Is Jeremy going to go berserk? Days of our Lives Two Scoops for the week of February 3, 2025

It was Halloween in Salem, but unfortunately, there were no supernatural occurrences this year. The costumes were just okay, but there was nothing to write home about.

The big story happened mainly toward the end of the week when it looked like Jeremy was showing his true colors. Not only did he give Alex a vicious look, but it appeared that he took the knife meant to carve pumpkins and was going after Alex! Chances are, it’s going to turn out that he was just giving the knife to someone to use on a pumpkin, but they had to end on something shocking, right?

So there was a mild mystery surrounding Tony's disappearance. It turned out he had stepped off the cruise ship he and Anna were on to go to a meeting and supposedly missed the window to get back on before it departed for its next stop. But that’s SUPER suspicious! Perhaps he was meeting with Dr. Rolf or whoever is hoping to use the new lab in Salem to bring Stefano back from the beyond, possibly. Or maybe he was captured and replaced with a somehow alive Andre? Something seems fishy about where he was. Inquiring minds want to know!

LOOSE ENDS

So, Leo’s annoying former co-juror, Adam, showed up for the Halloween tour of Salem. He made bad jokes like he was ‘dying’ to see the ghosts. Leo was hilariously trying to be noticed by Adam, but it was too late. The guy saw him and started in with his inane banter. Things got a little out of hand as he took over the tour and decided to investigate the DiMera crypt for himself. As annoying as he is, it’s even funnier watching Leo have to deal with him, so I hope he keeps recurring as comic relief.

The story of what Jeremy is up to is slowly unfolding, and it will be interesting to see how it plays out. Is he truly reformed, or is he ready to pick up where he left off on abusing Stephanie?

EXTRA SCOOPS

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When Chad told Leo he was lucky that Rita didn’t tase him at the construction site, Leo responded, “Be that as it may, Chadwick, that very vengeful woman, who makes the Wicked Witch of the West look like Mary Poppins, clearly told EJ about our encounter, and he can do way worse than tasering me! What if he decides to disappear me?” I’m sure I don’t need to explain these references, but just in case, the Wicked Witch is from The Wizard of Oz (Both the novel series and movies, including the current Wicked films), and Mary Poppins (1964) starred Julie Andrews and DAYS’ own Dick Van Dyke.

Abe was sharing his concerns about Theo working at DiMera Enterprises, and Kayla told him that if anyone could turn things around for the better, it would be him. She then said, “I mean, I know that may sound Pollyanna-ish, but…” Abe then responded, “Well, actually, it sounds Paulina-ish.” A Pollyanna is someone who is excessively cheerful or optimistic, and comes from the name of the optimistic main character in the 1913 novel “Pollyanna” by Eleanor H. Porter. The character, Pollyanna Whittier, tries to find a reason to be optimistic in any situation, which led to her name becoming synonymous with an overly cheerful and optimistic attitude.

Jeremy told Jada, “I didn’t peg you as an anime fan.” She responded, “What? Okay, I have been obsessed with The First Windslayer since middle school. My sister and I, we’ve watched every episode at least five times.” He then asked, “What’d you think about the reboot?” She answered, “Ugh. So disappointing,” and Jeremy felt justified saying, “Thank you!” Surprisingly, this is not a real-world reference as there is no Japanese animated show with that title. It’s likely a spoof of something like The Last Airbender.

Leo and Cat were talking about how Aaron’s going to sign away his parental rights to Tesoro. Leo then said, “My God, when I was his age, my biggest concern was whether Take That would find an American audience. The only references I could find for something called ‘Take That’ were a 1950s Australian comedy TV show of the same name, which aired on HSV-7 in Melbourne from 1957 to 1959, or an English pop group called 'Take That' which was formed in Manchester in 1990. The group currently consists of Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, and Mark Owen. The original line-up also featured Jason Orange and Robbie Williams. That reference was beyond even my pop culture knowledge skills.

SHOT OF THE WEEK

Jeremy was not happy when Jada ended their date after they talked about how he used to date Stephanie. That was too close to home for Jada after the whole Everett/Bobby fiasco. Jeremy was walking home afterwards and threw a small pumpkin on the ground, and stood there in a cool duster just looking as mean as can be. Very well done.

