Days of Our Lives’ EJ Is Set to Have a ‘Killer’ Reunion With [Spoiler]

Of all the prisons in all the world… What are the odds, huh? Wrongly convicted of Sami’s abduction, Days of Our Lives’ EJ gets locked up with a familiar face. “When he arrives in his cell, his cellmate kind of rolls over on his bunk,” headwriter Ron Carlivati tells Soap Opera Digest, “and we see that it’s Clyde Weston” — Ben’s no-goodnik father, played off and on since 2014 by James Read.

“The significance of this, as a lot of fans are aware, is that Clyde was responsible for EJ’s ‘death’ several years ago,” the scribe continues. “So when when EJ comes face to face with him, we finally get to play it out.”

Something tells us bro hugs are not in store.

Nearly eight years have passed since Clyde didn’t so much upend EJ’s life as end it. (You can relive that horrific turn of events here.) In that time, the bad blood between them can only have gotten worse.

Seriously — can anyone imagine EJ saying, “Bygones”?

Veteran actor Read has appeared on everything from Columbo to Cheers to General Hospital (where he originated the role of Finn and Chase’s father, Gregory). But he’s probably best known for the ’80s miniseries North and South and his five years recurring on the original Charmed.

While you await his reappearance on Days of Our Lives, check out all of the soap’s other recent and imminent comebacks in our comprehensive photo gallery. Think of it as a revolving door… that only goes in one direction!