Soap Opera Digest – August 05, 2019

that neither Kate nor Ted
actually saw Stefan during
their captivity. Kate lies that
they heard him outside the
door, then realizes she has
to tell Ted to back up her
story. When Sarah visits,
Kate worries it’s an assassin
and conks her over the head
with an ice bucket.
Marlena and Roman
are at odds over whether
Sarah belongs with Rex or
Eric. Sarah heads home,
where Eric tends to her
head wound. They discuss
the awkwardness of their
living situation. Rex enters
and overhears. After giv-
ing it some thought, Rex
agrees that he and Sarah
should move out. They
move into the Kiriakis
mansion, where Rex and
Xander are immediately
at odds.

GIVE IT A SHOT
Eve returns to the Sa-
lem Inn after spending the
night away from Jack. He

thinks it’s over for them,

but instead, Eve apologizes

for storming out. She says

that she wants to support

him in his quest to regain

his memory. She then

administers the serum.

Jennifer decides she’s

done with Jack, and tracks

down Dr. Henry Shah to go

out on a date with her. Shah

is initially reluctant since

she blew him off twice, but

ultimately agrees. Jennifer

runs into Jack, who is about

to tell her that he took the

serum, but she informs him

about her date with Henry,

so he keeps mum.

Jack heads to JJ’s place

and tells his son that he

took the serum. He asks JJ

to keep it between them.

When Jennifer tells JJ about

her date, he notes that she

may want to reconsider.

When Jen presses him to

tell her why, JJ reveals that

Jack took the serum.

Xander brings Eve the

real serum, as opposed to

the secret placebo serum

that Eve gave to Jack. After

Xander leaves, Eve spies

Dr. Rolf’s diary and decides

to set it on fire. Jack walks

in and is shocked.

FAMILY BUSINESS

Brady asks “Nicole”

about the Mexican wres-

tling mask. She covers

and turns the conversation

around to Brady. She of-

fers to help him take over

DiMera. He points out

that to become CEO, she

would have to be a DiMera.

“Nicole” claims to have a

way around that.

Stefan and Gabi

strategize about how to

deal with Nicole. He feels

the best way is to fire her

immediately. Gabi wonders

if they should keep their en-

emy close, but he disagrees.

Stefan makes the call to

fire Nicole, but learns some

startling news about his

own fate at DiMera — he’s

been suspended.

How does Eve feel about Jack (Matthew Ashford)?

Kassie DePaiva says:

“She cares about Jack. She didn’t just use him

to hurt Jennifer. She manipulated the situation

because she wanted to be with Jack.”

• Jennifer confides
  in Julie.


• Jack and Eve face
  off over her lies.


• Gabi presses
  Stefan to marry
  her.


• Brady questions
  “Nicole”.

WHAT WILL

HAPPEN

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