Days of our Lives spoilers for Thursday, July 17, finally give Gabi a good reason to freak out. She learns that Ari never arrived at the lake and that she and Holly are missing.

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The first night Ari (Marissa Reyes) came home, she snuck out. And Gabi (Cherie Jimenez) freaked. That was a bit over the top. Now, however, when Gabi learns that Ari and Holly (Ashley Puzemis) failed to report for their class trip—or meet up with Tate (Leo Howard)—she has much better reason to call out the cavalry.

Which usually involves big brother Rafe (Galen Gering) as her first port of call. And Gabi doesn’t even know yet that Ari and Holly are being held at gunpoint by the thug to whom Doug (Peyton Meyer) owes money.

Tate, however, is pretty sure that if his girlfriend is in trouble, it must be Doug’s fault. (He’s right this time, but it’s still his go-to.) So Tate stomps off to confront his nemesis. Which we can only imagine will make everything worse.

Story Time

Tate is so busy worrying about Holly that he completely forgets Sophia (Rachel Boyd), the mother-to-be (he thinks) of his child. This is why he missed Sophia giving birth and giving away their son.

Sophia’s mother is less negligent. This is why Sophia cooked up a plan with Melinda (Tina Huang) to tell Amy (Shi Ne Nielson) to claim she gave birth out of town and handed her daughter straight over to her adoptive parents. So we can all move on now, right?

Judge Not Lest Ye Be…

Johnny (Carson Boatman) is going on trial for shooting EJ (Dan Feuerriegel). EJ doesn’t want him to be convicted. So he is determined to pick just the right jury for his trial.

Belle (Martha Madison) doesn’t want her nephew convicted either. But she is the District Attorney. So she has to be a lot more subtle about her jury tampering….

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