-Thank you. -Thanks.
That gaming console I got is incredible.
Wait, no.
Harrison does not need that, Mom. Like, at all.
Yeah, of course, he doesn't. Harrison? It's for me.
It's for me.
Their sales right now are insane.
You know?
This is, um, a little pick-me-up.
Are you joking?
No.
Self-care. You know?
-Okay. -Yeah.
You know that they say put the oxygen mask on first.
You know that.
And then you can care for the people that you love.
And right now, I need to do that.
This Christmas is going to be brutal for Daniel.
-So, you know that. -Oh, my God, I know.
Brutal. We have to be there for them.
Last Christmas was my first not in the house
with Kyle and Harrison, and that was so hard.
-Yeah. -I cannot even imagine
what Daniel and Lucy are going through.
[sighing] I know. I know.
We have to be there to give them a lot of Christmas cheer.
Yeah.
[phone pinging]
Oh.
It's Daniel.
-He-- he wants us to come over. -Yeah.
I hope everything's okay.
-We should go. -Yeah.
Like, now.
Hey, Luce!
Can you come out here and give me a hand, please?
Okay. Okay.
Sorry. Sorry. I didn't...
What is that?
Oh. Well, this.
This, daughter dear, is a little piece of foliage
that, you know, most people call a Christmas tree.
I didn't think we were going to have one this year.
Well, we have one every year.
Yeah. Um...
But, Dad, this year, It's kind of...
[exhaling] Right.
Yeah. Um...
Look.
I know that it might feel a little weird to do it, but...
I just feel like it would be pretty awful not to.
Hey.
Your mom's gone.
That hurts.
But nothing's gonna change that, you know?
But what your mom loved, what she really loved,
what she really loved was Christmas.
She loved Christmas cookies.
But what she really loved more than any of that
was decorating the Christmas tree.
And...
Well, you know, you were always
kind of her little helper with that, so I just--
I thought that maybe this was something
that we could try and do together.
For Mom.
♪♪
Sharon, are you okay?
Coming out of hypnosis can be tough.
If you need Alan, I can get him back here.
No. He has already done enough.
The rest of this I have to do on my own.
I have to piece it together in my mind.
MICHAEL: Well, um...
if you feel like talking about it,
it's probably best to talk about it while it's fresh.
Yeah. Any, um...
Any sights, sounds, sensations,
anything that you felt while you were under?
Just take your time.
Like I said, Heather and I, we were arguing.
And I couldn't tell her why I had come
or why I decided to leave, that I didn't want to hurt anyone.
And she just kept badgering me,
telling me that I was out of my mind,
and, you know, a part of me believed her.
So...
I pushed her.
And she fell.
But then she got up,
and she went the other way.
Wait, wait. So she wasn't incapacitated at that point?
Oh, my God.
I felt a hand.
I felt a hand touch me.
Somebody else was there.
JORDAN: You know, I've got to hand it to you.
You come here and you hang out with convicts,
and you don't even bat an eye.
No.
I don't scare easily, my friend.
Friend?
There's a concept.
Loneliness is the unkindest cut of all.
Victor's cage.
There were no friends, no family.
And not one peep from the niece
that I raised and fed,
and educated, and clothed, and nurtured.
Yeah, yes, you did God's work, yeah.
And then, Claire abandoned me
for Genoa City and the Newman money.
Tell me, my friend.
If you were to return to Genoa City,
what would you do with your second chance?
[Jordan chuckling]
I'm not going to give you the answer that you want.
Which is what?
You want me to say that I'll repent.
Turn the other cheek.
That I will grovel and make amends to the Newmans
because I'm such a deep well of remorse.
No, that is indeed what God would want.
But that's not what's in your heart,
is it?
You know, I was nervous
about the hypnosis in the beginning,
but it's working.
I mean, Sharon is remembering stuff.
Who knows what she's going to recall today?
I mean, to know that she wasn't the one
who ran Phyllis off the road was huge.
But who did?
I have no idea.
But knowing that Sharon wasn't the one who did it,
the relief knowing
that she didn't intentionally try to hurt Phyllis?
I mean, you only tossed and turned half the night,
so that's progress.
I'm dying to know what Sharon's going to remember today.
We can put up a tree.
We can make some treats, have some treats.
