Days Of Our Lives
DAYS Susan Seaforth Hayes on the Horton Home Set on Fire: “This Was the (Home of the Family) Matriarch and the Patriarch. And Then There’s Tom’s Chair. What Will happen to Dr. Tom’s Chair?”
Coming up on Days of our Lives, what has been teased months ago, will finally stream on the Peacock soap opera. The beloved and iconic Horton house is about to burn possibly to the ground, after it is set on fire on the Friday, February 9th episode.
The story will pick up starting on the Monday, February 12th episode, which will find Julie (Susan Seaforth Hayes) and Chad (Billy Flynn) coming upon the scene as the living room is engulfed in flames.
As it will be revealed, a major vendetta against Chad, is the cause when viewers learn the the fire was no accident. In the major scenes, Doug (the late Bill Hayes, who was still taping episodes at DAYS several months before his passing), Julie, Chad and his kids, all go to safety outside and watch the iconic home burn.
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Speaking with Soap Opera Digest, Susan Seaforth Hayes previewed the devastating moment and just how hard it hits Julie. “Everybody has come and gone and had experiences there,” Hayes begins. “This was the (home of the family’s) matriarch and the patriarch. And then there’s Tom’s chair. What will happen to Dr. Tom’s chair?”
Hayes adds there is a touching scene when everyone makes it to safety, “There’s a nice sequence outside the house watching the house burn.” She elaborates,”It looks quite hopeless. There are ashes, smoke and filth… It’s a sad heap.”
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This will wind up being a rebuilding project for Julie and the Horton legacy, as Susan shared, “Julie’s take on it after is determination to not lose the sense of the house, to not lose what was there emotionally.”
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Look for Maggie (Suzanne Rogers) to step up and provide temporary roof over the heads of her beloved friends and relatives.
Will you be sad to see the iconic Horton home set on fire? Did the set need a face-lift? Comment below.
What a dumb plot – what viewers really want to see a beloved elderly couple’s house go up in flames?
Will it be a Christmas miracle that the ornaments survive? Is there enough money in the budget for a nicer new set?
Assuming this was taped in July as the gap between tape and air on this show is a ridiculous 7 months now (compared to GH which occasionally gets stuff on air 2 weeks after taping). This might have been one of Ron’s last stories before the temporary writers took over.
Just not worth it.
The world today has change so much people now days don’t want the truth about life today’s beliefs r no longer the way they were when this best soap came out Year’s ago. God be with us all
They made a point of mentioning that the ornaments are usually stored in the basement during the recent Helliday season, so maybe that means they won’t burn up in the fire?
I’m the Devil, so I’m obviously used to fires, where I come from. But this one is entirely unnecessary. The ReRon regime has damaged the Horton family enough as it is. Burning down Tom & Alice’s home to advance Redneck Clyde’s drug dealing plot is a bit much.
And, why would they ruin a perfectly good house set? The new ones are all dumpy apartments.
They’ll probably introduce a “value engineered” set that’s less intricate than the traditional one.
It wasn’t a Ron storyline. Just prior to the strike, Ron announced that he had only written up to the Christmas episode. This storyline was written by the replacement writers.
Not sure why you are assuming this was filmed in July. Days films six months in advance, not seven, which would have had this episode filmed in the beginning September.
The fire storyline isn’t going to be about destruction, but instead; rebuilding and looking back at the history of a young Tom and Alice. Rest assured, Julie will rebuild and find the vintage boxes of ornaments.
Leave it to Ron to decimate and destroy the most important meaningful element of the show.
This storyline is horribly upsetting and totally unnecessary! It’s as if Ron and his pack of illiterates are spitting in the faces of all of us who have loved this show and it main characters for almost sixty years!!!! As of now I have not been able to bring myself to watch the devastation!!!! I am very upset and angry and I really wish Ken Corday would fire the entire lot of them!
Now let’s talk about Nicole.!!!!! What the hell are you thinking????? Mr. Corday, Beg her to return! You just might lose what’s left of your audience over this!!!!!!! She must be rehired at full pay!!!!
The irony given the show is literally burning down before our eyes with the terrible writing and the unlawful treatment of Ari and others.
Um…Pissed Off doesn’t even begin to express how I feel about it. Absolutely no good reason to do it. There’s no story worth this. The damage better be minimal. SSH was right in asking “what will happen to Dr. Tom’s chair.” I was thinking about that (of all things, a chair) during last year’s Christmas episode. Tom used to sit in it. After he died, Alice was often seen sitting in it. And Now Doug has occupied it the most. (And now our beloved BH has died.) This living room is historic! This set was one where millions of viewers found comfort. Moving on, growing, whatever ~ if they take that set from us, they are robbing millions of people of the solace they find even in an imaginary set. The stories may be imaginary, but the effects are not. Shame on whomever thought this was a neat idea!
That is a great response !
