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

[DisneyBoy]

Johnny's mother is Sami, therefore his uncle is Brady, who would be grandpa to Tate's kid. Rachel is Brady's daughter and would be the kid's Aunt.

[nilyank]

It is still better than Allie was trying to give away her baby to anyone who weren't even looking to adopt like her brother Will, her one time stepfather who was only that for about only 1 year and so, and finally her uncle Eric and the woman who kidnapped her sister twice.

[DisneyBoy]

2 hours ago, nilyank said:

It is still better than Allie was trying to give away her baby to anyone who weren't even looking to adopt like her brother Will, her one time stepfather who was only that for about only 1 year and so, and finally her uncle Eric and the woman who kidnapped her sister twice.

Geez I'd forgotten about that. In fairness, that was the result of a rape, though. She wasn't handling it well obviously.

I hated that that was her intro story as an adult.

[brisbydog]

5 hours ago, DisneyBoy said:

Johnny's mother is Sami, therefore his uncle is Brady, who would be grandpa to Tate's kid. Rachel is Brady's daughter and would be the kid's Aunt.

Brady is not actually related to Sami. Marlena is Brady's step mother

Tate and Johnny's mothers are first cousins.

[BuckeyeLou]

I rather enjoyed Dougie3 barging into the cabin, then seeing Holly in her sexy lingerie...and when he read the romantic poem to Holly...it was very sweet & romantic, I like the vibe between Dougie3& Holly.  I think young Dougie will want to follow in his Grandfather Doug's footsteps & find true Romance.  Totally opposite from romantic were FakeRafe's crude words & kisses on Belle(altho it made me laugh, Belle's face was so confused :)  But, then Belle runs to EJ...rolling my eyes.  I also liked the sweet moments between JJ & Gabi.

[CanaryFan98]

5 hours ago, DisneyBoy said:

Geez I'd forgotten about that. In fairness, that was the result of a rape, though. She wasn't handling it well obviously.

I hated that that was her intro story as an adult.

At the time we didn't know she was raped though. Which actually makes the optics of Sami forcing her to keep the kid even more terrible. I agree that intro story to her as an adult was terrible and she went downhill from there.

[Pearson80]

On 2/16/2025 at 5:52 PM, CanaryFan98 said:

You kind of have a point here that while we want these type of characters they don't translate onscreen as interesting either.

Paige's murder was disturbing to me(and I say this as someone that didn't really care for the character that much either) probably because of how graphic it was however I did like what she (and Wendy represented for young girls on this show) especially since we ended up with Ciara and Allie later (and I disliked both of them as adults).

Paige's graphic murder is why the serial killer with the abs should never have been redeemed and marry the daughter of Bo and Hope..

[DisneyBoy]

I'll see your Paige and raise you a Will.

Cuz the show offing a character they spent 20 years developing who got them a ton of good press by being the first coming out story in the DOOL's history?

 

THAT was why he absolutely never should have been redeemed.

 

Having Will "see the good in him" later made me retch. Disgusting.

[tribeca]

Serena was killed running scared in the woods alone.  Thank goodness they did not show that   

[4evaQuez]

2 hours ago, DisneyBoy said:

I'll see your Paige and raise you a Will.

Cuz the show offing a character they spent 20 years developing who got them a ton of good press by being the first coming out story in the DOOL's history?

 

THAT was why he absolutely never should have been redeemed.

 

Having Will "see the good in him" later made me retch. Disgusting.

I hate Will, so Ben killing him was the best thing Ben did to me.

I still hate the show resurrected Will.

1 hour ago, tribeca said:

Serena was killed running scared in the woods alone.  Thank goodness they did not show that   

Serena and Paige...Ben was doing the Lord's work. What boring characters.

[nilyank]

He almost killed their legacy star Marlena but rather than having her treat him the way she has treated Kristen for decades, she became his champion.

[boes]

Much of the show is a slog for me me right now, but EJ and Belle make me sit up and take notice.  And laugh.  And enjoy the chemistry they share with each other.  I don't think I've seen Dan's EJ have much romantic chemistry with anyone since he started and while I always enjoy MM's Belle, she sure didn't have much with BB.

