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This truly hits me hard. Like @Vee I was hoping he would overcome his struggles and return to soaps one day. How truly sad for his family and children. RIP Tyler! Know you were adored by many.

I think the show was teasing Cameron with Esme before Lipton left. I could see him fitting in that story with Spencer/Trina. As far as Lois saying Sonny is more centered, I agree. I think it's Mike and I actually think his relationship with Nina is far less chaotic than most of his relationships previously. I don't like it, but it doesn't seem to bring the same emotional highs and lows he had with Carly or Brenda. Also, it's been a long time since Lois had much contact with Sonny and he certainly has changed since then. My vote is to always keep Lois and ditch some dead weight elsewhere, but I am fine with whatever Rena wants to do.

I could do without these Halloween episodes. The only set of scenes I liked were Eric/Nicole/Sloan. Overall it just a waste of an episode though. I am sure the cast enjoys filming them. I think I've like previous years better as well. Anyhow, at least Marlena/Kate finally got a day off😂

Well, damn. Who am I going to ask if me and my friend have a steak dinner riding on a bet if whether Eileen Davidson was born a man or not?🤣 But that makes me sad. I will miss seeing it hidden at the checkout at the grocery store. I hoarded so many issues when I was young and got a subscription the minute I was 18 and read it front to back.

I really didn't mind today's episode. I am glad Marlena said what she did. I wish John was there because I think John's words tend to get through to Brady better. The ending did make me think it was Abby especially if I was entirely unspoiled. The scenes between Chad/Stephanie today were the first time I felt AK's Stephanie had depth. She's always been a standard, bland heroine since her return and I liked her dialogue today a lot. And I always love flashbacks!!! As far as CB, she's made some statements that were vague but pointed before. This is also like the 5th time she and Days have parted ways and she has always come back pretty quickly. I don't think she wants to burn that bridge entirely.

The one thing I will say about Michael controlling Willow and who she's sees does feel like something Sonny would do, so I am not that surprised. Michael may act like he's different, but he is just going on what he knows and who he was raised by.

I agree she was miscast as a Dr from the start and didn't get much better. Perhaps if they just had her as a med student for a while and let her grow into the role? Even though I made fun of Talia a lot, I still thought she had potential. Something had to change quickly because they dropped her/Chanel and her a hospital job after a day and was out the door so fast. Was the actress/character poorly received? It seems like on here most people were at least willing to give her a chance. Certainly not near the top of the list of people that need to go.

That's probably the right career choice for her. But as far as budget, I don't think she was making much. They did lose Camila and Martha and dumped Nadia and Brandon Beemer and Barash. I think that freed up money as well for Holly/Tate/Greek guy. They were probably just letting her down gently and actually did not like her eyebrow acting is what I am saying..

Exactly. Seriousness aside though, now I am questioning WHY PP and GR consented to that😂

You know, I watched A Virtual Garden of Eden and still had some faith in this show. Today was just one of those episodes where I can't believe I still tune in. It's too bad because this is one of those days you really could see how toxic and awful the show has become.

Well then Ron needs to stay away from serious topics. I suppose someone in this world could find Leo/Dmitri's antics/humor funny. I don't think anyone is going to find faking child abuse humorous. I like Gabi much more than Stefan, but it's embarrassing for them.

That line about Ari and offhand wondering if she celebrates Halloween in New Zealand made Gabi seem like she never talks to her own daughter. It's very strange how disconnected Gabi always seems from her child. It's a strange take on a character that was devastated over the fact she couldn't have more children after her jail stint, which Ron wrote as well I think.

I can definitely see why CB left. It's just a distasteful story and I can't imagine why Gabi would even do that for some shares or votes or whatever this is about. She's a mother herself. A bad one, but it doesn't seem in character. It's not even like Stefan/Gabi feel Kristen is a bad mom or are firmly on Brady's side. It's just the only scheme they could think of?

