SORAS, or Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome, has reappeared and is causing twice as much trouble for “Days of Our Lives” this time. According to Soap Opera Digest, the legacy children Tate Black and Holly Jonas will look significantly different when viewers next see them because they have recently been recast as adolescents. We can’t wait to see what type of drama they’ll bring to the screen in their new roles as teenagers.
The week of October 9, viewers will be introduced to Jamie Martin Mann as Tate, the son of Theresa Donovan (Jen Lilley) and Brady Black (Eric Martsolf), and Ashley Puzemis as Holly Jonas, the daughter of the late Daniel Jonas (Shawn Christian) and Nicole Walker (Arianne Zucker).
With Theresa’s recent return to Salem (and failed attempt at reuniting with Brady) and Nicole’s impending wedding to EJ DiMera (Dan Feuerriegel), there’s a good reason to bring them to the screen now. Let’s hope this case of SORAS is contagious, because there is so much potential with the younger crew on “Days.”
Tate and Holly could be the first of many new SORAS recasts
Tate and Holly’s addition to the cast comes at a time when “Days of Our Lives” is severely lacking in the younger set of actors. Relatively new characters like Chanel Dupree (Raven Bowens) and Johnny DiMera (Carson Boatman) were well-received by fans, but other additions such as Talia Hunter (Aketra Sevellian) didn’t hit it off like they intended.
Aging up two new legacy characters is exactly what the soap needs.
Tate and Holly might become entangled in their parents’ complicated lives, but the presence of the teenagers might portend that there is more to come. It’s difficult to assume the soap opera will end with Tate and Holly because teens typically run in groups on “Days,” just like the members of the Last Blast and the occupants of the loft.
There are so many legacy kids who are just itching to become older, like Arianna, the daughter of Gabi Hernandez (Camila Banus), Thomas and Charlotte, the twins of Chad DiMera (Billy Flynn), and Parker, the son of Chloe Lane (Nadia Bjorlin). We are quite interested to see who the next victim of SORAS is after the Tate and Holly recast, which may signal the revival of the younger demographic in Salem.