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Leo drank his sorrows away at the pub. Chad showed up and saw Leo. He told Chad what happened with Dimitri. Chad wanted to talk things out. After they talked about Leo’s situation, Leo asked Chad about the custody mediation. Instead of answering, Chad took Leo home. Rachel told Sophia that she felt bad about stealing money from her father. Sophia told her about getting over adversity. They went over the plan. Sophia put on a hoodie and left the room. Rachel went to Sophia’s bed. A nurse noticed something was off. Brady talked to Tate about losing his job. He told Tate that he was ready for a change. Brady said he wanted Basic Black to be a legacy for him and Rachel. He suggested that Tate run the company at some point since he was a business major. Tate said he wasn’t interested. Brady understood but he didn’t know who else would do it. When they decided to get pizza, Brady realized his wallet was empty. He thought about Rachel rushing him out of the room. Brady got a call from Bayview and left.

Gwen welcomed Kristen home. She comforted Kristen over Peter and what happened in the crypt. Kristen said she wanted to move on. She said she wanted to move on from the house. Gwen was disappointed not to have one of her friends around. Kristen said she wanted to be away from EJ. She told Gwen that she would stay while EJ was out of town. When Gwen mentioned Statesville, Kristen was upset. Kristen wanted to go to bed. Gwen told her Dimitri was there. Kristen was surprised that he was there. Gwen said Dimitri was lying about the kidnapping and how he was trying to get her money. Kristen said she knew Gwen wouldn’t let him get away with it. Brady wanted to know what was going on with Rachel. He asked her where Sophia was. Rachel said she didn’t know where she was. While she was talking, she let it slip that Sophia could talk. Brady said he knew she stole the money and gave it to Sophia. He demanded to know where Sophia was.

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Stephanie was working on the engagement announcement for the Spectator when Steve told her it wouldn’t be a good idea. She said she knew it was dangerous but that was why she wanted to do it. Steve and Alex didn’t like the idea. Stephanie didn’t care. She said she was taking control over her life and there was nothing they could do about it. They decided to flush the stalker out. Steve saw something suspicious on the internet. The stalker posted a message about getting rid of her boyfriend. While they were looking on the message board, they noticed that the stalker posted a picture from that morning that Steve didn’t notice. Dimitri kissed Leo. Leo told him that he loved Javi. When Leo was about to leave, Dimitri said they both felt the kiss. He told Leo that nothing changed between them despite Leo’s denial. Leo said he changed and was happy. Sarah talked to Javi about Leo. When she brought up couples bonding over babies, Javi said it wasn’t enough. Sarah said it would be enough if he weren’t stubborn.

Xander fired Brady. Maggie came in to keep things from getting out of control. She was shocked to hear what Xander did. Brady walked out of the office. Maggie went after him and told him he wasn’t fired. Brady said he was ready to go. Maggie said she would keep Basic Black alive. She went back to Xander’s office to rip into him. Maggie asked if he could think before he acted. While they were talking, Maggie sent Xander home. When Xander left, Maggie called Sarah and told her that Xander fired Brady. Sarah found Brady who told her it was a blessing in disguise. Brady thought it was a relief to have an excuse to move on even though it meant leaving Basic Black. Sarah said Basic Black was John’s legacy. Xander and Leo met at the pub. He told Leo what to do about Dimitri. Leo said Javi deserved better. Xander said that was how he felt about Sarah. He told Leo that he loved Sarah and Victoria too much to stay. While Javi was in the town square, Dimitri showed up to make things worse. Dimitri was shocked when Javi told him that he sent Leo to him. He told Javi that he and Leo kissed. Javi said he was glad to have confirmation that Dimitri was a jerk and walked away from him.

