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About time! Thrilled for the cast and crew. DAYS will always hold a special place for me - even though I only bop in and out during the past few years. It truly saddened me that these folks were working under these unacceptable conditions. Glad it was exposed and everyone rallied behind them.

Quinn was Sheila's placeholder for several years. Go through all of Quinn's felonies, relationships ($B, Deacon, Eric), working at FC, wrath of Steffy ('She's TOXIC!'), Liam/Adam, Katie, spiking Brooke's drink, getting 'redemption' through an unexpected relationship (Eric v. Deacon). Funny Liam tries to tag Finn with Sheila's influence. Does that also apply to $B?

Shaming JE? It simply keeps getting worse as these incidents are exposed. Is there something about AA that makes him a little more protected? You'd think Sony/Peacock would fire him outright, but, perhaps, they fear a discrimination law suit. Even if that's the case, ask him to resign even if it means paying him some part of his contract. We're not talking about a couple of isolated incidents over 20 years. It absolutely makes zero sense that he's still there.

@Errol Saw it and rushed here. Hard to believe there's more revelations and it's worse. Glad the actors are standing up for themselves and the entire crew. How on earth did that person get away with it?

100%

A lot of the manufactured and accelerated tension with SINN is directly tied to JMW's *annual* leave. The other 3 existing shows currently include at least 2 characters each that have committed similar crimes, including murder. Yet, those characters have been incorporated into the fabric of the show. Most of those characters did spend time in jail as part of the road back. If Thomas can 'put in the work' to be a cleansed man through two weeks of intensive therapy, give Sheila six weeks. Instead of burning through tons of story, have Sheila view this chance with Finn + Deacon as incentive to fight her demons. Have Finn meet his 5 siblings, etc. create that conflict with Steffy, but have them work through it as a couple - anything to avoid Steam! Spiking Brooke's drink - like Quinn before her - shouldn't have gotten us to the alley.

Instead of directly murdering Victor, plane crash gives them sabotage storyline material. It's the only logical explanation. Otherwise, just have Victor die in his sleep. @AbcNbc247 Sadly, even a body won't prevent another Steve-ano nightmare. It'll probably be something Nic-tor. Can fans honestly say they'd be shocked if Nicole starts channeling Victor?

FOREVER! Makes me nostalgic for the *annual* 'The Plan to SAVE DAYS!' The crazy thing was that it wasn't hype - they literally seemed to need to reboot it every year during the 00s.

And, as predicted, we have a new Nanny! Honestly, Sheila doing something good is a lot better than the absolute rubbish we've been fed for the past 16 months with her character. This plotpoint separation for JMW's leave is a lot better than what we'd normally expect - Sheila kidnaps Steffy or something along those lines. Plus, we know it's temporary, JMW will be back and, sadly, Brad will need unhinged Sheila for November sweeps.

Why on earth was there a national news break? I've looked at several news sites, don't see anything that would warrant CBS breaking in. The good news is that whatever scenes were lost, the dialogue was repeated during the rest of the episode and certainly during the next week!

@Fevuh I was perplexed by the speed of kiss, fight, sleep with Thomas, divorce papers and done in record time. Then I read what coming up soon, which gave me a theory why they might be severing Lope ASAP. Remember the days when they had the artificial '3 months or 6 months' before a divorce was final? I think they used it with Liam/Steffy's first marriage. All this nonsense with Sheila should've never happen. Shooting Steffy/Finn over spiking Brooke's champagne was idiotic and illogical. When Sheila is around, stuff happens. When she's not, we got the past 3 months. Quinn filled the role of instigator (Sheila) for several years - she hooked up with Deacon, Bill and Eric, spiked Brooke's drink, kidnapped (and worse) Liam, threatened Katie, etc. - but Quinn was declawed. It's amazing how many stories are recycled and burned through on B&B! Sadly, Brad hasn't even made an attempt to have another (younger) character fill that role.

