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Days-lympics Part II- Homewrecking!!

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HOMEWRECKING!
Homewrecking is a tough one. There aren’t very many couples that have not had a run in with a homewrecker in Salem. To medal in this fine Days-lympics sport, you have to take homewrecking to a new level. It’s not good enough to have an affair with a married person, you have to really get creative. So here goes with the gold, silver and bronze in homewrecking:

GOLD
EJ

Maybe he is the grossest homewrecker. He forced Sami to have sex with him to save her fiance Lucas. He had grief sex with Sami when she was married to Rafe. He created a Rafe2 body double who also raped Sami while she was married to Rafe. Of course his accent and smile make us forget those things… but they happened. He also wrecked his own homes by having affairs with Taylor and Sami. So yeah, this guy isn’t exactly Mr. Monogamy. (Shout out to @Reshie79 for advocating that EJ medal in homewrecking- you were so right).

SILVER
Vivian

So maybe I am obsessed with Vivian since she left, but you have to admit she had one of the most creative homewrecking scenarios on Days. By stealing Kate’s embryo and having it implanted in herself, she managed to steal Victor away from Kate and ruin their happy home. Kate eventually won back Victor and custody of Philip, but you have to give Vivian some points for creativity. Not to mention the more recent burying Maggie alive fiasco. Yeah, Vivian takes homewrecking to a whole new level.

BRONZE
Sami

There are a lot of people who could take this “prize”. Carly slept in Hope’s bed (you almost had me convinced @MikeBise, but I think Carly lacked a little creativity), Philip impregnated Chloe and let her pass off the baby as Dr. Dan’s, Taylor stole her sister’s man, Marlena cheated on Roman with John (so true @ZamboniFan), and even Mike Horton had flying carpet sex with Carrie. But Sami again gets the prize because of creativity. She managed to convince Austin they had sex by drugging him and pretending to be Carrie, then she convinced Austin to raise their child, who of course turned out to be Lucas’. That takes some chutzpah. She also has a penchant for ruining her own home. At least Sami can blame it all on her mommy issues- no one wants to see their mom having sex, especially with someone who isn’t her husband.

Let us know in the comments how wrong we got it. We are feeling conflicted even as we post this. Check back later for more Days-lympic events!

Days-Lympics Part One: Flirting and Scheming

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After weighing all the opinions we received, we have decided who would medal in the Days-lympics! We will start with sports as old as Days itself: flirting and scheming.

FLIRTING
GOLD
EJ

This was pretty unanimous. Whether he’s hate flirting, charming someone’s pants off, or playing son against mother, EJ knows how to flirt. He is a known rapist, kidnapper, and all around criminal, but there is something about those blinking eyes and that accent that gets women and men alike swooning. You did it EJ. You won the gold in flirting!

SILVER
Nicole

Nicole is the kind of girl who can get pregnant by one man, have another step up and claim paternity, and win over yet another man. She has been with such difficult to win over men as Victor & EJ. She has flirted her way out of many a scrape. Nicole could give EJ a flirting run for his money.

BRONZE
Will

This one is tough. There are a lot of contenders, including Sami, Daniel, and Brady. But newcomer Will deserves the Bronze. Whether he is hate flirting with EJ, putting the mac on Sonny, or driving Gabby to go completely nuts upon their breakup, Will knows how to lay down the charm. He may not have the most experience, but this kid could sell angst in a bottle, and his winning smile can charm men and women alike.

SCHEMING
GOLD
Stefano

Duh. I mean, this guy has scheming down to a science. Whether he is brainwashing, mind controlling, creating body doubles, or blackmailing, Stefano knows how to lay down one helluva scheme. I miss him already. But, as they say, the Phoenix always rises.

SILVER
Vivian

This may be a blast from the past, but we cannot forget that Vivian buried Carly AND Maggie alive. She tried to poison Melanie. She takes scheming very seriously, and does it with a wink and a smile. We miss her. We really miss her.

BRONZE
Sami

This was again a very hard one. I have to give shout outs to Kate and Victor, who have both done their fair share of scheming. But Sami managed to keep the paternity of her child a secret for a whiiile, convinced her sister she couldn’t have kids, changed all kinds of hospital tests, hid ANOTHER baby from the daddy… the list goes on an on. She makes scheming look simple. It comes easily to her.

Check back tomorrow to see who wins gold in homewrecking and blackstabbing!

