Days of Our Lives has Holly Jonas (Ashley Puzemis) very upset this week and I expect that she is going to get more strange texts and we’re wondering if these messages might be coming from a very much alive, very not dead and scheming Sophia Choi (Rachel Boyd).
Days of our Lives: Mason’s History with Sophia
So, Holly was really unnerved when she got that random text out of the blue, the one that said, “Are you having fun?” What was most alarming, it was sent from an unknown number. So, Holly didn’t recognize it and she was out together with Tate Donovan Black (Leo Howard).
They were having their lakeside picnic and the text interrupted their private time together. And it made Holly worry that she and Tate were being watched and that she may be stalked and targeted. Later when Holly ran into Mason Whitfield (Brandon Butler), that’s when she confronted him. And Holly asked why he thought she was responsible for somebody’s death.
Mason said he had gotten to know Sophia from her distress calls to the suicide hotline, and he mentioned that he volunteers there. You would think that he shouldn’t be sharing it. But I guess since Sophia’s dead, no privacy concerns. So, Mason was well aware that Holly had said some unkind but true things about Sophia on the Salem University social pages. But Mason had no idea that Sophia had baited her ex-friend Holly into doing it by using a fake username.
Mason on Sophia’s Side on DOOL
But even with all that, Mason thinks Holly doesn’t take responsibility because she said things knowing Sophia was deeply troubled and had mental health issues. Plus, Mason wasn’t shocked and didn’t even seem to care that Holly was a victim of Sophia’s psychotic bullying. Partly because Mason knew from Sophia’s calls a lot of the bad things she’d done to Holly. Sounds like Sophia didn’t hold back. She told the suicide hotline counselor everything.
It sounds like most importantly, when Holly grilled him, Mason denied sending any text to Holly about fun or anything. But Holly freaked out when Mason casually said, “Have fun.” And he left the table at the pub to her and Arianna “Ari” Grace Horton (Vico Escorcia). But have fun is something everybody says. And Mason insisted he didn’t text her, even though he did have her number from a group chat for one of the classes they’re both in at Salem U.
Plus, Holly confronting him about the mysterious text just seemed to confuse Mason. And in the end, he made clear he wants nothing to do with Holly. So, it’s looking to me like Mason may not be the culprit and instead he’s a red herring that Holly’s probably going to focus on and she won’t be looking for the real culprit. And that makes me wonder if the prime suspect is Sophia.
Days of our Lives: Sophia Survived Kristen’s Attack?
Now, we all know Kristen DiMera (Stacy Haiduk) supposedly killed Sophia. We saw Kristen bash her in the head with a rock. She had her thugs throw Sophia’s body into the river. And Kristen made sure that Sophia would be presumed dead after an apparent suicide by having her write a suicide note. And of course, she made all those calls to Mason. But Sophia’s body was never found.
Also, any kind of ominous anonymous text fall right in line with Sophia’s style of how she’s tormented Holly in the past. Plus, Sophia’s survival and return have been speculated about for months. And in Salem, when somebody dies and there’s no body, you know, they’re going to come back. So, in order for Sophia to continue wreaking havoc on Holly’s life, she must have survived Kristen’s attack. You know, maybe Sophia was rescued, pulled out of the river by somebody, or drags her herself out once she was outside Salem.
Days of our Lives: Sophia Hiding in the Boat House?
And if you remember this summer when Holly, Ari, Tate, and Aaron were on Smith Island. Holly wasn’t feeling good because she had been drinking arsenic water unintentionally. And Ari and Aaron went out kayaking while Holly and Tate were staying behind at the cabin. And something really sticks in my mind about Ari and Aaron Green’s (Louis Tomeo) conversation about being out boating once they got back to the cabin.
So, Ari and Aaron mentioned a creepy old boat house they saw while paddling around. So, that might be where Sophia’s been hiding in this dilapidated building on Smith Island. Maybe that’s where the river dumped her out. And she’s lying ready to make a move to make Holly’s life a living nightmare again. Sophia might have even spied on them while they were at the cabin. All four of them. And of course now Sophia could be sneaking around Salem keeping an eye on Holly.
Sophia Worse than Ever on DOOL?
Sophia got pretty adept at sneaking around when she had Rachel Black (Lorelei Olivia Mote) cover for her when she was creeping out of Bay View. And we know that Ari spotted her that one time. So maybe now Sophia is being extra careful. So Holly’s enemy could have been lying in wait for months while she was recovering physically from near drowning and being bashed in the head by Kristen. And Sophia could be even more unhinged because her mental health issues may be compounded by traumatic brain injury.
So, Sophia may be hiding and plotting. So nobody, especially the DiMeras or the Salem PD, know that she’s alive because EJ DiMera (Daniel Feuerriegel) would kill Sophia because she tried to kill Johnny DiMera (Carson Boatman). That’s for certain. I have a suspicion that once Sophia recovered and she heard that Kristen had left Salem that she thought it was safe to come back to town. So, Sophia may be watching Holly from a distance.
It would be easy for Sophia to get a burner phone or steal somebody’s phone and send texts to Holly to rattle her and start a whole revenge plan. So, Sophia may be texting Holly as stage 1 of tormenting her. But also to test the waters to see if anybody suspects she’s alive. Sophia may be using her knowledge of Holly’s routines so that she can time the messages, wanting Holly to know she’s being watched. Maybe that recent near mugging was even set up by Sophia. Stranger things have happened in Salem.
Sophia Using Mason on Days
Then we’ve got Mason showing up on the canvas and he’s got that grudge against Holly for her role in Sophia’s suicide. And all of this could be coincidental or maybe Sophia is aware of it and she’s using it to her advantage as a cover. So, she may want Holly focused on Mason. That way Sophia can stay in the shadows and Holly is looking at Mason. So, this week we’ve got Holly feeling guilty.
She’s struggling. She appears on Leo Stark (Greg Rikaart)’s new podcast with Lani Price (Sal Stowers) to talk about the mugging. And if Sophia’s alive, you can bet she will be tuned in looking for more ammunition. So Mason’s words definitely got to Holly and we’re going to see Tate having a run-in with Mason this week. But if Tate goes after Mason, I think Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall) may tell her grandson, you got to cool your jets because Mason is a good guy doing important work and he’s a veteran and he’s got some PTSD.
Holly & Tate Leaving on Days of our Live
So, with Halloween coming soon and sweeps kicking off in exactly one month, Sophia could escalate the text and frighten Holly even more. So, Sophia may be waiting for the perfect moment to strike. Maybe when EJ is distracted because Sophia should be terrified of him.
Thankfully, Johnny survived. But EJ would take great joy in destroying Sophia. If she is behind the stalking and sending those texts to Holly, that could be part of why Tate and Holly wind up leaving Salem. We already know that Ashley Puzemis and Leo Howard were let go. So, that means Tate and Holly are leaving town. And it may be because of Sophia.
