{"id":70312,"date":"2026-06-14T22:55:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T03:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/?p=70312"},"modified":"2026-06-14T22:55:34","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T03:55:34","slug":"days-update-monday-may-25-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/14\/days-update-monday-may-25-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Days Update Monday, May 25, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><b><span style=\"font-family: Georgia;font-size: large\">Days of Our Lives Update<br \/>\n<\/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>&nbsp;<\/p>\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\">Update written by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2020\/06\/22\/biojoseph\/\">Joseph<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Amy Choi goes to the Brady Pub and thanks Roman for agreeing to host the reception after Sophia&#8217;s prior service. Amy states that she&#8217;s not calling it a memorial because she knows in her heart that Sophia is not gone, so she&#8217;s been praying for a miracle to bring her home to them. Roman responds that he hope she gets her miracle and that his heart goes out to her and her family.<\/p>\n<p>JJ and Shawn eat together in the town square. JJ says it&#8217;s good to see him on the mend. Shawn mentions that he&#8217;s almost cleared to return to work, though he hasn&#8217;t been assigned a new partner yet. Shawn asks if JJ has given any thought as to what&#8217;s next for him.<\/p>\n<p>Jack goes home to Jennifer at the Horton House where Jennifer tells him that she&#8217;s judging Thomas and Charlotte&#8217;s cupcake baking contest. Jack tells her about seeing Steve, Kayla, and Stephanie before they left. Jennifer notes that he was gone longer than she expected. Jack then admits that he stopped to see Gwen.<\/p>\n<p>Gwen finds Gabi drinking at Small Bar and comments on her starting early. Gabi responds that she could care less what time it is. Gwen guesses it&#8217;s that serious which Gabi confirms.<\/p>\n<p>Philip, wearing his military uniform, runs in to Brady in the park. Philip informs him that he just came from the Memorial Day ceremony at the cemetery. Brady thanks him for his service and asks him if he&#8217;s okay. Philip responds that he&#8217;s not.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah walks in to the Kiriakis Mansion and questions what Xander is doing there. Xander announces to Sarah that he&#8217;s moving back in and explains that his apartment had water damage from the sprinkler system. Sarah argues that it would make things incredibly awkward for everyone and asks why he can&#8217;t just stay at the Salem Inn. Xander questions why he should do that when he could stay in his old home and be close to his daughter and her.<\/p>\n<p>Jada meets Amy at the Pub and says she&#8217;s terribly sorry but the search and recovery operation for Sophia has been called off because the team has determined there is almost no chance of recovering her remains. Amy argues that she said almost which means there&#8217;s still hope and insists they have to keep looking. Jada says the team they have is the best there is and they assured her that continuing the effort wouldn&#8217;t change the outcome. Jada repeats that she is so very sorry.<\/p>\n<p>Jack informs Jennifer that Chad shared with him that Gwen was hurt by thinking he wanted nothing to do with her and she was right. Jennifer asks if that&#8217;s changed. Jack talks about it being 4 years since losing Abigail. Jack says he&#8217;s had so many regrets and he can&#8217;t keep adding to them, so he told Gwen that he wanted to have a relationship with her. Jack says that Gwen is open to the idea and asks if Jennifer is.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah complains that she doesn&#8217;t get it and asks Xander why he&#8217;d want to be closer to her when they are divorced. Xander argues that it&#8217;s for their daughter. Sarah says their set up with the nanny has been fine while Xander thinks it would be better if they were all together under one roof.<\/p>\n<p>Philip tells Brady about Gabi. Brady says he&#8217;s stunned while Philip says he feels stupid for believing Gabi wouldn&#8217;t lie to him about something this huge. Brady says he&#8217;s sorry she did this to him and Titan. Philip acknowledges that they both played dirty in the past and thought that made them compatible and made him off limits as a target. Philip declares that he stupidly believed he could trust Gabi and now their family could lose everything.