Days Exits

So it has been announced that James Scott (EJ) will be leaving Days, and I only just noticed that it looks like Blake Berris (Nick) will be leaving the show as well.  That's almost everyone involved in that storyline! Sami, EJ, Nick, and Gabi will all be exiting the canvas.  So when the dust settles, we're pretty much left with Will and Sonny...and Kate (the only one I'm rooting for).

I'm ready to say goodbye to EJ, and I'm ready to say goodbye to Gabi, however I'm totally sad to see Nick Fallon go.  Maybe its because I have a super big crush on him, but I really do think he's one of the only interesting villains to come out of the show in the past 5 or so years...which isn't saying much, but STILL. He will be missed.

Liam has been giving us some good crazy lately, but his stay in Salem has been entirely too short.  He's already wrapping up his run on Days and it is such a shame!  Days seems to constantly bring new (and old) faces onto the show for short "stints".  They never think in the long term, and I think that can be unfortunate when they get a great addition like Liam or Kristen.  Luckily in Kristen's case, they recognized the gold she brought to the show and are bringing her back for more.  Its unfortunate that because of Days filming schedule, folks like Liam probably finished filming his storyline before his episodes ever even aired!

I think Days needs to stop filming so far in advance.  They have no reactionary time to adjust to crappy storylines or poorly received actors--and vice versa to know when they've struck gold.  We get characters like Jordan pushed into the canvas who present us with yawn inspiring romances that nobody cares about, and by the time the writers receive all that negative feedback, its WAY too late to fix things!  The damage has been done and viewers are forced to watch months more of this garbage--or NOT watch more of this garbage and tune out.  By the time the show is able to make adjustments and try to fix the damage they've done, its entirely too late. They're taking a huge risk thinking people will just stick it out with the bad times.

Fortunately for them, I'll always be watching no matter what...however I'm not most viewers.  And I'm certainly not the 18-49 female demographic they're so desperate to hold on to.  (I'm the 30-year-old gay male demographic--way more valuable).