Marching Into Winter

SalemDay 28 began on Wednesday, September 17, 2014.

• Hope decides that it is OK to see Aiden and sends a divorce letter to missing Bo.
• Elvis and Samanther bond, reconnect, and decide to reunite.
• Clyde woos and wows Kate, then shaves his face.
• John awakens, thanks to the DiMera treatment protocol.
• Chad agrees to be the subject of Will's debut article for Sonyx.
• Jeannie Theresa fantasizes about killing John.

SalemDay 29 began on Friday, September 26, 2014.

• Elvis is furious and angry when he realizes that Clyde has an aggressive expansion campaign in development, including recruiting DiMera operatives.
• Susan Banks returns to Salem and spends an afternoon with her son.
• Hope and Aiden have a secretive, disastrous secret luncheon in Chicago.
• Paige starts her hospital internship, then freaks out when she accidentally overhears that Kayla was raped, unaware that JJ's father was the attacker.
• Susan visits John in the hospital.
• Ben borrows money from Clyde, rents a lavish hotel suite, and beds Abigail.

SalemDay 30 began on Friday, October 3, 2014.

• As his condition improves, John begins asking detailed questions about the incident in the Kiriakis Living Room, then abruptly remembers all.
• Jeannie Theresa plots to keep her attack secret.
• Caroline gives her reluctant blessing to Hope's divorce plan.
• Julie visits Eve.
• John lies and tells everyone that Brady hit him and that he deserved to be hit.
• Will and Jackson plan a party for the kids, who have just returned from a handful of SalemDays at "camp".
• While meeting at the edge of the park, Elvis remains furious with Clyde, slapping him, which prompts turncoat Miguel to shoot Elvis, killing him.
• Samanther finds the body and tells Elvis she loves him several husband times.
• Rafe and Abe try to calm Samanther, who then heads to the DiMera Mansion and tells the kids that Elvis has left the building.

SalemDay 31 began on Tuesday, October 14, 2014.

• Salem reacts to news of a dead Elvis DiMera
• Hope is forced to tell Ciara about her divorce plans when the girl discovers a picnic date with Aiden.
• Julie feels blindsided by Hope's dating plans, but gives her blessing and urges her to find happiness.
• Jeannie Theresa and Brady have sex again.

SalemDay 32 began on Tuesday, October 21, 2014.

• Samanther gets an offer from Hollywood.
• Clyde taunts Tammi Sue about killing her mother.
• Will and Jackson argue.
• Nicole urges Samanther to head to Hollywood.
• Jill lies about hooking up with JJ, leading Paige to break off her romance.
• Jeannie Theresa and Brady hook up yet again.
• Without consulting Jackson, Will decides to take Arianna and follow his mother to LA and write the script for her movie.

SalemDay 33 began on Tuesday, October 28, 2014.

• Samanther bids a teary farewell to Salem.
• Kristen gets audio proof that Jeannie Theresa whacked John with the fireplace poker, but Brady doesn't believe her.
• Will takes Arianna Grace to visit Gabriella, and gets approval to leave the state with his daughter.
• Jennifer makes plans to visit her mother, who is recovering from minor surgery.
• John makes plans to leave the hospital.
• Kate is named CEO of DiMera Enterprises.
• Adrienne is upset that Will is leaving with Arianna Grace.
• It's suddenly Halloween, and Aiden cancels Scary Movie Night when he spies the BFF of his dead wife in the Horton Town Square.
• Brady secretly views Kristen and Daniel initiating a sexathon, but departs before Daniel abruptly stops the seduction.
• Paige continues to doubt JJ's claim that nothing happened with Jill.
• Brady banishes Kristen from his life, who has an angry rampage in Murder Park.
• Jeannie Theresa is startled, then cheered, when she gets a positive result on a home pregnancy test.
• A furious and distracted JJ confronts a tipsy Eve, who argue and flirt, and end up rolling around in her sheets.
• Kristen decides to leave Salem, but arranges for Jeannie Theresa to undergo a secret operation.

SalemDay 34 began on Friday, November 7, 2014.

• Superstar MLB pitcher Paul Narita arrives in Salem for secret shoulder surgery and proceeds to charm all the vaginettes at the hospital.
• JJ reels from his crazy sexathon with Eve.
• Jackson focuses his attention on opening a new club on "the south side of town".
• Jeannie Theresa excitedly tells Brady of her pregnancy, which he instantly doubts, and agrees to take a blood test, after which her Aunt Kayla declares that there is no child.
• Ben gets money from Clyde and rents an apartment.
• Aiden gets angry at the mere mention of his old home in Portland, finally explains to Hope that his wife Meredith committed suicide at their Puget Sound beach house, and then beds the divorcee.
• Daniel operates on Paul.
• Paige realizes that her mother slept with someone, and guesses that it was Daniel.
• Nicole and Daniel re-connect as friends.

SalemDay 35 began on Wednesday, November 19, 2014.

• Paul begins his recuperation and flirts with everyone.
• Jennifer returns home from visiting Laura Horton and interrupts an epic Eve-JJ argument.
• Melanie Jonas returns to Salem.
• Eric moves out of the pub and into an apartment.
• Will finally calls Marlena and gets chewed out for being incommunicado with his husband and extended family.
• Paul sees Jackson and plants a huge kiss on him.
• Adrienne spies Paul Narita and worries about the ramifications.

