It just occurred to me that, although Sami could be pregnant with E.J.'s child, Stefano only has one grandchild at the moment -- Theo. I'm a little surprised that Stefano hasn't shown much interest in the kid who could inherit the DiMera empire someday. The whole point of the baby switch (which never made sense to me, but hey) was to have Lexie end up with John's kid so she and John could raise him as a DiMera. Of course, just because Zack wasn't Stefano's didn't mean he was John's; he was Bo's kid. And the Lexie/John plan fell through. Still . . .

Tony never had a child. Renee never had a child. Megan never had a child. Peter never had a child. Kristen never had a child. E.J. doesn't have a child (yet). Benjy doesn't have a child. So Lexie disappears, and the DiMeras don't swoop in and nab Theo?

Just seems a little weird.

And I want to see E.J. and Benjy fighting against each other. We didn't get any good scenes with E.J. and Lexie as brother and sister. I was willing to accept E.J. as a DiMera, even with the hyper-SORASing that had to occur, but DAYS is getting sloppy in some areas.

I don't know. Maybe it's just me.

Stefano is alive?

It seemingly makes too much sense to provide drama that makes sense on Days Of Our Lives. Instead they will continue to re-write history that doesn't make sense.

Let's not forget that Celeste is right there. She's somehow involved with EJ. Who's to say Stefano's influence will go unnoticed?

Stefano is alive?

He's been alive for several months now. Since December, at least.

I'm hoping the writers do involve Theo into the DiMera plan. He is a DiMera heir after all. And in a couple of years, thanks to SORASing, Theo is going to be the bad guy, mixing it up with Claire, JJ, Ciara, Kiriakis/Lockhart baby and Sami's baby, who may also be a DiMera.

Theo will no doubt play a role at some point. However, Stefano may be upset with Lexie over her turning her back on the Dimera's so who knows. He may not care about Theo at the moment but may have plans for him later down the line.

Celeste clearly knew more about what was coming when talking with Sami and there is always that infamous EJ/Celeste scene back in November. Celeste will be involved somehow.

He's been alive for several months now. Since December, at least.

Is Jospeh Mascolo back? How was it revealed he was alive and who knows? Also did they mention his "death" from a couple of years ago

Is Jospeh Mascolo back? How was it revealed he was alive and who knows? Also did they mention his "death" from a couple of years ago

No, Mascolo is not back--yet. The actor playing Stefano right now is just a stand-in. We never see his face, only his hand with the phoenix ring on it. The writers explained this by having Stefano dying and stuck in an oxygen cover-type structure. Everyone knows that Stefano is alive. John and Marlena were the first to find out. Then, we knew that EJ knew. Sami overheard EJ on the phone with someone talking about Stefano and that's how she found out. Pretty much everyone knows. As to his death a few years ago, that has yet to be covered. I'm sure it will be soon. In order to do that, they're going to have to mention Tony into this somewhere. We know that Hogan has interest in Tony and wants Thaao Penghlis to return, but Corday is against the idea right now due to the budget.

Those that want to see some interactions between Stefano and Theo should really start reading my blog. That's how I brought Stefano back onto the show. Theo was telling Celeste about his friend that came to visit him at night. Obviously, Celeste thought that Theo was only dreaming this and developed an imaginary friend. Over time, she started noticing changes in Theo (he learned how to play chess, he knew classical music, etc.) and speculated that Stefano was involved. One night, she hid in Theo's room and sure enough, Stefano was the friend coming to visit Theo at night.

That's a good scenario DrewH

Thanks, Arizona!