Days of Our Lives Recap: Marlena Deals With Her Devastating Heartbreak

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Days of Our Lives Recap: Marlena Deals With Her Devastating Heartbreak originally appeared on Daytime Confidential.
On today's Days of Our Lives recap:
Marlena and John's Penthouse: Marlena is lying in her bedroom thinking back to the horrid moment when John died. A distraught Belle walks into the living room and asks Brady if they have coffee and wants to check on their dad. Brady stops her and says their father died.
Belle doesn't understand. She thought he was doing better as Marlena sent them home. She's distraught because they could've been there to say goodbye. Brady says everything happened quickly and she would have called had there been time. Just then, Marlena enters and embraces her daughter.
Brady returns with coffee and says Tate is still asleep. Marlena tells him to let the boy sleep as he just got over the flu. Belle notes Carrie, Eric and Paul are at the Salem Inn. Marlena stops them from calling so they can have some time before they have to hear the horrible news. Just then, Abe and Paulina arrive as they just heard the news. Paulina embraces her friend and says how sorry she is.
Brady Pub: Kayla arrives and tells Roman that John is gone. She says John was rebounding when everything tanked. Kayla wishes there was something she could have done. Roman asks about Steve and Kayla says he's making calls. Kayla asks about his feelings and Roman says he's in shock. He knows they were once rivals but loves him for raising his children in his absence. Kayla agrees and says he was and always will be apart of the Brady family.
Hope calls and tells Kayla about Bo's miraculous recovery. She is thrilled for them and hands the phone back to Roman. He promises to come see Bo very soon and they hang up. They are both thrilled by Bo's recovery but are still distressed by John's sacrifice. Neither can imagine what Hope will think when they learn about John's death.
Paulina and Abe's Condo: The phone rings waking Paulina and Abe up. Abe answers the call from Steve and learns John died. After he hangs up, he tells Paulina the news.
Horton House: Julie answers a call from Hope who tells her Bo is awake! She is thrilled and declares his recovery a miracle. Julie notes none of this would have happened if not for John Black's heroism. They agree to talk later and Julie goes to Doug's photo and tells him the amazing news.
DiMera Mansion – Living Room: EJ and Kristen congregate. He says he has been working on his plans for the hospital. Kristen hopes he has also been working on getting her mother home. EJ promises to keep his word as long as Mama Blake doesn't testify against him and Rachel doesn't implicate Johnny in his shooting. Kristen insists they have a deal as long as he holds up his end of the bargain. Just then, Kristen hears Rachel scream and runs to see about her daughter.
DiMera Mansion – Rachel's Room: Rachel tells Kristen she had a nightmare her Grandpa John died. Kristen says she doesn't have to worry about her Grandpa as her daddy said he was feeling much better. She says they can go that afternoon to the hospital to pay him a visit. With that, Kristen tries to get her daughter to go back to sleep for a while longer. As Rachel sleeps, Kristen texts Brady and says they need to talk about Rachel. He texts back to say he is on the way. With that, Kristen makes her exit.
Brady arrives and Kristen says they need to talk about Rachel. She sees something is wrong and he tells her about John. Kristen doesn't understand and Brady says it was very sudden. EJ enters as Kristen says John is gone. He quickly exits and goes to see Belle.
Kristen is in tears when she says how sorry she is to Brady and says how important his father was to everyone, including her. She can't imagine what he's going through and knows how hard it must be to accept John being gone. She admits to her complicated history with John but says she respected him and the world will be a lesser place without him.
Kristen is mortified she stopped Rachel from seeing her grandpa the day before. Brady says he gave John her card before he passed. Kristen tells Brady about the nightmare Rachel had about her grandfather's death.
Marlena and John's Penthouse: Brady tells the group he needs to go deal with an issue about Rachel. He embraces Marlena and says he will return as soon as possible. Abe and Paulina ask if there's anything they can do but Marlena is too distraught for words. They promise they are there to support her in whatever way the can.
Belle brings Marlena tea and sees Abe and Paulina have gone. Marlena says they went to get her some pastries. Just then, Julie arrives with lemon bars not knowing the news. Marlena breaks down and says John is gone. Julie embraces Marlena and says how sorry she is and begs her to let her be of support. Abe and Paulina return with all kinds of pastries so at least folks will have something to eat. Julie takes everything to the kitchen as everyone stands around trying to figure out what to do.
Abe asks Marlena if she's given any thought to John's funeral. She becomes agitated and says of course she hasn't. Abe assures her that he and Paulina will help her handle the arrangements. Just then, EJ arrives to pay his respects, but Marlena has no patience. Belle walks in and Marlena shoots her a look that says get him the hell out of here. With that, Belle takes EJ by the hand and leads him off.
Julie returns to find Marlena alone and breaking down. Before they can speak, yet another knock is heard at the door which reveals Roman and Kayla. She thanks them both for coming and delivers the good news about Bo. They say what a hero John is for saving their brother's life. Marlena breaks down in tears as she says how happy they must all be.
Kayla says she's calling Cat to cancel all her appointments for the day. Marlena says no as her patients need her. Kayla says she will be there for them when she's ready but needs to take this time to heal. Marlena has no clue what she would do with herself. Kayla says the person she needs to take care of is herself.
Kayla has John's thinks from the hospital and Marlena wants to see them now, despite Julie's pleas. She takes the bag and opens it and asks if it's everything. Marlena says she gave John a gold coin at the hospital which is now missing.
Paulina and Abe's Condo: Paulina talks about a book she read about when bad things happen to good people. She notes how people support each other during bad times is when and where you find God. Abe agrees and says they will be there for Marlena. He says John was one of his best friends. He hopes John knew how much he loved him. With that, Paulina pulls Abe into her arms.
Horton Square: EJ wants to help comfort Belle by feeding her but she isn't up for seeing other people. He asks why she got them out of there so quickly and Belle reminds him that her mother was quite close to physically pushing him out. She can't imagine what he was thinking by coming over so early even before most of the family heard the news of her father's passing. EJ says he couldn't stay away as he needed to be there to support her. EJ strokes Belle's cheek as tears run down her face. She says her father only wanted her to make the right choices in life. Belle thinks John wouldn't think their relationship is the right thing to do and wants to honor him.
Endings
Marlena sits alone in her bedroom and looks at a picture of a past Christmas with John. She flashes back momentarily before putting the picture down, hugging herself and breaking down. Marlena looks at her phone and sees a voicemail from John. She says she has to save it as she knows he left it when he was coming home. She presses play and hears the love of her life say, 'I love you, Doc.' She breaks down in tears before she replays it again and again.
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This story was originally reported by Daytime Confidential on Jun 4, 2025, where it first appeared.