This week, Adam is one step ahead of his partner-in-crime- when he sets her up for a fall.
After Dr. Taylor tells Victor that he should keep Adam away from a "pregnant" Ashley, Victor decides to send Adam to a halfway house instead of letting him stay at the Newman Ranch. Meanwhile, Adam is afraid that a whacked-out Mary Jane (who he persuaded to dress up as the late Sabrina in order to frighten Ashley in exchange for him helping her win Jack's love) will reveal that Adam has been the one gaslighting Ashley.
After Victor tells Adam that he's sending him away, Adam is desperate and quickly concocts a plan. he heads out to the potting shed (where Mary Jane has stored her things) and warns Mary Jane that Victor wants her in arrested. As she rushes off, Adam purposely sets off his ankle monitor. When the detective arrives, Adam says he was outside because he was chasing down a woman who resembled Mary Jane.
"Mary Jane really has gotten mixed up with the wrong people," sighs Stacy Haiduk. "First, she put her trust in Victor when he brought her back to town. And then she teams up with Victor's son, who's not much better. It's sad because she doesn't really like having to do all this scheming; she just wants Jack back in her life and to have him love her. The situation has gotten very complicated for her, and she doesn't even know who to turn to, so things just keep getting worse."
Later, Adam is called a "hero" by Ashley, who is grateful. When Detective Wallace comes across Mary Jane's things in the shed, Victor hides his connection to her and tells Adam he can stay at the house after all. Meanwhile, as the police track down Mary Jane, she wanders around town trying to figure out where she can hide out.
"She's very alone," says Haiduk. "She isn't sure what to do at this point, but Mary Jane's a survivor. After everything she's been through, she's learned how to bounce back. That's part of what makes her such a great character."