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SalemDay 02 began on Tuesday 01-14-2025.

• Javi hosts Kerry for breakfast.
• FakeRafe shows up at the DiMera Mansion.
• Jada expresses confusion over her fiance's odd behavior.
• Leo sees the Rochester sweatshirt, hosts a lunch at Horton Town Square, provides juicy fake spoilers about a BodyAndSoul demonic possession, and gets proof that Kerry is Lady Whistleblower 2.0.
• After pressure from her mother, Chanel agrees to film a Final Scene falling into an open elevator shaft.
• Xander continues to play nice with his co-CEO.
• Leo confronts Kerry, who admits he was Lady Whistleblower 2.0 and that he installed spyware on Leo's laptop.
• Javi breaks up with Kerry and turns his attentions back to Leo.
• Rachel runs away to Aremid.
• Bonnie falls into the open elevator shaft

SalemDay 03 began on Tuesday 01-14-2025.

• Xander and Philip continue to bond when Philip agrees that Titan should attempt a takeover of DiMera Enterprises.
• Leo wakes up with Javi.
• Bonnie remains hospiitalized with major injuries and Abe recruits Kayla to fill in as a temporary BodyAndSoul diva.
• Rachel Black meets Rachel Blake.
• Ava receives a text to head to Aremid.
• Jada questions Kerry about adding spyware to Leo's laptop.
• Fighting her attraction to Alex Kiriakis, Stephanie considers quitting BodyAndSoul in order to renew their relationship.
• Abraham wants to hire Kayla as Bonnie's temporary replacement.
• Kristen discovers her Aremid Memory Book is missing.
• Amy Choi rejects all thoughts of adoption for the Tate-Sophia baby.
• Rachel Blake plots with Rachel Black to reunite Kristen and Brady by holding Ava Vitali hostage in Aremid.
• Stephanie hosts a Bachelorette Party, while the Brady Pub hosts a Bachelor Party
• Drunk Belle hooks up with Elvis again.
• Drunk Chanel flirts with sober ShawnDouglas.
• FakeRafe hooks up with stripper Savannah.
• Brady and Kristen find their daughter in the dusty Blake Family Mansion in Aremid.

SalemDay 04 began on Wednesday 01-29-2025.

• Marlena walks in on the Belle-Elvis sexathon.
• Rachel Blake continues to hold Ava hostage.
• Elvis taunts hostage Rafe with a cupcake for his birthday.
• Javi discovers FakeRafe with Stripper Savannah at the Salem Inn.
• Rafe manages to escape the Secret Room, emerging from the tunnels to find Rita Lesley in the DiMera Living Room.
• Rita pretends to help Rafe, then tasers him into an unconscious blob.
• FakeRafe prepares to wed Jada, only to stop the wedding with forged allegations of police misconduct on her behalf.
• Jada is confused and distraught as FakeRafe calls off the ceremony.
• Belle and Elvis, again.
• Chanel and Johnny reconcile as she plans a move back to DiMera Mansion.
• Crazy scripts are delivered to cast members of BodyAndSoul.
• Kayla falls ill.
• Alex falls ill.
• Joy falls ill.
• Hattie falls ill.
• Seth falls ill.
• Johnny falls ill.
• Abraham realizes that the phony, poisoned scripts were created by deranged BodyAndSoul superfan Nurse Whitley King.
• Stephanie and Alex decide to re-start their romance.
• Nurse Whitley cites BodyAndSoul superfan Jackson32.
• Paulina rescues Abraham from Nurse Whitley.
• Sara is furious when she learns that Titan plans to take over DiMera Enterprises.
• Stephanie and Alex discover that no one has checked on Joy, race to her room above the Brady Pub, find that she is near-death, then race her to the hospital.

SalemDay 05 began on Friday 02-07-2025.

