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Steve told Kayla about Alex’s police record. He asked for her help with his case. Steve asked if Stephanie said anything to her about Philip or Alex’s business dealings. Kayla said the only thing she knew was Stephanie broke up with Philip because she saw a bad side to him. She said that Stephanie saw a side that reminded her of Victor. Stephanie called Steve to come over to her place so she could confront him about investigating Alex. Steve couldn’t answer her but he couldn’t let her warn Alex about a potential threat. While they were talking, Steve realized Stephanie knew more than she was letting on. Gabi and Xander agreed to keep things professional and forget about their kiss. Xander asked her how to know the red flags when picking out a nanny. Gabi told him he was the red flag because he was a control freak. She said he couldn’t raise his daughter the way he ran his company. While she was talking, she said she had an idea of how to make the company better. Before she could answer, Alex showed up. When Gabi left, Alex told Xander that the person looking into them was using an alias so there was no way to find out who it was. Xander said his failure was unacceptable. He said the merger was above board but things were compromised because of Philip’s fraud. Xander said he wanted to hire Stephanie to help them get ahead of the story. Alex didn’t think she would do it. Xander ordered him to make it happen. He said Alex wouldn’t want to see what would happen if he messed up again.

Belle told Marlena how disappointed her father would be that she fell for EJ. She got a call that Johnny fired EJ as his lawyer and told Marlena that Johnny thought EJ was the one who did the deepfake of Chanel on the video. Belle said that was one more reason why she shouldn’t be with EJ. She vowed to never get involved with anyone who doesn’t respect her or she doesn’t respect. Marlena said she was proud of her and that John would be proud of her too. Later, Marlena ran into Kayla and told her she was taking time off. She said she would see a few patients, but she couldn’t help anyone until she helped herself. Kayla said she could give her a list of grief groups that could help her. Chanel told Johnny to stop trying to prove that the video was a deepfake and focus on clearing his name. Johnny said he wasn’t going to let her take the blame for something she didn’t do. While they were talking, Johnny told Chanel that he fired EJ and was going to represent himself. Chanel panicked but Johnny assured her that he knew what he was doing. EJ talked to Tony about Johnny firing him. Tony assumed EJ had the video of Chanel doctored. He advised EJ to admit what he did and asked for forgiveness. Later on, Gabi let Tony know that she was getting closer to finding the information that will help him undermine Titan-DiMera. She wanted him to put their agreement in writing. After they worked out the agreement, Gabi signed it. At the courthouse, EJ told Belle that he let everyone down in his life after he was given several chances. Johnny and Chanel showed up in the courtroom. He yelled at EJ for what he did to Chanel. When EJ tried to defend himself, Johnny said he was forcing him to choose between him and Chanel. Johnny said he chose Chanel.

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Arianna talked to Javi about wanting to go to Salem U instead of Arizona U. She loved her fathers. They are the best fathers in the world. She knew Javi would have been a good father too. Arianna apologized for overstepping. Javi thought it was fine. He admitted that he thought about her all the time. Leo doesn’t know about his secret because it was hard to explain. Arianna promised not to say anything. Tate told Sophia that the adoptive parents his request to see the baby. She knew he wanted to meet her, but she thought it was for the best. Tate didn’t agree with that at all. He refused to give up meeting their baby. Tate wanted to call Sophia’s lawyer so he could meet their daughter. Sophia panicked and tried to talk him out of it. Arianna was pushing Tesoro in his stroller while they were outside Sophia became uncomfortable when she saw the stroller. Arianna was going to leave, but Sophia wanted to see the baby again. Tate wondered what she meant by “again.” Sophia told him that she ran into Javi. Tate told her that he ran into the baby too when he saw Leo. He got a chance to hold the baby. Sophia became overwhelmed and started crying. Tate apologized to Sophia for being a jerk while she was trying to be strong. He promised to stop obsessing over seeing the baby.

