Days of Our Lives Update
Update written by Joseph
Liam tells Arianna that he didn’t want to leave Salem but he had no choice. Ari asks if he got a better job or something. Liam says that an opportunity came up that he couldn’t turn down as it’s what he had to do for he and his son. Ari gets that but says what he did to her was pretty rude. Liam says she’s right and he’s really sorry about that. Ari guesses this is it then. Liam admits he’d like to give her a proper goodbye and kisses her. Aaron then walks by with the iced coffee and stops in disappointment as he sees Ari and Liam kissing. Gabi then walks in to the town square and stops in disbelief when she sees Ari kissing Liam. Aaron watches on as Gabi then interrupts them and questions what the hell Liam is thinking coming back to Salem, let alone kissing her daughter. Arianna asks what Gabi is talking about and why Liam shouldn’t be in Salem.
Xander sits at his desk at Titan and thinks back to Sarah asking him to look in to DiMera Pharmaceuticals. Kristen then arrives as Xander says she’s just the person he wanted to see. Kristen says when she got his call, she wasn’t expecting an office visit. Kristen says it’s been awhile since she’s done it on a desk and asks Xander if he wants to give it a whirl. Xander responds that he’s sorry but his desk is strictly for business, which is why he needs her help.
Rita goes to the DiMera Mansion where EJ is pouring a drink. Rita remarks that she never drinks during a crisis. EJ questions how she knew there was a crisis. Rita says that his tone on the phone had the unmistakable sound of urgency. EJ reveals that he found out that Kristen almost certainly enlisted Sophia to try and kill his son, adding that if the fire department hadn’t shown up, she would’ve gotten her wish. EJ questions Rita not reacting. Rita says it takes a lot to shock her, but asks EJ if he is sure. EJ says he is quite.
At the hospital, Sarah tells Brady and Tate that Holly is stable. Tate is relieved while Sarah says she needs him to be honest as she asks if they took anything at the cabin. Tate assures that Holly would never take drugs after what happened. Brady asks about the test results. Sarah looks at them, which reveal she tested positive for Coriseal, but then declares that she needs to talk to Holly and walks away.
Kristen questions Xander wanting to talk about work. Xander responds that he just needs some information on DiMera Enterprises and it’s about EJ as he knows she hates him and wants him brought to his knees. Kristen then asks how she can help.
Rita tells EJ that Kristen has committed questionable activities over the years, but trying to murder his son seems a bridge too far even for a DiMera. Rita starts to cry and says she can’t imagine why anyone would try to hurt Johnny, let alone his own aunt. EJ explains that Kristen wanted revenge for what she believes he’d done to her daughter. Rita thought Rachel was safely tucked away in Bayview. EJ responds that Kristen doesn’t see Bayview as safe, but as a hellhole and she blames him for putting her there, so she decided to retaliate by killing his son. Rita is thankful that she failed, then asks EJ what he’s going to do about it. EJ corrects that it’s what they are going to do about it.
Sarah enters Holly’s hosptial room to check on her. Holly says she’s feeling horrible and asks what happened. Sarah reveals that she had a seizure, but she’s stable now and she got her blood work back. Holly asks what’s wrong with her. Sarah responds that they are still working on it, but the results showed that she had a narcotic in her system. Holly calls that impossible. Sarah knows she doesn’t want to get in trouble and says all that is important is her health, so she needs her to tell her what she took.
Aaron watches on as Gabi tells Arianna that she just heard that Liam moved away, so she didn’t expect him. Arianna argues that Gabi questioned him coming back like it’s something he shouldn’t have done. Arianna then guesses that Liam left town because of Gabi.
Xander explains to Kristen that he’s been looking in to a drug manufactured by DiMera Pharmaceuticals a couple years ago and there might be an issue with it. Kristen questions why he cares about a drug, then realizes it has something to do with Sarah. Kristen asks why they are doing this to impress his ex. Xander calls it the right thing to do with lives at stake, but he thought the prospect of bringing EJ down might appeal to Kristen. Kristen hopes she’s not that predictable but says she’s all ears.
Rita assumes EJ will want to act quickly against Kristen. EJ says he’s decided to make her sweat by putting her on notice and that he made it clear the hammer will come down. Rita calls the element of surprise one of her favorites but says hammering Kristen may have to wait, because they have an urgent matter to deal with that also involves Johnny. EJ asks what now. Rita responds that she’s afraid naming Johnny as CEO of DiMera might not have been the wisest decision after all.
Holly swears to Sarah that she did not take anything and no one gave her drugs as she’s only been taking the meds that Dr. Fuller prescribed her. Sarah says the lab results also showed a narcotic. Sarah tells Holly to get some rest while they get to the bottom of this. Sarah says she’ll call Holly’s mom to update her but Holly says she will call her. Sarah adds that she will question Tate and Brady as well. Holly says she really needs to see Tate, so Sarah agrees to send him in.