I wish they hadn't included such specific details about the actress with the sheet incident. She is a victim and now sees it in print. The could've done a better job of cloaking better. Hollywood enables exactly the kind of behavior it claims to abhor yet they're never really held accountable. There's far too many instances of bullying, sexism, ageism, toxic work environments, harassment, etc. Awful. I feel really bad for the cast and crew. They already have to do some much with so little.

BC is ageless! I absolutely love her energy. You can tell she loves playing LL. I hope they keep her as a recurring guest.

Liam pulling the Ivy video - 'It was MUH-DAH!' SC leaving B&B would make sense of why Hope suddenly went to Thomas. If Liam is in a coma and shipped away, it'd be impossible to have Hope abandon him. That would lock Hope in storyline purgatory. Now with the insta-divorce, that obstacle is clear. Killing Liam would be a mistake.

This would be a good time too bring on Diana. Brad promised a whole new generation of character in 2023. RJ is simply idling. They need to at least attempt to find the successor to Steffy/Liam/Hope.

I imagine Ridge will pull the 'I'll do whatever to protect my family' card now that Sheila is out. If so, I kinda want Brooke or Taylor to say, 'Really, Bunhead?' I'm hopeful that JMW's leave will open up stories for Finn. I literally feel like I know three things about him: doctor, abs and compliant. He was shocked for 5 seconds when he realized Steffy cheated on Liam with $B. No spouse would just get over that in a few minutes. Huge missed opportunity to delve deeper into Finn's personality. I'm all for SINN, but c'mon they need some real conflict.

Since we know B&B *never* does anything by accident, I seem to recall in the recaps that Sinn's nanny was leaving. Hmm, Finn hugs Sheila and voila! Sheila is the new nanny. Steffy leaves to go to the Paris office (maternity leave). Finn to Sheila: 'I really wish Liam was out of our lives.' Sheila: 'Anything for my beautiful baby boy.' Finn: 'Thanks. Mom.'

Will be interesting to hear how many formerly free Xfinity users they ended up losing. I'm sure most, like me, didn't subscribe. Watching DAYS occasionally simply wasn't worth it.

What's the point of accelerating everything in the Lope storyline? I don't get how we go from Rome to divorce in three weeks. Really. Maybe Brad wants to break up Lope so he can finally fulfill his Looke fantasy. They might as well go there now because *nobody* wants Steam.

I never understood why they went full-on psycho with David because MC was an established and good actor. With his good looks and body, he totally seemed like a perfect leading man for Y&R. I wonder what happened. And, gosh, wouldn't a Sheila/David alliance been interesting? Speaking of good looks, MC has certainly kept them. Glad to see him back on TV. I'll have to check out the trial episodes now.

Oh, suddenly Hope remembered the years' old betrayals? Bizarre. Thought that resentment was over and done during the Beth saga. I guess they can simply have Hope *own* that she lusted for Thomas.

@soapfan770 What I didn't include was that actors have the right to express their discomfort. I absolutely agreed with CE because there was no need to make Adam so awful. I only mentioned ED's comments because as someone who'd been in the industry for 3 decades at that time, she had an interesting point. ZS has been a breath of fresh air on the show. Audra has a lot of potential with her already existing ties. It sounds like she's merely going to be collateral damage for Skyle.

Her comments remind me of Chris Engen. I seem to recall ED pretty much said in response that when an actor is given that kind of spotlight/major story, they need to grab it and make the best of it because it's not always there. I thought her comments were really insightful because she'd obviously been through many ups and downs through her career. The harsh reality is that shocking and scandalous is par for the course for all dramatic series - daytime and primetime.

Has there been any explanation why Hope did a complete 180 and started lusting for Thomas months ago? It's not like anything happened in the Lope marriage to at least spur Hope's actions.

No. B&B's remote was over the week before, except for 26th with Brooke/Ridge in the villa - I'm not even sure that was shot in Italy based on the pics I saw. As @Jeff noted, B&B's rise is more likely the result of Y&R's massive gain.