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3 hours ago, DisneyBoy said:

Leo just needs a boyfriend. I'll bet he'd calm the hell down and leave town if he had one. Too bad no one on their right mind would want him.

I'm impressed with the actor who played Craig because he actually sold that despite everything, he wanted it to work it with Leo. It would have worked as a nice sendoff. I also liked the Sonny deal they were working towards until Zac Tinker left. 

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3 hours ago, DisneyBoy said:

Leo just needs a boyfriend. I'll bet he'd calm the hell down and leave town if he had one. Too bad no one on their right mind would want him.

We all saw how awful is mom was to him.  He needs to get some time with Marlena stop over using his jokes to keep people away and finally love himself. 

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Really? That's the stuff I watched!

Decent reveal, though in an interview, someone said EJ immediately started gloating to Eric, whereas on screen he was happy and just reinforced how this outcome was for the best. So....maybe they misspoke.

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Sloan mentioning to Jada about conflict of interest and doing her job for her was spot on.  Jada should not be anywhere near this case and she's really unlikable now. Then she goes to threaten Leo with jail? For whar?

This DNA test going on Sloan's swab instead of Kayla taking a real one from either or both of the father's is moronic.  They all deserve what Sloan did for being stupid. 

I also hope this story doesn't suddenly give a miracle baby that 50 yr old Nicole can carry to term now when she couldn't her entire life. 

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I thought Sloan wasn’t insecure. No need to tamper with the swab. Eric is not a huge prize. This is Salem and at some point, the real daddy will be revealed. And Sloan, no guarantee that Eric would have stayed with Jada. She could also have miscarried or both decided that a relationship was not the way to move forward and would just have coparented and Eric would still be with you. 

Right now, it is for the best that EJ is the father.

Xander’s Scottish breakfast did not sound that appetizing. I can see Gwen being nasty to Chloe. And yeah, Megan, Kristen marrying her nephew of sorts would not work well with a custody battle. Maybe Gwen will work for Dimitri. Or not.

Shawn D should be on the case; not Jada.

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Whelp, as I suspected, Sloan just used her own DNA.  I was REALLY hoping that, at last, they had a woman who was secure enough in HERSELF to know that she could handle anything and also secure enough in her relationship to play it straight.  

But nope, yet AGAIN, another woman doing shady things because she can't bear to "lose" some man.  If your relationship is that fragile, you're going to lose him anyway.  Again, I really don't see what makes Eric such a prize.  When has he ever done anything besides mope and judge.  Maybe the show is trying to imply that he's THAT good in bed?

I'm trying to decide if I liked Sloan's bitch move of telling Jada that Nicole was possibly pregnant with Eric's child (even though she knew she fixed the results.)  Jada HAS been more of a bitch to Sloan than necessary and, like Rafe, is trying to blame her because she thinks this somehow makes her sister look less guilty.

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I have been super sporadic on this show, so I didn't watch, but Sloan used her own DNA for the test? 

Biological sex is one of the most basic things a DNA strand can tell you about the submitter.  I know the Salem labs are bad but no way should a lab miss the DNA sample can't be from the sperm donor.

 

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I wonder if I'd like Eric more if he wasn't played by Greg Vaughn.  GV has done alright in some lighthearted, even sexy scenes, with Sloan but otherwise he's mostly sullen or mopey or angry or accusatory or, my least favorite, "disappointed" in someone.

So either keep him mute and in boxers or get someone to play Eric who can lighten the F##$ up sometimes.

I'm with you all who think Jada has gone way over the top in her cop mode attitude lately.  Bad enough to have to listen to inept Rafe attempt to browbeat someone (though he does excel in the eye brow department) but lately Jada's using her badge to threaten people she doesn't like.  Even the despicable Leo doesn't deserve that, nor did Sloan, today.

Back to the eye brow situation, what the hell IS going on there?  Between Rafe's pointed Dracula look and those caterpillers crawling in all direction on Talia's face, Salem looks to be the first in an alien invasion by tiny invaders from the Planet Eye Brow.

ETA - regarding the take over the world" situation at the Dimera Manse for the Criminally Insane and Lousy Dressers, does Megan want the WHOLE world?  Can she maybe leave us Iceland and perhaps a few of the lesser Antilles?  Maybe toss in Paramus NJ, a cheese town or two in Wisconsin?  

