Yikes, It's August

SalemDay 41 began on Monday, December 29, 2016.

• Adrienne begins a second round of chemotherapy.
• It's suddenly New Years Eve in Salem.
• Derrick, Paul, and Jackson have an awkward celebration.
• Lani reveals that she was JJ's one-night-stand in Miami, when he was drunken and devastated about Abigail's downed plane.
• Jade loses her baby.
• Hope is attacked in prison and sent to infirmary.
• Paul and Jackson share a NYE kiss.

The First SalemDay of 2017 began on Wednesday, January 4, 2017.

• Shane becomes convinced that Stefano is alive in Europe, joining Marlena, Steve, Rafe, and Paul as they head to Prague.
• Hope recovers from the attack.
• Eve returns to NYC.
• Nancy sabotages a DNA test that Brady tries to take.
• Kate investigates Eduardo and the his missing computer chips.
• JJ is promoted to Detective.

SalemDay Two began on Monday, January 9, 2017.

• Marlena, Steve, Paul, Rafe, and Shane search Prague.
• Hope declines additional medical treatment and returns to her cellblock.
• Marlena chases down a gun-toting Anna Fredricks Brady DiMera DiMera.
• Hattie orchestrates Hope's escape -- without Hope's knowledge or approval.
• Carrie and Austin arrive in Prague to help with the search.
• Nicole decides to forget about Holly, re-focus on her Titan duties, and reconcile with Deimos.

SalemDay Three began on Thursday, January 12, 2017.

• Gabriela learns about the computer chips stolen from the Hernandez clan.
• Brady has chest pains.
• Chloe awakens from her coma and heads to see Nicole.
• Valerie counsels Theo and Claire on interracial relationships.
• Carrie and Austin hunt for Anna, who accidentally shoots Steve.
• Hope awakens in a dumpster and is taken to a country farmhouse after she collapses.
• Chloe collapses at the Kiriakis Mansion.
• Kate rebuffs Eduardo's attempts to reconcile.
• Recent parolee Eric nurses Hope back to health.
• Brady forces Chloe to tell all.

SalemDay Four began on Wednesday, January 25, 2017.

• In an effort to locate the computer chips, Abigail tries to seduce Hernandez tech guy Myron.
• Maggie meets Granddaughter Holly.
• Shane gets a lead on Stefano.
• Adrienne hires Anne Milbauer.
• A delirious Hope wanders away from Eric's farmhouse, but is brought back just after the police search it.
• Chad and Abigail begin to re-connect.
• After getting a lead about a "key" to the computer chips, Jennifer heads to the pier and finds Drew Donovan.
• Arianna Grace sees the Kiriakis Safe.
• Deimos has Dario beaten.
• Deimos poisons Andre.
• Demos takes Abigail and Gabriela hostage.

SalemDay Five began on Monday, February 6, 2017.

• Hope continues to improve.
• Hattie is hospitalized in Brookville.
• Jackson arrives in Prague, with tickets to the exclusive costume ball.
• Ciara is not pleased that Claire and Theo are getting closer.
• Hope once again leaves the farmhouse and visits Hattie, hiding just as Lt. Raines arrives to question the woman about Hope's escape.
• Austin surprises Marlena at the Costume Ball.
• After Jennifer hides him at the Salem Inn, Drew figures out how to destroy the secret Orwell logic tied to the stolen computer chips.
• Steve and Rafe chase down Stefano, who is arrested, only to escape from his Prague cell.

SalemDay Six began on Wednesday, February 15, 2017.

• It's suddenly Valentines Day in Salem.
• Steve and Shane congratulate each other after orchestrating Fake Stefano.
• Hope figures out that Andre swindled and framed Hattie.
• Hope's conviction is vacated by the court.
• Caroline decides to stay in California with Kimberly.
• Stephanie arrives in Salem for her parents' re-wedding.
• Carrie and Austin arrive in Salem for the wedding.
• Anna and Tony's Urn meet up with Andre at Horton Town Square.
• Hope returns to Salem just in time to celebrate the wedding.
• Steve and Kayla get married.
• Jackson is kidnapped, only to be saved by Paul
• Chloe wins Full Custody of Holly at family court hearing.
• Julie is stunned when grandson Scotty Banning calls with news of his father's death in a motorcycle accident.
• Drew destroys the Orwell, sending Kiriakii, Hernandii, and DiMeras into a tizzy,
• Dario and Abigail both see the bonds strengthen between Chad and Gabriela.

