Days of Our Lives sees Sophia Choi (Rachel Boyd) may change her mind about the baby adoption because spoilers for the end of the week say she gets cold feet when it’s time to set up the dirty deal she cooked up with her lawyer, D.A. Melinda Trask (Tina Huang).

We’re going to talk about what’s ahead for Sophia, for Tate Black (Leo Howard), for their baby and others that are all affected by this plot.

Days of Our Lives: Sophia’s Secret Birth and Adoption Panic

So, if you’re watching and you’re current on episodes, poor Sophia gave birth all alone in her room a couple weeks ago, and then she freaked out because she didn’t have adoptive parents lined up. and she was worried that Tate would change his mind on the adoption because he was kind of hesitant to sign the papers. Sophia worries Tate may back out of the adoption if he gets to know their infant son. So, she panicked, dropped the newborn at the safe haven box at the fire station.

Since then, she has been sneaking around. Sophia is wearing that fake pregnancy belly that Melinda got her. Thankfully, Sophia’s lawyer also got her checked out after she gave birth. So, she got good medical care. That’s good. And she begged Melinda for help to make sure that nobody finds out what she did with her baby.

It was lucky timing for Sophia when she went into labor because her parents and her siblings were out at the movies. Tate is totally in the dark. He thinks his baby mama is still pregnant on the Peacock soap. And of course, Melinda Trask feels terrible for Sophia because she sees herself in her.

Melinda’s Troubled Past and Risky Plan to Help Sophia

If you don’t remember, Melinda was a pregnant teen. She gave birth to her daughter, Haley Chen (Thia Megia), in China. And Melinda’s parents took her baby girl and raised her as the parents. And then Melinda wound up coming to the US. Haley grew up thinking that Melinda was her big sister. So, she wants to help Sophia.

Melinda has cooked up a plan for them to go to Chicago and pretend that she gives birth there. And the adoptive parents are going to take the baby straight from the hospital. Well, that’s the whole fake story. She told Sophia she can cobble together some fake adoption papers that will convince Amy, will convince Tate, hopefully anybody else.

Days of Our Lives Spoilers: Will Sophia Expose Her Baby Secret?

However, Days of Our Lives spoilers for this week say that Sophia gets cold feet about something. So, she may tell Melinda she doesn’t want to go to Chicago and do all this bakery. Maybe she’s just scared she’s going to get caught. But the problem is Sophia would then have to tell her mother Amy and tell Tate and everybody else that she lied and gave birth weeks ago. So she’s in that rock in a hard place situation.

I cannot even imagine Amy’s reaction if she finds out her daughter left her grandchild in a fire station drop box. She would lose it. So, the spoilers about her changing her mind could be about Sophia wanting to do a takeback on dropping Tesoro the Salem Fire Department, or it could be because she’s uncomfortable with the fake adoption and asking Melinda to forge documents. She’s just a scared kid. Bottom line.

Fake Birth Story and the Fate of Baby “Tesoro”

But in one of the big promos that we’ve seen, I’m sure you’ve seen, Sophia tells Tate she gave birth to a baby girl and that the adoptive parents were there at the birth and took the baby away. So despite the cold feet spoilers for this week, it seems pretty clear Sophia is going to go ahead with the fake birth story which leaves Toro as a foster baby with Leo Stark (Greg Rikaart) and Javi Hernandez (Al Calderon) and then possibly going up for adoption.

After Sophia tells Tate the big baby lie, that’s when we could see Sophia change her mind and deciding she can’t live with herself, she can’t lie to Tate about their son. Even if Sophia still plans to push forward with going to college away from Salem, that doesn’t mean the baby has to stand in her way. I mean, if Tate doesn’t want to do the adoption, well, he could be a single dad. He’s got plenty of family that could support him.

I do suspect after Sophia gets cold feet about the Chicago trip, Melinda may talk sense to her and tell her, “Sophia, if you’re not going to do this, you have to tell the truth. You can’t have it both ways.” So, I think Melinda writing Sophia’ a reality check is what may convince her to go ahead and do the fake adoption thing in Chicago. But that also means Sophia can change her mind later at any point on Days of our Lives.

Could Melinda Adopt Sophia’s Baby? The Haley Chen Connection

What would be really interesting to me is if Melinda wound up adopting the baby because she lost her daughter Haley. That was the only kid she ever had. If you don’t remember, Kristen DiMera (Stacy Haiduk) freaked out and she shoved Haley down the stairs at University Hospital where she was a nurse and she accidentally killed her in kind of this freak accident. And Melinda does really like babies. She was very fond of baby Jude when she was babysitting him while she was plotting to help steal that kid. You know, she likes babies and baby stealing plots.

