DOOL BOMBSHELL: DID MARLENA’S SECRET HOSPITAL PROJECT TRIGGER SALEM’S BLACKOUT?

TL;DR: On September 26’s Days of Our Lives, Salem remains plunged in darkness following a city-wide blackout while Marlena Evans lies collapsed after a week-long medical mystery, with speculation mounting that her secret hospital work may have triggered the entire power crisis.

THE SHOCKING HOSPITAL CONNECTION

Let me tell you something — I’ve been watching DOOL for decades, and when pieces start falling into place like THIS? My soap senses start tingling like CRAZY!

Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall) collapsed Thursday after carrying “troubling news” all week, and now Salem’s entire power grid is down? Come on, people! This isn’t just some random coincidence. Not in Salem. Not with Marlena at the center of it all.

What Really Happened to Marlena This Week?

Yes, Marlena Evans collapsed on Thursday’s episode after a week of carrying a mysterious burden. The legendary psychiatrist received unspecified “troubling news” on Monday that had her acting strange all week long. And then — BOOM! — she’s down, and suddenly the entire city loses power.

Think about it…

What kind of news could be SO troubling that it physically manifests in a collapse? And why would the timing align so perfectly with a city-wide infrastructure failure?

Was EJ DiMera’s Hospital Plan Part of This?

Remember Tuesday when EJ DiMera (Dan Feuerriegel) was revealing his “strategic plans” for the hospital to Stephanie Johnson (Abigail Klein)? That wasn’t just random corporate scheming, folks!

Here’s what we KNOW happened:

The pattern’s right there! Whatever Marlena was working on at University Hospital, whatever secret project she was involved in — it required MASSIVE amounts of power. Maybe experimental equipment? Some kind of classified medical research?

The Institutional Failure Theory

Okay, stay with me here because this gets wild…

What if Marlena’s collapse wasn’t just personal exhaustion from keeping a secret? What if it was connected to whatever she was doing AT the hospital? Like, physically connected?

Think about it — hospitals have backup generators, right? But what if Marlena’s project was drawing SO much power that when something went wrong (maybe when she collapsed?), it created a cascade failure throughout Salem’s entire electrical grid?

EJ’s involvement makes this even MORE suspicious. We all know the DiMeras have their fingers in everything shady in Salem. Was he using Marlena for some kind of experiment? Or was she trying to STOP something he’d set in motion?

What’s Next for Salem?

Given Marlena’s history with, shall we say, “unusual” medical situations (hello, devil possession!), this could be opening a MASSIVE can of worms.

Could this mean:

Don’t be surprised if we discover Marlena was trying to protect Salem from something even WORSE than a blackout. This woman has literally battled the devil — a power outage might be the least of our worries!

The Blackout’s Perfect Timing

And let’s talk about WHO got trapped during this convenient little power failure:

Philip Kiriakis (John-Paul Lavoisier), Brady Black (Eric Martsolf), and Gabi Hernandez (Cherie Jimenez) are stuck together in an office. That’s not random, people! Brady’s about to spill MAJOR tea about Philip’s forged letter — the one he used to steal Victor’s inheritance!

Meanwhile, Stephanie Johnson is hosting a book Q&A in the DARK (who does that?!), making herself a sitting duck for her stalker — probably her abusive ex, Jeremy Horton, based on what fans are piecing together.

And Xander Cook (Paul Telfer) and Sarah Horton (Linsey Godfrey)? They’re conveniently reconciling with kisses and sleepovers while the lights are out.

This blackout isn’t just causing chaos — it’s ORCHESTRATING it!

The Medical Ethics Bombshell We’re Not Ready For

Here’s my theory, and mark my words, something like this is coming…

Marlena’s been involved in some kind of experimental treatment or research. Maybe trying to help someone we don’t know about yet. The treatment required massive amounts of energy — think MRI machines on steroids. Something went wrong Monday (the troubling news), she tried to fix it all week, and Thursday it all came crashing down.

Her collapse? It triggered an automatic shutdown of whatever she was working on, which overloaded the hospital’s systems, which cascaded through Salem’s power grid.

And if EJ’s involved? This gets even darker. What if he KNEW this would happen? What if he’s been planning to use the chaos of the blackout to cover up crimes, steal corporate secrets, or worse?

Quick Answers for DOOL Fans

Q: Is Marlena really responsible for the blackout? A: While not confirmed, the timing of her collapse with the power failure is too suspicious to ignore.

Q: What was EJ’s hospital plan about? A: He revealed plans to Stephanie on Tuesday, but the specifics remain mysterious — likely connected to the current crisis.

Q: Will this expose other Salem secrets? A: Absolutely — the blackout is already forcing major confrontations, especially with Philip, Brady, and Gabi trapped together!

The writers are clearly setting up something HUGE here. This isn’t just about relationships and corporate drama anymore — we’re talking about systemic failure, medical ethics, and the kind of institutional conspiracy that could rock Salem to its core!

Will Marlena recover in time to explain what she’s been hiding? Can Salem’s infrastructure handle whatever she was working on? And most importantly — was this an accident, or did someone WANT this to happen?

One thing’s for sure — when the lights come back on, Salem will NEVER be the same!

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