Days of Our Lives Recap: Sarah Chokes on Chanel's Sweet Bits

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09-05-2025

On today's Days of Our Lives recap:
Horton Square: Cat and Chad meet up and discuss Felicity. Chad tells her about the discussion with EJ and says he cancelled her date with his brother. She notes how weird it is that EJ bid on her when he's already seeing Belle. Chad says since he awakened from his coma, his brother claims to be a more generous and patient person. She remains curious as to why someone would throw that much money around. Chad says he offered to reimburse his brother and Cat wonders why. Chad says he doesn't think she should be indebted to EJ. They resolved the situation by EJ giving the date to Chad.
Cat is somewhat tickled Chad wants to go on a date with her. He understands it will be weird but notes they are now friends, and they should be cool. With that, they both agree to the date.
Paulina and Abe's Apartment: Abe asks how he feels about their new place (it's new?) and she says she can't believe how quickly they unpacked. He notices Chanel seems off and she says she's had trouble sleeping. Abe says how sorry he is about the adoption falling through. He says he knows exactly how she feels.
Abe relays how he and Lexie raised Isaac as their own for two years before they had to return him to his biological parents. Chanel notes he and Lexie were able to get past it which leads Abe to note how they were sent Theo, who helped heal their hearts. Chanel thanks him for sharing but says Johnny has lost his desire to be a father which makes a miracle baby impossible. Further, she's not even sure she and Johnny will be able to find their way back to each other.
Chanel can't understand why Johnny didn't come to her when he was having so many doubts. Why would he possibly call off the adoption without even consulting her? Abe agrees Johnny didn't handle the situation well but thinks he would actually agree with that assessment. Chanel has an epiphany when she compares Lexie to Johnny. Lexie went off a cliff when they lost Isaac and thinks the same thing happened to Johnny when EJ was shot. Abe wonders if Chanel is considering the possibility Johnny shot his father. Chanel recalls Johnny saying he wishes his father died and how long he was gone the night of the shooting. She wonders what she should do and Abe says to talk to Johnny to see if he can help ease her mind. With that, they embrace and Chanel heads off to work.
Titan – Xander's Office: Johnny arrives to see Xander, and they chat about his time at the Salem Inn. Xander wonders if he has considered his offer. Johnny wants to know why Xander is interested in hiring someone with limited corporate experience. Xander says he knows Johnny is capable and thinks having a respectable DiMera around will help with the recent takeover. Johnny is skeptical and pushes for any other reason for the offer, such as using him to get back at EJ. Johnny thinks sticking it to his father makes the offer even more attractive. He asks what his job will be and Xander simply says he will be a valued employe and they will be glad to have him. Johnny agrees to consider the offer and the two men part ways.
University Hospital – Kayla's Office: Kayla walks in and finds EJ behind her desk. He says they have some unfinished business. He wanted to give her another chance to accept his offer to buy the hospital before he goes to the board. Kayla is well aware of the DiMera's donations to the hospital and also knows there are always strings attached. She will not be responsible for the DiMera family taking control of the hospital that is Tom and Alice Horton's legacy. EJ says her self-righteous stand will not prevent him from owning the hospital. With that, he exits.
Sarah arrives and says she was checking on patients before heading out of town with her family. She mentions a specific patient and asks her to keep an eye on him. Sarah asks who she sent to the conference in her place and Kayla says it was Dr Russell. Afterwards, Kayla mentions EJ's offer to buy the hospital and how she turned him down.
Sarah hesitates and then says she understands the difficult history with the DiMera family. Kayla wonders if she thinks she made the wrong decision. Sarah does like the idea of the hospital being saved but says she is Chief of Staff which makes it her call to make (that's not at all true). Sarah says if EJ wants to buy something he thinks it's a good investment. If that's true, there must be other buyers.
University Hospital – Lobby: EJ runs into Marlena and is annoyed by Kayla. EJ launches into his further irritation with Johnny still not giving him the time of day. Marlena pushes and EJ says he doesn't know how he can continue trying to evolve when everyone is so skeptical of his efforts. Marlena reminds him how many people he has hurt in the past. If he wants people to think better of him, he needs to be patient. If EJ continues his efforts, people will come around.
Marlena says Belle thinks EJ's desire to change is genuine which makes her thinks he has hope. EJ appreciates her faith in him. He goes on to say how grateful he is to have Belle in his life and how much he cares for her. The connection worries Marlena as she knows what happens to people, he cares about. She asks if he loves Belle. He says how much he cares for her and says she is in good hands. Marlena worries about Belle based on what happened between EJ and Samantha Gene.
EJ asks about Johnny and Marlena says she is having lunch with him today and will ask her grandson to contact him. She knows how much Johnny is carrying and worries what he might do next, with that, EJ flashes back to Johnny confronting him with a gun. In real-time, Marlena asks if EJ is ok. He lies and quickly makes his exit.
Sarah arrives and tells Marlena she is doing one last round with her patients before she and Xander head out of town. Marlena thinks she and Xander have earned some time away.
Horton Square: Johnny walks up, and Cat leaves him and Chad alone to chat. Chad asks about Johnny patching things up with EJ, but he's not interested. He goes off about all the horrible things his father did just as Cat returns.
DiMera Mansion – Outside: EJ returns home and meets up with Dr Russell. He says Kayla declined his offer but promises they will win the war. EJ heads in and Dr Russell gets a call from Xander. He mentions his work on the sepsis drug and Dr Russell says it still belongs to University Hospital. Xander says he has an offer for the good doctor and to look out for his next call.
Brady Pub: Johnny and Marlena enjoy breakfast, and he chats about his most recent connection with Chanel. Marlena encourages the communication and says he is going to have to do more work on himself, including talking to his father.
Horton Square: Sarah meets up with Xander and he learns Dr Russell took her place at the conference. They chat a bit more and Sarah mentions EJ's offer to buy the hospital and how she turned him down. Sarah heads off and Xander calls Alex to move on the purchase of University Hospital ASAP.
Endings
Kayla calls Steve and says Dr Russell is out of town and notes it's time to get down to business. Kayla tells him to be careful and says she loves him.
Johnny gets why his grandmother wants him to talk to his father and promises to consider it. She appreciates it and says she also thinks he needs to speak with a professional about his feelings. He agrees he has some big decisions to make and tells her about the job offer from Xander. Marlena is confused as to why he is considering the offer and he says maybe it's time to settle down and get a 'real' job. He wants to prove to Chanel he can be the husband she needs him to be. He also agrees to see a therapist and his grandmother agrees to text him some names. Just then, EJ walks in and Marlena makes her exit.
Chanel arrives in the square and runs into Sarah and Xander. They discuss their upcoming trip, and she offers to get them some sweet bits to enjoy.
Cat and Chad discuss possibilities for their date. They go back and forth, and they settle on wine and a nice time down by the river.
Sarah bites into her treat from Sweet Bits and immediately senses something is wrong. She begins to choke and Xander screams for someone to call 911.
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