SPOILER !! The Clue is how the secrets was directed

Stefano directed his secret towards Alice family telling Alice she did not want the secret to get out
but
Alice secret was directed towards stefano himself...he claim to hope and Bo that when he told Alice he had a secret about her family she counters and said she had a secret on him and that no one should look in the envelope including himself


I say it is directed at stefano not his family that was something that I notice when they both countered with their secret Stefano told Alice he had a secret on her family, and Alice counter and sais she had a secret on HIM (not his family)
anythoughts

For me, the most devastating for Stefano would be he is not a biological DiMera, John is as we learned through the Santo/Colleen story and EJ is John's son. Lexie can still be Stefano's daughter with Celeste.

I agree I still say however EJ is stefano's..and as far as John is Santo's son I seem to doubted it more and more..that the new writers when they brought John back made him a non demira.there is no indication now John is just John no relations with stefano at all

I know, I know.........Stefano is Tom Horton's son !!

BITE YOUR TONGUE!!

I just don't see what that would matter. He's been Stefano DiMera for almost 80 years. It's not like he gets his power and money from an unseen DiMera family. He IS the DiMera family. He could be Stefano Smith or Stefano Jones and he'd still be Salem's biggest criminal with all of his power and wealth. He wouldn't lose anything by finding out that perhaps he wasn't Santos' biological son at this point in his life.

It's not like finding out tha maybe Santos wasn't his father would suddenly render him powerless and peniless. He wouldn't be living in Daniel's old apartment and flipping burgers at the pub to pay the bills.

for the love of DITKA! DELETE that before someone from the show sees it and actually thinks it's a GOOD idea!

LOL

I know a lady who'd like to see Stefano working at the pub!! With Victor - that's a hilarious idea. But I agree, there would be absolutely no fallout from his finding out he's not a DiMera - no loss of identity, dignity, or money. And it wouldn't make him cry the way he did. And I will refuse to accept EJ as John's son, even if that's what the writers do. (I still haven't accepted the Santo/Colleen bs/l.)

Hmmm - first reaction was to laugh out loud. Second reaction was, what a bend of time that would take! Third was - wait, that's exactly the kind of stunt this writing team would try to pull off!

My guess is that EJ was switched by Susan & Alice Horton at some point during the six-or-so years when he aged twenty-or-so (life must be rough in the Old Country). But I do think you're onto something with the fact that the secret was directed at Stefano, specifically. I hope the writers do not waste our time with Stefano not being a DiMera. That would be laaaame.

@Poirot - thanks for clarifying. I'll openly admit that I zipped through those scenes, I found them to be overly meandering and repetitive. (IMO the very reason that soaps are dying, they are filled with scenes of that nature.)

@Poirot, also - I agree that Stefano would be devastated if Tony turned out to be his son. But could we hope for another Thaao return?? I felt he was tragically underused and dismissed the last time around.

Generally I find the idea that Stefano and Alice matched wits to be a little forced (and its result has, thus far, not been a desirable one). Alice was Home & Hearth, the heart of the show, whereas Stefano was the gangster/killer/larger-than-life supervillain to counter GH’s criminal set. When she talked about Stefano and the evil of which he was capable, it was not believable (sorry and all love to Frances Reid, Alice's portrayer) IMO. I think they should have left this alone - but I'll change my opinion if something worthwhile (not concerning Stefano's own paternity) comes out of Stefano's secret or the trip to Lawrence's Country.

ya' know, I was wondering if Tony wasn't the surprise person John and Hope saw in Alamania

I'd love for Tony to still be alive!!!

now, I'm also wondering if the surprise/mystery person in Alamania isn't Stefano, himself.
Kate finds a note from him saying he's gone to "Europe" - where is Alamania supposed to be?
. . . . . not that Stefano would lie about his where-abouts.

As far as the episode says..it only say he must leave for a short time Ill be in touch soon..where did Europe come from???. the way he was distraught John and Hope are the last thing on his mind

his thoughts are on the contains of that envelope and he has to go and find the truth..stefano I do believe however has everything plan in advance for hope and John..he needing only updates..I believe

So hopefully we'll know in a couple of weeks!

Maybe he went to Africa for the same reason Doug and Julie were going there.

I think we are going to find out that EJ is not the REAL DiMera son but that this Santo IS! He has come back to get his rightful place in the family; kick EJ out and this is the secret - that EJ is not a DiMera after all and was switched at birth. Who EJ's daddy IS is another question and personally I don't care. I would like to see EJ kicked out of the DiMera family; lose everything and wind up a bum.

I also can't wait for Nicole to find out EJ did the dirty deed with Sami and leave him before he can propose again.

they wouldn't be casting a actor already on the show...they are looking for a italian between 30-35 years old with fluent italian accent....at this time Santo the man name has yet to be picked...I guess the phone call to Kate this week should tell us something about the secret..but as for stefano whereabout..I believe 100% it was not about hope and John not after a shock he got in that envelope...so we will see