DaphneCat

I really think he thought he was being funny with the loan comment (he's tried to make other "jokes" that fell flat too). In the end, I would guess their wedding was actually cheaper than Aspyns - I don't think they had booze at theirs. I think they figured they weren't going to use their entire budget for the wedding so they figured out a way to get the same amount as Madison use the difference for a honeymoon.

For some reason unknown to the rest of us, Ted has the hots for Hope. He's hoping to break them up so he can get with her. I had such high hopes for him in the beginning, when he came and immediately started revealing everyone's skeletons but ever since he came back from the island, he's been ruined. While I'm not a huge fan of Rafe and think Rope has ZERO chemistry, Hope's lame ass "I'm tired of being sad" makes me root for Rafe. Stop it, show! Hope is sad because she NEEDS a man at her beck and call 24/7 worshipping at her feet and Rafe hasn't been doing that lately. I love when Zander's in smart ass mode. I'd probably hate him around all the time though because they'd probably have him fall in love with some shrew and be ruined like most of the men in Salem

I remember reading somewhere (how's THAT for a great source citation) that St George is somewhat expensive so that MAY be a good price. (Might not but I can't say for sure.) They wouldn't qualify for a HELOC if they owe more than market value of the house. According to Nerd Wallet you can only get a HELOC for up to 85% of your home's equity which would mean they have about $14K in equity. It also says your credit score must be 620. (Not exactly high, but probably better than most of the Brownies.) As I said, if someone finds out that they've declared bankruptcy or been foreclosed on I'll take back any nice things I've said about him but in the meantime I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.

There is no indication that Larry is Jewish. He refused to eat it because it was something he had never had and he did not want to get diarrhea. As I said, ONE TASTE will not make you sick unless you are deathly allergic.

I'm going to draw the ire of all the Tony haters and say I think he has more going on upstairs than people give him credit for. He knows Mykelti and he had to have been living under a rock not to have some idea of what type of grifters the rest of the clan were. She was a clerk in a pawn shop when he met her - not exactly bringing in the big bucks. I think he knew exactly what he was in for with her and planned accordingly. I think he has his money managed to such an extent that they really don't need her income. The (little bit) of money she makes for appearing on the show is probably hers to "invest" in Lulano and Contact Paper nails. If she loses it, it doesn't really affect them because it was "found" money to begin with. Now, if suddenly we start hearing that their house is in foreclosure I'll take back any positive things I said about him!

I agree. I loved Alisan Porter's version of Blue Bayou in the blinds but then Christina turned her in to Screechy McScreecherson and even though I knew she would win really wanted anyone else but her. Adam understands completely why his team was voted out. The blinds were filmed quite some time ago - before bathrobe gate. He has not been his usual obnoxious self since the live voting started and last night seemed to acknowledge that it was more than likely both of his team members were going home. Under normal circumstances, Mari would not have had to sing at all (LB still would have though) so it is unfortunate that she is missing out on the few extra episodes of exposure she would have gotten. (That's really the only value to being on this show - the national exposure can help you to book gigs afterwards.) I am like you - while I find these types of shows entertaining I do not care enough about the results to actually vote. Way too much effort for my mindless entertainment.

This is perfect! You should have charged a LOT more! Unfortunately, I don't think this is actually a selling point. I too have what my husband refers to as "man hands" and I don't think putting contact paper on them will have a noticeable effect!

Why would you think Nicole is his only mark? He was on the phone talking to another women - telling her he wanted to kiss her. If the woman saw any footage of him and Nicole he could simply explain she got him fired from his job (gild the lily a bit) and he is so desperate for cash to reimburse his poor family who were forced to pay all the expenses for the canceled wedding that he must take her money - HE DOESN'T WANT HIS FAMILY TO STARVE!!! Even better if the other mark(s) is also "big a little bit" as she can convince herself that he WILL be attracted to her - he isn't attracted to Nicole because she is so awful, but the new mark is NICE! SHE will help him out of his desperate situation.

