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SalemDay 26 began on Thursday 07-17-2025.

• Jury Selection begins for the State vs John Roman DiMera.
• Amy Choi meets Baby Tesoro while waiting for voir dire.
• In Chicago, Sophia consults with Melinda about the plan.
• Leo is angered to be selected for Jury Duty.
• Ari and Holly plot an escape from the sealed storeroom.
• Xander bonds with Victoria after their extended separation.
• Doug III tells Tate that the kidnappers want to be paid.
• Tate agrees to pay Doug III's debts, but the payoff is botched when Doug III tries to be the hero.
• Melinda assures Sophia that the plan will work.
• Rafe forwards the Proof Of Life photo to Cat, who uses her ISA contacts to geo-locate the locked storeroom.
• As Rafe searches, Ari discovers an outdoor vent and squeezes inside, smelling fresh air and seeing daylight.
• Kayla is furious with Elvis' management style and threatens to quit.
• Tate hears Ari's calls for help, locates the storeroom, and uses his martial arts skills to break down the door, freeing Holly.
• Ari passes out but Uncle Rafe pulls her from the air vent to be treated by EMT Javier.
• Elvis hires Stephanie to handle PR for University Hospital.
• Sarah suggests that Xander begin Anger Management couseling.
• Tate notices that Sophia texted him about going into labor while in Chicago.
• Doug III apologizes to Holly and Ari.
• As Tate and Brady prepare to meet Sophia in Chicago, she unexpectedly shows up at the townhouse, explaining that she hired a new attorney, met adoptive parents in Chicago, went into sudden and quick labor, and gave birth to a Baby Girl, who was immediately taken into custody by the adoptive parents.
• Gabriella is curious when Tony offers to make her CEO if she helps void the TitanDiMera merger.
• Tate and Brady are stunned that they won't see or hold the Baby Girl, yet seem assuaged by the stock photos Sophia shows them.
• Stephanie gets a mysterious package.
• Shocked, devastated, angry, and seemingly without options, Tate reluctantly signs the adoption papers.
• Xander agrees to Anger Management counseling with Marlena.

SalemDay 27 began on Thursday 07-24-2025.

• Various Salemites learn that Theo Carver and Claire Brady have ended their relationship.
• Gwen moves into the East Wing of the DiMera Mansion.
• Trying to help prove her grandson's innocence, Marlena hypnotizes Elvis, who desperately wants to recall the events of the night he was shot.
• Elvis is crestfallen when he recalls nothing new.
• As Johnny's trial begins, Marlena collapses, delaying the trial.
• Gwen is confused when she cannot locate the Horton Necklace.
• Susan Banks returns to Salem for her grandson's trial.
• Sarah is confused to learn that Sophia has told everyone that she gave birth to a girl.
• Doug III delivers the Horton Necklace to its bittersweet owner, then leaves Salem.
• Marlena is worried about her dreams of Stefano's Parisian Underground.
• Julie is given some insights into grief from shopkeeper Foster.
• Gabriela hires BlackPatch to research the Titan takeover of DiMera Emterprises.
• The trial begins, with Aunt Belle prosecuting her nephew, who is defended by the victim, his father.
• Philip guesses that Anastasia is really Stephanie after recognizing some details of their past relationship in the novel.
• Chad testifies about finding a bloody Elvis in the DiMera Living Room.
• Jada testifies about the arrest/release of Kristen DiMera.
• Maggie returns from Bermuda.
• Chad and Cat are stuck in the disabled hospital elevator.
• Sarah grills Sophia about the gender of the baby, ultimately getting the girl to reeal everything about the birth, including leaving Baby Boy Choi at the Salem Firehouse.
• Elvis calls Sydney to wish her a speedy recovery.
• Sophia insists that Sarah uphold her doctor-patient confidentiality.
• Marlena and Roman stress out over the trial.

SalemDay 28 began on Monday 08-04-2025.

