I am sad he is leaving!! Days won’t be the same but I still love it and it is better than all the other soaps.

It was a good episode but i still believe E.J. isnt dead…it is a soap!!! If the actor returns some day that is…lol…unless he shows up on GH as Valentin Cassidine!!!

James Scott and Alison Sweeney gave tremendous performances in those scenes. I so hoped the door would be left open for EJ’s return someday. Of course, this is a soap and the trigger man was on EJ’s payroll. I’ve really grown to love EJ and Sami in the months I’ve watched Days.

I wish James Scott all the best in the future.

Now if E.J. is really killed off, Johnny will probably return next year as a 20something vengeful Dimera vowing to find his fathers killer and falls in love with Abigail and her deliciously baked cookies…lol

I’ve watch soaps for close to 40 years and that was a fake death if I’ve ever seen one. I have a sneaking suspicion Ejami might yet get that HEA we all want for them.

I don’t think E.J. is dead. He faked his death and Sami is in on the scheme.

stellar performances by Sweeney and Scott. sad to see Ejami end

Fake death…good!

It was very campy to watch. I laughed a lot. The only one who made me sad was that old hypocrite Stefano. Definitely a fake death. Sami’s not in on it. I hope EJ uses this as his chance to get away from her for good and she from him. If there was ever a couple who do NOT deserve a HEA, this is the one. vThey are toxic.
Like all Days departures, I expect to see one or both of them return eventually. I hope that ejami is never revisited. They were such a polarizing couple and did so much damage to Days’ viewer numbers. U’m sure the show will take a brief hit, but once former viewers realize that they’re actually gone, the numbers will go back up.

i believe that ej faked his death – smai does not know about it yet – i believe that later on she will receive word from ej & she leaves salem with the kids then they will get their happily ever after…………
points to ponder:
the emt’s didn’t even try to do cpr on ej – when he arrived at the hospital they took him directly to the morgue with out a doctor pronouncing him dead…..
ej probably set everything up with miguel – he probably took the drug that slows the heart down so nobody can detect a heart beat…………….jmo

His father will come to selma and get his son body the same thing that he did to Patch and he came back after several years, Tony also so EJ will open his eyes again and Sami will leave and go wherever EJ is

I despise Ejami, so I am not sad to tsee their “love” story end. As for James, I’m sorry to see him go, because I actually liked EJ, just not with Sami. Great acting on both ends.

he is not dead too easy

I wish I could have taken out my hankies, but soaps have ruin all death scenes for me, because most often they are not real— I have seen bodies in coffin, no heartbeats, explosion where no one could survive–only to learn the person faked their death, or a doubled had died, a random stranger was the body they found or it was all a dream– whatever, enough times to ever accept a soap death for what it appears to be.

The fact it was EJ’s henchman, who supposedly turned on him, that pulled the trigger makes me suspicious—the fact the medical response team didn’t even try to help him is another. I think like others it was a set up, and eventually when Sami leaves town she will end up someplace and the minute she walks into her new home, EJ will be there and they will say “We did it” or something like that.

If it doesn’t happen that way I be surprise– but even if they truly killed off the character, we all know what one writer did, another writer can undo, so if Days is on long enough I suspect EJ might come back from the dead, like his brother and father have done so many times in past.

Oh My Gosh !?!? I’m a week behind….
I hope … as Lou states

he faked his death… and he’s with his mother…. Susan… in London

it just seems so final…. when it’s a quality actor, who graced our screens
and you never want to let go of them

He brought SO much to DAYS
and nevermind his charisma as a DiMera

Oye

salute to ALL the “Ejami” fans

what a rollercoaster of a ride

Thank You James Scott

man… when he was on AMC… I never thought much of

didn’t he blow us all out of the water … Wheres my Elvis

i think ej fake his death i see the end so he is the fake one who die he will be alvie he will be back when as someone who will vist sami and the kids

This is soap opera land. Fans are upset EJ is leaving Days to begin with. I don’t think the writers want viewers to turn off Days. Therefore I believe EJ is alive and there will be a happing ending when Sami leaves the show. Do they ride off into the sunset together?….I think yes, that the writers will do this for their fans.

I have been watching DAYS since it first aired in November of 1965. I don’t think EJ is dead. I think he faked it to throw Stefano and other enemies off the trail, and to get out of going to jail. We will see. Hopefully he will come get Sami and the kids and they will go to an island somewhere and live happily ever after. Great performance by Ali Sweeney. We will dearly miss her, and James Scott too.