Dan's EJ, along with Steve and Kayla, Kate, JJ and occasional sparks from a few others keep me watching.

As for the odious OllieBen Necktie Killer, he should have been dissolved in one of Dr. Rolf's formulas instead of becoming just the most lovable serial killer in all of Salem Town.  Besides all the murders, he also destroyed the adult Ciara pretty much beyond repair.  Ron C.s cutsey reuse of the actor as Alex Kiriakis is a big fat failure on many levels IMO.  Instead of taking his shirt off, I wish Show made him wear a parka, a couple of bags over his head and a gag to muffle his voice. 

What Steve and Kayla have done to deserve being stuck with this bonehead as a possible son-in-law is beyond me. 

[Rodney]

4 hours ago, DisneyBoy said:

I'll see your Paige and raise you a Will.

3 hours ago, tribeca said:

Serena was killed running scared in the woods alone.  Thank goodness they did not show that   

It utterly sickens me how seldom I see the fourth, unsung victim mentioned here.  At least we got to see how badly Serena, Paige, and Will got it (which, granted, was pretty gruesome for all three).  We were only left wondering how badly Wendy got it, and she got shot rather than strangled.  (And I mean the poor midwife, not Li's sister.)

[boes]

25 minutes ago, Rodney said:

It utterly sickens me how seldom I see the fourth, unsung victim mentioned here. 

That's because we hate midwives here.  It's either full or no wives, none of this wishy washy mid stuff.

It's part of the secret handshake and all.

And now I've let the cat out of the bag.  (If the cat was a midwife, it'd never make it out of the bag, I promise)

Edited February 20 by boes

[DisneyBoy]

1 hour ago, 4evaQuez said:

I hate Will, so Ben killing him was the best thing Ben did to me.

I still hate the show resurrected Will.

Do we have an Unpopular Opinions Thread? If so, this definitely qualifies! 😄

Speak on it, though. Why the hate?

1 hour ago, nilyank said:

He almost killed their legacy star Marlena but rather than having her treat him the way she has treated Kristen for decades, she became his champion.

I don't even think Marlena ever even addressed it either. Bizarre!

I still hate that freaking Cin wedding SO! MUCH! you guys. I honestly can't even think about it without mentally cursing. WTF even WAS that mess?!?

1 hour ago, 4evaQuez said:

Serena and Paige...Ben was doing the Lord's work. What boring characters.

Fine, they were, but still....horribly misogynistic treatment. The writers literally went down the path of having him kill only women and a gay man, and then being all "oh well, it wasnt THAT big a deal! He's got abs! He's good now!"

Fucked up.

Who was the murdered midwife's fiancee, the guy who helped Eve torture Ben? Cuz I loved him.

[Rodney]

24 minutes ago, DisneyBoy said:

Who was the murdered midwife's fiancee, the guy who helped Eve torture Ben? Cuz I loved him.

Vincent Belman.  The Australian actor who played him was supposed to come back and reprise the role, but was stuck in Australia due to COVID.  So they killed him offscreen via suicide in prison instead.  But he was supposed to have a bigger role in Ben and Ciara's story before that happened.

[4evaQuez]

12 hours ago, DisneyBoy said:

Do we have an Unpopular Opinions Thread? If so, this definitely qualifies! 😄

Speak on it, though. Why the hate?

Chandler Massey's Will was written as more of a plot device or a conduit for stories for characters much more interesting than he was. 

While I know everyone liked the coming out story, and I like moments from it, it ultimately became a story about Sami. I think Will had one really great moment with the kiss outside the gay bar(?). It is also what created the Will/Marlena dynamic. Will and Marlena rarely interacted before the coming out story. Will was much closer to Kate. For me, Will quickly went into the background, and I thought his coming out story explored the Sami / Marlena dynamic quite beautifully. While Sami was no longer actively making Marlena's life hell, I thought it showed how tense their relationship still was.

