Current Plots Discussion: Actually Today's Episode

[LeftPhalange]

I was one of the people cheering for Sonny to cheat...but now that it's probably going to happen I'm not feeling it. Paul is just as screwed up as Will, maybe even more so. And if WIlson break up I don't 't know what kind of relationship Sonny thinks he's going to have with Paul.

[bantering]

I don't find Paul particularly likable. His feeling of entitlement towards Sonny is annoying the heck out of me. 

 

Anyway, as with EJ, I think stress, more than a strong attraction to Paul, is going to make Sonny cheat, which is kind of lame.

Edited December 10, 2014 by bantering

[TeeVee329]

And if WIlson break up I don't 't know what kind of relationship Sonny thinks he's going to have with Paul.

 

I assume Paul is going to come out at some point.  The show wants to tell a topical story about gay athletes. 

 

Now whether it's PRIOR TO or AFTER anything happens with Sonny...I guess we'll see.

Edited December 10, 2014 by TeeVee329

[TigerLynx]

Tiger, is KM seriously dating one of the writers?? 

 

Yes, she is.  JT (Roman) is friends with Corday.  GG (Rafe) is friends with Tomlin and Whitesell.

 

It looks like since AS left the show of her own accord, Corday is now going to destroy the character of Sami even more.  He really is a petty little man.  Someone needs to remind him he owes his job to his mother.  He certainly didn't earn it.

 

Sonny having money problems is dumb.  He has to many other options for this to be an issue.  I also don't like Chad/Sonny's friendship being thrown away. 

 

I wish the writers would have shown Sonny confronting Will more about they way Will was treating Sonny and taking him for granted.  As usual, they skipped over so many important steps that once again character continuity has been tossed out the window.

[QuelleC]

I knew a little bit about GG's ties with the show, but KM is disgusting.  I blamed the actress a couple of months back when it was not cool to do that.

 

Sonny saved those final scenes with Sneasel with the look on his face.  He didn't even look like he was bursting to say "what do you mean only six months".  He just looked really hurt.

 

Corday is an asshole.

[ShadowSixx]

I will be happy if SneaSon breaks up, let Sonny be single and move on cause still not feeling Paul at the moment. As said before why flirt with hotel worker Derrick if he wants Sonny. Makes no sense.

[boes]

For me, Sonny and Paul are like wanting to watch the train wreck, but being too scared of seeing it happen. Sometimes, having feelings for people that aren't returned in some way can be really messy and it's the wondering 'what if' that makes it so dangerous, especially when one is in a real relationship like Sonny is now.

My concern is coming from the POV that Sonny is going to wake up one day and feel like a fool for giving up something real cos he was stuck in the past (even if he can't help it right now).

It's not fair to Will if he's walking around with feelings for Paul, but at the same time, it's such a risk to explore them.

Also, what I don't like is that the writers are portraying Paul and Sonny's relationship as so simple except for the coming out obstacle, while Sonny and Will have fought like cat and dog over pretty much everything lately. Yes Paul and Sonny loved each other and did the best that they could, but they've never even had a real relationship because of Paul. Yes, the feelings are 'real',but they just spend the majority of their time together in bed according to me.

Sonny hasn't even met Paul's family so we have no idea if Adrienne and this new woman would clash like she and Sami did. It's all fine and well when you don't have to live with the person and pay bills (although in guess that the fact that Paul is mega-rich helps).

Let's hope Sonny realizes what made him fall in love with Will as well so we can watch an authentic triangle. Although, I'm not holding my breath for Sonny since I've been waiting for three years for him to tell me what it is about Will that attracted him in the first place. Dude couldn't even chalk up much at his own wedding and tells Paul that he met 'a great guy.' Big endorsement right there people. Maybe Will and Sonny's relationship is not that much better than what Sonny and Paul have got.

 

I love this post.  How great it would be if the writers still knew - or cared - to do subtlety and complexity in their storytelling.  There's so many things that could be explored with Sonny's insecurities, with the things about himself that perhaps he's suppressed - I mean feelings, thoughts, things like that - which could lead him to make a foolish decision.  Show has done that in the past and could do it again.  Freddie Smith has the ability to carry a storyline like that and make it compelling.  The guy is good!

With the current climate of plot device and Easy Bake Plotlines, Show will go directly to Infidelity and SHOCKING EXPOSURE!! instead of feelings and emotional fall out.  Show should trust us to "get it".