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Alex went to see Xander to tell him about his engagement. He noticed Bonnie’s manuscript on Xander’s desk. Xander wanted to talk about Stephanie’s failing mystery novel. He told Alex that Stephanie needed to do more publicity. Alex wanted to cancel the promotion. He told Xander about the stalker. Xander understood about the stalker, but said Titan had security. He told Alex that Stephanie had to honor her contract. Alex said Stephanie didn’t have to honor her contract. He told Xander to let Stephanie work on another novel. Xander said he would talk to Stephanie, but Alex said he wouldn’t do it. Jada took the handcuffs off of Kristen. Kayla came in and told Kristen that her infection was gone. She told Kristen that she could sign the forms to take Peter off life support if she still wanted to do it. Justin brought her the paperwork. Kirsten signed the papers. She went to see Peter so she could talk to her. Kristen wanted to have faith. Kayla said it wasn’t likely that Peter was going to survive off life support.

Kayla started the process to take Peter off life support. Peter started breathing and his vitals went back to normal. Kristen gave permission for extra treatments and medicine. Kayla suggested that Kristen talk to Peter. When Kayla left, Peter grabbed for Kristen’s arm. Kristen said she forgave him and wanted him to forgive her too. He said he would see her in Hell. Peter yelled at her until she left. Rafe was in Jada’s office when she got back. He said the FBI encrypted the signal from the hidden crypt camera. Rafe said Peter may not have planted the camera. He said the signal was going to Alamania. Jada asked if it was Vivian and Rafe said it was. Rafe said Vivian wouldn’t benefit if the DiMeras died, but Stefan would. He said it was too bad Stefan was dead. Jada went over the evidence of Stefan’s death. They wondered why Vivian would go to all of this trouble to fake Stefan’s death if he was alive. At the hospital, someone dressed as a doctor injected something into Peter’s IV. Kristen told Kayla what happened with Peter. Kayla called Jada to tell her what happened. While Kayla was talking to Jada, she got a code blue from Peter’s room.The doctor came out of Peter’s room. It turned out to be Rolf.

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Leo and Javi were shocked to see Dimitri. Gwen came over to talk to them. Leo wanted to know what was going on. Dimitri said he was kidnapped after he got out of prison and was taken to Alamania. He said he was taken from the man he loved. Dimitri said he had a gun to his head when he wrote the goodbye letter. He said he never saw who made him do it, but he had an idea who did it. Everyone looked at Gwen. She denied having anything to do with what happened. Leo tried to cope with the fact that Dimitri never stopped loving him. He told Dimitri that he was in love with someone else. Dimitri referred to Javi as Leo’s new husband. He told Leo that he was sent to town and went to the Salem Inn and didn’t know about the wedding. Dimitri thought Gwen set everything up. He said his flight was delayed, but if it wasn’t, he would have showed up during the wedding. Javi told Leo to deal with his feelings for Dimitri. He told Leo that he was going to ask Marlena not to file the marriage certificate yet. Javi said Leo had to figure it out without him. He walked off. Leo ripped into Dimitri and Gwen before he walked off. Dimitri accused Gwen of setting everything up and was determined to prove it. He said he would make her pay. Gwen was afraid of the threat. Sarah told Brady that they were going to celebrate the new year. She said they needed to talk about the kiss. Brady wanted to kiss again. Maggie interrupted them. They invited Maggie to join them, but she refused. When Maggie left, Brady and Sarah kissed each other. Javi rang in the new year crying. Leo went to their room.

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Belle went to EJ’s office to get Kristen out of prison. EJ agreed with her. He signed a document agreeing to Kristen recanting her confession and getting Rachel some help. He apologized to Belle for how he treated her and brought up how she reacted to him being missing. Belle said despite their problems, she didn’t want him to be dead. Brady went to the hospital to get her free and to help Rachel get better. Kristen was still shocked that Peter tried to kill her family. She said she was worried that Rachel’s life would be ruined and she would be judged once it came out. Brady said he and Belle would make sure it didn’t get out. Melinda showed up to see Kristen. Belle came in with the signed document from EJ. Kristen signed the document recanting her confession. Belle and Melinda left the room. Rachel went to see Sophia to tell her how her holiday was. Sophia said she was never going home because her parents fought all the time and her mother had unreasonable expectations. She told Rachel that she was leaving Salem for good after she took care of some things. After Rachel left, Melinda showed up to see Sophia. Melinda apologized for what happened with the baby.

