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

[CanaryFan98]

1 hour ago, norcalgal said:

Co-signing everyone’s praise for Raven.  She is so talented! I can’t even recall the other Chanel actresses before her. I agree that Chanel and Johnny should have thoroughly discussed the adoption before Johnny told Tate and Sophia…except (see below)

Ultimately, he’s doing the right thing *for the baby*. No one should have a baby if they’re not 1000000% sure. A baby isn’t a shirt you can return to the store if you change your mind later.  Just wish he had given both him and Chanel a bit more time as a couple to come to terms with how he feels before unilaterally telling Tate/Sophia.

Maggie is SUCH a hypocrite! Laying into Philip for lying AND for roping others into his lie. Let’s see…who does Maggie know who did the same thing (and is continuing to lie)?

• So it’s ok for Sarah to rope Stephanie and Alex into the ridiculous “Steph cheated on Alex with Philip” lie. 
• And it’s ok for Sarah to still lie about knowing about the fake letter because it’s “for the sake of her family/daughter/marriage”. 

Biological child lies:  it’s for the greater good 

Stepchild lies: you are despicable!  

This is why when it comes to Alex vs Maggie I find myself siding with Alex. Sure he's a tool but he's not done nearly half the terrible things Xander has either.

I can't get into the Johnny/Chanel storyline but I do like that Johnny has a realistic POV here I just think this baby story is awful all around.

[tessaray]

30 minutes ago, CanaryFan98 said:

I can't get into the Johnny/Chanel storyline but I do like that Johnny has a realistic POV here I just think this baby story is awful all around.

My biggest issue with what Johnny's doing is what if Chanel was pregnant? Would he have abandoned her and their kid? 

All new parents and parents-to-be stress about how their own upbringing will impact this new life they're responsible for. Opting out on your partner without warning is really sucky. Talk about a low blow.

I like Johnny and Chanel but I'm not sure how she gets past this. 

Edited April 29 by tessaray

[norcalgal]

I forgot to say in my previous post that I’m pleasantly surprised/impressed the writers tied two storylines together:  the Johnny conception reveal, which prompted Johnny to change his mind about the adoption.  
So the writers set the stage with the reveal weeks ago, which now affects this newer no adoption story. 

[DaphneCat]

2 hours ago, CanaryFan98 said:

I just think this baby story is awful all around.

I'm just really afraid that the writers are going to end up with two teenagers and a baby playing house.  Somehow they will commit to said kid and fall in love "for the sake of the baby",  Forget college, forget career dreams, just settle in Salem and raise a kid you never even wanted in the first place.  And they probably won't have any even vaguely realistic scenes where they find out all their high school friends are heading to a great party and they're stuck at home with a baby who has colic and explosive diarrhea.

[CanaryFan98]

2 hours ago, DaphneCat said:

I'm just really afraid that the writers are going to end up with two teenagers and a baby playing house.  Somehow they will commit to said kid and fall in love "for the sake of the baby",  Forget college, forget career dreams, just settle in Salem and raise a kid you never even wanted in the first place.  And they probably won't have any even vaguely realistic scenes where they find out all their high school friends are heading to a great party and they're stuck at home with a baby who has colic and explosive diarrhea.

Or they retcon someone else being the father. I root for the kid to be killed off tbh

[boes]

I tuned in for a bit today.  I thought the Julie/Maggie scenes were terrific.  Truth be told, there are times when Susan's acting style takes me out of her scenes, but today, with Maggie, discussing her grief and ongoing attempts to find meaning in her life were masterful and very touching.  Those two together are magic.

I've never cared much about Old Man Tate and his upcoming baby and I care even less now.  He's the worlds oldest looking senior and him taking whatshername to prom looks a lot more like an inappropriate relationship between high school janitor and student than it does Young Love.

As unnecessary and forced as I feel Doug III to be, he wasn't bad today.  I just think that like Cat, he could disappear tomorrow and I wouldn't notice he was gone.

I sat through a little of Chanel and Johnnie, and while I think Raven did a good job I just don't care about this baby storyline from any perspective.

