Felisha Terrell

The past comes back to haunt Madison when Ian Buchanan joins the cast as a former foil.

It's Election Day in Salem and the media is predicting Abe's going to win by a landslide. Lexie and Abe converge at the Brady Pub where they will wait to hear election results. At the DiMera mansion, Tony calls Stefano on what he "did" for Lexie, and while Stefano won't admit he did anything, he reminds Tony that he will always help his children even though they don't appreciate it. Tony strikes back saying if he was involved with the mayor's demise, it will cost Abe this election and his political career. Meanwhile at the pub, Lexie finally confesses to Abe that she thinks Stefano killed Marino because of her. Abe and Roman pay the old man a visit. Stefano doesn't admit anything, but informs Abe that he's glad he switched his support from Marino to Carver. At the pub, Lexie fears that her actions to help Abe could cost him the election. Abe returns and Lexie apologizes. Evan announces the results are in and Lexie asks Abe what he's going to do. Abe admits he doesn't know. Sadly, his campaign has been soiled by Stefano. It's announced that Abe is the new mayor of Salem and Stefano couldn't be more pleased. After leaving the hospital, Philip tracks down Daniel at the health club where he sees him working out with Chloe. Philip's angry and feels betrayed that Daniel isn't by Kate's side. Chloe lays into Philip making him understand that Daniel's human too, and that if he needs a break to give him the strength to help his mom, Philip has to understand that. Philip agrees and apologizes. Later, Daniel and Chloe connect and it appears that she and Daniel are kindred spirits. Chloe realizes she has a new friend in Daniel. Nick is keeping creepy tabs on Melanie. She comes downstairs after a day in bed to find him working on his project. They discuss the note and Nick reassures Melanie that her secret's safe with him. Later, he receives confirmation from the University that the letter he received is a legitimate approval. He hugs Melanie, telling her she's going to be rich, but all hopes come to a halt when Philip arrives and reveals Titan is behind the foundation. Philip is sorry to inform Nick that his alternative fuel project is never going to see the light of day.

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Chelsea is with Theo in the therapy room as Daniel appears. The therapist starts working with Theo and Chelsea moves off with Daniel. Daniel tells her he never meant to hurt her. The fling with Kate was brief and he really wants to move on with Chelsea. He truly cares about her. Chelsea is trying to be objective about what happened between Daniel and Kate. She realizes she pushed too hard for this relationship. She's decided it's not going to work. Now all three of them are hurting and they need to call it quits. She is moving on -- alone. Daniel tells Chelsea if she needs to walk away to get her bearings, he understands, but he doesn't want her to walk away forever. Bo is upset they had to let Stefano go. It is a total miscarriage of justice. Stefano clearly has friends in high places. Bo is about to be questioned by Internal Affairs about the Hollingsworth evidence. Bo tells Philip that just because Paul is alive doesn't mean either of them is off the hook. John shows up at the station and is confronted by a furious Morgan. She rails at John, wanting to know what he did to her dad. Bo tells John Paul turned himself in. Paul is taking responsibility for planting the cocaine and for committing arson on the docks. John wants to know why Stefano is free. Roman tells John they got a call from the higher ups and are not charging Stefano with any crime, unless John wants to press charges. John is set to pursue a civil case until Stefano calls and threatens to have Paul tell the truth unless John backs off. Victor pays a visit to Stefano and it is clear these two are back in business. They have allied together to put pressure on Paul to take the fall for both Philip and John. EJ demands Stefano tell him how he got away from the police. All Stefano says is: friends. He lectures EJ on the importance of family and tells how he feels betrayed by all of his children. Lucas and Chloe arrive to start moving his and Allie's things out. Lucas explains he's expecting to hear about the custody hearing, which he's prepared to win. When he does, he's taking Allie with him. Max and Melanie have a talk and learn about each other's upbringing. Melanie admits she got into trouble in 6th grade for stealing and that led to a series of boarding schools. She thinks Trent is a good dad, but they really don't get along. Max tells Melanie how he was abandoned by Trent and sent to an abusive foster home. He was picked up by Frankie and eventually adopted by the Bradys. Melanie is furious with her father. Trent calls and Melanie cuts him off, not mentioning Max.