Days of Our Lives CELEBRATES Deidre Hall's 5,000th Episode - EXCLUSIVE

It's astir hard to fathom how galore days of Deidre Hall's beingness person been spent successful Salem.

Days of Our Lives is celebrating the soap opera icon's 5,000th occurrence connected the long-running series successful E! News' exclusive sneak peek astatine the affectional May 12 episode. In the preview, Hall's Dr. Marlena Evans and husband John Black (Drake Hogestyn) are retired to dinner celebrating the psychiatrist treating her 5,000th patient. (Wink, wink.)

"I would similar to suggest a toast," John tells his wife. "To you, doc. What an unthinkable vocation you've had and proceed to have. You've provided truthful overmuch attraction and comfortableness to radical successful need. And done your hard enactment and determination, your dignity, your style, your grace—the astir important thing—your loving heart."

As a tribute to Hall's character, who debuted connected the bid 47 years ago, the peculiar occurrence features flashbacks to immoderate of her astir memorable episodes. This includes her precise archetypal quality successful June 1976 erstwhile she treated original character Mickey Horton (John Clarke).

Following their romanticist solemnisation astatine Brady's Pub, John plants a large buss connected Marlena's lips earlier she admits, "Maybe 5,000 isn't specified a brainsick fig astatine all."

He replies, "Happy 5,000th, doc."

The epic TV milestone isn't mislaid connected Hall, who admitted she's "beyond grateful" for her 4 decades connected Days.

"In a satellite of endless auditions and occasional acceptance, I person been blessed with continuous enactment and the clasp of a profoundly originative family," the histrion exclusively told E! News. "For implicit 45 years I person lived an actor's dream."

See the affectional preview supra earlier watching the episode, streaming present connected Peacock.

Days of Our Lives airs weekdays connected Peacock.

(E! and Peacock are some portion of the NBCUniversal family)