Alison Sweeney makes long-term return to "Days of our Lives"

Guess we know where Kristian Alfonso's salary money went.

In other words, she couldn’t find any other work.

Doesn’t she do Hallmark and Lifetime movies?

Returning to daytime? SHE'S The Biggest Loser!

DOOL?

She'd better not be making more $ than me.

Dee will just try to put out a cig in Ali's eye again

Is Dee still the highest paid Queen of Daytime?

Alfonso was making more than Hall since Dee returned in 2011.

To be fair, Alison should be paid the most, because whenever she's on, Sami is a great drive to the show and carries lots of story.

It's nice to have Hope/Alfonso there but she is not a big draw. She and Missy Reeves/Jen are nice for oldtimers but both are kind of played out.

Who is top billed on this program?

I wonder if this is why they brought Galen back.

When Corday throws a Hail Mary, he throws a Hail Mary!

Let's see if James Scott wants to fill his financial coffers for a few months so he can continue his spiritual journey.

I'd have a spiritual journey on EJ's pendulous dong.

EJ will be no fun with William in absentia.

DOOL!

Ah, DOOL.

DROOL.

STROODZ

Have any of you heard that Garrett Clayton will be making an appearance on DOOL?

Good! Days needs Sami.

Galen is back R12? And glad Alison is coming back.

Not sure why his Instagram link not showing, but Galen sure is coming back. That was a quick departure/return.

This mess is still on?

Sami is such a horrible one-note character. She's self-absorbed, annoying, immature, it's ALL and ALWAYS about Sami and her self-created DRAMA....wait, she's actually perfect for our times. ReThugs must love the Sami character.

Where did the joke about EJ's pendulous dong come from? Does he have nudes or something?

James Scott is 6'4.

What's with the EJ 13x5x8 joke? BDF? Because he's so goodlooking he must have a huge dick? I missed the evolution of that.

It's 13 x 8.5.

It's been around DL for at least six, if not more years now, R27. In fact it may have originated back when "Shrine to the Soap Hunks" still existed, and James Scott won the top Adonis Award for something like 4 years in a row. That was over 10 years ago.

What the hell is up with Camila Banus?

To lure her back, they probably made a commitment that she gets to direct a certain number of episodes as well.

Hopefully that means more Jesus r30

Camila and Galen both leave at the end of this week and return later this fall, R29.

R32 I’m aware. I wanted her gone for good because she’s so one-note but I’m starting to think she’s not even acting.

[quote] It's 13 x 8.5.

It grows a half inch bigger when William and his bubble butt are around.

I never watched Galen on Days. I only know him from Passions

Good. The show went downhill fast when Sweeney and Scott left in short order.

I haven’t watched Days in years. Last time I watched Austin Peck was still on lmao

I want to see Chandler Massey's bum and willy x

Ok Soapsuds. You’re old enough to be Chambo’s grandfather. Gross!!!

Didn't they make such a huge deal about her leaving? That she was retiring from Soaps?

Why is Mama Hernandez coming back?

Looking at their ratings, what do they have to lose by doing the EJ / WIll storyline they ducked a few years ago?

They fired Massey. He ain’t coming back.

Chambo needs to do some indie movies where he can show his goodies

[quote]They fired Massey. He ain’t coming back.

They fired Galen Gering. He's coming back. They fired Camila Banus. She's coming back. They fired Bryan Datillo (numerous times). He's come back (numerous times).

[quote]They fired Massey. He ain’t coming back.

Bitch, please!

Eh, it's obvious what storyline they need, and it ain't EJ and Sami again.

At least she still looks like herself.

Camila BaNuS

FCF only has one more week to go, so what day do we get the much-anticipated Sonny-Stefano sex scene?

Carlivati was sick of Chambo’s smirk during serious scenes. Dude needs to grow up and stop making farts during his scenes.

Chambo doesn't fart

Martha Madison (Belle) is also sticking around when the show resumes taping.

R47 I loved EJill. But it's probably time to move on from that fantasy. Scott is on some serious "spiritual journey", so there's little hope of him coming back.

I think this is the story they should have run with (and still could, if they wanted to) ....

It's all about money, and that's why James and Ali left. Ali had enough connections and gratitude for DAYS that she has returned for short term stays several times, but James......I suspect only old a 2000 era soap paycheck would bring him back, and that's unlikely.

James Scott hasn't worked as an actor since 2016. How does he make a living? It's hard to believe he could have made so much in his 10 years on soaps that he doesn't have to work now.

Alison got Alfonso, Massey and Smith’s salary. They ain’t coming back.

R57 If James Scott invested any of his once-fat DOOL paycheck in SoCal real estate during the eight years he was on the show, then it wouldn't be all that unbelievable that he could have made a few million off that to live on, or might still have rental income from such properties.

James Scott is fine. He sends his love and news that he is never ever ever returning to a lowly soap opera.

I hear he will Never be back

Like never

Offer him top billing and Dee Dee's paycheck, and he'll be back.

With his new monastic look, besides top billing, he might need Suzanne Rogers' wig now as well.

I'd offer him top billing, Dee Dee's paycheck, and I'd shitcan Jennifer Aniston's father just for the hell of it. Then he'd be back.

I wish Jen Aniston would join the show for Victor’s farewell to Day’s. She could murder him or something.

i'd just bite the bullet and recast EJ with L.A. based, British actor-model-celebrity-trainer, Nick Houslow (age 40).

They could probably get him pretty cheap, and totally-gay EJ could be fun.

What is James Scott doing and where is he?

He's doing me, in my bed

He’s crocheting blankets and trying his hand at decoupage r67. Look for his new shop on Etsy, ‘James Scotts’ Lots’

He’s crocheting blankets and trying his hand at decoupage r67. Look for his new shop on Etsy, ‘James Scotts’ Lots’

He's also selling his cum stained jocks......

[quote] James Scotts’ Lots

Shouldn't that be "James Scott's Lots"?

R66, ??? we've HAD a gay EJ

The show was never going to do EJill. EJami was the show's most popular couple that it pissed off Ken when Allison and James decided that they wanted to leave the show.

R73 I think that EJ was bi.

It was said that Ken thought NBC wanted to so some kind of soap with Sweeney and Scott. Apparently this is why they got such a shitty sendoff. And all I could think was, what network is developing daytime soaps anymore? And why would Ken think that NBC was doing that.