Johnny told EJ that he didn’t want him to drag Chanel through the mud when she got on the stand. EJ agreed not to throw her under the bus. Paulina was happy about Belle’s defense, but she was worried that EJ would play the video of Chanel threatening him. Belle assured her that it wasn’t enough to charge her with if Johnny got acquitted. Chanel got on the stand and defended Johnny. EJ decided to become ruthless. He got her to admit that she blamed him for Johnny changing his mind about adopting. EJ played the video of Chanel threatening him. She denied the threat happened, but he cut her off. He didn’t have any more questions for her. The judge told Belle that she would be able to question Chanel the next day. Chanel, Johnny and Paulina were at the town square. Johnny ignored EJ’s call. He apologized to Chanel about what happened in court. She told him that what happened in the video wasn’t true. Belle arrived and saw them together. Johnny told her that the video was probably a deep fake. He wanted to send the video to an authority in AI. If he’s right, EJ might be behind the video. Later Johnny went to the DiMera mansion to let him know that he was fired.

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Xander arrived at the Kiriakis mansion to get Victoria. Sarah confronted him about his therapy sessions with Marlena. He was hungover, and she wasn’t happy about it. Sarah slapped his face when he wanted to get some coffee. She wanted him to know what it was like to get hit. Sarah also slapped him for breaking his marriage vows with Gwen. Xander admitted that he went to Gwen’s room, but he didn’t sleep with her. He said that he would never cheat on her. Sarah reminded him that he cheated when he kissed Gwen, and she did horrible things to her. She yelled at him to get Victoria and leave. Johnny told Chanel that EJ’s hypnosis session indicated that a female shot him. Chanel was scared that EJ would blame her for shooting him during the trial. She was okay with EJ throwing her under the bus if Johnny’s name was cleared. Chanel loved him and would be by his side after she was done testifying. EJ flashed back to asking Marlena if Sami shot him. Gwen interrupted his flashback. She poured them drinks while he caught her up about the trial. He didn’t know who shot him, but he thought Marlena knew who did. They put their heads together and tried to figure out who shot him. EJ and Gwen thought the shooter was someone he and Marlena would protect. While they were talking, Gwen realized that Belle is someone they would protect. She dismissed her theory, but EJ thought Belle had her reasons. Marlena admitted to Belle that she had an idea who shot EJ, but she didn’t have any proof. She didn’t want to say any more since Belle was involved in the case

Johnny tried to talk to his father about Chanel, but EJ was preparing for Marlena’s testimony. Belle apologized to Marlena for attacking her credibility on the stand. Marlena assured her that she’s there for her no matter what. Belle never doubted that she would be there for her. Marlena took the stand and testified that EJ remembered being shot by a woman. The jury reacted to Marlena’s statement. EJ told the jury that Johnny was innocent. Belle cross-examined her mother. She got her mother to admit that EJ could have lied under hypnosis. EJ redirected and asked Marlena if she thought his memory was legitimate. Paulina met with Chanel at Sweet Bits because she wanted to support her in court. Chanel thought she would be fine and understood EJ’s plan. Paulina didn’t understand it. She refused to let EJ put her in jail to protect his son. Chanel was confident that EJ would prove more people had motives to shoot him. She was okay if EJ pointed the finger at her. Chanel told her that Johnny was going to talk to his father about throwing her under the bus so she thought she would be fine. Xander ran into Gwen and yelled at her for lying to Sarah about them sleeping together. Gwen dismissed what she did by saying she was trying to make Sarah jealous. He said that her lie made things worse. Xander warned her that she would regret it if she did anything like that again. Kristen took the stand at court. EJ got Kristen to admit that she threatened him because her what happened to her mother. He wanted her to talk about the cops finding a gun in her place. Belle cross-examined her and got Kristen to testify that the bullet that shot EJ didn’t match her gun. Later Kristen found EJ in the corridor and asked if he thought she shot him. He wasn’t sure if she did, but he believed that Marlena knew who did it. Kristen knew that Marlena wouldn’t keep quiet to protect her. They talked about the different women Marlena would be willing to protect. EJ agreed that it could be anyone and looked at Belle in the hallway.