I agree with you 100% I’ve watched it since I was 8 or 9 years old and I am 51 now I remember Alice and Tom and how Alice always helped everybody even if she had to break the law just a little bit behind times back even the tunnel under shenanigans that she help people hide out in there was no reason to burn the house down none whatsoever
To ruin a set that was iconic and a major part of Days of our Lives is beyond stupidity. Why ? So many viewers and fans livid about this. Afraid this Horton Fire not only send the house to burn but the entire show itself
They destroyed Victor’s house set – all characters are forced into that small windowless den set, no foyer, no royal doors… Over the years Rafe’s house and kitchen has gotten smaller and smaller, for some reason everyone on the show sleeps in the same bedroom – look at the “doors”… Maybe the Horton’s will buy the hotel (hey wait… Julie owns a B and B in town – where did that go?)… Sure seems Marlina and John and Patch and Kala live in the same “set” with one small kitchen switch…. The DeMara mansion is somewhat in tact…. I only watch the show once a week… perhaps one day too many.
I don’t think we have seen Julie’s B&B since Gabi pushed her down the stairs and she ended up with Stefan DiMera’s original heart (which Gabi then controlled with a wi-fi equipped pacemaker)
What a terrible idea, how can they destroy Tom and Alice’s home it has so many memories for everyone
yes it will be sad
I don’t understand it either. They moved to peacock so that they would get more audience. They wanted to make sure that we’d all want to watch. But now they’re burning down major sets I mean what’s next the Brady pub?
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Burning the iconic set is shortsighted. Has anyone producing and writing soaps today studied what the greats did in the heyday? Strong storytelling is better than gimmicks. The webs foolishly cut back what so many people love about daytime drama, then punish viewers when their budget cuts and programming decisions don’t work. Everyone has monkeyed with the genre except for viewers. Thanks.
They should not have burned down the house. Maybe it could have been going through renovations so not everything was there. Dr. Tom’s chair is probably not very comfortable all these years later. LOL It is sad though.
Ken Corday seems determined to burn down DAYS entirely one way or another so why not the house.
The house didn’t have to be destroyed, but it does happen in real life. Maybe the original house plans could be found somewhere and the house rebuilt to exact likeness with some enhancement .
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‘Brilliant Minds’ Officially Canceled After 2 Seasons at NBC; DAYS Alum Al Calderon, OLTL Alum Teddy Sears and Zachary Quinto Among the Cast
After languishing on the bubble for months, on Friday, NBC handed down the decision and canceled the medical drama Brilliant Minds after two seasons.
Brilliant Minds stars Zachary Quinto as neurology physician Oliver Wolf, who’s character and the series is inspired by the life and books of neurologist. Oliver Sacks. The series focuses on the medical mysteries of the mind, as Wolf a larger-than-life neurologist and his team of interns explore the last great frontier, the human mind, while grappling with their own relationships and mental health.
The final six episodes of what will now be the end of its second and final season were already set to air beginning on May 27, after being pulled off the network schedule in February as viewership saw a steep decline. Brilliant Minds second season became the lowest-rated drama on linear TV viewing, which didn’t bode well fo a network renewal, although it had its hard core fan base.
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There are some exceptional notables in the cast along with the talented Quinto that includes Days of Our Lives alum, Al Calderon (ex-Javi Hernandez) who joined the series in its second season as Nurse Nico Silva, and One Life to Live alum, Teddy Sears (ex-Chad Bennett) who plays Wolf’s love interest and fellow physician, Dr. Josh Nichols.
The rest of the talented cast includes: Tamberla Perry, Ashleigh LaThrop, Alex MacNicoll, Aury Krebs, Spence Moore II, Donna Murphy, John Clarence Stewart, and Brian Altemus.
In an ironic twist of fate on Thursday, April 30, Days of Our Lives finally revealed the actor who was Al Calderon’s successor in the role of Javi, when they announced that actor Jacob Martinez had now stepped into the role. Since DAYS tapes ten months ahead of streaming new episode, Calderon left in the spring of 2025, but will be seen in the part for the final part this month, and then on June 20, Martinez debuts as Salem’s new Javi.
Taking to his Instagram with a sorrowful and heartfelt post on the Brilliant Minds cancellation was Teddy Sears who wrote, “Thank you, Brilliant Minds. I got the call today and I didn’t want to hear, but I knew that it would come, You have to be a particular vintage to quote Don Henley from memory, but that’s the line that came to mind earlier today after I got off the phone with our inimitable showrunner Michael Grassi who delivered the news that NBC has cancelled the series”.
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Sears continued, “To say that I feel sad to be moving on from these stories, this character, and this cast and crew just doesn’t paint the entire picture. I’m sad, sure. But I’m also deeply grateful that I got hired to play this part, so proud of the stories we told, and the other actors I got to play alongside. I’m excited to see what comes next, what adventures await, and terrified to be without a professional home. A quick and heartfelt thank you to everyone, all over the globe, who found us and found themselves in us, in our characters and in our stories. We wouldn’t have been able to tell them without you. And we still have 6 fresh episodes yet to air, and I do hope you tune in enjoy the remainder of the series. They’re the best we’ve done.”
As he wrapped up his sentiments, Sears signed off with, “The more I know, the less I understand. All the things I figured out I have to learn again. I’ve been trying to get down to the heart of the matter. But everything changes…Thank you, Brilliant Minds.”