SalemDay Seven began on Wednesday, February 22, 2017.

• Marlena visits Eric at the farmhouse.
• Eli crashes David Banning's funeral.
• Claire and Ciara squabble.
• Nicole is heartbroken that Holly will not be in her life.
• Chloe obtains a restraining order to keep Nicole from Holly.
• Jennifer visits Eric at the farmhouse.
• Nicole steals Holly.
• Anne throws herself at Lucas.

SalemDay Eight began on Friday, March 3, 2017.

• Hope is reinstated to her position on the Salem PD
• Chad and Abigail invite Andre and Kate to move into the DiMera Mansion.
• Roman retires as Commissioner.
• Raines is named as new Commissioner.
• When her father needs a liver transplant, Jade is conflicted, but agrees to the surgery.
• Nicole lets her guard down and is robbed by motel neighbors, recovering Holly at the last minute.
• Adrienne endures her last round of chemotherapy.
• Brady finds Nicole and helps her head for Canada.
• Steve learns that Ava's baby did not die and that the young man is searching for his parents.
• Eli announces that he is David's son, thrilling Julie.

SalemDay Nine began on Wednesday, March 15, 2017.

• Eli bonds with the Hortons, struggling to comprehend the complicated family tree.
• Steve and Kayla head to Arizona to find Ava's son.
• Eric starts work at Horton Center.
• Nicole and Brady settle in Canada.
• Deimos (again) grabs Abigail and Gabriela, injects both with poison, and forces Chad to decide who gets the serum.
• Tripp Dalton is found, working as a waiter in a divey AZ cafe.
• Chad saves Abigail first, then gives half of the serum to Gabriela.
• Abigail recovers quickly, while Gabriela languishes.

SalemDay 10 began on Friday, March 24, 2017.

• Steve and Kayla bring Tripp Dalton to Salem.
• Adrienne has a full mastectomy, followed by reconstructive surgery.
• Brady makes plans to leave Salem, bidding farewell to Marlena and Victor before re-joining Nicole and Holly in Canada, with Tate in tow.
• Valerie Grant decides to stay in Salem, accepting a job on staff at Salem University Hospital.
• Chad kidnaps Deimos, in an attempt to exact revenge and end the family battle once and for all.
• Nicole is not pleased that Brady wants to live life on the run with her and Holly.
• Blood tests confirm that Tripp Dalton is Steve Johnson's son.
• Jade nearly (purposely) overdoses on her pain pills, desperate for Joey's attention.
• Canadian neighbor Scooter seems to recognize Nicole as he and his wife, cop-on-sabbatical Hillary worm their way into the lives of their new besties.
• Jennifer advises Maggie that she is planning a lunch date with Eric.
• Adrienne chooses Lucas.
• Tripp learns about his mother.

SalemDay 11 began on Thursday, March 30, 2017.

• Brady proclaims his love for Nicole.
• Roman plays BusyBody MatchMaker for Jennifer and Eric.
• Hillary and Scooter begin to annoy Brady.
• Victor snarls at Eric.
• Eli Grant transfers to the Salem FBI.
• Reunited, but cautious, Chad and Abby make plans to renew their wedding vows.
• Jackson and Paul have sex.
• Tripp meets with second cousin Angelo Vitali, who clues him on the Vitali Fortune.
• Porn-crazy Scooter connects Nicole to her past life as Misty Circle.

SalemDay 12 began on Thursday, April 6, 2017.

• Deimos puts Jackson in charge of Basic Black.
• Scooter hints to Nicole that he wants to be with Misty Circle.
• Using a listening device that Hope planted in the Kiriakis Mansion, Rafe gets excited that they have finally got the goods on Deimos, only to be forced to arrest Eduardo when Deimos arranges for the police to see Eduardo buy stolen US bonds.

SalemDay 13 began on Thursday, April 13, 2017.

• Myron hacks millions from the Countess Wilhelmina bank account.
• Chad is stunned when Abigail freaks out during their ceremony, refuses to renew their vows, and declares that he should be with Gabriella instead.
• Julie warns her grandson to steer clear of Gabriella, who killed one Horton, bedded another, and broke the heart of a third.
• Scooter threatens to reveal Nicole and Brady unless she performs as Misty Circle.
• John returns to Salem.
• Nicole arranges for Hillary to role-play as Misty Circle, sending the married couple on a romantic getaway and cooling Scooter's threats to reveal what he knows.

