When Dr. Charlotte Taylor tried to kill Marlena, she drugged John instead. He awoke with his memories back, but paralyzed. John and Marlena were remarried in the hospital before they flew to Switzerland so he could seek treatment. In , after two years away, John returned to Salem with Marlena fully recovered.
He was arrested for embezzling money from his company, Basic Black, but when the evidence was found to be doctored, John was set free. Kristen returned to Salem and while John initially believed her claims of turning over a new leaf, when she began dating Brady, he was determined to get her away from his son.
He even pushed Marlena away and tried to seduce Kristen! In , John discovered that he was not the son of Colleen Brady and Santo DiMera, so his true identity was once again in question.
After some time in Europe on business, John returned to Salem to repair his relationships with Marlena and Brady. He rejoined the Salem P.
John then went back to work for the ISA in the hopes of learning who he really is. John then learned that he was born John Robicheaux in rural Louisiana, who was adopted by the Alamains, who named him Forrest. But his father, Timothy Robicheuax, had not really died during the war and instead had turned into the villainous Yo Ling.
John eventually faced off against his evil father, who died when they were rescuing Paul from his clutches. But he then disappeared for a time and upon his return, it was revealed he had gone back to the ISA to work deep undercover.
John helped Marlena rescue some of the younger Salemites, including Paul, who had crashed on a deserted island. Everyone was confused when John began acting out of character and even slowly poisoned Steve, causing his friend to go blind!
For the first time, Lexie resorted to dishonesty, but would do anything to make sure that she could keep Isaac. Stefano and John worked at getting a blood sample to find out the true paternity of 'Hope's' baby. Stefano was forced to manipulate the results, since he was the only one who knew about the baby switch.
John then dropped a bombshell on his wife Marlena that could shatter their marriage forever - he announced that he is the father of Hope's baby! Although Marlena was shocked by John's announcement, she eventually forgave John and realized that both he and Hope were under Stefano's complete control. John also admitted to Hope that he fathered her baby. John, Marlena and Hope decided to keep 'JT's true paternity a secret from Bo, although they felt guilty about leaving him in the dark. Stefano and Rolf noticed a woman working at Hudson Diner who bore an uncanny resemblance to Marlena.
Stefano decided to use Hattie as part of his plan to have his mercenary John back. He planned to kidnap Marlena and replace her with Hattie. With Marlena out of the picture, Stefano could work on John and transform him back into the mercenary that he once knew. Rolf disguised himself as a plastic surgeon named Dr. Steiner and convinced Hattie to have surgery so that she can look more like Marlena.
After several operations, including Rolf's dentistry, Hattie began to look like a carbon copy of Marlena Evans. At the same time, Hattie began to fall for Marlena's ex-husband Roman Brady. When Marlena encountered Hattie in Salem Place, she experienced flashbacks of her twin sister Samantha, who had been killed by the Salem Strangler years ago.
Marlena was astounded by Hattie's resemblance to Samantha. Hattie would later play an important role in the baby switch story line. During the reception, some of the guests went ice skating on the frozen lake.
Belle, Shawn, Phillip and Chloe found a dead corpse holding on to the mysterious can that they found last summer when they built Mimi's new house. Lexie was horrified to discover that the body belonged to Marlo.
She feared that if the body was identified, she could lose her adoptive son Isaac. A distraught Lexie sought out Stefano and begged for his help in covering up Marlo's death. Rolf and Bart stole Marlo's body from the morgue and dissolved it in a vat of acid. Hattie saw the body in the foyer of the DiMera mansion, but Dr. Unfortunately, the Salem PD was able to draw a sketch of the dead woman and identified the body.
A man named Glen Reiber read the news report on Marlo's death and decided to travel to Salem. It turns out that Glen was Marlo's ex-boyfriend and could be the father of her baby. Glen and Barb explained their situation to Abe and Lexie and the two realized that Glen could be Isaac's biological father. Lexie did not tell Glen and Barb that she and Abe adopted Marlo's baby and she manipulated the couple, trying to convince them to concentrate on having a baby on their own.
Abe was shocked by Lexie's manipulation and began to suspect that Stefano was having an evil influence on his wife. Because Lexie did not know about the baby switch, she decided to take matters into her own hands and arranged for the test results to be rigged. Lexie enlisted Brandon's help in switching the results of the DNA test to make it seem that Glen is not Isaac's father.
Lexie and Brandon were both horrified to learn that Glen is really JT's biological father. Lexie confronted Stefano about the test results and realized that the babies had been switched at birth.
