Days of Our Lives Recap Friday, January 18: Xander Agrees To Leo’s Plan – Sarah Wants Eric

Days of Our Lives’ Eric (Greg Vaughan) joins Rex (Kyle Lowder) and Sarah (Linsey Godfrey) with a beer; Rex keeps hinting that he wants him to leave.

DOOL Spoilers Rex Admits To Sleeping With Sarah’s Sister

Eric gets a text telling him Xander (Paul Telfer) is out of jail, Eric goes after him, and Sarah tries to follow. Rex stops Sarah and Rex tells her the text isn’t real. Rex doesn’t believe the text is real because he asked Eric to leave. Sarah is upset that there are more lies involved. Rex tells Sarah they need to talk this out. Rex says he has never stopped loving her and he knows she still loves him.

Sarah tells Rex that she did love him. Rex says he made the biggest mistake of his life and will always regret it. Sarah tells him he made two mistakes and refused to tell her one of them. Rex asks why it matters who the other woman was; it meant nothing. Sarah asks why he can’t tell her who it was then. Rex wants to move forward and will never cheat on her again. Sarah brings up Mimi; he says he’s going to help raise his daughter, nothing more. Sarah agrees to think about giving Rex a chance if he tells her who the other woman is.

Rex says he has moved on, Sarah says she hasn’t. Rex tells Sarah he slept with her sister Noelle. Sarah says the only Noelle she knows is and pauses. Sarah looks at Rex and says you slept with my sister. Rex slept with Noelle when she came to visit Sarah in Chicago. Rex says they were hanging out and had a few drinks. Rex says it was a terrible mistake. Sarah asked if he used protection or did he knock up Noelle too.

Sarah slaps Rex and runs out. Rex runs after her, and he almost knocks Chloe (Nadia Bjorlin) down. Rex apologizes for running Chloe down; he says he has to find Sarah and apologize. Chloe tells Rex he is an idiot for telling Sarah she slept with her sister. Chloe tells Rex if it were her, she would hurt him in the worst possible way.

Days Of Our Lives Spoilers John Finds Information For Will

Days of Our Lives’ Marlena (Deidre Hall) and Chloe discuss Eric while she’s waiting on John (Drake Hogestyn) to join her. John tells Marlena that Xander is still alive and they had to let him go. Marlena can’t believe Xander is walking around. Marlena wants Xander put away because of Eric, not herself. Will (Chandler Massey) asks John if he has had any updates on Leo’s (Greg Rikaart) mom.

John gets a call and tells Will to wait; this could be about his mom. It turned out to be Paul (ex-Christopher Sean) calling with his new number. John gets a text with information for Will. Marlena kisses John and thanks him for helping Will. John says Sonny (Freddie Smith) and Will are meant to be. Marlena says like to other people she knows and pulls him into another kiss.

DOOL Spoilers Eli Escorts Eric Home

Days of Our Lives’ Eli (Lamon Archey) apologizes to Hope (Kristian Alfonso) for having to set Xander free. Hope blames Sheila (Tione “T-Boz” Watkins), and Eli tries to take the blame for it. Rafe (Galen Gering) says Xander always screws up and will again, they need to watch him. Eli says the Nashville police will be able to charge Xander Eric tells Eli that Xander ruins lives and gets away with it. Eli threatens to lock Eric up to keep him from going after Xander. Eli escorts Eric home to keep him from going after Xander and promises they will try to put Xander away.

Days Of Our Lives Xander Agrees To Leo’s Plan

Days of Our Lives’ Sonny calls Will because he needs to hear his voice. Sonny tells Will that Leo is spending all of his money and he can’t do anything to stop him. Leo asks Victor (John Aniston) where Xander is; Victor believes Xander is in jail, but he gets a shock when he walks into the room. Xander tells Victor he was released to police incompetence and asks if Victor is ready to accept his deal and make him CEO of Titan. Victor refuses to discuss business in from of Leo who he says ogles Xander like a bitch in heat.

Xander says he can cut Chad (Billy Flynn) off at the knees with the information he has. Victor tells Xander to take his deal and shove it. Xander goes out of the room, and Leo suggests Xander take him up on his offer. Victor tells Sonny that Leo is gone, he’s chasing Xander around. Sonny tells Victor Leo has a skeleton they can use that he doesn’t want to be exposed. Outside the door, Xander agrees to Leo’s plan. Xander tells Leo to bring a stiff drink and meet him upstairs. Leo shows up in a robe with champaign. Leo jumps on the bed and tells Xander not to keep him waiting. Xander asks how they are going to do this. Leo tells Xander he will do all the heavy lifting and jumps onto him on the bed.

DOOL Rafe Tells Hope, He’s Leaving Town

Days of Our Lives’ Rafe tells Hope he needs to talk to her alone. Hope asks if it’s about Ted (Gilles Marini) and Stefan (Tyler Christopher) again, Rafe tells her it’s about Sami (Alison Sweeney). Eric shows up at the police station demanding answers. Rafe tells Hope that E.J.’s (ex-James Scott) recovery isn’t going well. Sami wants Rafe to help deal with Johnny (formerly Aaron and Griffen Kunitz). Hope says Sami snaps her fingers and Rafe goes running again.

Rafe explains that Johnny is having major issues and Sami thinks he can help him. Hope wants to know why Sami’s family can’t help. Rafe asks if Hope understands, she understands he is a caring person, but she brings up Rafe sleeping with Sami. Hope tells Rafe she can’t be ok with him going to Sami or how he expects her to be ok. Rafe tells Hope he has to help Johnny. Hope isn’t ok with that; she needs his help. Hope says it’s time they work on their relationship. Hope tells Rafe if he loves her as much as he says he will stay there with her. Hope begs Rafe to stay in Salem after he accuses her of only needing help from Ted.

Rafe tells Hope she knows he loves her and he’s not going for long. Rafe knows there is a kid out there that needs his help. Rafe doesn’t know if it was Sami or Johnny’s idea, but he feels like he needs to help him. Hope asks Rafe to see this from her point of view. Hope pictures him and Sami getting closer and sleeping together. Hope sees Rafe having sex with Sami.

Hope says it hurts her to think about it because of their history. Rafe understands what Hope is saying. Rafe loves Hope, and their marriage is precious to him. Rafe tells Hope its not about their marriage; it is about this kid that needs his help. Rafe needs to go for Johnny. Hope tells Rafe he has already made his decision no matter how she feels. Rafe tells Hope he doesn’t want to leave her like this. The trip isn’t a choice between her and Sami, and it has nothing to do with their marriage. Hope tells Rafe to have a safe trip and walks out.

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Days Of Our Lives Sarah Wants To Hurt Rex

Days of Our Lives’ Sarah bursts into Eric’s apartment and tells him to never do that to her again. Eric asks her what, she says to lie to me about the text. Eric tells Sarah the text was real, the police released Xander for lack of evidence. Sarah questions if Eric went after Xander to try and kill him again, he says he didn’t because she talked him down. Eric moves to hug Sarah and try to calm her down, but she wants Eric to see how it feels for people you love to betray you. Sarah grabs Eric and kisses him. Eric pulls away from Sarah and tells her they need to stop before they do something they will both regret. Eric and Sarah begin kissing and move to the sofa.

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