The medical drama was created and executive produced by Michael Grassi alongside Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, Leigh London Redman, Lee Toland Krieger, DeMane Davis, Jasmine Russ, Henrik Bastin, Jonathan Cavendish, Andy Serkis and Shefali Malhoutra.
So, what do you think of NBC’s decision to cancel Brilliant Minds after two seasons? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.
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DAYS OF OUR LIVES: Sophia Seemingly Plans to End Her Life, But Not Before Setting Fire to Johnny’s Apartment With Him Trapped Inside
The final few moments of the Thursday, April 30 episode of Days of our Lives, will pave the way, to what just may be the end of Sophia Choi’s (Rachel Boyd) life, but not as you may think!
After an unhinged Sophia paid a visit to Johnny DiMera (Carson Boatman), maced him in the eyes, knocked him out and then tied up to a chair, now conscious, she lets him know that she holds him responsible for all the trouble and trauma she has gone through from adopting her child, and her being sent to a mental institution.
So instead of the unregistered gun Kristen (Stacy Haiduk) gave her to finish off Johnny, Sophia sets up a plan to light candle, use nail polish remover and turn on the gas on the stove to ultimately create a mass explosion, which although Johnny pleaded to her not to that to all the innocent people inside his apartment building, she doesn’t seem to care.
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FIERY FACE OFF
The plan was supposed to be, after she takes care of Johnny she will toss the gun in the Salem River, then focus on payback to Holly Jonas before leaving town to start a new life.
Now, Sophia makes her exit, leaving Johnny to be a few moments away from an explosion or gas inhalation, when Chanel (Raven Bowens) comes home after awaiting the results of her mammogram. She sees Johnny tied up, as he panics and tells her to put out the flame on the candle, things go awry, and a fire has begun and everything may go up in flames with Johnny and Chanel inside.
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A BROKEN SOPHIA
Back in her room, Sophia breaks down after reading the social media comments about her, she planted, and then starts writing a suicide or farewell note which says. “I’m tired of begging for forgiveness for my mistakes. All I wanted was to move forward, to be loved and understood. But it’s clear that I was never going to get that. Holly Jonas said that I was dead to her. So, as her former BFF, I’m going to make her dream a reality.”
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A DEADLY TRAP
Now, the fate of Johnny, Chanel and Sophia will be revealed on tomorrow’s May 1st cliffhanger, which may be the end of Sophia when she crosses paths with Kirsten at the bridge near the river. We do know Rachel Boyd is no longer appearing in the show credits section and is now off contract with the soap.
So, what did you think of the climatic final moments of DAYS? What did you think of the performance of Rachel Boyd as Sophia Choi? Let us know via the comment section.
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Jacob Martinez is ‘Days of Our Lives’ New Javi Hernandez Replacing Al Calderon in the Role
Finally! The casting has been revealed as to just who would be Al Calderon’s successor in the role of Days of our Lives, Javi Hernandez. On Friday, April 30, the long-running soap opera revealed Jacob Martinez is taking on the part and he will first be seen this coming June 30th and then on all-new episodes streaming on Peacock.
As previously reported, the popular Calderon exited the soap opera last year to join the cast of the NBC primetime medical drama, Brilliant Minds as nurse Nico Silva, who in May will air the remainder of their second season. The series has been on the bubble for renewal by the network. His last episodes as Javi will also air this May on DAYS.
Since DAYS tapes ten months ahead of streaming, Martinez has been secretly ensconced in all the drama in Salem for quite some time. When viewers see the new Javi in story, we should learn what will happen in Javi’s relationship with Leo Stark played by Emmy winner, Greg Rikaart, plus his continued relationship with his relatives in the Hernandez clan. Currently, when Javi returned to Salem after taking care of his ailing father, and after the bust-up of his marriage to Leo thanks to Dimitri (Peter Porte), he claimed he had moved on with someone else while he was away from Salem.
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Like Calderon before him, Martinez is a multi-talented actor and singer. Jacob’s resume is impressive having appeared in the musical In Pieces: The Musical at Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater and he was hand-picked by Joey Contreras to play the role of Grey. Other credits include: the short film, Memory Swim and the play Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage.
Martinez hails from Norfolk, Nebraska and appeared when he was very young at the Johnny Carson Theatre, and as DAYS fans know, Jacob is now working at the Days of our Lives studios, right where the “Tonight Show” is filled. In addition, Jacob Martinez is a graduate of The American Musical and Dramatic Academy (AMDA).
Taking to his Instagram on Thursday, April 30 once the news of his casting was revealed, Martinez, expressed, “Way too many people to thank in one post, so I’ll just say THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART to each and every person who continues to pour into me and encourage me to chase my dreams. I cannot even begin to express how grateful I am. I already feel beyond blessed, supported, and loved. See you all in Salem ⏳”
Jacob Martinez appeared on Friday on the Days of our Lives Instagram account announcing his casting. You can check it out below. Deadline was the first to report the casting switch.
So, excited to learn who is the new Javi Hernandez? Please welcome Jacob Martinez to the role and be on the lookout for his debut on June 30. Comment below.
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