Ej yesterday

 He thinks she’s his mother, she tells him she’s his sister, but really she’s his aunt. Talk about a therapy inducing relationship. Not only that, but think about their real life age difference and what we know should be the age difference. I think this is the one thing that’s going to drive me crazy. If I’m not mistaken, EJ should only be about the age of my oldest child 14/15 yrs. old.

The writers spent several months on the "if you are not blood, you are not a Dimera" storyline, no mention of Kristen and now she is a Dimera, Stephano is "Father" and she is on a mission to straighten her "brothers" out.

this will clear up any questions regarding Kristen/Susan.  I was glad to read it simply to bring it all back fresh in my mind again.

"1993–98

Kristen first appears in Salem she was attacked by a mugger and rescued by a mysterious stranger.  Kristen is grateful until she realizes her savior is none other than John Black (Drake Hogestyn), Stefano DiMera (Joseph Mascolo)’s longtime rival. Alice Horton (Frances Reid) notices the attraction between the two and sets it up for the two to continue running into one another. They later end up at the Horton family cabin where they make love for the first time. John soon discovers that she is Stefano’s daughter, but he is still very much in love with her. However, Kristen had promised her ailing father that she would marry Tony DiMera (Thaao Penghlis).^[16] When Roman (Wayne Northrop) and Marlena Brady (Deidre Hall)’s daughter, Belle is kidnapped by their oldest daughter, Sami (Alison Sweeney), Kristen and John pose a married couple to help get her back. Stefano quickly breaks them up by revealing that John is actually Belle’s father. Realizing John will go back to Marlena, Kristen goes through with the marriage in February 1994 only for John to show up at the wedding accusing Stefano of Curtis Reed (Nick Benedict)’s murder. After Stefano is presumably killed by John, she goes through with her wedding to Tony, who was later revealed to be Tony’s look-a-like, André (Penghlis). Kristen later travels to the family estate in New Orleans, Maison Blanche where she is taken captive by a very much alive Stefano forcing John to come to the rescue. She later discovers "Tony’s" schemes to impregnate her and moves in with John. She and John are about to marry when it is revealed that John is actually a priest; Kristen a devout Catholic returns to "Tony."^[17] In 1995, when Marlena becomes possessed by a demon, Kristen assist Father John in her exorcism. Later, John and Kristen reunited after he is released from his vows and her marriage to "Tony" is annulled. Kristen is diagnosed with a medical condition that will cause her to be infertile and she immediately begins trying to have a child. In November 1995, Kristen goes to Aremid as Peter is preparing to marry Jennifer Horton (Melissa Reeves). While there, "Tony" fakes his death and frames John. Though she believes in John’s innocence, Peter forces Kristen to testify against him despite John being exonerated.^[18]

In 1996, the mysterious Woman in White came to Salem and moved into the DiMera mansion with Kristen, John and Marlena.^[2] Kristen soon discovers she is pregnant and Marlena agrees to move out due to her pregnancy being very high risk.^[18] The Woman in White is soon revealed to be her presumed dead mother, Rachel.^[2] Realizing John would always love Marlena more than her, Kristen helps Stefano fake her death in a plane crash. John discovers Marlena is alive and goes to rescue her in Paris forcing Rachel and Kristen to follow. In August 1996, Kristen is hospitalized after an explosion kills her mother and she miscarries her child.^[19][2] Stefano soon reappears in Salem and hires Kristen’s look-a-like, Susan Banks (Davidson) to carry a child that Kristen would raise as her and John’s. With the help of her father and Peter, Kristen fakes her pregnancy. When Susan goes into labor, Kristen disguised as a nurse is forced to watch as John marry Susan, believing she is really Kristen. Kristen gets custody of the child long enough to name him John Black, Jr. and Susan soon returns to claim her child and "husband". Kristen enlist Vivian Alamain (Louise Sorel) and Ivan in keeping Susan locked in a secret room but Marlena puts the pieces together and Kristen is forced to lock her away.^[20][21] When Susan discovers the truth, sick of Kristen’s manipulations she locks Kristen inside the room and attempts to marry John until Laura Horton (Jamie Lyn Bauer) confronts her at the wedding. After being rejected by John due to her scheming, Kristen’s failed attempt to kill Marlena lands her in jail. After being released on bail, she attempts suicide after hearing about John and Marlena’s engagement. She then revealed Marlena’s presumed dead husband, Roman Brady (now Josh Taylor); John and Kristen then pretended to marry to keep Roman becoming suspicious.^[22] When John and Stefano ruin her attempt to get back Susan’s son, Elvis (aka John, Jr.), she reveals that Roman and Marlena have been seeing one another.^[20][23] Kristen’s attempt to force Susan into giving the child back ends with the death of Susan’s identical sister, Sister Mary Moira. Fearing she’ll be charged with murder, Kristen pretends to be Susan and is forced to marry Susan’s boyfriend, Edmund Crumb (Adam Caine).^[24] In the meantime, "Susan" and Edmund went on a honeymoon and Laura is arrested for Kristen’s murder.^[20] Edmund admits to Kristen’s "murder" and they soon run into the real Susan who explains that Kristen sold her into a harem; it is then revealed that revealed that the dead person was Susan’s other sibling, Penelope Kent. To get revenge against Kristen, Susan exchanges her freedom for Kristen to be sold to the harem.^[25][26]

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Stefano visits Kristen in Europe, where she has been living thanks to Stefano’s help. During his encounter, he pleads with her to return to Salem in order to mend the relationships in the DiMera family; and she instantly rejects him.^[27] After some pushing, Kristen finally agrees to return to Salem for Stefano’s sake, however, they agree that she should return alone and Stefano would follow."^[28]

James E. Reilly, and you think stories are ridiculous now, then I have to believe there’s still hope for these writers to turn it around.  What we are seeing today is nothing compared to the wacky si-fi crap that came across our screens in the days of JER, who was responsible for the days of Kristen/Susan.  I don’t think they are going to go there again, though, although there was a time when I read they were going to bring Susan back, too, who was also played by Eileen Davidson.