I thought the Doug III prison scenes were confusing as well.  I think the black/white filming made it unclear yesterday.  Today it made a little more sense.

The Liz/Marie feud is pretty silly.  Unless Neil reunited with Liz at some point before his death and was the father of her sons or something it seems petty to even care now.  At least Maggie called them out.

The Belle/Marlena scenes today and yesterday made continuity strange.  John was gone on their anniversary, came back, and left again?  Belle was there for the anniversary and came back to the funeral and Marlena is just now hearing she's been in Hong Kong and is having trouble with Shawn?  The explanation of the John issue aside, Belle/Marlena just saw one another a few weeks ago lol.

Overall, beautiful moments in the episode.  Julie's monologue was quite special.  

1 hour ago, AbcNbc247 said:

And I also teared up and sang along when Liz and everybody sang “Always.” I wish that song was featured more on Days and used in scenes for Horton couples like Shawn/Belle, Chad/Abigail, Will/Sonny, etc. Is it that expensive to use? It’s almost 100 years old. 

"Always" is in the public domain, so the show could (and should) use it any time they want.

I haven't seen today's episode yet, but I did see yesterday's episode. While I thought the scenes with Liz and Marie were over the top and silly, oddly I found them realistic and relatable. I've actually seen that kind of behavior between my 70- and 80-something aunts at my dad's funeral and other family funerals. 

I'll give them this, if someone slept with my husband and then shot me, I might forgive them, but I wouldn't stop holding a grudge.

2 minutes ago, j swift said:

I'll give them this, if someone slept with my husband and then shot me, I might forgive them, but I wouldn't stop holding a grudge.

2 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

It was nice to see Liz but it was kind of odd that she would return-the connection to Doug was pretty tenuous.

I thought her saying she owed her singing career to Doug explained that. And it was worth to have her leading the case in "Always." What I don't buy is that Liz didn't keep in touch with anyone in Salem all these years.

And though I thought the Liz-Marie sniping was stupid, it did remind me how much I liked that storyline back in the day. 

There was an interview from April when these scenes were filmed. I think Ron said some things were being rewritten almost up to the day of filming, as they were trying to include returning cast schedules etc

1 hour ago, AbcNbc247 said:

And also, who has a funeral service, outside in December? 😂

I wish they’d use the St. Luke’s set again. Not the chapel, the real one.

Yeah, they should have had a church setting. That outdoor set was too small and didn't work for me. You bring back all those characters and then smoosh them into a cramped space where they're on top of one another.

I also wish the service came a couple days later. It all feels rushed and the pacing is off.

1 hour ago, Contessa Donatella said:

I wonder if Peacock will get a bump up in subs from this. I hope so. 

Peacock had a Black Friday sale of subscribing for an entire year for $19.99, so hopefully some lapsed viewers came back.

23 minutes ago, teplin said:

It was nice to see Liz but it was kind of odd that she would return-the connection to Doug was pretty tenuous.

I would contend that their relationship was deeper than that.  Not only did Doug give Liz a start in her singing career, but also she took over Doug's Place when he left, renamed it Blondie's, and carried on his traditions.

But, I agree with the general sentiment about the pacing.  I wish that Marie got more time to interact with the Hortons and comment on the refurbishment of the house.  I would've liked to see more of Sarah's interactions with Marie and Liz, given their connections to Neal.  And I wish the funeral was on Friday, so we got a whole week of flashbacks of how Doug was connected to various people in Salem.

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6 minutes ago, j swift said:

But, I agree with the general sentiment about the pacing.  I wish that Marie got more time to interact with the Hortons and comment on the refurbishment of the house.  I would've liked to see more of Sarah's interactions with Marie and Liz, given their connections to Neal.  And I wish the funeral was on Friday, so we got a whole week of flashbacks of how Doug was connected to various people in Salem.

Yeah, we've all been waiting for this, and we've heard all along how special it would be. And now to see the service rushed like this? Maybe they'll surprise us the rest of the week.

1 hour ago, j swift said:

For me, it was the idea that Alice had a diamond necklace that she buried in her wall. Everyone knows Alice only wore pearls, and Tom would have insisted that she at least store it in a safety deposit box at the bank.  I could buy Addie having a diamond necklace, but not Alice. 

They explained that Addie had gifted Alice with the necklace but Alice thought it was too garish for Salem so she put it in the time capsule. I think that's an unlikely scenario but it explains why Alice would have had a diamond necklace. 

2 hours ago, Contessa Donatella said:

Really? I've seen numerous people mention having another actor play Doug in prison. Saying whether it bothered them or not. However, if you are correct, I think that is lame. 

It wouldn't make any sense to have a modern recreation instead of the original footage since they had already show part of the original scene and all the other flashbacks have been real, not modern recreations. 

On 12/2/2024 at 10:00 AM, Dr Neil Curtis said:

I thought so, today Julie referred to him as her baby brother. 

In the early days of the show (1965), Julie is said to be the older child.

16 minutes ago, Reverend Ruthledge said:

It wouldn't make any sense to have a modern recreation instead of the original footage since they had already show part of the original scene and all the other flashbacks have been real, not modern recreations. 

If they wrote to what they had, sure, you're correct. But, if they wrote what they wanted to write without regard to what clips were available to them, it would make sense to their way of thinking. @JAS0N47Is there anything known conclusively about this one flashback? Was the new actor playing Doug or his new Doug the third character? Thanks!

25 minutes ago, vetsoapfan said:

In the early days of the show (1965), Julie is said to be the older child.

I am curious if the show made that distinction when SS came aboard in the 70's.  Do you know?  It's so sad misinformation gets spread around because all this time I thought he actually was the older brother due to everything I have read.  I love there are people on this board that have the wealth of knowledge and watched at the time.

Today’s episode had me thinking about a soap history question- today’s episode featured two characters named Steven- Steve Johnson and Steven Olson.  How many times has a soap featured two characters with the same first name? I can’t imagine it has happened too frequently.