Brandon Barash was just killed off by Days of Our Lives for the second time - but there's more to it

In recent weeks, Days of Our Lives fans have been playing a pretty morbid guessing game. Head writer Ron Carlivati ​​hinted that another main character would come out in a body bag shortly after Abigail, leaving viewers to guess what name will appear on the corpse's toe tag.

The July 27 episode revealed that Brandon Barash's Jake DiMera is the Salemite heading to the morgue after Kayla informed Ava of the bad news. But since this is Days of Our Lives, things aren't as clear-cut as they seem.

Here's more on that... While it's not uncommon for soap opera characters to die unexpectedly, it's not often that the same actor dies on the same show twice in one week! You may recall that Barash played Jake's equally unlucky twin in March 2019, taking on the role of Tyler Christopher.

He returned as Jake Lambert in the spring of 2020, it was later revealed that he was Stefan's never-before-seen twin, Jacob 'Jake' DiMera. It was only natural that Barash and Camila Banus would get together after Jake's introduction since they had thrown huge sparks. together as Stefan and Gabi.

But instead of immediately bringing them together, the show left viewers wondering if Jake, a gruff character, was having a distant relationship with Stefan or if his true love had returned.

Even Vivian Alamain did not know that Jake was Stefano DiMera's son since her servant Ivan had led her to believe that he died during childbirth. In the romance department, Jake and Gabi met, but he also had a torrid affair with an older woman, Kate, in May/December.

More recently, Jake and Ava went from being friends to lovers after sharing their small apartment. Just a few days before his death, Jake and Ava planned to get married! Here's that twist we discussed earlier.

In the episode that aired on July 26, Gabi suddenly started talking about Stefan, her true love, and how she could never love anyone else that much. A newly reformed Dr. Rolf returns to the scene, and the guy has been known to bring back the dead in various ways.

Could the mad scientist be about to implant Stefan's 'essence' into Jake, as he did a few years ago with Stefano and Steve? Before joining the cast of Days, Barash played Johnny Zacchara on General Hospital. Pentonville Penitentiary houses that character, who is currently serving 20 years behind bars.

Barash shares a daughter, Harper, with Kirsten Storms, to whom he was previously married. During the holiday season of 2021, he proposed to Isabella Devoto with the help of Harper.

source: soaps