For the week of August 13th-17th, 2012:

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As the smoke clears…

After the blast, Lucas, Roman and the cops are getting medical attention at the pub. A bloody Lucas goes in search of Sami but soon collapses. Back at the warehouse, Sami is dangling from the landing, where she and EJ argue about which of them should be left alive to look after the children. Before either of them can die, Will pops up to save them!  He urges his boss to run for it. Before Elvis can go, Sami stops him in his tracks with a surprising statement. Later, when Will returns after finding his bloody father outside, he discovers his mother and EJ are long gone.

Ian corners Madison, proclaiming his love for her and explaining that his seduction of Kate was just a means to get access to the DiMera secrets.  As he makes a passionate plea to her, Kate listens and it breaks her heart. Drunk, he finally turns to Kate and they have it out. He even admits that he’s the one who got rid of Stefano. She threatens to turn him in to the police. He threatens her back and leaves her shaken. Kate heads to the cops anyway. She runs into Lucas on the way. He informs his mom that he is through with Sami once again. Kate is thrilled that something good has come out of the disaster.

Nicole screams in pain as rubble falls on her. She calls out to Daniel for help. The doctor slowly makes his way through the dust but her crying stops before he can reach her. Bo joins him in the search but Nicole is nowhere to be found in the wreckage. Daniel panics. When he finally makes it outside, he finds Nicole in the square and in premature labor. As he manages to stop the baby from coming, she finally realizes that she is in love with him and she wants to keep him in her life. At the same time, he realizes that Nicole is too much of  a complication! What he really needs to do is concentrate on his daughter. When he runs into Maggie at the hospital, he tells her everything. At that very moment, Nicole runs into Father Matt and tells him that Daniel is the man for her and she is determined to keep him. When the doctor shows up to dump her, she refuses to allow it. Theo uses his detective skills to find a little girl’s mother.

Abby is trapped in the elevator and her parents attempt to reach her. Jack’s PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder)  kicks in as he is s trapped in the elevator with his unconscious daughter. Rescuers manage to pry the door open and Jack shoves her out, only to have the doors shut upon him as another explosion hits. Madison does not survive.

Down in the tunnels, Melanie and Brady are trapped together with a leaking gas pipe. The collapse knocks Brady down. Mel does her best to revive him with her nursing skills. As Melanie holds Brady in her arms, Chad and Gabi arrive and spot them together. The four of them make their way out of the tunnel and reunite with their loved ones. Andrew has escaped and  is nowhere to be found. They head to the hospital to be checked over and give their statements to the cops. Gabi tries to confess everything to Chad, but he doesn’t understand her.

Updates:

Blake Berris returns as Nick Fallon sometime in August. His character is on parole and out of jail for good.

Ian Buchanan’s last airdate is on August 22nd.

Melanie’s (Molly Burnett) last airdate is on September 27th.

Bo Brady (Peter Reckell) leaves the show sometime in the autumn.

Eileen Davidson returns as Kristin Blake on  October 11th.