The fact that James Scott won't even entertain coming back means something else must have happened behind the scenes to piss him off.

R76 There have been rumors that James felt like Ken and I guess other higher ups had been screwing him over and not paying him enough along with starting to become burnt out. As to the ending its has been alleged that originally EJami were supposed to ride off into the sunset but Ken was so angry that Alison and James were leaving that he forced the writers to change the ending as a way to get back at them.

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While James and Chandler liked playing the sexual undertones of their relationship, there was no way in a hell a daytime to soap was going to make their leading man bisexual. The conservative audience of a soap just wouldn't have it.

Even though seeing Will, Sami, and EJ playing the Doug, Julie, Addie storyline would have been a hoot and a half.

[quote]Even though seeing Will, Sami, and EJ playing the Doug, Julie, Addie storyline would have been a hoot and a half.

That would have been fantastic. And yes, far too out there for the average conservative soap viewer.

Still, the Doug-Julie-Addie story is what made Days so compelling to me as a gayling.

I think they could have teased it more than they did, for sure. I get that Will/EJ could have never been consummated.

But it could have been a psychological thing, like Iris wanting to break up Mac and Rachel because of her love for Daddy.....and it would have made sense for Will to want to steal someone else's man, as his mama did.

Both Chandler and James said that they were told to stop playing the subtext between Will and EJ. Then Will was completely taken out of any scenes with EJ. The same thing happened with Will and OG Chad. They even got in trouble for playing scenes a certain way.

Who is OG Chad?

This guy R83.

Casey D is a hot man. So much hotter than frog faced Future Academy Award Winner (tm) Billy Flynn....

So what storylines is Dee given these days to justify her paycheck?

Is she ultra rich in real life or did it all go on those divorces?

NIcole had a great line when she was blasting EJ over some stuff; Will, EJ's 'intern' was in the room and Nicole says Ej you're spending too much time with 'your pretty little intern.'

Men can be beautiful, pretty cute -- words usually reserved for women.

Lucinda blasted Iva once on ATWT when Iva accused her of hurting her family; Lucy: "Your pretty brother is still working for me."

"Pretty" when used to describe a man is usually code for gay.

For example, the Eagles' "Hotel California" contains this line:

"She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends"

Ali was a beauty back in the day and Jensen Ackles was well cast as her twin. Even Kristen Storms was believable as their (rapidly aged) half-sister, conceived on a board room table.

OG Chad had chemistry with many guys

and he still looks good, he is on the CW show IN the dark

good to have confirmation

This is a fun scene.

Lucas: "Working for EJ is like sleeping with the enemy." Will: "lol"

EJ loves hearing Will declare what a great boss he is. Then when Will defies Lucas by staying with EJ, EJ celebrates by getting Will liquored-up.

What's Salem's best Shrink up to?

[quote]Look at those titties!

Look at those shoulder pads!

With Chambo leaving, is the pervert Soapsuds from SON going to now whack off to Lucas Adams? Soapsuds is old enough to be their grandfather! Disgusting old fat slob.

Dee should have had at least 2 daytime Emmys if they gave that slapper Susan Lucci 1.

There are two strange writer firings in Days recent history, that will never make sense to me.

1) Brash and Cwikly back in the early 2000s to be replaced by Dena

2) MarDar in 2011 to be replaced by Tomlin and Whitesell

I will forever wonder what they did to piss off Ken. Because watching scenes like R92 just reminded me that MarDar were on a good path, but then they got fired and I don't understand why. Ken also hates Sally Sussman for some reason.

R67 He was recently pictured on the other DOOL thread. Look at replies #298, #299.

He's shaved his head and appears to be meditating - surrounding himself with what looks like Tibetan-Buddhist symbols.

He's also currently writing-editing his first book from his "three years of research." Something about "relative truth." Seems kind of rambling.

What's Marlena been doing lately please? I don't get DOOL in my country.

I'm blanking on who MarDar are?

MarDar = Marlene McPherson and Darrell Ray Thomas

They wrote the grief sex with Sami and EJ; Will saw it and freaked; it was a great repeat of Sami walking in on John and Marlena.

Marlene and Darrell won the Emmy for Best Writing, but they'd recently been canned and didn't show up; would have been a great speech.

MarDar were SO fucking awesome!

I don't care if TomSell are gay, they were so terrible for so many years. I even prefer Dena to TomSell.

Wonder why another soap didn't snap up MarDar?

[quote] MarDar in 2011 to be replaced by Tomlin and Whitesell

R97, if you referred to MarDar why didn’t you refer to TomSell?

That's a good point R104. I've just always referred to them as MarDar. I don't think I knew that Whitesell and Tomlin were known as TomSell. That must have went over my head, but I wasn't really paying attention to the show all that much after MarDar left.

Ken has almost always wanted Dena as hw. Dena was briefly made hw around 2003. She was eventually fired and replaced JER who Sony had brought on to try to clean up what she had done to the show. Ken was angry that Dena had been fired.

Dena was brought back a second time and made co hw first with Victor Gialanella then Rick Draughon and then Christopher Whitesell before becoming sole hw. NBC eventually got tired of her and demanded that she be fired. So replaced with MarDar who were tasked with trying to fix the damage she had caused.

Dena roped her way back for a third time. This time as co hw with Josh Griffith because she promised to bring back all the "true Days fans" who she claimed were sick of seeing these new characters and who wanted all the gays off the show because they were immoral and drove viewers away from the show. Plus they supposedly didn't want their children to end up seeing gays kissing or having "pornographic gay sex" on daytime tv. Dena eventually got Josh fired. Eventually once again NBC and Sony got fed up with Dena and demanded that she be fired or the show wouldn't get renewed. Ron was then brought on after Dena was once again fired.

They should bring back Savannah Wilder as a disgraced Hollywood madame looking to regroup in a small town. She hires Will, Tripp, Chad and Ben who work out of the gas station she just bought.

Josh Griffith was worse than Dena.

Jigsaw Dad for John, Crazy Aiden & Double, Step-Brother Chase Raping Ciara... all JG storylines.

Ken and Dena must fuck or have some kind of weird co-dependent relationship. I know she has been with the on and off for many years. So many years in fact that you would think she would be a better writer.

I loved how MarDar had EJ and Sami getting ready to run away, with Will helping them. The next day, TomSell’s first day, Sami left EJ and ran back to Rafe, and they immediately made the out & proud gay Will fuck Gabi.

