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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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Cat knocked out EJ. She looked around the living room. It occurred to Cat that the living room was the worst place to hide secrets so she decided to check the tunnels. She saw a cot in the wine room. Cat took pictures of the room before she went upstairs. She woke EJ up. He told her someone was targeting his family. Abe and Paulina has trouble with Trey and decided to call Theo. Before Theo could answer, he got off the phone. Someone grabbed Theo outside of the pub. Abe thought Theo didn’t hear him and hung up the phone. At the pub, Jada and Gabi caught up with each other. Philip showed up at the pub. Jada wondered where Theo was. JJ called Jada to tell her that Chad was missing. She left to find Theo but she couldn’t find him. Jada found Theo’s phone on the ground. She called Abe to let him know about Theo. Abe left the apartment. He went to the police station. Jada told him they didn’t have any information. She said she was working with Rafe and the FBI. Abe asked her if he could help. Jada told him that someone Theo trusted grabbed him. Abe thought about asking for EJ’s help to get Theo out of DiMera Enterprises.

Chad told Kristen and Tony to get ready for their captor’s return. While they were talking, a gunshot could be heard. Theo was thrown in the room with them. He told them what happened to him. Chad said whoever did this to them had to be watching them. Theo realized what was going on. He said the kids should be safe because the person was after power and money. Stefano’s family was kidnapped. It was possible that EJ was behind the kidnapping. When Kristen and Tony suspected EJ, Chad defended him. Kristen wasn’t convinced that EJ wasn’t responsible. Theo thought EJ wouldn’t kill them, but wasn’t sure if he wouldn’t. Cat asked EJ if he thought he would be the next one missing. While they were talking, Abe texted EJ to tell him what happened to Theo. EJ told Cat what happened and wanted her to leave. Cat said she was worried about his safety before she kissed him.

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Brady told Tate what Rachel did. He told Tate to keep it quiet from everyone. Kate went to see Maggie to talk about Titan. Stephanie’s new book wasn’t doing well and neither was Titan. Kate told Maggie that she wasn’t ruthless enough and needed to steal DiMera executives. Maggie said she didn’t think Tony would like that when he came back. She told Kate to stay in her lane. Brady showed up to tell Maggie about Rachel, Sarah, and the pistachio ice cream. He told Maggie that he didn’t want to live with Marlena and blamed her for what happened. Arianna met with Kate at the pub. She apologized to Kate for not being there for Thanksgiving. Arianna told Kate that Leo proposed to Javi. She let Kate know that she hated Leo. Kate said she didn’t have to like Leo. While they were talking, Arianna asked Kate about an internship with Titan. Kate didn’t think it was a good idea, but she was willing to put in a good word for her at DiMera. Holly went to the square and looked through Stephanie’s mail. She noticed that her mail was from a stalker.

Sophia told Rachel that she pretended to be comatose to get the upper hand. She told Rachel that she wasn’t ready to talk to people, but she wanted to comfort Rachel. Rachel understood what Sophia was doing and promised to keep her secret. She told Sophia that she almost killed two people on purpose, Sophia was shocked when she heard the confession. She wanted to know who adopted her baby. Before Rachel could answer her, Tate showed up. Sophia went mute again. Sophia left the room. Rachel didn’t have any use for Tate. When the nurse came in to say the visiting hours were over, Rachel was upset. Maggie wanted to make sure Brady was sober. He told her he was sober. Maggie told him he could move in until he found his own place. Sophia went back to Rachel’s room to find out who had her baby. When Sophia found out, she was furious.

