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I honestly think Dee stayed on Days too long her first run for primetime success. She was about 40 the first time she left and, unfortunately, that's a little old. We did not know she wouldn't age for the next 20 years in 1987 lol. I want to say Christie Clark and Patrick Muldoon were going to be a part of Manhattan Lives? You can't find a lot of info on it anymore but DH was going to be a producer and I swear the premise was Marlena taking Belle to New York to start over and Carrie would become a model. It was supposed to start in 1994 if AW wasn't renewed and that sort of lines up with what was going on with the show at the time. I think I heard something about Missy doing it as well, but that seems to be taking a lot of heroines away from the mother show. Jen gets a syndication deal or a big shot for her show, so that all makes vague sense as far as what was going on in 93/94. I never heard anything about writers or other producers but I assume it would have been a Corday production. JER probably would have left to write that since he loved Marlena.

Chris always seemed like someone who was always mentioned in recaps, but never did a whole lot. Like no standout pairing or storyline, but was featured. I have gone on record of my hatred for JT's Roman, but I think it's more my hatred for Roman as a character being completely marginalized. I mean, props to him for still working at his age with limited talent. I believe Dee actually was in negotiations. I think Drake did a fan event and even said she was coming back, but something fell through or she booked something else. I loved her on Wiseguy!! Dee in the late 80's seemed like a real go-getter trying to make all the money, so I believe she was interested in doing Days and other things at the same time. She did try to make it work with "Our House" for awhile there and even then I believe it was more of a Corday/NBC thing to write her off because she was in a coma for like a year lol. I feel like her deal in 1991 was really good for her, so I think she just played hardball because she could back then. Now she probably works for minimum wage lol. In a Genie Francis interview she talked about how hard it was to be accepted on Days and that RoJohn/Marlena fans would write her hate mail lol. But I thought Diana/Roman were fairly well received.

Oh I forgot about that Marlena story in 1988. I guess negotiations with Deidre just fell through lol. And then SOD had that cover story with RoJohn/Diana getting married, but they just didn't. Or did it for show, but not legally. Something silly. Too bad Genie Francis had good chemistry with Drake. It's been forever since I have seen the jungle story, but I don't think it was an island. Wiki is telling me it is, but I don't recall that. It was where Peter Blake got the awesome "jungle madness" disease lol.

Same. I hope Lucas is at least concerned about Sami disappearing. Maybe Roman and Marlena can be too? Now I am actually wondering if Belle/Ej might become a thing.

Is that the story where WN's Roman dies? They also were on an island when Marlena returned where they found OG Roman lol. Ugh, we re visted John's past a thousand times, but does Marlena just not care what happened to her for five years beside birthing Rex and Cassie?

Agreed. Sami being Sami is just a Days staple to me.

It actually seems like a mismanaged announcement. Ali had other obligations, but Days went out of it's way to say it's a year. I am sure she will end up doing a year's worth of work, but everything is mistimed now. Why would she ask Gabi to stay in the Dimera mansion? Can't she just go back to her mom and John's house?

I thought it was a year and they got her late because of Hallmark stuff. I am glad Ali gets work, but this felt mismanaged. She barely interacted with Allie. EJ was brought back for this? Johnnie hasn't even aired? Is she in the Beyond Salem stuff? I saw Christie posting a pic with her so I assumed she was.

It feels like Ali was barely here. She's coming back right? Sami has never been my favorite (TEAM CARRIE) but AS has always been integral to Days. Her presence to me is much more important than her siblings or Ciara's.

Seeing all that popular music being played makes me kinda sad. They can't afford any of it now. Days had a fetish for islands and plane crashes. I feel like there were a lot of plane crashes in that era with John/Bo ending up having to fly the plane.

I think Brenda coming to town for something completely unrelated to Sonny would be the best. I do like the idea of Sonny and Brenda falling in love all over again. I don't even hate the Carson pairing, I just don't think it does either character justice. They lack any sort of romantic chemistry and are just boring.

Or he could have no memories and just fall in love with her all over again. But it just doesn't seem very Brenda to totally keep him from his family so I am hit or miss on that. I do think there is a story to tell there and not with Nina. I am a Sonny/Brenda stan so I would like a story that has the least collateral damage for them. I think I would rather him get his memories back and realize Brenda is his true love and just break it off with Carly.

It was very much a bar band with their songs and talent, but the story was fine. I just never believed they were super famous or a big money maker. But I also cringed when Miguel sang and I was clearly wrong about that. Turns out Ricky Martin is very talented. I don't think you could tell that from his famous GH hit "Don't Stop Now".

