No one in Salem expected that Kristen DiMera, the woman who once struck fear into so many hearts, would become the focus of one of the most heartbreaking moments of late 2025.

In the recently aired episode, Kristen faced the most agonizing choice of her life: save the man she loved or the man who had once saved her from the abyss.

It all began when news of the explosion at the DiMera industrial park spread throughout Salem.

EJ was seriously injured, and Peter – her estranged brother – was also in critical condition.

Amidst the ambulance sirens and the cold hospital lights, Kristen was forced to choose: only one person could be saved in time.

The scene of Kristen trembling as she held her phone, reading EJ’s last message, left viewers breathless. She stood silently in the hallway, tears streaming down her face, while the heart monitor’s steady ticking sounded like a ticking clock of fate. For the first time in years, Kristen is no longer the “powerful villainess,” but simply a desperate woman losing everything.

Fans on social media erupted with emotion: some sympathized, some were angry, and some defended her. One person wrote, “Kristen DiMera has redeemed herself through her own pain.” Others called it “the most emotional scene of Days of Our Lives in the past five years.”