Lexie decided to keep her knowledge of the baby switch a secret so that she and Abe would not lose Isaac. Stefano ordered Rolf and Bart to rig explosives at the East side lab to foil Glen and Barb's search into Isaac's paternity. Rolf decided to set additional bombs at a lab near Tuscany, the power plant and the Salem Bridge. Marlena and Hope got into a heated argument about JT's paternity. Lexie overheard the argument and realized that JT is not Bo's son.
Suddenly, an explosion ripped through Tuscany and injured Lexie. In mercenary mode, John rescued Lexie and took her to the hospital. Nancy Wesley overheard Lexie having a nightmare about the baby switch and became suspicious.
Stefano threatened Nancy into keeping silent and she agreed. She even kept her suspicions and Stefano's threat a secret from her husband Craig to avoid Stefano's wrath. Because of the power plant explosion, Belle and Shawn were trapped in the elevator to Marlena and John's penthouse. This caused Belle to suffer an anxiety attack because of her claustrophobia.
Brady fell on top of the elevator trying to rescue Shawn and Belle. John rescued Brady and released Shawn and Belle from the elevator. Jennifer drove along the Salem bridge, just as it exploded, placing the two in great danger. Jack managed to rescue Jennifer from the car, but JT's baby capsule fell into the river. Glen and Barb spotted the baby capsule with Isaac's name on it and assumed they had found Isaac.
Glen and Barb decided to kidnap him, mistaking JT for Isaac. Phillip and Chloe spent some time alone near the river, where they carved their initials on a tree. Chloe had spotted a couple taking the baby, but did not recognize him as JT. Glen took a DNA sample from 'Isaac' and sent it to a remote lab for testing. Jennifer became hysterical over JT's disappearance and Jack tried to get through to her, telling her that the accident was not her fault. Hope on the other hand attacked Jennifer and told her that she wished she had never returned to Salem.
When Chloe found out about JT's disappearance, she flashed back to the couple taking the baby from the river and immediately told Bo and Hope what she saw. Hope gave Jennifer a humble apology for her behavior and the two resumed their close friendship.
Hope also decided to mend fences with Marlena after the fight they had at Tuscany. Although Lexie recovered from her injuries, she continued to keep her knowledge of the baby switch a secret from everybody, even her husband Abe. Meanwhile, the test that was done out of town on JT when he was kidnapped by Glen and Barb had arrived on the Reibers' doorstep. Barb was shocked when she learned that Glen is really JT's father and figures out the truth behind the baby switch.
Because Barb wanted her and Glen to concentrate on having a baby of her own, she decided to throw out the test results and keep Glen in the dark. Hattie's began to have a nightmare about the body she found in the foyer of the DiMera mansion. In her dream, she was dancing with Rolf and all of a sudden, he morphed into the dead corpse that she saw.
Hattie's conscience prevailed and she informed Roman about the body. Knowing that he was in trouble with the law, Stefano tried to convince Lexie to leave town with him and she agreed, but regretted having to leave Abe behind. Stefano and John had a face-off in one of the secret passageways in the DiMera mansion.
Lexie overheard their argument and realized that John was the father of Hope's baby. After a heated struggle, Stefano fled from the DiMera mansion and skipped town. In December , however, John and Marlena found Stefano in an Italian hospital and confronted him, trying to learn why he had sent a young man named EJ to Salem.
In late February , EJ relocated Stefano to a secret location in Salem, where he received a kidney transplant from John. He was then moved back to Italy. The burnt remains of Maison Blanche, Stefano's mansion located in Louisiana, was found, partially destroyed by a hurricane. Stefano's health was revealed to be rapidly declining, and that the DiMeras need the stem cells from Sami's unborn child in order to save his life.
This is a complete recon of events, as the feud began when Roman Brady pursued Stefano for his criminal activities. When Stefano returned in June , he was quasi-kidnapped by EJ and Sami in an ambulance, and driven away from the DiMera Mansion for a time, as the two saw it as the only means in which they could speak to Stefano without interference from Tony, Bart, or Dr.
When Stefano came to, still groggy from whatever medication he's been on, he mistook Sami for Colleen, taking both Elvis and Sami by surprise.
Stefano quickly came to his senses, and Sami and EJ's hopes of a cease-fire were quickly tarnished when Stefano cryptically told them that this was not possible until all the wrongs of the past had been righted. Tony's attorney was able to get the ambulance to turn around, and Stefano arrived home just as John and Lucas showed up, looking for Sami. Stefano and John had a conversation, in which Stefano reminded John that John was his favorite pawn.
