Days of Our Lives Update
Update written by Joseph
Tate is at home, looking at an old photo of he and Holly on his phone until there’s a knock at the door. Tate excitedly opens the door but seems surprised to see Sophia, so she asks if he was expecting someone else.
Holly walks through the town square and finds Aaron sitting at a table, so she joins him. Holly says she’s been thinking about him a lot recently and knows it must be a difficult time for him as she heard about Mark. Aaron bets all of Salem knows and confirms his brother was arrested for trying to kill Chad DiMera.
Chad makes a call from home to clear his calendar from the Spectator for the next few days. JJ then arrives and says for some unknown reason, Chad’s idiot brother dropped the charges against Cat Green. JJ declares that they need to find her to make sure she pays before she skips town. Cat then enters the room and tells JJ to call off the search party because she’s there.
Gabi goes home while finishing a call with Javi. Gabi mentions that she’s making tamales to celebrate Rafe’s return as police commissioner as he’s so excited to get back to work and she just wants tonight to be special for him.
At the Brady Pub, Jada assures Rafe that this isn’t what she wanted. Rafe says he knows but it’s clearly what Paulina wants and what she says, goes. Rafe guesses he should be lucky that she still wants him as a detective. Jada doesn’t know what to say. Rafe responds by congratulating her and hands back over the commissioner badge, saying it belongs to her now. Jada argues that this isn’t right because the badge belongs to him. Rafe says not anymore as he’s out and she’s in because she is now the Commissioner of the Salem police department. Jada tells Rafe that she’s so sorry but Rafe says there’s nothing to be sorry about as she’s a great cop and he’s glad Paulina knows that. Jada argues that Rafe is a great cop too and she’s not comfortable with this. Rafe says he is, but Jada questions how he could be, repeating that it’s not right. Rafe states that it’s what Paulina wants and Jada deserves the promotion as she worked hard for it. Jada then gets a call from the police station and says she’s on it. Jada tells Rafe that she’s sorry as duty calls. Rafe knows how many times he had to leave in the middle of the meal. Rafe reminds her not to forget her badge. Jada says she’ll see him at home and kisses him as she then exits the Pub. Roman comes over and tells Rafe that he’s sorry for overhearing their conversation about Jada taking over his job as commissioner. Roman says he heard Rafe says he’s fine with it but he knows it has to be tough if he wants to talk. Rafe says there’s nothing to talk about as it’s a done deal and he’s happy for Jada.
Tate tells Sophia that he wasn’t expecting anyone but he’s glad she’s there as he invites her in. Sophia says it feels like forever since they talked. Tate apologizes for being super busy with family stuff and studying. Sophia is relieved as she was worried he might be avoiding her. Tate questions why he would be avoiding her. Sophia informs him that she ran in to Holly, who said she wants him back, so she assumes that Tate felt the same way. Tate says he doesn’t and adds that he doesn’t know what Holly told her, but it’s over and they are not getting back together.
Holly tells Aaron that she keeps thinking back to running in to Mark in Paris and thinking it was just a weird coincidence. Aaron talks about Mark keeping a lot of big secrets. Holly says she’s really sorry. Aaron talks about being in shock that Mark was plotting the murder of someone, but he doesn’t know what he and Felicity are going to do if Mark goes to prison. Holly says she doesn’t know the details and asks if Mark was really working with the woman pretending to be Abigail. Aaron confirms that he was. Holly asks why since she doesn’t get the connection and questions how Mark even knew her. Aaron reveals that it turned out that woman is actually their sister.
JJ asks what the hell is wrong with Cat and argues that she has a lot of nerve to show up here. JJ tells Cat that Chad doesn’t want anything to do with her nor does anyone in his family. JJ wants Cat to suffer for what she did to them and calls her sadistic. Chad stops JJ and reveals that he’s the one who had EJ drop the charges, shocking JJ.
Sophia asks Tate if he and Holly are not getting back together. Tate assures he would’ve told her if they were. Sophia admits she’s really surprised since she knows Holly is really in to him and seemed determined to get him back. Sophia asks if it’s because she somehow found out that they slept together and that changed her mind, swearing that she didn’t hear it from her. Tate responds that he knows because he told her.