We could put on Grandpa's Christmas album
if you don't think we'd be having too much fun doing that.
Dad, I know you went to a lot of trouble,
but I really, really don't think I can do this.
Look, I know it's hard.
And it's going to continue to be hard to try and learn
how to do things without your mom.
But I really want to try, if you'll let me.
It just feels wrong, Dad,
doing this without her here.
Like, it-- it feels wrong trying to have fun without her.
You know she'd still want us to be happy.
Okay, how about this?
How about I keep going with this?
You know, I decorate the tree.
I get it up, I get it done.
If when I'm finished,
you hate it, you think it's too much,
you want me to stop, you say the word.
We'll throw that tree out of here so fast,
we'll throw it right in the trash, if that's what you want,
I promise, okay?
You're not going to be mad if I--
I'm not going to be mad, absolutely not. Look--
Baby, I get it.
I get it.
But you know what? If this, if this...
If this helps us feel closer to Mom right now,
I could use that.
I think you could use that, too.
Yeah, I could, a lot.
Yeah.
Okay, look.
No pressure.
I'm going to get to decorating.
You, you go put on some music,
you figure out something that we might want to eat,
and, uh, let's see how this goes.
IAN: God wants you to open your heart.
[laughing] Well, that's a pretty big ask,
considering that the child
that I raised has already cut it out of my chest.
Oh, that's a torment that only an attentive parent understands.
Right, but you have to understand,
I am not some distant aunt.
-Mm. -I'm the only person
in the world who has ever cared for Claire,
and she understood that, and she showed me respect and gratitude.
-Yeah. -We were on the same side.
Of course, you know, you feel pride in them
and that you've set them on the right path.
I understand.
And all it took was a family of gazillionaires
to turn her head, and they treated me
like a monster in a dungeon, literally.
And I feel. I bleed.
Yes, of course, you do, of course.
If somehow I can get a one-way ticket back to Genoa City,
what I want is revenge, not forgiveness.
I have deep, deep wounds.
How did you get rid of the hatred?
Well, that's the secret.
I didn't get rid of my hatred.
I embraced it.
I'll drink to that.
NICK: Sharon was on the sofa.
Someone else was in the room,
and that someone is the person who killed Heather
while Sharon was unconscious.
I thought it was me.
The guilt, it was tearing me up inside.
I thought that's why I was having the blackouts,
because I couldn't face what I had done, but...
maybe I was wrong all along.
Tessa?
Wait, what-- what if this is all connected?
If Phyllis's accident,
which didn't end up being Sharon's fault at all,
and then whatever my mom remembers today...
I-- I don't know. I don't know.
I don't want to get ahead of myself.
I don't want to jinx it.
TESSA: Hey, listen to me.
You know your mom as well as anyone can.
You two are a part of each other.
None of this really ever made any sense,
and now we're finally getting some answers,
so let's hope for the best
and pray for a Christmas miracle or two.
That's not jinxing.
That's faith.
I love you.
I know.
-Thank you so much, um... -Thanks.
I gotta go. I'll talk to you later.
Okay.
-[Tessa sighing] -Oh, hello.
-Welcome to Society. -Thank you, thank you.
I think I love it here already.
I heard that the food here is delicious.
I'm very excited to try it.
Oh, is this your first time here?
-Yes. -Oh, well, between you and me,
we live up to the hype.
Are you new in town or just to Society?
Um, just visiting.
Warren Masters.
Well, it's nice to meet you, Mr. Masters.
Warren. Please, Warren.
-Warren. I'm Tessa. -Mm.
So, what brings you to Genoa City?
I'm a chaplain in the state prison system.
Wow, that's so interesting and probably very rewarding.
Yeah, very much so.
I like to think that I help a few folks achieve
a higher purpose.
Well, Genoa City is the perfect place
to start a new life for yourself.
Now, that's exactly what I hoped to hear.
These charges better get dropped.
-One step at a time. -Why? You heard her.
There was someone else in the room with her.
This is all promising information,
but we can't take it to the DA yet.
-Why? -Hypnosis?
Unconfirmed new recollections?
No, Nick, not yet. We need more.
Then we get Alan back here when we find out the rest.
When he left, he said not to push too hard
or go too fast.
There's no such thing as too much caution at this point.
