Days of our Lives: Sarah Faces Brutal Assault as Xander Rushes In to Save Her

Days of Our Lives sees that Sarah Horton (Linsey Godfrey) is soon facing both professional and personal challenges and it is because of the contaminated drug mess and EJ DiMera (Dan Feuerriegel) and it looks like it’ll be Xander Cook (Paul Telfer) who saves her this time and that could change everything for him and Sarah.

And let’s talk about how Xander steps up during Sarah’s upcoming drama and how it changes things for her, Xander, and Brady Black (Eric Martsolf). Because it looks like Sarah is attacked soon and things get really dark for her.

Days of our Lives: Johnny Freaks Out

Recently, George O’Halloran called Johnny DiMera (Carson Boatman) because they needed a desperate crisis management meeting about DiMera Pharmaceuticals. George made Johnny really nervous when he showed him the complaint about tainted batch that he and EJ were covering up.

And George said a doctor from Salem University Hospital filed an anonymous complaint with the FDA against DiMera Pharmaceuticals. It alleges the company made a tainted batch of the drug and that people’s lives may have been taken. Sarah thinks they are to blame for at least two deaths, possibly more.

This is exactly why EJ tried to fire Sarah before. EJ was trying to get out in front of this and so George told Johnny about the complaint and there’s more details. It says that DiMera Pharmaceuticals not only manufactured arsenic-contaminated drugs but then DiMera illegally disposed of it on Smith Island and tainted the local water supply. So George and Johnny both know all these allegations are true. But they wonder how the FDA found out. But there’s little doubt Sarah’s behind the anonymous complaint.

George can’t reach EJ. Because he’s in Rome right now, he needs Johnny to step up as CEO and handle this new mess. Even though EJ was the one running DiMera Pharmaceuticals at the time and oversaw the cover up, it’s all falling on Johnny as the current CEO since Theo Carver (Tyler Joseph Andrews) wants nothing to do with this. It is still Johnny’s responsibility to handle all of this. Because he’s the boss.

Johnny on Camera on DOOL

Now, meanwhile, Brady and Sarah just told Xander that they saw a reflection of Johnny on the hospital security cameras the night EJ’s son left the arsenic clue on Sarah’s desk that saved Holly Jonas‘s (Ashley Puzemis) life. And then Sarah told Xander she and Brady thought it was a good idea for her to file the anonymous complaint to the FDA. And of course, Xander got immediately anxious.

He worried that Sarah’s rash action has put her life at risk. Xander thinks she and Brady were totally wrong. Xander thought that they had all agreed not to let EJ know they’re onto the contaminated drug cover up and Xander thinks EJ is going to figure out Sarah registered the complaint. Plus, Xander, Sarah, and Brady already suspect EJ figured out they’re looking into the tainted batch.

But Sarah pointed out if EJ’s in panic mode, he’s more likely to make a mistake. So far, EJ’s done well covering his tracks. And of course, it helps that Julie Williams accidentally helped EJ cover his tracks by having the well on Smith Island decontaminated. And EJ and Rita Lesley (Maggie Carney) made sure that Develin St. John, the Salem water guy, can’t follow up.

So Brady then told Xander that DiMera Pharmaceuticals needs to be in the spotlight for this drug coverup, especially since they think the FDA is on their side now. But Xander isn’t quite so sure that the three-letter agency can do anything. Because it looks like EJ has already gotten away with it.

Days of our Lives: EJ Plays Dirty

The DiMera Pharmaceuticals records have been scrubbed and George and EJ made sure the contaminated drugs were dug up from Smith Island and properly destroyed this time. And I’m sure if Sarah keeps raising a ruckus, that’s when we’re going to see EJ playing really dirty. You know, EJ may bribe people at the FDA or other agencies to help cover up and bury the mess. Plus, Sarah hopes that there are witnesses too afraid to speak up before that will come forward if there’s enough publicity.

And in the end, Xander blames Brady for this. The Kiriakis family has lost everything because of EJ. And now Xander worries that Sarah has a huge target on her back. EJ doesn’t play nice when people come for him or his family or DiMera Enterprises and Sarah is front and center. She is in harm’s way and Xander can’t believe that she and Brady were so irresponsible and put her at risk.

Sarah in Danger on DOOL

But basically Sarah let her emotions get the best of her. Because of EJ, she almost lost her niece Holly and Sarah couldn’t save her patient Destiny who seems to have taken tainted drugs. And Sarah suspects at least one more death is at EJ’s door. Because of these drugs. Even though Sarah’s sorry she and Brady didn’t check with Xander before they filed the FDA complaint, their feeling now is the damage is done.

So Sarah, Brady, and Xander have no idea that Johnny and George already figured out Sarah’s the one who sounded the alarm. But it wasn’t hard to figure out. Johnny and George both knew Sarah was poking around since the moment Holly got sick. And EJ already told George he thought Sarah was going to be a problem. But Johnny wonders how well EJ covered his tracks. There’s really no way of knowing. Not yet.

If the FDA can link DiMera Pharmaceuticals to some poisonings, that could be the end of their company and it would mean time in Statesville for Johnny and EJ and George O’Halloran for doing this nasty cover up scheme. There’d be huge fallout. But it may not all fall on the DiMera family. Because fall spoilers for Days of Our Lives say that Sarah faces attacks professionally and personally and Xander and Brady work together to protect her.

However, Xander is the one who risks everything to save Sarah. And she may wind up physically at risk. You know, George is ruthless like EJ and they are going to start with a plan to deny and deflect. But if that doesn’t work, George may play hard ball. And with EJ back soon, he’ll get into the game, too.

Sarah Targeted on Days

Already, Sarah faced firing once from EJ. And of course, he can’t fire Sarah now because he lost control of the hospital. EJ may take a page from Sarah’s playbook and make an anonymous complaint against her, pretending to be a patient that she did wrong somehow. But it’s EJ lying and faking the complaint. But if it’s anonymous, they can’t prove it didn’t happen. And depending on how serious a complaint it is, it could affect Sarah professionally. And I suspect EJ is going to try and rope Johnny into this.

Now, he would never agree to hurt Sarah. But Johnny may participate in tarnishing Sarah’s reputation. I’m sure Johnny would rather see Sarah damaged professionally than something bad happened to her personally because of EJ. Because Johnny’s dad might do something way more serious. He may kidnap and disappear Sarah. I mean, it wouldn’t be the first time she had a vacation on DiMera Island.

If you remember, Kristen DiMera (Stacy Haiduk) conspired with Gwen and they dumped Sarah there and drugged her out of her mind. So, when Xander risks everything for Sarah, that may be when she sees the light, breaks up with Brady, and rides off into the sunset with Xander and their daughter Victoria. Hopefully, in the end, Sarah comes out of this safe and sound, and we see her reunited with Xander after he saves her from EJ’s awful antics. And if we’re lucky, Johnny may stop lying and roll over on EJ and won’t let his dad get away with any of this, especially not with harming Sarah personally, professionally, or in any other way.