Sophia’s Desperate Cover-Up and the Paternity Question

Bottom line, time’s running out for Sofia one way or the other. And recently, Tate reached out to touch her baby belly and Sophia flipped out and then she tried to cover and said she’s just tired of people touching her bump. So Tate also dropped by this past week while she wasn’t wearing the fake pregnancy belly and she panicked and dove under the covers and kind of put a pillow over her. So she’s just going to get caught unless she goes forward.

Sophia of course had that chance run-in with Javi and Leo while they were out with her baby in Hortontown Square. And we saw Sophia getting a little teary when she found out they had named the baby Tesoro, Spanish for treasure. And Leo and Javi gave Sophia a nice little update on her son with no idea they were actually talking to the baby’s mom.

Days of Our Lives Spoilers: Fake Adoption a Success?

We’ll see what happened. But based on the promo, Melinda Trask and Sophia pull off this fake adoption. Or they at least give it a real good try since she is going to tell Tate about having a little girl and her being adopted on the spot and that’s why he doesn’t get to see the kid.

We do have to wonder if Sophia’s lie means Tate never ever gets to meet his son face to face. And Melinda’s and Sophia’s plot basically means Tate would never know the truth. Plus, there’s also the fact that many Days of Our Lives fans still think Sophia is wrong about the baby’s paternity. Not necessarily that she lied, but maybe that she didn’t consider that it could be someone else.

Because a lot of people think Cat Greene’s (AnnaLynne McCord) younger brother, Aaron Greene (Louis Tomeo), is the one who got Sophia pregnant. They got together the day she blew up and dumped Tate for calling her Holly while they were in bed. And Sophia and Aaron spent an afternoon together. We don’t know exactly what they did, but Aaron has been more just kind of mooning around about Sophia for a long time. And if she did sleep with him, that would explain a lot of that.

Adoption Plans and Lingering Secrets

If Javi and Leo consider adopting Tesoro Sophia thinks that’s a good place for her baby, maybe she’ll decide she can live with the lie and that Tate never needs to know. And of course, the truth usually comes out, but not always. There have been very long running paternity secrets that lasted years on days, and that could be how this one goes, unless Sophia really does change her mind about the baby’s adoption.

Days of Our Lives spoilers for July 21-25, 2025 see Gabi Hernandez (Cherie Jimenez) is panicking and Melinda Trask (Tina Huang) is plotting.

And as we always do on early edition day, we start with what’s coming the rest of this week and then talk about what’s ahead in the week of the 21st through the 25th.

Days of Our Lives Spoilers: Victoria’s Fussy Day and a Potential Deal

All right, getting started. On Wednesday, July 16th, little Victoria is fussy at the office. Xander Cook‘s (Paul Telfer) multitasking, taking a very important phone call while rocking her stroller back and forth, but she is not having it. This is not where she’s used to being. And Gabi may actually help out because she shows up to talk Gabi Chic to Xander while she’s up at the office and she loves little babies.

EJ DiMera (Dan Feuerriegel) and Gwen Rizczech (Emily O’Brien) may strike a deal about her moving into the mansion. After all, you know, they are related through marriage. Dimitri von Leuschner DiMera (Peter Porte) is EJ’s nephew, right? Because his mom Megan Hathaway (Miranda Wilson) is EJ’s sister. I’m doing the family tree while I’m sitting here making sure I have the math correct.

Intrigue and Investigation: Rafe’s Suspicions and Stephanie’s Surprise

Cat Greene (AnnaLynne McCord) and Rafe Hernandez (Galen Gering) meet at his office to look into EJ’s finances using ISA and FBI resources. He gives Cat an earful about EJ’s very colorful past. I mean, Chad DiMera’s (Billy Flynn) already told her a little, but Rafe is going to tell her a lot. Meanwhile, after this talk with Cat, we have Rafe Hernandez (Galen Gering) heading home.

He runs into Gabi who says Ari Hernandez (Marissa Reyes) left for the senior lake trip, and uh-oh, she’s going to find out very soon that Ari didn’t make it there. Stephanie Johnson (Abigail Klein) gets a surprise from Alex Kiriakis (Robert Scott Wilson). He had her book published, it looks like, electronically. He’s showing her the ebook cover.