At least let there be a few places left where a guy doesn't have to marry his aunt.  Especially an aunt in a minidress and thigh high boots.  There should be a limit.

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5 hours ago, Artsda said:

This DNA test going on Sloan's swab instead of Kayla taking a real one from either or both of the father's is moronic.  They all deserve what Sloan did for being stupid. 

Yup.

5 hours ago, Artsda said:

I also hope this story doesn't suddenly give a miracle baby that 50 yr old Nicole can carry to term now when she couldn't her entire life. 

But, but...surely there have been great (unspecified) advances in medicine in the last few years!

4 hours ago, Frozendiva said:

Shawn D should be on the case; not Jada.

Isn't he supposed to be a basketcase now though?

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2 hours ago, Irlandesa said:

I have been super sporadic on this show, so I didn't watch, but Sloan used her own DNA for the test? 

Unconfirmed...but the camera cut away when she was supposedly swabbing Eric so...

Her swabbing herself is the most juicy choice for plot reasons.

^ not meant to sound as gross as it does.

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2 hours ago, Irlandesa said:

Biological sex is one of the most basic things a DNA strand can tell you about the submitter.  I know the Salem labs are bad but no way should a lab miss the DNA sample can't be from the sperm donor.

They could easily get away with that fact by making Sloan trans.

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15 hours ago, Frozendiva said:

Shawn D should be on the case; not Jada.

Jada, Talia, Paulina, Chanel, Colin, Sloan, Abe. It's actually shocking that Shawn isn't related to anyone in that major storyline. It's also pretty cool that this is a major storyline with a mostly black cast propelling it. It's sad the storyline isn't better, but I think it's still a sign of progress. 

13 hours ago, Irlandesa said:

I have been super sporadic on this show, so I didn't watch, but Sloan used her own DNA for the test? 

Biological sex is one of the most basic things a DNA strand can tell you about the submitter.  I know the Salem labs are bad but no way should a lab miss the DNA sample can't be from the sperm donor.

 

The show actually does try to address this. Kayla tells Nicole she's too busy to look at the results because of the Abe and Colin emergencies. Nicole, who is not a medical professional, is shown reading the results. I'm not saying it's perfect, but the dialogue confirmed twice that Kayla never saw the results. The second time this is confirmed is in Kayla's office when Nicole tells Kayla the results.

10 hours ago, Soapy Goddess said:

They could easily get away with that fact by making Sloan trans.

Sloan was seen taking birth control, and she was at the hospital to refill her birth control prescription.

Talia is a bust as a character.

I did like Chloe's dialogue today about the crimes Xander committed against her and others. I wonder if the show has completely forgotten about Xander kidnapping and faking Holly's death when Chloe was Holly's legal guardian. I also liked her talking about wanting to stay away from Kiriakis men.

I don't get what the show is going for with the Megan/Dimitri dynamic. I was hoping the show would go for gothic and unsettlingly incestuous (like Norman Bates and his mother). Instead, Dimitri feels kinda dumb, childish, and almost Stooge-like around Megan. A guy who manipulated the ISA, or whomever, to grant him, Kristin, and Megan immunity for various attempted murders, kidnappings, poisonings, etc. doesn't seem like a guy who would have qualms marrying a stranger for a trust fund, presumably worth millions of dollars. 

I'm honestly just curious what Dimitri (Von Lechner) and Stefan (Alamain) dynamic would be. Isn't there some long-running feud between the families? Sadly, I think the show will just go for the boring "Dimera Brothers" angles and pretend it's exciting and new. (I know Dimitri and Stefan aren't brothers, but I imagine the show will go for the same Stefan vs Chad or EJ vs Stefan or EJ vs Chad dynamic since they are in the same age range.)

I wasn't watching when the original Diana Colville was a character. I wonder how her fans feel about her being an emotionally abusive mother.

Lois Lane is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist in the Superman mythos. Neither Gwen nor Leo compares. I wonder why the writer thought that joke was so funny that they repeated it.

 

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23 hours ago, DisneyBoy said:

I wonder how Jada will figure into this pregnancy storyline, if she even does. Was the Jada abortion plot meant as a set-up for this later Ericole baby development? Or did they just abort her kid because they decided to shift gears and maneuver Eric back towards Nic after Jeric fizzled with viewers?

