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I haven't enjoyed DAYS in a long time. I was quite invested in the storylines around John's death and memorial, the Bo/Hope brief return, and the Pandrew wedding. But none of the current storylines are anything I want to see. So I think I will choose to take a break from DAYS, even from reading recaps and spoilers.

this image has been credited to Howard Wise for JPI and also credited to Bill Inoshita for CBS image credit JPI via MichaelFairman (Link) I am tired of posting photos of pretty people in annoying, and now depressing, storylines. I'm done.

Same. I can't with Y&R anymore. I like posting spoiler photos but the storylines are so bad that it's just depressing. I'm out.

Monday July 14 US (Friday July 11 CDN) Damian and Cane are talking in the maze, talking about Lily and about their late fathers (Colin and the man who raised Damian). They are drinking from the same bottle. Damian gets woozy. Someone wearing gloves is hiding, watching them, holding a dagger. Cane helps Damian to sit down on a bench. Damian wonders if he was drugged or poisoned by Cane. Cane points out they were drinking from the same bottle, and Cane begins to become woozy. They realize something is wrong and they should go. Cane tries to help Damian stand up, and at that moment, the lurker hurls the dagger into Damian's back. Cane holds Damian as he collapses, and just then Phyllis walks up to where they are in the maze. Oddly, Phyllis is carrying her purse in the maze. End of episode. Source: several Canadian recappers ***NOTE: one recapper says that the lurker was intending to throw the dagger into Cane but missed, and the dagger pierced Damian instead. Five different recappers: Recap #1 (Link) Recap #2 (Link) Recap #3 (Link) Recap #4 in two pages (Link) Recap #5 made in four consecutive posts (Link) I don't have a way to view the Canadian feed; so all I can do is relay what they said. The first three links have screencaps. The fifth link is the most detailed. EDIT to add: Forgot to mention that a few other characters got lost in the maze and said that it seemed darker, and they suspected that someone had rearranged the maze walls. Don't know if it was their imagination? Possibly real, since more that one character said the walls seemed rearranged. Did the murderer set it up to keep people corralled and away from the murder scene? Or (guessing) are the maze walls stationary but the guests *maybe* drugged and thus confused?

Episode 90: Tues. July 15 Images source: https://www.paramountpressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/shows/beyond-the-gates/photos?episode=25766

"Next on BTG" preview vid for week July 14-18

"Next week on Y&R" preview video for July 14-18

Perhaps the person who tries to commit murder. . . is Cane's assistant Carter? There would be no stakes in that, so it fits JG.

"Next week on Y&R" preview video for July 14-18 Has someone has died, or is this "attempted murder" ? Chance is still alive! Has Damian died? I don't know. (The official hi-def version will be up on YT later. Will post when available.)

Michael Fairman interviewed the nominees live on July 10th Three hours and 26 minutes total. Fairman said some actors couldn’t make it due to short notice. Eric Martsolf is there, although he's not listed in the YT description. They were on the live interview in this order: 1. Peter Bergman 2. Sharon Case 3. Eric Martsolf 4. Melissa Claire Egan 5. Greg Rikaart 6. Laura Wright 7. Michael Graziadei 8. Courtney Hope 9 and 10. Susan Walters and Linden Ashby together 11. Michelle Stafford 12 and 13. Linsey Godfrey and Paul Telfer together 14. Blake Berris is in Ireland, so he couldn’t do the live youtube. He did his interview with Fairman earlier in the day, and his interview was spliced into the end of this youtube.

The Parade article is quoting the WomansWorld interview by Deanna Barnert Here's the original: https://www.womansworld.com/entertainment/celebrities/days-of-our-lives-hunk-josh-taylor-talks-roman-kositchek-retirement

Thank you. It explains what Cady is trying to do. And yes that instructional vid explains the transatlantic accent well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnkOFZKN0Dk I'm really glad to learn this. She seems to be following the Transatlantic pronunciation rules outlined in the video; but it doesn't seem to flow naturally. Meryl Streep was able to take on a special accents for films and make it believable. I adore Cady but she's not Meryl. Cady's accent needs more rehearsal and *consistency* -- if she wants it to sound like this is how Pamela naturally speaks.