SalemDay 14 began on Friday, April 21, 2017.

• Kate plots to make Chad and Gabriella a couple.
• Paul asks Jackson to move in.
• Deimos locates Brady/Nicole/Holly/Tate in Manitoba and launches his plan.
• Commissioner Raines hires Abigail for a secretarial support position.
• Dario encourages Myron to hack the Salem Community Bank.
• Tripp reveals that he is an ASU graduate.
• Xander Cook Kiriakis arrives in Manitoba, breaks into the farmhouse, taunts Nicole, shoots Brady, and leaves with Holly and Nicole in tow.

SalemDay 15 began on Tuesday, May 2, 2017.

• Abigail settles into a new suite at The Martin House and begins her job at the Salem Police Department.
• Raines helps Lani go undercover to probe the recently discovered Halo Drug Ring.
• Deimos flies a weakened, subdued Brady back to Salem University Hospital.
• Jade tricks Tripp into believing that Kayla killed Ava.
• Hope suspects that Chad is moving into illegal business activities.
• After getting the goods on the Halo Ring, Lani is caught with her wire by DrugLord Snake, who forces her to ingest a near deadly amount of Halo, leading to near death and drug withdrawal.

SalemDay16 began on Wednesday, May 10, 2017.

• Xander become increasingly annoyed with his captive Nicole.
• At Brady's behest, Eric heads to Greece to save Nicole.
• Brady's heart continues to weaken, forcing John to return as his son fades.
• Hope and Andre both head to Greece.
• Eduardo is given a two-year prison term.
• Eric saves Holly, takes her to safety, and endures bitter moments with Nicole.
• Adrienne returns from a quick recovery trip to Arizona.
• Abigail files for divorce
• Nicole manages to escape Xander, but returns to save Eric.

SalemDay 17 began on Thursday, May 18, 2017.

• Chloe agrees to a performing gig at TBD.
• Abigail agrees to marry Dario.
• Theo tells Ciara that he hired Wyatt to woo her.
• Eric and Nicole are rescued by off-duty Salem PD.
• Hope arrests Deimos and Xander in Greece.
• Chad lies that he lost the amulet.
• Suddenly an aircraft pilot, Jackson crashes the Kiriakis Jet onto a deserted island.
• Flying coach, Hope returns to Salem with Deimos, leaving Xander for the Greek authorities.
• Distraught over Theo and Wyatt's charade, Ciara leaves Salem.

SalemDay 18 began on Tuesday, May 30, 2017.

• A mere hours after being returned to Salem, Deimos makes bail and is released.
• Jennifer orchestrates a Nicole-Eric-Holly reunion.
• Brady shows signs of recovery upon Holly's return.
• Adrienne sexes up Lucas.
• Tipped off that Dario may be shading the truth, Abigail secretly researches his past.
• Nicole is arrested for kidnapping Holly and taking her out of the USA.
• Stranded on the remote island, Paul is stung by a local insect, leading him to slip toward insanity.
• Jennifer is furious that Abigail plans to marry Dario Hernandez.
• Kate becomes hysterical upon learning that Chad was on the missing Kiriakis plane.
• All of Salem worries about the crash victims, as they frolic and flirt on the remote island.

SalemDay 19 began on Monday, June 12, 2017.

• Confused and motivated, Tripp begins an informal hospital internship, shadowing Chief of Staff Kayla.
• After the ISA locates the wreckage of the Kiriakis Jet, John and Marlena arrive to rescue the crash victims.
• In order to secure her role as CEO of DiMera Enterprises, Kate marries Andre.
• Hope and Abe are stunned to see secret video taken of Theo and Claire having sex at the Salem Inn.
• While in New York City, Steve discovers that Anjelica Deveraux is behind the attempt to steal the Spectator from Adrienne and Jennifer.
• His miraculous recovery near complete, Brady is released from the hospital.
• Nicole is sentenced only to time served and released.
• Nancy tries to convince her daughter that Holly belongs with Nicole.
• Abigail and Dario make travel plans for a Dominican Wedding.
• Chloe arrives at the Kiriakis Mansion and gives Holly to Nicole and Brady.
• Claire shows Theo the stolen letter that Ciara wrote to him.
• Julie gives The Martin House to her grandson.

