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EJ apologized to Chanel when Johnny showed up at the mansion. Johnny punched EJ in the face. He let EJ know that he knew what he did. EJ tried to defend himself, but Johnny let him know that he wasn’t talking about Arnold. He informed him that Kate told him about how he was conceived. EJ slowly sat down. Chanel was surprised to hear Johnny tell EJ that he knew that he forced Sami to have sex with him to save Lucas’ life. EJ told him that he and Sami moved past it. Johnny talked about how traumatized Sami had to be after it happened, and EJ enjoyed having power over her. EJ felt like it wasn’t Kate’s place to tell him that. It’s a story that Johnny didn’t need to know about. Johnny said that he only existed because his father raped his mother. Chanel was visibly shocked by the news. Sami was called a slut because her kids had different fathers, but it was EJ’s fault it happened. Chanel wondered if everyone in the family knew about it. Johnny let her know that everyone didn’t know, but the ones who did agreed not to say anything. He was the victim of a lie. EJ tried to explain that he and Sami had feelings for each other, but she denied her feelings. Johnny thought he was blaming her for what happened. EJ told him that Stefano pushed him to do what he did to Sami because he needed the stem cells to save his life. Johnny got upset because he wasn’t taking responsibility for what he did. EJ just wanted him to understand the situation. Johnny realized he wasn’t wanted. His stem cells were the only things that were needed. He wanted to get away, but he can’t run from what he is now. Johnny told EJ that he was finished controlling him. He would never allow EJ to be around his grandchild. His family would never be part of the DiMera dynasty. EJ tried to tell him that he’s changed. He would always regret what happened, but he wouldn’t have Johnny if it didn’t. EJ asked Johnny to forgive him. Johnny was done with him. He wanted EJ to leave so he walked out of the room. Chanel tried to comfort Johnny, but he felt lost. If he had a gun, he would have killed him. EJ was in the hall and started crying. Jada and Rafe ran into Paulina at the town square. They were happy until Paulina told them about Belle. Jada wasn’t surprised by her news. She apologized for ruining Johnny and Chanel’s chance at adoption. Paulina told her what happened at the family meeting. She reinstated Jada as the commissioner. Arnold made the accusations so felt they weren’t valid. Jada and Rafe were ready to celebrate the news. They talked about what they could do to get back at EJ. Jada thought they could go to Ava since she said EJ was involved in her kidnapping. They wondered if it was possible that Rachel Blake got him to help her with the kidnapping because she threatened to tell that he was captive at Aremid. Jada suggested they go to Aremid.

Melinda was having a drink at the Bistro when Ava appeared. She noticed Ava’s hand and wondered what happened. Ava told her about everything that happened to her. Rachel Blake was free and could still hurt her. She didn’t have any protection from her. Melinda went into her purse and gave her a gun. Melinda got the gun after Connie kidnapped her. She thought Ava needed it more than she did. Rachel Blake went back to her house and searched for her gun. Kristen arrived at the house because she was worried about her. Rachel tried to hide the gun, but Kristen wanted to see it. Kristen wondered why her mother had a gun. Rachel thought Ava would try to kill her so she needed it for self-defense. Kristen wanted her to stop going after Brady and took the gun from her mother. Jada and Rafe arrived at the house and wanted answers. Jada wanted to know if they knew about EJ holding Rafe there. Brady talked to Belle about what happened with Rachel being at the townhouse. He was able to convince Kristen to let Rachel stay there. Brady told her about Rachel Blake’s latest antics. Belle assured him that putting his daughter first was the right thing to do. He thought he ruined things with Ava. Brady thought it would be good that EJ would go to jail for what he did to Rafe. Belle said she wouldn’t be prosecuting the case. Brady wondered why she wasn’t prosecuting EJ, and she admitted that she slept with EJ again. She admitted that she can’t stop sleeping with him. Brady said that she was addicted. Ava told Melinda that she didn’t need a gun, but she put it in her purse. Jada wanted answers from Rachel Blake, but she wanted her and Rafe out of her house. She and Kristen didn’t have anything to say to them. Jada told her that someone was going down for what happened to Rafe, She wanted to go after EJ, but if Rachel wasn’t careful, she would be back with a search warrant.

