Sami’s Rescue On Days of Our Lives Was Anticlimactic, but the Romantic Repercussions Could Prove Explosive — Plus, Philip’s Disappearance Is Just What His Storyline Needed

December 6 - 10

Friday, December 10th, 2021

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As much as I enjoy the MarDevil storyline, it was nice to have a little respite from it this week. But as I pointed out last time, Days of Our Lives’ pacing remains all over the place. Let’s get to it, with the week’s high, low and questionable lights.

Let the Games Begin

We waited a full week for Lucas to rescue Sami after he received her location, but she got to Salem over a commercial break. Again… pacing. But while it was refreshing Sami’s return to Salem wasn’t drawn out, her actual rescue was way too quick and anticlimactic. Also, Lucas didn’t call the cops first? Really?

EJ’s sudden need to be with Nicole doesn’t sit quite right with me. Does he truly want to be with her? Is he just in denial over his feelings for Samantha? Is he using her as a cover to hide the fact he was the one who grabbed his wife? Who knows, but I was left a little cold over Sami and Nicole’s catfight. I’m just tired of that trope I guess, but also, why did Sami expect EJ to want her back? He threw her out of the house right before she was kidnapped. Then they didn’t talk for three months because she was in captivity. Why would she think his feelings had changed? Chalk it up to Sami being Sami I guess.

Now that she is back though, it has the potential for things to get super messy. Between Sami, EJ, Nicole, Lucas, Rafe and Ava, we could be headed for a love hexagon. But, should Sami and EJ reunite, and Nicole and Rafe get together, where would that leave Ava and Lucas? Together, maybe?

EJ pulls Sami off of Nicole on Days of Our Lives

Exchange of the Week

It might have been anticlimactic, but Sami’s rescue did provide my favorite exchange, even if it’s just more evidence of how wasted Lucas has been in this story when he could have been smack dab in the middle of drama with EJ.

Allie: You’re a hero.

Lucas: Yeah, right, get out of here.

Allie: You are. You brought Mom home.

Lucas: Yeah, well, if I had known she was going to go back to EJ, maybe I would have left her there.

Allie: Dad!

Lucas: What? I was kidding. Sorta.

Allie and Tripp watch as Sami kisses Lucas' cheek at Nicole's apartment. Days of Our Lives

Odds and Ends

• For the first time in this storyline, I felt real emotion from Chloe about Philip. And despite hating what’s become of his character, Philip’s disappearance is the most interesting thing to happen to him since he returned to Salem. I’m finally invested in what’s to come next. I could live with Philip being alive and setting up his disappearance to frame Brady — assuming that’s what’s going on — because it’d be very Kiriakis of him, but sabotaging Brady’s sobriety is a step too far. I’m gutted for him.

• Bad girl Ava is infinitely more interesting, than love interest Ava. Her exchange with Gwen over helping Kristen escape is who she should have been the whole time. Not exactly bad, not exactly good, but someone who knows exactly who she is. Someone who will do anything to get what she wants and not feel bad about it.

More: Is Philip off dealing with this soap trope?

Brady sits up in his hospital bed. Chloe's by his side, looking skeptical. Days of Our Lives

• Roman and Kate were way sweeter this week than I expected, but they now need an actual storyline. Otherwise, they’ll just be like Justin and Bonnie — happy and off-screen.

• Speaking of Roman and Kate, their son Rex came home and revealed Sarah hasn’t been with him this whole time. However, we’re still waiting on Xander getting clued in. Only getting once-a-week drop-ins on storylines really kills the momentum.

• I really don’t understand Gabi’s obsession with Titan. It was hilarious to watch Victor repeatedly call her and Jake idiots, but it’d be preferable to watch them build their own empire. Also… she’s just going to give Victor Gabi Chic when she fought tooth and nail to keep it from Philip?

More: Days’ Christmas movie trailer ponders What If…

Gabi sits on a coffee table, facing Victor in his chair at the mansion. Days of Our Lives

That’s all I got this time around. As always these are just my thoughts on the week in Salem. What are yours? Tell us in the comments, and then check out our photo gallery of the 20 best characters from Yellowstone — a show with just as much dysfunction, if not more than, the people of Salem.

