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

[methodwriter85]

4 hours ago, DisneyBoy said:

I'm really tired of all the pointless mourning that has gone on lately. Marlena, Kayla, Kate and now Abe.

Meanwhile they still haven't pulled the gun yet on killing off Victor. It's just bizarre. They filmed these current episodes around January-February so John Anniston was already gone.

Edited July 5, 2023 by methodwriter85

[JBC344]

43 minutes ago, methodwriter85 said:

Meanwhile they still haven't pulled the gun yet on killing off Victor. It's just bizarre. They filmed these current episodes around January-February so John Anniston was already gone.

They write the scripts six weeks before filming. So the storylines are set 8 months ahead. I'm sure they are looking if they haven't already on where they can plug in Victor's death storyline and give it the attention and space it deserves.  

They already had to change Bo and Hope's storyline from what it was. John Aniston was supposed to play a big part in the Greece plot. 

I know with Days shooting schedule it is hard to adjust or plug things in, but at the same token it benefits us the viewer during times like the pandemic as well as the current writer's strike. Days is the only soap that continues to air episodes without pre-emption, and will mostly outlast the strike which is believed to go to the fall.

I wouldn't be surprised if Victor's death is explored during either November Sweeps or the beginning of next year. 

[methodwriter85]

31 minutes ago, JBC344 said:

I know with Days shooting schedule it is hard to adjust or plug things in, but at the same token it benefits us the viewer during times like the pandemic as well as the current writer's strike. Days is the only soap that continues to air episodes without pre-emption, and will mostly outlast the strike which is believed to go to the fall.

I wouldn't be surprised if Victor's death is explored during either November Sweeps or the beginning of next year. 

Fair point.

Back to the show...I'm curious to see if Li will find some way to wiggle out of this, or if we'll get treated to some Prison Li. That could be funny.

[DisneyBoy]

1 hour ago, JBC344 said:

They already had to change Bo and Hope's storyline from what it was. John Aniston was supposed to play a big part in the Greece plot. 

Well good on them for waiting until the last f***ing minute possible to finally give JA an interesting storyline.

The man wasn't even walking on camera for the last 3 years. How the heck would Victor have made it to Greece??

And was it changed specifically because of JA's passing, or other factors?

50 minutes ago, methodwriter85 said:

Fair point.

Back to the show...I'm curious to see if Li will find some way to wiggle out of this, or if we'll get treated to some Prison Li. That could be funny.

I hated seeing Li in cuffs. The guy is so likable and goofy. They're ruining a character who could be an asset.

[boes]

7 hours ago, DisneyBoy said:

I'm really tired of all the pointless mourning that has gone on lately. Marlena, Kayla, Kate and now Abe.

So am I.  Today's episode irritated the hell out of me for exactly that reason.  We all know it's fake and the characters, considering that there are more formerly dead people walking around Salem than not, should realize that too.

Drake's acting was painful to watch and DH was embarrassing.  She does pretty much every scene now as if her batteries are running low.  DH was never that good of an actor to begin with, and making him play all these grief scenes is asking too much of the man.

And it's asking WAY TOO MUCH of us.

Any reason, any reason of all, Paulina couldn't have fallen into some sort of waking coma that left her unable to screech-I-mean-speak?  

So....Lani got funeral leave from prison and had time to stop by the "All Wigs 10 Dollars or Less" store before making it to Salem?

She's just as big a pain in the ass as she was before she got sent away to make license plates.

[brisbydog]

5 hours ago, JBC344 said:

 

I wouldn't be surprised if Victor's death is explored during either November Sweeps or the beginning of next year. 

I believe SN said the funeral was to air in August which would definitely work with scripts written 8 months prior as JA died in November. I'm curious if Sarah shows up to support her mother. If she got pregnant in December she will be 8 months by then. Discounting Salem mean time of course 

[DisneyBoy]

7 hours ago, brisbydog said:

I believe SN said the funeral was to air in August which would definitely work with scripts written 8 months prior as JA died in November. I'm curious if Sarah shows up to support her mother. If she got pregnant in December she will be 8 months by then. Discounting Salem mean time of course 

Hey, that would be a good subplot to overlap with the funeral, if they go that route.