Tony and Chad went to EJ’s office to talk about Peter. Chad said he didn’t want to pull the plug. EJ said he wanted him gone. He said DiMeras tended to rise above the ashes to finish what they started. Tony said they should find out what Kristen wanted. Kristen went to Peter’s room and apologized to him and said she couldn’t let the DiMeras die. She said she was one of the DiMeras no matter what. Kristen said Peter was a Blake and she would love him too. Chad and Tony showed up to see what she wanted to do. Kristen said she would leave Peter’s fate in God’s hands. She didn’t think Peter would want to live like this and wanted to pull the plug. If he breathed on his own, it was God’s plan. Tony hugged her. EJ told Belle that Sydney had a panic attack after finding out about the threat to the DiMeras. He said she hasn’t been doing well so he wanted to see her.

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Roman went to see Marlena. She broke down and cried in his arms because she was thinking about John. Marlena told Roman that she was home by herself. They talked about how much she has been struggling. Roman said it was her first Christmas without John and she needed to be patient with herself. He decided to take her out. Marlena said she felt better looking at the decorations and thanked him for helping her feel better. He took her to the pub. Kate and Lucas were talking about turning Stephanie’s book into a movie. Marlena was upset when they talked about Stephanie’s stalker and Steve having to find the stalker on his own. Rafe went home and told Gabi that Stefan was dead. Gabi was shocked. She couldn’t believe it. Gabi didn’t think Peter and Vivian were reliable. Arianna tried to convince Gabi that it was true. Rafe said the FBI was working to confirm if it was true. He showed her a picture of Stefan’s tombstone that Vivian had. Rafe said Jake’s heart gave out on him. Gabi finally believed it was true and left the house. Rafe told Arianna that he didn’t see what Vivian would gain by lying. Gabi ran into Philip. She told him about Stefan. Gabi said she wished she didn’t care, but she did. Roman checked on Marlena by the bar. Marlena said it hurt to hear that Steve was investigating without John. When she broke down in the pub, he hugged her and said he would always be there for her. Kate looked at them and was annoyed.

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Julie called Maggie to let her know that Christmas Eve was canceled for the first time ever. She said they would hang the ornaments when everyone was in the mood to celebrate. When she got off the phone, she cried. Eli and Lani showed up at Julie’s house. They told her the twins were looking forward to putting up the ornaments. Eli noticed the tree wasn’t decorated. Julie said the celebration was canceled because it didn’t seem right to celebrate. Julie apologized for the tree not being decorated, but she couldn’t wait to see the twins. Eli said they would get the house looking like Christmas. He found the ornaments and suggested that they hang up a few of them. They put the ornaments on the tree. Julie thanked them for what they did for her and for keeping her strong. Rafe and Jada went to the DiMera mansion. They thought the DiMeras were in the crypt.