Retro FriDAYS: Victor’s Ways With Women Edition

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One of the most delightfully complex characters on Days, Victor is also one of the most audacious: “So I stole your eggs howevermanyyearsago, who cares right?” He’s lucky Maggie’s too nice to try what so many other women have in the past. We could (and probably will) make a Retro FriDAYS about all his marriages at some point, but today we focus on his tumultuous relationships with the fairer sex…

Will Caroline shoot Victor? (in 1986)

Kate helped set all this in motion to put Victor six feet under

Victor tells Nicole how it’s gonna be in this clip

So she gets her uppance the only way she knows how: Erratically and half-assed

Oh yeah, and then she was behind this

Vivian makes Victor so mad he…

Retro FriDAYS: Pretend We’re Dead Edition

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Mrs. Kirkakis wanted this week’s subject to be about how Sami never learns anything ever, which is a great idea but would be at least a 10-parter. Instead we take a look back at the last time everyone thought half the town was dead… or, used to think they were dead… or something.

First we take you to Marlena’s funeral. You’d think that, given a second chance to spend time with her mom, that Sami wouldn’t be such a B about it these days. (Then she was sorry again, then she was a B again)

OhMyGodEveryoneIsDead! More importantly, Jack’s baby mullet!

Marlena goes to… hell?

Did I miss anything?

How in the hell did we get here?

Come on, who else is rich, evil and bored enough to do this?

And before that, there was this

Which is, of course, nothing like this at all.

Special Retro TuesDAYS: Funny Valentine

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A look back at DOOL Valentines gone by…

Kate & Nicholas

Does this say Broe? Old-school Brady, played by Kyle Lowder (Arianne “Nicole Walker DiMera” Zucker’s real-life husband), and Chloe Lane. Wonder how her best friend feels about this?

I didn’t realize the whole Vivian-trying-to-bury-Carly-alive thing happened 20 years ago. I miss Vivian, but get some new moves, lady.

Ohhhh myyyyyyyyy love, my daaaarling, I hunnnnnnger for… Kamen clips with Roman doing his best Patrick Swayze

And now the montages set to “My Valentine,” titled with the latest comment on each video:

“This is so perfect! Great job. I almost cryed.” (EJami)

“ShaWN and BellE 4eva!!! i gonna cry =’{ ”

“Would you please, please, please, post the bracelet and card clips. They look so sweet!” (Patch & Kayla)

Retro FriDAYS: Back to the start edition

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We rag on Sami a lot (ok, a LOT) around SalemonSalem.com, but it has to be hard for a mother to carry a kid for nine months, only for him to hate her one day.

For Retry FriDays we’re going back to the start of some of DOOL’s most memorable (and not-so-remarkable) characters, starting with young William.

Here comes Abby, featuring cabin scene!

Vivian and Victor shine in young Philip’s debut.

Who cares about Mia anymore? I miss Dr. Dick.

I don’t have anything funny to say about Shawn but here he is anyway…

This one has some seriously old-school characters who I don’t know and it’s set to music!

Pre-Reboot Lol Dayz, let’s appreciate

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I know Days can’t make all people happy all of the time, but I have to put it out there and say I think the show is MUCH BETTER since the reboot. To prove it, I am going to do a series of loldayz from before the reboot, when days was a lot more ridiculous. Taylor and EJ were together because of a scarf, Chloe became a prostitute because of a one night stand, and Vivian was stuck in a sarcophagus of her own design. IMO they were the kinds of story lines that make you feel ridiculous for being a soap fan. I would say days has come a long way since the reboot, and I am loving it. Let’s look at how far we’ve come:

ThursDAYS recap

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Stefano & Kate at the Brady Pub
I love gloating on the other team’s turf. Yes I know Stefano is the embodiment of evil but those Bradys just get so cocky. But Gabi points out Kate doens’t give a whit about her grandson.

EJ & Rafe at the DiMera mansion
EJ tells Rafe he’s out of the kids’ lives, but Rafe suspects he has a hidden agenda. Stefano comes home and is displeased with EJ’s decision.

Stefano's concerned face. We don't see this very often.

EJ says he’s totally changing, and putting his kids ahead of himself “and you.” Stefano blames it on Taylor, which is fair since he didn’t exactly want to change for his kids before.

The episode closes as EJ hits the floor screaming in pain and holding his head.

All this erratic behavior is making me dizzy.

Daniffer
More awkwardness, same old Daniel-wants-to-tap-that-but-Jen-won’t-say-why until she reveals Carly is the reason. Does Jen think Carly would rather see Dannifer apart and miserable, and know it’s because of her?

Blah blah blah will they or won't they.


Jen alludes to Carly having a rough time lately but as usual has trouble saying what she means.

Quinn, Vivian
They have a touching moment at the pier where he defends dear ol’ mom against Scruffy McDrugDealer that Carly met earlier, and Viv mistakes this for actual affection.

Carly sobbing on park bench
We hate seeing pretty women all dressed up for the club looking so down in the dumps. Looks like she’s up for some Better Living Through Chemistry.

She heads to the pier to find Scruffy, and Viv is hiding in an alley spying. Scruff is all “here, druggie druggie.” She refuses, but gets some drugs off the ground (not very doctorly) and Viv rejoices.