10 hours ago, boes said:

So....Lani got funeral leave from prison and had time to stop by the "All Wigs 10 Dollars or Less" store before making it to Salem?

I actually like the wig. Matches her weird butterscotch cardigan.

Things finally moved along a bit today...how did Whitley and Paulina meet? I missed those scenes.

I hope this isn't just a case of "Abe looked nice on a poster and I saw his wedding in the park....so I kidnapped him from the hospital and faked his death and impersonated his wife!" I'm glad she isn't a DiMera or one of Orpheus' kids, mind you, but I was hoping for something...more. Hopefully there is a minor reveal later on to sweeten her motivation.

....this is *knock on wood* the best storyline of the year in terms of overall execution, thanks to Whitley's portrayer. Could do without the "he's deeeaad!" handwringing from everyone - except Paulina, who can't cry and is apparently already accepting the death and making casual chitchat - and yeah, it makes no sense that Whitley would tell Abe to watch the exact show featuring the actor she hired to impersonate his son....but otherwise, a good arc.

Also interesting to see so many episodes in a row of mostly AA actors in the spotlight. There have never been enough on Days for that to be possible. Shame half of them aren't more rootable. Paulina, Talia and Lani? Nowhere as fun as Lexie, Brandon and Valerie.

Creepy ending. I hope Abe isn't actually this weak once the story is over. He's looking now like John Aniston did...

 

[polodog]

I I had to laugh when Lani busted Eli for watching "Body and Soul". There has been more than one occasion, I have found my husband watching Days and denying it.

Edited July 5, 2023 by polodog

[CanaryFan98]

Body and Soul seems more entertaining than actual Days. 

 

I did chuckle at the names of the characters they rattled off which are the other characters played on different soaps by the actors on Days.

[Giuseppe]

I know I'm thinking too much about it, but now I'm really confused about Body and Soul...the first tapes Whitley showed Abe were obviously supposed to be set in the 80s based on the styling, but if Jerry was in a few episodes "a couple of years ago" according to what Lani said, then the episode Abe was watching today must have been pretty current. I suppose the soap could still be on the air and Whitley and Abe have skipped ahead a bunch of years, but if that's the case, why was the show still in 4:3 format? Who still films in standard def? Everything's been HD for like the past ten years. Yes, it's a soap within a soap and I should just go with it, but these things keep me up at night, haha. 

I enjoyed Theo meeting Theo. I was wondering if show was gonna do that.

[tribeca]

Still kinda of annoyed that Tallia is just going to pretend nothing happened while everyone is hating Sloan.  
 If Chanel takes her back at the bakery she is bad business women. Who would want to eat at bakery that has breakfast biscuits that make you horny. 

[boes]

I feel some very minor guilt about how little I care about Abe, or this Abe storyline.  To be clear, I've never hated him, ever, but I've always found him stuffy as hell and about as interesting as ball park franks who DON'T "plump when you cook 'em".

I still don't understand why anyone other than the Men's Wearhouse would want him back.

Edited July 6, 2023 by boes

[DanaMB]

I’m so sick of Stefan and Gabi. They need to get married and go on a very long, very remote honeymoon.

[brisbydog]

9 hours ago, boes said:

I feel some very minor guilt about how little I care about Abe, or this Abe storyline.  To be clear, I've never hated him, ever, but I've always found him stuffy as hell and about as interesting as ball park franks who DON'T "plump when you cook 'em".

I still don't understand why anyone other than the Men's Wearhouse would want him back.

In my despotic teen years I wrote a Days of Our Lives Musical. Abe's big solo was called "Bein' a Friend to Roman". That summed up my opinion of him.

I deleted Friday's show unwatched and have not watched yesterday's. I just don't care about anybody in this plot line and I am not subjecting myself to Paulina 'mourning' at top volume for nothing.

[DisneyBoy]

6 hours ago, DanaMB said:

I’m so sick of Stefan and Gabi. They need to get married and go on a very long, very remote honeymoon.

He has royally dragged her down. What a sad 'happy ending' for Gabi. After Eli, Chad and JJ, this is her 'true love'?