When asked by Stefano about Marlena, John told him that she was looking forward to a dance on his grave. He told Sami the only way to end the feud, between the two families, would be to marry EJ and raise the child as a DiMera. It has recently been discovered that Stefano's daughter Lexie was alive but kept hidden in a tunnel that ran from Doug's place to the DiMera mansion along with a bomb hidden in a music box that exploded when Bo and Hope accidentally set it off. When questioned about it Stefano claimed he had nothing to do with it.
He then chastised Tony for acting without his knowledge or consent, to which Tony responded by claiming he had to it to protect the family.
Stefano was angry and told Tony to get his act together. Tony informed his father that he'd sacrificed his friends, his social standing and his entire life in Salem to carry out Stefano's wishes to exterminate the Brady's and told Stefano "If you don't finish the Brady's, I will.
Stefano responded by calling a family meeting, which consisted of Tony, EJ and Celeste who arrived in place of Lexie.
She openly blamed the DiMera family for her daughter's imprisonment and refused to allow Stefano near her. Bart and Dr.
Rolf, long-time servants of the DiMera family, were also present. Stefano placed a photo of Colleen Brady an exact duplicate of her great-niece Sami in public view and told the story of her love affair with his father Santo. He claims that Colleen was murdered by a member of her own family. He then informed his bickering sons that order needed to be restored in the family, and asked Tony and EJ to put their differences aside and embrace as brothers.
The two reluctantly obey him. After telling Celeste to leave Stefano orders Tony to follow her and dismisses the family servants from the room so he can share yet another secret with his youngest son EJ. He pulls out an old picture of his father Santo. EJ looks like his grandfather, Santo DiMera. Flashbacks revealed that Stefano and Shawn Brady had met as kids and became friends while Santo and Colleen had fallen in love.
Ultimately, Stefano let slip to Shawn that Santo had lied about his wife being dead. When Shawn told Colleen the news, she ran away, and presumably committed suicide by jumping off of a cliff. Santo died of a broken heart and made Stefano promise he would get revenge on the Brady's. Tony and Stefano soon learned that Anna was back in town, and working with the Brady's.
Tony and Anna arranged to meet for dinner, so he could get information out of her. Stefano was worried, but went to bed and left it in Tony's hands. Stefano later went downstairs and found Tony, Anna, and Bart asleep on the couch. Stefano questioned Hope as to why she was there, and Steve, pretending to be under Stefano's control said they were together. Stefano permitted them both to leave, and then woke Tony up.
Stefano and Tony discovered the letters were missing, but Stefano wasn't too concerned. Stefano had Tony and EJ work together to acquire the stem cells. Tony later called Stefano, and said he had to kill EJ, which angered Stefano as he had told Tony to teach EJ a lesson, and not to kill him. Tony defended his actions, but Steve dropped by, and said that EJ was still alive. After he left, Stefano told Tony he had done irreparable damage to the family because EJ will never trust them again.
After Tony was hospitalized for falling off of a rooftop, Stefano and Rolf went to visit him. EJ came in and taunted Tony, who he had learned was really Andre.
Stefano didn't seem surprised, and EJ realized he knew the whole time. Stefano was offended that EJ seemed to think he couldn't tell the difference between his son and his nephew. The real Tony soon came into the room, and Stefano was shocked to see Tony after all these years.
Tony declared that Stefano's reign of terror was over, and Roman dropped by to inform Stefano that Andre would be headed off to prison. After Roman left, Stefano asked Andre if he had left their surprise where he had asked him to.
Andre said he had and it was set to go off with a bang. The surprise, being a bomb, placed in some flowers. The explosion knocked everyone unconscious, and Stefano had Bart kidnap Sami. Stefano, Bart, and Rolf took flight on a private plane. EJ tried to get in touch with Stefano, and convince him not harvest the stem cells from his children. Stefano asked why should he listen to a son, who sides with his enemy. However, Rolf did some tests, and determined that Sami wasn't carrying his grandchildren, so they dropped Sami off a motel.
Stefano stood up out of his wheelchair, and placed his chest to the barrel of the gun. He challenged Sami to shoot him, but Lucas and Marlena showed up.
EJ got the gun away, and Stefano ordered him to finish them off. Instead, EJ told them to leave, and Stefano berated him for showing weakness. Stefano later woke up to find Tony trying to take the key to ending the feud.
