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I just watched it. And it will probably get a rewatch. LOVE the Taggart mentions. That's one thing I have noticed as I watch this week. Outside of those (and this lovely Cody opener), this week is reminded me of my post I made at the beginning of the month/end of year about that episode where it was clear the writers wrote an episode about who will be getting a romance/romance focus this year. Outside of Gio/Emma and Jason/Britt on my list...I was not here for ANY of it. It was like they were trying to aim romance stories at the most unwanted, chemistry-less couples on their canvas. Now why is Le Femme Nikita in this? lol. They are officially on mute. I love Tracy, but ENOUGH. Same. Exactly! THIS.

HEY, CODY, HEY!!!!

Totally. I remember seeing pictures in SOD and I would think she was Miranda or vice versa. It was confusing. But not in a bad way. Nice to know Jax had other types. :)

She was. He was. I want to say he was like a lost love for her and didn't even know she had had his daughter or something like that due to her mother played by Linda Gray.

Oooo wow. That is interesting. I always wondered. She even favored Miranda at times. I was sad to see her go, but I was happy she got a happy ending.

Le sigh. Make this silly storyline stop. Officially mute. I'm THAT over it.

Not to mention the current Drew vs Kelli now that Drew's divorce ruling came in the last few days. I'm happy for the OG NY ladies, but, just like with Nene, I feel Bravo is never letting their NY reboot go now. Which I liked mind you...but it feels very 'the door is closed.'

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1-27 Well, I do like the setup for the start to the snowstorm. Just because it stands out and also irks me...WHERE'S LUCY??? I was happy to see Ava and Sidwell. But the more I saw them while characters sat/stood around talking about them just made Lucy's absence in their storyline very annoying. Block filming strikes again!! Even though I know why, it was really telling during Jason/Sonny discussion on Britt that Jason was good to go and taking it to Sidwell while Sonny is just twiddling his thumbs. I would think ANYONE blackmailing Sonny...whether alone or not...would be swiftly dealt with. Just look at Wagger. I was happy to see also that Jason DID after all see through what Britt was doing. So he knows she's in trouble. Hahaha at Tracy sending Gio/Emma out to get those heirlooms. Only Tracy in a snowstorm would do that. That said....good scene. I admit that I did like Brick showing up and being relevant for two episodes. It's funny. The dance they had going on for years between him and Jordan and now that Jordan is with the very man that caused the dancing in the first place...well...I expected a little bit of shade. Still...it was nice to see all of them because it does feel like them (mostly Portia) has kinda vanished since their leg of the Willow Trial arc ended. Meanwhile, I hollered at Joss going to Brick to figured out a way to cut the power on Wyndermere. I really hollered when she accomplished it. I do give her credit for at least figuring out that the new lab HAS to be there and telling Brennan though. And he needed to get his mind turning. Speaking of Wyndermere, Ava/Lucas/Marco/Britt/Sidwell were giving a comedy of errors. As a fan of that villain...yes, the cliffhanger for this episode was highly effective.

Hmmm but how will Bravo take it?

I like this as well. And you saying that about Dani makes it makes a lot more sense to me while Dani might be backsliding a little bit. If (when?) Bill and Dani happened...which will probably be after they have a one-night stand first and even then it will be farrrr down the road...I at least need Dani to make Bill work for it as well as Bill to do some soul searching...before I feel I can accept them back together. For the most part, I trust the writers to do that, but after watching all the other current soaps...any hint of slanted writing does irk me. Because as a new soap, it doesn't even need it. I agree as well. Just watching this past week, I feel like there will be more to Hayley post-this-storyline as well. I can't wait for it cuz she's been giving me life with her Kristen Dimera antics as you know. :) THIS. I agree.

He really shouldn't have, but I never said Ted was smart. ;) I understand. I just hope it is building one and not slanted writing. I get that from one good soap. I would hate to get it from the other good soap.

Let the games begin...

LOVE.

I'm torn, but my body says B. And THIS friend says THANK YOU. MMMmmmmmm THANK YOU!!!! I'm over that and those 'men' with Bieber jeans as I call them, too. WOOF!!!! YES. Him. Those videos. His everything.

Amen to this.

Like I said a few days ago, there's enough going on that doesn't feel stagnant that I can see why their ratings rose up. And I mentioned it before, but B&B is overdue a (non-psycho) young vixen.

Not Nina being like me and mentioning double jeopardy!!!! I see you, Writers!!!

Hehe. I believe it. I've encountered so many adorable dogs this week due to beautiful weather and they are not shy about running up to someone with good energy himself. Now there's owners on the other hand... Very. re: kick them all out. Oh, I totally agree with you on Labine and GH in the 90s. I was just saying that it was so good that it STILL is giving dividends to story today. As it should. Well at the rate that monopolies seem to be taking over everything, we might all be on 'other means.' Wow. Really? BITD, library loans in my old town was at least a week. Even now, loans are at least a month. If no one is reserving it, it automatically renews itself up to 4 times. Oh, I can imagine. I miss long seasons. I really find him more attractive than I feel I should. lol. I had seen something. Good to know it was true.

