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I may check out some of his work. It's a HUGE loss for DAYS, but you can't blame him for taking a chance on something new.

That's probably the biggest plus that DAYS is bringing to Peacock...these viewers who go to the streaming service five days a week to watch the show and possibly viewing other things on the platform that they may have never watched otherwise. It's about generating daily traffic.

IF that's true, it's 2025, and that's why they call it acting!

Poor NuTed having to wear all of OldTed's clothes. He looked like he was swimming in that sportscoat today! Leslie continues to entertain! Hopefully, they walk a fine line from letting her go too crazy and being written into a corner.

I don't have a problem with NuTed as an actor, but I just have a HARD time buying him and Nicole as Martin's parents. They look waaaaaaaaaay too young. If Nicole and Ted met at a medical conference, they were already doctors. So, they had to be what...late late 20s at the earliest. Martin has to be in his mid-30s. That should put Nicole and Ted in their mid-60s. Physically, they, especially nuTed, appears to be close to Martin's age. NuTed the actor, good for him, just looks reallllly young for his age. I could slightly buy old Ted as Martin's dad, even though, yes, I know that MJ is actually younger than the actor who plays nuTed. I could buy Martin and NuTed as brothers but not father and son. Of course, it's too late to change it, but Martin should have simply been Vernon and Anita's youngest child. It would have made all the timelines work better. Leslie and Eva continue to be the standouts for me! I just find them so entertaining. I felt like the show had hit a lull right before the anniversary party, but ever since then each episode has been mostly entertaining, minus Ashley, that is. I'm intrigued to know Anita's real backstory. She and Vernon have been portrayed as being soooo perfect. There has to be more to the story. Hopefully, now, we'll get some insight.

I ended up being VERY moved by the scenes between Dani and Chelsea today. I think that it's so awesome that not one...but two...of the Dupree grandchildren identify as queer. Since KM came out as queer a bit back, you can't help but wonder how her own personal experience shaped that performance. BRAVO!

Poor Derek comes off as having the IQ of the cornbread at Orphey Gene's, like he's just a walking himbo with nothing going on upstairs.

I actually thought he came off as younger. It's so hard to buy Martin as Nicole and Ted's son unless they had him when they were 12.

She's definitely moving on to bigger and better things. Soooooo...what are the odds that Liam will actually die? If there's a last minute miracle, it's going to feel so been there, done that after the Eric storyline. Truly, Liam as a character is played out. I'd love to see Scott Clifton somewhere in a new role though!

I wonder why CBS seems intent on keeping JG. I've never been able to understand why JG thinks viewers care about all of these random companies and business stories.

I LOVED LD on AW...one of my all time favorite characters! However, on OLTL, her character was pretty pointless from the word go. I think trying to make her this character she played decades before was also a bad choice. She should have been a brand new character that could have been tied into the current canvas better. Rae really had no connections or family on the show. Imagine if she had been brought on as a recast Melinda Cramer, freshly released from the hospital. She would have been tied into a major family, be Kelly's mother, and have some real drama to play opposite RS.

I really didn't start watching the show until season 12 when I was a teen, so I only caught the last three years. I LOVED the show over all though...even that part of 13 that was a bit messy! So, it's been a treat streaming the previous seasons on Plex. I'm amazed at how well so much of the writing holds up over 30 years later. Far better than a lot that we get today! For the most part, stories move along at nice pace with good twists and turns! I just finished season 11, so I'm finally picking up where I started watching all those years before. When I started watching as a teen, Laura had already died, so while she was mentioned pretty often, I didn't have much background with the character. CM was an amazing actress and had chemistry with everyone. So, it's a bit of a headscratcher that they didn't seem to have any idea of what to do with her starting at around season 7. Her scenes at that point are mostly short, brief, and she has very little true story right until the episodes where she's dying in 9. I wonder what it was about the character that the writers couldn't figure out what to do with her. Also, Ben's exit storyline was a bit confusing for me. I never really got who this woman was who was stalking him and this "secret organization." The whole plot seems like it should be on a different show. Michelle Phillips and Nicolette Sheridan have really fun mom/daughter/frenemies chemistry. I remember having a huge crush on PP's Michael and being disappointed when he was written out at the end of season 12.

I think he's just found a formula that makes a ton of money....very fast and cheaply made programs with a dose of eye candy that get enough viewership to turn a nice profit. Didn't I read that they film a whole season of The Oval in two weeks and mostly in one take? If you watch, you can tell. Very long scenes (less camera/lighting set-ups) that repeat the same dialogue over and over. Actors in the same costumes for multiple episodes (less money needed for wardrobe!). Questionable acting ability from some. Etc. etc. He had a movie on Netflix that was supposedly shot in 5 days! You can't crank out a Sinners that way. I agree that most of his shows/movies all feel the same. I get the sense that the reason he doesn't branch out into big budget is that he likes to control every single aspect, too, including the writing. While some of his stuff can be entertaining at times, I don't think he has a "SINNERS" or "GET OUT" in him. That's just not his bag.

I feel bad for BTG. Those were the best episodes they had aired in WEEKS. Are there really that many people watching the soccer games on CBS???

Okay...I'm just going to call it. Ambyr Michelle is the breakout star of this show with the young set hands down! There is no character like Eva that pulls my heart strings, and she's playing it perfectly. If Eva and Leslie are on, it's a good episode! If written properly, Eva and Kat's rivalry is one that could go on for YEARS. Of course, it's fun to speculate about who is really whom, but I could see them developing as frenemies after some time. They really need a guy to tussle over to amp it up. Tomas is pretty, but the actor has got to loosen up some in his scenes, I think. He is improving though. It would be good to introduce a new young man in that story for a foursome. Martin and Smitty finally feel like a real couple to me, too. Hopefully, they locked them into four year contracts.

