Days of Our Lives Short Recap Friday, January 22, 2021

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Recap written by Suzanne

Ben sees Allie sitting on a bench in the Horton Square, by herself, looking sad. He asks her how she’s doing after explaining that he heard about what Charlie did to her. She opens up to him about how she’s feeling. Meanwhile, Claire is walking when Charlie sees her and asks her not to believe all the terrible things people are saying about her. She tells him off for everything he’s done. Ben sees them and tells Charlie to leave her alone.

Kate arrives at DiMera to see Gabi kissing Jake. Jake swears that it wasn’t what it looked like. Gabi and Kate yell at each other. Gabi brings up Kate’s past, so Kate does the same. Gabi leaves in a huff. Kate tells Jake she knows that this was all Gabi, not him. At Jack and Jenn’s house, Chad tells Abigail that Gwen claims to be Jack’s daughter and that she’s the one that drugged her. At the Salem Inn, Jack and Jenn are shocked when a vengeful Gwen tells them that her mother was Tiffany Rizczech, a cocktail waitress that Jack slept with in Chicago (before moving to Salem). She claims that he sent Tiffany checks, but they stopped when her mother died. Jack swears that the name is not familiar and he doesn’t remember her; also, he never sent any checks. He thinks Tiffany was lying to Gwen. Gwen, very upset, thinks he’s the one who’s lying. She brings up his past as a rapist and once again vows to destroy their family. She orders them out and then sits in her room, crying. Gabi sees Chad at the DiMera mansion. He apologizes for accusing her of drugging Abigail; he tells her that Gwen did it.

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Days of Our Lives Short Recap Thursday, January 21, 2021

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Tony finds Kate drinking at the DiMera mansion. They catch up about Chad resigning and Jake taking his place. Tony praises Kate’s beauty but puts down Jake’s lack of qualifications, so Kate gets annoyed with him. At home, Jack and Jennifer are shocked when Abby tells them that Chad slept with Gwen and Abby has left him. They tell her that it’s fine if she and the kids stay with them. Jack gets a phone call from Anna about her earlier run-in with Gwen. Jack and Jenn decide to head over to the Salem Inn to confront Gwen. She lets them in after they demand to know why she did all this to their family. She tells them that she’s Jack’s daughter. Chad visits Rolf at the prison to find out what he knows about Gwen. Rolf denies knowing her at first but then spills the beans. He tells Chad that Gwen was the one who poisoned Abby. Later, Chad goes to see Abby to let her know what Rolf told him.

Anna is sitting in the town square when she sees Gwen wheeling her suitcase by, so she trips her. She and Gwen argue with each other. Anna warns her not to mess with the DiMeras, but Gwen tells her that she’s not through with Abby and her family. A little later, Tony and Anna catch each other up on what’s been going on. At DiMera, Gabi wants Jake to fund her new business, and she also hints that he should dump Kate for her, but he’s not interested in either. She apologizes for leaving town so quickly and for hurting him. She thinks he still cares for her. She kisses him. Just then, Kate walks in with a bottle of Champagne and two glasses.

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Days of Our Lives Short Recap Tuesday, January 19, 2021

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Eli questions Xander about whether he stole their twins. Sarah arrives and tries to help. Lani convinces Eli that Xander didn’t do anything. They ask him to help by contacting Dr. Raynor. Meanwhile, Bonnie arrives at the Kiriakis mansion. Maggie literally slams the door in her face and tells Justin that she won’t accept her in her house or life. Justin tries to get her to give Bonnie another chance, but she won’t. Bonnie tries to get through to Maggie, too, by pointing out that normally she would grab one of Maggie’s priceless statues and smash it, to attack Maggie in kind, but she’s trying not to do that sort of thing any more. Maggie storms out. After they have dinner, Bonnie suggests to Justin that they do something naughty.