[Sidney]

10 hours ago, boes said:

I tuned in for a bit today.  I thought the Julie/Maggie scenes were terrific.  Truth be told, there are times when Susan's acting style takes me out of her scenes, but today, with Maggie, discussing her grief and ongoing attempts to find meaning in her life were masterful and very touching.  Those two together are magic.

I've never cared much about Old Man Tate and his upcoming baby and I care even less now.  He's the worlds oldest looking senior and him taking whatshername to prom looks a lot more like an inappropriate relationship between high school janitor and student than it does Young Love.

As unnecessary and forced as I feel Doug III to be, he wasn't bad today.  I just think that like Cat, he could disappear tomorrow and I wouldn't notice he was gone.

I sat through a little of Chanel and Johnnie, and while I think Raven did a good job I just don't care about this baby storyline from any perspective.

You can add Leo to that list. I just don't find anything appealing about this character.

[pearlite]

11 hours ago, boes said:

I tuned in for a bit today.  I thought the Julie/Maggie scenes were terrific.  Truth be told, there are times when Susan's acting style takes me out of her scenes, but today, with Maggie, discussing her grief and ongoing attempts to find meaning in her life were masterful and very touching.  Those two together are magic.

I've never cared much about Old Man Tate and his upcoming baby and I care even less now.  He's the worlds oldest looking senior and him taking whatshername to prom looks a lot more like an inappropriate relationship between high school janitor and student than it does Young Love.

As unnecessary and forced as I feel Doug III to be, he wasn't bad today.  I just think that like Cat, he could disappear tomorrow and I wouldn't notice he was gone.

I sat through a little of Chanel and Johnnie, and while I think Raven did a good job I just don't care about this baby storyline from any perspective.

Agreed on Susan SH--I've grown fonder of her acting, something I couldn't have predicted a few years ago--and I enjoy the scenes, that actually make sense, between Julie and Maggie.

OTOH, as the young folks used to say...I can't stand OMTate. Grow a spine or a brain, young-ish man! And I can't be the only person hearing the "we're gonna keep the baby" train rumbling down the tracks. Subtlety is not DOOL's strong suit.

Now, D3 [Doug III, or Spuds as we initially called him] is kinda growing on me--maybe just in comparison to Tate. Is there anything to be had there once the necklace storyline wraps up? Except for the Holly stuff--and I really can't stand her character; don't buy the ongoing self-improvement arc there.

[tessaray]

14 minutes ago, pearlite said:

Now, D3 [Doug III, or Spuds as we initially called him] is kinda growing on me--maybe just in comparison to Tate. Is there anything to be had there once the necklace storyline wraps up? Except for the Holly stuff--and I really can't stand her character; don't buy the ongoing self-improvement arc there.

I wouldn't mind seeing him interact with Hope. And he isn't related to 90% of Salem, which helps the dating pool. (At least it helps me, when mentally reviewing family trees trying to figure out which people can actually date.) 

[DaphneCat]

One thing about today's episode.  If EJ found the memory card (and remembers doing so) it was obviously BEFORE he was shot and since he was alone, anyone on that memory card had presumably come AND gone (unless show is trying to convince us that for some reason the person was lying in wait.)   Therefore, show is NOT being clever about showing red herrings - unless they're trying to let us immediately rule out Johnny (in which case I REALLY want him to stop with the stealing of the gun flashbacks.)  I think by the time this all comes out rather than building the mystery it will end up as a "Finally, that's done" moment.

[DisneyBoy]

21 hours ago, norcalgal said:

I forgot to say in my previous post that I’m pleasantly surprised/impressed the writers tied two storylines together:  the Johnny conception reveal, which prompted Johnny to change his mind about the adoption.  
So the writers set the stage with the reveal weeks ago, which now affects this newer no adoption story. 

My guess is they worked backwards. Maximum drama for Tate and Holly is him staying with Sophia and the baby, so no adoption can take place. With Johnny acting wierd because of the EJami rape and them teasing him as his father's shooter and wanting us to believe it, it makes sense for him to back out of the adoption abrupty.

In 2 weeks or something, Chanel will suspect Johnny shot his father, then flashback to this and think he knew he might end up in prison and therefore shouldn't adopt.

