THE SECOND VICTIM OF THE “IDES OF MAY” REVEALED – BONNIE LOCKHART!

Well, the May Sweeps Umbrella Storyline, “Ides of May,” continues to shake the fictional town of Salem on the soap, “Days of our Lives,” to the core. The show released a press release some time ago saying the May Sweeps would have a shocking and record breaking twelve pink-slipped casualties – all storyline dictated. The show has kept a tight lid on who would be leaving during the month – with only a few names being leaked, while others are being kept secret until the person’s last episode airs.

This latter is the case with the second casualty, Judi Evans, who has aired as the eccentric, country-loving, Bonnie Lockhart, for the last time on Wednesday, May 17, 2006. Her character has not been killed off like the first victim of the storyline, Tek, or like another character slated to leave later this month. The storyline’s intention is not to kill off the meat of the cast. “Our big disaster was in December with Tony bombing the Pub. That was our way of cleaning out the character list a bit back then - by killing them all off.”…says the headwriter. “Our goal this time was to have this huge event, the double wedding, and have everything revealed and exposed there and have the effects of it just send characters in all-new directions - including leaving Salem on their own accord. Celeste predicted the "Ides of May" would change everyone's lives, and we weren't kidding."

There are still ten more people who have to leave after Bonnie. The show is taking a lot of its stories in new directions for June and the summer. "We’ve been planning Bonnie’s exit for quite some time. She’s recently been revealed as Tony’s murderer. Tony may have been a bad guy, and she may have had a good motive for killing him – that he killed her son, Patrick – but she still has to pay! Again, all of these exits are purely storyline-dictated.” As for a possible return, the show does not count on it. “Unfortunately, we have seen the last of Bonnie. I can’t see her returning for anything. She’s left her mark – she’s left a huge obstacle for Mimi and Rex now – the fact that she killed Rex’s father, Tony.”

THE IDES OF MAY:

1. Thomas E. Kramer - "Tek" (Rhasaan Orange)

2. Bonnie Lockhart (Judi Evans)

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Who will be the next victim!?