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DAYS OF OUR LIVES: Hope Says Goodbye to Doug in Heart-Tugging Performance by Kristian Alfonso
Hope (Kristian Alfons0) returned to Salem in emotional scenes on Thursday’s December 5th episode of Days of our Lives. In story, Hope missed the funeral of her father, Doug Williams (the late Bill Hayes) as she was tending to Bo (Peter Reckell), who seemed to be showing signs of life when he moved his finger, while she was in distress over learning the news of her ‘daddy’s’ death.
According to a report, Hope’s portrayer, Kristian Alfonso, had a scheduling conflict during the taping of Doug’s actual memorial service, but then made it back shortly after to pay her respects. If you followed Days of our Lives for decades, you know what a special relationship Hope had with her dad, and how much Alfonso loved the late Bill Hayes.
Those on and off-screen relationships made Alfonso’s performance all the more heartfelt. When Hope arrives in Salem she goes immediately to see Julie (Susan Seaforth Hayes), but instead meet a young man who says he is Doug Williams III (Peyton Meyer). Julie introduces Hope to her father’s grandson, while its very clear that Detective Brady’s side-eye wasn’t buying it. The back-story of Doug’s son through IVF comes up.
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Doug III has pocketed Alice’s necklace from the Horton time capsule. He becomes all the more shifty throughout the episode. Meanwhile, Hope heads to the cemetery to says her goodbyes to her father.
At Doug’s grave, Hope just sobs as she tells her father how much she loves him. When Jennifer arrives, Hope falls into her arms and collapses in tears. Hope tells Jennifer (Melissa Reeves) she desperately wanted to be there for Julie and her dad, but she was terrified Bo would wake up with no one there. However, he never woke up.
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While they sit together at the cemetery, Hope tells her cousin she has serious doubts about Doug III. She asks Jennifer if anyone called her half-brother Charles to see if he even has a son named after her dad? Jennifer says everyone has been so busy, so no. Hope asks Jennifer to keep an eye on Doug III while she is away in Europe with Bo. She asks Jennifer to use her expert reporting skills to snuff out what is going on with his guy.
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Hope goes back to talking to Doug’s grave and mourning the loss of the man that meant so much to her. Just then, Shawn (Brandon Beemer) and Ciara (Victoria Konefal) arrive and offer their shoulders to cry on and support. Hope is insistent that Bo will wake up soon. However, today is about her dad. “He really loved you both so much,” Hope shares with her children about their
The special connection shared by Kristian and Bill Hayes, and their alter-egos Hope and Doug, was beautifully played by the iconic Alfonso is this pivotal moment in DAYS history, and for the character of Hope.
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In an interview with Soap Opera Digest, Kristian summed it up best by sharing on her longtime relationship with Hayes,”I had so many touching scenes with him, and he had the same warmth that my dad did. And that, for me, was incredibly comforting. I felt like I was working with someone who loved me, and of course, our love for each other grew over the years. I just always loved working with him, and to witness Bill and Susan’s love. It reminded me very much of the kind of love my parents shared.”
Did you reach for the hankies during Hope’s graveside scenes with Doug? Is Hope right-on-the-money about Doug III? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.
Days of Our Lives fans never hardly ever comment on important stories. I don’t know why that is.
I do feel like it was a rip off by Carlivati again that Hope would not be at her father’s funeral. It’s preposterous. I’m so looking forward to the stories he didn’t write.
I cannot wait until the new writers’ material starts airing!! Paula Cwikly was co headwriter in 2002-2003, and I LOVED her work!!!!! Thankfully she will be back!!
I haven’t watched the show since early 2022 because I can’t stand the gimmicky, superficial, almost farcical writing.
I am anxious for the arrival of Paula Cwikly and Jeanne Marie Ford’s material as co-head writers. Susan Seaforth Hayes definitely was selling it (as much as she could) at Day of Days, re: the new material. It’s about time the camp, plot-driven storylines be ripped out of the canvas, and some warm character-driven ones are put back in.
Carlivati wrote around Kristian Alfonso’s schedule. The story above says that she had a scheduling conflict and was unable to work during the funeral sequence. Carlivati was pretty clever in indicating that there was an important advance in Bo’s recovery to help explain Kristian’s absence during the funeral sequence. And she has several more episodes to come.
More casting news from Days of Our Lives, and for now, the soap opera seems to be breaking their new additions to Salem via their Instagram account. Now comes word and picture on August 24, that General Hospital and The Young and the Restless alum Brytni Sarpy has joined DAYS!
The Peacock soap opera’s Instagram account, showed a photo of Sarpy standing in front of her dressing room in the hallways of Days of Our Lives’ studios. The caption read, “Someone new is checking into Salem… Welcome Brytni Sarpy to the Days of our Lives family! Stay tuned.”
The casting of Sarpy comes on the heels of the announcement of Sydney Malakeh coming to the show in September, and earlier this year General Hospital favorite, Sofia Mattsson (ex-Sasha Gilmore, GH) joining the show in a mystery role when she began taping back around the end of March of this year. Now Sarpy is the “mystery role” category too!
