DaphneCat

Chad: Stephanie just lost her mother. She's grieving. Jack: Perfect time to make a move on her! Go get her! Nope, not insensitive at all.

I want a retcon that all the people in Dr. Rolf's lab weren't the actual people - just people he gave extensive plastic surgery to and tried to program in some weird experiment. That way they could explain the approximately 873 people who are all back from the dead and also explain why they've all had massive personality changes since they've been back. Every time someone "comes back from the dead" it could be a new character.

I also really liked that she refused to accept any sort of "slut shaming" from Nicole. She was like, "My sex life is my sex life and you don't get to cast ANY judgement on it."

Honestly, at this point, it wouldn't surprise me if they decided that Tom and Alice aren't really dead either.

That stupid container (are they buying all their cereal at Costco in extra large boxes that they need such a huge cereal container?) wouldn't last more that 1 day at my house - doesn't look convenient at all.

I'm sort of meh on them so it's not like I actively dislike them or their relationship, it's more that they still act like soppy teenagers around each other. Like "Our LOVE is meant to be" and acting like somehow theirs is the greatest love that ever was. I'm old and have been married forever but if Mr. Cat ever said something along the lines of "just remember our love" or "our love will give you the strength" I would know that it is definitely time for his first geriatric evaluation. Of course, I'm also the person who has told him if he ever says something along the lines of "you're the strongest person I know" (a phrase I really hate) I will show him just how strong I am by hitting him with a very hard object - preferably the oh so cliche shovel everyone always seems to have handy.

And, unfortunately, it seems they're setting it up so that John and Marlena's GREAT LOVE will be the reason Kate, Kayla and Marlena all come back. Yes, we'll once again be subjected to all the blather about how their love was the greatest, most intense, most lasting, most powerful love in all the history of the world - the only reason most of the people in Salem still exist is because of John and Marlena's GREAT LOVE. As you can probably tell, I really hate all that overly sentimental garbage. I get that it's a soap and that it's going to revolve around people's relationships but I just hate that somehow, John and Marlena are held up as an example of the greatest love of all time. Somehow, no one will EVER be able to match THEM.

That's one improvement I think the writers have been making lately. Rather than have every deception/dirty deed drag on for months - with the character running around Salem talking in really public places (either to someone else or, out loud, to themselves about how someone else can't find out what they've done - with many, many close calls/really stupid covers when the person inevitably overhears said conversation) the pace of those plotlines seems to have accelerated a bit. I feel like before the Li/Kristen brainwashing (with EJ's subsequent involvement) Xander kidnapping, Gwen/Leo involvement and the Alex turning off Stephanie's phone thing would still be dragging on. There are probably other examples of this, but I can't really think of them right now.

Yes, everyone is crying and emoting all over the place and my reaction is *YAWN* I am curious as to how they're going to bring back Kate seeing as she's already cremated (Roman must have the crematorium on speed dial to get that done so fast.) Now I know why they need all those rooms at the DiMeara mansion, the Kiriakis mansion and the Black penthouse - they need the closet space to keep the wardrobes for everyone who's ever been presumed dead - sometimes for several decades!

But the problem is, since this is Days, rather than generating any real emotion the feeling is really just "Yawn, another death in Salem. How long before they miraculously come back from the dead?" Every death in Salem is pretty much like watching someone stub their toe - no real consequences.

Yes. I never liked how Brady would hulk over Theresa and get RIGHT IN HER FACE when he was mad at her for something. They've actually done this "kidnapping" thing better than I feared (like a lot of you, I also agree that it is perfectly legal for Brady to allow his brother to take Rachel for a limited period of time.) They haven't dragged it out and done a lot of stupid things to cover. Brady admitted it and Kristen caved. I'm actually curious of the missing orchid is legitimate or a ruse.

This! I kept waiting for Sonny to ask Will why he thought a serial killer was somehow more likely to change than a simple conman.

These don't even sound vaguely interesting. Another triangle where we can all guess the resolution, some more "deaths" followed by more lame "heaven" scenes before they're all magically resurrected and yet ANOTHER person brought back from the dead by someone who's been obsessed with them for years. Nothing against any of the actors, but dead should mean dead. It's one thing if someone is missing and presumed dead (but aren't really) but if we've had scenes with dead, EMBALMED bodies (especially bodies that have had their organs donated) these people should be DEAD. This isn't good soapy writing, it's just increasing stupidity.

No matter what you all want to do this holiday season (celebrate, ignore, whatever) I hope you get to do exactly that. If not, I hope you all have a minimum of drama. (Unless, of course, drama brings you great happiness, then I say I hope you get a lot of it! 🙂) Even if I don't always agree with everyone's point of view, I still really enjoy reading it - especially since everyone is generally really thoughtful and kind.

At least they can FINALLY be over this stupid story line. Of course, it will probably just be more angst until they eventually reconcile.

I'm just so bored with this whole plotline. Apparently the ONLY thing Sarah can do right now is go around accusing Xander and letting everyone in town know she absolutely suspects Xander did it. Doesn't she have a job or something, ANYTHING else, she can do? I did enjoy Nicole's scenes with the nun. At least EJ appreciate her for the snarky, irreverent, actual self.

I haven't paid attention recently, but when the running time of each episode was between 38 and 40 minutes I generally watched an episode in about 45 minutes - still saving 15 minutes of commercials I would have had to sit through if I was watching it as it aired.

Most of the time I don't actually "watch" the show (I'm usually doing something else while listening to it) but I did see this episode. All I could think was, could her hair get any more lank and lackluster? There is no way that would ever even be in a magazine (much less on the cover) unless it was for a medical journal article on hair thinning.

Usually the Halloween episode is campy and at least tries to be fun. This episode was just so flat and boring. Other than Ava seeing her undead son, there was nothing to indicate it was even Halloween. The ONLY saving grace was using the classic line from "Psycho" - "A boy's best friend is his mother." Maybe if they had spent the episode seeing how many classic lines they could insert it would have at least been somewhat amusing.

I think it's really stupid that her campaign signs simply say "Vote for Paulina." Like she's assuming that because she lives in some small town that EVERYONE in the entire state has heard of her. I get that they haven't decided what her last name is going to be, but to simply act like somehow everyone will refer to her as "Governor Paulina" is beyond ludicrous. Almost as unbelievable as having someone decide to run for governor about 4 months before an election, somehow manage to get a party's endorsement and be able to mount enough of a campaign to stand a chance in hell with one PR person only.

I get your point, but they weren't really talking about just a private matter. They were talking about something that directly affected Eric's career and she's involved with Eric. Since she felt he needed to know what was happening, she told Rafe to his face that she told Eric what she'd overheard. rather than go behind everyone's backs. I take this as a positive.

Yes, I couldn't believe Kristen thinks she can simply move into John and Marlena's apartment without even ASKING them if it's OK. I was hoping that this was going to be a new trend in the writing. Rather than skulking around for weeks, talking to herself - out loud no less - about how someone can never know something and making lame excuses when she's inevitably overheard, she simply came clean to both parties about what she overheard and left it to them to work out a resolution. This works better for me than if she decided what is or is not information either party should have.

Since Will is gone, they'll probably just have Sonny go join him in "Offscreenville." Will could still come back for visits without Sonny.

So sorry to hear that. Hope you feel better soon.

Since he's no longer a blanket, I'm guessing he's at boarding school with Holly (3 or 4 - however old he is - isn't too young to be shipped off to boarding school, right?)