Here's the thing if Ron wants to make a big old parody of a soap he can do that. As long as I know that's what he is going for. It's just the tone of the entire show and even this episode is off. I assume we are supposed to take this Rachel story and the mob stuff seriously. But we have those two idiots running around the square in sheets with Jada/Harris chasing after them. I don't even know how to take that. Even at JER's wackiest he took the show very seriously. I assume JER is Ron's inspiration here, but he is missing the heart of the show with all this.

Today's episode was not worth the wait. I like when Brady/Marlena have scenes and that's the only positive. I can't believe poor BB and CB have to act this story out. And I can't believe I had to watch two grown men in sheets walk across the Salem Town Square.

You are right. I was thinking about who owned it directly before Jason, but soapcentral lists Jason's address as one of her past residences. I liked Sexis so I don't know how I completely blanked that out of my mind.

Sonny and Jason lived across the hall from one another and you'd see them walk across the hall to each other a lot, which makes the door situation even more puzzling. It actually was always curious to me how two penthouses on the same floor in the same building could be laid out so differently. Before Jason I think Katherine Bell lived there. I don't think Alexis ever did. I honestly don't remember Alexis's earliest days that well though so I don't know where she lived. Wyndemere?

I can't figure out any element that make's Sonny's house look like the OG one. Even if we are looking at it at some different angle-nothing is the same. None of these places even look like sprawling penthouses. Not like, say, Marlena's penthouse looked. I really get budget is a thing, but I don't think every house needs to be described as anything other than a house/condo/apartment. I don't even get the concept that you can have multiple penthouses on the same floor. I know it's a thing but I thought it meant that one apartment took up the entire top floor.

The weird art and the door logistically on the wrong side gets me every time!! Just say Sonny got a new place and not act like it's the same one we saw for YEARS. It's the laziness on that for me plus it's super ugly. Can't Ava help him with some decent art? Sonny did have an entire apartment made of chrome with a fish print couch above Luke's, but I was hoping he at least figured out interior design a bit in thirty years.

I understand where you are coming from, but these are two actors who were pretty easily dumped 15 years ago. It could be done again. At a certain point most people will look out for themselves and own families before telling the world about a bad workplace. We have no idea what they did behind the scenes at all. People with much less agency also had a lot less to lose here. Bless, Judi Evans, but she would lose her 4 appearances a month? MM will talk about a job she already vacated and left? I am not praising them for their groundbreaking outspokenness, but it's a slippery slope. They are employed by Days and I am not mad at them for doing promo/interview they probably had to do. I think there are several people to blame in general for this situation continuing as long as it did, but it's not the on-air talent. Listen, maybe it will all be told in the Never Say Never Deidre Hall Story Part 2.......

I dislike it too. I keep thinking it's because I have strong nostalgia for the old days, but a lot of GH sets look flashy and nice at first and then I start to realize they actually look a bit cheap. Days looks cheap cheap. GH seems like they are trying to distract you from the fact they are cheap. Frank's got to do what he's got to do I suppose. I don't think I dislike a set more on soaps than Sonny's new/old penthouse though. I'd rather see the cardboard boxes Days characters live in over that awful decor Sonny is displaying.

I think it's hard to say. I just don't think we are going to get the absolute story from people currently still employed at Days. Deidre should just write a tell all when she decides to retire😂

I agree with you about EOB as Theresa 100%. You said it well. As far as Deidre and Drake, they have never given any information or interviews that weren't surface level. Maybe Deidre was slightly more willing to in the 80's or 90's, but it does seem like this is going to be the obvious spiel. It may or may not be true, but those two have been toeing the party line for a long time now.

Now I actually googled searched Brandon Barash's wife 😂 She doesn't look super young or anything. I know that means nothing but I was expecting some child bride with these comments 😂 Anyhow, today's show was a chore. I know everyone hates Leo, but GR is a pretty striking looking guy. So is Peter Porte. Noticeable on the streets I'd assume. Does he really expect him and Dmitri to not be noticed by wearing sheets? I know it's Rafe on the case, but c'mon!

I understand what you are saying about Harris/Kate. I think LK just in general seems to play Kate like she's hitting on every man she interacts with that she's not related to, but Kate/Harris is a lot more interesting and natural than Marlena's love of Harris. It's a friendship I understand because I see why Kate likes him.