Days of Our Lives - Thu., Jan. 16, 2020

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I only got half the show before "breaking news." Which for the record hadn't started by the time the show should have ended.

DiMansion: JJ backtracks after a flashback of Lani's revealing Gabi's hack of Julie's pacemaker. JJ claims that Eli should think about Lani, but Lani made her choice, blah blah; JJ eventually circles around to claiming this is in thanks for Lani's preventing him from killing Kristen. Eli thanks JJ for making him realize Lani's in the past and that he wanted to propose to Gabi. JJ has an odd smile; he then starts acting coy (or high, hard to tell with this story) about how Gabi surprises him. JJ invites himself to stay and wait for Abigail and Eli asks him to be his best man; Eli gets a call and JJ lowers a bit of the boom, asking if Gabi's using Eli as revenge for Lani's killing of Stefan.

Commissioner's Office: Rafe wonders about the cigarette pack.

Square: Abe can't get the truth from Lani, whom he has called on the phone.

JJ's: Lani cuts her call with Abe short so she can talk with Kristen. Lani needs Kristen to go intervene with JJ/Gabi. Kristen is worried about JJ shooting her again and scolds Lani for involving JJ. She reveals to Lani that Stefano has visited and asked for her shares. Although Lani is interested in the Stefano intrigue, she is mostly worried about JJ's actions at the DiMansion. Kristen agrees to help.

Hospital: Kayla tells Julie that her pacemaker battery is wearing out. This is unexpected; it should have lasted 5 years.

Townhouse: Steve-aNO (disguised as Steve) and Gi-Nope decide this is their only option (outside) while Marlena and John affirm their love for one another. They enter the unlocked townhouse and give Marlena a gun; they also claim Stefano was seen in Prague. Marlena doesn't want the gun and thinks John will protect her; Steve-aNO says that's impossible because John will be with him tracking down Stefano. John refuses to leave Doc, who decides to go with them; Gi-Nope objects.

Square: Abe and Julie talk about Sister Lani. Abe is worried about Lani's well-being and understanding of Julie's wariness regarding Lani; Abe is worried about Lani's erratic activities (in & out of town without telling him, mainly); Julie feels the same about Hope, who's been avoiding the issue to avoid stress.

Pub: Rafe enters, wanting to talk to Roman about Hope; Kayla is there (as a customer). Kayla invites him to talk, Rafe considers it inappropriate for a second, but then reveals all, including the cigarette pack. Kayla has never known Hope to smoke, but relays how the cigarettes she confiscated (from a patient "a couple of months ago") went missing.

DiMansion: JJ punts and passes endlessly as they meanderingly talk about Julie and Gabi's relationship now, to be interrupted by Kristen who claims to need papers she forgot at the office signed. She escorts Gabi out and JJ moves for her phone.
 
It looks as if the nonsense is continuing as NBC covers the doings in Washington.

Steve-ano/Gina: Please make this nonsense stop. Why can't they go to Prague and just stay there. Pity the poor Czechs with those two in their capital city, but at least they'd be off the viewers' TV screens.

Kayla: She should insist that Julie get a new pacemaker implanted ASAP and put all the Gabi-Lani nonsense to an end.

JJ: Typical Salem: a young man who probably can barely turn on his laptop or smartphone is going to get involved with Gabi's deadly app. Why couldn't he have contacted tech nerd Myron Raditz (who once worked for crooked Dario) to take care of things? He'd take care of business in a Salem second. Myron wasn't exactly a fan favorite, but he'd be a refreshing change from the unbearable Steve-ano, Gina/Hope, Gabi, Lani, and Kristen.

Gabi: If she really thinks that creepy Kristen will give her the DiMera shares, she's really far more deluded that everyone thought.
 
Why didn't JJ just take the #$%^ phone and leave? Why was he sitting there trying to guess her passwords that could lock him out??? At this point, it wouldn't matter if Gabi found out he took it since she couldn't do anything. Rafe would have had it disabled, even if he had to learn about Gai's involvement. Or better, why the heck didn't he just tell Eli then and there?
 
Pity the poor Czechs with those two in their capital city, but at least they'd be off the viewers' TV screens.
But it could be a golden opportunity for Gina and Stefano in Prague, the new hit dream-sequence-or-maybe-not miniseries on the Days App!
their plan is perfect
Do we know what nonsense Gi-Nope used to convince Marlena not to go? I couldn't find out.
 
Something about why would Marlena willingly go into "Stefano's trap" in Prague. Blah, blah, blah. I was on the phone with a client so I didn't get the full explanation, but that was the gist of it.
 
