carolineg

Idk, I feel like Days, much like GH, has always been their own networks favorite. I think they both have always had a little more leeway especially now since they are the last ones standing. I can't see how Days/Gh don't make some money. Obviously, Days works on a shoestring, but I think they still do okay. Plus, they still resemble a show that was great years ago with all the vets still involved. They have had a lot of awkward stories, but NBC is a network that greenlit Passions for many years.

Cyrus is an exceptionally boring villain. Bring Alcazar back or something. At least he was hot. I like Sasha/Brando😬. But I have always like Sasha better than Willow. I am closer to shipping Sonny/Nina because all the real couples on the show are dreadful. I have never seen a soap with a lot of nice, pretty people have so little chemistry with one another. Across the board. I don't know if it's COVID effects or what, but the show has no charm at all.

Yeah, absolutely, but Days has had some awful years. Years where I felt it should be put out of its misery. I don't feel like that at all now. I can tell you a lot of flaws, but I can tell you stuff I like. I would hate for it to be cancelled now. I do think there are some legacy/character problems with the show as in I don't know who will be the next lead. I don't think they have established that generation well outside of Sami, but as long as they still have vets to drive story I guess it's fine. I would worry about the show in a decade or so when Isabel Durant is the lead or something-if it's still on air but I always feel like Days keeps on ticking like the Energizer Bunny.

I am just going to assume no news is good news. No one involved with the show seems panicked or anything. I don't think Days is in awesome shape, but it's still probably the best soap airing. GH and Y&R can be mind numbingly boring, but I think Days is generally entertaining. They have pacing issues and the sets look like trash, but I don't think anything on Days is a boring as watching Michael/Willow talk on GH.

Ben is a psycho and that's why I hate his behavior so much. Because like I said upthread John, Bo, Steve have all done similar crazy things for their amnesiac ladies, but it doesn't come off so awful. But it's probably because I assume they won't strangle their wives and I am still not convinced Ben won't. I know nothing about it, but I would assume it's fine? Is there anything in the works that could possibly replace Days? A 7th hour of Today lol?

I just don't understand why we should be on Ben's side. And it's not as if Ben has waited months and months for Ciara to get her memory back. I think she's been awake for 2 or 3 days Salem time. His whole reform 'arc' has always been shaky at best, but now he is being an aggressive weirdo to his wife. We've seen John/Marlena and Kayla/Steve do some pretty intense stuff during their respective amnesia stories, but it never seemed as creepy I guess. This is actually where Hope's absence is glaring. Ciara needs someone besides Theo on her side. Well, at least Lumi continue to entertain with their banter and stupid plots that will never work. I have to laugh that the best these two legendary schemers could come up with is for Lucas to have sex with Chloe. So dumb lol.

I think she'd be fine as recurring. Just to introduce her daughter and stuff. Idk, she always felt like the most viable Jax love interest outside of Brenda/Carly and if we are keeping IR i wouldn't be against it.

It seems weird they would recast EJ too if the show was ending. Ben is such a creep. I am seriously uncomfortable with his treatment of Ciara. And I was fairly okay with Cin before. Like calm down Ben! Your wife is alive! She may not remember you but she's not dead so that's still a win. I am okay with them playing him as slightly psycho because he is, but should I be invested in this love story lol

I wonder what her and Matt Crane do now. Skye was always a weird fit for GH. I actually thought she was pretty good with Jax, but they broke up and went nowhere. I didn't mind her as a Q, but I was annoyed they retconned it just so she could hook up with Ned. Also, Rae running around 3 soaps looking for her baby daddy/child, regardless of age was stupid. I wouldn't hate her coming back with Lila Rae or anything.. Although her and Nina seem like very similar characters to me and I am not sure why.

Probably not well. Her holding a gun was just hilarious. And her line reading...

I mean, I would pay like 5 bucks in streaming to watch Charity Rahmer again lol. She was a true legend.

Charity Rahmer's best work was hitting on John. I always wonder if that was her 'master acting' or she just literally had no idea it was her onscreen dad. I wish her work was still available on you tube. No, Jack and Gwen were weird. If I tuned into the show for the first time today and you told me Gwen and Jack were a pairing I would believe you.

Trish holding that gun is just so lol. The least threatening thing ever.

Are Jack and Gwen kinda creepy to anyone else? Their scenes are just weird. I could just be reading the room wrong, but they aren't hitting the father/daughter notes very well. Also, WTH are Jarlena? Just sleeping in? Isn't Kristen worried about them walking into their own living room lol? Or the other 40 people that live in Jarlena's penthouse? It seems unnecessarily risky to go out of costume like that.

