The killer HAD to be Marlena. There's no other character who would have had that a big of impact. Pitting DAYS' two most iconic characters, Marlena and Alice, together at the end of the killings was pure brilliance on JER's part.

Add me to the list of people who hated the Salem stalker Storyline.

The best and most emotional part for me was watching Maggie die. That was the best acting Days has produced in a while. It's too bad that they had to kill Maggie, to give their best actress (Suzanne Rogers) some meaty material.

Other than that, pure crap that ended up hurting the show in the long-run.

I totally agree. Shocks and twists are all well and good but this show has done a piss-poor job of planning for the long-term. All in the name of instant gratification.

Of course, Thaao ruined the shock by spilling it all to overseas magazines, thus everyone knowing the truth over a month in advance.

I have to admit I found that hilarious. Probably because I personally didn't like the storyline and had such a bad feeling when JER came back. I can just see Thaao laughing as he gave TPTB that symbolic FU, and I honestly get quite warm and fuzzy thinking about it But yeah technically it did kill the suspense.