One of my favorite moments in the coming out storyline is when Will is with Marlena for support. Sami calls Will, and Marlena rolls her eyes - in front of Will - that Sami is calling him. Will tells Sami he's with Marlena and Sami is visibly hurt. Marlena says something snarky about Sami when Will ends the call. I thought his coming out did a lot of interesting things for Sami and Marlena. I didn't think Will was particularly interesting outside of his very initial first kiss.

I also understand his coming out came out a sensitive time. That being said, I thought it mostly lacked bite. Compared to Bianca's coming out on All My Children or even Craig's late in life coming out story, I thought everyone was too accepting. While that's great in real life, on a Soap, there needs to be drama. Caroline was completely accepting; Priest Eric Brady was accepting. Even Victor was accepting. The show waffled with Lucas in ways that made no narrative sense. He's against it. Now he's not. Now he is. Now he's not. If there was an actual story attached to that wafffling, it could have been interesting. Instead, it was cheap storytelling.

Sami makes everything about her, but again, for me, the dynamic between Sami and Marlena was much more interesting and nuanced. Will was a conduit for those interactions, but he didn't particularly help move the story along.

Not moving stories along is my main issue with Will. In the paternity of Arianna Grace, Will took a backseat and it became a Nick and Gabi versus Sami story.

In the homophobia against Will, Will took a backseat and it became a Nick versus Sami and EJ story.

The show wanted to remake Sami/John/Marlena/Roman and office desk sex with Will/Sami/EJ/Lucas and couch sex. Will is not Sami, and Sami is not Marlena. It was a cheap and badly written storyline because Will can not carry story. It was another story that ultimately went nowhere and Will took a backseat yet again.

I wasn't a fan of Will/Sonny because Chandler was obviously so uncomfortable in the beginning with love scenes. While that worked at first with Will's coming out, it was excruciating once Will was supposed to be out and in love with Sonny openly. I know people disliked the guy who replaced Chandler, but I thought he at least seemed comfortable with Sonny. While I didn't like the adultery storyline, I did appreciate the show actually writing for Will in a way that gave him agency and not an excuse to give Sami wacky hijinks or an excuse for Hurricane Sami.

While I won't speak on the misogyny, Will was not killed because he was gay. He was killed because he was at the wrong place at the wrong time and realized Ben was the Necktie Killer. Ben also beat Chad's ass twice during that storyline, tied Chad to a bed, and attempted to set him on fire. He also attempted to frame Chad for the murders. Women and a gay man were not Ben's only targets.

I don't think the show did anything interesting with Will as a character, and I find him much more interesting dead than alive. 

[brisbydog]

13 hours ago, Rodney said:

Vincent Belman.  The Australian actor who played him was supposed to come back and reprise the role, but was stuck in Australia due to COVID.  So they killed him offscreen via suicide in prison instead.  But he was supposed to have a bigger role in Ben and Ciara's story before that happened.

Dang I wondered about that. I loved Vincent

[BuckeyeLou]

EJ & Belle(Dan&Martha) have such chemistry, it is fun to watch their scenes.  But, their storyline is making me cringe...Belle knows what EJ is up to & she is going to get hurt but she doesnt seem to care. Same with EJ, he says he 'cares" for Belle but we know what he is up to.  Oh Good Grief! Kristin has another vial of 'magic liquid"!

[Rodney]

Kate likes The Traitors?  Taste in TV shows confirmed, then!

56 minutes ago, BuckeyeLou said:

EJ & Belle(Dan&Martha) have such chemistry, it is fun to watch their scenes.  But, their storyline is making me cringe...Belle knows what EJ is up to & she is going to get hurt but she doesnt seem to care. Same with EJ, he says he 'cares" for Belle but we know what he is up to.

Like I said before, if Belle continues to sleep with him even after the Rafe/Arnold switch comes out, then she is going to look very, very, very bad.  To the other characters and to the viewers.