Then later, Johnny will be exonerated and be angry with Chanel for thinking he shot his Dad.

Etc etc, drama, drama.

19 hours ago, DaphneCat said:

they probably won't have any even vaguely realistic scenes where they find out all their high school friends are heading to a great party and they're stuck at home with a baby who has colic and explosive diarrhea.

For REAL. Nicole barely had to be a mother to Holly growing up because they never showed her having a tantrum or barfing or being bullied at school or anything.

Kids are hard. They take up time and energy. The writers should show that.

Sophia is going to be made into such a villain by the end of this, I can already tell. 😔

[BuckeyeLou]

On a shallow note:  can we keep Dr. Jeffrey? He is Handsome & a decent actor :)

[brisbydog]

Loving the show these days, one week into the post Ron era and I am feeling the difference.

 

First off, thrilled to see Steve and Kayla together, and with their daughter. Ron never cared about this legacy couple. Shawn asking Steve to help him steal the drug is very much, finally, in character, for Bo's son. Bo would absolutely do the same thing. I am excited about this whole story, and now Xander is clearly in the mix. Will Titan provide the resources to help Kayla synthesize the drug, save Bo, and then take credit? 

 

Leo was not too bad today but he is still obnoxious. Gabi and Philip though... now that has more spark than she has ever had with dull JJ. Here for this! Especially since it seems he gets to keep his stolen Co CEO job (and honestly, he should, Victor would want him at Titan. I think the solution is Xander gets Titan and Philip gets Dimera). I liked Xander and Alex too, it is good to see them working together after the whole mess up last year with their names.

 

Stephanie's book was an odd thing. Guess Alex will try to get it published with or without her permission. Kind of rude to just walk off with it.

[norcalgal]

2 hours ago, brisbydog said:

Will Titan provide the resources to help Kayla synthesize the drug, save Bo, and then take credit? 

Yep, I think it’s obvious Titan will get involved somehow in Bo’s story. Why else would Xander mention Titan Pharmaceuticals and wanting some phenomenal drug to really make a mark.  

2 hours ago, brisbydog said:

Gabi and Philip though... now that has more spark than she has ever had with dull JJ. Here for this!

Wasn’t it a few years ago (with different actors in the role, but for sure a different Gabi), where Philip and Gabi were going to have sex for the wrong reasons (drama with Belle? Chloe? Jake?) but decided against it?  But they did fake date?  Am I remembering wrong?

[brisbydog]

2 hours ago, norcalgal said:

Yep, I think it’s obvious Titan will get involved somehow in Bo’s story. Why else would Xander mention Titan Pharmaceuticals and wanting some phenomenal drug to really make a mark.  

Wasn’t it a few years ago (with different actors in the role, but for sure a different Gabi), where Philip and Gabi were going to have sex for the wrong reasons (drama with Belle? Chloe? Jake?) but decided against it?  But they did fake date?  Am I remembering wrong?

I remember them clashing when Philip was running Titan and was her boss. I think it was to make Jake jealous? I am fuzzy too

[DaphneCat]

Why does Gabi keep insisting it is HER house?  Doesn't it belong to Rafe?  I get Leo can be annoying but the whole petty bitch thing isn't really a good look for her.  Either accept he's there and deal with it or be a complete bitch and kick Javi out.

[CanaryFan98]

6 hours ago, norcalgal said:

Yep, I think it’s obvious Titan will get involved somehow in Bo’s story. Why else would Xander mention Titan Pharmaceuticals and wanting some phenomenal drug to really make a mark.  

Wasn’t it a few years ago (with different actors in the role, but for sure a different Gabi), where Philip and Gabi were going to have sex for the wrong reasons (drama with Belle? Chloe? Jake?) but decided against it?  But they did fake date?  Am I remembering wrong?

Yes that's what happened she was doing this to make Jake jealous but she couldn't get him out of her mind they almost slept together but stopped for that reason. Phillip had his own reasons with Chloe.