No, but they all can be reasonably cute. They don't have to try so hard to be unattractive.

Exactly, they could bang out a bunch of episodes (say 3 months worth) and then go dark. A month before they ran out they could do it again. They would still only be filming 4 times a year and if they decided a plot line wasn't working it would be much easier to fix it or dump it.

Yes, anvils are dropping left and right about Philip. They usually only mention off screen characters once or twice a year (if that) so mentioning Philip several days running seems like we're being told something. At least Marlena apparently has the Salem brain regarding Kristen. If 2 people show up from the same place, it's only logical there COULD be 3.

OK Guys, I've figured out how they will drag this out. Nicole will run around town alternately weeping and spitting vitriol about how Chloe is the worst person on the planet and shouldn't be allowed to raise a cockroach. Maggie will buy in to the venom and decide the only way get over the loss of Holly (and keep herself sober) is to sue Chloe for custody of Parker. Victor (having been caught in a compromising position with Kate) will be desperate to prove his love for Maggie so he will bribe a judge to give Maggie custody of Parker. Parker will immediately be shipped off to Swiss boarding school where he will remain until he is sorased to 27 or so. Holly, having been raised on stories of how the great and wonderful Chloe Lane saved the entire village from the notorious noodle will return sorased as a 10 year old opera fan. She will want to connect with her gestational mother and decide Chloe is her "real" mother and she hates Nicole. Nicole will run around town weeping. People will beg to be delivered from the hell that is Nicole. Eric will have made another vow to God for reasons, and will be no help. On Christmas Eve, Chloe will sing some carol about love and family and somehow she will be the one to convince Holly to reunite with Nicole. John will close the Brady Pub approximately 74 times - Marlena will pretend to be pleasantly surprised each time. See, this stuff writes itself!

I confess, I was more listening today than actually watching, but boy did today fall flat for me. Maybe because we already know that Holly is OK it seemed like filler more than plot. From listening, it seemed like AZ was really phoning it in. She can yell and scream with the best of them, and today she should have been OVER THE TOP. If I didn't know what had happened I would have thought that she was somewhat distraught over something minor. And the whole somehow Hope and 2 civilians beat emergency services to the scene and they allowed Eric to climb down to the scene of the accident thing was SO beyond stupid! I am completely over this plot. Yes, Maggie reacted exactly how you would have expected her to. NOOOOO! Please do NOT even put it out to the universe that they will drag this inane plot out until Christmas!! On another note - Roman should just announce to Salem that the pub is ONLY open for private affairs. Imagine the Yelp reviews - "Tried to check this place out - it's always closed at random times so no actual diners can actually patronize this place. Gave up trying."

This times 10,000! I guess what I was trying to say is that if she had started making really small LIFELONG changes when she was working with the trainer she could easily be down 75 - 100 pounds by now - and that's just losing 1-2 pounds a MONTH - no major "diet" required. Then, all the potions, supplements and "activities" she currently touts could be viewed as ways to get healthier, not thinner. She is not necessarily giving bad advice - she isn't pushing some horrible supplement that could kill you, and drinking peppermint tea will certainly not harm you - but if she don't make ANY other changes she'll never change her life.

Maybe it was her way of saying that this is very different from anything she has seen. She was not saying it was inferior but also was not saying it was necessarily better. She probably feels like her culture is not being seen as equally valuable but as "inferior" in terms of American standards. I really think she, and her family were very hurt (and likely very insulted) when Larry refused to even TASTE the lechon. Unless you are DEATHLY allergic to something - and Larry did not say he was deathly allergic to pork - ONE TASTE is not going to cause you to get sick. He did the toddler thing of sticking out his tongue and pretending to taste it and then refused to eat it. So Larry was essentially saying American food is obviously "better" not that he was just being an ass. And in a marriage, shouldn't she be able to feel like she is equal to Larry - a person who should be valued in her own right - not some poor thing who needs to be grateful she was "rescued"?

