This week’s DiMera house is a typical disaster-ridden place.

Chad and Theo are locked in a catacomb, thrown into a place with no light, no escape, only time dragging on and fear gnawing away at them.

Before they can even figure out who did it, or why, a new “item” is thrown in: EJ.

EJ wakes up in a daze, realizing he’s been kidnapped and locked up with the other two, and the first thing that comes to mind is: who dared to mess with me?

Chad tries to stay calm to survive. He tells EJ what they’ve been through, the suspicious signs, the moments when they thought they were about to escape only to be pulled back into the darkness. Theo sees everything with the intuition of someone who’s been through too much: he doesn’t trust anyone, not even the person standing in the catacomb with him. And that’s what’s truly terrifying about this crypt: it’s not just a space of confinement, but a place where trust becomes a luxury. Here, you don’t know who the real victim is, who the pawn is, or who’s acting.

But Salem won’t let the story be just three people trapped and trying to escape. The real explosion comes when Kristen bursts in like a fire. When Kristen hears information about Rachel and Bayview, she loses her composure. For Kristen, anyone who touches her child triggers war mode. And when Kristen looks at EJ, all the old resentment, suspicion, and hatred are ignited. She can directly accuse EJ: EJ did something to cause Rachel’s distress, to get Rachel hospitalized, to cause her pain. EJ will retaliate, because EJ isn’t the type to stand idly by and let others take the blame. And so, in an already dangerous place, a violent confrontation erupts.