TomSell are so much worse than Dena, who is awful.

R103 Not long after, Marlene was tapped to be one of the co-head writers of the "All My Children" online revival (along with Elizabeth Snyder).

Dena had been with the show since the 80s. There was a rumor claiming that Ken attempted to try to sabotage JER second stint on the show because he was very angry that Dena had been fired.

Who brought back trashy Hattie?

MarDar was really a good HW team but a little leisurely for the DAYS crowd, I guess.

Marlene McPherson was a little nuts. She’d threaten to sue you if you said anything bad about her writing. Thin skinned like Carlivati.

I wonder how much blood from young virgins Dee Dee has to drink a day to remain human looking?

[quote]I wonder how much blood from young virgins Dee Dee has to drink a day to remain human looking?

She has had excellent plastic surgery through the years. My mom said Dee did a Facebook video with her twin sister, and the sister looks 20 years older than Dee.

Why on earth would 39-year old Dee need plastic surgery?

Don't mind those bitches, Dee. Us ingenues gotta stick together!

R119 lol we love you Cathy!

They're bringing everyone back -

JJ Jan Orpheus' son (name escapes me) Chloe Kristin Gabi Brady Tripp

r121

interesting... SOD has Abby, Kristin, Tripp and Brady returning this week but nothing about the others

What happened with Jan on the Last Blast reunion?

r121

That looks like the fall preview more than the weekly one

Confirmation of returns here:

R121 Orpheus' son is Evan Frears or rather Christian Maddox.

So widower Will return after Sonny falls in the Grand Canyon?

the clip from r121 is labeled fall preview here

[quote]the clip from [R121] is labeled fall preview here

The point is they’re all coming back, obviously it’s not all next week — they haven’t started filming new shows yet, and Gabi and Rafe won’t be back before those shows begin to air.

r128

understood but the clip is labelled Weekly Preview (8/31/20) - Days of our Lives

I'm glad they are all returning!

ev time i ex off these soap opera threads, dey cum bak....damn

Is Ciara "disappearing" like Laura did on GH in Early 1982?

If all these stars are returning, is Dee Dee still guaranteed top billing?

Soapsuds PERVERT is still whacking off to Chandler smirky. Disgusting! What would Alan Sarapa say about that?

I'm sure Jan Spears doesn't get 1/100th of Deidre's salary, much less any preferred billing.

[quote] is Dee Dee still guaranteed top billing?

Excuse me?

[quote] Suzanne Rogers’ wig

Suzi's 5.99 wig from McCrory's, you mean.

I remember when Alison was a little piglet, but she's grown to be quite comely.

A few extensions and a nose job can't hide her Deplorable soul.

R137 You mean, quite cuntly, right? She has Frau face for days.

[quote]Alan Sarapa

I see this name pop up in all the soap threads. Who is this?

Here's this week's promo

[quote]Dee will just try to put out a cig in Ali's eye again

Nonsense. Sami is always welcome back in Salem with a warm hug from Marlena.

The pairing of EJ and Sami stretched plausibilty. I mean, she's a 6/10 and he's off the scale.

R140 Alan Sarapa is a HOTTIE from twitter who pretends to know all the backstage gossip. He’s a mess who lives with his momma. Ugly as fuck.

If Alfonso and Vaughan's salaries freed up the funds to bring all these characters back... BYE!

Imagine what they could do if they shit-canned Jennifer Aniston's father.

Some Days fans still keep hoping that Jennifer Aniston will appear on the show one day.

^She could shoot a week's worth of episodes in one day, maybe as a surly home health nurse who gives Victor the business. Only have to work with her dad, and give Days the best publicity/ratings it's had in decades, if not ever.

But, that's just what I'd do if my father's show was on the cancellation bubble every year.

Will and Sonny are the fall promo so I guess they are returning

"Fall" starts Monday on DAYS. That's why they are in the promo: saying farewell.

JKJ's hair looks much better.

WHAT HAPPENED on the Last Blast web series? Wasn't Jan Spears on that?

Does no one want to tell me what Marlena has been up to please?

Ben is Marlena's favorite patient and "grandson." She loves him deeply and is so proud of the progress he's made since murdering all of those people, including her real grandson, Will.

BTW, RSW did a very good job acting last week.

When does Hope's Neck leave Salem?

A serial killer character has been transformed into a fan favorite. But it was considered totally unacceptable to portray a leading man, such as EJ, as bisexual. Funny old world.

I am curious why Evan is returning when there is no other gays on the canvas(I do like he's back though)

r153

I wonder if they could do it now though 8 years later

I think they could have a prominent male character protrayed as bisexual these days. But it would still be considered too risky for it to be the leading man, such as EJ.

It wouldn't be the same if it were anyone but EJ.

Maybe because that "serial killer" was willing to do things that EJ wouldn't 😉 r153.

I don't want to see any bisexual man on DAYS hooking up with a man but then choosing to be with a woman in a true love romantic relationship later, forgetting he ever dallied with men at all afterwards. His man/man past will stay in the past.

I'm all for Bi Erasure here.

Evan/Christian is bisexual. You can have a bisexual character, it just can't be the show's romantic leading man.

If you think about it soaps have certain rules about gays and lesbians and how they are to be written. There has been a common theme with most gay characters and gay sexuality. I think the must daring display for any network television show of male/male sexuality was Strudel Will and Paul, but apparently the show got so many letters and negative reactions that it scared them.

And it's not just the gays, soaps really don't do interracial couples all that much. It really comes down to the audience. Personally, I think if they took more chances they could possibly build a different audience. But I don't think the current shows want to risk losing the audience they have left for an audience they may not get.

My mind isn't an inch long anymore. When we last say Evan was he on his way to prison or did he go on the run?

how are they going to redeem Evan? I bet Orpheus murdered Jordan now

Being a naked a lot will help R162

Memo to male soap fans: You do NOT matter to TPTB or to advertisers. They do not care what you think or want.

Why does KA always paint one fingernail a different color than all the rest?

The only "straight" male soap character who dabbled in homosexual activity is Adam on Y&R, who slept with his gay lawyer to distract him from finding something out. There are, of course, gay male characters who for inexplicable reasons suddenly impregnated a female character, like Will on DOOL or Steven Carrington on Dynasty, but that was purely for plot purposes. In general, gay characters have to be straight-acting and seek traditional straight-type relationships. The only exception that I can think of is Leo on DOOL, who was a hoot. But I've never seen gay characters cruise or hang out in backrooms or clubs. We're never told one is a top and the other a bottom.

