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Thank you for saying that more eloquently than I did 😅 Peter is 100% within his rights to not work for a low wage. But! There's been a game of sorts going on between him and the producers since he first left the show over a decade ago. Bo and Hope have been left in story limbo repeatedly and its exhausting. He got a hugely overdone exit for the 50th with all the bells and whistles and seemingly wanted to be killed off. Why go back on that? Why agree to resurrect Bo and continue to hold out for more money and put Bope in limbo again? Maybe I don't know enough about the BTS twists and turns here, maybe Peter did do everything he could over the years and was thwarted or something - he obviously doesn't get script approval - but showing up for Doug's funeral was an easy way to wrap the unending drama up and call it a day. Yup. And it seriously makes me dislike the character, which is the opposite of what he's presumably trying to accomplish. KA has plenty of reasons to be bitter - I'm sure most of the vets do - but she's coming back. That says a lot about her.

I'm exhausted today so maybe things were extra funny to me....but I LOLed plenty: -Brady shutting Kristen down and seeing through all her pathetic tricks (took long enough!) -EJs snarkiness (Dan's been on a roll lately) -Eric using his priest voice...and then telling someone ELSE not to be a martyr! -Sloan telling him she has to be the adult for both of them! 😄 So I was wrong about the new girl, Sophia. Thought she would be Gabi's Ari SORASed. Like her. Nicole looked pretty. Her outfits have been good lately. Did Nicole ever formally leave Basic Black?

You know I totally forgot about Alternate Bo. Poor Hope. Can't exist with him, can't exist without him.

Which was it? 🤔 Sources? If he wanted a payday, I'm over him. Maybe they screwed him over royally in the past, I don't know...but this Diva stuff has screwed over the show (and KA's place in it).

Nooooo......! For real..?!?

GOOD. * sigh of relief* If Peter R doesn't return as well, he's an ass. Sorry, but if KA can put aside demands for money or perks or whatever and just show up to honor someone (cuz apparently neither were happy with their last arc, not that I blame them), he can too. The Bo Drama has dragged on since before the 50th and needs resolution already. Give him a cane, say he had physio after the coma and lets all just move on already. Neither have to stay for weeks, but both deserve a wrap-up and this is a perfect opportunity. Otherwise, by the time they decide to finally pay Peter whatever he wants (or do whatever to bring him back), he'll be 80. Good stuff KA. Glad you're making it happen. Edit: KA speaks on it. How did they mess this up?!? The actress wishes they could have worked together once again, as they were scheduled to during her last appearance on the soap in 2023. “I’m sad that I did not get the opportunity to do the storyline that Ron [Carlivati, head writer] had planned,” she shares. “It was great; we returned to Salem to reunite with our families and I would have had father/daughter scenes with Billy. What Ron had written was beautiful and emotional and it was a fantastic story. I was 100 percent for it and the fans would have loved it.”

Yeeeessss!!! Smart move! I see what you're doing here Sherri! Kristen had never had any interest in running the company and has always been loyal to EJ (the baby she nearly raised). Hopefully, she's secretly screwing over Stefan. (Wishful thinking on my part) Finally! They should have been bonding during her wonky marriage to Eric. Better late than never! And more Marlena/Maggie interaction? WOW. I may not love the overall story pacing or plots...but I am loving the new emphasis on character relationships.

I still can't get over EJ jumping from a 2 year old to a 28-or-so year old in the span of what....less than a decade? That would be SO COOL! This show needs to make more use of its actors' skills for sure. Original Teen Claire was a decent singer/musician for example. I don't know they didn't give her more chances to do something with that. Tate studying martian arts wouldn't even require a big expensive set. Lord knows we need someone to replace Steve and John in the Action Heroes department.

Ugh okay, so we'll be stuck with him until Ron comes back. Did Sherri get to introduce anything other than the time capsule?

Yeesh. Remind me: does Everett predate the writers strike?

I thought the way KA left Hope behind was as bad as it would get. She publicly spoke out about how she was treated/not honored for her role in the series and swore she was done with Hope. She's didn't sue, mind you, but still, her "You disrespected me" press tour didn't reflect well on Corday. I seriously figured we'd never see Hope again. I suppose because of that turnaround, I'm thinking that this can boil over somehow and in two years Nicole could be back on our screens or something. Yeah, I'm probably dreaming. I honestly don't even love the character all that much, I'm just so annoyed they never took her and Eric seriously enough to do anything more than tease them as a couple over the years. Eli and Lani can be a married couple, Chad and Abigail can be a married couple, Sami and EJ can be a married couple...but Eric and Nicole? Nothing but teasing. Old Nicole was fun though. A bit more outspoken, a bit more willing to charge in head-first. Miss that a bit. Who knows. Maybe this will resolve in time.

I....can't see why. Almost finished season 2 now and...it's getting a bit better in terms of actually seeming like it could be funny, with a decent rhythm. But...it's just not that funny. I still don't care about the characters, which only makes the fast ASP dialogue more grating, and everyone fawning over Midge is really weird since she comes off very cold and extremely privileged. If they'd cast someone less conventionally attractive this would maybe have worked a bit better. Paris Gellar as Midge Maisel might have kinda worked. Then at least I'd feel good when people complimented her looks. I'm starting to think ASP ran out of comedic genius somewhere after season 5 of GG. The people who criticized her dialogue on that show must have been looking into the future and seeing this one instead. Please someone tell me if it gets better...

Her on top of him is Exhibit A to make me never watch this show again. I've said but before, I'll say it again: Thank God Eileen Isn't Doing This. 😱😱😱😱😱 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 😡😡😡😡😡

Possible, but if she never works in the industry again after this, wouldn't this be the last opportunity to applaud her?

Great to see Thomas today :) He's such a good actor. Love him and BF as father and son bonding. Chad can stay single permanently if it means we get meaningful relationship development between him and his kids. Disappointed the card subplot seems to have gone nowhere though. Is Thomas playing any part in it at all now? If not...was it just a stall? Something to kill time? YMMV, but Kon and Maggie are often kinda sweet together. I hate the underpinnings of this storyline because a more nuanced "they like each other but it's not the right time" senior romance storyline would have been appreciated. Those things do happen, even if they aren't super dramatic. Just like babysitting! Jarlena being kindly old grandparents on babysitting duty for a whole episode shouldn't be so thrilling to me, but when the usual headwriter makes everything into !!!MOMENT!!! and we know we're only going to get quiet sensitive writing like this for a few more weeks, I'm eating it up with gratitude. Thanks Sherri! Simple stuff like that is what soaps were built on. Real people. Real feelings. Heck, I even got into the niceness of Jada and Rafe being together. He finally has a gal who only wants him and doesn't see him as a consolation prize. Awww. Congrats. Now marry her and leave town pronto you boring doofus!