• Samantha Gene Brady DiMera returns to Salem, offering belated comfort to her mourning mother.
• Chad and Cat are freed from the stuck hospital elevator.
• While counseling Sarah, Marlena references both her fathers, Neal Curtis and Mickey Horton.
• Belle checks into the Salem Inn, ostensibly to give her returned older sister more personal space at Marlena's crowded townhouse.
• Anna reports to Tony that Susan Banks believes his father is alive.
• Elvis and Belle use their lunch break to canoodle at the Salem Inn.
• Alex hires Black Patch to research the mystery of Daniel Lucas, the individual who acquired legal documents about the Titan takeover of DiMera enterprises.
• Anna hints that Stefano could still be alive, since no one in Salem is ever truly dead.
• Steve advises Alex that he can no longer work on the takeover case.
• Cat is concerned about Felicity's elevated fever, since her sister has congestive heart issues.
• Johnny takes the stand to declare he did not shoot his father.
• Gabriela dines with a loopy, drunken Xander at the Bistro.
• After just a day, Samantha Gene Brady DiMera departs Salem to tend to Sydey's recovery.
• Elvis reveals in open court that he and DA Belle Black are having personal intimacies.
• Stressed, embarassed, and furious, Belle breaks off all future romantic options.
• Xander and Sarah argue at the Bistro.
• Marlena agrees to counsel Xander on his Anger Management issues.

SalemDay 29 began on Tuesday 08-12-2025.

• Marlena puts Elvis into a hypnotic state for the second time.
• Amy Choi meets Baby Tesoro again, marveling that he resembles Sophia's brother.
• Rachel testifies that she saw cousin Johnny point the gun at Elvis.
• Javi muses that Baby Tesoro appears to have Asian Heritage in his background, panicking Sophia.
• Leo is upset when the jury is sequestered to the Salem Inn.
• Tate and Holly finally consummate their relationship, only to have Round Two interrupted by Aunt Belle.
• Ari and Sophia bond over plans for freshman year at Salem University.
• Marlena testifies about the hypnosis, allowing Elvis to reveal that he suddenly recalls that a female shot him.
• Kristen testifies that she was angry with Elvis because he had hidden away her mother.
• Elvis continues hyping alternative suspects, showing the video rant that Chanel dislayed just hours before he was shot.
• Rafe and Ari each gently prod Javi with memories of his "distant loss".
• Chanel testifies that the video does not reflect anything she said to Elvis.
• Ari babysits Baby Tesoro.
• Cat mentions that Aaron is returning to Salem for college and that her mother is being relocated to a facility near Salem.
• Sophia freaks out when Ari shows up with Baby Tesoro, then decides she wants to hold him, then opts to skip the moment when Ari realizes how upset she is.
• Marlena advises Elvis that there will be no additional hypnotic sessions.
• Stuck sharing his sequestration room with a chatty juror, Leo fakes a stroke.
• Johnny insists the Chanel Video is a fake, then fires Elvis as his attorney.

SalemDay 30 began on Monday 08-18-2025.

• Stephanie is thrilled to get the debut copy of "One Stormy Night".
• Johnny provides testimony that the Chanel Video is a "deepfake".
• Marlena abruptly decides to take a Leave Of Absence from her duties at the hospital, leaving new assistant Cat now jobless.
• Julie decides to buy the bookstore.
• DA Belle Black and Defendant John Roman DiMera each deliver closing remarks.
• Marlena shops with Rachel, then returns her to the DiMera Mansion.
• Rachel accidentally drops a glass paperweight, the loud crash suddenly jarring Elvis' recollection of the night he was shot.
• Jury deliberations begin.
• Elvis is gobsmacked as he abruptly realizes that Rachel shot him.
• Marlena is concerned that her granddaughter has suppressed the memory and that the girl will not be able to handle the truth when it is revealed.
• Elvis tells Kristen that Rachel was the shooter.
• The initial jury vote is 11-1 for acquittal.
• Sarah once again tries to coax Sophia into telling the truth about her baby.
• The second jury vote is a 6-6 tie.
• Shawn Douglas returns from visiting his daughter Claire in South Africa.
• Elvis insists that Kristen find a way to save both of the children.
• Sophia slips again, mentioning "he" to Brady and Tate.
• Moments before the verdict is read in court, Kristen bursts in, claiming that she shot her brother.
• Johnny is released.
• Kristen is arrested.
• Marlena fears that Rachel will eventually remember the truth, but agrees to remain quiet as Kristen faces the consequences for her false declaration.
• Rachel is elated that Johnny will not be going to prison.
• Marlena informs her granddaughter that Kristen has confessed.
• Cat Greene meets Gwen von Leuschner.
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