Adoption in Ashes! Sophia’s Deception Leaves Johnny and Chanel in Pieces: Days of our Lives Two Scoops for the week of February 3, 2025

The big thing this week on Days of our Lives was Sophia ruining Johnny and Chanel’s potential adoption of Tesoro. The letter she wrote last week was read by the social worker who was doing the home interview, and it stated that Johnny was sexting with one of his students.

Days of our Lives, school daze

Of course, using Holly’s phone, Sophia sent Johnny the pic of Holly’s cleavage just as they were in the interview, and the social worker saw it. Sophia’s turning really bad, and things are going to get worse. But Johnny’s on the case, and the timing with the fire and Holly’s blackout drunk state will eventually come to light. As much as I don’t like when soap secrets come out too quickly, I think this needs to come out ASAP because Johnny and Chanel have suffered too much lately.

The last couple of weeks have been rather lackluster, but things finally heated up this week with the blackout. Supposedly, the origin of the blackout was at the construction site of the hospital’s new Tom Horton Free Clinic. Gwen is part of the secret operation going on, funding it, and EJ explained that they had “enhanced electrical needs,” which is super cool because I’m hoping to see an awesome villain laboratory. Hopefully, there will be numerous Tesla coils, tables with restraints, computer banks with flashing lights and beeping sounds, and chemicals percolating in beakers.

By the end of the week, Paulina confronted EJ about it and threatened a lawsuit. Honestly, I just figured he was going to blame it on the electricians so that they’d be sued. But instead, he threw at her the concept that the city’s power grid was woefully out of date, and that’s what caused it. Whatever the case, he’s got more consultants than you could shake a stick at who will verify his claim, whether or not it’s true.

Rachel told Thomas that Chad and Cat were dating, and the last shot of the week was an angry Thomas confronting his dad about it. What made it worse was that Rachel cruelly told him that Cat pretended to be his dead mother! I thought she had changed her ways, but no, she can still be a little meanie. Of course, Chad will talk his way out of it and make Thomas understand. Besides, he and Cat make a cute couple.

LOOSE ENDS

JJ was working to stop the looting during the blackout, and he saw Theo from the back, in the darkness, and asked him to stop. He didn’t know it was Theo, and he was caught up in keeping the peace. But he scared the poop out of Theo, who lit into him because of what happened years ago. Theo needs to just get over it. JJ’s a good guy and didn’t intentionally single Theo out.

Instead, he was just trying to enforce the curfew as part of his JOB. It was a very tense scene and had a profound effect on the characters. I hope JJ doesn’t start rethinking his decision to rejoin the police force and start acting all sad-sack like Chad used to.

Has Belle always had asthma, or was that something concocted for this storyline? She and EJ were trapped in the elevator together, and she struggled to breathe because of his cologne in the enclosed space. He was surprised to learn this about her, especially when she pulled out an inhaler. But her icy demeanor toward him started to thaw, and after the power came back and they escaped the elevator, the two looked like they wanted to say something to each other, but held back. That was a nice moment. Hopefully, they’ll get back together at some point.

EXTRA SCOOPS

REFERENCES

When Leo was trying to bust Gwen out of the room she was trapped in, he told her the door wouldn’t budge. She asked if he was sure, and he replied, “Yes, I’m sure. It’s locked up tighter than Chris Hemsworth’s abs!” Hemsworth, of course, is a well-known movie star who plays The Mighty Thor in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

He finally gets a crowbar and smashes a hole in the wall. When she tells him, “Matty, you did it!” he said, “I did? Eat your heart out, Lou Ferrigno!” Of course, she didn’t know who that was, and he responded, “Who? The professional bodybuilder who played the title character on The Incredible Hulk, who won Mr. America and Mr. Universe in 1973 who beat out Arnold Schwarzenegger for the role of the Hulk because Arnold wasn’t tall enough. See, he was only 6’2”, whereas Lou…” She interrupted him so he could continue rescuing her. (Ferrigno is actually 6’5”.)

The Incredible Hulk was an amazing hit TV show that ran from 1977 to 1982, based on the Marvel Comics character, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Bill Bixby (The Courtship of Eddie's Father) played mild-mannered Dr. David Bruce Banner, who, after being bombarded by gamma radiation, would turn into the Hulk (Ferrigno) when he became angry or outraged.

While playing Monopoly, Rachel and Thomas got into a fight over a card. It was the “Get out of jail free” card, and Julie used some much-needed tough love, forcing Thomas to give it back to Rachel. I like how it sort of symbolized her dismay at her mother being in prison.

