<P> Sonny is elated to get Will's message, and immediately gets ready to return to Salem, to reunite with Will . Whilst packing, he is told Will has been murdered . Sonny is devastated, and he returns to Salem to bury his husband rather than reconcile with him . Meanwhile, Ben has made sure Chad DiMera (Billy Flynn) is the prime suspect in the murders; but as Ben's relationship with Abigail self - destructs, he becomes increasingly violent and unhinged . After he nearly murders Abigail and Chad, Ben is arrested and publicly revealed as the Necktie Killer . </P> <P> In 2017, it is revealed that Will (Chandler Massey) did not die when he was strangled . When Will had entered Ben's apartment, he was being followed by Susan Banks, who was planning to abduct Will in an act of revenge against Sami, whom she blamed for her son EJ's death . When Ben slipped out after strangling Will, Susan and her associate Dr Wilhelm Rolf (who had revived Sami's step - dad John back when he was thought to be dead) secretly entered, and Dr Rolf found Will to be unconscious but breathing . He then injected Will with something that would make him appear to be dead . After Lucas and Sami had viewed Will in the morgue, Dr Rolf revived Will . It turns out that Will's family unwittingly buried an empty coffin at his funeral, and Will, who had lost all his memories, was taken by Susan, who took care of him, but made him believe that he was her son EJ . </P> <P> In the fall of 2017, Sonny and Paul are to marry, and Ben escapes from Bayview Sanatarium, and crashes their double wedding with Chad and Abigail to announce that Will is alive . This is met with a high degree of skepticism, but Sonny, who thinks Will died thinking Sonny didn't love him, really wants to know the truth, and says he can't marry Paul until he knows . Sami returns to Salem to find out the truth . When investigation reveals that the claim that Will is alive originates from Dr Rolf, this ignites hope that it is true . The investigation leads to an address in Memphis, where they find Susan . Will is working at a local bar, and Lucas is the first to see him, but he is inebriated, and thinks he is hallucinating and does not realize he has really seen Will . Paul then sees Will, but is afraid to tell people in case he loses Sonny . Eventually he confesses to Sonny, and Sonny and Sami find Will, and discover that he does not recognise them, and does not believe that they are his real family . But John persuades Susan's partner Roger, whom Will trusts, to admit to Will what Susan has done . And Will, with some encouragement from Marlena, decides to return to Salem, to find out who he really is . </P> <P> Days of Our Lives "first gay kiss" was welcomed by critics . Soap journalist Michael Fairman called it "one of the best daytime television coming out kisses", and said the best part was "Sonny sees the whole thing!" Online blogger Perez Hilton described the scenes as "incredible" and "absolutely wonderful". Pascal Parvis of Têtu noted Will and Neil's kiss was "not a little" and said "what could be better" than the serial's first gay kiss lasting two episodes . Both The Huffington Post and Perez Hilton remarked favorably on Days showing a hot "steamy make - out" session as opposed to just a kiss, and Hilton praised the serial and NBC for not "bowing down to bigoted pressure". Sara Bibel of Xfinity said Will and Neil got the "full soap treatment" (as for heterosexual couples) claiming daytime soap operas in the past have panned the camera away during same - sex kisses . There were also jibes at Days of Our Lives belated featuring of man - to - man intimacy: Joachim Ohnona from Pure People pointed out it took more than ten thousand episodes for Days to air their first gay kiss; and Dan Avery of Queerty said the serial "made television history yesterday when it became the absolutely last show to show two men kissing", and "he'll get some bed scenes by 2016". Entertainment Weekly's Lynette Rice commented "a first gay kiss is no longer much of a milestone on broadcast TV, but for Days of Our Lives it represents the latest effort to remain relevant", and Xfinity's Bibel noted it was remarkable for a show with a reputation for being "socially conservative". </P>

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