Days of our Lives 'What If' for the week of May 11: What if EJ actually commercializes resurrection?

Right now on Days of Our Lives, EJ DiMera has successfully resurrected Lexie in a hidden lab while simultaneously trying to manipulate Abe, destabilize Paulina’s marriage, and dodge criminal charges from the hospital board. If Lexie’s return actually works long-term, Salem is about five minutes away from turning resurrection into a luxury service for rich, grieving people with terrible impulse control.

Days of Our Lives turns resurrection into a business

The second EJ (Dan Feuerriegel) realizes Dr. Rolf (Richard Wharton) perfected the serum, the obvious next step becomes commercialization. Not morally. Financially. EJ already weaponized Lexie’s (Nikki Crawford) return to manipulate DiMera power structures, so imagine what happens once wealthy Salem families start realizing death may suddenly come with payment plans and optional financing. DiMera Enterprises would stop being a corporation and start resembling a supernatural hedge fund run by emotionally unstable aristocrats.

And honestly, Chad (Conner Flynn) would become one of the biggest problems immediately. If EJ can bring Lexie back, then Abigail (Marci Miller) suddenly becomes impossible to ignore. Chad already carries enough grief to emotionally collapse every time somebody mentions her name for longer than six seconds. The temptation to resurrect Abby would hit him like a freight train wrapped in denial and old wedding photos, and he was already disappointed when EJ revealed that she wasn’t one of his test subjects.

Then comes the real disaster: Abigail walking back into Salem while Cat (AnnaLynn McCord) is still circling Chad’s life. The fallout would not stop there either. Bo (Peter Reckell) and Hope’s (Kristian Alfonso) son, Zack (Brandon Butler), suddenly becomes another possibility hanging over Salem like emotional dynamite. At that point, resurrection stops feeling miraculous and starts becoming dangerous because nobody would accept death anymore. Every funeral would turn into a negotiation. Every grieving family would start asking why their loved one stayed dead while somebody else got another chance.

Salem would start unraveling

The truly ugly part is that EJ would initially look like a hero. Abe (James Reynolds) already thanked him despite knowing perfectly well he cannot trust him. Salem would absolutely celebrate the man who brought Lexie home before anybody fully processed the horrifying implications underneath it. That is usually how disasters begin in this town anyway, with hugs, speeches, and somebody ignoring Dr. Rolf standing suspiciously near medical equipment.

But resurrection only works as a soap device when it stays rare enough to feel dangerous. In days past on DAYS, returns usually happened when there was uncertainty, or if there wasn't a body. Lexie literally died onscreen. Salem crossing that line changes the rules completely because now death itself starts looking negotiable instead of tragic.

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And once resurrection becomes negotiable, everybody changes. EJ becomes more powerful than Stefano ever was because he is no longer controlling money or secrets. He is controlling grief itself. Suddenly, every desperate person in Salem becomes vulnerable to him, and honestly, that might be even more dangerous than Dr. Rolf wandering around town with syringes and unlicensed science experiments in a duffel bag.

Days of our Lives is available on the Peacock streaming app.

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