Kayla Brady (Mary Beth Evans) gets a peep at it, too, but she doesn’t know it’s Stephanie that wrote it. And obviously, she’s going to freak out when she finds out her mom and dad were doing sexy things from the pages of her book. That is just so gross to me. I don’t even know why Days of our Lives is doing that. That just gives me the ick so bad to think about just writing sexy stuff and your parents acting it out. Like that’s just gross.

Anyway, Thomas DiMera (Christopher Cary) asks Cat if she will play ball with him and his dad Chad in the park, but Cat probably knows or is assuming that Chad doesn’t want her there. So, it’s like, oh, you know, should she stay? Should she go?

Jurors, Lies, and Kidnappings: The Drama Intensifies on Days of Our Lives

Thursday, July 17th. Belle Black (Martha Madison) and EJ are choosing jurors for Johnny DiMera’s (Carson Boatman) attempted murder trial. Now, they both think he’s innocent, but Belle is mad because she thinks EJ was getting sexy with her to get her to drop the charges. I don’t think so – I think EJ was getting sexy with her because he wanted to get sexy with her.

I think he made her the eggs benedict to try and get her to drop the charges and it didn’t work. But Belle’s cooled off since then, and she makes a suggestion to EJ when he says he wishes he could remember the shooting so he could find the real shooter and exonerate Johnny. So, I’m wondering if Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall is going to hypnotize him.

Sophia Choi (Rachel Boyd) and her fake belly continue to lie to her mother Amy Choi (Shi Ne Neilson) about being pregnant and pushing forward with adoption plans. She’s getting ready to make a trip out of town with Melinda to try and wrap this up and tie off the loose ends. The kidnapper is really scaring Holly Jonas (Ashley Puzemis) and Ari. They need to remain calm and use their heads to stay safe.

Meanwhile, Tate Black (Leo Howard) and Doug Williams (Bill Hayes) get into a physical altercation over the girls. Doug insists he doesn’t know where Holly is, but Tate thinks he might know. So Doug absolutely knows who has them. He just doesn’t know where he has them. And Doug is going to try again to get into Gwen’s room this week. He’s desperate to get the necklace, but she seems to keep it on her and she may be moving out soon. So we’ll see if he gets it away from her.

Missing Girls, Awkward Encounters, and a Chickening Out: Days of Our Lives Cliffhangers

On Friday, July 18th, Gabi gets some much-needed comfort from Xander after she finds out Ari is missing. Our leaker says, “Don’t read too much into Gabi and Xander that there’s not going to be real sparks there. She is headed in Philip Kiriakis’ (John-Paul Lavoisier) direction instead.”

Chad and Cat are feeling even more awkward. Is this still about the Thomas incident, or is Cat feeling a little more awkward because she’s investigating Chad’s brother, EJ. She really can’t tell him, right, because it’s ISA business. And the search gets underway to find Ari and Holly. Hopefully they’ll get there in time. Their lives are at stake. Rafe pitches in and he’s with Doug and Tate as they start looking for the girls. So maybe Rafe arrests the mustachioed kidnapper soon.

And on Friday, Sophia is chickening out of the plan. She may be losing her nerve and doesn’t want to go to Chicago with Melinda to do the fake adoption thing, but I think Melinda may talk Sophia into sticking to the plan because of what happens soon with Tate.

Days of Our Lives Spoilers: Kidnapping Aftermath, Trial Turmoil, and Corporate Coups

The week of July 21st through the 25th. I’m wondering if Doug comes out of this kidnapping unscathed. I mean, there’s really unless he’s caught stealing the necklace, there’s nothing to get him arrested. It’s not his fault that bad men are pressuring him. You know, he paid off the original debt and then they came back with extra interest. That’s what lone sharks do. And Doug was really trying to protect Ari and Holly. He wasn’t doing anything bad to them. He was just trying to stop the trouble. But now that the girls have talked to each other, I do think Doug may be out a friend in Holly and out a girlfriend in Ari.

Sami Brady’s (Alison Sweeney) back soon to support Johnny during the trial and she needs to see Marlena as soon as possible because they never got to grieve John Black (Drake Hogestyn) together. And Hurricane Sami probably is not going to be good for Bell and EJ’s relationship. She may be livid that her little sister is still with EJ after she basically warned her off while he was shot and in a coma. Kristen is stressed out about Rachel Black (Alice Halsey) having to testify in court.

She’s not happy that EJ was suggesting that Rachel could be manipulated to change her testimony about what she saw going on between Johnny and EJ DiMera. Kristen was definitely hoping she wouldn’t have to bring her daughter to the courthouse, but she is going to have to go on the stand and that means Belle Black is going to have to grill her niece Rachel. I’m sure she will do it as gently as possible, but she has to ask tough questions about the night Uncle EJ DiMera was shot.

