Days of Our Lives: Will talks to Gabi and to his grandma Marlena about coming out to his parents

Will Horton continues his coming out process. He still has not patched things up with his mother, Sami, who ran out of apartment when he told her he was gay.

He ran into ex-girlfriend Gabi at Horton Town Square (where else?) and old her about Sami’s reaction.

Gabi says it’s understandable because ‘what mother wants to hear that her son is gay?’

Responds Will: “Wow. No rainbow flag for you.”

I love that line! And I love that Will is still chipper despite it all. He knows who he is now, and he knows his mom is a drama queen.

The highlight of this episode is that we get our first Will and Marlena scene in awhile. Marlena had been presumed dead the was hiding in a safe house pretending to be dead (God that storyline is stupid!) so there was no opportunity for heart-to-hearts between grandmother and grandson.

Will tells her about coming out to his parents and he is clearly hurt over Sami’s reaction. Marlena knows this and she knows her daughter. She tells Will: “You know what? She will come around when she realizes it’s not about her. Right now, I’m sure Sami thinks your being gay has something to do with her as a parent. But you, are living your truth. And that’s what’s really important.”

Will looks at his grandmother with such love in his eyes and says quietly: “Thank you.”

The magic between Chandler Massey and Deidre Hall shines through in this scene. While I frequently praise Chandler’s astoundingly real performance, Miss Hall is also stellar. She delivers the lines about acceptance and living authentically with such conviction. She nails it and makes you believe it and it is a beautiful thing to have on this soap opera a grandmother who not only completely accepts her gay grandson, she understands him.