I don’t think EJ is dead — this is, after all, DOOL — the home of all resurrections! If they did, actually, kill him off, I am disappointed. Not a good way for them to write him out. Stellar performance by Sweeney though.

MY HEART IS BROKEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EJ isn’t dead…there is no way they will end Ejami like this. Sami is in on it, they are faking his death and going to leave Salem and live abroad….:)

So happy to see the actor receive the respect of a good exit storyline. I was saddened to hear both actors chose not to renew their contracts, and that James would follow Allison as she chose to leave. I am VERY happy that they gave him a great exit and not just a goofy hand wave as they left the show. James and Alison have put in MANY uninterrupted years at Days and never faltered in their contracts; Sad to see them go. CANT WAIT for the surprise day they decide to come back. Cause it always happens. Waited around 15 years for Stephen Nichols to return, hopefully James will be back!

I was very Devestated that ej died getting shot, I actually thought him and sami were gonna run away together with the kids to escape stefano.

I am one who will be happy to see this dysfunctional pairing exit the show. Hopefully, it will free up some airtime for other deserving actors, characters and couples who have been sorely missed the past few years while the show pushed a really unbelievable pair on the audience.

EJ is not dead, but Sami thinks he is. This is what happened:

EJ wanted his employee to shoot him in front of Clyde. He was shot with a drug that puts the body in a total coma position. He appears to be dead to everyone including Sami. His mother Susan is still in Salem and takes his body out of the country. She has ashes put in a urn and sent to Dirmera house. Sami will be shocked with this delivery, but eventually will discover EJ faked his death and this was a scheme, which he felt necessary to protect their family from Stefano.

The week of October 20th. Sami has confirmation that EJ is alive. EJ asks his mother to visit Sami with the news. Sami will convince her family that she needs to leave Salem to protect herself and children from Stefano. Sami and the children will join EJ, who now lives in one of his homes in Europe.

EJAMI will be re-united and be end-game!

Hopefully EJ isn’t really dead and he comes back after a while or he contacts Sami and her and the kids leave town to go live with him but hopefully he will come back

Great performances by James Scott and Alison Sweeney. DOOL will not be the same again without their leading couple. James and Alison moved generations of viewers to empty boxes of tissues. EJ and Sami truly have chemistry, only they could have pulled it off and made it believable to viewers. I hope to see them return to DOOL and reclaim their role as DOOL Great Couple. Best wishes to both phenomenal actors and their endeavors.

oh he better not be dead, hopefully its a twist with the ending… sammi and ej made the show. loved their drama. so sad they are both leaving. hope in the further they come back

I really hope Ej is not dead. That is a horrible way to have him exit DOOL. I think he faked his death like others said because the EMTs didn’t even try to revive him. He will soon let Sami know he’s still alive and they will have their HEA. I love Ejami and am sure gonna miss them both. Thanks James Scott and Allison Sweeney for all the wonderful years you gave us on DOOL!! I hope you return someday.

Oh, I am deeply disappointed that they wrote him out this way. Knowing that the actors were leaving the show,I was hoping they would take the kids and ride off into the sunset together. What a crappy way to end the story! I have been watching Days since 1984!

I’m still in awe over the performances by Ali Sweeney these past few months especially Friday’s episode which I believe was her absolute best performance EVER on DAYS. I had hoped for a HEA for Ejami (and we may still get it ) but I was so spellbound by the acting of Ali & James and the fantastic writing of Melissa Salmons that I can’t imagine anything could top Friday’s episode. Not the Ejami ending I was hoping for, but totally worth watching and watching again. I bow to the greatness that is Jamison, especially when written by Melissa Salmons. #EjamiAlways

Amanda I like the way you’re thinking and feel the way you do that EJ is not really dead his death was faked so that Sami and his children would be safe from Stefano.

I’ve only been watching the show for about a year so I was surprised at how heartbroken I was to see EJ die. It is not often that a soap makes me cry anymore, but these powerful scenes brought me to tears! I really love both of these actors. I hope his death is fake and the actors return to the show after about a year. Days of Our Lives is such a good soap!

Great performance from my Alison Sweeney(Sami) I cried seeing how much pain she was in and James Scott(EJ) was great as well what a loss those two characters will be Days won’t be the same without them.

I think its a fake death as well I think this because I bet you Ken Corday will be fighting to get them back he knows Ejami was his most popular couple and they the reason why his show remained on air. Even when ratings were not good they created who buzz for Days now they gone this show is going be very boring to watch.