Holly questions Cat being Aaron’s sister. Aaron explains that she was horribly injured in the accident that killed his parents and he thought she was just recovering in some clinic but she had major plastic surgery and was running around two continents pretending to be Chad’s wife. Holly mentions being at the wedding and kind of playing a part and exposing Cat as an impostor. Aaron is surprised and questions how she did that. Holly explains that she overheard her on a phone call the night before and she said she was talking to Abigail’s brother JJ, but then JJ showed up to the wedding and he said they hadn’t spoken. Aaron realizes the person Cat was on the phone with was Mark. Holly says that little lie led to the big lie about who she really was finally came out. Holly still don’t get why Mark and Cat would do all of this. Aaron responds that they had a really good reason, noting it doesn’t excuse the horrible things they did. Holly asks what the reason was, so Aaron informs her that they did to save his mom. Holly thought his mom was dead. Aaron admits he did too.
JJ questions Chad wanting EJ to drop the charges against Cat and asks if he’s falling for Cat’s sob story about Clyde holding her mother hostage. Cat argues that it’s not a sob story but the truth and for all she knows, Clyde could have already killed her. JJ says he has no sympathy for them when they were both fine letting Chad be murdered so that her mother wouldn’t be. JJ argues that his niece and nephew would’ve been orphans and they didn’t give a damn. Cat promises that she didn’t know Mark was going to try to kill Chad. JJ questions why they should believe that. Cat asks what reason she has to lie now and says she was horrified by what Mark attempted to do. JJ argues that they were so desperate to hurt his entire family just to possibly save a member of her family. JJ complains that she’s not the victim and declares that she’s no better than Clyde. JJ asks if she has any idea what his family has been through since Abigail died. JJ tells Cat that Jennifer was so devastated when she lost Abigail that she went back to her addiction to opioids but she’s sober now and she was the one person who saw Cat for the lying fraud that she is. JJ questions Cat expecting him to give a damn about saving her mom when she didn’t give a damn about what she was doing to his mom, dad, or Chad. Cat insists that she did think about it a lot but she was thinking about her family and didn’t feel she had a choice. JJ argues that there’s always a choice. JJ tells Chad that it’s not his fault that Cat fooled him since he didn’t want to believe Abigail was dead, but questions helping her now and letting her get away with what she did. JJ says that is desecrating Abigail’s memory but Chad argues that the only reason he’s doing this is to honor Abigail.
Jada goes home while finishing a call to get ads to the Spectator about hiring new recruits as they are still very short staffed. Gabi tells Jada that she’s making tamales to celebrate Rafe’s return to work as police commissioner.
Rafe asks Roman why he wouldn’t be happy about Jada staying on in the top spot and says he’s looking forward to not dealing with the red tape and getting out to work some cases. Roman brings up that he was the Commissioner once as well so he knows what it’s like, but he also knows what it’s like to give that up. Roman says he doesn’t mean to tell Rafe what to do or how to react to this, but says he needs to be honest with himself because suppressing negative feelings is never a good thing. Rafe then admits that he is pretty damn angry about this whole thing and he’s not happy about any of it at all.
Gabi tells Jada how stir crazy Rafe has been while taking it easy and she knows he can’t wait to walk back in to the police station to let the officers know that their Commissioner is back. Gabi questions why Jada doesn’t seem happy about it. Jada then reveals that it’s not going to happen. Gabi thought the doctors cleared him to return to work. Jada clarifies that Paulina asked her to stay on as Commissioner while Rafe will be a detective again. Gabi complains about Rafe being demoted and says he must be furious. Jada says that Rafe said he’s okay with it. Gabi argues that she knows her brother and there is no way in hell that he’s okay with this.
