Let’s get this right… so GENERAL HOSPITAL wants us to believe that Mr. Craig – the guy who held half of Port Charles hostage and shot Robin Scorpio, is, in fact, Jerry Jax? To paraphrase THE SIMPSON’s Comic Book Guy, “Worst. Twist. Ever.”
When suave baddie Mr. Craig – as played by charismatic Sebastian Roche – stole the show during February’s Metro Court hostage crisis, the folks behind the scenes went into overdrive trying to figure out how they could keep both the actor and character on the canvas. Having already gone the “bad-guy-gets-a-good-twin” route with both the Ruiz and Alcazar brothers, the writers decided to give Jax’ brother, Jerry (previously played by Julian Stone) a new face and try to sell us on the notion that rackish Jerry had somehow morphed into sociopathic James Craig.
All together now: “Say what?”
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Over the past few years, THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL has developed a reputation for telling some of daytime’s most outrageously entertaining tales, nearly all of which have focused on the Forrester family’s tendency to marry one another’s former spouses and the long-running battle between matriarch Stephanie and her former daughter-in-law Brooke. Beginning tomorrow, the sudser will launch another stunner of a tale when a bullet fells one of the cast. And while it doesn’t take a genius to predict who will literally bite the bullet — could it be creepy stalker Shane, who suddenly reappeared last week after being absent for several months and happens to have a gun in his car? — look for several central characters to behave in a most shocking manner following tomorrow’s shooting. (Of course, if the show really wants to shock us, they might have Brooke marry — or at least date — someone who isn’t related to Ridge!) 
With PASSIONS ending it’s relatively brief and definitely bizarre run later this year, DAYS OF OUR LIVES fans can’t help but wonder if their soap will be next. Adding to the uncertainty is the fact that NBC has indicated that the long-running sudser may not be safe beyond 2009 as well as declining ratings and the fact that current storylines are… well, in a word, bad.
Fortunately, executive producer Ken Corday seems well aware that the residents of Salem are endangered and, according to interviews he’s been giving, is doing everything within his power to save the troubled show. Figuring that the poor guy can use all the help he can get, we decided to offer up a few helpful tips. So here’s what we believe needs to be done – pronto! – if the serial is going to return to its glory DAYS.
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