Days of Our Lives Twist: EJ DiMera’s Secret Connection to Cat Comes to Light
EJ DiMera’s sit-down with Cat about Chad at the mansion takes a startling turn when a buried connection snaps into focus — a twist poised to rattle the DiMeras and ripple across Salem.
If you felt a weird deja vu between EJ DiMera and Cat on Days of Our Lives this week, you were picking up what the show was dropping. A simple check-in about Chad turned into a 'wait, have we met before?' moment that ties back to Italy, a hospital bed, and a battered copy of Wuthering Heights. Because of course it does.
The visit that cracked things open
Cat shows up at the DiMera mansion worried about Chad. EJ tells her Chad already reached out and said he’s fine. Cat isn’t convinced, and she presses: if everything’s so fine, why didn’t Chad tell her about his custody hearing with Jennifer? EJ bristles, accuses her of not believing him. She pushes back that she’s not calling him a liar, she’s just concerned about Chad. Tensions cool, EJ apologizes for being a bit cold, and Cat finally lets out how much Chad hurt her.
"It’s like I gave him my heart and he pinched it to death."
Why that line mattered
That sentence hits EJ like a lightning strike. He’s heard it before — from Wuthering Heights — and specifically in Cat’s voice. He suddenly clocks it: Cat was the woman by his side in Italy when he was recovering after his whole brush-with-death saga. She was the one reading that book to him at the hospital.
Cat, though, goes foggy. She says her memories from right before and after her accident are a blur. After that accident, she was sent to a specialist in Italy, which explains the overlap. The Italy timeline checks out, and it also explains why EJ has been subconsciously drawn to her since she walked in the door.
So where does this go now?
EJ stops pretending this is nothing and invites Cat to dinner. Cat says yes — and suggests they go Italian to jog their memories. Translation: they’re both circling the same questions, and this dinner is less about romance and more about putting puzzle pieces back where they belong.
- Cat visits EJ to talk Chad; EJ says Chad checked in and is fine.
- Cat pushes why Chad didn’t tell her about his custody hearing with Jennifer.
- They argue, then reset; Cat shares how badly Chad hurt her.
- Her Wuthering Heights line triggers EJ’s memory of Italy.
- EJ realizes Cat read to him at the hospital while he recovered.
- Cat admits memory gaps from an accident; she was sent to a specialist in Italy.
- EJ invites her to dinner; Cat suggests Italian to jog their memories.
If you want to see how this plays out (and whether dinner turns into answers or just more longing looks), Days of Our Lives is streaming on Peacock.