lucas won't have to look after Carrie anymore because they'll
be back together. Meanwhile, Sami and Carrie are having a sisterly chat. Sami
tells Carrie that she's glad that things are going better between Carrie and
Austin. Sami says that she appreciates all the time Austin has spent with her,
and she wants to do something for him. She says that she'll invite him to the
Pub and fix him dinner. Carrie tells her that she and Austin are going to the
Penthouse Grille for dinner. Sami waxes poetic, saying that Carrie must go with
Austin, but tell her everything afterwards, because she'll never go on a
romantic evening like that! Later, Sami tells Lucas that she did her best to
tug Carrie's heartstrings, and that if her ploy works, he'd better put his plan
into action. Carrie sees Austin in the hall and calls the dinner off, but makes
him promise to take Sami. Heartbroken, he agrees. He goes to his office and
tries to work. Sami walks in and invites him to a dinner at the Pub--he invites
her to the Penthouse Grille. Carrie tells Lucas that she'll try his plan if it
will convince Austin that she's over him, and as long as Lucas knows it's not
for real. Jonah and Wendy are at the Penthouse Grille waiting for Austin and
Carrie, and are surprised when Austin walks in with Sami. She keeps saying that
now she knows how Cinderella feels. Carrie and Lucas leave, and he reassures
Carrie that they'll try it for one night and see how it goes. Jonah, Wendy,
Austin and Sami are all laughing at a joke--when Lucas and Carrie walk in.
Austin is
shocked to see Carrie with Lucas at the Penthouse Grille. He confronts her,
but Carrie says that she's moving on with her life, and is pursuing a relationship
with Lucas. Lucas emphasized that Sami really needs Austin,and he will
not give her his full attention unless he realizes that Carrie will never take him back, so Carrie decided to take Lucas up
on his offer to'pretend' to be involved with him.
Alice
stops by the Brady's to pick up a cake from Caroline,and Sami was there
happily baking cookies. Alice admits that it's asticky situation (Sami
being pregnant with Austin's baby), but she still believes that true
love will win out for Carrie and Austin, and Hope and Bo as well. Sami (with
Austin on her mind) asks how one should let someoneknow that they care
for them. Alice mentions being a kind person, under-standing the other
person's feelings, etc. Sami admits to Austin that she misses her father.
Billie reveals to Austin thatshe's leaving Bo and Salem, and is flying
to Europe today. Sami stops by
with some cookies to see Austin, and with Alice's advice fresh in her
mind comforts him after saying good-bye to his
sister. Fed up with his frustration at not being with Carrie,
Austin takes Lucas to task for getting involved with Carrie when he agreed only
to keep an eye on her for him. Carrie breaks up the two before punches can be
thrown, and tells Austin that she's moving on with her life, not before going
after Austin to let him have it, and learning that Billie has left. Billie left
notes for Austin and Carrie, both of which said essentially the same thing --
that they belong together, and if they love each other, they should try to work
things out. Austin asks Carrie if she still loves him. Before she can answer,
Lucas and Sami arrive on the scene and Lucas tells Austin that Carrie doesn't
have to answer him. Remembering her decision to discourage Austin so he'll be
there for Sami, Carrie tells Austin that she no longer wants to be with him.
Lucas sends Carrie for a
checkup when he thinks she looks overly tired and is losing weight. There she
runs into Sami who is at the hospital for another ultrasound. Austin couldn't
go with her because of a business meeting, but it is canceled and he goes to be
with Sami and finds Carrie with her, looking at the sonogram. The doctor asks
if she wants to know the sex of the baby, and since Austin wants to be
surprised, Sami chooses not to know.
Sami tells Austin that if
they have a boy, she wants to name him Austin Jr. Seeing Austin peering at his
unborn son on the monitor with Sami, Carrie can't take it anymore and tells
them she has to go. Sami then has Austin feel the baby move inside her. When
Sami asks if Austin can practice Lamaze exercises with her, Austin reveals he's
going on a business trip for Victor to Green Mountain Lodge.
