DAYS: July 2024 Discussion Thread

[Sapounopera]

I thought the same thing. If I remember correctly, several posters used to call him "The Writer" because of that, back in the day. 

The Kate-Abe soap is something that has the possibility to be interesting. But Ron does not enjoy writing for Days, I don't expect anything interesting to come out of it.  

[Sapounopera]

Michael Easton returns as Tanner. He is a doctor now. Eventually we find out that he has used many different names in different cities. He is Stefano and Laura's son! No wait, he is Doug and Susan's son! Susan returns played by an Asian actress! Now he wants to kill John. Wait, he is John's brother! He sleeps with Ava, Nicole, Chloe. They all have his babies.
He is murdered. He has an evil twin. Wait, the twin is th nice one. He ends up in prison.  
Yep, I could see him returning to Days.

Edited July 4, 2024 by Sapounopera

[AbcNbc247]

What a great opening scene

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I really miss the annual 4th of July picnic though.

Xander and Sarah were really sweet today, but I’m looking forward to when their lives get blown to hell again lol 

The Alex/Justin scenes were good too. I’m glad that Days is taking the route of having Alex be a dick to Justin. It’s just seems natural considering the situation that they’re in. We really needed to see more of that. Plus, their scenes seemed very balanced out and not just blatantly pro-Alex. Can you imagine what those scenes would have been like if they were written two years ago lol I just hope that Justin gets the chance to knock his ass out before they find out the truth. 

Tate’s plan is kind of stupid though. I mean, what kind of camp doesn’t allow camper’s parents to visit them? There’s still a lot of holes in the plan, especially considering Aaron’s part in it. And I really think Days is missing an opportunity to cause problems for Tate/Holly by not having Tate be upset and angry about the whole Brady/Theresa/Alex mess. I wonder who was watching them at the end though. And even though she’s Tate’s sister, Kristen’s little demon spawn is not necessary in their storyline. 

Btw, why was Aaron wearing one of Leo’s shirts?

And you know that if Ron was writing it, those different names would be Caleb from Port Charles and John from Llanview

[carolineg]

Both Chanel/Johnny and even Stefan and Gabi are interracial couplings as well.  If by "adult" you mean boring I can agree that Jada/Rafe fit the bill.

The show needs to find someone new for Stephanie.  Shelly Hennig's Stephanie had a pretty rich romantic history that the show could mine instead of creating a past love we never saw. 

 

[AbcNbc247]

They could always bring back Jeremy. Or I wouldn't even mind her being reunited with Chad, for a little while anyway.

Plus, now that Lucas is gone, Jeremy could be the one who has the teenage son to mix it up with Tate and Holly 

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Edited July 4, 2024 by AbcNbc247

[carolineg]

A re-vamped Jeremy was my first thought too.  Obviously Max is out, but you could always bring back Phillip as well.  I did like them together.  Chloe can come back for Brady.

[AbcNbc247]

There's still so much that they could do with him. He's another legacy character that never really got the chance to drive long term story. 

[j swift]

Although Jeremy would be interesting for the Abby storyline, I wonder what his age would be in relation to his Aunt Jennifer?  Like, how much older is he than Gwen (storywise)?  I know age is relative in Salem.  But, it would be intriguing to think about is he in the Eric/Brady generation of characters, or does he remain in the slightly younger Stephanie and Chad grouping?

Oy, I hope I haven't opened a Pandora's Box, and now we're going to get three pages of snark about Michael Easton being cast as Jeremy

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[carolineg]

I believe Jeremy was the same or very close in age to Stephanie.  He was part of the Stephanie, Abby, Chelsea crowd.  I would assume he would stay in that age range.  I can't remember when the show said Gwen was born, but he wouldn't be much older than her if at all.  I wouldn't bump him up in age.

ME would be waaaaaaaaaaay too old for Jeremy.  He has a better chance at getting cast as Mike lol.

[Michael]

They could very plausibly cast Jeremy as 35-ish. They have him and Nathan both sitting out there as fairly blank-slate Hortons who have history with Stephanie, too. Actually kind of surprised they didn't just cast Blake as one of them and do a bunch of, "You remind me of your cousin Nick!" schtick.

[Adriana]

Elia and Abigail had zoom event last weekend and Blake wasn't even mentioned so he probably will be gone from the show 

For Abigail as Stephanie they need to do something for her that doesn't involve romantic relationships because that is all they have written for her character she went from Alex to Chad to Everett/Bobby and that is the biggest weakness of her character currently 

Edited July 4, 2024 by Adriana

[AbcNbc247]

She could definitely use a career change lol

[Adriana]

They need to do More with Stephanie besides just having every guy with her almost every year since she has been back  and for Stephanie they make it worse by having her propping the Male characters she has been with and Abigail Klein I think her strongest stuff as Stephanie has been the scenes between Stephanie and Jada 

Edited July 4, 2024 by Adriana

[AbcNbc247]

Well, look who the head writer is 

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But I agree, that maybe she does need to be single for a while.

[j swift]

I mean, it is a quandary why a newspaper needs a PR agent? I get an ad agency, but putting a positive spin on things seems like something a paper would want to avoid. 

Stephanie has two big clients, The Spectator, and Titan, but she also seems to have a lot of free time.

Edited July 4, 2024 by j swift