Bright Eyes

I pray that it wins.

That and Faith.

At least Sass and Frank are seemingly unscathed. The triplets were fantastic additions. And Frank was incredibly sexy to me. I remember reading about Phoenix here and being utterly disappointed. Honestly, I think fate intervened I stopped watching at the right time because my memories of the show are so solid and wonderful. Joshua's Survivor syndrome and the virus that killed Sarah are two of the best soap opera stories I've had the pleasure of watching live. To this day, I've never been as shocked as when Sarah actually died, being that she was a long termer who seemed like a lifer and who was written very Mary Sue-ish, which of course could be hard to take at times, but man did she get a hell of an exit. Of course, now it seems like they quadrupled down on making sure that's the unfortunate norm.

Anyone that debuted after Esther, I have no clue about, except a brief glimpse at hot as hell Alex Tarrant when he was on the show. These updates are amazing. It seems like a tremendous overflow of breakdowns, and the most dark and depressing plot twists imaginable. Harry being a serial killer is actually insane! Building for a future really isn't something they care to build towards I guess.

I don't feel very positive about Nicole's exit being that she lost her mind and is now imprisoned. That doesn't seem right for her at all. At least they didn't kill her off, or let her vanish into thin air like TK. I saw a brief clip of her saying goodbye to Harper and had assumed they had reunited. I do know they killed off Harper though, which is devastating to hear. She was a firecracker and such a breath of fresh air when she first arrived and when I was watching.

I just saw that Nicole has gone? Is this accurate? Can someone tell me what her exit was? Sally Martin was a great actress and one of the best reactors on a soap. I still remember the face she made when Kylie was told she had chlamydia. Chris, Drew, and Esther are all that are left from when I was a viewer.

Paulina told Arnold today that Shawn wasn't a good choice because his previous time as Comm. was a disaster due to his alcoholism.

Rafe and EJ sharing the same piece of bacon was disturbing. Also, and I realize this is extremely petty of me, but Kristen never having her nails done always bothers me. Though I would argue, small touches like that constantly being missed are a reasonable problem all their own. I hate that the old white bitch is seemingly the real Rachel Blake. EJ is a great bastard though and I genuinely love to hate him.

The short time I watched was wonderful, but I let it go because it got too difficult to keep up with and constantly had to find new places for episodes. I know it's down to three episodes, but I'm currently watching classic EE (in Jan 1995), DAYS, and will be watching Beyond the Gates so that is as much time as I can lend to the soaps, unfortunately. But I'm always happy when you and others post updates and thoughts about the show. I thought the renewal ended Sept. 2025? I always mess that up for some reason. Thx.

Until we know otherwise, 2025 is going to be the year of, will Neighbours/Hollyoaks/Days of our Lives/The Bold and the Beautiful be cancelled? We shall see.

Kudos to Warner Bros. for doing this! https://variety.com/2025/digital/news/warner-bros-free-movies-youtube-streaming-1236298880/

A DS article said it wouldn't be for every episode, just some.

I don't know how many times, but I do know Grant was the first to light up the joint. The legend!

I thought James Reynolds was clearly trying his best to ground the inane Whitley King scenes. That's about the only positive I can come up with for Wednesday's episode. Thursday's was back to actually being entertaining. I've had my issues with Linsey Godfrey before, but I can admit she is a good actress when need be, unlike generic Abigail Klein, who is the white bread of all white bread actors. Of all the characters on the show, she needs to be recast the most. @AbcNbc247 you're right that Xander/Sarah/Philip/Stephanie/Alex/Joy could be really good though. I could even see a Philip/Sarah affair happen at some point. Xander goes too far with the DiMera takeover, Philip's mental health starts to decline again, and Sarah being a doctor would find herself being sympathetic to him... Meanwhile, I would love if somehow Joy starts to play with Alex and Stephanie and when Alex finds out Stephanie knows about the letter, Joy uses the betrayal to seduce him, only to turn around and humiliate both him and Stephanie for revenge. Stephanie's mental state would take a hit again too, leading her back to Philip ... who struggles not only with his own mental health, but his once confident feelings for Stephanie, his doubts that her feelings for him are genuine and the newfound relationship he's forming with Sarah. Of course, I also think it's a perfect time to have Stephanie be pregnant with Philip's baby and have that help make everything even messier. I'm sure it's not the same mattress Tom and Alice died in. That's insane. No one, if they have the means, keeps the same mattress for decades. Most people know to get a new one at least every 10 years.

Always happy when you let us know about new treasures being found. Thank you.

Also, forgot to add, this episode made me fear what dumb shite RC is going to come up with for his last April Fool's episode. We should brace ourselves.

Worse, he's a loser gay baiter.

I think RSW and Abigail Klein have decent chemistry and at this point narratively their characters have to be together properly so it doesn't feel like there's unfinished business if either of them ever do move on, but fundamentally I'll always find it so creepy that they ever got together in the first place. Yeah, they're not biologically related, but they have been family their entire lives. It's weird. This better be the catalyst to making Joy more of a vixen. She and the show needs this. Another example where something serious is happening, and Leo just looks like a dolt. He would be a smidge more tolerable if actually acted like a human being in these kinds of moments. Other than that Leo scene, all the characters fainting and Abe believing he figured out who is targeting the show did come off sort of exciting to me.

Galen Gering has never been a good dramatic actor, though I legitimately rate him when it comes to comedy, and today was no exception. There were times I thought Gering was losing himself in just being Rafe, but he did do enough to show the audience Arnold was just playing the part. Elia Cantu did her best to overcome the stodgy material. She's been one of the bright spots since my return as a regular viewer. Her and Raven Bowens would thrive on a show that knew how to better showcase their talent. I also thought Al Calderon could have been so much better and the whole reveal itself if horrible Leo/Greg Rikaart wasn't around tanking the climax of the story by making everything seem so superfluous. Jackée Harry needs to do her reputation a favour and quit (maybe I'm being selfish) cause she is constantly horrible and isn't much better than Rikaart's awfulness. Does anyone know when returns? I wonder (and hope) she'll be around to catch out Arnold and EJ. It would put her in the perfect anti-heroine spot she deserves.

Anyone else going to (try their best) to go spoiler free?

As soon as that best friend tripe began, I skipped their remaining scenes. It also made me miss the Marlena/Maggie friendship.

Okay, I'm glad it was just temporary and am happy he's getting these fashion chances. These days actors have to do show much more than just act to have a successful and flourishing career.

How long has he had the silver tooth? All I think about is Joe Pesci in Home Alone. Still love him though.

Ya'll don't even know if Chavez and Ali are even friends like that, not to mention he was literally in Paris as early as a couple days ago.

All these mangia cake Caucasians butchering the pronunciation of nonno makes me want to die, as did the embarrassing moment when Paulina mentioned she used to hook up with 50 Cent. No. Absolutely not. Looking on the brightside, TPTB could have easily had Javi bring Leo along, so small mercies and all that.