Soaps She Knows from SODSomeone decides to run against Abe for mayor, which will create plenty of drama.
Galen Gering takes a Days hiatus while Rafe leaves Salem in order to help Sami.
Xander has something up his sleeve and plans to use it in order to get what he thinks he deserves. He’ll also interfere in a few people’s love lives. Xander steals Dr. Rolf's journal from Eve and holds it over her.
Roman realizes Eric has feelings for Sarah that go beyond friendship.
Leo hits on Brady.
Melinda Trask threatens Marlena Evans.
Adrienne confronts Leo.
Marlena counsels Will.
Hope confirms Ciara has gone missing and tries to find her.
Diana shakes up Marlena and John's lives when she comes to town.
Eli has a romantic surprise waiting for Lani at Doug's Place, which is set up to look like the beach.
Though Victoria Konefal exits Days temporarily, Ciara returns to Salem in a big way, which sets the path for a huge February Sweeps storyline for her and Ben.
February Sweeps from SOD!
Ben starts to lose it without Ciara and Jordan returns. She loves her brother and feels the need to protect people from what he is capable of doing to them. When Ciara returns, we see she's been kidnapped in the cabin. During this story, we learn she has also kidnapped Charlotte and we find out who set fire to the cabin, which moves the story forward.
When Stefan was brought on canvas, Ron C had the idea to put him together with Chloe. They go back and pick up the story where Chloe stabbed Mateo in Mexico. Suddenly, Chloe's life is in jeopardy and she moves in with Stefan. He protects her and there's also a romantic spark that they share. At the same time this is happening, they're revisiting the Chloe and Brady relationship and Brady's not happy she's living with Stefan.
Will and Sonny devise a plan to be together on Valentine's Day with Gabi's help in distracting Leo.
Kate stumbles upon something that's really big and since she's in jeopardy, Rafe comes to her side.
Rex is prepared to propose to Sarah again.
JJ lets Jack know about Haley's secret, which is a big mistake.
Somebody marries.
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The most interesting thing here is that RC pretty much confirmed what I thought he was doing with Stefan and Chloe. I thought that when the two characters first interacted that they were doing a chem test. Unfortunately Nadia was pregnant and unavailable for a detailed storyline for a long time. So we got that DID mess. I'm surprised because I thought for sure that they were hinting at a Stefan and Gabi pairing. It looks like that might not happen for a while, depending on how much chemistry Nadia has not only with TC but with the new Stefan actor Brandon Barash.
I'm just confused as to why she would be moving in with Stefan? Other spoilers suggest that he saves her, but why wouldn't she shack up with Brady? On the other hand it looks like we might be building up to a real Kiriakis/Dimera war. With two grown men fully in charge of their companies, shades of grey, battling for power and for maybe Chloe's love. I'm here for it. It's what I wanted with the original war that they had. Back with Philip and disappointingly amnesiac (Dimera) John, who I originally thought was going to be EJ (I thought James and Nadia had chemistry together at the time). But a real war would be interesting.
This could be good, and be a way to maybe get people to root for Stefan. I'm also glad that the Mateo thing is coming back. Chloe (who is a gangsta) killed a powerful drug lord and walked away with no consequences. Of course his partners would want her dead. This feels like something that should have happened last year, but Nadia's maternity leave delayed it.