[quote] We're never told one is a top and the other a bottom.

I beg your pardon!

[quote]The only "straight" male soap character who dabbled in homosexual activity is Adam on Y&R

And that has been completely washed away as if it never happened.

WHAT'S MARLENA BEING UP TO?!?!?!

R166 because the audience wouldn't go for that. You had some soap fans basically calling for Will's head on a pike after him and Paul fucked. Claiming what they did was pornographic,sick and immoral. Even pointing out to them that grandma Marlena fucked John despite being with Roman at the time or that grandma Kate has fucked numerous men wouldn't make them change their opinion.

Leo had complaints from those who didn't want any gays on their soaps in general to those that said he was a negative gay stereotype. Who reinforced the notion that gay men make unwarranted passes at straight men and that he elevated straight men over other gay men.

After Kyle and Oliver had sex on OLTL there were a lot of complaints about it. Luke and Noah kissing on ATWT had these soap fans who complained and saying that they were going to boycott P&G and all the products advertised on the commercials that aired during the show.

There were a lot of complaints about Lucas and Brad on GH especially after they had sex and because at one point you could see that Brad starting to climb on top Lucas. Potentially indicating that Brad was about to start riding on top of Lucas's dick.

There had been complaints about Noah's male college professor who seemed interested in him.

There was a scene taped of Luke and Reid having sex but it was cut. There were other scenes of Luke and Noah kissing but they too were cut. There was a scene clearly showing Adam kissing Rafe before they were about to have sex but it was cut from the show.

RSW is terrible

[quote]RSW is terrible

Pretty covers a multitude of sins.

RSW tries. Smirky Chambo never even tried to act. He can take his flat ass and go away this week. Thank god the smiler will be gone. He was useless. Time to try college again for another 10 years.

Chan doesn't have a flat arse

I was 2 feet away from Chan’s ass at the last Day of Days. Flat as a board.

Like you would turn it down if he offered it to you R175

R175 did you give it a sniff to see what it smelled of?

R168 Based on how Adam and Rafe's hook-up was scripted (a case of situational homosexuality), what more is there to say? Y&R had subsequent scenes where Adam "broke up" with Rafe explaining it wasn't for him; there was another scene with his father, Victor, where Adam denied he was gay; there was the big reveal with his girlfriend, Heather, where Adam tried to explain to her what happened and that he was neither gay nor bisexual. .. Adam's nemesis, Billy Abbott, wrote about it in his "Restless Style" exposée of Adam, so the whole town knew. .. And even a few months later, when Adam began dating Sharon Newman, he raised the subject with her, and Sharon said she had no problem with the fact that he'd had sex with a man. And that was that. Again, what more is there to say?

I wish Mark Grossman's Adam would get gay with someone, perhaps Billy.

R179 When Grossman's Adam was 'forcing' Kevin to work for him, many thought he should make Kevin his bitch.

I put forth that proposition as it was unfolding, r180. No one listened.

Kadam 4ever.

Another case of Rikaart sparking with his Y&R male screen partners (Graziadei, Redford, Serrachio, McKenna, Grossman).

Soaps will never do what male homos watching want. They don’t care about the homo audience. Get that through your heads. Soaps don’t cater to male homos.

I'm a cum guzzling, multiple cock taking, gay man and I'm okay with that R183. I never asked for gay representation on the soaps. I was fine with the straight hunks and the straight romances. The soaps were the ones who thought they could be edgy and introduce this stuff and then discovered that their majority conservative audience doesn't want gay characters unless they are neutered.

But the shows talk this big game and then always ALWAYS have to backtrack on gay content. I just feel bad for the gay fans who keep thinking that this time it's gonna different and then are disappointed. Once these shows get their good press and their GLAAD Awards, they're done and the characters get backburnered.

For gay content I watch Holyoaks.

Their gays are totally integrated with the rest of the characters and the gays drive just as much story as their straight counterparts.

R185 But their gay characters are all over the place and that show can't seem to go for long without killing off some characters in some frivolous ways for shock value.

B Rodriguez needs to shave the goatee.

Sami is the best character. Seeing her go against Kate Roberts (Lauren Koslow) and Dee-Dee is always amazing. They need to hire Belle back long-term though, because Sami needs Belle to be her foil.

Belle should be with Philip.

Gay Shawn needs to be with... Christian Maddox?

r188

or CArrie

Yeah, Sami's sisters (Belle and Carrie) need to be on the same time as Sami.

I think this show is going to only streaming soon. It's NBC online's biggest revenue generator. No one has time to watch the show during normal airing hours because people are working.

They need to give a good contract to Greg Vaughan. He's so fucking hot. He's one of those guys who are so good looking that it seems almost unreal. If it goes online only, they need to start having the male actors doing rear nudity. How hot would it be to have Eric/Rafe/Brady having sex scenes where you can see them fully nude?

R191 can Dee Hall do rear nudity too please?

With those manly suits that they dress Marlena in, she looks like a big ole dyke.

Marlena is a slut, wasn't she pregnant again 15 years ago and didn't know who the father was? Luckily she fell down the stairs.

Marlena, has only been with the following:

Alex North

Don Craig

Roman Brady

Richard Cates

John Black

And technically Kellam Chandler (he raped her)

That's not a lot of guys.

You forget all the men she had those years she claimed she was "in a coma"

Has Dee been with many guys, or the ladies? Wink wink

Marlena had sex with the Devil himself.

R131, you know your stuff; many feel Laura left late 1981.

Genie technically was on GH in '82, '83, and '84.

R199, I remember especially well because it was right before school started again in January after the Holiday break. I wanted to make sure I caught all of Genie's farewell episodes!!!

Anyone care to fill me in on who Jan Spears is?

Muriel won't let me post all of the text.

Jan's parents are very wealthy and very busy ... her mother is a 'daily manicure' kind of woman, and her father is constantly on business. Their neglect of her hurts Jan, and makes her act out, because her parents are never around. This leaves Jan free to get into a lot of trouble, which she did her junior year. Jan, Philip, and Jason, all rich kids with time to kill, made a point of ridiculing new girl Chloe Lane, because she dressed all in black and didn't want to have a lot to do with the other students.