• Kristen finds Ava's phone in her daughter's backpack.
• Belle and Evis, again.
• Jada remains confused about the behavior of her fiance.
• Brady takes his daughter to her first therapy session.
• Kate and Abraham decide to shut down the trouble-plagued BodyAndSoul reboot.
• Returning to Aremid, Kristen is horrified to find Ava bound and gagged.
• Leo is fired as headwriter for the soon-to-relocate-to-LA BodyAndSoul.
• Kristen discovers her mother Rachel Blake is alive, wandering the dusty Aremid Blake Family Mansion while wearing only white.
• Seth reveals that University Hospital is about to declare bankruptcy.
• Kristen reluctantly agrees to keep Ava under wraps once Rachel Blake convinces her daughter that Rachel Black would be lost into Child Protective Services.
• Elvis goes to visit Rafe in Aremid, stumbles upon the Woman in White holding Ava, then makes a deal for Rachel to tend to both hostages.
• Recovering in the hospital from a poisoned script and a broken heart, Joy breaks up with Alex.

SalemDay 06 began on Friday 02-14-2025.

• Valentine Day Memories from Steve and Julie.
• Tate and Holly plan sex on a Smith Island getaway.
• While trying to persuade her mother about adoption options, Sophia has pains.
• Kayla advises Johnny and Chanel to further postpone their baby plans, as Chanel needs a follow-up surgical procedure.
• Doug III surprises Holly at the Smith Island cabin.
• Tate is thrilled when Johnny and Chanel express interest in adopting Sophia's baby/
• FakeRafe hits on Belle at the Small Bar.
• Jada moves out of the Hernandez house, becoming Stephanie's new roommate.
• Sarah and Xander celebrate Valentine's Day.
• Roman returns from visiting Rex in Chicago.
• FakeRafe makes an awkward pass at Jada when she visits the Salem Inn.
• Against Kate's wishes, Philip moves into the Kiriakis Mansion.
• Tate and Holly consummate their romance.
• Shawn offers a supportive moment to jilted Jada.

SalemDay 07 began on Thursday 02-20-2025.

• Once again, Javi awakens with Leo.
• Once again, Belle awakens with Elvis.
• Child Protective Services begins an investigation regarding Rachel Black.
• Rachel Blake hosts Ava and Rafe in separate areas of the Aremid Blake Mansion.
• Leo asks Chad to hire him as an investigative reporter, retiring the Lady Whistleblower persona.
• Javi tells Jada about Savannah the Stripper.
• Gabriella and Jada are convinced that something traumatic happened to Rafe.
• Steve's ISA contacts are able to mostly decipher Ava's garbled voicemail.
• Alex Kiriakis has a birthday.
• Cat Greene returns from a short visit to her mother and brother Aaron in Vancouver.
• Brady and Steve find Ava in Aremid.
• Rachel Blake is taken into custody.
• FakeRafe forcibly kisses Stephanie, triggering a long-ago memory.
• FakeRafe reunites with Stripper Savannah, asking her to call him by his real name.
• Gabriella confronts FakeRafe, speaking in Spanish, which Arnold mastered while in Argentina for the past 15-ish SalemYears, then steals a hair sample for a DNA test.
• Rita Lesley tasers FakeRafe, orchestrating a swap between hostage and imposter.
• Freed from her four SalemDays as hostage, Ava is encouraged to not press charges, in order to protect Rachel Black.
• Kayla confiirms via DNA that FakeRafe is not related to Gabriella.
• Stephanie races to tell Jada about her Arnold Memory, only to find Jada and ShawnDouglas post-coitus.
• Rafe is taken into custody, everyone believing that he is Arnold.

SalemDay 08 began on Tuesday 02-28-2025.

• Chanel has successful surgery.
• In custody, Rafe insists that he has a memory gap.
• Sophia aggressively lies about Mr+Mrs Johnny DiMera being "very" religious.
• Doug III tells Tate about his plan to return the stolen necklace.
• Xander and Philip meet with Mr Shin about a potential takeover of DiMera Enterprises. 
• ISA Director Shane Donovan informs Marlena that John has gone unexpectedly "radio silent".
• Leo returns to the Spectator.
• Joy battles morning sickness.
• Ava reluctantly decides not to press charges against Rachel Blake.
• Xander re-hires Alex.
• Philip hires Joy.
• Brady becomes unsettled with news that his father is missing.
• Rafe begins to regain snippets of his recent memory.

SalemDay 09 began on Friday 03-07-2025.

