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Jessica was just lame. I can't even believe they gave Josh/Jessica a son so late in the game because they were hardly mentioned. From what I remember reading from @beebs awesome recaps they used to do there was another girl that they seemed to be angling as Marie's daughter and she was dropped. From what I have seen of Josh I liked him fine. He did seem a little old for Jessica though. He was in a ton of scenes with Marlena after the rape and they were okay together. I honestly never bought Alex would be attracted to Marie. I know they tried to explain, but I just didn't get it. I think there was chances to differentiate John from Roman. In the beginning John was just the more understanding, hotter, nicer version of 90's jerky Roman. Unfortunately when they really got into exploring John's past in the late 90's and early aughts he was too tied into the Marlena pairing to take him too far from the perfect hero. The RoboJohn stuff was good at first, but the story got very muddled very quickly. If you truly asked me the difference between John and Roman to this day I would say Marlena just likes one better lol. John is a little more action hero than Roman these days but thats about it.

Probably. I feel like John used to call Kate Katherine a lot when they were together and that was gross. It's definitely more of a John thing than a RoJohn thing, so I guess that might have been something Drake put in to differentiate from the 2 characters.

John has a weird habit of calling people by their full names too. He called Abe Abraham a lot. I can't remember if he called Lexie-Alexandra though. He calls Sami Samantha a lot, but then has silly nicknames like Doc, Izzy B, and Tink for his faves I guess lol.

Well from what I have seen over the years on you tube and what not, Jessica was super lame in general. And Alex and Marie was such an odd pairing knowing what we knew about them. Weird drug and sex parties? Lol. I think Josh/Jessica were popular, but he looked to be heading toward a pairing with Marlena before Wayne was hired and then Josh ended up with a young, immature, and annoying Jessica? Too bad for him. Alex was much better when he was bad, but I feel like in a lot of ways he was usurped by Victor, who was a similar villian but with better ties on the canvas in the end.

Definitely I get that MarDevil has to cause maximum damage, but most of it is stupid. The Devil is just running around town and John is the only one who seems to have a real sense of urgency about it lol. Unless there is a twist where the Devil has caused a lot of unseen damage like Sami's kidnapping, Phillip's behavior, etc. this is getting stale. JKJ's awful hair literally takes me out of all of his scenes. Unfortunately, he is someone who has not gotten better with age.

I was wondering why Belle didn't just interview the server that gave Brady the drinks that night? I assumed Phillip paid someone off, but I guess not. Phillip explained his plan pretty well though. It is hard for me to imagine JKJ dragging EM all around town though. Why didn't Marlena just shape shift into Kayla and have someone let her into Jan's room? That would have been 1000% times easier than morphing into Steve, revealing herself to Kayla, having that drawn out confrontation, and knocking her out. Did MM and KL ever share scenes as Belle and Brady? I don't think so but I can't recall.

Yeah, I was going to say the same thing. His friendship with John/Roman was fairly important. He was involved in a lot of stories with them-he was just not the lead. Soaps do need characters like that. Unfortunately it's glaring that he was a Black actor that could have lead his own stories. I thought JR did really well with the story in the mid 80's with Richard Cates and his brother getting killed.

I think it also helped that Robin had been away for awhile. Robin had made significant changes in her life and it didn't make sense for her to be re-paired with Jason (even though I loved them!). Obviously, the chemistry was there as well so it worked. It didn't seem as forced as those other pairings. Jax/Sonny were hooking up with Hannah/Sam like 5 minutes after Vanessa Marcil left. Both women were clearly set up to fail being such obvious Brenda replacements so soon after her departure. Patrick wasn't set up to be a Jason replacement. I never compared Patrick to Jason. He was set up to be Robin's love interest which I think made a huge difference and they happened to be very natural together. It helps that KMc has had chemistry with everyone she has ever been paired with and JT is a charismatic natural performer as well.

Yeah, I know Ron was going for 'what would the world be like if John/Marlena weren't together?' nonsense but it's not like they really explored why Kristen/John were together and John/Marlena weren't so what's the point? I feel like I am nitpicking on something I honestly enjoyed, but this movie wasn't really made for non-Days viewers so there were things that just didn't make sense like family stripping or Eric being a bum literally outside his family's pub or what was canon and what wasn't... Basically, it doesn't make sense to viewers or non viewers alike. It might have made more sense if it was Will's dream or something.

I don't know why Ron seems to obsessed with this pairing. No one liked it that much at the time. It's not a thing. Sure, they still have good chemistry, but it was silly. Kristen would never just settle for running an Inn with John and John barely cared she was banging his son. Whatever. Plus, Drake H. is a handsome silver fox, but ED's Kristen looks amazing. No wonder she went for the younger, hotter version. Also, Sami wasn't weirded out by watching her own son strip? Nor was John? And Johnny wasn't weirded out by stripping with his own dad lol?

