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And even that connection (by books) has been passed on to Eva and Izaiah so he's Dead Man Walking. Don't give me reminders of Ashley being all Carrie Bradshaw. I...*shivers*. At least, this week continues to show where she really shines...as a SUPPORTING character. It will be curious to see if Derek will just fade away or if he will turn cray-cray.

Sounds like I was right. Can't wait to get to it then. hehe.

It sounds like it will be next Tuesday. ;) I know right! I'll looking forward to getting back to binging this weekend.

lol

And how do you feel about the slow pivot in Joey's character. He might be praising the Duprees soon enough. :P I remember that Jan/Joey look as well.

Yay!!! Hehe. You saying this reminds me of how a certain hack was spying on a once good soap about a certain soap character who came back after an old young love, now older came back together...as you suggested for a while. Hopefully this turns out better than that. :) Well...it might be coming. I don't think it's a coincidence they keep pointing out his ambition and social climber-ness.

HUGS

Same.

Good to hear.

That just reminds me that I wanted to get around to watch that and the SUSSEX show, but they are all out of order here in the States. Hmmmm at half-Russian, but I'm bias. I love the recommendation from both of you all the same. :) Intriguing if so. Though of course that does take away from the original hook. Then again, they got away from it on the original show, too.

And packs.

I completely agree. Given how good IMO the show has been at foreshadowing, I'm hoping these scenes are here for just that reason.

Since SOD is already breaking the reveal...lol. I'm just finishing up Christmas and coming into the new year, but I at least had to mention that I actually liked the Xmas-y scenes that weere on display on GH. There were so many families having moments. And families with people I felt they should have been with or it made sense for them to be with them (except for Sonny in the Q mansion...I did side-eye). I love that the writers managed to maintain the court issues the week I just finished as well. I enjoyed every moment of Alexis vs the ADA. And I gasped at Portia's affair being exposed on the stand. Brooke Kerr sold that oh so well. Portia might be getting thrown under the bus and everyone AND HER DAUGHTER turning on her, but it's been the story to watch. Chase getting suspended??? GOOD. Cuz he was low-blowing. Great for the continuing Dante/Chase rift, but he really shouldn't say all of that on the court stand. Hopefully, BLQ gets to lash into him, too, from the looks she was giving. I finally saw the Britt/Brad scenes and just rolled my eyes. That said...I was happy to see she got the X-mas miracle of getting her license back. Hopefully, the writers will finally progress her back to where she was when she 'died' so people just 'might' get behind her and Jason. I'm not at all behind Cody and Molly. Sorry. I did like the sweetness of the kissng scene, but I already said how I stand on them. And I respect that Jason set Molly straight at least versus wacky misunderstanding. TOTALLY HERE for Lucy vs Ava. For a second REAL Ava came out, and I enjoyed so much, I rewinded. Still it was weird to see so many people at Sidwell. Talk about bad guys pivoting... I loved every moment of Laura in scenes with Lulu. Meh at Val.

1-6 And I see this episode continues what I just said about 1-5. The show definitely has a rhythm. GOOD. And even better, this one has what I've been saying BTG should have and has had at its best...A clear A story with other stories around it. And this case, a few B stories and of course C stories. I love the Anita/Tracy scenes. We all know I'm bias for a soap character named Tracy. So it was good to get more of her and her getting Anita to face some hard truths. And it goes without saying that TT was superb. And I thought it watching 1-5, but seeing them together is kinda confirming it. With Jon Lindstrom now in the credits which might mean he will be around for a while, Joey's character seems to now be pivoting. Before it was him and Vanessa that had a game of cat-and-mouse going on. Now it's clearly Marcel and Silk Press Sheila. And now seeing Joey and Marcel in scenes together, it was Marcel being more of the heavy while Joey is now concerned about 'his enemies?' to Vanessa. And I take it foreshadowing about Doug's death means that it will FINALLY come back into play. As the most solid of B stories last year, it's good to see the Joey/Vanessa story will continue to be so. And as for the C stories... All I can say about the Vernon/Martin politic talk is...how can they keep having these talks and it NOT circle back around to them and Kenny? It was feeling anvil-y though I love Vernon still talking about his feelings for Anita. OOOOOOOHHH? I was not expecting a clear sign of a potential growing rift between Ty and Jessica. But the scenes were very well done in establishing more of a POV for Jessica which I liked. And of course, Ty would take offense at that. As much as I like they are slow-burning Eva/Izaiah...it might be time for something else with them.

