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TV Guide: Eileen Davidson Returning!
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thepadange
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Could somebody explain me this:
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"Going back to be a bad girl for a little bit," the actress posted on her Twitter account, @eileen_davidson.

I didn't find the tweet that sounded like that. Maybe it was deleted because it would mean that her return is really very short. Did anybody see it?
Edited by thepadange, Jan 29 2014, 11:58 AM.
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Kenny
Jan 28 2014, 10:41 PM
It will be weird seeing Kristen with Ashley Abbott hair.
I was thinking about this one. By March I'm sure it has gotten to at least shoulder-length, which would be acceptable for Kristen IMO. And then only get longer.

However, since it is Kristen and her hair did play an important part for the character the last time, I'm thinking they might go with extensions. I kind of think Kristen should have long hair that she can wave from side to side when in catfights, being a vixen, etc.
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Jan 28 2014, 10:44 PM
Kenny
Jan 28 2014, 10:37 PM
Hell yes! I wasn't thrilled with the way they wrote Kristen's exit in November (her last week of shows were fantastic but the car crash sucked and I hated that everything was left so unresolved) so hopefully with this final arc we'll be able to get some closure, even if it means Kristen ends up dead in the end.
Or the new villainess if JS decides to leave too. Can you think of a better replacement?
Kristen and EJ are pretty much on the same level as being the heir apparents to Stefano, IMO.
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lysie
Jan 29 2014, 12:12 AM
tomsawyer
Jan 29 2014, 12:09 AM
lysie
Jan 29 2014, 12:06 AM
Will&Sonny
Jan 29 2014, 12:03 AM
Excellent news.

But I'll pass on the idea of Kristen teaming up with Nick. I'm still hoping that Blake Berris is already gone for good at this point anyway (and therefore won't be around to film scenes with Eileen Davidson when she starts filming in March), but regardless, I've already had to put up with seeing my two favorite characters on the show wasted on my least-favorite character on the show for far too long. I do not ever want to see another one of my favorite characters on the show wasted on him.

And I highly doubt that we'll see Kristen pregnant, unless it's just in flashbacks. She'll almost certainly return with Eric's baby in tow, but she'll start airing again over one year after Kristen raped Eric (on the 6/24/13 episode), so there's no way that Days is going to have her return in the middle (or even at the end) of a pregnancy, IMO. I just can't see them messing up such a huge return with such an unbelievable detail, especially since some people (as evidenced in this thread) are already going to have a hard time buying the fact that she can have a child in the first place.

The timing barely works out for her to return at the very end of a pregnancy if she's carrying Brady's child, but if they're going to go with a baby storyline, surely they'll make Eric the father. There's far more storyline potential there, and they didn't have Kristen go through a pregnancy scare after raping Eric last year for no reason whatsoever.
She had a pregnancy scare and then wasn't pregnant, though. It's not like she had another chance to get pregnant with Eric.
Yeah, but that would be any easy re-write. If the writers want it, logic be damned!
Well, everything is an easy rewrite, lol. I just think using the pregnancy scare as evidence that it's going to happen actually has the opposite effect. If she does have a baby, I do hope it's Eric's. Heck. Give her twins and she can have one of each.
Haaa! I would love this!

Hey, if Sami can do it... lol.
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IMO the most soapiest twist would be for her to return with a baby that she says is Brady's but it's actually Eric's.

That would mean it would have to be born around March, and it would be around three to four months old when on screen.
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DiMeraFan67
Jan 28 2014, 02:37 PM
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Jan 28 2014, 02:31 PM
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Jan 28 2014, 02:24 PM
Ellie
Jan 28 2014, 02:22 PM
I'd be happy with a Stefano-type story arc for her.

Either way, something got her to change her mind. It's either more money or a different schedule, if those were her issues.
I don't think it was a matter of her changing her mind. I'm pretty sure there was always a plan to bring her back like this.
So what you're saying is that she told Michael Logan the truth that she didn't like the schedule and workload, but the whole time she knew that she'd have to come back to the exact same schedule and workload a few months later? Ok.

