Elton pled not guilty for the murders of Esme, Cristina, Moira, Kathyrn, Bea and all the other recent murders. The police had found volumes of vampire informational readings in his apartment and evidence. He hired Rachel as his lawyer, who asked point blank if he did it.
The police later found a video from Esme's phone of Melanie killing Juan, adding to the evidence, saying that he had killed Esme to protect Melanie, who had obviously done it in self-defense. He was denied bail.
Rachel returned to her office and stared at a photo of someone the audience couldn't see, broke out a flask of vodka and swallowed some pills hidden in her desk.
Dawn had a long talk with Will to tell him that she was finally ready to move on from him and hoped she could start a new life with Cesc and that he would forgive her. Either way, she wanted the divorce as quickly and painlessly as possible.
What Dawn was unaware of was that with Rachel's help, Cesc had bugged her and had heard the whole thing. He decided to take Dawn back and the two would start from scratch.
Stefano went to Italia to verify that he was Angelo's brother and met Isabel. Angelo and Sarah continued their bond as husband and wife, both dealing with unexpected siblings. Later, Stefano surprised Angelo by telling him that Isabel was lying to him and Tomás about her location.
Jamie sent Aitor more threats from "Mayte" and "Gabrielle", which Aitor threw in the trash.
Serena exploded at Sergio for the cancelled date. When he went to kiss her, she slapped him and went off in a huff. If the audience doesn't see the writing on the wall...
Tomás and Sherman returned to Madrid. Sherman helped Will reassemble the company.
Brianna waited at the hospital for Colin to wake up. He stayed in the coma, and she asked dawn about her coma and if there was hope. dawn comforted her. As a nurse, Brianna had seen this situation and began preparing for the worst.
Will ran into Melanie at the hospital. He comforted her with the Monica situation best he could, and over coffee, she helped him process the divorce from dawn.
Shane went to track down someone who could help him with taking down Aitor and saving Amber. Instead of finding the more and more elusive Barb, he found her assistant and Jamie's former stalker, Marcie. She said she would help him bring down Aitor if he slept with her.
Carson met with the current vampire Queen who said he had two more weeks to find himself a queen or he would not inherit her queendom when her term was over soon. (Vampires can only be monarchs for 100 years, of course. Crazy vampire laws. This vampire plot will be over soap soon...by November. I promise.)
María showed up as her vampire self to surprise her mom, Isabel.
Jimmy flew to Spain to be with his brother during this time. Jack was touched by the gesture. Heather told Kyle she was falling for Jack and for him to work on planning his wedding to Megan. Later, Jimmy interviewed for a bodyguard position and accepted it before finding out his new employer was named Aitor...
Aitor "found" the person responsible for the bomb in Puerta del Sol and made a very rousing speech that added to his popularity.
Marcos surprised Isidro with another surprise trip to the beaches of Valencia...this time complete with an ordained person to marry them. The two exchanged vows in a peaceful sunset setting with Isidro's cousin Sergio as a witness to congratulate the new couple.
Amber arranged for a coffee with her sister, Serena, her long-lost sister, Sarah, and best friend Brianna. The threesome kept waiting for Amber...and waiting...and waiting...
Aitor arranged for a lunch with Amber, where he drugged her and held her captive, and with Lucas. He shocked the two friends when he lead them to a dark room where he had Brian held hostage. He told them "I know all about your vampire fantasy, Amber, and I think Brian's brother should witness this too." He pulled out a stake...opened the curtains to make Brian even in more pain with the bright Spanish summer sun...and slowly staked Brian.
Amber tried to stop him, but she ended up holding dust.
