Is anyone else just thrilled to have our Tony back...
Best as I can tell, all of this happened while Andre was Tony
Tony was blackmailed by Emma Donovan to divorce Anna and leave Salem. Tony DiMera returned to Salem in 1993 to marry his fiancee, Kristen Blake. Stefano told Kristen that before he died, he wanted to see them marry. Kristen agreed to marry Tony, even though she loved John Black. However, Kristen left Tony at the altar to help John Black find Marlena and Roman's daughter, Belle.
Billie reed decided to turn her life around and started her own cosmetics company called Countess Willamina. To fund her company, Billie convinced Alive and Maggie Horton to become investors. Unfortunately, Kate Roberts bought out Countess Willamina to spite Billie for posing as the author of Jack's manuscript. Later that year, Billie befriended Tony DiMera. Tony bought up 49% of Titan Industries and then brought Billie into Titan to run the Countess Willamina division.
Tony and Kristen were about to marry when John showed up at the wedding, claiming that he had evidence linking Stefano to Curtis Reed's murder. When Stefano hopped in a car and drive off, John shot at the tires. Stefano had planned it so his car would go off the road and he would be "killed" in the crash. Kristen, blaming John for her father's death, married Tony on February 18, 1994. Tony learned later that Stefano was alive, but he kept it a secret because he feared Kristen would leave him.
In late 1994, Kristen, Tony, Peter, Jen, Bo, and Billie all came to Maison Blanche for a charity event Kristen held. While there, Jen and Peter made love. Also, Billie saw a woman who looked like Bo's dead wife Hope, but nobody would believe her. Hope was at Maison Blanche, but she was called Gina by Stefano and Celeste. Roman also showed up, but to arrest Peter Blake for trafficking drugs in one of his clubs. A jealous Celeste leaked gas into the cell where John and Marlena were being held and started a fire. Roman managed to rescue them. John came out and shocked both Kristen and Tony, who were horrified to see John in shackles. Kristen looked up and screamed when she spotted her dead father, Stefano. Tony ran back into the house to try and retrieve his father's computer, which contained a file on John's past. Maison Blanche burst into flames. Tony got the computer, but went blind in the process.
Kristen Blake began sleeping with John. Later Kristen learned that her husband, Tony, knew that Stefano was alive all along and he had switched Kristen's birth control pills with sugar pills. Kristen left him and began living with John Black in his loft. Kristen also managed to crack the notebook computer from Maison Blanche and was horrified to learn that John was a priest. Kristen told John the truth, but he refused to believe it. John and Kristen traveled to a parish where John served and his mentor, Father Francis, recognized him as Father Black. He was also recognized by a woman from the parish. John had put his handprints in a wall near the parish and he was shocked when they matched. John was forced to accept that he was a priest. Though he wanted to be released from his vows, a friend told John to live as a priest for awhile in order to see what he was giving up. Kristen returned to Tony, who had bought a gun and was planning on killing John. When Kristen told Tony that John was a priest, Tony backed off from killing him. Later that year Tony regained his site, but he continued to lie in hopes of catching Kristen and John together.
When John Black was released from his vows as a priest, Kristen left Tony to be with John. Toni soon learned that he had a rare and fatal blood disease that would end his life very soon. Tony formulated a plan in which he would frame John for his own murder. Tony wrote his entire plan down in his diary and he also confessed it to Father Francis. When Tony learned that Father Francis was going to tell John Black the truth, Tony confronted Father Francis. Tony took Father Francis' blood pressure pills and agitated him into a heart attack. Later, Tony cut of Father Francis' oxygen at the hospital and caused him to lapse into a coma.
Tony went to Aremid for Peter Blake and Jennifer Deveraux's wedding and he set a trap at the Blake House for John. At the wedding reception, Tony worked John into a frenzy and got him to shout out that he would kill him. Tony then went up to his room and lured John up there by placing a phone call to John. Tony disguised his voice and told John that Tony was the one who attempted to kill Father Francis. Up in his room, Tony and John fought. John eventually left through another door, which Tony had sprinkled gunpowder on. Tony then began begging John not to shoot him as various Salemites listened in. Tony then activated a device which cause his gun to shoot at him and then fall to the floor. When the Salemites had finally gotten into the room, Tony was mortally wounded. Tony died, but one thing ruined his plan, the Woman in White got a hold of his diary.
It was seven years before the citizens of Salem learned that Tony was not dead, and had in fact been alive all this time...he made his grand re-entrance at John and Marlena's anniversary party. The man who died in Aremid was not Tony, but his presumed dead lookalike cousin André. He still suffers from a rare blood disease, and now a new-found obsession with Marlena. He might have something new to keep his mind occupied though...he found out that twins Rex and Cassie are his children with Marlena. He had another shock coming shortly after that though...John Black was really his half-brother, from his mother Daphne's side. Since John still believes Tony capable of anything, they haven't been able to become friends. Tony was devastated to eventually learn that Rex and Cassie were not his children after all, and was furious with Stefano, knowing that his father did it on purpose.
Tony was the number one suspect for the murders until Mickey Horton agreed to defend him, and got him out on bail. The night of the Horton Circus, Tony took center stage, promising to reveal the killer. While dragging out the moment for dramatic purposes, Tony had a bucket of blood dumped on him, and was attacked by Horton the tiger. He was in the hospital, recovering from his wounds, when the Salem Stalker came in to administer a fatal dose of drugs. Tony's last words to his killer clarified his knowledge of who the Salem Stalker was, as Tony looked up into Marlena Evans' eyes. Tony died while trying desperately to communicate the truth to the others.
Months later, it was discovered that Tony was one of the many Salem residents now living on the island of Melaswen. He had hidden himself for quite sometime, and when he made himself known, the other residents didn't trust him. After sabotaging every attempt the islanders made to get to freedom, Tony was finally revealed as the mastermind behind the whole shebang, a plot he cooked up to get back at everyone he felt had wronged him. It turns out he had never forgotten about his previous wife, Kristen, who left him for John Black years earlier. He again faked his death, making certain the island residents believed he was deceased, but when not all of the Salem residents made it home, Tony revealed himself as their captor.
All the captives eventually escaped, but Tony wasn't finished wreaking havoc on the citizens of Salem. Using an intermediary, he enlisted Sami Brady into a scheme to punish all of those who had done her wrong, while satisfying his own need for revenge. Sami eventually turned on him after he took Lucas, Brady, Philip, Shawn and Rex hostage, but because she was involved for months, he held it over her head, and used the information she got him to try to break out of jail. Unfortunately, he was ultimately unsuccessful.
Okay so the point at which Tony was replaced by Andre was:
John eventually left through another door, which Tony had sprinkled gunpowder on. Tony then began begging John not to shoot him as various Salemites listened in. Tony then activated a device which cause his gun to shoot at him and then fall to the floor. When the Salemites had finally gotten into the room, Tony was mortally wounded. Tony died, but one thing ruined his plan, the Woman in White got a hold of his diary.
It was seven years before the citizens of Salem learned that Tony was not dead, and had in fact been alive all this time...he made his grand re-entrance at John and Marlena's anniversary party. The man who died in Aremid was not Tony, but his presumed dead lookalike cousin André. ===============================================================
So Tony actually did "die" and Andre took his place? Is that right? But of course Tony didn't die and has been stuck whereever for however long.
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yeah, but Stefano eluded that Andre had been "Tony" for 20 years...I read yesterdays recaps and thats what it sounded like...Confusing huh. Heffner sure has a lot of back tracking to do.
I actually remember the storyline when John was accused of killing "Tony". This damn show gets confusing