2 hours ago, brisbydog said:

I am not subjecting myself to Paulina 'mourning' at top volume for nothing.

She's been remarkably sedate, considering. But then, she's a lousy actress so even in quiter moments there could be grief coming through. There isn't.

I'm sorry, but she shouldn't be cast in anything other than a corny Disney channel sitcom, and even then...

[rcc]

23 minutes ago, DisneyBoy said:

He has royally dragged her down. What a sad 'happy ending' for Gabi. After Eli, Chad and JJ, this is her 'true love'?

She's been remarkably sedate, considering. But then, she's a lousy actress so even in quiter moments there could be grief coming through. There isn't.

I'm sorry, but she shouldn't be cast in anything other than a corny Disney channel sitcom, and even then...

Saw Jackee on a talk show back when she first started on Days. Think it was Sherri's new show. She said "the part was written for me and that doesn't happen too often." She may have been funny on a sitcom but she can't act in a drama. I FF all her scenes.

[CanaryFan98]

15 hours ago, boes said:

I feel some very minor guilt about how little I care about Abe, or this Abe storyline.  To be clear, I've never hated him, ever, but I've always found him stuffy as hell and about as interesting as ball park franks who DON'T "plump when you cook 'em".

I still don't understand why anyone other than the Men's Wearhouse would want him back.

I like what Abe represents which is sanity in the insane asylum known as Salem but he's had far more interesting family members than him that I admit I rather watch regularly. 

[Retired at last]

Jackee can't even act in those horrible Lifetime movies. She still makes her cartoon faces whenever she is in one.

[brisbydog]

One blessing from this Abe story is that he has stopped that incessant chuckling 

[DisneyBoy]

I was told that today, EJ and Kristen waltzed over to Marlena's townhouse, asked her to perform hypnotism on them...and then she welcomed them in and helped them out.

?!??!?

[Soapy Goddess]

Just now, DisneyBoy said:

I was told that today, EJ and Kristen waltzed over to Marlena's townhouse, asked her to perform hypnotism on them...and then she welcomed them in and helped them out.

?!??!?

Pretty much...after a little persuasion from EJ.

[WendyCR72]

3 minutes ago, DisneyBoy said:

I was told that today, EJ and Kristen waltzed over to Marlena's townhouse, asked her to perform hypnotism on them...and then she welcomed them in and helped them out.

?!??!?

Yes, let's have Doc willingly help rapists of TWO of Marlena's kids! Seriously, flush this show, at this point. Or get the scabs in ASAP. And torch what was filmed.

[Soapy Goddess]

Hasn't every major character been raped at one point or another??

[JBC344]

13 minutes ago, DisneyBoy said:

I was told that today, EJ and Kristen waltzed over to Marlena's townhouse, asked her to perform hypnotism on them...and then she welcomed them in and helped them out.

?!??!?

Well, to be fair the selling point was that by helping them it would result in Megan going to prison. 

[DisneyBoy]

She has an office.

Kristen was still only recently thrown out of her home after squatting there for months...and playing with her life by withholding medicine.

I suppose Megan getting locked up would be good, but seeing as how she's been shot and incapacitated, Marlena wouldn't see the need to rush and help these two turds.

At least as far as *my* thinking goes.

Edited July 7, 2023 by DisneyBoy

[polodog]

Steve Burton is 53?  No one showed up at my High School reunion looking that solid.

[polodog]

I'm doubling down.   Roman crying for Abe.  Took a bit out of me.  

[JBC344]

I knew Dimitri was gay!!! Can't wait to see how this plays out. 

[Frozendiva]

I am caught up to Wednesday. A bit too much of the Abe story, especially as shot Megan has been hanging.

[CanaryFan98]

16 hours ago, Soapy Goddess said:

Hasn't every major character been raped at one point or another??

It seems like it the only exceptions I can think of are Gabi and Kate? 

[DisneyBoy]

Gabi was being raped by Nick when she first "killed" him. It was a "don't break up with me/I can make you feel good" type assault (🤢).

Kate was an escort. We can safely assume it wasn't fun times.

