From the Sony board:

Judy talks about being let go and how much she loves and respects Corday. To her, he can do no wrong and she gets that letting her go is 'the most logical choice.'

Who's coming:

JKJ as Philip. He 'reclaims' the role on 1/12

Noah Segan as Connor Lockhart. He airs on 1/8.

Who's going:

Judy Evans

Brody Hutzler, his last air date is 1/3

Renee Jones, last air date is 1/22

Rhassan Orange

VCR alert:

12/21, Patrick confronts Hope and demands she leave town with him

12/22, Max and Mimi discover a skeleton while trapped in the church basement

HOTN: MBE, SN, Steve and Kayla

What will happen:

-EJ's identity is revealed

-Sami has a shot at redemption

-Max and Mimi bond in captivity

-Billie confronts Steve about his feelings for Kayla

http://boards.sonypictures.com/soaps/showthread.php?t=77247

Same here, Drew. I don't get why Hogan would bother bringing in Connor if (possibly) all of the other Lockharts are going to be gone soon anyway. And I definitely don't care to see him on the show at all, especially now with all these other actors leaving.

That's why I think it's only going to be a short-term character. I think Patrick will be killed off and this will bring Connor out of the woodwork and maybe mend his relationship with Bonnie. Then, Bonnie and Connor can leave Salem together, with the possibility that Mimi may return.

Bye bye Patrick. Forget to write.

I still hope Benjy will be back. I think HS said so.

Interesting thoughts about Connor and Abby. It could kind of make sense. We already have tension b/w Abby and Mimi b/c of Max. There would be more conflict in that story if perhaps Connor developed a crush on Abby. It might be a good story--as long as it was short term.

I think I said this in the SOW thread, but I'm reliieved that JE and RO were fired rather than one of the long-time Days vets like LK. Given the storylines, it just makes sense that TEK and Bonnie leave. Quite frankly, I'm surprised that they lasted as long as they did. Higley brought TEK onto the show when Phillip was helping John with the spy stuff right? I was FF that part of Days then so I'm not quite sure what he was doing back in the day in those storylines. I never understood why it was necessary to bring in Mimi's family. Mimi should have remained a supporting character. She could be in the mix with Phillip or Shawn, but I don't think rounding out her character by bringing in family members was the way to go. Oh, well, glad it's over and Patrick and now Bonnie are leaving....

Thanks for the spoilers and the casting news. Can't wait to see the Sami redemption storyline begin.....

WHAT?! So poor kids are ugly? LOL

No, that just came out the wrong way. I meant, he has been living on the street for most of his life, and Conner would just probably look that way.

But the actor hasn't been living on the streets and you're basically saying that the actor looks like a hobo, lol. I don't see your logic here at all.

But the actor hasn't been living on the streets and you're basically saying that the actor looks like a hobo, lol. I don't see your logic here at all.

Never mind, I have only seen one picture of the guy, but he looks skinny, his face looks...well nevermind, lol

I am meaning he just looks like what Conner would look like.

If you're saying that he looks like a son of Judi Evans and a brother of Brody Hutzler and Farah Fath, then that's fine. But to say that he looks like a bum or that poor kids are ugly, that's kind of off-basis.

Never mind, I have only seen one picture of the guy, but he looks skinny, his face looks...well nevermind, lol

I am meaning he just looks like what Conner would look like.

There's more pics of him at imdb. Just go to the photo section in his profile.

'daysfan'. Connor didn't live on the street for most his life. Bonnie, the father, Mimi and Connor did that for a couple of weeks while their house was built. Mimi lived with Chloe for a while, I can't remember where the rest of teh family went, but I think they lived there too because I remember Nancy being annoyied as h*ll. So it wasn't most of his life, hehe.

'Drew'. It's not a a big deal. 'daysfan' said it came out wrong and you keep going at it.

Here is another view of Noah and I think he looks very, very interesting. The teen set needs another male and this young man looks perfect to me.

http://www.imdb.com/gallery/granitz/2701/E...y=Segan,%20Noah

We really don't know his past except that he isn't fond of his family and has stayed out of trouble. We will get a new story when he shows up. Look at how other male characters have come on....Jack, Steve, even John....out of the blue and fully took over the fans. It's time for a new one.

Brody can't be gone soon enough but I just don't want Bo to be blamed for anything concerning this man. He caused Hope and Bo enough trouble for much too long.

LOL, I think the skelton will be Bonnie's husband who just vanished.

Stupid question, who's Connor?

Connor Lockhart, younger son of Bonnie, sibling of Mimi and Patrick.

Connor Lockhart, younger son of Bonnie, sibling of Mimi and Patrick.

Thanks!

I'm glad that Patrick is going to be history...I didn't like him when he first set foot in Salem, and I still don't like him, so I won't be shedding any tears when they finally say adios to him.