Days of Our Lives Is Preparing Us for the Beginning of the End — and It’s Going to Hurt
Xander’s going off the rails, Johnny’s in a heap of trouble, Vivian is already taken down, Clyde’s making bizarre requests (we think), and Gabi’s closed the door on the DiMeras. So it was a typical week in Salem. But Days of Our Lives ended it all by making one thing clear: We’re soon going to have to say goodbye to Doug and John. And in the process, we’re going to get some beautifully painful stories.
Impossible Goodbyes
The anniversary episode wasn’t the biggest, most exciting Friday episode, nor did it have obvious cliffhangers, but it still set things up for two very, very big goodbyes. The first, more subtle one was Doug. His funeral will be after Thanksgiving, and today was a nostalgia trip with Julie giving Holly a pep talk about young love, grown love and messy, complicated love. She talked about her and Doug, then went home to take care of her beloved husband, who’s sick right now and has been feeling down on top of it. That final scene of her and the photo, then taking a tray up to Doug was just beautiful, but also a bit painful. Her and Susan Seaforth Hayes’ love shone through.