20 hours ago, BuckeyeLou said:

On a shallow note:  can we keep Dr. Jeffrey? He is Handsome & a decent actor :)

Michael Dietz is the actor it's not lost on me that he joined the show after Ari left(they used to be engaged) 

[DisneyBoy]

12 hours ago, norcalgal said:

Yep, I think it’s obvious Titan will get involved somehow in Bo’s story. Why else would Xander mention Titan Pharmaceuticals and wanting some phenomenal drug to really make a mark.  

I missed the episode...but they had better bring up the last time Titan had a major drug story, which was the 50th anniversary and also involved Philip: the Alzheimers drug that gave Caroline psychic powers.

God, how I wish that was a joke...but it happened!

If they're going to repeat ideas here, cop to it at least.

Philip, IIRC, got a mountain of crap from Victor when that drug didn't quite pan out for whatever reason.

It was also what Bo got tortured trying to discover, which was what supposedly kept him from Hope and Ciara for years.

Are the writers hoping we'd forgotten all about that? Then they shouldn't have used so many of the same elements (Bo, Philip,  Titan, etc).

Edited May 2 by DisneyBoy

[DisneyBoy]

Tate punching Johnny and telling him to grow up, even though he looks older than Johnny, is nuts. Needless drama. Tate, sit down.

Marlena saying she supports Ejelle when she openly detested Ejami and told EJ she wouldn't attend their last wedding because she doesn't support their union...is also nuts.

You can't just write Marlena as "generic supportive Mom" here. She wouldn't want Belle with him. She would ask "is this sudden feeling of 'love' maybe not about EJ at all?"

Nice to see they haven't forgotten that Sophia works at the bistro.

[salvame]

Am I the only one confused by the Johnny video cam sequence? In one scene, ej is seeing him on the memory card, in the final scene, his "dream, " he is taking the card out of the camera, putting it in his jacket, then turns to see Johnny. Neither scenario plays out properly, as they both involve the card being removed before the shooting, which means the real shooter is not Johnny. I'm still holding out for young Rachael, which would be much more interesting. Also, one part of me yells at the screen that Johnny is already like his father in his betrayal of others, but the other part of me just wants him to do the work to get past it. The me that lives in reality wants to know how he could know that he and his twin have different fathers, but never dig deeper than that.

[JBC344]

I think EJ's brain is working thru everything.  That last sequence was definitely a dream. Once his memories get straightened out he can exonerate Johnny from his list. 

I think Johnny and Ally just naturally assumed that Sami slept with both men while ovulating.  They grew up since toddlers knowing they had different fathers. No need to dig deeper I guess. 

[norcalgal]

52 minutes ago, JBC344 said:

I think Johnny and Ally just naturally assumed that Sami slept with both men while ovulating.  They grew up since toddlers knowing they had different fathers. No need to dig deeper I guess. 

Yep, that’s how I see it as well, and it’s a very reasonable assumption to make. At least faaaar more reasonable than thinking your father raped your mother. Besides, before the reveal, there was absolutely nothing to give Johnny a clue as to how he was conceived. Thus, can’t blame the guy for merely thinking Sami voluntarily slept with EJ and Lucas within days of each other.

[Retired at last]

I'm sure that the more we are supposed to think it was Johnny, at this point, it's definitely not Johnny. They have a whole lot more suspects to go through before they get to Rachel, who I think was the actual shooter. 

[DisneyBoy]

Sad that we've seemingly figured this whole big story out from day one.

Maybe the way it plays out will be cool though.

[BuckeyeLou]

One question:  what was the significance of EJ calling Belle "Isabella"?

[brisbydog]

1 hour ago, BuckeyeLou said:

One question:  what was the significance of EJ calling Belle "Isabella"?

It's her name?

[DisneyBoy]

He's trying to get in her pants by using her slightly more romantic sounding full name.

She was named for Victor's daughter, Brady's mother, who died.

[methodwriter85]

12 hours ago, BuckeyeLou said:

One question:  what was the significance of EJ calling Belle "Isabella"?

It's her full name. Like how EJ calls Sammi Samantha. 

[chediavolo]

Sophia is 18 years old. Why the hell is she asking her mother permission about anything to do with this baby?! I have a feeling that even if she were 17, the mother would have no say in whether she can adopt this child out or not.. this is infuriating.