SalemDay 20 began on Friday, Jun 23, 2017.

• Furious that Deimos has staffed up Titan, Jackson abruptly fires all the employees hired by his uncle.
• His temporary dementia abated, Paul is released from the hospital.
• Marlena is not happy that John is returning to complete his unfinished ISA project.
• Stripped of his Titan duties, Deimos focuses on his Halo drug operation.
• Anjelica arrives in Salem.
• Abigail secures a quick divorce from Chad.
• The plane crash survivors are feted to a Welcome Back Party at the Martin House, where Deimos secretly drugs them into a Halo stupor.
• Deimos is found dead in the Martin House.

SalemDay 21 began on Monday, July 3, 2017.

• A reluctant Mayor Carver officiates the wedding of Abigail and Dario in the TBD lounge as Chad and Gabriella serve as baffled witnesses.
• JJ is arrested for killing Deimos.
• A guilt-ridden Joey tells Tripp that Ava made a play for him and that tehy had a rocky, awkward, and uncomfortable relationship.
• Rafe considers a marriage proposal and gets approvals from Julie/Doug/Victor.
• Jackson has brief memory flashes of his hallway encounter with Deimos and the amulet, leading him to confess to the murder.
• After initial reluctance, Hope says "Yes" to Rafe's proposal.
• Lani speculates that Xander killed Deimos.
• Chad hires Theo to manage some DiMera IT projects.

SalemDay 22 began on Thursday, July 13, 2017.

• Eric counsels Jade.
• After Tripp engineers multiple mistakes in Kayla's medical decisions, she is supsended from her position while an investigation is undertaken.
• Jade lashes out at Joey when he rebuffs her for the 10,000th time.
• Brady fumes upon learning that Eric kissed Nicole during their Halo stupor.
• Eli confides to Lani that counterfeiters have established a base in Salem.
• Abigail suspects that Dario has taken on his father's illegal activities, discovers a cache of counterfeit money, and confronts her husband, who reveals a photo Chad lurking over Deimos' dead body.
• Andre has Theo cyber-break into the GDR file system.
• JJ moves into The Martin House
• Justin arranges funding to save the Spectator.
• Anjelica quickly concedes the battle, launching her next plan with "Marlena"
• John returns to Salem after spending a mere 48 hours away to wrap up his final ISA assignment.
• Paul believes that Xander killed Deimos and asks his father to join him on a quick trip to Greece to validate the theory.

SalemDay 23 began on Friday, July 21.

• The FBI closes in on Myron, who flips in order to face a reduced sentence.
• Paul and John review videotape at Xander's Greek Prison, but can find no evidence that he was released, taken out of the country to kill Deimos, and secretly returned to his cell.
• Hattie visits Statesville, and meets up with her bestie Bonnie Lockhart.
• Rafe arrests Dario.
• Eric and Jennifer flirt.
• Nicole finds the stash of letters that Eric has written her since he was paroled from prison, leading her to consider forgiveness.
• Theo is unable to delete the photo on Dario's phone.

SalemDay 24 began on Thursday, July 27, 2017.

• Dario makes bail, agrees to enter witness protection, and uses the photo to blackmail his wife Abigail to leave her son and join him.
• Hattie drugs the whipped cream, takes Marlena to Bayview, and replaces Marlena.
• Abigail is hit by a car outside TBD, as Dario scurries away and escapes Salem.
• Theo deletes the photo just as the Salem PD try to discover Dario's contacts.
• Joey's guilt continues to overwhelm him.
• Tripp visits with Cousin Angelo.
• Brady gets the Kiriakis pilot to admit the jet was dispatched to Greece for a a single passenger,  then confronts his grandfather, who admits that it is true, but that Deimos was already dead when Xander reached the Martin House.
• When Tripp threatens to slash Kayla's throat, Joey reveals all.
• John is unable to find Marlena.

SalemDay 25 began on Monday, August 8, 2017.

