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And the sad thing is that she had opportunity for other stories. Hayley could have been more with Caroline. Or they could have explored Hayley and Derek getting closer and making Ashley even more neurotic than she already was. It was definitely a missed opportunity and just like with Ashley's personality, Hayley's kept changing between woe-is-me and gold-digger without anything concrete coming through. But I've waxed poetic on that way too many times the past few months because Dani/Bill/Hayley is my least favorite of the A stories. Heck, she didn't come alive until Bill winded up in the hospital and even that is a slight reach for why she would fake a pregnancy. Unless she is going to owe that she was that insecure about the power the ex-wife can have over the ex-husband even after the breakup. I liked the writers seem to get that today given the words that were coming out of Naomi's mouth, but it felt too little too late. Oh, I was agreeing. Sometimes they got it. Sometimes they did not. Not helped by them seeming to stall stories. I think they should let it rip and allow them to flow and err a little bit better. It just happens to work better for them (from what I can tell) when they are focused on one of their main stories (which are really 3) with the other stories littered around that. It's when they don't have a creative reason for pushing a story back, that the flow seems to suffer. That or when a new story has had no time to really build. I do hope they find the right rhythm. Not hating it, but it could be better. I definitely feel everything post-anniversary story for the SilkPress storyline has been oddly paced. Before that, it was the best paced really. But now even I am sitting here wondering if Jacob is going to get that test done. Or when they are going to remember that Shanice can verify that SilkPress was Lulu. I thought that the test taking time would have been their clever and realistic way to stall the story at first, but then it abruptly stopped to focus on SilkPress just being a cartoon instead and I started to side-eye a little bit. Definitely feels like an attempt to keep the actress rather than story flow.

I see my love-to-hate for Hayley will continue. So...November Sweeps for the reveal? Well, good to see that that's it for Derek/Ashley. Still not here for Dani/Andre/Ashley, buuuuut it does have firmer legs now. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh not Ashley FINALLY finding out Dani is the OTHER woman. Let the games begin. Nice cliffhanger. And next week...FINALLY, the next turn in the SilkPress storyline coming. Actually it looks like all the A stories are about to take a turn as expected by Month 6.

Well, I'm happy that Andre is there for Dani at least. I hate to say it, but I am actually liking this Ashley/Derek conversation. Finally, she's not being neurotic, but verbally expressing herself. Meanwhile, Derek is not being the himbo, but finding the words to say how he feels...and kinda seeing his worth, too. Cute. Sidenote...I do like Derek has almost always had Andre's number.

'Because your womb was as empty as your words.' DEAD. But lord, Naomi is going to fall for it, ain't she?

Ahhhhhhh not Hayley admitting she got that picture from the internet. And now I'm rolling at Naomi talking to her about her motivation!!! Are we sure those writers are spying on this board? 😎

Randy involved in TWO stories? YES, PLEASE. Jan sitting here with Tank-Top Derek and playing a meddling mom. It's not Mary Williams, but I am liking it.

I don't know...I am liking the turn/progression that the Doug/Vanessa/Joey storyline has taken. Naomi, really!!!! If you don't blow that heffa out of the water...

RHOM Darn! It's coming done and filmed? re: Reunion. That said...they look good AND triumphant.

Oh so NOW we're talking MURDER? Okay, Doug. He better be digging that grave for two.

It's tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiime!!! And I do like that they picked up right where they left off. And hmm...So RC has written the breakdowns for most of this week. Interesting.

Yeah, why I liked it...not everyone likes singing on their soaps. A few of the posters here mentioned that. Some even said they were skipping those. So I can see that.

And speaking of rotation, I don't think it's bad at all. However, the choices of what they rotate is where it has grown a bit annoying. They should have been fine just rotating what has been clear as their A stories with the other plots being built into either C plots to B plots or when a B plot finally gets to be able to carry itself like an A plot. It has been the weeks that it's nothing but B and C plots that...while entertaining...it has been slow weeks vs when they have an A story with the other plots just circling around it (with a Thursday episode with the A story in the background for a brief rest before taking center stage again on Friday). Look at Month 1 when the A story was Dani/Bill/Hayley...last month when Martin's Secret was off and running for a month or so...and of course the SilkPress storyline right up until the anniversary party. The B plot of Dani/Andre and Doug/Vanessa/Joey for example worked because it ran parallel for the most part to those A plots and they both...for better or for worse...now have legs to them where they could and have been running concurrently well IMHO.

I agree. After all, what ever happened to the first body in the first place? Martin keeps saying he doesn't remember how the group even covered up everything so who is to say there is not a loose end that none of them are thinking about? I still think it has legs or a turn beyond setting up the Duprees vs Joey and Martin/Smitty fighting to get back together.

Yeah, I don't think he was there at that episode for sure. But I'm pretty sure that Dani and Pamela had another scene where they mentioned that they went to the casino (off-screen) a few more times so perhaps Dani saw him then. Then there's also the fact of that one scene where Dani saw Doug alone at Uptown that never got followed up with. Perhaps Randy showed up. Given how close Doug and Randy, and how close Dani and Vanessa are, I (speculating) think it might be a case of her seeing him in passing. For now.

There's a rumor that it does heat up in this last half (or 3 episodes not sure now), but the seating chart confirms the other post/tweet I made yesterday where the insider mentioned that Production gave Julia a strict talk to about the drink throw and are now trying to sweep it under the rug.

RHOM What in the world??? Already dropping the reunion seating when we have half a season to go??

Yep. Now you know I've been singing that song for a while now 😜 Hayley was always the weak link in Dani/Bill/Hayley since Dani and Bill got separate storylines while Hayley got...nada. So I was glad for her baby lie so I can properly love-to-hate versus the hate well dislike I had for her up to that lie.

lol

This bitca. lol Good cliffhanger. I can't believe she did it.

RHOM Interesting RHOM tea... https://x.com/gibsonoma/status/1953465689315881282

If you do tabs. But if it's separate as a system, I'm good.

Well, I was not expecting Jacob's father to be so...manipulative. Boo! at Doug and Vanessa. lol. But seriously...another near-miss. So I'm curious to see where this will go now that Doug knows about the bug. I'm so glad to see Randy with his foine self. Wait, wait...was Randy at the casino one of the times Dani and Pamela was there? Hold up...is Randy in cahoots with Hayley?

Ooooo these Jacob vs his Dad scenes... 'Any self-respecting golddigger...' NAOMI!!!!!!!!! LOL!!!

Onward and upward to better things. Cool!!!

All I'm getting from these comments is that I'm watching JW's scenes later this weekend.