Soap Opera Digest September 19, 2022

Lexi Ainsworth, who made a handful of appearances early in 2022 as Kristina, is thrilled to be back in the Port Charles mix once again. “I’m really happy about it — and I’m very excited that it seems like I’m sticking around for a while,” says the actress, who first assumed the role of Alexis and Sonny’s headstrong daughter back in 2009. “I feel like I’m such a tease; I come on for a few days, a few episodes, and then I disappear for a few months! But I never know when they’re going to call me.” While Kristina has been keeping a low profile, it’s been an eventful year for Ainsworth. “So much has happened,” she begins. “I’ve been traveling all over. I booked a one-way ticket to Rome and just…

Beginning September 12, DAYS will air exclusively on the streaming service Peacock, and will no longer be broadcast on NBC, its network home since November 8, 1965. In a statement, DAYS Executive Producer Ken Corday said, “In the early 1950’s my father, Ted Corday, the creator of DAYS OF OUR LIVES, was directing THE GUIDING LIGHT, a 15 minute daytime drama on CBS radio and also on the new CBS television network. Same script. Same cast. Same day. Both broadcasts were Live to the nation. Radio at 11:00 and television at 2:00 … both live broadcasts. He told his radio staff in 1956 that they would all be out of work within a few years because everyone would be watching this new thing called TV instead of listening to the radio.…

Although free from the physical clutches of Orpheus, Kayla, Marlena and Kate quickly learn they’re still at the mercy of the heinous villain, when he begins wreaking havoc from afar. “One after another is getting sick,” sets up Mary Beth Evans (Kayla), referring to the three women. “Orpheus has been after all of them for years. Now he’s finally doing [something] to all of them together. They assume he’s responsible because they were all in the same situation. They’re all not feeling well. It starts with a sneeze. Then they start feeling dizzy.” John is overly protective of Marlena, who swears she’s fine. Then Kate begins sneezing and has a slight fever. Kate promises Roman she’ll go to see Kayla, but when she arrives at the hospital, she faints. As Kayla tends…

Even though it may put her — and/or Nikolas — in legal jeopardy, Liz is determined to come clean about her inability to recall with certainty where she was and what she was doing at the time of Ava’s stabbing. Explains Co-Head Writer Dan O’Connor, “Elizabeth knows that going to the police would prevent her from having an alibi, but she could never live with herself if withholding information from the police prevented them from tracking down Ava’s attacker, who may strike again.” Liz also knows that making such a confession could push Nik to the top of the suspect list, since her honest account of the truth would contradict the story he told Jordan. Still, she can’t quite bring herself to believe that he is guilty of such a brutal…

After missing an important meeting because she got the time wrong, Sally is waiting for Nick to show up in her office to fire her. “I think Sally has been a little on edge with her job because she knows Victoria is not exactly in her corner, and Victor is definitely gunning to get rid of her,” explains Joshua Morrow (Nick). “Nick does have her back but she knows she let him and the company down. I think when Nick comes into her office, her first fear is that she’s about to get canned.” Nick assures Sally that he didn’t come to let her go, but he does reveal that Victoria is losing patience with her. “He really believes in Sally,” affirms Morrow. “Nick likes to give people chances and he’s…

Sheila is desperate to see Finn and Hayes and gets more brazen in her attempts to get close to them by going to the house and spying on them. “Excuse me? Who are you calling brazen?” laughs her portrayer, Kimberlin Brown. “Sheila doesn’t have the word ‘no’ in her vocabulary: ‘No, you can’t do this.’ Or, ‘No, you can’t do that.’ It may be brazen in the eyes of many, but it’s a goal that needs to be achieved.” When Deacon realizes what Sheila is up to, he races to the Cliff House to prevent her from getting caught. “Of course, not seeing her son and grandson all this time has been difficult,” notes Brown. “That was why she came back to town — to get to know Finn and Hayes.…