Rafe repeats to Roman that he’s so not happy about this. Roman asks if it’s about the demotion or taking orders from his future wife. Rafe assures he has no problem taking orders from the woman he loves, bringing up how Hope was his boss, and says it’s more about the demotion and feeling disrespected after he put his life on the line for this job. Rafe says he ended up in a coma and this is the thanks he gets. Rafe argues that Jada was supposed to be acting commissioner until he was fit to return to duty. Rafe complains that now he’s better but he’s still out on his ass and it’s not right. Roman agrees and asks what he’s going to do about it.
Tate tells Sophia that he’s not ashamed of what they did and he’s tired of all the secrets, so he told Holly the truth that they had sex. Tate assures that he would not do that with Sophia then do a 180 and get back with Holly. Sophia questions if he says he’s staying with her out of obligation. Tate assures that’s not it. Sophia talks about knowing she pursued him while he was still with Holly but she’s changed and she wants to be with a guy who wants to be with her just as much. Sophia tells Tate that she doesn’t want to be with him if he’s still stuck on Holly. Tate then kisses Sophia to assure her that he wants to be with her.
Holly is shocked to learn that Aaron’s mother is alive and says this is huge as he must be so relieved. Aaron says he would be but he’s pretty sure she isn’t alive as she’s apparently being held hostage by a homicidal maniac drug lord named Clyde Weston. Holly acknowledges Clyde as the one who actually killed Abigail. Aaron explains that Clyde told Mark that if he didn’t kill Chad and get his money, he would just kill his mom. Holly repeats that she’s so sorry as she can’t even imagine how awful it must be for him. Aaron says it was bad enough thinking he lost his parents, but now knowing his mom is alive and held by a drug lord or maybe he already did it. Aaron tells Holly about how he had to explain it to Felicity. Holly asks how she took it. Aaron responds that she didn’t even show how upset she was and was just trying to make him feel better. Holly tells Aaron to let her know if there’s anything she can do to help. Aaron thanks her and says Felicity is staying with family friends until they figure out and he’ll be fine. Holly asks how he can be fine when this is a nightmare and repeats that she’s sorry for everything he’s going through. Aaron tells her that it did help to talk to her about it and thanks her. Holly says they are friends and she’s always here for him as they hug.
JJ questions how Chad wanting EJ to drop the charges against Clyde is honoring Abigail. Chad explains that it’s the only way to get to Clyde and get Abigail’s remains back. Cat explains that Clyde wants her dead but JJ doesn’t believe it. Chad insists she’s telling the truth but JJ questions if she is or if she’s playing Chad again. Chad asks how she would be playing him when she didn’t even know he would have her released. JJ suggests Cat could’ve given Clyde the idea to trade her for Abigail’s body since they’ve worked together before. Cat talks about her worries that Clyde killed her mother. Chad understands JJ is upset and says it’s been a nightmare for everyone who loved Abigail, but insists he knows what he’s doing and he has it under control. JJ questions Chad handing Cat over to Clyde being having it under control. JJ asks if Chad hasn’t suffered enough than to have Cat’s blood on his hands. Chad asks if JJ doesn’t know him better than that and insists he won’t actually hand her over to Clyde. JJ questions if he’s using Cat as bait which Chad confirms is exactly right.
Rafe tells Roman that losing his job like this sucks but there’s not much he can do about it since he serves the Mayor and the Mayor has decided she doesn’t want him there anymore, so he has to figure out how to suck it up and deal with it. Roman then suggests Rafe could get an attorney and sue the city.
Jada tells Gabi that she and Rafe don’t keep things from each other as they make a point to be honest with each other all of the time. Gabi argues that nobody is honest all the time and that men have egos, so there’s no way Rafe is okay with it. Jada asks if she’s saying Rafe is lying to her. Gabi says she wouldn’t call it lying but that he’s covering so she doesn’t feel bad for taking the job that he feels rightfully belongs to him. Jada asks what she’s supposed to do since she can’t veto the Mayor’s decision and give Rafe his old job back. Jada adds that Rafe told her that he didn’t even want it back. Jada insists that she’s not happy about it and that Rafe means more to her than a job. Jada brings up that she only took the position to keep the department going until Rafe got back, but she didn’t want his job. Gabi asks if she’s sure about that. Jada assures that she is but Gabi doesn’t believe her. Gabi then remarks that she thinks part of Jada is thrilled to be Salem’s first female black police commissioner.
