Current Plots Discussion II: Discussing Today's Episode and Current Storylines

[Rodney]

1 hour ago, DisneyBoy said:

Dear Kerry: we're with you.

Please don't speak for everyone.  The guy did this just over a failed hookup.  I'm not with him.  I don't even like Leo, but that's pettier than petty.

[brisbydog]

2 minutes ago, Rodney said:

Please don't speak for everyone.  The guy did this just over a failed hookup.  I'm not with him.  I don't even like Leo, but that's pettier than petty.

I mean. He's posting spoilers. The way he got them was bad but on the scale of Salem crimes it rates about a 1

[DisneyBoy]

I speak for everyone!

I am your representative!!

Kerry's motivation makes no sense, because a gay man in that kind of shape could have his pick of anyone and would not care at all about Leo, much less waste time getting revenge on him for being too weepy to get it on, when he could just go get laid with other, younger, less dramatic guys instead!!!

This is all being done to make Leo appear desirable, which he is not!!!!

I have spoken!!!!!

👑👑👑👑👑👑👑

Edited Tuesday at 08:25 PM by DisneyBoy

[boes]

46 minutes ago, Rodney said:

Please don't speak for everyone.  The guy did this just over a failed hookup.  I'm not with him.  I don't even like Leo, but that's pettier than petty.

You're not?!?  Well, Land's sakes and Mercy Maude and I DO declare!

Yankees in Georgia, how did they ever get in??

Fetch me the smelling salts.

Edited Monday at 09:05 PM by boes

[Rodney]

7 minutes ago, DisneyBoy said:

Kerry's motivation makes no sense, because a gay man in that kind of shape could have his pick of anyone and would not care at all about Leo, much less waste time getting revenge on him for being too weepy to get it on, when he could just go laid with other, younger, less dramatic guys instead!!!

That's why I'm not with him on this.

7 minutes ago, DisneyBoy said:

This is all being done to make Leo appear desirable, which is not!!!!

But on that part, I do agree.  He's not attractive or desirable in any way.

[Giuseppe]

I think Leo's plenty attractive, lol. I don't know why he likes to wear grandpa cardigans, though.

I really want to like Leo because I like Greg R. I loved him when he first started and was trying to set up Sonny for sexual harassment or whatever that story was. But then they turned him into a constant quip-quoting cartoon and he just hasn't been enjoyable since. IMO of course, lest I get accused of speaking for everyone ;)

[Soapy Goddess]

6 hours ago, Giuseppe said:

I think Leo's plenty attractive, lol. I don't know why he likes to wear grandpa cardigans, though.

I really want to like Leo because I like Greg R. I loved him when he first started and was trying to set up Sonny for sexual harassment or whatever that story was. But then they turned him into a constant quip-quoting cartoon and he just hasn't been enjoyable since. IMO of course, lest I get accused of speaking for everyone ;)

Well, I'll never be accused of speaking for everyone because I'm one of the few here that loves Greg and his ability to remember all that dialogue with a rapid fire delivery. And by extension, I love Leo. 

 

[DisneyBoy]

He does get though his dialogue well, I'll give him that. He just can't make it funny. As previously stated, it's too cartoony and forced.

Kate really needs to be on the show more.

[methodwriter85]

I feel like I liked Leo the best when they were clearly flirting with the idea of putting him with Zac Tinker's Sonny.

[DisneyBoy]

I *hated* that. After what he did to him? Nope. They'd have needed crazy chemistry to get away with that, which didn't see.

I don't remember minding Leo with....the guy who left? Mr Von L? They were okay but he was also way out of Leo's league.

He's really never had chemistry with anyone.

So...I guess Jada will be marrying an imposter? Lame. Although, Arnold does seem slightly more lively than Rafe.

I missed Bonnie's fall. Is this being done to reveal her as Adrienne, ya think? I can't figure the purpose of this. She's on so little now...

[Retired at last]

I know there is something going on with Bonnie. I just read the summaries and with all the sounds "Bonnie" is making, it has to be that she is not Bonnie. So, it's either Hattie, or now I am thinking Adrienne? I really don't care and it is getting harder to even want to read the summaries any more with all the B&S BS. And the focus on other unlikeable or incapable characters/actors.

[brisbydog]

I love that Sarah thought she was putting a responsible person in charge of Xander but instead she has basically unleashed them to team up to do their worst. Xander citing Kristen using the orchid as bait for Kate's life was a master stroke of manipulation.  

 Good episode though. Bonnie got on my nerves as did the frequent flashbacks padding out part 2  

EJ's thinly veiled patience with Arnold is a hoot.

[DisneyBoy]

Judi looked horrible in that bed :( Makeup department really delivered. I could hardly look at her. Made me so sad, especially after that hospitalization she went through irl a few years ago.

22 minutes ago, brisbydog said:

I love that Sarah thought she was putting a responsible person in charge of Xander but instead she has basically unleashed them to team up to do their worst.