Arianna says she knew it was Gabi’s fault that Liam left town and questions what she did. Gabi reluctantly admits that she gave Liam a lot of money to leave Salem so that her daughter wouldn’t have a criminal in her life and she stands by the decision. Arianna complains about Gabi acting like she didn’t know why Liam left Salem and lying to her face. Liam tells Ari not to be mad at Gabi because in a way, she did him a favor and she did the same for her.
Sarah goes back to Tate and Brady. Sarah says Holly is better and she needs to update them on her condition. Sarah explains that something came up in Holly’s toxicology report that she said she doesn’t remember taking. Sarah asks Tate if there’s any way that Holly could’ve accidentally come in to contact with a prescription narcotic which she reveals is Coriseal. Tate questions what is going on.
Xander asks Kristen if she still has access to DiMera records from two years ago to find out what happened to the drug. Kristen says maybe, so Xander asks what she wants in return.
Gabi questions Liam coming back and breaking their agreement if she did him such a favor. Ari tells Gabi that she’s not going to attack Liam when he came back because he was worried about her and thought she was in the hospital. Gabi questions why he would think that. Ari explains that Holly got sick at the cabin. Gabi asks if she’s okay. Aaron comes over and says he thought that Ari texted Gabi, but Gabi reveals she did not. Aaron tells Gabi that they just thought it was a stomach bug. Gabi asks if there’s any chance they caught it. Ari angrily tells Gabi not to change the subject. Gabi admits what she did was wrong and says they can go home to talk about it, but Ari declares she doesn’t want to be under the same roof as her or anywhere near her.
Tate questions what Coriseal is. Sarah repeats that it’s a narcotic. Tate argues that he sees how Sarah and Brady are looking at each other, so there’s obviously more to it. Brady explains that Sarah recently treated someone else, who died after taking Coriseal. Sarah adds that Holly said she had no idea how it ended up in her system. Tate asks if the other patient overdosed or what. Sarah states they believe she took some pills from a tainted batch, but it’s a very common drug so there’s no reason to think the same here. Tate argues that there’s no way Holly is using again. Brady says they want to believe that, but points out that she was able to hide it from him last time. Tate argues that Sarah has been seeing her this time and she hasn’t been secretive. Sarah talks about any possibility of an accident while Tate argues that they were in a cabin in the woods. Tate insists that after taking laced drugs and Sophia poisoning her, she would never mix anything and that all Holly has wanted is to be in control of her mind and her life again. Sarah calls it mystifying to her as well.
EJ questions Rita as to why it would be a mistake to name Johnny as CEO. Rita reveals that she received a call from the head of DiMera Pharmaceuticals, who said that Johnny has been snooping around the manufacturing arm and asking questions about a bad batch of Coriseal and why there are files missing. EJ is annoyed as they realize it was the batch they destroyed because it was contaminated with arsenic.
Gabi asks Arianna to be reasonable. Ari responds that she is being very reasonable as she tells Gabi and Liam both to get out of her face as she then walks away with Aaron. Gabi calls Liam an ungrateful idiot and yells at him that this is all his fault.
Xander questions what exactly Kristen wants in exchange for this information. Kristen reminds Xander that she asked him to take care of EJ and he refused. Xander questions thinking murdering EJ is a fair trade. Kristen clarifies that she doesn’t want him to kill EJ even though it would solve her problem because EJ wants to get rid of her, but she plans to bring EJ down first and get him before he gets her. Xander says if they work together, they can put EJ behind bars eventually. Kristen argues that eventually is not an option and they need to bring him down now as she can’t afford to wait. Xander guesses that Kristen is really scared, which she admits.
EJ doesn’t understand where this is coming from as he never heard any reports that the contaminated pills harmed anyone and there’s been no investigations, so he asks why Johnny is asking questions about this now.
Sarah appreciates Tate and Brady being concerned about Holly and promises they will get to the bottom of it. Tate goes to see Holly in her hospital room. Sarah tells Brady that she wishes she understood what’s happening and she feels terrible for not having answers. Brady asks her not to blame herself. Sarah argues that it’s her job to make it make sense, but she’s starting to question her ability to do it. Sarah complains that she let Destiny walk out and an hour later, she was dead while she can’t figure out what’s going on with her niece and it took her months to diagnose Marlena. Brady blames that on EJ’s budget cuts at the hospital so it wasn’t on her. Brady adds that Marlena made a full recovery because Sarah came through for her and he’s really confident that she will do the same for Holly.
Tate visits Holly and says she looks much better. Holly insists that she didn’t take some drug and that it feels exactly like when Sophia switched her meds. Holly calls it terrifying as she doesn’t understand why this is happening. Tate says that history is not repeating itself since Sophia is dead. Holly then asks what if she’s not.
