DAYS: June 2025 Discussion Thread

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DAYS: June 2025 Discussion Thread

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As Salem bids farewell to John Black on Monday, the "Days" family and fans say a final goodbye to Drake Hogestyn.

 

From his time as a young man playing baseball in the minor leagues for the New York Yankees to his almost four-decade run as John Black, Drake always did his best. And, while becoming a soap opera icon, he spent almost 40 years at "Days" telling the best stories and taking the younger cast under his wing to make sure they would do their best as well. Thank you, Drake, for the legacy you have left for everyone at "Days." The impact you made on the cast, crew and fans will never be forgotten...and that's a fact.

[Taoboi]

So beautiful and so sad. 

[janea4old]

 

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[AbcNbc247]

RIP to our hero, John Black 

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I really wonder why they chose to write this whole ‘John is getting better’ part of the storyline, especially since we all knew what was really going to happen. And I hope we find out the answer someday.

But as tough and as tearjerking as today was, it was also really beautiful. And the acting, even though a lot of it if not all of it was real, was spectacular. The flashbacks were beautiful too. I honestly can’t even describe how much I enjoyed today. 

Having so many of John and Marlena’s scenes be focused on the two of them and their love story was the right decision. It was a fitting end to John and Marlena. And I’m also glad that John and Steve got to have one last goodbye after everything that happened.

As for Bo and Hope and their family, I did think that some parts were a little unnecessary but I really enjoyed Bo’s dream and his reunion with Zack. The acting playing Zack actually did a pretty good job too. Everybody encouraging Bo to fight was really the right decision in this storyline as well. 

As for the final minutes of today, be prepared. I actually have tears running down my cheeks as I write this. 

[janea4old]

On May 27, Johnny spoke to Sami on the phone, and learned that Sami and Sydney were trying to fly in from Sicily, but were stopped by a volcanic eruption because the ash had grounded all the planes.

As discussed on the May thread, ash from Mt. Etna in Sicily caused planes to be grounded in summer 2024, so Cwikly/Ford would have known that.  (I just learned that Mt. Etna has been considered "active" with intermittent activity since 2022, including February, April, and May 2025.)

Friday May 30, Will said that Sami and Sydney found another flight and will be here soon.

Well, Sami and Sydney got out just in time, because …

There was (and still is ongoing) a huge eruption of Mt. Etna that began very early Monday morning June 2 Italy time (which would be Sunday night June 1st Chicago time) and a volcanic ash plume had reached an altitude of around 6,400 metres (around 3 or 4 miles high)
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/mount-etna-eruption-volcano-smoke-lava-live-updates-b2761911.html 

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[janea4old]

John loved Sami unconditionally and forever

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[asafi]

Wait, Sami didn’t get to say goodbye to John before he passed? That’s so sad.

[janea4old]

Yes it's sad 

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 that Sami didn't make it back in time to say goodbye

but John loved her and his spirit would have felt her spirit with him. He would have known in his heart that she wanted to be there. 

[JtSmarts]

That scene janea posted is my all time favorite John and Sami scene.