Leo’s in scorching water.
On Days of Our Lives in the course of the week of 8-08-22, the mostly-ridiculous character discovered himself in the kind of deep hassle solely Leo Stark might get into after six-year-old Thomas Dimera ID’d him because the Tooth Fairy he noticed within the basement.
Chad is certain they’ve lastly received Abigail’s killer, however is he proper this time?
Chad’s satisfied Leo is the killer, and Leo clearly was as much as no good indirectly or one other.
He threatened to imprison Thomas within the dungeon earlier than deciding to go together with pretending to be the Tooth Fairy, and he stole Abigail’s jewellery after her demise.
All of Salem appears wedded to the speculation that whoever stole Abigail’s jewellery additionally killed her, however that is probably not the case.
Because the homicide, Leo’s been looking for proof that Gwen did the deed. He retains harassing her, attempting to strain her into confessing, and plenty of of those conversations have been in personal.
If Leo accused Gwen in entrance of different individuals, it’d counsel that he’s attempting to get suspicion off himself and onto her. However since 99 p.c of the time, these conversations are between the 2 of them, that does not work.
Plus, Leo appeared shaken when he ran away after the homicide as if he had seen it happen.
If that had been the case, Leo would have seen the assassin’s face, which he did not.
We all know Gwen was carrying a Sarah masks; might Leo have seen “Sarah” and felt one thing was not fairly proper?
That does not match with the speculation that Gwen arrived too late to kill Abby herself, however it could make sense.
The query is: how and why did Leo find yourself with the jewellery? Did he know Abigail had been killed when he stole it or did somebody give it to him?
Perhaps he did run into Gwen, with or with out the Sarah masks, and she or he gave him the jewellery however requested him to remain quiet about having seen her there. If he discovered later that Abigail had been killed, it could make sense that he wished to do away with the jewellery AND that he suspected Gwen was behind this.
In any case, Chad did what Chad all the time does when confronted with a possible suspect in Abigail’s homicide: he grabbed Leo by the collar and demanded he confess instantly, then yelled on the cops to arrest Leo.
Granted, there may be extra proof in opposition to Leo than there was in opposition to a number of others, however this isn’t find out how to get justice for Abigail.
Even when considered one of as of late, Chad assaults the best particular person, all he is doing is jeopardizing the investigation. And what sort of instance was this to set for Thomas?
Chad ought to have completed what he did on the finish: name Rafe and let him deal with Leo.
Chad: I would like him arrested proper now.
Shawn: We now have to observe process.
Chad: What does that imply?
Shawn: We have to speak to Rafe about this.
Jada: And he is already left for the day.
Chad: After Abigail was killed, Rafe regarded me within the eye and he mentioned he wouldn’t relaxation till her assassin was caught. He promised me that. Nicely, we’ve got the killer. Rafe is simply going to should get the hell again right here.
Chad’s frustration is comprehensible. As traditional, the cops have been trying in all places besides at viable suspects. Not less than three individuals have been accused of murdering Abigail, solely to be let go once they turned out to have alibis.
In the meantime, Chad’s kids — particularly Thomas — are struggling due to their mom’s absence, and Chad cannot even inform them that the one who did it has been punished, and Chad himself is falling aside.
He needs justice yesterday, and he is proper, although his strategies depart one thing to be desired. How many individuals is Chad going to beat up earlier than he stops leaping to conclusions?
Leo’s arrest was equal elements comical and emotional. He was proper that the scenario was ridiculous: he was below suspicion as a result of somewhat boy claimed that the “Tooth Fairy” was in his basement and instructed him to not inform anybody they’d spoken.
Poor Thomas’ worry that he would by no means get tooth cash once more was so life like. That a part of it may be solved if Chad places cash below Thomas’ pillow tonight for the tooth he simply misplaced. But when Thomas ever finds out that the person he noticed is suspected of killing Abigail, that could be more durable to cope with.
The child may blame himself as a result of he did not inform anybody in regards to the dangerous man earlier than Abigail’s demise, and it will be chilly consolation if Leo seems to be harmless.
That is in all probability why no person instructed him that the “Tooth Fairy” was probably the one who had killed Abigail. This wasn’t the time or place for that; nonetheless, in some unspecified time in the future, Chad must have a severe speak with each Thomas and Charlotte about not maintaining secrets and techniques for adults.
Leo’s insistence that Thomas not inform his mother and father is similar factor pedophiles do once they molest a baby.
Thomas and Charlotte ought to already know that they need to all the time inform their mother and father if an grownup asks them to maintain a secret; on the very least, they need to be taught this rule now earlier than one thing else untoward occurs.
Nancy’s response to studying that Leo was the thief who received Clyde in hassle was among the many most amusing facets of Days of Our Lives in the course of the week of 8-08-22.
Clyde: Yeah, that is him.
Nancy: Are you aware who that’s? That is Leo Stark, the weasel who stole Craig from me and tried to con him out of his cash.
Clyde: No means.
Nancy: Sure. *laughs* Are you aware what this implies? Your weasel and my weasel are the identical weasel!
I am unsure which is funnier: Nancy’s glee at discovering she and Clyde had a typical enemy or Brady and Chloe realizing who Leo was from Clyde’s description.