Lucas refuses to help
Vivian with Victor. Vivian reminds Ivan that no one says no to her without
regretting it. Lucas plans to send Carrie to Miami to supervise a photo shoot,
as he feels she's upset and needs to get away from Austin, but Vivian arranges
for her to be sent her to Green Mountain instead. She did promise Ivan and
nobody says no to her. There, Carrie daydreams of being in bed with Austin when
she is assigned the same room where they made love before. Austin later spots
Carrie there.
Lucas brags to Sami that he's going to Miami to
win Carrie's heart. When Sami gets stomach pains, Lucas calls to cancel his
plane reservation, but Sami insists that he go. She'll feel much better knowing
that he's with Carrie, she says. Sami refuses to help Vivian with Victor, so
Vivian schemes to get even with Sami and Lucas. The doctor assures Sami that
the stomach pains that she has been feeling are from tension.
At
Green Mountain, Austin reminds Carrie that the room she's staying in is the room
they shared the first time they made love. They both experience major
flashbacks of the event. Carrie tries to get another room, but there isn't
another available. Later, Carrie decides to go swimming in a pond and finds
Austin already there. At the lodge where they first made love, Carrie and
Austin find it impossible to forget the memories of the place. Both agree to
try to put aside their differences while they're at the business conference.
They spend a lot of time swimming and splashing around in the pond, and then
return to the lodge for something to eat.Meanwhile, back in Salem, Sami is so
pleased with herself that she brags to Jamie that she's going to drive up to
Green Mountain lodge and surprise Austin there. She calls Austin, who of course
doesn't mention that Carrie is there with him. It is glaringly obvious that
these two are fighting their feelings for each other.
Austin refuses to give up on Carrie's love and
pleads his case with her. Carrie admits that she still loves him, but she can't
get past his betrayal. The two discuss the situation and eventually Carrie
comes around. She got upset and ran out in the rain. Austin finds her in the
woods, and overhears her talking about how much she still loves him. They start
kissing passionately and then she pushes him away and starts beating on his
chest, agonizingly asking "why" and Austin lets her get her anger and
frustration out. He carries her back to lodge, where he builds a fire and the
two get cozy. Meanwhile, Sami learns that Carrie and Austin are together at the
ski lodge. She freaks and decides to drive out there immediately. Jamie stops
her and threatens to tell Marlena. Sami agrees that she's over- reacting. Jamie
goes to do homework and leaves Sami by herself, who promptly goes to Titan and
takes Lucas' car keys from his desk. She hops in his car and speeds toward the
lodge in the pouring rain. Lucas returns from Miami since Carrie isn't there
and he and Jamie discover that Sami has taken off in his car. An upset
Sami drives wildly through the storm to try to prevent Carrie and Austin from
reuniting. Too late. They're getting very cozy by the fire, and change out of
their wet clothes into bathrobes. Austin pleads with Carrie to give their
relationship another chance, and to start anew tonight. Lucas manages to reach
Sami on his car phone, and warns her about the storm that is hitting the
mountains. But as they talk, Sami drives off the road and crashes into some
bushes. Realizing the car phone has gone dead, Lucas calls to tell Carrie and Austin
and interrupts their almost lovemaking. He tells that Sami may have crashed.
The three later go looking for Sami. They find Lucas' smashed up BMW with an
unconscious Sami inside. They can't get the door open.
Austin announces to Carrie that when Sami is
better, he will tell her that he and Carrie are back together and Sami will be
happy for them. Carrie is clearly filled with guilt when she learns from Lucas
that Sami rushed out to the lodge looking for Austin when he hadn't answered
his phone. Carrie remembers that she is the reason he didn't answer it. Sami
panics when the baby's heartbeat slows down. Mike mentioned she was having
contractions, and Sami can't take the pain.
At the hospital, Carrie confides to Lucas that she
blames herself for what happened with Sami, and admits that she and Austin were
going to make love. Seeing the pain her sister is in, Carrie goes to the
hospital chapel and prays, telling God that if Sami and her baby come through
this OK, Carrie will stay away from Austin forever. Lucas eavesdrops and thinks
that would be best for all involved, especially him. Carrie reveals to
Lucas that she will give up on Austin if the baby is safe. Mike announces that
Sami's baby is fine. Carrie gives Austin the news that it's over between them.