• Rachel Blake bites another prisoner, then is released from custody.
• Holly tells Tate that Doug III stole Julie's necklace.
• Leo learns that the necklace was purchased by someone in Salem.
• Marlena decides to find John.
• Holly and Doug III realize that Melinda Trask owns the Horton Necklace.
• Released early from prison, Jeannie Theresa returns to Salem and immediately rejects the adoption option for Sophia's baby.
• Doug III fails to convince Melinda to return the necklace.
• Rachel Blake threatens Ava.
• Joy lies that she is not pregnant.
• Elvis fails to drug Rachel Blake, deciding there are other options to silence her.
• In a heated discussion with his grandson, Roman inadvertently alludes to Elvis raping Samanther.
• Paulina meets with Amy Choi to advocate for the adoption.
• Doug III is charmed when Holly wants to steal back the necklace.
• Kate tells Johnny that Elvis raped Samanther, leading to half of her twin pregnancy.
• Belle sexes up Elvis, then is appalled when he tries to manipulate her about the criminal charges he faces.
• Melinda gives felon Ava a handgun.
• Rachel Blake retrieves her gun from Aremid.
• Belle calls Paulina and recuses herself from all Elvis charges.
• Johnny slugs his father and reveals that he knows the truth about his conception.

SalemDay 10 began on Tuesday 03-18-2025.

• Steve and Marlena arrive in DC to confront Shane Donovan.
• Stephanie has a nightmare about Joy's baby.
• Kate calms Roman about her revelation to Johnny, then heads to Chicago to see Cassie for the morning.
• Shane suggests that Marlena and Steve head to Estonia.
• Shane calls Jeannie Theresa with news of Kimberly's medical relapse.
• Joy leaves Salem.
• Johnny tries to reach his mother, then bonds with Rafe.
• Elvis is furious with Kate and threatens all her sons.
• Kate guarantees retribution if anything happens to her sons.
• Jada offers Rachel Blake her freedom in return for details on Elvis.
• Leo moves out of the Salem Inn and into the Hernandez House.
• Jeannie Theresa leaves for California.
• Elvis injects Rachel Blake with the Memory Serum, which fails since she replaced the serum with sugar water.
• Joining Doug III and JJ for dinner at the Bistro, Julie sees Melinda wearing the stolen necklace.
• Faced with few options, Elvis makes Rachel Blake disappear.
• Julie files a police report, five months after the necklace was stolen.
• Marlena waits in Estonia as Steve taps into his local ISA contacts.
• Tate calls Julie and tells her that Doug III is the thief.
• Just before Doug III tells Julie the truth, she angrily reveals that she knows what he did and orders him to immediately leave the Horton House.
• Ava breaks up with Brady.

SalemDay 11 began on Wednesday 03-26-2025.

• Maggie tries to calm an irate Julie.
• Johnny continues to refuse all contact with Elvis.
• Amy Choi agrees to the adoption just as Leo's expose of All Things DiMera hits the front page of the Spectator.
• Doug III wakes up on a bench in Salem Park, after sleeping overnight.
• Paulina threatens Elvis when Amy Choi renews her objection to the adoption.
• Holly learns that Tate called Julie and breaks up with him.
• Paul Narita arrives in Estonia to join the search for his missing father.
• Steve's mystery contact turns out to be his nephew Andrew Donovan, on special assignment from Shane.
• Philip and Sarah urge Stephanie to craft a lie about renewing her affair with Philip to keep Alex and Xander from learning of the forgery.
• After having a nice visit with Paul, Marlena is startled when Orpheus appears.
• Rafe sneaks into the DiMera Mansion and places a hidden camera.
• Stephanie tells Alex about the forgery.
• Alex agrees to keep Philip's forgery a secret.
• With Rachel Blake missing, Jada employs her last option to gather evidence on Elvis by convincing Belle to wear a wire.
• Marlena deflects a bullet and captures Orpheus.
• Paul shoots Orpheus, who is plotting to sell a nuclear bomb.
• Jada tells Rafe about her one-night-stand with ShawnDouglas.
• Elvis humiliates Belle when he discovers that she is wearing the wire.
• Rafe breaks off all contact with Jada, asking her to move out immediately.
• Steve, Marlena, and Paul search for John at Orpheus' secret compound.
• Elvis is shot, collapses, and set into a medically incuced coma at University Hospital.