That would be an AMAZING twist.

I feel like the show has been like this for the past 15 or more years, IMO. Things happen but there are never or RARELY any long-term impacts. Instead, everything (characters, history) is just reset to what it was before. In a couple of months, Hope will be working at Forrester again. No one will ever mention the takeover. Brooke and Ridge will be back together for the millionth time, etc etc. It's hard to get invested in a story when you know this is how the show works.

Martin and Smitty's kids not being there seemed like a glaring omission. Also, Naomi and Jacob weren't there as well. I know some of this is probably budget, but it seems like there could be a way to still have them all there.

I'm really hoping the gradual slide down of ratings for BTG stops and stabilizes. I can't emphasize how much I want this show to succeed... But... IMO, the show has really got to work on pacing though. Before this week, there were way too many episodes FOR WEEKS where basically nothing happened. I often found my mind drifting during episodes, and I'm a hardcore soap fan with a high tolerance level of questionable writing. Imagine the people who tuned in those first two weeks because they were curious to try out a brand-new soap for the first time. Most of them are not going to stick around if it feels like nothing is happening. It doesn't mean you need constant bombs, showdowns, murders, etc. But, you can have particular story beats within a story happening to make there feel like there's movement in the plot, and then the audience feels like they'll actually miss something if they don't tune in. For example: How does no one know that Dani is sleeping with Andre yet? If even one person found out, that deepens that story's plot and conflict. Why is Joey so interested in Doug versus some other addicted gambler? We still have zero clue. Who in the hell is Ashley besides a nurse? (Don't even get my started on Derek!). These plot points won't wrap up a story, but it will give them more depth and interest. I could have missed almost the entire month of April, and tuned in this past Monday, and be current on what was happening. I'm sure if a lot of those early viewers who dropped off were surveyed, they'd say that the show moved too slowly for them. Picking up the pace and the DRAMA is the only way they're going to grow an audience in today's TV landscape with 10 episode seasons on streaming and younger people's TikTok brains. The slooooow moving soaps on the 70s and 80s aren't going to work if you're going to attract younger (and that by I mean below 50 years old) demo viewers. That's the future if the genre is going to survive not all of us old-school viewers. I feel like it would have been a great idea that if MVJ needed a co-head writer they should have paired her with someone MUCH younger and fresher with a modern story-telling viewpoint versus Guza who is also in his 70s! How are two 70 year olds expected to give us a modern day take on the 5-day a week soap? The head writing team should be a mix of proven experience with some new talent and ideas! I think one of the reasons the genre has been dying off is that there has been no new head-writing blood in what feels like forever. Who is TODAY'S Agnes Nixon, for example?

I thought she really good and one of the better actors on the show, but they didn't seem to know what to do with her. I think one of the problems is how many times can an Abbott and a Newman hook up. They're basically the same family at this point. The show needs some new life and characters brought in. Some underdogs who are struggling. Right now, basically everyone is supposed to be "rich" and well-off. The class struggle is completely absent. Don't get me started on all the random companies the characters talk about in every episode.

I've wondered about this...or some other way that Eva is actually Ted and Nicole's. I think the emphasis they've made on that Nicole and Ted had trouble having Kat and there were babies lost before her is a clue. Otherwise, why even mention it? It's lay groundwork for something. I think it'd be a fun twist for Eva and Kat to find themselves full siblings...great way to have a fun rivalry!

Here's the thing about Ashely...I can tell the actress is actually quite good, but it's the material that's letting her down. As others mentioned, we still know next to nothing about her. She has a mom that she barely interacts with. She has a best friend, Naomi, whom she barely interacts with. She's in this relationship with Derek, who is still basically a blank slate besides being a firefighter and saving kittens. Who was she before she became a nurse? Why did she get with Derek, and how long have they been dating? How long has she known Naomi? As viewers, we know NOTHING. This is what makes her boring to watch. We can't get invested in the character this way. I don't know what makes this person tick or who she even is after two months of viewing. If I were writing, she would turn out to be Joey's daughter and her mom his ex-wife. That would immediately add dimension and conflict to her story. I'd also have Derek be revealed to be crazy. That's the only way to make him interesting at this point. For me, this has been a big problem. The shows tend to end on a random, quick "So what?" conclusion. No real cliffhanger endings or OMG moments. The ending with Bill's shaky hand could have been amped up a lot. Maybe Bill, alone, terror in his eyes as he begins to realize something is VERY wrong and calls his doctor, and Naomi getting a clue that there really is something BIG going on with his health. Something to max the drama of the situation. Instead, we get a shrug your shoulders ending as we do on most episodes which is extra bad on a Friday. At least, it finally looks like things will be HAPPENING next week after what feels like a very long time.

Does anyone know when Billy Flynn is supposed to debut?

I wonder if even before things started to air that they sensed that Ashley and Derek just weren't working and aren't integrated with the rest of the characters, like Vanessa and Smitty. We hear that Naomi and Ashley are BFF's, but we've never really seen that. Derek is just still a blank slate. I don't know who that character is supposed to be. If we could get less of the casino/gambling story, and focus more on Nicole and her family, Martin's secret, give Anita a viable story, and have Dani grow some as a character...or have her go full-on alcoholic raging for drama, and pick up the pace some, I'd be very happy.

Plus, you could create a whole new branch of the family. We don't really know much of what happened to Tommy after all these years. His grandchildren, for example, could pop up.