With nothing to do in the blackout, a few couples danced between the sheets, including Xander and Sarah, and Chad and Cat. It was nice to see Xander and Sarah’s reunion, and hopefully, he and Philip will never again mention the fact that he really did beat the crap out of Phil. Considering Philip’s willingness to let it go and let bygones be bygones, it’s the kind of secret that should never come to the surface. And Chad and Cat have been having a nice, slow-burning relationship.

During the blackout, Julie told the kids she would make popcorn. Rachel asked how that was possible without power, most likely because she’s only ever seen it made in the microwave oven. But Julie explained that she has a gas stove. So, she could have made the popcorn in a pot or had a container of Jiffy Pop to cook on the stove! (Now I’m craving Jiffy Pop popcorn.)

SHOT OF THE WEEK

In a hilarious moment, EJ told Kayla that his IT guys found that the Anastasia Q&A was broadcast from her office. Naturally, he assumed SHE was Anastasia and started to poke fun at her about it. “So, tell me, Anastasia,” he said while making funny faces as if he was sharing juicy gossip, “Where did you get the inspiration for One Stormy Night? Those fiery, sensuous encounters, some slow building, others fast and hard?” She was flabbergasted. Ultimately, Stephanie copped to it, and she swore EJ to secrecy about her secret identity.

LINE(S) OF THE WEEK

Gwen wasn’t too happy being stuck in the room during the blackout, for obvious reasons. When EJ returned home, she started to confront him, and he said he wasn’t in the mood to talk about it. She hilariously replied, “I don’t give a beaver’s ass what bloody mood you’re in!”

When EJ learned that Stephanie was actually Anastasia, he told her, “While I’m not happy that you’ve been moonlighting all this time, what, with the clinic opening and a celebratory gala on the horizon, the last thing this hospital needs is for all the good it’s doing to be overshadowed by its publicist’s dance of deception.”

REACTION OF THE WEEK

When Paulina barged into the DiMera mansion and yelled at EJ for not answering his phone, Gwen was pleasantly surprised and said she couldn’t agree more. She had a delightful reaction.

RANDOM THOUGHTS

I must say, we’ve seen quite a few mad scientist labs on soaps over the decades, but I don’t know if we’ve ever seen one constructed on a show. I kind of dig the concept, and I think it’ll be super fun once it’s done and we can witness people bringing Stefano’s consciousness back from the dead.

Speaking of which, Susan Banks once again told Marlena that she didn’t think Stefano himself was around, but she felt his presence. Is it just because, as audience members, we’re objective observers and we can see that it’s his essence, his soul, his consciousness, whatever you want to call it, that’s triggering Susan’s Spidey sense? You would think that with Marlena and Susan’s dealings with the supernatural, they would immediately jump to that conclusion.

I debated whether this should go in References or here, and I figured because of its random nature, it belonged here: Julie got Thomas and Rachel to play Monopoly, and the little Monopoly Man on the cover DID NOT have a monocle on! I firmly believe this is a Mandela Effect because he ALWAYS had a monocle. Heck, even in Ace Venture: When Nature Calls, there was a dude who looked just like the Monopoly guy, and HE had a monocle. I went and looked at my super old Monopoly game from the 1970s that I’ve had my whole life, and his monocle disappeared! Something happened to our timeline, and he no longer has one. Does anyone else remember him with a monocle?

Chad’s continuing to subconsciously gather clues about Cat’s spy secret. When he found out she liked snakes, he let it all out, stating, “You like snakes. You like clowns. You’re a talented artist. And you know how many republics are in the Russian Federation off the top of your head. Am I missing anything?” She referred to them as “eccentricities,” which was hilarious. Let’s not forget that she’s an expert skydiver and is extremely calm under pressure. We’re going to have to start keeping track of every time Chad notices something new about her and watch them add up in his head.

PARTING THOUGHTS

There are a lot of stories that are progressing nicely, and the blackout was a great way to force some characters together as well as cause some problems. I’m glad Xander and Sarah reconnected, but I am afraid for their future because the reunion is based on a lie. Hopefully, if it comes to light that he lied, something bigger or more life-threatening will overshadow that, and Sarah will realize that they really belong together. We shall see.

And Chad and Cat hooking up is a nice progression of their storyline. I feel bad for Thomas, though, but life goes on, and he’s going to have to get used to his dad dating women who aren’t his mother. Hopefully, he won’t need too much therapy!

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