Actress Deidre Hall and cast members from “Days Of Our Lives” at Deidre Hall’s Star ceremony held On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame on May 19, 2016 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images)

NBC Network and Peacock’s Days Of Our Lives is an American daily soap opera that first aired its initial season on November 8, 1965, and was created by the veterans Betty and Ted Corday.

The show has won several Daytime Emmy Awards and is one of the most famously watched shows by fans and audiences worldwide. Days Of Our Lives is set in the fictional city of Salem and focuses on broad themes of familial rivalries, romantic relationships, mob wars, and business transactions.

The show revolves around the lives of the members of the Kiriakis, Brady, Horton, and DiMera families. Spoilers of the upcoming January 7, 2026, reveal that things will end up getting quite interesting for the residents of Salem.

According to the spoilers, Kristen DiMera will end up finding herself at the cusp of having to make a very difficult decision regarding her brother Peter Blake, with whom she has had an estranged relationship for a very long time now.

Meanwhile, Alex Kiriakis and Xander Kiriakis, the two brothers, will end up warring with each other, trying to take greater control over Victor Kiriakis’s company, called Titan Industries.

In addition to these developments, Bonnie will struggle with her unfinished novel and talk about the details with Kate, while Jada Hunter and Rafe Hernandez will end up feeling good about themselves regarding their ability to solve the DiMera mystery.

Details explored on what to expect from the upcoming January 7, 2026, episode of Days Of Our Lives

In the upcoming January 7, 2026, episode of NBC and Peacock’s Days Of Our Lives, spoilers reveal that the episode will start off with Kristen DiMera having to make an extremely difficult decision.

She will eventually stop worrying about taking responsibility and accountability for Rachel Black’s crimes and her mental health episodes and will be busy dealing with her long estranged brother, Peter Blake. Kristen will end up juggling the thought that when she was young, she and her siblings had been held as prisoners by Peter, who also threatened to gas them to death, while also thinking about the fact that he is her own brother.

Kristen will end up having to make a difficult decision regarding pulling the plug on Peter or not.

Meanwhile, Xander Kiriakis and Alex Kiriakis will end up having a huge fight and argument regarding deciding who ends up having greater control over the logistics of Victor Kiriakis’s company, Titan Industries. Xander will end up taking control of the conversation with Alex and end up reminding him that he was the one who got to call the shots and not him.

Bonnie will end up getting inspired by Stephanie Johnson and write her own romance novel, and end up giving her manuscript over to Kate.

While she would dream about becoming a bestselling author and doing signings for fans, Kate will end up having to deliver some bad news to Bonnie.

In addition to these developments, Jada Hunter and Rafe Hernandez will end up meeting each other and discussing details of their investigative stint on how they ended up solving the entire DiMera disappearances crime. Both of them would pat each other’s backs and feel ready enough to take on any other difficult situation as well.