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But how fun would that be?

Now give him a break - he actually has another board where the drama is truly happening. And it's truly busy busy busy! It's totally busy and everyone is talking about, errr, us.

Considering they've mentioned Melaswen and now that Sarah's on a remote island makes me wonder if they'll attempt to tie the Possession 2.0 into it.

They can't all be Charity Rahmer to be fair!

To be fair, I think Sami's reaction to Never Say Never: The Sami Brady Story will be worth it once she gets back from her kidnapping.

Yeah, I mean, I get it - he's only human and while recasts happen all the time on soaps it's not like feelings are always logical. I'd probably feel pretty "hurt" (or whatever too) - I'd never ever show it though, especially if I had said that I was done with DAYS and acting in general.

I assume to get a decent quality Zoom they'd pretty much have to film them separately and green screen it onto the computer, so they probably didn't even act "together".

It's funny how the basic premise of this show mirrors the suggested spin-off for Peyton Place at the time - break out character Betty left for New York after her failed marriage to Rodney and that was supposed to be the show. Of course, it ended up playing out on screen on Peyton Place and Betty returning to the small city, but it makes you wonder if the writers for Our Private World heard about it and decided to take it for themselves. Then again, it's not exactly the most original concept lol

Seems like it was a tv-movie about having a down's syndrome baby. It won a "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Religious Programming" at the Daytime Emmy's in 1978, so take of that from what you will.

I'm not really sure why he'd think that makes him look good - those are his old co-workers after all on that show. You'd think he'd be a bit more gracious about it, but he and his wife kind of comes off as a toxic twosome unfortunately. I tend to think he was asked, but he probably assumed that this was going to be another Chabby in Paris / Last Blast thing on the DAYS app, so seeing it actually blow up must be a bit of a "oh [!@#$%^&*]" moment for him. He probably just thought he wasn't missing much, plus seeing his recast get such a great reception after nine years in the role has got to sting a bit. As others had said, he probably thought whoever stepped into the role was going to get Guy Wilson'd.

I don't get the impression it was considered "bad" as much as "bland".

You know, the best part of this is Dee's "Like sand through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives" - she just sounds legitimately excited and honoured to do it lol.

I'll give her credit because it looks like she's as over "Cin" as we all are here.

The episodes with Nicole and Eric's anniversary going boom (aka soapy goodness) are airing here and then there's this slow descent into absolute Ciara / Ben hell... maybe this is what triggered the Devil to come back?

That's why the devil will make the souls of John and Marlena go into Ben and Ciara and they'll be the ones who beat the devil. WATCH THIS SPACE

I suddenly had this horrid vision of them turning Ben into a priest and saving the day.

Coverage by Entertainment Weekly: https://ew.com/tv/days-of-our-lives-binging-back-possession-storyline/?utm_campaign=entertainmentweekly_entertainmentweekly&utm_content=new&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_term=613f77e08673f2000160b536 Twitter thread:

There definitively seems to be possession going on as it's a long-term storyline.

I assume Johnny's movie will kick start it, which makes sense. They'll have two of DAYS's most iconic couples involved (Julie / Doug, Marlena / John) to satisfy that part of the audience and then have the youth crew (Johnny, Allie, Chanel, Tripp etc) actively involved I assume to appeal to that demographic.

Yeah, there was a few people on another site I frequent who said they'd check out Beyond Salem which surprised me because they're not exactly the soap watching demographic and I didn't even bring it up! So Beyond Salem went (sorry for the pun) beyond DAYS's regular audience and even regular soap viewers.

You know what - I'll have to give it to them because this is well-planned promotionalwise; first they have the promo glitz for Beyond Salem which have gotten them exposure at places where they normally don't and now they seem to continue to momentum with Possession 2.0. I'm a bit weary of it, but I can't deny that this is really well done and planned by them (promotionalwise).

I agree and for better or worse, it's the one storyline that people actually know of in this meme-laden day and age. Plus considering that DAYS seems to get renewals based more on Peacock performances rather than linear ratings, it might make that young audience watch an episode to see the "hot mess" that it'll inevitably be.

I doubt they'd debut a trailer for a Halloween episode mid-September...

To be fair, Possession 2.0 seems to have been set up after they got the two-year renewal and with the Beyond Salem money they might be able to not make it look as tragic as we all expect (plus maybe some long-term plotting and not these weird two week plots they've done lately)?