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Hehe. It really is. As is your compliment. ;)

Yep, yep. lol.

1-5 Finally got to sit down to watch it and today feels more like the start of 'Season 2' than Friday! lol. I loved how it flowed. I loved how good production now looks (that Jacob/Naomi sitting at the table with the table forefront was giving old school Y&R). I loved how Shanice and SPS were giving Carly vs Liz from GH circa the Liason years in the late 90s at Kelly's. And it really felt like they were setting up what the main A stories and/focus would be. Given our talk about romance on this show, that was on full display. And I was not hating. If I had to go with the A stories this time around, it would be... 1) ANITA'S CANCER. It is giving umbrella tale already from how Anita is coping to the rippling effect it has on the whole family. And with the family, the writers are really and truly going through everyone's POV. And I like that. From Vernon's last week to all the Nicole/Dani scenes (sidenote...I love that Nicole's secret food stash is still a thing!) to the effect on the next generation (giving Kat a sidestory, loving Chels's POV today as well), there's so much ground to explore. And now that we have some idea of these characters, it feels felt. And for the characters we don't have a handle on yet, well, it's allowing for that. 2) BILL/DANI/ANDRE. WE GOT A TRIANGLE YOU'LL!!!! lol. While I don't like how Andre is getting so insecure...because it's making me side-eye the writers who I've already leveled my opinion ages ago about how slanted they can be when it comes to Dani/Bill...it does play with what has already been established between Dani and Andre so I'll allowed it as long as neither of them act out of character to make Dani/Bill a thing. Cuz it's not needed. This has come together organically enough that the drama can come out of that. And heck, we still have Kristen Dimera...I mean Hayley waiting in the wings... 3) SHANICE/TED/SILK PRESS SHEILA. Now...WHEN IS SHANICE GOING TO BE ON CONTRACT??? Cuz her vs SPS this episode not only gave, but the story is truly getting legs. If this is going to be a building B plot, it's not coming across as a B plot at all. Good. Let Shanice get her moment in the sun. THEM B PLOTS... 1) TOMAS'S EXIT STORYLINE. He's gotten slllighty (I said slightly) better, but every scene he has had in the last week feels like an anvil that he's the next to go. And that continued this episode with how Kat keeps poking him about all he's focused on is that job. And it keeps being treated as a B/C plot, it can stay there, too. 2) MARCEL + SILKPRESS = FIRE...??? I've already said how I thought about them before today. And they were just as good today. They need to be the scheme team of the town. It literally writes itself with these two and great acting from both cuz that wink Marcel gave Jacob...lmao. Their cat-and-mouse game is the stuff that good soap is made of. SIDE-NOTES... I love the cousin pow-wow even if Martin was missing. I caught the comment that Shanice made about how it was too busy to not do the testing in the office. Hehe. Sounds like someone heard everyone's comments about the nurse hub. I'm always here for Nicole/Dani scenes. And I liked the Ted/Andre scene. Honestly...is Shanice really making it so I like Ted? Hmmmm The episode definitely seem couple-y. Jacob/Naomi. Kat/Tomas. Madison/Chels. Marcel/SPS. Dani/Andre of course. And they felt like couples and couple interactions, allowing to get to know them. I liked. Just so well done.

RHOP AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! @Cheap21 @Cat @NothinButAttitude @DaytimeFan @Gray Bunny @Antoyne Reunion is filming!!! Wendy and Stacey got First Chair!!!! And...KAREN IS THERE!!!! ETA: SEATING CHART!!!

You know what? I'm DEAD. Cuz these were all good. Though Stansbury was the weakest for me...her pose though was not.

@Cat @DaytimeFan Dorinda Deadly on X: "Meet the *alleged* cast of ‘Ladies of London: The New Reign’ 🇬🇧 Misse Beqiri 🇬🇧 Lottie Kane 🇬🇧 Myka Meier 🇬🇧 Martha Sitwell 🇬🇧 Kimi Murdoch 🇬🇧 Margo Stilley 🇬🇧 Lady Emma Thynn 🇬🇧 Mark-Francis Vandelli Season 1 premieres at some point this year! #LadiesofLondon https://t.co/qWqXDiksyd" / X

So they could be trolling her. ;) But reading what you said...I think you are right. But I still giggle at the idea of it all.

SLC Hopefully it works, but reunion trailer link.