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Days of Our Lives CAST - John Black - Daily Updates Archive
Full detailed profile on John Black Played by Drake Hogestyn on Days of Our Lives Daytime Soap Opera.
Drake Hogestyn
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Birthday: September 29 1953 |
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John bumps into Charlotte at the pub. She spills coffee all over herself and John tries to pat her chest down. She does and she slaps his hands away in frustration. Marlena walks in just as John tells Charlotte that he wants to go forward with the hypnosis. Marlena overhears it all and when Charlotte notices Marlena nearby, she tells her, “What good timing.” Marlena isn’t impressed and says she wasn’t eavesdropping. Charlotte leaves and John sits with Marlena, who is happy about his news. John apologizes for making New Year’s Eve uncomfortable. She wishes he’d stop saying that and is surprised when he tells her Charlotte says it’s his fault! Marlena isn't sure if she trusts the so called compassionate, wonderful Dr. Taylor. John says she sounds hostile. Marlena thinks it took an ultimatum from Charlotte for him to get to a certain area in his therapy. John says that he just can’t win with her. Marlena apologizes and says she wants it so badly. She decides to wish him good luck and John promises to keep her posted. Brady shows up as John’s leaving and John pats him on the shoulder, says hello and leaves. Brady can sense something’s off and goes to Marlena to ask what’s up. She tells him about John going into hypnotherapy. She blames herself for pushing John into something he may not be able to end.
Happy New Year!
The New Year’s celebration has begun at Chez Rouge as Maggie greets Marlena and Dr. Taylor. John sneaks up on them and asks if three’s a crowd. Maggie seats them as Marlena asks John what happened to his plans to spend New Year’s alone. Dr. Taylor confesses that she can’t join them because she’s John’s therapist and it’s wrong to socialize with patients. John offers to leave but Dr. Taylor wishes them a good evening and leaves instead. Marlena tells John that if he wanted to see her, he could’ve just told her. John admits that he keeps doing things wrong and doesn’t know that they’re wrong. Marlena tells John they shouldn’t keep playing games like this and asks if it occurred to John that she’d worry about him when he left on Christmas. Marlena gets up to leave and says they aren’t a normal couple out together on New Year’s Eve. She doesn’t like the feeling that he’s working her. John tells himself that was smooth.
John follows Marlena to the Brady pub to apologize. Marlena wishes him a Happy New Year, thanks him for the apology, and kisses him.
Give Me My Happy Ending!
John gets ready to leave the hospital after a session with Dr. Taylor. Dr. Taylor encouragingly says that the session went well, but John disagrees because he wanted to remember his past. He impatiently asks how long it will take, and then decides that he’s through with these sessions. Dr. Taylor urges John not to take a short-term view. John thinks all his memories are gone forever but Dr. Taylor reassures him that if he had no memory left, he'd have no brain left. She insists that his memories are just deeply hidden and suggests hypnosis to speed things along. John refuses, saying, “No way in hell!” Dr. Taylor understands his hesitation with losing control and suggests video taping the sessions. John says he'll get back to her and walks away.
Outside of the Brady pub, Tony and Marlena discuss New Year’s Eve plans. Marlena says she would like a quiet New Year’s at home and John walks by and agrees that he would like the same. John tells them that he's going to spend his evening at the Salem Inn alone. Marlena wishes him a Happy New Year. John looks slightly taken aback at Marlena’s indifference. He says thank you and walks into the pub. Frustrated, Marlena tells Tony that John has no feelings for her at all. Tony hugs her and wishes her a Happy New Year and walks off. Dr. Taylor walks by and asks Marlena if she has plans for this evening. Marlena says no and Dr. Taylor says maybe she can fix that. With John eavesdropping from the Brady pub, Dr. Taylor and Marlena make plans to go to Chez Rouge.
Have a Very Brady Christmas!
John and Marlena stand in front of the Brady Pub and wish each other a Merry Christmas. Marlena is glad that John is joining his family for Christmas Eve. Brady walks by and is surprised that John is smiling. John looks at Brady and repeats that Christmas Eve is meant to be spent with family, even if you don’t like them. Brady takes offense and tells Marlena to have a nice night as he tries to leave. Marlena reassures Brady that it’s just John’s sense of humor. John tells Brady that he wasn’t talking about him and reminds Brady that if he blows it with him, he’d lose points with Marlena. John asks Brady for a favor, and Brady agrees but John warns him to wait and hear what it is.
