Set in the fictional Midwestern town of Salem, this long-running saga follows the lives, loves, triumphs and tragedies of the Horton, Brady, Kiriakis, Hernandez and DiMera families. Love stories, family troubles and suspenseful adventures embroil the denizens of Salem in every form of drama from flowering courtships, love triangles and unexpected wedding day reveals to custody battles, switched identities, murder investigations, lingering comas, mental illness, kidnappings, amnesia cases and more.

Set in the fictional Midwestern town of Salem, this long-running saga follows the lives, loves, triumphs and tragedies of the Horton, Brady, Kiriakis, Hernandez and DiMera families. Love stories, family troubles and suspenseful adventures embroil the denizens of Salem in every form of drama from flowering courtships, love triangles and unexpected wedding day reveals to custody battles, switched identities, murder investigations, lingering comas, mental illness, kidnappings, amnesia cases and more.

Set in the fictional Midwestern town of Salem, this long-running saga follows the lives, loves, triumphs and tragedies of the Horton, Brady, Kiriakis, Hernandez and DiMera families. Love stories, family troubles and suspenseful adventures embroil the denizens of Salem in every form of drama from flowering courtships, love triangles and unexpected wedding day reveals to custody battles, switched identities, murder investigations, lingering comas, mental illness, kidnappings, amnesia cases and more.

Set in the fictional Midwestern town of Salem, this long-running saga follows the lives, loves, triumphs and tragedies of the Horton, Brady, Kiriakis, Hernandez and DiMera families. Love stories, family troubles and suspenseful adventures embroil the denizens of Salem in every form of drama from flowering courtships, love triangles and unexpected wedding day reveals to custody battles, switched identities, murder investigations, lingering comas, mental illness, kidnappings, amnesia cases and more.

Tripp comes face to face with Charlie; Rafe confronts Charlie about Ava having been poisoned; Claire cries to Belle that she really cared about Charlie; Chloe questions if Brady really thinks he can sustain his marriage to Kristen.

Gwen convinces Abigail that she slept with Chad; Chad tries to reason with a very upset Abigail; Gwen is cryptic with Kate about her motives; Lani and Valerie see the new sketch of the kidnapper and recognize her.

Kate urges Chad to tell Abigail the truth before Gwen does; Abigail, Jack, and Jennifer start to piece together their information on Gwen; Eli and Lani's twins go missing; Bonnie mentions to Justin that she ran into a woman with twins yesterday.

Steve tells Tripp that Charlie is in police custody; Ava recalls that Charlie confirmed that he assaulted Allie; Belle and Shawn return home from their honeymoon; Claire begs Charlie to confirm that the allegations are not true.

Chloe tells Brady that Philip is using Titan to launder mob money; Kayla does her best to soothe an agitated Ava; Rafe accuses Charlie of being Allie's attacker; Allie comes face to face with Charlie.

Chloe pressures Philip to let her help him; Kristen confronts Brady with a picture of him kissing Chloe on New Year's Eve; Eli and Lani realize their twins are missing; Xander gets what he needs to nail Philip.

Rafe makes a stunning discovery in Charlie's apartment; Marlena and Ben frantically search for Claire; Eli and Lani give Valerie disappointing news; Kayla is thrown to learn Ava has another son.

John and Steve put the pieces together; Charlie tells Claire he wants to make love to her; Ben shares his grief with Marlena; Tripp tells Allie about Steve's theory.

A furious Abigail rips into Gwen; Steve and John uncover startling information; Allie confides in Marlena during a therapy session; Roman blasts Tripp.

Jack confronts Gwen about her lies; Chad realizes he made a huge mistake; Allie is twigged by an interaction with Charlie; Charlie reveals his horrific plans for Ava.

Kate confides in Jennifer about Jake; Eli and Lani reveal the names of their twins; Abigail searches for Chad; Anna tells Jack about her suspicions of Gwen.

Anna and Abigail find incriminating evidence in Gwen's bedroom; Gwen lures Chad into a trap; Jake and Kate have a falling out; Chloe finds out about Philip's secret; Jack and Jennifer reconcile.