 

Oh - Mar really stepped over the line today with Paul.  He may have been rude to her, with him using that old saw about insanity being repeating the same behavior hoping for a different outcome - but she was WAY over the line in then snarking back at him in shrink speak with "What you just said SPEAKS VOLUMES".  Sorry Mar, attacking someone because they don't want to be her patient, that speaks volumes.

Edited December 10, 2014 by boes

[boes]

Goodness Naggie that outfit is pretty...loud and horrendous. Was that thing made out of curtains or did Naggie take the fabric off of a couch?

 

God, this made me laugh!  When I first saw her in her full frontal floral glory she looked like the sun room at the St. Aloysius Home for the Feeble-MInded (real place at one time in my home town I kid you not) had exploded.  And then I saw this line from our poster, 271queenie - 

I don't doubt that Sonny is the 'one that got away' for Paul, but we're not exactly dealing with Scarlett O' Hara and Ashley Wilkes

 

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And then Maggie reminded me of Carol Burnett in that skit she did of Gone With the Wind, wearing the curtains with the rods still in them, saying to Harvey Korman's Rhett - "I saw these in the window and just had to have them".  

And what is with her putting both hands up on either side of her nose?  Is she blowing into her palms or did somebody just let one rip??  I doubt it's the latter, since Jawn is currently stinking up the continent of Europe.

 

This story makes about as much sense as Mel going back to the same casino once they made her as a card-counter. I mean, really: everything I know about Vegas I learned from Ocean's Eleven, but even I know you don't set foot in a joint once they're onto your card counting. Especially not wearing a wig that Kristen would have rejected as too campy for one of her sexcapades.

 

 

 

Oh and then pull the 'Well, if you hadn't embarrassed me by arresting me, I wouldn't have come back!' reasoning for wrong-doing. Praise Odin that the drag queen enforcer didn't buy a second of that. "You're blaming us for you breaking the law?!"

 

Also, as a plus, we don't get any more shots of Melanie caressing gigantic stacks of money.

 

The bizarre stink of 80s still hasn't lifted from Melanie for me. I remain weirdly transfixed by it despite her being rather annoying simply because I cannot figure out what it is about her that just screams We Love the 80's! at me.

 

 

I tried to be open-minded about Melanie because I suspect Days plans to give her as much airtime as she had last time, but I just don't see any change, growth or maturity in her. In fact, she seems to have digressed back to her original scheming, self- entitled, bratty ways. She and Theresa are naturally drawn to each other because they are very much alike, but notice how Maggie just glows with such unconditional and unreasonable adoration for Melanie like she's the most special snowflake ever created, and would never admit that her granddaughter is more like Theresa than the angel she believes her to be.

 

 

Well she does screw up her face a lot like Molly Ringwald in the John Hughes movies but she was a teen and Mel is way too old to be doing that with a baby voice.  At least she toned down the stage actress shout and actually has expressions on her face and some timing, unlike Guppy Face Failure. 

 

I am also hugely relieved that the Bag O Money turned out to be a big nothing and Cher is off my screen.

 

I'm really, really trying with Melanie.  I am.  And each time I'm temporarily blinded by how WHITE those teeth are, or am tempted to ask if she uses Mr. Ed's head shot to get jobs, and whinnys when she laughs, I remind myself that AT LEAST SHE'S NOT ABIGAIL.  And every single second of screen time she gets is a single second that Abigail does NOT get.  It's a bit like preferring a head cold over a stomach flu, but that's how awful I think Abigail aka Jar Jar aka Hobbit aka JUST SOMEBODY PUSH HER DOWN A WELL ALREADY!!! is to me.  

But I swear Melanie has at least 90 teeth in that mouth of hers.  

I'm waiting to hear her accidentally say "Willllllllllllllllllllburrrrrr" when she means Brady, though.

 

Really liking the Eric and Serena interaction. MA can probably make me finally interested in watching Eric on screen. These two have great chemistry together.

 

 

Me too!  Second day, and Melissa Archer is still in lockdown mode and I LIKE it.  She's not jumping around, she's acting like a mature grown-up, but not one with a stick up her ass like Jennifer.  And so far at least, not one with obvious signs of emotional immaturity.  And Greg Vaughn has some LIFE in him,  

This just might work......

