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Yeah, the red cake filling was stupid. Who cares? Again, the party would have been better if there were more people. Victor is her grandfather-was he not invited? Even something as simple as Roman, Marlena, and Kayla bringing their significant others would have made it seem like more of a party. Nothing is a big deal because every party has like 5 guests lol.

I asked the same thing in another thread. Henry's father was evil and the conception was rape. It makes even more sense to use Henry. I had to laugh at EVERYONE asking Shawn where Belle was. No one has ever been that interested in Belle since her birth lol. Was AllieDevil hugging Marlena and telling her they missed her a sign? Is this devil thing going to go full circle and come back to Marlena because I can't..

The very legendary Charity Rahmer? Yes I do. Rumor was she was literally a decoy for fans to accept Martha. Which worked because Martha could at least memorize lines and realized hitting on her dad was not an appropriate character trait. 😂

I think Belle is in the wrong on the Shawn stuff, but I do think Martha does better playing the bitch or being snarky. I think the show spent years making Belle into a mini-Marlena and it's just not Martha's strength as an actress. To me, she is someone that works as an icy character, which isn't really what the character is about and that's why I dislike Belle, but anyway.....Belle needs to be a character somewhere in between Sami and Carrie because right now she is Carrie 2.0 and Christie is much better at filling that role as a mini-Marlena. I have never been a fan of Belle, but when Kirsten Storms arrived Belle was a much sunnier, warm character-at least what you think John/Marlena's kid might be like. MM's Belle doesn't seem like she takes after either of her parents, but I don't think the initial idea of the character ever changed if that makes sense? I am glad Shawn/Belle are getting a story because they do deserve an A story on this show, I just wish it wasn't so silly. I think if the writing on this had any depth Belle shouldn't be angry about the lies, but something about Shawn not knowing the difference and equating it to his/her parents. Saying John/Bo would know the difference and bring up her skewed vision of soulmates she got from her 'love conquers all' parents lol. Even John's advice today was love conquers all-no worries Belle lol. I don't think Belle/Shawn really work and both have a belief that they are forever soulmates because of their parents IMO and hold on to something that really isn't there. But that was a very rambling take on them as a couple not really about the story lol.

I definitely don't want to overhype it lol, but it was a solid improvement over yesterday. But I always find the Brady/Blacks more interesting than the Sarah/Xander/Hernandez side of the show. The problem with Days is they consistently put their "worst" stories on in one episode then their less "worse" stories on the next day. I know that's sort of the normal formula, but if they split up some of those stories or scenes on different days it might not seem as painful. Sarah, Ava, Rafe, Gabi, Gwen et all is a lot of bad for one episode.

From what I saw, it was much better than yesterday, but obviously the bar is very low there. No Sarah story today. Just gender reveal and drunk Belle.

I'll play the devil's advocate and say not for the current show. Eric is close enough in age to be at least believable. Even though the Sarah is older and Carrie's age-I feel like Carrie/Eric/Sami/Belle/Brady are all much closer in age than they should be. But I think everything else is so stupid, something less stupid starts making sense to me lol.

I don't think I am being over dramatic by saying today was one of the worst episodes of Days I have ever seen. WTF is this Sarah nonsense? What the hell are Maggie, Xander, Tony, Victor etc doing? Maggie blames Anna? Like who cares? You just gave your grown ass daughter crayons instead of getting her medical attention. All these people are placating her as a child, but telling her alarming information about her as an adult and no one is trained to do this. Yeah, Victor, I am sure Maggie has all the skills to get Sarah through this lol. And LG remains awful in every capacity. And Xander..... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I guess I'll marry Gwen now since Sarah is sick and won't recover. Seriously? How are we supposed to root for Xander/Sarah ever again (not that I did)? This episode made me wish I was watching Ben/Ciara's gender reveal instead.

I totally forgot she did the ghost version of Kate. Clearly MW was willing to appear all along-they used to trot her out once a month with Coleman. To be fair, she missed a lot of crap that happened to her character, so let's say she even read the synopsis of the DID story, how would anyone play that? Kelly Sullivan certainly couldn't do it in real time.

It's too bad. I really like MW's Kate. What a wasted, interesting character. Honestly, I would have hate to see MW play that silly DID story so I guess it worked out. For some reason I thought WK/RS's divorce was pretty acrimonious and, unlike the Wagners, they had very little contact outside their child. I am curious about the Finola question too. Interesting. Could it have been something pre-taped?

So, I believe Lisa herself said she read for the Lois recast then read again for a possible Brenda recast. TPTB may have just liked her and thought she was a better 'fit' for Sonny's first love or whatever. This issue with Megan Ward is always puzzling. The fans liked her, the character, her hair, her and Sonny. She was a hit and I felt it was Sonny's best romance outside of Carly/Brenda. Her story was good. Someone somewhere must have stepped in and clearly she was not asked back and the show went in an entirely different direction with the character. I wanted so much in 2010 for MW's Kate and Brenda to be snarky drinking buddies, but she didn't even get to meet her. If we could never get Rena back (I don't really watch B&B so I don't know how entrenched she is on that show), I would accept LLC. Honestly, do Rena and Wally even get along?

