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In between the bat attacks, the explosions and the downright mystifying quantum mechanic puzzles Days of Our Lives gave us this week, it’s become clear that we could be getting some genuinely delightful (and delightfully unexpected) supercouples coming our way soon. So let’s dive in as we wrap up Connie once and for all! (Maybe.)

A Grave Mistake

We only got a little of the Xander/Brady/Fiona stuff at the beginning of the week, but it was most definitely a highlight. Especially Xander’s reaction to finding out Fiona and Brady had slept together! “I shot your mom, so you shag mine?!” As if that wouldn’t have just made him more likely to smack Brady with that bat. But yeah, while Brady may have covered for Fiona’s drinking and is very much determined to let his life sink down the toilet, I can already tell this connection is going to be her downfall.

It’ll be just what John needs to put the pieces together and start digging into what really happened the night Sarah was hit. All he needs to do is talk to some people at the bar, find out they left together and Brady was barely able to stand and realize Fiona had to have driven his car home. Proving it will be another matter, but Fiona finally tripped herself up with this revelation. But at least it shows she does actually care about Brady. In a way. Just not enough to come clean.

Schrödinger’s Mom

So Clyde’s behind everything because he wants the DiMera fortune and is holding the Greenes’ mom hostage. Pretty standard stuff, but I’m so confused. I thought Mark was the eldest sibling, who looked after Aaron and Felicity because their parents were out of the picture. Then, over the summer, Aaron went to his mom’s barbecue for the 4th of July. Then after, they were talking as if their parents were dead and Mark had to raise them. And now their mother is alive and being held by Clyde to make Mark and fake Abigail do his bidding.

Does Aaron not know this?? Is he not concerned that his mom has been missing since the 4th?

I feel like we’re getting Schrödinger’s cat here. We won’t know if their mom is alive or dead until we open the box and observe her. (I’m just linking to a simple explanation of the quantum thought experiment rather than try to describe the thought experiment.) And who is their mom? I’m really hoping it’s someone we know, or maybe I should say, knew to put some kind of hook in this story. I’ve got an idea of who she could be, which would make the Greenes a whole lot more tied to Salem than we think, but I’m still worried.

Then there’s the marriage. Abigail and Chad are still married if she never died. They do not need to get remarried for whatever Clyde’s plan is to steal the DiMera money! And if he wants it as an insurance plan in case she’s discovered, that doesn’t work because the marriage would be invalid if it was under a false identity! *Deep breath*

Where was I? I feel like this story is just being made up as it goes and that doesn’t exactly have me feeling confident. But at the same time, they’re going to great pains to make it clear Mark and “Abigail” aren’t bad people, which means they’re going to try to keep them around — and I do actually like Chad and his fake wife’s chemistry. I’m very much up for seeing if they’re a fiery match once this is all cleared up.

Poor Chad should not have to be just tied to one character who may or may not ever return and all my misgivings aside, I really love AnnaLynne McCord’s performance. Her reaction to Chad’s vows was genuinely sweet. If “Abigail” and Chad don’t end up together, I’m going to be darn surprised.

Boom Goes the Storyline

Connie’s finally caught, and I guess the only question is if she’ll be shot and killed or sent to prison forever. (Or until Days needs a serial killer again.) But Friday’s episode pace seemed a bit odd. Viewers have been clamoring for weeks for this to wrap up, then they just rushed that last bit like they were being played off the stage mid acceptance speech at the Emmys.

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The show could have spent the episode counting down the bomb, building the suspense, teasing us to see if EJ or Jada would find Gabi and Melinda before it went off. Cut that between Connie’s standoff with Ava and Stefan, as the two women who were tied up struggled and managed to finally free themselves, reach the door just as EJ gets there and… Boom! Friday cliffhanger.

Instead the bomb went off, everyone was fine, and it was all wrapped up in a matter of minutes. And while it blew up the room, it barely scratched the ladies. They should have blown up the whole house. It would have made for such good story. Instead, you can see exactly where all the characters are heading. And it’s all very familiar territory. Except for this Gabi and EJ pairing we’re about to get. Like Chad and “Abigail,” this could be genuine fire.

Stray Thoughts…

• Maybe the whole Killer Connie thing went on for too long, but she kept me amused at the most surprising times. From her “It’s everyone’s fault but mine,” to her response to Melinda trying to get out of being killed by saying she didn’t get to eat the breakfast Connie made. “Well, maybe it’s for the best. Li says you’ve really been packing on the pounds.”

• I know talking out loud and gabbing about secrets on the phone where anyone can hear them is a hallmark of Days of Our Lives, but for the love of God, people, at least start doing it with an eye on the door.
• Stefan’s kind of surprised, kind of, “Of course this is happening,” uttering of, “Oh, God,” when he saw Connie with a knife to Ava’s throat was the perfect DiMera response.
• Could we please get a name for “Abigail” already instead of just “Sis?”