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Anyone who saw Paul Telfer<\/a>\u2018s win as Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his performance as Xander Kiriakis at the Daytime Emmys<\/a> last week and was tempted to tune into Days of our Lives<\/a><\/em> this week saw just why the deserving performer won the accolade.<\/p>\n For his performance as a tortured man who confessed to his wife, the brutal beating of his brother \u2013 and subsequent lying \u2013 TV Insider bestows Performer of the Week honors on the Daytime Emmy-winning Telfer.<\/p>\n Xander confessed to having beaten up Philip (John-Paul Lavoisier<\/a>), but he professed to his wife (for now) Sarah (Linsey Godfrey<\/a>) that he had changed. On one hand, Xander\u2019s heartfelt plea appeared 100% genuine. On the other, Sarah can\u2019t see past her husband\u2019s wicked ways.<\/p>\n \u201cAt least let me try to explain,\u201d Xander begged as he tentatively took steps towards his wife. \u201cIt was a horrible mistake that I will regret for the rest of my life!\u201d<\/p>\n When Sarah informed her hubby that this time they were truly done, the look on Xander\u2019s face was palpable. Telfer realized that it Sarah wasn\u2019t going to forgive him. This time, it wasn\u2019t just about beating Philip to within an inch of his wife. It was about the lying.<\/p>\n \u201cYou can\u2019t mean that,\u201d Xander begged Sarah after she told him that this time their split was for good. He pointed out that he\u2019d gone into therapy with Dr. Marlena Evans (Deidre Hall<\/a>), but his words fell upon deaf ears. A dejected Xander left, knowing a reconciliation wasn\u2019t going to happen.<\/p>\n Ironically, with nowhere else to go, Xander showed up at the hotel room of his brother Philip, the man he beat up. Philip tried to console his brother, telling him he\u2019d been here before with Sarah. Telfer played it from deep within Xander\u2019s gut that this time was different as he saw that hate in Sarah\u2019s eyes \u2014 a hate that he had caused.<\/p>\n \u201cI should not have come here,\u201d Xander sighed. \u201cYou have every right to dance on my proverbial grave.\u201d Philip tried to get his brother not to be hard on himself.<\/p>\n \u201cHow is it that the only friend that I have left in the whole world is the brother I almost killed,\u201d Xander rhetorically lamented with a tone of tragedy normally reserved for actors performing Shakespeare.<\/p>\n Philip said if he could forgive Xander then Sarah would, too, eventually. \u201cSarah holds me to a different standard than you do,\u201d Xander told Philip.<\/p>\n Philip told his brother not to take offense at what he was about to say when he pointed out that he wasn\u2019t in love with him. \u201cNeither is she,\u201d replied a resigned Xander as the realization he\u2019d lost everything continued to sink in. \u201cNot anymore.\u201d<\/p>\n