Big cast changes

Best of the best. So sad about this departure. I have watched her from the start and feel like she is a part of my family. Kristian Alfonso/Hope, there are no more words I can say, other than how much I will miss you.

Seems to me, Hope will ride off into the sunset with Rafe. This would be a happy ending for both. :cry: Farewell.
 
Both Marlena & Hope have left Days for extended periods of time in the past. So did Bo ,(before he decided to leave permanently) Lucas, Steve, Kayla, Jack, Jennifer.

There seems to be big changes going on at the show, some characters will be leaving, but there will be returns of others.
 
It's too bad she is leaving Days but understand given the lackluster story lines she's been given.

@SarahBeth - I'm with you. I do not want to see Hope and Rafe leave together but rather stay as friends. Their scenes together as of late have been really nice to see when Hope has just been there for Rafe as his friend.

Since Hope lost Bo, she has not been given the best material with the exception of Aiden Jennings before they made him a bad character so I would like to see Hope do her rounds of goodbyes with the Bradys and the Hortons then see her depart on the Fancy Face (insert # here) to find herself and capture the spirit of Bo...........maybe Bo could make an appearance guiding her.
 
Hope and Aiden had such potential to be a great Salem couple. Then they ruined it with him being involved in that stupid plan to kill Hope, plus having toddler Chase being the one who accidentally killed his mother and later, being a teenage rapist.
 
From what I understand, she decided this after she filmed her last scenes. In other words, there will probably not be a "final" scene for Hope, (unless she agrees to return in Sept. to film one. )

Perhaps she tired of Hope wandering around town, being filler, for so long. She was really into the pairing with Aiden, but the writers shot that down, as JS noted above. Whatever her reasons, she decided not to return when filming begins in Sept. (I also understand there were contract negotiations which did not set well with her). Who knows. Glad we were able to enjoy Hope as long as we did. Wishing her all the best.
 
I can't say that I blame her. Her character has been an afterthought for years. I'll miss Hope but part of me thinks her story should have ended around the same time as Bo's. Those characters were intrinsically linked. Hope without Bo (for any anime fans, would be like Sailor Moon without Tuxedo Mask) it always felt wrong.
I agree with this! There really isn't a Hope without Bo. I didn't care for any of the storylines after they killed off Bo. and while I like Rafe, I had a hard time getting past the fact he was married to Sami and he is younger than Hope, even though he got Bo's blessing. I wish her all the best!
 
Hope used to annoy the life out of me when she was the eager partner in crime of her felonious detective husband, Bo Brady, but she's been served poorly by the writers since Peter Reckell (Bo) left the show. They turned her new love, Aiden, into a homicidal DiMera flunky, she was made to look the fool as Ben's tormenter-in-chief, was turned into the insufferable Princess Gina for far too long, and then ended up on Salem's unemployment line with nothing to do but emulate busybody Julie. The Hope character deserved better. Hopefully, she'll return, even if for a short time, with a better story line.
 
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What do you mean "felonious detective husband"?
 
Not felonies though. He went outside the norm maybe but what cop show doesn't? lol
 
I keep wondering about Doug and Julie. I'm not sure if she left before the set closed
because of Covid or she decided not to come back.
 
I didn't know if they would be back on the show when Hope is gone.
 
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