<\/p>\n<p>JJ tells Shawn that he has a solid plan in the works but he&#8217;s not quite ready to put it out there yet. JJ adds that every day he wishes he could go back and change what happened the night Shawn was shot. Shawn knows his remorse is real and insists that at some point, he has to move on. Shawn assures that he&#8217;s not holding any grudge against him whatsoever and that they are good. Shawn wants JJ to stop looking backwards and start looking forward. JJ responds that he&#8217;s trying.<\/p>\n<p>Jack knows how Jennifer feels about Gwen but says this is something he felt he needed to do. Jennifer says she completely understands that he wants a relationship with his daughter. Jennifer then admits it makes her feel envious because she misses Abigail and she always feels envious when she sees a mother and daughter. Jennifer says she would do anything to have a daughter again while Jack still has that. Jennifer says she loves Jack and knows he&#8217;s also suffered so much in losing Abigail, so she really wants this for him and she wants to support him and be happy for him. Jennifer agrees to really try as they hug.<\/p>\n<p>Amy tells Jada that she refuses to accept this and tells Jada to get out there and find her daughter. Roman comes over and asks if everything is okay. Jada informs Roman that she just had to tell Amy that the search and recovery mission for Sophia has been called off. Roman says he&#8217;s worn that badge and knows how heartbreaking it is. Roman promises Amy that this does not mean the police will forget about Sophia. Jada adds that the investigation is ongoing. Amy asks if they found anything else. Jada reveals they found the gun in the river and it was the same gun used to pistol whip Johnny. Amy questions why she&#8217;s just now hearing about this and where Sophia would get a gun which Jada calls a good question.<\/p>\n<p>Philip sits with Brady and tells him how Gabi kept saying she owed him, that she was partnering Gabi Chic with Titan even though DiMera gave a better offer, and that if she got Stefan&#8217;s inheritance, she wanted to give him a chunk of it but it was guilt and trying to make up for what she did or what he was dumb enough to let her do. Brady thinks he&#8217;s being too hard on himself and Gabi should be the one beating herself up, which he bets is exactly what she&#8217;s doing right now.<\/p>\n<p>Gabi tells Gwen that her and Philip are over forever. Gwen asks what happened. Gabi responds that she betrayed him in a way that he&#8217;d never forgive. Gwen asks if she cheated. Gabi assures she loves him so she&#8217;d never do that, but it was something she did in the beginning that she wishes she could take back and says she would take the chance to self destruct. Gwen tells her to join the club.<\/p>\n<p>Xander asks if Sarah doesn&#8217;t think it would be better for Victoria to live in one home with both of her parents who love her and a stable environment. Sarah argues that it would be a farce and make everything way worse. Xander asks if she&#8217;s afraid they will fight or if she&#8217;s afraid of something else.<\/p>\n<p>Brady tells Philip that he and Gabi love each other and asks if there&#8217;s really no chance he could forgive her. Philip informs her that he kicked her out of the house and told her he never wants to see or hear from her again. Brady encourages him to give it time and his feelings might change. Philip can&#8217;t see ever getting past this.<\/p>\n<p>Gabi tells Gwen that she&#8217;s been babbling about herself for too long and asks what&#8217;s going on with her. Gwen says there&#8217;s some good stuff and some not so good stuff, so Gabi suggests starting with the good. Gwen informs her that Jack came to see her and wants to try to rebuild a relationship. Gabi says that&#8217;s great but asks what that means exactly. Gwen admits she&#8217;s not sure but she wants to find out. Gwen says she doesn&#8217;t get many second chances, so she will not waste it.