Surprise! (NOT!) Sarah is the newest Salemite to mistake being pregnant for the flu.
Doctors aren’t any much less proof against unintended pregnancies than anybody else, however why did not Sarah and Xander use contraception? And why does it by no means happen to anybody that they could be pregnant?
Sarah’s being pregnant on Days of Our Lives throughout the week of 2-27-23 wasn’t stunning, however the aftermath was. Many followers had been bracing themselves for a who’s-the-daddy story, however Sarah advised Rex instantly that the child was Xander’s.
Thank goodness! While it will be ridiculous for Sarah to study she was pregnant with Rex’s child days after they slept collectively, actuality by no means will get in the method on Days of Our Lives; Sarah may very well be confused about who the father was.
Sarah additionally did not make the annoying however apparent choice to stick with Xander for the child’s sake, as so many ladies do on Days of Our Lives. I used to be apprehensive that she may determine that since the divorce did not undergo and she or he was pregnant with Xander’s baby, she may as properly keep married “for the baby’s sake.”
Fortunately, Sarah is stronger than that. Her choice to go away city with out telling Xander she’s pregnant is not nice, however at the very least it isn’t the standard factor we normally get with these unintended being pregnant tales.
Where does this story go from right here? Sarah’s leaving city cannot be the finish of it; that might be too simple.
Eventually, Xander has to search out out about his child. That’s how this stuff go. Sarah’s plan might be to return to Salem after the child is born and declare it is Rex’s.
That’s primarily what she did when she was pregnant with Eric’s child and pretended Xander was the father. Sarah herself admitted that was a catastrophe; let’s not have a repeat.
Xander may additionally determine to go to Chicago to attempt to woo Sarah again. This stalkerish transfer will not win him factors with Sarah, but it surely’ll inevitably result in the discovery that she’s not romantically concerned with Rex AND that she’s pregnant.
Another method Xander may find out about the being pregnant is thru Leo.
Jack: You can run the paper, for now, any method you would like. You have that freedom identical to I did. Just know that Jennifer and I spent a long time constructing belief with the public. I’d hate to see that every one wasted by turning the paper into an affordable tabloid.
Leo: Oh, please. Everyone is aware of tabloids promote. No one was studying your stuffy outdated newspaper.
While I do not love the thought of Leo digging up all the grime that is match to print, the Lady Whistleblower column serves its goal. Leo’s already ruined Alex’s probability to turn into the CEO of Titan (extra about that in a minute!). He may simply expose Sarah’s secret to embarrass her.
If he does, it’s going to most likely be an effort to assist Gwen and Xander get collectively that blows up in his face! Ironically, the similar factor occurred years in the past when Jack regarded into who Steve’s brother was in order that he may intrude with Steve and Kayla, solely to search out out that the thriller man was himself!
Jack and Jennifer advised Julie to go away Gwen and Xander alone, threw on some leis, and left city to take care of their native paper in Boston. It felt like an ending for these two, however will they return?
I can not think about Gwen attending to run the paper completely when she received it by way of blackmailing Jennifer. Without Jennifer to control her, Julie may disregard her needs and go after Gwen.
Jack and Jennifer had higher be again for visits regardless of what occurs with the Spectator! They’re a legacy couple, proper up there with Steve/Kayla and John/Marlena. They cannot experience off into the sundown and by no means be seen once more.
I additionally want JJ would return to Salem and work with Julie to get his father’s paper again.
JJ’s character was at all times extra suited to investigative reporting than the different issues the writers had him doing, as was Nicole’s. It can be superior if the two rescued the paper, fired Leo, and continued Jack’s legacy.
This is probably going a pipe dream, but it surely’s one!
Elsewhere, an off-screen Victor made Maggie CEO after studying from Leo that Alex slept with two ladies directly and contributed to the finish of Allie and Chanel’s marriage. What?
It’s jarring, to say the least, that Victor is presumably wholesome sufficient to journey to elements unknown by himself when John Aniston handed away after a number of years the place he did not do greater than sit in a chair for a scene or two.
Leaving that apart, this choice is not sensible. Since when does Victor champion ladies’s rights to the level that he’d fireplace Alex as a result of he thinks his sexual exploits may seem misogynistic?
Victor’s conduct is much more problematic than Alex’s. He at all times calls ladies derogatory names, and he is had lots of affairs — and in his villain days, he tried to rape Kimberly. People who would boycott Titan as a result of of perceived misogyny most likely have already performed so.
It’s nice that Victor has appointed the first feminine CEO to counter that picture, however Maggie is not the best option.
Maggie: Everyone says I’ve good instincts.
Alex: But do you’ve gotten killer instincts? That’s what’s actually wanted on this enterprise.
Maggie: How’s this for killer instincts? You’re fired.
She’s undoubtedly succesful regardless of her candy persona. Farms and eating places won’t be the similar sort of enterprise as Titan Industries. Still, she’s greater than confirmed her enterprise acumen and willpower to succeed regardless of the odds in opposition to her.
However, everybody is aware of she’s Victor’s spouse, and many individuals will assume she’s a token girl serving as Victor’s mouthpiece. She’s not, so it does not matter what these individuals assume. But if Victor needs to reform the firm’s popularity concerning feminism, this appointment is a horrible thought!
I hoped Philip was on his method again — that might have been a terrific twist. But since the ball has began rolling on revealing that he is alive, Philip may pop up later, able to take the reins from Maggie.
