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I agree. At this point, Drew is doing so much that surely Portia can trip him up. Better yet...bring Ava back into it. Ava will surely stay having Trina's mama's back. I also hate her being powerless as well. It's a waste of BR's talents. It's part of the reason I noticed the aforementioned scenes cuz BR was playing something different rather than weak, but she was also adding layers to what Portia was doing that I actually had her side though she was making her issues with Curtis worse.

Surprise, surprise! A Dani appearance 20 minutes until it's over. Something I really love about this show a la Y&R back in the day. You never know when a cast member will appear later in the episode. Love that.

It's happening!!!!!!!!

OMFG!!! He's telling it!!! And a flashback! And a DIFFERRENT Martin. But tbf, her scene with Doug in bed was HOOOOOTTTT! But I agree. I am starting to wonder more and more why she married Doug. And she is still loyal enough to stick with him. More to the story?? I mean...I know living in the South families even now are about appearances, but would that be the case in Maryland. Outside of politicians.

Very. The cunning man comes out. Same.

GET HIM, SMITTY!!! hehe...he is so coming across as a furious wife and I love it. The dialogue between Vanessa and Joey is pretty good. But I now wonder if his growing love for Vanessa will make him be completely honest. I'm sorry, Vernon, but GET HIM, BILL!!! Hehe...go on, Ty! He...WANTS...THE...TEA...HUNNI!

FINALLY!!!! Martin went home...now the real drama can begin!!!

Well, I'm still playing catch-up, but she had some great scenes that came across as a villainess at the start of the month. Perhaps she will be the next person to go dark...which at this point...I wouldn't mind. It also might be the only reason for Curtis/Jordan to get back together since the chances of nuances for Portia's turn to the dark side would be non-existent outside of how BK is playing it.

HELL-HO, ASSISTANT!!! This show does not miss when it comes to its male casting. hehe. Liking these Bill/Martin scenes. And Vanessa gets deeper and deeper...

I bet that will be a cool deleted scene.

JAZMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But Martin...you ARE a mess!! Hehe. Vanessa taking the flattery, but still not letting up on Joey. Seeing who wrote the episode, I bet it does. Enjoying so far.

Well since I need the escape...IT'''SS TIIIIIIIIIIME!!! ANITA!!! Watching now! Moment of truth!

The bold.

I love this!! Exactly! As umbrella stories that bleed into other stories go...it ain't bad. I can't wait to see how the fallout will go.

Yep. Soon...

AMEN.

I would have wanted it out earlier as well, but the advantage that it wasn't out has been the characters being fleshed out so that when it finally does, people at least will care. And trust and believe that I was annoyed with Month 2 at the time for that very reason. And we know I'm going to disagree about near-misses being built into the stories since soaps do that all the time...usually as fantasy sequences. So good to see a soap get back to actual near-misses on a secret.

Well, I always felt that June is secondary (for now) because we care more about Jacob and Naomi and because we care about them helping her, we care about June versus us caring about June. It hasn't been earned for June. At least not yet.

I saw that yesterday (cuz Ellis's birthday I believe also just passed. RIP) and hollered. Oh, I know. Very much. I wouldn't mind him here to play. A blessing from that horrible writing. You're not alone on that. It's the only show that I feel like rewatching for the show (and not just the bods and camera angles ). But I am aware that I watch the show from a different lens than others. And if I can watch it live...totally. Not many soaps can be a show that has enough stuff going on that one needs to go back. But here we are. Same. Bill and Vernon always have great interaction. I think that is another reason why I like the drama with Chelesa. 3 black women is a first on soaps. lol. Same. Same with Kat and Jacob. I just like them for their brother/sister vibe and I like the friendship with Jacob and Smitty who both married into the family so totally makes sense why they would vibe.

7-9 Well, I definitely wanted to watch it again before I said anything. Because I was heated over those Andre/Dani/Ashley scenes. It was another good Jazmen episode. Martin's Secret is still up front even if it was not the main thing going on. I liked watching Martin spiraling even if his kids were driving me crazy. We got another step toward the truth with Jacob having that flash of memory of seeing his father. And the side-by-side conversation between Jacob and his father and Smitty and Martin was very well-done. A chance for the truth to come out? Of course not. Not yet. And then a whole subplot with Randy/Joey/Doug/Vanessa...An A story that keeps giving. And speaking of that side-plot...I like it. I like the fact that it is part of the main plot, but it also served the B plot of Doug/Vanessa/Joey which has, as I mentioned before, been the best paced of the B plots. Outside of Dani/Andre of course. I will miss Randy and the friendship between him and Doug. But I loved that Vanessa got to be a boss bitca. I called that her seeing Joey with Marcel and Jacob's father would come back up. And it showed in those scenes. I also liked that it made the whole Doug/Vanessa/Joey storyline that much messier. But what I was really looking forward to was Hurricane Dani!!! And the dialogue was great. And I admit that I guess I liked how reserved (for her to STILL be over the top) KM and Dani were in those scenes. All Ashley wanted was to have a date with her growing crush. Not only did she see her ex, but she saw (unknowingly? I think the rest of us would see what's up...not Ashley *eyeroll*) Andre's other woman. Smh. While I love the battle of wits between Andre and Dani...and it came across better for me on a rewatch...I still can't with Andre. HE wanted her to come out with their relationship. SHE was doing what he wanted her to do, slowly, but surely. The part that bugs me...HE knew she was in the progress of doing it. How Andre has been acting over the last week (and how SF has been playing it), he is backpedaling...not because of any serious issues with Dani who has btw been upfront with her issues/feelings with Bill, but because of what was established in Episode 1...he has a torch for Ashley and now that she's free...he's making his move. And for all of their intimate conversations, he really has not been up front too much about that and who it is with Dani. It's part of the reason I feel (speculating) that Ashley will figure out that Hayley isn't with child and will probably be about to tell about it, but won't because she will find out who Andre's other woman is and keep quiet out of spite. But...we will see. In any case, I felt while they both got good digs in, Andre was being uncharacteristically a prick. And I'm at the offramp with Dani/Andre who I was actually loving. Way too soon, I know. But then again, that might have been the point if the writers are going to head back around to the Dani/Bill/Hayley story anyway. And I have to say it was a great job because I'm no longer interested in the pairing. Those scenes hit. But it was a Jazmen episode so not shocking.

LOL!!! I give you that, but still shocking SHE said that.

Unless he did it this week, I would say he has not yet. I can't recall if he got mentioned in the new Lily/Cane flashbacks when Charlie and Mattie got mentioned though.

Anywho...

OH? Good to hear. I've been curious.

lol.