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The better question is how everyone can get out of prison before Lucas lol.

I swear there was a lot of talk about Kristina's AP studies and her desire to get good grades early on. I think Kristina is supposed to be smart. Managing Julian's bar was not where I thought she would be 15 years after she was aged. It's more of she's wasting her brains and ability. I think I may misjudge young Molly because she was "precocious" and annoying. I think YMMV is the best way to describe it because I don't think either view is wrong. It's also probably not terribly relevant now because the show is painting it as Molly is the smart one and Kristina is the f*ck up.

I remember Kristina really obsessed with going to Yale. Isn't that where she went? But Sonny like bought off the admissions or something and sexyKristina came back after she dropped out to make her Mob Daughter reality show. I assumed she'd figure her life out at some point and actually become a lawyer. Yeah, LA's Kristina was flakey with all the Ethan crap, but I always contrasted her with Michael and she seemed like the "good" girl compared to Michael. I also thought the show might have been long hauling it with Ethan/Kristina like they did with Robin/Jason and were just waiting till Lexi looked more adult. I did think Molly was a mini Spinelli, but in the quirky way. Not exactly in the brains department. That was just my take. Honestly, young Haley Pullos/Molly was pretty obnoxious so I could have missed intelligence cues. Yes, Molly cheated on TJ while he was kidnapped! because she thought he left her. She had sex with Brando, who only looked about 2 decades older than her, and it was creepy. But TJ forgave her. Probably off screen.

Kristina has always pushed Sonny away in some ways, but I always felt it was a front and she only wanted his love and approval. This behavior isn't new. I agree it's in character. To be honest, I always thought it was a weird flip flop to make Kristina the flaky one when in a lot of ways she was so studious and dedicated to being a lawyer early in Lexi's run. Molly was actually the flaky girl with her weird romance novels she wrote and her entirely fantasized version of love. I always questioned why Molly was so pragmatic and didn't want marriage and only a domestic partnership with TJ. But HP's Molly and LA's Kristina didn't get much of a solid POV for years so whatever. OldLadyMolly probably explained it when she was talking to her stuffed horse for 4 days earlier in the year lol. I just don't get Molly/TJ's concern. Even if the Sonny danger stuff is accurate, it's not brand new information. And it's not like Molly isn't blood related to Sonny herself.

I think it was only one issue, but it seemed like Theresa was at least working on a second issue from some of her dialogue, so maybe two.

The correct thing would be to recommend a new therapist and walk away from it all because of conflict of interest. But she will probably tell him he hasn't conquered his sex addiction and is self-sabotaging. And throw in that Kristen is an evil, conniving bitch and he was clearly the victim lol.

I am just not sure what Alex has to gain sleeping with Kristen besides a night of sex. I thought this was a ruse to get Theresa/Brady back respectively. Alex is pretty hot. I am sure he could go to the local small bar and find a woman to have casual with sex with that wasn't a felon, psychotic, baby stealing, kidnapping, lying weirdo obsessed with an entirely different man. I don't know if it's Ron or scabs but there was nothing that connected the dots from point A to B. Kristen and Alex have legitimately had about 5 conversations ever lol.

I don't understand the notion that Kristen is sexy or a hot women to snag. Any sane man would run away from this psycho. Alex seems dumb, but not suicidally stupid.

Unless you are interested in shirtless Alex it's a skip. Shirtless Alex is also have sex with Kristen

There was way too much Konstantin in this episode. Is he really surprised Maggie wants a pre-nup? Lol. I don't think this bothers anyone except me, but I can't stand EOB's wig. I can understand it at first, but she's been in the role awhile. Just ditch it and have someone comment that Theresa changed her hair. NuTate has dark hair anyway, so it really doesn't matter. It just looks so fake and cheap and EOB looks better with dark hair anyway. Sorry, Alex and Kristen were gross lol. When Paul Telfer was first cast a lot of people mentioned he should have been Alex Kiriakis instead. In some ways it's weird, but in some ways it actually seems like a normal real life occurrence and Alexander is a pretty common name.

I felt the irony through all their scenes. Like Jason is better than Dex or Sonny, why? Joss is an idiot.

Drew and Nina are clearly headed for some sort of romance. They have decent chemistry, both are single, and it's something different and interesting for both characters. Also, why didn't anyone on this thread tell me it was a Violet episode today?🙄 Of course she would get his breathing mask and listen to 3 songs and not call 911 or her father.

Well, considering them becoming a thing mostly happened off screen, it's not much of a loss for anyone. I always think Charlotte/Jake are related because of Lucky/Lulu, but I obviously know Jason is his dad. I just imagined they spent a lot of family holidays together so it's a little creepy.