Philip, Lani, Sami mashup Days of Our Lives

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December 6 - 10

Let the Games Begin

Exchange of the Week

Odds and Ends

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<p>We’ll raise a glass of wheatgrass to the passionate protester who put the spring back in John’s step in Season 4. But we won’t gulp it down until we find out whether she has what it takes to coexist with his hyper-protective daughter, Beth.</p>

<p>We understand that she’s been through a lot. Like, between son Tate’s kidnapping and the assaunt on the ranch, <em>a lot</em> a lot. But does Kayce’s better half have to be a Debbie Downer <em>all</em> the time?</p>

<p>As the pink-haired, marble-mouthed wrangler might inimitably put it, “Thisheer charcter’s a [bleepin’] hoot’nitdoesn’ matternone iffin’syaunderstand ’er.” Got all that, or ya want it with subtitles?</p>

<p>Too late, the diabolical businessman learned that Duttons and bulls are basically one and the same. “How’s that?” you ask. If you mess with either one, you’re gonna get the horns. (And no, not even a schmancy belt buckle can protect you.)</p>

<p>The spirited barrel racer who punched Jimmy’s V card in a hospital bed probably would rank higher on this list if we weren’t so ticked at her for putting him in that bed for a second time!</p>

<p>The soft-spoken Market Equities’ bigwig had us eating out of the palm of her hand from the moment she explained to weaselly lackey Ellis in Season 4 that she was never early nor late; his time adjusted to accommodate hers. #boss</p>

<p>You <em>know</em> this Market Equities power player had to have been a formidable foe for Beth if she managed to leave the show with no more harm done than a disgraced reputation. And, miracle of miracles, she did.</p>

<p>The Yellowstone’s most reluctant hand doesn’t go looking for trouble, it just has a way of… Aw, who are we kidding? The guitar-strumming Casanova <em>totally</em> goes looking for trouble, preferably the kind with curves.</p>

<p>We don’t know the last name of Rainwater’s right-hand man, but based on his history of kicking ass and taking names we’re gonna <em>guess</em> that it’s something along the lines Doesn’t Put Up With Any BS.</p>

<p>He may be as old as the dirt in which he’ll someday be buried, but make no mistake: The Yellowstone’s oldest hand can still throw down with the best of ’em. Just ask Walker.</p>

<p>It’s no wonder this scrappy youngster made such an impression on Beth: From the get-go, he was, in essence, a Mini-Me of her rough-hewn honey, Rip. Hell, Carter even pissed ’er off and lived to tell the tale!</p>

<p>If not the smartest person in the room, one of ’em — always. The savvy politician has a knack for looking at the big picture — not to mention a smile that has always made her irresistible to sometime lover John.</p>

<p>Ack! Brain force field up! Why? Because so adept at playing mind games is Jamie’s biological father that we can wind up feeling all twisted inside after nothing more than watching a scene that he’s in.</p>

<p>Not since J.R. Ewing was there a villain who delighted in his own cunning quite as much as the Market Equities mover and shaker that Beth hilariously described as the long-lost love child of Fabio and Lucille Ball.</p>

<p>Bless his heart, the Yellowstone outcast has as much trouble staying in the saddle as we do not falling off the edge of our seats while <em>watching</em> the show. But credit where it’s due: He’s got the spirit of any three cowboys combined.</p>

<p>Make no mistake: The chief of the Broken Rock Reservation wants for his people what is rightfully theirs. However, he refuses to just take it, instead traveling the high road in hopes of taking it with honor.</p>

<p>John’s adopted son gets so much hate that it’s easy to feel sorry for him. But then he goes and does something to remind you of what an opportunistic SOB he is, and you regret softening toward him for even an instant.</p>

<p>The youngest of John’s heirs is the kinda brute that you want on your side in a brawl and the kinda sweetheart that you want on your side in life. Even when he’s 100-percent wrong, he’s always <em>trying</em> to do right.</p>

<p>We didn’t blame young Carter a bit when he announced, “I wanna be him [when I grow up].” The Dutton family’s patriarch is the kinda complicated guy who can do bad, bad things and still leave you feeling like he’s a good guy.</p>

<p>We’re likelier to master trigonometry than we are to figure out John’s badass daughter, a metaphorical tornado who blows away everyone in her path — us included.</p>

<p>Beth gets all the best lines, it’s true. But we couldn’t keep the top spot from the tough-as-leather ranch foreman who can both shed tears after having to beat up a friend <em>and</em> kill a guy with a rattlesnake in an ice chest. </p>

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