Days of Our Lives suggests Holly Jonas (Ashley Puzemis) may be arrested for what appears like her bullying Sophia Choi (Madelyn Kientz) into an apparent suicide. Now, of course, we know that Sophia laid out all the groundwork intentionally so that Holly would be blamed, but in a way, I think this is a karmic slap that Holly actually has coming.
And even though Sophia is clearly a villain in all this and didn’t commit suicide and Holly certainly didn’t drive her to her death, I also think Sophia is playing the role of karma in Holly’s storyline.
Holly Is Not as Perfect as She Pretends to Be
And let’s be clear, yes, yes, yes, Sophia set her up, but at the same time, Holly is not as perfect as she is pretending to be. And with Amy Choi furious at Holly, I do think she is going to push to press charges, which is understandable. As a mom, you would. But let’s talk about why Holly may actually deserve this.
Of course, Tate Black (Leo Howard) and Arianna Horton (Vico Escorcia) and Holly were all shocked to find out Sophia Choi supposedly killed herself. And that’s fresh off Holly and Ari both raging at Sophia in person and online. And yes, she has been a little obsessive since Tate fake dated her and broke her heart back in high school. But I think the unplanned pregnancy and her mom Amy being such a control freak is actually what really pushed Sophia off the deep end. Because before that, she was a good kid. You know, had a little bit of a wild streak, but not a bad kid.
Days of our Lives: Lies and Fakery
And I also don’t think Amy is really ever going to recognize her own role that she created in this mess. So, it felt to Sophia like everybody abandoned her, but really she drove them away. You know, Sophia lied about Trey’s birth, the fake Chicago adoption. She never told Tate she slept with Aaron Green. And no one is going to forget or forgive that Sophia drugged Holly with the psych meds and supplement swap.
But even so, that doesn’t necessarily mitigate the accusations that Amy is making that Holly drove Sophia to kill herself. And of course, Kristen DiMera (Stacy Haiduk) is the one who ended Sophia’s life, but not the one who drove her to the point where she was willing to blow up Johnny DiMera (Carson Boatman) and set up her former bestie to go down for her suicide.
So, I got to give Sophia credit. She baited the Salem University girls to get those horrible comments going and Holly fell for it and Ariana did too and they joined in. And then Sophia claimed in her suicide note that her former best friend bullying her in person and online was part of why she was ending her life. And as awful as all this is, do you remember Holly’s own icky past? Her being arrested for a crime she didn’t do, I think would be karma. And I’m going to tell you exactly why.
Remember When Holly Let Tate Sit In Jail?
Remember when Tate Black first came to Salem? That was not long after Holly had also returned. And if you recall, Tate and Holly’s meet cute was at the park and she had some weed on her. She offered some to Tate and the relationship sparked basically when they sparked that doobie together.
But weed was not all that Holly was into. Far from it. Tate really wasn’t into drugs. The weed was kind of a one-off. And then they were out on that New Year’s Eve date and Holly decided to do some hardcore partying and pulled out a baggie of drugs that she’d gotten from a kid at school.
She tried getting Tate to take some pills with her, saying everybody does it. But he refused because both his parents, Brady Black (Eric Martsolf) and Theresa, are recovering addicts. So he wanted no part in Holly’s druggy stuff.
Days of our Lives: Tate Tries to Stop Holly
And Tate even tried to stop Holly from taking the pills, but she snuck off and she did it anyway. If you guys remember this, Tate later found Holly in the alley behind the Bistro and she was having a seizure and was overdosing. Tate tried to help her. He hid her drugs and then he called 911, but the cops found the pills on her, on Tate rather, and the overdose left Holly in a coma.
And then her mom Nicole and her stepdad EJ DiMera (Dan Feuerriegel) who was DA at the time pushed for charges against Tate and were saying all these nasty things about him being the child of drug addicts. So he was arrested and Tate wound up beaten in jail on Days of our Lives.
And two months later, Holly finally woke up from the coma. She had some gaps in her memory at first about the night she OD and she sort of defended Tate but didn’t confess. And then Holly remembered everything. You know, not too long after she woke up, she knew that they were her pills and she took them by choice. But she still lied and claimed that somebody must have slipped them to her.
Days of our Lives: More Lies from Holly
And this kept Tate in jail facing criminal charges because Nicole assumed that Tate slipped them to her. And Holly just kept lying. Tate wound up in a halfway house in a treatment center. And he was frustrated and angry because he wasn’t a druggie. And his expectation was once Holly woke up, she’d tell the truth. But she was too scared to tell Nicole that the drugs were hers and that Tate hadn’t taken any. He had no role in this. So Holly left Tate hanging in legal trouble and suspected of a crime basically so that she wouldn’t be grounded by her mom.
Now eventually Holly did tell the truth. And for some insane reason, I’m guessing because she’s hot, Tate forgave her. And it was Holly’s drugging and lying that had Brady, Theresa, Nicole, and EJ all banning Holly and Tate from dating. From there, that’s what led Holly and Tate to sneak around and use Sophia and Aaron as fake dates. You know, Holly knew that Sophia liked Tate, but Holly went ahead and lied to her best friend and let Sophia think that she had a chance with Tate.
Holly Created All of This
So, this whole thing that has happened had its whole genesis in Holly being a druggie, right? And Sophia thought Tate really wanted her as his date to prom. But that’s when Sophia found out Tate and Holly were using her and Aaron.
So Sophia tattled to Nicole who busted Holly with Tate at the Salem Inn and it was messy and that led to all kinds of things that then led to the pregnancy, led to the breakdown, led to all that we’re seeing now. So yeah, I think Holly did Sophia really dirty over the Tate fake dating thing. And in the end, I think all of this in its totality is why Holly deserves a slap from karma.
You know, she let Tate sit in jail when he did nothing wrong. And to be very clear, Holly knew Tate was in danger in there. He was assaulted because Holly was a dirty little drug user who wanted to pretend to be her mom’s good girl. So, if Amy Choi pushes forward and Holly’s arrested over Sophia’s suicide, I think that’s karma to some extent.
I think it’s probably okay for Holly to spend some time in jail just like what happened to Tate for a crime he didn’t commit. And again, we can see that Holly created all of this. If you take this whole storyline back to its beginning, it’s down to Holly and her pills and her lies. So, I don’t think she should wind up in Statesville prison for this. And I hope the truth comes out. But at least for a little while, I kind of think Holly deserves a taste of what she put Tate through. Let me know what you guys think in the comments.