They film so far ahead I don’t think viewers had anything to do with it. They shifted gears before Jada/Eric even aired. 

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4 hours ago, 4evaQuez said:

The show actually does try to address this. Kayla tells Nicole she's too busy to look at the results because of the Abe and Colin emergencies. Nicole, who is not a medical professional, is shown reading the results. I'm not saying it's perfect, but the dialogue confirmed twice that Kayla never saw the results. The second time this is confirmed is in Kayla's office when Nicole tells Kayla the results.

Nice 👏👏👏

Sadly this is fairly believable. Doctors rush and don't read things properly all the time.

4 hours ago, 4evaQuez said:

I did like Chloe's dialogue today about the crimes Xander committed against her and others. I wonder if the show has completely forgotten about Xander kidnapping and faking Holly's death when Chloe was Holly's legal guardian. I also liked her talking about wanting to stay away from Kiriakis men.

Holly....who?

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Yeah. It's pathetic to see a woman as stunning as her stoop so low. Nicole should be there smacking her upside the head. Xander has hurt them both.

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4 hours ago, 4evaQuez said:

 

I wasn't watching when the original Diana Colville was a character. I wonder how her fans feel about her being an emotionally abusive mother.

Lois Lane is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist in the Superman mythos. Neither Gwen nor Leo compares. I wonder why the writer thought that joke was so funny that they repeated it.

 

Genie Francis' version of Diana was a good person who in no way resembles the Judith Chapman incarnation. As disparate characters as the two versions of Eve. Might as well be different people 

 

I assume the Lois Lane cut was to indicate that Leo will be Dmitri's real love interest. Subtle this show is not.

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3 hours ago, brisbydog said:

Genie Francis' version of Diana was a good person who in no way resembles the Judith Chapman incarnation. As disparate characters as the two versions of Eve. Might as well be different people 

 

I assume the Lois Lane cut was to indicate that Leo will be Dmitri's real love interest. Subtle this show is not.

I will say it bothers me less because a different actress is playing her she is a different character to me. 

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18 hours ago, Irlandesa said:

Biological sex is one of the most basic things a DNA strand can tell you about the submitter.  I know the Salem labs are bad but no way should a lab miss the DNA sample can't be from the sperm donor.

As I posted when the possibility of Sloan using her own DNA for the swab was first brought up:  Days is counting on the viewers being too ignorant of how DNA tests work, so went with this.

8 hours ago, 4evaQuez said:

The show actually does try to address this. Kayla tells Nicole she's too busy to look at the results because of the Abe and Colin emergencies. Nicole, who is not a medical professional, is shown reading the results. I'm not saying it's perfect, but the dialogue confirmed twice that Kayla never saw the results. The second time this is confirmed is in Kayla's office when Nicole tells Kayla the results.

I wonder if the paper with the results actually had a line, such as Match or No Match.  Because if the paper actually had lines of medical-ese information from which the conclusion can be drawn, how would Nicole have interpreted it to determine that Eric is not the father?

I did like Chloe's dialogue today about the crimes Xander committed against her and others. I wonder if the show has completely forgotten about Xander kidnapping and faking Holly's death when Chloe was Holly's legal guardian. I also liked her talking about wanting to stay away from Kiriakis men.

I seriously hope they keep Xander and Chloe as just friends/roomies.

I'm honestly just curious what Dimitri (Von Lechner) and Stefan (Alamain) dynamic would be. Isn't there some long-running feud between the families? Sadly, I think the show will just go for the boring "Dimera Brothers" angles and pretend it's exciting and new. (I know Dimitri and Stefan aren't brothers, but I imagine the show will go for the same Stefan vs Chad or EJ vs Stefan or EJ vs Chad dynamic since they are in the same age range.)

It's sooo dumb if they have Dimitri & Stefan act out some von Leuschner/Alamain rivalry or antagonism, considering none of the original recipe families are on canvas (Vivian, Carly, Lawrence, Nicky - even Frankie!). Why the eff would current viewers care? It'd make more sense to have them as rivals from the DiMera angle.

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21 minutes ago, Artsda said:

Gwen has the nerve to say she's still grieving Abby's death? Yes because she cared so much. 

 

I can only assume she's upset because she didn't get to kill her herself?  God knows she tried.