[CanaryFan98]

19 hours ago, tribeca said:

Serena was killed running scared in the woods alone.  Thank goodness they did not show that   

I liked Serena probably an unpopular opinion, but she was yet another casualty in the Ericole pairing. That elephant story did her no favors her secret should've been she had Eric's child and kept it from him.

The only memorable thing she did was introduce us to Xander. I admit I wonder how her and Sarah would've reacted to each other.

18 hours ago, 4evaQuez said:

I hate Will, so Ben killing him was the best thing Ben did to me.

I still hate the show resurrected Will.

Serena and Paige...Ben was doing the Lord's work. What boring characters.

I didn't mind Serena but the rest I agreed with. In retrospect Will might has well have stayed dead because it's not like he's done much since he was resurrected of course like you I don't care for the character either.

[Soapy Goddess]

9 hours ago, Rodney said:

Kate likes The Traitors? 

Shameless plug for Peacock. But of all the reality competitions, Alan Cumming really makes this show interesting, and we get to see Scotland as a bonus!

[brisbydog]

5 hours ago, Soapy Goddess said:

Shameless plug for Peacock. But of all the reality competitions, Alan Cumming really makes this show interesting, and we get to see Scotland as a bonus!

The British version is amazing too, and used the same location and identical challenges. I like it better because it's not stacked with professional reality stars 

[boes]

Mother Blake seems to have a pretty well-stocked kitchen for a woman hiding out for the past two+ decades, doesn't she?  She also must have discovered Oxy-clean somehow, since her all white wardrobe always seems spanking clean in the midst of all that dust and discarded furniture.  You'd think that with all the time on her hands she might have tidied up the place.

I bet the first thing Ava does once she's freed is run straight to the bathroom.

As silly as all this is, it's at least a change from watching Old Man Tate romance that pain in the ass Holly, or Johnny and Chanel struggle through trying to make us care that they're jumping right from being told they have a slight delay in getting pregnant into adopting a baby.

Get a dog.

[DisneyBoy]

40 minutes ago, boes said:

You'd think that with all the time on her hands she might have tidied up the place.

For real.

I mean, I almost want to applaud Ron for committing to the stupid in this storyline. It's stupid everywhere you look! Not only is Rachel completely not herself, not only are her scars magically gone, not only has she hidden away for decades for no reason, but her house looks like a Halloween walk-through in spite of her actively living in it, in white clothing no less!

Could he have done a worse job with her? I don't think so!

(Not to be mean, but how I wish they'd fired him BEFORE this storyline came up. Rachel might have been spared this indignity.)

43 minutes ago, boes said:

I bet the first thing Ava does once she's freed is run straight to the bathroom.

There's no doubt she has impacted stool.

Glad Javi told Rada about the stripper sex. But really, what's the point of all this? I honestly don't think Jada should get back with the real Rafe at this point because...she'd never know for sure that he wasn't Arnold again, right? And yet...this is the first women in forever to seem honestly good for Rafe and happy with him...so why are you messing that up, Show? Marry them off, write them off and be done with it!

 

Okay, so now they're going to use an amnesia shot to wipe the short-term memory of Rafe...even though Ava has already spilled the beans and Rachel is already in police custody the whole scheme is out in the open? Seems pretty pointless. Rafe is, after all, a high-ranking cop. Hurting him more is just going to make EJ's punishment worse.

Oh, who am I kidding? EJ will probably come out of this with no charges and coupons for free sandwiches at Arby's.

I *DREAD* Rachel sticking around for Peter's assumed return.

"Hey look! It's all those characters you once loved so much, reuniting for the first time in decades!! Only now, they're being played by completely different actors and written to be irredeemable morons! YAY!"

[Soapy Goddess]

17 hours ago, brisbydog said:

The British version is amazing too, and used the same location and identical challenges. I like it better because it's not stacked with professional reality stars 

Funny you should mention professional reality stars because that's the only reason why I started watching in the first place. Maybe I need to change my user name to Reality Goddess 😜

[ASpring1900]

On 2/20/2025 at 4:49 PM, Rodney said:

Kate likes The Traitors?  Taste in TV shows confirmed, then!

