Another Year Bites The Dust

SalemDay 25 began on Friday, September 2, 2016.

• Chad hires Belle Black to work at DiMera Enterprises.
• Jennifer proposes that Adrienne and Lucas take care of Thomas.
• Laura arrives in Salem to comfort her daughter.
• Clyde Weston summons Marlena to prison.
• Orpheus meets Clyde.
• Deimos invites Maggie and Victor to move back into the mansion in order to facilitate her ongoing rehabilitation.
• Eve Donovan returns for the wedding of Brady and Jeannie Theresa.
• Victor figures out that Kate took Tate.
• Kayla collapses.
• Adrianna leaves Salem.
• Belle gives back her portion of the money that Samanther stole from the DiMeras.
• Aiden re-opens the investigation of Stefano's death.
• Xander Cook meets Orpheus.
• ShawnDouglas agrees to accompany Belle to her new posting in Hong Kong.

SalemDay 26 began on Tuesday, September 13, 2016.

• Maggie and Victor host the Wedding.
• Orpheus, Xander, and Clyde escape from a Prison Transfer Bus when Eduardo causes an accident by killing the man though responsible for attacking Gabriela in Horton Town Square.
• Kayla recovers from brain surgery.
• Orpheus crashes the wedding.
• Xander attacks Jeannie Theresa.
• Clyde surprises Kate, who escapes when Chad comes to her rescue.

SalemDay 27 began on Monday, September 19, 2016.

• Maggie suddenly starts walking with crutches
• Chloe sends Parker to be with her parents in NYC.
• Deimos hires Dario to follow Chloe and learn about *his* baby
• The escaped convicts cause a massive Salem Blackout, leading to riots, looting, and fear for all of the town.
• Orpheus takes Joey and Claire as hostages.

SalemDay 28 began on Friday, September 23, 2016.

• Jeannie Theresa and Brady declare that DJ Wear is bust.
• Deimos forces Chloe to take a paternity test.
• John saves Marlena and Kate from Orpheus and Clyde.
• The convicts argue amongst themselves.
• Aiden secretly records Hope's confession
• Mayor Abe tries to settle the town hysterics, only to end up being shot by Clyde Weston, who was aiming for Aiden, but missed.
• Claire escapes from Orpheus.
• Chloe realizes that Daniel is the father of the baby and heads to NYC.

SalemDay 29 began on Tuesday, October 4, 2016.

• Titan Industries in freefall, given that all the Kiriakii haven't been paying attention to their business interests.
• The Kiriakis family remains in disarray as they argue about the company.
• Orpheus demands $20M.
• With Claire freed, Joey successfully manipulates Orpheus.
• Aiden manipulates Hope into renewing their relationship.
• Salem plots a counter-attack against the Escaped Convicts.

SalemDay 30 began on Tuesday, October 11, 2016.

• Salem goes into lockdown as the Escaped Trio crashes the power grid and water systems.
• Hope confides her feelings for Aiden to Jennifer.
• Andre initiates a negotiation with Clyde Weston, who is gullible enough to fall for the ruse, leading to his capture.
• Deimos attempts a negotiation with dimwitted Xander and assits in his escape.
• Orpheus plants a bomb at the Brady Pub, but *dies* after Steve rescues the Bradys.

SalemDay 31 began on Thursday, October 20, 2016.

• With the Siege of Salem ended, Victor decides to retire, designating Deimos as his successor.
• Nicole reluctantly tells Deimos about her baby.
• Roman and Rafe join forces to save Hope from Aiden.
• Maggie is suddenly on crutches, her surgery apparently successful.
• Eduardo remains smitten by Kate and makes his move on the great-grandmother.
• Valerie Grant returns to Salem after 30 years in DC.
• Hope dissuades Aiden that a reconciliation isn't going to happen, leading him to resign his short-lived position as District Attorney and to move to Portland to be near Chase.
• Andre is thrilled to have a recording of Hope's confession.

SalemDay 32 began on Thursday, October 27, 2016.

• It's suddenly Halloween in Salem.
• Jade returns to Salem.
• Marlena and Kayla disappear during a Halloween Trick gone awry.
• Andre plays his recording of Hope's Confession to the Horton Town Square.
• Salem is rocked by Hope's declaration, after which she expresses a desire to plead guilt, accept responsibility for killing Stefano DiMera, and protect Rafe and Roman from possible implication.

