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In early 2014, Paige Larson arrives in [[Salem (Days of our Lives)|Salem]] without her mother, Eve Donovan ([[Kassie DePaiva]]), and quickly develops a connection to [[JJ Deveraux]] (Casey Moss). Upon Eve's arrival back to Salem, Paige's relationship with J.J. begins to hit a hard spot, ultimately ending with them parting ways multiples times. She becomes close to another guy, [[Cole Hines]] (Riley Bodenstab), and asks him out on a date, which he accepts. After their date, Paige meets up with J.J. at the park, where he apologizes profusely and asks for a second chance. She forgives him, leading them to reconcile. Cole finds her at the park watching Parker play and tells her that J.J. will hurt her and that she deserves better, but when he sees that she's not listening to him, he leaves. He then works with her mother Eve to break J.J. and Paige up. Cole plants drugs in J.J.'s backpack to frame him. When Paige realizes what Cole has done, she angrily confronts him. At first he denies the accusations, but then Cole tells her how amazing she is and that she deserves better. Paige tells him to stay away from her and J.J. before leaving. |
In early 2014, Paige Larson arrives in [[Salem (Days of our Lives)|Salem]] without her mother, [[User:Livelikemusic/Eve Donovan|Eve Donovan]] ([[Kassie DePaiva]]), and quickly develops a connection to [[JJ Deveraux]] (Casey Moss). She meets J.J's mother, [[Jennifer Horton]] who, unknowingly to Paige, had a ongoing rivalry with Eve in the 90s. Jennifer is unaware that Paige is Eve's daughter until Eve arrives in Salem. Upon Eve's arrival back to Salem, Paige's relationship with J.J. begins to hit a hard spot as she doesn't approve of their relationship due to his past in drug use and dealing, ultimately ending with them parting ways multiples times. She becomes close to another guy, [[Cole Hines]] (Riley Bodenstab), and asks him out on a date, which he accepts. After their date, Paige meets up with J.J. at the park, where he apologizes profusely and asks for a second chance. She forgives him, leading them to reconcile. Cole finds her at the park watching Parker play and tells her that J.J. will hurt her and that she deserves better, but when he sees that she's not listening to him, he leaves. He then works with her mother Eve to break J.J. and Paige up. Cole plants drugs in J.J.'s backpack to frame him. When Paige realizes what Cole has done, she angrily confronts him. At first he denies the accusations, but then Cole tells her how amazing she is and that she deserves better. Paige tells him to stay away from her and J.J. before leaving. Eve's younger sister, [[Teresa Donovan]] who previously had a brief fling with J.J. doesn't approve of their relationship either and when walking in on Paige and J.J. making out in the back of the van, and tells Eve about it, leading to another roadblock in their relationship. |
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Paige gets accepted to [[Stanford University]], a highly prestigious university, much to the dismay of J.J. and Eve who both want Paige to stay in Salem with them. Paige later decides to stay in Salem; following her death, J.J. says that he wished that she had gone to Stanford as she would have been safe there. |
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Paige would find out that her mother and J.J. had an [[affair]] and [[Jennifer Horton]] knew about it and she confronts him at her surprise nineteenth birthday party, on May 21. She becomes very cynical and wants nothing to do with them. Paige begins a relationship with Kyle to make J.J. jealous, not knowing that he is a drug dealer and that J.J. works for him; however the relationship would later end. |
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J.J and Eve started an affair in late 2014, and Paige confronts her mother about it, then goes over to J.J's house to confront him, however he has planned a surprise nineteenth birthday party for her, with all her friends and his family in attendance, resulting in her confronting him in front of everybody and sourly breaking up with him. Her relationship with Eve and J.J. goes downhill fast and she distances herself from any contact between them. She begins a relationship with Kyle Southern, who is a drug dealer though she is unaware. J.J. starts to work for Kyle, also unknown to Kyle. It is later revealed that J.J. is working undercover for [[Roman Brady]] and the Salem Police Department in order to find out who Kyle's drug boss is and take down the drug ring. Paige finds out that he's working for the Salem Police Department and helps sneak him out of Kyle's apartment after she finds him there as he's trying to find anything on the drug dealings. |
