Darn

I don't think any recasting or writing could have surmounted the fact that Emily was barely out of high school and Sonny was in his 40s. It was icky on a fundamental level. Not to mention Sonny's already gross past with teenage girls.

No one ever really leaves Days of Our Lives. Days of Our Lives isn't a place of employment, it's a state of being. Once you're Days of Our Lives, you're always Days of Our Lives.

Days of Our Lives now films further in advance than it used to, so it may take longer for viewers to notice a change in the quality of writing and dialogue.

Lucky! I saw it long after it aired. I meant to ask, can anyone think of any other examples?

I'm certainly no Michael or Willow fan but it's sweet that her last episode was that of her grandson's wedding. It's funny how that's happened a few times in daytime, where a veteran cast member's final episode feels like kismet. John Ingle's Edward putting Emma before himself and having those wonderful final moments with Tracy (this was planned knowing JI would pass but still felt destined) and Jeanne Cooper's final scene with Jess Walton couldn't be more perfect, a 2 minute scene that encapsulated the complexities of Katherine and Jill's relationship, it was the finest thing Y&R has done in at least 15 years. This doesn't compare to those examples of course (though the moment with the Spencer women welcoming Willow to the family was nice in spirit if not great in execution) but it's nice nonetheless.

How the hell did either of them make it in People? They weren't even popular for daytime.

February was a much better sweeps than May I’ll say that. The denouement of all of the shenanigans on Spoon Island was great, Portia’s (lame) secret finally came out, Sprina’s first kiss…all of it felt better plotted and executed. Everything’s been on the whole mediocre starting with the lameass Nurse’s Ball. Looking like it was set in the break room of a Walgreens…

They’re very aware that any prolonged mention of Dru would create a firestorm online and calls to bring her back and that’s exactly what they don’t want. They don’t care that it makes no sense story wise.

No, not like that. Someone completely foreign to the mob world. Think Skyler stepping up as Walt's right hand when she found out he was Heisenberg (idk if you've watched Breaking Bad). Take Nina for instance, if she wasn't an awful mess of a character, finding out that she enjoys the ins and outs and power that comes with running a crime syndicate.

Why not have one of Sonny’s love interests completely lean into the mob life? Not the weak way Carly did but someone who revels in it and becomes his partner essentially, maybe even more forceful and in love with it than he is. The way the show is handling Curtis and Portia’s separation is so odd. In three months they’ve had maybe 5 scenes together? They are married. And I don’t feel an ounce of the push and pull and anguish and longing that these newlyweds should be displaying. I understand he’s upset and disappointed in her but he was hopelessly in love with her in February. And Portia is doing absolutely nothing to fight for her marriage. She’s just crying and apologizing. Take some initiative! Make Curtis shît or get fûcking divorced!

Beautiful statement and what an amazing collection of pictures. She was so cute!

I have a feeling Frank knew, the cast regularly praises him as a great, involved producer so I wouldn't be surprised if she informed him of her illness.

So so good.

A gut punch. Ugh. Luke and Laura and especially Geary get too much credit for the rise of GH. And I think that's mostly because the press is able to hang their hat on the titillation of "victim marries her rapist" angle. They ignore the fact that the rest of the show had to be good to keep people watching and that that story didn't happen in a vacuum, there was so much more going on before and after the disco. Anyway, back to Jackie. Bobbie and her fiery red hair are (like I told @Vee when he shocked me with this news) are an indelible part of my childhood and part of some of my earliest memories. She really was a throughline across countless regime changes, a constant that helped to shape basically all of the eras post her hiring in 77. This is hearbreaking, she was entirely too young and still so vital.

Literal cartoons are more realistic than Days. Rugrats has a more consistent internal logic than Days of Our Lives.

Ric was amazing as Matt. That's why they brought him back as Ghost Matt for as long as they did, he and Sabryn had incredible chemistry. It's a shame Tricia has never been brought back or even referenced since that storyline ended. But as we all know Victoria has had two very distinct lives.

Yeah it's been real whiplash seeing the entire town turn against Ned. The writing has gotten real heavyhanded so everyone will be "shocked" that it was Nina. "The person who called the SEC on Carly and Drew must be a horrible, evil, terrible person" as if you aren't all terrible people who have done much more horrific things.

Oh wow it was improvised. What a genius move on her part, and the fact that he was able to catch her and just went with it? Ugh these kids have got it. BLQ and Olivia can go to hell. They were so ready to demonize Ned. This storyline is making me hate everyone except Ned and I find him USELESS. Tracy was the saving grace of the Quartermaine scenes today. Look, someone who has a personality and isn’t just spouting forced dialogue! Loved her not remembering Joss and insulting Sonny and Dex. Brook Lynn’s “Uncle Sonny is the best!” made me want to kms.

He's been on the show twice in the past year. I think they bring him back because the producers and Finola like him. My problem they've treated both returns like "a moment", then he proceeds to bring nothing of value.

JPS is a Sprina fan. Kudos to the actors for making that leap work, it really hit and their fans are obsessed.

🥹 You must elaborate for me. Yesterday's show was oddly paced. It should have started with the immediate aftermath of the explosion. Valentin was suddenly fine. Anna disappeared. Laura was offscreen most of the episode. Victor was just dead. Not presumed, a body and everything (not that that matters). And then we had yet another episode in which Joss vented to Dex the entire hour. They are boring and add nothing to the narrative. Dex never contributes to the discussion, he just sits there and listens like an unqualified therapist.

Sean Blakemore (Shawn, GH) is in season 2 of Cruel Summer (watch season one, it's great!).

I can tell Mark Lawson and Josh Kelly apart because Mark is the hot one. End of. Like JK has never looked like this a day in his life. Oh god I feel like a Days of Our Lives poster. Maybe now I should read the rest of the thread.