I am betting EJ faked his death in order to avoid his tax evasion charges and Sami knows about it too.

it would have been better if it was written that
They both left Salem with their family
Not for EJ to be killed
And now because he was killed I don’t
Ever want to see days again
To me it will be like AMC and OLTL
The end of an epic soap..
It should have been written differently
Like they all went to the party told will
They planned to leave Salem forever
Then told Samis family. But to kill
Him off was a dishonor to EJ and Sami

I know people come and go all the time in soaps and they have their reasons but I would like to still see ej come back somehow in the story line with Samantha too I love their relationship of true love I don’t know if I can watch days without them both im really heartbroken

Well, i don’t know it is fake or not..what i know is this show/TPTB/writers have wasted Ej AND Sami on such an insipid character like scary looking Abby for their last year..That, was a serious disrespect to Ej, Sam the character but also their portrayers James Scott and Alison Sweeney and their fans..so death or not, they already did a number on Ej and Sami. I can’t be erased, sadly, we had to endure this nightmare for almost a year..A YEAR. Now, good luck to this soap with this type of mentality and writing moves..

As for the performances, James Scott, Joe Mascolo were just great and heartbreaking but Ali Sweeney was outstanding..if the system was fair she should get her emmy with these scenes.

I know it’s “just a soap opera”, but I cried like a baby when EJ died! Allison did a FANTASTIC job with her acting abilities. Sami was so very pitiful. Actually I’m tearing up now. I wish the couple had not both decided to leave the show. I ADORE the EJami storyline. I wish they could have been happy forever, together as Bo and Hope used to be.

NO, I THINK IT IS OVER FOR EJAMI THEY ARE OFF THE SHOW AND THEY CAN’T GO TO ANOTHER SHOW BECAUSE DAYS OWES THE RIGHTS TO THEM. Ti WILL BE LOOKING FOR THEM IN OTHER PLACES AS jAMES sCHEY COULD START THEIR OWN SHOW BUT NO MORE EJAMI

I hope he’s really alive and he and Sami leave town together with the kids so they can live their lives in peace.

Stunning performances by both Ali and James. I’m still mourning the loss of this incredible soap character. Say what you will about EJ, James Scott made us come to expect that well-crafted performances were commonplace. Ali’s performance Friday was so incredibly heartbreaking. She was everything Melissa Salmon’s script deserved. These scenes are already firmly ensconced in my list of remarkable scenes, and Sami Brady DiMera, EJ DiMera, Alison Sweeney and James Scott will never leave my list of characters and actors I treasure. Godspeed to them all. And thanks for the wonderful memories.

Those scenes were heartbreaking and amazingly performed. I haven’t cried that hard at a tv show in a really long time. I’ve got my fingers crossed for a HEA for them, but I’m nervous.

I hate the way they killed Ej It was a good seen with Sami but I’m still holding there’s more to it. And he’s faking to run away Ltr.

All I can say is i hope Amanda ⬆ is right. But I have my doubts bcuz back in May EJ wanted off of the show! I really do hope we get 100% actual confirmation within 1 month as to whether he really is dead due to leaving the show or if he faked his own death to give him time to decide what he wants to do with his acting career. This is the 1st time I’ve actually enjoyed EJ and Sami together (EJami)… So I really do hope we will see this couple again and really soon. But if not, then I wish both Allison and James the best of Luck with their futures, be it in acting or otherwise…

the show will not be any good with out ej and sami if she wants to leave bring a new sami on but ej should not die I have been watch this show for over 40 years so why ruin the show now why couldn’t sami be crying and his heart stast beating and they ruch him to surgey and save him there are a lot of mad fan ej and sami made the show

I hated the way they did this I cried my eyes out don’t want ej dead I will miss him so much n her to why couldn’t they say they just ran away from salmon to be happy together with there kids so so sad still crying aboutthis

I don’t want him dead hope it’s all a plan

Friday left me an emotional mess. James and Ali were outstanding! I cried throughout their scenes, as they talked about their space where they live and Sami telling EJ over and over that she loved him. Then to have her in denial about his passing until she can’t find his heartbeat at the end…heart wrenching! Stefano crying on the phone was powerful as well!
I am hopeful it was in some way faked and when Sami leaves she and the kids will be reunited with EJ to continue their epic love story 🙂

I am very sad James Scott & Alison Sweeney are leaving Days. They are truly wonderful together! I will miss them terribly. I am so hoping this was a set up and EJ is not dead! I’m not sure if Sami was in on this but from her performance, I would say no but then again, this is Days and they’ve done this before. I certainly hope both will return-sooner rather than later!