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

[BuckeyeLou]

I am still getting a kick out of the FakeRafe S/L :)  I'm in a lonely group, but Galen portraying a confused amnesiac was really a hoot.  This 'switcheroo" by EJ is confusing everybody!

[Nique]

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

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.

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).

Yessss 👌🏾🤌🏾One of these days they're going to get it together. Yes about EJ only logically working with someone like Ava & his psycho sister. Brady is just as dumb when it comes to Kristen how can you be shocked when you decided to have a gross toxic relationship with nutjob who raped both you and your brother? Tried to kill your sister, drugged her & tried to kill your mom! Make it make sense. Nearly this whole show is a insult to my intelligence 

[DisneyBoy]

15 hours ago, DaphneCat said:

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."

She certainly takes risks though and is obvious about her coming and goings. Don't tell me it wasn't tough dragging Arnold out of the house, stripping him, stripping Rafe, dressing him like Arnold and then leaving unnoticed just before Jada showed up but conveniently after Gabi left. If the police were smart - IF - they'd be getting footprints, fingerprints, witness accounts, etc. Someone would have seen her....but this is Salem.

I guess I'm just amazed a woman of her age and temperament would be like "sure, I'll watch over this guy you drugged and then I'll taze this other one, no problem." She does thug stuff.

 

Belle's tears bored me today and I wanted Marlena to say "yes....you are stupid."

I hope Ava prosecutes. I hate her, of course, but Rachel is bonkers and Kristen is worse. Plus, I don't see her mild interest in Brady being enough to sway her need for vengence.

On the other hand, she can agree to keep quiet and then make one call to her mob friends.

Jada, no one cares that you boinked Shawn one time, on the sofa, for 15 minutes. It probably wasn't even that good. Rafe did the same to Hope under less stressful circumstances. You get a pass.

14 minutes ago, Nique said:

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.

It really is a result of having lower standards now for bad characters 😄 There are so many people on this show to dislike now, Rafe is almost a relief at times, because he offers a break from them!

[norcalgal]

11 minutes ago, Nique said:

Brady is just as dumb when it comes to Kristen how can you be shocked when you decided to have a gross toxic relationship with nutjob who raped both you and your brother? Tried to kill your sister, drugged her & tried to kill your mom! Make it make sense.

All this brouhaha about Rachel the Younger being dragged by the cops/CPS if Ava  gives a statement about her kidnapping. Just LIE and say it was aaaaalllll Kristen and her mom. They concocted the whole idea. With Kristen’s criminal past, doubtful anybody will quibble if that’s really the truth. There, Rachel the Younger won’t be implicated. And IF it played out like this (it won’t), let’s see if Kristen tries to throw her kid under the bus and say nooooo, it was Rachel the Younger who concocted the plan. 

[CanaryFan98]

18 hours ago, Rodney said:

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

Which is wild considering that pairings happened when far worse was done between the couple(EJ/Sami, Bill/Laura etc)

[Artsda]

Brady needs to actually let Rachel pay for her crimes. She needs to be far away and get psych help. 

 

[norcalgal]

5 hours ago, DisneyBoy said:

she can agree to keep quiet and then make one call to her mob friends.

THIS!   Since people like to bring up Ava’s mob past (EJ calling her Mafia Princess in today’s episode), lean into it. Why shouldn’t Ava use every advantage at her disposal? If justice justice won’t come through for her, then she should resort to mob justice.

[DisneyBoy]

2 hours ago, Artsda said:

Brady needs to actually let Rachel pay for her crimes. She needs to be far away and get psych help. 

 

For real. It's not the first time she's threatened or messed with a woman her father is dating (Hi Chloe!) and at least if she gets some help now, she can become a balanced individual.

It would be a great longterm story, I think, for CPS to take Rachel away for a few years and place her elsewhere and for Kristen and Brady to suffer. It would certainly end their relationship.

45 minutes ago, norcalgal said:

Why shouldn’t Ava use every advantage at her disposal? If justice justice won’t come through for her, then she should resort to mob justice.

And with Tripp gone, what exactly is her incentive to stay away from her criminal roots? She doesn't have to play "reformed" anymore.

6 hours ago, norcalgal said:

And IF it played out like this (it won’t), let’s see if Kristen tries to throw her kid under the bus and say nooooo, it was Rachel the Younger who concocted the plan. 

I do believe Kristen would take the jail time for her daughter. She's done prison before and she does love Rachel.

Sadly at this point Brady getting full custody would hardly help. Grandma Marlena stepping in wouldn't even work.

[norcalgal]

Do the idiots making this show even talk to each other?!  Tate and Sophia are sitting out in the town square with nary a whisper of snow, but the swooping, overhead shot of “Salem” showed snow covered everything.  

[nilyank]

24 minutes ago, norcalgal said:

Do the idiots making this show even talk to each other?!  Tate and Sophia are sitting out in the town square with nary a whisper of snow, but the swooping, overhead shot of “Salem” showed snow covered everything.  

This comes up every time but the town square is indoors 

[norcalgal]

59 minutes ago, nilyank said:

This comes up every time but the town square is indoors 

!!!  But it doesn’t have an “indoor” feel . The light looks like all natural light (sunlight), and the manner in which people enter/exit the square doesn’t have an “indoor” ingress/egress vibe.  Days does a bad job simulating an indoor setting with the town square.

[Rodney]

Wait a second here.  Tom and Alice were Steven's grandparents, too?  I know that they were Julie's, but Steven's, as well?

[CanaryFan98]

30 minutes ago, Rodney said:

Wait a second here.  Tom and Alice were Steven's grandparents, too?  I know that they were Julie's, but Steven's, as well?

Yes because Steven is Addie's son also. Addie had three kids.

Steven and Julie with Ben Olson. Hope with Doug. 

Steven and Julie were full siblings.

[Giuseppe]

8 hours ago, norcalgal said:

!!!  But it doesn’t have an “indoor” feel . The light looks like all natural light (sunlight), and the manner in which people enter/exit the square doesn’t have an “indoor” ingress/egress vibe.  Days does a bad job simulating an indoor setting with the town square.

It's supposed to be like a covered outdoor mall with a glass canopy roof or something. I remember they had the characters commenting on it when the set debuted.

I must have missed something. Why inject the memory-loss drug in FakeRafe and leave him in the house? I thought the goal was to drug and disappear FakeRafe, and then drug and re-appear RealRafe? 

Edited 54 minutes ago by Giuseppe

[brisbydog]

8 minutes ago, Giuseppe said:

It's supposed to be like a covered outdoor mall with a glass canopy roof or something. I remember they had the characters commenting on it when the set debuted.

I must have missed something. Why inject the memory-loss drug in FakeRafe and leave him in the house? I thought the goal was to drug and disappear FakeRafe, and then drug and re-appear RealRafe? 

You missed something lol. Rita has removed Fake Rafe. Real Rafe is back with zero memories. Gabi’s hair sample from fake Rafe will "prove" that real Rafe is Arnold. Nobody will check his finger prints.

[Giuseppe]

1 minute ago, brisbydog said:

You missed something lol. Rita has removed Fake Rafe. Real Rafe is back with zero memories. Gabi’s hair sample from fake Rafe will "prove" that real Rafe is Arnold. Nobody will check his finger prints.

Ah ok, thanks. I for some reason thought Real Rafe was still in captivity and Jada and Shawn had arrested Fake Rafe. I was traveling for work all week and blame this on 'watching while jet-lagged', lol.