Rachel’s secret will finally come out inDays of Our Livesthis week, and it will turn several characters' lives upside down. Rachel (Alice Halsey) has been a spitfire since she was first introduced as a rebellious six-year-old in 2021. She has done more than her fair share of scheming and troublemaking, most notably while her mother was imprisoned. Rachel is a fan-favorite character who fulfills thepopular soap opera tropeof the precocious but bratty child who is always spying on adults and looking for ways to use her knowledge to her advantage.
Recently, however, Rachel has been dealing with trauma after witnessing Johnny (Carson Boatman) and EJ (Dan Feuerreigel) fighting and Johnny pulling out a gun. She has had frequent stomach aches and crying spells, and Kristen and EJ insisting she can’t tell anyone has made her condition worse. Rachel nearly told Sarah (Linsey Godfrey), and Marlena (Days of Our Lives’Deidre Hall) overheard her begging someone in her sleep not to shoot. Rachel will not be able to hold onto this secret much longer without completely falling apart, and the truth will begin to surface during the week of June 23.
What’s Happening On Days of Our Lives From June 23-27
Marlena Gets Rachel to Open Up About What’s Bothering Her
The week’s events are leading up to Johnny’s arrest for attempted murder, which will happen on Friday. This week’s episodes will pick up where they left off, starting with Rachel telling Marlena that she witnessed Johnny shooting EJ. Of course, there is likely more to the story than this, and a traumatized, half-asleep child’s statement isn’t strong evidence, but Jada will see it as the break in the case she’s been looking for and take immediate action to arrest and question Johnny. Here are the episode synopses for this week:
What Big Storyline We’re Following This Week
EJ’s Attempt To Protect Johnny Unravels
Although there are several strong storylines this week, Rachel’s decision to tell Marlena her secret is the most exciting. Rachel has been tormented for the past several months, and keeping what she saw to herself has been bad for her mental and physical health. Additionally, Johnny’s knowledge of what he did that night has contributed to his insistence that he’s not a good person, and EJ has gone to extreme measures to attempt to protect his son from legal consequences. Thus,several stories will come to a head at once because of the secret coming out.
Days of Our Livescan sometimes be frustratingly slow with its stories, but the payoff is usually worth it, and this story will likely follow that same pattern. The question of Johnny’s involvement has been stuck in a holding pattern since EJ woke up from his coma with no memory of who shot him. EJ and Johnny have gone around in circles, with EJ saying he forgives Johnny and Johnny not wanting his forgiveness, but the reveal comes just as Johnny is considering letting him back into his life. These circumstances should maximize the drama around Johnny’s arrest.
What This Sets Up For Next Week’s Days Of Our Lives
Johnny’s arrest will have repercussions for several characters. Despite Rachel’s claim that she saw him point the gun at EJ, it’s more than likely that Johnny is innocent of the shooting itself. EJ’s memory card cuts out just after Johnny points the gun, and Rachel doesn’t see him pull the trigger. Additionally, EJ’s deal with Kristen will fall apart because Rachel told someone what she saw. There is no telling what EJ may do to get revenge, especially since thesafety of Kristen’s mother depended on Kristen and Rachel keeping their knowledge of Johnny’s involvement in the shooting to themselves.
EJ might renew his feud with Jada because she’s arrested his son or otherwise attempt to do something illegal to get Johnny out of trouble that only makes Johnny’s circumstances worse.
It’s also unclear whether EJ may betray Johnny, as he asked Rita to return the memory card to him after Chanel threatened him. One possible scenario is that EJ plans to doctor the video to make it appear that Chanel is the shooter, but Johnny is arrested before he can carry it out. Additionally, EJ might renew his feud with Jada because she’s arrested his son or otherwise try to do something illegal to get Johnny out of trouble that only makes Johnny’s circumstances worse. Finally, will Chanel stand by her man after his arrest?
She’s questioned before whether Johnny could be the shooter, and she’s unhappy that she won’t be able to have children with him any time soon.Days of Our Liveswill also move forward with several other storylines, including Sophia going to Melinda Trask for help. Sophia is desperate to ensure her baby is adopted pre-birth before she and Tate can get attached. If she convinces Chanel to adopt the baby now that Johnny’s in jail, that willwreak havoc with Johnny and Chanel’s relationship, making this an additional reason this story is so important.
