Another Year Bites The Dust

 

SalemDay XX began on Monday 09-02-2024.

• Hattie wants to star in the reboot of BodyAndSoul.
• Bonnie wants to star in the reboot of BodyAndSoul.
• AbbyCat continues her charade while living at the DiMera Mansion and "meets" Stefan, who raped the real Abigail's alter ego Gabby.
• Against all logic, Gabriela beds Elvis to avenge her husband's hookup with Ava Vitali.
• Chanel and Alex successfully audition for BodyAndSoul.
• Chad/Charlotte/Thomas move back to the Horton House to avoid CatAbby.
• Aaron Greene reunites with his brother Dr Mark Greene.
• Leo quits the Spectator to become headwriter at BodyAndSoul.
• Sarah learns to navigate life in her wheelchair.
• Fiona settles in at the Kiriakis Mansion.
• AbbyCat complains to her brother, Dr Mark Greene.
• John and Marlena worry that Brady will face jailtime for reckless drunk-driving, just like stepbrother Eric.
• Tate visits Brady at the police station in an attempt to understand why his father gave up on sobriety. HINT: It was Theresa.
• Holly feels guilty for Sarah's accident.
• Eric returns from his life in Paris with Nicole/Jude to support Brady.
• Tate mentions to Holly that Eric Brady killed her father Daniel Jonas, leading her to finally go online and read about Eric's drunk driving accident.
• Corrupt DA Elvis reluctantly releases Brady since there is no evidence.
• Eric runs into a devastated Holly in the Salem Park.
• Tate bonds with his grandfather John.
• Fiona decides to smother Sarah to death, but is interrupted and opts to change her plan.
• Brady is furious that Justin secured his freedom.
• Ava recalls seeing Brady with Fiona.

SalemDay XXX began on Tuesday 09-10-2024.

• Connie Viniski has Melinda Trask tied up in the bedroom with the Li Shin cutout.
• Jada maintains a vigil beside comatose Rafe.
• Stephanie plans a memorial service for Everett/Bobby, but finds little interest.
• Connie lies that she did not know Everett/Bobby, confusing Stephanie.
• Stephanie and Jada spread ashes in the Salem Park.
• Melinda tricks Connie and nearly escapes.
• Johnny is furious that his father hooked up with Stefan's wife.
• Jada learns from Stephanie that Leo believed Connie knew Everett/Bobby and decides to visit Gabriela's assistant's apartment.
• Nicole divorces Elvis from France.
• Paulina babbles and shouts, waking Rafe from his coma.
• AbbyCat is freaked out by Stefano's portrait, and even more freaked when Uncle Steve relates his Stevano Impersonation Saga.
• Connie decides to kill Gabriela and heads to the DiMera Mansion.
• Marlena counsels Eric about handling interactions with Holly.
• Brady goes to the Kiriakis Mansion and apologizes to Sarah, who still remembers nothing about the accident.
• Steve tells his wife that he doesn't believe AbbyCat and wants to do a secret second DNA test, which Kayla refuses.
• Fiona stops a furious Xander from harming Brady by revealing that they were a couple.
• Brady covers for Fiona's alcoholic binges.
• In an effort to unleash her memories of the accident, Marlena hypnotizes Sarah, with no meaningful result.
• Xander fires Brady from Basic Black.
• A frustrated Connie cannot locate Gabriela.

SalemDay XXXX began on Tuesday 09-17-2024.

• Elvis turns down a second frolic with his sister-in-law.
• Gabriela lies to Stefan that she was with Elvis a second time.
• Connie is more focused than ever to kill Gabriela.
• Melinda finally breaks free, but is knocked unconscious.
• Roman re-hires Ava.
• Stefan re-hires Ava.
• A knife-wielding Connie finds Gabriela at the DiMera Mansion.
• AbbyCat and Mark worry about Clyde, who is holding their mother hostage somewhere.
• Steve visits Clyde in the SuperMAX prison.
• Connie puts Melinda and Gabriela in the DiMera Tunnel Secret Room (aka Wine Cellar) and tells her captives that they will die in the home-made bomb she will activate.
• Ava is furious when Stefan suggests they hook-up again
• Melinda manages to awaken Gabriela and they plot an escape.
• AbbyCat finds Abby's wedding vow notes in the Horton attic, then pretends she remembers speaking them at their (third) wedding in the Horton Living Room.
• As the "bomb" explodes, Connie arrives to kill Ava in her Brady Pub apartment.
• Elvis is knocked off his feet by the explosion, but is able to extinguish the fire and locate the hostages.
• Stefan saves Ava, but Connie escapes, only to be caught by Jada just outside the Pub.
• Elvis takes Gabriela to the hospital.
• Paulina visits a recovering Melinda at the hospital, offers her the DA position again, which Melinda declines.
• Abe cajoles Eric Brady into a freebie late-night photo shoot for the BodyAndSoul cast the night before filming begins.
• Hattie insists on additional dialogue, since she is the "star" of Body And Soul..
• Johnny is disturbed by his wife's behavior at the Late Night Photo Shoot.
• Fiona tells Maggie about her relationship with Brady.
• Brady tells Eric about his relationship with Fiona.
• Fiona enjoys a cocktail and bonds with Sophia Choi at the Bistro.
• Xander drugs Brady and plots his suicide.
• Sarah intervenes by falsely recalling Brady as the driver.
• Jada interrupts Xander's plan and arrests Brady.