I am not really surprised. Finola probably just likes working with JPS. From what I have seen they have always been quite complimentary of one another. I don't take that as a sign the show will pair them again. I recall hearing Charlotte was getting help, but I find it weird she just entirely disappeared for most of the fallout. Again, I am not complaining nor do I need Charlotte period, but the show did seem to be setting her and Jake up as a couple and the Victor "brainwashing"/tarot cards/letters stuff seemed to all be quickly dropped. We also never see Georgie and I thought she was being set up for the teen scene as well. All those boys need at least one girl to go after. Although, I wouldn't be surprised if Emma was brought back.

Ha! It would be pretty funny if Jada was playing an epic long game and was a dirty cop the entire time and working with Clyde. Bobby/Everett found out and she tried to have him killed via a staged car accident and her next crime will be to take out Rafe. It won't happen, but it's a fun idea. I'll give the Salem Inn housekeeping a pass. Everett did throw away the papers but it did seem like he was up early in the morning drinking. He went to go have breakfast after downing his whiskey neat, so maybe the maids hadn't been there yet or Everett puts a do not disturb sign on the door. He seems like the type of guy who would be annoyed by any interruption and/or is convinced a maid might sneak through his private secret stuff.

Honestly if Valentin never appeared again I wouldn't even notice lol. I completely forget about him and then he shows up and I wonder why he still is on this show. I am not complaining but it is a bit weird they built so much up with Charlotte and she just......disappeared. Hopefully Lulu comes out of that coma soon.

I don't think he's the one that set the Horton House on fire. I think the implication is that it was someone connected to Clyde. And if Everett ends up connected to Clyde I might actually scream and lose all faith in Days.

I feel like after this whole Pikeman arc is over that Valentin might go. He's just not very connected to the canvas, Charlotte is off somewhere, he has no love interest or family, and he rarely appears.

I think Nina is a mess of a character and her backstory is so complicated I can't even deal with it all. It's just not any fun when Carly has an adversary that's always the designated loser. I wouldn't cry if Nina got written off tomorrow. I agree that CM/CW might have something there and it's probably the route the show will go. It's better than her and Valentin, which is where I thought this was going to lead back to.

I have to completely disagree. Carly whines and plays victim all the time while saying how strong she is. She made a whole big deal about how she was going to survive on her own and accepted Jason's offer of the MC in approx 2 mins. And, yeah, 5 million isn't chump change, but Carly didn't earn that money herself. She got it from Jax and Sonny and they would have gladly given her 5 million more if she asked. No one was going to let Carly be poor or homeless. She has friends, family, children, boyfriends, exes all of whom would help her. Nina does whine a bunch too and generally does impulsive and stupid things, but she's not worse than Carly at this point. One of Carly's main characteristics is she's impulsive too. The difference is Nina gets vilified by the entire town every time she makes a mistake. I find Nina mostly pathetic, but I certainly don't think Carly's is much superior to her.

I am about to start a Nina fan club because her writing is so awful. Everyone in town hates her including her daughter, her other daughter is dead, Michael treats her borderline abusively, she can't see her grandkids, she had sex with Drew and he's disgusted (maybe?), everyone mocks how poorly she does all her jobs and Sonny would rather be with AVA than her. Carly had to be 'poor' for a few months and ended up inheriting Kelly's for free, keep her house, got Jason back, and everyone adores her and tells her how awesome she is. Yes, her mother died and that's awful, but in pretty much every situation that wasn't because of a real life death, she comes out smelling like a rose and always has. She managed to commit an idiotic crime that had repercussions and people still see her as the victim.

And the fact that he had the picture of him and Jada on his phone. That means he knows he knows her. Unless Jada sent him that picture as proof, but I don't think that's what the audience is supposed to think lol. The heavy early morning drinking might be some sort of clue, but literally the entire Dimera family drinks before breakfast so maybe not.

No one was ever even mad at her about either of those things though lol. Only Nina. Willow was mad for 5 minutes. And Insider trading is illegal. Sure, she lost the Metro Court for a bit, but it's not like she actually went to prison. Nina was made to look like the bad guy for reporting a crime. Neither Jason or Sonny actually died. Look, I like Carly much more than I like Nina, but the writing is almost entirely favorable for Carly. Every loss Carly has suffered the last few years except the loss of her mother has mostly been her fault. Even when Carly is "down and out" there are a line of people willing to help her out. If I am at the point where I am defending Nina, of all people, you know the writing is slanted.

Obviously lol. Yeah, I hated the slanted writing for Carly vs. Nina. I do believe Carly does know both Jason and Sonny better than most women and does understand them. Instead of letting Carly watch the whole Nina/Sonny romance implode like she knew it would, Carly always had to be 'right'. Nina was always the designated loser. It also doesn't help that Sonny acts like he's never know love like this before with EVERY love interest. Brenda coming back and Nina slowly losing it would have always been a great story.

I want to believe this so much. I agree with all the points about Mo and Laura just not having it. I just don't want to get my hopes up and expect the worst lol.