Days of Our Lives - Mon., July 2, 2018

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Days of Our Lives
Monday, July 2, 2018

An episode that should be 8 min. long, but takes up the entire 37 min. (the other minutes are commercials. Chad & Abby are having breakfast in the square, and also a long and boring conversation as Abby wants to get a DNA sample from Chad without his knowledge. Hurray, he gets a phone call, and of course has to leave the table so his wife won't hear, go stand where strangers can hear, but she gets to take his used fork. Plus at one point, another phone call, checks with Gabi, who is on her way to DiMansion to try for Stefan's DNA.

At DiMansion, Stefan has a long argument with Kate about doing his bidding, Leo, Chad, Titan, Sonny, etc. She won't betray Chad, he insists she do so, round and round. He finally concedes, will let Chad try and take him down, holding his info about Kate pulling the strings with Sonny in his back pocket, to be used if needed.

John is at the Pub, waiting for Will & Paul, who arrive, and are happy to get John's dirt on Leo. Seems Leo's real name is Matthew Cooper, been arrested several times, and was also a male escort....meaning prostitute. The guys are so happy with this info, Will takes the file to show to Sonny, while Paul stays with his dad, fills him in on Will getting a memory of Sonny saying he loves him, but Will has stated, tis only a memory of the past, he loves Paul now. John is happy for him, and Paul is all smiles. (Actor does have great smile!)

Gabi arrives at DiMansion, goes in, (yep, no servants opening door, lol), to overhear the tail end of Stefan & Kate's conversation. As Kate comes out into foyer, she sees Gabi – what are you doing here? Gabi says she could ask Kate the same thing. Kate makes up some story about trying to get her job back, Gabi says she will put in a good word. Not necessary . Kate leaves, Gabi sneaks upstairs, is coming back down when Stefan comes out, wanting to know why she was upstairs. Gabi fakes it, was looking for him, peeked in living room, did not see him. Stefan says, so you went up to my bedroom? Gabi now claims needing a signature on some paper, wanting to make sure everything is done by the book now. After Stefan stealing her company, sending her to jail, her losing her daughter along the way, she does not want to get burned again. She leaves, gets a call from Abby outside the door, both have the DNA (Gabi has his toothbrush) so they will meet at the lab. Gabi takes off, Stefan comes out and follows her.

At the Kmansion, Sonny is aghast at the insistence of Leo that Sonny marry him. Another long, drawn out argument about it, pros, cons, Sonny refusing, Leo talking of saving the company, his family no more gossipy headlines, blah, blah. Back and forth, Sonny is repelled by all this, but in the end, caves, and agrees he will marry Leo. In rides the cavalry.....I mean, in walks Will, shocked to hear Sonny say this. Leo is telling Will to beat it, get lost, not wanted, they are getting married today, he has number of a justice of peace.

Will wants to talk to Sonny alone, no chance of that. Sonny is protesting he has to do this, nope, you don't. Look at this file. He pulls it out, tells of Leo not being his real name, tis Matthew, has arrest record, and was a prostitute. Sonny is convinced, tells Leo there is no way he will marry him now, this all proves you are a liar, yada, yada. Will tells Leo to now get out, or he will throw him out. Leo gets mad, this is all your fault, He attacks Will, choking him. Sonny comes rushing over, pulls Leo off, sending him flying against the fireplace, but Sonny is tending to Will, are you all right? Will is gasping a bit, but o.k. Leo is face down on the floor, they both go to him, hey, Leo, you o.k.? They roll him over, gash on forehead, Sonny checks neck pulse. He is dead!
 
By the way, flashbacks galore, Chad does one of Kate confessing to orchestrating Leo's lawsuit, there is another of her telling Leo to drop it. Sorry, I just tuned it all out. Plus Kate finds Chad in the square after Abby left, they talk, and more repetitive stuff.
 
It was stated by Gabi, that since Stefan & Chad are brothers, their DNA would be too close, so better to get something from each. Just surprised that Abby could not get a hair from a hairbrush, beard, razor, even HIS toothbrush. Gabi could have grabbed any glass Stefan was using, heck, he is always drinking.

P.S. And if the soap gods are at all listening.......let this show Stefan is not Chad's brother!
 
That would be the best thing to come out of this scenario, to find out that the two DNA samples are totally unrelated!

And I totally agree about Abby getting Chad's DNA. I thought of the toothbrush right away. (1) Take his toothbrush. (2) 'Oh look honey, I bought you a new toothbrush'. (3) Done!
 
This was the wrong episode for a hot day. Even with the air conditioner going, it was sometimes hard to stay awake. Between the snooze-worthy moments, it was clear that Leo (aka Matthew) is one of the sorriest schemers in recent Salem history.

Naive Leo: Even if Sonny's agreeing to a marriage hadn't been torpedoed by Will, any thoughts of moving into the K-mansion were hopelessly unrealistic. An enraged, fed-up Victor would have absolutely refused to let Leo move in. The old grouch may have tolerated Nicole, Nick Fallon, Xander, and Eve camping in the K-mansion, but grifter Leo would have been one unwelcome guest too many.

Faker Leo: Will and Sonny weren't the only ones to be glad that Leo is a fake Stark, cheap crook, and one-time male escort. Somewhere, the ghost of Willow is probably breathing a sigh of relief. Willow was no bargain, but even she would have thought that Leo was a disgrace to the Stark family name.

Fragile Leo: Sonny's would-be husband has joined the ranks of easily-damaged Salemites. Instead of knocking him senseless, Leo's little trip into the K-mansion fireplace should have caused minor injuries at most. Could Leo possibly be an unknown son of the Salemite who's most vulnerable to head injuries -- coma king John Black?
 
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I was in high hopes that there would finally be a DNA test done that would not be tampered with however. When Gabi left the mansion, McSlime was right behind her. I sure hope the handwriting is not on the wall again.
 
Does anyone know for certain if the writers ever scan fan forums?
 
@TobyJ......It is claimed they do not.....but I remember when a line posted by one of our members was used on the show. LOL...Staff does scan various forums, reporting the general feedback to the bosses. Days sets great store by handwritten comments, but in these day, know it is social media. When I was doing Early Edition, I got e-mails from one of the writers, so they are aware of some areas....
 
Thank you for writing up this summary. I haven't watched yet but already I am dumbfounded by Sonny's stupidity. He's been pretty washed out, to me, for some time but I really didn't thing he would be silly enough to agree to marry Leo. The thought of someone as clueless as Sonny running Titan just went from questionable to laughable.
 
Thanks, Poirot.

I think it would be great if the DNA didn't match either Stefan or Chad. That would
mean Dr Laura slept with someone :)

Since Stefan is following Gabi, will he do the DNA switcheroo? I like that idea better
than Gabi doing it.

Poor Will, Leo aka Matthew tried choking him. Maybe Will will get more memories.

John should have told Paul not to be so happy. Just because Will told him he will
pick him over Sonny doesn't mean he will.

I laughed when Sonny was discussing who would believe him marrying Leo after he
filed charges against him. First thing I thought of was that the Salem PD probably would
believe it,
then everyone else, because It's Salem.
 
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