Days of Our Lives Update
Update written by Joseph
Tate sits at home and texts Holly, saying he’s really sorry and asks if they can talk.
Holly wakes up to see Tate’s text.
Philip joins Kate at the Brady Pub and tells her that his morning is going superb since Alex agreed to go along with he and Stephanie’s lie, so Xander still doesn’t know about the forged letter. Philip notes Kate being distracted and asks what could be more important than them avoiding going to prison for fraud. Kate brings up EJ. Philip assures that EJ won’t hurt him and he’s not afraid of him. Kate tells him that EJ won’t be coming after him or anyone as she shows him the article on EJ’s shooting.
Stephanie has a nightmare about finding Alex in bed with Sarah, then wakes up in a panic. Alex encourages her that it was just a bad dream and she’s fine, but it obviously upset her a lot so he asks if she remembers what it was about.
Xander joins Sarah in the living room of the Kiriakis Mansion after his workout. Xander comments on wishing he had another hour to work off all the stress from everything that happened last night with Stephanie, Philip, and Alex. Xander remarks that he can’t believe Stephanie and Philip were betraying Alex like that behind his back. Sarah calls it a shock to all of them, but thinks Alex and Stephanie will be able to move past it. Xander has a hard time believing anyone can move past something like that. Xander hopes it doesn’t negatively affect their working relationship as he doesn’t want anything to mess up their plans to seize DiMera when they are so close. Sarah then says there’s something she needs to tell him. Sarah thinks back to confronting Philip and Kate over the forged letter. Xander asks what she needs to tell him. Sarah responds that she’s been lying to him.
Doug III wakes up on the floor of Holly’s bedroom.
Stephanie tells Alex that her nightmare was nothing. Alex says it didn’t seem like nothing to her and guesses it was a sex dream. Stephanie responds that she’s fine now and wants to drop it. Alex questions if her dream was about having sex with Philip. Stephanie assures it wasn’t that, but about Alex and Sarah in bed.
Xander questions what Sarah would have to lie to him about. Sarah says it’s about the secret that Philip and Stephanie have been keeping. Xander points out that it’s not a secret anymore and all out in the open, so he asks what else she could know about it. Sarah thinks back to convincing Stephanie to keep the secret. Xander says she’s starting to scare him and asks what it is. Sarah then tells him that she knew that Philip was sleeping with Stephanie.
Philip reads the article and questions having no idea who shot EJ. Kate believes half of Salem would like to shake the hand of whoever it was and calls it a shame that they didn’t kill him. Philip then wonders if Kate shot EJ.
Doug III comments to Holly that he slept a lot better than on the park bench and says he’s really grateful that she let him stay, but he’s worried that she will get in trouble. Holly assures that she won’t. Doug III brings up Maggie and Julie being really close and worries about Maggie finding out. Holly assures that she can handle it. Doug III asks what about Tate having an issue with him sleeping in her room. Holly responds that even if he does have an issue, it wouldn’t be her problem anymore. Holly then informs Doug III that she broke up with Tate.
Sophia shows up at Tate’s door and informs him that EJ was shot last night in his own home. Tate is shocked and worries about Rachel living there. Sophia tells him that the news said everyone else was okay but EJ had to get rushed to the hospital and put in a medically induced coma, so he’s in critical condition. Tate says he’s hardly EJ’s biggest fan but he’s still Johnny’s father and Rachel’s uncle. Sophia adds that he was also Holly’s stepdad before. Tate wonders if Holly knows and how she’s taking it since she was furious with EJ over what he did to Eric and Nicole, but it still can’t be easy for her. Sophia encourages that maybe now things will go easier for them since EJ getting shot could be the answer to their prayers.
Kate questions Philip thinking she tried to kill a man. Philip says he wasn’t accusing her and he knows she was freaking out over EJ’s threats, so he wondered if maybe she took action. Kate assures that she did not shoot EJ. Philip remarks that it wouldn’t be the first time that Kate used a gun to take care of an enemy..
Xander tells Sarah that she’s not making any sense since he is the one who told her about Philip and Stephanie. Sarah reveals that she was faking it and that she knew before he found out. Xander questions how. Sarah informs him that Stephanie told her.
Alex questions Stephanie having a dream that he was having sex with Sarah. Stephanie guesses it’s all thanks to the ridiculous lie about her sleeping with Philip behind his back. Stephanie admits she’s been obsessing about it lately. Alex isn’t too thrilled about it either. Alex gets why Sarah wouldn’t want Xander to know the real secret but feels the whole cover story has him looking like a simp. Stephanie admits it doesn’t paint her in the most flattering way either so Alex questions why they are going along with it. Alex gets that it would turn Titan upside down if Xander found out the truth that Philip forged the letter and basically stole half of his birth right, but feels Xander has the right to know he’s been duped.