What I think is that she hated the schedule, Days said take whatever time you need to 'detox', they called her a few months later and said what can we do to get you back, and they made an offer which included either stacking the episodes like they do with Ali (ie giving the actor their own 'off time' by doing all of their scenes on certain days), or fewer workdays in general. (2 days airing a week vs. 3 or 4).

We are also not factoring in Y&R. She may have thought that she had a shot at another permanent role there, but it might not have been available. That in combination with the Days offer might have made things look different to her.
I think there's a lot of factors here and there isn't going to be one underlying reason.

Eileen likely promised Days that if she were available she would come back for these little Stefano-esque arcs. But her goal was probably to take some time off then get a contract on Y&R. They seemed to be building up Ashley/Stitch, but when Billy Miller was officially out that could have changed everything. Now they're chem testing Victoria with Stitch (Ashley's potential love interest) because David Tom/Amelia Heinle might not work out as well as Billy Miller/Amelia Heinle did.

I expect Kristen to get a good amount of airtime, but I don't think it will be anything like her last time around. Days knows that she doesn't want to be worked to death, but they could have made her an offer she just couldn't refuse, coupled with Y&R going in a totally different directions due to other circumstances. I don't think she lied at all when she said it in that interview, but it doesn't mean its still the case. Alison's exit opened up a lot of options for Days and if Kristen is only around 3-4 months I can't wait to see what else they do with all of that money/time.
Being paranoid I'd not exclude that she returns to "Days" only for a very short period of time (arc) and then goes to Y&R full-time. Maybe that's the deal (Sony can do it).
I hope I'm wrong, though.

But the answer from Angelica McDaniel sounds like this might be the case:

One Day at a Time ‏@odaat_webseries 15h
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Eileen-Davidson-Days-Of-Our-Lives-Kristen-DiMera-1076864.aspxso much for Stash :( @AngelicaMcD @YRInsider

Angelica McDaniel ‏@AngelicaMcD 15h
@odaat_webseries @YRInsider never give up hope
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Yoryla
Jan 29 2014, 06:09 AM
outrageous
Jan 28 2014, 10:44 PM
Kenny
Jan 28 2014, 10:37 PM
Hell yes! I wasn't thrilled with the way they wrote Kristen's exit in November (her last week of shows were fantastic but the car crash sucked and I hated that everything was left so unresolved) so hopefully with this final arc we'll be able to get some closure, even if it means Kristen ends up dead in the end.
Or the new villainess if JS decides to leave too. Can you think of a better replacement?
Kristen and EJ are pretty much on the same level as being the heir apparents to Stefano, IMO.
No way. Kristen's schemes actually work.
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Jan 29 2014, 12:48 AM
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Jan 29 2014, 12:43 AM
Also, I always find it amusing when people pull out the "she was told that she couldn't have children!" card with Kristen, yet totally support Nicole's two miracle pregnancies and keep hoping that she'll eventually have a third miracle pregnancy. Nicole was told that she couldn't have children, too. Many times.
While I tend to agree and am not someone pushing for that, the pregnancies themselves weren't the miracles. She was told she wouldn't carry to term. And so far, she hasn't.
The pregnancies were the miracles. Nicole's not supposed to be able to conceive at all. The scarring is an issue on top of the original infertility.

Almost nobody on soaps stays infertile for good anyway, though, so I'm all for Kristen having her miracle child.