Maybe she's just keeping tabs on Jordan (Chrishell Stause). :)

[Desperado]

I spent the last episode thinking Brady and Steve were dumb enough to gt kidnapped by an elderly lady.

Oh, here’s a kidnap victim let’s yap! yap! yap! away instead of calling the police who might search the mausoleum house and find good old Rafe 2 doors away.

Sigh.

I did appreciate Javi and Leo being #TeamJada - girl needs all the help she can get.

Completely over Kristen and her vials and wish EJ was not sabotaging his relationship with Belle because I enjoy her when she’s with him, the actors have good chemistry.

[DisneyBoy]

If EJ changed for Belle it'd be a shock. Plus the show needs a villain, so he's in a tough spot. Xander can't be bad right now, so that leaves EJ.

Edited Monday at 05:54 PM by DisneyBoy

[Rodney]

Stephanie gets the Salem Brain today.  Good for her, remembering the inappropriate hug that Arnold gave her way back in 2011.  I remember that, too, because it was the last episode in which she was played by Shelley Hennig (before she turned up at Steve and Kayla's 2017 Valentine's Day wedding six years later).  Looks like she's starting to realize that Rafe isn't Rafe.

I enjoyed Shawn and Jada's scenes, but it's not going to last, so I won't get comfortable.  As soon as the real Rafe gets back, Jada's going right back to him.  And it's obvious that this is just part of a long road that Shawn will be taking back to Belle, anyway.

Surprised and confused to hear that Cat's mother is still locked up in Vancouver.  I would've thought that she'd have been out by now.  She was brainwashed and not in her right mind when she shot Clyde.

With another mention of needing funds for the hospital, it makes me wonder why they don't just hit up the DiMeras or the Kiriakises for money.  Hell, if Abe and Kate really sold Body and Soul for a profit, then perhaps they can turn that profit toward the hospital themselves.

[brisbydog]

2 hours ago, Rodney said:

Stephanie gets the Salem Brain today.  Good for her, remembering the inappropriate hug that Arnold gave her way back in 2011.  I remember that, too, because it was the last episode in which she was played by Shelley Hennig (before she turned up at Steve and Kayla's 2017 Valentine's Day wedding six years later).  Looks like she's starting to realize that Rafe isn't Rafe.

I enjoyed Shawn and Jada's scenes, but it's not going to last, so I won't get comfortable.  As soon as the real Rafe gets back, Jada's going right back to him.  And it's obvious that this is just part of a long road that Shawn will be taking back to Belle, anyway.

Surprised and confused to hear that Cat's mother is still locked up in Vancouver.  I would've thought that she'd have been out by now.  She was brainwashed and not in her right mind when she shot Clyde.

With another mention of needing funds for the hospital, it makes me wonder why they don't just hit up the DiMeras or the Kiriakises for money.  Hell, if Abe and Kate really sold Body and Soul for a profit, then perhaps they can turn that profit toward the hospital themselves.

Xander literally offered to bail out the hospital last week. Sarah dismissed the idea (like she has the authority). Back in the 90s Victor was on the hospital board, so Titan should still have some interest in it.

What happened to EJ and Rafe, literally the only plot I cared about?

Just no to Stephanie/Alex and Leo/Javi. The show didn't bother building a relationship with either of them before tossing them into bed, so I don't bother.  Shawn having sex with two sisters while judging EJ for doing the same. Whatever. More bed hopping. I miss romance.

 

[DisneyBoy]

33 minutes ago, brisbydog said:

More bed hopping. I miss romance.

But we've already HAD such great slow-build romances!

 

Ben and Ciara!

Holly and Tate!

Tripp and Wendy!

 

I mean...romance just doesn't get any better!

[DisneyBoy]

I do not buy for one second that Jada would pounce Shawn after finding out Rafe boinked the stripper. Lazy writing.

Her ex had multiple personalities. Is that not even a possibility in her mind...!?