Kate tells Philip that if he’s talking about Vivian, he knows that was an accident. Philip argues that it’s not how Vivian sees it. Kate asks if he’s taking the word of a psychopath over his own mother. Kate reminds him that Vivian already paid her back for accidentally shooting her by shooting her in cold blood and burying her alive. Philip points out that it’s also because of Vivian that he controls half of his father’s company which they agree is good. Philip points out that Kate also tried to kill Sami, Chloe, and Victor a couple of times and she’s been known to carry a gun for protection. Philip declares that the one thing the people of Salem know about Kate is that she will go to great lengths to protect the people she cares about, especially her family, so it’s not so far-fetched for him to wonder if maybe she gunned EJ down to stop him from hurting the people she loves.
Tate asks if he just heard that Sophia thinks EJ being gunned down in his own home is a good thing. Sophia insists that she hates gun violence and her heart goes out to his family, but asks if Tate hasn’t considered what this could mean for the adoption since her mom’s biggest concern was not wanting EJ involved. Tate points out that EJ is in a coma, but he’s not dead. Sophia knows it’s horrible that he was shot, but she’s looking for a silver lining. Sophia says if it takes EJ awhile to recover, her mom shouldn’t have any more problems with Johnny and Chanel adopting their baby. Sophia says she’s sorry as she knows this is messed up but asks if Tate isn’t a tiny bit relieved, feeling the adoption has caused them enough trouble including trouble for he and Holly. Tate then informs Sophia that Holly isn’t really a factor anymore because she just broke up with him.
Holly finishes a shower and tells Doug III that it’s all his. Doug III asks if she really broke things off with Tate and what happened. Holly explains that they just got in to a stupid fight about Tate snitching on Doug III for stealing Julie’s necklace. Holly says she really let him have it for that and it ended badly. Doug III asks why she didn’t tell him when she got home last night. Holly says she didn’t want to rehash it. Doug III blames himself as the reason they broke up.
Stephanie questions Alex wanting to tell Xander the truth about the forgery. Xander repeats that he knows there’s a downside to turning Titan upside down and pitting the brothers against each other, but he also knows what it’s like to be duped by somebody very close to you. Alex adds that he’s not crazy about the idea of Xander thinking he’s some chump who can’t keep his woman satisfied. Stephanie assures that he does as they kiss.
Xander questions Sarah about Stephanie telling her that she and Philip were sneaking around behind Alex’s back. Sarah explains that Stephanie needed to get it off her chest and needed a confidant, so she opened up to her and said she felt horrible about it. Xander doesn’t understand why Sarah didn’t tell him about it at the time. Sarah says she didn’t want to betray Stephanie since she said she wanted to come clean about it and was looking for the right time, so it wasn’t her secret to tell and that’s why she wanted him to drop his suspicions because she knew he was onto them and she just wanted to protect her friend. Sarah tells Xander that she’s so sorry for lying to him but she thought it was better if no one knew. Sarah asks if Xander can forgive her. Xander asks if she’s serious and how he could be mad at her for protecting her friend. Xander points out that it hardly compares to some of the secrets he’s kept from her over the years. Sarah calls that a fair point. Xander says at the end of the day, Alex and Philip are family, but any secret about them won’t directly impact he and Sarah. Xander assures that she’s completely forgiven and hugs Sarah.
Alex tells Stephanie that he’s absolutely crazy about her. Alex then asks if her if it’s better being with him than Philip. Stephanie doesn’t want to compare romantic partners and questions him bringing up Philip. Stephanie then tells Alex that he is better than Philip. Alex says he’s always welcome to reassurance. Stephanie then asks if she’s better than all the women he’s been with. Alex admits he’s been involved with a fair amount of women, but not one of them comes remotely close to her as they kiss.
Kate tells Philip that she’s only going to say this once, she did not shoot EJ. Kate says now the interrogation is over and she can eat her food. Philip is happy to know she won’t be going to prison any time soon. Philip decides he should get going since he and Xander have a lot to talk about now that another DiMera has been taken off the board. Kate says she’ll see him later as Philip then exits the Pub. Kate looks back at the article and remarks that EJ finally got what was coming to him.
Sophia guesses things didn’t go well when Holly confronted Tate about ratting Doug III out to Julie. Tate asks how she knew about that. Sophia explains that she ran in to Doug III in the town square and he mentioned that Holly seemed pretty pissed as she was going to confront him. Tate says pissed was an understatement and that Doug III loved it. Sophia asks what happened between Tate and Holly. Tate says that Holly claimed he did it because he was jealous which is not entirely untrue. Sophia encourages that Holly will come around in time, pointing out that they’ve had issues before. Tate thinks they have finally had one issue too many, thanks to Doug Williams III.