SalemDay 33 began on Wednesday, November 2, 2016.

• Maggie stops using her crutches and can walk on her own.
• Shane arrives in Salem to warm his daughter.
• Philip visits Nancy for news about Chloe.
• Adrienne decides to buy The Spectator.
• Jeannie Theresa is startled to run into Mateo.
• Chloe recalls her secret in vitro plan.
• Kimberly joins forces with her husband to protect Jeannie Theresa.
• Confused by Deimos' manipulation, Nicole brings him to see Chloe, who refuses to talk about the in vitro plan.
• Steve proposes to his Sweetness.
• Realizing she has to leave Salem, her son, and her fiance behind, Jeannie Theresa fakes boozing it up.

SalemDay 34 began on Wednesday, November 9, 2016.

• Adrienne and Lucas prepare for their wedding day.
• Abe meets up with Valerie.
• Jade desperately attaches to an indifferent Joey Johnson.
• Abigail secretly lurks around Salem, keeping tabs on her family.
• Victor joins forces with Shane and Kimberly to help Jeannie Theresa, who accidentally overdoses.

SalemDay 35 began on Tuesday, November 15, 2016.

• Hope goes on trial for killing Stefano, puts up a minimal defense, and is sentences to 25 years at Statesville.
• Abigail reveals herself to her mother, then takes up residence in the Horton Attic.
• Jade reveals that she is pregnant with Joey's baby.
• Jeannie Theresa leaves Salem.
• Justin abruptly declares his love for Adrienne, stopping her wedding to Lucas.
• Chad and Gabriela get closer.
• Adrienne flees St Lukes and hides away in her hotel room.
• Abigail realizes that Chad has moved on with Gabriela.
• Anne consoles a devastated Lucas, who begins to drink again.
• Andre is revealed as Abigail's support system.
• Abe and Valerie go on a date, upsetting Theo.

SalemDay 36 began on Monday, November 28, 2016.

• JJ finds Abigail in the attic.
• Hope begins her sentence at Statesville and is startled to meet Hattie Adams.
• Theo remains virulently anti-Valerie.
• While arguing about her future with both boyfriends, Adrienne collapses.
• Laura arrives in Salem, revealing her role in protecting and treating her granddaughter.
• Anne decides to pursue Lucas Horton.
• Abigail sneaks into the DiMera Mansion to see her son.

SalemDay 37 began on Monday, December 5, 2016.

• Rafe and ShawnDouglas investigate Stefano's last few days. 
• Hattie protects Hope.
• Deimos protects Hope.
• Ciara attempts internet dating, ending up with Rory as her First Date.
• Nicole returns from Titan duties in Paris, then reluctantly tells Deimos about the failed IVF procedures.
• Adrienne learns that she has breast cancer.
• Dario Hernandez finds Abigail and is persuaded to keep the secret.
• Roman visits Hope, which delights Hattie.
• Eve returns for the holidays.
• DiMera butler Harold recalls that Stefano had a gun.
• Deimos figures out that Chloe had a second round of IVF.

SalemDay 38 began on Wednesday, December 14, 2016.

• Chad dedicates a memorial to his late wife.
• Abigail doubts that a reunion with Chad is possible.
• Julie probes Valerie Grant about her life over the past 30 years.
• Lani returns to Salem.
• Kate guides Adrienne through her first rounds of chemotherapy.
• Again turned down by Chloe, Philip decides to leave Salem.
• Andre takes Abigail to be with Chad, but she flees upon seeing Chad with Gabriela.

SalemDay 39 began on Wednesday, December 21, 2016.

• Abigail plans to remain "dead" and leave Salem.
• Stranded in a motel with Nicole after a XMAS Snowstorm, Chloe gives birth.
• Gabriela realizes that her future is with Chad, so she ends her relationship with JJ.
• The Hortons decorate their XMAS Tree.
• Chloe urges Nicole to name her baby, decides to tell Nicole the truth, then has a debilitating stroke.
• Hope's appeals are all denied.
• As she heads out of Salem, Abigail makes one final visit to see Thomas and is discovered by an incredulous Chad.

