Days of Our Lives divulges that Kristen DiMera (Stacy Haiduk) is ready to recant her statement about shooting EJ DiMera (Dan Feuerriegel) so that her daughter Rachel Black (Lorelie Olivia Mote) can confess to the crime. So, the plan was for Kristen to have all charges against her dropped and Rachel to get a slap on the wrist or no consequences, preferably.
Brady Black (Eric Martsolf) and Belle Brady (Martha Madison) just warned Kristen to mind her manners when they’re in session with the judge. But let’s be real, when is Kristen ever chill? We’re going to talk about what might happen if she acts out.
Kristen Plans to Recant Her Confession on Days of Our Lives
All right, let’s dig into it. So, with Kristen recanting her confession that she made in court that saved. She wanted to save Rachel, this could be the moment where everything’s all cleaned up. All the loose ends are tied. You know, Kristen gets her freedom. It would all be good. Except Belle doesn’t think that Kristen is going to be able to do this. She doesn’t think she’s going to do it right.
So Kristen came over to Brady’s place where she’s living temporarily. After she visited her mom Rachel Blake at Alamania. And Kristen said she and her mom were redoing her will. Because her brother Peter Blake (Dan Gauthier) is now dead and gone. Kristen was already emotional when she barged in on Brady and Belle talking this week. And then the siblings were making small talk about the new place being close to Rachel’s school and Marlena Evans’ (Deidre Hall) townhouse. And then the conversation turned to Kristen and Rachel’s upcoming hearing.
Days of our Lives: Kristen Takes the Fall for Rachel
So, I’m sure you remember she burst into the courtroom during Johnny DiMera‘s (Carson Boatman) trial when he was facing attempted murder charges for allegedly shooting his dad. And right before that, EJ had remembered everything and he had a flashback of little Rachel shooting him
So, EJ insisted that Kristen had to confess to the shooting herself to save Johnny. Otherwise EJ was going to have to reveal that Rachel did it, which he didn’t want to do. But also EJ wasn’t going to risk his son’s freedom to save her daughter. So, it was a messy situation.
Kristen confessed and at that point only she, EJ, and Marlena knew that Rachel was the shooter. And Marlena said they should let Rachel remember in her own time to minimize the mental health impact of all of this drama.
Which meant Kristen was sent to Statesville and then Peter kidnapped Kristen, stole her right from prison. And then of course Rachel eventually remembered shooting EJ. And then Brady made the very tough decision to put Rachel in Bayview for full-time psychiatric care.
Sophia Manipulated Rachel at Bayview on DOOL
And she was making progress until Sophia Choi (RachelBoyd) began targeting Rachel and manipulating her and encouraging the tween to do naughty things and basically using her as her minion. And if not for Sophia, you know, the doctors at Bayview might have made a lot more progress with Rachel. I think they made some. But not as much as they could have.
But Kristen ignored medical advice from the therapist, ignored advice from Marlena, ignored Brady’s wishes. And she yanked Rachel out of Bayview and brought her back home. And Belle warned at the time that this could mess up the hearing. Because Rachel being in Bayview was what was keeping her out of juvie.
And then Kristen wormed her way into moving in with Brady and told Gwen Rizczech (Emily O’Brien) that even though Brady said she could stay for a month, Kristen said she wasn’t planning on ever moving out. So, she’s been scheming from the jump.
Kristen Takes Huge Risk
And at this point, Brady and Belle are very worried about what’s going to happen at that hearing. Because Kristen checking Rachel out may not go over well with the judge. Her being in Bayview meant she was getting help and facing some consequences. But not the worst possible consequences she could face since she shot her uncle, you know.
But Kristen stopped all the help she was getting at the most crucial time. And in a way, I think it’s because she wanted to use Rachel as a bargaining chip to get closer to Brady. And he made it perfectly clear to Kristen, don’t mislead the judge on our living arrangements. Brady said it needs to be made clear he and Kristen are not a couple.
They are co-parenting and agreed to be together to help Rachel transition back into life in Salem after six months at Bayview. So, Rachel has gone back to seeing her original therapist, which didn’t stop her from doing what she did. But she is doing pretty well in school. But all of that may not be enough.
The Same Judge Who Saw Kristen’s Dramatic Confession
Belle warned Kristen they are facing the same exact judge that presided over Johnny’s case. So, this is the same judge who saw Kristen burst into her courtroom to dramatically confess to shooting EJ. So, Belle said this judge is going to go over every little detail with a fine tooth comb. And, you know, this is probably the worst judge they could have drawn.
And given Kristen’s emotional state after losing Peter and then finding out the bones in the crypt were her dad Stefano DiMera’s (Joe Mascolo), there’s no telling what she may say if she gets pressed by the judge. Belle already warned Kristen that she needs to calmly recount her confession and then basically keep her mouth shut after that.
And she was glaring at Belle who told her if she doesn’t keep it zipped, she could get Rachel’s freedom taken away. They could possibly lose custody of their daughter. But then talking to Brady, Belle brought up Sarah Horton (Linsey Godfrey) and that set Kristen off.
So, she stormed off and Brady had to apologize to Belle for how she was acting. However, let’s be real, Kristen may not be able to help herself if she gets snarky with the judge. You know, Rachel could be remanded to juvie or back to Bayview or another mental ward, you know, out of state or farther from Salem. They could actually take custody of her away from Kristen and Brady, especially with her history of CPS incidents.
Kristen Could Blow Rachel’s Hearing on Days of Our Lives
So, if Kristen starts blathering about how Bayview wasn’t helping Rachel and they did a bad job with her therapy, it could all go real bad real fast. Kristen could rant about Dr. Gregory the therapist and about how Sophia Choi was a bad influence and do it with zero tact. That would be a typical Kristen thing to do.
And if you recall at the time that she confessed and falsely said that she shot EJ, it was, you know, a sweet sacrifice, a mother’s love in an attempt to keep Rachel out of juvie. That surprised everybody that she would sacrifice herself like that, especially Brady. But Kristen also snapped at EJ once they found out the jury was going to come back with a not guilty verdict for Johnny.
I think it was maybe Leo Stark (Greg Rikaart) who told them that. So Kristen somehow thought EJ should have known it was going to be a not guilty and you know could have stopped her from confessing and everybody would have been fine.
Days of our Lives: Rachel Home with Her Family
So right now Rachel’s happy to be home again and she wants to tell the truth and save her mom Kristen. But given that Alice Halsey wrapped her run at Days of our Lives and she already had her last air date last week, they have to do something with Rachel.
And as big a deal as they’re making out of this hearing, I feel like that’s going to determine her fate. So my money is on Kristen doing something or saying something that ticks off the judge and that gets Rachel sent away. Because maybe they think Kristen is a bad influence, you know, whether it’s to juvie or another psychiatric hospital that’s further away.
Kristen, you know, may pitch a fit about Bayview and they say, “Okay, well, we’ll put her here” that’s in a whole other state. I suspect we are going to see Rachel sent away in some capacity as a result of this hearing. But we’ll see.