The problems between Jan and Chloe escalated to the point where Jan and Mimi, a girl Chloe began picking on when Mimi's family lost all their money, created a plan to get back at Chloe for pinning Jan down and rubbing a dead rat all along her face and neck. They set up a camera to take pictures of a naked Chloe in the shower, and Jan set up a plan to post them on the Internet, and also slipped a slide into the projector at the Last Blast Dance.

Jan and Mimi made $27,000 off the Internet site, but they also landed themselves in a heap of trouble. Chloe took them to court, and Jan and Mimi were sentenced to spend the summer on the environmental activity trip the school had planned, and to clean the showers during their senior year. That wasn't the worst punishment...they were banned from attending any non-educational extracurricular activity...in other words, no prom!

The only person left standing by Jan is her boyfriend Jason (her parents were 'too busy' to even show up for court), but that's not much there...Jason has frequently exhibited bursts of temper with Jan, and her friends have occasionally wondered if his temper is worse than they see. He has no problem grabbing her when she's angry, and doesn't listen when she tells him it's hurting her.

Things finally came to a head between Jan and Jason while they were on the island. She tired of his abusive behavior and obsessive drinking, and found herself sucked in by Paul Mendez and his promises to make her a star. She started to realize that something was wrong, but before she could get away from him, Paul held her down and raped her, taking her virginity, and leaving her with gonorrhea...and a baby on the way.

Jan was utterly humiliated by the experience, and begged Shawn, who found her, not to tell anyone. When she, and then everyone else, discovered she was pregnant, Shawn talked her into going through with the pregnancy, and promised that he would marry her, and raise the baby as his own, which devastated his girlfriend, Belle. Jan left town after losing the baby, and having the truth about what happened come out.

"After spending a year in Europe with her parents, Jan returned to Salem. Her mother and father had apparently been killed, leaving Jan very wealthy. She soon began seeking therapy from Marlena Evans, claiming to have reformed. In reality, she just wanted to break up Shawn and Belle, and get Shawn for herself, and she enlisted Nicole's help to do it. Nicole talked the disturbed young woman into killing Victor for her, but that in itself didn't help Jan's cause. After Shawn and Belle split because Shawn blamed Belle for his beloved great-grandmother's death, Jan kidnapped Shawn and held him hostage at her country house, torturing him with visions of Belle getting closer to their good friend, Philip.

Shawn finally escaped from Jan's prison and took off on a motorcycle, headed for Salem and Belle. Unfortunately, his motorcycle crashed and he suffered serious head wounds. He was different after the accident, and Jan was the only woman he wanted to be with (which, of course, thrilled Jan). Jan has continued to manipulate Shawn, but Shawn was with her of his own free will. Jan was desperate to keep Shawn with her, to the extent of blackmailing Mimi with the news of her abortion to keep Mimi silent once Mimi found out that Jan had held Shawn captive in her home. The two were arguing one night and Jan tripped on a rock, hitting her head. Jan disappeared from the Salem scene after going into the hospital, leaving Mimi to face the music.

15 years later, in New York, a recently awoken Jan came to New York and once again kidnapped Shawn and held him hostage in abandoned building during the "Last Blast Reunion". She planned on literally bombing the entire party but was stopped by her former classmates and was arrested and sent to prison for her crimes.

In the Fall of 2020, Jan returns to Salem."

As for Marlena's sex life, we don't know for sure who she might have slept with prior to arriving in Salem in 1976. Sure, she had a relationship with Alex North and then blocked it out. Maybe she blocked out other men (or woman). It was the free-wheeling 70s, Marlena might have been a slut extraordinaire and then blocked it all out upon arrival in Salem ! (She seems to have blocked out her life as superhero Electra Woman).

The four years she was missing, supposedly in a coma, 1987-1991, she could have been sleeping with any number of men. She gave birth to the Gemini Twins during this time and couldn't remember it. Who knows what men she had. She may have been a highly paid escort since for all we know since they never really explored that time. All we really know is that she woke up from a coma with a stylish hairdo and rushed off to find Roman (John). Maybe she fell into that coma just a week earlier, right after getting her hair done. Details are sketchy, so lots of story potential there.

Wow, I just loved the entire Salem Stalker storyline of 2003-2005...

r204

I never thought she was actually in the coma for all 4 years... do you know if they actually said she was or was that the assumption?

I just copied the fan wiki of Jan Spears. No idea if she was in a coma for all of those years.

I myself have asked several times lately exactly what happened in the web series but no one has answered.

This doesn't have much more info about where Jan was after 2005...

WHAT????

The Last Blast Reunion was just a book Jan Spears was writing????????????

Both Nancy AND Gay Craig were on the Last Blast Reunion series!

And Ron wrote it!

R195 Marlena's only 39, so give her time.

I always thought Marlena was up to no good during those missing 4 years. She turned up in both Columb and Murder, She Wrote during these "lost" years and she was a bad egg in both!

Show never explicitly said Marlena was in a coma all four years, but they certainly implied it when she returned in 1991. Other than being pregnant with the Gemini Twins, we don't know anything about what she was doing during that time.

Perhaps she was in a coma the whole time. But a good writer could give her a tortured past during those four years. She could have had three other pregnancies during that time. Could have become a cat burglar like Princess Gina. Could have been a super spy like Anna Devane. Could have become a suburban mother of three living with her father-in-law Wilford Brimley.

And since she has a history of blocking out portions of her past -- Alex North, the Gemini Twins -- there's precedent for her having done scandalous things during that time and not remembering it.

Who is the fat lady in the green coat?

the dumbest freaking thing GL ever did to Reva was reveal that she was living as Catherine on the island of San Stupid-ville where she gave birth to Jonathan/Sandy

Better to have actually had her be the woman in that Italian travel video that Billy and Sarah saw.

what Marlena was or wasn't doing for four years prompted me to think of Reva's missing five years

.........

Just to be clear, before all you fat fraus get excited, christopher Sean is straight. A complete pussy hound. Now back off you fat fraus.

DAYS tried to recruit me as the new Laura Horton, but I could make more money as a bank teller. Happily, I am the new Katherine Chancellor on Y&R.

If they wanted to do something with Marlena's missing years they should have done it in the 90s. Ideally in the first two years after she returned in 91 when she wasn't exactly given explosive storylines until the affair with John in 1993 and possession in late 94/95.

R219 Scoche, you don’t even have a debut date!