SalemDay 36 began on Wednesday, December 3, 2014.

• Eve learns that her father has been rushed to an LA hospital and uses the emergency to take Paige for an extended visit, away from Salem and JJ.
• Ben is jealous when he learns about Abigail's past with Chad DiMera.
• Kate finally admits that she hired Jordan and then found Clyde while researching Jordan's past.
• Chad moves on with Jordan Ridgeway.
• Serena Mason arrives in Salem and gets settled into the hospital to continue research.
• Suddenly, XMAS decor appears all over Salem.
• Will returns to Salem with Arianna Grace and is quickly re-hired by Zoe to write a cover story for Sonyx.

Its September

SalemDay 20 began on Friday, July 4, 2014.

• Selected Salemites celebrate Independence Day at the Lake with a picnic.
• Jackson, Will, and ArianaGrace bond, while Abigail flirts with Ben.

SalemDay 21 began on Monday, July 7, 2014.

• Clyde arrives in Salem, wants to meet his kids, and reunites with a startled Tammy Sue.
• Samanther and Kate manipulate the DiMera Enterprises Board of Directors to be named co-CEOS.
• Abigail taunts Alevis about the Hitman.
• Jennifer hires Aiden to battle Eve Donovan.
• In Las Vegas on a drug-and-booze binge, Jeannie Theresa marries a drunken Brady, returns back to the Kiriakis Mansion, then whacks father-in-law John across the skull with a fireplace poker.
• Aiden and Hope work behind the scenes at the Gala for St Lukes School, while Marlena takes kudos for stepping in as hostess at the last minute.
• Jackson secretly arranges a job interview for Will.
• Samanther taunts Abigail.
• Kate moves into the DiMera Mansion and debuts the fabulous co-CEO portrait

SalemDay 22 began on Monday, July 21, 2014.

• Hope and Abe question Jeannie Theresa.
• Jennifer and Eve battle.
• Caroline counsels Samanther to rethink her revenge and forgive.
• Alice Caroline presents her mother with a homemade photobook of the wedding.
• Will decides pen the expose about his mother.
• Brady asks Jeannie Theresa for an annulment.
• JJ makes a play for Paige, who rebuffs his couch advances.

SalemDay 23 began on Monday, July 28, 2014.

• Eric and Nicole plan for the Vatican, then fly to Rome together.
• Daniel prepares to leave for a conference in St Louis.
• Abe reveals that the DA plans no charges against Brady for attacking John.
• Kristen surprises Daniel in his hotel room, kidnapping him.
• Will researches the DiMera takeover, secretly recording detailed conversations with his mother, his stepfather, and his Granny Kate.
• Samanther forces Abigail's resignation from the hospital.
• Daniel escapes from his captors, then kidnaps Kristen and hides away in the hotel supply closet with his hostage.

SalemDay 24 began on Tuesday, August 5, 2014.

• Prior to meeting with the Cardinal, Eric fantasizes about Nicole,  then receives news from the Vatican that he is allowed to return to the priesthood.
• Jordan gets angry when she discovers that Rafe and Kate hooked up.
• Jackson tries to stop Will's article from being published by Victor's magazine.
• Samanther makes an attempt to woo back Rafe, who finds the effort amusing.
• Paige decides to postpone Stanford for a year and attend Salem University instead.
• John falls into a deep unresponsive coma.
• Jeannie Theresa and Brady sign annulment papers.
• Zoe buys and publishes Will's expose about the DiMera Drama.
• After secretly hitching a ride in  the back of truck, Daniel delivers Kristen to the Salem PD.
• Samanther decides to get a restraining order against Elvis and freaks out after learning her son is writing an expose.
• Hope is startled that she is jealous when Aiden flirts with Jennifer.
• Elvis warns Kate that Stefano will wreak havoc and make her life miserable.

SalemDay 25 began on Monday, August 18, 2014.

• Paige and JJ babysit Parker Jonas.
• Eve bonds with half-sister Jeannie Theresa.
• Kristen indicted after Eric testifies at preliminary hearing, then makes bail, gains an ankle bracelet, and finally sees Brady in Murder Park.
• Abigail is devastated by Will's article and complains to him in person, learning that his mother is the one who added her name to the content.
• Lucas discovers that Victor owns TrueVista magazine.

SalemDay 26 began on Wednesday, August 27, 2014.

• Eve is upset that she can no longer belt out the tunes during a hokey serenade from JJ.
• Jeannie Theresa tries to bond with Paige, who sees right through the charade.
• Maggie warns Daniel that Eve has major issues.
• Aiden admits that he has feelings for Hope.
• Brady and Jeannie Theresa receive their finalized annulment, ending their 5-SalemDay marriage, then hours later, end up naked and horny at the Kiriakis Mansion.
• JJ and Paige excitedly await the start of the Salem U semester.
• Kristen obtains a potential cure for John's condition as Marlena continues to sit vigil.

SalemDay 27 began on Friday, September 5, 2014.

