Soap Opera
‘Days of our Lives’ Fans Say Goodbye to Lexie Again as Nikki Crawford Exits This Week
‘Days of our Lives’ resurrected Lexie Carver for a short-lived return, as Nikki Crawford exits the role with Lexie’s final airdate on August 21, 2025.
Back-from-the-dead plots are often a dime-a-dozen on soap operas, but Days of our Lives has cornered the market on them, often resurrecting characters fans saw die on-screen.
That is just what happened with Lexie Carver (Nikki Crawford), a beloved character who died from a brain tumor in her husband’s arms 14 years ago, but suddenly found new life this year. Now, DAYS fans and Salemites have to watch the character die all over again.
Nikki Crawford Exits DAYS
Lexie’s resurrection plot has not sat right with DAYS fans from the start, especially since it was pretty clear all along that Lexie’s second chance at life would be short-term.
The daughter of the infamous Stefano DiMera (Joseph Mascolo), Lexie (originally played by Renee Jones from 1993 to 2012) had passed years ago, but this winter, we learned that EJ (Daniel Feuerriegel) had kept his sister cryogenically frozen and had Dr. Rolf (Richard Wharton) develop a special drug to revive her. Lexie returned to her husband and son, Abe (James Reynolds) and Theo (Tyler Joseph Andrews), in May, but now Dr. Rolf’s miracle drug has stopped working.
Soap Opera Digest has confirmed that Crawford’s last airdate as Lexie is on Friday, August 21, as Abe and Theo once again have to say goodbye to their wife and mother. Lexie now lingers in a hospital bed, trying to get every last minute she can with Abe and Theo, while Abe’s stepdaughter, Chanel (Raven Bowens), gives birth in another room down the hall.
Despite the emotional punch this story pulled, it has also left a bad taste in many fans’ mouths, especially after the character was laid to rest in such a beautiful way more than a decade ago.
“Do I think Nikki Crawford is a fabulous actress?” one fan asked on X. “Yes! Do I personally think the story was needed? No imo 2012 was the perfect ending for Lexie!”
In a fan discussion on Reddit about this controversial story, one fan seemed to sum up the sentiments of many, writing, “They busted up one of Days most emotional storylines by resurrecting Lexie. It might have been ok with the original actress but this makes no sense. They not only ruined the history of the couple, but destroyed Abe and Paulina too.”
