Days of Our Lives sees Xander Cook (Paul Telfer) and his wife, Sarah Horton (Linsey Godfrey), as we know, are so deep in love, but this is the furthest apart they’ve been in years. Still, I’m confident Xander is going to win back Sarah. Plus, a reliable leaker said their reunion is happening before the holidays. We’re going to talk about what it’s going to take to get Xarah back together again.
Days of Our Lives: Xander and Sarah’s Strained Relationship and Co-Parenting Struggles
We’ve seen the back and forth between Xander and Sarah as they both ignore their deep feelings for each other. And it’s been months. They will each give each other a lingering look. We can hear their hearts pitter-pattering, but neither one of them has been willing to swallow their pride and make amends as they keep butting heads while trying to co-parent little Victoria. It may take a legitimate miracle to push these former lovebirds back together.
It’s been frustrating because I am a fan of this couple to watch Xander and Sarah as everything gets worse and worse for them this summer. They both cannot seem to get over each other’s bad behaviors. Neither of them has clean hands in this situation.
The Root of Their Rift: Philip’s Forgery, Xander’s Rage, and Sarah’s Betrayal
Xander felt so betrayed because Sarah kept that lie going about Philip’s forgery that cost Xander half of Titan Industries. Sarah claimed it was for Xander’s own good, but all he sees is that his precious wife, Sarah, lied and took the side of Philip the weasel. That led Xander to beat his brother Philip to a bloody pulp, which led Sarah to be disgusted at his violence and turn her back completely on Xander, who was equally disgusted with her.
I do think Philip in that beating, was taking the brunt of all of Xander’s frustrations over Sarah fibbing to him and being disloyal. We all know Xander has deep-rooted mommy and daddy issues. And Sarah is his heart and soul, her and their daughter. That’s his whole world. So for Sarah to choose to be loyal to Philip, to somebody else over him, that’s just too much for Dandy Xandy to deal with.
Legal Separation, Lingering Love: Why Xander and Sarah’s Divorce is Unlikely
Sarah and Xander are legally separated and trying to learn how to co-parent their toddler, Victoria. But our leaker also says they will never be divorced, at least not as part of this scenario. Everybody in Salem knows that love is still there. All the fans know it.
Sarah has forgiven Xander for far worse than beating up his brother. Like when Sarah let it slide that Xander lied about her baby dying and stole another baby to put in Sarah arms because Xander hought that was the best thing for her. That’s kind of the same logic Sarah used when she let the whole Philip lie slide.
You’d think that Xander and Sarah could sit down and hash this out and talk about all the many mistakes of their past, but so far, they’re both just too hurt still and have such a dim view of each other. As mad as Xander is, Sarah has forgiven him much worse, so I think he needs to let it go. But again, I’m back to the mommy and daddy issues.
Who Will Make the First Move? Xander, Sarah, and the Brady Factor
In the end, the big question is, who’s going to cave first and realize we need to get back together? Will Xander’s therapy with Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall) lead him to realize he needs to make things right and win back his soulmate, Sarah. And then he goes out and does all the wooing and all this hard work. Will it be him that has the realization first?
Or could it be that Sarah is the one who sees that she needs to win back Xander because she can’t move on, because he is her person? In the meantime, Brady Blcak (Eric Martsolf) throwing himself in Sarah’s path more and more. That’s going to start happening a lot more. Brady is hoping for a romance with Sarah.
I think Brady being in her way could help Sarah see the light where Xander’s concerned. Maybe she figures out even though her husband can be a very bad boy, he’s also the only man for her. In that case, it could be Sarah putting in the work to rekindle things with her hubby.
Obviously, it would be more stereotypical if Xander’s the one doing the pursuing, so it would be new and different if it was Sarah working to win that reconciliation and to get Xander back in her house, her bed, and her heart.
Overcoming Trauma: Family Support and Alex’s Plan for Xander & Sarah’s Reunion
Over the past few years, Sarah and Xander have been through so much. There were kidnappings of both Sarah and Victoria. Plus, there was Victor Kiriakis (John Aniston) death that rocked the whole family. And then awful Fiona Cook (Serena Scott Thomas) showing up and running over Sarah while drunk and paralyzing her, then trying to kill her by throwing her down the stairs.
But still, people are rooting for them. Holly Jonas (Ashley Puzemis) is rooting for her Aunt Sarah to get back with Xander Plus, Alex Kiriakis (Robert Scott Wilson) was speaking to Sarah as well. He knows she still loves his cousin Xander, but when Alex told Xander that he told Sarah she was missed, that didn’t go over well.
When Alex talked to Xander, all he got was glares and pushback. Alex keeps working on Xander to legitimize Philip by assigning him the co-CEO position and thinks that could help things with Sarah. But Xander’s just so salty about it all still. If he keeps doing the anger management sessions with Dr. Marlena, that could help sway Sarah.
She has been worried about Xander’s temper and violence ever since he threatened to take a baseball bat to Brady when Xander thought he ran over Sarah. Of course, Xander would never, ever lay a hand on Sarah or Victoria. But at the same time, Sarah doesn’t think that Xander’s temper and tendency to punch first and ask questions later is a good influence on Victoria. She thinks it’s a very bad thing on Days of our Lives.
Philip’s Redemption and Xander’s Path to Forgiveness: Overcoming Interlopers
We have heard from our leaker that Philip is going to be involved with efforts to help reconcile his brother Xander with Sarah because obviously, Philip’s whole thing played a really big role in their rift. So him making it right is a decent thing to do. That seems like a sure sign that Xander is probably going to cave and do what Alex and Stephanie Johnson (Abigail Klein) suggests: play nice with Philip, make him officially the co-CEO so that the forgery thing is off the table.
That would make sense then if Xander did that, why Philip goes to bat and tries to help the marriage. But we’ve got interlopers. Gwen Rizczech’s (Emily O’Brien) still hot for Xander and Gabi Hernandez’s (Cherie Jimenez) playing games with him and with Philip. And Brady is crushing on Sarah soon. So, if it’s Xander who’s doing the wooing to win back Sarah legitimizing Philip at Titan, I think, would help his case. So would getting an anger management achievement certificate from Marlena.
Xander Proves Himself to Sarah on Days of Our Lives?
Plus, maybe Xander does some deed to prove he’s a changed man. That would help, like if he protected Philip or he did something really nice for Brady or saved their daughter from a burning house or something. Or maybe Xander gets a chance to rescue Maggie Horton Kiriakis (Suzanne Rogers) or even Sarah herself. I think it’s going to be some combo of words and deeds that could help Xander get a new shot with Sarah.
However, if it is Xander who is the one getting wooed, I think Sarah ould make very short work of this. She could just tell Xander very sincerely, “I’m sorry. I was wrong for keeping that secret about Philip. I’m proud of all the hard work you’re doing to make yourself a better man for our daughter.” And then Sarah can show him she’s wearing lacy lingerie. And that should be the end of it. Marriage reconciled because men are much simpler creatures, am I right?