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⚫ | Paige and J.J. begin to reconnect the following month. She becomes a witness to the Chad and Serena fight and would reveal what she saw, since Serena would later be found murdered. Since they become close again, Paige is the first person J.J. tells about the Clyde/drug ring and was sworn not to involve the police. In early September, she would retell what she saw to Rafe and exchanges words with Chad, who doesn't remember what happened after the fight, and calls J.J. afterward; Paige had something to tell him, however when J.J. arrives at her dorm, he finds her in the shower with a tie loosely around her neck. |
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⚫ | Following finding out about Kyle, Paige and J.J. begin to reconnect the following month. They find out that Clyde Weston is the drug ring leader. She becomes a witness to the Chad and Serena fight and would reveal what she saw, since Serena would later be found murdered. Since they become close again, Paige is the first person J.J. tells about the Clyde/drug ring and was sworn not to involve the police. In early September, she would retell what she saw to Rafe and exchanges words with Chad, who doesn't remember what happened after the fight, and calls J.J. afterward; Paige had something to tell him, however when J.J. arrives at her dorm, he finds her in the shower with a tie loosely around her neck. It isn't revealed what Paige has to tell J.J. |
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Paige is pronounced dead, much to the horror of J.J. and Eve who apologises to Paige over her body. Chad Dimera is mentioned as the prime suspect due to the fact that a flower found near the crime scene can only be found at the DiMera mansion and Chad can't remember where he was when Paige was murdered. |
Paige is pronounced dead, much to the horror of J.J. and Eve who apologises to Paige over her body. Chad Dimera is mentioned as the prime suspect due to the fact that a flower found near the crime scene can only be found at the DiMera mansion and Chad can't remember where he was when Paige was murdered. |
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Days of Our Lives character | |||||||||||||||||||
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Portrayed by | True O'Brien | ||||||||||||||||||
Duration | 2014–15 | ||||||||||||||||||
First appearance | March 3, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||
Last appearance | October 2, 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||
Classification | Former; regular | ||||||||||||||||||
Created by | Gary Tomlin and Christopher Whitesell | ||||||||||||||||||
Introduced by | Ken Corday, Lisa de Cazotte and Greg Meng | ||||||||||||||||||
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Paige Larson is a fictional character on the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives. Introduced by executive producers Ken Corday, Lisa de Cazotte and Greg Meng, the character is portrayed by True O'Brien, who first appeared on March 3, 2014 and departed on September 9, 2015 after her character was murdered. O'Brien made a brief appearances via flashbacks and visions on September 28 and October 2, 2015.
Paige is introduced as a good samaritan who returns JJ Deveraux (Casey Moss) his wallet which he dropped and is in a relationship with him for majority of her time on the show. She is the daughter of Eve Donovan (Kassie DePaiva) and niece of Theresa Donovan (Jen Lilley). Following her death, it is revealed she is the daughter of Eduardo Hernandez making her the sister of Rafe Hernandez and Gabi Hernandez.
Casting
In February 2014, Soap Opera Digest announced that model True O'Brien had been cast as Paige Larson on the series. O'Brien made her first on-screen debut on March 3, 2014.[1][2] About her audition, O'Brien said "It was an intense process. It was the first time I had really tested for anything. I didn't know what was going on, so I just let it happen.When I walked out of there, I felt good. I was very thankful to have had that opportunity to even experience something like that."[3][4] In June 2015, it was confirmed that O'Brien was let go from the series, she exited on September 9, 2015.[5][6] O'Brien returned in flashbacks on September 28, when Paige's death scene was shown and in her mother's visions on October 2, 2015.
Storylines
Background
Paige was born on May 29, 1995[7] and would grew up with her single mother Eve Donovan. Her father would later be revealed to be Eduardo Larson; which would make Rafe, Arianna, Dario and Gabi her half-siblings.