SalemDay 40 began on Monday, December 26, 2016.

• Gabriela insists that she and JJ have no future.
• Chad is furious with his wife.
• The inmate protecting Hope is murdered in prison, upsetting her and Hattie.
• Shane reports rumors that Stefano is alive and kicking in Europe.
• Nicole cares for Baby Holly while Chloe fades into a coma.
• John goes to Louisiana to be with his ailing mother.
• Nancy returns to Salem.

On And On And On

SalemDay 16 began on Friday, June 10, 2016.

• Aiden delivers a marriage certificate to the Widow Kiriakis.
• Hope explains her decisions to her family.
• Deimos washes ashore downstream.
• Julie encourages Jennifer
• Joey is shot while defending Jade at the Desert Sect and undergoes surgery.
• Belle and ShawnDouglas meet to work through their issues.
• Chloe nurses "Robert" back to health.
• Blanca settles into the Hernandez Hacienda.
• Kate names Philip as co-CEO.

SalemDay 17 began on Friday, June 17, 2016.

• Abigail imagines visits from Jack and Ben before Shady Hills has a fire emergency.
• Deimos (aka Robert) meets Parker Jonas.
• Claire is elated that ShawnDouglas and Belle have reconciled.
• Eduardo buys TBD and plans to run it with his son Dario.

SalemDay 18 began on Tuesday, June 21, 2016

• Before heading away for a romantic night at Green Mountain Lodge with a reluctant Hope, Aiden hatches a plot to free Andre from jail.
• Kate fires Nicole.
• Abigail continues to have visions of Ben Weston.
• Deimos suggests that he, Chloe, and Parker travel away to begin a new life as a family.
• Dead Clark's sister arrives in Salem and demands answers from Summer.
• Nicole and Chloe chat.
• Maggie tosses Victor from the mansion, leading him to the Brady Pub, where Caroline shows him no solace.
• Brady and Jeannie Theresa set a wedding date.
• Andre moves into the DiMera Mansion.

SalemDay 19 began on Wednesday, June 29, 2016.

• Nicole visits Chloe and Deimos
• JJ finds a diary in which Abigail scribbled her confusion.
• Andre manipulates Kate.
• ShawnDouglas is peeved when he interrupts drunken Belle and Philip bonding.
• Aiden has nightmares that Hope rejects him.
• Hope has nightmares which confirm her fears about Aiden.
• Steve and Kayla bring a post-surgical Joey to Salem University Hospital.
• Kate tries to salvage her "marriage".
• Chad is counseled by Stefano's image.

SalemDay 20 began on Friday, July 8, 2016.

• Summer makes a desperate play for Brady, and fails.
• ShawnDouglas and Rafe join forces to prove the timeline of the "Aiden Switch"
• Tate Black is kidnapped.
• Claire notices that Ciara is crushing on Chad.
• Andre claims that Abigail died in a plane crash in the Gulf of Mexico.
• Hope and Aiden return to Salem, their relationship ended.
• Jennifer and Chad argue about what is best for Baby Thomas.
• Armed with news of his blood test, Hope arrests Aiden for attempted murder.
• Jeannie Theresa makes a desperate TV plea for her son's return.
• Hope saves Rafe.
• Rafe saves Hope.

SalemDay 21 began on Thursday, July 21, 2016.

• Jeannie Theresa and Brady locate Summer and return with her to Salem.
• Adrianna Hernandez rants about Hope.
• Marlena counsels Kate, as Andre plots.
• Ciara moves out of the DiMera guesthouse and back home with Hope.
• Chloe hires Claire too be her personal assistant.
• Jackson Kiriakis returns from successfully running the Paris operations.
• Jeannie Theresa lashes out at Summer, who flees Salem again.
• Deimos returns to Salem and returns 50% of his holding to Victor.

SalemDay 22 began on Monday, August 1, 2016.

• Chad hires Belle to retain custody of his son.
• Jennifer hires Aiden to gain custody of her grandson.
• Chloe realizes that she is pregnant.
• Deimos sets his sights on a skeptical Nicole.
• Hope decides to sleep with Rafe.
• Dario arranges an "attack" on Gabriela to blame on his father.
• Chad gets proof that Abigail Deveraux DiMera died.
• Aiden is named new District Attorney, replacing the disgraced Justin Kiriakis.