No, besides,
we have to corroborate her memories with evidence.
It's just, it's a little too convenient
for Sharon just to remember someone else was in the room.
You're sure?
You're absolutely sure there was someone else in that room?
I felt that hand.
I felt the presence. Yes, I am sure.
That's it. That's it.
The cops have to investigate this, all right?
They stopped looking for the real killer
once Sharon confessed to the crime.
I thought I was doing the right thing.
No, no, no. No one's blaming you for anything.
The cops could have kept looking.
Hell, I begged Chance and got nowhere,
but we know there's someone out there
who has the answers we need.
And I'm telling you right now,
the cops better find the other person
who was in that building that night.
JORDAN: You embraced the anger?
Yes. It's as much a part of me
as the color of my eyes.
I thought we were talking about forgiveness.
I was at war with myself.
Frustrated.
With all these dark emotions.
And I had to give myself a radical acceptance,
just as I would any other sinner.
I finally allowed myself the freedom to feel again.
Now, I just can't, uh,
say any of that in front of just anyone.
I-- I know.
Thank you for sharing with me.
I know I can trust you.
Yes, you can.
You can.
Now, let me ask you a question.
Hm?
If you could find your way
back to Genoa City and your enemies...
I would make them face retribution.
I would punish all who harmed me
and take back what is mine.
Just like that.
Does not God punish the wrongdoers?
You okay?
[knocks on door]
PHYLLIS: It's us!
-Yay! -Hi!
Hi.
I don't believe these are the elves I requested.
Oh, my goodness.
Hey, Lucy.
-Hey. Come here. -Hey.
I'm okay.
Well, maybe I needed a hug.
PHYLLIS: My goodness.
We called in, um, reinforcements, did you?
-Mm-hmm. -What is that?
Oh, um, it's my mom's old snow globe
from when she was a kid.
It really meant a lot to her.
And, um, one year, she said that it was mine.
So, even when you were in Savannah...
I could see snow.
Ah, that's lovely.
It's very sweet.
Yes. So, as you can see,
back to the tree, I need a little help with this.
PHYLLIS: Mm. Well, my goodness.
And we have impeccable style,
so we're perfect for this.
Wait, but, Mom, are you seeing what I'm seeing?
He's literally putting the same ornaments
-right next to each other. -Oh, good God.
SUMMER: That-- No. No.
-PHYLLIS: Mm-mm. -What!
I don't know if this is gonna work.
Have faith, have faith, okay?
More importantly, goodness, did you do that?
-This? -Yeah.
Yeah, they look great next to each other, right?
Two stars of the same--
No, Dad, no. They're right.
This absolutely needs to go over here.
And, oh, my God, Dad, this? This has to move, too.
-PHYLLIS: Mm. -Oh, no.
Oh. [laughing]
I shouldn't. I really, really shouldn't, but...
Or...
maybe it'll make me feel a little more
warmly toward our partnership.
You are full of surprises, my padre.
You take my breath away.
Yes.
What if I could find a way
to fulfill your desire for revenge?
What if I could find a way
to get you out of this cage?
Well, I can't start a fire,
cause a riot and bolt out of here like the last time.
Victor Newman made certain that I'm gonna rot in here.
Victor Newman is not a god.
And real miracles can happen.
So, I'm still waiting for that miracle, Ian Ward.
Tick tock.
Here you go.
-SHARON: Thanks. -You okay?
Alan said coming out of hypnosis,
there could be some side effects like nausea or dizziness.
Uh, no, nothing like that.
Just a lot more questions.
Who was in that apartment with us?
Did they break in like I did? Did they have a key?
Was the door unlocked?
Did they hear the shouting and they came in to check?
Or maybe they were in there already.
This is all conjecture.
And while I appreciate the urge,
we need to focus on what we're sure of at this point.
Get the police involved
and I'll get my investigators on it.
I just feel like I'm so close.
If I could remember just a little bit more,
I could piece everything together.
Heather and I were in the living room
when we were arguing, and we never left,
which means that they came in before she confronted me.
Who was in there with us and why?
Maybe whoever was in there followed you on purpose.
Oh, that woman you said goodbye to,
I, uh, take it that she's your partner?
Mariah, yes. She's my wonderful wife.
-Oh, congratulations. -TESSA: Oh, thank you.
