Days of Our Lives has EJ DiMera (Dan Feuerriegel) stuck and he can’t seem to catch a lucky break with any of his schemes. His sister Lexie Carver (Nikki Crawford) is sick again, and Dr. Wilhelm Rolf (Richard Wharton) doesn’t know how to save her.
Cat Greene (AnnaLynne McCord) is honeypotting him when EJ’s got a huge legitimate crush on her. Kristen DiMera (Stacy Haiduk) is being problematic, plus EJ’s being investigated left and right, and now the shady DiMera Enterprises Pharmaceuticals Coriseal problem. So now I’m kind of wondering if Clyde Weston (James Read) might have set him up. We’re going to get into EJ and the possible plot involving villainous Clyde.
Days of Our Lives: The Coriseal Crisis
Now, let’s talk about it. So, EJ was recently told by his trusty and totally scary right-hand woman that when their pharmaceutical division produced that arsenic-tainted batch of Coriseal, the head of the pharma division had it buried out on Smith Island. So all the bad pills went out on this island, which is bad enough, especially with Holly Jonas (Ashley Puzemis) sick when she just was out there.
And on top of Lexie’s issues, EJ is soon going to find out DiMera money was used for the Titan Industries loan payoff. What’s bizarre is that the loan was bought by a company that does capital lending and buys up loans called AR Capital. And with the hint that it’s DiMera money, I’m wondering if it’s Kristen who got Titan’s loan. The A could be for Aramé, where Kristen’s family is from and where her mom lives. And the R could be for Rachel, the name of both Kristen’s mom and daughter.
Days of our Lives: EJ’s Losing it All
So, things are on the cusp of falling apart for EJ on many fronts, both personal and professional, and he just had to bring his co-CEO son Johnny DiMera (Carson Boatman) into the loop on the Coriseal problem. I was surprised that EJ was actually transparent with his son. Like truly transparent. He actually told Johnny the truth that arsenic might be in the groundwater out on Smith Island and that Holly could have been poisoned by the DiMera drugs buried there.
She’s the only one who got sick on that trip. Arianna Hernandez (Vico Escorcia), Tate Black (Leo Howard), and others were mostly boozing it up while Holly was guzzling tainted water out of the tap and that made her sick. So Tate and the others thought initially that Holly might have the stomach flu or that it was side effects from her new anti-depressants. But Dr. Sarah Horton (Linsey Godfrey) found Coriseal in Holly’s bloodstream along with the anti-depressant prescription medication.
Holly Saved on Days of our Lives
Thankfully, Tate, Arianna, and others rushed Holly to the hospital for emergency treatment. And then she started having seizures. Brady Black (Eric Martsolf) and Sarah were already looking into DiMera Enterprises Pharmaceuticals because of the sisters Destiny and Clea who both died and both took Coriseal.
Destiny went to the clinic with severe nausea and she told Sarah she had headache and pain, similar symptoms to what Holly has right now. But Sarah never got to do any more testing because Destiny got really upset and ran out of the clinic. And then of course she ended up dying in Horton Square on her way back to the hospital to see Sarah. And we had Xander Cook Kiriakis (Paul Telfer) and Sarah there both trying to help her. Javi Hernandez (Jacob Martinez) showed up trying to help. But sadly it was too late.
Days of our Lives: Sarah Hunts for Answers
So, now Sarah’s on a mission to find out why her patient died and why Destiny’s sister died as well. And of course EJ knows that Sarah is involved since he eavesdropped on her and Brady talking about the Coriseal and DiMera Enterprises Pharmaceuticals. So EJ is going to ask Johnny to do some snooping in Sarah’s office later this week. Neither EJ nor Johnny wants Holly to die. They do want answers. But they’re also engaging in a cleanup.
EJ told Johnny that somebody else handled the drug disposal and he didn’t follow up. It was the head of the pharma division if I recall correctly. But it really doesn’t matter now on Days of our Lives. There are two deaths that we know of and Holly could be the third. And somebody’s clearly doing a cover up as well.
Sarah asked Xander to take a peek at the DiMera Enterprises Pharmaceuticals files he still had access to after the Titan merger fell through. But he noticed all the files that he needed to look at had vanished. So, somebody was erasing the evidence in real time.
Back to EJ. He insisted to Johnny that even though the bad batch was taken off the shelves, this was the first time EJ learned about the dangerous disposal of the opioid. And he admitted that he dropped the ball somewhat by not following up.
And this week, Brady goes to get a water sample from the Horton cabin and somebody’s watching from the hedges nearby and it may be the guy who disposed of it to start with or a DiMera henchman.
Days of Our Lives: The Clyde Connection
So, on Thursday, EJ finds out something is amiss on Smith Island. So, he may go out there himself to poke around. EJ’s got a vested interest in sorting this out, not only because of massive legal liability and possible criminal charges. But also because his ex-stepdaughter Holly may be dying.
And I also wonder if somebody behind the scenes knew that Xander was poking around and paid the Titan loan off. They might have done it to force him to stop poking around on Sarah’s behalf. So, we’ll see. But right now, I’m still feeling like it might be Kristen that is behind AR Capital. We’ll find out. But also, lots of fans on soap social media seem to think Clyde Weston is involved in this arsenic situation because he had a long history with dirty drugs.
Clyde was running drug operations from Missouri all the way up to Salem. And also, he hates EJ and the Coriseal was tainted before Clyde was shot and put into that coma. So, he might have tainted the supply to mess with EJ for revenge. And at the same time, Clyde might have even stolen some untainted Coriseal to sell in his drug ring.
Days of our Lives: EJ’s Connection to Clyde
And remember years ago, EJ, who was played by James Scott, was involved with Clyde’s illicit drug business. So Clyde had been encroaching on the drug rings territory, and he got really angry at EJ. And then Clyde had one of his henchmen kill him. And of course, EJ’s not so dead, which is typical for a DiMera.
So, it’s honestly not a stretch that Clyde could have tampered with the original Coriseal batch after EJ returned from the dead, but before Clyde was shot. That’s what we last heard, that he was still in a coma, but maybe not, you know.
Days of our Lives: Clyde Has the Answers People Want
And Smith Island has been a recurring isolated setting on the soap for years. And it’s a place that was used many times for shady dealings by Clyde and the DiMeras. So, it’s not a random choice of location. Plus, Chad DiMera (Connor Floyd) has been hoping that Clyde would come out of the coma and tell them where Abigail Deveraux DiMera’s (Marci Miller) remains were located. If she is really dead, we don’t know. Lots of fan theories on that, too. But Clyde may already be out of his coma and lurking, and they just need to find him. I think that could be fun. Obviously, EJ would hate it.
And even if Clyde hasn’t woken up from his coma, the timing still works out for him to have been involved with tainting the Coriseal supply. Yes, he might have done that to do EJ dirty. Clyde would not care a bit how many people died if he tainted a drug supply. And in fact, the more people that died, the better because it would make it that much worse on EJ. That would make Clyde really happy because we know exactly how much he despises EJ. And of course, the feeling is mutual. So, we’ll see how it goes.
