DAYS: March 2025 Discussion Thread

[Soapsuds]

Wednesday episode was brilliant. Doug

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Today's started off great with Doug and the necklace story. The rest with Stephanie and Co. was fast forward material.

Edited March 27 by Soapsuds

[AbcNbc247]

I’m really wondering why Days has seemed to improve so much in Ron’s final months

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[te.]

Honestly, I'm really wondering if they actually did go back and clean up a bit - or just held Ron on a very short leash. Because some scenes are really like night and day  at this point. It's hard to imagine it came from the same writer.

[AbcNbc247]

I’ve had so many questions 

Did Ron decide to finally change his ways? Did he know his job was on the line after that Body&Soul mess and decided to be on his best behavior? Was there interference, editing, re-writing?

Even, (though this is unlikely to me) did he know he was gonna be fired and decide to go out with a bang? 

I hope we find out the answer someday 

Edited March 27 by AbcNbc247

[Soapsuds]

Recast Sophia needs to go! She is dreadful!

[Soapsuds]

Its a day to day episode. 

Today was mostly not good. Too many of the characters I couldn't care less about. 

Wednesday's episode was solid and Doug on half naked with only a towel didn't hurt.

[AbcNbc247]

Yep.

Towels are nice

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[Soapsuds]

I thought @AbcNbc247 must be enjoying this episode.

[AbcNbc247]

And I thought, let me give @Soapsuds and the rest of my buddies the signal

[Soapsuds]

You forgot today's signal. You didn't say Doug was hot! He and the towel returned on today's episode.

[AbcNbc247]

Guess I was too distracted by the improved writing

[ranger1rg]

-- So Leo writes a gossip article for the Spectator rag and now DiMera is falling apart? Stocks are falling and vendors are leaving because of a loser gossip columnist? Soaps are so bad when it comes to business stories.

-- Janet Spellman-Drucker is really working her Google machine overtime. Those establishing shots are hilarious! About zero of them represent the set that appears right after. My new favorite is those wide wrought iron gates opening to some incredible house and land. Then we get a 6'x10' set made from cardboard.

 

[dragonflies]

There's a DAYS Page on PLEX

 

https://watch.plex.tv/show/days-of-our-lives

[AbcNbc247]

Does this mean what I think it means??

[j swift]

I think they're doing a fantastic job building up the tension. Even if I didn’t know something big was coming, it feels like it’s just around the corner. Today’s episode hit the peak with so many characters fingering knives and guns—there was in fact too much fingering for my taste.

Thought #2: There’s no way Holly seriously believes Maggie would be fine with her hiding a felon in her bedroom (and using her printer to help him with his resume). Also, does this mean The Bistro has been without a maître d' ever since that creep Ava killed after he attacked her?

Thought #3: I really appreciate that they’re using Chad appropriately as a newspaper publisher. 'Muckraker Chad' has so much potential. And given that he’s already weighed appeasing his family, it could create a unique dynamic—Chad wanting The Spectator to succeed as a legacy for his kids, not wanting to get too close to EJ or Kristen, and still knowing right from wrong. He could be Salem’s version of William Randolph Hearst—Citizen Chad.  I don't get why we haven't seen anyone directly respond to Chad, (nor whether he got the mustard out of his shirt).

While I don’t usually engage in backstage drama—I prefer overthinking what's onscreen—I have to agree that the establishing shots are more distracting than helpful in setting the tone. They make me question how the DiMera entry gates looks like that, especially when two weeks ago Brady walked from the mansion to the square.  And if the gates exist, why do so many people just barge in the living room? And if Aremid is suddenly within walking distance of Rachel’s house, does that mean Alamainia is now next to Smith Island? Instead of enhancing the experience, it pulls me out of it. Not only do the interior and exterior curtains not match, but the circumstances of the plot don’t fit the urban vibe the establishing shots suggest.  I mean, that's a huge hospital to save by tap dancing fundraisers. 

Edited March 28 by j swift