I think it would be best if Y&R and Days could share ED. Ashley is too important to leave Genoa City forever and Kristen is basically the perfect villain.
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I think I'm the only Ericole fangirl who would rather Nicole and Eric have to deal with adoption rather than a miracle baby. I'm a little tired of the "twu wuv = miracle baby" thing, and pursuing adoption would be interesting for them as a couple since she has such a checkered past that could create problems. Of course, maybe Eric's whole being a priest once thing will counteract that, but...
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I love Ericole, but I don't want Nicole to conceive, or adopt a baby (unless it's the eris child) unless she's leaving town for good.
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Am I the only one who thinks Kristen having Eric's baby wouldn't make any sense?
She raped him in June, she suspected she could be pregnant in August but the test was negative, then she went to medical appointments to confirm she couldn't conceive a child in the fall and when she left the show in November, there was nothing that indicated she was pregnant.
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Hugo
Jan 29 2014, 10:41 AM
Am I the only one who thinks Kristen having Eric's baby wouldn't make any sense?
She raped him in June, she suspected she could be pregnant in August but the test was negative, then she went to medical appointments to confirm she couldn't conceive a child in the fall and when she left the show in November, there was nothing that indicated she was pregnant.
It because days timeline is bizarre you cam not really tell how long been on Salem sometimes.that why days cable to that
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thepadange
Jan 29 2014, 06:41 AM
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Jan 28 2014, 02:37 PM
Ellie
Jan 28 2014, 02:31 PM
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Jan 28 2014, 02:24 PM

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So what you're saying is that she told Michael Logan the truth that she didn't like the schedule and workload, but the whole time she knew that she'd have to come back to the exact same schedule and workload a few months later? Ok.

What I think is that she hated the schedule, Days said take whatever time you need to 'detox', they called her a few months later and said what can we do to get you back, and they made an offer which included either stacking the episodes like they do with Ali (ie giving the actor their own 'off time' by doing all of their scenes on certain days), or fewer workdays in general. (2 days airing a week vs. 3 or 4).

We are also not factoring in Y&R. She may have thought that she had a shot at another permanent role there, but it might not have been available. That in combination with the Days offer might have made things look different to her.
I think there's a lot of factors here and there isn't going to be one underlying reason.

Eileen likely promised Days that if she were available she would come back for these little Stefano-esque arcs. But her goal was probably to take some time off then get a contract on Y&R. They seemed to be building up Ashley/Stitch, but when Billy Miller was officially out that could have changed everything. Now they're chem testing Victoria with Stitch (Ashley's potential love interest) because David Tom/Amelia Heinle might not work out as well as Billy Miller/Amelia Heinle did.

I expect Kristen to get a good amount of airtime, but I don't think it will be anything like her last time around. Days knows that she doesn't want to be worked to death, but they could have made her an offer she just couldn't refuse, coupled with Y&R going in a totally different directions due to other circumstances. I don't think she lied at all when she said it in that interview, but it doesn't mean its still the case. Alison's exit opened up a lot of options for Days and if Kristen is only around 3-4 months I can't wait to see what else they do with all of that money/time.
Being paranoid I'd not exclude that she returns to "Days" only for a very short period of time (arc) and then goes to Y&R full-time. Maybe that's the deal (Sony can do it).
I hope I'm wrong, though.

But the answer from Angelica McDaniel sounds like this might be the case:

One Day at a Time þ@odaat_webseries 15h
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Eileen-Davidson-Days-Of-Our-Lives-Kristen-DiMera-1076864.aspxso much for Stash :( @AngelicaMcD @YRInsider

Angelica McDaniel þ@AngelicaMcD 15h
@odaat_webseries @YRInsider never give up hope
Honestly I don't think she wants to go back to either show fulltime. And I doubt Sony would hold that over her again. Not saying they couldn't, but it'd be like blackmail at that point.
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She'll definitely be back with a baby, but whose? Hmmm.
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Hugo
Jan 29 2014, 10:41 AM
Am I the only one who thinks Kristen having Eric's baby wouldn't make any sense?
She raped him in June, she suspected she could be pregnant in August but the test was negative, then she went to medical appointments to confirm she couldn't conceive a child in the fall and when she left the show in November, there was nothing that indicated she was pregnant.
The negative result on the pregnancy test is ridiculously easy to explain away. "It was a false negative." Done. The meetings with a fertility specialist would only be slightly more difficult to explain away, since we never actually saw any of those -- we just heard little things about them here and there. For all we know, she could have been making all of that up. Her lack of a "baby bump" when she left in November can also easily be explained away, since, as I said earlier, some people don't even know that they're pregnant until the moment that they go into labor.

