Days of Our Lives Fans Are Convinced Jeremy Horton Is Back in Salem — The Clues You Missed
Days of Our Lives is dropping breadcrumbs that point to a shock return: notorious troublemaker Jeremy Horton, back in Salem 18 years after he vanished. Fans think they’ve spotted the tells—and if Trevor Donovan is really back, brace for chaos.
Days is dangling a very familiar problem in front of Stephanie right now, and the breadcrumbs are not subtle. All signs point to Jeremy Horton circling back to Salem City, which... of course he would. If that happens, it would be his first time on screen in 18 years. Yes, that Jeremy.
The Friday cliffhanger that lit the fuse
Friday's episode closed on a creeper vibe: Stephanie and Alex walked into their new apartment, and a shadowy guy was already inside, clutching a copy of "One Stormy Night" like it was a diary he had no business reading. For anyone not keeping up, that book is Stephanie's brand-new, semi-autobiographical romance.
Spoilers have been teasing a Jeremy comeback, and fans immediately connected the dots. The stalker energy plus that book in his hands? People think that mystery man is Trevor Donovan slipping back in as Jeremy Horton.
Why this would hit Stephanie where it hurts
The show has been quietly name-dropping Jeremy for a while. As Stephanie pushed her novel toward publication, she got seriously antsy about how much of him made it into the story. She even tried to scrub the Jeremy chapters late in the process, which, as you can guess, is not how publishing usually works. Steve also brought up Jeremy while fretting about Stephanie's involvement with Alex. So the show has been laying track for this.
Quick refresher: Jeremy Horton, the walking red flag
- Last seen in 2007, when he was dating Stephanie. If he pops up now, that is an 18-year gap — almost two decades gone.
- Revealed to be an abusive partner with serious anger issues, and he already had a conviction on his record.
- Inside baseball alert: he was knee-deep in a DiMera smuggling operation — not a small storyline in Days land.
- When that scheme blew up, he skipped town to dodge arrest.
So... is he really back?
We do not have a face reveal yet, just a very pointed cliffhanger and a pile of hints. The show is clearly poking the hornet's nest: Stephanie and Alex are trying to start fresh, and the worst chapter of her past is suddenly in her living room with her book in his arms. Classic soap chaos.
If that mystery man is Trevor Donovan's Jeremy Horton, brace yourself. The guy was one of the show's most problematic characters for a reason, and it looks like he is ready to wreak more havoc in Salem all over again.