- 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.
