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I agree. Gio, Dante, and Brook are all decent people. Gio gets a family unit, BLQ and Dante get to know their son, people will yell at Lulu and Lois, and everyone will be happy a few months from now. It will be like the Trina/Curtis reveal.

Maggie actually said to Kayla she didn't have enough liquid assets to buy the hospital a few weeks ago during the auction. I guess she could sell off some homes and cars or refinance to make it happen, but she was basically giving all she could in the moment. She also gave payouts to Victor's family that was left out of his will awhile back. From the details we are getting EJ is using his own personal fortune and Xander is using Titan Dimera money.

100% agree about Giovanni Mazza. I am invested in Dante and especially Lois. Brook Lynn has always been kind of a nothing character to me. I don't think any iteration of the character has been stellar. AL's first run was probably the closest the show got to making Brook Lynn what I thought she'd be as an adult, but she was pushed aside for a lot of other characters even back then. With Rena it's hard for me to say. I think her only demand was not to be re-paired with Wally and she just rolls with the writing and likes meaty material. I don't get the sense that Rena is that invested in Lois's character integrity and that's not a dig at her. She just played the character for a few years in her life and probably isn't as concerned as the actors that have played roles for decades. I am 100% sure I think about Lois's character trajectory more than Rena does 😂 1995-1996. She was everywhere lol. All the stories.

It's honestly the ugliest outfit in the world.

Meh. I liked OG demon seed Rachel. Didn't this actress just get cast in the Little House on the Prairie reboot? Obviously, that means she will still air on Days for the next two years, but I assume she will be leaving shortly.

Okay. I can see where you are going with this. Probably better for Cameron to take up the violin than retcon 3 other characters entire lives lol.

I don't think he would have been a bad Cameron recast, but the show really wanted to incorporate the violin. He had to be a new character unless the show decided Cameron took up the violin and is an expert after his 1 year at Stanford playing soccer lol.

The thing is I think Giovanni Mazza works on his own. GH obviously had no initial plan for him, but he's likeable, cute, and charismatic. He needed a story with Trina or Emma. He didn't need to be related to everyone in town to make him work.

It's crazy to me because Guza probably should have done this plot when they re-introduced AL's Brook in 2010. Instead he went with the Dante/Brenda non-baby story so his two favorite toys could play together. I would have bought that story back then, TBH.

That was weird because I wasn't sure if Doug saw them or not. Both Johnny and Tate's backs were turned, but Doug 3 obviously knows Tate. He didn't really react, so I am assuming he didn't see who she pointed out clearly. I got you!! Lol. You've already blamed this Days experiment of yours on me so the least I can do is answer your questions.

Yes, I am sure not everyone remembers Brook Lynn's romance with the Text Message Killer or her foray into being a paid escort first by Carly and then by Nik. Those two examples you cited are when Amanda was actually in the role and are relatively recent.

I think the story in theory is good. I don't believe Brook Lynn, Lois, and Dante are the right characters for this. It becomes wild retcon on top of wild retcon. We watched AL's Brook Lynn talk about losing her virginity to Diego. Dante and BLQ had multiple conversations about them always being friends. Dante told Lulu nothing ever happened between him and Brook Lynn. We saw Cody and Brook Lynn meet on the show. There was no indication they knew one another previously. Brook Lynn faked an entire pregnancy for Maxie and wasn't triggered at all by her previous pregnancy? Brook Lynn never once questioned Gio's existence and her family's obsessiveness over him? I mean, that fact was added like a month ago, but c'mon, Brook Lynn's not that dumb. Am I enjoying the fallout of this story? Yes, but you practically have to throw out everything you knew about Lois, BLQ, and Dante to make it work and that is annoying to me. With Setton in the role we've already lost Brook Lynn's unique style, edge and her singing talent. Brook Lynn's basically become an entirely different character and not in a good way.

The recast really tanked the character. I was team Sophia when Madelyn Kientz played her. I liked her more than Holly. Now Sophia just walks around on the verge of tears looking meek and scared. I think now that the show has recast and aged Ari, Sophia is probably on her way out.

Probably Kmc as Robin on GH? Not trying to deny Christie any love because she's amazing and beautiful and fantastic.

To me it's two entirely different situations. And Olivia has the right to be mad, but we ALL know Lois's BFF is not Olivia.

Weirdly I feel like Nina was the most sus about the entire situation. Normally I would have given this one to Carly, but Nina was always kind of trying to make it make sense. I think Nina (and Alexis) are actually really smart characters. They just constantly get in their own way with dumb plans lol.

Agreed. It doesn't feel in character at all.

Honestly, Olivia had kind of a good reason to keep her son safe from a mobster for two decades. Sonny literally shot Dante in the chest lol and had multiple family members die, get injured, threatened, kidnapped, etc, etc. I know you don't watch the show very often, but it's not like Olivia should have shown up and given Sonny and his 18-year-old girlfriend Brenda shared custody of a kid. That would have been a horrible, life threatening idea.

Didn't Jen fall too? Or did Jen fake push Nicole? JEN was involved in some way. I don't even want to talk about Marlena's home overrun with family and no kitchen or dining room so everyone eats on the couch!!! The staircase sorta made the set IMO.

So many pregnant women tumbled down those stairs lol Also, Days don't give me flashbacks of the awesome Penthouse!!!! It makes me sad to not have that amazing set anymore.

Thanks! I was almost positive it was Kate's Abby, but then I couldn't really recall anything Ashley Benson did in the role so I wasn't sure lol.

I am not exactly an Austin Peck stan, but the age difference between Muldoon and Clark in his second run was very noticeable. And then they tried to pair/tease something with Mansi's or Ashley Benson's Abby and I was out lol. I know it was Abby claiming they had sex or something, but it was really weird.

I blame Patrick Muldoon's return as Austin flopping and the desire to make Days the Sami/EJ show.

I still struggle with this whole thing being in character for Lois, but Rena did an excellent job selling it to me. I wanted to mention I like Cody and Lulu together. Not as any endgame type of pairing, but JK and AH have more natural chemistry than Cody/Molly and it seems way less contrived.

Just an actress that truly knows her own character and plays it so real.