• A frustrated angry Rafe searches for his brother.
• Nicole secretly visits Holly.
• Adrienne receives a "friendly" visit from Anjelica.
• Brady's imagination runs wild with suspicions about Nicole and Eric.
• Hattie-Lena breaks up with John, leaving him confused.
• Kayla begs her son not to tell the authorities about Ava's death.
• Hattie arranges the Adrienne-Bonnie swap.
• Nicole decides to forgive Eric.
• Lucas suggests an elopement to Bon-Adrienne, who is tempted but opts to stick to the original plan outlined by Anjelica.
• Chad has memories of the Halo Night, and confesses to killing Deimos.
• Bon-Adrienne declares her love for Justin.
• Bayview has bad cell service, leading Marlena to fail in explaining what has happened to John.
• Brady and Lucas get drunk @TBD.
• Chloe arrives at TBD to begin her gig, only to find Dario long gone and Lucas drunk at the bar.
• Victor sends Brady to overnight rehab.

SalemDay 26 began on Tuesday, August 15, 2017.

• Eli arranges for Hope and Rafe to arrest Mayor Carver on counterfeit charges.
• Hat-Lena makes a move on a stunned Roman.
• Inside Statesville Prison, Adrienne cannot make anyone believe her story.
• Brady returns to the mansion after Overnight Rehab.
• Andre spots Kate flirting with Roman at the Brady Pub.
• Nicole abruptly recalls holding a knife over Deimos' dead body.
• Jackson is released from jail, sexes up Paul, and proposes.
• John follows Hat-Lena and is captured.
• Joey goes to prison.
• Eli and Abraham discuss their plan to reveal Dario's partner.
• Bon-Adrienne reunites with a thrilled Justin, but declines an overnight romp.

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.

And That's Fifty

SalemDay 26 began in the middle of the show on Friday, September 11, 2015.

• Adrienne and Justin have an uncomfortable date.
• Clyde buys a house for his son and bride-to-be, visits Jennifer in her living room, and spots JJ meeting with Roman at the police station.
• Ben reveals that he activated an app in his fiancee's cellphone, removing it once he comes clean.
• Gabriella is released from prison after Aiden discovers a "sentencing guideline imporperly applied" and most of Salem seem to forget she shot and killed Nick Fallon.
• Abigail sneaks Chad into see Marlena for a hypnotic session.
• Stefano has a heart attack and is rushed to the hospital.

SalemDay 27 began on Monday, September 21, 2015.

• Steve makes plans to fly to Cancun to find Bo's trail.
• On his first day at Salem High, Joey is suspended, frustrating his mother.
• After having a second secret session with Chad, Marlena is attacked by a dark-clad man wielding a red necktie.
• Andre returns to Salem, ostensibly to help his father manage Chad's situation.
• At Ben's insistence, Abigail agrees to leave Salem immediately.
• Steve meets Britta Englund's "daughter" Claudia, who reveals her hired role in sending Bo to Mexico.
• Stefano fires Aiden, who becomes frantic about his money issues.
• Lani Price arrives in Salem, begins working at the police station, and stares loviingly at Mayor Abe.
• Adrienne receives news that her mother, Jo Johnson, has operable breast cancer, leading the daughter to undergo genetic testing.
• In his Mexican prison cell, Bo feigns illness, overpowers his guards, and manages to escape, only to be quickly recaptured and moved to a new, fortified location.
• A desperate Aiden confesses his money woes to Hope, who reluctantly gives him $100,000.00 to resolve the issue.
• Steve arrives at Bo's original cell only hours after it was vacated.
• Abigail takes Chad to the Kiriakis fishing cabin to hide out.
• Packing for his move from Salem, Ben recalls killing Serena and Paige.
• Aiden remains frantic that 100K won't solve his problem.

SalemDay 28 began on Tuesday, September 29, 2015.

• Jeannie Theresa disses Anne, losing her only friend in Salem.
• Alone in the fishing cabin, Chad finally recalls an alibi.
• Ben continues to be racked with memories of Serena and Paige.
• Andre solves Aiden's financial problems by paying off all his debts, making Aiden in debt to the DiMeras.
• Dr Salinas arrives in Salem as Caroline falters.
• Ben asks Will to serve as Best Man at his wedding.

SalemDay 30 began on Friday, October 2, 2015.