I should be excited about a hostile takeover/revenge story, but history tells me it'll amount to a bunch of scenes about vaguely defined work stuff and lots of cheap shots and huffing and puffing in living rooms. Oh, and the obligatory "stocks are up/down 8%!" proclamations. Kristen should be woefully incapable of standing up to at least Philip, who, unlike her, has years of corporate experience. But this will still somehow be a long, vague fight.

I mean, what does DiMera traffic in, anyway? Rubber face masks? Island timeshares?

22 minutes ago, brisbydog said:

EJ's thinly veiled patience with Arnold is a hoot.

I suppose. But what's the plan here? Killing Rafe? How else to get away with this?

Arnold obviously cannot pull off this pretense long-term or convincingly fake being a police commissioner.

And I really don't buy that EJ wants to be DA again so desperately. I see him wanting to be CEO.

Edited Tuesday at 08:24 PM by DisneyBoy

[boes]

2 hours ago, methodwriter85 said:

I feel like I liked Leo the best when they were clearly flirting with the idea of putting him with Zac Tinker's Sonny.

I liked Leo best when his name was Kevin and he was still on Y&R and I'd learned how to tune him out.

Then he must have gone into Witness Protection and  got a summer job in Salem.

Then he moved there.......

 

 

[CanaryFan98]

4 hours ago, DisneyBoy said:

I *hated* that. After what he did to him? Nope. They'd have needed crazy chemistry to get away with that, which didn't see.

I don't remember minding Leo with....the guy who left? Mr Von L? They were okay but he was also way out of Leo's league.

He's really never had chemistry with anyone.

So...I guess Jada will be marrying an imposter? Lame. Although, Arnold does seem slightly more lively than Rafe.

I missed Bonnie's fall. Is this being done to reveal her as Adrienne, ya think? I can't figure the purpose of this. She's on so little now...

Dmitri I did like him not necessarily with Leo but in general.

[Rodney]

4 hours ago, DisneyBoy said:

Arnold obviously cannot pull off this pretense long-term or convincingly fake being a police commissioner.

Rafe isn't the commissioner.  Jada is.

[brisbydog]

43 minutes ago, Rodney said:

Rafe isn't the commissioner.  Jada is.

EJ's plan is for Arnold to replace her as commissioner as Rafe

[Rodney]

Sounds like, after Kayla's rant on Philip, Sarah's regretting keeping her mouth shut.  Oops.

18 minutes ago, brisbydog said:

EJ's plan is for Arnold to replace her as commissioner as Rafe

Oof.  I only just finished watching the episode on Peacock.  E.J. is going to be in a lot of trouble when this one comes out.

[norcalgal]

59 minutes ago, brisbydog said:

EJ's plan is for Arnold to replace her as commissioner as Rafe

This sort of “replace X with Y” is soooooo stupid!  Hello, it’s not like X has all the memories/shared experiences with Y. Something like that would be found out IRL pronto.  The only way to get away with it is everybody  - everybody knows Original Recipe person has near total amnesia, then you can swap the person with someone else.  

[DisneyBoy]

So.

For Arnold to get away with EJ's plans, he needs to get through wedding planning with Jada and Gabi and Steph and Javi without arousing suspicion, marry Jada (and please not SA her!), set her up to look incompetent, help EJ get her fired, get himself rehired as commissioner by Paulina and then hope Paulina rehires EJ? And then...get out of Rafe's life without him or anyone else knowing he was there at all?

...what?!

I thought the Sloan baby switch was pointless and dumb.

If EJ wants to be DA again....why not just kill Jada via some thug and then step in?

The only remotely interesting part of this is the possibility that Jada legit believes that Rafe was bitter about her taking his position all along. That's it. And that's kinda sad.

Jada seems waaaaay too smart to fall for a fake Rafe. I fully believe she could spot her boring-ass boyfriend from a mile away.

Also: she does know he was already boinked and forgotten by Kate, Sami, Hope and Nicole, right? That should be a red flag.

[SouthernChick]

Kayla annoyed me today with her insistence that Philip was just a terrible person who would never change. I’m pretty sure people told her that about Steve and look what happened. He turned his life around.

[BuckeyeLou]

Oh boy!  That person at the end with grey coat & black gloves is supposed to look like Kerry?!  I think they are trying to throw us off...I think this mystery person is the one who poisoned the cupcakes too.  I got a kick out of Kerry sparing with Jada...he had an answer for everything.

[DisneyBoy]

Oh Kayla.

 

No.

[Soapy Goddess]

12 hours ago, BuckeyeLou said:

Oh boy!  That person at the end with grey coat & black gloves is supposed to look like Kerry?!  I think they are trying to throw us off...I think this mystery person is the one who poisoned the cupcakes too.  I got a kick out of Kerry sparing with Jada...he had an answer for everything.

Unless Kerry grew a pair of boobs, I don't think it's him. I'm guessing it's the wacko nurse who kidnapped Abe.

[boes]

6 hours ago, Soapy Goddess said:

Unless Kerry grew a pair of boobs, I don't think it's him. I'm guessing it's the wacko nurse who kidnapped Abe.