I definitely think it would be a great time to bring Lexie back. I did like RJ, but I don't think she's unrecastable or anything. The show has recast much more iconic characters like Bo, Roman, Kristen, etc. and there are plenty of actress out there that could do Lexie justice. I wish they would bring Peter and Lexie back and revive the Dimeras because what we have now isn't what it could be.

I liked it. It was entertaining. I enjoyed how much of the cast was used. It was just a little strange. It was a little confusing to figure out what world we were living in lol. Does Sami even care about Allie/Johnny-they didn't even interact much? Does Belle not exist? Why is Sydney so young? Did Marlena give up her practice to run the Pub? If EJ exists did the baby switch happen with Kristen? Why is Eric a bum outside his family's restaurant-no one noticed lol? I didn't realize Will was such an EJami shipper and wanted his baby momma to end up with Nick Fallon. It was fine for what it was, but it's definitely not something to think too deep about and I would have rather seen another set of Beyond Salem episodes.

Lol! I thought it was pretty savage he wrote his own father running off to Antartica with Chloe. But of course Will would rather write for EJ lol.

That's how I remember it too. Lexie was basically a good character until the baby switch. To be honest, Lexie wasn't used much at all back then. I remember that scene with Kristen vividly.

I was assuming the affair never happened (since I don't think MM/Belle is in this) or Roman forgave her then died. But who knows? Because Isabella would have had to have died for him to marry Kristen since Brady is in this movie.

Lol! That's what I get for working while watching Days! I just kept watching Shawn untie them while the volume was on low.

Outside of everything on the show today, was anyone giggling at how long it was taking Shawn to untie one of John's rope bindings? He was trying to untie that knot for like an entire episode. He doesn't carry a pocket knife? And he didn't take off John's gag until the episode was half over lol. And then Belle untied it in one second lol. Was the devil keeping those knots together or is Shawn just super inept?

I remember Polaha in the JFK movie lol. He was definitely an actor networks were trying to make happen for awhile. He was in all those Fox and CW shows that bombed (North Shore, Life Unexpected, The Ringer). I always liked him (I am the only person who loved The Ringer lol). Glad to see he's still working and they are still married. Julianne Morris is someone who I think would kill it on Hallmark as well. She has that perfect bland likability for that genre.

Julianne Morris was/is gorgeous and very likable plus I thought she was a decent actress. Unfortunately she didn't pop off the screen with charisma and chemistry the way some actors do. Greta was either pushed way too much (the John, Hope, Bo, Gina, scar stuff ad nauseum), given horrible stories (GARDEN OF EDEN, Jack is fake gay), or given nothing (Eric/Greta romance, Austin/Greta romance). I definitely think she had the ability to be a long term heroine-the show just never found a niche for her. I think she could have worked well as a foe for Sami in the absence of Carrie, but the show really didn't have them interact much. Greta's coronation was probably the best 'event' Days did in that era though. It is surprising Greta never came back especially with all the Beyond Salem mentions. Does Julianne Morris still act?

I haven't heard anyone say it was cancelled, though you would assume lol. I mean, now they can do a sequel of Marlena's 2nd possession.

Oh good. They've been gone awhile. I kept thinking why didn't Sami call Johnny when she was talking about all the people she tried to call while kidnapped. He obviously could have let EJ know and I think EJ would have believed his own kid lol. This isn't spoilery, just my speculation, but are Johnny/Chanel going to come back married? I have to lol at the fact Johnny can just leave town for weeks at a time while he's supposed to be working on his movie and Chanel just opened a bakery. Poor Allie.

The Parker stuff too? The Lucas/Chloe relationship? Kate/Chloe literally sharing the same lovers. Chloe being really weird about why she and Brady divorced and where he was at the time. Her being a prostitute for awhile lol I think it started with the High School nonsense and never got better. Besides, Kate/Victor tend to hate everyone their kids date outside of maybe Carrie for Austin. On a side note, WTH are Johnny/Chanel? Are they still in Italy? Shouldn't Johnny be in this Sami story?

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The OGPossession was the right story at the right moment in time. I have never been a fan, but it worked on the show for JER with it's Gothic feel and love story thread throughout. This is just camp for camp's sake. It's entertaining in a way, but it makes no sense. The whole Kristen seduction was ridiculous. Why would that break John/Marlena's love? What's was the actual point beyond having ED and the DH's share scenes? Nothing. I think you have hit the nail on the head. Ron has some good ideas and uses history and fan fave characters-it just gets very messy and certain stories are awful and the entertaining ones don't use a ton of logic. Anyhow, I think this is still a step forward for Days with the spinoffs and movies. I definitely don't think it's ready to be put out of it's misery in the way I have felt in years past.

Well, once you get past the whole Saved by the Belle stuff the Langan era wasn't awful. I have never liked Belle much at all so it was hard for me to see her front and center and Lord knows I wanted to like Jarlena's kid. There was an odd obsession with John/Hope and tearing apart Bo/Hope and John/Marlena in a variety of oddball ways (ie Brady being the worst), but some stuff was really good like Sami's Execution story. Obviously, as @KLN said, there were a lot of misses, but there were some good stories among the mess.