[Ohiopirate02]

15 minutes ago, DisneyBoy said:

I do not buy for one second that Jada would pounce Shawn after finding out Rafe boinked the stripper. Lazy writing.

Her ex had multiple personalities. Is that not even a possibility in her mind...!?

I also don't get it. Rafe having a stripper at his bachelor party is out of character for him let alone sleeping with her right before getting married. Rafe has never been that kind of guy. This should have been confirmation for Jada that there is something deeply wrong with Rafe after all of the other strange happenings, not something that sends her into the arms of another man.

[Rodney]

1 hour ago, Ohiopirate02 said:

I also don't get it. Rafe having a stripper at his bachelor party is out of character for him let alone sleeping with her right before getting married. Rafe has never been that kind of guy. This should have been confirmation for Jada that there is something deeply wrong with Rafe after all of the other strange happenings, not something that sends her into the arms of another man.

I think that if it were just Rafe's behavior, Jada would more than likely be more aware that something is wrong.  But with the corruption investigation going on, as well, that's probably really messing with her head.

[BuckeyeLou]

I guess I am the only one, but I am getting a kick out of Galen's portrayal of "Arnold" :)  Galen plays a good bad guy, lol.  When he kissed Stephanie today & then she kneed him, I cracked up.  I would imagine Galen and the various actresses laugh while filming these scenes.  But, good for Stephanie for finally remembering "Arnold" from before.

[sas616]

It's beyond ridiculous that by now, Gabby and Jada still think this jerk is Rafe.    They KNOW the man; they lived with him and he is nothing like the person they love.  Plus, EVERYONE is saying "this isn't like Rafe.   I hope whenever the truth comes out, Rafe is really pissed at both of them.   Thank goodness the lightbulb has come on for Stephanie.  

[Retired at last]

Does that mean that Stephanie is about to disappear or get kidnapped?

[DisneyBoy]

If EJ would be so kind, I'd like a regular supply of that recent-past-forgetting drug, so I can delete half the plotlines from my memory entirely (this Arnold nonsense, BS, Undead Rachel, to name a few.)

 

[boes]

1 hour ago, Retired at last said:

Does that mean that Stephanie is about to disappear or get kidnapped?

Finally, a storyline we can all enjoy.

[DisneyBoy]

Hey, she gets points for suddenly figuring out the Arnold switch and telling someone and not stalling before telling Jada, the way we all expeceted her too. Seriously, she handled that like a real person. Impressive!

Dunk the devil, Chad? Really? I cannot wait to never hear again about the stupid devil storyline, which Ron is obviously obsessed with. No one finds it amusing anymore. You killed it. Let go.

And please god let the new writers grasp this concept!

I really doubt strippers so eagerly mix work with pleasure and act all subservient when they're off the clock.

[DaphneCat]

1 hour ago, DisneyBoy said:

I really doubt strippers so eagerly mix work with pleasure and act all subservient when they're off the clock.

Are you positive she was off the clock?  Fake Rafe doesn't strike me as the kind of guy someone would make it a point to see again.

[boes]

1 hour ago, DisneyBoy said:

I really doubt strippers so eagerly mix work with pleasure and act all subservient when they're off the clock.

I sooooooooo VERY much want to remove just ONE letter from one of these words about the stripper - just one letter - but I shall refrain.....

It hurts to do the right thing, it really does......

[Nique]

On 2/8/2025 at 12:01 PM, CanaryFan98 said:

Honestly I find it more believable for MM's Belle to be more morally grey than a source of morality especially given her conception. KS's Belle was more believable as sweetness and light when she was a teenager. Since adulthood? Not so much. 

It's why Belle is so dissatisfied with Shawn she has that darkness to her and it would be a great source of natural conflict with Marlena tbh. 

I do think it would've been great soap if Talia came back with Shawn's love child in tow as karmic payback for Belle being complicit with what Jada is going through. Then throw in a possible Shawn/Jada fling. That would be great soapy fun but probably won't happen.

