{"id":70946,"date":"2026-08-09T02:51:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T07:51:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/?p=70946"},"modified":"2026-08-09T02:52:41","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T07:52:41","slug":"days-update-tuesday-july-21-2026-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tvmeg.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/09\/days-update-tuesday-july-21-2026-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Days Update Tuesday, July 21, 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>Lani goes to make a delivery from the Bakery at the Salem Inn but is surprised when it&#8217;s Eli answering the door as they kiss.<\/p>\n<p>Foster goes to the book store to see Julie and tells her that he&#8217;s feeling better and that he&#8217;s sorry about missing the concert last night. Foster then asks how he can make it up to her.<\/p>\n<p>Kristen meets Lexie in the park and asks how she&#8217;s feeling. Lexie admits she feels worse by the hour, but she&#8217;s concerned about Kristen because of EJ&#8217;s plan to punish her by sending her to the DiMera private island. Lexie asks if she figured out what she&#8217;s going to do. Kristen responds that she does have an idea, so Lexie asks if she trusts her enough to share.<\/p>\n<p>Xander startles Philip at Titan and excitedly tells him that Kristen told him that Stefano&#8217;s inheritance has come in. Xander adds that their next loan payment isn&#8217;t until next week so they have plenty of time to get the money from Gabi. Xander mentions it being a little odd they haven&#8217;t heard from Gabi, but says she&#8217;s probably out celebrating which is what they should be doing. Xander goes to pour some scotch when Gabi arrives. Gabi tells Xander not to get too excited as she announces she is rescinding her offer to bail out Titan and she&#8217;s decided to keep every cent of Stefan&#8217;s inheritance to herself.<\/p>\n<p>Eli wishes Lani a happy anniversary as Lani questions him being in Salem early. Eli confirms that his boss let him off early and confirms he got someone to cover her shift at the Bakery so they could be together. Lani says she should&#8217;ve known when she was told to make a special delivery at the end of her shift. Eli says he was working on this undercover operation. Lani says it&#8217;s mission accomplished as they kiss.<\/p>\n<p>Julie tells Foster that it worked out perfectly as she invited Marlena and they had a wonderful time. Foster reveals that if she&#8217;s free next week, he got them tickets for the next concert in the square series which is the music of Irving Berlin. Julie responds that she&#8217;s sorry but she&#8217;s going to have to miss that one.<\/p>\n<p>Philip questions Gabi practically begging him to take her money and now just changing her mind. Gabi says she has good reason. Philip doesn&#8217;t care and argues that she can&#8217;t renege because they had a written contract. Gabi responds that she learned her lesson before and had a morality clause included. Xander says they&#8217;ve given her no reason to invoke that while Gabi argues that she is certain they stole her Gabi Chic designs to create shoddy knockoffs which is highly amoral and reprehensible. Gabi tells them it&#8217;s game over.<\/p>\n<p>Kristen assures Lexie that she trusts her and thinks they can help each other. Kristen says Lexie wants to spare her family the trauma of watching her die again and to find somewhere where they won&#8217;t find her. Kristen asks if Lexie has figured out where that is. Lexie admits she hasn&#8217;t yet. Kristen tells her that she has an idea. Kristen doesn&#8217;t want Lexie to be alone and frightened when the end is near, while she needs to find a way to escape unnoticed. Lexie asks what one thing has to do with the other. Kristen says it&#8217;s everything and she thinks it could benefit them if they switch places. Lexie questions how this could even work since no one would confuse Kristen for her. Kristen says they won&#8217;t have to and explains that she gathered intel from a staff member on the island. Kristen states that EJ believes everyone working there is loyal to him, but he forgets that she resided there for quite some time. Kristen adds that a staff member told her that everyone working on the island is supposed to expect a shipping container with EJ&#8217;s sister in it, but he didn&#8217;t specify which sister.