Well either that or she's about to move to Miami and live out her golden years with Sophia, Rose, Blanche, and Dorthey. She's a lovely lady, but Julie is portrayed as the grumpy grandma while Jarlena are still portrayed as a hot couple still getting it on lol.

I don't think he was actually fired by Days just dropped to recurring and he chose to leave. What ever happened to Gwen? She was Marlena's roomate during the Strangler stuff and I don't remember anything that happened after. I actually think Jed Allan had great chemistry with Suzanne. It was probably her best pairing. Which is blasphemous to say, but her and Mickey always bored me to tears.

DH's current wardrobe is atrocious with the plaid and ugly jackets, but SSH looks she's late for a canasta game at the community center. I honestly had no idea DH and SSH were near the same age. It makes it more clear they aged Julie way too early. They always were two different generations to me. It's weird because I know Don did stuff after he divorced Marlena, but I can't remember any of it. Besides his romance with Maggie. It's weird he was onscreen for a decade and all I can remember about him is that he was married to Marlena and his son died. C.C. Capwell was certainly the best thing that happened to him.

I would totally be okay with Lauren Boles taking over Ciara today. I liked Nathan. He was bland but okay and I hope Melissa found a guy that actually liked her lol. I think they should recast and bring back Jeremy Horton as well. I NEED Johnny to be cast and bring Sami hell. She still talks about Marlena's affair. I need a child to call her out. It's so bizarre to me that Carrie was everything in the 90's and is so forgotten. I loved her and her really bad hair. There are just so many possibilities. It's like Days wants to make things happen and push people on us then completely drop them. I guess it's head writing changes but it's weird..

Carrie should absolutely be the lead. I would say Belle, but she's so vanilla. She is Carrie without the charisma. John/Marlena's daughter should not be so lame. And Sami/Carrie's rivalry is still very viable. I like Gabi a lot. I think CB is really good and not utilized correctly. MM's Abby is a bore, but where is Stephanie? Chelsea? Melanie? Noelle? Sydney? Johnny? Unknown Carrie/Austin kid? Andrew? Justin/Adrienne's 5 kids? Where is POCKET? lol There is just a lot of material and very little follow through. very good and so likeable. Beautiful, but very grounded and charismatic with good rapport with her co stars. Which isn't easy

Noelle would be great to add to the canvas because she's not related to half the town, but still a legacy character. So you don't end up with a Claire, who is literally related to everyone. I have said this before, but I feel like Deidre basically just said screw it after the Possession. She's still good in the Affair story, but it takes a turn from Maison Blanche on lol. I just think the DH's just do what they do with the kidnappings and life threatening stuff that happens twice a year. But I do think the show needs younger characters because John/Marlena still lead and that's disconcerting when I don't see an heir to the throne. Unless Ali wants to come back full time. Didn't Bo just win as a write in? Or, no, John "won" lol. And then it was retconned.

Idk, I did get the sense Don really loved her. Moreso, after they divorced. It was clear he did value her. Not in the same way Roman or John did, but they never were very compatible to begin with. But honestly, I never took Don/Julie very seriously, so i had no investment. Well Deidre made sure she didn't age for years. The woman has an excellent plastic surgeon. She was forty for like 20 years. Plus she had younger love interests and was moved into being Hope/Kayla/Kim's contemporaries even if she really wasn't.

I was shocked at how good Deidre was in the rape and Strangler stories. She is so free of her current histrionics. She is just very good. She even makes lame Josh seem okay. And she's kind of good snarking at the lame Mary recast. I would say Don/Marlena at Kellam's will reading/trial whatever where she admits Kellam rapes her is one of her best scenes ever. Noelle is so needed. We find out she is scandalous and slept with Rex and we don't even get to meet her? Fail...

I mean good for Don lol? They were cute for a minute, but he was mostly a sexist jerk, so a young, hot thing like Marlena could have done a lot better.

Trista was lame, but poor Eugene. Marlena's parents raised Eric/Sami so there's that contribution. I actually would like to know what Marlena's parents thought about 2 Romans, numerous kidnappings/fake deaths, and devil possession. They must have asked what they did to deserve it all lol Deidre is really good in the Kellam story even though the material sucks. I can see how she shifted to a lead pretty easily. I think WN/Roman and the Strangler story really just solidifies it all. Even if she isn't the greatest actress she's a very likable lead. I actually wish they would have brought Liz back in the 90's..

Haha Fritz Coleman. Is he still around? I like him lol.