Like most soap operas, Days is seemingly without rhyme or reason. Therefore, it is sort of impossible to really get a handle on everything in one recap, but as the "days" go by, you too will be talking about the Bradys and the Dimeras like you are an old pro. And although it is a cliché, getting back into soaps is like riding a bike. It's easier than falling off a horse. It's a complete waste of time and yet why would we want to tear our eyes away?

So, I said that Stefano DiMera was coming back. For those of you who don't know, Stefano is the super villain of Days of Our Lives. He has done a lot of shit in Salem, including demonic possessions, brainwashings, and various kidnappings throughout the history of the show. Stefano himself has been killed numerous times, only to rise back from the ashes, hence the Phoenix moniker. Stefano comes back from the dead with such regularity; you can set your watch to it. Having him in the story lines has an added bonus: you know there will be plenty of people with bad Italian accents featured whenever he is around.

We all thought that Stefano was dead, but everyone's favorite psychologist, Dr. Marlena Evans and her beau John Black decided to fly to Italy to investigate if this was the case, because somebody back in Salem has been stalking the Brady family. John decided to propose to Marlena while in Italy. They actually were married for a long time, but she was recently brainwashed into thinking that she was a serial killer. In reality, there was no serial killer. All of the people who "died" were transported to an Island and forced to live there by Stefano's son, Tony. While in captivity, Marlena got back together with her old husband Roman, got pregnant, had a miscarriage, and then when hysterical, leading to her break up with John. All is good now though and John and Marlena are back together, no doubt aided by that impromptu serenade from Smokey Robinson.

John and Marlena's wedding was interrupted by a generic Italian guy who came to say that Stefano was dead and Tony was in jail. Not believing him, John and Marlena went to check on Stefano's grave and when they found no dead body, they realized that all of those problems in Salem may be the work of a familiar face.