39 minutes ago, Gray Bunny said:

I swear, Carlivati is going to coax Renee Jones out of retirement in small-town Georgia and bring her back to DAYS... to reprise her ‘82-‘83 role of Nikki Wade. 

 

In a perfect world, Wayne Northrop is still Roman, Kyle Lowder is still Brady, the Tony/Andre rewrites actually make sense, Bonnie and Adrienne are not lookalikes, Tamra Braun never played Ava or Nicole’s sister, and Eric Martsolf joined Days post-Passions as eh... Andrew Donovan or an Adrienne/Justin son. 

 

And Salem Place is still a regularly used set. 

 

 

Back to topic: are we done seeing Stacy Haiduk? I’m catching up, a couple days before Halloween, checking out Lynsey Godfrey’s tragic hair, and I’m wondering:  now that Teeth DiMera is presumed dead, will Susan Banks return to Tennessee offscreen? 

Stacy was on today's episode. 

Stacy Haiduk has been much better in the role of Susan and from what I've seen was pretty great (even if seeming a little more unhinged) as Kristen.

4 hours ago, YRfan23 said:

They look like they could play brothers.

Like nearly all the basic, flat assed, twinky white boys on this show.

Edited November 8, 20187 yr by SteelCity

12 hours ago, Gray Bunny said:

Back to topic: are we done seeing Stacy Haiduk? I’m catching up, a couple days before Halloween, checking out Lynsey Godfrey’s tragic hair, and I’m wondering:  now that Teeth DiMera is presumed dead, will Susan Banks return to Tennessee offscreen? 

 

Spoiler

Susan leaves town with Sami and EJ.

 

DAYS shares its first episode in honor of today's 53rd anniversary.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CkmIDZuteA

31 minutes ago, teplin said:

DAYS shares its first episode in honor of today's 53rd anniversary.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CkmIDZuteA

 

I remember some years ago, when Soapnet  aired like the first two or four episodes ( I can't remember exactly how many ) of Days. I believe they aired those shows to celebrate Days' 40th anniversary. It was interesting and fun to watch and see what type of "drama" they had back then. The most drama I can remember watching from those episodes was a teenage Julie shoplifting and being upset that she didn't get enough attention from her parents. It's interesting to see how the show has changed since then. I am glad that this episode has been put on youtube. I wish we had more older episodes available online.

Edited November 8, 20187 yr by xtr

47 minutes ago, teplin said:

DAYS shares its first episode in honor of today's 53rd anniversary.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CkmIDZuteA

 

Thanks for posting! 

 

Just outta curiosity for those who've watched longer than me, when did Tom's office/the entry door to Tom's office disappear? 

1 hour ago, Bright Eyes said:

 

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Susan leaves town with Sami and EJ.

 

 

Ah... thanks

On 11/3/2018 at 6:39 PM, Gray Bunny said:

Catching up on DAYS this week.... seeing Kyle Lowder come face-to-face with tired ol' weathered brooding pouty Eric Martsolf's version makes me wish they had pulled an RKK OUT/Reckell IN switcheroo.  Lowder was miscast as Rick Forrester on B&B but fits perfectly in Salem. I still expect him to call Drake "dad," Belle his sister, Sami his step-sis, etc.  Instead, we have the current Brady looking nearly 10 years older than Sami & Eric, looking just as exhausted as we are seeing him (i.e. the character/actor needs a rest. At least a year). Okay, done venting about that. 

 

 

 That's all  

13 hours ago, Edward Skylover said:

Stacy Haiduk has been much better in the role of Susan and from what I've seen was pretty great (even if seeming a little more unhinged) as Kristen.

 

Agreed. That's how I felt. I loved her Susan, personally. But I know the character type Susan is isn't everyone's cup of tea, lol. But in small doses I enjoy her. Stacy did so well. I liked her as Kristen too, maybe a bit too unhinged but at this point in her life I can almost buy Kristen starting to truly lose her mind and become unhinged. Stacy did well with Kristen too but I missed Eileen playing her, but with Susan, I'll take Stacy's version. Weird, I know. LOL

14 hours ago, Gray Bunny said:

I swear, Carlivati is going to coax Renee Jones out of retirement in small-town Georgia and bring her back to DAYS... to reprise her ‘82-‘83 role of Nikki Wade. 

 

In a perfect world, Wayne Northrop is still Roman, Kyle Lowder is still Brady, the Tony/Andre rewrites actually make sense, Bonnie and Adrienne are not lookalikes, Tamra Braun never played Ava or Nicole’s sister, and Eric Martsolf joined Days post-Passions as eh... Andrew Donovan or an Adrienne/Justin son. 

 

And Salem Place is still a regularly used set. 

 

If only ...

 

I miss Renee Jones a lot. More than I ever expected too (I always loved her and felt she was so vastly underused for the most part). I just miss her presence so much. And I feel the same about Peter Reckell (when Bo wasn't being written as a raging jackass to serve the plot). 

 

I miss Salem Place too. Horton Town Square doesn't quite cut it. I need a set overhaul on DAYS asap.

17 hours ago, Edward Skylover said:

Is anyone else annoyed they got Kyle Lowder to play Rex Brady?

 

I'm always annoyed when DAYS (and other soaps) do this kind of thing. And Lowder was never a favorite of mine. I like him enough but he's not a good actor.

