Days of Our Lives sees hot summer spoilers, including Gabi Hernandez (Cherie Jimenez) in a steamy clinch with Xander Cook (Paul Telfer) that looks like a twisted revenge hookup that absolutely enrages his estranged wife, Sarah Horton (Linsey Godfrey).

Days of Our Lives Summer Promo: A Sneak Peek into Salem’s Hottest Storylines

So, Days released a brand new summer promo. It actually has some scenes going all the way into Halloween, interestingly, and it’s everything that you need to know about what awesome summer story lines are coming. We’re going to drop all that for you, give you all the pictures, everything you need to know.

So, I’ll say up front, this is a real treat because this promo is almost as good as the annual Day of Days mega promo they put out every October. There’s a lot to unpack. A few things we saw recently, but most of it is material coming this week later into July into the heat of summer as we get closer to the 60th anniversary of Days of Our Lives in November.

Shocking Revelations: Sophia’s Secret, a Fire Station Baby, and a Web of Lies

So, the promo has Sophia Choi (Rachel Boyd) going into labor all by herself, that happens this week. She tells the baby, looks like it’s a girl, that she can’t let anyone see her. And then Tate Black (Leo Howard) is asking Sophia “Where’s their baby?” Cuz she’s obviously given birth. And she says, “The adoptive parents were with me when I gave birth, and they wanted to take her home right away.”

Poor Tate is shocked and confused. And of course, Sophia is lying through her teeth. Cut to Javi Hernandez (Al Calderon) in his firefighter EMS uniform talking with Kayla Brady (Mary Beth Evans) up at the hospital. Javi says the baby was dropped in the safe haven box at the fire station.

Days of Our Lives: Sophia’s Love Means More?

So Sophia gave birth and dumped the baby because she was worried Tate was going to not go through with the adoption plans and she didn’t have a lawyer because Brady Black (Eric Martsolf) threatened Melinda Trask (Tina Huang). It was a big mess. So Javi takes the baby home to Casa Hernandez and he and Leo Stark (Greg Rikaart) read a letter that Sophia left with the baby. It was unsigned, of course, saying how giving her up was very difficult, but was done out of love.

The EJ Shooting Mystery: Johnny’s Arrest, Rachel’s Secret, and a Mother’s Dream

Next, we’re going to get into the EJ DiMera (Dan Feuerriegel) shooting, attempted murder mystery portion of the promo. EJ and Belle Black (Martha Madison) are in court. The theme is the truth is in ashes, although we saw it happen already this week. We’ve got Johnny DiMera (Carson Boatman) being arrested by Jada Hunter (Elia Cantu) and getting his mug shot done in the promo.

And then Belle is going to be prosecuting the case, which is kind of awkward since the accused shooter, Johnny, is her nephew and the son of her boyfriend. We’ll see if she and EJ split over this or not.

In court, Mayor Paulina Price (Jackee Harry), testifies that her son-in-law, Johnny, said his father got what he deserved. That is what he said. So, we all know though that EJ wasn’t shot by Johnny. The real wpukd be killer is likely little Rachel Black (Alice Halsey) and she’s in the promo as well. Leo tells Javi that somebody bribed him.

Days of Our Lives: Rachel Blocking Out the Trauma?

So maybe EJ is paying Leo to write an article in the spectator shedding doubt on the case against Johnny, which is just a lot of circumstantial evidence. Although Roman Brady (Josh Taylor) did turn the gun over this week, so we’ll see what ballistics say. And obviously Johnny’s prints are going to be on the gun.

So, the promo has EJ telling the judge that Belle has a major conflict of interest, but obviously she’s still going to get to try the case. There’s a split-second scene of EJ and Belle locking lips before we see Rachel on the stand and Belle asking her, “What happened next?” Kristen DiMera (Stacy Haiduk) also has to deal with stress from her daughter when Rachel asks Kristen “What if Johnny goes to prison because of me?”

There’s a scene that’s a little blurry. It’s a flashback of the night EJ DiMera was shot and Rachel was standing in the door peeking into the DiMera living room. So, it looks like we are going to get to finally see her memory of watching Johnny and EJ fighting. Our leaker insists that Rachel shot her uncle, but doesn’t remember it. So, Grandma Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall) may get more info from Rachel through hypnosis because in the promo, Belle realizes her mom knows who shot EJ.

Days of Our Lives: Marlena’s Health Crisis

Speaking of Marlena, she passes out in court. She’s leaning on Abe Carver (James Reynolds). Belle rushes over trying to revive her mom as Johnny and EJ look on. Later, Marlena is at the hospital. Everybody’s worried. Marlena had a dream about being Stefano DiMera‘s (Joseph Mascolo) queen of the night. Talk about a blast from the past. Rafe Hernandez (Galen Gering) tells Cat Greene (AnnaLynne McCord), “There’s a reason Stefano is known as the Phoenix.”

