The events of the skip were later explained through flashbacks.
Of course, fans saw right through the storyline, which grew old very quickly.
The plot seemed to annoy fans, and also caused a breakup between Rex and his then-fiance Sarah Horton.
She began wearing a wig and believed herself to be none other than her enemy Gabi Hernandez.
While believing that she was Gabi, Abigail even cozied up to her brother-in-law Stefan DiMera.
The two eventually entered into a romance and even got intimate while Abby thought herself to be Gabi.
Fans were glued to their television sets as the storyline played out.
So, when the actress returned to Salem in 2019, fans were thrilled.
However, the storyline soon revealed that Nicole wasn’t the person who actually returned to town.
Kristen immediately used her disguise to make a run at seduce Brady Black, perSoap Dirt.
The plot just seemed bizarre and totally unbelievable.
After multiple murders, it turned out that the victims of Marlena’s Salem Stalker were dead at all.
Marlena never really killed them and the DiMeras had set the entire thing up.