[Ohiopirate02]

53 minutes ago, chediavolo said:

Sophia is 18 years old. Why the hell is she asking her mother permission about anything to do with this baby?! I have a feeling that even if she were 17, the mother would have no say in whether she can adopt this child out or not.. this is infuriating.

Even if Sophia is still 17 and the show wants us to think that she legally cannot sign away her rights, she still can once she turns 18. The show is acting like adoptions can only happen within the first few days after the child is born and after that the biological parents are stuck raising the child for the next 18 years.

[brisbydog]

4 hours ago, Ohiopirate02 said:

Even if Sophia is still 17 and the show wants us to think that she legally cannot sign away her rights, she still can once she turns 18. The show is acting like adoptions can only happen within the first few days after the child is born and after that the biological parents are stuck raising the child for the next 18 years.

They have stated on the show that she can make the decision when she turns 18. The issue for Sophia is that Mom and Dad won't pay for college if she does this

[Ohiopirate02]

11 minutes ago, brisbydog said:

They have stated on the show that she can make the decision when she turns 18. The issue for Sophia is that Mom and Dad won't pay for college if she does this

There's still a lot of options for Sophia. She can give the baby up, continue working at the bistro, find a place to live (isn't there a spare room at the Pub now that Ava moved out), and take out loans to attend Salem U. It may not be the future Sophia planned, but not that different than what's in store for her if she keeps the baby.

[brisbydog]

10 minutes ago, Ohiopirate02 said:

There's still a lot of options for Sophia. She can give the baby up, continue working at the bistro, find a place to live (isn't there a spare room at the Pub now that Ava moved out), and take out loans to attend Salem U. It may not be the future Sophia planned, but not that different than what's in store for her if she keeps the baby.

I don't know why she doesn't just ask Paulina to fund college for her so she can let Chanel adopt. Or Brady so she can arrange an adoption with randoms

[DisneyBoy]

I expected a longer period of silence between Chanel and Johnny.

Interesting that Doc was open minded towards Belle...but wants a private chat with EJ. Let him HAVE it, Marlena! 😄

Nice scenes between Kayla and Steve.

If EJ is putting Bo's life in danger deliberately (and how could he even know he is? He was in a coma when this sepsis news came through) by buying the drug, I'm getting flashbacks to the forced insertion of Stefano into Bo's last return story.

Not sure I want that. Just let Bo come back. Enough with the "greater scheme behind it all!" angle. Yeesh.

[BuckeyeLou]

14 hours ago, methodwriter85 said:

It's her full name. Like how EJ calls Sammi Samantha. 

I thought maybe "nice EJ" wanted to call her Isabella...I still think EJ is faking it

[brisbydog]

Interesting show. I liked very much the Shawn and Johnny talk, one tortured about shooting his dad, the other not so much (if he did it, which I doubt). Marlena was strangely empathetic to EJ which was a switch, and I liked him offering his Cat date to Chad. I want to see Cat given a personality by the new writers. Ron could not be bothered with her since she was dumped on him by the strike team and was too big a name for him to fire like he did poor BobbyEverett. So we got the awful Fabby story and then 2x a month airings with her acting like a spaz. I actually like the entire Greene family (apart from the mother) and would like to see more of them.

 

Highlight of the show was seeing Steve and Kayla act like the duo I remember from their heyday. I got a lump in my throat when she thanked him for loving her brother.

[BuckeyeLou]

Hi to Dr. Jeffrey again :)  I hope he does not leave Salem Hospital.  I love Kayla helping Steve out.  I like how different characters are inter-acting now, especially the conversation between Johnny & Shawn, both having issues with their Fathers.  I can not figure out what the show is trying to do with the character of Cat, I would be intrigued to see her on a date with EJ, she is so twitchy.

[DisneyBoy]

20 hours ago, brisbydog said:

Highlight of the show was seeing Steve and Kayla act like the duo I remember from their heyday. I got a lump in my throat when she thanked him for loving her brother.

Same. When you give these two good material they RUN with it.

Today was a Leo day and I continue to be amazed by how little stank face he gets from everyone. Love Gabi hating him though.

Rafe pointing out Gabi's past incarcerations was welcome. She's been through the ringer.

