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

[DaphneCat]

Boy, apparently the ONE thing you can really count on Joy for is her discretion!  She only told everyone she met today, none of whom she actually knows, about the fact that she may be pregnant.   Yup, I'd trust her with ALL the corporate secrets.

2 minutes ago, BuckeyeLou said:

Well, THAT was quick!  How did RealRafe get his memory back all of a sudden?  Did EJ not give him enough of the amnesia serum?  I thought we would have weeks of people being confused & RealRafe not knowing what was going on..

Supposedly, Rolf has improved the serum so that it can be used to only erase memories for a certain time period.  Apparently, it can be fine-tuned to the hour (yes, I'm rolling my eyes at that too.)

I'm just glad it seems like this stupid story line is almost over.

[CanaryFan98]

4 hours ago, brisbydog said:

What's the drama in that?

How soon we forget Jada aborting Eric's baby(although I don't get why they made her pregnant for one day before doing that but I digress). This caused issues for Eric/Nicole (although I don't get why this particular problem was necessary between them when there are a 1000 other issues they had that showed what a problematic couple they were but I digress)

Edited Thursday at 11:20 PM by CanaryFan98

[Rodney]

6 hours ago, brisbydog said:

What's the drama in that?

It caused plenty for Jada, Eric, and Nicole.

[brisbydog]

41 minutes ago, Rodney said:

It caused plenty for Jada, Eric, and Nicole.

Yeah but Eric wanted a kid desperately. Alex has no depth so I can't see it impacting him

[Artsda]

Rafe sure got his memory back fast. 

Joy needs to tell everyone she's pregnant without even having proof yet. Seems like they don't know what to do with her and are Chem testing her with everyone. 

Gabi better gets to go to jail yet again. 

[sas616]

7 hours ago, BuckeyeLou said:

.. Regarding Joy working at Titan..why is Alex worried about working With her?  I would think Alex will be up in the Executive Offices & Joy would be in the mailroom or something, since she has no skills. I would think they would not run into one another

Didn't Joy tell Philip that she could work as an assistant?   No doubt she'll be assigned to Alex.

[DisneyBoy]

9 hours ago, BuckeyeLou said:

Well, THAT was quick!  How did RealRafe get his memory back all of a sudden?  Did EJ not give him enough of the amnesia serum?  I thought we would have weeks of people being confused & RealRafe not knowing what was going on..

Same. And they even said that an extra large dose was cooked up so Rafe wouldn't remember a thing. Huh.

...maybe the writers aren't listening to each other.

Joy immediately telling JJ the stranger that she is ten seconds pregnant is the kind of plotting I hate on this show. I mean....really? 🙄 She just blabs about it?

I guess JJ is going to be important somehow to her secret getting spilled, but come on...make it more subtle than that.

I don't know how I feel about Rita. Mostly she just doesn't seem real at all. More like a knockoff version of Mamacita from Feud: Bette VS Joan.

I can understand Rolfe breaking the law as requested by the various DiMeras because he loves mad science and they enable him to do that.

...what the heck does Rita get out of this?

[Rodney]

40 minutes ago, DisneyBoy said:

I don't know how I feel about Rita. Mostly she just doesn't seem real at all. More like a knockoff version of Mamacita from Feud: Bette VS Joan.

I can understand Rolfe breaking the law as requested by the various DiMeras because he loves mad science and they enable him to do that.

...what the heck does Rita get out of this?

Future incentives to be paid from the DiMeras.  She has been loyal to the company since Stefano was in charge, So apparently, getting to help out with their illegal actions is just something she is okay with doing.

Plus, they kind of need a Bart-type character in the DiMera mix with Steve Blackwood gone.

[Soapy Goddess]

I'm gonna cut Joy some slack on sharing her pregnancy with strangers.  She's pretty much alone in Salem (not too many friends) and this is life-changing for her. Sometimes just being able to tell someone like the stripper/dancer who recognized her from B&S helped Joy to acknowledge what she just found out..

As for JJ, he was persistent in finding out what caused her dizziness. Once she found out that he was a cop and former EMT, she realized he only wanted to help.

Edited Friday at 08:57 AM by Soapy Goddess

[DisneyBoy]

It's so nice having JJ back.

[salvame]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe Rolf's magic serum was only supposed to remove the memory of his being held captive, which it did. I think the grand plan was to switch Rafe/Arnold out in the kitchen, where Rafe would wake up from a "nap" and be none the wiser, but then Jada and Shawn showed up before he fully came to, which messed that up. Then, at the PD, it appears that Rolph screwed up, as he didn't erase back far enough, and Rafe remembered confronting Arnold.

My first thought at Joy's supposed pregnancy was also that this could be the baby for Johnny and Chanel, though I personally wish they would not end up with the progeny of anyone ever on canvas - go through an adoption agency, have a baby unrelated to anyone in Salem, thereby bringing in fresh blood for when the kid is suddenly sorased into a teenager! LOL

[DisneyBoy]

Hate Rachel. Hate this direction. I *hate* it. 