In addition, the Days of Our Lives social team dropped a video ditty of the cast spoofing Love Island, where Sarpy appears as the new “bombshell” of the villa. Other cast members such as Rob Scott Wilson (Alex), Abigail Klein (Abigail), Casey Moss (JJ), Sal Stowers (Lani), Paul Telfer (Xander) and Linsey Godfrey (Sarah) pop-up in it too, among others.
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SOAP HOPPING
Soap fans first met Sarpy when she played Valerie Spencer, the niece of Luke (Anthony Geary) and Bobbie Spencer (Jackie Zeman) on General Hospital back in 2015. She made her final appearance on the series back in 2019 to join the cast of The Young and the Restless in the role of Elena Dawson.
Elena was introduced as a love interest for Devon Winters (Bryton James). She later cheated on him with his cousin Nate Hastings (Sean Dominic). Elena began to be back-burned by 2023 with Sarpy’s last on-screen appearance in Genoa City in November of 2024.
Due to Days of Our Lives nearly year in advance tape schedule, viewers will have to wait till sometime in the early summer of 2027 to see Brytni’s arrival in Salem.
So, happy to see Brytni Sarpy has landed another soap role? Now that she is at DAYS, who you think she might be playing and paired with? Put on your casting director hats and let us know via the comment section.
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Sydney Malakeh Joins the Cast of ‘Days of Our Lives’ in Mystery Role: Who Do You Think She’s Playing?
There’s a new gal coming to Salem, or is she new and a recast? That’s what inquiring minds from Days of Our Lives fans have been trying to figure out since the Peacock soap opera dropped an Instagram video heralding actress‘ Sydney Malakeh‘s arrival in Salem.
The soap did confirm that viewers will first see Malakeh on the September 9 episode. In the video, Malakeh is seen going set to set from her dressing room and in to the halls of Days of Our Lives studios.
What we do know id that Sydney has been acting professionally for 6 years and had appeared on Grey’s Anatomy, Apple TV’s Shrinking and the HBO Max’s The Sex Lives of College Girls.
Plenty of Malakeh’s DAYS castmates jumped into the comment thread with positive emojis symbols or written excitement including: Paul Telfer (Xander), Linsey Godfrey (Sarah), Sal Stowers (Lani), Conner Floyd (Chad), Eric Martsolf (Brady) and Christie Clark (Carrie) and more now that fans will finally see her on-air. Since Days of Our Lives tapes 10-11 months in advance, Sydney would have started taping the show sometime back in 2025.
DAYS fans think perhaps because the actress’ name is Sydney that she might be playing the grown-up daughter of Sami and EJ. That character hasn’t bee on the canvas since 2021.
So, who do you think Sydney Malakeh might be playing on Days of Our Lives? Drop your casting director thoughts via the comment section below.
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Peacock Hikes Subscription Rates for Fourth Time in Four Years; ‘Days of Our Lives’ Fans Sound Off
While recently the streaming service Peacock reported turning a profit for its first time since its infancy, now comes word that the company is raising their prices for all customers, and in some cases it stared today on August 18.
The news of the subscription rate increases marks the fourth time the NBCUniversal streaming platform has done so in four years. So, on August 18, Peacock is increasing the prices for new or returning subscribers and customers, while current subscribers will see the rate increase on or after September 17 depending on their billing cycle when they initially signed up.
Here is the new pricing to follow along: Peacock Premium (which includes ads) will be $12.99/month, up two dollars from $10.99; Peacock Premium Plus will be $19.99/month, up three dollars increase from $16.99; and the Peacock Select tier (which includes current and past seasons of NBC and Bravo shows but excludes movies, live sports and Peacock originals) will increase a dollar from $7.99 to $8.99/month.
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SUBSCRIBERS CONTINUE TO PAY MORE ACROSS THE STREAMER LANDSCAPE
It was back in June that the streamer reported that aid subscribers were up to 48 million adding a 2 million net gain during Q2 in of 2026. The subscription price hikes are rampant now in the entertainment streaming industry where over the last two years for example, Netflix, HBO Max, Apple TV, Paramount+ have all raised their fees to consumers.
Peacock’s tier-levels feature not only Days of Our Lives, but reality hits such as The Traitors and Love Island USA, Bravo series, and a vault of Saturday Night Live, Law & Order, The Real Housewives franchise, and Below Deck episodes as well. Pecock Premium and Premium Plus subscribers have access to sports and live events, as well.
DAYS OF OUR LIVES SUBSCRIBERS HAD A FEW CHOICE WORDS FOR PEACOCK
As Days of Our Lives fans know, the soap opera moved from NBC to the streamer back in September of 2022 after 57 years on broadcast television. When the news hit X on the price increase, DAYS fans had a lot to say about it. Here are just a few of the comments below:
“I can’t believe Peacock and can’t come to a deal with Cordya to air old episodes of #Days. That alone would bring a ton of subscribers,” to If Peacock actually cared about #Days of Our Lives, gave the show the budget it needs for better sets, cameras, background actors and enough time to tell proper stories, I wouldn’t mind paying more. If the money actually showed on screen, the higher price would be worth it,” to “I will continue to pay for a Peacock subscription as long as #Days is on it, but did we know there was another price increase coming?” and more.
So, what do you think of the new price hike increase to watch Days of Our Lives and your other favorite shows and events on Peacock? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below.
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