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Dr. O slapping the crap out of Britt was the best part of the episode lol Second best was when Jason shooed Carly out of Anna's office, totally ignoring her. I am way more concerned about them finding Outback than I am about anything Britt has done while she was gone.

Too many unbelievable things happened today. 1. I 100% agree with @j swift. The Solana story was even worse than AC's acting. Why on earth would a normally responsible mother not only forget to bring her child to daycare, but then forget she was there entirely, walk into work, and then proceed to work for 20 minutes? Schedules change all the time and I assume she put the child into the car and children aren't generally silent. And, again, I don't know why we need this story on top of the very legitimate reasons Javi wouldn't be able to adopt to begin with. 2. Holly just dropping Rachel, of all children, back off at school before calling Rachel's brother or father and apparently without even informing a teacher or the principal. 3. Rachel's uber and jail trip for the 2nd time 4. Tate's inability to read any social cues and see Sophia is obviously lying and horrible at it. Melinda really should have gone over the story with Sophia much better. Sophia can't even answer simple questions. 5. Johnny being a teacher at all. At least Rafe and Steve were being intelligent today.

Thank you! Chandler can continue making his sporadic, smirky, rare appearances on Days. A lot of the material might drag if you are that far behind, but as a day to day soap I think you are getting a lot more character development and interesting scenes about character perspectives and lasting, real emotions like Julie, Maggie, and Marlena's continued discussions about grief, Xander's talking about his anger issues, and Brady talking about trying to live up to John's legacy. It feels much less gimmicky than it has in years.

True. Most of these vets have been fired once or twice and/or the show was about to be cancelled so they work for their money lol and it's obvious most of the vets truly care about their characters and the show.

Phillip just mentioned his leg a few weeks ago. Theo hasn't been on consistently over the years, but I feel like the show has always mentioned it.

I know some people think the show is boring and I get that because some shows do drag. I think the new regime is helping the characters have more nuance and giving us genuine emotions. It's not, well, Marlena gets kidnapped again and John has to save her and plot stunts. Characters are describing their feelings and motivations which is a welcome, grounded change. It's far from perfect, but I see improvement.

Tamara is my favorite Carly too! Although I appreciate SJB. I will say Laura Wright always entertains me regardless of what I think about her portrayal, which makes her a step above 70% of the cast. 😂 I think she's made Carly her own using her personal strengths and talents whether it's the right fit for the character or not. I would never have taken Carly in that direction though.

I honestly wish Joss would take a long trip to visit her father lol. LW's Carly is basically an iteration of Carly I have just come to accept. I am no Carly fan either and I can't ever see SJB playing this version of Carly, but LW does seem to give it her all.

Scheming rich girl is what Joss always should have been. I have no idea why the show went with heroine for her.

The only time I have ever liked Britt was when she said she hated Jason's tattoos today.

Ric previously locking Carly in the Panic Room. A full circle thing.

I swear I have seen JPS with facial hair that was normal. I really assumed he was using it for a role or was in between filming something else that day. With the scenes GH showed, I don't think JPS necessarily even had to be on the GH set. It would be great if "goofy mustache" was a JPS random character choice for Valentin. Chris McKenna is growing on me slightly. Brennan is still a nothing character and can go anytime. I know Brennan does interact with several characters, but he always seems so isolated from the rest of Port Charles in that office. Brennan also comes off as incompetent. He appears to screw up more often than he gets things right.

I really don't have a problem with it either, but any place that employs Charlotte as a counselor is a little suspect, IMO.

I think the idea is fine, but I thought it was a charity thing. For underprivileged kids. Not for a Cassadine heir, a multi-millionaires kid, or a Congressmen's daughter. I genuinely thought it was fake. It's not? Lol

Lol! I saw her today and almost thought it was the same actress, but I didn't hear 'PAPA' uttered incessantly so I realized it was a slight improvement. The one-two punch of a Charlotte/Valentin return was not ideal. My only hope is that Britt will get blown up in 59 mins from her ankle monitor lol. Honestly, though, today was a decent show considering I hate like 90% of the characters featured.

Jen is coming off like a shrew in all this. I don't know if it's my personal thoughts on Missy, the writing, or both. I have always preferred Missy to Cady's Jen, but I feel like Jen is more compassionate than this. I think her and Jack's points are valid. I have also seen Jen and Jack be much more willing to forgive people. I don't think anyone believes Mark is going to run around and start killing people. This is a show that has let serial killers out after a few years. I actually don't find this Cat/Chad story that bad. I mean, it's bad, but Chad's had worse stories lol. Probably the culmination of years of issues and a new oppurtunity popping up for him made Billy bolt for now. I'd be shocked if this was the last we saw of Billy Flynn as Chad. It's a shame because I do think ALM and BF have some chemistry and I do think ALM is a likeable performer.

I am sure it's not a point anymore, but I remember when brain damaged Jason could not read a map or tell directions in the 90's. When SBu read Britt's instructions I kept thinking he was going to go the entire wrong way. And, yeah, I am going with the theory Scout totally shot Drew lol

Correct. With Carly being furious she was getting in trouble for something she actually did. That is a reaction Carly would have though. Carly was annoyed she got caught-and lost all her money lol. Stella comes off naive or in denial about this all. Almost as if she's shocked her actions have consequences. And everyone else in town is acting like Drew's attacking this nice old lady without cause. Drew's a huge jerk, but Stella opened herself up to this on her own.

Yes. Dr. Chip. It was after she was caught in the museum explosion. During the Torres brothers fiasco that seemed to last forever. I don't recall the relationship getting much focus and I can't even tell you why they broke up.

I really need someone to explain the Stella story to me. She's guilty. I know she did it for her patients, but is there a story here? It is illegal regardless of the intention. It's not like she is being framed for some crime she didn't commit. Drew only leaked true info lol.

I watched 1991 to 1993 fairly recently and I honestly have no idea what the plan was for Julie. 1992 is a rough year overall for Days with the all Carly all the time show and people like Marlena/Roman doing very little, but Julie is truly doing nothing. I remember the show briefly teasing her with Victor although that was quickly pivoted to Carly. She's heavily invested in Tanner/Molly's relationship for no discernible reason and that entire romance is a dud. Then Julie just randomly pops up at Wings in the background handing out menus and chit chatting with her customers/friends. I can't believe SSH stayed as long as she did.

Seriously, Sonny/Brenda's wedding was a huge rating success. GH would kill for those numbers now. And you could literally just drop Brenda into the canvas seamlessly at this point, but let's waste more time GH lol

$6 dollars is a lot to spend on that "actress", but perhaps she provides her own food and wardrobe. And her clothing is still somehow 100% better than anything Amanda Setton wears.

Well, I am sure Vanessa would want her own parking space! Lol Firing Sidwell's wife and about 10 other useless people on the show would also free up money and space.

Listen, I can see an argument where it failed slightly in a creative way. It wasn't my favorite in 2010, but as far as numbers it didn't fail. Vanessa is practically the only name GH can bring back at this point to hope for a gain in viewers. It also gives Sonny, Jason, Carly, Michael, Nina, Ava, Lucy, Lois, etc storyline potential.