Why would Jason Cook return? It's not like Brandon is leaving. Although I did prefer Jason as Shawn I just don't see where you are getting he's returning. Jason/Martha didn't really have chemistry to me either. At that point I think they should've just committed to Shawn/Mimi(and I say this as someone who didn't really like Mimi most of the time). 

👌🏾Martha didn't have chemistry with Jason either. It's pretty much how we got Shimi. She's never had it with either Shawn and it didn't help that MM very much looks her age/older & then some especially back when she first started. It's how she got the nickname grandma Belle. Days styling of her doesn't help either for one they dress her like an old lady, 2nd they have gotten into the habit of styling her hair exactly like her 70+ mother. Look at the old lady outfit they had her in for the 60th promo next to Marlena and Carrie? Hideous it's been a long term compliant since she started. The only man I saw her have chemistry with is JKJ.

Jason coming back wouldn't change anything especially given how unhappy he was by the time he first left with the writing, direction & the pivotal back towards Shelle at the expense of Shimi. He would never come back as Shawn to be purse holder with his balls inside a glorified cuck doormat, wallpaper for Belle.

As someone said constantly cheating on him, him accepting it & taking her back isn't some great love story it's abuse.

Belle just comes across as desperate and gross with EJ. EJ is still the same trifling disgusting guttersnipe rapist he has always been. This is him 3rd time raping someone on top of being a wannabe murder that Days keeps trying to make fetch happen in the form of him being a leading man. It will never happen & it's insulting. I expect something like this from Murdering Mobster and Hitman Hospital but not days. The only person he would work with is Ava cause she is the female version of him. Their wouldn't be outrage or backlash because Ava wouldn't be compromised as character nor would it damage her.

Their is morally grey like Philip(JKJ) and their is monster which is EJ who has no redeeming qualities. They should just bring JKJ back and pair Belle with him.

Day's really needs to shit or get off the pot once and for all with Shelle. Just pull the plug of this vicious cycle they're in because Shelle is dead and no amount of dressing it up Is going to change it. They've haven't worked since my OGs were in the role and that ani't changing. Sometimes Magic doesn't strike twice, three times. It did for Roman and Marlena though with Wayne & Drake.

[CanaryFan98]

19 hours ago, sas616 said:

It's beyond ridiculous that by now, Gabby and Jada still think this jerk is Rafe.    They KNOW the man; they lived with him and he is nothing like the person they love.  Plus, EVERYONE is saying "this isn't like Rafe.   I hope whenever the truth comes out, Rafe is really pissed at both of them.   Thank goodness the lightbulb has come on for Stephanie.  

I agree with this especially Gabi his own sister. It's wild I find myself hating Rafe a lot less than I used to years ago. I mean he's not a great character but there have been so many other terrible characters etc compared to him he's not nearly as awful to me now as he used to be.

51 minutes ago, Nique said:

👌🏾Martha didn't have chemistry with Jason either. It's pretty much how we got Shimi. She's never had it with either Shawn and it didn't help that MM very much looks her age/older & then some especially back when she first started. It's how she got the nickname grandma Belle. Days styling of her doesn't help either for one they dress her like an old lady, 2nd they have gotten into the habit of styling her hair exactly like her 70+ mother. Look at the old lady outfit they had her in for the 60th promo next to Marlena and Carrie? Hideous it's been a long term compliant since she started. The only man I saw her have chemistry with is JKJ.

Jason coming back wouldn't change anything especially given how unhappy he was by the time he first left with the writing, direction & the pivotal back towards Shelle at the expense of Shimi. He would never come back as Shawn to be purse holder with his balls inside a glorified cuck doormat, wallpaper for Belle.

As someone said constantly cheating on him, him accepting it & taking her back isn't some great love story it's abuse.

Belle just comes across as desperate and gross with EJ. EJ is still the same trifling disgusting guttersnipe rapist he has always been. This is him 3rd time raping someone on top of being a wannabe murder that Days keeps trying to make fetch happen in the form of him being a leading man. It will never happen & it's insulting. I expect something like this from Murdering Mobster and Hitman Hospital but not days. The only person he would work with is Ava cause she is the female version of him. Their wouldn't be outrage or backlash because Ava wouldn't be compromised as character nor would it damage her.