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Javi talked to Rafe about Tesoro. He told Rafe that Amy thought Tesoro looked like her son as a baby which made him think that the baby was Asian. Javi said he would have thought Tesoro was Sophia’s baby if she weren’t still pregnant when the baby was born. He said the timing didn’t work. Javi thought it must have been hard for Sophia to see the baby after giving up her child. Rafe told him about how he felt when he gave up David, but knew it wasn’t the same thing as what Javi went through. Javi said it was a long time ago. Sophia told Arianna that things weren’t going the way she thought. Arianna thought she was talking about Tate and told her that he and Holly were back together. She told Sophia that Tate was Holly’s hero when they were abducted. Sophia couldn’t believe all that happened while she was in Chicago having his baby. Arianna told Sophia about Tesoro. Sophia was uncomfortable when she realized Javi was her cousin. Arianna tried to make Sophia feel better about going to college and meeting new people, but Sophia said she was going to Salem U. She told Sophia that she got into Salem U so they would be going to school together again.

At the courthouse, Marlena told Belle that she couldn’t talk about EJ’s hypnosis session. EJ showed up and waived his doctor/patient confidentiality rights and served her with a summons to testify. He told Belle that he remembered telling Marlena that the shooter was a female so it couldn’t have been Johnny. EJ said he couldn’t identify the shooter. Marlena said it was possible that the shooter was someone EJ knew and was possibly protecting someone. When Belle left, Marlena thanked EJ for going easy on Rachel while she was on the stand. EJ was surprised that she thought he would attack Rachel. He said he was determined to find out the truth and asked for another session. Marlena turned him down. She said her testimony should be enough to create reasonable doubt for the jury. EJ said she didn’t want him to remember. He asked if she thought Sami was the shooter. Marlena said she didn’t and walked away. EJ questioned if Belle was the shooter.

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Javi told Leo that there was a note at the fire station from Tesoro’s mother. She wanted her son to know that she loved him. Letting him go was the hardest thing she had to do. Javi and Leo talked about giving Tesoro a loving home. Leo thought Javi was a natural at being a father. Javi looked away subtly. Leo didn’t notice the look on Javi’s face. Sophia let Melinda know that Tate was pressuring her about wanting to see the baby. Amy interrupted her conversation to tell Sophia that she wanted to rebuild their relationship. She misses how close they used to be. Sophia liked the idea of them getting close again, but she didn’t know what she went through. Amy wanted her daughter to talk to her, their pastor or a therapist. She also suggested that she see Sarah to talk about her postpartum depression. Sophia didn’t want to see her. She assured her mother that she was okay. Javi arrived at the square with Tesoro. Amy recognized the baby as the one Leo had at the courthouse. She was shocked to find out the baby had two foster dads. Javi told her that he had three fathers. He said that having a house full of people who loved him was all he needed. Amy realized that Tesoro looked like Sophia’s brother. Sophia wanted to rush away from Javi and the baby. Javi’s mouth dropped open. Rachel worried that Johnny would go to prison because of her testimony. Kristen and Brady assured her that other people testified at the trial too. The other people had reasons to shoot EJ. Rachel asked Kristen if she shot him. Kristen reminded her that she watched her sleep that night. Rachel remembered waking up and going downstairs. Kristen assured her that she didn’t do it. Belle tried to leave the townhouse before EJ arrived, but she couldn’t do it. He was there for his hypnosis therapy. She walked past him in a cold way, and Marlena was happy about that. Marlena wanted to throw EJ out, but she wanted to help Johnny. Marlena began the process of getting EJ under hypnosis. EJ remembered telling a female to put her gun down. Marlena brought EJ out from hypnosis. EJ was excited that the person who shot him was a female because it would exonerate Johnny. He felt like it put the focus on the female suspects in his shooting. The suspects are Gabi, Ava, Chanel and Kristen.

