Days Of Our Lives
She ATE the (Non-Existent) NOTES?! Rachel Black’s Ridiculous Cover Stories Crash and Burn on DAYS
Rachel Black’s cover story implodes on Days of Our Lives when she claims she ate the notes proving Sophia Choi can talk.
RACHEL BLACK ATE THE EVIDENCE AND DAYS OF OUR LIVES WRITERS WANT US TO BELIEVE IT
TL;DR: Rachel Black’s cover story for Sophia Choi completely implodes when Bayview’s doctor asks for proof on Days of Our Lives. Rachel claims her supposedly mute friend told her she was going to the library, then says she wrote notes, then admits she ATE those notes. Brady confides in Marlena while Jeremy Horton pays Rachel a visit with letters from classmates.
The Library? REALLY?
First, someone in the Days of Our Lives writers’ room thought it would be believable for Rachel Black to claim that Sophia Choi told her she was sneaking off to the LIBRARY. The library! From Bayview, the psychiatric facility where Sophia has been pretending to be mute and catatonic for weeks?! Who’s believing THAT?
Let’s break down this masterpiece of terrible decision-making. When Dr. Gregory questioned Rachel about covering for Sophia during bed check, Rachel Black panicked and said Sophia told her she was going to the library. Dr. Gregory, bless her heart, immediately pointed out the obvious flaw in this story. How exactly does someone in a mute and catatonic state TELL anyone anything?
Rachel, clearly inheriting her mother Kristen DiMera’s gift for thinking on her feet, quickly invented the idea that Sophia had been writing her notes. Brilliant pivot! Except Dr. Gregory wanted to see those notes. And that’s when Rachel Black delivered the most absurd line in recent Salem history.
She ate them.
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Apparently Paper Is Rachel’s New Snack of Choice
The ridiculousness doesn’t stop there. After Rachel and Sophia got busted and were told they couldn’t be friends anymore, Sophia DID manage to slip Rachel a note saying she got the phone – her REAL reason for sneaking out – and telling her to stay tuned for the next steps. And who knows what THOSE are?! And what did Rachel do with this NEW crucial piece of evidence?
She actually DID eat the note!
This child doesn’t like burgers with a side of paper. She’d never consumed ONE note, because Sophia can talk better than an auctioneer. But Rachel apparently bought into her own lie, because suddenly, she began shoveling the note into her mouth like it was macaroni and cheese!
Are the Days of Our Lives writers just seeing how far they can push this before someone in the audience screams at their television?
And that’s only the half of it. Brady Black already knows Rachel stole all the cash from his wallet (to fund Sophia’s burner phone operation). The man got a call from Bayview reporting his daughter had been posing as Sophia during bed checks, AFTER realizing his money was missing. Brady’s having a week.
Brady Confides in Marlena While Jeremy Brings Letters
On Thursday’s episode, Brady turned to Marlena Evans for guidance because SOMEONE needs to help him process the fact that his daughter has become a paper-eating accomplice to a psychiatric patient’s escape schemes. Marlena, ever the professional, had to deliver the hard truth that Rachel isn’t anywhere close to being ready for release.
Meanwhile, Jeremy Horton paid Rachel a visit at Bayview with letters from her classmates. He also informed her that he wouldn’t be her teacher anymore. Whether this news matters to Rachel remains unclear since she’s clearly more focused on her new career as Sophia’s partner in crime.
Brady and Marlena discussed other options for Rachel’s treatment, though the specifics remain to be seen. What we do know is that Marlena recognizes her granddaughter is displaying some seriously unsettling tendencies that go beyond normal childhood rebellion.
The Writers Really Thought This Through
Here’s what kills us about this entire storyline. The Days of Our Lives writing team sat in a room and decided these details would suffice as the most logical explanations. Then they doubled down by having Rachel claim she destroyed the evidence by EATING IT. The first time, it was untrue and then? It became reality! We hope she’s not allergic to pencil lead!
Sophia Choi is clearly the mastermind of this operation, manipulating Rachel Black into doing her dirty work while she plots her next move. But Rachel is making it exceptionally easy to get caught with excuses this flimsy. As a matter of fact, she probably HOPES the notes are flimsy. They’re easier to consume!
Do you think Rachel’s paper diet will continue? Drop your wildest predictions in the comments below!
