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Explosive Welcome on DAYS! Conner Floyd Debuts as Chad DiMera on April 21 and He’ll Walk Into Chaos
Conner Floyd debuts as Chad DiMera on April 21. Lexie is alive, EJ has gone dark, and Abigail could be next to come out of the pod. Get the popcorn ready.
THE NEW CHAD DIMERA IS RETURNING TO A SALEM HE WILL NOT RECOGNIZE ON DAYS
TL;DR: Conner Floyd takes over as Chad DiMera on Tuesday, April 21, on Days of Our Lives. He told fans to get the popcorn ready, and he was not kidding. Chad will return to a resurrected sister with DiMera voting power, a brother who has gone full Stefano, a potential ISA spy as a love interest, and the very real possibility that Abigail Deveraux may be about to emerge from Dr. Rolf’s lab.
A New Chad DiMera Is About to Walk Into Total Chaos
Conner Floyd debuts as the new Chad DiMera on Tuesday, April 21, and the Salem he is walking into looks nothing like the one Billy Flynn left behind. Floyd has already told fans to get the popcorn ready for what the writers have planned, and after looking at everything that has happened since Chad packed up the kids and drove to Arizona, he is not exaggerating. Chad DiMera is returning to a family empire in crisis, a resurrected sister he thought was dead, and the very real possibility that the wife he buried may not be in her grave anymore.
Floyd began taping on June 23, 2025. He spent over 250 episodes playing Chance Chancellor on The Young and the Restless before making the leap to Days of Our Lives. Flynn, who originated this version of Chad over a decade ago, wrote on Instagram that Chad is in great hands. Floyd has indicated his version will explore the character’s inner struggle between his good side and his darker DiMera roots, which is exactly the kind of tension Salem is about to demand from him.
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Lexie Carver Changes Everything About DiMera Power
The single biggest development waiting for Chad is the resurrection of his half-sister Lexie Carver. By the time Chad gets back, Lexie will have emerged from Dr. Rolf’s pod and the DiMera family will be dealing with the fallout. Here is why that matters for Chad specifically. Lexie is Stefano DiMera‘s biological daughter with voting rights within the family. Her return reshuffles the DiMera Enterprises power structure at a moment when EJ DiMera is consolidating control, wearing Stefano’s Phoenix ring, and operating a secret lab. Theo Carver has been positioning himself as a corporate player. If Lexie comes back with opinions about who should run her father’s empire, every current alliance could collapse.
Chad left Salem partly because there was nothing left to fight for. DiMera Enterprises had been dismantled. His brother EJ was spiraling into Stefano territory. But if Lexie’s return destabilizes EJ’s grip, Chad has every reason to come back swinging. Floyd’s comments about Chad’s darker DiMera roots suggest the writers are not bringing him back to play nice.
The Abigail Question Could Define the Entire Recast
The most emotionally explosive possibility waiting for the new Chad DiMera is the chance that his late wife Abigail Deveraux might be alive. Chad visited Abigail’s grave before he left. He said goodbye. He told his children they were going to start fresh. And then he drove away from everything he knew.
But Dr. Rolf’s secret lab has been running for months underneath Salem University Hospital. Rolf tested on rats before moving to humans. We know Lexie is in a pod. If Rolf has been collecting bodies, and Abigail died in that same hospital, the possibility that she is also inside that lab is practically inevitable by soap opera standards. A new Chad discovering the love of his life has been resurrected is the kind of story that bonds an audience to a new face overnight.
This also collides with the Cat Greene situation. Before he left, Chad and Cat had developed a genuine connection. But Cat is still in Salem running her ISA operation against EJ. If Abigail is still alive, everything Cat has been feeling gets obliterated. And if Abigail is not alive, the new Chad pursuing Cat while she secretly spies on his brother creates its own kind of disaster. Choices. So. Many. Choices.
Get the Popcorn Ready
Floyd was not kidding when he told fans to prepare themselves. The new Chad DiMera is walking into a resurrected sister with corporate voting power, a brother gone full Stefano, a potential ISA spy as a love interest, and the possibility that his wife is breathing inside a laboratory tube. Thomas and Charlotte are coming back recast, which means this entire DiMera family is getting a fresh start.
What makes this transition work is that the writers are not asking Floyd to repeat what Billy did. They are giving him a Chad who has to make choices the old Chad never faced. Embrace the darkness or fight it. Trust EJ or challenge him. Move on with Cat or discover Abigail is alive. These are the decisions that will define this version of the character, and Floyd seems ready for every single one of them.
Salem has no idea what’s coming. Nor does Chad.
Will the new Chad embrace his DiMera roots or fight them? Sound off in the comments below!