Why do they keep dressing Marlena like a big ole lez with the suit and tie?

^Because, when Susan Flannery retired, she left her uber-dyke wardrobe to bestie's Dee Hall and Jane Elliot.

not sure which is the main DOOL thread so I'm putting this here as well

What will Nicole do with Eric leaving? Will Eric be presumed dead? They just got married

Glad that Jan is back. Hopefully she is still a mess and has that cage ready for Shawn Douglas.

Good riddance to smiley. Never come back.

Awww... Chandler just tweeted: @ali_sweeney It was my absolute pleasure to work with and learn from you. You're the best onscreen mother a guy could wish for and a genuinely amazing human being.

R220, I gotta hand it to Reilly.

He came in, saw that Hall was the star of the show, wrote for her many times: affair with John, he aged Sami to add conflict, the possession, the rivalry with Kristen....the money she must have made!

She was already a star! Reilly made her a bigger one; and making her the Salem Serial Killer his second stint on the show? Smart.

For whatever reason, he didn't stick the landing (did NBC and Corday insist on bringing everyone back via Melaswen? Or was it Reilly's plan all along? He had Julian come back to Harmony via Hell on Passions so he was known to resurrect.

How can someone who lives outside the US, watch the Last Blast Reunion?

R229 See if you can watch at this boot leg link. You can either watch there, or hit the "d" logo on the screen and it takes you to Dailymotion.

R228 The show got a lot of complaints and backlash from fans over Marlena "killing" people especially veteran characters. That's why it was eventually retconned that those characters weren't actually dead but on an island and years later the show would once again receive a lot backlash and complaints.

she went too far shoving a donut down poor Alice Horton's throat.

Marlena got in her car later and said 'OH! I forgot to get the recipe from her before I killed her!'

When someone said it was all a DiMera hoax later, Julie said: "WHAT ELSE?"

The video at R142 shows how quickly they would cycle Marlena in the Reilly era. Luckily Dee, having played Electra Woman was extremely knowing of this type of humor.

In the Monday episode, she's the Matron of Honor at Carrie and Austin's wedding, the very WEEK before was Marlena's exorcism performed by John, who cleansed her soul of the desecrator.

And don't forget, she was Stefano's brainwashed Queen of the Night in those strange pre-possession episodes, when he would crawl through her boudoir at night, and those 5 Marlena clones at the airport....

What 5 Marlena clones? Anyone remember when she walked into some big family gathering naked? During the Stephano mind control

That Marlena was a clown!

Remember that bucked toothed Susan Banks? She must have been based on you Sue.

WHET to Penny Hughes, you may ask yourself?

Penny Hughes has been Murieled.

So Lucas is sticking around for a year, so there should be many Lumi interactions to come. Too bad Will is out of town while his parents are finally in Salem for a while. I suppose the show will bring back Allie so she can be the kid Lumi can fuss over and annoy.

Damn, how much cash did Kristian Alfonso free up?

R236 *giggles*

Tamara Braun back as Ava!! They should have fired KA years ago.

Chambo freed up some bucks. He’s a business man now! lololol Eating egg cabbage bowls in his parents house in Georgia. Must smell nice in there with Chambo farting all the time.

Chan doesn't fart

Is the person who dislikes Chan so much a Strudel fan or something?

I love Chandler

I wish Chan would at least bare his lovely arse

R239 It's probably more like the other actors are desperate for some work and would work for much less.

How much would be saved if they shit-canned Jennifer Aniston's father?

[quote]Tamara Braun back as Ava!!

I assume that will also usher in the return of Joey -- hopefully with a new actor in the role.

Is Tamara coming back or is that wishful thinking as I haven't seeing that anywhere

Also NuClaire and Hope together was jarring... No wonder why KA wanted to bolt.

It was in the latest SOD R250 and discussed on Twitter along with all of Days Fall Storylines.

I said VK would be back and I was called a liar.

"A.V." were the letters on one of the doors in Rolf & Kristen's compound, where EJ, Jack and Vivian were.

Way to go, Ron! Ava us awesome!

R252

Where did you see she’s returning

R251

Thanks, I must’ve missed that and I just saw it on DC as well

R254 Fall preview where Ron said she was going to come and go. She’s going to be recurring. In her exit statement she specified that she wouldn’t be returning “full time.”

R245 We Know you love Chandler. Ron Gonzalez, you are a fat, old pervert jerking off to Chandler. It disgusts me that you will transition to Lucas Adams as jerking off material. Disgusting, fat, old PIG!

R255 Because VK thinks she can do better. Hey, her bff ORK (old Claire) dropped Days for some lame Disney+ High School Musical series. VK ain't gonna be upstaged.

Fuck you Soapsuds. U ruined it

Anyone think Ava is only coming back for the Halloween ep?

R258 Soapsuds is a FAT, OLD troll Pervert. He’s now set his sights on young Lucas Adams. Soapsuds is a disgusting perv.

How is lusting after a hot adult male “disgusting?”

Sami’s twin Eric should be onscreen if she is. Even if she isn’t...

If Greg Vaughn is ungrateful enough to not want to play the part , then billy Miller, Jacob young, Thad luckinbill, Kyle lowder (lol), or anyone else should play him onscreen.

It seems like GV was upset because Eric didn't seem to have his own storyline. I think he wants to play an edgier type of character. Just a guess, but I think he's got the OWN show and Angie Harmon and doesn't need the Days salary any longer so he bolted.

GV was adequate in the role. He’s replaceable and Eric should be onscreen. Plenty of willing actors.

Is Jensen so rich now he's above doing soap?

R265

Duh!

R265 he was the highest paid actor over at the CW plus he has producer credits for Supernatural. Which means even more 💰 for him on top residuals. One of the reasons why Charlotte Ross didn't come back as Eve is because she knew she would make more money from guest appearances on Arrow than what she would make going back to Days.

[quote] One of the reasons why Charlotte Ross didn't come back as Eve is because she knew she would make more money from guest appearances on Arrow than what she would make going back to Days.

And the work isn't as hard.

Eric is one of the most recastable characters on the show. And there are a ton of 30ish-40ish white actors in LA looking for work. They should recast Ciara.

R268 The RoVi fans don't want Ciara recast because they claim it wouldn't have the "RoVi magic".

RoVi is a thing? Dear God.

She's great, and though I haven't watched in years, I miss Calliope, Celeste, & Vivian Alamain.

