Soap Opera Digest – July 29, 2019

DESK SET

Julie walks in on Stefan

and Gabi going at it on her

desk and throws cold water

all over them. She kicks

them out, forcing them to

cancel their event. Stefan

suggests to Gabi that they

continue things at his

place, but she balks. She

lies that she wants to be a

real couple. He agrees.

RESCUE MISSION

Hope follows Xander

to the DiMera manse, but

he gives her the slip. Hope

kicks down the door of

the secret room and finds

a captive Ted and Kate.

Hope asks them who

locked them up. Because

Kristen threatened to kill

Hope and Kate’s family

members if they tell the

truth, Ted and Kate lie

that it was Stefan. Stefan

is arrested. Rex is relieved

when Kate checks in.

Xander is angry when

Kristen reveals that she

protected herself but not

him. Xander threatens to

expose Kristen and leaves.

Eric and Brady check

in on “Nicole”. “Nicole”

will only talk to Brady.

He tries to persuade her

to come work for him, but

“Nicole” claims she can’t

be around him because of

her feelings for him, and

pulls him into a kiss.

Lani shows up to arrest

Xander and reveals Stefan

has also been arrested.

Xander requests immunity

in exchange for revealing

his bosses’ role in the kid-

napping of Ted and Kate.

ON THE MOVE

Eric tells Sarah that

he’s thinking about leaving

town. She urges him to stay.

Their intimate moment is

broken by Rex. Sarah re-

veals that Eric might move

away; Rex makes Eric

promise he won’t.

LIAR’S CLUB

Ted thanks Hope for res-

cuing him. He doesn’t tell

her about the kiss he shared

with Kate while in captiv-

ity. He lies about how he

fell into Xander’s clutches,

insisting he wanted to

flashback

to 2017

PHOTOS: XJ JOHNSON/JPI

days lives

JJ is incensed when his landlord, a Jack Deveraux

supporter, evicts him for sheltering Haley. Tripp offers

Claire’s old room to Haley and JJ. They accept and

move into the loft.... Will receives a clean bill of health

and is discharged from the hospital.... After getting en-

gaged, Eli and Lani talk about having another child.....

Jennifer writes an op-ed piece that angers Jack. He

revokes her press credentials. She urges him to take

the serum, but he won’t. Jennifer gives him an old

article he wrote and makes an impassioned speech

to get him to reconsider. Jack later tells Eve that he

is going to take the serum. Eve is worried about what

will happen.

Mom’s The Word:

Susan (then-Eileen

Davidson) was

revealed to be play-

ing “mom” to an

amnesiac, presumed-

dead Will (Chandler

Massey), who thought

he was EJ.

SALEM SHORTS