Days of our Lives Spoilers October 16: Kristen and Sophia Return to Salem

Days of our Lives presents an eventful Friday as two big players return to the Salem scene. According to the latest spoilers from Corday Productions for Friday, October 16, 2026, Kristen and Sophia are back in action, while Marlena has a warning for Brady.

Here Comes Trouble

Johnny walks right past Sophia | Image: Peacock

Kristen (Stacy Haiduk) and Sophia (Rachel Boyd) are a team again and nobody in Salem is safe from whatever they have planned. As soon as Kristen received that message from Brady (Eric Martsolf), she knew she had to get back to Salem for Rachel's (Lorelei Mote) sake and she was bringing Sophia with her.

What Kristen doesn't know is that Brady is aware of why she actually left Salem. Knowing that Kristen put Sophia up to killing Johnny (Carson Boatman) is enough for him to want to keep Rachel and Kristen apart. Marlena even warns Brady to be wary of Kristen because one never knows what she may do.

In this case, she sneaks into Rachel's hospital room to see the groggy girl. Will Rachel just think it was a dream?

As for Sophia, she doesn't make her presence known right away, but may get caught. While she is in Horton Town Square, Johnny walks right past her, but does he see her?

Saving Sarah

Sarah needs to fight a lawsuit | Image: Peacock

Johnny seems to have more pressing things on his mind as he goes about his business righting his father's wrongs. He still hasn't been able to bring himself to talk to an angry EJ (Daniel Feuerriegel), but he has to fix things first.

To that end, Johnny meets with Sarah (Linsey Godfrey) and Xander (Paul Telfer) and tells them what he knows so they can beat that lawsuit. Johnny is well aware that Sarah was not negligent and the only entity responsible for Destiny's death was DiMera Pharmaceuticals, and therefore, his family.

Johnny knows he is going to have to face the music with his father at some point, but for now, he'd rather do the right thing. Wait until he realizes Sophia is back, which means he may have a whole new set of problems on his hands. She is Trey's bio mom and may not back down.

Are you looking forward to seeing what kind of chaos Kristen and Sophia cause? Let us know in the comments.