Sophia tells Tate that she’s so relieved because in her head, it played out with Tate going back to Holly and her ending up alone. Tate apologizes if he made her feel insecure. Sophia says she just needs to get out of her own head. Tate says he can help with that as they continue kissing. Sophia says she really missed Tate and suggests they go to his room, so she can show him how much.
Rafe questions Roman thinking he should sue the city of Salem. Roman thinks he should consider it as he may have a case. Rafe brings up going after Paulina when she’s married to Abe, who is Roman’s best friend. Roman says he thinks the world of Paulina, but in this case he thinks she’s very wrong and that the city had an obligation to hold Rafe’s job until he returned. Rafe worries that if he brings a lawsuit, things will get ugly. Rafe adds that he just got engaged to Jada and doesn’t want to mess that up. Roman says he has great respect for Jada, but questions how happy they can be if Rafe goes back to work as one of Jada’s detectives while secretly resenting the fact that she has the job that’s rightfully his.
Jada questions how Gabi can say she’s thrilled to be commissioner. Gabi says she knows Jada loves Rafe, but she also knows what it’s like to be in competition with the man you love in the work place. Gabi talks about not being content with just running Gabi Chic and fighting for the CEO spot, which often put her at odds with Stefan. Jada states that she never wants to be at odds with Rafe over a damn job. Gabi asks if Jada likes being in power. Jada admits that she hates that Rafe got demoted but otherwise she would be honored because she does like being in charge. Gabi promises not to say a word to Rafe, but says that Jada and Rafe need to come clean to each other. Gabi says they have a real chance to be happy but only if they trust each other enough to be totally honest about this.
JJ questions Chad saying that Clyde will only think he will hand Cat over. Chad says he’s using Cat to get Clyde out in the open. JJ worries that this is risky as hell. Cat says she’s okay with the risk after everything she did and says the least she can do is try to help Chad get his wife’s remains back. Chad tells JJ that Julie knows for obvious reasons, but he can’t tell anyone because they can’t risk this getting back to Clyde, so he needs him to keep this a secret. JJ responds that he’s sorry but he can’t do that.
Aaron thanks Holly for listening and says he does feel better. Holly repeats that she’s here for him. Aaron then asks what happened with Holly’s mom in Paris. Holly says they talked things out and ended up in a much better place, so they are very relieved. Holly wishes she could say the same about her and Tate, but by the time she got back to Salem, Tate already moved on with Sophia. Aaron says he’s sorry and calls it kind of his fault which Holly questions. Aaron tells her not to get mad but he told Tate that if he was really in to Sophia, he should go for it. Holly confirms that Tate went for it and informs Aaron that Tate and Sophia slept together.
Tate removes his shirt in his room with Sophia as they feel each others’ heartbeat and then they kiss.
Rafe goes home where Jada informs him that Gabi made tamales to celebrate Rafe getting the commissioner job back. Rafe guesses he needs to have a talk with Gabi. Jada asks if they can tlak first. Jada then explains that she told Gabi what happened and she helped her realize that she hates that Rafe got demoted, but she’s also excited to have the job. Jada tell Rafe that she loves him so much and doesn’t want a job to come between them. Rafe says he feels exactly the same way as he then announces he’s quitting the police force.
Chad questions JJ not being able to keep his plan to himself. JJ warns Chad not to go through with this and calls it a big mistake. JJ blames what Chad has been through but argues that he’s not thinking straight. Chad assures that he’s thought this through and it’s the only way. JJ disagrees and declares that he can’t be in the same room as Cat anymore, so he storms out.
Aaron is shocked and apologizes to Holly as he says he was only encouraging Tate to go with his feelings. Holly assures that none of this is his fault. Holly says she made it clear to Tate that she wanted to give them another try but that’s not what he wanted as he chose Sophia over her.
Tate and Sophia kiss in bed as they talk about how into each other they are until Tate accidentally calls her Holly.
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