1-23 The end of the episode was classic soap. And we know I love a Friday cliffhanger. I like that I don't find the Anita's Cancer storyline slow. It feels nicely paced so far for something so heavy. And it's clear that there could be a potential rift between Anita and Vernon. And I keep finding myself shaking my head at Anita because I wish she would let her man stand by her. But I understand. And the scenes with Anita and Sharon was very resonating. As someone who liked the Articulates storyline, it's nice to see while the storyline's over, it still pays in dividends. I continue to love Grayson/Ashley/Derek. Derek has some nerve sitting his bubble butt down at Grayson and Ashley's table and being messy. But...it has probably been the most interesting that Ashley's main storyline has been. Speaking of Ashley, thank God, Naomi told her about having the gene. Naomi's storyline has a nice pace to it as well. I don't think she should be lying. But I really did love her reasoning for doing it. It was nice to get her POV. While I've had issues with the writing team losing the gray in most of their characters, I can say that I like that when someone doesn't make sense, it's a matter of time before we get the POV of the character in question. And as has been mentioned, Ashley is at her best when she's a supporting character. And one thing this show has gotten right with Ashley has been her friendship with Naomi. Bill/Dani/?? okay I'm being messy, but Bill/Dani/Andre also continued apace as well. Good to see Pamela back (though like I mentioned earlier...I can't believe we didn't get a business storyline with her, Dani, and the modeling agency from the ground up...disappointed) and that Dani confided in her about the Bill kiss. That said...Bill really does have her on the mind. That said...surely he has to know he has to redeem himself before he would be worthy of being with Dani again. I do wonder when he will have that self-aware moment rather than just playing jealous to the fact that Dani beat him at his own game of Fine Young Thang. And Tomas getting a promotion is another brick in his storyline of social climbing. But again...he's running around with two secrets in one storyline...exit storyline, anyone? And hehe at Dani wanting Izaiah as a potential model. Shanice vs Silk Press Sheila will never not be good. This was no different. I continue to love to see Menacing and Scheming SilkPress over Cartoon SilkPress. And Shanice was reading. More please. Another good week as far as I'm concerned. There were so many stories going on. And I liked how even with that, those stories were filtering into other storylines as well. And that's good.

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Well, since I know the snowstorm was this week (and prime viewing I'm sure for binging), I wanted to get my thoughts about last week out. Cuz...we know I enjoyed the bubbles and the fight...lol. I'm extremely happy that Willow stabbing Drew was not a dream. It was not a fantasy. It was stone cold (pun unintended) REAL!!! I'm so excited with this story turn. And Willow is acting her a$$ off. It is giving old school schemer and I'm loving it. Katelyn Mc is going from strength to strength at the same time. It's THE story turn I'm looking forward to seeing next. Especially since they said when Drew does wake up, he won't be moving for a while. So are we about to get some Misery or the wish of several of us to see Chase cheat with Willow with Drew seeing and not being able to do anything because he can't move??? @Antoyne and @titan1978 thoughts cuz it sounds like your odds are good on getting your wish. ;) I admit that I was annoyed that my happiness at seeing a Laura/Lulu scene was dashed when I realized it was just a plot point for the Dalton body storyline. Moreso since Laura had a great scene right before with Liz. I loved seeing them bond over empty nesters. Joss without a storyline? I think NOT! lol. Which is how I felt about the scene of her with Brennan (whom exit storyline continues to tick tock now that new random WSB Guy has arrived) making her into a sleeper agent now. Which should mean no storyline until they climax the story in May, but I suspect that is not what will happen. I also continue to think REWRITE at the new random WSB Guy cuz as has been mentioned...it's clear that the bad guy at the Five Poppies is 'Nathan.' In league with Sidwell apparently. And as has also been mentioned...the Dante/'Nathan' scene of the handling of the evidence was such a tell. So the writers need to go ahead and pull that trigger. Yeeeah, those Britt vs Carly scenes were so transparent. I would like to think Jason can see through that. After weeks of Britt wanting her life back, she gets it, AND VANISHES??? Something in the buttermilk ain't clean. But it is the typical 'character has to make up a lie in order for people not to come after them.' I did flinch when she mentioned Bobbie. And I would have loved Carly slapping the taste out of her mouth. at seeing Peter August back. Not even being warned on this thread (and online) did it the (in)justice. While Wes will always been GL's Sam, the gay from LATTER DAYS, and Wyatt from CHARMED to me, I am over this character. I am happy that the Anna story is kinda moving with its beats. And yay for Emma getting a clue. And I love Gio being there for her. Now for the MAIN EVENT HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Chase, Chase, Chase. His downfall is going to be delicious. I loved (and rewatched) every minute of Chase vs Michael. And while the fight was too brief, it was still great as Michael wiped the floor with him. That was a long time coming...as is another round of Dante vs Chase. But that might be coming as I see the writers finally have looped back around to BLQ and Chase's adoption. Good at BLQ clocking that it's a way for Chase to keep busy after he just got demoted for HIS actions. Keep the cracks in that relationship coming a little more consistently please. It's hard to believe that this was all the same week as Willow's verdict. Another example of how good the writers have gotten at shifting and not losing the momentum of their show.

Yep, yep. They are doing too much with it so hopefully they don't let me down. Oooo I didn't even think that we might meet Jessica's parents. That would be interesting. As would a potential messed-up Chels.

I am going to agree as well. Because I was looking forward to seeing the buildup to ChelsKat (which we thankfully still get talk and scenes about at least) and Dina/Pam's modeling agency. So I did feel a kinda way that it seems like Dina/Pam's modeling agency is up and running. I was WTF. Le sigh.

I would like to think Lisa and Mary still have sour grapes since their weakness is their kids. And that was what the fight was about. Allegedly. It really should have. Fans knew about the sit-down from the moment it was filmed. They were looking forward to it. And...THAT was it? They could have marketed it so well since we all wanted to see them together since Monique left.