Yes it is r270 just like Cheddie is.

Why didn't Dee get more worked in the last stint she had "off" from days?

Looks to me like she's freshly botoxed and fillered, R273.

[quote]Why didn't Dee get more worked in the last stint she had "off" from days?

Dee's only 39, but looks at least 10 years younger. She hardly needs surgery or anything. She's not Jacqueline MacInnes Wood for God's sake.

R267 Alison makes good money from her Frau movies I assume but she still comes back to Days.

Because she uses Days to help promote those movies r276.

Ms. Sweeney has no interest in joining a "Real Housewives" franchise, and, thus, will accept any and all acting/hosting offers until she physically drops.

Sorry I meant to ask why Dee didn't get more roles and better offers when she was off the show?

Who cares. When is Chandler returning?

What a good episode today... tons of history references... Belle should have emphasized that Ciara was Sami’s cousin instead of referring to her as Shawn’s sister though and finally WENDY

Except the return of Jan... I thought everything in the reunion was part of Jan's dream but it really happened so how the fuck would Jan be released just months after that?

R282, Maybe because of the "time jump", she was released in a [bold]year[/bold] and a few months?

Was Marlena in the show today please?

I jerked my meat today looking at pictures of the hunk Chan!

R282 It was mentioned that Sami "greased a judge" to get Jan released.

Jan was in Shady Pines!

Any Marlena today?

I would grease the judge too if his name was Chandler!

R279 Since FCF is tethered to his fiancee 24/7 anyone who ships "Cheddie" is certifiable.

As for RSW - Isn't he still with that makeup artist who he's been partnered with for years and years?

Where do these "fans" come up with such stupid ideas?

I’m old enough to be Chan’s grandfather! I’m a pervert! I admit it.

[quote]Any Marlena today?

Yes, she hypnotized Ben wearing her power lesbian suit that she's had on for a weeks worth + of shows now, including the necktie, which, wouldn't that be triggering Ben, since he's the necktie killer?

This thread is taking a strange turn.

I can't remember, which Shawn Douglas was in the cage?

Shouldn't Marlena be retired now? Who'd actually trust her as their Psychiatrist?

How did Shawn take a shite when he was in a cage?

Barlena are going to make one hot couple!

Wow Dee does look amazing for 73

I love contributing to this thread! I am sitting in my Chandler room with all Chandler wallpaper!

Isn't Chambo now RSW's make-up artist?

[quote]Wow Dee does look amazing for 73

Her twin sister is in the green plaid shirt:

That link is forbidden on my server r301. Thanks for the spammy virus.

I don't think Deidre is spreading viruses to fans through her website, R302.

I want to catch Chandler’s viruses!

Didn't Dee sue a fan who was "caretaker" of her website?

R300 Impossible. Businessman Chandler is apparently on the road back to Peachtree Corners where he'll be sampling the local Georgia Peaches. #whatastud

I see the photo at R301 just fine. Did Meng's boyfriend take that photo?

R306 Are all the local Georgia peaches female?

Tripp seemed to have gained weight... but not to the Sonny level.

They really did a good job with that casting, R309. It's always the outside kids who look most like their daddies.

Are outside kids like Bébé's kids R310 ? I'm confused.

Soapsuds will be jerking off looking at Tripp.

Spoilers are saying mother/son duo Ava and Tripp will bring the mob to town. Joey needs to get out of prison so he and Tripp can do more shirtless bonding. Joey's been in jail since 2017! With the one year time jump, that's 4 years in jail! Missed opportunity to not have Will meet up with Joey in prison.

GrindrJoey!

I'll bet Joey does get out of prison but I bet they recast. I don't think Grindr Joey is coming back. (He wasn't very good.)

R315 If he's still involved with OldPaige he may decline to come back out of loyalty to her. Didn't he get upset when they canned her, with NuPaige already in the building?

R316, you mean NuJade. Paige is with Jumpstreet JJ aka DYKWIA.

The guy who played Morgan on GH is searching for a job on Twitter and I think he actually would be a good Joey

Does he have a name, r318—besides Morgan, I mean?

R317 Oh right. Thanks for the correction. I meant the two Jades. Brainfart because the OldJade is a Paige IRL,

r319

How much are they paying Alison Sweeney to return?

R321 Oh boy. Another unemployed Daytime Emmy WINNER: Face Cream Bryan.

R315 If he still looks good, it doesn't really matter that much about the acting as long as he can remember his lines. It's a soap after all.

I still remember fondly Xander's and GrindrJoey's bondage session from 2016.

I hated GrindrJoey's face and I hated his creepy hair.

Please recast with the hot GH guy!

I love Kate Roberts. I'm upset when she's not in an episode. She looks fabulous and love how she has that blue steak in her hair in homage to David Bowie. I like it when Kate Roberts and Dr. Marlena Evans spar over their shared gay grandson Will Horton, who they both love dearly and protect until the end.

Lauren Koslow is a fab actress. Underground queen of daytime. It's always amazing when fabulous Lisa Rinna reprises her role as Billie Reed (Kate's daughter).

Don't forget, Days is NBC's number one streaming show. It gets higher steaming numbers than their super expensive primetime dramas/procedurals (Blacklist/LaO:SWV, etc.). My friend told me that Days makes NBC a projected 0.9 million a day (329 million a year) due to streaming.

Alan Sarapa the HOTTIE, hates Bryan Craig.

Ok girl! Look at you @ r327 & your love for Lauren! I love it!

Is Bryan still threatening to break fingers on Twitter?

R329 - yes, bitch! I adore Lauren Koslow! She is a fierce bish and excellent daytime actress!

I love Deidre Hall (Dr. Marlena Evans) but Kate Roberts-DiMera is the fiercest bish on Daytime. Lauren Koslow brings EVERYTHING to that role (wearing Dolce and Gabanna catsuits to solemn church services, par exemple). If you don't recognize her genius, try to stream some episodes that she is heavily featured on. It's little wonder that the "powers that be" never threaten Koslow with lay-offs.

Lauren Koslow is the true unsung hero of Days. She delivers in every scene she’s in, large or small. Her outfits are fierce and would never be caught dead wearing (ahem) a butch lesbian power suit (for a week straight, no less).

Now that she has returned, Sami has become an even worse actress than she was when she left. She can't cry on screen to save her life.

⏳ DOOL !

