Photo: The gang gets together for a night on the town.

‘Putting a ring on it’

Chloe continues to go forward with her scheme to get Daniel. She doesn’t have to manipulate things too much, though. Parker has a real medical emergency and that throws the parents together in panic mode. Jenn is sidelined and Chloe does her best to keep Jennifer out of the picture. She tells Daniel that Jenn lied to her about where they were going and that it put Parker at risk. Daniel is furious and lashes out at Jennifer. After she is finished fighting with him, Jennifer gets into a brawl with Chloe.

Still walking on sunshine, Sami tells her mom all about her reunion with Elvis. Even though Sami gushes about all of her feelings, Marlena can’t help but rain a little on this parade. Sami wanders off to the office and soon discovers a box with a ring inside. And speaking of rings… Brady repeats to Kristen that they won’t be getting married. He’s not shy about laying out the reasons why not. She takes a break from pondering the next move in her plan to dole out some advice to little brother Chad about what he should be doing with his seemingly aimless life.

Butler Chadsworth isn’t the only one who isn’t getting much love for Valentine’s Day. For a few minutes, William’s hopes soar when he gets an unexpected gift from Sonny. However, it starts to look like the Kiriakis is still not planning to get back together with Will. Meanwhile, Nick’s plan to blackmail Lucas and Will continues to take shape. He confidently assures Gabi that they are going to have no trouble keeping custody of the baby.

As Valentine’s Day begins, Kate is not having a good time in the romance department. Stefano rears his ugly head to give her his judgement on what she’s done with her life since he dumped her. His vicious words cut a deep blue streak into her heart. She mopes off to drink her troubles away. She’s hardly the only one. Tired of life in the nunnery and yearning for the affections of a celibate man, Nicole wants to go out on the town. After an unpleasant argument with Eric, the priest gives Nicole an ultimatum, decreeing that she is not welcome back if she spends the night out. Meanwhile, Rafe is more nauseated by EJ and Sami than he wants to admit. He thinks some booze will cure it. He winds up drinking with Kate and one thing leads to another until they wind up together!