I guess I really don't understand the reasoning. If they worked fewer hours, shooting fewer days, they would not be paying a lot of the hourly employees. I don't know how the actors contracts work, but if they are being paid for appearances, it shouldn't matter in terms of money if they are shooting next week's scenes or next year's. If they want to get as much footage as possible while they have the entire crew they could do that and go on hiatus for a while - until the story "caught up." They wouldn't be paying all the hourly people, I'm sure they would be using the studio space for other projects, so it seems like it would mostly be storage costs for the sets. And I think a lot of the actors would like it if they at least had an opportunity to do other projects. Am I missing something?

Call this my smack my forehead for being dumb several days too late moment. Does the Salem police department not have interview rooms with intercom/listen buttons? When Ted supposedly interviewed Hector why wasn't it in a proper room with others listening? Even if Hope agreed Ted had the best shot of getting the truth from Hector why wouldn't she simply listen to the conversation? Yes, I know, it's because she has lost her few remaining brain cells, but because Ted isn't his lawyer it is not covered by attorney client privilege so it is not a violation of Hector's civil rights (NOT that the Salem PD actually cares about civil rights). And if Ted had objected to her listening - wouldn't that have been a REALLY big red flag? Fortunately Rafe wasn't smart enough to get someone else to follow Ted while he waited outside. I say fortunately, because I really did not want to have to admit that Rafe is smarter than Hope!

The new one is on tonight,

And Mama Chantel actually said that the fight would not have happened if she had had her stun gun? She SERIOUSLY thought that would have been a good solution? Just like the police always tell you that you should not have a gun for protection unless you know how to use it (because the other person can take it away and use it against you) how can she POSSIBLY think that in that melee no one other than Pedro (or possibly Nicole) would have been harmed - not that I think it would have been right to use it - that's not what I'm saying AT ALL. She REALLY is too stupid for words.

Oh come on. You know as well as I do that IF Nicole ever gets the money for a "vacation" that she will either send the money to Azan or buy him a ticket. Grenada will be ANOTHER country that will delay him at the border. He can simply call her and tell her he can't get through immigration (she will have no way of knowing where he is - he will be in Morocco) and because he used the ticket she can't get her money back. Because his name is on the ticket, he will then be able to cash it in. There is NO WAY he is going to allow himself to be FILMED making out on the beach. (Will May be watching? In the hotel by herself? In the ocean drowning? I know, I don't even have to ask if Nicole has thought about what will be happening with May while she and Azan are making out of the beach - of course she hasn't!)

Oh, I wish I could tell you it ends in 5 years. Between perimenopause, menopause, and post menopause (yup, they don't end when menses do) I had hot flashes for almost 15!😱 Don't believe in HRT so I had a GREAT time!

Wow, I don't think I agree with this. After I hit menopause (quite young) the pounds started to creep up. I found that losing weight slowly is the only way to keep it off. I spent an entire year losing 15 pounds but more than 5 years later, it's still gone. The only change I made was to cut down on the amount of soda I drank - went from 1 (sometimes 2) a day to 1 sometimes 2 a week. As you can see I'm not a believer in cutting out any food group - and I definitely do not believe in being hungry!

Maybe they're only back for a short arc. We can only hope!!

He's supposedly still trying to catch the bad guys responsible for using his bionic eye to spy. Kayla has been supportive of his need to restore his reputation and credibility - mostly because she feels guilty for getting him in to that mess in the first place.

I think you are right that the harsh color hair is doing her no favors. The side by side comparison is just mind blowing. And while I think she has the right to wear whatever clothes she feels like, I have also said that she would be much more attractive if the clothes she picked fit her properly. I don't think you are shaming her to point out that she is working hard to make herself less attractive. Pointing out things she is doing (and could change) is not the same thing as mocking her for things outside of her control.