SalemDay XX began on Monday 09-30-2024.

• Chanel objects to the re-written sex scene between Faith and Arrow.
• Off-put by Justin's contract demands and placing their bets on Hattie, producers Kate and Abraham decide to fire Bonnie.
• Stephanie is upset when she learns that Connie murdered EverettBobby
• Tate and Holly break up.
• Kristen vows to help Brady.
• Hattie is stunned when she is fired from Body And Soul.
• Dr Rolf returns to Salem.
• Eric convinces Holly to visit her mother in Paris.
• Sophia throws herself at Tate.
• Julie strongly encourages Chad to reveal AbbyCat to his children
• While visiting his sister in the hospital, Rafe advocates for a Stefan Reunion.
• Stefan files for divorce.

SalemDay XX began on Tuesday 10-08-2024.

• Johnny remains upset about Chanel's intimate scenes with ex- Alex Kiriakis.
• Hattie refuses to film her Body and Soul death scene, cursing the entire project as she storms from the set.
• Stephanie and Alex hookup on-set at the hospital.
• Seth Burns mistakenly leads Johnny to see Alex with "Faith".
• Brady agrees to a 10-year sentence.
• Kristen reveals that Rolf has a cure for Sarah's paralysis.
• Brady refers to having "Daniel's Heart" for the first time in ages.
• Rafe released from the hospital.
• Gabriela released from the hospital.
• Xander tells Sarah about Rolf's serum and that they must help set Brady free in order to get the possible cure.
• Eric discovers Fiona's actions on the night of the accident.
• Mark Greene visits Clyde Weston, who orders him to kill Chad DiMera.
• AbbyCat and Chad arrive at the Paris chateau.
• Sarah slowly remembers seeing Fiona at the wheel.
• Holly arrives in Paris, meets with Nicole, spies AbbyCat making a phone call, and moves into the chateau at Chad's insistence.
• Xander tells Maggie he planned to fake a Brady Suicide.
• AbbyCat fakes more memories and insists on having an immediate wedding.
• Eric recounts Fiona's actions to Brady, who suddenly remembers much more about the night his car mowed down Sarah Horton Kiriakis.
• Sarah confronts Fiona, who admits she was drunk and was driving.
• Fiona manhandles the wheelchair toward the staircase.
• Steve give Dr Mark Greene fake samples to re-run the CatAbby DNA tests.
• Xander stops his mother from killing Sarah, then berates her for her crime.
• Leo begs Marlena to be his counselor.
• Despite their claims to avoid intimacy, Stephanie and Alex hook up again.
• Jada arrests Fiona.

SalemDay XX begins on Wednesday 10-16-2024.

• Johnny hallucinates that his wife is hooking up with fellow actor Alex.
• Steve tells Kayla about Mark Greene's DNA testing crime.
• AbbyCat prepares for her Paris wedding to Chad.
• Mark arrives in Paris, with deadly instructions from Clyde.
• Chanel plans a surprise birthday party for her husband.
• Brady and Fiona share antagonism in jail.
• JJ arrives in Paris for his "sister" wedding.
• Despite the evidence regarding Fiona, Elvis refuses to drop charges against Brady.
• Holly and JJ serve as witnesses for the Paris Wedding.
• Holly mentions that AbbyCat was on the phone with her brother, which JJ denies.
• Mark arrives at the wedding with a gun, only to be thwarted by Steve.
• Sophia bonds with Ava while on duty at The Bistro.
• Kristen forces Elvis to release Brady.
• AbbyCat admits that she is not Abigail Deveraux DiMera and that the ruse was driven by Clyde's threats against her very-much-alive mother, Constantine's daughter Caterina.
• Kristen refuses to release the serum, as Xander did not free Brady, and raises the price to ownership of Titan.
• Nancy Wesley arrives in Salem with her daughter Joy Wesley.
• John takes his father to the family home in Baton Rouge.
• Alex re-bonds with his father Justin.
• Nancy and Bonnie reunite.
• A despondent Johnny flirts with a very friendly Joy at the Small Bar.