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Tate went to the Bistro to check on Sophia. He wanted to talk about what happened at the DiMera mansion. Sophia wondered why he was there on a Friday night to which he said he and Holly weren’t speaking to each other. Tate said they argued over the adoption and Doug. When Sophia asked if he was jealous, he said he wasn’t. Tate said he wasn’t jealous but thought Doug was shady. He apologized for talking about his problems with Holly. Sophia said she was okay with it because they have moved past their issues. While they were talking, he talked to her about John being missing. Amy ended up calling Sophia. Sophia said there was good news about the meeting Amy had with Paulina. Holly went to the Horton house to talk to Doug. She said she had a way to fix the situation with Melinda. Holly suggested they sneak into Melinda’s place and steal the necklace. When Doug thought Holly was kidding, she said she wasn’t. Holly said Melinda couldn’t report a stolen necklace stolen again. She told him about Melinda’s involvement with her brother being switched. Doug said they weren’t going to break into Melinda’s place. He thanked her for what she’s done but wouldn’t let her break the law for him.

EJ told Belle not to shut him out. Belle didn’t want to let him in. He said he couldn’t stop thinking about her and said he missed her. EJ wondered if she felt the same way. Belle said she was disgusted by what he did to Jada and Rafe. EJ denied having anything to do with what happened but knew people were trying to get her to ignore her feelings. Belle said he was the same monster he’s always been. When EJ came into Belle’s place, she told him what he did to Jada and Rafe was despicable. EJ tried to defend his actions, but Belle brought up what he and Kristen did to Ava. She wondered how she was supposed to forgive him after what he’s done. EJ told her that nothing needed to come between them. Belle asked how she was supposed to defend her boyfriend after the crimes he’s committed. He thought it was cute that she called him her boyfriend. She said she was going to prosecute him. They ended up making love. While they were in bed, she told him that she could lose her job if Paulina found out she slept with him. He told her to tell Paulina that there wasn’t a case since there wasn’t any evidence against him. Belle thought he seduced her to get her to drop the investigation. She told him to leave. Johnny asked Roman what he meant when he said EJ did the same thing as Arnold. He couldn’t believe Roman would compare his father to Arnold. Roman said if Arnold was a rapist, EJ was too. When Roman tried to clarify what he meant, Johnny said he was telling the truth. Roman said EJ brought Arnold to Salem. When Roman couldn’t take it anymore, he went in the back. Kate came in the pub and ran into Johnny. Johnny told her that Roman accused his father of being a rapist but then tried to get out of it. When Kate reacted, Johnny wanted her to tell him truth. Kate suggested he have a conversation with Sami. Johnny said Sami would never let EJ get away with raping her. Kate said EJ raped Sami. A shocked Johnny wanted to know what happened. Kate told Johnny what happened when Sami asked EJ for help when she went skiing with Lucas and the roof caved in. She said EJ agreed to help if Sami had sex with him. An angry Johnny refused to believe what Kate was saying. He said his father wouldn’t have done that to his mother. Kate said she understood that what she was saying was hard to hear. She knew he believed her and apologized for telling him what Roman couldn’t. Johnny asked when it happened to which Kate said it happened before he was born. Johnny wondered why he never knew what happened. Kate said they wanted to keep it a secret from him and Allie. He asked if that was the reason why he and Allie had different fathers and realized that Allie was conceived in love while he was conceived in rape. When she tried to comfort him, he left the pub. At the DiMera mansion, Paulina told Chanel about her meeting with Amy. She said everything was good with the exception of EJ. Paulina said she told Amy that EJ wouldn’t be a problem for much longer because she was going to use her influence to make sure he went to prison. She said she was concerned about Belle having an affair with him. Chanel was okay with EJ going to prison but was concerned about Johnny. Paulina said EJ did it to himself. Belle called Paulina and told her she was recusing herself from EJ’s case. EJ came home and ran into Chanel. He apologized to her for what happened with Amy. While they were talking, Johnny came in and punched EJ.