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When Brady went home, Tate wondered where he was. He told Tate that his phone died. Brady said Marlena was okay, but Rachel wasn’t. He let Tate know that Rachel was in the psyche ward and was going to Bayview. Tate was shocked that Rachel wasn’t doing well. Brady wouldn’t tell Tate everything that was going on with Rachel. He told Tate they would go see Marlena and Belle and would sneak and see Rachel. Brady said he and Belle decided to wait to tell Marlena about Rachel until she was out of the hospital. When Alex came home, Stephanie was finishing up a press release. He found a box of fan mail with Stephanie’s real name on it. After he opened the letter, he was shocked. Alex read the letter and said it was from a love sick stalker. Stephanie thought it was a crazy fan. She thought it was harmless. Belle surprised Marlena by bringing Thanksgiving to her at the hospital. She told Marlena that Brady and the others would be there soon. They talked about it being the first Thanksgiving without John. Marlena said the greatest gift John gave her was Belle. She told Belle that John lived in everyone who loved him.

Brady and Tate went to see Rachel. He told Tate to go see Marlena, but Tate thought he should go see her so he could tell her what happened. Tate thought Marlena would be upset if she found out later on. Brady decided Tate was right and thought she was well enough to know the truth. He went to Marlena’s room. Marlena asked about Rachel and Tate. Brady said Rachel wasn’t feeling well. When Brady and Belle had different answers about what was wrong with Rachel, Marlena thought the secret they were keeping was stressful. Brady told Marlena about the pistachio incident. He said it triggered Rachel’s memory and she remembered shooting EJ. Brady told Marlena that Rachel was going to Bayview. Marlena said she wished she knew Rachel was still a danger to others. Belle wanted to know what she meant by that. Marlena admitted that she knew about Rachel shooting EJ. She said she was with EJ when he remembered Rachel shooting him. Marlena said EJ forced Kristen to free Johnny. She said Kristen confessed to protect Rachel. Brady was shocked Marlena didn’t tell him sooner. Marlena said Rachel suppressed the memory. She said she thought she would be there for Rachel when she remembered what happened, Brady thought Marlena should have told him about Rachel since he was her father. Marlena said him being her father was the reason why she didn’t tell him.

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Jennifer went over the Thanksgiving seating cards. When Julie came home, she wanted Thomas to put Doug’s away. Thomas wanted to throw Chad’s out. Jennifer told him not to talk about his father like that. When Julie came back, Jennifer asked Julie how she was holding up since it was one year since Doug died. Julie said she was holding up and was grateful to have her family with her. Charlotte and Thomas came in. She said she missed her father. Thomas started picking on Charlotte. Julie told Thomas to be nice to Chad for Thanksgiving. Jennifer wanted him to invite Chad over. Thomas ended up agreeing to invite him over. Gabi and Philip were on a date at the pub. She invited him over for Thanksgiving. Xander called Philip to tell him about Sarah. He wanted Philip to find out what room she was in. Philip asked Maggie about Sarah.

Brady went to check on Sarah. He apologized for Rachel nearly killing her. Sarah didn’t know what he was talking about. Brady told Sarah that Rachel shot EJ. Sarah wanted to know why. Brady asked her to keep it a secret. Sarah said it was upsetting, she wasn’t mad. She said he was a loving father to Rachel. Xander showed up and saw them together. When Sarah noticed Xander, she told him what happened and wanted him to leave. After Xander left, Sarah said what Xander did to her was nothing compared to what Brady was going through with Rachel. She said she wanted Rachel to get better. They talked about the baby switch and the kidnapping. Sarah said she realized what went wrong with her and Xander. Jennifer let Julie know that she wasn’t upset that she wanted the kids to invite Chad. She told Julie that she didn’t want to shut Chad out of his kids’ lives, but she wanted them to live with her in Boston. Julie told her it would be a mistake to take the kids. Jennifer said it was the right thing to do.

