Certainly one of daytime’s most beloved {couples} is lastly again the place it belongs, even when it isn’t technically a “couple” in the intervening time.
Peter Reckell and Kristian Alfonso made their long-awaited return to Days of Our Lives on March 17 as Bo and Hope, a duo over which followers have obsessed for almost three many years. Sadly, Bo isn’t fairly the identical man who “died” again in 2015.
“After being in cryogenics for nevertheless lengthy it’s been, he’s on a journey to seek out out who he actually is,” Reckell says. “Lots of people inform him alongside the way in which who he’s, however he actually must determine it out for himself. That’s the crux of the journey that we’ll be seeing within the subsequent few weeks.”
As revealed on Friday, Bo has been efficiently brainwashed into believing that his one real love is Stefano’s presumed-dead daughter Megan Hathaway. Elsewhere in the identical constructing, Hope crossed paths with with John and Steve of their mutual mission to trace down the madwoman.
The Hope-Bo-Megan kerfuffle is a direct continuation of a storyline from Season 2 of Days spinoff Past Salem, now colliding with the Orpheus-orchid saga of Days correct. The unique plan was for Bo and Hope to return once more in a 3rd season of Past Salem, however based on Alfonso, every thing modified when the Powers That Be moved Days from NBC to Peacock. (A 3rd season of Past Salem has not formally been confirmed.)
“We couldn’t presumably go away the viewers with that cliffhanger,” Alfonso says of Bo opening his eyes within the last moments of Past Salem‘s second season finale. “That might have been so unfair. In order that’s one more reason why I made a decision to come back again. We owe it to the followers and the present, and to [executive producer] Ken Corday.”
The following few weeks may also witness the return of Steve Burton’s Harris Michaels, final seen seducing (and making an attempt to homicide) Hope whereas beneath Megan’s management in Past Salem. Regardless of their rocky begin, Hope believes “there’s nonetheless goodness” in Harris, Alfonso says.
As for whether or not this storyline might result in a extra everlasting return for Bo and/or Hope, Reckell is optimistic concerning the characters’ future on Days, which was not too long ago renewed by Season 60.
“How and once they would come again is clearly very a lot within the air,” he says, “however I feel I feel our viewers will type of demand it.”
Days Nation, what did you consider Bo and Hope’s long-awaited comeback? Grade Friday’s episode beneath, then drop a remark along with your ideas on this nostalgic flip of occasions.