Tate bothers me. He doesn't even have a career path in mind like Sophia does, but wants his freedom. It has never occurred to him to actually, gasp, be a father! Like somehow that would mess up the nothing he has going on. It's like his only reason for rejecting this child is his endless crush on Holly. Not cool.

Of course, if the baby was given away only for Aaron to then find out that he's the actual father...that would maximize the drama.

Meh episode.

Not feeling Shawn with Jada. He has zero chemistry with anyone,  outside of maybe Hope and the original Claire, and that was platonic obviously. Please recast! This character needs to be saved.

Edited May 6 by DisneyBoy

[brisbydog]

I much prefer this bitchy version of Rafe to the dull one we have had for the past few years. Leo would get on my last nerve too and I would probably have snapped by now too.

Loved Roman and Doug3. My favourite scenes today. Much better than his forced kindness to Ava.

About time somebody pointed out Sophia is an adult any minute and can decide her own life. This is not Handmaid's Tale.  But yes Mrs Choi is totally grabbing that baby before Sophia can pawn it off on 'strangers'

[norcalgal]

2 hours ago, brisbydog said:

Loved Roman and Doug3. My favourite scenes today. Much better than his forced kindness to Ava.

I had to chuckle when Roman went from “fill out this application” to “the job is yours” within two minutes!!!   🙃  yeah, that happens in real life 

[DaphneCat]

6 hours ago, brisbydog said:

About time somebody pointed out Sophia is an adult any minute and can decide her own life. This is not Handmaid's Tale.  But yes Mrs Choi is totally grabbing that baby before Sophia can pawn it off on 'strangers'

We're going to end up with the teen-agers playing house with a baby aren't we?  I REALLY want Sophia to make the adult decision, put the baby(which she shouldn't even have had) up for adoption and go on with her life.  I have a VERY bad feeling that this isn't going to happen.  I have absolutely NO interest in two teens raising a baby.

[boes]

5 hours ago, DaphneCat said:

I have absolutely NO interest in two teens raising a baby.

Especially those two "teens".  

Their "baby" should be born looking the same age as their teen parents.

I've seen AARP commercials with more convincing actors.

[brisbydog]

I am just so happy with the new writing. Everything feels so much more mature. The connections between plots and characters reminds me of the eighties, and I just plain old LIKE everybody.

I very much enjoyed Philip's apology tour with his two exes, and both of them being gracious to him. This version of Philip is so interesting, very flawed, but trying to do better, and I do believe he wanted the brother bond with Xander very much and is hoping to get that back.

Speaking of brothers, we got Xander's first ever mention of his other brother, Bo. And how interesting that Titan is also working on a cure for sepsis. If the one with Dr Russell falls through we have a back up plan.

And the seamless writing continued with Sarah trying to get out of a conference and Kayla needing to get Dr Russell out of town, I love when things just make sense like that.

Shout out to Xander with cucumbers on his eyes lol

And under the new regime I am not hating Stalex. I think this couple was just hammered by Ron by constantly making them sleep with other people. It was hard to root for them when the writer didn't care about them as a pairing, just about getting Rob naked. I am happy to see what happens here too.

Stefan got a get well card to EJ? I wonder if it had a coded HELP ME in the message. Glad Kayla turned him down. She should never forget how he used Steve as a pawn back in the day. Characters are actually remembering this stuff these days.

[DaphneCat]

2 hours ago, brisbydog said:

Glad Kayla turned him down.

And I'm glad that the "new, caring, and good" EJ was all just a ploy.  He would have been insufferable "good."

[CanaryFan98]

3 hours ago, brisbydog said:

I am just so happy with the new writing. Everything feels so much more mature. The connections between plots and characters reminds me of the eighties, and I just plain old LIKE everybody.

I very much enjoyed Philip's apology tour with his two exes, and both of them being gracious to him. This version of Philip is so interesting, very flawed, but trying to do better, and I do believe he wanted the brother bond with Xander very much and is hoping to get that back.

Speaking of brothers, we got Xander's first ever mention of his other brother, Bo. And how interesting that Titan is also working on a cure for sepsis. If the one with Dr Russell falls through we have a back up plan.