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer tells Jack that he&#8217;s right that it&#8217;s been almost four years and she has so much anger, so she has to figure out a way to let it go. Jennifer says her anger is like a candle she&#8217;s lit for Abigail and she&#8217;s afraid if she lets the flame go out, it will be like starting to forget her. Jack assures they will never forget her and never stop loving or missing her. Jack states that living in a constant state of fury and resentment is not the way to honor Abigail&#8217;s memory. Jennifer agrees that Abigail wouldn&#8217;t want that and she does want to move on which means she has to let go of all of her grudges and she has to support him if he wants to be in Gwen&#8217;s life. Jack thanks her.<\/p>\n<p>JJ asks Shawn how he got to the town square. Shawn informs him that Jada dropped him off. JJ asks how it&#8217;s going living together. Shawn clarifies that he&#8217;s just crashing at her place until he can get back on his own feet. Shawn says it&#8217;s been strictly in the friend zone and that Jada has been amazing and patient with his recovery, so he doesn&#8217;t know how he&#8217;d do this without her. JJ says if she ever needs a day off, he&#8217;ll be there. Shawn says the same to him because they are family and friends.<\/p>\n<p>Jada explains that the FBI used a forensics technique that allowed them to obtain evidence from the gun even though it had been in the river and they found Sophia&#8217;s fingerprints along with Johnny&#8217;s blood. Roman feels there has to be a way to trace it to the original owner but Jada says the serial number had come off. Roman asks where a teenager would get a gun like that. Jada says she doesn&#8217;t know but she intends to find out.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah reminds Xander that she&#8217;s happily with another man. Xander calls it interesting that her mind went there. Sarah says she has no problem being around him, so Xander questions what the problem is then. Xander argues that Maggie already let Philip move back in, so they can&#8217;t stop him from staying in a home that&#8217;s legally half his. Sarah tells him to just stay out of her way then and tells him not to dare to bring Gwen or any other women he&#8217;s sleeping with. Xander questions it being fine for him to bring Brady around. Sarah tells him not to even try to compare the two as Brady then appears in the room.<\/p>\n<p>JJ goes home where Jack and Jennifer greet him with hugs. They talk about being glad to be back in Salem. JJ asks if they came to check on him. Jack says talking on the phone isn&#8217;t nearly the same as in person. JJ guesses they are concerned because of what happened in the past and appreciates that they care, but he assures he&#8217;s doing better than he&#8217;s been in a long time.<\/p>\n<p>Jada joins Shawn in the town square and asks how breakfast with JJ went. Shawn says it was good and that JJ is obviously still holding onto some of the weight of what happened, but he assured him that he doesn&#8217;t blame him for anything and he thinks JJ turned a corner. Shawn asks about Jada meeting up with Amy. Jada says she just finished telling her that her daughter&#8217;s body will probably never be found. Shawn calls that the worst part of the job.<\/p>\n<p>Philip goes to the Pub where Roman thanks him for his service. Philip thanks Roman for everything he did for Memorial Day. Roman tells him to help himself as he heads to the kitchen. Philip approaches Amy and says he&#8217;s very sorry for her loss. Amy asks if they&#8217;ve met. Philip apologizes and introduces himself as Tate&#8217;s uncle. Amy knows she&#8217;s heard his name before and says she&#8217;s so glad she ran in to him.<\/p>\n<p>Gabi asks Gwen about what her bad stuff is. Gwen responds that she made an ill advised deal with her ex as she and Xander agreed to be not friends with benefits. Gabi jokes that if she&#8217;s going to do no strings sex with someone, Xander is an excellent choice. Gabi questions how that&#8217;s a bad thing and then realizes that Gwen caught feelings.<\/p>\n<p>Brady asks what&#8217;s going on. Sarah informs him that Xander is moving in which Brady questions. Xander tells him there&#8217;s water damage at his place and that Sarah was just giving him a passionate speech about why it&#8217;s a bad idea for him to move in to his old home and he thinks she&#8217;s afraid of what might happen. Brady says he has a solution since Xander needs to get settled in, so he and Sarah will just go to his place.