 

Bad on Chad messing with Sonny.  BOO!  He can do whatever to whomever, but NOT to Sonny and definitely NOT to T.  

Play nice with those boys, Chad, or there WILL be a spanking!

 

(We'll make a sign-up list for you all to put your names down for that spanking if there's a need.  What??  I'm just sayin'........Get your minds out of that gutter!)

[271days]

Where I see Sonny and Will differing from EJami is that this affair could have serious emotional consequences for both of them. I think that Sonny (if he were to cheat) would most likely have a one-night stand and then regret it. Nothing as tawdry as Showersex.

However, I'm thinking Sonny doesn't have sex with Paul yet, because the focus in this story is that Paul can do so much more damage to WilSon because there are feelings involved. EJ never loved Abby.

The trajectory of the show is reminding me of a Dutch soap I watched a couple of years back. The one character developed feelings for his boyfriends doctor when said boyfriend was in a coma. He was steadfast until right before the boyfriend woke up, but all they did was kiss. The guy was feeling weird so ComaBoy got suspicious and one of the other characters told him about what went on when he was asleep. The couple broke up because of the feelings steadfast guy had for the doctor. So steadfast guy starts to date the doctor, but he's not feeling it coz he's all jealous that ComaBoy has moved on, then they eventually reunite.

The short answer is that I think that Derrick is going to lead to Paul being outed and Will will play a role in it, whether accidental or on purpose. Will will break up with Sonny when he finds out about PaulSon's feelings for each other. I'm not sure if Sonny would be happy about it but I expect something similar to Bo and Carly with Will as Hope, the outsider looking in. The possible divorce gets dragged out and with something happening to Ari to draw them closer (and make Paul jealous) and then they will get on the road to reconciliation.

But I do think it's gonna be weird. Sonny is married, it's not the same as walking around with a new boyfriend when you're fickle teenagers. I mean half the town went to their wedding.

Still, Bo managed to pull off dragging Carly everywhere and Jenn still treated her like a bestie. It could be potentially angsty. Kind of like the Austin/Carrie/Lucas/Sami quad of 2006, when Lucas did stupid shit like marry Carrie even though he was still in love with Sami. At the time, I hoped that Lucas would stop his wedding or that Carrie and Austin would have the decency to step out of the way, but that doesn't happen anymore in modern triangles. I don't know if Paul would willingly step aside cos he's kinda selfish anyway.

[TeeVee329]

I mean half the town went to their wedding.

 

Half the town goes to every soap wedding lol.  Unless two evil doers are getting married, then there's just usually one reluctant witness lol.

 

If they do split up, Sonny should be happy Sami is out of town because the screeching would have been epic.

Edited December 10, 2014 by TeeVee329

[271days]

Half the town goes to every soap wedding lol.  Unless two evil doers are getting married, then there's just usually one reluctant witness lol.

 

If they do split up, Sonny should be happy Sami is out of town because the screeching would have been epic.

Yeah, can u imagine how much airtime she would have eaten up? Just like back in 2013 when it was like she was the father of Gabi's baby, I'll bet she would have made Sonny's cheating all about her. She would have probably gone after Paul too.

[Rick Kitchen]

I want one of those mugs like Theresa was drinking her tea out of.  You could drink an entire gallon of tea out of that sucker.

[Princess Consuela]

I don't like Chad messing with Sonny so I'm hoping that this contract thing wasn't actually intentional - I did enjoy his scenes with T though

 

Hallelujah!!   A day without Abifail - can we make it two???

 

Not really liking Paul stalking Sonny & I hate that Sonny will eventually sleep with him (come on we all know it's going to happen - the anvils are falling all over the place)

 

Weirdly enough I wouldn't mind Theresa & Melanie being friends

 

Still not sure if I like Eric & Serena - something about Greg Vaughn bugs me - he's pretty but that's about all I've got

[Sandman]

At the end of the day, Brady got knocked the f*&^ out and Nicole got to save the day. I'm happy with those 2 things.

 

Yeah, I could stand to see those two things happen more.

 

I agree that Kate's co-CEO nonsense would never fly. You articulated it better than I could.

