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Abe Has an Emotional Reunion in the Afterlife When He Flatlines, and MarDevil Deals With Her John Problem
Monday, October 25, 2021: Today on Days of Our Lives, Abe remembers his life with Lexie, Julie comforts Paulina, Lani fears losing her father, and MarDevil bests John.

When Paulina becomes impatient waiting for word on Abe at the hospital, Eli leaves to seek information. Julie shows up to offer support to Paulina and Lani. She reminisces about meeting Abe when he was working a case that involved her son David, Eli’s father. She says, “It just hit me. Abe has been a part of our lives for 40 years.” She knows he’ll be around for many, many more. Paulina recounts her own meeting with Abe. She can’t believe she’s engaged to him eight months later. She declares, “I can’t lose him now.”
Kayla scrambles in the E.R. to save Abe. Eli walks in as Abe flatlines. Kayla turns to him and says, “He’s gone.” Eli urges her to do something. Kayla declares she won’t give up and performs chest compressions.
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Eli rejoins the group in the lobby. Paulina asks if Abraham is going to be all right. He tells them they’re still working on him. Lani says she was waiting to call her brothers, but she doesn’t think she should wait any longer. Eli pulls his wife aside and supports her as she calls Theo. Meanwhile, Julie commiserates with Paulina over feeling helpless. Julie talks about not being able to see Doug. Paulina’s incensed and offers to get her lawyer on it. Julie thanks her. She believes their men know they are with them. Until they can hold them again, Julie suggests they be there for each other. Paulina says, “Thank you… my friend.” They hug.
Lani tells Julie and Paulina that Theo’s on his way back, but she couldn’t get a hold of Brandon. Lani says Abe is the dad she always dreamed of. They were robbed of so many years. This can’t be the end. Paulina looks guilty.
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Abe finds himself in a brightly lit area surrounded by green bushes, flowers and a bench. He looks around and says, “Lexie?” A woman, obscured by the light, says, “Hello, Abe.” Abe tells Lexie he misses her. She’s still in his heart, and their son Theo’s. He hugs her and then recounts their journey to conceive. Abe tells Lexie she lives on in their son. “And so will we both.” Next, he recalls how she struggled, but understands now she had a lot to overcome. Abe flashes back to confronting Lexie about the baby switch involving Zach.
Abe says there are always difficult times, but the hardest thing of all for him was losing her. He remembers holding her next to a bench among the greenery as she slipped away. Abe thinks they can be together again, now. Lexie says, “No, Abe. We can’t.” She’ll be there waiting, but it’s not his time yet. Abe agrees. His children, grandchildren, friends and Paulina need him. He kisses her and says, “I’ll be seeing you in my heart. And so will Theo. I will be seeing you in his smile.” Abe lets go of her hand as he turns to walk away.
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Back in the E.R., the nurse urges Kayla to stop compressions and call it. Kayla reluctantly says, “Time of death…” Then, the monitor starts beeping. She exclaims, “We have a heartbeat!”
Kayla meets with the family. She tells them it looks like Abe will pull through. Lani and Paulina visit Abe in his room. He opens his eyes. The women tell Abe how much they love him. Lexie looks on from behind the women. She turns to walk out the door.
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John recoils upon MarDevil confirming his suspicions that Marlena’s possessed again. John places his hand near the holy water to splash her, but MarDevil prepared for that. She puts her hand in it making the water glow red and bubble. MarDevil explains that Marlena couldn’t bear to let Doug die so she let Satan back in. John wonders why Satan came back for Marlena now. MarDevil explains she waited and waited for years. She finally got her chance by using Doug. John realizes Doug did all those things to Julie. MarDevil says she took care of Doug, but now John knows about her — and that’s a problem.
John says, “I beat you once and I’m going to beat you again.” He’s going to get his wife back. He talks directly to Doc, urging her not to surrender. MarDevil shouts, “She can’t hear you.” Internally, Marlena says she can hear John. His love is making her stronger. MarDevil falters, but eventually regains power. She raises her hand, which sends John flying against the wall.
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MarDevil steps over a motionless John on the floor. She says, “I have waited a lifetime for this.” She picks up a candle holder and raises it, but Marlena yells out for her not to kill him. MarDevil relents, but knows she can’t leave John there in this condition. She drags John away.
Next on Days of Our Lives: Kristen’s back, and Lucas confronts Brady.
