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So Dominic would obviously be older than Belle/Brady and Paul, who's age confounds me already lol. Kyle Pryor definitely looks younger than MM and especially EM and appears to have been aged in real time. I have no idea where Dominic would end up on the Stefano kid age scale, but that's always been a sliding one lol. Older than Chad only? I don't have any problem with the acting or KP, but they probably should have cast someone a little older lol (for Dante too). Then again, I should have gave up trying to figure out Days aging years ago.

There isn't really a way Joss can ever be mini Carly. There wasn't any struggle or huge mistakes or hard won battles. She's a nepo kid that got what she wanted at every turn. She never had to claw her way to respect like SB's Carly did. She was never on the outside looking in. It doesn't work. The show would have been better served making Joss a rich, spoiled princess that got knocked down a few pegs when she was aged up several years ago.

Joss is a mid character played by a mediocre actress. Eden McCoy doesn't have the charm, warmth, or screen presence to be the lead the show wants her to be. She'd be okay in a more diminished role. I don't have a problem with her going after Sonny necessarily. Her reasoning is just very thin-and it doesn't have to be. If she made it more about how Sonny wronged her father I could see it. It gets odd when everyone in her family is basically fine with Sonny and she tries to hurt him and them by extension. Her points about Sonny have merit, but does it matter when she decided she hated him recently on a whim?

The rewrites or whatever did this Jude story in. Jerry was holding a hotel hostage, killing Alan, poisoning the water supply and trying to destroy the world. Jude is a bit of a jerk who's baby was given up for adoption without his knowledge. Not the same, but we should believe he's bad because Jax says so. Jax, a character no one has mentioned in years, that no one listened to in his 25 years on the show lol. At best Jude channels Julian Stone's ne'er do well Jerry not psycho SR's Jerry. I have no use for Heather and it seems like most people agree with me. Sure, it's cool that Heather's been around as a character for a billion years. Current day Heather is nothing like peak 80's Heather. Heather is not meant to be comedic relief and some characters truly do run their course. GH seems to be unaware of this though as most characters stay on far too long. No offense to JB by calling his character Mean Girls guy. I am not positive I know the characters actual name. Joe? I don't even dislike the character. I keep 2nd guessing myself about his name and am too lazy to look it up. I don't think I consider Chase a good cop. He keeps almost getting himself fired by doing stupid things.

They are really writing Serena like a mini Lucy with all Lucy's worst characteristics and no heart. Listen, I know Jude is the new big bad. The writing is just not adding up. He has to actually do something bad that isn't vague speculation by off screen people or Joss. Jude doesn't care at all about Phoebe and is evil yet literally came to PC to find her. Another man committed a crime by forging a paternity test, but, no, no he's our hero. Jude is BAD because he wants to know and care for his daughter since she's technically not an orphan anymore and he has rights? I know where this will all lead. I get it. We are just skipping about 500 steps when Jude hasn't done anything threatening or exciting except tell Joss and Sonny to kick rocks. Also, Jason saying Jax said Jude wasn't trustworthy is the only time Jason has ever listened to a single word Jax has uttered. And...Heather. Frank, please stop. I can't even will myself to care at all. At least Mean Girls guy is actually trying to solve crimes and seems to be better at it than anyone else in PC which isn't high praise.

Abe was with RoJohn right before he found Marlena so did he return in 1991? I recall him talking about Lexie, but they were meeting in Chicago or something IIRC-and it has been awhile.

I mean, she definitely looks more like Ava than she does Sonny lol. The actress seems okay. Again, it will be hard for me to really differentiate her from the other white teens related to half the cast though. I still think it's odd they don't even try to give Sonny Hispanic children. It's not like he's dark and mysterious. It's in the script that he's half Cuban lol.

🤣 His English might be worse than his Spanish lol. Like his English, something about the way he speaks Spanish is strange. Almost, Idk, more casual or improper? I am certainly not a linguistic expert though lol. Yet it was really noticeable in the 90's when MB would have full on conversations with native speakers like Lilly Melgar and Ricky Martin. Anyhow, it's always weird how Sonny's kids are all so white. Sonny is supposed to be part Hispanic and I don't think any of the kids that played his children have ever been. Maybe Brian Craig? I personally don't think new Avery looks anything like Sonny or Ava lol.

Jerome related. Julian's Sam's dad and Ava is Avery's mom, so whatever that is. Probably about the same as Danny/Charlotte are related. Eden was decent, but it was so awkward to do that in Sonny's home in front of his daughter. Like what is Avery going to do in that moment realistically? @ranger1rg Mo is actually fluent in Spanish, but also in English and we see how he butchers languages one day at a time.

