Taoboi

Because she's a Webber, Liz should be lead. So many popular pairings that she had a spoil of riches to choose from with all of them back in town SINGLE when she was SINGLE and the writers did NOTHING. Yes, I'm STILL bitter. Such a no brainer that she is not featured even more. FACTS. She really doesn't need Lucky to flourish. Just better writing/writers. Very much love all of this. I think it's why Korte/CVE second year has worked so well because it has found a similar mix of this. Granted not in the way that I would like, but the pieces are there. Like you say, they really just have to be willing to make those tweaks. I would also add that it couldn't hurt to write romance (or even passion) like adults and not interchangeable juvenile teens. It's giving latter years OLTL but not as well-written. And rightly so! Same for Genie. Frank...can stay pressed. It goes without saying I agree with everyone in that last paragraph right down to Val. I feel that frustration. Even people who don't like Liz can see it from an objective soap POV.

SOON...

5-27 Honestly...I liked it. I think Judy Tate has won me over with her one-on-ones. I really thought it was a good episode. Except for two things. I said it before and I'll say it again...this show stays with the narrative of Ted as Straight Man to Silk Press Sheila's craziness. If they want those two together (or doing what I mentioned first year which was Ted and Nicole in separate stories so we the audience get to know them only for them to return to Nicole/Ted/SPS down the line) so badly...just do it already. I didn't believe Ted when he stood up to SPS at the start of the episode and the fact that he did nothing after they were off camera at the press conference did nothing to make me believe him and his boundaries now. I loved that we got some Smith/Richardson family scenes this episode. They really have been few and far between in those scenes. So I find them fun to watch. Meanwhile, that Martin/Ty scene was so unexpected and really resonated as a gay man. Not to mention it was a father and son talking about having sex for the first time. The layers. And oh? It's good we are actually getting the fallout from Ty and Jessica sleeping together for the first time. A nice and relatable teen story. Let me say that again...a TEEN story. lol. Given that Ty and Jessica's growing rift has been a thing, but it fell into the backburner along with the cotillion, it's good to see it back upfront. I'm rooting for them to make it. And we know I love seeing...THE HAVE-NOTS. I would have liked to see a little bit more of the tea. But still a cute little scene. I'm not here at all for Ashley. And I was shocked to see Derek's dad. It's a shame he has never appeared before now. That brings me to what I was not liking. It feels so slight because I really enjoyed the episode BUT... I don't like that Jacob still doesn't have enough POV about Derek's death. In fact, he feels too adjusted. Compared to Shanice...where I see and feel her grief over Derek...I don't get that from Jacob. I don't think that is all on the writing, but the writing is not helping. I actually loved the professionalism of the press conference (though I giggled at it being at the nurses' hub), but I didn't like SPS hijacking it. Not surprised. And then Cartoon Leslie at it again with Ted. Just ugh!!! I was looking forward to a lot of the fallout from the plasma ring storyline. Among that was hostility between Jacob and Grayson, tension between Martin and Smitty over Smitty's role in the plasma ring, and as mentioned Jacob's POV. So the fact they are just brushing past ALL of it is just...no words. Especially if they are going to continue talking about the Impaler. And again...why did Derek die if they are going to do all of this? Again...I enjoyed the episode, but I can't say the plot beats didn't bug me.

But to piggyback off this, we all speculate and articulate our ideas about how we would like stories to go all the time. Where it's here, another soap thread, or the Housewives thread. Heck, we have discussed quite a few situations with Kat, the helmet, and SPS's comeuppance since Kat let her black Veronica Mars side out last year, hoping for a courtroom to appear in sight. I don't see how that was any difference. Mind you... @DramatistDreamer and I have discussed soap story ideas for years which is why we can make in-jokes about it now (like us discussing cotillion). Cuz that one I mentioned about Y&R was uncannily when that happened in real time. And haven't we alleged for ages about Josh Morrow ghost watching this board. Which whether he does or not...them camera angles DID change after I referenced them consistently when Nick was with Sally (and JM upped his fitness game in the middle of storyline). Just saying. I like (when I get time) reading everyone's posts. After all it is a discussion board about the episodes and the stories within said episodes and the direction those stories are going. Okay...everyone, but the ones who know who they are and what they are doing. So I just had to put in my 2 cents rather than the usual scroll on by.

I meant to come back and say... 1...you suuuure did. and 2...loved it then. Loved it even more now. Playing catch-up on this week and SPS is driving me up the wall. Time for comeuppance.

Same. See? Now THIS is good soap. Thank you for this. Sometimes I feel like the only person here for the teen stories. And there really aren't too many teen/youngfolks stories on soaps these days that feel young. I liked BTG teens for the most part (and the B&B young'uns, GH Gio&Emma, not sure if DAYS is still really teening) and wish they had more of them. Perhaps this summer? And yes to Kat and Deanna who seem to have so much in common and are yet so different, too.

Same. I loved the little picture that was floating around on Twitter like a good promo for revenge. If Doug comes back, it should be like that.

And I am ready for the egg on her face.

The holler I just let out.

smh. if that man don't leave already...

Well as Erika Slezak famously said...Higley writes events.

At long last...THE ROYALS SEASON 3. I've been waiting a loooooong time since the library stopped getting dvds for it after Season 2. And it's now on my Roku channel and I'm too much of a completist not to finish. Here's looking at you @DaytimeFan who knows how much I love seeing a Dame Joan Collins sighting even if I am far off from my next one.

Very. He can keep right on sweating.

HAVE-NOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tell the truth and shame that devil.