It’s official as of Wednesday’s Days of Our Lives episode: Jeremy Horton is coming back — next week, no less! Julie just filled an

understandably horrified Stephanie in on the news, seemingly oblivious as to what her cousin did to Steph. We’ve been expecting his return

for a little while, but if you’re wondering why Stephanie seems so darn unhappy to hear that her ex is coming back, we’ve got you covered.

 

 

Jeremy was one of the more troubled Hortons, which isn’t exactly a huge surprise since the deck seemed stacked against him from the start. He was born offscreen in 1987 after Robin Jacobs left Salem, never telling onetime beau Mike Horton that she was pregnant with their child.

By the time she returned a year later with their son, Mike had already moved on. So Robin left Salem once again with Jeremy. He then wasn’t seen until Trevor Donovan brought him home, all grown up, in 2007. And he was already dating Stephanie! (At the time played by Shelley Hennig.) They’d met while she was racing in Daytona and Steph introduced him around town and asked her friends to invest in his private airline service, Touch the Sky Airlines.

Ostensibly, it was meant to ferry the rich from Salem to Las Vegas, but in reality, it was a front for the DiMeras to smuggle merchandise. As if that wasn’t bad enough, Jeremy had serious anger issues, was abusive towards Stephanie, and had been convicted of everything from fraud to shoplifting.

 

 

Eventually, the smuggling scheme was uncovered, but while the DiMeras got off with a slap on the wrist, Jeremy had to go on the run to stay ahead of the law. At the time, he seemed to want to set his life right, but we haven’t seen him since.

Jeremy isn’t mentioned all that much, and the last time was back at Jada’s bachelorette party where Stephanie admitted to him being one of her big regrets. And now this. Does that mean he could be on the way back soon? Maybe, especially since we know Mike himself will be back after watching Days of Our Lives’ summer preview!

Mike’s son is one of the more problematic Hortons, but perhaps, like Julie’s brother, Steven, he could return some with the news that he really has turned his life around. Though that’s not to say he and Stephanie should try getting back together — she’s clearly still traumatized by their relationship — but Salem is the town of second chances. (And third and fourth…)

We’re guessing he was the figure we saw outside Stephanie and Alex’s apartments on Friday, but whether he was stalking her, there to confront her, or just stopping in to say hi, isn’t clear yet. Let’s just hope this time around, he’s become a much better person.

Then again, there’s still that Season 60 teaser video that gave us a taste of violence and mayhem around what seems to be Halloween. We’ve been wondering who could be waving a knife around, and if Jeremy’s back and more unstable than ever, we may get our answer!