DAYS BOMBSHELL! EJ DiMera Isn’t Resurrecting Lexie Carver Out of Love — He’s Engineering a Corporate Takeover Nobody Sees Coming

EJ DIMERA’S POD PERSON SCHEME COULD DESTROY PAULINA’S ENTIRE WORLD ON DAYS

TL;DR: EJ DiMera and Gwen visit the mysterious pod person on Tuesday’s Days of Our Lives, and by Friday EJ shocks Paulina with what he’s been hiding. All signs point to Lexie Carver being the woman in Rolf’s resurrection tube, and if she wakes up, it won’t just reunite a family. It will blow up a marriage, end a career, and hand EJ total control of DiMera Enterprises.

The Phoenix Ring Wasn’t a Gift — It Was a Crown

When Dr. Rolf handed EJ DiMera Stefano’s original Phoenix ring and told him the time was right, that wasn’t a sentimental gesture. It was a coronation. And on this week’s Days of Our Lives, the new king of the DiMera empire is about to reveal exactly how ruthless his reign is going to be. On Monday, Dr. Rolf busied himself with the pod. Tuesday finds EJ and Gwen Rizczech visiting the person inside it. And by Friday, EJ DiMera shocks Paulina Price with whatever he’s been cooking up in that secret lab.

Here’s where the story gets delicious, because everyone is focused on the emotional bombshell of Lexie coming back from the dead. But EJ DiMera didn’t spend months funding a secret lab, bankrolling Rolf’s research, and hiding a human being in a giant test tube because he missed family dinners. He did it because resurrecting Lexie solves every single problem on his corporate chess board.

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The speculation has been building, and at this point, the evidence is overwhelming. The woman in the glowing blue tube is almost certainly Lexie Carver, EJ’s beloved half-sister who died in 2012 of an inoperable brain tumor. Her grave was found empty. EJ has been speaking to the pod person with genuine affection. And Rolf has finally perfected his resurrection serum by combining it with Versavix, the miracle drug that saved Bo Brady’s life, which specifically promotes brain cell regeneration. That’s exactly what a woman who died of a brain tumor would need.

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This isn’t About Love – It’s About the Board

Stefano’s will is about to be read, and it’s going to divide the DiMera fortune among his children: EJ, Kristen DiMera, Tony DiMera, Chad, and if she’s alive, Lexie. Right now, EJ is vulnerable. Kristen is actively trying to take him down. Tony and Chad left town and want nothing to do with the company. And Gabi Hernandez may be about to claim Stefan’s shares now that Rafe is proving the divorce papers were forged, making her Stefan’s widow and heir to a chunk of the DiMera empire. That’s a hostile vote EJ can’t control.

But a resurrected Lexie? She would inherit her share from Stefano’s will and be eternally grateful to the brother who literally brought her back from the dead. Lexie votes with EJ. Combined with Johnny DiMera in the CEO seat doing EJ’s bidding, EJ builds a supermajority that Kristen and Gabi can’t touch.

Abe Gets What He Wants — And Loses Everything

The other layer to this scheme involves Abe Carver, who has been secretly conspiring with EJ DiMera to get Theo Carver out of the DiMera CEO chair. Abe is terrified that working for the family company nearly got his son killed during the crypt kidnapping, and he wants Theo far away from anything DiMera. EJ promised he had a plan but refused to share the details. Now we know why. How exactly do you tell a man that you’re resurrecting his dead wife?

Once Lexie wakes up, there’s no universe in which she allows Theo to keep running the company that has terrorized their family for decades. Theo steps down willingly because his mother asks him to. Abe gets what he wanted. Johnny keeps the CEO chair. And EJ controls the entire empire.

Paulina Is Walking Into a Nightmare

Friday’s spoiler says EJ shocks Paulina, and this could very well be the moment he shows her who’s in that tube. Paulina has been encouraging Theo to follow his gut and return to DiMera, which is the exact opposite of what Abe and EJ want. She’s about to get blindsided on every front. Her stepson pulled from the company. Her husband running back to the love of his life. And EJ, a man who openly despises her, orchestrating the whole thing with a smile.

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Meanwhile, Cat Greene and Rafe Hernandez are closing in on EJ’s secret lab. Cat’s brother Mark signed a strict NDA to work with Rolf, and Rafe may soon stumble into the hidden chamber while searching for Stephanie. EJ DiMera might be the smartest schemer in Salem, but he’s got the ISA, the FBI, and a very suspicious police commissioner circling his operation. The clock is ticking on the biggest resurrection since Stefano himself, and when that pod opens, nothing in Salem will ever be the same.

Do you think Lexie’s resurrection will destroy Paulina and Abe’s marriage? Or will Rafe blow EJ’s cover before the pod even opens? Drop your predictions below!

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