Dr. Rolf says he is finished playing God on Days of our Lives, and Salem is supposed to believe him. That would be easier if he had not ended Monday’s episode standing in front of three glowing pods. His goodbye sounded sincere, but the room around him made the promise feel less like closure and more like a warning. Rolf can quit, but his work cannot disappear.
Key Takeaways
- Dr. Rolf claims he is finished with resurrection work, but the three glowing pods make that promise hard to trust.
- Lexie appears to be the strongest candidate for the newest pod after Rolf was seen wheeling away a covered body.
- Peter and Abigail could also be among Rolf’s preserved subjects, keeping Salem’s resurrection problem very much alive.
Rolf Says Goodbye, but Salem Knows Better
EJ (Dan Feuerriegel) finally turned on Dr. Rolf (Richard Wharton) after Lexie’s (Nikki Crawford) treatment failed, and Rolf responded by swearing off resurrection work. He even said he would stop tampering with the laws of God. Fair enough, except this is Salem, where death has always had a return policy. EJ should know that better than most.
That is what made the final scene so effective. Rolf was not firing up another experiment or cackling over a syringe. He simply told the people in those pods to rest in peace, turned out the lights, and walked away. It was almost respectful, which somehow made it creepier.
The problem is that walking away is not the same as undoing anything. Stefano’s (Joe Mascolo) obsession with beating death may be buried with him, but Rolf’s work is still sitting there in storage. As long as those bodies remain preserved, Salem has not escaped the resurrection cycle. It has only put the problem on pause.
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Lexie, Peter, and Abigail Fit the Pods
Lexie seems like the strongest candidate for the newest pod. Rolf had just lost her after insisting his treatment could save her, and someone who looked like him was seen wheeling a covered body through the hospital. If that were Lexie, his goodbye would become much more personal. It also makes his timing hard to dismiss.
Peter (Dan Gauthier) is another reasonable possibility. Rolf was the one who killed him, and the show never gave us much explanation for what happened to the body afterward. Keeping Peter preserved would fit Rolf’s long history of treating dead DiMeras like unfinished homework. Strange, yes, but hardly out of character.
Then there is Abigail (Marci Miller). Her body has been missing, which keeps that door cracked wide open, whether anyone in Salem realizes it or not. Rolf may be retiring from the resurrection business, but three occupied pods mean his past experiments are still waiting in the dark. In Salem, that is never as final as anybody wants it to be.