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Theresa and Tate were at Small Bar. She talked to him getting Sophia pregnant. He said they were responsible but it didn’t work. Theresa said it might not be a good idea to give the baby up for adoption, but Tate didn’t agree with her. She changed her mind about the adoption until he mentioned Johnny and Chanel adopting the baby. Theresa didn’t think it was a good idea for them to adopt the baby. They continued to talk about it until Theresa said she would support him. While they were talking, Amy showed up and wondered why Tate was in a bar. Tate introduced Amy to Thereesa. Theresa lied to her and said she was out of town visiting her mother. Amy said she knew she was a convicted felon. When Theresa tried to defend her actions, Amy said she wasn’t concerned about it. Her concern was EJ’s actions. At Marlena’s house, Belle noticed Marlena’s luggage and wondered where she was going. Marlena told her she was going to find John. She told Belle that Shane kept dodging her calls. Belle agreed that Marlena should look for him. Marlena told her about the plan to find Shane and bring John home. She said Belle would do the same thing for the person she loved. Belle said she would know that if she ever found the person she loved. Marlena wanted Belle to talk to her. Belle opened up to her about her love life. She said she was trying to figure out who she was and decided that she might not need a love life. Marlena asked if she was talking about EJ too. Belle said it was over with EJ. She said what EJ did to Ava and Jada were the last straw and was going to make him pay for what he did.

Chanel ran into Paulina at the town square. Paulina asked how she was doing after the meeting with Amy. Chanel regretted that Amy didn’t get to know the real her and Johnny. Paulina said she had a plan to fix the situation. She was meeting Amy and would win her over. EJ talked to Stefano’s painting and debated on using the memory serum on Rachel. Johnny walked in and wondered what he was talking about. He asked EJ what he did. EJ said he was making family problems go away. EJ blamed Jada and Gabi for what happened to which Johnny said he knew he was behind Arnold being back. Johnny demanded to know how he could get involved with Arnold after what he did to his mother. EJ lied and said he didn’t do it. While they were talking, EJ told Johnny that he had a plan to fix things with Amy. Johnny wasn’t interested in EJ’s plan and didn’t trust him. EJ wanted to talk about Arnold and apologized for what happened with Sami years ago. He said hurting Sami was one of the biggest regrets in his life. Johnny appreciated his apology, but said it wasn’t up to him to forgive. Steve went to the pub to let Roman know about the search for John. When Roman offered to help, Steve said he didn’t want to scare Shane. He asked if Roman could keep an eye out on Kayla while he was gone. Roman agreed to watch out for her and said he would watch out for Black Patch since there was no one else after what EJ did. He said he could kill EJ for what he did to Sami and said she was still traumatized about it. Johnny met with Chanel at the town square and told her about EJ’s apology. He said it was the first time they talked about it. Chanel wondered if he believed EJ about Rafe’s kidnapping. Johnny wasn’t sure what to believe. Paulina and Amy met at Small Bar to talk. She told Amy that they could solve the problem. Amy thought they could and said Johnny and Chanel were lovely people. She said she didn’t want the baby near EJ. Paulina said she would make sure EJ wasn’t near the baby. Steve went to Marlena’s house and promised Belle they would find John. Before Marlena and Steve left, she suggested that Belle be honest about what’s in her heart. Belle thought about telling EJ off and said she would think with her head. EJ suddenly showed up at the house. Johnny went to the pub to get food. Roman said he didn’t want EJ to get anything. Johnny said he talked to his father, and he was upset about what Arnold did to Sami. Roman didn’t believe that EJ was sorry. He said it didn’t stop EJ from doing the same thing. Johnny wasn’t sure what he was talking about.

