I miss mid to late Nineties DOOL

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March 9, 2013 at 12:13 am #4100

TFlo1018
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I really really really do!!!

Carly buried alive… Sami wrecking havoc on Carrie/Austin… Sami vs. Kate… Who is Will’s Father??? Is Gina Hope??? Vivan crashes Kate’s plane… Steals Kate’s embryo… Marlena possessed… Kristen/Susan etc… The Secret Room… Princess Gina… Aremid… The Lady in White…

I know James Reiily had as many haters as he did fans but I thought he did something SO different with the show that no one else in the genre was doing. Not sure if that could sustain 2 decades (it’s about 20 years since Viv buried Carly alive – his first storyline) but I’d be damned that every one of those stories didn’t glue me to my TV.

The other thing I miss were the MAJOR REVEALS… Everything for months built up to that epic week… Not the epic scene or episode but that EPIC MUST SEE WEEK!!! So sad we don’t have that or Reilly anymore.

March 9, 2013 at 2:03 am #38466

mommytutu
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Or the 90’s. I miss the Days of the 80’s.

March 9, 2013 at 9:33 am #38470

Bonbon
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he wrote farce. I guess if you like farce, and some people probably do which explained why Passions lasted as long as it did, he’d do but I hated his writing.

I’m with mommytutu, the 80s and even the 70s were what Days was all about. JER sent Days into the bowels of soap opera Hell.

March 11, 2013 at 1:40 am #38500

TFlo1018
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B/c my mom started when she was pregnant with me (78) so I grew up, albeit it too young to understand, watching it then.

DOOL was in quite the slump prior to JER and I don’t just mean ratings – it was down right boring! He brought something different to the show. And his ratings STUCK!!! These writers they keep bringing in and out now, they aren’t doing much for the ratings. You bring back an old favorite, ratings tick up for a week and go right back down. JER was not typical Bon, I agree with you. However, he told a good (sometimes drawn out and loaded with flashbacks) story that had a great pay off. The other thing I liked about him was that he was able to weave multiple characters on the show into interweaving storylines.

I liked him but I didn’t like Passions AT ALL. JMO!!!

March 11, 2013 at 5:45 pm #38514

DCola522
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I started watching in the late 90s… 1997 I think? I was home from college during the summer and I remember flipping the channels and seeing Marlena locked in the secret room. Well, I HAD to find out if she ever got out, and the rest is history. I was hooked!
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