• Paige has a private funeral, bringing together her parents.
• Steve returns to Bo's abandoned cell, only to be captured himself.
• After Caroline fails to remember her, Kayla agrees to let Dr Salinas use the experimental serum to help her mother survive.
• Victor finally reveals that Bo disappeared after locating the serum.
• Eduardo Hernandez (AKA Eddie Larsen) wants to remain amicable with ex-wife Eve.
• JJ sets up Clyde, who is taken into custody for running the Salem Drug Trade.
• While being brutally tortured by his captors, Bo fakes a seizure and manages another escape.
• Abigail asks her cousin to wait at the apartment for the cable guy.
• Adrienne dumps Justin.
• Experiencing writer's block, Will accidentally discovers one of Ben's red neckties in the garbage and starts to put the pieces together.
• Ben kills Will
• Samanther returns to Salem.
• Chad figures it all out and heads to Ben's apartment, where the two men battle, with Chad getting pummeled into a coma.

SalemDay 31 began on Wednesday, October 14, 2015.

• Salem mourns the murder of William Horton.
• Samanther gets a stack of mail from her mother.
• Chad lingers in a coma, and most of Salem believe he killed Serena, Paige, and Will.
• Eric drinks heavily.
• Stefano realizes that Rafe does not believe that Chad is the murderer.

SalemDay 32 began on Monday, October 19, 2015.

• Samanther discovers a letter from Elvis.
• Jackson returns from Paris to bury his estranged husband.
• Lucas is devastated by the death of his son.
• Will Horton is buried.
• Andre arrives at the Brady Pub, startling the residents of Salem, who learn he has secured a blanket pardon from the outgoing governor, freeing him from his past crimes against the Hortons and Bradys.
• Hope urges Aiden to ask Rafe to serve as Best Man at their wedding.
• Chad remains comatose.
• Andre gives Aiden his new marching orders:  Kill Hope Brady.

SalemDay 33 began on Wednesday, October 21, 2015.

• A desperate and exasperated Ben reveals that he is the Necktie Killer to his imprisoned father, who is extradited to Florida.
• Chase Jennings is suddenly 17 years old.
• A delusional Bo is found in a rural town and nursed to health by a Mexican Hope Look-alike.
• Dr Salinas recommends a second dose of serum for the improving Caroline, who returns to work at the pub despite her daughter's concerns.
• Aiden obtains a life insurance policy on his fiancee and plots her murder.
• Jackson abandons his daughter and returns to Paris.
• Adrienne decides to run TBD, distracting her from health issues, as well as her romantic triangle.
• Steve remains captive, and is joined by a re-captured Bo.
• Shawn Douglas Brady arrives for his mother's wedding.
• Ben manhandles Abigail, vows to claim the $100K reward for "catching" Chad, and leaves an unsettled fiancee in their apartment.
• Bo and Steve manage to escape and board Victor's jet for a flight back to the USA.
• Hope senses that Aiden is distracted and just misses a phone call from Bo.
• Chad awakens from his coma, but doesn't recall anything about the night he fought with Ben, and is promptly arrested.
• Samanther gets information about Elvis and the DiMeras in Switzerland.
• Marlena is furious that John has re-joined the ISA.

SalemDay 34 began on Monday, November 2, 2015.

• Ciara ages a whole decade in order to co-host a Morning Brunch with Chase for their parents.
• A frantic Aiden tries to back out of the DiMera plan to kill Hope.
• Steve and Bo endure a crash-landing into an Iowa corn field, eventually enduring local jail time, repairing a motorcycle, and speeding off toward Salem.
• Jennifer is furious  that JJ applied to the Police Academy.
• Eric drinks at the Salem Bicentennial Gala.
• Stefano and Andre crash the celebration, leaving only when the citizens of Salem protest their attendance.
• Caroline has visions of Bo.
• Abigail suddenly realizes that Ben is dangerous, and likely the killer.
• Ben admits it all to his fiancee, accidentally knocks her unconscious, sends bogus texts to the other Deverauxs, and takes Abigail away to a wintry cabin, where he handcuffs her to the bed.
• As Hope's wedding to Aiden begins, Caroline gets a phone call from Bo and tries to stop the wedding by feigning illness.
• A furious Kayla takes her mother back to the hospital, allowing the wedding to occur.
• Abe confronts Lani, revealing that he contacted Tamara, who told him the truth.
• Bo and Steve arrive at the Martin House after all the celebrants have headed to Murder Park for fireworks.
• Caroline sneaks away from her hospital room and reunites with her son.
• Andre learns that Samanther is back in Salem and kidnaps her.
• Aiden and Hope have Wedding Night Sex, after which he excuses himself to don the black catsuit, retrieve a red necktie, and complete his assignment.
• Hope battles with her attacker, un-masking his identity during the struggle for her locked firearm.
• Bo arrives home just as Aiden attempts to strangle Hope, saving her and then battling Aiden for Hope's service revolver, which goes off, killing Aiden.

