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Did you notice they only brought Stefan back after his rape victim was dead?

Ohhhh you meant the ignore function! Yes that does work unless someone quotes them.

Y&R: Phillip III, Rex, Brad, Colleen, Hope, Cassie, Drucilla

This is sort of a companion to the thread about characters who shouldn’t have been killed off. Which resurrected characters should never have come back? DAYS: Andre Abe Maggie Caroline Cassie Roman Doug Alice Megan Orpheus Ava Colin Stefan Y&R: Adam GH: Jason

Anyone else hoping the Horton rape couch is finally gone for good?

It sounds like the house will be reconstructed with a new set but I’ve heard that it’s the same set. Guess we’ll see.

Thank you for the tip!

You’re welcome. Here’s some more info from another thread: https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/65879-all-errors-myths-omissions-firsts-that-werent/?do=findComment&comment=1896034

Yes he did say that about the stages and the trial. The killer (Marlena) was going to be executed. As far as I know the details of the original plan have never fully been revealed.

I’m doing my best to ignore them but they are still trolling me.

Jack Deveraux in 2012

Alice deserved it. And I have to give JER credit for having the balls to go there. As a JER first and foremost and a Days fan third (behind Passions), I absolutely loved that storyline. BTW, Days’ ratings went UP during the Salem Stalker storyline. Clearly people liked it. As far as I’m concerned that was Days’ last great storyline. The show has been a shadow of its former self since Corday forced JER to do Melaswen. It didn’t make sense because it wasn’t supposed to happen. The dead were meant to stay dead.

Personally I think once the Horton house is rebuilt Julie should sell it to Marlena and John and move into a condo. With Doug dead I don’t see how she could stand to live in that house by herself.

Body and Soul happened months ago and it didn’t involve Hattie. I don’t think Ron is out. Marcia is only right half the time.

I think it will look the same but I guess we’ll see. I wonder when the interview with Susan took place.

Fair enough but some of the biggest payoffs didn’t happen in a sweeps month (Graceland wedding was June, Carrie exposing Sami was September, Hope/Gina was July/August). The longer the wait, the more satisfying the payoff, IMHO. One of Passions’ biggest stories went on for almost eight years and wasn’t resolved until the final episode. The payoff was worth it to me but of course YMMV. Hard disagree. Soaps work best when days go on for weeks and weeks. One time a Passions day lasted for three months. It was wonderful! The possession was supposed to wrap up in May 1995 but was extended to July 1995 because of the high ratings. Remember, because of the possession, Days was the only soap going up against OJ that increased in ratings. Another hard disagree. Marlena’s “time of death: any minute now!” as she poisoned Tony is one of the all-time greats! Personally that’s what I loved about it. I never found the men dumb, just earnest, particularly Austin and John. Aremid was great and I’m surprised it’s never been revisited like JER’s other classics.

Personally I loved how Gothic the show became under Reilly. He was also great at writing romances, payoffs, and pacing. Carrie and Austin are my favorite couple because of him. The original Gina story was compelling as hell. I also loved when characters would talk to themselves. Those were the days! Heck, I can still quote certain dialogue to this day, like when Laura told Kristen “the only thing you’ve given birth to is deception!” We need that heightened, stylized dialogue back. Now the show moves far too quickly, the dialogue is terrible, there’s no romance or compelling couples, and no exciting stories. The last good one was the possession sequel. I had hoped that MarDar were going to be JER 3.0. They were his protégés from his first run and Passions. Marlene replied to my tweet and told me JER was her mentor. Sadly, the show we got was nothing like JER. The day-to-day writing was good and felt like classic Days but the stories were not there. John and Marlena’s big comeback story is a Bernie Madoff knock-off? Sooo boring! And to this day they still don’t know EJ framed him for embezzlement. And don’t even get me started on how they used the vile Rafe to come between Carrie and Austin and completely wasted Patrick Muldoon! I went on a bit of a tangent there, lol

The poison soup is an iconic moment in Jarlena history.

These episodes were head written by Alarr. Back when the fire first appeared in that preview, Lysie from Daytime Royalty said the house gets fixed fairly quickly.

The primary function of broadcast television is to advertise to viewers.

Please don’t use that pejorative nickname. At the end of the day, soaps exist to sell products to housewives. It’s not Masterpiece Theatre or Shakespeare.

Days was certainly not Masterpiece Theatre in the 60s, 70s, or 80s. That’s giving soaps too much credit! Personally, I find only a truly unhappy person could not enjoy Buried Alive, The Possession, Carrie/Austin/Sami, Billie/Bo/Gina, Kristen/John/Marlena/Susan, and the Salem Stalker.

The best Ashley.

Alarr wrote the house burning down and was apparently very pleased with himself (he didn’t like the set).

Hand it over for a small compensation? Huh? Step in to purchase it? That’s now how this works. Corday Productions owns Days.