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[carolineg]

I am sure the show tried to vaguely explain this, but why on earth did Jennifer need to learn to dance?  And how did they explain gang member Emilio's love for dance and song?

[Franko]

Some commentary on DOOL's Dec. 29, 1988, and Dec. 30, 1988, episodes.

[JAS0N47]

I had to purchase 1985-1990 in order to get the scene logs for those years, so yes, I had to go through those. 1965-1984 come from the scripts.

[AMCOLTLLover]

I’ve reache October 12th and the end of Maxwell Heathaway in 1984. I wonder if the actor left on his own or if they axed him coz of Stefanos return next week coming up?

I really love 1984 but the Neil-Liz-Carlo storyline is so boring and I don’t blame Don Diamont for leaving. Can’t wait for this story to be over with. Can’t believe I still have like 10 weeks of it

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I liked Neil but overall his character has been more dead weight than actually interesting. When Liz left in 1986 Neil became even more boring.. When he finally got a great storyline with Maggie they wrote him off lmao

Don on the other hand had much more potential and was much more settled in. Can’t believe I’m going to lose him in a couple of months   Why did the writers give up on Don? 

AND if Marlena’s pregnancy in 1984 is not THE LONGEST soap opera pregnancy in history then I don’t know. She has been pregnant for more than 6-8 months. This felt like a real pregnancy lol

[Paul Raven]

It looks like once Mascolo agreed to return they hurriedly dropped Tom Hallick.

The first of the rewrites making Megan a Di Mera.

Jed Allan was offered recurring but he refused so that was it for Don.

If he and Bill and Susan had stayed on, I wonder how things would have developed?

They might have been marginalized but they would still have been onscreen and maybe end up being used more at some point.

[AbcNbc247]

I think Don Diamont was fired.

He admitted, in interviews, that he and Al Rabin butted heads a lot 

[AMCOLTLLover]

Oh ok.. but it was for the best.. It got him picked up by Y&R later on. Good for him coz his character would not have the longevity on Days like his character over on Y&R if we are being honest.

I was quite surprised though coz in those few months Tom Hallick appeared in 70 damn episodes. He was nearly in every episode lol

i haven’t gotten to Stefano‘s return yet but the last week of Maxwell felt out of character of the hard men that he was. They really wrote him out between 5 episodes lol But I did liked the way Andre and Abigail got rid of him 

That‘s a shame about Jed Allen. But hey it was for the better though coz it got him a big gig later on with Santa Barbara where his talent was more used than during what I’ve seen of him in 84. what a waste

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 Coz the storylines he had in the 70‘s seemed so exciting. What a letdown. 
The break up of Maggie and him was so random and I feel it had to do with Suzanne‘s illness. But the scenes he shared with Kimberly were so amazing and I wish the writers would’ve gone there with them lol

[AMCOLTLLover]

Stefano‘s return was well done with him meeting Megan! Even if it was a re-write I enjoyed those scenes.

Gosh I loved Wayne as Roman and even Drake when he played Roman for 4-5 years until they turned Him into John.

Its a shame Stefano is dead otherwise I would be totally fine if Stefano would get his revenge on Josh his Roman lol I loved that dude as Chris and it sounds cold as hell but I wouldn’t mind if any of the DiMeras would take on Stefano‘s request of destroying Roman

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[carolineg]

Of course I loved Wayne as Roman too.  Not really the point you are making, but I loved Drake as Roman and I feel like John was much more serious of a character after the reveal.  I 'get' why John was pretty bummed his entire life was a lie, but Drake/John ended up losing some of spark and humor his Roman had.  

I still love John, of course but some of the levity and fun was gone.

[asafi]

Isn't it curious how in 2017, Julie had to eulogize David on "Days of Our Lives," despite the character being absent from our screens since 1983? The show didn't even include any flashbacks to his earlier appearances, making the moment feel somewhat disconnected from the show's history.

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[te.]

Probably not enough demand / nostalgia for it to make it seem worthwhile to go through the archives. Plus they might've not entirely decided if he was dead-dead or "dead" at that point, so maybe they wanted to keep the door slightly open for a recast.

[asafi]

It's the same as killing Bill Horton on February 18, 2020. Although his character was off screen for so many years, basically since 1994 (I'm not including the short stint of John H. Martin during June 2010 - just a substitute). But at least the production showed some flashbacks to the 70's.

[Bright Eyes]

Interesting to think that by the time Carlivati's last episode airs, we'll probably know if the show is renewed or not.

[Paul Raven]

I guess re David they had two actors in the role and didn't want to have to focus on one only in flashbacks.

That would have been the perfect time to bring back Scott Banning and build a relationship b/w him and his half brother Eli.

Edited October 23, 2024 by Paul Raven

[te.]

To be honest, just reading David's history I'm not sure how many memorable stand-out moments he actually had. His conception and adoption is of course a big story, but that's more Julie's story. I guess the interracial love story, but that was from what I can tell mostly played as a will-or-won't they until they scrapped it. Plus they were going to bring on a new Valerie.

The only scenes where I could think they could've used is when David was presumed dead and I guess Julie should've had scenes where she reacted. But I'm not sure if those were really stand out scenes that would've been appropriate to air (though of course I'd like to see anything from those days).