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Jen Lilley Delivers Power Performance As Theresa Leaves Salem On Days of our Lives!

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I hated this storyline. Cruel and preposterous. As though anyone’s family would supprt such deception and willingly abandoning a baby? There were other ways for this actor to leave.
I agree they shoulda killed her off
Agreed, Anne….the presumption of leaving one’s baby is outrageous and inconceivable for any mother; unless said mother is a heartless b**ch.
However, aside from the ridiculousness of the story, so typical of any soap, Lilley delivered a stunning performance. I am very partial to Jen, I love her to pieces as an actress, so, I tend to sing her praises at every opportunity. To put cream and cherry on her skillful acting, Jen is, also, gorgeous!!
I only hope we will see her again, either on Days, or elsewhere……whatever her endevors, I will be watching.
seriously? Theresa came in with years of bad baggage dragging behind her..it’s easy to see how mateo or any other loser she left hanging from her pre-salem days would come back to haunt her. He probably isn’t even the worst of them and her lying butt probably has another kid out there somewhere. With a well developed and portrayed anti heroheroine anything is is possible. She’ll be back..they scored a coup re casting abby so..on the other hand when all was said and done brady seemed relieved and gave up too easily..jmo.
on a brighter note anne leaves the hospital and becomes jen’s assistant at the spectator..hee hee i can’t wait for that pairing..don’t know how it comes about but it does.
jen lilley chose to leave the show , this is her decision . i am glad they didn’t kill off theresa . Days is really good at the moment . can’t wait for monday !
Absolutely, Nicholas. It is never a good idea to kill off a viable actor/character. Just look at Will. Many of us WANT him back. However, the good thing is that even when dead, there’s always hope of a return, in soaps. LOL.
If they bring back Chandler Massey as Will, then I will start watching the show regularly again. Until then, I will check-in occasionally, and likely check-out within a few minutes of boredom. I fear that if they do bring Chandler back, they will fill his time with inane nonsense, rather than meaningful character growth. It will irritate me if they waste Chandler’s acting talents, but I’ll still watch anyway. Although Chandler seemed to work well with any of the other actors on the screen, he seems to shine most in his scenes with Marlena doling out wise grandmotherly/psychiatrist advice. If… Read more »
@ChandlerFan.
Everything you said. When I think of ‘Will’, I think Chandler….love him forever.
Jen’s performance throughout these last few weeks has been amazing, but Friday’s performance was Award winning. It was impeccable. The scene with Victor was phenomenal and heart breaking at the same time. She is an amazingly talented actress. What Victor said in Greek , I say ditto.
Ageed! Great Acting and I did like the storyline.. We all need to remember it is a soap and we need to get a few wild soap stories out there. I liked how we finally realized why she did not go by her real name.. that now makes sense. .even though that was figured into this exit storyline. Great writing by the writers in my opinion…
Jen is a treasure and they masked horrible story points with her tour de force performance and stellar dialog from all the script writers this week, particularly Kreitman’s first script on Thursday, and of course, Carolyn Culliton’s Friday script. Couldn’t the head writers have connected Matteo to Eduardo and that budding story or instead of having Zander as the third wheel of the baddies who broke out of jail, they could have had Matteo getting out on a technicality and gunning for theresa and connecting him to Orpheus and Clyde. The lack of creating in creating an umbrella storyline is… Read more »
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Loved this storyline ending!! Now she could always come back
Jen Lilley did a fine job, but I don’t want Theresa back unless she’s the mean bitch that I loved!
Yeah, 4ever, my friend. But, mean with a good heart. One who loves her man with powerful conviction. LOL.
DAYS lost another major talent with the loss of Jen Lilley. She was one bright spot in a really terrible show. I swear their desire to relive the 80’s is awful. The stories have ZERO depth. The couples they are focusing on are total snoozes. For once and for all — John and Marlena are not 25, they are well into their 60’s and 70’s and need story lines that focus on this. They are not secret agents or government employees. Patch and Kayla — sweet lord they are so boring. In the 80’s they fit together but now they… Read more »
I wish they would bring back sami too and those big gothic storylines
The storyline of Theresa’s exit was beyond ridiculous – I couldn’t even finish watching it the other day (I guess it was Friday’s episode) – combined with that stupid wedding, please. Maybe I have just seen one too many soap plots and after a while they are all EXACTLY the same idiotic formula. Bad girl turns good, turns her life around, becomes self-sacrificing like Mildred Pearce, it’s all redundant after a while.
The thing that really sucks about this is that Jen really had this character nailed down and it will be very tough to get another actress to follow in her footsteps should DAYS decide to recast. The soap world is/was lucky to have her because she can do a very good job playing anything she’s handed and I am talking about both her roles because she did an awesome job filling in for Kirsten Storms as Maxie on GH when Kirsten was ill. With luck, we’ll see her in something else very shortly!!!
I would much rather have had Shane and Victor arrange for Theresa to go into hiding until they could deal permanently with Matteo. That the writers would have a Mexican drug lord force Theresa to abandon Brady and her son to return to Mexico with him is awful.
I was very dissapointed in the outcome and goodbye to Jen Lilley. She promised months ago it would be sad but make us laugh also. Don’t know about anyone else, but I sure was not laughing. Where was her beloved grandmother Caroline, with some sort of goodbye. Hope she is well in real life. I am sure we all wish Jen good luck and we know it was her choice, but I really think it could have been done in a more realistic way.
