DAYS: November 2024 Discussion Thread

[Antoyne]

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Nothing would please me more. Leo is not even a character you can love to hate. He’s just an albatross on the show for me. He bothers me to my core the way Sonny on GH does.

[carolineg]

Lol!  Like hey, fam, let's all watch Days today!  Holiday episode! Whoops sorry everyone-that was depressing.  Football?

I am going to assume the show wanted more eyeballs to view Doug's death, but tomorrow would have been totally appropriate. 

I never even cared for Missy/Jen much.  She just always seamlessly steps back into the role even after a long absence.  It makes Cady's appearance's more noticeable.  Everything Jen did today just felt right for the Jen I grew up with.   Since they use Jen so infrequently I would just ditch Cady all together.  It's not her fault.  She tries, but it jarring to switch back and forth.

[Liberty City]

Haha. *watches the episode* Okay everyone, dinner time! Let's eat!

[Antoyne]

Honestly I’m in total agreement. Jen has never even been a favorite of mine mainly due to the Daniel Jonas years but he ruined just about every character he touched. But like you said she’s used so infrequently, at this point I’d rather it just be Missy. 

[te.]

I've said it again and again - either just take the full plunge with Cady, or just work around Missy for these scarce appearances. This switcheroo isn't working, mostly down to the fact that they're different takes of the same character plus Cady really does take a while to get going when she steps into the Jennifer role. 

 

Say what you will about Missy, but the moment she steps on screen, it's instantly Jennifer for me and that's fitting if she's only going to appear every other year.

[Antoyne]

You’re right. With Cady it always feels like it takes a few episodes for her to find her footing while Missy the instant she’s onscreen, is Jennifer. I actually liked Cady during the Time Jump but I can’t say she’s been good in these small returns. 
 

I’m so glad it’s Missy here for Doug’s death as well. It really wouldn’t have worked for me with Cady.

[AbcNbc247]

I felt the same way when Abigail was murdered.

[Antoyne]

Cady had to play both the death of Abigail AND Laura. I really wish Missy had been used for both.

[te.]

It doesn't help that Cady's usually brought back at this point when something big happens that requires her to be in tune with Jennifer's relationships to various characters, which clearly isn't natural to her (for obvious reasons). Even during her first run, she had the rather unthankful job of having to step into the role with Jennifer finding out Hope (her cousin and long time friend) had suddenly up and left Salem. 

I hope we get a lot of rare Doug flashbacks for these episodes. To Ron's credit - he's been pretty good with these memorial / milestones episodes in getting more than the usual overused flashbacks and has been good at refering to history (let's not get into how he *uses* it), so I'm holding out hope for these episodes. 

[j swift]

I think today was a solid choice for Doug's death because I assume the parade brings a lot of viewers to Peacock, and it was heavily featured on the app.  Although surprisingly, I didn't see any of the cast on a float, whereas there were at least four other obscure Peacock casts present.

That being said, it was a really powerful episode.  I appreciated the dramatic impact of Jack telling Julie (I can't get over how much Julie has shrunk with age).  I'm happy Eli was there.  And, while I share @AbcNbc247's disappointment that Chad left, I liked his interaction with Julie today.

I also enjoy the chemistry of Lani and Eli.  It such a shame that we didn't get to explore them more as a couple.  But, perhaps keeping them offscreen allows them to stay together.  It is still nuts that Lani is the only former felon in town to have any repercussions of their parole.  Gabi seems to be able to travel, and never mentions a parole officer.  Meanwhile, Lani (whose family is much richer) is stuck working at a preschool.

Lastly, it wouldn't be DAYS without an allusion to it being an unknown time of day.  It was light outside when everyone arrived.  But, the Hernandez, Kiriakis, and the rest of the Pub crowd have already finished supper.   While Julie is still setting the table.

Edited November 28, 2024 by j swift

[Contessa Donatella]

This is a fair point. 

And, somehow this has infected Port Charles, New York, now!!! Illinois to New York state? 

[carolineg]

Lani was plead guilty to murder and served her time.  Gabi's charges were dropped, so she's not currently a convicted felon.  She might be for past crimes, but not Li's murder.

Cady vs. Missy-you just have to choose.  At this point I would just keep Missy since it seems she is willing to appear sporadically.  If you want to use Jen full time hire Cady.  With the way Days tapes it seems like you could spread out Matt and Missy's appearances if you were strategic.

I also don't know why anyone watching a Thanksgiving Parade would want to watch a sad episode of Days after.  That would actually turn off viewers casually checking in with the family.

[Contessa Donatella]

Yes, but if they were not a regular, they wouldn't know it was sad until the last 3 minutes, so, they would have been effectively caught because by then they'd watched the whole show. 

[AbcNbc247]

Exactly.

Chad and Julie have such a great relationship and for him not be there for her now, and at Doug’s funeral just doesn’t feel right. I really think they should’ve and probably could’ve waited to do this Clyde stuff so that Chad and JJ could be there.  

Hell, in that BTS video that was shot on Bill Hayes’ birthday, Billy Flynn was the one who was holding onto him, so clearly the real life relationship has to be just as strong as the onscreen one. 

Edited November 28, 2024 by AbcNbc247

[carolineg]

I really don't know if Days is looking to trick a viewer into watching 1 episode.  That's not helpful in the scheme of things.