Holly questions Doug III as to why it would be his fault. He argues that if not for him, she and Tate would still be together. Holly disagrees and says they broke up for a bunch of reasons. Holly admits maybe some of the reasons involved Doug III but that still doesn’t make it his fault. Holly says it’s been one crisis after another since they first got together and she thinks it all came to an end when he got Sophia pregnant. Holly feels like an idiot for thinking they could get past that and says she’s starting to realize their relationship was doomed. Holly says Tate telling Julie may have been the last straw but nothing Doug III did caused that to happen as that was all Tate. Doug III says he’s still really sorry she had to go through that. Holly questions if he really is. Doug III says she’s his friend and he cares about her. Holly brings up that he cares about her as more than just a friend and asks if it’s really a crazy thought to think he might be a little happy that she and Tate broke up. Holly then gets an alert on her phone that EJ was shot last night and is in critical condition at the hospital. Doug III says he was her stepdad so he understands if she needs to get to the hospital. Holly says she’s just shocked but doesn’t think anyone is expecting her to visit, so she’ll just check in with Johnny later. Holly offers to go get him breakfast before she goes to school. Doug III says he’ll figure something out but Holly says that might get him caught so it’s safer if he stays in here. Holly tells him to go ahead and shower and ignore if anyone knocks on the door. Doug III thanks Holly as she exits.
Sophia finishes a call with her mom, saying they will meet her in the town square later. She then informs Tate that Amy is willing to reopen the adoption discussion so she guesses the news about EJ really did have an impact. Tate feels like he should go check on Holly. Sophia questions that and argues that if she wanted to talk to him, she would’ve just texted him back. Sophia asks if he thinks Holly will forgive him or just say the break up was a big mistake. Tate tells Sophia he will meet her in the town square and thanks her for talking to her mom because he wants the adoption to go through as much as anyone. Tate then exits.
Philip goes to the Kiriakis Mansion where Xander says they were just talking about him and the sordid situation with Alex and Stephanie. Xander hopes he’s right in assuming this particular chapter of his romantic life is at an end. Philip confirms that he and Stephanie are over for good this time. Xander guesses that means they can get back to work. Sarah takes that as her cue to leave and says she’s needed at the hospital anyway, so she exits. Xander asks Philip what’s first on the agenda. Philip informs him that the agenda has been set for them as he reveals EJ has been shot which means things just went from bad to worse for the DiMeras.
Alex asks Stephanie what her schedule is for the day. Stephanie says she has a strategy session for the hospital fundraiser in the morning, a meeting with Paulina at City Hall in the afternoon, and drinks with a potential new client in the evening. She then asks what his schedule is. Alex says he’s meeting with Xander and Philip at the Kiriakis Mansion. Stephanie asks if he’s decided what he’s going to do about the secret. Alex admits that he’s still not sure but he’s leaning towards telling Xander the truth and letting the chips fall where they may. Stephanie points out that those chips may involve Sarah and Xander’s marriage. Stephanie says she’s not trying to guilt trip him and just wanted to remind him of what’s at stake. Stephanie says Sarah is her friend and she’d love to help her, but it’s his family and not hers so she will stand by whatever decision Alex chooses to make.
Holly walks through the town square, leaving a message for Nicole that it’s about EJ. Holly sees Sophia and tries to walk away but Sophia calls out to her and says she heard about Holly and Tate’s breakup. Sophia says that Tate feels awful. Holly doesn’t want to talk about it. Sophia tells her that Tate does and that’s why he went to her house. Holly questions when he went. Sophia says he’s probably there now which causes Holly to worry.
Doug III gets out of the shower as Tate knocks on the door to Holly’s room. Tate asks if they can talk and then opens the door to find Doug III shirtless inside.
Stephanie goes to the hospital and greets Sarah. Sarah thanks Stephanie for convincing Alex to go along with her story as she knows it’s a lot to ask. Stephanie warns her not to thank her yet because Alex is still considering telling Xander the truth.
Xander remarks that EJ finally got what was coming to him. Alex arrives and greets them. Xander tells them to ease up and mentions that Philip just assured him that his relationship with Stephanie is in the past. Alex says it’s alright and repeats that he and Philip came to an understanding. Philip confirms that Alex was very mature about the whole thing. Xander is glad that’s settled and then shows Alex the article on EJ’s shooting which he says could end up being their silver bullet. Xander declares that Kristen is one crisis away from a straitjacket while EJ is fighting for his life in a coma. Alex suggests they should hold off on dancing on his grave. Xander feels now is the time to get one step closer to taking over DiMera, thanks to whoever pulled the trigger.
Kate remains at the Pub and looks at her gun in her purse.
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