SalemDay 12 began on Monday 04-07-2025

• Doug awakens after sleeping on the floor at Holly's bedside.
• A frustrated Alex wants to tell everyone about Philip and Vivian's forgery.
• Tate finds underwear-clad Doug III in Holly's room.
• Kristen is held for questioning about Elvis' shooting.
• Sophia taunts Holly about bonding with Tate.
• Conflicted by her emotions, Belle visits Elvis.
• Philip mentions his artificial leg.
• Xander updates Mr Shin about the takeover timing.
• Samantha arrives in Elvis' hospital room just as her sister blurts out her love for the comatose DiMera.
• His arm newly broken, Rex abruptly visits the pub to calm his mother.
• With Elvis comtaose and Kristen in custody, Titan acquires DiMera Enterprises.
• Vivian arrives to get her share of Titan.
• Samantha tries to explain her complicated romantic relationships to her son, recalling Alan Harris, Arnold Finnegar, and Austin Reed.
• Rafe cannot stop imagining es Jada Hunter sexing up Shawn Douglas Brady.
• To calm Vivian, Philip invites her to stay in the Kiriakis Mansion, since Maggie is away.

SalemDay 13 began on Tuesday 04-15-2025.

• Samantha wakes up with ex-husband Rafe.
• Cleaning house at DiMera Enterprises, Xander fires Melinda Trask.
• Maggie returns from visiting Melissa.
• JJ and ShawnDouglas focus on a new suspect -- Gabriella.
• Sarah tells her mother all about Vivian's forgery and the subsequent secrets.
• Jada refuses Rafe's attempt at reconciliation when she learns he reconnected with his ex-wife Samanther.
• Frustrated that Philip is slow-rolling her cut, Vivian tells Xander about the forgery.
• Steve and Marlena visit Orpheus in his Estonian hospital room.
• Rex dines with Bonnie, sharing info on her granddaughter.
• Philip prepares to tell all, but Xander calls out the truth before Philip can speak.
• Vivian and Samanther share a flight out of Salem, headed for Europe.
• Orpheus tries to fool Marlena with fake info on John.
• Steve circumvents the Orpheus lie when the ISA decodes documents about the nuclear material in Latvia.
• Susan visits Elvis.
• Belle visits Elvis.
• Kayla raises Elvis from the medically induced coma.
• Rex thinks one of his parents shot Elvis.

SalemDay 14 began on Wednesday 04-23-2025.

• It's Save Salem University Hospital Day, complete with cheesy decor, mind-numbing low yield games, a dunk tank, and a variety of other ridiculous items that cost more than they raise.
• Leo and Javi drool over the bachelors featured for the Hospital Benefit.
• Furious with JJ, Gabriella bids $15K for a date with Alex Kiriakis.
• Flush with cash, Maggie bids $1M for a date with Chad PetersonWoods DiMera.
• Elvis insists to Kristen that he is a changed man.
• Rafe finally plans to review the memory card -- and finds that it is missing.
• JJ interviews Elvis, who claims to recall little about the shooting.
• Heartbroken that Rafe raced into bed with Samanther Jada forcefully ends her relationship with Rafe.
• Heartbroken that Jada refuses to even consider a reconciliation, Rafe rejoins the FBI.
• ShawnDougles intervies Elvis, who again claims no memories.
• Gabriella appeals to Brady for help salvaging her company from TitanDiMera,
• Hope calls ShawnDouglas with news that Bo has become septic.
• Hope calls Kayla with news that Bo has become septic.
• Steve and Marlena return to Salem.
• John has doubts about fatherhood.
• Tate asks Sophia to join him at the prom.
• Philip catches Doug III as he sneaks out of Holly's room.
• Chanel, Tate, and Sophia all sign the pre-emptive adoption paperwork.
• Elvis recalls finding the camera and removing the memory card.
• Johnny shocks everyone by calling off the adoption of Sophia's baby.

SalemDay 15 began on Wednesday 04-30-2025.

