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Ok, so Days of our Lives has been going through some shit, as a show.  Seriously, they've been through drama with the writers and the producers, and there were a few weeks where the show was really great.  I doubt it had anything to do with Hogan Sheffer.  He's pretty good, but he tended to be a bit - well, dull.  And Dena Higley is good, too.  I've heard her name is mud with One Life to Live fans, but then, they say that about everyone who isn't their current headwriter.

But Days has been bad for a long time.  But let's start after James Reilly left.  Because it's not fair to include his stuff (since, yes, kids, it WAS that bad) because well, that's EVERYTHING HE WROTE.

• Belle and Shawn got fired.  Ok, so I will be the first to admit that Shawn and Belle were a little boring and their "epic" romance was a little less than epic, but they are both children of supercouples.  And Martha Madison had chemistry with both of her Shawns.  But they decided to scuttle them off the show.  And it took away the one couple with rooting value.
• Ava Vitali didn't stick around.  Tamara Braun joined the cast, and she kept Steve and Hope and Bo and Kayla all hostage.  It was brilliant.  She even slept with John while he was married to Marlena.  BRILLIANT.  But then she left the show.  It was not brillian
• Lexie coming back.  Oy.  She seriously fucked with everyone, and was supposedly dead.  And then came back and they fucking made her chief of staff at University Hospital?  WHY?  Who would give that role to someone who, although she was being blackmailed, lied to Carrie about her ability to have a baby with Austin just so that Abe wouldn't find out that Lex was sleeping with TEK.  Who by the way, deserved to be let go - he sucked.
• The Las Vegas storyline from last summer.  Where do I begin?  Let's bring a Horton back to the show (they've been practically recurring since the Bradys came to town) but make him a total asshole.  Then let's bring Abe's son in and make him an ISA agent, even though he's a porn star.  Then, let's have them trafficking humans.  Through Salem.  Which is in the midwest.  Oh. And let's make Jeremy mean to his cousin Nick, who was cute and lovable.

There's more, but it's angered my blood and I don't have enough booze to calm down.