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Stephanie was at the pub when Joy showed up. They had an awkward conversation until Stephanie blurted out that she overheard Sarah talking about her pregnancy test. She let Joy know that she didn’t tell Alex about the pregnancy. Stephanie wanted to know if Alex was the father of her baby. Joy said that he was the only possibility. She thought it was possible that the test was negative. Joy deiced to call Sarah to check on her test results. Stephanie wondered if she would tell Alex the truth if the test came back positive. Once she gets the results, she will have a conversation with Alex about it. Maggie went to see Sarah at the hospital. They talked about Alex working at Titan again. Sarah blamed Theresa for Alex’s birthright getting mixed up. Maggie thought Theresa was crazy to think that a secret like that would stay hidden for long. Secrets always have a way of coming out. Maggie left just as Joy called Sarah about her test results. Sarah told her they were ready. Later, Joy showed up at the hospital to get her test results. Sarah had an emergency so she couldn’t go over the results with her right away. She gave Joy the test results and left. Joy looked at the test results. Alex, Xander, and Philip celebrated working at Titan together. While they were drinking, Alex noticed something off with Philip and Xander. They let him know their plans to take over DiMera Enterprises. Alex wasn’t sure if that was a good idea, but he was down for it. Philip wanted to talk to Alex about Stephanie. He said they were good. Alex thought it was great that Xander and Philip were able to work together. Philip seemed like he was in a rush to get rid of Alex. After Alex left, Xander wondered why Philip wanted him to leave. Philip was concerned about what Alex and Stephanie say about him behind his back. He thought she would badmouth him so Xander suggested he stop looking for trouble and move on with his life. Maggie showed up and told the brothers that she was proud of them for being able to work together.

Stephanie and Alex met on their way home. She wanted to talk to him about Joy possibly being pregnant with his baby. He was shocked by her news. Alex wasn’t sure what to do about it, but he assured her that he was committed to her. Leo was working on his story about the DiMeras when Javi walked in the room. He had to deal with a lot of legal issues so the article was difficult. Javi suggested writing about EJ getting away with kidnapping. He told him that without Arnold or Rafe’s side of the story, EJ will get away with everything. Javi thought the story would pressure Belle to prosecute EJ. He called Rafe to get quotes for Leo. Leo thanked him, but he was worried about the DiMeras coming after him. There was a knock on the door. Javi answered the door and saw a huge bill. He was shocked to find out that Leo hadn’t paid his bills since he lost his job at Body & Soul. He didn’t have the money to pay them. Javi suggested he move in with him. Leo wasn’t sure if it was a good idea to live with Rafe and Gabi. Javi thought it would be fine for him to move in with them. Sarah arrived home and saw Philip. She wondered how things went with Alex. He said things were okay, but he was worried about Stephanie telling him the truth. Sarah told him that Stephanie was happy with Alex and wouldn’t want anything to get in the way of that. Joy saw Alex and Stephanie. She announced that she wasn’t pregnant after all. They were all relieved by the news. Joy walked away and looked at the results while she was alone. The test results proved that she’s pregnant after all.

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Brady and Tate were surprised to see Theresa walk in the door. He wondered if she was a fugitive. Theresa told him that she was legally released from prison. She hugged Tate. Brady filled her in about John’s disappearance. She asked Tate how everything was going, and he announced that he’s having a baby. Theresa was shocked to find out that she’s going to be a grandmother. Rafe was ready to leave the hospital. He told Jada that Kayla said that he was only suffering from memory loss. Jada prayed that he got the rest of his memory back soon. He wanted to know how long he was gone. She let him know that he was gone for three months. Jada told him they had proof Arnold was at the DiMera mansion and how EJ switched him before. Rafe couldn’t believe that EJ stole his life from him again. He didn’t think EJ had a reason to do that to him. Jada informed him that Arnold helped EJ investigate her. She told him about what happened on the day of their wedding. Jada was convinced that EJ was behind the kidnapping. She explained why EJ wanted to go after her. Rafe hugged her. Kristen looked for her mother at the DiMera mansion. EJ was shocked to learn that Rachel was released from jail. He wondered if Rachel went back to Aremid. They thought she might have gone after Ava. EJ thought they would be safe if Rachel did kill Ava. Kristen didn’t think that was funny at all. She thought they should be more concerned about Rafe. EJ had Rafe under control. She left to look for her mother.

