The good news is, after that disaster of a wedding on Days of Our Lives, Steve looks like he’s going to live to fight another day. Provided he survives Kayla’s wrath, that is. The bad news is, while John snapped himself out of The Pawn trance in time to avoid murdering his best friend, it’s clear his problems are far from over. And now he’s just informed Marlena that it’s time for him to leave Salem.
That’s not a terrible thing, John tried to reassure his wife — he just wants to get some closure by finding Catharina’s grave. But he wants to go alone… and that’s never a good thing. Add to that John’s certainty that he’s a “ticking time bomb” and that eerie music we got when he glanced at the card while hugging Marlena and we’re starting to wonder where this is going.
Sending characters out of the country together to investigate something is one thing. That gives the show more of a chance for a “location” shoot — you know, like everyone off in Montana grabbing Goldman and Clyde. But characters leaving town on their own tend to end up more like Gwen, who’s been off in Europe trying to get Dimitri’s money and was only seen during one brief call about The Spectator.
