I could see Josh Taylor as An Older Leading Man if He Still Was Chris Kositchek, An Older Charming Barrister, With A Flavour For Younger Women (Loved When Billie And Him were Playing Husband and Child-Bride back in the 1990's 😆) and The Better Life, kinda Like Paul Robinson from Neighbours, I think He would've even been a better Match for Kate Then! I have a hard time Believing Kate would settle for Running A Pub, but then They changed that lol

1 hour ago, Joseph said:

I could see Josh Taylor as An Older Leading Man if He Still Was Chris Kositchek, An Older Charming Barrister, With A Flavour For Younger Women (Loved When Billie And Him were Playing Husband and Child-Bride back in the 1990's 😆) and The Better Life, kinda Like Paul Robinson from Neighbours, I think He would've even been a better Match for Kate Then! I have a hard time Believing Kate would settle for Running A Pub, but then They changed that lol

I get where you are going and it would work for Chris.  But it doesn't work for Roman.  I also found Billie/Roman and then randomly Roman/Nicole super creepy lol.  Roman is just a different character than Chris in almost all the ways.  It will always be a mystifying casting decision

8 minutes ago, carolineg said:

I get where you are going and it would work for Chris.  But it doesn't work for Roman.  I also found Billie/Roman and then randomly Roman/Nicole super creepy lol.  Roman is just a different character than Chris in almost all the ways.  It will always be a mystifying casting decision

I had no idea they tried him with Nicole! 😆

For me The worst part was knowing he would eventually be involved with Kate, Billie's Mother, I overall only saw them pretending to be a couple while helping Hope investigate her past as Gina and Found it funny, Especially Josh putting on his JR Ewing impersonation lol

2 minutes ago, Joseph said:

I had no idea they tried him with Nicole! 😆

For me The worst part was knowing he would eventually be involved with Kate, Billie's Mother, I overall only saw them pretending to be a couple while helping Hope investigate her past as Gina and Found it funny, Especially Josh putting on his JR Ewing impersonation lol

I want to say the first time Ari left many moons ago her last stuff was having a one night stand with Roman.  I am not sure if it was ever brought up again, but my eyes remember seeing it lol.

34 minutes ago, carolineg said:

I want to say the first time Ari left many moons ago her last stuff was having a one night stand with Roman.  I am not sure if it was ever brought up again, but my eyes remember seeing it lol.

Yes, that was her last scene, going into a room with Roman. That's how she was written out the first time she left Days. 

17 minutes ago, JAS0N47 said:

Yes, that was her last scene, going into a room with Roman. That's how she was written out the first time she left Days. 

Yes.  I remember it being Nicole's last scene and being totally confused.  It's rarely brought up but I knew I saw it lol.

I don't know if Eric even knows about it, but that actually could have caused drama.  

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29 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Yes.  I remember it being Nicole's last scene and being totally confused.  It's rarely brought up but I knew I saw it lol.

I don't know if Eric even knows about it, but that actually could have caused drama.  

True! It could've caused some Interesting conflict, like when Bo was Sure Roman And Hope would hook up due some Visions, that was disturbing stuff even if Roman was Hope's First Crush back in the Day

The talk about who could lead to show made me realize Eric Martsolf is older now than Macdonald Carey was when the show started, which is a bit of a mindfreak.

Of course, if we're going by that the character that should have been poised to take that mantle is Dr. Mike Horton. It's so said TPTB on most shows struggle with the characters that are "supposed" to take over. It rarely ever happens properly.

7 hours ago, carolineg said:

You are correct.  Wayne would bring a gravitas that Josh Taylor can't.  It would be a smart move for the show but I don't have much hope it will happen.

I am sure Josh Taylor is the Ken Corday preference, but, at this point in time, Wayne Northrop is needed to be in the role. Not to mention, I do think he & Lauren Koslow would still work as Roman & Kate.

And if Mac Scorpio on General Hospital can work at the PCPD, then it is high-time that Roman returns to the Salem PD.

I vote for Abe as the patriarch.  Not only is it rare for a soap to have a Black patriarch, but Abe is also not compromised by prior sexual relationships.  His adjunct father-figure role with Nicole could easily be replicated with both Holly and Ava.  He is a morally upstanding guy, and he's not a marble-mouth like Roman.

He is Horton-adjacent through Eli.  It would be nice if he and Paulina got a bigger place to live, and holidays could be celebrated at their home.

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Just now, j swift said:

I vote for Abe as the patriarch.  Not only is it rare for a soap to have a Black patriarch, but Abe is also not compromised by prior sexual relationships.  His adjunct father-figure role with Nicole could easily be replicated with both Holly and Ava.  He is a morally upstanding guy, and he's not a marble-mouth like Roman.

He just needs to ditch his annoying-ass wife, and find a partner worthy of him. 🤐

16 hours ago, carolineg said:

I don't think it's a bad idea if the show got Wayne back.  A Josh Taylor Roman pairing would be useless.  Yes, it's been years, but circumstances change.  I don't exactly mind the idea of Marlena being single for the rest of her time on the show, but it's also a bit ridiculous to put Julie, Maggie, and Marlena out to pasture to be single forever because their on screen partner passed away.  Marlena is the only one of the 3 that has another true love still living so she would be the one I focused on.  I highly doubt that Wayne would ever get re-hired so it's all moot.  It just what I would do if I ran the show.

But why? They rehired him as another character in 05 or 06 if remember correctly.. 

7 hours ago, j swift said:

I vote for Abe as the patriarch.  Not only is it rare for a soap to have a Black patriarch, but Abe is also not compromised by prior sexual relationships.  His adjunct father-figure role with Nicole could easily be replicated with both Holly and Ava.  He is a morally upstanding guy, and he's not a marble-mouth like Roman.

He is Horton-adjacent through Eli.  It would be nice if he and Paulina got a bigger place to live, and holidays could be celebrated at their home.

Gosh I always love hearing Abe talking and giving advice to other characters for years

4 hours ago, AMCOLTLLover said:

But why? They rehired him as another character in 05 or 06 if remember correctly.. 

They did re-hire Wayne as another character in 2005 and that was a huge mistake.  I would prefer that Alex North was just forgotten.   They even used old Roman/Marlena flashbacks for that story which was tacky.

As for why I'd re-hire Wayne as Roman, I think I've explained my reasoning in multiple posts and I still think it would be a nice ending for Marlena.  To be absolutely honest, I would have made John the actual Roman instead of hiring Josh Taylor period.

 

SUSAN SEAFORTH HAYES: THREE TIMES ON CONTRACT, ONCE EVERY THREE DECADES!

 

 

Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie) has joined the contract cast of "Days of Our Lives" three times in her career, and all have taken place three decades apart (1960's, 1990's, 2020's)! Susan was first upped to contract status on April 15, 1969 (Episode # 866). She returned to "Days" on contract on January 8, 1990 (Episode # 6166). Last week, Susan joined the contract cast for a third time on October 4, 2024 (Episode # 14959).

Go Susan! Hopefully Ken Corday was behind this. I'm sure she's appreciative at this time.

I guess that would make Susan the oldest performer to go on contract in the history of US soaps?