Belle arrived at the courthouse. Johnny was there and apologized to Belle for embarrassing her with his testimony about her being with EJ. Belle assured him that she blamed EJ for what happened. Johnny hated what his father did to her, but he knew how much his father loved her. He wanted to know if she could forgive him. Belle didn’t think there was any coming back from what he did. The trial resumed, and the judge wanted the jury to disregard the testimony about the lawyers’ personal lives. Leo objected because there was a lot of social media content about the trial. The judge glared at him so he sat down. He withdrew his objection. The jury had to stay in hotels without access to cellphones. They would be allowed to have supervised contact with their family members until the trial was over. Kristen held Rachel because she was nervous about testifying. Kristen was testifying so she stayed there too. Belle got Rachel to talk about seeing Johnny point the gun at her uncle. She ran upstairs and heard a gunshot. Belle asked Rachel if she thought Johnny shot EJ. She withdrew the question after EJ objected to it. EJ stood up to question Rachel. He wanted to know if there was enough time for Johnny to leave and someone else arrived and shot him. Rachel admitted that someone else could have shot him. EJ was satisfied with her answer so he was finished questioning her. The judge asked Belle if she wanted to redirect, but Belle was finished with her. Rachel watched EJ and Johnny talking and had a puzzling look on her face.

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Belle went home to Marlena’s and was glad Sami wasn’t there to gloat about her situation with EJ. Marlena said Sami wouldn’t do that because she knows what it’s like to be betrayed by EJ. Belle wasn’t convinced Sami wouldn’t rub it in. Marlena didn’t want to face EJ during his hypnosis session while Belle didn’t want to face him in court. When Marlena went for a walk, Belle left the townhouse. EJ thought about Belle breaking up with him. Belle showed up at the DiMera mansion to confront EJ about what he did in court. EJ said he did what he did to save Johnny. Belle said she knew he hated to lose even to her. She said she was worse than Stefano because he pretended to have a soul. EJ apologized to her and said he loved her. Belle said she didn’t believe him and never wanted to see or hear him again after the trial was over. When Sarah was finished kissing Brady, Brady blocked Xander from hitting him. Gabi took Xander out of the room. Sarah apologized to Brady. She was uncomfortable with the people watching them and asked for a rain check. At the town square, Gabi yelled at Xander for his behavior and went back to the Bistro to pay the bill. She found out that they weren’t allowed in there again. When Sarah and Brady left, they ran into Xander who apologized to them. They didn’t care about Xander’s apology. Xander said nothing like that would happen again. Sarah agreed with him about that.

Sarah told Xander that she was tired of his empty promises and told him to take anger management classes with Marlena or their custody agreement would be null and void. Marlena showed up while they were talking and wanted Xander in her office. Gwen showed up to rub it in to Sarah that her marriage was over. Sarah said she was moving on. Gwen said Xander was moving with her. Sarah let her know that Xander kissed Gabi. Gwen said what she and Xander had was real. She said they got back together like Sarah never existed. Sarah said she didn’t believe her. Gwen told her to ask Leo since he saw them going to the Salem Inn together. When Gabi and Brady went to the pub, he warned her to stay away from Xander. While they were talking, Gabi got Brady to talk about what it was like working with Xander. Brady said he wanted to keep John’s legacy alive with the company, but he felt like he was letting his father down. He told Gabi that he made mistakes over the years. Gabi said Brady was a good man like John. She said John’s reputation as a hero was a lot to live up to but it wasn’t his job. Brady thought it should be. Gabi told him to stick with Xander since he’s going to anger management sessions. Brady didn’t believe it would help Xander. Xander told Marlena that he was scared of his temper. He wanted her to help him so he wouldn’t lose his daughter. Marlena asked why she would do that after what he did to her. She let him know that she has taken on other patients who did things to her. Marlena told him he needed to be vulnerable and open for it to work. Xander said he was.

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