Really, in the grand scheme of things, it wouldn't be that unbelievable to say that she didn't realize that she was pregnant until after she left Salem in November. She would have only been nearing the five-month mark of her pregnancy at that point. If they want to make the baby Eric's, it's certainly feasible. Now, I do agree that realistically, it would probably need to be suffering from fetal alcohol syndrome due to the amount of alcohol that she was consuming during that period of time, but that's another matter entirely. Days is obviously willing to go there, since they have in the past, but I doubt that they will complicate matters by doing so in this case. That's just my gut instinct, though. They could easily just have Kristen say, "It's a miracle that the baby was born healthy, since I was really knocking back the drinks to calm my nerves while trying to keep my secret about Eric from being revealed" and be done with it.
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I would love for her to come back claiming the baby is Brady's..But then someone (possibly Nicole) finds out that it's actually Eric's...Think of the drama that would case...Does Nicole disrupt her happy relationship by telling Eric that he has a baby with Kristen?
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Jan 28 2014, 10:10 PM
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Jan 28 2014, 09:20 PM
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Jan 28 2014, 08:31 PM
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Jan 28 2014, 08:12 PM
It couldn't be that she can be polarizing, like *every other character with a fanbase* on this show. ;)
Yep. I just don't buy that anyone who dislikes a villain only wants happy happy happy all the time. Some of my favorite stories have tons of unhappiness and sadness and villains that don't wear me out, like Kristen did.
I don't think that's what was meant by saying some prefer Days to be free of conflict characters. From what I've personally seen and read, there's quite a bit of people who would like to have most of the trouble making and "villain" characters gone because it takes away from characters being happy all the time. I know of two other polls, for two other characters, from that site that echoed that sentiment. I was only commenting on how it wasn't that surprising that the poll results are basically tied for wanting Kristen back and not wanting her back. :-/

I think it's perfectly normal to not want certain characters to return or currently be on canvas because some may not particularly like that character, but there's also those who, inexplicably, want the show to be nearly conflict free.
Ok, I'm sure there are some that only want happiness without conflict but I guess my perception over the years is the opposite of yours. I've often run across these type of accusations when I or others say they don't like Kristen or other interlopers -"oh, you just want your couple happy all the time without any conflict, yadda yadda" it never fails that someone will say that and it couldn't be further from the truth, for me anyway. And just because a poll goes against a villain character hardly means that those that voted feel that way either. It's a massive generalization, IMO

Even though Stefano has been castrated as a villain in my opinion, I never really get tired if him. There are villains you can love to hate and others who just start to grate on your nerves.

I actually was excited to have Kristen back this last time, even though by the end of her run in the 90s I was thrilled she was leaving because I'd just had enough, but her return was a huge disappointment story wise for me. It wasn't satisfying to me at all.
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Jan 29 2014, 10:54 AM
thepadange
Jan 29 2014, 06:41 AM
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Jan 28 2014, 02:37 PM
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Jan 28 2014, 02:31 PM

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I think there's a lot of factors here and there isn't going to be one underlying reason.

Eileen likely promised Days that if she were available she would come back for these little Stefano-esque arcs. But her goal was probably to take some time off then get a contract on Y&R. They seemed to be building up Ashley/Stitch, but when Billy Miller was officially out that could have changed everything. Now they're chem testing Victoria with Stitch (Ashley's potential love interest) because David Tom/Amelia Heinle might not work out as well as Billy Miller/Amelia Heinle did.

I expect Kristen to get a good amount of airtime, but I don't think it will be anything like her last time around. Days knows that she doesn't want to be worked to death, but they could have made her an offer she just couldn't refuse, coupled with Y&R going in a totally different directions due to other circumstances. I don't think she lied at all when she said it in that interview, but it doesn't mean its still the case. Alison's exit opened up a lot of options for Days and if Kristen is only around 3-4 months I can't wait to see what else they do with all of that money/time.
Being paranoid I'd not exclude that she returns to "Days" only for a very short period of time (arc) and then goes to Y&R full-time. Maybe that's the deal (Sony can do it).
I hope I'm wrong, though.

