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We got quite a bit of action on this week’s Days of Our Lives as Abigail’s home with a twist, Fiona’s done the unthinkable and Gabi shattered her happy marriage. But is the show sacrificing characters for the sake of drama? Maybe, but it could still be worth it if done right! So let’s see how the show’s handling things…

Close to Home

I know Sarah’s paralysis is likely a throwback to Maggie’s when she first appeared on the show, but doing that to Linsey Godfrey is rough. For those who don’t know, back in 2015, Godfrey was struck by a car, which broke both her ankles and shin bones. While she wasn’t paralyzed, she was unable to walk for some time, so this story has got to hit uncomfortably close to home. I’m guessing this is part of what she and Paul Telfer shared about the difficult storyline coming up. While Godfrey did make a full recovery, I can’t imagine being asked to relive something like that as Sarah.

And yes, Xander’s mother paralyzing his wife the night of their wedding and framing his nephew for the hit and run is packed with drama. Heck, just typing that out is. We’re definitely going to get some amazing performances out of this. Maggie already tugged at my heartstrings when she blamed herself for losing the Horton cabin keys.

But the show has already hamstrung a character we were eager to meet and, what’s more, like. We’ve been waiting ages to meet Fiona, and while we expected her appearance to be messy and emotional, how in the world do you come back from something like this? How could Xander ever trust or forgive her? How could we?

That’s a sin Days frustratingly commits over and over again. The show introduces characters and makes us hate them almost from the start, then later tries to convince us we should like them. I don’t expect Fiona to be a permanent part of the canvas, but I have a feeling by the end of this story, we — and the characters on the canvas — are supposed to forgive her.