SalemDay XX began on Wednesday 10-23-2024.

• It's Johnny's Birthday and he is guilted by his night with Joy and angered by his belief that his wife is sleeping with her BodyAndSoul co-star.
• Marlena films her one scene, replacing Hattie for the Elevator Fall.
• Johnny confronts Chanel just as the party begins.
• Seth Burns admits he saw Stephanie with Alex.
• Once the dust settles, Kate warns Stephanie and Alex that an ongoing relationship would cause issues for BodyAndSoul.
• Returning to Salem, Philip files an injunction to stop Xander from turning over Titan Industries in return for the Dr Rolf Serum.
• Stefan decides he does not want a divorce, but the machinations have begun.
• Gabriella decides she does not want a divorce, but the paperwork is already delivered to the DiMera Mansion.
• Lacking anything but hearsay evidence from conflicted victim Sarah, the DA releases Fiona.
• Stefan is attacked and drugged by Ivan, who ushers Vivian into the DiMera Mansion.
• Cousin Javi Hernandez arrives in Salem.
• Vivian explains her plot to Ivan, then forges Stefan's signature on the divorce decree.
• His support for drunken Brady no longer needed, Eric plans a return to Paris.
• Sarah is stunned to see Fiona relaxing in Horton Town Square with her martini.
• Gabriella hires her cousin to replace deranged murderer Connie Viniski.
• Fiona decides to leave Salem.
• The Paris Wedding party returns to Salem.
• Clyde Weston escapes during a facility transfer.
• Just returned from Paris, Holly forgives Eric for keeping secrets about Daniel Jonas' death.

SalenDay XX began on Thursday 10-31-2024.

• Leo has a Halloween Dream in which BodyAndSoul is living in Neivepen, with "dead" characters coming back to life.
• Joy Wesley joins the cast of BodyAndSoul.
• Tate wakes up with Sophia.
• Kate defends Johnny to Chanel.
• Johnny begs Joy to remain quiet about their night together.
• Vivian encourages Philip to battle Xander for control of Titan.
• Rolf finishes the second dose of his miracle serum.
• Holly attempts to reconcile with an unsettled Tate.
• Learning that Vivian forged a letter from Victor, Kate decides to help Philip take control of Titan.
• Tate tells his father that he slept with Sophia just before Holly sought to reunite.
• Kate betrays Vivian, leading to Jada arresting the wayward felon.
• Tate decides to choose Holly, who freaks when learning about his time bedding Sophia.
• Holly rejects Tate, sending him back to Sophia.
• Ivan sneaks back into the DiMera Mansion, packs Stefan's belongings, and leaves behind a forged letter "from Stefan" for Elvis.
• Clyde calls Chad.
• Mark Greene tells brother Aaron about Clyde's ultimatum.
• Cat Greene reveals herself to brother Aaron.
• Rafe proposes to Jada.
• Leo meets Javi Hernandez at Small Bar.
• Nancy Wesley moves her daughter into a rental above Brady Pub.

SalemDay XX began on Friday 11-08-2024.

• With John away with his father in Louisiana and then called away by Shane for an important ISA mission, Marlena has a somber anniversary, then is cheered when Belle Black Brady arrives for an extended visit.
• Maggie recalls her wedding day to Victor Kiriakis.
• Paul Narita arrives for the Black Anniversary, which is highlighted by an awkward game of off-screen softball, his secret plan to propose to Andrew Donovan, and the even more awkward proposal in front of his stepmother and half-siblings in Marlena's living room.
• Sarah mentions the serum deal to Brady.
• Brady realizes that Kristen duped him into thinking that she had intended the serum to be given with no strings attached, then forces her to provide the serum to Xander.
• JJ returns to the Horton House, where Doug Williams is ailing.
• At Chad's behest, all charges against Cat Greene are dropped.
• Kayla oversees Sarah's receipt of Dr Rolf's mystery serum.
• Joy Wesley meets BodyAndSoul head writer Leo, who was once engaged to her father.
• Alex and Chanel shoot their first romantic on-screen love scene.
• With Rafe fully recovered, Paulina opts to hire Jada as Police Commissioner.
• Rejected by Holly, Tate sexes up Sophia, who breaks up with Tate when he mistakenly calls her "Holly" during their intimate moment.

