Days of Our Lives - Page 16

#**226** 02-18-2004, 10:55 PM

the new mickey is the guy who played edward quartermaine on general hopsital.... i am still trying figure out why he left to go t o DAYS...HUGE MISTAKE

AlphaGamDiva · #**227** 02-19-2004, 03:33 PM

what happened to the old mickey??

xok85xo · #**228** 02-19-2004, 04:33 PM

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Originally posted by AlphaGamDiva
what happened to the old mickey??

he retired, but rather than actually make some sense in this senseless plotline by killing him off, they replaced him.

i believe the current actor playing mickey also played him for a short period some time ago also

ms_elephante2k1 · #**229** 02-19-2004, 06:48 PM

According to an article with the Day's head writer, Marlena isn't possessed, nor is it Hattie or under Stefanoe's control. So who knows how this is going to go. I also heard that John does kill her saving Hope. Not sure how true that is but Marlena's contract is up in August and negotiations haven't began????

ajuhdg · #**230** 02-20-2004, 01:07 PM

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Originally posted by ms_elephante2k1
According to an article with the Day's head writer, Marlena isn't possessed, nor is it Hattie or under Stefanoe's control. So who knows how this is going to go. I also heard that John does kill her saving Hope. Not sure how true that is but Marlena's contract is up in August and negotiations haven't began????

That would be awesome! Maybe she and John could drive over a cliff together! I can't stand either one of them! I'm really curious as to her 'motivation' for killing all the cool people in Salem. I wish Vivian would come back!

aj

PM_Mama00 · #**231** 02-20-2004, 03:48 PM

WTF is up with Victor being killed off?

I'm losing interest in this show with each murder.

AlphaGamDiva · #**232** 02-21-2004, 02:53 AM

i swear to the hourglass......if this show just ends up with sean/shawn and belle as the only "original" characters, i will NEVER watch it again!

at least the twins are gone, right?

and i second the statement about vivian coming back! her and ivan were GREAT!

DAYS was great when:
--carrie was with the OLD austin and sami was bein evil....she's better acting wise as a whiney ho-brat....this new thing with lucas is just gross. <up-chucks>....
--the whole kate/vivian/victor triangle....none of this BS with ho-brat #2 nicole and her new sidekick what's-her-face.
--belle was a baby with no lines b/c she couldn't talk.
*the only "new" stuff i kinda liked was with chloe and her mom and craig....
--the whole drama with mike and him over chief of staff --when carrie and mike were a thing.......they should bring them back!!!
--new fans would fight old fans about who was better with bo...billie? or hope? or gina... dum dum duuuummmm

--the lady and white and all that dealing with peter and KRISTEN and then whoever REALLY had kristen's baby....what was that 2nd character eileen davidson played? i forget....but when john was accused of killing tony....all that isht was GREAT!
--however, the storyline that got me hooked back in the day, though, was when vivian buried CARLY ALIVE....now, that, my friends, was good daytime!

<tear>

could be worse....could be passions....lol

UKDaisy · #**233** 02-21-2004, 05:06 PM

I have been a loyal viewer of DOOL since I was like 5 years old. Its a family thing. But I really can't deal with this......every damn person on the show getting killed off crap. Okay, Abe - loyal fan favorite, and actually had a storyline when killed off....... Jack - I FREAKING LOVE JACK!!!!! once he died i quit watching...... and Roman - Roman actually had a storyline coming up too.

Now for my "when Days Used to be Good list" :

- Cruise of Deception - okay, so sorta corny - but its when Jack and Jen got together! and they are my all time favorite couple!!!
- before Cruise of Deception - when Jack and Jen started working together at the newspaper, when Steve (Patch) and Kayla were on!!!!!!!!
- When their was a DeMiera (misspelled) on the show.....
- When there wasn't all of this teen crap! Okay, I know I'm 22 ...so thats kinda young.... but I don't want to watch 16-18 year olds talk about sex constantly....and I"m pretty sure my mother doesn't either!
- WHen Victor had storylines!!!
- Nicole wasn't on there! I think she's pretty, and in the beginning she had some sort of a plot.... but she's a whiney lil' ho....

ok.. that's it for now.....

Senusret I · #**234** 02-21-2004, 09:16 PM

Deidre Hall is The Salem Stalker!

By Kevin D. Thompson, Palm Beach Post Television Writer
Friday, February 20, 2004

Talk about a killer story line.

