This article discusses a storyline from “Days of our Lives” that might turn off viewers.
Melinda is proud of her clever plot for the show. Sloan is eager to have a baby boy to show her new spouse, Eric.
Dimitri has recently handed over Eric’s child with Nicole Walker DiMera to Sloan.
Considering this, why shouldn’t Sloan keep the child and convince a doctor to falsely report that Nicole’s baby didn’t survive?
However, there are a few reasons why this might not be a good idea.
Nicole Walker DiMera’s Tragedy
Like this is a horrible, disgusting, evil plan. Also, does Melinda happen to have a dead baby handy to present to Nicole and EJ, or does she assume they won’t want to see their child or, you know, bury him?
But the worst part is, this is a story that never, ever works.
History Lesson
The majority of soap opera viewers are women. Many of these women are mothers. Strangely, mothers do not enjoy stories of other mothers grieving their children.
No matter how well-written the story is. No matter how many Daytime Emmys it wins.
When DAYS killed off Zack Brad, the emotions may have been real and even awards-worthy.
But, ratings actually went down. Same as they did for BJ’s heart. Also as they did when All My Children killed off Baby Leora.
This even happened all the way back to when Search for Tomorrow ran Jo’s son over with a car in front of her eyes.
Because guess what: WOMEN DON’T LIKE DEAD BABY STORIES.
Wrong Road
Does DAYS really think their viewers want to spend weeks, months watching Nicole mourn her son, while Sloan feels guilty every time she looks at “her” baby?
Do we want close call after close call, with the added detail that Leo said — several times, in case you missed it — that he’ll never forget the little guy’s adorable face?
Not to mention, brilliant EJ is going to have NO suspicions about how he and Nicole lost a baby boy in the SAME WEEK when Sloan and Eric gained one.
Assuming Melinda does drum up a little baby corpse, will EJ DiMera, of the suspicious DiMera clan, not demand a DNA test to confirm this is his child?
This DAYS storyline isn’t just terrible on the face of it. It’s also exactly the kind of story that turns viewers off. So why are they doing this?
Days of our Lives airs weekdays on Peacock+ in the U.S. and The W Network or Global TV App in Canada.
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