SalemDay 23 began on Monday, August 22, 2016.

• Nicole declines a marriage proposal but agrees to run Basic Black.
• Maggie undergoes risky reparative surgery, arranged by Deimos.
• Brady and Jeannie Theresa find Tate in an Indianapolis hotelroom.
• Aiden begins his term as DA by having Victor arrested for the babynapping.
• Visions of Jack Deveraux prevent Jennifer from a drug relapse.
• Claire kisses Theo, startling them both.

SalemDay 24 began on Friday, August 26, 2016.

• Upset that his family is endangered, Eduardo decides to leave Salem.
• Steve reluctantly agrees to Couples Therapy to repair his relationship.
• Jade is upset by Joey's indifference.
• Kate finally gets a home, buying out Doug and Julie's bed and breakfast, kicking out all the guests, and moving into the renovated Martin House.
• Philip agrees to support Chloe, announcing *their* pregnancy.
• Salem mourns Abigail DiMera
• Jackson and Gabriela bond while at Will's gravesite.
• Chloe finally admits the pregnancy truth to a persistent Nicole.

June Swoon

SalemDay Two began on Wednesday, January 13, 2016.

• Melanie returns to bury her father.
• Eric and Brady slowly recover.
• Hope nearly admits the truth to Andre.
• Rafe nearly admits the truth to Lani.
• Kayla is abruptly called to DC to justify the decision to give Brady the heart of dead Daniel Jonas.
• Steve confides to Kayla that he believes that Ava is truthful about their son.
• A smitten Joey freaks out when Ava ignores him and feigns disinterest.
• Hope decides to plead guilty to killing Dr. Malcolm, after which Justin determines that no charges will be filed due to Hope's state of mind and self-defense.
• Philip makes a play for Belle, inviting her to Las Vegas for a sexcation.
• John "Robichaux" meets his elderly "mother" in New Orleans, who turns out to be a fraud.
• Claire is thrilled when her father returns to Salem and takes a job with the Salem PD.

SalemDay Three began on Friday, January 22, 2016.

• Released from the hospital, Jennifer continues to have back pains.
• Andre searches the abandoned warehouse and finds Stefano's body just as the building implodes, knocking him unconscious.
• Claire crushes on the troubled Chase Jennings.
• Chad decides to buy the DiMera Mansion.

SalemDay Four began on Wednesday, January 27, 2016.

• Eric is arrested.
• Kate meets Deimos Kiriakis, who has been released from Greek Prison after a thirty year sentence for killing his secret girlfriend Helena, who happened to be Victor's fiancee, despite the fact that he was on his way to Salem at that time and was romancing both Caroline and Kimberly.

SalemDay Five began on Thursday, January 28, 2016.

• Salem mourns as Daniel Jonas is buried.
• Steve agrees to join Ava in her search to find their son.
• Hope and Rafe take Chase and Ciara to the Horton Cabin on Smith Island, but return to Salem only a few hours later.
• Andre staggers back through the Salem Tunnels and into the DiMera Mansion, then sneaks into Hope's house, where he is nearly discovered by Shawn Douglas.
• A devastated Eric stumbles to AA.
• Ava tries to charm Steve as they await a flight in Maui.
• Philip and Belle hookup.
• Steve reluctantly beds Ava to get the location of Kayla's captivity.
• Claire goes to NYC for a Julliard audition.
• Joey rescues Kayla from Ava's hiding place.

SalemDay Six began on Friday, February 5, 2016.

• JJ suddenly graduates from the Police Academy.
• Jennifer takes plenty of painkillers to attend the graduation.
• Steve and Ava are told that their baby died in the Indonesian orphanage.
• An irritated Victor fires Philip after learning he was in cahoots with Deimos.
• Andre taunts Hope and Rafe.
• Claire returns from a failed NYC Julliard audition, but has her spirits lifted when Belle buys Edge of the Square for her "singing gig".
• Andre senses an opening and befriends a moody Chase.
• A small fire sends Hope, Ciara, and Chase to live with Jennifer at the Horton House.

SalemDay Seven began on Monday, February 15, 2016.

