Days of our Lives: Roman Ends Things with Kate – Steamy Marlena Reunion Ahead?

Days of Our Lives saw Roman Brady (Josh Taylor) just kicking out his wife, Kate Roberts (Lauren Koslow), and he’s been spending a lot more time lately with Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall) for various reasons.

So, is Roman about to go from his current wife Kate back to his ex-wife Marlena? And there have been a couple of hints dropped lately that Marlena might be getting another shot at romance with Roman a year after John Black’s (Drake Hogestyn) death.

Days of Our Lives: Roman and Kate’s Marriage Breaks Down

So, we know that the cracks in Roman and Kate’s marriage have gotten really bad lately. And when Roman found out that yes indeed, Kate set up his grandson Johnny DiMera (Carson Boatman) and Bonnie Lockhart (Judi Evans) with a plagiarized book, that was a deal breaker. Kate and Xander Cook Kiriakis (Paul Telfer) plotted it out and they slapped a copyright suit against DiMera.

And it’s bad enough that Kate played dirty with one of Roman’s grandkids, but Kate lied right to Roman’s face about it. And Kate insisted she didn’t set up Johnny to take the bait of Bonnie’s smutty stolen book that she lifted from Stephanie Johnson’s (Abigail Klein) bestselling smutty novel. I mean, you got to love a good racy book, though, right? Kate actually set it all up right there in the Brady Pub. She left the book out for Johnny to see during a meeting and walked away.

Kate Needs to Come Clean to Roman on DOOL

And then once Xander decided that Titan had to drop the lawsuit, that left Kate twisting in the wind because she knew Roman would find out the truth. So Xander advised Kate, just go come clean to Roman before he hears the truth elsewhere. And while I do commend Kate for finally telling Roman the truth, as we saw, it was too little too late.

Plus, Kate should have never targeted Johnny in the first place. That is Roman’s family. Even worse, Kate is super ticked off and she’s actually blaming Marlena for a lot of this. And that’s because Xander’s therapist told him if he didn’t drop the suit against Johnny, he needed to go find another shrink.

Marlena wasn’t going to enable his shady antics. So, Xander agreed to drop the suit. And Kate even ranted at Marlena about it. You know, she’s so angry. Kate thought she and Xander had a good thing going and that Marlena screwed it up with her ethics. And Kate seems to have it in her head that Marlena is messing with her marriage. But this is just Kate getting caught for doing bad.

Days of our Lives: Kate & Roman Estranged

And since the truth bomb blew up, Roman and Kate have been sleeping in separate rooms. But then when Roman’s great-granddaughter Arianna Horton (Vico Escorcia) needed a place to stay, Roman gave her Kate’s room. No hesitation. Roman also told Arianna that he knows what it’s like when a loved one lies to you. So she’s upset at Gabi Hernandez (Cherie Jimenez) paying off Liam Selejko (Hank Northrop) to ghost her and leave town. But Roman, of course, was referring to his own issues with Kate.

She was flat-out stunned when Roman told her that Arianna is moving into her room above the pub. Like, Kate just couldn’t even believe it. But she guessed right away that this wasn’t a sign that Roman was inviting her back into his bed.

And then when Kate asked Roman where she was supposed to go, he said, “You’ll figure it out.” And at this point, he just doesn’t seem interested in working things out with Kate. She lied and she targeted Roman’s family for selfish reasons. All that “deal breaker” stuff.

So, that’s when Kate called her son Philip Kiriakis (John-Paul Lavoisier) and said she is moving into the Kiriakis mansion. Good thing Maggie’s out of town because she would not want Kate there. But that is definitely where she’s going.

Days of Our Lives: Roman and Marlena Reconnecting?

Meanwhile, I expect Roman may be talking this through very soon with Marlena. And I think we’ve all noticed that Kate seems taken aback by Roman and Marlena’s close friendship that’s gotten even closer since John’s untimely death. I don’t think Kate would be surprised if Roman ran straight to Marlena to tell her all about him tossing out Kate to make room for Arianna.

Roman and Marlena once had a wonderful marriage and they had their twins Sami Brady (Alison Sweeney) and Eric Brady (Greg Vaughan) together. But back in the day, Stefano DiMera (Joseph Mascolo) interfered with their lives. And of course, Marlena wound up falling in love with John Black when she thought he was Roman and that ruined their marriage. Despite all that, Marlena and Roman remained friends over the years. And Kate probably thinks that Roman would go back to Marlena in a heartbeat. Now that Kate has been pushed to the curb, you know, we might see Roman asking her for a divorce.

And there was this red flag recently on Days of Our Lives that Marlena might be ready to open her heart to love again soon. Not right away. She’s not ready to date yet. But when Marlena was talking to Julie Williams (Susan Seaforth Hayes), she has been going out on dates with former book club owner Foster, you know, and we saw Marlena offering some sage advice. What she told Julie actually applies to Marlena’s own situation. That was the red flag.

Days of our Lives: Will Marlena Take Her Own Advice?

So, Julie was talking about how it felt strange after losing Doug Williams (Bill Hayes) to be going out with Foster and having a nice time. He’s a sweet guy. And Marlena told Julie that Doug would want Julie to be happy and that Doug wouldn’t want Julie to be alone. So, Marlena encouraged Julie to explore things with Foster.

And the same may soon be true for Marlena and Roman. Since Marlena and Roman have a history together, I can honestly see them sliding into a slow-burn situation. Something where they’re falling back in love without even really realizing that’s what’s happening and then it’s like bam, hearts, you know.

I think that Roman is going to go update Marlena on everything with him and Kate, including Roman telling Kate to move out to make room for Arianna. Roman had already told Marlena that Kate lied to him. And Marlena told Roman from the bottom of her heart that she hoped that they could work it out, but he just can’t let it go.

He’s still stewing over it. If anybody else but Johnny had been CEO of DiMera when Kate pulled that shady book deal, Roman probably wouldn’t care. But that’s his grandson. But what’s done is done. And Roman is still steamed about it. And it can’t be undone. I don’t think he’s going to get over this soon, if at all.

Days of our Lives: Roman Leans on Marlena

And with him needing a friend to lean on, I bet that Marlena is the first person Roman runs to. And this could be just the start of a rekindling. You know, Marlena and Roman, that was a big romance from back when on Days of Our Lives, and it certainly sounds intriguing, but fans are kind of conflicted on this topic.

A lot of it’s down to John Black. It has been a year since Marlena lost John, but just barely that. And Marlena is still grieving. So, I just don’t see Roman approaching Marlena looking for some rebound loving or anything like that. Plus, Roman’s still married to Kate. And until recently, Marlena considered Kate her friend. But now, Marlena doesn’t even want Kate involved at Basic Black and Marlena has pretty much turned her back on Kate over the Johnny lawsuit stuff and all her lies about it.

So, Roman might get closer to Marlena and both of them might get farther away from Kate and we could have a Roman and Marlena romance. So what do you think? Drop in the comments. Are you for or against a Roman and Marlena reunion? Or do you think he belongs with Kate? And do you think it’s too soon for Marlena to even be looking at another man?