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You think that's weak? How about her excuse that they need to have the party on set? (at least they got the date correct, according to the wiki Johnny was born October 23rd). Also, I know logic doesn't matter but, if they're just trying to jog her memory, why not re-create the wedding without getting married? For example, why not wear the same gown, or watch the wedding video? The idea of memories being flooded due to an experience doesn't really make sense if the experiences are not the same. Finally, do we think there's a Guinness World Record for number of episodes that Alex can go without wearing a shirt? Not that I'm complaining. I'm simply thinking of other forms of PR for the show (a purely benevolent cause).

Also, it's a Wesley family tradition to be the third wheel in a love triangle. (please excuse the mixed metaphor)

I was disappointed mostly because of the continued dependence on short scenes. Fiona needed one great extended monologue to tell us about the pain of losing Xander which led to her self-destructive behavior. These mini-scenes with 2–3 lines of dialogue annoy me. As I've noted before, streaming is a different genre. We don't need short scenes to avoid boredom, and nobody is going to change the channel in the middle of an episode. So, I wish they'd play with the structure a bit and use longer scenes when they are call for in these emotional resolutions. That being said, I applaud the mix of stories today. Leo or Johnny in isolation would've been a huge disappointment over yesterday's cliffhanger. So, I appreciate that they followed up immediately. I also hope Brady's finally going to get out of the interrogation room and take a shower. Given that he's unemployed, I think he'd make a more believable B&S character than Alex.

Just given the timing and the age of the character (not a high schooler), I predict that she'll be in a triangle with Johnny and Chanel, because that's such an original and groundbreaking idea for DAYS. 😉😎

It is ironic that Nick Correlli spans such a huge generation of storytelling on DAYS from 1981-1990. I was just reading his wiki, and he starts with David and Trish Banning, and he ends working for Lawrence Alamain. It feels as if one million characters came and went during that time span. It sort of explains why he wound up buying Wings, there was nobody else left to run it by that time. 😉

Did they conveniently forget that wheelchairs have brakes?

I would submit that DAYS's strangest pimp to romantic hero story goes to Vivian's long-lost son Quinn Hudson. It was a sudden transition from forcing Chloe into prostitution to yoga master. And somehow Vivian went from a doting aunt who would have done anything for Lawrence and his age-hoping son Nicky, to a mother of three sons (none of whom ever met).

One of the most amazing things to me about that that scene, is that it is not the cliffhanger at the end of the episode. One of the leading actresses is leaving the show, and they didn't give her the final say... And the background music that builds into the theme song gives me chills every time I watch it. But, I think it works best with the context of the prior scene with Logan. In isolation, it looks like Raven is a terrible mother (including calling her baby a 'booger'). Yet, Logan cut her to the core when he told that she was incapable of love, even for her own son. That's what motivates her to move, and punish Logan by giving Jamey to April. So, she's really avoiding her pain, and trying to seem callus in order to get Draper to take the baby. It is the many layers of the scene that makes it great.

or Maggie, I would imagine she'd want to know if Victor harbored lingering feelings for Fiona, especially because he changed his will so close to the time of his death.

I differ on the point of a short term arc. I'm fine with a 2-3 month storyline. However, the pacing is absurd. It took weeks for the accident to occur. We didn't need three fake outs of Sarah recalling the accident. And the whole EJ business and the insta-healed paralysis were unnecessary. Imagine, if Brady woke up the morning after the wedding, his car is missing, and he finds out Sarah has been in an accident. Fiona is a hero for revealing the truth about the will and gets closer to Xander, while planting seeds of doubt about Sarah and all the lies she has told. Any time Maggie is suspicious, Fiona writes it off as PTSD from Konstantin. We never know that she's lying about sobriety. In fact, it seems like maybe she's a little paranoid or has dementia. Until the scene with Sophia, and then the next day, she doesn't recall the conversation and calls her a liar. Brady works on solving the mystery and falls in love with Ava in the meantime. And the final reveal is that Kristen stole the car and Fiona was the driver.

