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#stacked 😍😂😂

Uggghhh… should’ve known. Two 80 year old women acting like clowns isn’t funny. But at least today’s episode was a lot better than most of the garbage that he writes.

There were a couple of things that seemed unnecessary today, like Liz and Marie being so campy and clownish, and the time capsule necklace disappearing already. That could have waited until tomorrow or a later episode. And also, who has a funeral service, outside in December? 😂 I wish they’d use the St. Luke’s set again. Not the chapel, the real one. But overall, today was another winner. And the biggest tearjerker of them all. Idk what it is about Susan/Julie saying, “He took me to paradise with every kiss” but it made me tear up while watching Bill’s service earlier this year and it made me tear up again during Doug’s. You really got admire the strength and courage of Susan Seaforth Hayes. Say what you will about her being over the top, which I admit she can be sometimes lol, but she’s a consummate professional who gives it her all every time. And I also teared up and sang along when Liz and everybody sang “Always.” I wish that song was featured more on Days and used in scenes for Horton couples like Shawn/Belle, Chad/Abigail, Will/Sonny, etc. Is it that expensive to use? It’s almost 100 years old. I appreciated the fact that today didn’t have as much background music in it as episodes usually do. Sometimes you just don’t need it, especially when you’re dealing with the death of a major character. I also really enjoyed the scenes between Steve and Julie. Both actors work really well together and I hope they somehow managed to bring him back from time to time. And maybe I’m reading too much into this, but does anybody else think that the fact that Ciara hasn’t mentioned Ben at all in these last two episodes might be telling us something?

I felt that way too for a while, but Kristen Vaganos revived my interest in the character/the pairing with TJ

Nulu has won me over. I’ve impressed by her lately and I enjoyed her scenes with Rocco and Dante today. Molly and TJ were really good too, even though I think Tahj isn’t that good of a crier lol I’m looking forward to seeing where both characters go from here. And I see they’re still trying to make us hate Drew.

Brought in under Ann Marcus, written out by Harrower. You would think they would’ve wanted to keep Steve on, since he was a younger character.

Anytime 👍😂

I already have a story idea in my head of Ciara returning to Salem, a grieving widow and getting involved in a triangle with Liz’s sons 😂😂

Happy 15,000th episode, Days!! 🎉🎉 As sad as this is, from a marketing perspective, I can see why they chose to do it like this. Hope the numbers on Peacock are off the charts today. Today was beautiful. You could tell that there was a lot of care put into today’s episode. And Friday’s episode as well. It was great seeing so many flashbacks, so many of which I don’t think have ever been seen before. And it was also great seeing Gloria Loring, Maree Cheatham and especially Stephen Schnetzer back on my TV again. It’s almost unbelievable how effortlessly they fit back onto the canvas. You’d think they hadn’t been gone for as long as they were. The three of them discussing their pasts with their scene partners and also how much Doug was a part of their lives were some of the best scenes today. Btw, didn’t Liz and Marie make peace already? I can’t remember. I’m looking forward to their scenes tomorrow. And I wish more of their storyline was available to see. It sounds like it was a really good mess lol I also liked the little seed that was planted with Shawn and Belle and I can’t wait to see their storyline play out. They deserve to be on the canvas and I’m glad that Days finally fixed the mistake they made in letting them go. And I’m also glad that they finally remembered the time capsule and that Ciara was able to open it so easily. I wonder if they’re going to follow the original plan, or if Ron changed it. I didn’t expect to see Peyton Meyer as young Doug today though and while I didn’t dislike it, I also feel like it wasn’t really necessary either, especially since there are so many episodes of Bill Hayes that exist today. But yeah, I’m still interested in seeing what’s going to happen with his character. He’s gorgeous, btw. And yeah, I guess we needed an update about Ciara’s baby serial killers too lol

This was not a good year for soaps. Not a good year at all. RIP

Thanks! I've always been interested in that Doug/Maggie pairing that they teased for a little while.

Probably sometime in January 1979, during the CT Scan Revue. I'd never seen it before either.

Stefan, Jake, Colin, Aaron, Charlie

Again, I understand it, but also again, maybe soaps aren't the right medium for them. And if they're worried about how sex scenes might affect their kids, all I have to say is, I hope Robert Scott Wilson never has a kid 😂😂😂

So, I'm guessing he's gonna be Dougie's son. I don't mind it. Peyton Meyer was pretty good on Girl Meets World. He actually came to mind when I heard they were aging Johnny in 2021. And it's always good to get some new blood.

Uggghhhhhhhh @ Wednesday @carolineg, this is what I meant when I brought up Ron's issues, in the Days thread.

100% agree

I think he has writing talent; there were a lot of things that he did, on OLTL, GH and Days, that I really liked. But I also think he’s got a lot of issues too, and those issues are what got him fired. And hopefully, they’re not reflected in the episodes of BTG that he works on.

It is a shame because he can do a lot with Days when he cares and today proved that. I’ll never understand why it sometimes gets so lazy and rushed, and just flat out toxic sometimes.

Today was a long one. 48 minutes. And a tough one too 😥 Especially when Julie went upstairs to see Doug. I don’t know if I would have included music playing over that scene but I didn’t really mind it either. You really have to give major props to SSH for having to mourn twice, one of which in front of a camera. They really were the perfect couple, both onscreen and in real life. I like the way everybody absorbed the news of Doug’s death, and how they all remembered how he was a part of their lives. We got a real sense of family and community in today’s episode and that always be an important dynamic on soaps. Hope was the one who really stood out to me today. And it’s great to have her and Shawn back on the canvas. I didn’t expect her to go to Bo’s bedside and tell him about Doug. The flashbacks were great too. You could tell that they weren’t used just to pad the episode out. Every single one of them served a purpose. And there were some that I’ve never seen before, like the one of Doug and Maggie dancing lol I wonder what would have happened if they had actually gone there with Doug/Maggie in the late 70s. And it was nice that they finally let us know that Eli does have a relationship with his brother, Scotty.

@Bright Eyes I’m pretty sure the last time we saw the Horton dining room or any other room in the house, for that matter, was last Thanksgiving.

Another Thanksgiving tradition

Exactly. Chad and Julie have such a great relationship and for him not be there for her now, and at Doug’s funeral just doesn’t feel right. I really think they should’ve and probably could’ve waited to do this Clyde stuff so that Chad and JJ could be there. Hell, in that BTS video that was shot on Bill Hayes’ birthday, Billy Flynn was the one who was holding onto him, so clearly the real life relationship has to be just as strong as the onscreen one.

I felt the same way when Abigail was murdered.