Arianna and Aaron walk past the Brady Pub. Ari says she can’t believe her mother. Aaron says he’s not entirely sure what he just walked in on apart from her kissing Liam. Ari explains that it was her finding out that Gabi paid Liam off to leave Salem because she can’t stand the idea of her being happy. Aaron asks if that’s really why she did it. Ari argues that Gabi is trying to control her life and it pisses her off. Aaron points out that at least she cares about her and loves her.
Xander asks Kristen if EJ made a serious threat. Kristen calls it serious enough. Xander then gets interrupted by a call from Philip. Xander thanks him for letting him know and hangs up. Xander tells Kristen that he has to go and he’ll be in touch as he races out of the office.
Tate questions Holly not thinking Sophia is dead. Holly points out that they never found her body and asks what if she floated down the river and climbed out on Smith Island. Holly starts insisting that she knows it’s Sophia and she can’t believe this is happening again.
Sarah thanks Brady and goes to check in while Brady gets a call from Steve. Brady asks if the ISA had any luck tracking down the source of Liam’s windfall. Steve informs him that he received a cashier’s check from Gabi, so Brady realizes it had nothing to do with Destiny’s death. Brady guesses it must connect to DiMera Pharmaceuticals and declares that the one guy they need answers from now is EJ.
EJ asks Rita if she has any idea why Johnny would suddenly be interested in Coriseal. Rita says she doesn’t as Johnny wouldn’t say. EJ questions if they have anything to worry about since he was assured the contaminated batch was gotten rid of with no blowback. They admit they don’t like this being stirred up again while EJ assures that he intends to put a stop to it.
Gabi questions what Liam is still doing here. Liam says he just stopped by to say hi to Julie and pick up books for his son. Gabi complains that he completely blew up their deal. Liam argues that he never said he would never come back to Salem. Gabi argues that she paid him to leave Salem for good, not temporarily. Gabi adds that she also told him to never make contact with Arianna again. Liam responds that he didn’t say anything to her and if she just kept her mouth shut, none of this would’ve happened. Gabi remarks that he doesn’t have to suffer the consequences as her daughter will probably never speak to her again. Liam says that’s not his problem and walks away as Gabi screams at him to stay the hell away from her daughter. As Liam walks away, Kristen walks in to the town square and comments that he looks familiar.
Arianna says she knows Aaron is trying to help but asks him not to defend her mother, so he apologizes. Aaron says he would give anything to have his mother overstep boundaries and annoy the hell out of him, just to have her back. Ari didn’t mean to be insensitive as she knows his mom being sick has been hard, but it doesn’t make her any less mad at her mom. Aaron says he understands as they agree to go check on Holly.
Kristen approaches Gabi and asks who that was as he looked familiar. Gabi responds that he helped arrange for her family to spend the holidays in the Crypt and did Peter’s dirty work. Kristen remembers his picture from the paper and says maybe she’ll take a crack at him. Gabi says she already did for her. Kristen doesn’t blame her if he’s hanging around Arianna and remarks that Ari must be grateful that she’s so protective. Gabi wishes she could make Ari understand what she does is for her. Kristen responds that she knows exactly how she feels.
Sarah returns to Brady and tells him that Tate’s still with Holly, so they could grab coffee while they wait. Brady says he’d love to but he has to go as Rachel’s doctors think she’s ready to hear the news about Sophia, so he’s going to meet Kristen at Bayview to somehow break it to her. Sarah wishes him luck and hopes that goes well as Brady then exits. Xander then arrives and asks if Holly is okay. Sarah responds that she’s stable for now. Xander is sure she’ll be alright if Sarah is taking care of her. Xander then asks if Sarah is alright. Sarah starts to cry as Xander hugs her.
Tate tells Holly that she’s right that Sophia’s body was never found but the police dragged the river and if there was any chance or hope, they wouldn’t have called off the search. Tate promises there’s no way that Sophia could’ve done this. Tate tells Holly to get some rest. Holly argues that she’s not crazy. Tate says he didn’t say she was but she’s in recovery, so he encourages her to get better and they’ll worry about the rest. Tate brings up when Holly overdosed and he almost lost her, he thought it was as scared as he’s ever been. Tate declares he can’t let that ever happen again.
Rita asks EJ what she can do to help. EJ says he needs time to formulate a plan but it’s the worst possible time. Rita wonders if she shouldn’t have brought it to his attention yet. EJ is glad she did but his plate is full. EJ says it’s been a couple of years since he thought about the contaminated batch of pills, so he thought that problem was buried for good. Rita then reveals that the pills were actually buried on Smith Island.
Back to the Main Days of Our Lives Page
Back to the Main Daytime Updates Page