And Anna DiMera (Leann Hunley) tells Tony DiMera (Thaao Penghlis) she claims your father is alive and he’s kind of chuckling. So maybe they’re talking about Malrena. Sounds like the grief is really getting to Doc since Stefano is definitely dead – at least as Joseph Mascolo is definitely dead.

Corporate Battles, Conspiracies, and the Return of Gwen Rizczech

Then we’ve got Xander and Philip Kiriakis (John-Paul Lavoisier) in a plotline about Empire’s combusting. Brady tells Alex Kiriakis (Robert Scott Wilson) that he spent most of his adult life vying for the top spot and says we all have. Obviously that’s the CEO job at Titan.

Also, Stephanie Johnson (Abigail Klein) questions her dad Steve Johnson (Stephen Nichols) about him investigating DiMera and EJ orders someone, looks like Gwen Rizczech (Emily O’Brien) and says find out what he knows and stop him. So, she is back on July 7th and it looks like EJ and Gwen may be co-conspirators which is exciting.

Days of Our Lives: Cat Greene’s Mission

Next, Cat Greene (AnnaLynne McCord) meets with ISA director Shane Donovan (Charles Shaughnessy). This is actually the scene we already saw from not long after John Black‘s (Drake Hogestyn) funeral when Cat was asking why Shane needs her back as an analyst. And remember, he told Cat to find out where EJ got the funds to buy the hospital. Rafe has her FBI contact on the case.

So, Alex questions Xander about some files and if they’ll cause trouble. Alex is grilling him. Xander looks troubled and Maggie Horton Kiriakis (Suzanne Rogers) rants at Xander saying she will stop him. Maggie says she owes it to her family and Victor Kiriakis‘ (John Aniston) memory.

Revenge, Hookups, and Kidnappings: Salem’s Summer of Scandals

We’ve got Gabi and Tony plotting at Casa DiMera. And this is leading up to the Xander and Gabi hookup situation. Gabi tells Tony, “We fight fire with fire.” But Tony says, “No, we fight fire with arson.”

And we’ve got Mike Horton back as Jennifer Horton (Cady McClain) is announcing the opening of the Dr. Tom Horton (Zach Chyz) free clinic. And Julie Williams (Susan Seaforth Hayes) reminds Maggie once a Horton, always a Horton. And then we see Sami Brady (Alison Sweeney) is back in Salem. Hurricane Sami has got a scene with her ex, EJ, and then she is all weepy as she reunites with her grieving mother Marlena. Also, Sami’s hanging out with her brother Eric Brady (Greg Vaughan) and asks where does the time go.

Days of Our Lives: Steamy Hookup Ahead

Okay, now back to some juicy stuff with the hookup I mentioned earlier. There’s a quick shot of Gabi kissing Xander and it looks like they are horizontal which is a definite sign of a steamy hookup and this could be the arson that Tony wants Gabi Hernandez to engage in to blow up Titan. Holly Jonas (Ashley Puzemis) and Tate are kissing in the square. They reconcile this week as Sophia tells Ari nothing turned out like she thought it would.

Sophia is doing something bad to Holly while she’s sleeping. She’s kind of half undressing her and Sophia is snapping pics of Holly Jonas in her lace bra. Ari advises Sophia to move on with her life, but it looks like she may do something bad instead. All right, back to steamy.

Brady and Sarah walk into the bistro and see Gabi kissing Xander. Sarah flies into a rage and tells Xander he can spend his time doing whatever he wants. But then Sarah kisses Brady and it looks like Xander can’t handle that. He lunges at Brady, looks like he’s trying to punch him in the face.

Days of Our Lives: Tony & Gabi’s Arson Plot

So, this arson plan of Gabi and Tony seems to be scorching the Kiriakis family. Chad DiMera (Billy Flynn) kisses Cat and Johnny and Chanel Dupree (Raven Bowens) kiss. She is standing by her man despite the criminal charges. Alex Kiriakis tells Stephanie he loves her.

That looks like it’s going to be July 4th because there are literal fireworks. Things take a turn for the dangerous as Gabi tells Javi that Ari is missing. She’s been kidnapped along with Holly by a masked man. No doubt that’s about Doug III and his debt because Tate confronts Doug III demanding he tell him everything he knows.

Halloween Horror: A Glimpse into Salem’s Spooky Future

We’ve also got a quick shot of Halloween action. So some of this promo is tiptoeing into fall. Alex screams look out and pushes Chad and Cat who is in a Halloween costume out of the way of a psycho waving a butcher knife in Hortontown Square.

If this is from the Halloween episode and days sticks to its tradition, this would be killer with the knife could slaughter all of Salem, including Alex, Cat, and Chad, and anybody else. But, it wouldn’t really happen and just would be someone’s nightmare.