If there was one name to sum up the next two weeks of Days of Our Lives, it would be Peter Blake.

After years of absence, Kristen’s brother and adopted son Stefano are set to reappear, just as the DiMera family is in its most chaotic state: children kidnapped, bones dug up in the crypt, the mansion filled with secret tunnels, and enemies outnumbering the Christmas party guest list.

The discovery of bones in the crypt is more than just a cheap scare tactic.

It creates the sense that there’s a layer of DiMera history that hasn’t been told.

Each bone is a reminder of those sacrificed for the family’s power, names erased from the family tree but still haunting. Whoever was behind the kidnapping clearly wanted to use that past to mentally torture the hostages: you are not innocent, you are just re-tasting the food your ancestors cooked for others.

Peter’s return, therefore, cannot be just “for fun”. If he is the mastermind, this mass kidnapping will be viewed from a completely different perspective: not as a stranger seeking ransom, but as a family member returning to “clear the table”. Peter may be using the crypt as a stage to force the remaining DiMera to pay, or at least to share power with him. Gathering Chad, Kristen, Tony, Theo, and even EJ together in one place is the perfect way to force them to listen to the rebel’s final “speech”.