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Same. I hope Lucas is at least concerned about Sami disappearing. Maybe Roman and Marlena can be too? Now I am actually wondering if Belle/Ej might become a thing.

Is that the story where WN's Roman dies? They also were on an island when Marlena returned where they found OG Roman lol. Ugh, we re visted John's past a thousand times, but does Marlena just not care what happened to her for five years beside birthing Rex and Cassie?

Agreed. Sami being Sami is just a Days staple to me.

It actually seems like a mismanaged announcement. Ali had other obligations, but Days went out of it's way to say it's a year. I am sure she will end up doing a year's worth of work, but everything is mistimed now. Why would she ask Gabi to stay in the Dimera mansion? Can't she just go back to her mom and John's house?

I thought it was a year and they got her late because of Hallmark stuff. I am glad Ali gets work, but this felt mismanaged. She barely interacted with Allie. EJ was brought back for this? Johnnie hasn't even aired? Is she in the Beyond Salem stuff? I saw Christie posting a pic with her so I assumed she was.

It feels like Ali was barely here. She's coming back right? Sami has never been my favorite (TEAM CARRIE) but AS has always been integral to Days. Her presence to me is much more important than her siblings or Ciara's.

Seeing all that popular music being played makes me kinda sad. They can't afford any of it now. Days had a fetish for islands and plane crashes. I feel like there were a lot of plane crashes in that era with John/Bo ending up having to fly the plane.

I think Brenda coming to town for something completely unrelated to Sonny would be the best. I do like the idea of Sonny and Brenda falling in love all over again. I don't even hate the Carson pairing, I just don't think it does either character justice. They lack any sort of romantic chemistry and are just boring.

Or he could have no memories and just fall in love with her all over again. But it just doesn't seem very Brenda to totally keep him from his family so I am hit or miss on that. I do think there is a story to tell there and not with Nina. I am a Sonny/Brenda stan so I would like a story that has the least collateral damage for them. I think I would rather him get his memories back and realize Brenda is his true love and just break it off with Carly.

It was very much a bar band with their songs and talent, but the story was fine. I just never believed they were super famous or a big money maker. But I also cringed when Miguel sang and I was clearly wrong about that. Turns out Ricky Martin is very talented. I don't think you could tell that from his famous GH hit "Don't Stop Now".

Ugh Wally Kurth's singing is not my fave either. Ned and his leather pants were a fun time in the 90's but none of his songs were very good either. I am not sure I truly believe the Idle Rich was a big time band.

Well, JKJ looks hot so that's a win for him. He's not the best at singing even though I think he might have pursued this as a side hustle. Eric Winter/Rex sings too? Did they just let anyone who took a few guitar lessons as a kid sing a song on days? Kyle Lowder has a slightly better voice than I remember. His version of Brady really doesn't seem straight, but whatever.

His Sonny/Jason hate is pretty epic so I would say there are 2 reasons to keep him around.🤣

For sure. Living the life in Europe in fashion circles. Wouldn't it be great to make him Jax's son and have Ingo play that? Reason enough to cast him now.

He can exist I guess. And Joss can fall in love with him. Or they make him Jax's and Trina can fall for him or make him an out gay teen like Vanessa's actual son. It's stupid to have him be out there and not on the canvas even without Vanessa.

I deny that lame kid too. Unless they make it Jax's or something it was just a stupid plot point. VM did not seem that motivated during her return, but I feel like there was a moment a month or so into her return she just realized it was all no good because she started fine and ended fine. They really just needed to invest more in her and Sonny. I know they got a wedding, but she literally had more scenes with Dante and Spinelli. I thought VM was fine when she returned in 2013. Fake sleeping with Michael was not the best story, but VM at least looked like she was enjoying herself.

I think Langan was very obsessed with the teens and the John/Hope thing. I feel like the show just kept trying to push it over and over again. I actually think KA and DH have okay chemistry, but I have never met a John/Hope shipper in my life. I thought JER 1.0 did an awful disservice to Bo/Hope. They had the worst stories. Jack/Jen had an okay story-they were just destroyed by recasts. I thought the J&M stuff was good under JER. I think he transitioned them from a fairly stale love triangle with Roman into some great stuff with Stefano/Kristen. It did securely lock Jarlena in as leads, but I think I am fine with that? You are right though the entire show was triangles with hero/heroine/villian right down to Sami/Austin/Carrie. I think Bo/Hope/Billie was an exception because Billie wasn't really evil. Such a good ad and such a good beginning to that return, but then it gets bogged down by 2 Romans. I actually groan when Wayne appears and I like him, but it was all unnecessary.