Stefano gave Bart the key, and told him to protect at all costs, before going back to sleep since Tony had drugged him. When Stefano awoke again, he found Andre kneeling by Bart, who was bleeding to death. Stefano thought Tony has harmed Bart, but Tony said it was someone who looked like him.
Stefano accused Andre, who cried that it was an accident. Stefano called for Rolf, and begged for Bart to hold on. Rolf came in, and Stefano ordered him to do something.
Rolf said if was too late, and Stefano asked Bart what he did with the key. Bart only had a chance to to say he took care of it, before he died.
Stefano cried over Bart's death, and Andre came back after chasing after Tony. Stefano snapped that Andre had killed Bart, and let Tony get away with the key. Andre said he doesn't think Tony has the key because he was asking Bart for it. Stefano said Bart said he took care of if, so they realized Bart either had the key on him, or hid it somewhere. Stefano sent Andre to look for it, and continued to mourn Bart. Kate came by the mansion, and Stefano told her about Bart's death.
Kate gave her condolences, and asked for his help. Stefano raged that she had hadn't visited him, so Kate went to leave. Stefano asked her to stay, and they shared a kiss, and then went upstairs.
Stefano came back to find Tony and John at the mansion. The key was recovered, and Tony asked Stefano to end the feud. Stefano refused, and John said they will find out what the key opens, and put Stefano in jail.
Stefano's health continued to deteriorate and he was eventually hospitalized. EJ managed to persuade Stefano to help lure Andre into a trap, but Andre turned the tables and for away.
Rolf had Benny's liver removed, so he could transplant it into Stefano. As Stefano was being wheeled down the hall, Steve approached Stefano and pretended to be all friendly with him. Then Steve suddenly pulled out a knife and stabbed Stefano to death, but it was all a ruse to lure Andre out of hiding.
Tony faked a reconciliation with Stefano, so he could get close to him and inject him with something that made him appear to be dead. The knife had a retractable blade and the blood was fake. At Stefano's fake funeral, Benjy shot Stefano three times, but he was protected by a bullet proof vest.
Stefano soon awoke and was enraged to learn how he was being used. The plan failed, and Rolf took Stefano home after Stefano had Rolf leave Andre a message, warning him. EJ and Sami got the portfolio that Andre had stolen back, and arranged a meeting with Stefano about his contents. Stefano said that Sami had to marry EJ to end the feud between their families. Steve kidnapped Stefano and held him at gunpoint when he found that Andre had murdered Benjy. Stefano revealed that he planned to hand everything over to EJ, which enraged Andre.
Andre captured Hope, and Stefano demanded he let her go, but Andre refused to listen to him. Kayla convinced Stefano not to press charges against Steve because Benjy was his friend. Stefano agreed not to in memory of Benjy. Andre was put on life support after falling off the roof while trying to escape with Hope.
Stefano blamed himself for how Andre had turned out, and decided to take him to Italy. Shawn interrupted Stefano, who revealed that he had told him the truth about his mother being alive on purpose, so Colleen would break up with Santo. Shawn was furious about Stefano's manipulations and after he left, Stefano muttered "if only you knew Shawn" to himself.
Andre died when his life support system was turned off. Stefano accused Shawn of the crime, but evidence revealed that Andre had turned it off himself. Soon after, John was hit by a car and killed. The hit had been arranged by Andre before his death, when Sami agree to marry EJ. Stefano showed up at John's funeral and Marlena screamed at him to get out. EJ was shot in the back at his wedding to Sami, and paralyzed from the waist down. Stefano ordered the Brady's to find the shooter.
With the feud seemingly over, Stefano took the time to bond with Johnny DiMera, his newborn grandson. However, Stefano also had Rolf working on something in a laboratory in the basement. On New Years Eve, Rolf injected a mysterious being with something that brought it to life. As it turns out, Rolf had brought John back to life, and Stefano had him brainwashed to become his Pawn and Perfect solider. Stefano's plan was to send John to kill a mysterious enemy of his. EJ got himself arrested, so he could help Lucas, believing him going to prison was punishment enough.
John broke out one night, and Stefano and Rolf went looking for him before one of John's loved ones saw him. John got the jump on him, and started strangling Rolf until Stefano ordered John to let him go. EJ eventually discovered John in the basement, and told the Brady's John was alive.
Roman and Bo got a warrant to search the mansion, and Marlena found John, resulting Stefano and Rolf getting arrested. Stefano had a salad delivered to him, which was against prison regulations. Lucas protested, but Stefano just mocked him. Afternoon Lucas wasn't taken to the visitor's room; Stefano found a cell phone wrapped in a plastic bag, and used it to call EJ. Stefano told his son that he forgave him, and wanted to see him. Stefano told EJ he had a driver that will take EJ to see him, but EJ ran, worried that Stefano would have him killed for betraying him.
