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John was literally the only one with a sense of urgency on it lol. Even Marlena's own children were like, "I'm sure John will figure it out"🤣 It was much easier to make Stefano a big bad all over town because he had hands in a lot of stories via the mass amount of Brady's, their spouses/offspring, and his own children. Orpheus always had a very specific role as an ISA agent gone bad over grief from his wife's death. He's not supposed to a full on psychopath they way he is now.

The thing is I used to think Orpheus was scarier and "less cartoon" than Stefano. The problem with Orpheus is his main beef is with John/Marlena/Roman? and not the entire town, so they are shoehorning him into things and hatred that he has no reason to have. Obviously, Stefano had a hatred for all Bradys and it was stretched at times, but his overall hatred for everyone was more plausible.

Yes! Belle would just run around town and everyone would be like "drug psychosis" it's fine. Same about the history. It's nice he knows it, but just because I know Sandy Horton exists doesn't mean I would have Sami wake up as her one day. It's horrible writing with the caveat that "it's not that bad because it's taking from the past". That doesn't cover up idiotic, sloppy work.

I would probably pitch Belle waking up to think she's the real Isabella and fighting her mother for her own father lol. Charity Rahmer definitely could have handled that assignment 🤣

Lol! Not that I necessarily want them in this story, it's just weird they aren't at all. And they aren't doing anything else either. I think they have only been on once in a month or so. They were absent pre-Olympics and had the scenes about Craig/Nancy post-Olympics. Anyway the sooner there is an exorcism the sooner it's done right? I have a feeling someone is going to tell me Belle is actually the next one possessed though.

I could write a better show than this and I am not a writer. @FrenchBug82 said up thread this isn't a tribute to Renee/PS this is a tribute to Jamey thinking he's such a Days historian that he knows about Renee. It's indulgent and silly. I don't understand why they aren't using any flashbacks for this story either. Plus Days should not being doing a Devil Possession and this Sarenee story at the same time. It's too much even for Days.

It's not good for anyone on this show to be involved in this story 🤣, but it's so strange they aren't even sharing scenes with Johnny and have nothing to do with it. It's not like Jarlena are doing anything else.

Clearly Sarenne is truly delusional if she thinks Xander is Alex. Why is everyone letting her run around town? Why hasn't anyone called Maggie? There is a clear idea that she's a danger to people, most notably Anna, but she's staying in the mansion with her? Let's say I buy all the stupidity about Sarah/Renee not realizing anyones ages, why aren't characters on the show taking this seriously? Everyone is just shrugging their shoulders hoping she will snap out of it on her own.

At least they are finally involved in the story again. Although, I have said it before, I have no idea why Marlena doesn't retire. Outside of Ben, most of her "patients" are just family and friends coming to her for advice. She can do that from home. It's not like her being a shrink drives much of her story anyway. It just gives her something to do because DH has more guarantees than Drake. Honestly, I can't believe she's had patients post-1995. Who would use a DR that was possessed by the devil and kidnapped 6 months out of the year?

Maybe. I think she might have worn an Anna mask to seduce Tony. Or can Kristen still seduce Tony? Was she married to Andre or Tony lol? I can never keep it straight.

Perhaps. But she was literally killed off and that was before anyone was really brought back from the dead on Days. And it's just TP's word and he was in and out in the 80's as Tony. If Renee died in the last few years she would have been brought back by Rolf's secret serum. I have a feeling PS might have pissed more people off or the show just moved in a different direction. I can't say the show ever needed Renee after she died. Most of her screen partners were gone or moved on after a few years or so.

That's immediately what I thought. Not that they were a couple because I don't TP is into that, but that's just speculation. It just seems like it was messy with some sort of romantic feelings involved. But, again, I really can't find much about PS's personal life so it could be an outside messy relationship seeping into her work.

Yes, he is. Sometimes I think TP is a little bit of a messy b**ch but his co workers seem to like him lol. Anyhow, very interesting. It's hard to find much about PS's personal life, so maybe she was young and going through something.

Very true. It just hasn't been for a bit. I wouldn't mind a refocus on the hospital, but I have always assumed that wasn't the show's main focus like General Hospital should be lol. I have always considered Days to be focused on several different aspects and never considered it a hospital show. Recently, Lexie, Kayla and Mike were the Jack of all trades Drs. And, yes, Sarah is a jack of all trades Dr. herself. But your idea about a new shrink is fabulous and I am onboard. And someone that doesn't have a history of mental illness or devil possession (side eyeing Laura/Marlena) would be great lol.

Yikes! I know TP is pretty outspoken, but that's rough lol.

Definitely. I know the hospital has never been a huge focus for Days, but the show needs more than Kayla and 22 year old Tripp being the Drs. of all trades in town and a new shrink. I wouldn't be opposed to it being one of Justin/Adrienne's sons who wouldn't be related to many in town. Hell, I would even pretend Jeremy Horton didn't exist in that previous run and make him a Dr. He's not technically related to Sarah lol.

That would be a great idea! There needs to be another shrink in town that isn't sinister. At this point in her life, Marlena deserves to retire, you know? I know it limits some of her storyline possibilities, but does anyone just retire on Days? She's been working for about 50 years as a Dr. I would have retired years ago lol

I don't doubt you at all. I was just curious for the tea lol. Her voice work is pretty amazing just looking at her wiki.

Yes, but that wasn't really PS/Renee's fault that was just stupid writing, but you are not the first person who has said it was nearly identical. Renee's just not that memorable overall. She's not even one of Tony's most memorable love interests or Alex's or David's lol I have no idea why PS was disliked, but I thought Renee was popular? Who hated her specifically? Just curious. Not try to talk ill of the dead or anything. Just wondering who she didn't get along with.

Well, is there any other option? lol. I don't think we are supposed to think Marlena is bad at her job and she's pretty good at these Dimera brainwashing stuff🤷‍♀️🤣

Lol! But she has had a more recent presence than Renee. She was around a few years ago.

Yes, Renee may be memorable to some who watched her in real time, but is not memorable in the scheme of things on the show. She had no children, Stefano/Tony never really mentioned her, and her run was short. It seems like this was just a Jamey Giddens fave character and the pitch to Ron worked. And like I said this is work for the viewers because you would have to google Renee and look up clips to even get a feel for her because this is being so shoddily told. Although, I am not going to lie, I would love to see LG play Samantha Evans and think she's Deidre's twin. For some reason that makes me laugh so hard.

Agree 100% with this. The story isn't really a tribute to Renee or Philece. We aren't seeing flashbacks, she's not being talked about in a positive light, and LG isn't playing Sarenee anything like Renee. So basically it's just Renee Dumonde's name being mentioned.

I am not sure how talented Jamey Giddens is. I don't think he's a complete hack. I do think he knows his soap history. He just comes into any soap with major biases and favorites, which isn't good. It's great he loved Renee and PS and wanted to write a tribute to her, but it just doesn't make sense in the current Days landscape. Idk, I am not a writer, but if I got a job at GH I would make Sonny talk about his undying love for Brenda or something because I love Vanessa and Brenda. But that makes no sense for what's going on with actual Gh today. And I don't actually think this is going to bring Tanna that much angst unless Tony gets all sorts of creeping and pursues Sarah.

Well, all that aside (and I know you aren't defending it), it seems very easy to prove to Sarah that Renee is dead and that Sarah is Sarah. Pictures, newspaper articles, birth certificates, etc. Instead, people are placating Sarah and no one has called Marlena or another mental health professional immediately.