Well, she fills the same role Lois would anyway. I just don't think anyone could top the quirkiness Rena had. I think a lot of the things I loved about Rena's Lois wouldn't even work today. She was just a very specific Labine character and while I do think it's weird Lois isn't around for her daughter at all, I am sort of okay with the memories lol. But, yeah, Lisa would have been a good choice for Lois. Making her Lois-lite with a Sonny baby was a mistake.

I am pretty sure Ned pushed Brenda onto Jax by having her return the ring Lois got from him-hence Jax/Brenda's first scene with the pinball machine at the penthouse. It was all for a very short period of time and they shifted Jax completely to Brenda quickly. Jax was definitely serious about it at the very, very beginning, but the show must have found out RS was pregnant and/or leaving very soon after IR was cast because it was dropped fast. Although when they recast Lois with Lesli Kay-Jax did say Lois was the only woman he fell in love with at first sight, but it was in a joking sort of way. So maybe Lois was always the one that got away for Jax lol. I don't specifically remember IR and RS having any great chemistry. It could have been interesting I guess. IR definitely had much more with VM immediately.

Probably. As was the fact that Jax has the poofiest hair and a similarly ridiculous outfit on for the beach but Brenda decided she needed to make out with that right then lol. At least Ingo put on a speedo later on in the trip and that was worth it. I know GH used a special or famous house for that Malibu shoot and I used to see it on other shows and movies and always giggle they were using Jax's house. She didn't really. Brenda's deal was she would help Jax get Lois if Jax helped her make Sonny jealous. I think Brenda even told Ned/Lois about it. It was devious on Brenda's part to make Jax think she was going along with it, but she never really was. Nor did she think Jax would get Lois away from Ned. So basically Brenda's just been playing Jax since 1996 lol.. Idk, Jax never seemed that serious about the Lois thing, but he bought her a huge ring and would openly hit on her for a few months.

Lol! I question why a 21 or 22 year old woman would wear that even in 1996. With the chunky shoes, but Brenda did like a pantsuit back then. And Jax is wearing a beige and cream full ensemble. Normally, I would say it's just the era, but the show went out of their way to say they went shopping on Rodeo and that's what they got lol. I am sure it was popular back then, but it looks better suited for a career women in the 70's for sure.

😍😍 That pantsuit Brenda is wearing is the ugliest thing. I don't think it was cute even in 1996 I remember Jax blatantly hitting on Lois for a minute. In front of Ned like an ass. Part of Brenda/Jax's silly scheme was to make Sonny and Lois jealous by pretending to be together. Brenda/Jax did get married really quickly. I don't think they knew each other for more than 4 months lol. Jax had some pretty good wooing skills back then though.

I don't think Days has done organic conflict since like 1993, but I agree. I assume the devil wants the kid because it will be ridiculously good looking and probably dumb and slightly evil. Like why wouldn't the devil just take Henry when the devil is in Allie's body and the child was the product of rape and an evil man as well?

Lol, no. John/Marlena probably could though.😍😂 I am pretty sure Ciara has some sort of trust fund as well. From Victor. From Bo. From Doug/Julie. I don't think she's poor or anything. She probably just doesn't tell Ben she pays the bills and he does think their love is paying for their expenses lol.

lol! That's like the only person on canvas in his age range that he's not related too. I guess Gabi and Chloe too. He already dated Lani. Nicole has a lot of options. The show just chooses the worst one.

The devil might be racist! Alliedevil was sorta speaking the truth though. She moved on way too quick from Tripp. She just said it in the cruelest way. If I were Chanel, I would literally just high tail it out of town and never look back! Shawn is so right. Find someone new Shawn-please. Here's the thing about Ciara's wardrobe. The dress is ugly-no question-but VK is wearing Free People, Reformation, Revolve, etc. dresses that are meant to be oversized. Not maternity. Super popular brands with cute, expensive clothes, but they aren't meant for that purpose, so I think they don't always fall right or look right at that far along in a 'pregnancy'. But that's the retail manager in me so ignore it. I just think the show is letting VK pick things that aren't the most flattering or appropriate because she's trendy IRL.

Right? What's gonna happen at this stupid party? DevilAllie ruins the cake? Gives the wrong gender? BORING.....

I know every story on this show is stupid, but Ben/Ciara's gender reveal is literally the least interesting thing happening at the moment.

Works for me. Even if Farah appeared to usher Pocket on (and let's hope he does not go by Pocket anymore lol)-Phillip could devote his time to getting to know his son instead obsessing over a woman. I always liked Phillip/Stephanie. Maybe Stephanie could come back. At least Shawn was able to drop some truth bombs on Belle even though her attitude remains awful. Allie definitely is a better devil than Johnny was. Poor Chanel...

Yes to all of the above! Although I like Jen Lilley as Theresa. lol That's a really good idea.

Idk, I thought I heard Ciara yapping about working at Titan or getting her job back there awhile ago. Her attire on the show suggests she does not work at a business conglomerate though. I do think Ben still works at the garage though. Someone has to work.