Phebemarie

Is this an April Fools' joke? 😃

Oh, no, I don't think they'll have Thor change. I've seen a lot of people wonder on the forums (and Facebook), why there's such a difference between Sass and Thor's language acquisition. I think Pete's comments in last night's episode are the writers winking at us.

I think the writers have been reading comments on the forum which questioned why Thor's language hasn't evolved while Sass's has. Pete is the voice of the people.

Loved Thor’s apology claiming reality tv was making him catty.

Maybe Zava doesn't handle the news of Colin's orientation well and the team finally loses respect for him.

The change to all Beyond Salem all the time isn’t enjoyable in my household. So many things are just pointless. Where were Marlena, Kate, and Kayla when they were chatting with Nick in faux heaven/purgatory? How did they have a mutual hallucination? Was it explained, and I just wasn’t paying attention? How did Kayla project herself to her living room for a chat with Steve? Yikes. How is Kate communicating with Roman through an urn that doesn’t even contain her ashes? One of the oddest things today was the sudden stormy weather in Salem. Since when has the weather or season ever played a role in this show? Did they suddenly get access to a wind machine or was an intern under the shrubbery shaking them? It’s like we’re suddenly watching a completely different show that doesn’t make sense and isn’t very interesting.

DEL90 , in the episode thread, mentioned how a suicidal Nate would break Ted. Would it, though? Could that be the conclusion to Ted and Nate’s character arcs? We know Ted is haunted by his dad’s death. What if he is able to help Nate? Maybe that’s why Dr. Sharon is still a phone call away. I think that would be a sad way to redeem Nate, but who knows what the writers are thinking?

DEL901, could you have just stumbled on a story arc that would bring Ted and Nate’s stories full circle? I was starting to speculate, but maybe i shouldn’t in an episode thread.

That was such a strange, annoying choice. Was it continuity or some subtle hint from the director telling us the Roy/Keely break-up is messed up? Nate already has a potential rival in Coach Disco. What could that name symbolize, I wonder?

The last 15 minutes were the strongest, I thought. It seemed like there was a lot of extra talk...not really exposition...more like the writers were trying to reintroduce everyone in case we haven't been re-watching seasons 1 and 2 in impatient anticipation. Phoebe and Henry have really grown up during the long off season. I wonder what happened to Rebecca to make her back track a bit with Rupert. Speaking of Rupert, could the evil empire references be more obvious? I loved Ted's response to Nate's meanness. It's the Lasso way after all.

He said my brother and I. Me was the correct usage.

Her questions were superficial. She could have asked him about something other than his three seconds in The Glass Onion. I thought he dismissed her. Not very genteel of him, but also not surprising.

It just looks gray to me.

Can’t remember which baker decorated with blueberry vines-but that’s not a thing in nature.

On a completely different note, I like that Nigel and Nancy seem to be friends. Nigel does have a certain Frasier/Niles-like fussiness, but he invited Nancy to his tea, and seemingly spends time with her. I think that's an interesting layer to his character. Hetty calls her a creature and barely acknowledges her; Nigel's accent and military position suggest he's from an upper class background, yet he spends time with a basement ghost. Maybe spending centuries in the shed gave Nigel some humility. I also realize the writers had to reveal the Hetty/Trevor liaison to character(s) who were easier to manipulate than the core ghosts and that may have been why Nancy and Nigel were together.

I think Janine was just clueless about how "on trend" those Teflar bags are right now. I don't think she hated the bag, but she didn't get its hype because she values things like Lego bouquets. I mean, even I knew Teflar bags are hot stuff, and I'm a retired English teacher. Jacob's kids were awesome. I liked how they teased him about the socks without making fun of him. I think it shows the students respect him, even though he disappointed them for a bit.

Anyone notice the physical distance between the hosts this morning? I’m wondering if Hoda has Covid, and they’re all limiting contact with each other.

Isn't it a little ironic that Li is arrested for brainwashing Stephen on the same day that Brady and Eric are prepared to do the same? Are we supposed to feel Brady is somehow justified because Chloe is his One True Love?

The way Marlena was shrugging off the possibility of going to hell made it seem like she was moving into an unpleasant rental rather than going to everlasting damnation. DaphneCat, you're absolutely right. There's no tension. It's almost as if actors are signaling their disdain for the storyline through their "acting" choices. The only one who committed to his character was Bill Hayes. Everything is just so silly, including the purgatory and hell sets, which are just embarrassing.

I wonder if the writers (or maybe the directors) are not all on the same page regarding Ava's character growth. It would have been in character for Ava to nervously hurry the kids out of the building and then spend the rest of the day taking a spa day once the kids were safe. Maybe Janelle James wasn't available for some reason during filming of this episode, and they had to write Ava out of most of the show. I think the inconsistency is the thing that doesn't work (for me at least).

After Eric was resuscitated, why was he unable to see the ghosts? He was technically dead for a bit just like Sam. Did they explain that on the show?

Yah, Patti, using Jane Austen as the weapon to defeat the champion! I will say Jake seemed to be really nice to his fellow competitors at commercial breaks. He turned towards Patti with a big smile and started chatting with her. Of course, that could have been his plan to dominate the competition. ;)

Does anyone else think it’s inappropriate for Today to give Savannah so much time to hawk her new children’s show?

Hooray! Now we need to grow the forum so we get the separate episode threads for chediavolo.

I wondered if it was partially CGI.