She says they were living a fantasy at Green Mountain Lodge, and the reality is
they can never be together. Sami needs Austin.
Lucas confides to Sami about Carrie's promise to
never be with Austin again. Still, Sami worries about Carrie and Austin being
together. Vivian learns that Sami was in an accident on her way to Green
Mountain lodge, and Victor mentions going to see her. Vivian quickly offers to
go instead and bring her some flowers since Victor is waiting for a business
associate to arrive. At the hospital, Vivian threatens Sami and Lucas with
exposing their respective schemes if they blab to Victor about what she did.
They agree to keep quiet. Sami packs to leave the hospital, and announces that
she's moving in with Austin. AT his apartment, Carrie tells Austin that he must
accept the fact that they can never be together. After Austin leaves her
apartment, Carrie's upset and tries to cheer herself up by putting on a little
white nightie and lighting a bunch of candles and listening to music. Austin's
upset, too, and returns to Carrie's apartment where he takes off his shirt and
asks Carrie if she doesn't still love him. He tells her about a dream he had of
them being together, and their hearts beat as one. He takes her hand and places
it on his heart. Sami arrives at Carrie's place and spots the two together with
Austin's face in Carrie's chest.
Sami interrupts Carrie and Austin's embrace, and
later Austin asks Sami for her help in getting him back together with Carrie.
Knowing about the promise Carrie made to stay away from Austin, Sami agrees to
help and tells Austin that all three of them should meet to talk about the
situation. Austin goes out to get dinner. Sami calls Lucas and tells him she's
setting up a romantic evening at Carrie's place for him, and asks him to leave
the front door open to further her plan. She then loosens the light bulbs at
Carrie's place so she'll have to use candles and puts Austin and Carrie's song
in the CD player, instructing Lucas to turn it on. Lucas invites Carrie to
dance, and she hesitates, but Lucas encourages her to deal with it - he'll do
whatever he can to help. When Austin stops by, he spies Carrie and Lucas
slow-dancing in the candlelight. With Lucas' advice to 'be strong', Carrie
tells Austin that she's busy with Lucas and closes the door on him.
Austin suggests Bo take Hope out for dinner and
dancing so that he can be sure he has no feelings for her before Billie comes
home. Bo of course insists that he loves Billie now, but Austin says Billie is
not convinced. Bo urges Austin not to give up on his love for Carrie.
Meanwhile, Hope admits to Carrie that she thinks it's not too late for Jack and
Jennifer to get back together, and for Carrie to reunite with Austin as well.
Carrie confides her vow to give up Austin for Sami's sake. Hope doesn't think that
Carrie should hold herself to such a promise made out of desperation. Carrie
wonders if Hope and Bo will get back together. Hope says she literally begged
Bo to give their relationship another chance, and he chose Billie. It's over.
Carrie goes for a walk on the pier and runs into Austin. She immediately turns
around to leave, but he asks that she stay. The two chat and Austin comes up
with a plan to get Hope and Bo together. Shawn-Douglas had to collect shells
for science class during a school field trip to a local island, but he forgot
them there. Bo promises Shawn-Douglas that he'll get them before class
tomorrow. Carrie and Austin separately convince Hope and Bo to go to the
Island, and the two run into each other.
Sami asks Austin if she can stay with him until
the baby comes. Grandpa Shawn has contracted chicken pox and Sami can't be
exposed to it. Realizing he doesn't want her to he tells her he's still in love
with Carrie, and while he'll be there for her when the baby is born, there's no
chance of a relationship between them, Sami offers to call another friend. She
actually returns to the old Brady house, which has no lights and electricity
since Marlena and Roman left it. Later when she cries about being alone, she
suddenly suffers a stomach pain.
Sami's frightened that she's going into labor and
no one knows she's staying at Roman and Marlena's old house. As she thinks
about Austin and moans that she's done everything she could but he still loves
Carrie, she realizes her water has broken. Meanwhile, Caroline congratulates
Austin and Carrie on playing cupid with Bo and Hope. Wendy and Jonah then
arrange for Carrie and Austin to be locked in Carrie's apartment together.
