Sloan’s Drunk, Disorderly, and Disastrous Dinner

In the Days of our Lives recap for Tuesday, January 16, 2024, Sloan’s dinner party with John and Marlena went horribly, horribly, wrong.

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In addition, Harris headed a Salem Police Department raid of The Bistro. And Justin engineered a deal to get Tate out of prison that earned Alex’s respect. Now let’s dig a little deeper into what happened.

The Bistro Dinner Special: A Police Raid

Ava (Tamara Braun, who answers Steve Burton’s questions here) and Stefan (Brandon Barash) thought they had a handle on everything at The Bistro. Their biggest problem: potentially having to search for a new food supplier.

Suddenly, Harris (Steve Burton), armed with a warrant, raided The Bistro. Ava and Stefan knew they were screwed. Of course, Ava couldn’t help but deflect from the situation by giving Harris a piece of her mind. Harris defended himself, but really there was nothing he could do.

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Unfortunately for the detective, there were no drugs to be found. Apparently, Clyde (James Read) knew it was happening, so he had a colleague move the drugs. The guy did so without Ava and Stefan knowing. After apologizing to their customers, Stefan chatted with Gabi on the phone. Meanwhile, Ava received a text from an unknown person who asked her to meet them at the docks. It turned out to be Harris.

#FreeTate Update

Tate (Jamie Martin Mann) was released from jail making his mom and dad so happy. Justin (Wally Kurth) arranged for him to be transferred to a juvenile rehab facility, a place that’s presumably a lot more safe. Brady (Eric Martsolf), Theresa (Emily O’Brien), and even Alex (Robert Scott Wilson) were grateful for Justin’s initiative.

That is, until they heard some of the stipulations. For example, Tate won’t have contact with the outside world for the first month he’s there. Plus, Tate wasn’t happy with some of the other things he’d have to do there (group therapy) but he understood that this was his best bet to stay out of trouble and not get punched.

Justin’s deal with the judge gave Alex a wake-up call. He admitted to Brady he was unfairly critical but now he’s seen the light. After Justin announced that EJ wasn’t going to stop this transfer from happening, everybody rejoiced. And Alex apologized to Justin for doubting his skills. Later, the family said goodbye to Tate.

Very Awkward Dinner Party

John (Drake Hogestyn) and Marlena (Deidre Hall) arrived early for their dinner with Sloan (Jessica Serfaty) and Eric (Greg Vaughan), a move that didn’t bode well for Sloan. She drank way more than one glass of wine and didn’t eat anything. So that wine went straight to her head. As a result, the dinner party featured awkward silences between Sloan, John, and Marlena when Eric was out of the room.

In addition, Sloan told unfunny mom jokes and called Marlena stony-faced as well as an intimidating individual. Needless to say, Sloan couldn’t control her emotions — she drunk cried at one point. Her attempts to get on John and Marlena’s good side fell flat causing cringey moment after cringey moment. It quickly became apparent that this dinner was a complete disaster.

When Jude started crying, John and Marlena offered to take the little guy for a walk. During that walk, Marlena noticed something about the baby. When he smiled, he looked a little like Eric. John and Marlena felt bad for Eric. They realized Sloan tried to impress them but failed miserably.

The dinner party ended when Brady called John to let them know they were needed at the police station to say goodbye to Tate. Meanwhile, Sloan passed out before she could tell Eric her big secret. As for Eric, he took care of Jude.

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