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

[Rodney]

Nice Eric/Holly scenes.  It's good that they made up before Eric left again to go back to Paris.

So Sophia eats snail-based dishes?  I'd thought that escargot was the only dish ever made out of snails.  It was also cute to hear that Holly and Sophia had actually been close since first grade, at least.

I kind of dig Tate with Sophia.  Yet part of me hopes that he and Holly reconcile, too.

Good Cat/Mark scenes.  I was glad to see that they're remorseful about this.  As they should be.  I do hope that Chad forgives them.  When he remembers what a monster Clyde is, he'll surely come to understand their actions.

Liked Steve and Marlena's scenes.  Too bad Drake can't be here to play John's relief at Konstantin's daughter being alive, after all.

Decent episode today.

[Rodney]

Oh, for some sadness, they had an "In Loving Memory" tribute to Drake at the end of the episode.

[DisneyBoy]

2 hours ago, Rodney said:

Nice Eric/Holly scenes.  It's good that they made up before Eric left again to go back to Paris.

They were...but did we even get to see Maggie talking with Holly about her opinion of Eric? About how he grieved Daniel and beat himself up? I'd have loved to see those scenes.

Tate and Sophia have a lot of chemistry. I'm glad things are tilting towards them as a couple. Let Holly be single for a while. Such a shame Eric and Nicole are gone now, though. She needed more time with her real parents.

Tough seeing this John Is Innocent stuff playing out knowing Drake doesn't get to be a part of it. They obviously couldn't remove John from the plot - it was written to absolve him, clearly - but still. His absence is pretty keenly felt.

Glad they did the dedication at the end...but damn. It hurt to see that. Poor Drake. I hope he wasn't in too much pain these last few months. He was so strong for so long on this show. Difficult to think of him suffering.

Edited Tuesday at 08:00 PM by DisneyBoy

[brisbydog]

Where is Maggie? We last saw her on her way to see Kristen to confront her about holding the serum hostage. Did Kristen stick her in the secret room? You'd think Maggie should have been around for Fiona's arrest and Xander trying to give away Titan.

[Rodney]

3 minutes ago, brisbydog said:

Where is Maggie? We last saw her on her way to see Kristen to confront her about holding the serum hostage. Did Kristen stick her in the secret room? You'd think Maggie should have been around for Fiona's arrest and Xander trying to give away Titan.

They probably cut the scenes.  There've been plenty of accounts of scenes they've taped, but ultimately didn't make the final cut.

[brisbydog]

2 hours ago, Rodney said:

They probably cut the scenes.  There've been plenty of accounts of scenes they've taped, but ultimately didn't make the final cut.

And yet we get so many full on episodes of Body and Soul...

[SouthernChick]

I can’t stand Sophia. She is so entitled.  

[CanaryFan98]

On 10/29/2024 at 1:03 AM, DisneyBoy said:

If it continues to get renewed, I wonder if they'll reinvest in the Lucas/Carrie generation of characters, who theoretically have room left to grow.

I can't see the Sophia/Tate generation carrying things.

I don’t either but bringing back Lucas etc would work

[Rodney]

15 hours ago, SouthernChick said:

I can’t stand Sophia. She is so entitled.  

How so, exactly?  I haven't seen that from her at all.

[brisbydog]

35 minutes ago, Rodney said:

How so, exactly?  I haven't seen that from her at all.

I love Sophia. She is far more interesting than Holly

[SouthernChick]

Still hate Sophia. But liking Brady and Ava together.

[ASpring1900]

I usually love the Halloween stand alone episodes. This was a little rough. However, it seemed like the cast was having fun with it!

[DisneyBoy]

....how rough?

 

I still have time to decide if I want to skip it 😅

If its Leo-heavy and corny, I'll skip.

Edited Thursday at 03:50 PM by DisneyBoy

[brisbydog]

22 minutes ago, DisneyBoy said:

....how rough?

 

I still have time to decide if I want to skip it 😅

If its Leo-heavy and corny, I'll skip.

I only watched the last 5 minutes but it was both Leo heavy and corny.

[DisneyBoy]

I gave it 15 minutes.

 

Today is scary bad.

 

You've been warned.

[Rodney]

1 hour ago, ASpring1900 said:

I usually love the Halloween stand alone episodes. This was a little rough. However, it seemed like the cast was having fun with it!

