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| Tweet Topic Started: Nov 25 2015, 10:14 PM (14,913 Views) | |
| Daysalltheway | Nov 26 2015, 03:40 PM Post #101 |
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Thanks for the recaps everyone. So Philip has one leg? I guess they changed that at some point or is he an amphibian? Lmao |
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| LuvingLumi | Nov 26 2015, 04:28 PM Post #102 |
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Come on Ron, We are counting on YOU !!
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Oh interesting... And I'll stop there before I throw a bait |
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| KLK | Nov 26 2015, 04:33 PM Post #103 |
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Thanks! |
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| presley cat | Nov 26 2015, 08:27 PM Post #104 |
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Obviously Hope is having guilt issues but I'm not sure I like the character being hell bent on revenge. When she told Steve she was going to do it anyway and no one could stop her I flashed back to Ambien Night Time Hope. Please I just can't do that again. |
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| jam6242 | Nov 26 2015, 08:30 PM Post #105 |
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I don't want to see Vigilante Hope either. Now if she goes after (unknown subjects) via legal methods, I'm okay with that. |
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| presley cat | Nov 26 2015, 09:01 PM Post #106 |
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IA, I hope she does get back to work and uses the legal system. I really don't want to see her unhinged or even slightly maniacal. |
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| Peanut | Nov 26 2015, 10:11 PM Post #107 |
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My random thought: does anyone else wish that they'd bring back the family picnic for the 4th of July? I can't remember the last year they had one and I think it'd be nice to see it again. |
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| concerned | Nov 26 2015, 10:16 PM Post #108 |
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Tomsell. |
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| Peanut | Nov 26 2015, 10:36 PM Post #109 |
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Hogan Sheffer had Phil magically regrow his leg in like 2007, I think. LOL |
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| sitrian | Nov 26 2015, 10:38 PM Post #110 |
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Was it Hogan? I remember he made jokes about his leg during the plane crash that Pop died in and that was 2008, I think. |
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| DJsMommy | Nov 27 2015, 03:31 AM Post #111 |
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Thanks lysie! I've been itching to know what was the deal with Jack & Melissa. When I was searching for clips for my 50th montages, I came across one of them at their wedding & Melissa was PISSED. I didn't even remember they were a thing. :blulaugh: |
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| laurondo | Nov 27 2015, 03:51 AM Post #112 |
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He lost his leg in the war or something. |
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| Bobette | Nov 27 2015, 08:21 AM Post #113 |
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TO DJsMOMMY: I thought I was replying to you, but accidentally must have hit the wrong button. This is in response to your question about Melissa and Jack. :) This is from Soap Central's Who's Who of Days Characters re Melissa, which only lists Jack as someone she dated/was engaged to: "Later in 1987, after finding Kayla Brady passed out on the pier, Melissa became the number one suspect in her attempted murder. Harper Devereaux continued to frame Melissa, who eventually fell in love with Jack, who had turned to her for comfort. Jack ran against Melissa's adoptive father Mickey, and proposed to her to better his campaign. When Melissa learned he was using her she dumped him, but not before humiliating him in public. Shortly afterwards, she left town." You get a few more details from Wikipedia: "Melissa eventually fell in love with Jack Deveraux but was heartbroken when he married Kayla Brady instead. Melissa was eventually accused of being behind Kayla's poisoning but was cleared. In 1988, Melissa was one of the few people who stood by Jack after Jack committed marital rape against Kayla. To the horror of her family and friends, Melissa made plans to marry Jack after his divorce from Kayla came through. Shortly before their wedding, Melissa saw Jack with another woman and discovered that Jack was only using her to make himself look good. She called off the wedding and denounced Jack to the rest of Salem before leaving town." The scene you saw was probably her telling him off at the altar. Edited by Bobette, Nov 27 2015, 08:29 AM.
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| Aquamarine | Nov 27 2015, 08:59 AM Post #114 |
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I wasn't watching the show when Belle was on before. I'd like to know more about her. I know she's John and Marlena's daughter, named after Isabella I assume, and that she is Eric, Sami and Brady's half sister. What was her job? Who was she involved with, other than Shawn Douglas? Who were her friends? |
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| Daysfanatic79 | Nov 27 2015, 10:20 AM Post #115 |
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That was Higley at her worst.......not reigned in and just doing stupid shit for the hell of it. We all need to bow our heads and give thanks for Josh Griffith. May God bless him, and keep Him. My the Lord shine his light around him and give him peace. Seriously, if Higley had returned to this show along, she would have finished it off. Instead we have a marginalized Higley, with Josh obviously leading the team. As a matter of fact, I bet my right arm she is a distant third behind Milstein in terms of influence right now. There are some things that have happened that seem "Dena", but it's so blatantly obvious that Dena is just treading water, even before she took her LOA. So, in terms of Days, if I have to be thankful for something on this Black Friday, I choose that. I always look at Stella putting Marlena in the pit as the start of Days 90's come back. The show was way down the ratings ladder, but that story really started turning the tide when it comes to the show being enjoyable and fun. The ratings didn't come back up right away, but it built a foundation for the type of stories we would see in the future. Think about it: The entire John/Marlena/Roman triangle, and the affair, started when John stumbled into that pit with Marlena. This story did more to build a foundation for this show than Carly being buried alive. |
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| cord08 | Nov 27 2015, 11:17 AM Post #116 |
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I realize we may never know for sure (unless there's a change in the credits), but I'd be really curious to know when Higley's LOA started and when it ended. I wonder if there'll be any noticeable change in the stories or just the tone. We heard about Dena's LOA when they were filming February, right? So, maybe the January stuff is mostly Griffith/Milstein...I assume she was on her LOA for awhile before we heard about it. The fact that they seem to have kept Milstein on after Dena returned, though, speaks volumes to me. I hope Beth brought some good stuff to the table. Edited by cord08, Nov 27 2015, 11:44 AM.