I love the Butch Lesbian Power Suit Troll. You're new my new favorite.

What sort of underwear does Chandler favor?

Black boxer briefs R336. Particularly Banana Republic.

R337 Who buys them for him? His mother?

Has Dumb Chambo gotten that Corporate job yet???? lololololol

Remember when EJ had a secret affair with Kate?

With Daddy John in a coma has anyone mentioned calling Paul?

It would have been fun to have Paul at the hospital to see his father the same day Will came to say goodbye to Marlena.

Paul and Will could have had one last fuck for the road in the hospital linen closet.

I see someone had an edible last night & started spouting insanity about Kate Roberts.

I'd pay good money to see Chan in nothing but his pants

I assumed Marlena has been wearing those suits and tie combos to passive aggressively mess with Ben's head. Evil old witch.

As long as Chan doesn’t show off his flat ass.

Show of his big cock, pink nips and lovely ass

Show off*

Have they evenmentioned Paul since John went into his coma?

Paul, who?

Do they even mention Paul at all anymore?

Hospital secretary, Derrick, still keeps in touch with Paul. In fact, the duo is having a virtual jack-off session via zoom in Jennifer's old office as we type.

I capture these videos and put them on my channel at Pornhub. maXXXine

John hooked Paul up with some hot black guy, remember?

R352 Poor John. .. Doesn't he understand that two tops aren't going to have much fun?

I suppose they could find a twink and do some spit-roasting together.

Knowing Derrick they are probably DPing him as I type this.

Henry's probably a Helix twink by now and visits Paul and Luke when he's in San Francisco.

Will: Sonny, I got a job at the Arizona Gazette!

Sonny: Awesome. I've never heard of that.

Will: It's uh... a brand new media outlet. My first story is an undercover assignment in San Francisco concerning Asian and African American relations. You stay here with Ari. I'll be in deep, deep, deep cover in SF. I'll call you when they're done with me... when I'm done.

When Will and Marlena were discussing her visiting them, and Will enthused, "Grandma, what self-respecting gay couple does not have a great guest room?"

The correct reply should have been ....

Helllllo !!! .... What self-respecting gay couple moves to goddamn Arizona, you dumbass!

Please Chandler, slip off your boxer briefs and show us your goods!

Days is preempted for the rest of the week. But next week, Trask is back and Tripp is a daddy?

Trask should be a full-time cast member. She brings on the cunt like no other.

What's sexy GILF Doc Marlena up to?

They should set her up with a toyboy.

This weekend Alison Sweeney is in a new hallmark movie where Shirley Jones is playing her grandma... that's cute

I didn't hate that storyline, I always thought it did explain why Stefano hated John

Shirley Jones being John's mother was a better plot than Jigsaw Dad.

When is Marlena's next kidnapping?

When Marlena was in that cage, did it have an ensuite?

No R366 but her amoire did.

Did Ben and Will have a bidet in their prison cell?

R368 Maybe the helpful prison guards gave those boys regular douching.

Laverne Cox IN as EJ!

Sami is leaving next week, so there's no EJ. She will be back in December for a very special holiday storyline involving Allie's baby. How original...

Haven't seen it in ages but is Sami still a bad bitch? What happened to Brandon Walker?

Sami is a one-trick pony bitch these days. She comes back, messes things up, says she's sorry and then leaves. Rinse and repeat.

IA. Sami's shtick has become tiresome.

It's cuz Sami is tied to an invisible EJ so she can't have any love interest to drive her own story. All she can do is meddle in other people's affairs.

Why don't they just hire a stunt 13 X 8.5?

They don't need to show his face. Just show Sami servicing it.

How do you know the dimensions of his schlong?

R377 That's standard DL lore (or fanwank) for years.

With Sami in Salem, the Italian house boy named "Guglielmo" is servicing E.J.

R379 Does EJ insist on calling him Gu-Yam-Mo?

R380, Very funny. It took me about three tries, but once I got the hang of it, it practically rolls right off the tip my tongue.

Anyone remember the character of Joey that aired from 1984-1991 ? He was played by Merritt Yohnka.

He looks very familiar but I can't remember a character named Joey. He went on to become a big wig in the stunt world rising from doing stunts to being in charge of stunt teams for TV & film.

R382 Probably a recurring waiter, band member, or criminal thug.

Today, I was flipping channels on the TV, and there was a character named Dev on General Hospital who looks almost exactly like a younger version of Days' Lucas (but with a slightly thinner face). They should hire that kid to play Lucas' son on Days.

Will needs to be shown riding the 13 x 8.5 - that will be the new plan to save DAYS!

r384 Lucas has two children -- Will and Allie.

Which of those children would you prefer actor Ashton Arbab to play?

R384

Dev looks nothing like Lucas. Are you high?

R386, he can play Lucas' long-lost son that Lucas never knew he had. Maybe when he was stalking Carrie, he got drunk and slept with a stranger, or even another character. (This is a common storyline on soaps.)

I just did a google image search. In some pics, he looks nothing like Bryan Datillo (Lucas), but at some angles, he looks very much like 1995-era Lucas.

Didn't Lucsn have to buy his marriage to Nicole? And she sagged Victor to reclaim her stolen money.

With Phillip back, now would be a good time for a teenaged Tyler Kiriakis to show up.

The story could be that his adoptive parents, Mr. & Mrs. Wilkens, turned out to be crazy homophobes, forcing the teen out of the home. During one of their final confrontations over Tyler's sexuality, the father blurted out something about being glad that Tyler's not really his son, so the young man is now on the trail to find his bio-family, leading him to Salem, USA.

R390 Tyler is a Mimi Lockhart spawn right? His ex-con granny Bonnie can teach him a thing or two.

Sixteen going on 19-year old Tyler can then chase after Ali's *twin* brother, college jock, Johnny DiMera, who's rumored to have inherited his daddy's 13 x 8.5.

The leaked video from the Salem U. lockerroom shower makes it appear more 11 x 6.5, though.

Allie's baby is Salem's NuHenry....

What's Marlena up to?

This thread is paywalled.

Marlena never went on any refresher courses. Was she meant to be some kind of progidy like the Gemini twins?

Oh big shock. .. It sounds like when FCF and the frau move to Florida, they're going to get into selling real estate (with her family).

Alison Sweeney - say it fast and it sounds like Alison's Weenie

Hee Heeeeeeeeeeeeeee