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Emmy noms are out - Days nominees listed below:

Combined spoilers for the week of May 25th - from soaps.com and DR: Monday May 25: Steve and Marlena meet with Orpheus to save John; Eric asks Nicole to marry him! Tuesday May 26: Will and Sonny share a romantic night; Rafe is shot! Wednesday May 27: Jack lays into Gabi; Abigail shares a heartfelt goodbye with her family as she leaves for Florida; Eli proposes to Lani! Thursday May 28: Justin visits Adrienne’s grave to ask her permission to marry Kayla; Eli and Lani receive shocking news; Ciara helps Ben out of another dangerous situation. Friday May 29: Steve prepares to tell Kayla he wants to be with her; John rips into Victor for what he did to Brady.

Promo and a few spoiler photos for next week:

This has already been discussed, but the detail here (primarily in the first couple paragraphs) makes me think I should probably give a bit of a warning: if self-harm is a difficult topic for you, it may be best to skip the following preview: Also, there are spoiler pictures out there, but they're not the best quality. I'll wait until they're posted elsewhere in better quality to bring them over here, as there's nothing really earth-shattering anyway.

She was listed as 20 years old on Arianna's birth certificate back in 2013, as was Will, so 28ish with the time jump factored in.

They were supposed to reflect on it being the anniversary of Adrienne's death. I wouldn't be nearly as salty as I am about it now, if only the show hadn't released a whole ass Mother's Day video (which oddly put a Marlena and Steve scene in there, because okay sure) containing this scene that would have aired today:

Another Day of WilSon being spoiled to air, and another day of them being cut. It's like Show wanted to kick me while I was already down, with respect to the guys specifically.

Yeah, it was something called Station 19, which apparently airs in primetime. Primetime > daytime for sure.

More spoilers, from DR: Monday, May 18, 2020 Marlena and Rafe compare notes about Orpheus. Orpheus kidnaps David! Tuesday, May 19, 2020 Zoey tries to convince Rafe he can trust her. Wednesday, May 20, 2020 Eli and Lani question Gabi about her attack on Jake. Thursday, May 21, 2020 Xander pleads with Sarah to give him a second chance. Friday, May 22, 2020 Abigail and Chad make difficult decisions about their future.

There was some dialogue a while back (but fairly recently) from Orpheus about how much he hates the Kiriakises. He, Xander and Clyde busted out of prison back in 2016, so maybe they'll have it stem from that. Beyond that, I think Show has some splainin' to do on why he and Evan would have done all this, but this definitely seems to be where they're headed now, and it seems to ultimately result in Orpheus trying to get revenge on/kill John. So I think a bunch of stories are about to come together. Beyond that, I see some of the early spoilers for the week of May 18th are out - from soaps.com: Days of our Lives spoilers for Monday May 18: Xander rushes to Statesville to save Maggie. Days of our Lives spoilers for Tuesday May 19: Kayla delivers shocking news to Justin and Sonny. Days of our Lives spoilers for Wednesday May 20: Chad tells Abigail about a possible treatment for her hallucinations. Days of our Lives spoilers for Thursday May 21: Lani arrests Gabi! Days of our Lives spoilers for Friday May 22: Zoey keeps a secret from Rafe. Orpheus reveals to John he has big plans.

There was a bit of a giveaway in the Days recap in S O D this week: I'd been speculating this exact scenario for a little while now, so now I'm all like....

Kind of difficult to tell from the tweet, but there's a picture of the new Zoey as another actress is taking over the role next week.

Spoilers for the week of May 11th, from both soaps.com and DR: Monday May 11: Kate gives Jake the rundown on Stefan DiMera. Tuesday May 12: Sonny and Will reflect on the anniversary of Adrienne’s death; Sarah and Kristen come face-to-face; Ciara accepts Ben’s proposal! Wednesday May 13: Ciara tells Hope about her engagement to Ben; Abigail attacks Kate! Thursday May 14: Evan and his family arrive in court for his verdict; Jake rejects Gabi’s attempts to help him with his memory; Chad, Jack, and Jennifer rally around Abigail. Friday May 15: Zoey reveals Evan's secret to Rafe; Orpheus delivers horrifying news to Marlena; Eric is furious with Brady when he learns what he's done.

May sweeps preview: I won't lie, fam, I'm bored af trying to read any of that. I hope everyone else can find something to like.

From DR - as was the case last week (and as indicated by the other set of spoilers), the show does air on May 4th, they just chose not to release any spoilers for that day: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 Nicole sets up a special day for Eric, who's still reeling over the loss of his daughter. Wednesday, May 6, 2020 Maggie slaps Xander as Sarah opens up to Rex about Maggie's role in Mackenzie's death. Lani helps Kristen track down Sarah's location. Thursday, May 7, 2020 Gabi kisses Jake! Marlena questions Kayla about her feelings for Steve. Friday, May 8, 2020 Ciara tends to an injured Ben. Wish I could like this more than once, lol, hard same. 🤝

From soaps.com: Monday May 4: Believing he’s really Stefan, Gabi accuses Jake of lying about his identity. Abigail has another hallucination. Tuesday May 5: Xander breaks devastating news to Maggie. Wednesday May 6: Zoey tries to intimidate Sonny as he prepares to testify at Evan’s trial. Thursday May 7: Ben finds himself in a dangerous situation. Friday May 8: Lani explains to a furious Eli why she helped Kristen escape. We'll see if DR releases anything tonight, but it might not be until tomorrow. We'll see........

I'll add the preview pics when a higher quality version of the ones I've seen show up. There isn't anything groundbreaking from what I've seen, but the ones that are out there are pretty rough & kind of blurry. Edit - as promised:

These are from DR - as @Silver Raven's post above shows, there is an episode on May 1st, DR just didn't choose to release any spoilers for that day: Monday, April 27, 2020 Brady goes to extremes to protect Kristen. Tuesday, April 28, 2020 Hope apologizes to John and Marlena for her actions as Gina. Justin gives Rafe disheartening news about his plans to adopt David. Wednesday, April 29, 2020 Steve and Kayla share a moment as she helps him put back on his patch. Thursday, April 30, 2020 Sarah is stunned when she runs into Rex in Paris. Ciara holds vigil next to Victor in the hospital.

I'd forgotten all about this, but he apparently strapped a bomb to her (off screen, mind you) during the last time he terrorized Salem. I didn't think there was any connection until someone else mentioned it.

It doesn't appear that there are any spoilers yet for the week of April 27th. I would presume the early spoilers didn't make it to S O D due to the studio being shut down for a while now, so we'll see if anything is released tonight or over the weekend. There should still be a promo for next week that's shown later today.