• Dr Fynn Thompson tells Brady to slow down and not over-exert, but the recent heart transplantee insists on going to LA to explore the dreams he believes that Daniel's "heart" have triggered.
• Lani and Belle snap at each other about Shawn Douglas.
• Hope and Rafe decide to frame Andre for Stefano's "murder"
• Runaway Chase is found, returns to the Horton House, and rapes Ciara.
• Eric continues to drink heavily.
• Ava returns to Salem and sends video of her sexathon with Steve.
• In Malibu, Brady sees Summer walk into the surf, then rescues her as Nicole arrives on the scene.
• Former Salemite Dario Hernandez has returned from Titan Argentina, grown 6 inches, gained 40 pounds, grew stubble, and now tends bar at a dive-ish trendy beach bar.
• Andre bonds with Chase and hides him in the Salem Tunnel system.
• Belle is disheartened when her purchase of Edge of the Square fails to impress her daughter, then bankrolls Philip's new record company.
• Drunk Joey smothers Ava in her hospital bed.
• Roman figures out that Andre did not kill Stefano.
• Belle beds Philip again.
• Gabi beds JJ.
• Steve confesses that he killed Ava.

SalemDay Eight begins IN THE MIDDLE OF Monday, March 1, 2016.

• Abigail plans a quick wedding at the DiMera Mansion.
• Jennifer skips another AA meeting.
• Ben escapes from the psychiatric facility.
• Salemites celebrate Stefano's demise.
• Summer arrives in Salem.
• Steve is released from custody when he claims Self-Defense.
• Claire figures out that Chase raped her Aunt Ciara.
• Belle rebuffs Philip's marriage proposal.
• Eduardo's research on John's past reveals that Petrov is still alive.
• Marlena and her great-grand-daughter are kidnapped.
• Deimos beds Kate, then gives Petrov the formula that Philip stole.
• After the teen crowd threaten Chase, he is arrested for rape.
• John and Eduardo get a lead on Marlena and Arianna Grace.
• Brady proposes to Jeannie Theresa.
• While rescuing Marlena and Arianna Grace, Eduardo is shot, taking a bullet intended for his son.
• John is kidnapped by Yo Ling, who wants his blood after revealing that he has the same disease that affected Caroline and mimicked Alzheimers.
• Nicole and Maggie bond in their grief.
• Abigail imagines Ben at her wedding and freaks out.
• Deimos replaces Maggie's medication, leaving her weak and unstable.
• Lani sets her sights on Shawn Douglas.
• Joey tells Jade that he murdered Ava.
• Ciara has an 18th Birthday Party at Edge of the Square.
• Armed with blood evidence secured by Daniel, Summer reveals to Maggie that she is the daughter born while Maggie still lived on the farm, despite being at least a decade younger than the egg-baby, who was presumably born only a few years before Sarah Horton was sired by Dr Neil Curtis.
• Joey tries to confess to Roman, but fails.
• Yo Ling reveals that he will take Paul's blood and brainwash him as John's replacement soldier.

SalemDay Nine began on Tuesday, March 22, 2016.

• John manages to escape, frees Paul, and discovers Adrianna Hernandez being held captive in the compound.
• Maggie reveals that Summer was the result of her "childhood" romance with a mystery ranch hand, who moved away long before she even knew that she was pregnant and that she believed that her baby was born dead.
• Yo Ling commits suicide.
• Abigail continues to hallucinate Ben's appearance at the DiMera Mansion.
• Brady and Jeannie Theresa attempt to celebrate their engagement with an unenthused family.
• Maggie grows weaker and weaker, collapsing at the Edge of the Square and then falling down the stairs at the Kiriakis Mansion.
• Chase makes bail.
• Deimos reveals that he has an antidote for Maggie's illness, which he trades for all of Victor's fortune.
• Fynn reveals that Maggie is likely paralyzed, though the antidote is helping.
• A furious Victor plots revenge against his brother, only to suffer a heart attack.
• Nicole saves Victor
• Deimos and Kate celebrate their good fortune at his newly obtained mansion.

SalemDay Ten began on Tuesday, April 5. 2016.