Gwen's schemes come to a head; Philip gets jealous when he finds out Chloe is Brady's date; Jennifer arrives at the party and sees Jack with Kate; Jake confesses to Abigail; Will and Sonny connect on New Year's Eve.

Sarah tries again to get the goods on Philip; Abigail shares a stunning revelation with Jennifer; Xander gives Jack relationship advice; Chloe attends the DiMera New Year's Eve party with an ex.

Steve and John work together to uncover the truth; Claire catches Charlie in an inopportune moment; Kate and Will have a tense encounter with Tripp; Lucas confesses to Allie and Marlena.

Marlena encourages John to work it out with Steve; Steve tells Kayla about his new theory; Lucas confronts Tripp; Allie urges Claire to surprise Charlie.

The Bradys and Carvers celebrate Christmas Day in Salem; Lani's labor kicks in; Valerie returns for the birth of her grandchildren; Allie confesses to Sami; Joey tells Kayla and Steve about his future plans.

The Horton family hangs ornaments on Christmas Eve; Claire gives Ben a gift from Ciara; Doug and Julie set up Lani and Eli; Jennifer is touched by Jack's present; Nicole's holiday is spent with someone unexpected.

John and Marlena's family celebrates Christmas Eve; Nicole tells Allie a secret; Will returns; Belle and Shawn get married.

The Kiriakis family celebrates Christmas Eve; Victor and Maggie are not happy when Justin invites Bonnie to the family gathering; Xander brings a surprising date to the festivities; Brady and Kristen fantasize about being home for the holiday.

Tony and Anna return to Salem as the DiMera family celebrates Christmas Eve; Gwen's machinations land her on the naughty list; Lucas encourages Jennifer to get answers; Dr. Rolf has a special gift for Kristen.

Ava finds herself in danger; Allie and Steve talk about the night she was assaulted; Chad overhears an incriminating conversation; Julie helps Jennifer investigate whether Jack and Kate are still having an affair.

Chloe confides in Brady about Philip; Steve warns Tripp to be careful about Ava; Claire shares her joy with Allie; Victor admits to Philip he's on to him.

Ava uncovers the truth; Kayla and Steve question Joey about his future; Ben and Shawn mourn Ciara; Rafe gives Nicole good news about Allie.

Steve and Kayla bring Joey home from prison; Allie seeks help from Belle; Claire and Charlie make things official; Xander explodes over Sarah's revelation about Philip.

Steve and Kayla tell Joey that Ava's alive; Kate advises Allie on her next move; Sarah has a revelation about Philip's partner; Charlie makes a confession to Xander.

Steve and Kayla visit Joey in prison; Gwen and Kate put each other on notice; Jennifer suspects Kate and Jack's affair may not be over; Bonnie gets the wrong idea about Justin.

Kayla is horrified to find Ava making herself at home; Nicole blasts Tripp; Rafe reunites with Allie; Chad accuses Abigail of having an affair with Jake; Gwen tries to poison Jennifer against Jack.

Chad catches Jake in a lie; Gwen has a major fit; Bonnie toys with Jack and Justin; Abe presents Rafe with an offer.

Ava tries to bargain with Steve; Nicole reels from Allie's news; Xander checks out the data Sarah downloaded from Philip's laptop; Philip is pleasantly surprised to run into Chloe.

Kayla tells Steve she needs him to ask Tripp to move out; Tripp is stunned to discover Ava is alive; Brady and Chloe catch up; Philip catches Sarah snooping.

A desperate Allie takes a page from her mother; Steve and Lucas have a tense confrontation; Eli crashes Lani's prenatal appointment; Chloe returns to Salem.

Charlie gets caught in a tug-of-war between Philip and Xander; Sarah tells Xander they have to break up; Allie gets upsetting news; Kayla and Steve get into a heated argument about Tripp and Allie.

Xander grills Kristen about her mysterious visitor; Sarah tries to get Philip to open up about his time away from Salem; Charlie becomes wary of Claire's friendship with Ben; Jennifer and Bonnie make Jack and Justin jealous.

Gabi's shocked to find Jake and Kate in bed together; Roman updates Rafe about Hope; Charlie and Claire grow closer; Belle and John discuss his legal situation.

