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I genuinely don't think it was the actress. LM was fine. Her story was awful. She got mixed up in that Connie/Kate stuff with Connie's forgettable son Trey. That was just an overall bad time for the show (worse than usual). I think the actress just got the brunt of the blame. LM wasn't amazing or anything, but I don't think the story did her any favors. I like LA though. I always have. I just don't know why she still looks 13 when she 30. LA would have been great on a 90210 or One Tree Hill because she genuinely still looks like she's in high school. Yeah, it seems the show doesn't like LA/Kristina. I thought LA was good in the Kiefer/abuse storyline and good with Ethan. That was 10 years and basically the last time Kristina was relevant, but I don't think LA is incapable of playing heavier material. It's always been strange to me that Kristina is such a non-entity.

Lol at EJ and Xander making fun of Justin's lawyering skills. I chuckled at that.

Did people try to make her happen? I thought she was universally panned. I don't even think Lindsey Morgan was that bad. It was an awful story and Kristina was more unlikeable than usual.

Haha! I didn't think she was that bad. She never bothered me the way NB did as Spencer. I wouldn't be upset if they decided to recast her, I just don't think the show will. Or it will be a sexy Emma like they did with Kristina and just go back to the original when it fails.

I would assume they are just waiting until BRS is a little older to bring Emma back. Unlike Spencer, I do think Ron will keep the original actress. She's 15 now, so maybe in a year or so. Brooklyn wasn't the best actress, but she was fairly well liked and has turned into a very pretty girl, so I would just guess they will keep her.

Only because Rena left. IR and RS had okay chemistry. I don't think Ingo even screen tested with Vanessa. Jax/Brenda was just a good accident. Clink/Boom was Guza, but I do think Claire had an arc for Lily that did include a tragic death. I just don't think it was going to be a Godfather car bomb rip off.

Ugh....I am annoyed John/Marlena are so deeply invested in the Cin wedding. I know Marlena cares, but now John? The whole thing was annoying and clearly Days just didn't want to pull out the church set lol

Jax was meant for Lois, but Rena didn't re-sign so I believe that was Guza with the Jax/Brenda stuff. That's why I think Guza tended to heavily favor them over Sonny/Brenda. I don't think the actual "Clink/Boom" was Labine, but I do think the idea of Lily dying tragically was. I just remember SB's Carly being super interested in Bobbie from her first scene. Maybe even reading a newspaper clipping about her or something?

Carly didn't appear until after Guza took over correct? I do believe Carly was always meant to be Bobbie's child though. It was pretty clear even from her first scenes, IMO. Obviously, she is a Guza character, but I do think Claire outlined things like Carly/Bobbie and even Clink/Boom. Perhaps not the actual explosion, but the death of Lily as the end of the story.

Lol! I always thought I was the only one that thought Marlena was not really appropriate with Roger. Especially after he kissed her. Marlena, Roman, and Stella all saw that Roger had a crush on her and she just kept treating him. I think she tried to stop, but then didn't and really missed a lot of red flags there. Kim's DID got stuck with bad luck with casting problems as well. With all the PP stuff and having to recast plus CS leaving it just probably got stalled. I actually didn't think Arianna Chase was that bad as Kim either, but I know that's not popular. Phillip did know Billie because he produced one of her films? But I don't know how it was resolved. I think they just both kept quiet. Then he became Jen's aggressive producer on her show and left with recastKim shortly after.

Hmm..interesting idea about Roger/Marlena/Roman. I always heard the John/Marlena/Roman affair was planned with or without Isabella. It would make sense to maybe have Roger go with Marlena to the spin off if it got picked up. I didn't think her and Roger had much chemistry, but there were times Marlena seemed really into him. Not exactly leading him on, but also very, very interested in his treatment and success. Like moreso than normal dr/patient. I did think Kim's DID stuff was good, but I did not enjoy Phillip. I believe LH wanted out. Or it was mutual. She was a get at the time, but was oddly utilized. She never even really had scenes with Roman anyway. It could have been a change in writing as well, but I don't think LH was very torn up about it. She was back at GH pretty soon after.

I actually liked Brian as comic relief. He was pretty funny with RoJohn and the Salem PD. Everyone else was awful. Tanner was the beginning of Michael Easton being given leading roles for no reason.