Marlena drugged Stefano, and as Stefano rested in his cell, Marlena visited him, pretending to care about his health. In actuality, Marlena wanted be alone with Stefano, so she could inject him with a cocktail that would put him in a catatonic state, he he could still see and hear everything around it. Marlena described it as being a "prisoner in your own body". Once Marlena was sure Stefano couldn't expose her, she called the guard and said that Stefano had a stroke.
Stefano was hospitalized, and Lexie tried to figure out what was wrong with Stefano, but when she couldn't, Alexis called EJ and Tony to help them decide what to do for Stefano. Stefano hoped his children would find a way to help him, but instead, they all agreed it would be best to send Stefano to an out of state facility. John later visited Stefano, and revealed that his enemy, a very much alive Colleen Brady was his mother, and that Santo was his father, making him Stefano's half-brother.
John said he didn't kill Colleen, and she died surrounded by her family. He also said that he had inherited Stefano's empire, and said that as he takes over Stefano's affairs, it will eventually be like he her existed. Stefano laughed that the new John will hurt his loved ones so much that they might have preferred he had stayed dead.
In August , Stefano showed signs of coming out of his coma, and he was transported to Salem Hospital. When Stefano could speak, he revealed that he had heard everything around him.
As such, Tony and EJ did their best to placate Stefano, but Stefano filled the hospital with a hallucinogenic gas, and made his escape.
He also had Marlena injected with the same drug she had used him, so she would feel what he felt. It was election season in Salem, and Stefano was bankrolling Marino's campaign like he always did. Abe decided to run against Marino, and Stefano told Marino that he could humiliate Abe in whatever he wanted, but to leave Lexie out of it.
Marino ended up humiliating Abe and Lexie, and Stefano ended his partnership with Marino. In order to win Marlena back, John handed over the mansion to Stefano and told him he was giving up, so he could win Marlena back. Stefano also reconciled with EJ and Tony. Tony was accidentally killed during a fight with Phillip Kiriakis and Stefano vowed revenge.
He arranged to have Phillip shot during EJ and Nicole's wedding. So he had an alibi, but Victor knew better. Stefano began feeling sick and feared Victor was poisoning him. He went to the hospital and Lexie diagnosed him with Diabetes. Stefano planned to leave town to take care of his Diagnosis, but Victor guys grabbed him and held him hostage. Stefano revealed to Nicole that he knew Sydney was really Sami and EJ's daughter but agreed to keep quiet because he didn't want Sami and EJ to get back together.
Richard Baker was blackmailing Nicole, Stefano send his guys to kill him and frame Rafe Hernandez for the crime. Stefano agreed to help Kate eliminate all evidence that she had poisoned Chloe Lane if she agreed to marry him. Kate reluctantly agreed and they married at Chez Rouge. Stefano fell ill while having dinner with Kate and was rushed to the hospital.
Shortly after he was released, he learned that Rafe was close to exposing Nicole, so he tried to have his guy kill him, but EJ saved Rafe. EJ soon found out that Stefano knew the truth and turned his back on him. When Sydney was kidnapped, everyone blamed Stefano but he maintained he was innocent.
Stefano found out the truth and used it to blackmail EJ in to moving back into the mansion with Sami and their children. Madeline Peterson-Woods, a former prostitute that worked for Stefano, now an esteemed judge, threatened Kate and Stefano into staying away from her son Chad. Worried that Madeline would expose their secret, Stefano and Kate broke into Madeline's safety deposit box to neutralize her.
When Madeline died from falling down the stairs, Stefano found himself defending Lexie as Madeline's husband, D. A Charles Woods berated Lexie when they couldn't save Madeline. Stefano also couldn't believe that Charles could turn his back so easily on Chad. Stefano felt pity for Chad and, after being convinced by Kate, agreed to give Chad an internship at DiMera Enterprises. On the day of EJ and Sami's wedding, Rafe revealed he truth to Sami and she and promptly called off the wedding and left the mansion.
In a drunken haze, EJ said the would take the kids and leave the country, but Kate overheard him and told Sami. Sami found EJ passed out on the bed with a gun beside him and she shot him in the head. EJ made a fully recovery and he and Nicole teamed up to blackmail Sami into giving him sole custody of their kids. Kate also anonymously mailed Chad his birth certificate that said Stefano was his father.