John, Marlena, and Brady stand in front of the DiMera mansion. John states that this is his family and he wants to show Stefano that he’s not broken and not alone. Stefano answers the door to warmly welcome them in. Nicole greets everyone and grabs Brady to tell him that if he doesn’t help her, he needs to get John to. Nicole tells Brady that she gave Dr. Baker an artifact worth $20,000 to tie him over for now but that it’s not enough. EJ walks by and tells Nicole that she looks upset. He coldly asks Brady why Nicole looks upset every time he is around. Nicole reassures EJ that everything is okay and she’s just emotional because of hormones. EJ gets a phone call and walks away for a few seconds. When he returns, Brady walks away. EJ says he has to take care of some emails for work and he’ll be back shortly.
Brady returns to Nicole as EJ walks away. Nicole pleads with Brady and says that she’ll lose EJ if he doesn’t help her. Meanwhile, Stefano offers John new cigars and says that he’s happy that John dropped by but asks why. Marlena and Tony observe them from a distance as Marlena wonders why Tony is here and not with Anna. Tony suspects that Stefano is up to something because he is pitting family against each other, with EJ at the top of the empire. Marlena tells Tony that John wanted to show Stefano that he was fine. Marlena wistfully says that this makes John finally human and emotional.
Meanwhile, Stefano tells John that he hopes they can put the past behind them. John tells him to keep on hoping. Stefano says it seems like there’s tension whenever the family comes together, even when they’re celebrating. John tells Stefano that he’s here for two reasons: One, he’s not afraid of Stefano but if he harms the people John is 'invested in', Stefano should be afraid of him, and two, John wishes Stefano a Merry Christmas. Stefano wishes him a Merry Christmas and John announces it’s time for him to leave. Nicole overhears and asks John if he’s going yet. Nicole walks John out into the foyer, and says that she needs his help with a surprise for EJ. When they’re alone, Nicole confesses that she needs a lot of money and she can’t tell him why. John tells her he can’t help her, but offers to set her up in a hotel and pay for a plane ticket anywhere.
Back in the Horton house, Chloe looks at Alice’s photos and Lucas asks if she’d like to have that many kids one day. Julie asks Maggie if she ever thought Lucas and Chloe would end up together. Maggie says no but she’s never seen Lucas so happy. They cheerfully agree that Alice had a good idea and look at the tree. The Bradys and Carvers enter the Horton house to begin celebrations. Bo tells Hope he had a little help finding Theo, and that he’d explain later. Everyone starts the traditional trimming of the tree for Alice to see in the morning. John observes and asks Marlena why she brought him here. Marlena answers that this is what Christmas is really about. John looks at the tree in thought and finally realizes how important it is to remember. Meanwhile, Maggie and Julie give Chloe and Lucas a box of ornaments, including a new one made for Chloe. She thanks them and goes to place it on the tree next to Lucas’ but it falls and breaks. Chloe apologizes but Lucas says the only thing that matters is that they’re together. Doug makes a toast to the family and plays the piano as Chloe sings “Silent Night.”
Bobble Head.
Dr. Taylor and John end their session and set up another for after Christmas. When John says he hopes she can spend the holidays with family, her face falls and she says her goodbyes. John grabs Marlena, on her way out of her office and asks how well she knows Charlotte’s family. Marlena only knew her father. John rants that he doesn’t know a thing about Charlotte. All she does is sit there, listening and nodding her head like a bobble head. Marlena laughs and tells him that he used to say the same thing about her! Possibly Dr. Taylor doesn’t want to pass too much information to him for fear of transference. When Marlena asks if he’s going to continue therapy, he asks why… "Does Dr. Taylor leave you a bit cold, too?” Marlena tells him she’ll be alone for the holidays and asks if he’d like to spend Christmas with her! He’ll consider it.
Once he’s gone, Charlotte arrives and tells Marlena that she understands why her father thought so highly of her. She’s happy fate has brought them together and tells her it’s her greatest hope that she can bring Marlena and John back together.
Later, John goes back to Charlotte and asks her what he should do about the holidays. She tells him they can discuss it in their next session. He brings up Marlena and Charlotte says her goal – and his - is for him to reconcile with Marlena.
Enthusiastic, Energetic, Nice Looking....
John wanders through the park where Dr. Taylor finds him. He says he has a huge headache and Dr. Taylor asks if they can attempt biofeedback to address the pain. She tells him he did well today. He tells her he isn’t sure he can return to therapy, though the session was fine. He admits his fears about getting his old life back and says the old John seemed like a jerk. The only person he cares about is Blondie and he’d like to have her in his life again. She’s the reason he’s in therapy. “I’m doing this for her.” He asks if Dr. Taylor can help him. She’ll do her best!