Jump to content

DAYS Spinoff: Beyond Salem Discussion Thread


Recommended Posts

  • Replies 662
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

  • Members

She left at the start of season 9 in 1988.

With that said, she still did a lot of prime time appearances at that time (with her role as Pacey's teacher on Dawson's Creek in 1998), so who knows if she was ready to go back to daytime at the time so they'd probably have to recast if they wanted Anna to appear? So it's a bit of a double-edged sword.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Leann worked pretty steadily during the early 90's on tv with guest spots and movies and then obviously was on Dawson's Creek in 1998.  I would assume it was her choice not to return, but maybe the show felt it didn't need Anna.   With Tony/Kristen and Marlena as a de facto mother to Carrie it's possible JER thought she wasn't necessary.   I don't agree.   Aside from the Carrie drama, she could have fit into the Tony/Kristen/John/Marlena stuff or mixed it up with WN's Roman.  It also would have been nice to have someone 100% on Carrie's side because Marlena and John were still somewhat sympathetic to Sami understandably.  

ETA: @te.and I had the same thoughts at the same time lol

Edited by carolineg
Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Administrator

Overall, I didn't enjoy the show that much.  The main plot of jewels didn't interest me at all, and in the end the peacock turned out to be a weapon of mass destruction?  Okay.  The action scenes weren't very good, but that's not surprising.   I was nice to see Eileen back but she was wasted.

Best part of the show for me was Leo because of his humour/outrageousness/jokes, and his scenes with Chad. Chad being so uncomfortable was funny. Tinker was a big upgrade.  I had no idea he was this good.  Maybe because he didn't get to do too much at Y&R.  If they bring Sonny to the main show, hope it's Tinker.  Worst part of the show were the Miami crew.  It was just basically Paulina talking about her celebrity friends. 

After watching the first episode, I thought by the end of the series, everyone was going to come together to one location for a dramatic event.   If they do Beyond Salem again, that is my hope for the next story. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

Isn't this like the second or third time they actually ever has scenes together? I know when Anna was on in the 80's, the Carrie was played by the actress who was Kimmy Gibbler. Omg, just thinking Anna during the JER era, her and Kate teaming up and Anna working with Celeste. Would have been great!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Members

I think you are right. It always felt like when Anna was returning, Carrie was leaving and vice versa. So I would say this is at least the third or fourth time they actually had scenes together as well. 

Great minds...

Please register in order to view this content

 Thank you. I figured. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • Recently Browsing   0 members

    • No registered users viewing this page.



  • Recent Posts

    • Except she never worked there at all and barely even knew where the Chancellor Industries plant was located  In 1980, Kay attempted to install Derek Thurston (her third husband) in a position at Chancellor Industries.  The show introduced a character named George Packard who'd supposedly been running Chancellor since Phillip's demise in 1975.  (George Packard's storyline in 1980 was attempting to keep Derek Thurston from bankrupting the company.)   We didn't hear much of anything about Chancellor Industries for the next twenty-five years.  Then, at that point, we met Eliot Hampton (?) who'd been running the company for decades and had been embezzling from it.  Jill took it upon her herself to oust Eliot Hampton (?) and take control of the company.  That's when Kay became actively involved in the management of the company.  From 1974 till 2004 Kay Chancellor was strictly a hands-off owner.  It was downright absurd that the last ten years of life, she was written as this formidable businesswoman who'd always been involved in Chancellor Industries.  
    • Well, it's going to be something when he finds out the truth.  Agreed.  On that note, I can't until it all comes out. I find Lulu to be ridiculous. 
    • I almost posted this because that was my initial reaction too:  this is weird/cringe, to sing around a piano after such a huge family shattering bomb was dropped.  But I got over that and just enjoyed her voice, the song and the montage we saw as everyone's emotions in the aftermath were pouring out.
    • The Equalizer original series was not a big hit yet it became a movie franchise and got a reboot series. The Equalizer reboot lasted 5 seasons, so one season longer than the original series.
    • Today is Sean Freeman's birthday 

      Please register in order to view this content

      His social media/IMDb doesn't have his age but from some posts he's made, I'm guessing 1989 is his birth year.
    • Here's the timeline, as I recall it being published. The WGA strike was 5/2–9/27/2023 Annalynne McCord was announced as being hired in December 2023, for a one-year contract https://deadline.com/2024/06/days-of-our-lives-when-to-expect-annalynne-mccord-peacock-1235975806/ RonC's first scripts back from the strike began airing May 31, 2024 (around Konstantine & Maggie's wedding) https://www.tvinsider.com/1137709/days-of-our-lives-writers-return-15000th-episode-storylines/ Her first air date was June 19th 2024. The actress has said she was not told who she would be playing until she started taping. RonC 's replacements were announced July 2024, with his scripts airing through April 2025 Side note: DAYS social media team seems to be playing fast and loose with BTS videos, in terms of how far in advance they film content (e.g. their April Fools' Joke videos were clearly not filmed on 4/1/25), so we shouldn't assume anyone's current status, versus those who were there nine months ago.
    • April and her husband (Draper) are the "young leads" who tie all the storyline threads together.  They're normally in the center of the action.  In this particular storyline, Draper is the attorney who represents Paige Madison.  (The district attorney, Logan Swift, has given Paige Madison "temporary immunity from prosecution" if she will lead the police to the members of the Tobias Gang who stole the firearms.  But Paige mainly just ducks bullets from various gang members who pop-up to assassinate her.)    
    • It's one thing to post about a soap's rumors or gossip, which in point of fact we've all done. It's another to present yourself as the inside source who knows something to be fact that's about to break wide, then backtrack and call it just Twitter speculation. Between those two extreme poles you have to commit to one or the other. If I got something wrong, I'd say it. (Nor would I keep playing insider after what I pulled with Drake Hogestyn, which should've gotten someone permanently banned.) And regardless, you don't open with this 'news' you don't actually want to stand by yet by mocking DRW's extremely valid concerns re: how the Trina character and Tabyana Ali has been marginalized and put out to virtual pasture ever since the day NAC left. Her playing out her current contract in a C-storyline with Kai does not change that.
    • Yeah, I thought it would be more explosive or heated and it was kind of standard.  Both can do more with the material.  I just don't think the writing was there.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

By using this site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy