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Loved that scene! Showing Hayley in a different light is a great idea. Just how was she besties with Naomi and Jen? This helps show that. Andre gonna be jealouuuuuus.

I don't disagree. I do think this episode has been pulled together well with all the family connections even if the speed is skipping through. Who would have thought I'd be interested in someone kidnapping Chelsea? Not one of my faves.

Darn! Another case Jacob can't solve? lol I hope this brings Dani and Bill together.

I hope the kidnapper isn't Alison. Seems too obvious. One thing this show has done well is good twists. Please don't fail me now. lol. Liking Martin/Samantha scenes but they seem like older brother/younger sister.

Brad is obsessed with characters being tricked/drugged into sex. Why? It's disgusting. It's essentially raping characters nonstop. Brooke/Oliver, Thomas/Caroline, Zende/Luna He's also obsessed with characters not dying and "hiding out". Can we get some originality please? ** The 100th time of Brooke/Ridge/Taylor isn't drama. Does anyone give a crap about Ridge and which woman he ends up with? Next month he'll be on to someone else anyway. Finn/Steffy/Liam/Hope is just as bad. *yawn*

Jan and Mona can lead a boycott and now hangout at Uptown with Kat.

They just aired a Febreze commercial which makes me think: were the can of Febreze and bottle of Tide taken off-contract? Did Nicole dump it like her husband?

"Auntie 'Nita". lol. Damn this is good. So Leslie will blame Anita for the death of her mother as Viki blamed Dorian for the death of her father. Nice. Kat going to Jacob about her sex issues with Tomas? Really? Does she or Chelsea have any filter whatsoever? Cringey.

I'm assuming Anita can't cancel the trust. Only stop adding to it. I want to see her try though. Won't it just suck if she has to go to Bill to try and revoke it. lol Yup. Ashley is still yawn. It's weird to me how this show can be so fire one minute and so boring the next. Ashley, Derrick, Kat/Tomas, Chelsea/stalker.

Leslie vs Anita needs to be a regular thing. Anita is best when sparring with someone and Leslie is more than capable. Make them the Viki/Dorian of BTG. I'm here for it. I'm over the whole June story though. I have no sympathy for her and she is not entitled to see her kids that she gave up. The actress is great, but I don't think the writing made her sympathetic at all. I enjoy the Smitty/Martin truce though. Martin has improved so, so much since the beginning.

If Naomi ends up being the reason Smitty and Martin lose the kids, because June and Regina decide to fight to get them back, I'm all for. Would make a great conflict and unite Smitty and Martin while protecting their kids. Leslie as Barbara's daughter would be great, but not as Vernon's. The mixing up of the Duprees is already too much. Of course, it doesn't appear Leslie has any idea, but once she finds out it will renew her rivalry with the Anita and family. Nicole being raised with wealth because of the initial girl group, but Leslie having had none of it. I do enjoy the Dani/Bill dynamic. I hope the show brings it back around to them. I'd love to see how Hayley could mix it up with others on the show instead of being stuck in Dani's shadow.

This past week has been so good on so many levels. One thing I feel this show is doing better than the others is mixing the characters up in each other's stories. Pulling Randy into Hayley and Doug/Vanessa's stories, Shanice in Bill's orbit for PT and then Derek/Ashley's mess, the group involved in Martin's secret, for examples. So tired of the other shows where maybe only 5 or 6 characters interact together for a couple months at a time. I'd love to see Randy and Doug try to take down Joey behind Vanessa's back. Of course it will end badly, but it can bring some needed drama to this money laundering mess (which I find boring). As I've said before, I'm not a fan of Vanessa being all "gansta wannabe". It's laughable to me that she thinks she can play in that league. I don't get Dani suddenly being grief stricken like it was her fault. Makes no sense. Just because she saw blood she now has completely changed her mind on the hard stance the pregnancy was fake? Doesn't seem like Dani's character. She goes all in. The Elon/Jacob dynamic is so good! I hope they explore it more. The Hawthorne's seem a bit messed up. lol. Two things that would give this show some spice for me: Derek/Jan and Elon/Leslie. Derek and Jan hit the sheets for one, regretted, interaction and then try to hide it till Ashley suspects too much and they confess. Leslie, to try and get out of all her potential legal trouble, figures out Elon isn't the best of cops and begins flirting with him so he insists Jacob drop his investigation toward Leslie, much to Jacob's dismay. Causing more rift between father and son. Can't wait to find out who is at Leslie's door and if June being the mother of Tyrell and Samantha unites Smitty/Martin to keep a hold of their kids.

I always wondered if Ashley was Joey's daughter, but now I'm thinking her father is the new "hot male" being touted as coming soon. The particular actor many are suspecting because of his friendship with MVJ. (I'm not putting his name as it could be a spoiler for those that don't want them.) I like Carlton and Nicole's chemistry! I hope it's explored. Anxious to see where the Hayley story is going. Bring the messy! lol I used to enjoy Vanessa until she got so smitten with Joey. Now I find her hard to watch. I'm not sure what it is exactly, but it rubs me the wrong way. I definitely don't see her in Joey's league and can't wait to see her get burned. The Martin/Smitty scenes have been great. I finally see a chemistry between them that I didn't feel was really there betore. Brandon has improved so much. Seems far more natural. Can't wait until we can talk about the episodes around the 200th mark! lol

He would be another great addition and a much better actor for the Eva/Kat characters than suffering through Tomas. Let Tomas be busted for trying to play both Eva and Kat and run him off. Then a new doctor shows...

Yeah, it only said "hot male" without eluding to the color of his skin. Could easily be Ted King. "Long-time soap fans" would be aware of him. I wouldn't be opposed to this. I'd be curious to see how he fits in.

The Angelica Nero never interested me whatsoever. I found it to not make any sense. I was so anxious to see the Pam/JR rivalry at Ewing and it seemed like it never really happened. There were a couple of scenes of the two arguing and then it was all over. That could have been seasons worth.

So stupid. Killing Damian was dumb and this is even worse. These decisions alone should warrant a change in regime. Yes, I know Connor is going to Days, but even if it were his choice there was no reason to kill Chance.

Never been a fan of Devon, but glad CBS is doing a crossover to support BTG. Michael should show up to be legal council for someone against Bill or Lauren show up to take a meeting with Kat/Chelsea about their line of purses.

Just replied to that post on Instagram. MVJ needs to bring him on as Eva's not-so-dead stepfather, Alan, who staged his death to escape cray-cray Dana/Leslie. Now he comes back to check on Eva. Nicole was everything yesterday. I love it when she is fierce and I agree she had Emmy worthy scenes with Bill (and others). Now Jacob is going to be the one left out of the loop from everyone as Nicole was. Poor Jacob. His own father and all the Duprees not telling him anything. I will say I've enjoyed Chelsea better the past couple days, but I'm not big on this "stalker" story.

Even though I don't watch DAYS on Peacock, I'm incredibly happy for this news. Not just one year, but two. That's amazing! It'll give them some breathing room to settle in and plan story. It will also, hopefully, give Peacock a chance to get things in order and grow as a service before the next renewal. More good news for soaps in general. Let's keep it going!

I was never an ATWT watcher, but I know how much of an impact she had on daytime. Truly a legend. So sad to see these people passing. Fewer and fewer left from "the golden age".

Why are we back in high school? Let's move on people and talk about AW not each other.

Ashley's already had it and I'm sure Ron would jump at the chance to write for Eileen. Personally, if Eileen came back full-time...or at least on a regular basis, I'd be all for her DID to wreck havoc with Victor/Nikki, Diane, Phyllis, Sharon. Maybe flirt with Nick (ala Kristen with John/Brady). This would be welcome instead of the constant "Billy's a failure", Victor vs Jack for the 40th year, Phyllis/Nick/Sharon for how many years?

Harsh! lol. I do think he's had his moments for sure. I enjoyed a lot of his OLTL and early, early GH when he brought some vets back, but I think he's gotten stale. With that said, I'd take him at Y&R for a 2-yr stint. Can't be worse!! That show sucks right now. This whole Cane return, murder mystery has not lived up to anything...as most of what Griffith writes doesn't. However, he would need to be back out fairly quickly before he ruins too many aspects of the show like GH and DAYS. Could you imagine if ABC has seen all the hype with BTG for being labeled "the black" soap and decided to launch their own show under the hype of the first "gay" soap? It would be petty, but hell, if it adds another soap, I'm good.

Anita also omitted that the racist/stalker was found dead after approaching Martin's kids.