<\/p>\n<p>Philip questions what Gabi is talking about. Xander says has no idea. Gabi argues that they abused their shipping contract to get her designs first and went through Basic Black to make counterfeits being sold all over the world. Gabi says it was their perfect plan to take revenge on her while making a gigantic profit from her work. Philip turns to Xander and asks if Titan really needed another scandal. Xander says to slow down and tells Gabi that he&#8217;s terribly sorry that someone stole her work. Xander adds that he can&#8217;t speak for Philip but swears he had nothing to do with it.<\/p>\n<p>Lexie tells Kristen that whoever is responsible for putting her in the shipping container must know which sister he&#8217;s targeting. Kristen argues that EJ will have one of his minions who will be under strict orders from EJ alone and won&#8217;t be in touch with the island staff, so they just need to find the right time to switch places after she&#8217;s kidnapped and thrown in the container and before the container arrives on the island. Lexie calls it a clever plan but thinks the truth will get out at some point. Kristen says by then, it won&#8217;t matter as she just has to buy enough time to get far enough away to live another day. Kristen declares that EJ will think she&#8217;s neutralized and will be unaware that she&#8217;s on the move, so he will be the one who won&#8217;t see it coming.<\/p>\n<p>Eli and Lani joke about Eli pulling off his plan. Eli then surprises Lani with an amethyst necklace for their sixth anniversary. Lani says her gift for him is at home, but she does have a little surprise for him, so she has him close his eyes.<\/p>\n<p>Foster asks Julie what&#8217;s wrong. Julie reminds him that Doug was a singer and he particularly loved the tunes of Irving Berlin and would sing them to her. Foster completely understands why she wouldn&#8217;t want to go to that concert. Foster says he&#8217;d react the same if she asked him to go to the tulip festival as he used to go every year with his late wife. Julie suggests Foster could ask Marlena to the concert, since she enjoyed the Verdi concert so much. Foster questions if Julie is trying to set him up with Marlena.<\/p>\n<p>Lexie asks Kristen why go through all this trouble instead of just taking off and disappearing before EJ disappears her. Kristen responds that EJ is probably having her watched and he would just hunt her down if she escaped. Kristen encourages that if they switch places, Lexie will get to live out her final days in a peaceful paradise island while she will get to vanish from EJ. Lexie admits she&#8217;s tempted as she told Abe she was going to visit her mother, but she was really just going to find some place to die alone and then tell Abe and Theo after she&#8217;s gone. Kristen assures her that Stefano&#8217;s staff will treat her like royalty. Lexie asks about Kristen and if she plans to be on the run from EJ, her life, and Rachel forever. Kristen insists it won&#8217;t be forever as she just needs time to figure out a way to outmaneuver EJ and then she&#8217;ll be back. Lexie questions how it got to this and what she did to EJ to make him go this far.<\/p>\n<p>Philip questions Xander saying he can&#8217;t speak for him. Xander says he doesn&#8217;t know what he&#8217;s been up to. Gabi argues that Philip is obviously very angry with her so that would be his motive. Philip guesses Gabi thinks he&#8217;s so obsessed with her that all he thinks about is how to get back at her. Philip tells Gabi that he doesn&#8217;t think about her at all anymore and declares he&#8217;s sick of the topic of Gabi Hernandez. Gabi asks if his little self help book did the trick then. Philip insists he wasn&#8217;t reading that because of her but he is totally over her. Philip says that Gabi is accusing him of something so ridiculous so she&#8217;s not over him and is projecting. Gabi complains that she doesn&#8217;t give a damn which one of them did this and that all she knows is neither of them will see a penny of her late husband&#8217;s inheritance. Philip tells Gabi to keep her inheritance because he never wanted her money anyway.<\/p>\n<p>Julie tells Foster that no one sets up Marlena and it was just a suggestion if he had no one to take to the concert, but she&#8217;s sure he does. Foster tells Julie that if she&#8217;s no longer interested in going out with him, she can just say so. Julie calls Foster a charming man and completely different from her husband, but it&#8217;s all so new to her so she doesn&#8217;t know how to behave or what to expect. Foster relates to being alone after a long and happy marriage, but he enjoys her company and they have to live life to the fullest. Foster suggests they find a new way of being happy together.