Rafe returns to Salem and discovers much has changed; Gabi is determined to reunite with Jake; Gwen fuels Chad's paranoia about Jake and Abigail; Jack and Abigail reconcile.

The Hortons gather to celebrate Thanksgiving; Abigail and JJ rally around Jennifer; Julie gives Jack hell for hurting Jennifer; Gwen manipulates Chad and Abigail; Jake insists to Kate they have nothing to hide.

John attacks Jan; Charlie comforts distraught Claire; Philip finds a surprise in his bedroom; Xander and Sarah find a clue regarding Philip's partner-in-crime.

Jan makes a shocking demand at Shawn and Belle's wedding; Claire realizes Jan betrayed her; Lani apologizes to Kristen for Eli's actions; Eli commiserates with Abe and Julie.

John and Shawn give Charlie the third degree; Shawn and Belle's wedding ceremony begins; Belle is unnerved to see Jan; Sarah takes a picture of Philip with his mystery partner.

Belle has a request for John and Marlena regarding her wedding to Shawn; Jan manipulates Claire; Sarah spies on Philip; Shawn informs Philip that he and Belle are getting married.

Jennifer and Kate have a confrontation; Gwen shares the next phase of her plan with Rolf; Jake scores a new job; JJ consoles Abigail.

Brady confesses to Kristen; Lani confronts Eli about his deception; Gwen sees Jake and Kate kissing; Jack tries to repair his relationship with Jennifer.

Ava visits a friend; Steve and Kayla argue over Tripp; Lani demands the truth from Brady; Tripp tries to convince Allie not to pursue charges in London.

Allie receives upsetting news; Xander suspects he knows who is working with Philip to sabotage Titan; Philip's mysterious partner is revealed; Lani confronts Abe and Eli about their furtive conversation.

Sarah becomes more suspicious of Philip; Belle has a big romantic surprise for Shawn; Jan gives Claire advice about Charlie; Eli struggles with keeping his secret from Lani.

Chad searches for Abigail; Jake accuses Gwen of orchestrating the evening's chaos; Xander gives Victor evidence implicating Philip; Charlie's crushed after seeing Claire kiss Theo.

Jennifer slaps Jack; Gwen lies to Chad about how Abigail found the letter; Kate and Jake give in to their passion; Theo and Claire reconnect; Xander encourages Charlie to pursue Claire.

Abigail upends Jack and Jennifer's party; Jennifer is rocked by a stunning revelation; Gwen privately revels in the havoc she's wreaked; Kate confides in Jake.

Jack and Jennifer's friends and family help them celebrate their anniversary; Abigail is deeply shaken after finding a letter from Jack to Kate; Theo comes home and surprises Abe; John and Marlena reminisce about their years of marriage.

Abigail throws a party honoring her parents; Jennifer runs into Bonnie and worries she's pursuing Justin; Kate runs into Jake on her way to the party and invites him to join her; Jake bails Ben out of jail.

Allie tells Nicole the DNA results came back; Steve feels compelled to take his son's word on the results; Lani panics when she finds Eli missing from the hospital; Justin tells Bonnie he forgives her.

Tripp is shocked and angry when he learns from Allie that Kayla ran a DNA test; Kate tells Roman how Allie was raped in London; Shawn persuades Ben he must find some way to carry on; Gwen interrupts a romantic moment between Chad and Abigail.

Eli wakes up to find himself in the hospital with Lani; Ben confirms that Vincent killed Ciara; Tripp bears his soul to Ciara's grave; Kayla urges Steve to tell Tripp about the test.

Jennifer and Jack find a stunning letter from Hope; Doug and Julie mourn Ciara; Claire seeks out Ben on the day of Ciara's memorial; back from court, Kristen reveals her fate to Lani; Ben takes desperate action.

Kayla is horrified by Rolf's demands; Chad becomes suspicious of Gwen; Kate reunites Allie with Henry; Clyde tries to talk Ben out of his plans for Vincent.

Steve and Roman search for Kayla; Kayla is thunderstruck when Rolf reveals his latest scientific endeavor; Kate runs into Clyde and realizes he's kidnapped Henry; Marlena delivers Evan to Orpheus.