Somebody call the ACLU! How long has Brady been cuffed to that chair in the interrogation room? It's definitely been more than a day. I had to laugh when Holly said she was getting a hotel room in Paris. Firstly, who is renting a room to a 16-year-old in a foreign country? And second, of course Nicole doesn't have room for guests, she's from Salem where everyone either lives in a studio apartment or a mansion. Also, after seeing this mess of Fiona trying to push Sarah down the stairs, it is obvious that there were a million other options. Fiona could've denied it and manipulated Xander to be on her side. Fiona could've blackmailed EJ to get herself out of trouble. Fiona could've implicated Maggie. Like, those are just off the top of my head, and none of them include the ridiculous notion that Fiona could push a heavy wheelchair down the stairs. And she could've had a dignified exit that would've allowed her to return in the future. Also, did anyone else notice the flub that Xander referred to Maggie as 'Suzanne' during their scene in the square?

It feels like this whole story could have been told by using Vivian. I guess nobody would've believed her about the will. And we don't know if there was more about Konstanin/Victor tale that got shelved due to Drake's illness. But, this entire resolve is very Vivian-coded. Unless RonC and Jamey only know one way to write older female villains (including Megan, they all seem to have gone to the Alexis Carrington School for Wayward Spinsters).

Tina Sloan in the final week of episodes was heartbreakingly good. It really showed what an underused resource she had been the whole time. I follow her on social media, and she's having a splendid retirement, so it all works out in the end.

It was a poor retread of Steve and Kayla. Charismatic actor brought on to play a creep, fans find him oddly magnetic, and so he was put in a romantic pairing. It was very phantom of the opera inspired. I don't know the timing, but I assume a new creative team no longer felt the appeal, and he was cut. You can't go back to that well too often, and Patch/Steve was a once in a generation find. Obviously (and thankfully), by today's standards, nobody would promote a pimp who deals in teen hookers to romantic status. Also, if I remember correctly, he lived in the basement of Wings (or whatever it was called at that point). Which would be a bad idea in real life, but it was a cute set.

I had to zoom in to see that they also added a veil to the hat. Talk about gilding the lily!

It's also that 1980s thing where everyone looked 45, even when they were 30 I mean, she's a beautiful woman, but she looks the same age in all three photos, despite the fact that they were taken years apart.

Truly, I only draw the line on misinformation. Soaps have used fictional illness to get around stuff for years. But they shouldn't mislead people. I'm fine with actresses looking fully made up and gorgeous, while dying of some mystery disease. Nobody ever having to pay their hospital bills (except for Lucky, that one time). Surgery being done by a relative. And everyone getting a single room. But, soaps should adhere to some ethical principles, and not to spread lies about real medical issues.

But, you get my drift. There was a time when daytime felt a duty to inform their audience with socially relevant storylines. Now, it just filled with misinformation that could be easily corrected by a story editor with access to google.

Poor Eileen Davidson has never been provided a pretty wedding gown on any of the soaps. I mean, that head piece from Y&R isn't much better than Susan Bank's on DAYS

Does anything say “jump the shark” like a visit from Hulk Hogan?

I adore the Patrick Nagel-esqe portraits here

Bobbie Spencer's 1980s hair is recognizable in any format. What's going on here?

Who could forget one of the oddest choices for a wedding ensemble?

It could be said that just as GH was irresponsible by misinforming their audience during the surrogacy storyline, they are equally irresponsible in telling the liver donation story. Liver donation is less stringent in criteria than kidney, or other vital organs. And, the donor does not need to be a relative (although a deceased donor needs to have the liver transferred with 30 minutes of death). Arguably, by misleading their audience, and not pairing up with medical organizations who promote organ transfer donation, they could be scaring people from engaging in a benevolent cause. Or, worse, promoting the idea that organ donation is so restrictive that the average person should not be tested for a match. In the olden days, a story like this would be used to promote people to remember to check the box for organ donation on their ID, and be tested for donations if they qualify. Imagine if, rather than paying for silly billboards, fans got added to the vital organ donor list en masse; that would be powerful.

His fade is also not flattering. And a suite in Paris would not be filled with mismatched ceramic tchotchkies, and champagne not kept in an ice bucket.