Mr. Shin and the DiMera board are not happy about Chad sleeping with his nanny, so Chad resigns. Shin replaces him with Jake. Kate promises to help Jake with being CEO, since he’s not sure he can do it. He goes to his new office, and Gabi walks in. Kate finds Abigail packing her things and tries to talk her out of leaving Chad. Chad arrives and begs Abby’s forgiveness, telling her how much he loves her. She leaves him, anyway, and goes to her parents’ house. Chad tells Kate what happened. They all know now that Gwen came there to destroy Abby’s life. He’s determined to find out why.

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Days of Our Lives Short Recap Monday, January 18, 2021

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Philip is worried that the mob is going to kill him, since Xander shut down his shell company (and their money is gone). He needs a place to stay, so Chloe offers her room. Brady doesn’t want her to risk her life that way. They all argue about it. Chloe tells Brady off for trying to run her life. Philip accepts her offer, which Brady isn’t happy about. Meanwhile, Allie comes in to Rafe’s office and learns from him and Nicole that Charlie is out of jail. Rafe suggests that Allie try to remember if she saw Charlie the night of the rape. She has to think about that. Rafe also advises her to stay away from Charlie. Later, Nicole and Allie take the baby out in the stroller to help him sleep. Allie is worried about what he’ll tell Henry one day about his being a product of rape. Nicole suggests she ask Marlena about that, but she says that Allie and Henry are not defined by that one horrible act. At Titan, Sarah arrives, so Xander tells her that he let Philip know that they’re onto his money laundering, and that he deleted the shell company, and that the mob might be after him. Sarah insists they tell the police, despite Xander’s objections. Rafe arrives after she calls him. She says Philip needs protection, but she doesn’t want to go into details. Rafe can’t help without more information. However, he wants to take Xander in for questioning in a kidnapping. Xander looks shocked.

Charlie walks in to his apartment and finds Tripp just leaving (he left his phone there by accident yesterday). He threatens to call the cops on him for breaking in. Tripp tells him that he intends to prove all of his crimes. Charlie ends up telling Tripp about his awful childhood and how Ava ignored him and never loved him. Tripp tells him that he can relate because he had a horrible foster father who beat him. Charlie seems somewhat swayed when Tripp tells him that he’s there for him and that he should confess to the police because they might go easier on him, due to his abusive childhood. Then Steve calls to see where Tripp is, so that destroys whatever bond Charlie and Tripp were developing. Charlie tells him to get out. Meanwhile, Steve visits Ava in her hospital room. They both wonder where Tripp is. She wants to leave to go find him, but he calms her down. He has to let her know that Charlie got out of jail on bail, which makes her worry more. She’s very worried. Later, Tripp comes to visit her. They talk about Charlie. She asks why he was in Charlie’s place, so he tells her that he was gathering evidence for the rape. She wonders why, since she heard Charlie’s confession. Tripp and Steve tell her that it’s not enough. They find out from Ava that she’s the one that sent Charlie to London, to spy on Tripp for her.

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Days of Our Lives Short Recap Friday, January 15, 2021

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Brady does some research to try to help Philip out of his jam. Chloe thanks him for his help. He reminds her that he’s doing it for her, not Philip. He tells her how Kristen got mad about seeing them kiss on New Year’s Eve. He talks a little bit about Kristen being in jail. They have a nice chat about the past. At Titan, Xander calls out for Charlie, wondering where his smoothie is. Philip comes in and tells him that Charlie’s not coming in. He shows him the newspaper article that says Charlie’s been arrested for kidnapping. Xander can’t believe it. Xander tells Philip that he knows Philip is laundering money through the company for Ava and the Vitali family. He also tells Philip that he and Sarah were pretending to be broken up so that they could spy on him and that he deleted his shell corporation that he was using to launder the money. Philip, shocked, scowls at him and wonders why he hasn’t already told Victor. Xander worries about Victor’s health but does plan to tell him about Philip, and how he saved Titan from Philip. Philip tells him that Victor won’t be so grateful when the Vitalis kill him. He goes to Brady and Chloe to vent that Xander put a target on his back.