Believe it or not, I got the last 15-20 minutes, must have been a break or something, these hearings .....

well, JJ tried Ari's birthday as password, it worked but then another was needed to get further into the phone (beyond that alert Julie was being examined). He did not take the phone (tho he did take a pic) as Lani had said Gabi had the app on other phones.

Gina said Marlena could not go with John, as she would not be safe. Marlena said Stefano would not hurt her, but John is another story. She is quite worried about him.

Whatever is going with with Steve-ano and Gina...they plan that John will think Marlena dead, while Marlena will think John is dead. Thus each of the evil duo will have their obsession to themselves.
Kayla does tell Rafe about Hope making a pass at John, when living there. Rafe says something is wrong, too many things Hope just would not do. (As Steve-ano noted to Gina about her "mistakes" which have made Rafe suspicious.

Julie & Abe mostly discuss Hope's odd behavior, how distant she has become,m how hurt Julie was Hope did not move in with her & Doug , instead of John & Marlena.

Marlena is not happy staying behind, especially with Hope around.
 
But it could be a golden opportunity for Gina and Stefano in Prague, the new hit dream-sequence-or-maybe-not miniseries on the Days App!
Great idea, Jason, but to give this new show an added twist, Steve-ano and Gina could become time travelers. For example:
  • 1888 -- Steve-ano plots to get Gina romantically involved with the doomed Crown Prince Rudolf, hoping that such a romance will give him access to the highest levels of the Austro-Hungarian Empire;
  • 1939 -- Steve-ano plots to make a fortune by collaborating with the invading German army;
  • 1968 -- to curry political favor, Steve-ano and Gina sell out their Czech friends to the invading Soviets;
  • 2002 -- Steve-ano hopes to use Gina's charms to cut the deals he needs to make to open a chain of clubs and bars that will cater to the party-minded twenty-somethings who have been invading Prague since the fall of communism.
 
So after months of watching this Gina stuff I think they missed a huge opportunity with the time jump. Should have just sent Gina packing, with an explanation or not, and then after the jump they could have had a story where real Hope had fallen for John. If they did it right they wouldn't have to ruin the character. She could have been lonely and living with John etc. Then we could have had the fallout of Marlena's return. I'm actually enjoying Marlena's reaction to this stuff but I don't really care because the story is over once Gina is done. It just could have been a somewhat real long term story. John cluleess, Hope pining away, Marlena catching on and the fallout to their friendship.
 
I wonder who he calls?

Thanks for the summary, Jason, and everyone else who contributed.

It's disappointing to see they are going to drag out the Steve-ano/Gina thing long enough for them to carry out this latest scheme. I don't want to watch John and Marlena each thinking the other is dead. Not something I'll be watching.
 
Thanks all for the summary. I had to watch most of the show on the internet.
I hope during the hearings NBC will post the show early On Demand.

Interesting to learn, Julie's pacemaker battery is low. Will they have to
plug it (Julie) in to recharge it?

Rafe is asking a lot from Kayla keeping the stuff about Hope in between
themselves. Kayla tells everyone her patient's conditions :)

We can only hope Gina is stupid and kidnaps Hattie and not Marlena.

Kristen needs to be careful. She almost told Lani about Stevano.

There's a map of Illinois in "Hope's" office.

When Gina was in Salem before, did anyone see her smoke? Just wondering
 
So, if battery is getting low, is this because Gabi's app is draining it? Will Julie have to undergo surgery perhaps to replace the battery? which then MIGHT make Gabi's app useless???
 
When Gina was in Salem before, did anyone see her smoke? Just wondering
Princess Gina did smoke, and Hope smoked when she was in Princess Gina mode. The pictures of her in the lavender dress are Hope as Gina; the one in the black dress and the gray pantsuit is the actual Princess Gina.

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(As Steve-ano noted to Gina about her "mistakes"
Steve-aNO stinks at being both Stefano and Steve, so he should clam it.
If they did it right they wouldn't have to ruin the character.
I agree. Hope is the worst character in the history of daytime, second only perhaps to Erica Kane.
So, if battery is getting low, is this because Gabi's app is draining it? Will Julie have to undergo surgery perhaps to replace the battery? which then MIGHT make Gabi's app useless???
That's what I gathered, but they don't actually outright say it.

I didn't want more Gina story - but if we were going to have to watch it, couldn't we have had Hope sail away during the time jump and have Gina DiMera-poked back to life?
 
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