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[AMCOLTLLover]

I actually liked Mike and April BUT the thing that really hurt this couple was the Nick angle and that it dragged on for so long. If they would’ve cut that Nick part a bit shorter and gave them a proper relationship it would’ve worked much better.

I mean he wasn’t bad looking and a decent actor overall.. AND he had chemistry with the cast especially Eve.. Like some said before they tried so hard to work them as the new IT Couple of days 

[asafi]

Days of Our Lives was fantastic during 1993-1994. those years got me hooked! But then 1995 brought the possession storyline, and the show changed forever. It felt like it became more science fiction, and Stefano turned into more of a cartoon character.

[carolineg]

To be honest, I always thought April was a bit of a dud of a character to begin with.  She didn't leave me with much of an impression.   I can only remember her being an alcoholic and something about her mom's death.  She's better than her brother just not very stand out as a character.

[AMCOLTLLover]

Didn’t she had two brothers or am I mistaken? Emilio and another one but I can’t remember his name.

That whole family was so damn boring. Emilio was likeable I will give him that but was it worth it to drag out the Jack/Jennifer storyline? Hell nah lol 

[carolineg]

Yes, Julio.  I can picture the actor's face and him in the younger set.  Young Carrie and maybe Sarah had crushes on him.  I think there might have been a very chaste romance with him and Carrie.

Edited October 16, 2024 by carolineg

[JAS0N47]

Michael Bays was Julio.

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A lot of fans didn't think that. When Billy Hufsey was first fired in 1989, Days got so much fan mail demanding he be brought back, that he was immediately re-hired and back on the air 3 months later.

[carolineg]

I think Billy Hufsey had a pretty sizable fanbase from his work on the Fame tv show and he did some Playgirl type magazine work.  I can't believe it was from his Days work alone lol.    But stranger things have happened.

[AbcNbc247]

There was a third brother too, named Raul. He was in the gang with Emilio and ended up holding Kayla hostage at the Community Center. RoJohn had to shoot and kill him, which led to some problems for Carrie and Julio because Julio hated cops as a result of that. 

 

Definitely strange, because from what I’ve watched, I can’t stand Emilio

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They kind of borrowed the whole ‘gang member with a chip on his shoulder and a heart of gold’ trope from Pete Jannings and gave it to Emilio, but damn he’s like Pete on steroids.

And that curly mullet that he was rocking makes me feel as uncomfortable as Luke Spencer’s perm does

I like Julio though.

Edited October 16, 2024 by AbcNbc247

[AMCOLTLLover]

Now I remember. I mean I watched them episodes when I was very young and remember that they were boring and it reminded me somewhat of a Pete Jennings rip off. 
 

Thank you so much @JAS0N47 for the information. Very kind of you. 
I did liked Emilio in a way but he felt more like a pretty face than an actual character. Like I said earlier he was likeable but that’s all. I have to admit that I’m a die hard JnJ Fan so that plays a factor in it. I’m biased.

@carolineg wow I didn’t knew he was on the Fame show. 
 

I remember in early 1990 when Sarah was introduced back to the show that Emilio and Sarah were dancing on a professional level and singing. It was funny lol 

[carolineg]

Perhaps Billy Hufsey's appeal is lost on me because I was born too late.  I have never in all my time on soap boards run into someone that was an Emilio stan though lol.  He ended up being abusive to Melissa and she pushed him into a glass ceiling or something to his death.  Anyhow, I would assume BF was a big "get" at the time and his teen idol status helped him stay on Days longer than he should have.

@AbcNbc247 I do remember the third brother.  Wow, the Ramirez family did get a push back then to be relevant. 

[AbcNbc247]

And there was a father too; Steve’s wino friend who read Tarot cards, Monty.

Edited October 16, 2024 by AbcNbc247

[JAS0N47]

Yes, that's my first-ever memory of Days!  I remember Monty pulling the plug on Rosa in her hospital room, that's the first scene I can remember seeing live on TV. I guess I was home sick from school that day. I had watched very briefly in the summer of 1988 (no memory of those episodes), more consistently in the summer of 1989, and finally started full time in summer of 1990.

[Paul Raven]

And the rest is history!!

Jason, did you ever go back and watch episodes from previous years?

[AbcNbc247]

I’m almost up to that

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I read ahead a little and they really seemed to go all out for sweeps that year. Carrie’s kidnapping and the return to Stefano’s island, Rosa’s death, Nick’s “death”, Adrienne sleeping with Emilio, Justin finding out and trying to kill Emilio and getting paralyzed, Neil and Anjelica getting married, Melissa dumping Jack at the altar, etc. 

Edited October 17, 2024 by AbcNbc247

[Franko]

I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Emilio & Jennifer ripping off Dirty Dancing.

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