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The Tony/Andre [!@#$%^&*] is tedious, but I do love the epic plan of it all Dee pushed for Wayne and I think it was a mistake. John should be Roman. The two characters are entirely redundant to this day.

Bringing back Northrop was an entirely different mistake. I love him and Marlena but it just all felt weird and flat. Romar were cute and fun but it was literally chemistry on all cylinders with Dee/Drake and no one wanted to write Roman well. I think the reaction to John and Kristen was okay, but it wasn't in JER's vision. I actually think the weird Tony stuff hurt her more than the Jarlena stuff. Because marrying your brother is straight up bizarre. I just don't see how Eileen or Kristen could unsurp years of Jarlena when even Wayne couldn't and they were fire back in the day. JER just saw where the story was at and went with it. He wasn't wrong..

Well, Vanessa is gorgeous so nothing would look bad on her. Rena is gorgeous too but I like her with longer hair. I think it was a situation where Vanessa pushed too much as a first contract player and TPTB were mad. I don't think the show was that convinced on Brenda until she blew up with Sonny. Again I think S&B were a really happy accident.

I think the Possession is where the show decided Jarlena endgame. I think it was full on Kristen/John until then and the network wanted Drake to be with someone younger. I think Kristen and John were just not that popular until she went bat [!@#$%^&*] and Jarlena have a very strong fanbase that just won out. And the Possession wouldn't have worked if John wasn't crazy in love with Marlena. The entire Possession would fall flat if John wouldn't be willing to die for Marlena.

More possession: It's weirdly about John/Kristen did they just change lanes midway through? Sami/Austin is really funny. Sami is so delusional. John/Marlena continue to be everything, but Kristen is always hanging around DH's mullet is legit and a lot When MarDevil stops using Kristen and whores herself out to John it's way better.

Did he care about Carly/Jax? The actors sparkle together, but is it really anything more than a Brenda/Jax/Sonny redux when you couldn't afford Vanessa Marcil? I like CarJax, but it's really just a redundant pairing trying to re create Guza's best hits.

I believe the story is 1. she didn't get permission and her long hair was epic 2. It made her look too much like Rena Sofer Vanessa Marcil's 90's hair still stands the test of time so I don't even understand, but I loved her long hair. I always did think her mid 90's bob was pretty great though. Those extensions or wigs or whatever literally take me out of most scenes. They are so awkward and I hate that some of their best moments occur with her having awful hair.

This is the first episode she shows her haircut, but then she dials back in later episodes saying it was a wig.

I find Isabella highly annoying, but I will allow the Izzy/John romance as being viable. One of my favorite scenes from the tale of 2 romans is when Marlena is talking to Abe and says you get to love them both I don't... All the tears for me. And when she tells John she loved him, loves him. I die. And then it fell off to nothing for about 2 years but it ended fine. I never liked Kristen/John much. She was just so secretive and weird. ED and DH had chemistry, but Kristen never felt like a real option. He was still so clearly into Marlena.

I almost said that. Because she was all I cut my hair and then in the next episode was like "Psych, Sonny" just a wig and she wore those bad extensions forever even in their first love scene and it looks so, so bad. I know the show was punishing her for cutting her gorgeous, gorgeous long hair, but girl could have pulled off the short look.

She's a very likable actress as well. There's always been something very comfortable with watching her on screen. I think she's actually underrated. She's always had the ability to generate good chemistry with co stars and play a very rootable heroine. Days rarely got credit for anything in the 70's or 80's acting wise and I think DH was like screw it-I give up. Watching her 70's and 80's stuff does make you really appreciate her. I am not sure who she was up against back then for her emmys, but I would have at least given her an emmy nomination for the Possession because it was so ground breaking and she did some good work with it. I imagine she's okay with it. She got to make The Never Say Never: Deidre Hall story instead🤣

Drake Hogestyn definitely walked down the Dimera Mansion steps with a full on mullet and came out with his short haircut walking those same steps the next episode in 1997.

I never thought of that. I think Days seems to give it's male leads more rando kids than it's female ones. John, Roman, Steve, Shane, Bo etc. Kim, Kayla, Marlena, Hope never had them. I agree DH is a good actress. After 96, I think she just has camped it up. And I think her and Drake tend to just go with the OTT stuff because they think the fans like it. I did think she was good with John's 'death' and aftermath, but that's about it over the last 25 years. On a separate topic, I am watching the Possession again for the first time and I still don't like it, but some stuff from the beginning of the story: 1. Mike is hella hitting on Marlena and I am uncomfortable 2. John/Abe speaking about the 'Desecrator' ruining Christmas with the same level of seriousness as if the 'Desecrator' is blowing up the entire town is hilarious 3. Marlena levitating from the bed on Christmas Eve while everyone celebrating Christmas is pretty awesome 4. I love that little kid that played Brady in the 90's. He's so cute. 5. Why is Gina/Hope Belle and Brady's nanny? That's random...

Hmm.... Hard to say. A rich corporate raider doesn't scream Labine, but he was intended for Lois/Rena, so I think the entire characters trajectory changed. I think the Brenda/Jax stuff was Guza but it was more of a happy accident than anything and Guza was into for awhile, but his complete lack of interest in Jax over the years makes me think he only cared about Brenda/Jax and not the Jax character himself. I think Jason's accident was Labine. But, yikes, it was a lot of tragedy in a matter of months. Stone died like a month earlier? Could be Guza? Idk, I think I heard before that Clink Boom was actually in Labine's outlines for Lily/Sonny and Guza just ran with it. Not sure.