I additionally do not like the thought of Alex’s intercourse life being labeled as inappropriate as a result of he slept with two ladies directly. It felt considerably homophobic, which is not Victor — he kicked out that investor who needed him to cease supporting Will and Sonny’s marriage ceremony.
And Victor wasn’t involved when Alex was sexually harassing Stephanie, which is way worse than a consensual sexual relationship that some individuals do not approve of.
Things have gotten loopy at Dimera Enterprises, with Gabi agreeing to remain married to Li to accumulate his shares.
Did Li signal the shares over or merely pledge to take action? He retains saying that he gave Gabi his shares, so she has to do what he needs, but when the switch is a performed deal, there is no motive she has to place up with this.
It can be sensible for Li to dangle the promise of the share switch as an alternative, however he isn’t the most clever man on the market. He’s been arrested twice in the final month, and Gabi may simply double-cross him.
When are we attending to the level the place she does that? Li retains including different circumstances to the deal, and proper now, he is pushing Gabi round. That’s not Gabi’s fashion, and she or he’d higher be biding her time earlier than placing an enormous revenge plan into place!
The foolish Stefan brainwashing story took some stunning twists. Rolf’s newest try at deprogramming him was certain to go mistaken because it concerned a waffle iron, crock pot, and different random kitchen implements — did anybody else anticipate Stefan to lose his emotions for Chloe?
I anticipated a extra vital twist than Brady and Eric ending up behind bars, which they genuinely-earned for this silly scheme. Rafe was a complete hypocrite since he did not care when Gabi did the similar factor.
Chloe: You kidnapped Stefan! Did you ask me how I felt? Did you ask him?
Brady: I used to be determined!
Chloe: And look the place that desperation received you.
Brady: Okay, I admit I had tunnel imaginative and prescient. But that is as a result of I noticed you and me at the finish of the tunnel.
Chloe laid into Stefan for stalking her, however Brady did the similar factor. He referred to as at the very least twice in sooner or later, leaving a voicemail claiming he would respect her want for area whereas doing the reverse.
Chloe ought to have been equally indignant with Brady as she was with Stefan, if no more so. He kidnapped Stefan and compelled a process on him that Stefan did not need. In what world is that much less dangerous than Stefan calling her when she did not need to hear from him?
At first, Chloe appeared to reject the thought of getting again along with Brady, however she wasn’t almost as indignant as she ought to have been, and her major concern was Rachel not liking her.
There are extra vital issues right here. And since Chloe is okay with Brady doing this Li-like factor, how will she really feel when she learns sooner or later that Philip faked his loss of life to border Brady for a criminal offense that did not exist?
Meanwhile, Wendy’s dwelling state of affairs felt like a set-up for a sitcom. Li determined he was shifting in with out asking her, and she or he invited Tripp to remain there when supposedly she’s with Johnny. Meanwhile, Joey always pushes Tripp so far Wendy, whereas Wendy is ceaselessly operating into Johnny and Chanel.
Joey: I hope we’re not interrupting.
Johnny: Not in any respect. Chanel was simply telling me how Allie moved to New Zealand. This is not what it looks like.
Wendy: I do know. You and Chanel are simply mates. You having drinks along with her doesn’t suggest something greater than Tripp shifting in with me.
This situation retains flip-flopping between ridiculous and obnoxious, with Joey’s obsession with Tripp and Wendy competing with Wendy’s coldness towards Johnny and Chanel for the most annoying side.
I additionally wasn’t a fan of Chanel telling Johnny it was egocentric for him to be upset that his twin sister left city with out telling him. It’s not like Allie moved to a unique half of Salem or Chicago. She took her baby to New Zealand and did not trouble telling Johnny first!
That’s chilly and doubly so when Johnny is her twin. Chanel got here off as petty, complaining she was the just one with a damaged coronary heart.
Sonny’s leaving city too, however at the very least he first stated goodbye to his household. His goodbyes felt rushed; Justin and Alex received half a scene, and the goal of Sonny’s farewell dinner gave the impression to be for Chad and Alex to snipe at one another over Stephanie.
Stephanie, for her half, did not appear to have the ability to converse with out sounding flirty, and her scenes with Alex had been inappropriate, contemplating that she determined to commit herself to Chad as an alternative.
This Eric/Nicole/EJ nonsense is not significantly better. Nicole’s twenty fifth anniversary on DAYS ought to have been about her, not simply her relationship with Eric, even when the Jensen Ackles flashbacks had been a pleasant contact.
More importantly, Nicole and Eric each do that factor the place they transfer on after which change their thoughts after they study the different is offered. They agreed that they’re dangerous for one another and that their makes an attempt at romance are principally nostalgia-driven.
Can they keep in mind that, please? We do not want one other spherical of them dishonest on their present companions solely to interrupt up 5 minutes later.
While I nonetheless assume EJ and Nicole are higher off as mates, I used to be impressed with EJ’s willingness to step again and let Nicole be with Eric. She’d higher not break his coronary heart later by selecting Eric after EJ gave her an out, and she or he rejected it!
EJ and Nicole’s plan is not nice, both. Switching the spiked drinks is dangerous — Stefan may change them again, or an harmless particular person may get drugged.
At least they’re onto him. Now Nicole wants to not let Eric distract her.
Finally, the ladies woke up to search out they had been in Megan’s clutches
Megan’s final objective is to resurrect Bo and hold him for herself. But what do the ladies need to do with this?
While this plot is as bizarre as the heaven stuff, it is also extra typical of Days of Our Lives. Thanks to his obsession with Marlena, Stefano did issues like this for years. Now, Megan is taking on.
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