<\/p>\n<p>Eli opens his eyes to see Lani wearing only her bakery apron. Eli offers to take it off himself as they kiss and move in to the bed.<\/p>\n<p>Kristen tells Lexie that she did something out of anger that she regrets. Lexie is sure she had her reasons to be angry with EJ. Lexie admits she&#8217;s not EJ&#8217;s biggest fan either, but he is her brother and she still loves him. Kristen doesn&#8217;t expect her to stop loving their brother as long as she&#8217;s on her team this go round. Lexie says definitely, but asks if she really thinks her plan will work. Kristen says she wouldn&#8217;t have suggested it if she didn&#8217;t. Kristen warns that the clock is ticking for both of them, so they have to commit quickly. Kristen asks if Lexie is in.<\/p>\n<p>Xander tells Gabi not to be hasty as there&#8217;s clearly a misunderstanding they need to get to the bottom of. Gabi argues that there is no misunderstanding and that only someone who had access to her designs could pull this off. Xander remarks that it&#8217;s just a handbag while Gabi complains that her designs are one of a kind, iconic, and timeless. Xander encourages that whoever did this must be a huge fan of her work. Gabi responds that she&#8217;s not flattered but horrified as she put her heart and soul in to those designs. Gabi calls that kind of betrayal unforgivable. Philip then chimes in that now she knows how he feels.<\/p>\n<p>Julie asks if Foster thinks they should have happy moments together. Foster suggests maybe it&#8217;s too soon. Julie agrees and says she just needs time. Foster tells Julie that if she wants to go on another date, she can give him a call. Julie says she will and walks away. Julie then gives Foster that call.<\/p>\n<p>Lani tells Eli that she would love to lay with him all day, but she does have to get back to the bakery to drop off an order at the Bistro. Eli tells Lani that marrying her was the best decision he&#8217;s made in his life.<\/p>\n<p>Lexie tells Kristen that she doesn&#8217;t have much to lose, so she&#8217;s in. Kristen tearfully thanks her for giving her a second chance as they hug. Kristen wishes they had more time together. Lexie declares that DiMeras never die while Kristen jokes that they just change their hiding places. Lexie asks what&#8217;s next. Kristen says she needs to figure out the where and when of EJ&#8217;s plan. Kristen asks if there&#8217;s anything she can do to help Lexie. Lexie says she will let her know. Kristen advises Lexie to be ready at a moment&#8217;s notice.<\/p>\n<p>Gabi asks if Philip is admitting to stealing her designs. Philip says all he said was that he knows how betrayal feels. Gabi guesses this is how he got back at her, but Philip says he has better things to do and doesn&#8217;t give a damn about her anymore. Xander understands Gabi has hurt feelings but she can&#8217;t throw around baseless accusations and suggests maybe one of her employees made the counterfeits. Gabi says definitely not as she&#8217;s had the same employees and manufacturers for years. Xander remarks that there&#8217;s a first time for everything. Gabi points out it&#8217;s the first time shipping with Titan, so it would be easy for them to crack things open and help themselves to her designs which is what she is convinced happened. Gabi declares that she&#8217;s invoking the morality clause and as far as she&#8217;s concerned, her debt to Titan has been paid. Xander reminds Gabi that she very recently committed corporate espionage against their company which Gabi calls baseless accusations and denies admitting to it. Philip points out that Theo remembers and Anna heard it from Tony. Gabi calls that hearsay and warns them to lawyer up. Xander questions her wanting to go to court while Gabi argues that they had the means, motive, and opportunity that no one else on the planet had. Gabi warns that they don&#8217;t have the resources to fight her so they will lose Titan, the mansion, and everything else they hold dear.