2014-15
In early 2014, Paige Larson arrives in Salem without her mother, Eve Donovan (Kassie DePaiva), and quickly develops a connection to JJ Deveraux (Casey Moss). She meets J.J's mother, Jennifer Horton who, unknowingly to Paige, had a ongoing rivalry with Eve in the 90s. Jennifer is unaware that Paige is Eve's daughter until Eve arrives in Salem. Upon Eve's arrival back to Salem, Paige's relationship with J.J. begins to hit a hard spot as she doesn't approve of their relationship due to his past in drug use and dealing, ultimately ending with them parting ways multiples times. She becomes close to another guy, Cole Hines (Riley Bodenstab), and asks him out on a date, which he accepts. After their date, Paige meets up with J.J. at the park, where he apologizes profusely and asks for a second chance. She forgives him, leading them to reconcile. Cole finds her at the park watching Parker play and tells her that J.J. will hurt her and that she deserves better, but when he sees that she's not listening to him, he leaves. He then works with her mother Eve to break J.J. and Paige up. Cole plants drugs in J.J.'s backpack to frame him. When Paige realizes what Cole has done, she angrily confronts him. At first he denies the accusations, but then Cole tells her how amazing she is and that she deserves better. Paige tells him to stay away from her and J.J. before leaving. Eve's younger sister, Teresa Donovan who previously had a brief fling with J.J. doesn't approve of their relationship either and when walking in on Paige and J.J. making out in the back of the van, and tells Eve about it, leading to another roadblock in their relationship.
Paige gets accepted to Stanford University, a highly prestigious university, much to the dismay of J.J. and Eve who both want Paige to stay in Salem with them. Paige later decides to stay in Salem; following her death, J.J. says that he wished that she had gone to Stanford as she would have been safe there.
J.J and Eve started an affair in late 2014, and Paige confronts her mother about it, then goes over to J.J's house to confront him, however he has planned a surprise nineteenth birthday party for her, with all her friends and his family in attendance, resulting in her confronting him in front of everybody and sourly breaking up with him. Her relationship with Eve and J.J. goes downhill fast and she distances herself from any contact between them. She begins a relationship with Kyle Southern, who is a drug dealer though she is unaware. J.J. starts to work for Kyle, also unknown to Kyle. It is later revealed that J.J. is working undercover for Roman Brady and the Salem Police Department in order to find out who Kyle's drug boss is and take down the drug ring. Paige finds out that he's working for the Salem Police Department and helps sneak him out of Kyle's apartment after she finds him there as he's trying to find anything on the drug dealings.
Following finding out about Kyle, Paige and J.J. begin to reconnect the following month. They find out that Clyde Weston is the drug ring leader. She becomes a witness to the Chad and Serena fight and would reveal what she saw, since Serena would later be found murdered. Since they become close again, Paige is the first person J.J. tells about the Clyde/drug ring and was sworn not to involve the police. In early September, she would retell what she saw to Rafe and exchanges words with Chad, who doesn't remember what happened after the fight, and calls J.J. afterward; Paige had something to tell him, however when J.J. arrives at her dorm, he finds her in the shower with a tie loosely around her neck. It isn't revealed what Paige has to tell J.J.
Paige is pronounced dead, much to the horror of J.J. and Eve who apologises to Paige over her body. Chad Dimera is mentioned as the prime suspect due to the fact that a flower found near the crime scene can only be found at the DiMera mansion and Chad can't remember where he was when Paige was murdered.
Ben Weston is later revealed to be the real necktie killer making him Paige's murderer, though his motives are currently unknown. Everybody in Salem is currently under the impression however, that Aiden Jennings is the real killer.
References
- ^ SOD (February 14, 2014). "DAYS CASTS NEW ROLE". Soapoperadigest.com. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
- ^ Clifford, Kambra (February 18, 2014). "Disney Actress Headed to 'Days'". Soap Opera Network. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
- ^ Reichardt, Nancy M. (May 20, 2014). "'DOOL' : O'Brien Finds Her 'True' Calling". U Express. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
- ^ Edwards Wilows, Mark (June 17, 2014). "Days of Our Lives True o'Brien loves playing Paige and talks about working with Justin Bieber". Soapdom.com. Retrieved June 21, 2014.
- ^ Mulcahy Jr., Kevin (July 1, 2015). "True O'Brien Leaving Days of our Lives". We Love Soaps. United States. Archived from the original on July 1, 2015. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
- ^ "Comings and Goings". Soap Opera Digest. 40 (37). United States: American Media, Inc.: 11. September 21, 2015.
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(help) - ^ Paige had a surprised nineteenth birthday party on-screen on May 21, 2015. Although, she states that her birthday was the next day. However, her birthdate was revealed on her tombstone on November 10, 2015.