Days of Our Lives (DOOL) spoilers recap for Friday, July 29, reveals that Dr. Wilhelm Rolf (Richard Wharton) and Kristen DiMera (Stacy Haiduk) stole Jake DiMera’s (Brandon Barash) body while Ava Vitali’s (Tamara Braun) fake marriage stopped EJ DiMera’s (Dan Feuerriegel) next move. Here’s how all the DOOL drama went down.
First on Friday’s Days episode, Chanel Dupree (Raven Bowens) finally admitted she wanted to be with Allie Horton (Lindsay Arnold), which delighted Allie while Johnny DiMera (Carson Boatman) fumed.
Chanel reminded Johnny that she’d known Allie longer and that they’d never been able to give their relationship a real chance.
Johnny finally accepted the decision and got a hug from Allie, who promised to be good to Chanel as her brother left.
Although Chanel and Allie felt a little weird about celebrating while Johnny was in pain, they also felt they’d waited long enough to be together.
Allie kissed Chanel before they took things to the bedroom, where they confessed their love for each other.
At the pub, Roman Brady (Josh Taylor) gave Abe Carver (James Reynolds) updates on his decision to dump Kate Roberts (Lauren Koslow) over the kidnapping secret.
Abe understood Roman’s anger, but he also pushed him not to give up on love.
Meanwhile, Kate Roberts (Lauren Koslow) told Paulina Price-Carver (Jackee Harry) about the breakup and her mistake in hiding Lucas Horton’s (Bryan Dattilo) guilt.
Paulina reflected on how Abe had forgiven her own mistakes and convinced Kate to fight for Roman.
When Johnny showed up at the bistro looking glum, Paulina presumed he was the love triangle loser and wanted to buy him a drink.
Although Paulina suggested this was just between the two of them, she admitted she’d been rooting for Chanel to choose Johnny.
At the hospital, Gabi Hernandez DiMera (Camila Banus) pitched the idea of Ava claiming she married Jake DiMera (Brandon Barash) this morning.
Ava thought Gabi was being insensitive considering Jake’s body was right there in front of them.
However, Gabi pulled the sheet over Jake’s face and insisted Jake wanted her happiness.
After Gabi shared a plausible story and suggested fake marriage documentation, she pushed Ava to team up with her against EJ.
Gabi insisted this would be profitable for both of them and would keep EJ from gaining control of Jake’s shares, which would go to Ava as his phony widow.
Ava needed time to think, but Gabi insisted it was now or never.
At the DiMera mansion, EJ tried to convince Kristen to join forces with him and take back control of DiMera Enterprises from Gabi.
Kristen turned down the deal, so EJ wanted her out of the house and filled her in on all the latest drama with Chad DiMera (Billy Flynn), too.
After Dr. Rolf emerged from the DiMera tunnels, he informed EJ and Kristen of Jake’s death.
EJ wanted to get over to the hospital as Jake’s next of kin, so Kristen accused him of pouncing on Jake’s shares.
Once EJ left, Dr. Rolf convinced Kristen to help him get to Jake first and hinted about what Stefano DiMera (Joseph Mascolo) would do.
Back with EJ on Friday’s Days episode, he talked to Kayla about the remaining paperwork for Jake.
Gabi popped up to suggest Ava should be handling things as Jake’s wife.
After Ava put a wedding ring on Jake’s finger as well as her own, she joined Kayla, EJ and Gabi.
Ava insisted she married Jake today and seemed somber over having to plan funeral arrangements now.
EJ told Gabi that this marriage came out of nowhere and was awfully convenient, so he intended to get to the bottom of it.
Soon after, Kristen and Dr. Rolf approached Jake’s corpse disguised as hospital employees.
Dr. Rolf gleefully asked Jake if he was ready for his next adventure before they stole his body.
At the Horton house, Sonny Kiriakis (Zach Tinker) caught up with Chad and offered to let him stay at the Kiriakis mansion.
Chad also advised Sonny not to work with Alex Kiriakis (Robert Scott Wilson) at Titan due to his own experience with EJ at DiMera.
Once Tony DiMera (Thaao Penghlis) called with the news of Jake’s death, Chad was stunned.
Despite not being close to Jake, Chad admitted he was friends with Abigail – and now they were both gone.
Days of Our Lives spoilers say Dr. Rolf will move forward with a wild scheme, so stay tuned!
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