DaphneCat

Loved how Stephanie tried blaming Seth Burns when her hooking up with Alex came out. Yup, it was ALL his fault and she was COMPLETELY blameless in this situation, other than, you know, the whole hooking up at work thing.

I think there still would have been fallout. The fact that it ONLY happened because Fiona was drunk is a REALLY big hurdle to get over. I do agree that the fallout would have been less, but it still would have caused a major disruption in their relationship.

NO! You should absolutely watch today's episode. Xander and Fiona are FIRE.

This brings up an interesting point. Even if you lost your memory, wouldn't you still have the same basic preferences - like hate or love the same foods, music, style of clothing etc.? If, for example, you knew the "old" Abby hated onions but loved cilantro wouldn't you (without telling her) give her various things and see how she reacts? Play music and she if she mentions loving a certain song. Or even do a sort of "gotcha" bring up an author, song, food you KNOW she hates and tell her it was one of her favorites and see how she reacts?

While, in general, I think this plot is somewhat interesting I'm having a problem with the whole "telling the kids" thing. Chad keeps saying the children need her, but even if she really WAS Abigail, she isn't the Abigail those children need. To her, they are STRANGERS. She couldn't say she loves them because she would have no memory of them. Those children are FAR too young to be able to manage their expectations. They would simply be doubly hurt that their own mother apparently doesn't love them anymore.

You're both forgetting the OTHER tried and true Soap Trope. Because Sophia is EVIL for having a sex drive (unlike the PURE, virginal Holly) she will have sex with someone else before she has sex with Tate. She will get pregnant and say it is Tate's even though she knows it is not his. They will, of course, get married (because getting married while still teenagers, rather than simply co-parenting, is an incredibly intelligent decision). After several months (or a year or two) there will be some health crisis for the baby and it will be discovered that Tate couldn't be the father. Cue Sophia now being the evil bitch who deliberately stood in the way of TRUE LOVE (which apparently, we're all supposed to believe the train wreck of a relationship Tate and Holly have really is.)

I don't necessarily think she has to display public grief but maybe tell a personal story, something along the lines of a particular incident that cracked everyone up on set. Just a story of even a vaguely personal interaction.

She basically said she liked his character and he was always professional. Kind of how you might describe that guy in accounting (that you don't really know) who is retiring.

And judging by how he's portraying Hattie, he thinks all soap actors are wooden, talentless hacks. No, as a soap actor I wouldn't be at ALL insulted by that characterization.

About today's show.... WOW! I knew all the Body and Soul stuff would be bad but I never IMAGINED it could get THAT bad, THAT fast. I imagine throwing out every soap opera cliche that exists is supposed to be "fun" or "campy" but it is not. It's just monumentally insulting to anyone with even one working brain cell.

She doesn't necessarily have to be a romantic lead. We're always saying that Days does not do enough to promote actual friendship between characters. If the plot hadn't been so stupid she was starting to develop a decent relationship with Sloane. I think she could be a great friend character. If she clicked with someone romantically, great. If not, that's also OK.

I'm glad she didn't. We don't need ANOTHER revolving door position and I'm hoping this gets her out of her bubble and interacting more with other people - especially since she seems so much more approachable now.

Yes, how many times are we going to have her about to "confess" and then not do it. It's already starting to get old. I think Sarah really does know and isn't saying anything because she doesn't want to hurt Xander.

I really like that Melinda is not only putting all the pieces together she's being really smart about it. She knows that she needs to get Connie thinking she admires her cunning and smarts so she'll keep talking. She also knows enough to not make threats (about how Connie will get caught and prosecuted) or declare how sick and twisted she thinks Connie is. I also really like that she isn't just sitting there passively waiting to be rescued but it actively trying to escape (while being sneaky about it.)

I got through a whole 10 seconds of that. Can't say I wasn't warned.