Their is morally grey like Philip(JKJ) and their is monster which is EJ who has no redeeming qualities. They should just bring JKJ back and pair Belle with him.

Day's really needs to shit or get off the pot once and for all with Shelle. Just pull the plug of this vicious cycle they're in because Shelle is dead and no amount of dressing it up Is going to change it. They've haven't worked since my OGs were in the role and that ani't changing. Sometimes Magic doesn't strike twice, three times. It did for Roman and Marlena though with Wayne & Drake.

Yep just because something worked back then doesn't mean it works now as adults. Plus it really limits Shawn/Belle story wise if they only have each other. None of this makes Belle remotely likeable or Shawn viable as a leading man.

I don't get why this show hasn't paired EJ/Ava it would work on so many levels. If they wanted Ava vs Kristen it should be because of EJ not Brady(who I like but can't he have a sane love interest for a change).

[DisneyBoy]

"Who's Rafe?"

Hahaha - see? Even HE finds himself forgettable! 😄

Good episode today, in that lots of brains were working simultaneously. Gabi was smart to yank some hair for testing. Belle was smart to see through EJ's bull. Brady was smart to tell her not to get trapped by EJ.

Oh shit....you don't think Belle'll be getting pregnant now, do you? I really hope not.

Galen's body wiggle as Arnold was tazed was amusing.

Why do you suppose Ms Priss continues to work with EJ if she's so willing to get her hands dirty? The pay can't be that good. And if she's been this much of an accomplice for years, how has she not been arrested yet?

Still, nice to see some intelligent statements and reactions, except perhaps for Shawn not immediately sending cops to Rafe's place, allowing for the switcheroo.

Hope we get some good Rachel scenes in the fallout.

[salvame]

I sincerely hope fakeRafe story isn't going to hang on forever, as now all the folks that figured it out will be confused yet again with the return of realRafe who suffers from CRS. April can't come soon enough. I just hope new writers bring actual new life!

[CanaryFan98]

2 hours ago, DisneyBoy said:

"Who's Rafe?"

Hahaha - see? Even HE finds himself forgettable! 😄

Good episode today, in that lots of brains were working simultaneously. Gabi was smart to yank some hair for testing. Belle was smart to see through EJ's bull. Brady was smart to tell her not to get trapped by EJ.

Oh shit....you don't think Belle'll be getting pregnant now, do you? I really hope not.

Galen's body wiggle as Arnold was tazed was amusing.

Why do you suppose Ms Priss continues to work with EJ if she's so willing to get her hands dirty? The pay can't be that good. And if she's been this much of an accomplice for years, how has she not been arrested yet?

Still, nice to see some intelligent statements and reactions, except perhaps for Shawn not immediately sending cops to Rafe's place, allowing for the switcheroo.

Hope we get some good Rachel scenes in the fallout.

It's probably a scare like Abby was a few years back after her fling with EJ where nothing came of it. I expect the same scenario. I would be shocked if Belle or Shawn were allowed to procreate with others.

[Rodney]

On 2/25/2025 at 7:21 PM, CanaryFan98 said:

I don't get why this show hasn't paired EJ/Ava it would work on so many levels. If they wanted Ava vs Kristen it should be because of EJ not Brady(who I like but can't he have a sane love interest for a change).

I think that the Susan and Tripp kidnappings will stop that from ever working.

[DaphneCat]

10 hours ago, DisneyBoy said:

Why do you suppose Ms Priss continues to work with EJ if she's so willing to get her hands dirty? The pay can't be that good. And if she's been this much of an accomplice for years, how has she not been arrested yet?

I would guess that the pay IS that good.   The reason she has never been arrested is that from middle aged to old age, women are the most ignored demographic there is.  They could be super spies because no one really notices them and certainly no one would ever suspect them.  Especially if they act like slightly confused "Nice Old Ladies."