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DAYS The Rinse: Who’s Playing Whom on Days of our Lives, EJ or Cat?

The Rinse: Our daily look at the biggest takeaway from the last episode of DAYS. Cat thinks she’s outsmarting EJ, but one very DiMera smile suggests she may have seriously underestimated him.

EJ and Cat are featured in The Rinse for Days of our Lives, August 31, 2026.Image Credit: Peacock

On the Monday, August 31 episode of Days of our Lives, Cat confessed to EJ that she was an ISA agent, hoping that her radical honesty would get him to open up and tell her his secrets… which she would then report to the ISA. Cat thinks she’s being so clever. But is EJ the one actually pulling all the strings?

Key Takeaways

  • Cat admits her ISA past to EJ, while conveniently omitting some crucial details.
  • Cat uses her supposed feelings for EJ to coax him into revealing his secrets.
  • EJ’s knowing smile raises a big question about who’s actually playing whom.

Confession is Good for the Soul

Cat (AnnaLynne McCord) let Marlena (Deidre Hall) hypnotize her, and then she recalled that she’d once told a comatose EJ (Dan Feuerriegel, who dissected the current state of his character) that she worked for the ISA.

Afraid that EJ would remember it, too, Cat decided to beat him to the punch by confessing. Of course, she lied about two major details: Cat claimed she was just an analyst, not a field agent. And she made it sound like that part of her life was over. She skipped right over the part where she’s a field agent… right now! And that EJ is her target….

Cat Turns on the Charm With EJ

Cat claimed the reason she was suddenly confessing to EJ was that she had the hots for him, but didn’t want their budding relationship to be derailed by lies. So… isn’t there anything EJ wants to tell her? Anything secret? Cat won’t tell anyone. Goodness, she’s just a sweet, innocent maiden… who would she tell?

Smiles, Secrets, and Schemes

EJ hugged a fakely sincere Cat. And then he smiled. Soap watchers know what that smile means. EJ is plotting something. Does he know that Cat is lying? Is he thinking about how he can use her confession against her? Did EJ set all this up? Does he have Cat exactly where he wants her? Who is the real mastermind here?

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