WHY, again, does Gwen continue to exist??

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Paul Telfer plays Xander well - he can be bad, do stupid things for money, but he still has a charm that makes him interesting and watchable. He has done some questionable things to Chloe, but there kinda is a good side to him. Or just so,e self awareness.

Gwen, you hated Abigail. I wonder if she realizes that Dmitri’s only interest in her is that she can be a quickie wife so he and mom get the inheritance. She kinda deserves his fake interest.

Lady Whistleblower has a conscience? The whole Lois Lane mention makes me wonder if Leo will be paired with Dmitri.

Shawn D has now started drinking?

Talia, you look around your room before doing anything. Or have the cop escort do so.

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46 minutes ago, Frozendiva said:

Gwen, you hated Abigail. I wonder if she realizes that Dmitri’s only interest in her is that she can be a quickie wife so he and mom get the inheritance. She kinda deserves his fake interest.

Didn’t Megan say (not today’s episode) that they have to make sure Dimitri’s wife wouldn’t be a gold digger?  Why would Megan/Kristen think Gwen would be a good candidate given her past?  

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Can we all just go back to "Shut up Rafe" again now?  Talia, a willing accomplice to several crimes also gets a pass for not telling anyone about Colin for WEEKS!!!  Sloan, however, who only knew that he sent mean text messages, didn't tell the cops for what - 1 day?  apparently must constantly be threatened with arrest.

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2 hours ago, norcalgal said:

Didn’t Megan say (not today’s episode) that they have to make sure Dimitri’s wife wouldn’t be a gold digger?  Why would Megan/Kristen think Gwen would be a good candidate given her past?  

Because Gwen is now a successful businesswoman and we can't reference her having a trashy background.

3 hours ago, Frozendiva said:

Talia, you look around your room before doing anything. Or have the cop escort do so.

It was kind of funny to watch, though. "Bye, guys, thank you for dropping me off to my hotel room that is definitely not hiding my psychotic ex-boyfriend who thinks I've betrayed him. Everything is quite all right! Let me go take a shower like those girls in horror movies do!"

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Paulina and Julie shared scenes today. I'm genuinely excited to read @boes reaction to this.

I think the Chanel/Johnny/Wendy/Tripp/Talia group is the worst 20-something set I've ever watched on Days, and I've been watching since 1993.

I was revolted at watching Tripp try to be sexy. Speaking of, does anyone else in the Johnson family know about Joey's broken leg? I don't think Steve, Kayla, or Stephanie have mentioned it, at all.

Wendy has become the strangest character on current Days; yes, I'm including Megan, Kristin, and even the deceased Susan in this list. She is literally flirting and making sexual innuendo with Tripp while she is on the phone with Johnny and has the gall to be upset that Johnny is with Chanel. This isn't even the first time she's done this. It's become a core character trait by now. 

Personality-wise, I can't tell the difference between Tripp and Johnny.

Why didn't Talia just walk out of the room when Colin was in the closet? (Insert inappropriate Leo snark here).

I find it absolutely amazing that both of Sami Brady's twins became supporting characters in Chanel Dupree's storylines. 

Are we certain Johnny isn't Lucas' son? He is getting the same lackluster, forgettable, and we wish you weren't on canvas writing that male Hortons get. See Shawn Brady from yesterday's episode as an example.

So, Abe has been beaten twice, kidnapped, suffered a brain injury, and currently has amnesia all as a result of his relationship with Paulina. Can we officially say he's in an abusive relationship?

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5 hours ago, 4evaQuez said:

Personality-wise, I can't tell the difference between Tripp and Johnny.

Carson Boatman should have been cast as Joey, and Jasper Newman should have been cast as Johnny. Oh, well.

5 hours ago, 4evaQuez said:

I was revolted at watching Tripp try to be sexy.

I find him hot, but in that endearingly dumb frat boy kind of way.

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Even though Abe is healing from his brain injury, he still senses that something is not right. His wife behaves strangely, won’t let him watch tv, doesn’t really cook, and he prefers to sleep on the couch. 

Wendy, not every action with Johnny is about him and Chanel. He actually does have a pretty good reason for standing you up. He is being a friend. 

Tripp is a nice guy, but not sexy in the classic sense. He lacks…. Charisma. Blond furniture. A good, safe choice for the right woman.

