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I noticed this last night, but the forums were offline "Kristian Alfonso as Hope Hernandez" WWWTTTFFF?????

Kate Mansi gives off the same vibe to me that Tamara Braun and Michelle Trachtenberg do, no matter who they're playing: that they think they are all that and a bag of chips, when really, they are not

Is NBC actively TRYING to get me to stop watching the show? because all of these interruptions (or complete preemptions) for things that are not "breaking news" are not helping me stay interested AT ALL

I was actually surprised they had her take off the blanket and turn around. back in the day she would have been under the blanket for a week or so at least

why were Hope, Jennifer and JJ not at a dinner Doug and Julie were hosting? Hope is Doug's precious little princess and aren't Doug and Julie living at Jennifer's?

I wonder if they sell those cute white pajamas in the Bayview gift shoppe

Stefan poured himself a cup of coffee, so apparently someone came in and set up coffee and totally ignored that Kate was passed out on the couch

I don't know exactly why, but I like Claire so much better now than when she was trying to have a singing career and running around town trying to find a wifi signal so she could post updates to her "fans." it may have to do with the fact that I really don't like Ciara at all

why does Sami need the Marlena doll? she and EJ have two kids who she could get the DNA from

I have said this many times before, but whyyyy does Bryan Datillo still have a 70s swept-back helmut haircut?? it is not even flattering to his face!! he would look much better with any other hairstyle than this

so, Kristen and Xander are doing this incredibly important "work" in this warehouse in (is it in) Nashville?

well, there isn't really any teen scene now. Claire, Ciara, Tripp, Ben, who's younger than them? Tripp at least is supposed to be old enough to drink I wasn't watching then anyway

IMO Xander outlived his welcome almost immediately when it turned out that he was not Justin and Adrienne's son Alexander (or is he Angelica's son?) but instead the son of some heretofore unknown brother of Victor. I haven't liked any of his returns.

once years ago on AMC Greenlee was moping about at home for some reason in a t-shirt and leggings and fluffy slippers, how often do you see THAT on a soap

ok, so Marlena had signed a DNR or other "do not take heroic measures" document, this could possibly be interesting I did like being reminded of the ways that so many characters are related that I sometimes forget also back to the Steve stuff, I did not know that he was still a spy/with the ISA? I thought he was running the BlackPatch PI agency with John and Paul, and now he has been seeing classified documents with his bionic eye? what did I miss??

that is not what dried blood on a white shirt looks like

I'm ready for everything Kristen to be over, the stuff with Brady today was just gross. and everyone railing against Sami is terrible; why is no one blaming Eric at all?

Kristen, even though not played by ED who got on my last nerve, is wearing really thin already. I hope this not a long drawn out visit.

I was not watching back when she ate the show, but I feel the same way about ED, I don't think I would have enjoyed today's scenes so much if she were playing them. also you and I are on the same KdP page, she is marvelous, but she should have been a new character

I do wish I could remember anything about Stacy Haiduk on AMC though. I have read the summary on wikipedia and was watching during that time and some of it sounds vaguely familiar, but maybe it was one of those storylines I was just FFing through

when he puts his mind to it, Ron can really write excellent soap. remember the Day of the Hat on OLTL? some parts of that week had me in a puddle on the couch and I was not even super-invested in alot of the characters. Also the premiere of the David Vickers movie, that was also excellent. anyway, I totally loved today and did not know that Sami was going to show up (thanks everyone who did not feel the need to spoil that here [and grrr to hearing that Kristen is going to show up, shouldn't that be a spoiler and not mentioned in this thread?]) so that was awesome!! why doesn't she want Marlena to marry John?

I want Marlena's pajama top Kayla's dress would be great if the whole thing was softer and not such a stiff top and crinoline skirt, the colors were lovely I think this new actress is way better as Susan, I always thought that Susan was all teeth and wig and not any acting at all (though to be fair, I was not watching during her original run and have only seen the returns in the past few years)

the Manafort stuff came on, so I missed from when John got hit with the baseball through cleaning up after the party. I do have to wonder at J&M though "what could go wrong?" "nothing will go wrong" I know they've both been to a few Salem weddings so they seem very head in the sand

Hope's hair is WAY too dark, come up a bunch of shades hair&makeup people. and Marlena's could be a couple of shades darker. of COURSE this wedding will be a disaster. when is it supposed to happen?

Brady and Eve should be farther apart in age than Eric/Jenn. I was watching for most, if not all of Original!Eve, but had left by the time Brady was born.