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Nikki Crawford Reflects on Lexie’s Second Chance at Life as She Makes Her ‘Days of our Lives’ Exit
Nikki Crawford reflects on playing Lexie Carver in ‘Days of Our Lives’ as the resurrection storyline ends and the beloved character prepares to die again on August 21.
It won’t be long now until Days of our Lives fans mourn the loss of Lexie Carver for the second time in 14 years, as the character’s family does the same. As her brief stint on the Peacock soap comes to a close, Nikki Crawford has been reflecting on her time in Salem and her character’s sad plight.
DAYS’ Latest Resurrection Plot Comes to an End
In the controversial plot, fans learned that Lexie’s brother, EJ (Daniel Feuerriegel), had kept his sister cryogenically frozen for years, only to resurrect her with a special miracle drug when the time was right. Lexie only had weeks with her husband and son when she learned the drug had stopped working. Wanting to spare them the pain of seeing her die again, Lexie tried to keep the truth from them.
While the audience and performers knew that Crawford’s Lexie (a role played for nearly two decades by Renee Jones) would soon depart, Abe (James Reynolds) and Theo (Tyler Joseph Andrews) did not. They now know the truth, but as Lexie kept her secret, Crawford took to Instagram to write about some of the momentous moments her character shared with her loved ones.
“Renewing their vows should have been one of the happiest moments of Lexie’s life,” Crawford wrote, alongside a scene still of Lexie and Abe’s vow renewal. “But sometimes love asks us to make impossible choices. I loved getting to explore the quiet moments in today’s episode — the ones where so much is happening beneath the surface.”
Crawford also loved taking Lexie’s complete journey, from resurrection to the character’s impending death on the August 21 episode. While many fans panned the story because they didn’t understand the point in bringing a beloved character back for just a few short months, it was also a chance to see another take on the character. Crawford thanked DAYS fans for coming along for the ride.
“If you knew you only had days left to live…What would your last conversation with the people you love sound like?” she wrote in another Instagram post. “Playing Lexie challenged me to imagine that question every single day. As an actor, my job isn’t to make every moment beautiful. It’s to make it truthful. Thank you for taking this journey with her.”