She returns to the hotel with what looks like some Tylenol caplets to us and holds them up like Simba in “The Lion King.” The CIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRCLE OF LIFE!!

Viv and Quinn again
Viv is thrilled she’s pushing Carly into addiction abyss and offers to set Quinn up in a legitimate business, but Quinn doesn’t want to owe anyone anything.

Chloe & Kinsey
Chloe looks like a burnt sienna crayon next to Kinsey, who is dressed like she raided Chloe’s closet.

"Let me tell you about something called a spray tan."


"That's coooool, let's focus on singing."


Chloe is booked at a “music” club in Brookville, and Kate is at the bar distressed that something good happened to Chloe. So she calls up the nightclub and offers double, no, triple Chloe’s pay not to book her, but club dude hung up. We hate seeing Kate when she’s desperate; luckily we know it won’t last long.

Oof, then Kate gets told to get bent by a john she’s attempting to bribe. Then she pulls out a wad of cash and mentions she’s a DiMera. Now he’ll mention to child services – while Chloe is on stage – that she’s a hooker and he’s her john. MUAH HAHAHAHAHAHA!!

Gabi & Rafe at The Cheating Heart
Despite living in a town with two bars and one pier Rafe and Gabi finally see each other. All is forgiven. Snore.

WednesDAYS Recap

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Bope and RIP Rafe2
Good job, Officer Chen. Rafe2 is still dead, and Bo is trying to shake out who commuted Rafe2’s sentence on earth to time served.

Vivian, Gus
Viv thinks Dr. Manning can’t be in the same room with Daniel without wanting to jump his bones, so she conspires to send them to Melaswen or something.

She puts on her best Blanche DuBois voice and convinces Jen to head to the Sapphire Club… where Daniel and Carly are headed on their “date.”

Daniel and Carly
Carly’s been hanging around the hospital a lot lately. Just the place for Gus to be doing a little espionage

Hey hey heeeey.

Carly’s looking good for the “date” but Maxine says she’s the only doctor and someone’s in a bad way…..

Owwww, my ovaries.

He doesn’t like her examination style so he wants an MRI. She thinks that’s a splendid idea. She tells Gus his health problems might clear up if he ditched Viv.

SAFE & Johnny
Johnny’s having nightmares, so they ship him off to bed. Just as they’re gloating, ring goes the iPhone – Abe with some bad news.

SAFE takes off to the police station to confront the DiMeras and see what’s going on.

BOPE, Stefano, EJ, Roman, Abe & Taylor at the police station
Ever the optimists, Bope come bopping in saying they have a full confession, signed sealed and deliered by Rafe2. They don’t mention his fate. DA Woods takes care of that by walking in throwing a fit about “We got nothing!”

When it’s a BOPE investigation, no need to even break a sweat.

As the DiMeras are released, DA Woods is all “You blew it, commissioner. I don’t know how, but you blew it. Congratulations!”

These grapes taste SOUR.

Chabby & DA Woods at the Cheating Heart
DA Woods heads to The Cheating Heart to be a world-class jerk, taunting Chad about how his gangster father wriggled free of the Salem justice system.

DA Woods then calls out Chad for seeing dollar signs when he found out he was a DiMera, while Chad points out DA Woods is a dirtbag. Chad then blocks an attempted roundhouse from DA Woods, who tells Abby to get out while she still can. You go Chad, way to stand up for yourself against your somehow worst than the DiMeras ex-father.

Dannifer at the Sapphire Club
They run into each other at the club and are all hey how ya doin’. Carly says she’s tied up at the hospital (or rather Gus says so for her), and whoever Jen was supposed to “meet” (the Viv setup) is a no-show, so boom goes the Daniffer?

So they do their Daniffer thing and flirt awkwardly over champagne until she thinks Daniel set her up. He’s insulted. She’s sorry and embarrassed. Then they make out while Carly watches with tears in her eyes..

Taylor and EJ
Taylor says not to fight for his kids, he says that’s none of her business. That’s the Elvis we know and love. Then he asks for forgiveness…

Do I look forgiving?

Rafe1 and Guys Who Killed Rafe2
Guys understandably think they’ve seen a ghost, but he’s there for answers, which he gets in about 2 minutes.

Sami & EJ at the DiMera mansion
Sami, determined to fly off the handle, goes to the DiMera mansion without telling Rafe. She says he can’t take the kids from her – he’s harmed them enough and says Johnny will never forgive him. He’s been working on some legal paperwork, and says Sami doesn’t have a choice.

You wanna go? Let's go!

Rafe2 goes back to the apartment to find Sami is gone. Assuming she’s doing something stupid, he takes off.

In fact EJ is offering full custody of the kids saying he doesn’t deserve them. I don’t think Stefano is going to be happy about this plan.