"THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL": Thomas decides not to return to Forrester and becomes Spectra's head designer. With some coaxing from Thomas, Coco forgives Sally for tricking her into spying for Forrester. Saul and Thomas exchange angry words. Saul is crushed when Sally says she is going to partner with Thomas instead of him. Zende assures Nicole they will be able to have their own child. Several visits to different doctors have Nicole believing that is not true, and she blames carrying a child for Maya and Rick for her infertility. As Maya extends her stay in Paris for modeling assignments, Nicole watches Lizzy and starts a mother and daughter bonding. Bill and Brooke bask in their Paris honeymoon. Quinn is uneasy when Katie continues to throw subtle hits that she might tell Eric about her flirtation with Ridge. Proud of her jewelry designs, Kati is unhappy when Quinn only thinks one piece should be in the jewelry collection. Ridge tells Quinn to appease Katie and give her own jewelry line or feature all the new jewelry. Quinn balks, saying she will not tarnish the line by doing that. Talking with Eric, Katie says she is finding it hard to find a man because there are few men like Eric in the world.

SNEAK PEEK: KATIE LOSES IT.

"DAYS OF OUR LIVES": With help from Eric, Nicole makes it back to Salem to see a dying Brady. John is heartbroken when he learns Brady signed a DNR order. Overlooking her past differences with Nicole, Jennifer helps Eric and Nicole sneak into Brady's room. As Nicole places baby Holly on Brady's chest, his loved ones gather. Brady stops breathing, as Nicole is crying goodbye, and then Brady's heart monitor starts. Valerie thinks this is the turning point for Brady and his heart transplant may stop rejecting. After Chloe calls the police, Rafe goes to the hospital and says he must take Eric, Jennifer and Nicole to the police station. Raines lets Eric and Jennifer go, but intends to make Nicole pay the legal price for kidnapping Holly. Ciara decides she needs to get away from Theo and Salem and goes to visit Shawn and Belle in Hong Kong. Deimos gets out of jail and Maggie confronts him, saying she cannot believe what a soulless person he is. Deimos's happiness is short-lived when he learns Victor has taken away his CEO status from Titan and replaced him with Sonny. Stranded on an island with Chad, Gabi, JJ, Eli Paul and Sonny, Lani freaks out when she finds a human skull while on a picnic. Gabi is furious when she learns Chad lied about destroying the amulet that she thinks is cursing them. Steve is searching for the man who is trying to bankrupt the newspaper. Having agreed to marry Dario to keep him in the country, Abby wonders about his past dealings.

SNEAK PEEK: IT'S GREEK TO GABI

"GENERAL HOSPITAL": At the Nurse's Ball, Jake is about to release the chimera bio toxin. As visions of Helena urge him to do what he was born to do, Liz begs her son to be brave and not do it. Jake places the canister back in his magic kit. Nina is kidnapped by a thug who wants the canister. Valentin rushes to the scene and pretends to hand over the deadly instrument. In truth, Anna has it and makes certain it is destroyed. When Valentin is shot in the confrontation, Nina rushes to his side. After his surgery, Nina tells Valentin she loves and wants to be with him forever. Realizing Sonny and Carly know she switched Morgan's meds with placebos, Ava heads to her art warehouse where she has hidden passports and cash. When the power goes out, Ava ignites a kerosene lantern. As she is about to escape, Carly and Sonny arrive. As they are confronting her, Ava tosses the lantern, setting the structure on fire. As the building is going down in flames, Sonny and Carly escape. A trapped Ava is rescued but suffers life-threating injuries. Michael lets Nelle know he wants to get closer. Nathan is unhappy when he realizes Amy is writing an advice to the lovelorn column, using his picture. Amy tells Nathan it is obvious his marriage to Maxie is in trouble. She claims she can help him save it if he takes her advice. Jason and Franco strike an uneasy peace as they both intend to be in Jake's life.

SNEAK PEEK: NOT A SONNY DAY.

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