Orpheus and John face off; Allie and Nicole report Henry's kidnapping; Ben makes a confession to Eli; a desperate Marlena tries to get Evan released from Bayview; Lucas tells Kate about Allie's rape.

Orpheus reveals his plan for Marlena; Clyde tricks Allie into letting him into her apartment; John receives alarming news from Ben; Rolf accosts Kayla at gunpoint.

Belle is afraid when she finds Jan in her house; Clyde tries to save Ben from himself; Xander is not happy that Sarah and Philip are together again; Claire helps Charlie out of a jam.

Rolf threatens to kill Chad; Belle checks on John, who is worried about Marlena; Gwen faces an unexpected dilemma; Eli questions Ben about Clyde.

Eli tries to keep the truth from Lani; Orpheus asks Marlena for help; Chad is stunned to see Rolf at the mansion; Clyde puts Ben in a tough position.

Ben has a vision; the lights go out in Salem; Clyde and Orpheus form an alliance; Jake confronts Gwen about his suspicions.

Kayla and Steve keep a secret from Tripp; Marlena tries to calm John; Sarah and Xander argue; Brady catches Philip conspiring against Xander.

John blasts Steve for defending Tripp; Kayla offers a way to prove whether Tripp is telling the truth; Charlie comforts Claire over her loss of Ciara; Philip succeeds in pushing Xander over the edge.

Nicole reluctantly gives Lucas devastating news; John loses it after discovering what happened between Allie and Tripp; Brady makes a surprising suggestion to Kristen; Tripp amends part of his story.

Hope and Shawn receive new evidence regarding Ciara; Kristen makes a shocking decision; Eli confides in Abe; Belle has second thoughts about representing Philip.

Lani makes an emotional plea to Melinda on Kristen's behalf; Gwen sets a new plan into action; Chad offers Jake an olive branch; Eli comes clean with Kristen.

Melinda tries to unnerve Kristen; Eli struggles with his huge dilemma; Abigail asks Chad for a favor regarding Jake; Gwen gets to know Jack and Jennifer.

Steve and Kayla are shocked when they learn what Allie said about Tripp; Claire gets to know the new Titan intern, Charlie; Victor fires Xander; Philip makes a mysterious call.

Bonnie attempts to gain Justin's forgiveness; Allie gives Claire shocking news about Tripp; Philip realizes Xander has been plotting against him; Eli pleads with Kristen to help keep Lani out of trouble.

Vincent reveals Ciara's fate to Ben and Hope; Allie tells Lani what happened in London; Tripp recounts his side of the story to Steve; Melinda pressures Eli to help her nail Kristen.

Melinda puts Eli in a tough spot; Ben and Vincent have a heated encounter; Steve wants to know if Tripp is the father of Allie's baby; Allie has a horrific realization.

Eli warns Lani her past actions may come back to haunt her; Kate offers to keep an eye on Jake for Chad; Abe unwittingly tips off Melinda; Kristen makes a special request of Marlena.

Sarah lays into Xander for his role in Philip's arrest; Belle comes to Philip's aid; Kristen tells Brady they need to flee Salem; Ben and Hope track down Vincent.

Philip's welcome home dinner takes a surprising turn; Jan files a complaint with Shawn; Steve questions Tripp's involvement with Allie; Allie confides in Nicole about meeting Tripp in London.

Allie and Tripp have a tense encounter; John continues to have mood swings; Melinda grills Eli as she tries to build a case against Kristen; Kayla relays good news to Steve.

Sami and Nicole argue before Sam's departure; Tripp asks for Kayla's blessing; Abigail plans for the future; Claire tells Ben about Hope's search for Vincent.

Justin confides in Jack about Bonnie; Gwen plots against Abigail; John lashes out at Steve; Ben faces life without Ciara.

Eric and Nicole say goodbye; Sami presents Allie with a compromise; Kristen's past haunts her; Bonnie kisses Justin.

Sami realizes she must act fast to retain custody of her grandson; Brady convinces Victor to support his confession; Lani tries to forgive Eli for his deception; Marlena, Roman, Belle and Brady say goodbye to Eric.

Allie is upset with Sami for going against her wishes; Shawn finds Belle with Philip; Marlena warns Claire about Jan; Xander tries to manipulate Jan.