DAYS: Is Hogestyn really leaving Days? [TV Guide Canada]

[JackPeyton]

^i thouhg tthat when HS first came on and talked about Marlena that John was done.

and im glad its true.

[JER Soaps Fan]

I'm with you, Dr. I've seen this as a long-term plan and laugh at the suggestion that it's anything other than that. How is it not obvious to see that this isn't just an ill-thought-out sweeps stunt? The writing has been on the wall. Like you, I saw the coma as something of a pity (or mercy, if you will) token to Drake. Just because the axe coming down at THAT time would have been kicking a man while he was down.