TONY’S OUTFIT OF THE WEEK

Tony was missing this week! Oh no! Turns out he wasn’t really, but we didn’t see him. So, in honor of Halloween, we’re spotlighting Leo’s cool Jack o' lantern shirt. Or is it a sweatshirt? The shot of him in the Spectator office was nicely composed, and there wasn’t a lot of clutter in the background. Yes, I know you've already seen this pic above a couple of times, but it stood out among everything else.

LINE(S) OF THE WEEK

Leo told Chad about how he snuck into EJ’s construction site “and created a teeny, tiny problem” that he needed Chad’s help with fixing. He explained that at the door to the secret lab, which had a keypad lock, “I just started randomly punching in numbers when I felt a presence behind me.” No, it wasn’t a presence in the Force. He continued, “So I turned and saw, standing there in a hard hat, your family’s fixer.” When Chad asked if he meant Rita, Leo responded, “I mean an imperious and overwhelming troll of a woman who made me jump out of my exquisitely moisturized skin, Chadwick.”

“You got out of there without getting tased,” Chad said later in the conversation after Leo described what happened. Hilarious.

Gwen tells EJ, “You almost seem scared of Leo Stark, of all people.” EJ chuckled and said he wasn’t scared of Leo, adding, “I just don’t want that little prat to cause any trouble for us. So find out what he knows and report back.” Prat is a British way of saying incompetent or idiot. I thought it was hilarious, but that word only works when a person with a British accent says it.

Maggie was going to oust Xander from Titan, but when Philip defended him, she reminded him that Xander beat him to a bloody pulp. Philip graciously responded, “Honestly, Maggie, if the shoe were on the other foot, I’d have tried to kill me, too.”

Chad encouraged Leo to take Gwen up on her offer to go out for a meal and find out what she’s up to, saying, “If nothing else, you get a free meal out of it.” That seemed right up Leo’s alley! But he was hesitant, responding, “Maybe a little arsenic in my Aperol spritz.”

Aaron was getting ready to lead a haunted tour in Salem for Halloween, and he bumped into Leo, who was a first time meeting for both. When Leo asked for a copy of what Aaron’s supposed to say as a tour guide, the young man asked if he was a reporter. Leo responded, “I normally am out exposing corruption, criminality, raking muck, as we say in the biz. But hey, it’s Halloween. Everybody loves a ghost story, right?”

When Adam saw Leo and called him ‘roomie,’ Aaron wondered if they used to live together. Leo responded, “If by live, you mean forced to share a minuscule hotel room with zero electronic devices, not even a stun gun I could use to zap myself into oblivion rather than listen to you [Adam] drone on about old Jimmy hiking the Appalachian Trail, then yeah.” Of course, Adam was oblivious to Leo’s barbs.

REACTION OF THE WEEK

Aaron found out that he was the father of Tesoro. He’s so goofy, his reaction was great and very believable. Louis Tomeo should get some praise for a job well done! He played Aaron’s reaction perfectly, and as you can see in the image, he looks like he might throw up after learning the news!

RANDOM THOUGHTS

Brady took Sarah to a “rage room” where she could smash stuff. It was very cathartic to even just watch her smash the crap out of glassware and other stuff. She whacked a punching bag with a bat and threw tires like she was the Hulk! SARAH SMASH!

Xander admitted to Marlena that he was the one who pummeled Philip. That’s probably a good thing because he couldn’t truly heal and change without addressing the knuckle sandwich in the room.

I know Theo’s angry at JJ, but he’s gotta get off his high horse and leave the guy alone. It’s not like JJ is some kind of creep. He’s an honest dude and made an honest mistake! Theo needs to leave JJ alone and focus on his own business.

Jeremy admitted to JJ that there was something from his past that he wished he could go back and undo. I wonder if he’s sincere? Doubtful.

I like the “Horton Town Scare” name for Salem’s Halloween event. Very clever. I didn’t look it up to see if that’s what they’ve always called it, but that doesn’t matter. It was super cool.

PARTING THOUGHTS

OUTRO

Okay, I'm not a huge fan of 'DOOL-ers' as a name for DAYS fans, so moving forward I'll try out some new ones. Here's the first:

Thanks for joining me this week, DOOLigans! Next time, I’ll boldly go where no man has gone before…mostly because my GPS has no idea where we are.

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