Days: Another Major Contract Actress Let Go!

[Khan]

If/when Hogan returns from the strike, he might be able to bring back Kate (and Shawn, and Belle), but it's not guaranteed.

[brimike]

I don't know, Khan... you don't make THIS many changes to a cast during strike-time, and then ask the pre-strike head writer to come back and pick everything up, when it seems like a totally different show, with characters he didn't create there and other characters he built up suddenly off the show.

I could be totally wrong here...just doesn't seem to ring true to me. If all of these drastic changes are being made, something tells me this is the "New Days", even post-strike.

[KLN]

If/when they kill Kate, I really hope that we get a poignant scene with Sami.

At the funeral (if they even have a funeral), I would like to see a scene with Sami walking in, surprising everyone. Nobody thought she would be there, but yet there she is... paying her respects. Then, as the service is ends and everyone leaves, Sami stays behind, walks through the empty church up to the casket and makes some remark like, "You gave me a good fight, Kate. You're in a better place now though... so I'm about to say something that you would've never heard me say before. You win. Truce?"

I would probably bawl like a little baby. They definitely have to do a Kate/Sami montage, as well. That's been probably the longest, most definitive female/female rivalry that this show has ever seen, outlasting Carrie/Sami, Marlena/Kristen, Vivian/Kate etc. (what happened to the female rivalries, anyway?!) and everyone else. Anyway, following the montage, we could fade back to Sami, still standing in front of the casket as she slides a photo of Lucas and Will out of her purse and places it in Kate's hand.

God, can you imagine Salem without Kate Roberts? So vibrant, full of life and unwilling to forfeit any battle. Spending all these years trying to make her children happy and keep herself above water, just to wind up with a tragic end. It's so hard to imagine her six feet under. Everyone else on the show has already died and come back a million times, but for Kate, this would be the first (and likely only, LoL) death, so it would hit with somewhat of a different impact.

[brimike]

HAH! So true, Kenny!

If whomever wrote the John funeral wrote the Kate funeral (if there will even be one...who knows?), I'm sure Kate and Sami would be revealed at the end as the "supercouple" honored for the montage. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[KLN]

Remember the scene at John's funeral where we saw Stefano place the pawn on John's picture? I believe that's what happened. Stefano even looked pained at the "death" of John, the "death" of his adversary. If he can show pain and remorse, then Sami can surely show a little for Kate... because we all know that both Kate and Sami have gotten off all this time battling with one another.

[brimike]

ICAM!!!!!!!!!!

If either of them was hit by a bus tomorrow, the other would be the FIRST PERSON at their side. One of the great things about them (when they're written well, that is) is how much they RESPECT each other. Even when they want the other one dead, they could never go through with it.

I always thought that (all buried DEEPLY in their subconscious, of course) Sami saw in Kate what she would be had she stayed the bitter brat forever (which is why she hated Kate so much), and Kate (who I always believed, due to the Curtis story, had to have a bit of self-loathing in her soul) always saw her two sons falling for a woman who was JUST LIKE HER AT THAT AGE, and wanted better for them then someone like their MOTHER. And THAT'S where all of this animosity stems from.

Of course, that could just be me reading too deeply into a silly soap. I've been known to do it before. :-)

[quartermainefan]

Wow, I am stunned. I think it's time to check out of DOOL. Losing Belle, played by the best young new actress in daytime, and Shawn who was played by the most breathtakingly handsome guy in daytime this side of Eric Martsolf was enough to tempt me to leave, but now they're getting rid of the best schemer in town?

What's the point in watching? Tamara Braun? She and her charisma challenged ilk made me stop watching GH for about a year,

Very depressing.

[JackPeyton]

yes. i have dreamed of such for years now.

[MarkH]

Exactly!

And I feel the same thing is happening on Y&R.

That suggests to me that Sony is using the strike and force majeur...and simply the disruption caused by the strike...to clean house and rebuild.

In the Y&R case, this is unambiguously fixing things up. I kind of got the sense on DOOL that it was fixing things up too...but now the tide of opinion seems to be changing?

[AmandainNC28655]

I remember when it was confirmed that LeAnn Hunley was coming back this past summer and alot of people thought that the return of Anna would one of the final nails in Kate's coffin. Koslow is a talented actress and I am totally blown away by this. I hope B&B does pick her back up as Margo, and uses her on the show.

I just cannot believe all the changes going on behind the scenes, but in reading posts... I am beginning to wonder whether or not all of the shows are somewhat rebuilding during the strike. We are seeing characters hit the road on just about every show and on some fan faves being brought back. Could these be changes for the better or are they going to be detrimental to our shows.......

[jayoster]

Now this is a cut that makes some sense. Kate Roberts is a character that has been played out along time ago. If this is true, this should have happened a few years back.

[dragonflies]

I can't stand Kate, but Lauren is a great actress

Stupid move IIC

[Cheyenne]

Me too! lol

[Khan]

Good point. And that only adds to the Hogan-is-out theories, doesn't it?

If we assume DAYS and Y&R are using this opportunity to clear the decks, MarkH, then it might be safe to say Y&R's attempt to salvaging is thus far more successful, b/c they genuinely seem to have the audience's interests at heart. Many of the storylines and characters Y&R fans have complained about for a year or so either have been improved upon or simply brought to a quick end.

DAYS, OTOH, is taking steps to correct the show, but I don't believe they know what it is that their audience believes needs fixing.

[Steveo4]

I have to agree with this sentiment. I could care less if DAYS continues to air or not anymore, it's becoming pointless to invest in anything about this show. I'm away in Europe for six months here, and from the looks of it this show will barely be recognizable when I get back to the States. Sad.