Caroline was busy making sandwiches but did call Theresa to wish her a good trip…..okay I just made that up but this show is so stupid what’s the difference.
Yes, and drugs are stupid too, but after more than fifty years of watching these shows, I guess I am hooked, a soap opera junkie, or whatever.
Bravo to Jen Lilley for all of her scenes over the past 2 weeks and especially on Friday. As others have mentioned, I wasn’t thrilled with the ridiculous story; but, Jen did an excellent job playing what she was given. She portrayed the perfect amount of pain and guilt over leaving her family along with the resolve to make this break work. Jen had done a great job with Theresa growing from selfish, scheming wild-woman to a committed partner for Brady and mother to Tate. Thank you and congratulations Jen. I wish you the very best life has to offer.
This actress deserved a better story! That said, her talent will shine through sub par writing. When she was on GH She took over a cpmlex role played by a beloved actress and made it her own.
Best of luck!
Zzzzzz.
You were brilliant! I felt your pain over the last couple of weeks and in that final moment you had me tears. Best of luck and I really hope you come back to days.
I think she played all her rolls quite well. When she was evil n causing trouble we all wanted to hate her n think some one should get rid of her. When she was lying or covering up her actions you wanted to say ” can’t some one see that she is lying”. What is wrong with the others that they can’t see what she was doing! I was horrified when Kristin stole her baby n claimed it was hers, what an awful thing for someone to do or even think of doing. You have some evil writers there! Wow!!… Read more »
Definitely a great actress that surely will be missed, wish we new why she is leaving and if we will get to see her performe on some show or movie in the near future, thank you Lilley, for the best performance on Days of our Lives!
I think Jen and everyone did a great job, but I really despise the storyline. They should have recast the character.
Brady has horrible luck with women.
If they wanted to keep the character, they could have done a re-cast rather than come up with this absurd exit storyline.
I agree with you on that. I would almost rather they killed her off. As it is, if she ever returns in the future, the character will most likely be re-cast anyway.
Sorry you are leaving Days, Jen! I will miss you and Brady and your scenes together. Is there a chance you will be coming back someday? Hope so! Whatever you do I want to wish you good luck!
Jen Lilley have a wonderful performance. I cried during Baby Tate goodbye scenes. I did not like this overall storyline. However, it gave Jen a diverse and powerful reel for her to take with her. Days does not always graciously give that opportunity. Jen Lilley was “all in” of her support of show from her first day. Some of the early writing for Theresa was disappointing. so, by giving this rather odd send off story fixes some of the things for her and her time at Days. Jen Lilley will be successful as a Mom and as a leading actress.… Read more »
I’m certainly glad she was killed off. Wonderful actress! Hope she comes back to Days but wish her all the luck in her future !
Correction…. glad she Wasn’t killed off !!
I thought jen played a wonderful part. She is quite the actress . I hate to see her gone .maybe some time in the future she will come back. I,m glad she did not get killed off. My best to Jen
Awesome and memorable performance…..Jen Lilley deserves an Emmy for her performance these last few days……Jen you played this departure so believable that had my husband and I sitting with our mouths open and saying she is really playing this to the max…..we were feeling your pain along with you and then the moment with ‘Victor’…….this did bring tears to my eyes. Well Done Jen…….hope you will have a wonderful life and hope to see you in the future strutting your stuff. Love you girl.
I really never liked her and I never liked her and Brady together . I love him and Melanie together they had such charisma .
Some characters are so easily forgiven and some characters who are decent and respectable get shyt on and just disappear without a trace.
I like Theresa and Brady. I am sad to see this pairing end. Best wishes to Jen and I’m glad the writers didn’t kill Theresa off.
Brady, Tate, and Theresa should have gone into Witness Protection if that guy was really such a threat. It just doesn’t make sense. Just a way to have Theresa leave and Brady melt down…again. Poor Brady.
From my perspective Im not sure anyone has to “act” ones age. What does acting ones age mean? How does one know if they are acting their age? Ageism? Steve and John have always been hero’s. They are characters born within Days heyday period history when action/adventure Storylines were dominant. “Saving The day” plots are deeply imbedded not only in the shows dna but also in characters ofJohn and Patch. They’ve explored both couples struggles with aging and trying to escape the danger and chaos of Isa jobs. I think women of mature ages can still be written as as… Read more »
Jen has been amazing. I am glad the show did not kill off the character. Chances are, Theresa will return at a later date. I do not want to want to see another character come back from the grave. It was Jen’s decision to leave the show. Brady is too important to the core characters to leave. I want Brady to take some time off before he is paired with Nicole, Chloe or whomever.
I also agree it is time Marlena and John act age appropriate.
I think that Marlena and John should be discussing their Medicare coverage, and not these absurd teeny bopper storylines – it’s embarressing to watch them “cope” with problems that would normally be associated with a young married couple.
I am I the only one who doesn’t care about dumb Joey and his even dumber girlfriend having a baby? Am so sick of these teens, playing at being grownups and their problems.
No trust me you are not the only one who grows tired of the teen storyline. Most of the viewers are, I dare to say, 40+ in age – I could be wrong on that point, but I find Joey’s character rather one dimensional and uninteresting.
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