Back to the Future

SalemDay 15 began on Monday, June 9, 2015.

• Arianna Grace turns two.
• John and Paul bond.
• Adrienne and Lucas go public with their relationship.
• Stefano returns to Salem, disheartened and distracted.
• Hope and Rafe use Will's information to further investigate Clyde Weston, which upsets Aiden, who presses Hope to drop the matter.
• Daniel counsels Jennifer.
• Daniel counsels JJ.
• Daniel counsels Paige.
• Eric finally figures out The Great African Elephant Escapade.
• Justin decides that Paul would be a great spokesman for Mad World's new men's designer fragrance and clothing line.
• Realizing that Nicole has been secretly researching his criminal past, Xander goes on a rampage at the studio, eventually blocking Eric and Nicole into a tiny hidden crawlspace, blasting the heat in an effort to burn them alive.

SalemDay 16 began on Thursday, June 25, 2015.

• With Serena's help, Daniel saves Eric and Nicole from being burned alive
• Victor's henchmen apprehend Xander.
• Jeannie Theresa moves into the Kiriakis Mansion with her son.
• Jackson discovers that his husband had sex in LA.
• Abigail moves in with Ben Rogers Weston.
• Feeding her anger toward Jennifer, Eve researches Laura Horton's mental lapses.
• Justin officially files divorce papers.
• Recovering from the crawlspace ordeal, Nicole chooses Daniel, who invites her to move in.
• A startled JJ is "arrested" by the DEA, who want to recruit him to bring down the burgeoning Salem Drug Trade, an offer he refuses.
• Paige fakes a sexual liaison with a man nearly 3X her age to swindle Eve out of $5K.

SalemDay 17 began on Wednesday, July 9, 2015.

• Victor and Stefan commiserate over Clyde Weston.
• The Salem Summer Picnic is celebrated on the lakefront.
• Abigail has a meltdown when she realizes that she may be pregnant.
• Paige flirts with druggie Kyle Southern.

SalemDay 18 began on Friday, July 17, 2015.

• Stefano reveals to Chad that Abigail is slated to inherit lucrative lands in Ireland.
• Adrienne signs the divorce documents.
• Abigail gets confirmation of her pregnancy from Kayla, who arranges a paternity test upon learning that the father could be wither Ben or Chad.
• After seeing Paige getting cozier with Kyle Southern, JJ decides to work with Agent Watts of the DEA.

SalemDay 19 began on Wednesday, July 22, 2015.

• While having lunch at a swanky new Salem restaurant, Daniel proposes to Nicole, who eagerly accepts, despite knowing that Eric still pines for her.
• Kayla is excited to take part in planning Salem's upcoming Bicentennial Event.
• Jennifer is unable to get through to Paige, who continues on a destructive path for all to see and who snarks that JJ is back to his old tricks.
• JJ makes a cash run for Kyle, then reveals the whole plan to his mother.
• After visiting with Marlena, Chad decides to come clean with Abigail, profess his love, win her back, and live happily ever after.
• Clyde puts the pieces together, realizing that Abigail is pregnant, most likely with a Baby DiMera, leading him to threaten a red-headed lab tech into faking the result of Abigail's paternity test.
• Serena overhears that Eric and Nicole were intimate in the crawlspace and races to tell Daniel.
• Will plots to hook-up Derrick with Paul Narita.
• At Clyde's urging, Ben proposes marriage before Abigail has a chance to reveal that she is "eight weeks" pregnant, despite being fertilized by Chad just five SalemDays earlier.

SalemDay 20 began on Monday, August 5, 2015.

• JJ trains with Agent Watts of the DEA
• An upset Chloe arrives, squealing that Nicole will make a lousy unreliable stepmother to Parker, relenting once she realizes that her bestie really has changed.
• When his Uncle Victor drains all his financial worth, Xander is installed as the Kiriakis Junior Gardener, alarming the extended family.
• In a desperate attempt to remain in the mansion, Jeannie Theresa fakes a broken foot, donning a thick white cast, hobbling the property on crutches, and conspiring with Anne and Eve.
• After learning that the paternity test shows that Ben Weston is the biological father of her unborn child, Abigail agrees to marry the student/bartender, sending Chad into a drunken snit.
• Stefano continues to plot a way to get Abigail's Irish land inheritance.
• While seated just outside Horton Town Square, Caroline has a stroke.