• Victor and Maggie remain hospitalized.
• Rafe arrests Chase when he breaks into the Horton House.
• Steve refuses a plea deal when his self-defense case collapses.
• ISA Director Pamela Van Damme arrives to save Steve from prison by "revealing" that he was on duty and that Ava was under investigation for extensive criminal activity.
• Ben arrives at the mansion and confronts Abigail DiMera.
• Maggie reveals to Summer that she knew her baby lived and opted for adoption since she felt that she had no life to offer her child as a disabled teen farmgirl.
• Jennifer's addiction intensifies and she throws herself at Eric.
• Abigail tricks Ben into thinking that they will be together, only to restrain him in the bed, douse him in lighter fluid, and then set him afire.
• Hope confesses to Caroline that she killed Stefano.
• Maggie has surgery.
• Hope robs the cradle and kisses Rafe.
• Ben is saved by Chad and JJ, then sent off to a prison hospital to recover from his extensive burns.

SalemDay Eleven began on Friday, April 15, 2016.

• Jennifer and Eric awaken post-binge in a cheap motel.
• Lani pursues a mildly interested Shawn Douglas.
• Jailed Andre taunts Hope that he knows the truth.
• Eric goes to prison.
• Victor tells Maggie about Deimos' plot.
• Kayla collapses and is diagnosed with a hematoma, which could burst at any time.
• Belle signs divorce papers.
• Abigail runs away with Thomas to a cheap motel, her sanity fleeting.
• Hope learns that Deimos was the one behind Bo's captivity, intensifying her guilt about blaming Stefano in cold blood.
• Jade convinces Joey to leave Salem.
• After being found by Chad, JJ, and Jennifer, Abigail decides to leave Salem and get help at a psychiatric facility.

SalemDay Twelve began IN THE MIDDLE OF Monday, April 25, 2016.

• Hope and Ciara move home.
• Abigail reluctanctly begins her counseling sessions, while still imagining Ben at every turn.
• It's suddenly Senior Prom for the Teen Scene, which ends with the kids being arrested for vandalizing the car of a judge, whose son had taunted Ciara about Chase.
• Kate sells Basic Black to Deimos and is named CEO of Titan Industries.
• Victor and Nicole negotiate a vengeful plan against his brother.

SalemDay Thirteen began on Friday, April 29, 2016.

• Newlywed Chad struggles as a father.
• Victor and Maggie move to the same condo complex where John/Marlena and Brady/Theresa call home.
• Deimos remains infatuated with Nicole, offering her Basic Black, which infuriates Kate.
• Summer/Cindy is confronted by "Clark", whom she and Dario scammed in LA, who demands $50,000.
• Hope and Rafe have a second date.
• Aiden arrives in Salem, telling the story of his months-long captivity.
• Brady gives Summer the cash she needs and threatens Clark to leave her alone.
• Paul and Gabriella are overcome with a virus.
• Summer kills Clark and begs Dario to help her bury the body.

SalemDay Fourteen began on Thursday, May 12, 2016.

• Abigail regresses with family visits, so opts to keep them away.
• The virus is traced to Paul's brainwashing via Yo Ling and multiple Salemites are hospitalized, including several models from a photo shoot, who die
• Aiden confesses his love to Hope, who is distracted by conflicting memories.
• Victor makes Summer feel unwelcome at the condo.
• Steve heads to LA to find Jade and Joey, who have arrived at her Aunt Simone's desert compound.
• Maggie becomes angry when Summer presses her about her father "Noah".
• Kate proposes and plans a Las Vegas wedding.
• Nicole begins her seduction plan for Deimos and is torn by guilty feelings.
• Jennifer finally hits bottom when Chad won't let her have her grandson for an overnight visit.
• Joey drives the getaway car after Simone's clan orchestrate a robbery.
• Jennifer dreams about Jack and after a torturous night, attends an AA meeting.
• Kayla insists on joining the search for her son, but since she is unable to fly due to her cranial bleeding, agrees to let Fynn drive her cross-country.

SalemDay 15 began on Wednesday, May 25, 2016.

