Zack Brady is dead, was in the coffin, his parents right there, Hope grieving no end, and his corneas were given to Abe, his liver to Claire.
You know, I don't mind, and can understand those "not dead, really alive" comebacks, if there was no body, if it was a presumed dead because of circumstances. I really do hate the idea that after we see bodies in a coffin, etc. that eventually an idea pops up that so and so isn't really dead and is returning. Bad enough we have a child of Steve & Ava's coming, (yes, they were told the baby died of pneumonia), and we have no body for Kristen after she plunged down a mountain. Andre is back despite taking himself off life support in a locked room, and dying. But then, we never saw a funeral for him, did we?
Yes, I realize some characters are much loved by viewers. Heck, I loved Jack (and remember, no body, no funeral, no burial, lolol).
That was the enjoyable thing about the Salem Stalker story. All those major characters killed, the writer ordered by the network to bring them back, did not care how, and thus we got Melaswen, no one was really dead, the entire town hypnotized into believing that all these murders were taking place. I am glad Days is not doing Sci-Fi anymore.
O.K. my rant is over. Take care all. Enjoy whatever comes along.