Colin was a bit scary toward Talia. She is lucky that Chanel kept pounding in the door. Although Chanel should have asked why it took so long to answer the door. At least she did get the message to the cops and hopefully Colin will be back in custody.

Julie and Paulina had the whole hospital wing to be their loud selves.

 

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39 minutes ago, DanaMB said:

I fell asleep while watching today. I don’t plan on trying to watch again based on the comments here. Next month my free trial ends, not sure if I should pay just to watch this show. 

We have Xfinity/Comcast cable so Peacock was always “free”.  They’d charge our account for Peacock but then remove the charge.

But later this month, that ends and we’ll have to start paying for Peacock for realsy. I’m not going to subscribe to Peacock until the new Premier League season starts in August.  

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8 minutes ago, norcalgal said:

We have Xfinity/Comcast cable so Peacock was always “free”.  They’d charge our account for Peacock but then remove the charge.

But later this month, that ends and we’ll have to start paying for Peacock for realsy. I’m not going to subscribe to Peacock until the new Premier League season starts in August.  

Seems Comcast is keeping free Peacock, after all...

https://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/2023/06/some-comcast-subscribers-will-still-get-free-peacock-streaming-service-after-all.html

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Julie - "Oh, PauuuuuuuuuuuuliNNNNNA!  I'm so very very very very very sorry that you're laid up while our precious, prized, treasured, dearest, cherished, beloved, darling dear Abraham is missing!  It's been almost a year now since he and YOU, Paulina, the most beautiful, resplendent, bewitching, pulchritudinous, dazzling, splendid and alluring woman on ALL THE EARTH were joined in the holiest and hawtest of matrimonial BLISS that olde Salem Towne, and indeed the entire EARTH have ever witnessed!  I literally FLEW to your side when I heard you were laid up from all of your huffing and puffing as soon as I could find my bat wings!  My darlingest dearest Doug had hidden them in the bottom of Big Box of Kaftans, or I would have been here even sooner, disregarding the concept of personal space so I could blather my usual gushing insincerity while you and the rest of Salem pretend that I'm not completely full of shit.  While I'm now the Heart of Salem simply because I absolutely and utterly refuse to ever go away, I recognize another bullshitter when I see one and I'm just so darned fucking SWEET I'm willing to share the glory of being my twin fog horn, blaring without rhyme nor reason whenever either of us feel verbal farts coming on!  I've been trying to find a way to insert some b.s. about my precious Nickipoo but I can't do it.

I just can't LIVE without my Paulina!"

Paulina - "Abraham!!  Abraham!!  Where's my Abraham!!  And where the FUCK is my hamburger??  I'm a very important business person who screams and bullies and barges in wherever I feel like, when I feel like, and just like you, my best friend Julie whatsyourname, I've got everyone bullied into pretending they love me just like you have.  The doctors admitted me for hypertension.  Not that I have it, they must just want to give everyone within hearing distance of my bellows high blood pressure. 

Abraham!!  Chanel!!  Where is my GODDAM hamburger!

We're both gonna get Emmys this year or I swear we'll burn the place down!

Yep, I was just overwhelmed by the magnitude of talent that was on display today.

But.....the Emmy goes to.......Talia's eyebrows!  Second runner up, Rafe's.

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1 hour ago, WendyCR72 said:

Ok, thanks for this.  But I read the article and it said only Xfinity customers with gig speed internet get Peacock free. We have internet from Xfinity but it’s not gig speed internet (I think).  So that means we would still have to pay.  Booooooo!

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13 hours ago, norcalgal said:

Ok, thanks for this.  But I read the article and it said only Xfinity customers with gig speed internet get Peacock free. We have internet from Xfinity but it’s not gig speed internet (I think).  So that means we would still have to pay.  Booooooo!

Yeah, it's not everyone.  I just got an email that I'd lose access.

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18 hours ago, norcalgal said:

Ok, thanks for this.  But I read the article and it said only Xfinity customers with gig speed internet get Peacock free. We have internet from Xfinity but it’s not gig speed internet (I think).  So that means we would still have to pay.  Booooooo!

If you are an Xfinity Rewards member you should be eligible I got an email mentioning this to me(I have to redeem it on the 26th though as I tried to do it today and it wasn't out there yet)

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