SalemDay XX began on Monday 11-18-2024.

• BodyAndSoul debuts on the streaming service.
• Cast and crew celebrate by chowing down on Special Cupcakes.
• Javi and Leo wake up after their first night together.
• Abe falls ill.
• Johnny falls ill.
• Roman falls ill.
• Alex falls ill.
• Lady Whistleblower begins revealing BodyAndSoul spoilers.
• Rafe quits the Salem PD.
• Xander re-hires Brady to work at Basic Black.
• Stephanie and Philip recall their previous romance and engagement.
• Brady rejects Kristen's effort at reconciliation.
• Leo accuses Javi of being Lady Whistleblower, effectively ending their new romance.
• A stressed out Joy Wesley tells Alex that she spent the night with Johnny.
• Sarah walks again.
• Philip hires Stephanie to run a PR campaign for his Titan battle.

SalemDay XX begins on Tuesday 11-26-2024.

• It's suddenly Thanksgiving in Salem.
• Bonnie Lockhart Kiriakis accidentally sets fire to the Kiriakis kitchen.
• Rafe joins BlackPatch.
• Elvis tells Joy Wesley to leave Salem, offering her a huge payout.
• Leo hires Rafe to find the "new" Lady Whistleblower.
• Eli and Lani arrive in Salem for the holiday.
• Jack and Jennifer return to Salem.
• Jennifer slaps and berates Cat Greene, who is staying at the Horton House while Chad plots next moves against on-the-run Clyde Weston.
• JJ recruits Gabriella to help capture Clyde.
• At Bo's bedside in Europe, Hope calls Julie.
• Jack finds that Doug has died in his sleep.

SalemDay XX began on Monday 12-02-2024.

• Salem prepares a farewell memorial for Doug Williams.
• Marie Horton returns to support her niece Julie.
• Liz Chandler Curtis returns to pay tribute to the man who hired/promoted her.
• Steven Olsen sneaks into his sister's bedroom to support her loss.
• ShawnDouglas and Ciara arrive to honor their grandfather.
• Belle tells Marlena that she and ShawnDouglas are separated.
• Ciara stuns all by opening Alice Horton's Time Capsule, revealing trinkets, documents, and a stunning diamond necklace.
• Liz sings at the memorial service, then snarls with one-time nemesis Marie Horton, her rival for the affection of Dr Neil Curtis, Sarah Horton's biological father.
• Doug Williams III surprises Julie after the memorial service.
• While working at the Horton Town Square, Leo is charmed by Steven Olsen, who mentions that his son Spencer is gay.
• The Hortons are horrified to notice the diamond necklace is missing.
• Javi Hernandez dates Kerry.
• Rafe suspects that Hattie Adams is the "new" Lady Whistlelower, given her on-set tantrum and "curse".
• Elvis gives Joy a check, and she agrees to leave Salem.
• ShawnDouglas and Belle decide to divorce.
• Ciara and Lucas accuse Steven of stealing the necklace.
• Cat, Chad, JJ, and Gabriella arrive in Vancouver to meet Clyde.
• Doug III has the necklace.
• Hope Brady returns to Salem to mourn her father.
• After Kate gives her a career pep talk, Joy decides to return the Elvis check and remain i Salem as a BodyAndSoul cast member.

SalemDay XX began on Tuesday 12-10-2024.

• Christmas decor suddenly appears all over Salem.
• Julie learns that the necklace is missing.
• Hope calls her brother (aka Little Dougie) to validate Doug III.
• Chad and Cat find her mother, who defends Clyde Weston.
• Clyde surprises JJ and Gabriella as they search his empty Canadian apartment.
• Javi and Kerry have a second date.
• Chad and JJ overwhelm Clyde and prepare to interrogate him about Abigail's remains.
• Jada offers ShawnDouglas the chance to return to the Salem PD.
• When Xander forces the Kiriakis attorneys to drop him, Philip hires Belle to represent him on the eve of his battle for Titan.
• ShawnDouglas signs divorce papers.
• Caterina Greene shoots Clyde, sending him into an extended coma.

