Courtesy of Peacock

“Days of our Lives: Beyond Salem,” the popular limited series spinoff of “Days of our Lives” first launched last September, will be back for a second chapter with five all-new episodes, the first of which premieres Monday, July 11, 2022 on the streaming platform with subsequent episodes dropping daily from July 11-15, 2022. Chapter 2 will feature the returns of Kristian Alfonso and Peter Reckell to the “Days of our Lives” universe as they reprise their iconic characters Hope Williams Brady and Bo Brady.

In the epic, action-packed tale that spans the entire globe, from Monte Carlo to Hong Kong, beloved characters from “Days of our Lives” will once again go “Beyond Salem” as they trade the comforts of home for an adventure of a lifetime! Over the course of five thrilling episodes, heartwarming family reunions take a dangerous turn as a mysterious adversary wreaks havoc on their lives. 

With a writing team led by the parent show’s head writer, Ron Carlivati, the next chapter brings a story full of larger-than-life romance, jaw-dropping twists, and high-stakes drama – and it all connects back to a memorable plot that originated on “Days of our Lives” long ago.

“We are beyond thrilled to be partnering with Peacock again to produce a second chapter of ‘Days of our Lives: Beyond Salem,’” said executive producer Ken Corday. “Being able to build off of the storylines from ‘Days of our Lives’ to create another exciting series for the audience brings myself, the Corday Productions team, and the cast so much joy. I cannot wait for the fans to see what we have in store next!”

In addition to Alfonso and Reckell, the cast also includes Deidre Hall as Dr. Marlena Evans, Drake Hogestyn as John Black, Stephen Nichols as Steve “Patch” Johnson, Mary Beth Evans as Kayla Brady Johnson, Lucas Adams as Tripp Johnson, Camila Banus as Gabi Hernandez, Victoria Konefal as Ciara Brady, Robert Scott Wilson as Ben Weston, and Remington Hoffman as Li Shin.

Like its parent series, “Beyond Salem” is produced by Corday Productions in association with Sony Pictures Television. Ken Corday is the executive producer with Albert Alarr serving as co-executive producer. Ron Carlivati is the show’s head writer.

For more information about Peacock, or to watch “Days of our Lives” and “Days of our Lives: Beyond Salem” anytime, make sure to visit peacockTV.com and register an account. Depending on content availability, you might have to pay a monthly subscription.

Note: The post Peacock Orders Second Chapter of ‘Days of our Lives: Beyond Salem,’ Kristian Alfonso and Peter Reckell to Reprise Roles appeared first on the Soap Opera Network website.

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Knowing Days if Bo is Alive itll be that someone faked Bo's Brain Tumor (Most likely Stefano & Andre)

Didn't Bo die of pancreatic cancer? Like his half-sister Izzy B. Whatever he died off. I don't mind Bo's resurrection. In the Days universe people come back to life all the time.

Edited April 19, 20223 yr by victoria foxton

31 minutes ago, victoria foxton said:

In the Days universe people come back to life all the time.

Just one of many reasons why DAYS has become such a joke.  How can you get the audience to invest in anything emotionally when they know even on-screen deaths can be reversed?  Ron Carlivati might not want us to take it all seriously, but we still have to know there are ground rules.

1 hour ago, victoria foxton said:

Didn't Bo die of pancreatic cancer? Like his half-sister Izzy B. Whatever he died off. I don't mind Bo's resurrection. In the Days universe people come back to life all the time.

I am pretty sure Bo died of brain cancer.  But I do think he had something wrong with his pancreas or liver at some point.  lol  I think Chelsea gave him some of her liver/pancreas as a transplant.

29 minutes ago, Khan said:

Just one of many reasons why DAYS has become such a joke.  How can you get the audience to invest in anything emotionally when they know even on-screen deaths can be reversed?  Ron Carlivati might not want us to take it all seriously, but we still have to know there are ground rules.

I mean, he's like one of the only characters that hasn't been presumed dead multiple times, so I don't mind it.  I think if played right by RC (which probably won't happen) it could be a great way to have Hope/Bo off the canvas but for a reason.  Bo's death had to be faked because he's undercover or hiding or something and Hope has to be on the run with him.  If you can't have the actors full time it's a decent excuse for them to be gone for now.

Edited April 19, 20223 yr by carolineg

Bo's death should be permanent, just like deaths that aren't consciously ambigious need to be. Sorry "Bope" fans, but soaps need to make deaths matter.

I wonder if the storyline has anything to do with Colin Murphy? Didn't Ron tweet something about the character a while back?

Remember, Colin was the only casualty of the Melaswen storyline. While leaving the island during a storm, he was lost at sea and assumed to have drowned.

I am not gonna look a gift horse in the mouth. It was a mistake to kill off Bo, particularly when there was no good new man or story for Hope let alone solid writing. The way they were mishandled is one of so many black marks on the show (not unlike the many deaths of Jack Deveraux) and it's in their interest to fix it.

Not every mistake should - or needs to be - fixed.

Soaps need to start moving forwards, not backwards.

Edited April 19, 20223 yr by te.

31 minutes ago, te. said:

Bo's death should be permanent, just like deaths that aren't consciously ambigious need to be. Sorry "Bope" fans, but soaps need to make deaths matter.

On Days?  A show that killed off half their cast and brought them back to live on an island that resembled Salem? Where entire groups of irrevocably dead people have been brought back to life by a mad scientist?  I totally understand your point and would agree for most soaps, but someone as iconic as Bo shouldn't be the lone example of THIS death on days matters.  Especially when IMO it can be fairly easy to explain away.  Kayla was the one that confirmed the brain tumor and she could have lied for Bo/the ISA for whatever reason and it was too dangerous too tell Hope and the kids.