<\/p>\n<p>Eli and Lani walk through the town square where they run in to Kristen. Lani and Kristen hug as Kristen asks where they are off to. Lani says she&#8217;s helping Chanel at the Bakery and that she and Eli were just celebrating their anniversary. Kristen wishes them a happy anniversary. Eli says he&#8217;ll let them catch up as he steps away on a work call. Kristen wishes she would&#8217;ve spent more time with Lani the past few years and kept in better touch. Lani says it&#8217;s okay as she&#8217;s here now and they will have so much time to catch up. Lani asks if Kristen is good. Kristen claims that she is, but says she realized she doesn&#8217;t tell her enough how much her friendship means to her and says she&#8217;s truly grateful to have her in her life, so she always wants her to remember that as they hug.<\/p>\n<p>Lexie goes to the book store and sits down with a book titled &#8220;When I&#8217;m Gone&#8221;. Julie approaches and says when Doug passed away, that book gave her a lot to think about. Lexie responds that she was just looking at romance novels but this one caught her eye. Julie recommends the book and mentions that the writer says in the book that in Heaven, she&#8217;ll be reunited with her husband. Julie says she is a woman of faith, but on that issue she has so many questions. Julie brings up Lexie returning from the other side and asks if she saw something that she would call Heaven and if she will find Doug there.<\/p>\n<p>Xander asks Gabi what about Arianna, reminding her that she&#8217;s a Kiriakis. Gabi argues that she runs a highly lucrative fashion brand and just came in to a windfall, so she&#8217;s more than capable of taking care of her daughter. Xander points out how much this would hurt Sonny and asks if she thinks Arianna would just turn a blind eye to that. Xander guesses Gabi didn&#8217;t think about Sonny at all because she only ever thinks about herself and remarks that it&#8217;s no wonder her daughter isn&#8217;t talking to her. Gabi argues that she has a good relationship with her daughter&#8217;s father. Philip says not after he hears this. Gabi says he can badmouth her to Sonny all he wants and calls Philip a bitter lovesick fool as she storms out of the office. Xander questions what Philip was thinking. Philip tells him it wasn&#8217;t him. Xander responds that it wasn&#8217;t him either.<\/p>\n<p>Kristen tells Lani that she will let her get back to her husband and tells her to take care of herself as she hurries off. Eli comes back to Lani and asks what&#8217;s wrong. Lani says she just had the strangest conversation with Kristen where she was being really sweet to her. Eli notes they are good friends. Lani says this was different and not like her. Lani has a gut feeling that Kristen was trying to say goodbye.<\/p>\n<p>Lexie wishes she could tell Julie that she saw Heaven with her own eyes, but she never fully left this life that she can remember. Julie guesses she will just have to lean on her faith again. Lexie has no doubt that Julie and Doug will be reunited someday as they hug.<\/p>\n<p>Philip tells Xander that he better not be messing with his head. Xander says they are in this together and if the ship sinks, they both go down. Philip asks if Xander would tell him if he tapped in to Titan&#8217;s shadier connections. Xander swears he did not steal Gabi&#8217;s designs and had nothing to do with this.<\/p>\n<p>Gabi goes to the town square and complains that she was a fool to trust them. Gabi pulls out her phone and calls Gwen but it goes to voicemail. Gabi leaves a message that she has exciting news as she figured out who stole her designs and those bastards are going to regret ever messing with Gabi Chic.<\/p>\n<p>Philip and Xander agree to believe each other. Philip points out that Gabi and the money are gone. Xander says they are not giving up when there&#8217;s an easy solution to all of this. Philip says he can&#8217;t wait to hear it. Xander says they&#8217;ve established being honest with each other, so it&#8217;s Philip&#8217;s job to convince Gabi of the same. Xander says it&#8217;s obvious that Philip and Gabi still have feelings for each other, so he instructs Philip to use that. Philip refuses to demean himself to using their past relationship. Xander argues they are in the middle of a crisis but Philip says he&#8217;s not lowering himself to that, so he can forget it. Xander tells Philip to find another way to save the company then, bringing up that this is all because of Philip&#8217;s fraud letter. Philip thought they were over that. Xander says they were until his girlfriend came to put the nail in their coffin. 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