MarJohn: Making the Most of It

Being snowed in gives me a chance to play a little catchup and talk about the departure of John and Marlena last week on “Days of Our Lives”…

As I said before, the premise was pretty lame as Charlotte (Sandra Ferguson) sought revenge on Marlena for stealing her father’s love from her. When Charlotte couldn’t inject Marlena with her killer drug, she injected John, but Marlena was able to keep him alive.

However, the drug did do damage to his central nervous system and put him in a coma. But Marlena decided she could get him out of it with their memories.

Cue the flashbacks. Only we got more—and better—flashbacks in the YouTube video I showed you.

Then, suddenly, John opened his eyes and declared that he remembered everything. Just like that. But he was unable to move his arms or legs. So, after a little pity party where he tried to push Marlena away, John decided he wanted to marry Marlena before they took off to Switzerland for his treatment.

Thankfully, John improved enough for his oxygen tube to be removed from his nose (and get a robe on) for the wedding…

And that’s when Drake Hogestyn and Deidre Hall took over. Yes, the show spent so much time setting up their departure that it didn’t leave enough time for their actual goodbyes. But Hogestyn and Hall absolutely made the most of it.

The wedding was simple, beautiful and touching—not because of the writing, but in spite of it. Marlena and John deserved a real wedding with all of their friends and family instead of a small hospital wedding where John couldn’t even move. But Hogestyn and Hall managed to turn a crappy wedding into something quite special.

And even though it didn’t make a lot of sense, I thought it was only appropriate that Stefano (Joe Mascolo) was there too…

I’m sure that those “Days” fans who are still watching believe that John and Marlena will be back. And I’m sure at some point the show will decide they want them back. But personally, I hope Hogestyn and Hall tell them where to stick it.

I know their fans would understand…

You can watch their final scene here…



I meant to post this a couple of hours ago, but when I went to YouTube to look for their final scene, I got distracted and ended up watching hours of clips from the Marlena possessed by a devil storyline and clips from Marlena and John’s affair when she was married to Roman.

If you’re a MarJohn fan, you should take some time out of your busy day to watch a few of those clips yourself. The possession storyline was one of the craziest things ever, but once again Hogestyn and Hall made the most of it…