• Against medical advice, Elvis returns home, just four SalemDays after being shot.
• Kayla pressures Dr. Jeffrey Russell on his hospital-funded research for a new drug to counteract sepsis.
• Sophia is ordered into limited bed rest for the remainder of the prgenancy.
• Alex finds Stephanie's secret manuscript for OneStormyNight.
• ShawnDouglas wants to break into Russell's lab to steal Versavix.
• Elvis thinks Johnny shot him.
• Dr Jeffrey Russell is furious that Kayla will not release him from his contract.
• Alex and Xander plot development of a sepsis drug.
• Elvis meets with Dr Russell and assures him that all will work out.
• Steve plots a theft.
• Kayla sends Dr Russell to an out of town conference.
• Sarah and Xander plan a delayed honeymoon getaway.
• Kayla is shocked when Elvis submits a proposal to buy the hospital.

SalemDay 16 began on Thursday 05-08-2025.

• Chad steps in and takes Elvis' successful Bachelorette Bid for Cat Greene.
• Abraham and Paulina move into a new townhouse.
• Sarah mistakenly eats pistachios and seizes up in Horton Town Square.
• Abe comforts Chanel by telling the story of Isaac Carver.
• Javi saves Sarah's life, then reveals his EMT past to Leo.
• Xander screams at Felicity Greene for nearly killing his wife.
• Alex refuses to hire Kristen at the newly combined TitanDiMera.
• A hospitalized Sarah questions Xander's plan to buy the hospital.
• Without telling his partners, Philip researches and plots a pharmaceutical purchase.
• Alex and Gabi go pn her $15K Bachelor Bid date.
• Philip contacts high school pal Kevin Lambert about the sepsis drug.
• Sophia turns 18.
• Kevin Lambert steals all the Versavix when interrupted while isolating a single dose.
• Shane calls Marlena to let her know that John is on his way back to Salem.
• Steve and Shawn Douglas break into the Russell Lab, only to find the Versavix is gone.

SalemDay 17 began on Friday 05-16-2025.

• Susan and Marlena have breakfast at the Horton Town Square.
• Alex consults Kate about the manuscript.
• John flying home with Andrew and Paul.
• Steve and ShawnDouglas search for Kevin Lambert, then learn that Kevin handed off the Versavix to his sketchy roommate.
• Furious that his co-CEO has plotted in secret, Xander beats Philip and leaves him for dead.
• Arianna Grace Horton shows up at the Hernandez house on her 18th birthday.
• Kate finds Philip on the floor of his Salem Inn hotelroom.
• Paulina sells her townhouse to Johnny and Chanel for $1.
• Gabi fires Javi.
• Chad suspects that Elvis hurt Philip.
• Xander returns to the Kiriakis Mansion, his rage barely controlled after learning from a near-dead Philip that Sarah knew about Vivian's forgery.
• Holly tutors Doug III.
• When confronted by her husband, Sarah admits that she learned about the forgery and kept Philip's secret to maintain peace in the family.
• Bo gets Last Rites.
• Steve, ShawnDouglas, and Dr. Russell trace Kevin Lambert's roommate to a meth lab.
• Hope shares 40 years of memories with her comatose spouse.
• Paul arrives to see Marlena, letting her know that John wanted to join Steve.
• Ciara arrives at her dying father's bedside.
• John arrives to help break the security system at the meth lab.
• After learning that Chelsea is on her way, Hope races to join the Meth Lab Break-in.
• Maggie supports her daughter, warns Xander, and exiles him from the Kiriakis Mansion.
• John and Hope breech the security system to access the Meth Lab.
• During the ensuing melee, shots are fired and explosions hit the lab.
• John saves Dr Russell.
• John saves a vial of the Versavix.
• John collapses on the entire drug supply, saving it.
• Using her fake ID, Ari relaxes at the Small Bar and meets Doug III.
• Hope and ShawnDouglas deliver the drug vial to Bo's physicians.
• John is raced to Salem University Hospital with third degree burns over 30% of his body.
• Belle, Brady, and Paul sit vigil, waiting for updates on their father.

SalemDay 18 began on Tuesday 05-27-2025.