Jonah messes with Carrie's lock so that once closed, the door wouldn't open. Alone,
Austin boasts to Carrie that they belong together. Jonah's plans for them are
ruined when he has to open the door and inform them that no one knows where
Sami is.
Though her water has broken, Sami isn't worried
yet because first babies take a long time to be born. She stubbornly refuses to
call Austin just yet. But her contractions become more intense and closer and
closer together. Suffering from contractions, Sami is unable to call the
hospital because the phone is disconnected. Meanwhile, Jonah, Carrie, and
Austin have looked everywhere for Sami. Then Carrie gets a brainstorm and goes
to Roman and Marlena's house. It's dark except for the candles Sami has lit.
They find her in her room, unconscious. Carrie calls the paramedics to
Marlena and Roman's old house for Sami. Sami apologizes to Austin for not
letting him know where she was, but she didn't realize she was about to go in
labor, and he had said he didn't want her to stay with him. As Sami moans
through her pain and wonders if God is punishing her and her baby, Carrie
recalls the promise she made about leaving Austin if Sami's baby was ok.
The doctor performs a C-section on Sami as the baby's heartbeat drops to a
dangerously low level. Austin remains at her side and holds her perfectly hand.
Marlena tries to make Caroline and Maggie realize the change in Stefano when he
orders sandwiches brought in for everyone at the hospital waiting for news on
Sami's baby, but they won't hear it. Marlena pushes Carrie to get back with
Austin. Carrie believes that Austin is where he belongs with Sami.
When Carrie tells Marlena about her promise to
give up on Austin, Marlena urges her to reconsider, especially since she also
made a vow to Austin. Lucas eavesdrops and silently hopes Carrie won't listen
to Marlena. Austin congratulates Sami on giving birth to a little boy. Carrie
fantasizes about being in Sami's place, and Sami decides to name her son
William, in honor of Austin's sister Billie. Seeing how upset Carrie is seeing
Austin and Sami and the baby, Lucas suggests they leave and get something to
eat. Marlena notices Austin alone on the terrace and encourages Carrie to talk
to him. While they talk, there is an emergency with baby William.
Austin comforts Sami when they are told her baby
is very ill with a bacterial infection. When Austin asks the doctor how it
happened, she suggests that it might be due to the amount of time that passed
from the membranes rupturing to when Sami was taken to the hospital. A
guilt-ridden Austin confides to Carrie that he should have allowed Sami to stay
with him.
Lucas
reveals to Sami that Marlena has been pushing Carrie to go back to Austin.
Lucas then tells Austin that Sami needs him, and Austin decides to spend the
night at the hospital with Sami. Austin asks Carrie what she wanted to discuss
with him earlier, but she says it's not important.
Carrie tells a shocked Lucas she wants to go to
the hospital and tell Austin she wants to get back with him. Austin comforts
Sami and tells her Will is going to be all right. Lucas tries to persuade
Carrie not to go to speak with Austin. She tells him Sami doesn't have to hear
that. The Woman in White goes to watch the wedding from another window and is
almost near Sarah, who also watches from the outside. Carrie heads to the
hospital. Sami and Austin watch a sick Will in the hospital and Austin tells
her they have to be strong as she cries. Carrie and Lucas arrive to the
hospital. Carrie tells Austin she has something very important to tell him. Carrie
tells Austin she loves him and she never stopped loving him and that she came
to a decision, the nurse interrupts and tells Austin to come right away. Sami
cries that something is wrong again. Carrie agonizingly looks at Austin
comforting Sami. Marlena joins there and tells her that Sami may need Austin
now, but in the long run, Austin will need her (Carrie) and want her.
Austin tells Jamie he feels bad for refusing
Sami's request to come and stay with him, and for being so rapped in trying to
get Carrie back and thus, neglecting Sami. Still clueless as to the latest
occurrences in Aremid, Marlena advises Carrie not to give up on Austin, despite
Sami. Carrie takes her up on her advice and invites Austin to dinner at her
place. Austin tells Carrie everything is about to change now that the
baby is born. Their talk is about to evolve, but Caroline breaks it with the
news about Tony being shot.