• Clyde builds an organization in Salem, then strikes a deal with Elvis to take on a key role in the DiMera operations.
• Stefano taunts Kate via phone, leading her to claim a "threat to her life" to police.
• At Marlena's urging, Eric trades his testimony against Kristen for the alleged miracle cure obtained by Stefano.
• Fired from Victor's magazine TrueVista, Zoe Browning is hired by Sonyx and tries to recruit Will to join her.
• Jackson is furious that Will considers working for Zoe.
• The semester at Salem U begins for JJ,Paige, MaryBeth, and Rory.
• Ciara starts Fourth Grade, and is thrilled to try out for Wicked Stepsister in the school play.
• Kayla counsels both Hope and Jennifer on Men 101.
• Elvis secretly supplies new data to Rafe, prompting Stefano to remain AWOL from Salem while the DiMera Attorneys attempt to craft a defense strategy.
• Kristen believes everything will go her way and she will win back Brady.
• Chad DiMera returns to Salem, looking way older, way shorter, and way internationale.
• Eve plots with a hooker to drug JJ in compromising selfies.

On And On And On

SalemDay 16 began on Thursday, May 29, 2014.

• Jennifer overhears Daniel and Nicole argue about Chyka's documents, realizes that Nicole will forever anipulate the situation, and races to the park to tell Eric the whole story.
• Samanther and Elvis race to help Will after Jackson tells them of the confession.
• Hope decides to investigate at the murder scene and meets with Gabriella.
• Gabriella declares that she killed Nick Fallon
• Rafe and Jordan switch off their cellphones and spend the entire day lounging in her bed.
• Nicole finally admits that she shredded Dr Chyka's documents.
• Brady and Theresa embark on a cocaine binge.
• Bev uses just-released Cole to help set up Paige as a druggie.
• While Rafe boinks away, Gabriella also confesses to secretly hiring and plotting with Andrew, though she claims that he kept her in the dark about kidnapping Melanie.
• Julie returns to Salem after delivering Nick's body to the Fallons.
• Marlena confronts Samanther and Kate about their river adventure.

SalemDay 17 began on Thursday, June 12, 2014.

• Julie is outraged by the plea deal that Elvis negotiated for Gabriella.
• Kate admits that her out of town trip was a romantic getaway with Stefano.
• Gabriella is sentenced to 10-20 years for the murder of Nick Fallon, after Hope intercedes by having Joshua, Jessica, and Marie all insist that they do not want a prolonged public trial, forcing Julie to drop her plan to push for an extended punishment.
• Ben makes a move on Abigail, who reacts well.
• Brady continues to coke it up.
• Paige is suddenly worried that her mother will not like her new BF.
• JJ celebrates his last day of High School.
• Samanther abruptly hires Abigail to plan her wedding, with 48 hours notice.
• A dejected and depressed Rafe falls into bed with Kate.

SalemDay 18 began on Monday, June 17, 2014.

• Eric takes the Dr Chyka evidence to the Bishop.
• Daniel is furious that Jennifer believed he would let Nicole manipulate him into not telling Eric about the Chyka paperwork, then decides to break up with Jennifer.
• Abigail spends an exasperating day planning the Elvis-Samanther wedding.
• Victor fires Kate from MadWorld Cosmetics.
• Daniel holds a surgical consultation with Eve Baron Donovan Larsen, unaware that the southern, 7-foot tall, twangy warbler once lived in Salem as a petite, spoiled, coquette-ish hooker.
• Samanther and Kate reveal their secret alliance.
• Jeannie Theresa suddenly remembers that her niece Paige is living in Salem with some unseen cousin of Paige's dead father.
• Jennifer is stunned when Eve arrives at the Horton House for dinner with the dating children.

SalemDay 19 began on Friday, June 27, 2014.

• Kate suddenly flies to Poplar Bluff to meet her PI, who leads her to mountain man Jeremiah and scruffy mystery man Clyde, who claims that he is parent to Tammi Sue and Ollie, whom Kate knows as Jordan Ridgeway and Ben Rogers.
• Jordan and Rafe reunite.
• Eve and Jeannie Theresa bond over hatred of Jennifer.
• Samanther and Elvis wed in a quiet ceremony at the DiMera Mansion, after which Samanther orchestrates the arrest of her now-spouse on state tax evasion charges.
• JJ and Paige graduate.

Rolling On And On

SalemDay 10 began on Tuesday, April 1, 2014.

• Will and Jackson celebrate their wedding in front of Happy Salemites.
• Liam breaks into Daniel's apartment, thanks to the key that JeannieTheresa gave him.
• Thinking it will solve all the issues he has with Nicole, Eric decides that a wedding is the answer.
• Paige and JJ flirt.

SalemDay 11 began on Thursday, April 10, 2014.

• Liam successfully drugs Daniel, who nearly collapses while performing surgery, forcing him to temporarily halt his medical duties while an investigation is undertaken.
• Widow Jennifer counsels Widower Abraham.
• Eric chooses Nicole over God.
• Rafe cannot figure out why his family is letting Nick Fallon manipulate them.
• Hope and Aiden are corralled into running the St Luke's Gala.
• Elvis daydreams about the hysterical scene that would ensue if Samanther discovered the truth, then discovers an envelope filled with photos of his "private" moments with Abigail at the Horton Cabin on Smith Island.
• Kate leaves an inadvertent damning message on Lucas' answering machine, which Cheryl overhears after she beds her boss, leading to a confrontation where Kate sends the woman off to Houston.
• JeannieTheresa is frantic that she will be blamed for drugging Daniel.