What did she do to Jennifer exactly? Keep the secret of Peter being alive while Jack was locked up for his murder? Keep the secret of Laura having been subjected to laser surgery? (Were those events even in play when Rachel was alive, pre-Paris? I forget)

YAY MARLENA! Grab your passport and go find your man!!!!

[brisbydog]

Tate has the most annoying, whiney voice. For that reason alone I am not a rapid Holly and Doug shipper.

I do not need Theresa back in town, but it just underlines Brady's awful taste in baby mums. Crazy that Theresa looks like a great choice next to Kristen. And Ava, frankly.

Leo needs to stop hanging out with teenagers and near teenagers. It's creepy. 

Trashing Rachel Senior is pure Ron. Look what he did to Diana, Edmund and Angelica. He has no respect for history.

[mariah23]

I don’t want Theresa back either but she is needed for Tate’s story.  Brady already has his hands full with his dad’s disappearance and his daughter’s, well, Damien-ess, so Theresa can solely focus on Tate.

[MissPhoenixGirl]

57 minutes ago, mariah23 said:

I don’t want Theresa back either but she is needed for Tate’s story.  Brady already has his hands full with his dad’s disappearance and his daughter’s, well, Damien-ess, so Theresa can solely focus on Tate.

I would love for that to be the case, but knowing Ron, she's probably going to spend all of her time wailing and crying over Brady and begging for him to take her back, all the while he basically tells her to go screw herself and she needs to leave town for good and never come back. And I'll bet you that she already has another scheme in mind that's more than likely going to land her in yet another stint in prison. 

[brisbydog]

Tate's voice was like nails on a chalkboard for me today. Doug3 is dull but at least he isn't whiney.  Leo needs to find friends his own age he is around the teen set way too much, and whatever Ron thought, he is not an adorable cherub, he is a man pushing 50 who dates younger men and harasses most of the straight ones. Ava and Brady are being presented as some sort of doomed romance but they have barely dated, kissed once or twice, and I've not heard either say they think they are serious. Weird. Highlight for me was Melinda (I love her!) with the necklace. Lowlight: Theresa and her mugging face and stupid wig being back. But it beats Gwen I suppose.

[MissPhoenixGirl]

5 minutes ago, brisbydog said:

Tate's voice was like nails on a chalkboard for me today. Doug3 is dull but at least he isn't whiney.  Leo needs to find friends his own age he is around the teen set way too much, and whatever Ron thought, he is not an adorable cherub, he is a man pushing 50 who dates younger men and harasses most of the straight ones. Ava and Brady are being presented as some sort of doomed romance but they have barely dated, kissed once or twice, and I've not heard either say they think they are serious. Weird. Highlight for me was Melinda (I love her!) with the necklace. Lowlight: Theresa and her mugging face and stupid wig being back. But it beats Gwen I suppose.

I honestly would rather have Gwen around than Theresa. I still wish that Xander had actually killed her right along with Konstantin; would have spared us all the indignity of her vile presence. I'm actually hoping that the new writers have Theresa permanently killed off sooner or later at some point. Especially if Jen Lilley is never coming back anyway. Brady and Tate would be better off without her in their lives. 

I'm not even that big of a Gwen fan but I'll happily tolerate her if it means that I never have to see Emily O'Brien's version of Theresa ever again. 

[CanaryFan98]

21 hours ago, brisbydog said:

Yeah but Eric wanted a kid desperately. Alex has no depth so I can't see it impacting him

Eric wanting a kid desperately is a recent phenomenon because for those who have watched Days for a very long time never really saw that with Eric. I mean he became a priest for years at one point and no matter how many characters repeat this it never rang true to me because of that. I would believe Rafe wanted a kid desperately more than Eric.

15 hours ago, Soapy Goddess said:

I'm gonna cut Joy some slack on sharing her pregnancy with strangers.  She's pretty much alone in Salem (not too many friends) and this is life-changing for her. Sometimes just being able to tell someone like the stripper/dancer who recognized her from B&S helped Joy to acknowledge what she just found out..

As for JJ, he was persistent in finding out what caused her dizziness. Once she found out that he was a cop and former EMT, she realized he only wanted to help.

JJ/Joy finally shared scenes in a classic soap meeting where he tries to save her. 

 

Although I don't get how they don't already know each other given how her father hates his Uncle(who's dating her mother) but I digress.

17 hours ago, DisneyBoy said:

Same. And they even said that an extra large dose was cooked up so Rafe wouldn't remember a thing. Huh.

...maybe the writers aren't listening to each other.

Joy immediately telling JJ the stranger that she is ten seconds pregnant is the kind of plotting I hate on this show. I mean....really? 🙄 She just blabs about it?

I guess JJ is going to be important somehow to her secret getting spilled, but come on...make it more subtle than that.

I don't know how I feel about Rita. Mostly she just doesn't seem real at all. More like a knockoff version of Mamacita from Feud: Bette VS Joan.

I can understand Rolfe breaking the law as requested by the various DiMeras because he loves mad science and they enable him to do that.

...what the heck does Rita get out of this?

I'm all for JJ pretending to be the father to this baby and keep it from Alex. 

