Days of Our Lives - Wed., Aug. 22, 2018

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Wednesday, August 22, 2018

And so the wedding begins. Val announces she is going to sing “their” song, Up Where We Belong. Abe stops her, no, she is no Marilyn McCoo or Tamara Price. Marlena wants traditional wedding march. Steve & John are standing next to Abe, as is Kayla, only see Val & Belle in the seats. Brady & Eric escort Marlena down to where the guys are standing as wedding march (Here comes the bride) plays. Abe does the “dearly beloved” bit, then asks if anyone has reason to object to this wedding. Asks 3 times, then says hey folks, this is Salem, there is never a wedding that doesn’t get interrupted. How about Orpheus, or a motorcycle? A video tape? But…no takers, so he continues. Asks John if he takes this woman, etc. I do. Then same to Marlena, who is about to say I do, when a male voice interrupts, saying no you don’t. Head bandaged man comes walking down aisle, unwrapping bandage, tis Roman. However, he says he is the real John Black, not that man. Marlena (who wears a veil over her face/entire head) is confused, John protests, Roman insists he is the read John Black. Then who is this? Roman says who knows?, rattling off all the different names John has used, Forest Alamain, John Robicheaux, Yo Ling, Jr., (lol) a couple more. Now Marlena decides Roman is the guy she loves, wants to be with rest of life, as she struggles to get the veil off……she is Hattie, this is the man she wants to be with forever. John is bewildered, picks up the Marlena doll, says to it, just you & me now, as he saunters off.

And yep, Marlena wakens with a start, yelling, no, no, no. All a bad dream. But things get worse. In the door comes Susan, all gushing and giggly, bragging how beautiful she looks, wanting Marlena’s approval. Marlena says she looks voluminous, which Susan takes as compliment. Susan just goes on and on, so happy Marlena invited her, seems the maid let her in when she explained about being a wedding guest. Marlena is being polite…mentions her bad dream. Susan promises she no longer wants to marry John, apologizes for the past attempt, when she tried to take Kristen’s place. She mentions Kristen coming to see her in the hospital, Marlena says Kristen is dead, saw her die in Italy. Susan is convinced she was there on New Year’s Eve. Marlena figures her heavy meds had her imagining. In comes Kayla & Belle, who are startled to see Susan, hear of the Kristen visit, realize Marlena wants Susan gone. Kayla gives Susan a job, since Val had to go see a patient, of making sure the centerpieces on the tables are centered. Seems they are hourglasses, Susan almost blabs about the upside down lovers’ tarot card, Kayla stops her, talking of the hourglass being their love is endless.

Eric is at Pub, Roman is not going to wedding. Figures exes being there make things awkward. Let them have a wonderful day. A mention is made that Roman/Anna did not work out, but they are still friends.

Meanwhile the guys are trying to cope with John, his black eye, wanting to put off the wedding a few days til this is gone. They argue, Abe finally calls Val, who sends Brady back to the club for her makeup bag. Brady sees Susan, tape measure in hand, “centering” the centerpieces.” He goes back to the room, Val takes the bag, marches John into the bathroom, does her magic, the black eye gets covered up.

Meanwhile Belle has filled Shawn in on Claire “shacking up” with the serial killer, they are in the loft giving Claire a hard time. Belle leaves, telling Shawn to deal with this, but Claire says she is an adult, she makes her own decisions. Shawn says he knows that, but in his heart, she is still his little girl. Claire always wants to be that, hugs.

Belle & Kayla have brought gifts…..Belle has a something new from dad, a charm with the wedding date on it, Kayla has something old, a lace hanky. Carrie was to bring something blue……but nothing blue, til Belle suggests the ribbon on the doll. Perfect..oops, left it at the club.

Susan has worn herself out with the centering, decides she wants glass of water, spots the Marlena doll on the floor. She picks it up, talks to it, upset it wasn’t with the gifts, then finally deciding that maybe Dr. Marlena Evans didn’t like it, or want it, and discarded it. She is stroking the hair, etc. talking of how the doll doesn’t deserve that.

Brady has told John about seeing Susan, who was invited to the wedding by Marlena. John calls her, she is happy to hear, all is going well. He mentions Susan being invited, Marlena says she is fine, she even talked to Susan’s doctor, she is well, all is good, she deserves a bit of happiness, like we have.

Over to the club, where the doll is face down on a table, a knife in it’s back!
 
Marlena's nightmare dream was interesting, fun, weird. LOL Cracked up at Hattie showing up in the veil, after her sweetie, Roman, who was claiming to be the real John Black, at first.
Susan claims Kristen came to see her in Memphis on New Year's Eve. Was that not the same day that Stefan & vivian blew into town, showing up at the club or New Year's party?
 
bummer, I caught a glimpse of the man with the head bandages as I was walking through the cafeteria at work, as someone apparently changed the TV from ESPN to NBC, and was really hopeful that it was Jack. I can still appreciate the dream, since I remember the non wedding to John when Roman showed up and did the same thing with the bandages.
 