I am sure Charles will be just fine, but I 'd rather see him on Days. I don't understand why GH keeps hiring these "big name" stars when Brenda is just more relevant to todays GH. I really don't understand Frank's hate for Vanessa/Brenda because it's clear they are just not interested. I don't know if bomb is the right term for that return. It wasn't a ratings smash or terribly popular with viewers, but I think the expectations were very high. The S&B wedding gave the show very high ratings. I think the best in like 5 years or something. The story was bad, but it's been a decade and I am willing to forgive and forget. All the show had to do was ditch the Balkan story quicker and cut Dante out of it and just focused on Brenda's main relationships (Sonny, Jax, Robin, Jason, Carly) and it would have been fine. It was pretty panned at the time, but I can look back and say it wasn't as bad as I remember.

let's just spend money on cs, who is fine, but we can't have nice things like Brenda F**kin Barrett🥲

I think Isabella holds up as a character in history more than real time. Because she annoyed the crap out of me back in the day. I hated her pressuring RoJohn about the baby (Brady) every single second. Looking back, I hate, hate, hate the Tale of 2 Romans, but Izzy B doesn't bother me as much in hindsight. I just remember her sleeping with John when they were in Mexico and Marlena being super devastated and I thought Isabella was so mean. But I built a bridge after 30 years and got over it lol. I think the Teens could have possibly done a TNBC spinoff. It was just ALOT in the regular show. And I never liked any of those teens much. I liked Mimi and Chloe, but Belle, Shawn D, and Phillip just didn't do it for me. I am OK with them now, but they never inspired fandom for me. I'd rather watch Jarlena or Bope do silly things than Belle/Shawn talk about promise rings.

Isabella had almost more appearances as a ghost than she did as an alive person. They just trotted her out all the time. I guess it's nice of Staci Greason to keep making cameos.

Love Brady being extra by dressing up 3 days late. Like he literally threatened Marlena with a sword. WTH? And John's like he might have aggression problems. Watch the next 10 mins. No idea why lol He was so mean to Marlena for no reason. I would have kicked Brady out of the house months before. He was just chillin at Marlena's penthouse the whole time? Brady did rip off his mask in the spirt of the fight. I am pretty sure Kirsten was filming the sequel then and it seemed very intentional. Best work KS ever did was Zenon. Although I do like Johnny Tsunami as well.

Why can't I find this on you tube? Lol I literally searched JKJ singing and Phillip singing and it did not populate results lol Please, please do.

Okay. I haven't seen this since it aired, but WTF is going on? I have so many questions and need to break this down. 1. Is it even Halloween? 2. Brady thought it was a good idea to wear Gay Zorro costume and threaten Marlena with a sword in a public place? And actually makes death threats lol? 3. John thinks it's a good idea to assault multiple cops? Even if one is Roman and he deserves it because he's trying to get with Marlena? 4. Sami's dumb ass misses the entire thing while outside the restaurant and didn't hear the restaurant being destroyed? 5. Marlena thinks sobbing and wailing is going to solve this? 6. I am not sure John is in mercenary mode? I think he's just being psychotic as is Brady. 7. Why is John not in jail and Brady is? Is it because of Belle's accident? 8. Is Kirsten Storms filming a Zenon movie or something? They are going out of their way not to show her. There is a lot to unpack with all this as is the fun with the restaurant patrons like OG Hattie, Faye, Dr. Rolf in disguise and I think Vivian and the girl that marries Robbie Williams.

I mean, me too. I like a good musical number. It was just strange. Never before or after have people broken into song like that. And it wasn't in the General Hospital 90's way where they were performing at Luke's or something. It was just let's start singing outdated music that no one our age would possibly be into lol* I remember thinking at the time Langan was awful, but I guess the show wasn't that bad. I was a teenager at the time and didn't want to see the teens. I would rather watch the older adults. But I don't remember ever liking teen scenes on soaps. I really only liked Brenda/Robin/Stone/Jagger et all on GH and some of Carrie/Austin/Sami/Lucas, so I may just be weird. *And I stand by the fact KL is not a good singer. I would just assume he is a better singer than JKJ or else Chloe/Phillip would have re-enacted West Side Story or something.