Like Sands Through the Hourglass These Are the Things You Never Knew About ‘Days Of Our Lives’

5. Say It Ain’t So Bo

“Bo Brady,” the sexy hot-head played by Peter Reckell, left the show a few times over the years. Fans raved about the missing dark-haired heartthrob, and begged producers to bring him back, but it was Reckell who kept away. Turns out he didn’t like the way the show and storyline were going, so when new head writers Josh Griffith and Dena Higley explained their vision to him, his interest piqued. “They called me up, and just talking to them, I knew that they had history with the show, that they were trying to do something for the 50th anniversary that would tell people that, hey, Salem’s back. The Days of Our Lives that you fell in love with is back. I just had a lot of faith in them.” He came back to the show much to fans’ delight in September 2015 only to die in Hope’s arms a few months later. Is it ever really the end on DOOL, though? They’ve certainly brought characters back from the dead before, so anything is possible.