Eesh.  And how.  But yes, the cast seemed to be enjoying the corniness.  And some parts were actually pretty funny.  But the whole of it was rough.

[rcc]

So bad! 

[Artsda]

Wow that wasn't good. But I guess it was supposed to be campy bad. 

I did laugh at accusing him of being the neck tie killer and he said wrong storyline. 

 

[Rodney]

Nice aunt/niece scenes between Sarah and Holly.  Well, save for the moments when Linsey slipped into her baby-talking voice.

Well, if Tate and Sophia had sex that quickly, then they're not the endgame teen couple.  It's pretty obvious that Tate's endgame is going to be Holly.

It sounds like Philip's letter from Victor was actually real.  And it's good that he's hesitating in the plan because of Sarah's condition.

The fact that Xander even talked about Philip being, whether by his hand or not, continues to show that he hasn't changed a lick.  He's just continuing to push his old self down.

Johnny and Joy really did have sex, didn't they?

John-Paul needs to be careful with the physical theatrics.  It's good that he gives his performances all that he has, but neither Jay nor Kyle would've played Philip like that.

When Vivian mentioned carrying Philip in her womb for nine months, I wish that Philip had said, "Because you stole my embryo from my mother!"

Are the blue streaks in her hair part of Kate's character are part of Lauren?

[DisneyBoy]

3 hours ago, Rodney said:

Nice aunt/niece scenes between Sarah and Holly.  Well, save for the moments when Linsey slipped into her baby-talking voice.

Agreed! They sounded like two teenagers giggling.

3 hours ago, Rodney said:

It sounds like Philip's letter from Victor was actually real.  And it's good that he's hesitating in the plan because of Sarah's condition.

Or he thinks it's real and Viv took a page from Theresa's handbook. Poor Philip. Sad that Victor lost confidence in him.

3 hours ago, Rodney said:

John-Paul needs to be careful with the physical theatrics. 

I think you meant "fired for the physical theatrics."

It's absurd what he's trying to get away with. Is he trolling them?

3 hours ago, Rodney said:

Are the blue streaks in her hair part of Kate's character are part of Lauren?

It's Lauren paying homage to a friend. They've been there, without explanation, for a good 15 years now.

I really enjoyed Kate warning Chanel about jealousy by using Philip's storyline as an example. I don't remember her saying much about him faking his death since it happened...but there was plenty today.

Are they going to mention Chloe though? Did Nancy?

Johnny's being sabotaged and I intensely dislike it. A great new couple are being sacrificed so RSW can have love scenes. Bleah.

[Desperado]

4 hours ago, Rodney said:

John-Paul needs to be careful with the physical theatrics.  It's good that he gives his performances all that he has, but neither Jay nor Kyle would've played Philip like that.

58 minutes ago, DisneyBoy said:

I think you meant "fired for the physical theatrics."

It's absurd what he's trying to get away with. Is he trolling them?

He’s acting like he’s on Body and Soul. That says it all.

So DOOL decided to laugh at themselves and make fun of the “Marlena was a serial killer but everyone was alive on an island” plot fans have been making fun of, for 20 yrs.

The execution wasn’t great and RSW had to be the damn lead, but what the hell. Go big or go home!

Happy renewal day, Days!

[CanaryFan98]

I don't know if Tate/Holly are endgame I could buy it with the previous Tate but not this one. 

Especially with the writing change soon. Then again we still have Shelle despite many regime changes so what do I know?

[brisbydog]

Not that thrilling for a Friday episode. I don't care about the teen drama, especially if Tate is going to dump poor Sophia just because toxic Holly comes crawling back. The Joy/Johnny/Chanel stuff is stupid. I liked Vivian and Philip together very much, the actors are fantastic together, and I am looking forward to the Kate/Viv confrontation Monday.

 

Other than that, I liked old partners in crime Xander and Kristen trying to force each other to murder Philip, Xander's 'terse' acknowledgement of Chanel after he hollered at Kate, and him noting during said hollering that Philip would never have cooked up this scheme by himself.

Hope we get something more exciting tomorrow at Day of Days in terms of a preview of more exciting things to come.

[Giuseppe]

On 11/1/2024 at 5:21 PM, DisneyBoy said:

Are they going to mention Chloe though? Did Nancy?

I'm wating for this, too. Kate and Chloe don't exactly like each other...I wouldn't think Kate would be so nicey-nice to Joy.