Edited December 10, 2014 by Sandman

[Sidney]

Still not sure if I like Eric & Serena - something about Greg Vaughn bugs me - he's pretty but that's about all I've got

 

 

The only scenes I've enjoyed him in, is with Marlena, Ciara, and now Serena. Other than that, the character was always fast forward material. I'm really liking what I see between him and Serena. I love their chemistry together.  They'll probably put him back with Nicole, so, I'll enjoy them while they last. LOL.  

[kitmerlot1213]

I tried to be open-minded about Melanie because I suspect Days plans to give her as much airtime as she had last time, but I just don't see any change, growth or maturity in her. In fact, she seems to have digressed back to her original scheming, self- entitled, bratty ways. She and Theresa are naturally drawn to each other because they are very much alike, but notice how Maggie just glows with such unconditional and unreasonable adoration for Melanie like she's the most special snowflake ever created, and would never admit that her granddaughter is more like Theresa than the angel she believes her to be.

 

This is so gorgeously true!  I will never forget Maggie doing this dramatic disgusted shiver when she saw Theresa and Brady together, like she couldn't contemplate anyone as horrible as Theresa walking this earth.  And yet her precious angels Abby and Mel have done awful things as well and with tear-filled eyes she forgives them instantly.

 

It is truly sickening.

 

I am looking forward to the Sonny and Paul debacle, simply because I love how Paul just gazes at Sonny, like he just wants to eat him up.  I'm also looking forward to the Sneasel having this passionate romance thrown in his face :)

Edited December 10, 2014 by kitmerlot1213

[271days]

I'm reading tweets right now and it looks like Ben and Abby are making out in one of the hospital board rooms. One would think she'd steer clear of humping her plastic boyfriend at that specific location. That hag never learns.

[shesajar]

I'm just not feeling Serena yet. Whether it's my aversion to Melanie (even by association) or if my Nicole-loving heart is pissed that Eric spent every scene with Nicole acting like a crabby old man or if I'm just in no mood for another character that we've never seen nor heard of before being touted as a great love of an existing character...I don't know. I just don't see anything special about her. I mean, yeah, Eric gets to smile and not look like he's had one too many spicy burritos for lunch, but I'm still not seeing any spark.

 

Now, I did love me some Brady and Nicole yesterday. As douchy as he can sometimes be, I like the way that they've mostly remained friends over the years. I even like his friendship with Melanie, and I can't stand her. I'm guessing they'll muck that up by putting them together, but I'll deal with that when the time comes.

[TigerLynx]

I think one of the biggest problems with the cheating SLs is the fall out never really happens.  Corday’s short term shock gimmicks never translate into long term SLs and payoffs.

 

In December 2013, EJ told Hope, Brady, and Eric that he and Sami had learned to weather their storms, and would get through the Kristen thing.  Then less than a month later, he is cheating.  The very day EJ told Sami they would work things out, and get married, he started cheating on her.  Then in the middle of a really good revenge SL, the writers tossed them back together when they had spent months showing EJ didn’t give a damn about Sami, their children, or the supposedly happy family they had together.

 

I could easily see them doing the same thing with Sonny and Will.  The writers will shred them, lose track of what they are doing in the middle of the SL, and then toss them back together because they have nothing better to do that day.

[shesajar]

I could easily see them doing the same thing with Sonny and Will.  The writers will shred them, lose track of what they are doing in the middle of the SL, and then toss them back together because they have nothing better to do that day.

And honestly, what are the odds that they'll bring, and keep, on enough gay characters that both Will and Sonny have other real options? 

[emjohnson03]

Another pet peeve:

 

Stop dressing like it's summer. The girls are in regular dresses, with no cardigans and no coats and act like it's "cold" by grabbing a scarf! Gotcha!

 

And who wears all these pretty dresses indoors? Must be all these men stopping by, haha!

[271days]

And honestly, what are the odds that they'll bring, and keep, on enough gay characters that both Will and Sonny have other real options?

Honestly, I never expected Paul to last very long purely because I didn't expect this show to bring on more gay characters. I'm actually shocked that Christopher Sean is allegedly still filming at Days. I still think an interloper can be an interesting plot device, so I was always prepared to go along for the ride. I only wanted Will and Sonny to not be assassinated too badly, but all bets are off with these writers.

Does anyone else notice that Serena/Eric is the exact same as Sonny/Paul? I felt like I was listening to two versions of basically the same convo.

