Two Clashes Create Drama on the December 13 Days of Our Lives…Whose Team Should Win?

In the Friday, December 13 episode of Days of Our Lives, a shirtless Xander trained for his upcoming battle against a shirtless Philip. Meanwhile, Kristen and Ava exchanged slaps in the best place in Salem to fight: Horton Town Square. At stake in both gladiator-type clashes: Titan and Brady.

Two Gladiators Ready to Do Battle

It seems like Xander (Paul Telfer) has learned his lesson from how he treated Brady (Eric Martsolf). When he went after Philip (John-Paul Lavoisier), he merely engineered his lawyer to quit Philip’s case the night before the prize fight. No baseball bats were used, no drugs, and no guns were used, either.

As a result, Philip had to think fast. Initially, Xander’s move was a good one. Ultimately, however, it may backfire on him. Philip enlisted Belle (Martha Madison), who is a great and ferocious lawyer. Will Philip tell her the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help him God? Doubt it. A flicker of guilt almost made him confess the forgery to Stephanie (Abigail Klein), but once he found out about Xander’s scheme, he stayed strong.

With Belle on his side, he will likely come out on top. Sorry, Justin (Wally Kurth). We think Belle’s more willing to go low to get the win. However, Victor (the late John Aniston) clearly wanted to give the son that he never acknowledged his empire. We’re going to have to go Team Xander here.

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A Psycho Versus an Ex-Mafia Princess

There is nobody in Salem as territorial as Kristen DiMera (Stacy Haiduk) or as entitled. When it comes to Brady, she thinks she owns him simply because they share a daughter. Does she still even have feelings for him? Or does she just want to win because Rachel wants their family back together?

She’s willing to use her daughter to further her cause, and if that won’t work, well, she said it herself. She will do so much worse than what she did to Sarah (Linsey Godfrey).

Meanwhile, in the past, Ava (Tamara Braun) has acted just as territorially. She’s also done a lot of awful things, although people are suddenly willing to write them all off. Having said all that, just because she’s achieved redemption doesn’t mean she doesn’t know how to get down and dirty with the best of them. And she is not one to back down from a fight either, as evidenced by the way she basically taunted Kristen in HTS.

The two exchanged smug insults and then slaps. And now Kristen’s contemplating her next move. Does she go scorched earth over Brady and Ava? Does her delulu demeanor mean another visit to Dr. Rolf (Richard Wharton)? While Kristen will no doubt win some of the battles, she won’t win the war. While we’ve never ever sided with Ava before, this is where we are now. Team Ava.

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ESC.

Like Belle, Shawn (Brandon Beemer) is sticking around town. He accepted Jada’s (Elia Cantu) offer to return to the Salem PD. Belle and Shawn also took their respective rings off. The ink was barely dry on the divorce papers. We guess Belle and Shawn are ready to move on. Thoughts?