• Now a legal adult, Sophia hires Melinda Trask to coordinate the adoption.
• Leo encourages Javi to pursue a return to EMT duties.
• Ari wakes up with Doug III in his bed above the pub.
• Marlena sits vigil beside a bandaged John Black.
• Tate visits John.
• Johnny visits John.
• Ari visits John.
• Carrie arrives, missing her son Noah's high school graduation.
• Belle visits ex-husband Philip, vowing to bring Xander to justice.
• While sparring with Kristen, Elvis mentions that he was "her" baby.
• Abraham visits John.
• Carrie mentions her fondness for Tamara Price when meeting sister Paulina.
• Roman is convinced that Johnny shot his father with Roman's gun.
• Rachel has nightmares, finally revealing to her mother that she saw Johnny holding a gun on Elvis in the DiMera living room.
• Belle and Jada plot to prove Xander beat Philip to near-death.
• Elvis insists to a furious Chad that he was not involved in the Versavix theft.
• Jada arrests Xander based on closed circuit tapes from the Salem Inn.
• Brady casts the deciding vote to sell University Hospital to Elvis.
• Eric arrives in Salem and visits John.
• Will arrives in Salem and visits John.
• Comatose Bo dreams of Dead Zach, who urges his father to re-join his living family.
• John gets a morphine shot, then later seizes up.
• Hope sits vigil with Ciara and Shawn Douglas.
• A weepy Marlena comforts her dying husband, telling him that it is okay to let go.
• John dies.
• Bo opens his eyes.

SalemDay 19 began on Tuesday 06-03-2026.

• A somber Marlena mourns her loss.
• Kayla tells Roman that John has died, then shares the stunning news that Bo is awake.
• Brady tells Belle that their father died overnight.
• Steve tells Abraham that his partner is gone.
• Hope excitedly tells Julie that Bo is awake, responding to treatment, and staging a miraculous recovery from his bout with Sepsis.
• Rachel has another nightmare about Johnny and The Gun.

SalemDay 20 began on Wednesday 06-04-2026.

• Bo walks, bonds with Hope, and meets grandchildren Addie and Bo.
• Marlena visits John's father to let him know that his son has died.
• Paul is comforted by fiance Andrew Donovan.
• ShawnDouglas tells his mother that John has died.
• Will, Carrie, and Eric support Marlena at the townhouse.
• Samanther and Sydney are delayed by a European volcanic eruption.
• Rafe returns from FBI re-orientation, cheered that his assignments will be based out of Chicago.
• Jack and Jennifer arrive.
• Cat Greene recognizes Samanther's photo on the mantle.
• Anna finds the One Stormy Night manuscript which Kate misplaced.
• Sophia takes a tour of hospital facilities.
• Carrie offers to stay in Salem to help Marlena.
• Kate is furious to learn that Xander has been released on bail.

SalemDay 21 began on Monday 06-09-2026.

• A mournful Steve prepares for the funeral, telling his wife that he will retire and close BlackPatch.
• Shane arrives in Salem and offers condolences.
• Kate secretly acknowledges the ISA Director at the funeral.
• Rachel gets nervous as the funeral begins, leading Tate and Ari to take her back to the DiMera Mansion.
• Hope tells Bo.
• Brady warbles a off-key "Amazing Grace" at his father's funeral.
• Hope tries to dissuade Bo from jeopardizing his recovery by attending John's service.
• John's family pay tribute to their dead hero.
• Bo startles everyone by arriving at the close of the ceremony.
• Kate searches for the missing manuscript.
• Marlena, Roman, Steve, Kayla, Shane, and Bo recount Memories of John.
• Hope, Julie, Jennifer, and Jack recount Memories of the Hortons, including Bo.
• After learning of her father's planned retirement, Stephanie decides to host a dinner in his honor, inviting Jada, Jack, Jennifer, and Alex.
• Jennifer shares a cupcake with birthday boy Jack Deveraux.
• ShawnDouglas and Belle plan a joint visit to daughter Claire in South Africa.
• Xander agrees to Sarah's visitation plan for Victoria.
• Steve dreams of Adrienne.
• Philip wakes up.
• Steve's family celebrate his forty years in Salem.
• It's Graduation Eve for Salem High, with Holly and AriannaGrace re-connecting after her years in Arizona with her fathers.
• Doug III is threatened again by the loan sharks.
• Aaron Greene suddenly returns to Salem, leaving his mother alone with her treatment plan in Canada.
• Philip shocks everyone by claiming a random attacker is responsible for his injuries.
• AriannaGrace dines with her parents.

SalemDay 22 began on Wednesday 06-18-2025.

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