Chad confronted Stefano, demanding a DNA test. Stefano agreed and was delighted to learn Chad was his son, but Chad didn't want anything to do with Stefano. Stefano eventually learned of Kate's deception and they separated. Jealous that Johnny and Sydney were getting closer to Rafe, Stefano and EJ had the real Rafe kidnapped and hired a man, given plastic surgery to look like Rafe, to break Rafe and Sami up.
Around this time, Chad was coming around and accepting his DiMera relatives. EJ was currently slated to remarry Nicole, but found himself more attracted to Nicole's sister Taylor Walker.
Stefano warned EJ about the consequences this attraction could have on him. Things got more complicated when the Walker sister's sailing mother Fay moved in, so she could spend her last remaining moments with her daughters. Fake Rafe ended up killing Fay to keep her quiet and EJ was wracked with guilt, so Stefano reminded him of what he stood to lose of the truth came out. Eventually, the real Rafe escaped he insane asylum Stefano had placed in him, and helped Sami take down his doppelganger.
Stefano and EJ were implicated and arrested. Law enforcement was confident that they could finally put Stefano and EJ away, especially once they convinced the Fake Rafe to testify against them. Unfortunately, some prisoners that Rafe had put away thought the Fake Rafe was him and they killed him, meaning Salem PD had nothing on Stefano and EJ and had to let them go.
EJ survived the beating and Stefano was determined to find out who was responsible and his brought him into conflict with Victor. Eventually, Stefano and Victor decided to end the war for the sake of their families, but Stefano had a man on stand by in case Victor wasn't sincere.
The man believed Victor was going to out a gun just as Maggie Horton located the men. The bullet hit Maggie and Victor believed Stefano had tricked him. Though he was mad at Stefano, he agreed not to retaliate when Maggie begged him not to. EJ raged at Stefano and he had an diabetic attack. Chad was concerned about his father and was dismayed when EJ refused to help him. Kate and Chad helped Stefano recover. Brady retaliated and Chad was shot in the shoulder. They had locked both secrets away, and Bo and Hope convinced Stefano to help them unlock the box, so they could find out the secrets.
Turns out, Stefano's secret was that and John and Hope were married and never got divorced, so they headed to Alamainia to get divorced. Stefano followed them, but before he left, he opened Alice's letter to him and was startled to learn EJ wasn't really his son. Stefano kidnapped John brainwashed them to become Princess Gina and the Pawn.
Stefano ordered them to steal an artifact, but the two escaped Stefano's mind control and returned to Salem. Stefano had one half of a mysterious coin that his father had given to him. He was determined to find the other half. Stefano issued an attack on Marlena, and she, John, Bo, and Hope were transferred to a safe house.
Their guard was Stefano's double agent and when he ordered them to be dealt with, he agent blew up the Safe House. A plan was hatched to set up Stefano for an illegal arms deal so they could finally get him.
They apprehended Stefano, but he maintained his cool. They were forced to let him go when it was revealed he was working for the ISA to help catch the guys selling illegal arms to the Americans and had gained immunity for all his crimes. While in Alamania, Stefano decided to test Kate's loyalty. He had a package containing a picture of Marlena shipped to Kate. Kate believed Stefano's obsession with Marlena had returned and when she couldn't get a hold of him, she slept with Ian McAllister.
Stefano was heartbroken and got revenge by taking Kate's business and giving it to Sami. Stefano began pushing EJ away without telling him why, but EJ eventually discovered the truth and begged Stefano not to disown him, but Stefano told him Chad would take over the DiMera legacy and asked EJ not to say anything yet. Around the same time, Lexie discovered she had terminal cancer and It was believed that the tumor was caused by the gasses for when Andre had trapped her in the tunnels.
On a dark stormy night, Stefano's enemies all came to the mansion and confronted him at gunpoint. After they all left, someone snuck into the mansion and took a gun off the table.
Stefano didn't hear them because he was listening to opera. The assailant fired at Stefano while he was sitting in a chair facing the fireplace. Stefano was found dead the next morning and EJ became the prime suspect when it became known that he wasn't Stefano's son. As the evidence piled up against EJ, he and Sami prepared to leave Salem together, but he was kidnapped by Ian and taken to a room where it was revealed that Stefano was alive the whole time.
Ian had kidnapped Stefano and killed a body double to fake Stefano's death, so he could torture him for information. Ian had the other half of the coin Stefano wanted and wanted Stefano's half. Ian's rational was that his mother had been involved with Santo, and Santo had been like a father to him. He also revealed he had faked Alice's letter and EJ and Stefano really were father and son.