Edited December 10, 2014 by 271queenie

[TeeVee329]

Does anyone else notice that Serena/Eric is the exact same as Sonny/Paul? I felt like I was listening to two versions of basically the same convo.

 

Interesting point, I can definitely see the parallel.

[Sandman]

I'm just not feeling Serena yet. ... I mean, yeah, Eric gets to smile and not look like he's had one too many spicy burritos for lunch, but I'm still not seeing any spark.

 

Pretty sure that for Eric, that is spark. (Any day that Father Judgypants doesn't look like he just downed a smoothie made from kale, bad clams, and fibreglass is a good day.)

[lilly6]

I have to say, Sonny and Paul have had more chemistry in a couple of scenes than Sonny and Sneasel have had in a year. 

 

Sneasel's such a putz lately, I think I'm rapidly leaning toward Team Paul.

 

Why is Jennifer orange today?

Edited December 10, 2014 by lilly6

[Sidney]

Pretty sure that for Eric, that is spark. (Any day that Father Judgypants doesn't look like he just downed a smoothie made from kale, bad clams, and fibreglass is a good day.)

 

 

Yeah, I think Miss Serena is going to work wonders on the brooding Father...... LOL!  That is if the writers don't screw it up.

[LeftPhalange]

The fact that Melanie and Theresa can't be friends because of that raggedy ass piece of shit Abifail makes me hate her even more. She ruins everything. And fuck Dan too, stupid bastard. 

[Kitty Redstone]

I'm reading tweets right now and it looks like Ben and Abby are making out in one of the hospital board rooms. One would think she'd steer clear of humping her plastic boyfriend at that specific location. That hag never learns.

 

I would rather spend the next year as a bitter hag feeding her 100 cats than spend one night fucking either Ben or Abigail.  They are just that gross.  Plus, I love cats.  But I really hate Abby and Ben.  Looks like Days is getting DVR'd today for later viewing. 

Edited December 10, 2014 by Kitty Redstone

[271days]

Looks like I was right that Sonny would give in to Paul JUST as Will would be about to return. I will keep holding thumbs and chanting "no sex, no sex, no sex yet". I can deal with the money for now even though I don't like it.

My spec is that someone aka Derrick will take a cellphone snap of Sonny visiting Paul's room tomorrow (and even if they do have sex down the line at least now Sonny knows where Paul's room is) and then he will leak the photo (and other photos) to Will's magazine. I'll bet Sonny doesn't tell Paul about Will or the money the way things are shaping up.

Paul was quite attentive and sweet with Sonny today and if I hadn't sat in on my sister's economics lecture back in the day, I would almost believe that he's doing it out of the goodness of his heart. There is no such thing as a free lunch.

I mean, he prefaced all of this with:'I'm not gonna cause trouble' whether intentional or not, you know it's coming. The dude also said he kissed Sonny cos of drugs. Give me a break. Anyway, the part that got me is that even though we're supposed to believe that Dan is God, it's too convenient that Salem was the best option. Wouldn't Paul know that Sonny lived there now anyway? And talking about likening more than just the room service? Yikes. Sneasel's stock is falling fast. I can't even make excuses for him and that annoys me.

As for the rest of the episode, what's with Abby being a sex-freak in the workplace? And then telling Jordan does Chad know she's hung up on Rafe? It ain't her business.

And Melame says Theresa gets away with everything? Hello pot, meet kettle.

Also what's with Dan telling Jen he's gonna date Nicole? I thought this was only common practice if u date ur best friends ex. Jen didn't bother asking Lucas's opinion when she started dating Dan. I was also reminded how I thought they were gonna pair Eric and Jen at one time. Might have been better than the Serena insta-romance. What is Jen gonna do without Dan going forward?

[ShadowSixx]

Yep Jar Jar, screw work when I can screw BOllie all over the office and mark every territory in Salem with your wildebeest sex. Hospital work just doesn't matter and quite frankly I'm sick of seeing this damn bitch everyday. Bitch needs to go to Antarctica to cool her panties and keep her damn legs closed. Jar Jar is a sorry ass hospital worker, the second Grimace says go see BOllie, she jets off like OJ Simpson.

 

Jar Jar & Grimace coming up with a project to help the needy. How original, not like it's some great original idea. I see where Jar Jar is getting at, she wants Grimace to be hung up on Rafe so that leaves the door open for Chad to swoon over her. Jar Jar is so damn nosy, she can't keep her nose out of other people's business. Who's worse Jar Jar or Adrienne?