For months, a sense of dread has hung over the fictitious town of Salem.

A vicious serial killer is on the loose. So far, seven residents have been brutally murdered. One was shot outside his house. Another was bludgeoned with a brick. A third was stabbed and stuffed into a... pinata.

More deaths -- violent deaths -- are expected.

Though the killer's identity remains a mystery to Salem's spooked citizens, loyal viewers of NBC's daytime soap Days of Our Lives already know the beloved Dr. Marlena Evans (!) is behind the lurid crime spree.

Yes, Lake Worth's own Deidre Hall is The Salem Stalker!

And no one was more surprised than the 1964 Lake Worth High School grad when she got word just before the show's Christmas break.

"I was so flattered," says Hall, 56, who visits Florida about four times a year. "It's a huge compliment to be given the ball to run with it, and it's an extraordinary responsibility."

Although Hall, who has played the compassionate and ethical psychiatrist for more than 20 years, is excited about sinking her teeth into a juicy story arc, she admits her feelings are mixed.

"I feel a little bit unsettled that my character has killed a lot of my best friends," she says. "I feel like I should say, 'I'm so sorry.' "

But there's another reason Hall has mixed feelings. Her contract is up in August. And no talks have been scheduled yet. Is making Marlena a murdering beast a way for the producers to eventually ice Hall's enormously popular -- and pricey -- character?

"I wish I had a good answer for you," Hall says softly. "Anybody on this show would be crazy to assume they're not going to be killed off. We've seen the best and the brightest leave. Having said that, I don't think they would replace me midstream. My hope is whatever (head writer) Jim Reilly has in mind, somehow he has a redemption for Marlena so the audience can return to loving and trusting her."

Deidre isn't the only Hall who's receiving more attention since it was revealed in the Jan. 28th episode that her character is a homicidal maniac.

Jean Hall, Deidre's 88-year-old mother, has also become something of a local celebrity. Jean lives in a Lantana nursing home with about 300 residents -- about 50 of whom, Jean says, avidly follow the show.

"The people in the dining room are now looking at me over their shoulders," she says, laughing. "They're getting quite a kick out of it. They're saying, 'How can Marlena be so confused?' "

Jean wonders, too, about her daughter's, er, Marlena's bizarre behavior.

"I couldn't believe it," says Hall's mom. "I was flabbergasted. But if they can kill her in an airplane and bring her back a month later, they can do anything."

Not all of the show's fans were initially thrilled either. A few days after viewers learned that Marlena was the killer, Jean says, her daughter told her NBC received six bags of mail in protest.

"I thought I was going to have to have someone start my car for a little while," Hall says.

Fans, however, are burning up the show's numerous Web sites to discuss Marlena's heinous crimes and possible motives.

On soapoperafan.com, for instance, one fan theorized that Samantha, Marlena's twin sister, is still alive and is the real killer.

"This would make it possible for Marlena to be one place while Samantha was off killing someone and vice versa," the fan wrote.

On Hall's Web site (marlena.com), one fan admitted to reading up on schizophrenia and dissociative disorders to help her understand why Marlena turned into a lethal killing machine.

Not surprisingly, the Salem Stalker story line has boosted the 39-year-old soap's ratings.

January's big reveal episode, for example, generated the highest overnight ratings since December 2000. Days of Our Lives also finished first in the key daytime demographic of women 18-to-49 for three consecutive weeks, the first time the long-running soap has accomplished that feat in nearly two years.

Even the cast and crew are amped.

"We were all guessing for months and had no idea," Hall says. "We even started a pool. Everybody gave $20 and put their guess in an envelope. Two hairdressers won $400."

Jim Reilly, the show's head writer and consulting producer, isn't surprised by the increased buzz.

"You can go back to the old newspaper line -- a headline of dog bites man doesn't sell, but man bites dog does," Reilly explains. "The idea that a character such as Marlena would be a serial killer is so incredibly out of character that people are stunned and it would pique interest."

Reilly says he was in New York recently and, while getting his haircut, his barber got a bit too excited about the juicy plot.

"He said, 'I don't understand... why her?' " Reilly remembers. "He was getting so worked up and I had to tell him to keep the scissors away from my hair. It's just a story on television."

A story that's beefing up ratings while also reducing the show's budget. Reilly, however, says the sensational story arc has nothing to do with a top-level order to dump high-priced talent.