Ava went home and saw Rachel Blake. Rachel wanted to pay her a visit. Rachel couldn’t believe Ava had her in jail. Ava told her that she wouldn’t press charges if she left. Rachel Blake warned Ava that she didn’t like people interfering with her family. Ava reminded her that she was the reason she wasn’t in jail and that Kristen wasn’t arrested. She didn’t want Rachel to be taken by children’s services. Rachel Blake was grateful that her granddaughter was okay. She went to the door and grabbed a knife and turned towards Ava. Ava looked at her phone while Rachel grabbed a knife. She wanted to make sure that Kristen and her granddaughter had the lives they deserved. Ava informed her that she was a Mafia princess. Rachel threatened to kill her. Ava’s phone rang and the women started fighting. Rachel managed to cut Ava while they were fighting over the knife. Tate filled Theresa in about what happened with Sophia. Brady decided to leave so Tate and Theresa could talk. Theresa couldn’t believe her baby was having a baby. Tate filled her in about Sophia’s mother and how she didn’t want them to give the baby up for adoption. He was shocked when Theresa agreed with Amy. Kristen showed up just as her mother was about to stab Ava. She demanded that her mother hand her the knife. Kristen tried to reason with Rachel until she finally gave her the knife. Rafe arrived at the DiMera mansion and gave EJ a piece of his mind. Jada tried to stop him, but Rafe got his arms around EJ’s neck.

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Tate went to the Kiriakis mansion to take Holly to school. Things took a turn for the worst when he mentioned Doug being a thief. Holly defended Doug, but Tate continued to make cracks about him. He didn’t understand why she kept defending Doug. She said Doug was a good guy who didn’t want to hurt Julie. Tate wondered what she meant by that. Holly admitted that Doug stole Julie’s necklace. Tate was shocked that Doug stole the necklace. Holly let him know that Julie didn’t know Doug stole the necklace. She begged Tate not to say anything. He agreed to keep the secret. They ended up fighting when she said he should understand Doug’s situation after getting Sophia pregnant and giving up the baby. He ended up telling her about the meeting with Sophia’s mother. Holly asked if that meant he was going to have to raise the baby with Sophia. When he said he didn’t know, she decided to take the bus to school. Doug went to see Leo to find out about the necklace. Leo said he found out that a woman in Salem bought it, but he didn’t know anything else. While they were talking, Leo warned him to give up on Holly. He told Doug about Holly and Tate’s relationship. Doug said he had feelings for Holly, but he wasn’t going to do anything about it. While they were talking, Leo got a text from the person who bought the necklace. She was willing to meet.

Steve went to see Marlena to tell her that he heard that John was missing. She said John’s handler lost contact with him more than a day ago. When she told him Shane wasn’t returning her calls, she wondered if that was a bad thing. Steve tried to assure her that it wasn’t a bad thing. Marlena said John needed her. Steve said John could handle himself She said she was going to find her husband and was going to start with confronting Shane. When she let Steve know that he wasn’t going to stop her, he said he wouldn’t. Steve said John was his partner. Ava went to see Brady to apologize for hanging up on him. She asked if he thought CPS would really take Rachel away if Kristen got in trouble. When Brady said they would take Rachel, Ava agreed to help him. They were upset that Kristen was going to get away with what she did but were glad that it was over. Ava said Rachel was determined to keep them apart. Brady said Rachel was making progress in therapy. Ava asked about Rachel Blake. Brady said she was an old woman to which Ava said she was dangerous. He said he didn’t want to talk about it and wanted to be with her. She wanted him to let her know if she could do anything. At the police station, Kristen was on the phone with EJ. She talked to him about her mother. While she was talking, Melinda walked in. Kristen wanted to know where her mother was. Melinda said there was a problem. She said Rachel got into a fight with an inmate. Melinda said Rachel was getting out, but she should be careful with her. She said Kristen was responsible for Rachel and it wasn’t a good look for the company. A police officer brought Rachel to Kristen. Marlena told Steve that she was going to rearrange her patients’ schedule. Steve said he was going to let Kayla know what was going on and pack. He said they would get answers. Marlena picked up John’s picture and said she would find him. Doug ran into Holly at the town square. She told him about her fight with Tate. Doug said he had good news about the necklace. He said the woman wanted to meet him. While they were talking, Melinda showed up and said she was the woman. Tate went home and asked Brady why he didn’t tell him what was going on with his grandfather. He said Andrew told him about John being missing. Brady said everyone was helping and they would get through it as a family. Theresa walked in and asked if that included her.