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Susan claims Kristen came to see her in Memphis on New Year's Eve. Was that not the same day that Stefan & Vivian blew into town, showing up at the club or New Year's party?
Yes, that was when Stefan and Vivian came to town, showing up at Club TBD (or had it been changed to Doug's Place by that time?).
 
Roman is not going to wedding. Figures exes being there make things awkward. Let them have a wonderful day. A mention is made that Roman/Anna did not work out, but they are still friends.
Guess we know why they cut the scene of Roman and Anna being engaged several weeks ago, since for whatever reason, they decided not to have them together.
 
a) Why would Valerie have makeup for John in her bag? I'm black. I don't carry makeup or concealer for white skin. It's not like she's a makeup artist with a whole kit. That was a tiny makeup bag, and she's wasting space on makeup she would never wear? BUT more importantly b) Why would anyone ever, EVER assume anyone who is dead is dead for good on this show? If Will taught us anything, it's that even with a body, they can come back.
 
It IS rather surprising that the Salemites are always shocked when a dead (or presumed dead) individual returns to Salem, alive and well. When a once-dead individual returns, Salemites should just shrug and say "what took you so long??"

The only time no one blinked is when Kristen returned in 2012. While we (the viewers) knew Kristen wasn't dead and had been held prisoner in the harem, the Salemites all thought Kristen was dead (it was actually Susan's long-lost sister, Penelope, who died). But no one shrieked "OMG, I thought you died in 1998!!!"
 
But, Tina.......Countess Wilhelmina has this special makeup that adjusts to your skin tone. You know, like one size fits all?? And of course that is what Val uses. :sarcasm:
I would agree that the makeup bag was very small....therefore, could only contain small bottle of liquid makeup, tube of lipstick, maybe blush compact w/mirror. Could even have has small container of concealer.
After all, with all cell phones coming pre-programmed with every phone in Salem and beyond, not all that far fetched for the magic makeup. :)
 
@JS...now, now, we all well remember and joke about the "dead" Rolf, showing up at DiMansion, and in response to, but you were dead.........he said the infamous ""it didn't take". And that was that.
Also, so much for Ken Corday's statement a year or two ago......From now on, the dead shall stay dead.
 
Why would Valerie have makeup for John in her bag?
She didn't. Steve went to the store (off-screen) and bought a bunch of different makeup (you didn't actually see it, though, just Steve holding a small bag, like a gift bag). When she took John into the bathroom, she was holding her own makeup bag, along with the shopping bag that Steve handed to her. It was so brief that it was easy to miss.
 
Shawn & Belle: They should give up on their dire-Ben warnings. Not only has Claire stopped listening to them long ago, Hope's legal malfeasance, Rafe's blathering, their daughter's frying pan, and Little Trippy's squawking has given anti-Ben attitudes a bad name.

Marlena: Why was she so doubtful about Susan saying that she'd seen Kristen? Did Doc see Kristen's body or watch her go splat on the rocks beneath the castle window? Also since Kristen is a DiMera, outright resurrection is never out of the question.

Belle, Steve, John & Brady: People who have a sister named Sami, had a child with Ava Vitali, had a father like Yo-Daddy, or once fell in love with Kristen shouldn't be so quick to call Susan names like "weirdo," "wacko," "loony-tunes," or "unhinged."

Celeste: She's never around when really needed. If anyone could give accurate tarot card readings and dream interpretations, Celeste is the person. (Of course, if Susan knows about Celeste's efforts to get Sami to incinerate EJ in a Salem cabin, things could get ugly.)
 
The new actress portraying Susan is doing a bang up job so far and is kind of endearing.
However when she puts on her Kristen suit we’re all going to turn on her rather quickly.
DrBakerFan you hit the ball out of the park when you said no one in Salem should be
singling anyone out as a weirdo.
 
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Thanks, Poirot.

I enjoyed Marlena's dream. It was funny when we found out it was
Hattie not Marlena.
And Abe kept waiting for someone to interrupt the wedding because it happens a lot in
Salem. The best part was when John picked up the doll and left with it.


Poor Roman. Anna left town. Will he ever get kissed again?

Marlena told Susan she was a different person now. Yep, she is being played by
a different actress.

I'm glad Susan wasn't listening at the door of Marlena's bedroom. Kayla and Belle
said mean, mean, mean things about her.

Is Susan OCD? She used a tape measure to make sure the centerpieces were
in the center. Something I might do.

Susan held an hourglass and said "Sands through the hourglass"

Did Susan put the knife in the Marlena doll? And how did the doll fall on the floor?
 
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