Ugh Wally Kurth's singing is not my fave either. Ned and his leather pants were a fun time in the 90's but none of his songs were very good either. I am not sure I truly believe the Idle Rich was a big time band.

Well, JKJ looks hot so that's a win for him. He's not the best at singing even though I think he might have pursued this as a side hustle. Eric Winter/Rex sings too? Did they just let anyone who took a few guitar lessons as a kid sing a song on days? Kyle Lowder has a slightly better voice than I remember. His version of Brady really doesn't seem straight, but whatever.

His Sonny/Jason hate is pretty epic so I would say there are 2 reasons to keep him around.🤣

For sure. Living the life in Europe in fashion circles. Wouldn't it be great to make him Jax's son and have Ingo play that? Reason enough to cast him now.

He can exist I guess. And Joss can fall in love with him. Or they make him Jax's and Trina can fall for him or make him an out gay teen like Vanessa's actual son. It's stupid to have him be out there and not on the canvas even without Vanessa.

I deny that lame kid too. Unless they make it Jax's or something it was just a stupid plot point. VM did not seem that motivated during her return, but I feel like there was a moment a month or so into her return she just realized it was all no good because she started fine and ended fine. They really just needed to invest more in her and Sonny. I know they got a wedding, but she literally had more scenes with Dante and Spinelli. I thought VM was fine when she returned in 2013. Fake sleeping with Michael was not the best story, but VM at least looked like she was enjoying herself.

I think Langan was very obsessed with the teens and the John/Hope thing. I feel like the show just kept trying to push it over and over again. I actually think KA and DH have okay chemistry, but I have never met a John/Hope shipper in my life. I thought JER 1.0 did an awful disservice to Bo/Hope. They had the worst stories. Jack/Jen had an okay story-they were just destroyed by recasts. I thought the J&M stuff was good under JER. I think he transitioned them from a fairly stale love triangle with Roman into some great stuff with Stefano/Kristen. It did securely lock Jarlena in as leads, but I think I am fine with that? You are right though the entire show was triangles with hero/heroine/villian right down to Sami/Austin/Carrie. I think Bo/Hope/Billie was an exception because Billie wasn't really evil. Such a good ad and such a good beginning to that return, but then it gets bogged down by 2 Romans. I actually groan when Wayne appears and I like him, but it was all unnecessary.

I am sure Charles will be just fine, but I 'd rather see him on Days. I don't understand why GH keeps hiring these "big name" stars when Brenda is just more relevant to todays GH. I really don't understand Frank's hate for Vanessa/Brenda because it's clear they are just not interested. I don't know if bomb is the right term for that return. It wasn't a ratings smash or terribly popular with viewers, but I think the expectations were very high. The S&B wedding gave the show very high ratings. I think the best in like 5 years or something. The story was bad, but it's been a decade and I am willing to forgive and forget. All the show had to do was ditch the Balkan story quicker and cut Dante out of it and just focused on Brenda's main relationships (Sonny, Jax, Robin, Jason, Carly) and it would have been fine. It was pretty panned at the time, but I can look back and say it wasn't as bad as I remember.

let's just spend money on cs, who is fine, but we can't have nice things like Brenda F**kin Barrett🥲

I think Isabella holds up as a character in history more than real time. Because she annoyed the crap out of me back in the day. I hated her pressuring RoJohn about the baby (Brady) every single second. Looking back, I hate, hate, hate the Tale of 2 Romans, but Izzy B doesn't bother me as much in hindsight. I just remember her sleeping with John when they were in Mexico and Marlena being super devastated and I thought Isabella was so mean. But I built a bridge after 30 years and got over it lol. I think the Teens could have possibly done a TNBC spinoff. It was just ALOT in the regular show. And I never liked any of those teens much. I liked Mimi and Chloe, but Belle, Shawn D, and Phillip just didn't do it for me. I am OK with them now, but they never inspired fandom for me. I'd rather watch Jarlena or Bope do silly things than Belle/Shawn talk about promise rings.

Isabella had almost more appearances as a ghost than she did as an alive person. They just trotted her out all the time. I guess it's nice of Staci Greason to keep making cameos.

Love Brady being extra by dressing up 3 days late. Like he literally threatened Marlena with a sword. WTH? And John's like he might have aggression problems. Watch the next 10 mins. No idea why lol He was so mean to Marlena for no reason. I would have kicked Brady out of the house months before. He was just chillin at Marlena's penthouse the whole time? Brady did rip off his mask in the spirt of the fight. I am pretty sure Kirsten was filming the sequel then and it seemed very intentional. Best work KS ever did was Zenon. Although I do like Johnny Tsunami as well.