SalemDay 12 began on Tuesday, April 22, 2014.

• Paige is elated that she has been admitted to Stanford.
• Liam plants drugs for Jennifer to find, cementing in her mind that someone has set up the doctor and is plotting to destroy him.
• Nicole hunts down Liam's ex-wife, who warns about his delusions/dementia.
• Thanks to Brady's leadership on the hospital board, and the lack of any evidence, Daniel is reinstated after his lengthy one day suspension.
• Jennifer is surprised when Liam arrives and the cabin, pledges his love, and declares that she has made a romantic decision that will end her life.
• JeannieTheresa tries to flee Salem, only to be stopped by Brady/Eric/Daniel, at whcih point she finally reveals that Liam is behind everything and that he is out of control.
• Nicole arrives at the Horton Cabin just in time to save Jennifer, but her obsession with finding the reconstructed shredded Chyka papers lead to Liam getting the upper hand again.
• JJ dates Bev to make Paige jealous, only making Bev the odd one out.
• Aiden draws up a custody agreement for Gabriella in which Will is limited to being an every-other-weekend dad, infuriating Will and his family.
• Jennifer and Nicole escape Liam a second time, leading to a deadly confrontation in the woods of Smith Island between Daniel and Liam, with Liam losing his balance and being impaled on a tree branch after Nicole accidentally shoots Daniel.
• Abigail confronts Nick about his manipulations, leading Nick to angrily snap at his cousin, which causes Ben to intervene to "protect" the woman.
• Elvis frantically tries to figure out who knows about his dalliance with Abigail.

SalemDay 13 began on Friday, May 2, 2014.

• Nick pressures Gabriella to set a court date for custody of Arianna Grace.
• Elvis realizes that Percy (AKA Mr Greetings) knows about the River Escapade.
• Ciara guilts grandfather Roman into escorting a wealthy socialite to the St Luke Gala.
• Julie recounts her past to Nicole and then tries to bond with an increasingly desperate Nick.
• Elvis hires a hit man to resolve the Nick Problem.
• Eric proposes to Nicole.
• Gabriella finally realizes that Nick has been manipulating her.
• Nick Fallon is is shot in the park, ambles to the town square, collapses in Julie's arms, points a finger to his murderer in the crowd of Salemites, and dies.
• Daniel returns to Smith Island and finds the shredded documents which Liam had re-assembled.

SalemDay 14 began on Tuesday, May 13, 2014.

• Gabriella cancels the court date as the Hortons mourn Nick.
• Hope begins an investigation, questioning Jackson about guns.
• Daniel confronts Nicole with the truth about shredded documents.
• Ben surprises Abigail with a kiss.
• Brady decides to drink.
• After buying some time by lying to Daniel, a desperate Nicole races to Eric and beds the former priest.
• JJ and Paige have a sweetly awkward first date.

SalemDay15 began on Monday, May 19. 2014.

• John returns to Salem and attempts to reconcile with Marlena, who is not interested.
• Brady rejects overtures from his father and drinks again and again and again.
• JJ and Paige bond.
• Julie takes Nick's body "back east" to the Fallons.
• After sleeping with Eric, Nicole suggests that they quickly elope to Las Vegas.
• Kate thinks that Lucas killed Nick.
• Lucas thinks that Will killed Nick.
• Will thinks that Jackson killed Nick.
• Jackson thinks that Will killed Nick.
• Arianna Grace has her First Birthday Party.
• Nicole lies and lies to keep Eric.
• Will falsely confesses to killing Nick Fallon and forces the Salem PD to keep his confession under wraps.

More

SalemDay 5 began on Monday, February 10, 2014.

• Eric returns from his one-day retreat, convinced to leave the priesthood.
• Marlena is thrilled to hear that Jackson has proposed to her grandson and counsels Will to give his reply when he is 100% ready.
• Nick forces his way into his old job at Mad World.
• Rafe and Jordan finally get naked.
• Gabriella remains enthralled with "the new Nick", much to the anguish of her co-horts.
• JJ receives only probation and community service at his sentencing.
• Nick inadvertantly reveals that he recalls everything and is forced to reveal that Percy Ruggles saved him from drowning in the river and that the birdman has photos of Kate/Samanther/Gabriella dragging Nick's body to the river.
• Nicole returns to Salem, finds Brady in Daniel's apartment, but when she tries to show him the evidence, he immediately flees.
• Abigail remains flustered by Elvis, who gives his fiancee a huge diamond, when everyone suddenly discovers that it is Valentines Day.
• Will gives Jackson a Memory Book of their time together, including one last page which cites his acceptance to Jackson's marriage proposal.
• Daniel reveals the Chyka incident to Hope, who points out all the information will be invalid for formal charges.
• Eric tells Nicole that he is leaving the priesthood so they can resume their romance.
• A confused and flustered Nicole keeps secret the Chyka documentation from everyone as she figures out what to do next.
• Gabriella is charmed by her ex-husband Nick Fallon
• Will and Sonny announce their wedding plans to Lucas and Samanther.
• Jennifer has an awkward uncomfortable un-fun dinner with Liam.
• Samanther sexes up Elvis

