Days Of Our Lives 2

SOW: Trent: Grave matters

Slimy Trent gets what's coming to him this week, when he turns up dead and Max turns up covered in his blood. "Max is fed up with Trent," says Darin Brooks (Max). "And sometimes violence is the only answer."

Trent's demise is set in motion after Melanie confronts him at the Pub and tells him he deserves to die. Max, of course, is right there, supporting his sister. "He threatens Trent a little bit," notes Brooks. "Max wants him out of his and Melanie's lives. Trent ruins everything he touches. He hurts everyone. Max tells Trent to leave town."

Trent refuses to go, which only incenses Max. Then he starts "belittling Max and Melanie," shares Brooks. "Max can't believe Trent is treating them this way. It's crazy. He says he won't be satisfied until Trent is out of their lives."

Caroline gets Max to cool down, albeit temporarily. But things escalate later, when Trent summons Melanie to his hotel room and she heads there with Max. Desperate to repay another debt to Claude, Trent asks Melanie to set things right with him.

"Max is furious, especially after what happened on the boat, when Claude tried to get touchy-feely with Melanie," admits Brooks. "He's like, 'Hell, no!' Max, the punching wonder, goes off the deep end again. He and Trent get into a scuffle. Things get physical. Then Melanie and Max both tell Trent they are done with him and leave.

Later, Max returns home wearing a bloody shirt and rushes up to his room to change out of it. Moments later, Stephanie arrives and notices scratches and bruises on Max's shoulder. "Max, of course, knows where they came from, but doesn't say anything," recounts Brooks. "He makes a joke out of it, calling Stephanie 'a real tiger.'

But when Max heads off to the shower and Stephanie happens upon the bloody shirt he hid, the jig is up. "Stephanie wants to know whose blood is on Max's shirt," says Brooks, noting Max admits some of it is Trent's. "He says he ran in to Trent at his pop's grave, they had words and got into a fight."

Meanwhile, at that very grave Bo and Hope hear a scream and find Caroline holding a bloody knife over Trent's dead body. "It's a who-done-it," declares Brooks, who firmly believes Max is capable of taking his father out. "It might have been his last resort to protect his family, his sister, his girlfriend... Trent wouldn't leave town. So there's a good possibility Max did kill him."

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SOW: A closer look, Marlena

Marlena races to John's side this week when he suffers a seizure and is rushed to the hospital. Deidre Hall expounds on the "stand by your man" moment and her character's determination to save her beloved husband.

SOW: At the beginning of the week, Marlena tells Anna about John's erratic behavior - like punching Trent - and that she's resigned to divorcing him. Is she totally done?

DH: Marlena steps back and realizes this is just crazy behavior. John's actions are so far afield that Marlena can't see any part of the old John in him. She doesn't believe it's there to be retrieved. So Marlena had decided to completely break ties with him.

SOW: She's moving on, but is she totally at peace with this decision?

DH: No. We all know because of their deep and profound love, if anything changed, her head would spin around. There's always a part of Marlena that is still attached to John, married to him, adoring him, desiring him.

SOW: That (part) is stirred when John has a seizure and is rushed to the hospital. What does Marlena do?

DH: Marlena comes rushing to his side the minute she hears there's something wrong. She's tender with John. It's like (your behavior with) a child. Regardless of what they've done or what's going on, when they're in trouble or in need, you are there for them. It pulls up all that maternal, protective, loving stuff. That's who Marlena is.

SOW: Kayla shares John's CT scan results with Marlena. What's the gist of it?

DH: John's brain doesn't have a normal appearance, and that's very concerning. Obviously, he's been brainwashed, but Marlena and Kayla are not sure what else is going on.

SOW: Marlena comes to the realization that this all stems from what Stefano did to John. What does she do?

DH: She realizes Stefano is the only person who can undo this. Marlena runs out of the hospital and heads to see Stefano. She confronts him and calls him some names. She demands he come clean with what he's done to John. She reveals to him it's her belief that if something doesn't happen soon, John is going to die.

SOW: Stefano flatly refuses to help her. How does Marlena react?

DH: Her emotions run the gamut. She is furious. She is pleading. She is vulnerable. She goes through all that.

SOW: Later, Marlena returns to the hospital to study John's x-rays. What is her game plan in lieu of the fact that Stefano won't help her?

DH: Marlena is determined to find a way to save John's life. She won't give up because Stefano said no. She's got nothing to fear. Nothing to lose. Stefano had her attacked and drugged in her apartment. He destroyed the man she loves. There's not much left for her to lose. She's coming to John's rescue. Nothing and no one is going to stop her.

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Sneak peeks:

Chelsea admits she still has feelings for Nick
Lexie severs all ties with Stefano
Victor demands that Nicole return his settlement
Hope receives an intriguing job offer

Next week:

Stephanie learns Trent's fate
Bo makes an arrest
Chloe and Philip flirt
Sami and EJ fight

SOD:

John has a seizure
Victor makes a mysterious call about Trent
Daniel sees Chelsea for the first time since her return to Salem

Who's going:

Roscoe Born (Trent Robbins): Trent is murdered this week, sparking a whodunit. He is under contract until October 31, so expect to see him in newly created flashbacks.

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