Days of Our Lives delivers EJ DiMera (Dan Feuerriegel) reluctantly released by the police department when they didn’t have enough evidence to prove he pulled off a kidnapping in Salem. And District Attorney Belle Brady (Martha Madison) Black was very angry that she had to let her ex go and couldn’t charge him.
But did EJ pull off another epic kidnapping in Alamania where Belle and the Salem PD have no jurisdiction? And it seems that Vivian Alamain (Louise Sorel) and her henchmen went missing and the trail may lead right back to EJ.
Vivian and Ivan Have Vanished on Days of Our Lives
We saw on recent Days of our Lives episodes that Andrew Donovan (Colton Little) just dropped big news to Dimitri von Leuschner DiMera (Peter Porte) and Leo Stark (Greg Rikaart) about Vivian and her loyal sidekick Ivan Marais (Ivan G’Vera). Andrew said that they just vanished.
They were supposed to go to the cemetery and then gone. And if you remember, Leo was wearing a wig and was right there where they were supposed to be. So all of this makes it look like foul play.
But I feel like Leo in that wig and coat, it reminded me in the Harry Potter movies when the kids were imagining that Boggart to look like different people and there was this Professor Snape in a dress thing. That’s exactly what Leo looked like to me.
Anyway, so when EJ was in the interrogation room making a desperate call to Rita instead of dialing a lawyer, you know, EJ might have had a very good reason for that because he might have something more to hide than just his secret lab experiment that he was doing on his sister Lexie Carver (Nikki Crawford).
Was Elvis Jr.’s call with Rita to confirm that Vivian and Yvonne had been successfully snatched from Alamania and dumped somewhere on DiMera property?
EJ Has Multiple Kidnapping Plots in Play on DOOL
You know, EJ has a lot of plates that are spinning right now. Belle grilled him about Stephanie Johnson (Abigail Klein) and Jeremy Horton’s (Michael Roark) kidnapping. And truly, EJ did not know that Dr. Wilhelm Rolf (Richard Wharton) had hired Owen Kent (Wes Ramsey).
But what Belle doesn’t know is that EJ found out that Rolf saw Stephanie and Jeremy in the storage room. And EJ even told Rolf that they basically needed to be disposed of because he can’t let anyone find out about Lexie yet and can’t risk the research.
And now, of course, EJ’s lab is under more scrutiny because Rafe Hernandez (Galen Gering) found the empty person pod that until very recently was Lexie’s storage space. Plus, Gwen Rizczech (Emily O’Brien) has been scrambling to stay one step ahead of Dimitri, you know, trying to keep him in the dark about his kidnapping that she and EJ pulled off.
So, with this Vivian and Ivan reveal that they’re also missing, this may be the third kidnapping with ties to EJ. I mean, technically four if you count his own kidnapping because there was Dimitri and then the DiMeras and then Stephanie and Jeremy and now we’ve got Ivan and Madam Vivian.
Days of our Lives: Leo Helped Dimitri
And if you recall, Leo helped Dimitri escape to go to Alamania and prove that he wasn’t working with Peter Blake (Dan Gauthier). And Dimitri denied all along that he was involved in kidnapping the DiMeras.
But Vivian and Gwen planted evidence that looked like the CCTV video feed from the crypt was going to Dimitri’s tablet that they planted in a room at Vivian’s mansion along with some of his belongings.
And Madam Vivian claimed that Dimitri was an unwanted guest. But he’s insisted all along he was held elsewhere and had himself been kidnapped. And then we had Ivan trying to poison Leo and Dimitri and presumably also hired a sniper to take a shot at them.
You know, that’s down to the whole Gwen and Vivian thing. So thankfully, ISA super agent Andrew stopped the unknown assassin from killing Leo and Dimitri. However, Andrew had bad news to deliver.
Dimitri Still Looks Guilty on Days
The ISA went to the house Dimitri found on Zillow where he claims that he was held. But Gwen had already alerted the Alamanians and they cleaned up the mess. Somebody went in there and just emptied out the house. But Andrew said they got DNA samples and fingerprints that match Dimitri.
But both Andrew and Dimitri know that’s not enough to prove that Dimitri was held captive there, just that he was there at some point. And Andrew said with Vivian and Ivan missing and foul play presumed, the ISA and the local cops suspect that Dimitri is responsible for this crime.
So, back to square one for Leo and Dimitri because they got to prove that he had nothing to do with the kidnapping of EJ and his siblings and nephew. And also now Vivian and Ivan. And Dimitri is determined.
He wants to prove that Gwen was behind his kidnapping. And now he’s also got to prove who’s behind Vivian and Ivan’s kidnapping. Because he could go down for that.
Did EJ Have Rita Kidnap Vivian and Ivan on Days of Our Lives?
So, with Leo and Dimitri spotted creeping around Vivian’s house several times and Leo at the cemetery, they are obvious culprits. But I suspect that since EJ and Gwen did a bang-up job of keeping Dimitri hidden for a year in Alamania, they probably had local contacts that EJ could use to hire to grab Vivian and Ivan.
I don’t think that Gwen is in on this kidnapping though. Because she had been conspiring with Vivian. So EJ may be going behind the back of his partner in crime, Gwen. You know, EJ wants revenge on Vivian for her role in his family’s kidnappings and planned murders. Obviously, he’s holding a grudge for very good reason.
And Gwen’s plans to get revenge on Dimitri have also made things hard on EJ because it messed up funding for Rolf’s secret lab. EJ is not happy that Gwen pulled this stunt that complicated his sister Lexie’s resurrection. And Gwen just couldn’t help herself. She wanted to make Leo miserable. And now Gwen’s nearly broke. And EJ may be thinking about strangling her, honestly.
Days of our Lives: Rita’s Beyond Loyal to the DiMeras
And it really does serve Vivian right if EJ had Rita make arrangements to snatch her and Ivan. Rita, if you remember, she kills me. She’s so great. She’s been helping the DiMeras get out of scrapes since the Stefano DiMera (Joe Mascolo) heyday. She excels at doing sensitive tasks for EJ and there’s no limits, no low to which Rita will not stoop for the DiMeras. Kind of scary.
And it makes sense that she would agree to help EJ get Vivian and Ivan out of the way. Plus, Rita has undying loyalty to EJ and the DiMeras. And I think she would gleefully punish anybody who tried to hurt them. So she probably is neck deep in this. Rita always supports EJ’s plan. She scolds him now and then.
You know, she’s his trusted adviser and operative for all the secret and juicy DiMera goings on. She even helped EJ convince Johnny DiMera (Carson Boatman) to help out at DiMera while Theo Carver (Cameron Johnson) recovered from the brain injury he got during the kidnapping.
And you know, it was kind of funny, too. Because Theo told JJ Deveraux (Casey Moss) he hoped that another kidnapping wouldn’t happen in Salem for a long time. Little bit of foreshadowing there. You know, they’re not very subtle.
Vivian and Ivan May Be in the DiMera Crypt on DOOL
Even though Vivian and Ivan were taken in Alamania, I think they will be in Salem possibly in the DiMera tunnels or in a more ironically sinister move. Rita may have stuck them in the DiMera crypt right in EJ’s backyard. And Rita might have had it sealed, using the excuse that it’s too traumatic for the DiMeras to go in there after their kidnapping ordeal.
And since Vivian helped conspire with Peter to trap EJ and the others in there to kill them with Sarin gas, I think it’d be karma if Vivian is now stuck in there with Yvonne. It’s not exactly the lap of luxury. But I got to say, I love me some evil EJ. I don’t know about y’all. But his sexy little dimples just do it for me, even when he’s doing bad.