So....yeah. Have all the men been raped too? (Cripes) I know of Eric, Brady, John and Nick.

[polodog]

With the exception of Nick,  weren't they all raped by Kristen?

Edited July 8, 2023 by polodog

[Desperado]

I hope Dmitri is bi so that him sleeping with Gwen twice would not have been a soul destroying chore. We’ve already had straight Talia sleeping with Channel through coercion and that was enough yuck for me.

UO: I’m liking Leo in his quest to avoid seeing his friend be hurt.

I don’t get why Kristen is so fine with Dmitri getting his inheritance. Isn’t it DiMera money or did I miss too much skipping half the shows?

[Desperado]

@boes and @disneyboy I couldn’t figure out how to quote posts from 2 separate pages but I wholeheartedly agree with your false mourning comments. 

The crying over Kayla, Marlena and Kate who we knew were alive forced me to take a break from watching the show and now with Abe, I just can’t.

Truthfully, I can’t stand the kidnapped storyline because a healthcare worker taking advantage of a disabled person is not something I can stomach. It’s too bad though! because it features many Black actors on screen, which is something I haven’t seen in soaps since Generations. 
 

On 7/5/2023 at 2:02 PM, DisneyBoy said:

Also interesting to see so many episodes in a row of mostly AA actors in the spotlight. There have never been enough on Days for that to be possible. Shame half of them aren't more rootable. Paulina, Talia and Lani? Nowhere as fun as Lexie, Brandon and Valerie.

But then there’s also this.

Edited July 8, 2023 by Desperado

[Harmony233]

14 minutes ago, Desperado said:

I hope Dmitri is bi so that him sleeping with Gwen twice would not have been a soul destroying chore. We’ve already had straight Talia sleeping with Channel through coercion and that was enough yuck for me.

UO: I’m liking Leo in his quest to avoid seeing his friend be hurt.

I don’t get why Kristen is so fine with Dmitri getting his inheritance. Isn’t it DiMera money or did I miss too much skipping half the shows?

Its von Lueschner (however you spell it) money.

[peachmangosteen]

7 hours ago, Desperado said:

We’ve already had straight Talia sleeping with Channel through coercion and that was enough yuck for me.

Talia and Chanel had sex? How do I not remember this lol.

[CanaryFan98]

15 hours ago, DisneyBoy said:

Gabi was being raped by Nick when she first "killed" him. It was a "don't break up with me/I can make you feel good" type assault (🤢).

Kate was an escort. We can safely assume it wasn't fun times.

So....yeah. Have all the men been raped too? (Cripes) I know of Eric, Brady, John and Nick.

I forgot about that. I really hated how they ruined Nick on this show. In retrospect I am glad he was killed off because I can imagine how much worse it would be if he were still here.

You have a point about Kate but unless they acknowledge it happened to her I assume she wasn't raped.

Lexie wasn't raped either. Although I don't know how major she was compared to others.

 

[brisbydog]

1 hour ago, peachmangosteen said:

Talia and Chanel had sex? How do I not remember this lol.

They didn't 

[Artsda]

Gabi handcuffed during that entire conversation was funny. Plus Kate not wanting to help. 

Nobody was guarding Megan's door? Great job police department. 

From the second Megan and Dimitri had the why you're not married yet conversation and his age, it was obvious he was gay especially with all the scenes with Leo. 

 

[peachmangosteen]

14 hours ago, brisbydog said:

They didn't 

OK good. I was pretty sure they didn't but I skip a lot of scenes so I could have missed it.

[tribeca]

14 hours ago, Artsda said:

From the second Megan and Dimitri had the why you're not married yet conversation and his age

 

storywise he mostly likely  is gay but can’t people accept that maybe not everyone wants to get married or have kids.   Look at the divorce rate in Salem? 

1 hour ago, peachmangosteen said:

OK good. I was pretty sure they didn't but I skip a lot of scenes so I could have missed it.

Don’t worry it’s going to happen 

Edited July 9, 2023 by tribeca

[DisneyBoy]

42 minutes ago, tribeca said:

storywise he mostly likely  is gay but can’t people accept that maybe not everyone wants to get married or have kids.   Look at the divorce rate in Salem? 