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| sitrian | Nov 27 2015, 12:01 PM Post #117 |
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Do we know that Dena's returned? |
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| Hennifer | Nov 27 2015, 12:05 PM Post #118 |
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Yes, Belle is John and Marlena's daughter conceived via an affair so she was originally thought to be Roman's. Sami found out about their affair (when she saw them having sex in the Titan board room) and was very upset and switched the paternity results so it was believed Belle was Roman's. Sami then kidnapped Belle and tried to sell her on the black market. Obviously she eventually got back where she belonged and her real paternity was revealed. When John and Marlena returned from their honeymoon in 1999 Belle was suddenly a teenager. They tried to make her seem a little rebellious for a minute when she first came back by having her crush on an older man (and Sami's love interest) Brandon Walker, but after that she was essentially the quintessential good girl. Her friends were Shawn, Mimi, Chloe, and Philip. She had a crush on Shawn pretty much right from the start but it took him two years to finally ask her out and they went to the last blast together and were a couple ever since. The drama of their relationship is poster earlier in the thread (a girl named Jan was raped and Shawn covered for her pretending to be the father, Shawn thought he shot someone, etc) so they had several breakups. They wore purity rings and were abstinent. More in terms of the answer to your question, out of high school when they went to college Belle was going to be a fashion designer and work for her father's company Basic Black. This is around when there was a writing change and a change in the actress (from KS to MM). Belle had lied to Shawn to give her mom an alibi (Marlena was the Salem Stalker) which resulted in the death of Shawn's relatives so he was going to leave town but was kidnapped by Jan and held as prisoner in a cage. During that time, Belle started a relationship with Philip and lost her virginity to him. Shawn finally escaped but had amnesia and actually thought he was with Jan. Belle and Philip were to get married and Shawn regained his memory and remembered he loved Belle and crashed his motorcycle through the church to try and stop the wedding but it was too late. Then began a couple of years of wistful (and very boring imo) "I want to be with you Shawn but I married Philip" and then they were going to tell Philip and break it off when he lost his leg at war. Then somehow they ended up in a barn freezing and ended up having sex but didn't remember. So belle naturally assumed it was Philips child (since she thought she'd never slept with Shawn) and again decided to stay with Philip bc she thought she was having his baby. In the meantime, Shawn moved on with Mimi and they married but Mimi knew Claire was his and didn't tell him. When that reveal came out is when Jason Cook left and was replaced with Brandon Beemer. Then they eventually got back together (after other issues that I won't get into) but Belle was grieving her dad and slept with Philip right before she married Shawn. He didn't find out until after they married and eventually worked things out and left to sail the world together as a family. Sorry I'm not sure I answered your question. When Belle was played by KS she was a student then planned to be a fashion designer for Basic Black. Later when it was MM she wanted to be a nurse. We don't know what she is yet but I hope they have her come back with a career. In terms of friends she was very popular in high school and very nice to everyone (I don't know if you know Chloe's history but she was bullied and called ghoul girl and Shawn and Belle were pretty much the only ones that were nice to her until she had a makeover and then Philip fell for her). The show was a bit like a family sitcom in term of that group where Belle was nice to the quintessential nerd, overweight girl, quiet girl etc. After high school her friends were still Mimi, Chloe, Philip, Shawn and Brady (her brother who was dating Chloe) as well as the "alien" twins area and Cassie. |
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| cord08 | Nov 27 2015, 12:08 PM Post #119 |
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Yes. Her name was on the cover for one of the April scripts in a pic with MBE and SN. |
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| Daysfanatic79 | Nov 27 2015, 12:08 PM Post #120 |
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Cord you strike a point that does spell it out very clearly. When this LOA started, it was implied that Beth was being loaned to Days for Dena's LOA. Suddenly, the show has three head writers again for the first time since the 1980's or so. There is a reason they kept her, and she decided to stay at Days. I know Beth has a special place in her heart for Days, and has written there before, but this screams Josh Griffith to me. I think Josh and Beth clicked really well, and Dena wasn't actually doing much heavy lifting before the LOA anyway. She had input, and helped shape the story bible, but the way things were written and the plot points have been largely Griffith, and we know he is much more involved on the set than Higley has been. So, the fact that her influence now seems to be minimal, my bet is on her influence waning greatly. She is going to be MIA for a while, and now Beth is in the mix and making decisions as well. Higley has been placed in a position where her influence will be almost nonexistent. This is a good thing! A very, very, very good thing. |
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