Days of Our Lives Fall Preview Drama: Vets Return, Marlena in Crisis and More

The coming months are going to be big for Days of Our Lives as the venerable soap builds up to its 60th anniversary celebration. The soap premiered on NBC back on November 8, 1965, and as it prepares to mark its diamond anniversary, fans can expect to see plenty of drama, excitement, and romance hitting the screen. And having recently been renewed by Peacock for two more years, there’s even more to come.

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As the temperatures cool off, things are heating up in Salem as co-head writers Paula Cwikly and Jeanne Marie Ford told TV Insider fans can look forward to “Thanksgiving/family feels with a healthy dose of Halloween mayhem thrown in for good measure.”

Naturally, such a big anniversary requires an appropriately sized event, and the scribes promise that the upcoming hospital gala will spark a new umbrella story for DAYS that will stretch into 2026. “We wanted to honor the first families of Salem with a retrospective that kicked off new stories in its aftermath,” Cwikly and Ford previewed. “There will be a hospital gala in honor of Tom Horton, which coincides with some mysterious experiments EJ is conducting in his private lab.”

The celebration will also bring some familiar faces back to town, with actors like Matthew Ashford (Jack), Maree Cheatham (Marie), Roark Critchlow (Mike), Chandler Massey (Will), Lamon Archey (Eli), Sal Stowers (Lani), Stephen Schnetzer (Steve), Alison Sweeney (Sami), and Greg Vaughan (Eric) slated to pop up in a handful of episodes this fall.

Coming up, the fallout from the revelation that Rachel shot EJ will continue to spread as Kristen languishes in prison and Rachel acts out in a very dangerous way.

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Marlena has been keeping busy helping to protect Rachel, but she’s going to have her own problems to deal with as her health takes another turn. The teens head off to college as Sophia grows more and more anxious as Tate and Brady draw closer to finding out the truth about her baby. Plus, one of the university professors will have a very familiar face!

Plus, Xander and Sarah may love each other intensely, but they both have a lot of work to do on themselves before they can even think about living happily ever after. Chad’s feelings for Cat cause strife in the Horton household while the DiMera family finds themselves in new danger. Stephanie’s fears about digging up her past will be realized, and Johnny and Chanel’s dream of starting a family becomes a nightmare.

Let us know which storylines you’re excited to see as DAYS builds towards its 60th anniversary in the comments below!