 

Ugh Dannifer scenes. Blech. Barf. Yuck. Gross. Vomit. Coma Inducing. Diarrhea Inducing. Roll Eyes. Shake Heads. Nightmares. Rather Walk on Glass. Eat Nails. Y'all get the picture.

 

I see where Jar Jar gets her nosy behavior from in the form of Judgy who impedes on Anne and Theresa's conversation and starts singing Toothy's praises. Anne should have thrown hot coffee on her. Nobody asked you judgy. Whatever Anne is gonna do, just do it, I don't care what it is.

 

Teeth McGraw just loves to play innocent doesn't she? If only Theresa had thrown her out of a window. Dingy saying her hair is a mess, I don't see a change from how it originally looked. Sick of her innocent look whenever someone yells at her.

 

Oh Sonny, WTF, shouldn't you have at least attempted to call Kate first before calling Paul. 

 

Great more sex flashbacks. I'm sick of DOOL relying on this.

Edited December 10, 2014 by ShadowSixx

[boes]

Pretty sure that for Eric, that is spark. (Any day that Father Judgypants doesn't look like he just downed a smoothie made from kale, bad clams, and fibreglass is a good day.)

 

Oh Post, How do I love thee??  

 

Let me count the ways....

 

Oh hell, no counting, this description of Eric is as good as it gets.  AT LAST - at least, maybe, he won't be immediately identifiable by his behavior as Mar's son.

[TeeVee329]

Wouldn't Paul know that Sonny lived there now anyway?

 

I don't see why.  Sonny's not a celebrity or anything.  And he was a baby when Justin and Adrienne left originally, right?  It's not like Salem is the town he grew up in.

[271days]

ShadowSixx, at least the sex flashbacks we see now are new for us. Sonny and Paul must have quite busy boys. It sure beats having to see the same Sex flashback one hundred ways like with EJ. And bonus they don't have Abby in them.

I think Abby is worse than Adrienne. No contest. Plus at least Adrienne is currently trying to use her nosy powers for good. Can't say that same for Jar Jar.

I don't see why.  Sonny's not a celebrity or anything.  And he was a baby when Justin and Adrienne left originally, right?  It's not like Salem is the town he grew up in.

Cool, I wasn't sure if it was meant to be a coincidence or not. Has the show clarified that?

[TeeVee329]

Cool, I wasn't sure if it was meant to be a coincidence or not. Has the show clarified that?

 

Has the show clarified that it was a coincidence that Paul came to the town where Sonny lives for surgery?  They haven't said it out loud, but I think that's how we're supposed to view it.  I mean, to your earlier point, that's exactly what happened with Serena and Eric - she happened to come for work-related reasons to the place where he lives. 

 

That's pretty standard soaps.

Edited December 10, 2014 by TeeVee329

[buffynut]

Has the show clarified that it was a coincidence that Paul came to the town where Sonny lives for surgery?  They haven't said it out loud, but I think that's how we're supposed to view it. 

 

Didn't they just say today that he came to Salem because Dr. Jonas was the best and could fit him in right away.  I noticed that, because I thought "wouldn't the best have a LONG waiting list!".

 

So much for Theresa and Melinda being friends.  Wouldn't it have been more interesting for them to become friends despite their family and friends opinions.

[LeftPhalange]

 

I'm reading tweets right now and it looks like Ben and Abby are making out in one of the hospital board rooms. One would think she'd steer clear of humping her plastic boyfriend at that specific location. That hag never learns.

 

Tell me again why Sami was Super Mean And Evil for demanding Kayla do her job and fire Abifail. Besides a porn set, I can't think of any other work environment where employees are allowed to slobber all over their plastic mannequins. And why the hell is plastic mannequin never at work? Maybe Sonny's money problems wouldn't be so bad if he weren't letting that incompetent dumb lazy asshole run his new club. 

 

Dannifer are so damn nauseating. Didn't Jen tell him like two weeks ago that she never wanted to see him? Now they're cool again? STFU freaks. 

 

I find it suspicious that all these people keep coming to Salem for work when Chicago, a major city, is nearby. 