SalemDay 6 began on Wednesday, February 19, 2014

• Eric breaks the news to his parents that he is leaving the priesthood.
• Convinced that she has finally won Eric's heart, Nicole shreds the Chyka papers that document the Kristen plot to drug and seduce Father Eric.
• Abigail decides that she wants Elvis, who rebuffs the advances.
• Marlena doubts Nicole's sincerity and begins a campaign to discredit her.
• JJ finally comes clean about the night that Jeannie Theresa OD'd, telling his mother that he was there and that Daniel covered to protect him.
• Rafe is finally cane-free, his recovery nearly complete
• Jennifer apologizes to Daniel and  the couple reconcile (again).
• Adrienne is not pleased by news of her son's planned wedding
• Ciara manipulates Samanther into purchasing several thousand dollars of earrings, which upset Hope, who insists that all of them are donated to charity.
• Calvin Harris plays an unseen Salem concert.
• Ben Rogers arrives in Salem and stalks his sister.
• Marlena begs Stefano to arrange a videoconference with exiled Dr Chyka.
• JJ begins his community service and is tongue-tied upon meeting Paige Larsen.
• Date Night in Salem is a rousing success for Eric/Nicole, Jennifer/Daniel, JeannieTheresa/Brady, and Bev/JJ.

SalemDay 7 began on Tuesday. March 4, 2014.

• John interrupts the impulsive sexathon between his son and JeannieTheresa.
• Upset by her brother's arrival, Jordan plans a secret, quick exit from Salem.
• The Annual St Lukes Bake Sale forces Hope to work with Aiden Jennings.
• Reconciled with Daniel, Jennifer breaks up with Liam, who is not happy.
• John tells Hope that Bo will remain undercover for at least another year.
• Marlena is tense upon seeing her ex-husband back in Salem.
• Nicole moves out of Daniel's apartment, eager to sex up the wayward ex-priest at the Salem Inn, only to have her hopes dashed when Eric opts to wait "until marriage".
• Victor insists on hosting the Gay Wedding.
• Nick works behind the scenes to get Gabriella back into her modeling career.
• Rafe is upset when he learns Jordan is leaving Salem.
• Abigail has a pregnancy scare.

SalemDay 8 began on Wednesday, March 12, 2014

• Hope breaks the news to her daughter than Bo will not be returning soon.
• Stefano arranges the Chyka videoconference for Marlena, who fails to get answers and bungles her effort to trace/locate Chyka, infuriating Stefano.
• Abigail worries that the DiMera doctor will steal her baby.
• Jackson and Will try to negotiate wedding plans with their mothers.
• Daniel and Jennifer host the Pizza Party From Hell, with tense interactions between Eric/Nicole/Brady.
• Kate agrees to dinner with Stefano, but rebuffs his overtures.
• Liam obsesses about Jennifer from afar.
• Abigail receives the good news that she is not preggers.

SalemDay 9 began on Monday, March 24, 2014.

• While Marlena is eager to officiate her grandson's wedding, fellow grandmother Kate is secretly heartbroken.
• Jordan decides to stay in Salem and introduces Rafe to her brother.
• A delusional and smitten Gabriella wants everyone to welcome Nick back to the fold.
• Jackson and Will line up the speakers for their ceremony: Caroline, Lucas, Justin.
• Paige flirts with JJ.
• Hope is exasperated with Aiden, but acknowledges that he "is not a serial killer".
• T hosts the world's worst Bachelor Party for the gay grooms.

Hey -- It's A New Year

SalemDay 28 began on Wednesday, September 25, 2013.

• Jennifer frets that since JJ is freed from jail, he will be living on the streets.
• Abigail visits Chad again and again has sex.
• Nicole gets a job offer to return as a local television personality.
• Elvis realizes that Chad is faking a brain tumor to keep Dr Cameron Davis from pursuing a romance with Abigail and uses the information to blackmail Chad into moving into the DiMera Mansion.
• Eric hosts a tense marriage pre cana session with Brady and Kristen.
• After spending a few hours apart, Chad and Abigail have sex again.
• Anne hires Theresa.
• Kayla nearly reveals to JJ that his father had raped her when they were married in the 1980s.
• Samanther agrees to move into the DiMera Mansion once she understands that her freedom is the direct result of Stefano coming to her aid, at the tearful request of her fiance.
• After a successful pre cana session, Kristen decides to destroy the video evidence of her sexual tryst with Father Eric, only to be stunned when her video tech geek tells her that she has the wrong flash drive.

SalemDay 29 began on Friday, October 4, 2013.

