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100 Greatest Days of our Lives Characters 50 Greatest Days of our Lives Couples Home Update 2/2012 Hi all those who still check this out. About a year ago I stopped updates on the list for a variety of personal reasons, and it was left incomplete. This has nagged at me for a while now, so I am now resolved to finish it up - post the write-ups for the top couples and for Alice in the number one slot, as well as make a few edits to the list (a few of the orders and inclusions don't sit quite right with me) as well as update the information to make it more current. Bear with me because this could take a while, but hopefully we'll be left with a better list! Already most of the changes for the 100 Greatest Characters have been made. All the info has been updated about them, two names have been knocked out, two have been added and a whole bunch of names have been reshuffled (including two names in the top 10) as a result of both my own rethinking of things, and the fact that a year and a half of changes has gone by. 50 Greatest Days of our Lives Couples Because I'd say that the 100 Greatest Days Characters list was, all in all, a success I thought I'd give it another try with a list of the 50 Greatest Days Couples. Hopefully with their being half the amount in this list, I'll be able to get it done quicker and I may try to make the bios less involving (particularly in these earlier ones) As before, this list is a combination of the couples who were the most significant and impactful to Days history with me being as objective as I can be - which, I realize, is perhaps not objective enough for many people's tastes. Obviously I'm one person, and I started watching in the 80s and am thus inherently biased. But oh well, it's for fun. Things such as longevity, impact, popularity, chemistry and characterization will all be taken into consideration. You won't always like these couples. Hell, some of these couples you may have flat-out hated, but all of them have played their role in making Days the show that it is. In coming up with this list however I came up with more than 50 couples that I think were important, and thus I wanted to also include a list of Honorable Mentions- couples that didn't quite make the list but still deserve acknowledgment. Especially so their fans won't be hoping to see them come up only to be disappointed. So, without further ado... Honorable Mentions Pete Jannings and Melissa Horton Eric Brady and Greta von Amberg David Banning and Trish Clayton David Banning and Valerie Grant Scott Banning and Julie Olson Peter Blake and Jennifer Horton Joshua Fallon and Jessica Blake Alex Marshall and Marie Horton Victor Kiriakis and Nicole Walker Frankie Brady and Eve Donovan Nick Fallon and Chelsea Benson Brady Stefano DiMera and Lee DuMonde Victor Kiriakis and Maggie Horton And if I think of any more, I'll add them to the list! 50. Rex and Mimi Names: Rex Brady and Miriam Elizabeth "Mimi" Lockhart Portrayed By: Eric Winter and Farah Fath Duration: 2002 - 2005 Current Status: Broken up Interlopers: None, really - Jan Spears interfered but not in a romantic way Children Together: None Notes: Before Rex came along, Mimi had spent four years relegated to the role of Belle's mopey, unfortunate, not-as-hot sidekick. Though this worked for about a year, it quickly became readily apparent that Farah Fath was actually very attractive, and certainly no less than Kirsten Storms was, and this role was starting to not make sense. Still, they did little to acknowledge this other than giving Mimi token love interests like nerdy Kevin that they never did anything with. All that changed with the arrival of Rex DiMera/Brady. Although the origin of him and his sister is, admittedly, pretty stupid, he was a likable hunk who exploded onto the canvas in a big way after his... alien landing or whatever, and by the time of the Salem Stalker storyline had become as prominent as likes of Shawn and Brady. So it was nice to see the new hunk in town fall for the "loser" of the Salem High teen group, and they ultimately wound up as one of the prettiest couples Days has ever had. Also encouraging was their realistic and extremely healthy sex life. Though the rest of their crew were exchanging purity rings and remaining as chaste as it gets, these two had sex and had it often. All the sex scenes Bo and Hope have ever had over the years may not add up to how many Rex and Mimi had during their moment int he sun. 49. "Roman" and Diana Names: John "Roman Brady" Black and Diana Colville Portrayed By: Drake Hogestyn and Genie Francis Duration: 1986-1988 Current Status: Broken up Interlopers: Victor Kiriakis, Cal Winters Children Together: None Notes: After Wayne Northrup's departure in 1984, the show held off for a couple years and then finally went through the exhaustive process of bringing Roman back via this whole complicated story with John and a new face and whatnot. And just when it was all finally settled... Deidre Hall up and quits. Days was now in an unenviable position of having a dead Marlena and a living Roman that no one really identified as Roman yet. It would have been all too easy for them to cut their losses with the recast and send Roman offscreen until they got Wayne Northrop and Deidre Hall were both available, but the show clearly saw something in Drake Hogestyn and brought in a new girl for him. And, though Diana won't go down in history as the most famous pairing John had during the period of Marlena's death, it worked. It helped that they nabbed Genie Francis, whose famous role as Laura on General Hospital made her one of the biggest names in daytime history both then and now, for the part. In no time the characters had cemented themselves among Steve and Kayla and Shane and Kimberly as one of the leading couples of the show. And that's good, because no time's about all they had. Diana was gone almost as soon as she'd come, again leaving Drake's "Roman" high and dry just after a big pairing was really getting off the ground. Still, for such a short time on the show Diana actually left quite a mark - the newspaper The Salem Spectator ended up in more famous hands, and her ex-husband Cal Winters continued to be a factor for the next few years in the life of Kimberly Brady. As for RoJohn? It didn't take him too long to get back on his feet, and in a big way... but more on that later. 48. Victor and Vivian Names: Victor Kiriakis and Vivian Alamain Portrayed By: John Aniston and Louise Sorel Duration: 1992-1998, 2010 Current Status: Divorced Interlopers: Kate Roberts, Maggie Horton Children Together: None (though Vivian would tell you they had Philip) Notes: Some couples you watch because you're so enamored by how in love they are. Others you watch because they're like a car accident and you can't ge look away. Guess which one Vivian and Victor are? Though their extremely contentious relationship (Victor just supported the burying of Vivian alive) might suggest otherwise, these two actually did have a very loving relationship at times in the 90s. They were never really the official rooting couple in that era, that was Victor and Kate, but Vivian certainly cared about Victor and did just about anything to have him. And most of what she tried was infinitely entertaining. Nowadays the dynamic has shifted as Vivian has grown more and more insane and Victor less and less tolerant of their shenanigans. But they're still always fun to watch! 47. Stefano and Celeste Names: Stefano DiMera and Francesca "Celeste" Perrault Portrayed By: Joseph Mascolo and Tanya Boyd Duration: Mainly offscreen, though they were a duo throughout most of the 1990s Current Status: Broken up Interlopers: None, really - they were broken up before we met them Children Together: Lexie Carver Notes: Stefano and Celeste are the first of I think two couples on this list who we never really saw as a couple onscreen. The details of romantic tryst of these two lies in the backstory, but you could see it ...