Edited December 10, 2014 by LeftPhalange

[Sandman]

Before Eric's return to Salem, some members of the TWoP forum were wishing that Mark Lawson might be cast as Eric, chiefly for his resemblance to Original Recipe Eric, Jensen Ackles. If he had been, that might have meant a reunion for Lawson and Melissa Archer. (Somehow then a history between Eric and Serena wouldn't have been quite so hard to imagine...) 

[sometimesfan]

Before Eric's return to Salem, some members of the TWoP forum were wishing that Mark Lawson might be cast as Eric, chiefly for his resemblance to Original Recipe Eric, Jensen Ackles. If he had been, that might have meant a reunion for Lawson and Melissa Archer. (Somehow then a history between Eric and Serena wouldn't have been quite so hard to imagine...) 

 

I liked Mark, but I'm glad wee pocket soldier wasn't brought on as Eric. He and Nicole will eventually reunite, and as much as Melissa was taller than him, Ari could stick him in her handbag.

 

I don't think Ericole fans need to worry much. Eric is obviously Serena's intro onto the show.

[Dandesun]

So Serena and Eric were with each other in the Congo? The Congo?! And they're somehow able to smile and laugh and reminisce about the good times? In the Congo? Do the writers not realize that the Democratic Republic of the Congo is its own Moral Event Horizon? (Thanks Europe! Especially you Leopold II of Belgium!) You know, I could totally get someone going there and experiencing what goes on there and deciding to dedicate themselves to God... but I don't get two people being all 'Yeah, I'm used to the heat of the Congo, right? You know what I'm talking about, I know you do.' And recalling the days there with any kind of fondness. "Remember when we were covering a nasty bloody civil war? Or the aftermath where starvation and murder and horrible horrible rape was just normal, every day occurrences? Good times..."

 

So two reporters go there and aren't completely and utterly scarred down to their souls... especially if they were there in, say, the early 2000s or something.

 

Here's the thing, I like GV and I am deeply fond of Melissa Archer as well but their flashback story is already rubbing me the wrong way. It troubles me. Deeply. I think I could probably make some parallel to the rapey aspects of Salem (which are plentiful) to what goes on in the Congo but... I can't. I can't! I need to go listen to some Christmas music.

 

Also, Show? I know you don't much care for the concept of letting the audience make up their own minds about characters... but to see Theresa get legitimately excited about the possibility of having a new friend and then a) have it be Melanie and b) have Melanie attack Theresa over Brady... I am finding myself not on the side you clearly want me to be on (not Theresa's.) Also, having every single person in town freak the fuck out over Melanie's arrival was a wee bit of overkill. At first, I was all "Gee, it's so nice that someone's return actually gets around town and people recognize that family members will be happy and blah blah..." but, as usual with you, you blasted so far over the line I can't even see you anymore.

 

Here's a hint... stop trying to push people to like the characters you want them to like. Maybe just write the damn story and let them come to their own conclusion.

Edited December 10, 2014 by Dandesun

[Sandman]

Here's a hint... stop trying to push people to like the characters you want them to like. Maybe just write the damn story and let them come to their own conclusion.

 

Dande, you radical, you!

 

Are we still seeing Nicole-Eric as endgame? I seriously hope that doesn't happen. I think she'd be a fool to go back to him. I think there's too much anger and blame on both sides for them to salvage their relationship now. Then again, Sami and Elvis got married, so what do I know? (I'm assuming you refer to Arianne Zuker, above. I confess at first I thought of Arianna Grace, and thought "That's one teeny-tiny soldier-cop, to fit in a baby girl's toy purse!" Hee.)

Edited December 10, 2014 by Sandman

[minirth]

Could Adrienne be more of a pushy, nosy, unpleasant bitch?  No wonder Justin left.  It infuriates me that she demands that Sonny talk to her.

 

Was she always this unpleasant? 

[drtslim]

Who’s worse, Jar Jar or Adrienne?

 

Abifail is 10x worse than Adrienne.  While she may be annoying, Adrienne really seems to want to help people and protect the people she cares about.  Abifail is usually either nosy just because or for her own self-serving reasons.

[TeeVee329]

...but, as usual with you, you blasted so far over the line I can't even see you anymore.

 

"You can't even see the line, the line is a dot to you!"

[JBC344]

Could Adrienne be more of a pushy, nosy, unpleasant bitch?  No wonder Justin left.  It infuriates me that she demands that Sonny talk to her.

 

Was she always this unpleasant? 