• Realizing that there is some family secret involving his dead father, JJ visits the Kiriakis Mansion and subtly presses Adrienne for information.
• Gabriella realizes that reigniting her relationship with Nick would be a mistake, but is unsuccessful in making him understand that their breakup is final/complete.
• Theresa starts her new job in HR.
• Frustrated that his aunts aren't giving him info, JJ breaks back into his house, retrieves the transcript of Jennifer's testimony at the trial of Lawrence Alamain, and realizes that his father admitted on the stand that he had raped his then-wife Kayla.
• Stefano is pleased that his family is all moved into the mansion, but is taunted by Caroline on his way to the engagement party.
• Eric hosts a second, calmer, and more productive pre-cana session for Brady and his intended bride, after which he reluctantly agrees to perform their marriage ceremony.
• JJ throws a hysterical fit upon seeing his father's just-published memoir in the Town Square, tossing random furniture through a store window and slugging a few locals who attempt to calm him.
• Now that his daughter is no longer on trial, Roman is reinstated as police commissioner, but refuses to attend Samanther's engagement party at Club TBD.
• Aware that Marlena likely (and unknowingly) has the wrong flash drive, Kristen arranges for a thug to snatch her purse, but the plan goes awry, with the flash drive flying from Marlena's purse to a corner of the park, where moments later, Parker Jonas finds a "new shiny blue toy".
• After being threatened by Elvis, Cameron realizes that Chad has been lying about the brain tumor and intends to confront him after the engagement party.
• Jackson encourages Gabriella to date Dr Davis.
• Kristen and Marlena co-host the engagement party at Club TBD.
• Marge Bernardi considers suicide, then decides it would be better to kill a DiMera instead, so she heads to Club TBD and fires at Elvis, only to hit Chad instead.
• Daniel saves Chad in surgery, but only after Elvis is forced to reveal to Cameron that the brain tumor is a hoax and that there is no need for the surgeons to be warned about a potentially lethal drug interaction.

SalemDay 30 began on Wednesday, October 16, 2013.

• When a couple unexpectedly drops their wedding plans for St Lukes, Brady and Kristen decide to move up their nuptials, planning to marry "in a couple days".
• JJ has his bail denied, but is given a second chance by vowing to remain in his mother's house and out of trouble.
• Eric begins to believe that "Fay Taylor" is the blond memory he has of the hotelroom and confronts Nicole, charging her with rape.
• Kate decides to investigate Jordan Ridgeway.
• Kayla is angry with Jeannie Theresa and visits her apartment, only to be kept outside as JT contends that she is "entertaining a gentleman inside".
• Will wins a fellowship to a Berkeley Seminar.
• Nick continues his secret quest to get his ex-wife a NYC modeling gig.
• A forlorn, confused, and aimless JJ decides to hook up with Jeannie Theresa, who promptly overdoses.
• Chad reveals his untruthful tactics to Abigail, who is furious with both Chad and Cameron.
• JJ panics and calls Daniel, who rescues Jeannie Theresa, much to the giggles and rumor-mongering of the Salem Hospital Gossips.

SalemDay 31 began on Tuesday, October 29, 2013.

• Samanther reluctantly agrees to be Brady's Best Man,
• After contemplating her situation overnight, Abigail breaks up with Chad and tells Cameron that she is just as furious with him.
• Daniel identifies a Boston surgeon who can successful repair Chad's injuries and sends him to recuperate, with Stefano alongside for support.
• While leaving a note for Daniel, Marlena finds Kristen's flash drive, is ecstatic, and races to learn its contents, only to be roadblocked by locked files and viruses.
• While staying with Daniel after her shoutdown with Father Eric, Nicole accidentally overhears that Daniel is protecting JJ.
• Jeannie Theresa wakes up in the hospital, but doesn't remember anything about the night she overdosed.
• Will heads to Berkeley for his Writing Seminar.

SalemDay 32 began on Tuesday, November 5, 2013.

• Brady and Kristen prepare on their wedding day.
• Kate is exasperated when her sources can fin no information on Jordan Ridgeway.
• Hours befoe the wedding, Elvis discovers Kristen's plot and is furious,
• Cameron leaves Salem to take a role in Doctors Without Borders.
• With Chad derailed in Boston, Jackson hires T to help out at Club TBD.
• A frustrated and frantic Marlena delivers the flash drive to Victor, who calls out his most talented tech geeks to unlock the files.
• Kristen successfully pleads for her brother's silence and prepares to marry Brady
• Victor is shocked when he privately previews the unlocked video, then heads to St Lukes, where he tricks Marlena into showing the video footage in lieu of the special "love story" DVD which Brady had created for his bride-to-be.
• Salemites watch porn on Big Screen at St Lukes, featuring Father Eric and The Bride.
• To verify its authenticity, the Salemites watch the video a second time.
• Marlena is furious with Victor and unable to comfort her son, who brawls with Brady once Kristen flees the church
• Nicole chases Kristen through the windy roads near Salem, where each of them total out vehicles and are left for near-dead.
• Gabriella is thrilled by her job offer, but disheartened by the need to move to NYC.
• Will returns from his Seminar, only one SalemDay after departing, though everyone seems to think he was gone for an entire week.
• Maggie leaves Victor and questions if she can ever be Mrs Kiriakis again.
• Abigail tries to befriend Jordan Ridgeway, but runs into dead ends with most conversations.
• Nicole is unhurt after her auto accident, but Kristen is nowhere to be found.
• Anne Milbauer conspires with Jeannie Theresa to end Daniel's career.