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Alex and Joy told Stephanie that they were going to be working together at Titan. Stephanie flashed back to hearing Sarah talk about Joy’s pregnancy results. When Stephanie started to panic, Alex and Joy said they wouldn’t take the jobs. Stephanie told them they were being silly. Joy said she thought about going to the show, but she took too long to make a decision. She said she had to get a job soon so it had to be Titan. Alex let her know it was fine before he and Stephanie left. Gabi was upset that she couldn’t find anything on her brother. JJ let her know they would find Rafe and bring him home. Gabi was concerned that EJ might have killed Rafe to which JJ said EJ was too smart to commit murder because it would make things worse for him. Gabi said EJ was the only one with the answers they needed. She insisted that they had to find a way to get the answers. He warned her to be careful to which she said she would be. Gabi asked if he was going to Arnold’s room at the Salem Inn. He said he was but warned her not to do anything she would regret. When JJ left, Gabi grabbed Rafe’s gun and said she wouldn’t regret it. Shawn went to Small Bar to talk to Savannah. She said she remembered him from the bachelor party. When he pulled out his badge, she said she quit being an exotic dancer. He said he wanted to question her about the bachelor she slept with. Shawn told her the guy was an imposter pretending to be Rafe. Savannah asked if his name was Arnold. She told him about the last time she was with him. Shawn said Arnold was pretending to be Rafe for months. Savannah said she couldn’t help him because they didn’t do much talking. When they were finished, Shawn left.

EJ told Rita that they gave Rafe too much of the serum and he didn’t have his memory. He said Gabi had a DNA test done on Arnold before Rafe came back. EJ said Rafe was back, but everyone thought Rafe was Arnold and that he still had the real Rafe. Rita warned him that Rolf’s drug only lasted temporarily. EJ said he knew that but was afraid that Rafe would still remember what EJ did. He said Jada and Gabi showed up looking for answers he couldn’t give them. When he asked if Arnold was out of the picture, she let him know that Arnold was in Argentina. While they were talking, Gabi came in. Rita left them alone. When EJ tried to stop Gabi, she pulled out the gun. She demanded that he tell her where her brother was. EJ said she wouldn’t shoot him and risk going back to prison for murder. Gabi asked if he wanted to test that theory and said she would shoot him if she had to. When Gabi said she would wipe off the prints, EJ said Rita saw her coming in. He let her know that killing him wouldn’t solve her problem. Gabi wanted to know where Rafe was. In the interrogation room, Jada wanted answers from Rafe. She told him that Rafe was her boss before he was her fiancé. Rafe remembered the day he hired her. When she didn’t believe him, he told her what happened when he hired her. He told her what he remembered, including that he loved her. While he was telling her the things he remembered, he asked her what day it was and if they were married. She said they weren’t married. He said the last thing he remembered was sneaking into the DiMera mansion and seeing Arnold. Rafe said he didn’t remember EJ or anything else that happened. Jada left the room to check on the fingerprints they took off Rafe. Shawn showed up and said they caught Arnold. Jada told him the person they got was Rafe and explained why she thought he was Rafe. When she got a text, she said he was the real Rafe. When Alex and Stephanie went back to her place, he said it was obvious that she didn’t like the idea of him working with Joy. He said he said he didn’t like it either but after what he did to her; he owed it to her to work things out. Stephanie said she trusted him but was concerned about them being close to each other. She was also concerned about Joy getting attached. Alex let her know that he and Joy had nothing tying them together. When JJ went back to the Hernandez house, he noticed that Gabi and the gun were gone. Before Gabi pulled the trigger on EJ, JJ showed up in time to stop her. He said Rafe was at the police station. Jada went back in the interrogation room and told Rafe it was really him. She said she loved him with all of her heart and kissed him.

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