• Ciara and Claire both get community srvice for their prom night vandalism.
• Theo is angry when Ciara insists that they just remain friends.
• Aiden visits Chase.
• John joins Steve to search for Jade and Joey.
• Summer moves out of Victor's townhouse, recalls memories of LA with Dario, has a nooner with him, then apologizes to Brady for complicating his life.
• Kate convinces Deimos to marry her in Las Vegas.
• Steve arrives at the commune only moments before local authorities investigating Simone's criminal ring.
• Nicole meets with Deimos, realizes that he is on to her plan, and decides to give up her seduction of Deimos.
• Kate secretly videotapes the secret meeting between Deimos and Nicole in the park, at river's edge
• Victor remains unfazed by Nicole's failure, instead focusing his revenge plans with Justin, who must orchestrate the release of a Deimos henchman as proof that he is trustworthy.
• Wheelchair bound Maggie is furious when she learns of Victor's plots.
• Rory gets arrested and JJ wrongly offers an untenable plea deal.
• Joey gets arrested.
• Hope remains distracted and heads to Smith Island for a quiet getaway.
• After watching Deimos and Nicole argue, Kate confronts him, argues with him, and pushes him into a tree, causing him to stagger and fall into the river.
• Hope dreams of Bo, Larry, Stefano, and Zach, all of whom lead her to believe and trust in herself.
• Kate reports Deimos' "murder" to Roman, pointing the finger at Nicole.
• The Widow Kiriakis arranges to buy a Marriage License from Aiden, for $250K.

New Year, Same DOOL

Salem Day 35 began on Tuesday, November 10, 2015.

• Chad is released once everyone believed Aiden was the Necktie Killer.
• John is fired from the ISA for refusing an assignment, then considers going into business with Steve as "BlackPatch".
• Held in the cabin by a deranged fiance, Abigail has labor pains.
• Hope returns home.
• Chase is rocked by news of his dead father's rampage.
• Jeannie Theresa is thrilled after spending a night with Brady.
• Reconnecting with his family, Bo passes out twice, forcing his son to take him to the hospital.
• A bitter Victor tosses Jeannie Theresa from the mansion.
• A shocked Kayla makes a shocking diagnosis for her ailing brother.
• Prompted by Chad, Rafe begins to investigate Abigail's disappearance from Salem.
• Caroline hosts a surprise party for her returned son.
• Andre admits that he has Samanther under wraps.
• Abe tells his son about the daughter he had with Tamara Price.
• Bo calls Chelsea, not hinting that his days are numbered.
• Marlena hypnotizes Chad to get information about his battle with Ben.
• Hope and Bo have a quiet afternoon in Murder Park, after which Hope's greatest fear materializes and her ex-husband dies in her arms.
• Chad finally remembers all the details and works to trace Abigail's phone.
• John and Marlena insist that Andre take them to Samanther, who has escaped after breaking into the DiMera bank accounts and wiping them clear.
• Ben brings Midwife Wendy to the cabin to help deliver the baby boy, then kills the midwife in the snowstorm.
• Hope turns her devastation into vengeance.

SalemDay 36 began on Wednesday, November 25, 2015.

• Salemites celebrate a somber Thanksgiving.
• Belle and Claire return to reunited with the Bradys and Blacks.
• Hope has visions of Bo as she plots against his captors.
• JJ and Gabriella have a tentative first date.
• Basic Black hires Paul and Gabriella to launch their new fashion line.
• Belle and Shawn Douglas announce their plans to divorce.

SalemDay 37 began on Wednesday, December 2, 2015.

• Salem attends Bo Brady's Funeral.
• Chad finds Ben's contact info at Midwife Wendy's office, leading him to the cabin.
• Samanther gives Belle access to the DiMera Millions.
• Jeannie Theresa seduces Brady again, getting a new townhouse in the process.
• Chad finds Ben, Abigail, and Baby Colin in the cabin, loses a battle with Ben, and ends up chained to a burning bed with Abigail as Ben takes Baby Colin on the run.
• Worried that Hope has lost all control, Roman suspends her, taking her badge and gun.
• Lani and JJ stumble upon Ben at Midwife Wendy's office and place him in custody.
• Hope goes vigilante, kidnapping Dr Seth Malcolm for info on Bo's captors.
• Chad and Abigail manage to free themselves from A Burning Bed.
• Belle realizes that Samanther gave her $250M and shares the info with Brady.
• Colin Rogers Weston is found abandoned in a motel and becomes Thomas Jack Deveraux upon his return to his mother.
• John meets with Eduardo Eddie Larson Hernandez about secretive Winterthorne Academy.
• Philip returns to the Kiriakis Mansion to lead Titan Industries.
• Ava urges Joey to plot his parents' reunion.
• Steve and Kayla give in to their memories and hookup.
• Ciara is kidnapped.
• Jeannie Theresa offers Anne a position at the relaunched Basic Black.
• Hope delivers 500K ransom to gain Ciara's release.
• Dr Malcolm is shot dead in Murder Park.