Kristen knocked Peter out with the femur. Tony took the vial of gas from Peter. It was still sealed. Kristen was upset at the idea of killing her brother. Peter ended up falling on one of the bones. Chad took the key from Peter. Kristen apologized to Peter. Tony helped Kristen out of the crypt. EJ and Chad carried Theo out of the crypt. At the DiMera mansion, Jada and Rafe didn’t find the crypt key. Tony and Kristen called out. Rafe sat Kristen in a chair. Tony said Kristen was sick and Theo was injured. Rafe went to the crypt and brought out Chad, Theo, and EJ. Jada called for medical assistance. Rafe wanted to know what happened. The DiMeras said Peter was responsible. Kristen said Peter was still in the crypt and that she may have killed him. Rafe went back to the crypt. The DiMeras told Jada about Theo’s injuries and Peter’s plan. Tony told Jada that Kristen saved them. He said Peter broke Kristen out of prison and kidnapped all of them. The ambulance showed up. Theo was unconscious, but his vitals were strong. Chad credited Theo for why their families were able to spend Christmas with them. He said Theo’s family will be happy to see him. Jada asked Kristen about Peter kidnapping her. Kristen said Peter was a good brother most of their lives. EJ said they should finish the questions when Kristen’s attorney was there. When Kristen and EJ were alone, she blamed him for why Rachel was in Bayview and she was in prison. She said she wished he died in the crypt. Javi told Rafe that it was too soon to tell if Peter was going to make it. He told Rafe they had to treat Peter’s situation as a spinal injury. Peter ended up coding. Javi said Peter was alive, but badly injured. He said Theo was on his way to the hospital. Jada said she wanted statements from all of them. Rafe talked to Statesville and found out the BOLO on Kristen was lifted. He asked what happened to them. EJ said how he was kidnapped and that he hadn’t spoken to Peter in years. While he was talking, EJ thought Rafe accused him of working with Peter. Rafe said they would get him one day. Jada called Abe to tell him about Theo. Abe and Paulina went to the hospital. Rafe said forensics found a camera hidden in the crypt. They also found a pouch with syringes and a burner phone. There were also human remains in the crypt. Rafe asked if they knew who they were. Chad said Theo thought it was a Dimitri or Stefan. Rafe said they reached out to Vivian and Stefan to warn them about the kidnapping, but they haven’t heard from them. The DiMeras said Peter was inspired by Vivian. At the hospital, Kristen tried to reach out to Bayview, but she couldn’t talk to Rachel. Chad said they could see each Rachel tomorrow. Kristen said she refused to let the truth come out. She said she was willing to go back to prison to protect her daughter. Chad apologized for what she was going through. EJ went to the secret lab. He apologized to the person in the green capsule. EJ apologized for what happened.

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Belle went to the Kiriakis mansion to see Brady. He told her that they were going to lose Titan, the house, and everything. Brady told her that Rachel had to spend Christmas at Bayview. He told her that Rachel was improving. Belle suggested that he talk to Marlena about what was going on. She tried to guilt him by saying their father would be disappointed if he didn’t forgive her. While she was talking, Belle told Brady that Kristen pushed Marlena to keep quiet about Rachel. Paulina went to see Marlena to let her know that she couldn’t make Rachel’s legal problems disappear. She told Marlena not to beat herself up about it. Brady showed up at Marlena’s place. He told her he forgave her and wanted her back in his life. Brady said Rachel would love to see her. They talked about what needed to be done. Marlena thought mental illness might run in the family. She suggested that it went from Rachel’s grandmother to Kristen to Rachel. Brady said he thought it was time to get his own place.

Kristen passed out from her fever. EJ and Tony woke up from the noise. Peter accused EJ of trying to kill them.When EJ tried to help Kristen, Peter told him not to touch her. Peter thought the family should hate EJ for what he’s done to all of them. When Chad tried to defend EJ, Peter cut him off to say that he was following the family for years. He knew that EJ slept with Abby. Chad said he never forgave EJ for that. Peter said he hated EJ as well as Stefano’s warped family. He said that was why he stayed away all this time. Peter continued to get the family to turn against EJ. Kristen interrupted to say that someone else could be responsible. She said it could be Peter. Kristen told them how Peter could be involved. Theo agreed with Kristen. The DiMeras turned against Peter. They wanted Peter to empty his pockets. Whoever had the weapon was responsible. Peter refused to empty his pockets. Theo went after Peter and ended up hitting his head against a wall. Peter confessed that he was responsible and took out a vial of gas. He told them to stay back or he would kill them.