We also have a daughter, Aria.
Aria.
What a magical name.
Well, careful. I might end up showing you photos.
Well, now you must.
Okay, just because you said so.
I don't normally do this with guests, but...
Oh.
You have a beautiful family, Tessa.
You are much blessed, and Mariah is as well.
That is the greatest tree ever.
That's what Dad always says, too.
Uh-huh, and you remind me
that I say that every year, every year.
Well, it's the truth.
Yeah, stop repeating yourself, Daniel.
-Mm-hmm. -You know, Summer,
one of these days, very soon, Harrison is--
Here, go ahead. Harrison is going to
be your biggest heckler.
No, no, he's not,
because he's still so little and he loves me.
[Summer laughing]
But if he did,
I would just remind him that I have Santa's direct line.
Mm.
One year, I came downstairs to see if Santa had come,
and I found my mom with her hand right in my stocking.
And I remember her telling me about that,
and she told me--
What she told me was she was checking
to make sure that Santa hadn't left you too much candy.
You know what the crazy thing is,
is that it looked a lot like
she was the one putting the candy in.
Mm. Mm-mm. No.
That's not what happened.
So what did happen, Dad?
Okay, look, I didn't want to be the one
to have to tell you this, but, um...
Honey, your mom was stealing your candy.
Mm!
No. You weren't supposed to hear it like this.
I'm glad.
You know, I hoped that
my mom had everything that she ever wanted.
Well, you know, she did because she had you.
She would have loved this.
I'm sure she does.
It would help if we had a time frame.
Let's say somebody, you know, broke into the apartment
and then you interrupted their plans.
Did you notice anything when you entered the apartment?
No, no, I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary
when I got there.
No sounds, motions.
Did you hear anything when you were in the kitchen?
Not that I recall, but I was running the water.
That could have masked any sound.
Absolutely, that makes sense.
But again, again, speculation.
Okay, hear me out.
Let's say somebody followed Sharon.
It could be the same person that messed with her medication.
And the same person who drove the truck
that ran Phyllis off the road?
All of this could lead to one person.
But who would do all of this and why?
And most importantly, how do we find them?
Ah.
Ah, hello there.
Such a morose expression.
What's the problem, huh?
What, do you begrudge me my moment in the sun?
No, no, no, I was just thinking about when we met.
Ah, yes, your last address.
The penitentiary.
[Ian chuckling]
Where my days were filled with rage
and misery and resignation.
And then you walked in my life.
And you rue the day.
JORDAN: No, no, no, no, no, no.
It's just that you were so full of surprises.
I mean, a man of the cloth.
And you didn't demand that I forgive and forget.
Because it's not my style, baby.
[Jordan chuckling]
What's your point?
My point is that we might disagree on the details
and the next steps to be taken to further our plan,
but ultimately, we have the same goals.
And I am grateful to you, Ian Ward.
You set me free.
Hey. Babe, have you seen my...
Of course, you have.
-Thank you. -TESSA: I'm a wonderful wife.
Ah, yes, you are.
Who is apparently very lacking in customers.
It'll fill up. I'm not concerned.
Plus, it gave me time to talk to a new customer.
That's great. Who is it?
He's a minister. He's new in town.
He's got a twinkle in his eye and the whole thing.
Babe, are you making up customers because you're lonely?
No, no, he was here.
He was chatty, friendly, very upbeat.
You know, if we were in a Christmas movie,
he would be the angel who needs to get his wings.
There's no need to give me that much credit. I'm--
I'm simply a creative thinker with a will of iron.
Well, I've thought that of myself, too,
but you, you take it to a whole 'nother level.
Well...
when I want something, I just go right after it.
You found a woman willing to take my place,
willing to be locked up in a penitentiary
so you could set me free and go on this mission with you?
Well, that woman needed a helping hand.
I mean, her illness,
she has very little time left on this earth.
And now, she can give her family some financial comfort.
So, we made a dying woman happy
and uh, we found your path to freedom.
C'est la.
You say it so casually,
but only a man as brilliant as you could pull that off.
The deed is done.
There's no need to flatter me.
Oh, I'm not, I'm not. I'm just...
I'm just saying.
It takes real insight
to predict how people will behave,
what moves they will make next,
to understand how they might react to any given situation.
