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It was a bad character, derived from an even worse storyline: the birth of Charlotte, and everything surrounding it.

You are very welcome.

This list puts a smile on my face, aside from a few of the rankings.

Days of Our Lives week ending January 3 (x) Monday, December 30, 2024 – Episode #15020 Holly thwarts Tate and Sophia’s plans. EJ finds himself in a bind. Sophia questions Ava. Jada has a proposal for Paulina. Tuesday, December 31, 2024 – Episode #15021 Rafe is stunned to see an old enemy. Sophia's mother reprimands Tate. Doug III offers a sympathetic ear to Holly. Paulina gets a warning from EJ. Brady gets some news that could change his life.

Days of Our Lives week ending January 3 (x) Wednesday, January 1, 2025 – Episode #15022 Alex and Stephanie secure dates for NYE. Chanel and Johnny throw a New Year's Eve party. Belle surprises EJ. Jada notices something different about Rafe. Gabi is reluctant to join the party. Thursday, January 2, 2025 – Episode #15023 EJ flirts with Belle. Chanel confronts Johnny. Philip and Stephanie both make admissions. JJ and Gabi take the next step in their relationship. Friday, January 3, 2025 – Episode #15024 Paulina supports Chanel. Abe offers a sympathetic ear to Johnny. Javi interrupts JJ and Gabi's special moment. Joy and Alex share an awkward morning.

That's not exactly what Deidre Hall said at all. She said she thought that's what sent the "writer" away. Her exact quote was: ❝ Body & Soul is done, and I think that's what sent Ron away. ❞ Michael Fairman agreed; Susan Seaforth Hayes didn't mention anything about it sending him away, either. She merely mentioned there were "some laughs" and "some cringes with Body & Soul" but was more-so speaking of the forthcoming regime change, in compliment.

The hiring of Bree Williamson as Claudette was so.... weird to me. And very much a "Hey, this is someone I worked with and am giving them a job, even though they were leaving the last show I worked at!" And, I cannot help but wonder how Jessica Tuck would have worked opposite Cynthia Watros, because she did well against Michelle Stafford (which is not a difficult task).

🤣 And both were the "writer" too, so whewwwwwwwwwww again!

Ahh. Such a long, long time ago, whewwwwww

Was it Patrick or Nikolas?

💯

It did work; even Cady McClain was signed to a one-year deal, so her return was an in-the-works thing pre-cancellation, so Broderick obviously had plans for long-term story-telling, and it's a damn shame she never got the chance to do it.

Credits for Thursday, December 26, 2024: Created by: Frank & Doris Hursley Executive producer: Frank Valentini Head writers: Chris Van Etten, Elizabeth Korte Writers: Suzanne Flynn, Scott Sickles, Anne Schoettle Director: Allison Reames Smith

The return of Lorraine Broderick turned it around, though... she was writing stories in those final months that genuinely could have continued beyond the network broadcast finale. She just... came in too late.

"She's alive – just" Best three words I've heard in a long-ass time.

Sorry but, I don't think anything would have made Budig stay after the first-year. She made it very known: doing bicoastal living was not working for her.

Same!! +3 total for Rory!

💯 Exactly.

Of course.

Can't re-write something that wasn't carefully executed to the point the audience figured it all out before it even began.

💯 I'm happy someone got hooked and died, but not enough happened.