There were so many Eddie Maine performances I am sure Laura caught one of them lol. She definitely caught Mary Mae's performances and I think Miguel Morez's as well. I think I remember them interacting at Stone's Christmas party and funeral, but it's been awhile. I also remember them being in the background of a Sonny/Brenda blowout in the parking lot at Luke's and they are yelling at Ned and Luke respectively. Again, I am sure there is more, but Lois/Ned are harder to find on youtube than Luke/Laura or Sonny/Brenda so Ned/Lois seem to flit in and out of a lot of scenes I watch.

The only time I can recall Brenda/Liz interacting is in 1998 where they briefly meet at a Nurse's Ball rehearsal, but I think Brenda is talking to Lucky not Liz but she's there. I remember Brenda/Laura interacting at Lukes a bit. Not a ton, but I remember them being friendly. And in 2010 Brenda made a point of asking Lulu how Laura was, so I don't think I am off on them being friends. I just can't think of a specific scene lol. I clearly remember Brenda being at Laura's 'funeral' in 1997 though. I can't think of a Lois/Laura scene either but I know they interacted around town with the Stone stuff or at Luke's or the Outback.

Jason Q and Sonny did interact a bit through Stone and Brenda. Jason organized a party for Stone at the Q mansion and let him use the gym at the house and I remember him being against Sonny and Brenda (mostly peripherally at first). I would say Jason Q/Sonny were friendly acquaintances at least. they definitely knew one another were at several of the same events interacting like Ned/Lois's wedding and Nurses Balls. Sonny/Monica interacted while Sonny was on the ELQ board and in regards to Jason/AJ quite a bit. My pick- Liz/Brenda- I am not sure have ever even spoken to one another even though they had tons of characters in common.

Marlena had DJ fairly early in her run and no kids that popped up unless you count the Gemini Twins which weren't really hers. In the scheme of things her child count is pretty low with only 3 living children, but John and Roman were the ones with kids coming out of the woodwork. Although I would not be shocked if someday a 1986 Jarlena baby turns up (as long as it's not Ben)

I feel bad loathing a kid, but he's so obnoxious. I don't get why he likes Kellam so much and hates Don. Plus, he gave Kellam the key to Marlena's apartment which led to her rape. I feel like he's around for awhile too. I am glad he was basically replaced by Carrie and never spoken of again.

It might just be a 70's thing because Tracey Bregman looks about 30 too and I know she's still a teenager IRL in this lol. I loved Marlena's early 90's look where she would drape the matching scarf over her business suit. I don't know if I am explaining that right, but I always thought it was so chic and glamourous. I wish there was more classic days available. I would love to see more early Roman/Marlena because Don/Marlena aren't that great. He's not very nice to her and just grumpy in general. And, too bad she died, but Samantha is annoying AF. She's always whining about something and Don is an idiot because you can clearly tell the twins apart. I know Donna was universally disliked, but I actually like her. I do hate Johnny the random kid Marlena adopts. It's mean to hate child actors but that kid is grating!

I love Chanel and Johnny both. She is gorgeous and he is obviously super hot too. Great additions to the cast for sure. I am so happy Days found younger actors that are good because that has been a problem for years...

I stumbled upon a private playlist on you tube that has a bunch of early Marlena and Marlena/Don clips and again DH is a really good actress. Like surprisingly good. I have grown up with her brand of camp and I love it, but she's really good in these early scenes. I am not surprised she became super popular but I am surprised she never won an emmy along the way. And DH has aged obviously, but I think she looks very mature even in the late 70's and that helped her cause along the way because she looked older than she was to begin with lol.

Whoever said RB channels Lark Voorhies is 100% correct. She so reminds me of her lol. Chanel is totally Lisa Turtle but better.

Ben is worse than Sonny. Because they did sorta acknowledge Sonny's actions for awhile in the 90's and it obviously wasn't as bad as Ben. And I definitely don't think RSW and VK have the chemistry MB and VM did. They certainly white washed Sonny in the 2000's, but I think they were okay at showing Sonny's faults in the 90's. I guess the best way for me to explain it for myself is that I never considered Sonny the good guy, but still adored him with Brenda and rooted for him. But Ben is made out to be the good guy all the time and we aren't even allowed to make our own decisions because the writers make us think we have to love him. Yeah, Steve was a little more than gray. He was def a creeper in the beginning, but again did not kill people and I think the 80's had anti-heroes that did things that would not be accepted today.

I certainly don't think RSW is a good actor, but this Cin stuff proves he has some sort of charisma to catch on with the audience. The writing did him a disservice. They could have made Ben crazy without fully making him a serial killer and the choice to bring him back after was....odd to say the least. And then RC did him a disservice again by just ignoring the ramifications of his killings. The fact is Ben never should have been brought back. I am sure Days could have found a guy VK had good chemistry with and built a love story around that, but I don't necessarily think it's RSW's fault. I am sounding like a CIN fan or something, but I think it's more writing than the actor. He's not Juilliard trained lol, but this show gave Drake Hogestyn and Austin Peck careers.