Belle brings Claire, who’s lying on her bed, some tea, and asks how she’s doing. Belle is very upset about Charlie. She’s blaming herself for falling for his lies. She feels pathetic and desperate. They talk about Charlie a lot. Belle is very supportive. Claire starts to have doubts for a moment about whether Charlie is really guilty or not. She gets very upset and starts crying about how she’s in love with Charlie. They hug. At the hospital, Nicole overhears Kayla telling Rafe that Ava was drugged. She guesses that Charlie did it, but Kayla won’t share confidential information with her. Kayla only tells her that she sent Ava for a brain scan. At the police station, Rafe questions Charlie about keeping Ava tied up in his apartment, drugging her and confessing to raping Allie. Charlie knows from this lawyer that Ava has said a lot of strange things that didn’t happen. Charlie decides to tell Rafe that Ava came to his apartment, confused and talking about knives. He tied her up so that she wouldn’t hurt herself. Rafe quickly points out how absurd that story is. He gets Charlie to let it slip that Ava is his mother. Charlie tells him that he’s done talking without a lawyer. Nicole barges in to yell at Charlie. Rafe pulls her back and leaves with Charlie. Later, Rafe argues with her about getting involved in this investigation. Rafe gets bad news on the phone and tells her that Charlie made bail.  Meanwhile, Tripp gets Charlie’s toothbrush from his apartment and puts it in a plastic bag. He hears someone coming, so he grabs a baseball bat and hits the person who walks in – Steve! Steve chews him out for not leaving things to the police. When Tripp points out that he’s there, too, Steve tells him that he’s there to keep Tripp from messing up. Tripp is determined to prove that Charlie is his brother and might be Allie’s rapist. They go to the hospital to bring Kayla the toothbrush. She agrees to run the test and says some nice things to Tripp. Steve hears the bad news from Rafe about Charlie getting out on bail. Tripp goes to Ava’s room to wait for her. He realizes that he doesn’t have his cell phone. He remembers that he left it on a table in Charlie’s place. He goes out to get it. He grabs his phone and is leaving right when Charlie arrives.

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Days of Our Lives Short Recap Thursday, January 14, 2021

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Chad confides in Kate about sleeping with Gwen. She urges him to go home and tell Abby the truth before Gwen does. When Abigail confronts Gwen, Gwen tells her about Chad and her sleeping together, and all of the juicy details. Chad comes home, ready to tell Abby the truth, but it’s too late. Gwen tells them that she’s sad she won’t get to see Chad apologizing. She leaves the mansion, saying that she knows how painful the truth can be. Chad begs Abby for forgiveness. Abby chastises him and then walks out in exasperation. Chad cries a lot. Meanwhile, Kate runs into Abe. He’s down about the missing babies, so she buys him a coffee. They sit and chat. He relates that he didn’t get to see Lani grow up, so he was hoping to be able to see her twins grow up. She assures him that they’ll get the kids back and offers her help. Later, Kate and Gwen exchange words in the Square. Kate wants to know why she did these terrible things to Abigail and her family, but Gwen won’t answer.

Dr. Raynor gets a visit from the man who paid her to steal Lani and Eli’s babies: Ivan Marais (Vivian Alamain’s former manservant and partner-in-crime). Dr. Raynor has doubts about committing more baby-stealing and asks what Ivan will be doing with the twins. He tells her that they’ll be fine, but it’s none of her business who he’s giving them to. Ivan wheels the babies – in their carriage – out. He calls his “Madame” to tell her that he’s on his way home. Meanwhile, Justin and Bonnie rush to the police station after he phones Lani and Eli to tell them that they have a lead. Bonnie sits with a sketch artist and tries to remember what Dr. Raynor looked like. She has a lot of trouble doing it. The first sketch looks more like Eli’s mom, Valerie. After Lani gives Bonnie an impassioned plea, Bonnie does better and they come up with a good sketch. Valerie recognizes her. They pull up a match on the computer to Dr. Raynor.

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