<\/p>\n<p>JJ tells Jack and Jennifer that for the past few weeks, he&#8217;s been thinking about his career choices. JJ talks about thinking he was ready to go back to being a cop but he wasn&#8217;t, so he quit and wasn&#8217;t in a great place for awhile but talking to them and Julie helped him come out of it by reminding him that he&#8217;s started over before. JJ says he didn&#8217;t necessarily want to be a cop, he just wanted to do some good and he still does. JJ wants to serve the public, just not with a gun. JJ brings up how he used to be an EMT and that was meaningful, so he decide to get re-certified. JJ announces he has applied to rejoin the Salem Fire Department which thrills Jack and Jennifer. Jack hugs JJ as they tell him how proud they are of him.<\/p>\n<p>Jada tells Shawn that something doesn&#8217;t add up because Sophia was a deeply troubled young woman but she wasn&#8217;t apart of some crime syndicate. Shawn wonders if Sophia might have been working with someone else. Jada says nothing points to that and going by what she told Johnny, her motives were her own, but clearly they are missing something.<\/p>\n<p>Amy tells Philip that she wants to ask him a personal question. Amy says that her daughter fell in the Salem river and is now missing, so she was doing research in to what it takes to survive a fall like that and came across Philip&#8217;s name. Amy asks Philip how he did it and to tell her everything he did to stay alive. Philip responds that he&#8217;s sorry, but he can&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>Gwen admits to Gabi that unfortunately, her feelings for Xander have returned despite her best efforts to keep it casual while Xander just wants sex and no mess. Gwen says it&#8217;s her own damn fault as she knew what she was getting in to and thought it would be cool to just sleep with Xander even though he&#8217;s still in love with his ex-wife. Gabi assures that Xander cares about her. Gwen says maybe at one point he did, but just like everyone else, it doesn&#8217;t last long so she&#8217;s used to it. Gwen says she&#8217;s just always told herself to do what she needs to do to survive. Gwen admits she does want to feel wanted by someone and she does need love.<\/p>\n<p>Sarah declares that she just wants to take a nap and some peace and quiet which Brady says she will get at his place. Sarah then goes to get her things while Xander questions Brady as to why he cares where he sleeps and if he has a problem with him staying in the Kiriakis Mansion.<\/p>\n<p>Gabi advises Gwen to find someone who will give her what she needs and to be completely honest with that person and learn from her mistake with Philip. Gabi says she has to get going while Gwen plans to drink away her feelings. They wish each other luck. Gabi tells Gwen that it&#8217;s Xander&#8217;s loss as she exits.<\/p>\n<p>Brady tells Xander that he doesn&#8217;t have a problem with him staying there and that nothing he does is going to change a thing. Xander says they&#8217;ll see about that. Sarah comes back, so Brady exits with her.<\/p>\n<p>Amy asks Philip why he can&#8217;t tell her. Philip responds that he never fell in to the river. He calls it a long story, but the short version is that he staged his murder to frame someone else. Philip reveals that he threw his prosthetic leg in the water, so everyone assumed the worst. Philip explains that he was in the middle of a mental health crisis and not thinking clearly. Amy responds that Sophia was in a dark place too. She hopes Philip is better now. He confirms he got the help he needed. Amy wishes Sophia accepted help and that she knew how much she needed it. Philip points out the Memorial Day table and what it represents. Amy says that she does have faith as she has to believe that Sophia is still alive and she would do anything to hold her again.<\/p>\n<p>Jack and Jennifer talk to JJ about how when he tried to take his own life almost a decade ago, the worry never goes away. JJ understands and gives his word that he&#8217;s not going to hurt himself, assuring that he&#8217;s in a much better place now. JJ credits the care and support of the people who love him, especially them.<\/p>\n<p>Shawn tells Jada that maybe it&#8217;s time to start thinking outside the box when it comes to Sophia getting the gun and adds that he can always ask Steve to look in to it as well. Jada reminds him that he&#8217;s on medical leave and says they can talk about the case later, but for now, it&#8217;s time to get him home so they walk off together.<\/p>\n<p>Philip exits the Pub as Gabi comes by and sees him in his uniform, commenting that he looks like a real hero and thanks him for his service. 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