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Belle talked to Kayla about Marlena’s Lyme disease but the results weren’t ready. EJ went to see Marlena. She was reading a story about Kristen breaking out of prison. Marlena was upset about what Kristen would do and what would happen to Rachel. Kayla and Belle came in to find out what was going on. Marlena and EJ said there was nothing going on. When EJ left, Kayla and Belle told Marlena could come home for Thanksgiving. Belle left the room and ran into EJ. She wanted him to tell her what happened between him and Marlena. At the pub, Sarah gasped for air. Rachel watched her and remembered shooting EJ. Brady stuck Sarah with an EpiPen. Rachel apologized before running to the door. Javi showed up and said Sarah was okay. He took her to the hospital. Brady was upset with Rachel. When Brady and Rachel showed up at the hospital, she saw Belle and EJ together. Rachel went to the bathroom. Brady followed her. EJ managed not to answer Belle’s question about Marlena.

Brady wanted Rachel to tell him what she did. He asked if she knew what she was doing. Rachel said it was only a little bit. She said she didn’t know anything bad would happen. Rachel asked if Sarah was going to die. Brady said he didn’t know if she was. Kayla showed up and told them that Sarah was stable. Belle and Kayla went to check on Marlena. Brady told Rachel that she could have killed Sarah. He asked her why she did what she did. Rachel said she was a bad person. Brady said she wasn’t a bad person. Rachel said he didn’t know everything. Leo met with Gwen and told her he wasn’t going to find Dimitri. He said he was happy with Javi and busy writing about the DiMeras. Gwen tried to convince Leo to go back to Dimitri. When he refused to do it, she suggested that he get closure for both of them. Leo said he was done with Dimitri. At the DiMera mansion, Gwen told EJ that the plan to get rid of Leo didn’t work. She said Leo was obsessed with Kristen and Tony and gave up on the lab. EJ didn’t think that was good enough. He said if she was wrong about Leo, his siblings wouldn’t be the only ones missing. When Kayla and Belle went back to Marlena’s room, Marlena’s heart started racing. Kayla talked to a cardiologist and said Marlena needed a pacemaker. Marlena let Belle know that everything was going to be okay. Kayla went to checked on Sarah. She told Sarah she had an allergic reaction to pistachio ice cream. Brady asked Rachel what she did. Rachel said she was the one who shot EJ.

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EJ ran into Johnny and Trey at the pub. He asked Johnny if he could see the baby. Johnny let him see the baby. When EJ looked at the baby, Johnny told him that nothing changed. EJ said he knew that it didn’t change anything, He said he promised Amy that he would stay away from the baby in exchange for allowing Johnny to adopt the baby. Johnny was shocked. EJ said he would do anything for him, He told Johnny that Tony was missing and that Kristen escaped prison. Johnny said that was a reminder that it’s dangerous to be a DiMera. EJ reminded him that he was a DiMera. Paulina helped Chanel with the baby. Chanel said she was overwhelmed. Paulina said she could complain and suggested she take time off from the bakery. She advised Chanel to lean on Johnny and make time for herself. Shawn ran into Belle. She told him what was going on with her mother. Belle beat herself up for falling for EJ. Shawn said she wanted to see the best in people. He said she would find someone who would treat her the way she deserved to be treated. Shawn said he was sorry he wasn’t the person. Belle said he was the person even if it didn’t work out.

While Cat was at the square, Liam tried to take her purse, but she stopped him. He tried to run away, but Abe stopped him. Liam told him he had to feed his kid. He asked Abe not to say anything so he wouldn’t go back to jail. Abe agreed not to say anything since he didn’t actually steal the purse. He told Liam not to do anything like that again. Liam promised not to do it again. Cat said they could forget what happened and left. Liam said he wasn’t that kind of guy. Abe told him there were resources available and offered him money. Liam didn’t want to take his money. Chad read the edits Leo did on his dating profile. He ended up running into Cat while she was icing down her wrist. Chad wondered what happened. Cat told him that someone tried to mug her. After they talked, she walked away from him. Chad looked at his profile before sending it out. Belle and Shawn talked about putting themselves out there. When they were finished talking, Belle got an alert on her phone. Chad turned out to be a match for her on the dating app.

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