The festival atmosphere had not yet spread throughout Salem when Marlena Evans launched a shocking attack that made the entire DiMera family stop breathing.

No longer soft and gentle as her usual image, Marlena walked into the dark room, looked straight at EJ and threw out a cold opening sentence: “Do you think I don’t know anything?”

The whole scene seemed to freeze.

EJ, who was used to power and control, was now completely off balance under Marlena’s gaze.

What shocked the audience even more was that Marlena had prepared too carefully. She held up a file — the two words “DiMera” on the first page — like a sword held straight in front of EJ. There was no way to run. There was no more excuse. The evidence in it had been secretly collected for weeks. The audience doesn’t know exactly what it is, but spoilers say it involves “an event from the past that EJ doesn’t want anyone to talk about.”

The confrontation is extremely intense. EJ initially denies, deflects, and even tries to blame others. But Marlena just stands there, unmoving. She doesn’t need to scream — just one look is enough for EJ to understand that the power play he’s used to has reversed. For the first time, EJ looks… scared.

The climax comes when Marlena says, “You think I’m going to let you reopen my family’s old wounds again?” The words are like a bucket of cold water. EJ pales, and Marlena turns away, walking away as if she’s just ended a war that’s lasted for years. The audience describes this scene as “cold, beautiful, awesome, and cutting.”