The modifying of Leo’s post-arrest scenes was a bit complicated. Shawn and Jada made it clear that Leo was not going wherever, however then within the subsequent set of scenes, Jada was on the Pub, and Shawn was at house grilling steaks.
You’d assume Rafe would need them to remain whereas he interrogated Leo since they had been those who initially questioned him. Plus, anyone needed to hold Chad below management.
And why was Rafe questioning Leo in his workplace as a substitute of within the interrogation room?
Regardless of these hiccups, the ultimate scene was a cliffhanger worthy of a Friday. Lastly!
Though discovering that Leo had additionally screwed over Nancy did not seem to be a robust sufficient motivation for Clyde to danger going again to jail, in spite of everything, his well-timed entrance was one of many extra thrilling Friday endings in latest reminiscence.
In the meantime, what is going on on with Leo’s mask-wearing pal?
Sarah and Xander’s try to analyze gave the impression to be about comedian reduction… and, after all, about having intercourse.
These scenes within the warden’s workplace had been ridiculous. Amongst different issues, why could not these two hold their fingers off one another till AFTER they’d the products on Gwen?
Not less than they received their proof, although. Whereas they have not gotten conclusive proof that Gwen was concerned in Abigail’s demise, they now know that:
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Gwen was MIA at mattress name on the night time Abigail died. -
Gwen had a Sarah masks, making it possible that she was the particular person Lucas noticed working down the steps on the Dimera mansion. -
Gwen was in touch with Leo and Ava instantly earlier than and after her disappearance.
The goofy would-be detectives wished to attempt to get Ava to flip on Gwen (once more, after a break to have intercourse), however they may have higher luck pressuring Leo.
Whereas Gwen is meant to be his greatest pal, Leo would not wish to go to jail for his little Tooth Fairy escapade, and he is had his suspicions of Gwen all alongside. Would he throw her below the bus to get out of hassle?
Elsewhere, Chad’s incapacity to cope with Abigail’s demise opened the door for perception into Sonny and Alex’s sophisticated relationship.
Sonny wished to present Chad the place that Victor had promised Alex. In consequence, he and Alex started arguing about whether or not Alex might respect and take heed to Sonny and whether or not Victor had any respect for his so-called favourite nephew.
Alex: I did not foyer for that job. Uncle Vic supplied it. And I instructed him, Sonny needs to be in on that assembly.
Sonny: And he mentioned, ‘Who’s Sonny?’
Alex: Come on, you are his favourite Kiriakis brother.
Sonny: Not with regards to enterprise. He is all the time telling me that I lack the killer intuition.
Alex: Yeah, trigger you have received human blood working by way of your veins. I really like Uncle Vic, however neither of us ought to emulate him.
Sonny’s brothers are kind of a clean slate, as they’ve by no means appeared on canvas as adults earlier than, so this battle over Titan might be compelling if completed proper.
It is even messier for the reason that cause Victor employed Alex was to spy on Sonny and report again any “errors.” Wait til Sonny finds that out!
Throughout city, there’s an equally messy scenario occurring with Ava and EJ.
These two are pretty evenly matched, although Ava ought to have recognized higher than to whisper about secrets and techniques in EJ’s lounge.
There was no means EJ wasn’t going to seek out out, and now he is tormenting Ava and Gwen by forcing them to eat dinner collectively whereas he fishes for information and pretends he is simply being a gracious host.
That is going to be enjoyable! And EJ might get greater than he bargained for if anybody slips up and admits that Ava helped Gwen take a mini-vacation from Statesville on the night time Abigail died.
The largest twist of all, although, could be the reveal that Li Shin has been bankrolling Rolf’s experiments and has the ability to cancel them.
Till now, Li has been kind of a nothing character. He and his father initially had the exceedingly minor function of casting votes and controlling the board.
It by no means made sense why the Dimeras deferred to the Shins, who are usually not a part of their household, however clearly, the Shins maintain the purse strings.
Nonetheless, it was shocking and out of character for Rolf to go together with Li’s calls for. Rolf’s loyalty has all the time been to Stefano, so in any dispute, he ought to take Kristen’s facet over an outsider like Li Shin.
Certain, Li can dry up funding for Rolf’s secret venture. But when Stefan awakens, Rolf would not want that funding. Plus, the Dimeras have practically limitless funds; absolutely Kristen, Tony, or EJ might assist him out if Li withdraws his assist.
This entire factor additionally confirmed extra of a darkish facet to Li than we have ever seen earlier than. He did not seem to be the identical man who took Gabi to Hong Kong and had no data of the prisms on Past Salem 2; I could not assist questioning what Wendy would say if she knew about this.
Lastly, the Chanel triangle competed with the Nicole/Eric/Jada one for which might be extra annoying.
Allie has grow to be obnoxious to the purpose of unlikeability, usually crowing that she “gained” as if Chanel is nothing greater than a prize in a contest, whereas Nicole is obsessing over Eric and Jada’s relationship for no cause in any way.
And why, precisely, was Chanel flirting with Alex? Aren’t issues sophisticated sufficient for her with out including one other man to the combination, particularly not one who appears involved in being with each ladies? All we want is Allie and Chanel combating over Alex now.
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