The first round of Days of our Lives’ 10-Second Character Challenge hit like a group text gone rogue — everyone talking fast, the energy increasing with each answer, the whole cast tossing their characters into the air and hoping they landed somewhere honest. The fans loved it, so the show must’ve felt that thrum, because now we’ve got a sequel, and it’s louder, stranger, and somehow even more chaotic. Same game. 10 seconds. One breath. No second take. Just another attempt to create lightning in a bottle with more cast members.

Key Takeaways

• DAYS drops a messier sequel to its 10-second challenge.
• Brady, Tate, and Stephanie kick off the chaos with sharp, funny self-reads.
• Lani, Aaron, Abe, Amy, Eli, Holly, and Kristen bring heat, heart, and pure villain energy.
• The cast leans in harder this round — louder, faster, and fully unfiltered.

Another Round, Same Chaos Energy

The DAYS official Instagram page set the tone immediately: “Back for another round of 10-second character breakdowns. 🎬 Who summed up their character best this time?” You can hear the grin in the caption. They knew they were unleashing something delightfully unhinged again.

Eric Martsolf kicked things off with that dry, self-aware shrug that’s become its own brand: “Brady Black is a mild-mannered drug addict with a really good heart. Extremely unlucky in love. Get ready to party.” Leo Howard followed that by giving the sweetest crash-and-burn confession: “Tate is a guy who wants the best for everyone and ends up self-sabotaging himself because he’s just too nice of a guy.” You can practically see the kid apologizing for existing.

Then Abigail Klein slid in with the most résumé-forward 10 seconds imaginable. “Stephanie Johnson. She is a product of a PI and the chief of staff at Salem University Hospital. Plus, she is a PR expert in her own right. She loves hard, she is strong. You know, sometimes she can be a little stubborn, but in the end, she has a little sweetness.” It felt like she walked into her own biography and just kept unpacking.

Chaos, Heat, and the Final Cackle

Sal Stowers kept it clean and firm: “Lani is powerful… a badass woman… a wife, a mother… takes no crap… she does it all.” And Louis Tomeo took the opposite route entirely, with, “Aaron is handsome, hilarious, showstopping… curly hair… always right… handsome… really funny… always there… always right.” It was a love letter to Aaron written by Aaron.

James Reynolds brought gravitas the way only James Reynolds can. “Abe has been described as the moral center of Salem. He is stalwart. He is courageous. He is sensitive. Abe Carver is your best friend…and your worst enemy.” You can feel the decades in that. Shi Ne Nielson followed with a warm, steady read on Amy: “So Amy Choi is a relatively strict but loving mother. She values religion, loyalty, honesty, and safety first.” It landed like a grounding breath in the middle of all the noise.

Lamon Archey (Eli) cut right through the room with “Loving father, loving husband, don’t play about his family…as an FBI agent, he will take you down.” Then Ashley Puzemis hit the gas. “Holly is dramatic. Holly is hot. She’s blonde, she’s cool. She’s loving, she is psycho.” She paused a moment and finished with, “…sometimes.”

And Stacy Haiduk (Kristen) closed the set with a villainous cackle, and then: “Evil, seductive, manipulator. Shapeshifter.” It felt like Kristen adding her own punctuation.