DAYS: December 2023 Discussion Thread

[j swift]

Reddit is saying that today is the first episode written during the WGA strike, but I thought those episodes wouldn't air until January.  Can someone confirm from today's credits?

[carolineg]

I don't mind Gabi and always liked CB, but I don't feel a need for a recast.  Gabi hasn't done anything noteworthy in months.  It's a shame that CB was treated badly-I just don't know where else Gabi has to go on the show.  Her and Stefan stupidly plotting for Dimera was not interesting.

[j swift]

Agreed

There should be some resolution for Gabi, but I wouldn't mind a Stefan and Sloan or Stefan and Ava pairing, as both characters possess similar qualities to Gabi.

Also, can we get consensus?  Is it Stefan, Stefon, or Stephon?  I keep seeing it written in every different way.  I assume Stefan, since it is Stefan O. Dimera.

[Joseph]

yeah, that's really not her, she was never power crazy and stuff like that, just ambitious

It Should Be Stefan

[Contessa Donatella]

All I have ever seen is Stefan except for one person right here. 

[carolineg]

I've always spelled it Stefan.  The character's wiki supports that. 

[Liberty City]

 

It is Stefan.

 

People have huge spelling issues online; I see Steffy from The Bold and the Beautiful also written Steffi, Steffie, etc. and Nikolas on General Hospital as Nicolas, Nicholas, Nickolas, etc.

[j swift]

Thanks @Liberty City

I'm terrible with remembering all the Nikki, Niki, and Nickys, as well as the Vicky, Viki, and Vicki's

Also, I just finished today's episode 5.5/10, no noticeable difference with the scab writers.

Positives:  I'm happy that Chanel is not oblivious to Holly's manipulation.  She's too savvy to get played by a teen with her first crush.

Negative:  The Jackie Cox stuff makes everyone seem ridiculous.  And Leo's epiphany over delivering Nicole's baby is just plain stupid.  If Leo becomes an OB-Gyn, I may need to scream.

Edited December 4, 2023 by j swift

[ranger1rg]

Yeah, I can't believe the first strike script has this horrendous Jackie Cox stuff. It's embarrassing. And ANY Leo moment where he considers another person is a waste of my time. Just not believable.

[janea4old]

The strike stuff is coming in stages.

Ron wrote up to or including Christmas so his storyline concepts will air til then, and he'll be credited til his ideas are no longer airing.

The breakdown writers will continue to be credited for another week or two for however long their prewritten stuff is - whatever they turned in before the May 2nd strike start.  The writing staff was still credited today Dec. 4.
(but no specific scriptwriter credited today)

The scriptwriters writing individual episodes are no longer credited effective today December 4th, as the day-to-day scripts now airing were written starting May 2nd by non union people --
either former union people gone fi-core, and/or random people who were never union writers

Edited December 4, 2023 by janea4old

[Contessa Donatella]

Which also leads to Nik & Nic & Nick. 

I was looking at my notes from Patrick Mulcahey & just like Adam Huss is married to Adam Huss, Patrick Mulcahey is married to Patrick Mulcahey. 

@janea4old   Great explanation!

Edited December 4, 2023 by Donna L. Bridges
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[janea4old]

Jason explains it more accurately
 

 

[AbcNbc247]

I had a feeling that today wasn’t a complete scab writers episode.

It just seemed too much like Ron and Co. 

Edited December 4, 2023 by AbcNbc247

[carolineg]

Idk, that Jackie Cox stuff felt like pure filler.  The entire conversation with Dmitri just happened.  It didn't affect anything.  It was a just a waste of time.  But I guess that sounds like Ron too.  Hard to tell.

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[JAS0N47]

Here's my Facebook post:

FIRST STRIKE SCRIPT AIRED TODAY...

The first strike-affected script of "Days" aired today (December 4). All of the dialogue (script) writers were removed from the credits. As Jason47 had reported earlier this year, the script writers would be the first writers to disappear from the credits, since they submit their scripts after the breakdowns are written. The remaining writers are still in the credits as of today. In the 2007-2008 strike, the dialogue writers reappeared for an episode or two after initially disappearing, so it is possible another script or two was finished and submitted before the strike began in May (they are submitted around the same time, but not always exactly in airdate order), so another episode or two might have the dialogue writers listed again later this week.