I thought the same thing.  That ending shot made it clear that, despite the coat and gloves, the body beneath either belongs to a woman, or Kerry had a serious case of sudden bloat from his conversation with Jada.

Oh the Humanity!

[DisneyBoy]

I liked the nurse as a character, the sad humanity of her...but this kinda comic booky treatment, with the hiding behind a trenchcoat and the papers being crossed out is really cheesy. Ron loves his stunts.

...but seriously? The woman was obsessed with this soap and worked at the hospital, and now you morons are shooting the show there and you aren't even considering that she might be involved in the attacks?

🙄

 

[norcalgal]

Days will “conveniently” still make Sophia 17 when the baby is born so her mother will have final say in the adoption. But I suspect in the “real world” Sophia will turn 18 before the baby is born, and that means Sophia would have control over the adoption issue. 

I think someone here joked/speculated that Rachel would go to the DiMera island where Kristen held Sarah hostage, and turns out that was correct!

[boes]

37 minutes ago, norcalgal said:

I think someone here joked/speculated that Rachel would go to the DiMera island where Kristen held Sarah hostage, and turns out that was correct!

I think I said I hoped she'd go there but never did I think my dream would come true.

With any luck she'll end making Thurston Howell III and his wife Lovey her new parents.

Gilligan!!

[Rodney]

13 hours ago, Soapy Goddess said:

Unless Kerry grew a pair of boobs, I don't think it's him. I'm guessing it's the wacko nurse who kidnapped Abe.

That didn't seem to match Kim Coles's build at all.  And even if it is Whitley, what reason would she have for doing this?

[Desperado]

I watched Kerry’s scenes in Jada’s office and did anyone else notice, the actor looks a lot like Eric Martsolf, especially his eyes and smile.

It would be funny to have Brady with a long lost son who is even more to handle than Rachel. 🤣

[DisneyBoy]

Well they do sometimes bring in actors who failed to land plumb roles and instead give them smaller contract parts. Maybe he was up for playing someone else at some point.

 

[norcalgal]

49 minutes ago, Desperado said:

I watched Kerry’s scenes in Jada’s office and did anyone else notice, the actor looks a lot like Eric Martsolf, especially his eyes and smile.

It would be funny to have Brady with a long lost son who is even more to handle than Rachel. 🤣

Haven’t really noticed that, but I think the actress who plays Joy looks like she could be related to Patsy Pease’s Kimberley.  

[JBC344]

5 hours ago, Desperado said:

I watched Kerry’s scenes in Jada’s office and did anyone else notice, the actor looks a lot like Eric Martsolf, especially his eyes and smile.

It would be funny to have Brady with a long lost son who is even more to handle than Rachel. 🤣

Lots of people across the board have been mentioning their resemblance. I honestly wouldn't put it past Days if they wanted to keep Kerry around to make him Brady's son. 

Brady easily could of slept with a girl at boarding school before returning to Salem. Said girl could of been pregnant and never told him. Could actually be a nice parallel to what Tate is going thru. 

[Soapy Goddess]

9 hours ago, Rodney said:

even if it is Whitley, what reason would she have for doing this?

I can think of a number of reasons, starting with her love for the show. But more importantly, she loved Abe. We all know it was an obsession, but her feelings were real albeit delusion.

When Abe was rescued, she was hurt that he wouldn't stay with her and also upset that she was taken to a loony bin. Then when she eventually finds out that Abe has re-booted her favorite show (without letting her know), she was probably upset that she wasn't consulted. 

She also might be upset that she wasn't offered a part in B&S, and maybe hates the writing...and what Leo has done with the characters...maybe trying to "off" them one-by-one. That would also explain the tainted cupcakes, as I'm sure she's not a fan of Paulina (Abe's wife) and Chanel...to put suspicion on Sweet Bits.

[JBC344]

Loved the trip down memory lane today. I have always loved Rachel Blake and think they killed her off way too soon. 

Question is, is this "Rachel" actually real or just young Rachel projecting? 

[DisneyBoy]

6 hours ago, JBC344 said:

Loved the trip down memory lane today. I have always loved Rachel Blake and think they killed her off way too soon. 

Question is, is this "Rachel" actually real or just young Rachel projecting? 

I am REALLY hoping she's just projecting because otherwise they've immediately wrecked a favorite character of mine.

Rachel had an epic death scene. I hate thinking they've undone that. And that explosion ended Kristen's chances of having a baby (well...kinda) and led her down the path of true desperation. 

Plus, this woman has none of Rachel's facial scars, apparently somehow survived that insane sewer explosion looking even better and now lives in a house covered in cobwebs and dust? Huh!?

I really hope this is all in Rachel's crazy mind because otherwise....they just completely trashed her grandma, who has been dead for 30 years, for nothing.

 

I love Rachel Blake and will be very pissed if this is supposed to really be her. She wouldn't kidnap anyone.

Edited 1 hour ago by DisneyBoy