I just found this interview with the new writer - sounds like it might be getting good!!!!
HS says that he plans to "bring back the heart and soul of Days and return it to a show about families and high romantic stakes. We're moving away from the absurd and into something deeper and real." He says that all this will happen by early October.
--Due to budget cuts and what Sheffer calls "an overabundance of Bradys", several stars have been cut, and some have quit (I think that we all know who they are.)
--What's in store for the survivors? Sheffer says, "Bonnie will have an unparalleled position of power when she ends up owning Victor's grandchild." Bo and Hope will reunite, though Hope will nearly meet her demise thanks to Bo's wicked kid Chelsea. Patch, Kayla, John and Marlena will be featured in a huge group story, with Marlena moving from perpetual victim to her former glory as an intelligent heroine.
--Marlena's brat daughter Sami "really needs to grow up", says Sheffer, so she, too, will switch into heroine mode. "It'll be in a Barbara Stanwyck or Lana Turner sort of way, where she makes the ultimate sacrifice for love. I love Sami and Lucas as a comedic team. My instruction to the writing staff: Make them Nick and Nora Charles."
--Expect the biggest changes in the male characters. "They have become incredibly weak and stupid," Sheffer states. "I want them to get back their *****es!"
Oh, I'm a girl of simple pleasures 
