The Scoop: Days of our Lives previews, teasers, and spoilers for the Week of July 2, 2018

Death, deception, and despair descend on Salem!

A sneak peek at some of the action that will take place on during the week of July 2, 2018. Be sure to tune in to every weekday to see how everything plays out.

Having lost his allies and with nothing left to lose, Leo offers Sonny an end to the lawsuit madness...

Leo laments that if Sonny will marry him, it will stop everything, but Will further blows Leo's desperate act out of the water

Will reveals that "Leo Stark" is an alias the con man (and prostitute) was using as he attempted to extort Sonny

Sonny seizes the opportunity to decline Leo's proposition/proposal, and that doesn't sit well with Leo, who snaps

A crazed Leo lunges at Will and begins to choke him, which is especially traumatic for Will because of his "death" at the hands of Ben

Sonny saves the day by wrenching Leo off Will, but Sonny may not know his own strength, as he accidentally sends Leo soaring headfirst into the fireplace mantel

Leo dies instantly, leaving a stunned Sonny and Will to wonder what to do next as the harassment lawsuit is set to begin the next day

Believing it would look worse to have a dead man who's suing him found in his home, Sonny convinces an uncertain Will to get rid of the body

Sonny and Will roll Leo's body into the carpet with plans to make his death look like an accident, but trouble finds them again...

Both Paul and Maggie end up in the living room as Sonny and Will attempt to do away with Leo's body

Sonny and Will act fast to cover their tracks with Paul and, later, Maggie, but suspicions may already have arisen

An overwhelmed Will arrives home to Paul but feels guilty over the happenings of the evening as well as keeping secrets from Paul

Kayla finds keeping the secret she shares with Stefan overwhelming and professes her unpleasant pact to Marlena

The question of whether Stefan or Chad is the father of her baby continues to overwhelm Abigail, who's determined to answer that question via a DNA test

Things get more intense for Abigail when she and Stefan have an intense encounter, just as she's attempting to collect samples

Gabi assists Abigail in her quest to determine the baby's paternity, but Gabi's interest is also piqued when she spots Kate and Stefan

A heartbroken Lani continues to mourn the loss of her baby boy and is touched when J.J. visits to lend his support

Hope and Rafe visit Clyde Weston in the clink to (hopefully) attain new information on Ben and his whereabouts

Ben may have been just visiting sanity because, without his medication, he begins to lose it again, which concerns Ciara

The combination of the news that the police are looking for him and having no meds makes Ben extremely paranoid

As Ben begins to hallucinate, a scared Ciara attempts to calm Ben down and make him think more rationally

Though still concerned for Ciara, Tripp and Claire find themselves in a familiar place when they kiss once more

Tripp again stops his kiss with Claire from going too far, but she believes there's something still brewing between them (at least for her)

Though Jennifer's kisses keep his lips warm nowadays, Eric can't help reflecting on past love Nicole while talking with Chloe

Brady must reflect on his past when a courtroom bombshell paints him as the person who murdered Deimos

That isn't the only bomb that goes off during Tate's custody hearing, as Eve surprises the court with a witness

Theresa's confidence might take a hit when Maggie testifies at the trial, but, then again, Theresa has her own bombs to drop

Eve takes a major hit when she's questioned at Tate's custody hearing, and things begin to look worse for Team Brady and Eve

AMC/Y&R alum Stacy Haiduk hired to take over Eileen Davidson role

Matthew Ashford reportedly making a DAYS return

Stephen Nichols celebrates 33 years with DAYS while exit rumors circulate

DAYS' Judi Evans lands gritty film about the horrors of human trafficking

Is Bryan Dattilo out at Days of our Lives?

Christopher Sean issues statement: It was my decision to depart from Days of Our Lives

Arianne Zucker set for a fall return on Days of our Lives

Marci Miller wraps up her time as Days of our Lives' Abigail

Brandon Beemer and Martha Madison are once again Salem bound

Kyle Lowder returns to DAYS

After being "on the fence," Billy Flynn has decided to stay put at DAYS

Farah Fath returns to DAYS

Camila Banus staying put at DAYS

Alison Sweeney back to DAYS for roller-coaster storyline

A sneak peek at next week

Paul ponders several possibilities as Will and Sonny's closeness becomes apparent, but Paul doesn't know their deadly secret

Though they started anew with seemingly no secrets between them, Eve is rocked when Brady makes a reveal

Kate and Ted's secret alliance takes a passionate turn when they move from cohorts to lovers

As Ciara's ordeal with Ben intensifies, Rafe arrives at the cabin in the woods...

While some Salemites will be leaving town soon, other old faces will appear again (and some aren't as dead as once believed)

One can't count a DiMera down for too long, and one return will rock Salem to its core and leave enemies quaking

It may not be such a happy homecoming for one worldly couple as they are faced with more drama than imagined

A certain Salemite might have some explaining to do when his jilted ex returns to town

Later this year, Hurricane Sami blows back into Salem, and it promises to be a wild ride