Days of our Lives Recap, September 1-5, 2025: Xander makes progress, Gabi makes a discovery, and Cat makes a date

Here’s what happened on Days of our Lives, for the week of September 1st through 5th, 2025. Brady and Steve dug deep into Sophia’s story to debunk it, Chad and Cat agreed to see one another secretly, the teens moved into the dorms, Gabi overheard Xander and Philip’s secret, and Xander made Philip a tempting offer.

What Happened on Days of our Lives

Brady talked to the adoption lawyer, Patsy McGowan, about Sophia’s baby. Patsy confirmed that she had not met Tate, but that she had represented Sophia with the new parents. Brady complained that the new parents had refused to let Tate see the baby. Patsy explained that adoptive parents were often hesitant to let the biological parents spend time with the child. Patsy confirmed that the baby was a girl, and she refused to provide a copy of the papers.

Melinda met up with Patsy after her conversation with Brady. Patsy said she believed Brady had bought the story. Patsy warned Melinda about Brady’s concerns.

Thomas told Chad that he and Rachel had fought about her mom. Chad told Thomas that Rachel was struggling with her emotions, and her anger was not meant for Thomas. Chad encouraged Thomas to continue to be a good friend to Rachel and support her.

Tate invited Rachel out for an adventure. Marlena told Tate that she was proud of how he had been handling the adoption. Tate confessed that he could not stop thinking about his daughter.

Cat, Felicity, and Aaron ran into Chad and Thomas at mini golf and they played together. Tate and Rachel joined the group at golf, and Rachel and Thomas made up. Chad apologized for having snapped at Cat for accepting a job with EJ. Chad kissed Cat, and Rachel saw them. After Chad escorted Cat home, they confessed their romantic feelings for one another.

Brady gave Tate a frame from a store, and Tate recognized the generic photo in it as a photo of the adoptive parents of his child. Brady told Tate about the inconsistencies with Sophia’s story, including the sex of the baby. Melinda told Sophia about Brady’s investigation, and she calmed Sophia down. When Tate asked for a copy of the adoption papers, Sophia promised to send him a copy.

Aaron, Tate, Ari, and Holly moved into the dorms. Holly and Tate took advantage of their new freedom, and they made love in her room. Ari hung out with Aaron in his room since her dorm was occupied by Holly and Tate.

Gabi listened in on a conversation between Xander and Philip on the listening device she had planted in the Titan CEO office. Xander and Philip did not discuss the source of their animosity. Xander pushed Philip aside on his way to anger management therapy.

In therapy, Xander talked about how he had lost his temper on Victoria’s last birthday and how he did not want to do that again. Xander admitted that he still saw himself as a thug. Marlena told Xander that he could choose to be more than his past job. Xander talked about his triggers, and he told Marlena about Philip’s forgery.

Philip ran into Gabi in the square, and he told her that he wanted to quit Titan. When Philip returned to work, Xander and Philip talk about the forgery. Gabi was listening from home on her planted microphone. Xander told Philip he wanted to name him as co-CEO and why. Philip quit. Philip said he regretted what he had done. Xander appealed to Philip to reconsider, because he wanted to make an effort to be nicer. Philip choked on a piece of candy, and Xander saved his life. Xander said no matter how angry he was, it was time for them to act like brothers. Philip admitted he had faked choking in order to test Xander.

Gabi had second thoughts about telling Tony about Philip’s fraud, because she did not want to hurt Xander or Philip. Gabi told Tony anyway. Thrilled, Tony argued that they could use the information to undo the takeover of DiMera Enterprises.

Chad sent Cat flowers. Cat asked Chad about her brother Mark’s parole hearing. Frustrated, Chad said he would need to think about whether to oppose it. Jack and Jennifer returned to Salem to celebrate JJ’s birthday. Jennifer told Chad that she and Jack had sent in statements to the parole board asking them to deny Mark’s parole. Jennifer asked Chad if he had sent in his statement too.

Jack ran into Gwen, and he told her that he knew she had attacked the Horton family because she had been unable to go after Dimitri. Gwen told Jack that she knew that Jack would always be disappointed with her.

Tony was surprised to see that EJ was not more upset about Kristen’s actions with the shooting. Marlena asked Belle to go easy on Kristen at the sentencing hearing, and Belle agreed. Belle insulted Kristen, but Marlena asked her to stop the negativity.

EJ told Johnny that the jury had found him not guilty. EJ attempted to take credit for the win, but Johnny refused to forgive EJ’s actions. Johnny told EJ that he loved him, but that EJ was too toxic to be in his life. Salem U hired Johnny as the adjunct professor for the film studies class.

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Sophia gave Tate the redacted papers for the adoption. Tate was furious, because he had not agreed to a semi-open adoption. Sophia argued that the parents had insisted, and she had not wanted to risk losing what may have been her only option to adopt out their daughter. When Tate asked about the stock photo, Sophia said the parents had refused to send a photo, so she had improvised for Tate’s sake. Tate grudgingly accepted Sophia’s story, but Brady and Steve refused to give up their investigation.

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