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<p>… and for decades, these were the two that it took: the late Frances Reid and MacDonald Carey as Alice and Tom Horton.</p>
<p>Never mind how it ended <em>and</em> ended <em>and</em> ended again between these two; this is the way we like to remember Hope Williams (Kristian Alfonso) and Bo Brady (Peter Reckell) — as happy as they were on the day of their first wedding.</p>
<p>… or was it just the early days in the romance of Carrie Brady (Christie Clark) and Austin Reed (Patrick Muldoon)? Nothing, it seemed, could come between them. Nothing <em>except</em>…</p>
<p>New Austin — Austin Peck — same old chemistry. Whew.</p>
<p>In 1966, Diane Hunter (Coleen Gray) did her best to assure daughter Susan (Denise Alexander) that bows were <em>sure</em> to come back in fashion. One day. Maybe.</p>
<p>All Lucas Roberts (Bryan R. Dattilo) is missing in this late-1990s portrait is the other members of his dreamy boy band.</p>
<p>Nothing could stand in the way of Joshua Fallon (Scott Palmer) marrying Jessica Fallon (Jean Bruce Scott). Well, unless you count her relationship with the Salem Strangler and her alternate personality.</p>
<p>In 1992, Robert Kelker-Kelly wasn’t just a new beau for Dr. Carly Manning (Crystal Chappell), he was a new Bo Brady for us all.</p>
<p>Eh, it was really more of a crowd for a jealous Ben Weston (Robert Scott Wilson), girlfriend Abigail Deveraux (then Kate Mansi) and her true love, Chad DiMera (Billy Flynn), in 2015.</p>
<p>Looking back, gamblin’ man Neil Curtis (Joe Gallison) and sad songstress Liz Chandler (Gloria Loring) probably would’ve been better off as strangers.</p>
<p>If only the late, great Joseph Mascolo’s Stefano DiMera could rise yet again…</p>
<p>In the mid-1970s, David Banning (Richard Guthrie) and Valerie Grant (then Tina Andrews) — aka Eli Grant’s parents — became <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ first interracial couple.</p>
<p>In 2004, Mickey Horton (the late John Ingle) was torn between naughty Bonnie Lockhart (Judi Evans) and nice wife Maggie (Suzanne Rogers).</p>
<p>Billie Reed (Lisa Rinna) and Bo (Kelker-Kelly here) were as fond of one another as <a href="https://soaps.sheknows.com/gallery/real-life-soap-scandals-photos/" target="_blank">their portrayers infamously weren’t</a>.</p>
<p>Sister Mary Moira was but <em>one</em> of the secondary characters that former headwriter James E. Reilly created for <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ original Kristen DiMera, Eileen Davidson.</p>
<p>Nothin’ to see here. Just Hope and Bo (Reckell again) sharing a warm moment while chilling in 1996.</p>
<p>In 2003, somebody just needed to tell Belle Black (Kirsten Storms; now Maxie, <em>General Hospital</em>), Cassie Brady (Alexis Thorpe), Rex Brady (Eric Winter) and Mimi Lockhart (Farah Faith) that the camera was over here. Over <em>here</em>, kids.</p>
<p>There’s really no other way to describe the tortured relationship between Carly and Lawrence Alamain (Michael Sabatino, who married his leading lady in 1997).</p>
<p>Well, at least Sami Brady (Alison Sweeney) was happy anytime she and Austin (Peck here) were together. He, on the other hand, was generally ambivalent. At <em>best</em>. Maybe it shows?</p>
<p>Despite his checkered past and despite how brightly her halo glowed, Jack Deveraux (Matthew Ashford) and Jennifer Horton (Melissa Reeves) discovered that they were perfect for one another.</p>
<p>They say that when couples have been together for a while, they start to look alike. Or is it <em>dress</em> alike? Julie Williams (Susan Seaforth Hayes) and husband Doug (real-life spouse Bill Hayes) might be able to shed some light on this subject.</p>
<p>For some reason, EJ DiMera (James Scott) and sometime missus Sami looked as if we were interrupting them during this 2006 bedroom shoot. We’ll just let ourselves out…</p>
<p>John Black (Drake Hogestyn) turns his bedroom eyes up to “seduce.”</p>
<p>In 1986, sometime stripper Pete Jannings (Michael Leon) married Melissa Horton (Lisa Trusel) in a double-wedding ceremony with her adoptive parents, Mickey (then the late John Clarke) and Maggie.</p>
<p>Shawn Brady (then Jason Cook) and Belle (then Storms) were just whippersnappers when they fell in love.</p>
<p>Hey, how come when Shawn and Belle grew up — and began being played by Brandon Beemer and Martha Madison — they remained just as pretty as they always were? That hardly seems fair.</p>
<p>Lucas would stop at nothing to prove to people that there was nothing up his sleeve. Including eschewing sleeves altogether.</p>
<p>Sure, they were troublemakers to the core, but Vivian Alamain (Louise Sorel) and Victor Kiriakis (John Aniston) certainly showed us a devil of a good time.</p>