But the answer from Angelica McDaniel sounds like this might be the case:

One Day at a Time þ@odaat_webseries 15h
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Eileen-Davidson-Days-Of-Our-Lives-Kristen-DiMera-1076864.aspxso much for Stash :( @AngelicaMcD @YRInsider

Angelica McDaniel þ@AngelicaMcD 15h
@odaat_webseries @YRInsider never give up hope
Honestly I don't think she wants to go back to either show fulltime. And I doubt Sony would hold that over her again. Not saying they couldn't, but it'd be like blackmail at that point.
Oh, I didn't mean to say Sony made her do something against her will. Nothing like that. But they could have made it possible if that's what she and the shows wanted.

As for not wanting to work fulltime - who knows. I remember her answering a tweet from a fan asking if she's rejoining Y&R. She tweeted "Not sure what I'm doing actually. Who knows what 2014 will bring?" (5th January)
(This "not sure" didn't sound very reassuring, IMO).

Maybe if full-time means 1,5-2 episodes/week and not 3,5 and more she had on 'Days', maybe then it's ok?

Edited by thepadange, Jan 29 2014, 12:35 PM.
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Jan 29 2014, 11:06 AM
Hugo
Jan 29 2014, 10:41 AM
Am I the only one who thinks Kristen having Eric's baby wouldn't make any sense?
She raped him in June, she suspected she could be pregnant in August but the test was negative, then she went to medical appointments to confirm she couldn't conceive a child in the fall and when she left the show in November, there was nothing that indicated she was pregnant.
The negative result on the pregnancy test is ridiculously easy to explain away. "It was a false negative." Done. The meetings with a fertility specialist would only be slightly more difficult to explain away, since we never actually saw any of those -- we just heard little things about them here and there. For all we know, she could have been making all of that up. Her lack of a "baby bump" when she left in November can also easily be explained away, since, as I said earlier, some people don't even know that they're pregnant until the moment that they go into labor.

Really, in the grand scheme of things, it wouldn't be that unbelievable to say that she didn't realize that she was pregnant until after she left Salem in November. She would have only been nearing the five-month mark of her pregnancy at that point. If they want to make the baby Eric's, it's certainly feasible. Now, I do agree that realistically, it would probably need to be suffering from fetal alcohol syndrome due to the amount of alcohol that she was consuming during that period of time, but that's another matter entirely. Days is obviously willing to go there, since they have in the past, but I doubt that they will complicate matters by doing so in this case. That's just my gut instinct, though. They could easily just have Kristen say, "It's a miracle that the baby was born healthy, since I was really knocking back the drinks to calm my nerves while trying to keep my secret about Eric from being revealed" and be done with it.
They didn't show Kristen drinking that much that her baby would be at high risk to suffer from fetal alcohol syndrome, actually, LOL. I'm not saying you can drink during pregnancy and this won't affect your unborn child, but it won't be a miracle that the baby is healthy. Definitely not. It's not that amount :).
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A study of over 400,000 American women, all of whom had consumed alcohol during pregnancy, concluded that consumption of 15 drinks or more per week was associated with a reduction in birth weight. Though consumption of less than 15 drinks per week was not proven to cause FAS-related effects, the study authors recommend limiting consumption to no more than one standard drink per day. [...] The 4-DDC ranking system distinguishes between levels of prenatal alcohol exposure as High Risk and Some Risk. It operationalizes high risk exposure as a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) greater than 100 mg/dL delivered at least weekly in early pregnancy. This BAC level is typically reached by a 55 kg woman drinking six to eight beers in one sitting.
/Wikipedia/
She didn't drink that much.
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Jan 29 2014, 03:26 AM
Some women literally don't know that they're pregnant until the moment that they go into labor. It's not unheard of.
yeah but those women are usually overweight and any kind of pregnancy would show on someone as tiny as Kristen/Eileen..
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