Days of Our Lives fans. So, right now, Leo Stark (Greg Rikaart) knows if something bad has happened to his bestie, Gwen Rizczech (Emily O’Brien), that EJ DiMera (Dan Feuerriegel) is to blame. Plus, Gwen told Leo that her lawyer has a pile of evidence that will ruin EJ and it’ll be triggered on a dead man’s switch.
Days of our Lives: Gwen’s Strategic Plan
Now, if you remember, it’s been since back in, I think, June. But Gwen told Leo, aka Maddie, that if something happens to her, she knows it is because of EJ. And Gwen kind of teased Leo with some hints about the devastating evidence that she has against EJ all about his secret lab stuff going on at the hospital. And of course, we know that Leo has been dying to get the scoop and expose the sick science project EJ’s been doing for many, many months now.
But Gwen also said that she’s not going to give Leo the evidence. Now, that’s because Gwen knows EJ would kill her for outing him. But Gwen also knew that EJ might kill her anyway or kidnap or otherwise disappear her. So, she told Leo that her lawyer has all the information that he’s going to need to bring EJ down once and for all.
DOOL: EJ Betrayed Gwen
Gwen knew that she needed an insurance policy just in case. I mean, after all, EJ had already double-crossed Gwen by cutting her percentage of the profits they expected to make on Dr. Wilhelm Rolf’s (Richard Wharton) Versix serum on the black market, and that’s not panning out. So, they’re waiting on FDA approval to use it for sepsis. But, that’s going to be a long time before the money comes in, and the profits are going to be much lower than black market revenue.
And EJ now has Gwen snatched up presumably. That way he’s not going to have to share any of that money. Plus, EJ was furious when Gwen said she is buying the hospital because Kayla Johnson (Mary Beth Evans) was so happy to tell EJ that the state board decided EJ is out as the owner and that’s when he presumably had Gwen kidnapped.
Now, it might have been somebody else. We’ll talk about that in a minute, but most likely him. That way EJ can make sure Gwen can’t bail out the hospital and they’ll have no choice but to leave him as the owner. The good thing is he knows Xander Cook Kiriakis (Paul Telfer) can’t afford to buy the hospital right now.
Days of our Lives: Gwen Snatched Up
And if you recall, Gwen told Leo that if her lawyer doesn’t hear from her every 10 days, that will trigger the dead man’s switch and then Leo will get all the dirt on EJ. So, last we saw, Gwen’s confident that EJ doesn’t know about this sneaky insurance plan of hers and that Leo can blow him up if he harms Gwen. So, after talking about counterfeit handbags with Gabi Hernandez (Cherie Jimenez), we saw Gwen got the call that she can officially buy the hospital, but then a masked assailant snuck up and grabbed her.
Dead Man’s Switch and Rescue Plans on Days
And later this week on DOOL, Leo goes to Gwen’s room at the Salem Inn, and Leo sees that Gwen’s bed is still turned down. I didn’t know hotels even did turn down service anymore. I guess super fancy ones do and somehow the Salem Inn as well, but that tells Leo that Gwen didn’t come home last night and the maid may confirm it. And Leo just got the go-ahead from Chad DiMera (Billy Flynn) to write the expose on knockoff purses and he’s probably going to want to discuss that with Gabi.
And Wednesday, Days of Our Lives spoilers say that Leo and Gabi team up. So Leo may tell her about the Gwen situation when they’re talking about knockoff purses. And Gabi likes Gwen. Plus, she helped her out with this counterfeit thing. So Gabi may offer to help Leo find Gwen.
Days of our Lives: Melinda Working for Gwen?
And then we have a Friday spoiler saying Melinda Trask (Tina Huang) agrees to help Leo. So, I’m wondering if Melinda is the lawyer that Gwen hired to hold her dead man’s switch. I mean, we all know that Melinda hates EJ, so she would be the perfect lawyer to use.
But Gwen’s instructions were to hold the info until a 10-day check-in. However, we don’t know when was the last time that Melinda officially heard from Gwen. So, it may be right up at the 10 days right now. So, Leo may press Melinda to go ahead and hand over the goods to him.
I think it’d be interesting if Melinda can’t give Leo the info right now because of the 10-day waiting period, but he decides to go ahead and leverage it anyway because he’s desperate. So, we could see him going to EJ and telling him, “Give back Gwen or you are screwed.”
Days of our Lives: Leo May Save Gwen
And Leo might tell him that he contacted Gwen’s lawyer. So, if anything happens to Leo, also, they’re automatically going to call the cops on EJ and everything’s going to come out. And the last thing that EJ wants right now is police scrutiny when he’s scrambling with crises due to the arsenic, the Coriseal, and the state hospital board.
So, Leo may be able to blackmail EJ into releasing Gwen because EJ knows that Gwen would absolutely be the type to build a revenge dossier against him. And if EJ disappears Leo, then the info will come out anyway. So, EJ might be really frustrated and will have to cave.
DOOL: Gwen’s Return and Conspiracy Theories
Now, we know that Gwen is not gone for good because in the day’s big summer promo, there’s a scene with Leo, Gwen, Rafe Hernandez (Galen Gering), and Dimitri von Leuschner (Peter Porte) in the DiMera living room. I suspect it is EJ that had Gwen taken. It might have been Rita who orchestrated it, but I’m sure it was on EJ’s orders.
The other person who has issues with Gwen right now is Kristen DiMera (Stacy Haiduk), but those issues weren’t so extreme that she would kidnap her. So, in Salem right now, pretty much EJ and Kristen have their eye on Gwen. Also, we have that scene, of course, with Leo and Dimitri and Rafe and Gwen. And we know Dimitri wants to prove that Gwen kidnapped him.
But she might throw EJ under the bus and tell Rafe and Dimitri that EJ took Dimitri and threatened her and then forced Gwen to finance the secret science lab. I think that’s a good angle to work and that could be why Leo’s working hard to get Dimitri to make a deal with him since he won’t make a deal with FBI agent Rafe.
Days of our Lives: Dimitri Behind Gwen’s Abduction?
There’s also a slim chance that Dimitri had Gwen kidnapped even though he’s been gone from Salem a while. Based on the timing though with the hospital buyout, EJ’s the one with the most urgent ax to grind against Gwen. Unfortunately for EJ, even if Dimitri is the one who took Gwen, he may still do the time for his crime because her dead man switch intends to destroy him.
But for Gwen to release that, she knows that EJ would kill her for outing him. So Gwen set it up to release if she was missing or presumed dead. And I’m betting if Leo starts asking around Salem, he’ll find out Gwen was about to buy the hospital and that EJ was livid. And that could lead Leo to go see EJ and try to force his hand to release Gwen.
Days of our Lives: Gwen May Finally Forgive Leo
And of course, Leo might also be talking to Melinda about the counterfeit goods because we know she likes to buy dodgy things online like Julie Williams’ (Susan Seaforth Hayes) stolen necklace. We’ll see how it goes. But I’m excited to see Leo conspiring with both Gabi and Melinda. And both of them might get involved in the effort to save Gwen and take down EJ since all of them hate him.
I’m sure Leo panics this week when he realizes Gwen is missing. And yes, Leo does want to write a juicy expose on EJ, but not at the cost of Gwen’s life. So, we know Leo and Gwen have been through a lot together and Leo owes her some kind of amends after stealing her husband Dimitri. So, if Leo saves Gwen from EJ, then I think Gwen would finally forgive Leo and they’d be besties again.
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