Days of Our Lives Spoilers: Tony and Gabi Plot

Tony and Gabi start cooking up plans for their corporate coup to take back DiMera Enterprises and get it away from Philip and Xander. Gabi has a lot of info to give Tony about Xander and Philip. And it looks like they’re going to try and pit the brothers against each other when honestly they really are already pitted against each other. But at some point soon, Xander and Philip are going to find a path forward.

Sophia is soon going to tell Tate that she gave birth to a baby girl, and the adoptive parents took the little girl straight from the hospital. Obviously, Sophia’s going to stun Tate when she tells him this because he really wanted to meet the baby before the adoption happened.

A custody battle continues to loom unless Sarah and Xander can find a way forward. Leo Stark (Greg Rikaart) and Javi Hernandez (Al Calderon) love little baby Toro, and I’m wondering if they’re going to try and keep him. Gwen under the same roof as Kristen and EJ DiMera could be calamitous. And on the stand as the trial kicks off, we’re going to see not only Rachel), but also Marlena and Paulina Price (Jackee Harry) all on the stand, among others.

Days of Our Lives 2-week spoilers for July 7-18, 2025 see Chad DiMera (Billy Flynn) is shocked and Gwen Rizczech (Emily O’Brien) is back for trouble and boy is she going to jump into it right away.

Days of Our Lives Spoilers: Chad’s Deepening Bond and Custody Battles Heat Up

On Monday, July 7th, Chad DiMera deepens his bond with Cat Greene (AnnaLynne McCord). He’s starting to get really into his feels with her. And we have got Chad kissing Cat and that smooch is coming soon. Sarah Horton (Linsey Godfrey) is bickering with Xander Cook (Paul Telfer) again.

It’s about Victoria and custody. Both of them were advised to make peace. Sarah was told by Brady Black (Eric Martsolf). Xander was told by Maggie Horton Kiriakis (Suzanne Rogers) that them fighting like this is only going to hurt their daughter, but they just can’t seem to help themselves. You know that saying, there’s a thin line between love and hate. And I think they are right on that line.

Sophia Choi struggles with her feelings about giving up the baby. And of course, soon she has to tell Tate Black (Leo Howard) she gave birth. And all this drama, you know, we’ll see. She could be struggling with postpartum depression because she is going to be doing some really sketchy things this summer.

Tate and Holly Jonas (Ashley Puzemis) make plans to do this senior camp trip. They are going away for a week, but it looks like Tate’s just going to go away for like a day or so because he’s concerned about Sophia (Rachel Boyd) giving birth, having no idea she already has. Watch for Tate and Holly to be kissing under the fireworks soon.

Gwen Rizczech’s Shocking Return and Romantic Fireworks in Salem

On Tuesday, July 8th, we have got Gwen Rizczech  sweeping back into Salem. Emily O’Brien is back. Gwen has got money, attitude, and it looks like Julie Williams’ (Susan Seaforth Hayes) precious necklace around her neck. Chad and Julie are absolutely stunned to see Gwen show up at the Horton House all smug and entitled and just, you know, being Miss Gwen. I’m excited about this more so than I was her as Teresa. So, we’ll see.

Ari is busted by her uncle Rafe Hernandez (Galen Gering) when she’s up to something. Looks like she’s trying to sneak over to make out with Doug Williams 3 (Peyton Meyer) in his room above the Brady Pub. There’s going to be some action over there between those two this week. Alex Kiriakis (Robert Scott Wilson) tells Stephanie Johnson (Abigail Klein) that he loves her as they enjoy the fireworks and some romance under the July 4th night sky.

Leo Stark (Greg Rikaart) is worried when the baby won’t stop crying at the Hernandez house. Ari is not enjoying the noise. And we’ve got Gabi Hernandez (Cherie Jimenez) pitching in to try and get the little guy to calm down. But Leo is actually worried that the baby may be sick. Now, he may just be overreacting because this whole situation is stressing him or legit it could be happening that way. We’ll see.

Leo’s Past Trauma, Forbidden Kisses, and Health Scares Unfold

Wednesday, July 9th, Leo opens up to Javi Hernandez (Al Calderon) some more about his past. And maybe his emotional baggage is causing issues with Leo bonding with the baby and being able to deal with it. His terrible mom, Diana Colville (Judith Chapman), is just the worst. And Leo has got mommy issues and daddy issues, and none of that can be helping in this situation.

