Days of Our Lives saw Stephanie Johnson (Abigail Klein) apologized to Jeremy Horton (Michael Roark) for thinking he was her stalker. Once she saw Owen Kent (Wes Ramsey), then Stephanie was horrified she ever suspected Jeremy. So, will Stephanie also forgive him for his past abuse, too?
As of now, Jeremy and Stephanie remain in captivity and at Owen’s mercy. And Stephanie and Jeremy are all they have right now. So, will this trauma bonding lead to a truce or even a reunion?
Days of our Lives: Jeremy Wrongly Accused
So, for months now, Alex Kiriakis (Robert Scott Wilson), Steve Johnson (Stephen Nichols), Kayla Brady (Mary Beth Evans), Jada Hunter (Elia Cantu) and Stephanie all thought Jeremy was the stalker and now blame him for the kidnapping. Based on faked evidence. Stephanie decided he was a villain and a liar from the moment she saw he was back.
But despite all the accusations he faced, Jeremy still showed up to try and rescue Stephanie last week instead of just leaving town. Jeremy followed Owen, with no idea who he was, to locate Stephanie.
Stephanie Realizes Jeremy Was Framed
But, before Jeremy could safely get Stephanie out of the storage room, Owen showed up. And that’s when Stephanie freaked out and finally realized all her assumptions were wrong. Later, Jeremy learned from Stephanie who Owen is and why she’s terrified.
Jeremy told Stephanie that he recognized him because Owen posed as a school janitor and had a strange interaction with Jeremy before the creep left Stephanie’s cell phone for someone to find. And it was Thomas DiMera (Cary Christopher) who found her cell and turned it into Jeremy at the school.
That’s when he realized something was very wrong, especially when Jeremy started hearing sirens approaching North Salem Elementary. He figured out he was being set up, so Jeremy snuck out a bathroom window and saw Owen then tracked him to the hospital’s secret lab.
But because of Stephanie’s assumptions and Owen’s frame job, Jeremy couldn’t convince her to run before Owen came back. And so now, Stephanie and Jeremy are both handcuffed to chairs, hoping and praying someone in the lab next door would hear their cries for help.
In fact, this week, Dr. Wilhelm Rolf (Richard Wharton) makes a surprising discovery. So, he may find Jeremy and Stephanie shackled to the chairs. But even if he does, Rolf would likely order his helper Owen, who’s been monitoring Lexie Carver’s (Renee Jones) machines, to just get rid of the captives so his lab’s not at risk.
Rolf has important work to do with Lexie now that she’s so close to her full resurrection, so he doesn’t want to have to deal with cops and all the commotion it could bring during this crucial time for his patient.
Stephanie and Jeremy Team Up to Escape
So, this could be a hard pill for Stephanie and Jeremy to swallow. Owen’s vowed to take Stephanie far away and dispose of Jeremy. He’s annoyed because Owen was counting on his scapegoat Jeremy being in jail and not showing up there complicating things.
Plus, one other thing Owen isn’t counting on is Stephanie teaming up with her ex, Jeremy, to make an escape from that ratty little room. Stephanie and Jeremy have to trust each other in order to get away from their delusional captor.
Stephanie and Jeremy also talked about playing into Owen’s delusion that he’s going to make a life with Stephanie. They thought doing that might get Owen to at least let Jeremy go. Stephanie saw some tenderness from Jeremy when Stephanie needed it the most.
Days of our Lives: Escape Measures
In the midst of this horrible crisis, after Jeremy tried his best to dislocate his thumb to get loose, he scootched his chair closer to Stephanie. And the two clutched their fingers together as they waited in fear of what Owen would do to them next.
Meanwhile, the Salem PD, Steve, and Alex are following every lead to locate Stephanie. The cops were looking for Jeremy too because he was their main suspect. But Steve finally started to see the light on their bad assumptions.
He told Jada that the timing of the cell phone showing up at the school makes no sense if Jeremy’s the kidnapper. And Steve’s now clued in that Jeremy might’ve been set up by the real stalker. Top cop Jada also has her doubts.
That’s why she went back over the CCTV video footage of the Horton Town Square when Alex was slashed by a man in a lab coat. Jada and Steve now realize that’s not Jeremy and someone was framing him.
Jeremy Embraces Stephanie After Their Escape
Days of Our Lives spoilers hint that Stephanie and Jeremy’s escape or rescue may happen by the end of this week. They’ll be out of Owen’s hands soon, no matter how it goes. After that, things may take a big turn for Stephanie and Alex.
Spoilers for later this week say that Jeremy embraces Stephanie. There is no way he could do that if Jeremy were still handcuffed to the chair. Either Stephanie or Jeremy has to be untied—or both—for that to happen.
Maybe he finally dislocates his thumb so he can get loose. We also know that Alex and Rafe Hernandez (Galen Gering) are in the lab soon and Alex rushes into the storage room. But will he walk in on his wife Stephanie hugging her ex-boyfriend Jeremy?
Meanwhile, Steve and Brady Black (Eric Martsolf) catch up with Owen at the park and are shocked to see his face. At first glance, Alex may assume Jeremy was conspiring with Owen all this time. Stephanie may have to defend Jeremy from the blame.
Days of our Lives: Trauma Bonding Could Lead to Stephanie and Jeremy Reunion
And after their ordeal, we could see Stephanie trauma bonding with Jeremy. If that causes problems for her and Alex, that could set things up for Joy Wesley to get her claws into Alex when Joy’s back to Salem next month, possibly with Alex’s baby in her arms.
But in the interim, if Stephanie comes out of the kidnapping with forgiveness in her heart toward Jeremy, it could cause tension between her and Alex. Plus, if her new husband pushes her about starting a family, Stephanie may say she never wants kids. That could be a big issue.
Joy’s back to Salem on April 24th and Jeremy leaves on April 29th, so we have a little overlap there. Jeremy and Stephanie continue to bond this week and should be away from Owen soon. And if Stephanie comes out of it seeing Jeremy differently, Alex might not like that at all.
