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Have there been any babies successfully adopted on this show though since Alex (and maybe Brady with his relationship to Marlena) all the way back in the early 90's. This show has been consistently anti-adoption/anti-abortion for the most part. Mimi got an abortion and got punished while I believe the only reason Jada was able to get away with her abortion was because the show really didn't want Eric to have a child with anybody but Nicole. They wouldn't even let Rafe keep David, who had to go back to his biological aunt. *By successfully adopted, I mean a baby that is raised by two (or a single) non-biological parent (so no retcons that come to the show as adults after being raised by adoptive parents), and aren't killed off as babies/toddler. (See: Zac (who was taken back by Hope and then ran over by his drunk Baby Swamp sister) and Grace (who was switched with Sydney by Nicole and died of bacterial meningitis.)

Singin' in the Rain would be a lot of fun. They would just have to be really careful not to use any of the imagery or choreography from the film, which is definitely not public domain yet.

Matthew Atkinson would absolutely kill it if they were going with an angry, bitter Michael who has gone a bit cuckoo. I don't know, the Nurses Ball was the last place we could hear actual music (because covers are cheap) but then my heart sank in 2020 or 2021 when it was clear they weren't going to use any licensed music as Epiphany sang some Muzak and cried about Covid.

Chad and EJ bonded over the mutual hate of Jake and trying to get him out of Dimera.

I just realized that we're no longer going to have the April Fool's Day episodes with Ron gone. That was purely a Ron thing, right?

I liked Andrew's simple white polo shirt a lot on him. Set off his tan very nicely.

And I thought Maggie was doing so good lately. LOL

Greg/Leo colored his hair and it looks kind of off to me. I think the tone is too warm. Cooler tones suit his face better.

There was a point during Guy Wilson's run as Will that they were trying to make him a manipulative schemer but Casey just did not have the chops to pull it off. There was a scene where Adrienne was ripping into Will and saying he was just like his mother. It was pretty brief though and Guy's Will met the Necktie Killer soon after.

The problem is that they can't have Jada passing off Shawn's baby as Rafe's, because the show established that Rafe was gone for 3 months. That's too much of a gap. I think the original plan was to have Arnold rape Jada and then do a "Who's the Daddy", but that plan got scuttled because Elia Cantu wasn't having it. Of course, they could just have Jada being pregnant and Rafe immediately doing the math and realizing he can't be the father. Now that could be soapy.

True. With her romantic storyline over (unless they give Gregory Harrison a call like I think they should) she does have a purpose on the show for being the resident character shrink.

There are so few vets left at this point that the idea of them freeing up the budget even more just seems like, "What?" If it's that bad you gotta wonder how they even got renewed in the first place. I'm kind of wondering if Deirdre Hall will take this all as an opportunity to retire. The only time she even seems to like being in front of the camera is when she's playing Hattie, and that's over at this point.

I really loved the sweet, simple story of two oddballs like Edmund and Susan finding love and it was a sweet send off for her. That they completely trashed Edmund for nothing but a throwaway scene for Jason fucking Morgan to play hero was ridiculous. They literally could have just had her hiding with her ex-husband until she thought it was safe and didn't need to have Susan being held captive by him.

With Ron on his way out, I'm going to say I'm probably most bitter about him trashing Edmund and Craig/Nancy during his tenure. (I can't add Rachel Blake because I didn't see her initial storyline so it doesn't feel personal to me.)

I really don't blame him for leaving. He may have a storyline but it's been pretty much in some way always tied to Abigail. As for Hank, I don't think they'd announce his casting 9 months in advance. He's also supposed to have some tie with Abe.