Darn

Didn't they have a kid? A little boy that Taylor carried I think, I'm having a vague recollection of Hunter Tylo screaming in a hospital bed when she found out it was Brooke's? How soon before he's back too to push that Nick and Brooke are meant to be or whatever?

I actually think that the last few hires have been fairly impressive so I'm curious as to who they cast and hope it's not a known soap commodity.

Agreed on both points. Ava and Ric are so delicious together and they figured this out incredibly quickly so I just knew another turn was bound to happen. Kristina might be one of the most despicable characters I've ever seen lmao and NOT because she nearly got two people killed. But the way she weaponizes Molly and TJ's daughter's and Sam's deaths to manipulate people. With her and Lucky it was "my baby" and "Adela" but notice how the baby suddenly becomes hers and Molly's later on? Ugh I hate her.

Emma's activism is such a refreshing change from the generic good/bad, studious/ballsy, etc. we've been served when it comes to younger characters. It's specific and doesn't go against what we know of her upbringing or her family. It's sad that they really do not care.

Oh boy I just realize that was a Friday episode. Yikes! There was very little to entice someone to tune in next week but watching and commenting here made the episode go by faster. I feel crazy watching anything at the hospital. It's all so weightless and unessential. Badly written. Embarrassing really. The fact that they're talking about Ashley and that damn baby almost 2 months later is insane. It wasn't exciting when it happened, do they think having several characters recant it will make it pop? Okay good, not just me! Woof.

Jesus Christ, they're still talking about the elevator baby? Does anything else happen in that hospital? Tomorrow they'll have Derek rhapsodize about the cat.

Mmmhmm and you'd never find the opposite on majority white soaps, all the white women with black best friends. Hell, they struggle to give one black woman anything to do. It's a great idea but the location is so distracting. I feel like almost any other set would've made more sense lol

My dad loves his daytime court shows, I gotta ask if he's seen it. Even if the show isn't great, everyone always LOOKS damn good. Everyone reads as rich. This two shot of Nicole and Vanessa is blurry as hell, anyone else notice that? Leave her tacky ahh alone! I love it!

I'm mad all of my excellent notes got pushed to the previous page. 😭 Oh my god I haven't watched commercials in so long, is that Vivica Fox and Ice-T selling...I think road side service? Andre is blocking traffic to conduct these interviews...they couldn't at least put up a hospital room set for this? It looks silly. There's no privacy and they're in the middle of the hallway.

I think of the three the actress who plays Ashley is the strongest and with a character that had some real thought put behind her she could excel. Derek from conception to casting makes no sense. I say this only because it's true but he looks both terrified and terrifying. He has one singular expression. He's constantly wide-eyed like Frankenstein's monster hit by his first bolt of lightning. I have no clue how he was cast on this show unless they ultimately intend to reveal that Derek is a serial killer. If so, they're showing their hands a little early! Other thoughts: The women by and large are so well cast. Eva and Kat are STARS, both are stunningly beautiful and incredibly talented. I know they're both young and green but they don't feel like actors finding their footing, they really embody their characters. If I Were Running Things I would hitch my wagon to their rivalry (and at the same time let's pace it out a bit, show some layers, there's no need for Kat to be so abrasive all the time). I'd also get them a MUCH more interesting man to fight over. Tomas is not it. Dani's merry-go-round of self-destruction should not be this repetitive two months into the show. She should make mistakes, a lot of them but not the same one over and over this close together. On top of that you have her and Andre's semi-weekly trysts that feel empty and played out already. The bones of a captivating show are THERE, the cast is mostly solid, the sets are lovely despite the department store lighting...sometimes I feel like it's operating like a show that's been on for years who we're desperately hoping gets it's mojo back and not a show that should be hitting the ground running. By the WAY, bougie girls like Kat? Are not cooking for a man on a first date, even fake cooking. No, she would expect him to 1) ask her what type of cuisine she prefers 2) make the reservation and 3) order her a rideshare to and from the restaurant (in the past she'd ask that he pick her up and take her home but it's 2025, she is not getting in a car alone with a stranger). She'd also let him know as soon as they sat down that there would be no hanky panky. And she most certainly would not have told him that she was a virgin on the first date. Come on!

I will be completely honest with you, I kind of…forgot that that happened. Which is partially my fault but also the show’s lol it seems like Port Charles has accepted that Cyrus is dead despite the lack of a body. Or really any indication that he’s dead at all, right? Because the WSB scrubbed the crime scene (speaking of which, what happened with Drew lying about Jason’s alibi?). The investigation hasn’t been referenced in weeks as far as I know, his siblings have moved on, there’s no fear that he’s still out there from anyone…unless I missed something it’s been handled very oddly considering he was the local bogeyman for years. And Joss wrestled with what she did for about a week. You have a very privileged, very young woman who murdered the monster that killed her boyfriend. That’s HEAVY story. Instead of delving into that we get the daytime version of Feds.

You go a little overboard with the Joss hate but in this instance I can’t say I disagree.

