Days of our Lives’ Alex keeps insisting there is no way Joy would fake being paralyzed, which would be a much easier position to defend if viewers had not repeatedly watched her stand up and walk around when nobody was looking. Stephanie finally admitted just how suspicious she had become, only for Joy’s conveniently timed “recovery” to make the whole thing seem unnecessary. At this point, Alex is not merely trusting Joy. He is helping her lie survive.
Key Takeaways
- Alex refuses to believe Joy would fake paralysis, especially if it could threaten her relationship with Kelsey.
- Stephanie was suspicious enough to ask Kayla for a stealth reflex test.
- Joy is making her deception harder to expose by pretending to regain movement gradually.
- Alex’s trust is helping Joy keep the lie alive and could make the eventual betrayal even worse.
Alex Still Can’t See What Joy Is Doing
Stephanie (Abigail Klein) told Alex (Robert Scott Wilson) that she had asked Kayla (Mary Beth Evans) to perform a stealth reflex test because she genuinely believed Joy (AlexAnn Hopkins) might be faking her paralysis. Alex immediately pushed back, arguing that Joy would never do something that could take her away from Kelsey. That would be touching if Joy were not upstairs practicing walking and planning for Alex to eventually live under the same roof with her.
Joy has now made the scam even harder to detect by pretending she is slowly regaining movement. Tate (Leo Howard) watched her wiggle her toes and praised her progress, while Alex happily accepted the news that she might walk again soon. Joy has basically written herself an exit strategy, and everyone around her is applauding the first act.
The frustrating part is that Stephanie was right. She noticed the inconsistencies, followed her instincts, and came close to finding a way to prove them. Now Joy’s fake recovery has made Stephanie think the test no longer matters, which gives Joy exactly what she needed.
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Joy Is Using Alex’s Trust Against Him
Alex’s blind spot is not stupidity. He simply cannot imagine Joy using Kelsey as part of something this ugly, and Joy knows exactly how powerful that assumption is. Every time Alex sees her as a devoted mother, it becomes harder for him to consider that she might also be manipulating him.
That makes Joy’s behavior with Tate even worse. She flirted with him during their workout and hugged him just as Alex arrived, then slipped right back into playing the grateful patient. Alex is watching warning signs pile up and still reading them as proof that everything is improving.
Eventually, Joy is going to walk into the wrong room at the wrong time, or someone is going to notice that her miraculous recovery came with remarkably convenient timing. When Alex finally learns the truth, the paralysis lie may hurt less than realizing how completely Joy counted on his faith in her.
