Salem has never been quiet when the name Sami Brady appears.

This week, she officially returned for the 60th anniversary of Days of Our Lives – and with just one look, Sami froze the atmosphere of the banquet room.

She walked into the Horton house with a half-smile, her bright red dress made everyone turn around.

Lucas Horton – who was her love, her enemy, and also her biggest wound – stared, not knowing whether to be happy or scared.

“Are you back for your family or for me?” – Lucas asked, and Sami just softly replied: “Both.”

That same night, Sami met Philip and EJ, and threw out a few pieces of information full of hidden meaning about “a buried secret”. She said: “If this truth is exposed, none of us will live in peace.” So without any trumpets, the drama exploded in the middle of the anniversary party.

What chilled the audience was Sami’s attitude – no longer the impulsive girl, but the calculated woman. She didn’t scream, didn’t cry, just gently dropped each word like a razor blade. At the party, when she saw Marlena and John dancing together, Sami smiled softly: “Sometimes, love is just a way to disguise sin.”

Then when Lucas approached, wanting to talk privately, she whispered: “I know what you did that year, Lucas. And now it’s time to tell it all.” Her eyes were colder than the November night wind. Salem had been through many scandals, but never had the audience felt like this – the fear called Sami Brady.

The episode ended with Sami looking out the Hortons’ window, snow starting to fall, and she whispered: “We can’t hide forever…” – opening a chain of tragedies that the whole town was about to suffer.