2 minutes ago, carolineg said:

On Days?  A show that killed off half their cast and brought them back to live on an island that resembled Salem? Where entire groups of irrevocably dead people have been brought back to life by a mad scientist?  I totally understand your point and would agree for most soaps, but someone as iconic as Bo shouldn't be the lone example of THIS death on days matters.  Especially when IMO it can be fairly easy to explain away.  Kayla was the one that confirmed the brain tumor and she could have lied for Bo/the ISA for whatever reason and it was too dangerous too tell Hope and the kids.

At one point you just need to decide that you're not going to undo anymore deaths no matter how tempting it is. They can't change past decisions, but they can control future ones. I mean, they could've brought back Addie in the 80s to create a storyline for Doug/Julie and wouldn't Hope have been thrilled to see her mother back? But thank God they didn't.

8 minutes ago, carolineg said:

On Days?  A show that killed off half their cast and brought them back to live on an island that resembled Salem? Where entire groups of irrevocably dead people have been brought back to life by a mad scientist?  I totally understand your point and would agree for most soaps, but someone as iconic as Bo shouldn't be the lone example of THIS death on days matters.  Especially when IMO it can be fairly easy to explain away.

Exactly. It's a little late to start grounding DAYS in reality. And even if you did reinvent the show, I wouldn't start by sealing this pointless death in concrete. AMC had the right idea when it resurrected several key people before going off ABC, then clean slated a ton of the show to reinvent it on Hulu. They had much more room to grow.

3 minutes ago, te. said:

At one point you just need to decide that you're not going to undo anymore deaths no matter how tempting it is. They can't change past decisions, but they can control future ones. I mean, they could've brought back Addie in the 80s to create a storyline for Doug/Julie and wouldn't Hope have been thrilled to see her mother back? But thank God they didn't.

Again, I just don't think that logic fits Days.  They are re-doing a 30 year old story about devil Possession.  I don't think the current viewers of Days are going to be shocked Bo is alive.  That is on brand for the soap they are watching.  

In the more grounded early 80's on Days of course it wouldn't make sense for the show, but this show hasn't been grounded for about 40 years.  

1 minute ago, Vee said:

Exactly. It's a little late to start grounding DAYS in reality. And even if you did reinvent the show, I wouldn't start by sealing this pointless death in concrete. AMC had the right idea when it resurrected several key people before going off ABC, then clean slated a ton of the show to reinvent it on Hulu. They had much more room to grow.

100%.  Even if the show wanted to revamp, Bo's death is not the hill to die on for that movement.  Viewers aren't going to be upset Bo's alive lol.

4 minutes ago, carolineg said:

Again, I just don't think that logic fits Days.  They are re-doing a 30 year old story about devil Possession.  I don't think the current viewers of Days are going to be shocked Bo is alive.  That is on brand for the soap they are watching.  

100%.  Even if the show wanted to revamp, Bo's death is not the hill to die on for that movement.  Viewers aren't going to be upset Bo's alive lol.

It was the same principle with Will, that was also a mistake. I can think of a few others! But the point is, yes, they're right to do it especially since Kristian is, I suspect, unlikely to return on a contract, or an ongoing status that doesn't have a lot of outs or breaks like this silliness with Chandler Massey. At least with Hope you can say 'she's off with Bo'.

1 hour ago, te. said:

Bo's death should be permanent, just like deaths that aren't consciously ambigious need to be. Sorry "Bope" fans, but soaps need to make deaths matter.

So start with Gwen or some other rando, not Bo Brady.

25 minutes ago, Vee said:

Exactly. It's a little late to start grounding DAYS in reality. And even if you did reinvent the show, I wouldn't start by sealing this pointless death in concrete. AMC had the right idea when it resurrected several key people before going off ABC, then clean slated a ton of the show to reinvent it on Hulu. They had much more room to grow.

Right. Didn't some AMC character even see Jesse as an angel? And we see how that went, too. (And I was happy about that reversal, too.)

Yes, soaps used to have some reality. But those days - pardon the pun - are gone. If one wants to re-introduce reality, as I said, use the billion extraneous characters the show has, not the beloved classic characters.

You can do a hell of a murder mystery with Gwen. But Ron hates letting go of villains and antiheroes, he tries to force them into becoming the protagonists. We're 6-9 months away from Leo's abuse backstory a la Kevin on Y&R.

Which in theory isn't actually a terrible concept, but the problem is how Ron tells these stories on his soaps - he slants everything to make the dangerous, volatile characters the good guys in a scenario, and forces the 'good' characters to become what his storytelling clearly views as prigs, hypocrites, etc. to try to make it all work. He's been doing this for most of his career. Ron has a formula and he follows it. He didn't retcon Ben's crimes when it is extremely easy to do on a show like DAYS, because, like Victor/Todd II on OLTL, he stubbornly believed the audience can and should accept the character as a romantic lead regardless of their grotesque crimes simply by the force of his writing talent. It's ego.

5 minutes ago, Wendy said:

Right. Didn't some AMC character even see Jesse as an angel? And we see how that went, too. (And I was happy about that reversal, too.)

Yes, soaps used to have some reality. But those days - pardon the pun - are gone. If one wants to re-introduce reality, as I said, use the billion extraneous characters the show has, not the beloved classic characters.

Jesse was an angel on at least two soaps (AMC and Loving), lol. But it worked out. The resurrection story for Jesse was full of holes and not very good, but the performances carried it and the net gain for the show going forward with the Hubbards re-cemented was huge. Same goes for bringing back Dixie, or Will or Jack on DAYS, or Bo. The longtime value to the foundation and the families and history can't be overstated.

Edited April 19, 20223 yr by Vee