The Captain Obvious Award Goes to DAYS’ Philip Kiriakis for the Way He Pounced on Gabi DiMera Post-Inheritance

PHILIP KIRIAKIS POUNCED ON GABI DIMERA’S MONEY LIKE A THIRSTY MAN IN THE DESERT AND WE NOTICED

TL;DR: Philip Kiriakis pounced on Gabi DiMera the moment she walked into the Kiriakis mansion on Days of Our Lives, asked her when she was getting her “gargantuan” share of the DiMera fortune, and could not have made his motives more obvious if he had filled out a job application to be her accountant. The Captain Obvious Award goes to Philip.

Let Us Set the Scene

Gabi DiMera walked into the Kiriakis mansion on Days of Our Lives after surviving the most chaotic will reading Salem has seen in years, and her boyfriend met her at the door practically vibrating. Not with concern. Not with empathy. With one extremely specific question already loaded in the chamber.

When was Gabi getting her gargantuan share of the DiMera money?

Philip Kiriakis could not pounce fast enough. He was practically drooling. He could not stop bringing it up. And every time he opened his mouth about that inheritance, he made it three steps clearer that the boyfriend of the year is currently looking at his girlfriend the way the rest of us look at a clearance rack at Nordstrom.

We are giving the Captain Obvious Award to Philip. He earned every gleaming inch of it.

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The Evidence, Presented Without Comment

Let us be very specific about what Philip Kiriakis did. He used the word “gargantuan” to describe Gabi’s incoming share of the DiMera fortune. This is a man who has spent the last several months scheming, dodging, lying about a forged letter, and watching his family company circle the financial drain, and the first word out of his mouth when his girlfriend walked through the door after a Stefano DiMera will reading was the kind of adjective you reach for when you cannot believe your good fortune.

He could not stop pouncing. Not romantically. Financially. Every conversational off-ramp Gabi gave him led right back to the inheritance. How much was it. When was it coming. What was she going to do with it. This was the boyfriend equivalent of a child asking if we are there yet, except instead of Disneyland the destination was apparently a bank account at DiMera Enterprises.

And then Gabi, who has had a truly long week, did something that should have stopped him in his tracks. She told him to take the money. Everything she had was his.

That was the moment Philip looked her in the eye and said, “everything I have is yours too.”

Sir. We have seen your portfolio.

What Philip Said vs. What Philip Actually Meant

Philip said: “I could not possibly take that money.” Philip meant: I would absolutely take that money.

Philip said: “Everything I have is yours too.” Philip meant: I have a struggling family company that I lied my way through, a forged letter problem that is one accidental Gabi confession away from blowing up, and a finite amount of time before someone realizes whose fingerprints are on which document.

Gabi: “Take the money.” Philip’s face: An entire emotional buffet including but not limited to gratitude, calculation, relief, panic, and one barely concealed prayer of thanks.

Who Is Getting the Short End of This Stick

Here is the part that Days of Our Lives is going to make us watch in slow motion over the next several months.

Tony DiMera already offered Gabi the CEO chair at the family company. Gabi turned him down because of Philip. Gabi is the one who quietly fed Tony the information about Philip’s forged letter that took down the DiMera and Titan merger, and she has been carrying that secret while Philip has been carrying a calculator.

She is offering him the money before the lawyers have drafted the paperwork. Philip Kiriakis is performing reluctance with all the conviction of a man who once tried to talk his way out of buying a hospital.

We will say this for Philip Kiriakis. He is committed. He has never once made it difficult to figure out exactly what he wants from a Hernandez at any given moment. The boyfriend who cannot stop asking about the inheritance is not protecting Gabi. He is protecting the version of Gabi who has a great deal of money. Captain Obvious indeed.

Is Philip Kiriakis the most transparent boyfriend in Salem history, and how long does Gabi DiMera have before she figures out exactly where his real loyalties live? Sound off below because this comment section is going to be a lot!

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