Power Couple
We open in Hong Kong, where Li and Gabi are getting ready for the Dimera Enterprises gala. But they soon decide that the host and hostess should feel free to arrive “fashionably late,” and opt to make love instead.
Beyond Salem Chapter 2, Episode 3, Recap: As Bo Watches, Hope Is Shot and Killed!
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Catching Up
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot Megan summons Harris to a cafe for a recap update on his progress with Hope. Megan’s getting bored, given that Harris has had a year to try and get from his would-be bride the prism they’re pretty sure she has. Megan needs all three prisms in order to use their power to heal… someone. We’re left to assume it is Stefano, but it’s not spelled out.
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Happier Days
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot Staring at the engagement ring Harris put on her finger the night before, Hope flashes back to the glamtastic wedding she and Bo had in London all those years ago. For a woman about to be married, she seems oddly pensive.
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Access: Denied!
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot Up in heaven, Angela is taken aback by Bo’s insistence that he be allowed to see the big guy. That, she points out, is simply not how things are done, especially for someone who has proven as troublesome as Mr. Brady! But after Bo plays upon her sympathies, Angela agrees to see if she can score him a meeting.
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Bum’s Rush
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot Hope rouses Ben and Ciara from their bed and suggestss today would be an awesome day for them to hit the road… er, high seas. Ciara immediately suspects something’s up with her mom. Last night, she got engaged, and now she’s rushing them out the door? Hope tries to say there’s nothing going on, but Ciara ain’t buying what her mom’s trying to sell.
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A Blast From The Past
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot Eventually, Hope opens up to Ben and Ciara. She shows them a picture of Stefano holding a prism and tells them that her longtime foe at one point believed that if reunited, the three prisms could cure his brain tumor. She decided to track them down and it was shortly after finding one that she met Harris. At first, she thought it a coincidence, but she now believes he’s after the prism she found in Greece.
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Marching Orders
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot Upon hearing that Harris has gotten engaged to Hope, she fears that he is falling for her nemesis. When he insists that’s not true, she’s glad… because her new plan is that once they’ve become man and wife, he’s to make himself a widower by killing Hope!
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Welcome To… Where, Exactly?
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot Bo heads off for his appointment, but it’s not exactly what he was expecting. Descending into a dark chamber, he calls out, only to realize he’s not sure if The Big Guy is actually a guy. But when the person he’s there to meet turns around, he’s in for a major shock!
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You Again?
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot It turns out Bo is meeting not with The Big Guy, but with Judge Larry Welch. His job is to hear Bo’s case and then make an “impartial” decision on whether or not to allow his return to earth. It’s not ideal, especially given Larry hates Bo and Hope, but it’s the only shot Bo has.
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History Lesson
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot Bo lays out his long and storied history with Hope, including the time she died during the Cruise of Deception only to find her way back to him. Their love, he tells Larry, is timeless and has survived even death.
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Yawn
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot Larry is not, as you can see, terribly impressed with Bo and Hope’s epic love story. He does, however, eventually admit that he never really loved Hope. He sends Bo off, saying he’ll render his decision shortly.
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Marry In Haste…
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot Hope tells Harris that Ben and Ciara are planning to leave today because it’s such a perfect day for sailing. But Harris says it’s an even better day for a wedding, and suggests he and Hope tie the knot today, in the local park!
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Where’s The Party?
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot Meanwhile, Joey and Tripp arrive in Hong Kong. Wendy has told them that she’ll be able to secure all three of them invitations to the big party, at which they hope to find answers as to who kidnapped Steve and why.
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Tickets, Please
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot Wendy shows up in Li and Gabi’s room and explains that she has as much right to be at the big event as anyone. Li doesn’t want to give her tickets, but Gabi admires the girl’s spunk… especially when Wendy asks for three tickets, explaining she has two dates! Gabi hands them over, and Li simply hopes his sister will at least don a clean sweatshirt for the occasion.
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Busted!
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot Spotting Harris’ bag on a chair, Ben goes through it, only to be caught. Claiming he’d been looking for his chager, Ben excuses himself to finish getting ready. Harris, meanwhile, reveals that he has a gun in his bag.
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The Backup Plan
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot Continuing to worry that Harris has become smitten with Hope, Megan summons Thomas. She tells the hitman that the moment the vows are exchanged, she wants Hope dead. But it’s important it not happen until after the vows are exchanged, or else Harris won’t be a widower.
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The Grinning Ghoul
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot Megan isn’t content to simply sit back and wait for Hope to die. Oh no, she intends to be there when it happens! After all, she’s waited a long, long time for this moment.
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Watch Party
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot In heaven, Bo and Angela watch as Harris and Hope arrive at the park. Bo fears that if they don’t receive Larry’s decision soon, it’ll be too late!
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Cat, Meet Mouse
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot When Hope arrives, she looks stunning… and has chosen to adorn her bosum with the prism! Apparently, she wants to make very, very sure her husband-to-be knows exactly what he’s getting!
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What She Does In The Shadows
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot It being a soap opera wedding, there is of course an unwanted guest. Megan lurks in the background, wearing black and anxiously awaiting the moment when Hope becomes Mrs. Harris Michaels… and is then killed!
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Ready… Aim…
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot Watching from above, Thomas prepares his rifle, ready to fire the moment Hope’s marriage is official…
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Playing Dress-Up
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot In Hong Kong, Andrew reveals that he and Paul will have to share a hotel room given that Harris only had one reserved. Asking for a second room would raise suspicions. As the two get dressed for the party, Paul seems nervous, admitting he’s excited to be going on a date with a spy! (Notably, Andrew does not correct his having calling it a “date.”)
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Make Room
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot In another hotel room, Tripp and Joey fight for the mirror as they get ready for their big night at the gala. Off screen, Wendy warns that she’ll need to be using that mirror in a moment. She says that she told her brother she had two dates, so she expects Joey and Tripp to act like they’re into her.
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Done And Done
Image Credit: Jill Johnson/JPI When Wendy emerges in her dress, the guys — after picking their jaws up off the floor — say it will not be difficult to pretend that she’s all that and a bag of chips. Could a new love triangle be forming?
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Go Save Your Woman!
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot Angela finally tells Bo that he’s been given clearance to go back to earth. Handing him a card marked “Second Chance,” she points him toward a portal and tells him to go save Hope!
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Stop! In The Name Of Love!
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot At the ceremony, Ciara can’t take it and speaks up, saying that her mom doesn’t want to go through with this. Hope, however, shuts her daughter down and the ceremony continues.
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Hark! What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks?
Image Credit: Jill Johnson/JPI No sooner have they exchanged vows than Hope notices something. It’s the sun reflecting off the gun being aimed in their direction!
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Fancy Face Down!
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot A shot rings out, and the heavenly monitor shows Hope lying on the ground, appearing to have been shot!
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Nooooooooo!
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot Ciara and Ben rushed to Hope’s side, but it’s too late. Ben tells his shocked wife that her mother is dead!
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Losing Hope
Image Credit: Peacock screenshot Having seen what just unfolded on the monitor, Bo is thunderstruck. Could this really be? Did his literal second chance come too late, resulting in him being unable to save the one true love of his life?