SalemDay 21 began on Wednesday, August 12, 2015.

• After learning that Will provided clues to Derrick, Paul drops the ex-bellhop and then confronts Will about telling Jackson.
• Kate is not pleased with Clyde's neanderthal behavior.
• Ben wants to move to California with Abigail and the baby.
• Jackson is furious after learning that Will plotted with Derrick, announces that he needs a break, and takes up his Uncle Victor's offer to check in on the European Kiriakis holdings.
• Clyde is angry that Aiden is looking into his past, dons a black outfit/mask, and beats the man to a pulp.
• Julie forces Hope to remember her time with ex-husband Bo.
• Paige saves JJ from Kyle.
• Marlena learns that John is leaving the Salem PD to re-join the ISA, is not pleased, and then acquiesces during a late night stroll through Murder Park.
• Victor visits Caroline in her hospital room.

SalemDay 22 began on Monday, August 24, 2015.

• Nicole launches a surprise lawsuit against Xander and against Serena, winning $250,000 settlements from each as a default judgment.
• An angry Chad tells Abigail about Stefano's failed plot to swindle her out of the rich Irish land she is destined to inherit.
• Jeannie Theresa hatches her latest plot: throwing herself at Xander then screaming assault during the moment, forcing Brady to save her and sending Xander to jail.
• Aiden works to gain Gabriella's release from prison.
• After planting a listening device in the Horton Living Room, Eve lerns that JJ is working undercover and tells Kyle Southern.
• Serena hands over her $250,000 judgment to Nicole, who promptly donates it to charity.
• After learning that Abigail will have Ben's baby, Chad gets drunk, finds a co-hort in depressed Serena, knocks back a couple bottles of pricey liquor with her, and gets slapped by her before she drunkenly storms from TBD.

SalemDay 23 began on Thursday, August 27, 2015.

• After being told that Serena hasn't shown up for work at the hospital, Eric searches Salem for the woman, finding her body in the brush at Murder Park.
• Multiple media outlets suddenly speculate that JJ is running the Salem Drug Operation out of the Horton Center, forcing Jennifer to resign from the board.
• Rafe is reinstated to the Salem PD.
• Kayla worries when her 16-year-old son Joey fails to show up at military boarding school in Ohio.
• Caroline begins dreaming about Bo.
• Suddenly under financial duress, Aiden proposes to Hope.
• When the current un-named mayor abruptly resigns, the city council appoints Abe as Interim Acting Mayor, who in his first official action fires the current DA Melinda Trask and hires Justin.
• Steve Johnson returns to Salem and delivers Joseph to his mother.
• John decides to sell Basic Black.
• When her boss wants her to interview a grieving Eric about Serena's murder, Nicole abruptly quits the television station.
• Kate dumps Clyde and commiserates with her ex-husband Roman.

SalemDay 24 began on Wednesday, September 2.

• An angry Clyde removes Kyle from his drug operation and "promotes" JJ with threats to Jennifer/Paige/Abigail.
• Hope has memories of her history with Bo and declines Aiden's marriage proposal.
• Both Caroline and Victor are suddenly unhappy that Aiden is in Hope's life.
• Indicating that she has important information, Paige invites JJ to her dorm, where he arrives to find her dead body in the shower.

SalemDay 25 began on Thursday, September 3, 2015.

• Chad hires Aiden and confides the gaps in his memory to a sympathetic Abigail.
• Steve presses Victor for information about Bo and dis-believes the letters allegedly written from him.
• Ciara gives her blessing, prompting Hope to reconsider her decision.
• A stressed Aiden visits Stefano.
• Bo struggles in captivity in a dark cell, faking weakness.
• Eve visits her daughter in the morgue.
• JJ blames Clyde for Paige's death.
• Adrienne decides to reunite with Justin.
• John moves back into the townhouse with Marlena.
• Eric gets drunk, while Eve seeks solace from Justin.
• Caroline sees her late husband's image in a hallway mirror at the Martin Mansion.