JJ/Gabi aren't going to last(I just know Stefan will return at some point). If the show cared about the Johnsons this could be good drama for the Jack/Jennifer/Steve/Kayla/Justin side of things with their children involved in this.

Edited Friday at 11:31 PM by CanaryFan98

[Retired at last]

I don't think they will do another abortion story after we had that one with Jada. It seems pretty clear that Holly really is pregnant, so I think Joy will pretend that she is to trap someone - anyone to be the father. Or, maybe she will be, but have a miscarriage and then pretend, because that will be something new (NOT).

I don't even like READING about Theresa/Gwen coming back, so I am sorry for those who watch it. 

I really hope that Deidre has taken a Botox break for the upcoming John story. It would be terrible to not let her be able to cry.

So, Melinda bought Julie's necklace off the street???? Or did she arrest the seller as part of a case?

[DisneyBoy]

10 hours ago, brisbydog said:

Trashing Rachel Senior is pure Ron. Look what he did to Diana, Edmund and Angelica. He has no respect for history.

Reposting for emphasis.

5 hours ago, Retired at last said:

really hope that Deidre has taken a Botox break for the upcoming John story. It would be terrible to not let her be able to cry.

[Soapy Goddess]

9 hours ago, MissPhoenixGirl said:

I'm not even that big of a Gwen fan but I'll happily tolerate her if it means that I never have to see Emily O'Brien's version of Theresa ever again. 

Too late...assuming you saw today's episode.

[MissPhoenixGirl]

7 hours ago, Soapy Goddess said:

Too late...assuming you saw today's episode.

At least she's only going to be around for one or two episodes. Hopefully we never see Theresa ever again for a very long time. 

[CanaryFan98]

20 minutes ago, MissPhoenixGirl said:

At least she's only going to be around for one or two episodes. Hopefully we never see Theresa ever again for a very long time. 

I think it's a bit more than that but it's probably short term. Unless they put her with Alex again.  I rather see EOB as Theresa than Gwen because at least Theresa is a legacy character(who I don't care for but I digress) also her version was a lot less whiny to me and didn't use Tate as a weapon.

Edited 12 hours ago by CanaryFan98

[MissPhoenixGirl]

1 hour ago, CanaryFan98 said:

I think it's a bit more than that but it's probably short term. Unless they put her with Alex again.  I rather see EOB as Theresa than Gwen because at least Theresa is a legacy character(who I don't care for but I digress) also her version was a lot less whiny to me and didn't use Tate as a weapon.

They're not going to put Theresa with Alex again; I don't really see Alex wanting anything to do with Theresa ever again and besides at the moment the writers are very determined to make Alex/Stephanie a thing, (I don't know if that's still going to be the case with the new writers but we'll see I guess). Besides, even if Theresa is a legacy character she is so far removed from the canvas and she's appeared so infrequently on the show in the last 6-7 years that she's pretty much irrelevant. She's one of those characters that shouldn't be on long term anyway and she should show up every now and again in very short stints, if that. If not, then she needs to be killed off permanently and just never be mentioned by anybody ever again. 

[CanaryFan98]

43 minutes ago, MissPhoenixGirl said:

They're not going to put Theresa with Alex again; I don't really see Alex wanting anything to do with Theresa ever again and besides at the moment the writers are very determined to make Alex/Stephanie a thing, (I don't know if that's still going to be the case with the new writers but we'll see I guess). Besides, even if Theresa is a legacy character she is so far removed from the canvas and she's appeared so infrequently on the show in the last 6-7 years that she's pretty much irrelevant. She's one of those characters that shouldn't be on long term anyway and she should show up every now and again in very short stints, if that. If not, then she needs to be killed off permanently and just never be mentioned by anybody ever again. 

That was always my ideal scenario however I'm fine with her being offscreen.

[Sunrain]

22 hours ago, Retired at last said:

I don't think they will do another abortion story after we had that one with Jada. It seems pretty clear that Holly really is pregnant, so I think Joy will pretend that she is to trap someone - anyone to be the father. Or, maybe she will be, but have a miscarriage and then pretend, because that will be something new (NOT).

I don't even like READING about Theresa/Gwen coming back, so I am sorry for those who watch it. 

I really hope that Deidre has taken a Botox break for the upcoming John story. It would be terrible to not let her be able to cry.

So, Melinda bought Julie's necklace off the street???? Or did she arrest the seller as part of a case?

*This* Deidre could do it. She could have aged gracefully without Botox just like Leann Hunley, JE, MBE and MR.

Edited 6 hours ago by Sunrain

[DisneyBoy]

I didn't see the end of the episode until late last night.

Guess we're in for another round of Gwenresa apologizing to all the men in her life and prostrating herself and groveling.

God, the current version of the character is so pathetic. She really does need a rest.

But I definitely want to see Jen L back and 90% of this swept under the rug.

Hopefully this return consists of Gwenresa apologizing to Brady and Tate one time, putting Ms Choi in her place a bit, and doing something to make it up to Maggie. What, I have no idea, but something. I don't want an endless apology tour and especially no focus on BenAlex.

That way, at least, if Jen L can return, it'll be without the baggage of having to tie into all the crap that's been written for her character in her absence.