Days of Our Lives (DOOL) spoilers reveal that the door’s been left open for a major return. DOOL fans know Jake Lambert (Brandon Barash) was revealed to be Stefan DiMera’s (Brandon Barash) identical twin, but is he really? How can anyone be 100-percent positive this is Jake and not Stefan?
Let’s look at the facts here. Jake’s DNA was naturally a match for Stefan’s since they’re identical twins, but it could also be because Jake is Stefan himself. Gabi was drawn to Jake from the get-to and just KNEW he was her dead husband. Although Gabi has accepted the twin explanation now, that doesn’t mean it’s the truth.
Plus, Jake was injected with the memory serum – seemingly to set up the possibility that it might work later. Otherwise, they could’ve just had Ivan Mareis (Ivan G’Vera) show up and explain. Why bother with the memory serum at all if it wasn’t going to come into play at some point?
Will Horton (Chandler Massey) didn’t get his memories back immediately after taking the serum, so sometimes it works on a delay. It’s possible Jake will still face a Stefan memory flood down the road.
That’s especially true now that we know Gabi Hernandez DiMera’s (Camila Banus) exit will be short-lived. Gabi’s coming back for plenty of fall drama.
Could the truth about Jake come out? Will Gabi learn Stefan’s alive after all and had his memories altered? DOOL consistently brought up that memory manipulation possibility, so it’d be a mistake to ignore it.
Jake himself offered a Stefan clue in the episode that aired on August 20. Since Jake has discovered he can succeed in business without even trying, he seems interested in making a go of it. Jake bragged to Gabi about practically being the second coming of Stefano DiMera (Joseph Mascolo)!
Could that be a hint that Jake is actually Stefan O. DiMera? It’s a fun option to ponder – especially since Dr. Wilhelm Rolf (William Utay) suggested that although he didn’t bring Stefan back from the dead, someone else might’ve.
Dr. Rolf seemed to know more than he was letting on, so Days laid the groundwork for Stefan’s potential comeback.
We should note that after Jake was seemingly revealed as Stefan’s identical twin, Days Head Writer Ron Carlivati faced criticism from fans who wanted the real Stefan. Carlivati’s response on Twitter was that it was tough to come back from having his heart taken out and put in somebody else.
Even so, Carlivati was honest about the nature of the genre in an interview with Soap Opera Digest. Carlivati pointed out that “it’s a soap opera: If we decided to make this Stefan, then this would be Stefan.”
Now that Gabi’s future in Salem is more certain, could that lead to a shift in the storyline? This would be a great opportunity to give “Stabi” fans the reunion they’re dreaming of! It’d be easy to cook up a soapy explanation for Stefan’s survival.
Based on the story Days of Our Lives has offered so far, nobody can rule out Stefan’s return. Jake may have been Stefan all along! We’ll provide updates as other DOOL news becomes available. Days of Our Lives spoilers say some Stefan shockers could be brewing, so stay tuned.
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