Thank you for posting this. I'd never heard the term "transatlantic accent" before, so I looked it up. Found several different definitions. This seems to fit what you're saying?

I must be in the minority but I can't stand Kat. So bratty and snobby. https://www.instagram.com/p/DL7mJd4Asp4/

I've seen this debated in past years similarly . . . If it were based on the actor's entire year's performances then the category should reflect the character's relative importance on the canvas. [not implying that the Julie character is unimportant/important to the canvas.] But if were based on the character's importance within a story arc or within the episodes that the actor's submission reel is derived from -- then someone might consider themself a lead in the scenes being submitted? Is that true or not? I gather actors can choose to submit as lead or supporting? I mean Leo Stark is certainly not a lead character on the Days canvas. But maybe Rikaart considered himself to be a lead in the scenes he submitted?

All of you here at SON already know all of this, of course. I'm not posting anything new in this post, LOL. I'm just posting as a way to vent out to the universe here: The actor nominations aren't for performances in storylines. They are nominations for reels of a few scenes cherrypicked from the entire eligibility year. (Different years have had different rules as to the amount of scenes and minutes that can be on the actor submission reel.) A person could have done lackluster acting in 99% of what aired all year. But they can still submit their few good scenes spliced into a reel. The nominations for best show and best writing aren't for storylines. They are usually for two episodes of the entire eligibility year. So a show might have 248 crappy episodes in the year, but they can still submit the two good episodes. The entire process seems meaningless to me. /end rant

Errol posted about this, too (Link)

Photos for Friday July 11 from SOD (Link) and from soaphub (Link) Police station and the square: Paulina, Jada, JJ, Chanel, Johnny DiMera mansion: EJ, Belle Kiriakis mansion and Titan-DiMera office: Xander, Maggie, Philip, Sarah (Philip is back to work)

@MontyB @Antoyne @Taoboi and anyone interested in Damian and a certain possible storyline, there is something Thurs July 10 US (Wed July 9 CDN)

Update: that photo of Lily looking shocked at Cane sitting on her traincar bed --- it was a dream! From Thurs. July 10 US (Wed. July 9 CDN) Lily dreams that she's in bed with Damian and kissing him and suddenly he morphs into Cane. She awakens annoyed. What actually happnens: Upon awakening, Lily throws on her bathrobe and walks out into the maze. She sees Damian and they talk about Cane and what she wants now. She tells him she wants a new direction in her life and kisses him. She tells him that she really likes him and had been wanting to kiss him again. Cane walks by in the maze and sees them kissing but doesn't not approach. Damian and Lily walk away. Cane sits at a table in the maze and drinks angrily. Damian walks Lily back to her traincar. She invites him to stay, and she drops garments and affirms that she is sure. PHOTOS: Lily in the purple pajamas is dreaming. Damian with Lily wearing the white embroidered robe over the purple, is real. (ignore the commentary from the three websites -- they are just speculating about what's happening in the photos) photos from SOD (Link) from soaphub (Link) and from soapcentral (Link) The episode is mostly Danny proposing to Christine with LOTS of flashbacks to moments in their romantic history. There are also scenes of Chelsea visiting Victoria to pay condolences. But we do get Lily/Damian.

Today (Wed) was phenomenal. I was completely transported out of my life and into the BTG world (which is how good drama should be) For me today was like watching a movie. So many pieces interwoven, and the intensity. Just Wow.

Your Jason/Carly comment made me laugh so hard. The mob enforcer with the mob mistress! (except that Joey doesn't want to be a hitman)

Thursday July 10 JJ/Gwen images via XJJohnson for JPI Studios via SOD (Link) and via soaphub (Link)

Thurs. July 10: The supposedly extremely wealthy Gwen Von Leuschner is staying at the Salem Inn XJJohnson for JPI Studios via SOD (Link)