<p>In an early publicity shot, Reid strikes such a pensive pose, you’d swear she was auditioning for <em>Dark Shadows</em>.</p>
<p>In 2015, Chad, Stefano and Tony — or was that André (Thaao Penghlis, either way)? — managed to fit three generatuons of DiMeras into one frame.</p>
<p>We get why the Bradys — Shawn (the late Frank Parker) and Caroline (the late Peggy McCay) — would be together in this 1996 promotional photo. But sweet Maggie and the dastardly Stefano? Mystifying.</p>
<p>Tom tried to reach Susan, but her troubles were usually so great, even his wise words couldn’t help. She was probably daydreaming about her old bows. “They’re coming back in style,” she told herself.</p>
<p>Abe Carver (James Reynolds) made the last days of lost love Lexie (Renée Jones) ones that she — and “oui” — would always remember.</p>
<p>Unless you know Mark Valley, who spelled usual portrayer Ashford in the role from 1994-97. Then OK, you <em>might</em> know Jack. (Don’t get us started on Steve Wilder, though.)</p>
<p>Doug gave only the subtlest of signs to gold digger Lee DuMonde (the late Brenda Benet) that was he was <em>slightly</em> more into Julie. Do ya think she noticed?</p>
<p>There would be no pulling focus from Lucas in 1999. Not at <em>this</em> photo shoot, anyhow.</p>
<p><em>Days of Our Lives</em> vet Alfonso may have left the building, but we’ll always have our memories of her iconic character. And also amazing images like this one. What <em>was</em> up there? Cobweb? Good lighting? We can’t help but wonder.</p>
<p>Given the history between Sami, Austin (Peck here, as if you didn’t know), Lucas and Carrie, this <em>had</em> to be one of the more fraught double dates in history.</p>
<p>When John married Isabella Toscano (Staci Greason) in 1992, he thought that it was for keeps. If only, pal. If only.</p>
<p>If this wasn’t Jack and Jennifer’s engagement photo, it should’ve been. For real, yo.</p>
<p>As this 2013 scene shot suggests, mercurial Kristen (original flavor Davidson) had a tendency to go off half-cocked.</p>
<p>So frosty a presence is Vivian that she gives herself the chills even in a sweater. Now <em>that’s</em> cold.</p>
<p>Austin (Peck again) and half-sibling rival Lucas never failed to make a splash when they tried dipping into the same dating pool a, um, <em>toe</em>.</p>
<p>After solving the Salem Stalker case, Roman Brady (then Wayne Northrop) made a missus of Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall) in 1983.</p>
<p>In the early 1990s, Kelker-Kelly’s do-gooder had it bad for both Hope and Billie. Can ya blame him?</p>
<p>By 2018, Ben had totally sold <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ audience on his feelings for Ciara Brady (Victoria Konefal).</p>
<p>Unbeknownst to them, back in 2001, Philip Kiriakis (Jay Kenneth Johnson), Chloe Lane (Nadia Bjorlin), Shawn Brady (Cook) and Belle (Storms) were <em>actually</em> looking at seaweed; they’d been in the sun for a long time.</p>
<p>In 1995, Marlena ran afoul of a demon that was even more troublesome than Kristen. Maybe you heard a little something about it?</p>
<p>Foolishly, the first doctor who treated Marlena for possession had just prescribed Visine.</p>
<p>In the grip of an otherworldly fiend, Marlena seemed seriously opposed to letting John — or <em>anyone</em> — borrow her office supplies.</p>
<p>We’d love to say that we didn’t know what possessed her. But c’mon, we knew. We <em>all</em> knew.</p>
<p>In the end, Kristen (still Davidson) didn’t have a prayer of holding onto John.</p>
<p>“Her!” cried Kristen. “There are too many pictures of her and her damn possession in this photo album!” Fine. We’ll move on.</p>
<p>Nope. This is just about normal for Doug and Julie. They dance cheek to cheek even when standing still.</p>
<p>Dr. Mike Horton (Roark Critchlow) did the near-impossible: He made us forget that we always thought that Austin was endgame for Carrie.</p>
<p>But then Austin (pec again… er <em>Peck</em>) would show up looking like this, and all bets would be off.</p>
<p>Ultimately, Austin (you know which one) just kept taking clothes off until Carrie said, “Fine, you can have your favorite pillow back.”</p>
<p>When Doug and Julie tied the knot for the first time… well, in looking back, they really should’ve <em>double</em>-tied it. Salem ain’t an easy town in which to maintain a marriage.</p>
<p>As evil twins are wont to do, Samantha Evans (Andrea Hall-Gengler) — aka the sibling rival with which sister Marlena was saddled — stole the shrink’s life out from under her. Briefly.</p>
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