Doug 3 rejects Ari. She is over there trying to make out with him. He wants Ari to stay away. Doug Williams 3 is trying to keep her safe, but she’s just insulted. And of course, Doug 3 hasn’t told Ari or Holly that he still owes these dangerous people money. They have sent him those photos of the girls. So, you know, he’s not the brightest bulb. He thinks just by kicking them out of his life that’s going to protect them. It’s not. Xander gets some time alone with Gwen at the Salem in and she plants a lip lock on Xander who she’s still clearly hot for.

Belle Black (Martha Madison) worries about Marina when she seems dizzy and close to collapse at home. Plus, Bonnie Lockhart Kiriakis brings some rough news to Sarah. They’re chatting at the Kiriakis mansion and I wonder if this relates to the custody battle and whether Justin Kiriakis (Wally Kurth) will be taking Xander’s case or not. Maggie would be very upset if he was.

Criminal Charges, Family Conflicts, and Shocking Discoveries Rock Salem

Thursday, July 10th, Johnny DiMera (Carson Boatman) is facing criminal charges, of course, but Chanel Dupree (Raven Bowens) is loyal. She believes in his innocence. EJ DiMera is standing by Johnny, too. He’s considering trying to find a way to shift the blame onto Kristen DiMera (Stacy Haiduk) for his shooting. And we do know that Kristen is headed to prison later this summer, but I don’t think it’s going to be a direct accusation situation on Days of our Lives.

Tony DiMera (Thaao Penghlis) warns his brother EJ (Dan Feuerriegel) not just about the Johnny trial, but also that Tony intends to take back the company and the two brothers discuss CEO options. EJ thinks it’d be a good fit for Johnny. You know, presuming he gets him off on these attempted murder charges.

Plus, that would get Johnny away from working for the Kiriakis’s over at Titan. Hopefully they can get Dearra out from under that umbrella. And of course, don’t forget Cat’s been tasked with investigating the source of funds that EJ used to buy the hospital. And that’s for the ISA with Rafe helping out as the FBI liaison.

Belle and Jada Hunter are stunned by what is on the memory card that Belle was sent. And the big question is who sent it and why? because last we saw it, it was in EJ’s hands. So maybe he’s setting her up. You can’t put anything past that, ma’am. Xander argues with Philip Kiriakis (John-Paul Lavoisier). And no doubt it is about Titan.

Johnny’s Trial Looms as Secrets and Manipulations Intensify

On Friday, July 11th, Jada (Elia Cantu) asks Chanel some tough questions. And I wonder if it is about Johnny’s whereabouts the night of the shooting. The gun that Roman Brady (Josh Taylor) handed over isn’t going to help Johnny at all because he wiped it down for Prince.

They obviously can’t test Johnny for gunshot residue because it’s been so long. And the bullet should match. I remember they were having some problems with past ballistic tests like on Kristen’s gun and stuff. Something about the bullet being partially damaged. Sometimes if it hits bone inside a body, it can warp it. So, we’ll see if they get a ballistics match.

Paulina Price (Jackee Harry) offers Johnny an update and EJ’s playing dirty games and he’s manipulating Belle. He’ll obviously do anything to help Johnny. Sarah demands that Philip come clean about Xander beating him and Xander and Maggie are arguing about Sarah and Victoria again.

Days of Our Lives: Trial Secrets, Unexpected Returns, and Dark Turns Ahead

The week of July 14th through the 18th, we’re headed into Johnny’s criminal trial soon. Little Rachel Black (Finley Rose Slater) is nervous about testifying, but she’s also sitting on a secret that both Marina and Sarah may find out soon. Of course, it’s that Johnny is not the shooter, and the truth about who did it is buried inside little Rachel.

Word spreads that Gwen Rizczech is back, and I think very few people are going to be happy to see her. I am curious to see if Gwen gives Leo the cold shoulder since we know he wants to rekindle their friendship and feels super guilty about banging her hunky husband Dimitri von Leuschner DiMera. Sophia has to come clean to Tate about giving birth. She’s going to lie and say it was a little girl and that the adoptive parents wanted to take the baby right away, so she let them.

D.A. Melinda Trask may try and fake some documents to help support these fibs she’s telling to take. That woman’s going to lose her law license, I tell you. Doug Williams There’s debt collectors amp up soon, and the senior trip takes a darker turn. Belle and EJ may both play dirty in court.

Philip wants to help Xander and Sarah fix things. Cat and Chad continue to get closer, and Julie’s frustrated that Gwen’s got the Horton necklace, and Javi may want to keep the baby as long as possible.