Days Opinions For The Week Of September 29, 2025

Opinion Article

Susan let Marlena know that Stefano was dead. We’re not sure who we feel about this storyline. It gives Marlena something to do after writing Drake Hogestyn (RIP) passed away. On the other hand, we’re not sure if we could watch Marlena go through this storyline again. She seems like she’s being possessed by Stefano’s spirit. We’re glad that Susan made the announcement that Stefano was dead because we have closure on the story. Susan isn’t a certified medium so we can’t really take her word for it. If she’s telling the truth, it will give the story the closure it needs. The writers don’t focus on the story that much so it would be hard to invest in it more. Again, we are glad that Marlena would get something to do instead of being window dressing for her clients. Deidre Hall is the backbone of the show and deserves to be involved in a major storyline. We just don’t know how we feel about her being involved in resurrecting Stefano to make the storyline happen.

Let’s shift gears and talk about another storyline that seemed to resurface. As you know, JJ shot Theo when he was in Salem before. Theo seemed very upset that JJ was reinstated as a police officer. The writers could be on to something with this storyline. They don’t have any other story like it on the show. However, the writers seem to think all the viewers forgot how their storyline ended when they left the show. Theo and JJ were working together when they left. Fast forward, and Theo hates his guts again. We are all for stories that are controversial as long as they are consistent with the story. They have been hit and miss with this storyline. The writers don’t focus on the story much so it’s not that easy to stay invested in it. We enjoy it when we do see it. Theo and JJ need a storyline and this might be the one that helps make things interesting for Days. The storyline doesn’t require people coming back from the dead or mind control. It deals with controversial drama and could turn into the sleeper storyline of the year. Theo wanted to get JJ thrown off the force because he believed he’s racist. JJ didn’t help his case by approaching Theo the way he did during the blackout. He treated Theo like he was a criminal when he yelled at him about being out during the blackout. JJ changed his tune once he found out who he was but that didn’t make it okay. Are the writers making JJ a racist cop? We’re interested to see what they do with this storyline. Unfortunately, the writers tend to drop the storyline whenever the feel like it so it would be hard to invest in the story when it only pops up occasionally.

Here’s a question for everyone. Are Belle and EJ really over this time? Belle has said many times that she didn’t want to be with EJ anymore, but she got back together with him. She got stuck in an elevator with him and told him that she regretted being with him. EJ raped her sister (Sami) and went after her father, but she still wanted him. He did everything he could to ruin her family, but she stayed with him. EJ did something that hurt her and now she wants to break up with him. He was always a schemer, so he didn’t change. The only thing that changed was that she was affected by his actions. We’re not fans of his character, but he didn’t do anything that bad for her to decide that she didn’t want to be with him anymore. She acted as if she was embarrassed by him. Everyone knew she was dating him so why would she be mad that he announced it? Belle changes her mind all the time so we don’t believe that she plans to walk away from him. The writers shouldn’t have forced them together in the first place. We know that EJ couldn’t wait around for Sami forever since she appears sporadically, but they didn’t have to put him with her sister.

It finally happened, readers. Stephanie’s non secret is out of the bag. We don’t want you to get too excited about it. EJ and Kayla know the truth about Stephanie’s alter ego. She was dumb enough to use her mother’s computer to host her q&a session with her readers. EJ thought that Kayla was the writer which meant Stephanie had to step up and admit she was the author. We’re not interested in the storyline, but we’re thankful that there was some movement. The story might not be as bad if the execution were better. Stephanie’s storyline doesn’t make us want to rush to the TV to watch it, but it might be better if another character were the focus of it.

Sophia’s plotting went into overdrive. She tried to destroy two couples with her scheme. We’ll start with Johnny and Chanel. She wrote a letter implying that Johnny was sexting with Holly. The social worker wasn’t happy about it and ended the interview with them. Chanel was upset with Johnny because she blamed him for losing her dream again. He denied sexting with Holly, but she didn’t believe him at first. Sophia didn’t care that she could have caused problems for them. Chanel wanted her baby the first time around, but she wanted to ruin her marriage any way. Luckily for Johnny, Chanel was willing to believe him. They were able to make up after Sophia’s scheme. Sophia had another target in mind. She went after Holly and Tate. Sophia drugged Holly’s drink and took pictures of her body so it looked like she was sexting Johnny. Sophia violated Holly by doing that. She made sure that Arianna saw her with Tate. Tate was responsible for that because he thought he could seduce Sophia and not get caught. Sophia’s plan to destroy Holly’s life worked because she dumped Tate for cheating on her again. He didn’t cheat on her because they weren’t together when he was with Sophia. Sophia truly is a villain because she keeps getting away with her actions. She shouldn’t have been able to get into Holly’s phone so easily. What are the odds that Holly told her the password of her phone? We don’t buy that at all. She needs to get caught and it might just happen after all.

Brady found out that Tesoro isn’t Tate’s son. We couldn’t believe that much movement happened. Kayla told him that the baby didn’t match Tate. We were worried that it might mean that Sophia would get away with what she did. Hopefully Brady won’t give up searching for the truth. We’re glad the writers finally added him in the story because he’s the only one who suspects that something is off with Sophia. Steve was suspicious too, but he’s not really involved in the storyline. We can only count on Brady wanting to investigate Sophia’s story. Hopefully she will get caught soon because she keeps getting away with too much.