Kill 'Em All...

...And let the writers sort 'em out.

I've written numerous times about the "Salem Stalker" on Days of Our Lives. Last week, we learned the identity of Salem's serial killer... Dr. Marlena Evans (you may remember her from a ridiculous storyline about ten years ago on the show when her character was possessed and had to have an exorcism). You may also remember the actress Deirdre Hall from her stint on "Our House," a lame TV show with Wilford Brimley and Shaneen Doherty. If you're an old-timer like me, you may also recall her from the kids' show "ElectraWoman and DynaGirl."

But I digress.

Days has killed off several major characters in the last few months: Abe, Jack, Maggie, Caroline, Cassie, Roman and Tony. There may be others that I've forgotten.

Today, there was a peculiar development. The actor who's played Mickey Horton was replaced with another actor. I did a little websurfing and found out that he's retired after 38 years on the show.

So here's the question? Why the hell didn't they just kill him off? He was attacked by the stalker and barely survived just a couple months ago... and they killed off his tv-wife in the process. Why are they so suddenly intent on replacing him with another actor when they've been killing off others left and right? He's not even that integral of a character... until his wife was about to get killed off, they were only on maybe once or twice a week!

Ridiculous.