Lucas tells Sami that they need
to drive a permanent wedge between Carrie
& Austin. Sami agrees and comes up with a plan.
Carrie & Austin worktogether to finish a business proposal and
Carrie becomes convinced they can become lovers again. She tells Lucas
who tries to dissuade her unsuccessfully. Carrie is shocked to find that
Sami & Will are moving in with Austin.
Sami tries to keep Austin at home
with her and Will. Austin goes to work where he & Carrie discuss working together. Sami
calls Austin to come home. Austin,
Carrie and Lucas all go. Lucas tells Sami she needs to work harder to keep Austin away from Carrie. Victor
visits Carrie to congratulate her on her work. He encourages her not to give up on Austin. Carrie talks Victor into
being a subject of an article on
computer dating.
Austin works from home to keep an
eye on Will & Sami. Carrie also works from home and she & Austin
work in her apartment. Sami & Lucas conspire to get Carrie to the office.
While Carrie showers, Austin drops a cup. She comes out of the shower.
Sami sees a towel-clad Carrie with Austin and gets upset. Will's crying interrupts an almost kiss
between Carrie & Austin. Later
Austin comforts an upset Carrie and this is witnessed by Sami.
Sami dreams Austin wants to marry her. Austin
dreams that he and Carrie are together. Carrie tells Jonah that she wants to
reunite with Austin. Wendy gives Sami some of Benjamin's old clothes. She
realizes that Sami wants to be with Austin. When Sami learns Carrie will
be at the Titan party she convinces Austin to join her at the Brady's. Carrie
and Lucas leave the Titan party and go to the Brady's. Wendy, Jonah, Jamie,
Shawn and Caroline conspire to get Carrie and Austin to kiss under the
mistletoe. They do and everyone joyously watches the two, but not Sami.
Sami's plans to spend Christmas with Austin are
ruined when Carrie and Lucas stop by. Sami manages to get rid of them and
suggests Austin takes Will for a walk while she prepares dinner. Sami tells Jamie
she intends to impress Austin with dinner so he will forget about Carrie. While
on their walk, Austin runs into Carrie. Carrie offers to look after Will while Austin
does some sketching. He draws a picture of Carrie holding Will. Austin invites
Carrie to dinner.
Sami is upset when she learns Austin and Carrie
are planning a New Years party for the residents of the building. She calls
Lucas for help with an idea to break Austin and Carrie up. Lucas says that he
can see how happy Carrie is and does not want to ruin her happiness, even if
she is with Austin. Sami tells Jamie she will go to someone else for help.
Sami tells Vivian to arrange for Carrie to go out
of town on business. Vivian refuses and explains that Sami has no hold over
her. Sami returns home and has a genuine dizzy spell. The doctor orders bed
rest and Austin cancels the party to look after Sami. Sami then overhears
Austin and Carrie planning to meet on the roof at midnight to discuss their
relationship's future.
Sami puts Austin's clocks back 15 minutes so he
will miss his midnight date with Carrie. She calls Lucas to suggest he meet
Carrie. Carrie is disappointed that Austin did not show and tells Lucas that
she is through with Austin. Austin is surprised to find Carrie is not on the
roof. He goes to her apartment and sees Lucas. Sami smiles as she overhears
Lucas telling Austin that Carrie is celebrating the New Year with him.
END OF 1995
– ELSEWHERE IN SALEM
John frees Marlena from the demon, sees Isabella as an angel, and gets together with Kristen. Tony shoots himself and frames John for his murder, Kristen can't trust John. John is tried and sentenced to death. Marlena believes in his innocence. John writes the letter saying he'll always love Marlena.
Ginagets the puzzle box open and finds out she's Hope. Billie leaves Salem to allow Bo and Hope time to be together (Goodbye Lisa Rinna), and Bo and Hope begin to find their way back to one another.
Vivan tries her best to hide her marriage to Victor and that fact that she put a mickey in Kate's pilot's coffee and that's why she crashed. Kate is not dead, just picked up by fishermen and is hostage.
Jack comes back (as Mark Valley) and Jennifer marries Peter anyway.
The Lady in White is running around Aremid and no one knows who she is.