Where is Rafe on Days of Our Lives? Explained

Days of Our Lives character Rafe has been an integral part of the show. The makers often keep him in the action for various plots and storylines. He was introduced on Days of Our Lives on October 31, 2008, as an assigned FBI agent. He guards Sami Brady as she goes under witness protection following the murder of Mayor Anthony Marino.

In 2024, Rafe continues to serve as the police commissioner of Salem, simultaneously being in a relationship with Jada Hunter and trying to build a stable relationship. Recently, an investigation he was working on landed Rafe in the hospital, stabbed, adding tension to his already complicated life. He is still in Salem, trying to help navigate the ongoing turmoil in the town.

Galen Gering debuted as Rafe in 2008 and is the only actor who plays the character.

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Rafe's story arc on Days of Our Lives

Rafe was brought to Days of Our Lives as the FBI agent assigned to watch over Sami Brady while she was in Witness Protection in Salem. They were at odds in the early stages of their relationship, but they eventually became friends. Rafe also helped Sami with concealing her pregnancy with EJ DiMera's baby.

After arriving in Salem, Rafe joined the Salem PD to be close to Sami and her baby, Grace. Tragically, Grace died, and Rafe was kidnapped by Meredith, the vengeful sister of a past fiancée.

Rescued and determined, Rafe discovered that Nicole Walker had switched babies with Sami, leading to Nicole kidnapping Sydney and fleeing. Thinking he had something to do with Sydney's kidnapping, Rafe outed his guilt at EJ and Sami's wedding, leading Sami to reunite with Rafe.

When Sami shoots EJ in a fight, Rafe covers for her, and they get married. Their love was put through its paces when EJ and Stefano replaced Rafe with a doppelganger. After that, he found out Sami slept with EJ; he broke things off with her and moved on with her sister, Carrie Brady, and then with Kate Roberts, Jordan Ridgeway, and Hope Brady.

Complications arose when Aiden Jennings (Hope's ex) came back, but Rafe and Hope got married. However, Rafe's obsession with Sami and Hope's increasing obsession with keeping Ciara safe broke them up.

He later moved on with Nicole and Ava Vitali. The latter was jealous and framed him with internal affairs. When reinstated by Salem's new mayor, Rafe starts an affair with Jada while trying to work through his professional and personal hassles. His probe into Li's murder got him stabbed, leaving his future uncertain.

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Rafe's future on Days of Our Lives

Rafe Hernandez has remained uncertain and intriguing on Days of Our Lives. With him already being a core character for a while, Rafe will further go through a mix of professional and personal dilemmas.

Given the ongoing storyline in Days of Our Lives, featuring his romance with Jada Hunter and after being stabbed due to covering an investigation, he will also be at the core of the drama unfolding in Salem.

Rafe's complicated love life, especially with his past histories with vital characters like Hope Brady, Nicole Walker, and Ava Vitali, may take more turns. Furthermore, his role as police commissioner often puts him in the middle of the crime-related storylines of Salem so he can find out more secrets or end up being threatened.

As with all the characters within any soap opera, Rafe's future could take many unexpected turns, pending the development of plotlines on the show. Thus, this is a way forward to having more drama, attempted relationships, and even a possibility of trying a storyline that might put his previously held role as the moral compass in Salem into question.

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