With the impending disappearance, I think Brady will be off the hook. What will Kristen have over him to blackmail him anymore? So that will be a win, but as far as the ladies (Kate, Marlena, and Kayla) not sure how that will pan out with the new year.
I know that we'll be seeing Bo and Hope, back on screen very soon, so that should make things more lively. I did enjoy Thursday's and Friday's wedding episodes. It looked like Rafe and Jada are headed to possible coupledom in the near future. I think there will also be a lot of ripple effects coming from the fallout of the wedding reveal about Li, depends on where Ron takes it. I definitely think there will be more "adultness" in the coming new episodes probably with language and probably more racy with the sex scenes (I'm more of the persuasion that less is more).
I think the installments of Beyond Salem were a little bit of a teaser for what will be seen more of this coming year. I remember in the last installment, Hope reacted to some situation by saying, "Oh, sh@t" and it seemed the first installment was a little racy with the swingers party that Ben and Ciara ended up at. I'm still a little vexed as to why back in regular Salem we were treated, in depth, to the threesome that Alex, Allie, and Chanel had, unless somewhere down the line that will come back up in storyline, for some reason, say to drive a further wedge between Alex and Stephanie, when/if she finds out.