SalemDay 32 began on Monday, November 18, 2013..

• Kim and Shane return to Salem for an intervention.
• Nick finally convinces Gabriella to accept the modeling contract by manipulating her situation in Salem.
• Eric meets with the Bishop, who is not happy his priest had video sex.
• Gabriella tells Rafe of her plan to move to NYC
• Samanther remains angry that Elvis hid his knowledge of Kristen's sex try.ap fir her twin, but agrees to run part of DiMera Enterprises, now that Stefano and Kristen are both AWOL from Salem.
• Kimberly, Shane, Kayla, Roman, and Caroline all plead with Jeannie Theresa to get her act together, drop the drugs, and to move forward with a life in Salem, all the while threatening that she may be forced to return to jail in CA.
• Nick advises Hope that he has accepted a job in NYC and will leave immediately.
• After being initially thrilled for Gabriella, Will and Jackson become furious when they realize that her modeling contract requires her to live with her baby in NYC.
• Maggie tells Victor that their marriage has ended.
• Samanther discovers that Gabriella plans to move to NYC and rather than becoming hysterical, she tries to bond with Gabriella about keeping family close.
• Nick gives Kate one final flash drive and announces he is heading to NYC that afternoon, at which point Kate begins to think that Gabriella and Nick are conspiring together to take Baby Arianna from Will.
• Suspended from his priestly duties, Eric dons a ridiculous-looking unfashionable grey leather jacket, mopes around Horton Town Square, fails at apologizing to Nicole, tries his hand at photography again, and moves into a room above the Brady Pub.
• Gabriella flees her argument with Will and Jackson, only to meet up with Nick in Horton Town Square.
• Jeannie Theresa vows to get straight, tricking her parents into happily fleeing back to CA, rather than staying in Salem for any holidays or interaction with anyone outside the immediate family.
• When Gabriella hints that she may turn down the modeling offer, Nick becomes volatile, accidentally revealing that he has orchestrated the entire plot, leading to a loud public argument for all of Horton Town Square to see.
• Will makes the mistake of presenting his boyfriend with a cruel ultiimatum, forcing Jackson to vehemently protest that he loves Baby Arianna as if she were his own, which she is.
• Kate witnesses the public spat between Nick and Gabriella, also realizing that the girl did not know about his plans and then calling Samanther for assistance.
• After fighting with Nick, Gabriella flees into the woods near Horton Town Square, where Nick catches up with her, reminds her of his love, threatens to reveal her role in orchestrating the Melanie Jonas kidnapping/near-death, and begins to assault her.
• Gabriella falls to the ground during the struggle and while being attacked by the deranged ex-husband, she slams a nearby rock to his head, causing him to "die" just as Kate arrives from the HTS.
• Samanther arrives just as Kate helps Gabriella escape from Nick's lifeless body.
• Nighttime Bird Enthusiast Percy stumbles upon the three women, who hide Nick's body from view.
• Agreeing that everyone is better off with Nick "dead" and "away in NYC", the three decide to dump the dead body in the nearby raging winter creek, where once the body hits the water, Nick awakens and frantically fights to pull them in before apparently drowning in the rough current.
• Will and Jackson decide to move to NYC.
• Kate, Samanther, and Gabriella toss Nick's backpack into the water, then collect a few of his stray belongings, including his cellphone, which Kate uses to text a reply to Hope that all is well in NYC.
• Eric moves into the pub.
• A devastated, scared, shocked, upset, and near hysterical Gabriella returns home and announces that she won't take the NYC offer and will remain in Salem.
• Samanther returns to the mansion, where she unsuccessfully dodges questions from Elvis, who also notices her engagement earrings, but fails to notice one is missing.

SalemDay 33 began on Monday, December 2, 2013.

• While hiking with his father, Theo finds Samanther's stray earring.
• Anne Milbauer orchestrates an ethics review regarding Daniel's interaction with Jeannie Theresa, only to be foiled by 125+ personal letters of support from other hospital staff and patients, as well as Jeannie Theresa's last minute decision to tell the truth about the night she overdosed.
• Encouraged by his walking strength, an exuberant Rafe kisses Jordan Ridgeway.
• Samanther learns her lost earring is worth over $30,000, but is unsuccessful in her search along the raging river.
• Brady gets a DVD from Kristen, driving him to take cocaine.

SalemDay 34 began on Thursday, December 5, 2013.

• Salem suddenly is overloaded with holiday decor.
• Brady continues his cocaine binge.
• Birdwatcher Percy stumbles upon the troubled trio at Horton Town Square.
• Jeannie Theresa tries to figure out what happened on the night of her overdose, then suddenly recalls that she was with JJ.
• Ciara misses her father.

SalemDay 35 began on Thursday, December 12, 2013.

