She finally has back the mask she needs to truly continue with her plot to take over DiMera and hopefully one day get Brady back, and now, with her plans back on track, Kristen will make a bold new move to make her dreams come true on the Friday, July 26 episode of “Days of Our Lives.”

Kristen (Stacy Haiduk) went through a pause in her initial plans after Xander (Paul Tefler) took her “Nicole” (Arianne Zucker) mask from her, but now that he’s returned it after they ended their alliance on the NBC soap, she is free to continue her scheme. Following Stefan (Brandon Barash) being framed for Kate (Lauren Koslow) and Ted’s (Gilles Marini) kidnappings as well and having his powers at DiMera CEO stripped until the charges are cleared, she has hinted to Brady (Eric Martsolf) that she has a plan that allows her to take over at the company.

“Needing an ally, ‘Nicole’ seeks out someone from the past,” spoilers reveal.

Brady pointed out to “Nicole” that she couldn’t take over at DiMera unless she was a member of the family, and she hinted she could be one. While obviously, she is Kristen in a mask, she can’t reveal that, meaning “Nicole” needs to marry into the family so she can take the top job from Stefan. However, since the DiMera brothers are mainly spoken for, with EJ still undergoing medical treatments in Europe with Sami (Alison Sweeney), Chad (Billy Flynn) married to Abigail (Kate Mansi) and living in Paris and Stefan obviously off-limits, her options are limited. However, considering the experiments she was doing in Nashville last year, it appears she did bring one of her other brothers back—and intends to use him to get her way.

“Tony (Thaao Penghlis) reapers,” spoilers state.

However, her plans aren’t going to be accepted without a fight from Stefan, since he and Gabi (Camilla Babus) know “Nicole” is somehow involved in the setup against him and likely has her eye on the company. If they get wind of her plot, Gabi may propose a solution of her own—one that moves up her own plans at a considerable pace.

“Stefan is stunned by Gabi’s idea to combat Nicole,” spoilers reveal.

“Days of Our Lives” airs weekdays on NBC.

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Kristen (Stacy Haiduk) makes a big move as “Nicole” (Arianne Zucker) on the July 26, 2019 episode of “Days of Our Lives.” XJ Johnson/JPI Studios for NBC