Ah, you've done all that.
No, maybe, but you've...
done it so much better.
I have finally found a man I can admire,
someone I can really trust.
I've waited a lifetime for you, Ian Ward.
And it's been worth every minute.
The person's hand on my shoulder,
were they behind me or beside me?
You know, I don't remember.
Um, what about the weight of the hand?
Or, um, maybe a ring?
Uh, long fingernails, perhaps?
A glove. I remember.
They were wearing a glove.
Good, good. Any idea if it was a man or a woman?
No, I'm sorry.
MICHAEL: No, don't be. You're doing great.
Establishing another presence in the room? That's something.
I'll call Chance. He'll get on it.
Well, considering all this indicates
that she didn't do it, he better.
All right, step at a time.
We've got a lot of ground to cover.
We'll just start by getting the ball rolling,
all right?
I'll be in touch.
Michael, thank you.
Hey, you're doing all the hard work.
And a possibly innocent client, that's the best kind.
Hey.
I'll talk.
-Nick. -See you, man.
Okay.
You made Michael a believer, all right?
Which means we're that much closer
to these charges going away.
Nick, it scares me to help.
All we have to go on right now
are some vague memories and feelings
that I can't even make sense of.
Yeah, I get it,
but it's a lot more than we had before.
Until I know that this person is out there
and can be caught,
I can't let myself believe
that this nightmare might really be over with.
Because if I get my hopes up that high...
and everything falls apart,
I don't know if I can survive that.
All right, you guys can't leave yet.
There are four more ornaments left.
I don't know, I thought that we could maybe make a wish.
You know, something that we hope for in the future.
Like a Christmas wish.
Sweet.
A new tradition.
I love it.
Oh, good.
Well, since you love it, good, yeah.
Since you love it so much, you can go first.
Okay.
I'll go first.
This is a reminder for...
all of us to love and support each other extra this year.
And all the years to come.
For Heather's sake.
Lucy, you go.
Um, my wish is that
my mom stays in my heart.
And that she guides me down the right path
and that I don't forget how her voice sounded
when she told me that she loves me.
Heather, she, uh...
she saw the worst sides of people with her job.
But you know, for all the bad she saw,
she continued to see the goodness, always, and...
that's my wish.
That I can lead with kindness and understanding.
-PHYLLIS: Oh. -[Lucy laughing]
Phyllis, you gotta say it.
Yeah, okay, I'll say it.
Heather's death was a devastating loss.
To you.
To all of us.
It was a sin, actually.
Like all sins...
the only way that we can process it
is hope for justice.
-Yes. -PHYLLIS: And my hope
is that Heather rests in peace,
knowing that her death didn't go unpunished.
NICK: We're gonna find who's responsible for this
because it's not you.
Nick, we don't know that.
We don't know that yet. I told you, I--
I know. I know.
You don't want to get your hopes up.
Sharon, the facts are coming out
about what happened to Heather and to you.
You didn't do this.
It never made sense to me
that you confessed to these things.
But this changes everything.
And it's not wishful thinking.
It's the truth.
Can you imagine devoting your life to being a chaplain
working with prison inmates?
I mean, something like that can change lives.
Wow.
Sounds like you met a talker.
I mean, maybe I'm just overloaded
with the Christmas spirit, but it was fun
to gush about you and Aria.
I showed him a photo of the three of us.
He said we were blessed.
Well, we are.
So it sounds like this reverend is a very wise man.
If I haven't said it enough lately,
I'm grateful for you, too.
This kinship, this meeting of the minds,
it's something that,
you know, quite frankly,
I never expected to happen in this point in my life.
And it's a rare and wonderful bonus
to our joint venture.
-I agree. -Hm.
But there's also a concern about the police
and assorted busybodies.
This has to go precisely as planned
for it to work out.
Well, my dear,
you have put your faith in me up 'til now.
Just hold on a little bit longer.
And we won't need a miracle this time.
We will get everything that we want.
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You must really be feeling the holiday spirit.
You're not even standing under the mistletoe.
Oh.
To overcoming challenges
with courage and determination
in true Abbott fashion.
Yeah. Cheers to that.
-Cheers. -Cheers.
We will never, ever stop caring about you.
But there are things about this case against Sharon
that you don't know about.
What do you know? Tell me.
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