EJ escape his bound and knocked Ian out. Stefano was taken to the hospital, but soon disappeared. When Stefano returned, he brought his new girlfriend Cecily with him.
Stefano and EJ talked about what had went on between them and reconciled. Stefano was shocked when Kate accused him of attacking Rafe because they are together. Jealous, Stefano gave his Bernardi, a dirty cop in his payroll, a fancy razor and told him "to cut it off" but Bernardi was shot and killed by Sami.
In the meantime, EJ made his move and successfully ousted Stefano as head of DiMera Enterprises and kicked him out of the mansion, but Sami was arrested and put on trial for murder, especially since the cops couldn't find the razor.
When it looked like Sami was going down for murder, Stefano made his move and revealed he had the razor. As EJ and Sami's engagement party, Chad was shot by Barnardi's vengeful widow and everyone told Stefano he was at fault and set things in motion. Stefano realized they were right and told God that of he saved Chad's life, he would be a better man.
Chad survived the surgery, but needed additional surgery in Boston, so Stefano accompanied him to Boston. When Stefano returned to Salem, he stopped by Rafe's apartment and apologized for the Bernardi incident. Much to Sami's surprise, Stefano also apologized to Sami for almost sending her to prison, but Sami refused to accept the apology. The Brady's tried to use Stefano's new morals to get him to give up Kristen, but Stefano refused to betray his daughter.
Marlena asked Stefano for a chance to speak to Dr. Stefano was skeptic, but allowed Marlena to talk with Chyka, as long as she didn't try to locate him. The laptop Marlena used detected Marlena's efforts to track down Chyka and Stefano ended the conversation, berated Marlena for deceiving him, and kicked her out of the mansion.
Chad had made Kate promise to have dinner with Stefano and hear him out. Stefano mostly let Kate tell him off for his actions, and she refused to reconcile with him.
Stefano tried to woo Kate with a diamond ring, which she kept even though he refused to give Stefano another chance. Before leaving town again, Stefano warned EJ about the consequences if his affair with Abigail Deveraux was exposed.
Kate worked to gain Stefano's trust, while she and Sami dug up evidence that Stefano and EJ had committed tax evasion. Sami married EJ, and had him arrested on his wedding day. Stefano was on his way back to Salem when he learned that there was a warrant out for his arrest.
Stefano made Kate his proxy and EJ made Sami his proxy. Stefano was furious when he learned what Sami and Kate had done and vowed revenge. When Kristen was apprehended and brought back to Salem, Stefano found A new formula that could bring John out of the coma he was in.
Kristen was able to get Eric to drop the charges in exchange for the formula, which was administered and brought John out of his coma. Stefano was all set to return to Salem, when Rafe found some new evidence, courtesy of EJ, so Stefano was forced to stay away. EJ reassured Stefano he was on his side, while plotting to bring him down. Chad returned to Salem, and went after EJ for sleeping with Abby. Stefano believed Chad was also on his side, but Chad was planning to double cross Stefano as well.
Stefano learned about EJ's deception from Chad and furiously denounced him. Stefano was stunned to learn that EJ was dead the next time he phoned and. Sami answered it.
Stefano called Kristen and had her help him steal EJ's body from the morgue. Stefano had a urn of ashes sent to Sami and vows that she would never find out those ashes weren't EJ's. Stefano told Chad that he would have to earn his way up, and learn the ropes to one day succeed Stefano as CEO. Stefano also managed to get the charges against him dropped, which allowed him to stay in Salem permanently. When Kristen was presumed dead during a fight with Marlena, Stefano had her kidnapped and taken to the DiMera castle.
Stefano arrived and threw John into the ocean where he washed up on a beach to be found by Marlena. Luckily for him, it was later confirmed that Bo was the father and his relationship with Marlena was saved. Things weren't to run happily for long. Tony DiMera returned from the dead and the truth about John's parentage soon came out.
It tuned out that he was Tony's half-brother by their mother Daphne. This revelation was soon overshadowed by the Salem Stalker killing off most of Salem's residents.
Although John was determined to find the killer, he consciously ignored the evidence that pointed to Marlena and pursued Tony instead. To his horror, Marlena was soon arrested and shot down by the police. Seeking answers, he drifted off to a desert island where he discovered all of the dead Salemites, including Marlena, living.