1 hour ago, KMan101 said:

 

I miss Renee Jones a lot. More than I ever expected too (I always loved her and felt she was so vastly underused for the most part). I just miss her presence so much. And I feel the same about Peter Reckell (when Bo wasn't being written as a raging jackass to serve the plot). 

 

I miss Salem Place too. Horton Town Square doesn't quite cut it. I need a set overhaul on DAYS asap.

 

I agree "a thousand percent" (© Jill Zarin, Real Housewives of New York) 

 

I respect both their decisions to leave, but selfishly I wish Reckell had just agreed to pop in on a recurring basis with the knowledge that being "frontburner" was not in the cards anymore. They've done that with Josh Taylor for years and barely anyone (us viewers) even cares if he's there. (Christ, can you believe he's played the role over 21 years now? Versus Northrop's total of 6 years) 

 

And Lexie Carver was just a beautiful voice of reason in the crazy DiMera household (plus she could get cray-cray herself when necessary), and a great friend to Marlena, Hope, etc.  Plus she could be performing heart surgery one minute, brain surgery the next, and spend her weekend at a crash site as an EMT.  The woman did it all!  

 

Edited November 8, 20187 yr by Gray Bunny

26 minutes ago, Gray Bunny said:

 

I agree "a thousand percent" (© Jill Zarin, Real Housewives of New York) 

 

I respect both their decisions to leave, but selfishly I wish Reckell had just agreed to pop in on a recurring basis with the knowledge that being "frontburner" was not in the cards anymore. They've done that with Josh Taylor for years and barely anyone (us viewers) even cares if he's there. (Christ, can you believe he's played the role over 21 years now? Versus Northrop's total of 6 years) 

 

And Lexie Carver was just a beautiful voice of reason in the crazy DiMera household (plus she could get cray-cray herself when necessary), and a great friend to Marlena, Hope, etc.  Plus she could be performing heart surgery one minute, brain surgery the next, and spend her weekend at a crash site as an EMT.  The woman did it all!  

 

 

LMAO Lexie certainly did "do it all". I'm all for Nikki Wade coming on and stirring up boring Abe and Val (so dumb to just pair them and give them no real story; but when used in family stuff I like them, but I knew it would just be Val in place for Lexie, more or less, but Williams has a tiny guarantee so ... which is also dumb. USE THE WOMAN)

 

I respect Jones and Reckell's decisions, too, but I think they were made at a different time on the show. Sadly. I can understand and support them but I selfishly wish they were still popping in. I'd ignore Bo's death. There's a lot I'd ignore (and sometimes try to ...). I kind of feel like part of it was they weren't feeling valued and decided to leave (I think we've had more Stephen Nichols situations than we realize, but just an assumption - but at the same time, when do you/can you accept not being front and center; but I still think they can serve a solid purpose and not just be there for the sake of being there, but that's me). Jones was in and out a few times. I can't fault her for saying bye. She's had a long career. I just miss her on the screen. Reckell too. I get it. Didn't Jones, Reckell, Sweeney and Scott all say "bye" when Tomlin was around (Tomlin also seemed to have no use for Penghlis or Ashford)? It's so hard to remember who did who when we've had so many producers and writers come and go every year. I don't blame any of them from running from Tomlin and Higley.

 

I really wish they were both here under Carlivati and the new regime. Not perfect by any means but still. I think we take what we can get, sadly, at this point.

Edited November 8, 20187 yr by KMan101

So, Kyle Lowder was just live on his Instagram for DAYS' 53rd anniversary on-set celebration, and you see Arianne Zuker there looking camera-ready and she says, "no I can't be shown" and Kyle says, "you're just here for the celebration!"  Hmm... methinks Nicole will be appearing again in 6 months or 9 months or sometime in 2020. 

 

2 hours ago, KMan101 said:

 

I really wish they were both here under Carlivati and the new regime. Not perfect by any means but still. I think we take what we can get, sadly, at this point.

 

I have little doubt Carlivati *would* use them both. He'd probably love to turn Lexie back over to the dark side... 

Edited November 8, 20187 yr by Gray Bunny

This was a classy and lowkey way of celebrating their anniversary. 

2 minutes ago, Gray Bunny said:

So, Kyle Lowder was just live on his Instagram for DAYS' 53rd anniversary on-set celebration, and you see Arianne Zuker there looking camera-ready and she says, "no I can't be shown" and Kyle says, "you're just here for the celebration!"  Hmm... methinks Nicole will be appearing again in 6 months or 9 months or sometime in 2020. 

 

This is Days so is a pretty safe bet that Nicole is alive.  

Edited November 8, 20187 yr by victoria foxton

So how has Haiduk panned out? What has Kristen actually done this time? How is she not a fugitive? Is E.J. legit alive? I assume they're just using body doubles.

I think SH is better suited to play Susan than Kristen.

 

I can't wait for GabI's scheme to be exposed, and I'm sure Kate will come out smelling like a rose *rme*

I'm growing tired of Kate, personally. Not her airtime, just the character feels tired at this point. I guess for many she's felt tired for years now. Nothing to do with Koslow either. Just Kate constantly feels "been there, done that" but again I guess we could say that about soaps in general, lol

Edited November 8, 20187 yr by KMan101