Late to the party, but while I felt a lot of the 2010's were awful, 1992 is almost unwatchable for me lol. My standards had been lowered to the gutter by the mid 2000's so I know there were worse years than 1992. That year just felt like an embarrassment of riches being wasted. The highs were high, but the day to day was miserable. The horrible Jack/Jen stories, the Scofield invasion, the Torres family, slutty Carrie, Carly and the Alamains being so focal, Roman/Marlena practically disappearing all year, etc. By the time Marlena gets thrown in the pit it seems like the show is back on track with a plan for future storylines, but there are at least 8 months that are really dull. I swear they talk about Lisanne's death and that cat statue for twice as long as Lynn Herring (another 1992 casting blunder) was actually on the show and it goes into 1993.

It's very strange considering the show was so Michael heavy in the Duell years. Now they have someone who wants the workload, is well received and they end up sticking Michael with dayplayer Jacinda and now Jordan in Germany or wherever for long periods of time where there isn't much happening. It's almost like Frank wants Rory/Michael to fail. I assumed Chad burned his bridges, but perhaps FV wants to rid the show of the character or bring Duell back down the road. I have no evidence of this. The misuse of Michael is so bizarre I feel like there has to be a larger reason besides he's not Frank's favorite. The Jason bickering stuff doesn't come off fun with Serena. Steve plays things so straight and KK plays Serena like a nitwit, it then seems more mean spirited than light hearted. It's all filler until they can find someone to pair Jason with. There's no way in the world I can Jason paired with someone as currently unimportant to the canvas a Serena.

I really don't know who thought this pairing would be a good idea. Serena seems too young for him. I am sure KK isn't realistically too young, but I get creeped out because Jason knew Serena as a literal child. I agree the writers are going for the bickering banter with Jason as the straight man. The Brenda/Jason vibe that they started trying with Britt and now Serena. Britt is more of Jason's equal though while Serena seems out of her league. I am curious as to why the show dropped Michael/Serena before they even started. I didn't see loads of chemistry, but it makes no sense Michael has been stuck with Jordan only for well over a month. Does Willow watch the precious kids all the time? Do nannies just take care of them when it's Michael's days? Why is Michael basically shut out of his own story and babysitting someone else's girlfriend?

I think it's fairly common knowledge that I think MM has the sex appeal of a limp noodle, but I don't really blame her for Chad/Belle. The show isn't using the obvious EJ/Cat/Shawn/Jada conflict. It also feels like they rushed CF's Chad into a pairing with Belle without giving him a chance to spark with other women on the canvas. There are plenty of women on the canvas he could have been tested with, but for whatever reason Days decided to go with Belle from Day 1.

I actually don't mind the idea of Lucy/Serena starting their own company. I still am confused as to why ELQ taking over Deception is the end of the world when they will still be working and collaborating with the same people Lucy's been working with for years sans Maxie. I will agree that Brenda Barrett was the perfect face, Lucy! Nice the show finally acknowledged she was the original Face of Deception yet probably wouldn't come out of retirement. Jude mentioning Sonny liked Jax's exes is also a little indirect nugget about her (although it was actually Jax being into Sonny's exes, but I digress..) If I wasn't so jaded by Frank I'd be hopeful So Britt's good disposition is directly related to how much sex she has? Great. Why does she even care about Jude being related to Jerry? It's not like she's morally superior or has any particular experience with Jerry or Jax that I can recall. I 100% guarantee the Jacks brothers don't care about her lol. Again, the show can't have it both ways with Heather. She can't be wacky and comedic yet a danger to all society. Pick a lane. Alley Mills goofy confused faces rival my visceral reaction to Violet's singing. I can't. Honestly, is Sonny even threatening? If I were Jude I would barely take the whispering 60 year old seriously. I will miss Jane while she's on vacation, but I was traumatized by Brokedown Palace and I hope she gets Dillon out of Thailand soon lol.

Joss said today she's only known for a few years. Jax told her when she went to visit him in Australia, but apparently she didn't tell anyone including her mother. Again, the whole thing is being explained very poorly and Joss keeps playing it off like "what I didn't tell you? Oops!" They really need to use Michael more than once or twice a month. I don't think Jordan and Michael are that bad, but they aren't good either and this story really isn't going anywhere. On a completely unrelated note, Phoebe is an interesting looking baby. I am sure they'll grow into their looks lol.