Days of Our Lives (DOOL) spoilers recap for Friday, November 18, reveals that Steve Johnson (Stephen Nichols) and Kayla Johnson (Mary Beth Evans) saved hostage Tripp Johnson (Lucas Adams), so EJ DiMera (Dan Feuerriegel) was forced to choose $30 million or dead Susan Banks (Stacy Haiduk).
After finding a matchbook from the Serpent’s Den, Steve headed to the dive bar in disguise and asked the bartender if he’d seen the kid on his phone.
Steve showed the guy a picture of Tripp and said his boss was looking for him.
Kayla appeared wearing a disguise of her own and claimed to be Ava Vitali (Tamara Braun) from the Vitali crime family.
Steve pointed out that the matchbook found in Tripp’s apartment came from there, but the bartender insisted he couldn’t offer answers.
That led to Steve attacking the guy and holding him against the bar. Disguised Kayla insisted the bartender had better talk or else Steve would make him “cry for Mommy.”
At the DiMera mansion, Tony DiMera (Thaao Penghlis) wished EJ would just pay the ransom, but EJ argued that Ava could demand more money afterward.
Even so, Tony complained about the standoff now that EJ had kidnapped Tripp.
Once Anna DiMera (Leann Hunley) got updates on Susan’s snatching and Tripp being held hostage in retaliation, she fumed over that sweet doctor getting dragged into this.
On Friday’s Days episode, EJ defended his decision to kidnap Tripp for leverage, but Tony felt that it had made matters worse and warned EJ to let him go.
In the Kiriakis gardening shed, Bonnie Kiriakis (Judi Evans) refused to eat the food Xander Cook (Paul Telfer) brought and insisted Justin Kiriakis (Wally Kurth) would come for her.
While they were alone, Bonnie and Susan developed a comical way of bickering telepathically with their gags in.
Once Justin returned from his trip to Arizona, he quizzed Alex Kiriakis (Robert Scott Wilson) about Bonnie and learned she supposedly went to Chicago.
Justin grew concerned since Bonnie didn’t tell him about the emergency with Mimi Lockhart (Farah Fath).
After Justin left a voicemail for Bonnie, he called Mimi and realized she hadn’t seen her mom.
Justin ended up talking to Maggie Kiriakis (Suzanne Rogers) and finding out Bonnie was last seen headed for the gardening shed.
In the crypt, Ava argued with a vision of Charlie Dale (Mike Manning) until Xander appeared and wondered who she was talking to.
Ava made up an excuse about a rat and griped about Xander being a colossal idiot for letting Bonnie find Susan.
However, Ava thought they could turn this into a good thing if they got a ransom for Bonnie as well.
Xander shut down the idea since Justin had been good to him and heard about Ava’s “associates” rescuing Tripp soon.
After Xander left on Friday’s Days episode, Charlie taunted Ava about how Tripp might already be dead and how Steve could be dead, too.
Charlie even warned that EJ could kill Ava since the rules didn’t apply to him.
Fortunately, Steve knocked out the guy babysitting Tripp in Seattle and came to his rescue with Kayla.
Once Tripp was untied and examined, Kayla decided he seemed fine like he said.
Ava was relieved to hear from Tripp following his rescue and had her son send EJ a selfie.
Over the phone, EJ also faced Ava’s demand for an extra $10 million for the stunt he pulled.
That meant $30 million or else Susan would get a bullet to the head.
Once EJ agreed to pay the $30 million, he warned Ava that he wanted to see Susan in person or there was no deal.
Ava agreed to send EJ a location, but she insisted Susan would pay if EJ tried to double-cross her again.
Although Ava seemed satisfied with the money she was getting, Charlie didn’t feel EJ was really being punished and said they should kill Susan.
The man working for EJ was arrested back in Seattle, but Tripp couldn’t understand EJ’s endgame.
Kayla felt certain that EJ would have a good reason for doing something as extreme as kidnapping Tripp. Steve agreed that Ava must’ve done something to provoke EJ.
Although Tony and Anna felt EJ was doing the right thing, he continued to seethe and didn’t think this would be over if he paid Ava the ransom.
As for Alex and Justin on Friday’s DOOL episode, they rushed in the Kiriakis shed and looked shocked by what they discovered.
Days of Our Lives spoilers say Bonnie will have quite a story to tell soon, but Susan will get stuck on another wild ride!
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