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Belle went to the hospital. She told Marlena that Brady moved in with Maggie. Marlena said she couldn’t forgive herself. She told Belle that she was done with seeing patients. Xander went to the Kiriakis mansion with gifts. Brady wanted to know why he was there. Xander said he was there with gifts. He was upset about Brady living there temporarily. They talked about the DiMeras being missing and denied being responsible for it. After Brady left, Xander came back with an extra gift. Sarah came home and was upset about him being there. Xander said he was upset that Brady was living there. Tate and Brady went to see Rachel. Brady said he was proud of the progress she was making. Rachel said she made a new friend in Sophia. She told them Sophia couldn’t talk, but they played board games. Tate and Brady didn’t think it was a good idea to be friends with Sophia. They gave Rachel Christmas decorations which made her realize she wouldn’t be home for Christmas. Rachel said she wanted to see her mother. They told her they would spend Christmas with her.

When Kristen woke up and saw EJ, she thought she was hallucinating. She thought he was behind what happened. He told her Rachel remembered what happened and was in Bayview. Kristen was upset. Chad found out what happened with Rachel. He told them that Leo told him Johnny was going to be found not guilty for shooting EJ. A furious Kristen flipped out on EJ. She said if he didn’t make her confess, she wouldn’t have gone to prison and Rachel wouldn’t be in Bayview. Brady and Tate went to the pub. Tate tried to tell Brady that he wouldn’t be around for Christmas. Brady said he and Rachel were struggling. Tate looked at his plane ticket and decided not to say anything. Xander called Sarah out for having feelings for Brady. Sarah said it was none of his business. Xander said he would never have feelings for anyone else. Belle brought Marlena home. Marlena was happy to find out Tate didn’t move out. They talked about Rachel. Belle realized Kristen acted without Marlena’s input. She wanted to tell Brady, but Marlena didn’t want her to say anything, Marlena said she went along with the plan.

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Alex opened an envelope that had white powder in it. He and Stephanie left the apartment. While they were leaving, they ran into Jada and told her what happened. Jada told them it could be a biothreat and then called the police. Javi examined them and said it didn’t look like they were exposed to anything. The powder needed to be examined so they couldn’t be around people. Steve and Kayla showed up. Stephanie and Alex told them what happened. They talked about the letters Stephanie got. Steve told them that the only prints that were on the letter were Holly’s. He said the writer knew the prints would be incriminating because they have a criminal record. Steve thought the person was obsessed with Stephanie and wanted to Alex out. Gwen found EJ’s phone on the floor and looked for him. She talked to Susan about EJ being missing. Susan called in a missing person report. Rita called EJ. Gwen deleted their conversations. When Susan got off the phone, she tried to get a vibe but couldn’t find EJ. She felt like something was blocking her. Jada showed up and swept the mansion. She took EJ’s phone from Gwen. The whole phone was wiped. Susan thought the person who erased the phone kidnapped EJ. Jada didn’t think that made sense and thought that it looked like EJ staged the kidnapping.

EJ woke up in the crypt. Theo and Chad told him what was going on. EJ said he had the entrance to the crypt sealed off after what happened. He said no one would think to look there. EJ wanted to know why they haven’t charged the door yet. There wasn’t a way out. Chad told Theo to get some sleep. He asked EJ how his kids were. EJ said they were okay and got a continuance from the judge at the court hearing. Chad thanked him. While they were talking, Chad accused EJ of being thrown in to look innocent. He told EJ that he was never a victim. Chad wanted EJ to tell him he didn’t kidnap them. EJ didn’t deny being responsible, but he blamed other people. Javi told Stephanie and Alex that the substance was powered sugar. They were relieved, but the writer could still be dangerous. Steve said he was moving in to protect them. Jada took EJ’s phone for fingerprints and wanted to recover any wiped data. A panicked Gwen dropped a glass. While they were picking up the glass, Jada noticed a syringe and took it as evidence. When Jada left, Susan accused Gwen of trying to hide something. Susan threatened to make Gwen pay if she had something to do with what happened to EJ. Theo woke up and told EJ and Chad that Kristen had a fever from her wound.