And the seamless writing continued with Sarah trying to get out of a conference and Kayla needing to get Dr Russell out of town, I love when things just make sense like that.

Shout out to Xander with cucumbers on his eyes lol

And under the new regime I am not hating Stalex. I think this couple was just hammered by Ron by constantly making them sleep with other people. It was hard to root for them when the writer didn't care about them as a pairing, just about getting Rob naked. I am happy to see what happens here too.

Stefan got a get well card to EJ? I wonder if it had a coded HELP ME in the message. Glad Kayla turned him down. She should never forget how he used Steve as a pawn back in the day. Characters are actually remembering this stuff these days.

I expect Stefan’s return to be imminent 

[BuckeyeLou]

I always enjoy when Xander & Sarah are having fun together, Sarah was so excited to be planning a vacation for them & Xander was happy to go along with her.  And even Stephanie & Alex were cute in their couple time today, I got a kick out of Alex teasing Steph about her steamy novel :)  I am interested to see the storylines intersect, the DiMeara & Kiriakis families both want to take over University Hospital,  Xander & EJ will go 'head to head"

[methodwriter85]

On 5/6/2025 at 2:54 PM, brisbydog said:

I much prefer this bitchy version of Rafe to the dull one we have had for the past few years. Leo would get on my last nerve too and I would probably have snapped by now too.

I have generally liked Rafe since they allowed him to be bitter over Nicole and Eric. Him throwing out her pie at Thanksgiving was hilarious, and it was a character turning point for me. 

I also liked the Jada and Rafe romance because it felt like two mature people falling in love but in a mature way

On 5/6/2025 at 9:07 PM, DaphneCat said:

I REALLY want Sophia to make the adult decision, put the baby(which she shouldn't even have had) up for adoption and go on with her life.  I have a VERY bad feeling that this isn't going to happen. 

You have this feeling because Days of Our Lives has NEVER allowed a teenage girl to give up a baby, and the parents raise that baby, the teenage girl never reclaims the baby. and nobody ends up dead.

I've asked and the closest people could get to that would be Julie giving up her son as a teenager, but it doesn't count (IMO) because Julie eventually wound up marrying the father and raising her son anyway after her son's mother died.

 

[brisbydog]

Another character driven show with interconnecting plots that make sense. I like that we go from one character, like Sarah, learning that EJ wants to buy the hospital, casually mentioning it to Xander who now has that intel. The only down today was not seeing Steve and Shawn breaking into the lab. I wonder if Dr Poofy Hair will inform EJ about Xander's call.

I loved Abe talking to Chanel about losing Isaac and giving her comfort. And helping her voice her fears about Johnny.

Kayla standing up to EJ is great. Kayla, freed from Ron, has been great. I am loving all her air time. And Sarah telling her that EJ must be up to something if he wants the hospital is very smart. She would probably clue in to the sepsis research being the big thing if she wasn't choking to death. I assume Felicity messed up the scones and dropped in cleaning fluid or something. Sarah said it tasted weird. They are never getting that honeymoon, are they?

Xander has no clue what job Johnny can do. Johnny knows this too. Xander wants to legitimize his takeover by hiring a Dimera. Johnny wants to stick it to EJ. The honesty is refreshing.

I want to like Cat and Chad but they are just so awkward. And none of their scenes work for me.

Marlena and EJ was very good. I like her wanting to help him but also scared to death for Belle. Makes perfect sense that she is conflicted. I also liked her softly asking Johnny if he needed her to stay once EJ walked in. Ron never cared about this relationship either, but now she is acting like his granny.

[methodwriter85]

On 5/8/2025 at 11:12 AM, brisbydog said:

Ron never cared about this relationship either, but now she is acting like his granny

The only grandchild Marlena had a significant relationship with was Will, but it was kind of nice to remember, "Oh, right. She's Johnny's grandmother. I haven't seen them in a scene together since the Devil storyline."

[sas616]

On 5/8/2025 at 11:12 AM, brisbydog said:

I wonder if Dr Poofy Hair will inform EJ about Xander's call.

Yes, what's with that "Poof."   Is it to make him look like a mad scientist?  Cause that's all I got.