DAYS: Episode # 8067 (6/24/97) will air on Friday 11/23! First-ever "classic" episode airing on NBC

[JAS0N47]

PRESS RELEASE:

On Friday, November 23, 2012, prepare for a very special flashback episode of Days of our Lives!

Set your DVRs and skip Black Friday! We will be flashing back to June 24, 1997, and an episode in which Susan was revealed to be impersonating Kristen(think flying false teeth courtesy of Laura Horton!) and John desperately searched to find the real Kristen - and Marlena - in the secret room. Don't miss it!

JASON47 EPISODE INFO:

Episode # 8067

Original Air Date: Tuesday, June 24, 1997

Head Writer: James E. Reilly

Directed by: Roger W. Inman

Short Version of "crawl" credits aired

Cast:

Victor Alfieri (Franco)

Kristian Alfonso (Hope)

Krista Allen (Billie)

Matt Battaglia (J.L.)

Jaime Lyn Bauer (Laura)

Tanya Boyd (Celeste)

Stephanie Cameron (Jennifer)

Christie Clark (Carrie)

John Clarke (Mickey)

Roark Critchlow (Mike)

Eileen Davidson (Kristen & Susan)

Ivan G'Vera (Ivan)

Deidre Hall (Marlena)

Drake Hogestyn (John)

Renee Jones (Lexie)

Joseph Mascolo (Stefano)

Peggy McCay (Caroline)

Frank Parker (Shawn)

Peter Reckell (Bo)

James Reynolds (Abe)

Suzanne Rogers (Maggie)

Louise Sorel (Vivian)

Reed Rudy (Max)

Andrew Colucci (Agent Dean)

Daniel O'Callaghan (Cop # 1)

UNKNOWN (Cop # 2)

Sets:

DiMera Mansion Backyard

DiMera Mansion Bedroom & Corridor

DiMera Mansion

DiMera Mansion Secret Room

DiMera Mansion Wine Cellar

Park (several areas)

Pier/Rome

Salem Inn Room

Full Scene-By-Scene to be released soon!

[yr9190]

Cool!, thanks for giving us the info, I will try to tune in!

[Khan]

DAYS and NBC are taking a huge risk, re-airing an episode from earlier, better days like this.

[Chris B]

I agree Khan. Right now the show is so by the numbers and that includes MarDar's time. One of the reasons I can't complain too much about GH is because at least there is a vision and some sort of style. The good and the bad stuff I will remember at least. DAYS the past few years is just forgettable. I look forward to this episode and seeing Kristen at her peak. I even think her return has been lackluster.

[JackPeyton]

Jaime Lyn Bauer and Krista Allen...

but this is a GREAT episode, so yay!

[Khan]

Her return needed to be a real "TA DA!!!" moment, the climax of a big mystery. Instead, it felt more like, "Hey, Kristen, 'sup?".

[Gray Bunny]

For real.

Not even a "hey, aren't you supposed to be dead?" mention. Ugh.

Pretty awesome that they're reairing this. I hope they don't stretch it out or make it all funky looking on HD screens.

[Khan]

Just imagine the flying teeth, though, in high definition.

[Bright Eyes]

In 3D would be ideal, obviously.

[Gray Bunny]

I'm glad soaps weren't in Hi Def back then. I'd probably be too distracted looking at the plastic flowers covering those beautiful cardboard brick walls in the DiMera backyard to focus on the story.

[Toups]

The climax of the Secret Room/Susan Banks storyline is a fantastic choice! It was one of the best episodes in Reilly's tenure. And the week of this episode got DAYS' biggest ratings in the decade with a 6.9 HH rating.

Agreed!

LOL! Great idea.

[Gray Bunny]

Dontcha wonder how the ratings would fare if they just reran episodes from 15-20 years ago? I'd be racing home to watch again!

[KMan101]

Very excited for this episode. That whole storyline hooked me on Days. 15 years later and now its a snooze fest. Kristens return just sums up Tomlin (who should be writing campier imo) and Whitesell: lackluster.

[JAS0N47]

1997 vs. 2012: MORE COMMERCIALS FORCE EDITS...ALMOST 3 MINUTES OF EPISODE WILL NOT AIR

Roughly 2 minutes, 45 seconds will be edited out of the repeat episode that "Days" is airing Friday. All of the cuts will come from the first half of the episode. Acts Four, Five, Six and Seven will air in their entirety.

Here are the changes:

Teaser Act and Act One (originally 11 minutes, 40 seconds). On Friday, it will be 9 minutes, 56 seconds (1 minute, 44 seconds edited out)

Act Two (originally 3 minutes, 29 seconds). On Friday, it will be 2 minutes, 52 seconds (35 seconds edited out).

Act Three (originally 7 minutes, 13 seconds). On Friday, it will be 6 minutes, 49 seconds (24 seconds edited out).

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Davidson is getting double the residual checks this year - she also appears in the 2002 Victor/Nikki wedding episode of Y&R re-airing the same day (Ashley's cancer storyline was in effect at this point).