In the turbulent storm that is Days of Our Lives, a fresh wave of spoilers threatens to crash over Salem this week. Brace yourself as the town’s tangled loyalties, fragile alliances, and dangerous secrets tighten their grip on every corner of the canvas. The whispers say: this week, custody battles, power plays, and a chilling stalker plot will push characters to the edge, revealing what they’re willing to risk to protect what they love—and what they’re willing to lose.

We begin with the courtroom’s cold glare. On the calendar is a custody hearing for Chad and Jennifer—a moment that centers on Thomas and Charlotte, the innocent sparks at the heart of a legal and emotional maelstrom. Mediators hover between adults who once trusted one another, trying to carve a path through the debris of past misdeeds, recent kidnappings, and the ever-shifting sand of family loyalty. The echo of the last hearing lingers: Chad, once a prisoner of fear, now fights to secure a stable future for the little ones who carry the stakes of every decision. The mediation chamber becomes a theatre where pride, guilt, and the longing to do right collide, and every glance may reveal a new motive, a fresh plea, or a buried truth.

Back at the Horton house, vulnerability threads its way through the family corridor. Thomas, sensing the fault lines running through the clan, confides in Jeremy that he believes his missteps have stirred anger and resentment in everyone around him. Jeremy’s response is a careful balance of comfort and caution, hinting at a transformation that might be sneaking into his character—could the past’s heavy weight finally be loosening its grip on him? The episode teases little human moments amid the sprawling plot: Julie hosting her bereavement book club, with Foster, Maggie, and Marina present, while Felicity seeks counsel from her sister Cat. The domestic details glow with tenderness, even as the larger storm gathers momentum.

As the week unfolds, romance teases its way into the foreground. Philip and Gabby flirt on a night out, a glint of possibility sparkling in the darkness. Yet Theo keeps his eye on Gabby, a reminder that desire and danger often share the same air. Jeremy’s guarded truth-telling about Stephanie’s engagement stirs questions; is he jealous, or merely weary of the chorus of accusations that have shadowed him? Meanwhile, Theo and JJ bond, hinting at new alliances and perhaps the healing that comes with shared burdens. The hospital becomes a crossroads, with Theo soon exiting his own period of recovery, while Steve tails Alex, both of them playing a double game of pursuit and avoidance in the hunt for a stalker’s trace.

Stephanie and Jada thread through the week as conspiratorial partners in a perilous cat-and-mouse game. They venture out for “wedding errands” that are more ruses than errands, all in service of baiting a lurking menace. The stalker’s shadow—whispered to be Owen Kent, though the truth remains maddeningly slippery—haunts every doorway and chat. The sense of surveillance grows stronger as the week presses on: a chilling message reads in the air that someone is watching, waiting, and ready to strike.

On Friday, the stakes intensify for Alex and Stephanie as a troubling development rattles them. Jada updates Steve on a perilous discovery, and Jeremy’s fate remains precariously balanced as Jada arrives at the Horton house with “evidence” she believes ties Jeremy to stalking and threats. Yet the evidence—the substance of certainty or the tremor of suspicion?—keeps tipping back and forth, leaving viewers breathless and uncertain. Between these tension-filled revelations, Belle stands by her mother Marina as she opens up about a clean bill of health from Sarah, the Lyme disease worry finally resolved, a small island of relief in a sea of tension.

The emotional weather grows darker as Chad endures interrogation from Jennifer on Friday, a moment that could reveal whether he’s truly freed himself from a bond he longs to deny. The question looms large: will Chad step away from Cat for good, or will old attachments pull him back into the tangled web of Salem’s shifting loyalties?

Then enters the week’s sweeping sweep of February’s sweeps. Thursday, January 29, marks a dramatic turn as Gwen’s patience dissolves under Dimitri’s financial chokehold. He has cut off her cash, severing the lifelines that have kept her afloat, while Leo’s own plans—dashed by Javi’s departure—slice through the fragile alliance between old friends. Gwen and Leo may collide with Dimitri in a collision of needs and revenge