Days of Our Lives (DOOL) spoilers reveals that Camila Banus (soon to be ex-Gabi Hernandez Dimera) has taped her final scenes and her last airdate is quickly approaching. Granted, we will not see this until around December 2023 or so.
This loss hurts and will hurt the show and fans alike. It is difficult to imagine Salem without Gabi being there.
Yes, it’s Days of Our lives, and anything and everything can be undone, but here’s the problem.
Stefan (Brandon Barash, formerly Tyler Christopher) and Gabi were a supercouple in the making when Tyler and Banus first connected onscreen.
Due to whatever circumstances, Tyler was quickly replaced by Barash.
That caused a speed bump in Stabi chemistry, but once Barash made Stefan his own, their supercouple status continued.
DOOL however, made a call way too soon and killed off Stefan, thus ticking off many viewers even more in the process.
What did the powers behind Days blame the problem on? They blamed the 5-6 month ahead filming schedule, of course.
How many times have we heard this excuse now? DOOL decided to react and bring Stefan back, but that meant the audience had to wait another 5-6 months before that would play out onscreen.
That’s a long time to wait for what appears to the audience to be a simple fix.
The big Stefan comeback fell flat. Why did Jake ever have to exist? That just ate up more time and put more space between the Stefan and Gabi supercouple in-the-making.
Flash to now, we finally have the real two of them back together and a wedding on the horizon. Will we see Stefan and Gabi happy?
If we do, it will be short-lived. As of now there has been no mention of recasting Banus. Several spoilers are floating around that tragedy will hit on or near their wedding day.
So, who is going to cause this Stabi tragedy or be behind Gabi’s exit?
We know Vivian Alamain (Louise Sorel) began taping in March 2023, so that puts her at a late summer/early fall debut.
Vivian can certainly take care of Gabi creatively if she believes her to not be worthy of her son.
There’s also Nick Fallon (Blake Berris), recently pictured on the set during Deidre Hall’s (Marlena) 5,000th episode celebration. Is he going to have a part in Gabi’s exit?
Will Gabi even be able to make it to her own wedding? Nick certainly will not allow that…if he is alive. If it must happen, Vivian would certainly be the most entertaining choice. Who can forget her sabotage and live burying of Dr. Carly Manning (Crystal Chappell)?
What about the holes left in the show once Gabi leaves? After creating a complete Hernandez family unit, we will be going back to the life and times of Rafe.
How did that happen? Who or what will Stefan be without Gabi? What will Salem be like after she leaves? Love Gabi or love to hate her, Banus gave us a good ride with!
None of this had to happen, though. Days of Our Lives could have negotiated a deal with Banus preventing her resignation.
Alternatively, Days could have secured a solid recast to pick up right where Banus left off. We are down to only 4 daytime soaps today. We used to have over 15 soaps every day, Monday-Friday.
In the not-too long-ago years we at least had 7.
The point is there’s a lot of unused talent out there. Afterall, if the roles of Kristen/Susan (Stacy Haiduk, formerly Eileen Davidson) can be successfully recast, then any role can survive and even thrive with the right recasting choice.
Today there is no reason to have a character void on a show, but it seems like that is what we are going to get.
What do you think? Do you have the perfect recast in mind? Is Salem better off without Gabi?
Is Vivian going to be Gabi’s personal escort out of town? Share your thoughts with us!