"The actors' contracts may have affected when a character died, but they weren't targeted because of their money," Reilly insists. "And the people who died weren't high-ticket talent."

Reilly says viewers can expect a big plot twist in May and more murders.

"Truly shocking victims," he says.

That's good news for Hall, who says she feel energized by playing Marlena.

"I have a lot more freedom," she says. "I have the freedom to be audacious. I can be anything. When I say, 'Honey, the stalker is never going to get you,' it has a whole new meaning. Or when somebody makes me angry and I say, 'I wish you hadn't done that,' it has a whole new meaning. It's hard not to laugh."

Hall certainly laughs a lot about her Florida memories. She moved to Lake Worth with her family at the age of 9 and lived here until she left for Los Angeles to pursue her acting career when she was 18. (She's been married for 11 years to Steve Sohmer, a writer and producer. They have two boys, Tully, 9, and David, 11.)

But Hall's memories remain vivid. She remembers playing the clarinet in the high school band. She remembers the long walks she took with her dad around the lake. She remembers the simple charm of small town life.

"I miss Florida terribly," says Hall. "When you're living there, you don't really appreciate how magical it is. I miss the weather, because there's something about getting off that plane and walking down the terminal and -- ahhh!!! -- the exhilaration of the warmth in the air and the humidity. It's very freeing to me."

And that's just how Hall feels playing the Salem Stalker.

"I'm having more fun with this part that I've ever had," she says. "It's as good as it gets."

ladybug1116 · #**235** 02-21-2004, 11:39 PM

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Originally posted by AlphaGamDiva
--the whole drama with mike and him over chief of staff --when carrie and mike were a thing.......they should bring them back!!!
--new fans would fight old fans about who was better with bo...billie? or hope? or gina... dum dum duuuummmm

Ahh those were the days. In college my roommate and I were hooked on Days and loved the Carrie/Mike story line. It too got cheesy after a while though...I remember one time they were shown flying away on a magic carpet (maybe after they slept together or something)...but we were like WTF?

Jadey28 · #**236** 02-23-2004, 08:59 PM

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Originally posted by AlphaGamDiva

--the lady and white and all that dealing with peter and KRISTEN and then whoever REALLY had kristen's baby....what was that 2nd character eileen davidson played? i forget....but when john was accused of killing tony....all that isht was GREAT!

Her name was Susan and man you hit the nail on the head about the good old Days!

xok85xo · #**237** 02-23-2004, 09:30 PM

okay, i haven't been watching the show b/c i work, but i have been keeping up with the storyline through this thread. last night i had a dream that marlena was trying to kill me. seriously, freaked my isht out. i think i need to stop reading this thread

ajuhdg · #**238** 02-23-2004, 10:39 PM

Those were the 'Days'! LOL!

AlphaGamDiva, I love your new descriptive 'ho-brat' term! It is so appropriate for those two! Y'all have covered a lot of the great story lines that I miss! However, here are some do's and don'ts that I feel could seriously help this show!

DON'T have young cast members topless just for the sake of being topleess.

DO glue John's eyebrows down so he can't cock them all crazy like!

DON'T let the devil be involved in a story line at all whatsoever!

DO have more bad guys/girls than good ones! They are so much fun! (Sami, Vivian, Kate, Nicole, etc.) Oh, and DON'T have a bad girl go good...that just sucks! Good girls going bad is way better...except in this case.

DO actually give child actors screen tests. (ahem, Will?)

I'm gonna stop there because it's making me mad! UGH!

aj

Senusret I · #**239** 02-23-2004, 10:45 PM

Ah.....the villainesses of Days. (The real villains were always and only Stefano and Victor to me. And Lawrence, until he fell in love with Carly, barf.)

Kate.....she's just bitchy to me, but her rivalries with Nicole and Sami are legendary.

Vivian...she buried a woman alive! I wish everyone had seen her rolling around over Carly's grave!

Kristen.....i will never forget: "This is what's left of John and Marlena...this is what's left of John and Marlena. THIS IS WHAT'S LEFT OF JOHN AND MARLEEEENNNNAAAA!" (as she destroy's a framed picture of them)

And Marlena as the Devil.

Senusret I · #**240** 02-24-2004, 09:18 PM

Marlena struck again!

She thought she was stabbing Shawn, but I heard it will really be Jan.