Not that I remember.  It also doesn't help that when Judy Evans was last on Days, she was playing Bonnie Lockhart who was more of an outrageous fun character compared to Adrienne.

[boes]

Before Eric's return to Salem, some members of the TWoP forum were wishing that Mark Lawson might be cast as Eric, chiefly for his resemblance to Original Recipe Eric, Jensen Ackles. If he had been, that might have meant a reunion for Lawson and Melissa Archer. (Somehow then a history between Eric and Serena wouldn't have been quite so hard to imagine...) 

 

 

I liked Mark, but I'm glad wee pocket soldier wasn't brought on as Eric. He and Nicole will eventually reunite, and as much as Melissa was taller than him, Ari could stick him in her handbag.

 

MarK Lawson - Wee Pocket Soldier - was magnificent, just magnificent.  And now I've gotten to say that one more time.  And to think Ron C. threw him over for his crush on the Fudd Brothers.....

Memories.

[boes]

So Serena and Eric were with each other in the Congo? The Congo?! And they're somehow able to smile and laugh and reminisce about the good times? In the Congo? Do the writers not realize that the Democratic Republic of the Congo is its own Moral Event Horizon? (Thanks Europe! Especially you Leopold II of Belgium!) You know, I could totally get someone going there and experiencing what goes on there and deciding to dedicate themselves to God... but I don't get two people being all 'Yeah, I'm used to the heat of the Congo, right? You know what I'm talking about, I know you do.' And recalling the days there with any kind of fondness. "Remember when we were covering a nasty bloody civil war? Or the aftermath where starvation and murder and horrible horrible rape was just normal, every day occurrences? Good times..."

 

Here's a hint... stop trying to push people to like the characters you want them to like. Maybe just write the damn story and let them come to their own conclusion.

 

Ah yes, the Congo as a romantic getaway......That's as good an idea as the newly published novel that is using AUSCHWITZ - yes, Auschwitz - as the background for a romantic comedy......

 

Show is similar to the characters it wants us to like.  Show is pushy, delusional and totally wrong about almost everything.

 

See Abigail and Jenn to confirm offline status..

[kitmerlot1213]

I liked how Theresa tried to walk away from Melanie because she didn't want to get into it with yet another Daniel worshipper, but then Mel just had to follow and continue the argument.  And what was with the weird way Melanie was saying her lines?  It was like she was gritting her teeth but still trying to speak.  I also liked that Theresa and Melanie were pretty evenly matched in the fight--it wasn't Mel easily besting Theresa.  Now someone needs to take a swing at Abby :):)

 

How is Brady getting absolved of all of the drinking and drugs he did before he got together with Theresa?

 

Sonny is way to vulnerable to Paul and it's kind of worrying me.  I mean, why did Sonny marry Will if he was still hung up on Paul?

Edited December 10, 2014 by kitmerlot1213

[bantering]

I want to know if KM can stand her character.

 

Every-time a guy kisses Abigail and she does that thing with her lips and face, I keep thinking her head is going to snap off....

 

 

This version of Melanie, where she's more or less up to something and she doesn't swing from either extreme of being a heroine or anti-heroine, seems tolerable to me.

 

 

Ugh, Ben's eyebrows continue to torment me....maybe some scruff would make him seem less plastic.

Edited December 10, 2014 by bantering

[Rick Kitchen]

 

Honestly, I never expected Paul to last very long purely because I didn't expect this show to bring on more gay characters. I'm actually shocked that Christopher Sean is allegedly still filming at Days.

 

Paul is on contract.

[Rick Kitchen]

 

So Serena and Eric were with each other in the Congo? The Congo?! And they're somehow able to smile and laugh and reminisce about the good times? In the Congo? Do the writers not realize that the Democratic Republic of the Congo is its own Moral Event Horizon? (Thanks Europe! Especially you Leopold II of Belgium!) You know, I could totally get someone going there and experiencing what goes on there and deciding to dedicate themselves to God... but I don't get two people being all 'Yeah, I'm used to the heat of the Congo, right? You know what I'm talking about, I know you do.' And recalling the days there with any kind of fondness. "Remember when we were covering a nasty bloody civil war? Or the aftermath where starvation and murder and horrible horrible rape was just normal, every day occurrences? Good times..."

 

It's because of what Eric saw in Africa that he became a priest.