Thank you. Also: Brady.

[JBC344]

44 minutes ago, tribeca said:

storywise he mostly likely  is gay but can’t people accept that maybe not everyone wants to get married or have kids.   Look at the divorce rate in Salem? 

Don’t worry it’s going to happen 

I don't think that was even pondered considering the set up. This was always about the inheritance. Which is why a lot of us were clued into him being gay, it was his aversion to marrying a woman for money. Which BTW is the least offensive and criminal thing he has done.

Outside of Dimitri,  I agree with you that those principals are never explored for soap characters unfortunately.  

[CanaryFan98]

48 minutes ago, DisneyBoy said:

Thank you. Also: Brady.

Brady has been married in the past and has kids. Not really sure of the comparison.

 

Now his choices have been bad to say the least..

[peachmangosteen]

6 hours ago, tribeca said:

Don’t worry it’s going to happen 

If they're gonna add Talia to the endless Tripp/Wendy/Johnny/Chanel quadrangle then the least they could do is give me some Tripp/Chanel scenes. Give me a crumb, Ron!

[methodwriter85]

I mean, I honestly thought they were considering chem-testing Talia with Tripp whenever there's some inevitable health crisis in the town that requires more than 2 doctors at the hospital.

I kind of figured they were going to make Dimitri gay because Peter Porte is openly gay in real life. 

 

[peachmangosteen]

8 hours ago, methodwriter85 said:

I mean, I honestly thought they were considering chem-testing Talia with Tripp whenever there's some inevitable health crisis in the town that requires more than 2 doctors at the hospital.

I'm not opposed to this.

[DisneyBoy]

As for bringing up Brady earlier, Dimitri could well have been married in the past too for all we know.

My only point was being single and older than 40 wasn't automatically indicating that a character was likely gay.

Roman has barely dated, Kate's been single for a long while, Lucas too...super suspicious!! 😂 That's why I brought up Brady. I know he's straight though.

Ok...so Leo and Dimitri...wow. That escalated quickly!

I must be living in a Leo hallucination because...there's no way. No way. "I have to have you!" Pffft. Seriously? No offense to Greg R but....I don't see it. If Dimitri were drunk? Maaaaaaybe.

I sincerely hope DVL is just conning them both and getting all his kicks. I turned on the TV to see him going after Leo...and even knowing it was gonna happen at some point, it still came out of nowhere. They have zero heat.

I am now calling for violence against BenAlex. I can't take it anymore, man. Isn't there a Salem Slasher lurking around somewhere?

Also Brady: Kill Kristen. Just kill her. We'll all look the other way. It's fine. How he is resisting his deep well of rage against women? How is she the only woman he doesn't get aggressive with?

Yay Rachel! Get in there! Mess it up ya little brat! 😆

Edited July 10, 2023 by DisneyBoy

[4evaQuez]

18 minutes ago, DisneyBoy said:

As for bringing up Brady earlier, Dimitri could well have been married in the past too for all we know.

My only point was being single and older than 40 wasn't automatically indicating that a character was likely gay.

Roman has barely dated, Kate's been single for a long while, Lucas too...super suspicious!! 😂 That's why I brought up Brady. I know he's straight though.

No offense, but I'm honestly not certain what you're conveying here. We do know for a fact that Dimitri has never been married. We have gotten dialogue confirming this from Dimitri and Megan, and that's why he needs to marry Gwen. He can only get his inheritance if he marries - a woman, I guess - before 40, which he has never done. 

Roman was married to Marlena and Anna before 40 and had three kids.

Kate was married to Curtis before 40 and had two kids.

Lucas was married to Sami, Carrie, and Chloe before 40 and had two kids.

Brady was married to Chloe before 40. I'm not certain how old he was supposed to be with his marriage to Theresa and the birth of his two kids.

Also what you quoted is saying that not everyone over 40 has to choose to have marriage and kids, which is true. However, your examples are people who clearly chose marriage multiple times. Brady at least had no say in the conception of his two children, but we did see him try to choose to be a father to Holly when he and Nicole were planning to go on the run with her.

 

[polodog]

How many apartments is Brady going to lose?