Oof if the first couple of weeks were stronger than the past week... The show has many issues but I cannot get past Derek/Ashley/Andre. What a bizarre non-triangle. Literally everything about this story makes me go "huh???". First the pregnant lady in the elevator, which was cliche and flat and did nothing of note. Okay fine, a hiccup but then we have Derek, the firefighter saving a CAT from a burning building? Who is coming up with this stuff? There is no way that they think viewers in 2025 are tuning in for this. How did either of those plot points pass the idea stage? Whoever came up with them should've been immediately dismissed I'm sorry.

I wonder if Joss remembers that her boyfriend died 3 months ago. I mean, I barely do but of course I wasn't fcking him. Whatever they're doing with her is bizarre. Is Eden on some sort of break? They could have easily filmed all of her scenes since Joss went on her school research trip (I think that's what it was) in a week. I refuse to believe that Carly would be okay with her being gone for so long after her boyfriend died. Carly? Just fine with her daughter spending 2 months on Easter Island after a traumatic event? Jason can't pass gas without her wanting a sniff. And her trainer. Perfectly attractive, not a bad actor but absolutely no presence and looks too mature for her. EM still looks like a kid and Joss is not written maturely whatsoever. The actress who plays Emma is a real find. She's very good and has been since the day she started if we're being honest and I see her only getting better. I find her so watchable even when Emma is obnoxious. I think the show's been kind of knocking it out of the park with new hires. I am finding Lucas and Marco very refreshing. I'm not used to gay stories on soaps that don't either offend me or make me want to curl up into a ball and die. I found the way they met to be cute and relatable. Van has grown on me a LOT and we finally have a Lucas that, to me, reads as the little boy we saw grow up in the 90s and the product of Bobbie and Tony's parenting. Marco is also very attractive, the only downside to him is parents. Speaking of...so the crime boss who 6 short months ago was terrorizing AfRIca is going to fully back the AIDS research fundraiser? You gotta love it. Optics!

Haven't there been rumblings about this for a while? IIRC Christian Le Blanc and Kate Linder were the two most speculated.

Can't lie, KW getting choked up over JJY's return got to me. I love them. And I have always loved Mac. I think the show underestimates the importance of his steadfast presence on the canvas. Mac simply doesn't get enough credit for being the only reason why Robin, Maxie and Georgie were able to grow up onscreen and become so popular. I can't believe Jason has only been back for a year. Feels like 2 at least. Always love to hear Genie talk about JJ, the love there is so real.

Hey so I saw a clip from the Heather Tom episode and excuse me, Ridge left Brooke for Taylor? They broke up again? And she’s still on this destiny kick? This show is demented. 40 years of this. I thought they’d finally gotten Brooke and Ridge to a degree of normality. Brooke looks absolutely bonkers at her big age of 60+ saying to her adult daughter “no one understands what Ridge and me have.” Yeah, we do, some sort of codependent psychosis! Couple of weirdos! And back to the life model decoy playing Taylor now formerly known as Rebecca Budig! You gotta wonder who is Brad writing this show for. He certainly can’t enjoy this.

Yes! I noticed the same thing this week, especially in the scenes involving Ava or Kristina. The music was ramped up to 11. And I can’t lie, it helped keep me engaged. It made me feel like something actually shocking was on the horizon (didn’t happen). Frankly, at times I find it a little concerning that they air some of MB’s scenes. He struggles to remember his lines, often puts inflections on the wrong words (probably due to not being able to remember his lines) and rarely looks engaged with his scene partners. There was a Carly and Sonny scene saying a few weeks ago where he completely flubbed his line, he just spat out gibberish and somehow it aired! I know Sonny often looks like a vampire with his shoe polish black dye job but he is not Barnabas Collins and this is not airing live in 1968.

Unemployment and restless thumbs. Nevah!

Is this your man? Look at the screen, is this your man?

They’ll just superimpose his head on to Johnson’s body in the opening credits. A dollar’s a dollar. I try not to read too much into social media responses funneled through the people who share it on this board. Two tweets = the interwebs are LOSING it over this one! I don’t think the show will ever be able to recover from this foolhardy decision, CBS is quaking! The NAACP bout to sue itself!

I’m just wondering why Colby Muhammad’s name is in a completely different font. Anyway, I think someone needs to confiscate Mr. Johnson’s phone for 24-48 hours.

This is true, I don’t know how common it is but I’ve seen and read interviews with actors discussing having to create social media accounts to promote their projects. NOT saying that’s what happening here but it’s absolutely a thing. On a similar note there are rumors that actors with large social media followings have a leg up when it comes to casting. And hey, maybe they’ll bring back the other guy when his brother is inevitably brought back from the dead.

No he don’t, he looks considerably older.

Great, now we can get Andre, Jacob and Ted confused. But really, he doesn’t look old enough to be Martin’s father (Daphnee doesn’t look old enough to be his mother either). I wonder what happened, the actor who played Ted was hardly one of the show’s problems.