As the residents banded together, they managed to escape although many of them, including Marlena, were thought killed in the arduous escape. Returning to shore, he became addicted to pain medication to deal with the loss and began a relationship with Kate Roberts. To his amazement Marlena returned to him once again, effectively ending his engagement to Kate. He still had to fight for Marlena though, since she had hooked up with her abusive former husband, thanks largely to the amnesia she suffered from.
Once they got back together, the reunion proved to be short lived. He was shot by his step-brother, EJ Wells, and put in a coma. John came out of his coma in May He was up and around shortly thereafter, and he and Marlena lead a peaceful existence since then. Sami has since made up with John and they've forged a loving relationship. They recently found out the reason for the vendetta all these years and thought that things were going to be fine with Stefano's ill health and Bart's passing.
It was suggested that to end the vendetta completely, EJ Wells and Sami should marry, after Sami got an annulment from Lucas. A few minute after Sami tore up the annulment papers, John and Marlena called by Belle to the Salem Clinic, where she had locked her keys in her car.
John and Marlena broke into Belle's car for her and then John was struck by a car. The car took off as John lay bleeding. John had multiple wounds so bad that surgery didn't help and he died in Marlena's eyes October 17th He visited Sami in a dream on October 26th With Marlena tipped off that John was still alive, and EJ confessing that his father had someone in the basement, John returned to Salem in January John was very much alive but Stefano had re-programmed him into a completely different person.
He had no memory from his life. Stefano was arrested for kidnapping and Marlena was overjoyed but saddened to see that John had no memory and was so different and seemed to be on a "mission. With Stefano in a catatonic state, Marlena pressed John to remember who he used to be, but John kept talking about his mission. There, everyone discovered an alive Colleen Brady, Shawn Senior's sister, who before was presumed dead.
Colleen had John's granddaughter, Claire, with her and returned Claire to her parents, but John's son, Brady, was still a mystery. Marlena encouraged John to embrace his mother, but John was indifferent. Unfortunately, Colleen confessed that she was terminally ill and died shortly after. Everyone left Ireland to head back home but they faced a traumatic plane crash, due to plane sabotage. John was able to recall his training to crash land the plane in Greenland.
Unfortunately, Shawn Senior died a hero on the plane. While waiting for rescue, Marlena and John got closer and made love, and while Marlena thought her old John was back, she soon realized that it was just physical attraction on John's part. Also during this ordeal, John grew to embrace and bond with his granddaughter, Claire.
Slowly, John became a ruthless business man and got into a shipping war with the Kiriakis'. John also discovered a small disk from Stefano's safe, that was later stolen from the mansion.
John saw the Marlena was disappointed in his behavior, but did nothing to please her. Also to Marlena's dismay, John befriended and soon started sleeping with Ava Vitali, which prompted Marlena to move out of the DiMera mansion. Marlena returned to John with the small disk that was previously stolen, but refused to tell him how she got it back. Marlena insisted that the disk contained John's memories, and that they should unlock the disk to unlock his memory, but John was hesitant.
He insisted that he would never be the man he used to be and she had to accept that. John kept the disk but with Ava's prodding, he destroyed it.
John believed that Ava accepted the new person he was and their relationship grew until Ava jumped bail and left Salem. Meanwhile, John heard that Stefano was going to come out of his coma, but as soon as that happened, Marlena was attacked and ended up in a catatonic state. John showed that he cared for her as he stayed by her side, and even contemplated killing Stefano for hurting Marlena. Fortunately, Kayla was able to use antibodies and save Marlena.
John tried to convince Marlena to return to his house but Marlena said she couldn't go back to the DiMera mansion with Stefano's threats. Eventually, Marlena agreed to spend her first night there so that John could take care of her but she left when Stefano re-claimed the mansion. John warned Stefano that he would not get his empire back because it was now his.
Meanwhile, Marlena saw that there was going to be no improvement with John and served him with divorce papers! John begged Marlena to change her mind as he said that he needed her, but Marlena had made up her mind. John grew annoyed when Dean Trent Robbins tried to pursue Marlena. Right after this fight, John suffered some sort of brain freeze and other similar episodes later on, which worried Marlena.
John tried to change Marlena's mind about the divorce, but she continued to see that the old John would never be back.
Marlena said she'd only reconsider the divorce if John got checked out for his episodes, but John refused. Later on, John began to show positive changes, especially in his care for Sami. He even signed the divorce papers and gave them to Marlena telling her that the ball is in her court. John also befriended Nicole Walker, as they sought each other's relationship advice.
John continues to make positive changes that leave Marlena impressed. He went into therapy with Dr.
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