{"id":70014,"date":"2026-05-20T16:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T21:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/?p=70014"},"modified":"2026-05-20T16:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T21:10:09","slug":"days-short-recap-monday-may-18-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/20\/days-short-recap-monday-may-18-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Days Short Recap Monday, May 18, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;font-size: large\">Daytime Soap Opera Short Recaps<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6109\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/dayslogo.jpg\" alt=\"Days of Our Lives logo\" width=\"235\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style3\">Recap written by <a href=\"http:\/\/tvmegasite.net\/bios\/michelecheryl-bio.shtml\">Michele and Cheryl<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"auto-style3\">Kristen wanted Xander to kill EJ. Xander couldn&#8217;t believe she was serious. She was willing to offer him a lot of money to get rid of EJ. Xander refused to do what she wanted. She thought he was going soft. Kristen told him that he didn&#8217;t have to physically kill EJ. He could hire someone to do it. Kristen kissed him. Things got hot and heavy with each other. Chanel winced in pain when Paulina walked into the room. She lied to her mother and said she was fine. They talked about Lexie. Paulina said that her family was the only thing keeping her from falling apart. She let Chanel know that Theo and Abe have been at Lexie&#8217;s bedside so she didn&#8217;t know what was going to happen with her marriage. Later Chanel and Lani talked. Lani felt like she should tell their mother what was going on with her regardless of what happened with Lexie. Stephanie arrived at home and wanted to talk to Alex about kids. She admitted that she wasn&#8217;t ready to be a stepmother. He wasn&#8217;t happy about what she said. They got into an argument about it because he didn&#8217;t know what she wanted him to do about Kelsey. Stephanie got a reminder that she had a shooting lesson so she walked out of the apartment. Alex received a text from Joy about legal matters concerning the baby. He jumped at the chance to meet with Joy at the park. Alex and Joy met at the park. He wanted Stephanie to meet Kelsey. Joy shocked him when she told him that Stephanie met her and wasn&#8217;t thrilled about it.<\/p>\n<p>Gwen talked to Leo about what happened with Xander and EJ. Leo didn&#8217;t want her to think he was getting a scoop from her. He wanted to be her friend. They went back to the Salem Inn and ran into Kristen. Kristen&#8217;s hair was messed up. Gwen and Kristen didn&#8217;t realize that they were sleeping with the same person. Stephanie went to the shooting range with Brady. She talked to him about Alex and the baby. Stephanie hoped that she would learn to love Kelsey. Alex wanted Joy to bring Kelsey to the apartment so Stephanie could officially meet her.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2020\/07\/26\/recaps\/\">Back to the Daytime Recaps Page<\/a><\/p>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- TVMEGBODY -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1056557952271337\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"8801203268\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6108\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tvmeg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/daysanim.gif\" alt=\"Days of Our Lives cast animated GIF\" width=\"137\" height=\"153\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daytime Soap Opera Short Recaps Recap written by Michele and Cheryl Kristen wanted Xander to kill EJ. Xander couldn&#8217;t believe she was serious. She was willing to offer him a lot of money to get rid of EJ. Xander refused to do what she wanted. She thought he was going soft. 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