They dated and the show was trying to make them the next big thing and add Lucky into the triangle. It flopped and so did Sarah.

I would say Isabella's death got everything rolling, IMO. It caused the cast we actually liked to start interacting again because that was lacking in 1992. I felt like Julie was hanging out with Molly instead of people she should. Stella throwing Marlena is probably my fave story of 1992 though. They let DH look rough in that Pit lol. I watched full episodes of 1992 fairly recently on you tube. The Jack/Jen/Hawk stuff is just awful. Hard to watch. And MA's Jack was at his slap-stick worst. I honestly switched half way through the year to couple specific storylines because it was too hard to get through the whole episodes back then. Still better than today, but a BAD year.

Yes. Danielle came to town recognizing John's eyes from a newspaper or tv or something. At this point the cannon was he did have plastic surgery and his face was not the same. She was said to be he wife and he was the jewel thief Romulus. Long, boring story short- Danielle was actually the jewel thief, they weren't married, they were in love until he found out she was a thief, and John let her get away from the cops. No one has spoken of her again. The show had no clue what to do with Roman or Roman/Marlena as a couple. They at least gave John/Isabella (bad) stories. I agree the show did the Tale of 2 Romans and was like what now with all characters involved.

I meant to come in here and post that about Lani. It was so odd to me she was so angry at Paulina and we actually got a reason. It may have helped if Lani wasn't so happy to see her in the beginning and so cool with her being with her dad, but we got a reason. And SS did a good job with those scenes.

Did he ever care that much lol? John in the 90's was such a man whore, but one who just couldn't have Marlena so had to sleep with everyone else lol. No, he was overall pretty loyal but they threw a lot of women at him including that awful women Danielle that played his fake wife/jewelry thief.

Oh I remember Rebecca too. She was so aggressive about getting John. Going around asking Marlena inappropriate questions about how to land him lol! Never taking no for an answer. She just sorta disappeared. But at the end of the day we do know that John Black and his mullet are irresistible to women🤣

Eva? Out of all people Eva? Everyone else has pretty iconic moments good or bad. Eva was zzzzzzzzz... all the way through.

Knowing Ron though, they will realize they are soulmates within 2 episodes and leave together engaged or something🤣

I hope they play it like Theo acting like a mature adult and realizing it's over and just wanting Ciara to be happy. There was no development of this current Theo/Ciara stuff, so I am okay with them just letting him go. Although it would make sense for Theo to fight for her or, you know, at least keep Theo on the show. I assume Claire is going with him as a friend not anything more. Paul was paralyzed and I'd like to think he was just over Sonny/Will not realizing he was always the better choice. He met a new guy like 3 seconds later, so hopefully he knows his worth now.

Finally. I've been waiting for Jack to wake up about Gwen, but you would think he would have had that reaction over the Abby stuff instead. Is Theo still autistic on the show? I haven't heard it mentioned in ages. Much like Phillip's missing leg it does not seem to be in Days cannon anymore. Although that would be very interesting showing him deal with it.

Fair. They are annoying, but I felt they were less smug than usual so that's a win. The memory thing was anti-climatic. Ciara should have left and Ben could have cried his single tear and give up on life and then she runs back in and says she remembers everything...and END, but it's Ron. The Chinese food thing is obnoxious, but I have been know to eat Chinese food for breakfast on occasion so I felt that. It just looks like this arc is ending soon, so I am grateful.

Thanks. I actually thought I might have missed something. Lani has forgiven people for way more crap than this seemingly minor Paulina thing. Obviously they are setting this up for Lani to actually be Paulina's daughter making Abe not her father. At least that's what it looks like to me. Did they do a DNA for Abe/Lani? Not like that matters on Days....but still.

Why is Lani so mad at Paulina? Did I miss something? That's an honest question. Lani is boring so I may have tuned out on something. But isn't all Paulina guilty of is lying about the Pricetown plans that she cancelled? Lani forgave Kristen for murders, attempted murders, kidnappings, etc and was her bff but Paulina's actions are too much for her? It honestly seems like Paulina is just trying to be helpful even if it is throwing money around. Well, at least it looks like the Cin stuff in concluding. They weren't that annoying today.