SalemDay 38 began on Wednesday, December 16, 2015.

• XMAS decor suddenly appears all throughout Salem.
• Launching a ridiculous plot to regain the DiMera fortune, Andre drugs, kidnaps, and braiwashes Chad to romance Belle Black.
• Jeannie Theresa wants Belle to invest her new fortune in Basic Black.
• Steve moves in with Kayla and Joey.
• Belle wants to donate her ill-gotten gains to charity.
• Eduardo reveals to John that he was assigned to kill him.
• Ava taunts Kayla with an evocative visit.
• Hope is arrested for killing Dr Malcolm when her gun is ID'd as the weapon used in Murder Park.
• Abigail brings her son home from the hospital and senses a distance from Chad.
• Ava fakes leukemia.
• Chad abruptly ends his flirtations with Abigail and begins an awkward, very public romance of Belle Black
• Abigail becomes morose and depressed when Chad ends their relationship.

SalemDay 39 began on Tuesday, December 22, 2015.

• It's suddenly Christmas Eve in Salem.
• Eve charms Claire.
• Ava charms Joey.
• Chad charms Belle.
• Kate charms Eduardo.
• Maggie comforts Lucas on his first holiday without his son.
• Jeannie Theresa clashes with Kate as Nicole plays peacemaker.
• The Horton Ornaments are proudly displayed.

SalemDay 40 began on Friday, December 25, 2015.

• Christmas at the Kiriakis Mansion is highlighted by Caroline's arrival as houseguest.
• Kayla agrees to re-marry Steve.
• Ava continues her plot by revealing baby photos.

SalemDay 41 began on Monday, December 28, 2015.

• Kate berates Jeannie Theresa in the run-up to the re-launch of Basic Black, only to have Brady and Nicole quickly defend the mother/designer/partner.
• Belle is surprised by divorce papers and rebuffs Chad's advances.
• Andre continues to push a brainwashed Chad toward Belle.

The Final SalemDay of 2015 (#42) began on Wednesday, December 30, 2015.

• It's suddenly New Years Eve in Salem as the town prepares for the Basic Black Launch Party and Fashion Show, which is a wild success.
• Baby Thomas runs a fever, causing Jennifer and Abigail to fear aplastic anemia.
• Andre again manipulates Chad ro romance Belle and regain the DiMera Fortune.
• Brady admits his feelings for Jeannie Theresa, who shines at the Launch Party.
• Eric drinks like a fish at the Basic Black event.
• Joey gets upset when he sees Ava flirting with Aussie doctor Fynn Thompson.
• Abigail learns that Chad fathered her son.
• On the way home from the Launch Party, a drunken Eric causes a multiple car accident, injuring Jennifer and Brady, and killing Dr Daniel Jonas.

The First SalemDay of 2016 begins on Thursday, January 4, 2016.

• Devastated after the death of her egg-baby child, Maggie faces the impossible decision as to whom will receive Daniel's donor heart:  the injured Brady or the heart-infected Eric.
• Hope becomes increasingly obsessed with making Stefano pay for Bo's demise.
• Chad comes to his senses, overcomes Andre's brainwashing, and chooses Abigail.
• Julie and Caroline console a heartbroken Maggie, who decides that Brady should receive Daniel's heart once she learns that Eric's condition is responding well to medication and treatment.
• Chad warns Belle that Andre will seek revenge.
• After Stefano taunts Hope with crude remarks about dead Bo Brady, she shoots him dead, then seeks help from Rafe to hide the body in an abandoned building designated for implosion on the edge of town.
• Ava teases Steve with news of a potential love child.
• It's suddenly the first day of the school semester for the aged teen scene.