• Will becomes convinced that his mother and grandmother are plotting a surprise birthday party for him and insists that his boyfriend get the scoop.
• Brady gives a drugged-out pre-interview to Nicole about being deceived by Kristen.
• Jackson Kiriakis hides in a closet.
• JJ and Brady both seek out the same dealer to score some drugs.
• Rafe leaves the hospital and moves into his new apartment.
• Elvis is annoyed that Samanther is clearly keeping something from him and sniffs around Abigail, who is strangely drawn to the man.
• Jackson overhears Gabriella, Kate, and Samanther discuss their murder of Nick Fallon, then races to Club TBD to tell Will, only to be interrupted by his mother'
• Liam makes a date with Jennifer.
• Jackson confronts the murderous trio, but is convinced to keep quiet until after the holidays.
• Samanther browbeats Ciara to get her lost earring back.
• Elvis nearly tricks Gabriella and Jackson into revealing the murder.
• Stefano returns to Salem for XMAS.
• Samanther finally tells Elvis that Gabriella killed Nick.

SalemDay 36 began on Tuesday, December 24, 2013.

• Doug and Julie arrive for XMAS celebrations.
• Percy plays Santa at Horton Town Square.
• Brady leaves Salem to avoid the family.
• Maggie agrees to spend the holidays with Victor.

SalemDay 37 began on Wednesday, December 25, 2013.

• It's Christmas Day in Salem.
• The Hortons decorate their tree with family ornaments.
• Julie becomes vocal in her concern that no one has heard from Nick.

SalemDay 38 began on Friday, December 27, 2013.

• On the day after XMAS, Brady returns, relapses, lies, and drugs it up.
• Thinking that everyone (including his BF) is hiding a birthday party from him, Will hides in the closet and discovers that Gabriella killed Nick.
• It's suddenly NYE, and Daniel figures out that Brady is using again.
• Jennifer's first date with Liam is interrupted by JJ's attempts to break them up.

Another SalemYear ends.  2013 had 38 SalemDays.

SalemDay 1 began on Thursday, January 2, 2014.

• Will visits the woods and explores the scene of the crime, only to be startled by Jackson and again by Percy.
• Abigail texts "Nick" and is concerned that he isn't replying.
• Elvis pressures Samanther to renew their sexual trysts.
• Rafe pursues Jordan.
• Julie continues to worry that no one has spoken to Nick, cites examples of awkward texts sent to Jessica/Marie, and convinces Abigail that something is wrong
• Brady buys more cocaine and gets mugged.
• Maggie drags Jeannie Theresa and Brady to AA.
• Abigail goes to Smith Island to meet Hope about Nick, only to encounter Elvis at the empty cabin.
• Jennifer hires Eric to do hospital photography.
• Will is abruptly transformed.
• Rafe begins using crutches.
• Abigail and Elvis have sex in the Horton Cabin on Smith Island.

SalemDay 2 began on Thursday, January 9, 2014.

• Elvis claims to have remorse for his encounter with Abigail.
• Cheryl arrives from Birmingham for a two-day interview with Kate and Lucas.
• Dr Chykra returns to Salem,warned by Stefano that loose ends are not tolerated, holds Eric and Nicole hostage, then abandons them in the basement with a convenient gas leak.
• Daniel finally gets scientific test results that prove Eric was drugged.
• Jackson proposes to someone claiming to be Will, who promptly turns him down, using the excuse that their lives are in turmoil, thanks to Gabriella's murder of Nick and the family conspiracy of silence.
• Justin and Adrienne are abruptly away to Australia.
• Elvis and Samanther reunite, but remain in separate DiMera Mansion bedrooms.
• Daniel saves Eric and Nicole from a basement explosion.

SalemDay 3 began on Wednesday, January 22, 2014.

• Salem prepares for the christening of Arianna Grace Horton.
• JJ manipulates Bev to solve his Jeannie Theresa problem.
• Hope meets attorney Aiden Jennings.
• Brady drinks all day, disrupts an AA meeting, and misses the christening.
• Jennifer lunches with Liam.
• Father Matt confirms that Ciara Brady has become a Holy Terror.
• Abigail figures out that Nick is dead, becomes convinced to tell Hope, and is nearly dissuaded by Elvis.
• Nick Fallon arrives as the christening is ending, startling Salem.

SalemDay 4 began on Thursday, January 30, 2014.

• Theresa continues to dig for the facts about her OD.
• Julie and Nick reconnect.
• Eric heads to an out of town retreat.
• Elvis and Abigail hook up in the gym shower.
• Nicole and Daniel pare down the suspect list to Dr Chyka, locate him via his cell pulses in the distant woods, head to his cabin, and surprise him by taking him hostage.
• After battling with Maggie and disowning her as his sponsor, Brady drinks his way into oblivion at Daniel's empty apartment.
• Daniel injects sodium pentothal into Dr Chyka and he admits his role in Kristen's plot.
• Abe delivers a brief letter from John to his son, again acknowledging that he has learned that he is not the son of Colleen Brady, and not the long missing Ryan Brady.
• Daniel overpowers a DiMera thug, carts him off to a distant location, leaves Nicole alone with a drugged Chyka, who reveals all his files in a secret safe just before awaking from his stupor, overpowering Nicole, and fleeing.
• Nicole is elated when she reviews all the documentation, proving that Father Eris was drugged by Kristen.
• Kate finds a secret stash of fake IDs used by Jordan Ridgeway.