SalemDay XX began on Monday 12-16-2024.

• Philip and Xander meet in mediation, where the judge splits the baby, awarding each 50% and naming each as co-CEO.
• Xander is furious with the result, though Philip sees a workable situation.
• Angry that their goal to find Abigail's remains failed, Chad/JJ/Gabriella return to Salem.
• Cat reveals herself to Felicity before all four Greenes head to YVR to visit their hospitalized mother Caterina.
• Sophia tells Tate that she is pregnant just before Holly attempts a reunion.
• Doug III asks Leo to sell the stolen diamond necklace.
• Ava gets threatening texts about her friendship with Brady.
• Rafe finds Hattie, delivers her to Leo, and then both are convinced she is not the reincarnated Lady Whistleblower.
• Arnold Finegar surprises Elvis with his return from Argentina.

SalemDay XX began on Wednesday 12-25-2024.

• It's suddenly XMAS Eve in Salem.
• Holly turns 18 and Tate hosts her private party at the Brady Pub.
• Tate lies that he is going to California to see Kim and Shane, instead planning to drive Sophia "across state line" for her abortion.
• The Hortons hang their XMAS Ornaments.

SalemDay XX began on Thursday 12-26-2024.

• It's XMAS Day in Salem.
• Rachel expresses disdain about her parents unlikely reunion.
• Steve and Ava learn that Tripp has become engaged to Wendy Shin.
• Lani and Kristen reconnect for the holiday.
• Rachel is revealed as the one who is texting Ava Vitali.

SalemDay XX began on Monday 12-30-2024.

• Rafe and Jada begin to plan their wedding, which is less than a month away.
• Arnold makes himself comfortable at the DiMera Mansion.
• Tate and Sophia prepare to leave Salem for the abortion procedure.
• Amy Choi berates Ava Vitali in the Horton Town Square for interfering in her daughter's life and advising her to act against family wishes.
• Holly arrives to give Tate some holiday lemon bars for his trip, only to find him with Sophia.
• Tate tells Holly about the baby, which devastates her.
• It's suddenly New Years Eve in Salem.
• Jada convinces Paulina to fire Elvis and replace him with Belle Black.
• Johnny and Chanel decide to host a last-minute NYE party in the DiMera Living Room.
• While at the DiMera Mansion, Rafe sees Fake Rafe.
• Elvis want..s to date Belle.
• Fake Rafe takes over while Elvis hides Rafe in the tunnels under the mansion, near the wine cellar.
• The NYE party is a dud, with random couples and no hosts.
• Joy Wesley arrives with Alex, infuriating Johnny.
• Chanel overhears Joy and Johnny arguing, leading him to tell his wife about the night he spent with Joy.
• Chanel fumes, though believing that he did not get intimate with Joy.
• Stephanie and Philip feel awkward at the mansion and flee after midnight.
• Alex helps Joy escape the drama.
• Gabriella and JJ enjoy a spark in their rekindled romance.
• Elvis forces Fake Rafe to "go on assignment for Black Patch," preventing Arnold from sleeping with "fiancee" Jada.
• Belle finally tells Elvis that she is the new DA.

SalemYear 2024 had XX SalemDays.

SalemDay 01 began on Friday 01-03-2025.

• Chanel awakes at her mother's apartment, after sneaking in late on NYE after her argument with Johnny.
• Javi designates himself as Wedding Planner for Rafe and Jada.
• Hattie visits Bonnie to repair their friendship in the new year.
• Brady meets Amy Choi.
• Kristen realizes that her daughter is sending the threatening texts to Ava Vitali.
• Javi is thrilled when new boyfriend Kerry returns from visiting family in Rochester.
• Chad admits that he does not know the identity of Lady Whistleblower 2.0 but helps Stephanie trace paychecks to a mystery account in Rochester.
• Chanel quits BodyAndSoul.
• Doug III comforts Julie as the new year begins.
• Xander suggests a DiMera takeover to a disinterested co-CEO Philip.
• Holly finds a roughed-up Doug III in Salem Park.
• Desperate for solutions, Tate suggests adoption to Sophia.
• Stephanie overhears that the Victor letter was a forgery.
• Cat Greene decides to stay in Salem with Felicity.
• When Doug III tells Holly that he needs cash, she offers the money.
• After Stephanie tells her about the forgery, Sarah confronts Kate and Philip,who persuade her to remain silent.
• The endless New Year's Day finally ends.