1 hour ago, Antoyne said:

They watered Ava down so much but I always liked watching Tamara. I’ll miss her.

Very. I hope she lands somewhere else soon.

I'm not happy to see Ava go when Kristen and Leo are still around.

It still seems like it's mostly actresses who leave this show.

For a good while I didn't realize Tamara was back on DAYS either. I guess it is a credit to her that such an ill-conceived character - didn't she arrive as being obsessed with Steve? - has lasted for so many years.

1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

For a good while I didn't realize Tamara was back on DAYS either. I guess it is a credit to her that such an ill-conceived character - didn't she arrive as being obsessed with Steve? - has lasted for so many years.

She did yeah. Her first stint in 2008 was 6 months or something. When they moved her out of Steve and Kayla's orbit and into the RoboJohn story she became interesting. Ava became friends with Nicole, but Tamara didn't resign. It was a shame she left the first time, but all her returns since that original stint fell flat for me. The character really floundered under Ron. Her romance with Rafe was horrible and unnecessary IMO. Her relationship with her kids could of worked if they tapped more into her instability, but much like her, her children were kind of unnecessary as well (Tripp is such an awful character). I feel like the show only brought her back so much because she once was popular on another soap and maybe cause of her emmy win. Hope we never see Ava again, but good luck to Tamara! She is very talented.

28 minutes ago, cody_1990 said:

She did yeah. Her first stint in 2008 was 6 months or something. When they moved her out of Steve and Kayla's orbit and into the RoboJohn story she became interesting. Ava became friends with Nicole, but Tamara didn't resign. It was a shame she left the first time, but all her returns since that original stint fell flat for me. The character really floundered under Ron. Her romance with Rafe was horrible and unnecessary IMO. Her relationship with her kids could of worked if they tapped more into her instability, but much like her, her children were kind of unnecessary as well (Tripp is such an awful character). I feel like the show only brought her back so much because she once was popular on another soap and maybe cause of her emmy win. Hope we never see Ava again, but good luck to Tamara! She is very talented.

Thanks for the rundown. You sum up all the mistakes well. I guess she can still say it was more successful than her AMC or second GH run.

IIRC Ava was a Dena Higley pet character (not unlike Gabi, I think). She brought her in and then just kept bringing her back when others would write her out. I think the only reason she stayed on post-Higley was people there realizing hey, we have Tamara Braun.

5 hours ago, DRW50 said:

didn't she arrive as being obsessed with Steve?

Ava wasn't just obsessed with Steve. She raped him.

With Ava's departure, we can exclude her as the EJ shooter.

25 minutes ago, janea4old said:

Ava wasn't just obsessed with Steve. She raped him.

Ugh. Never change, Dena.

From a storytelling perspective, it feels like a missed opportunity for Ava to continue serving as a surrogate mother figure for Sophia.

It seems inevitable that Sophia is about to go full-on gaga over Tate. But with Ava as her confidante, she felt more grounded—like a legitimate fourth spoke in the Tate/Holly/Doug³ triangle. Now, there’s nothing tethering her to reason, making her all the more likely to embrace full-fledged villainy as a force determined to keep Holly and Tate apart.

Ava, Kristen, and EJ are all rapists. I feel that they have ZERO place on DAYS.

I want them all dead and gone, never to return.  They are NOT redeemable, despite several different writing regimes' desires to finagle reasons to keep them on canvas.
At least Ava's gone.

Sami is a rapist, too.  The show has never dealt with specifically calling it that. She's also been raped by multiple people.  Sami needs therapy.  The show refuses to deal with this issue for her, and until they do it, I have no reason to tune in,

Edited April 2Apr 2 by janea4old

14 hours ago, DRW50 said:

Thanks for the rundown. You sum up all the mistakes well. I guess she can still say it was more successful than her AMC or second GH run.

And, whose fault was it that Reese & Bianca were not a huge blockbuster hit?

I've said that all the Dimeras need to be written out. It is long overdue. 

My favorite Carly! I wonder where she will go now?! She should try some fun streaming shows for awhile.

On 4/1/2025 at 10:05 AM, Cheap21 said:

I didnt even know she was back on the show

Same. I been done with Days.

On 4/1/2025 at 11:54 PM, Jdee43 said:

It still seems like it's mostly actresses who leave this show.

Great point.

On 4/2/2025 at 6:03 PM, Contessa Donatella said:

And, whose fault was it that Reese & Bianca were not a huge blockbuster hit?

I really loved her Amc stint!