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Leo went to see Johnny. He told Johnny that he saw EJ talking to Gwen at the gala. Leo wanted Johnny to pull up the footage that Holly took.He let Johnny know that he was working on a story about EJ building a secret lab in the free clinic. Leo thought Gwen was involved and thought it might have to do with why Johnny’s family was missing. Johnny pulled up the footage. Leo tried to read their lips and saw that EJ wanted Gwen to handle something and Gwen talked about a delivery. Johnny said he would send Leo the footage when he was done. Jeremy and Maggie were at the town square. While they were talking, he told her he was on Chad’s side when it concerned the custody battle. Maggie said she was torn but hoped Chad was found soon. Jeremy told Maggie that he knew Titan was in danger so he was willing to help if she wanted him too. Maggie said one of the writers have been letter from a troubled fan who lived in Salem. Jeremy thought Maggie was talking about Stephanie. Maggie asked if he was the obsessed fan. Jeremy was upset that his family thought so little of him. He became upset. Maggie told him she didn’t think he was the stalker, but she had to ask. Jeremy said it felt like she didn’t have his back which made him sad because she was like a grandmother to him. He walked away from her.

Rafe and Cat talked about the things in the secret room being gone. They thought someone caught her snooping. Rafe thought her cover might have been blown and that drugging EJ was a risk she didn’t need to take. Cat said she was worried about Chad and have been putting a timeline together. She thought the texts sent from Chad to Julie weren’t from him. They thought the calls Tony made were from someone else too. When they went over the suspects, Cat realized that Rafe was focused on EJ and thought his bias was clouding his judgment. Rafe admitted to his bias. He said he knew the DiMeras chose money and power over their own family so he was putting his money on EJ. At the DiMera mansion, EJ told Gwen that someone ripped off Jada that Rolf was in the secret room. Gwen said it wasn’t her. They argued over it until EJ realized Leo was the one who did it. He said Leo was lurking around for weeks and Rita caught him in the lab months ago. Gwen said she didn’t tell Leo anything and that he didn’t know anything. EJ wanted reassurance or he would take care of Leo. Gwen wanted to know what he was going to do to Leo. EJ said it was better for her not to know. EJ called someone and told them he had an important job. When Gwen went to the front door, Leo was there. She told him that he shouldn’t be there. Leo said he had proof that she and EJ were working together. He said when he exposed their plan, she and EJ would go to jail unless she came clean with him. At the DiMera crypt, Theo had a human bone. Chad was afraid the bone was Abby’s. When Theo examined the bone, he said he didn’t think it was Abby’s since it was a large bone and Abby was small. Chad was relieved to know it wasn’t Abby. Theo said the bone was a man’s bone. He told Chad that Stefan and Dimitri were missing. Chad said it could be an enemy. While they were talking, the crypt door opened. Gwen warned Leo that he should be focused on protecting Javi from seeing his body pulled out of the Salem River. She suggested that he go away for a while and mind his business. Chad and Theo discovered another body in the crypt. It was EJ.

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Paulina told Chanel that someone was after the DiMeras. Chanel panicked. Paulina told her she would keep them safe. Chanel didn’t think that EJ was involved but he might have it out for her. Brady told Tate that he was moving out of the townhouse. He told Tate he could pick where he wanted to live. Brady took his bags to the Kiriakis mansion. Sarah was surprised to see him. He told her what Marlena did. They talked about Rachel and Kristen. Brady said he was grateful to Kristen as a parent, but his feelings toward her haven’t changed. Rachel complained about the food at the hospital. Sophia said she would sneak out to get burgers, but she needed Rachel’s help. She wanted Rachel to pretend to be her and then let her back in. Rachel didn’t want to do it at first, but Sophia convinced her. The plan worked and Sophia came back with food. Stephanie was in her room at Chicago and heard a noise. She grabbed a knife and almost attacked Alex. He said he wanted to surprise her. She was happy to see him. A person wearing a leather jacket was outside of her room.

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