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SLC Moment of truth. Or...allegedly...Season 5 trailer on Monday.

Lord...

Oooooo nice.

Yeah, pre Audra/Sally friendship, Chloe has been the go-to friend for Sally. When Chelesa and Adam started to pay visits to Conner for the OCD storyline, Sally took Chelesa's place at Marchetti and brought Chloe along with her. I want to say the last time we saw was with Summer and Sally at a work meeting at Society because Summer was so impressed with Sally (and they mend their issues) that Summer was going to create a fashion line for them separate from Chelesa's position at the company. And that was a few weeks ago.

True. I liked Kraze, but even I am shocked at this level of backlash cuz WOW. She was darned if she did, darned if she didn't. Also true. But it is the nature of the social media beast that there has to be some engagement/networking going on. And for sure that slope be slippery.

Lord...I come home to mess. Oh, dear.

Well we knew it was a matter of time...

Hahaha!!!! But...FACTS.

8-13 Well, that was quick!!! lol. I wasn't expecting Danny and Cricket until at least Wednesday or Thursday. And I liked how the crossover was loosely tied into Brooke's Bedroom. So plausible. But oh Lord Katie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not only confronting Poppy and trying to get through to Bill. But she had the police on speeddial already...complete with search warrant. I hollered. Well, it's nice to see the plot moving. And look!!! Will!!! Not surprised to see him with Liam. And Will is coming along nicely. I suspect post murder mystery...the conflict for Poppy/Bill will come from him.

Hehe. So true.

Nope. No matter how much FV pushes it.

Thank you. Most of the time it's a not look for me. So if you hear me ask, more than likely it's rhetoric.

@Contessa Donatella now you know I'm not reading that. Yeah, I actually would disagree. True Kristina was the main focus, but I felt under PM we got every argument under the sun with TJ and Molly. Only for that to vanish once PM was out the door. I do admit however I was surprised to get what we got on Friday and Monday...and Tuesday of seeing TJ and Molly reacting though. But that shows how Kristina's pov overshadowed theirs by the time the baby loss played out.

8-9 I guess I can give credit where it's due. It's good to see Drew/Willow appear to still be on. Again I felt that it was coming from Willow more than it's coming from Drew when they first kissed. And it's nice to see that continues to be the case with the New/Old Writers. And I like Nina/Drew though it now seems the election is being played as an afterthought. Alexis vs Sonny was great. I was worried about what would be done with Alexis now that her law degree story was done. But...uses are still being found for her so yay. That said... Happy to see Laura/Portia make peace. However it continued to show to me that the Heather storyline is no longer Laura's story. And Heather is slowly going back to being wacky. Le sigh. I am happy to see more of Kevin, too. So TJ and Molly more or less completely vanished right out of this storyline, and it's all about Kristina.?

THIS. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Joss/Kristina rivalry rear its head again.

Yep. This. That last part has FV FOF hands all over it.

It tracks. I mean look at his stable of writers. He has had/have some of the legends of daytime tv who can write the hell out of even the worst story on his payroll. And he barely if at all seems to let them be creative beyond what he typical writes. There's a reason why there has always been a running joke about how all the best daytime writers go to B&B once they leave their respective shows. Nice pay. Little work.

*shivers at the thought* Tbf Mikey had a nice bod.

I remember those interviews. And I could see Brad feeling some kinda way.

Or perhaps in order to keep ELR around, they had to get rid of Blaze since she is a walking reminder of her biggest flaw...Natalia's homophobia. Which tracks given how FV just can't let them name actors go. Cuz there's no reason to keep Natalia otherwise.

Given how they write her now...I believe that. And parallels what I just said, too. PM would have found the wiggle room to keep her because he clearly saw what he had. But THESE writers...FORGETABOUTIT!!!

Oh, really?? Thank you for the tea. I want to not believe that but given how stars are at the Bell soaps as history has shown...that feels very plausible.

Same. I've already irked by it and it's only been two episodes into the New/Old Writers' run. oh, really? The plot thickens...lol. Yeah, now seeing the scene...I would disagree with the wording, but not the body language. I do feel SB was playing against the dialogue which was very interesting. But it seem old school Sonny/Jason to me. I wouldn't be surprised. It just seems more pronounced and pointed now that it's official official. It seems like everyone who had their own point of view just off of two episodes is being giving the 'bad edit' as they like to say on reality tv shows. PM could keep her out of the corner. These writers? FORGETABOUTIT!!! Very. Unfortunately.

Indeed. I felt that PM knew what he had in MW and understood the need for a villain on the show. And not just a normal run-of-the-mill villain, a complex one. And Ava was that. Just look at the scene that was next day after she gave that guy the video of Natalia. She was happy that she was making chaos for Natalia as payback for snatching Ava's chance with Sonny, but PM gave her that scene where she saw the backlash against Blaze in the little corner of her tablet. And Ava froze. You saw emotions. Then there was a knock on her door and Ava went back to Ava-ing. MW played that scene soooo well. I loved all of the maneuvering she was doing during his run. And I felt he did, too, as she was so connected to so many stories. I was thinking a murder mystery for her, or some form of redemption so she pays a little bit for her crimes, but I didn't feel PM was permanently writing Ava out. You have a femme fatale played by a powerhouse...you use it. Very. I still would like to know who got PM back in the first place. Cuz FV sure is making everyone that was for it pay for it now. Lol. So true. I do love that she can come back at ANY moment in fit in flawlessly. So much this. YES. Roger was a complex villain.

8-8 Lord give me strength. Because the whiplash. These New/Old Writers really hated on what PM wrote, didn't they? Because the logical holes as I was watching this episode had me shaking my head and glaring at the screen. Because some of the things coming out of characters' mouths or how some of the characters acted is just....NO. Since it was the first scene...I'm just start with Wagger and Anna. Cuz I know Anna who not only just helped Valentin escape but was just declaring war on Sonny THREE MONTHS AGO is not here talking to Wagger about not going after Sonny and not to get involved with Ava. You mean the Anna who was slowly building a case against Sonny before getting sidetracked by the Pikeman story...that Anna? Even FH with her lovely tough Anna vibe she had in her scenes with Wagger couldn't sell that dialogue. And if the audience feels it is out of character for said character, yes, the writer has failed. I just can't believe we are back to the Worshipping of Sonny. So now that we are back to Heather...Chris's actual A storyline....LOrrrrd. So not only is Laura appearing to be booted out of the story that was originally hers...not only is Scotty around Heather bring back that slapsticky tone of the old regime le sigh (Note...I did like AM as Heather was more subdued than normal)...but this whole storyline is making Portia out to be not only in the wrong, but as a typical Angry Mad Black Woman trope. Even I went oh heeellll no watching her scene. From Felicia whom Portia rightfully dragged to Liz to even her own DAUGHTER. Propping alert is back, and I'm not liking it. And not even that good scene between Trina and Heather which was the oddity out of the slanted writing could save it. And oooooh how Jason slid so easy...TOO easy...back into Sonny's Enforcer mode with Ava. I do like that SB appears to be fighting against what's written, keeping the throughline that PM established for him on his return. But it just feels like the last 3 months never happened and frankly I'm disgusted. Well, at least there is still some Alexis. I just can't fathom how this show has so quickly gone from must see and insightful to a chore in a matter of days.