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Madison's mother? That's if the character is actually cast of course.

Well let's see: Madison's mom sounds like some kind of an amateur fortune teller. Is the show going to infuse some kind of supernatural fluff into it? Joey's making bets on Dani's and Andre's marriage. Me thinks Andre should probably just come clean NOW. To avoid any possible fallout should he be hiding something devastating. Izaiah seems so calm, cool, and collected on the surface and somehow I'm waiting for that exterior to unmask someone who's really not very nice. I think we'll discover that he's actually jealous of Jacob and Jacob doesn't even know it, which means Izaiah will likely be causing trouble (with Eva's help).

I certainly thought that the hapless victim poisoned by mistake scenario was going to happen with the laced cupcake consumed by Naomi. Nope! I do think SOMEONE is going to be poisoned by accident though. It might end up being just a day player character or something. It would be clever if Bill's PI friend were the victim, temporarily throwing a monkey wrench into Bill's quest against Andre.

This show is slowly regaining my attention. Fingers crossed they don't put the plotlines involving Hayley and Andre on the shelf for three months. Keep it coming regularly.

Hayley referred to her "dear friend" Caroline as a nosey b**ch. Smh. Hayley was just faking everything, wasn't she?

Hey. I've noticed the pick up of intrigue too, and it's all for the better in my opinion. I love the offbeat setup of Hayley trying to kill Bill. Makes ya wonder how Andre would feel about Hayley's motivations if he knew that her mark was snooping around in HIS background and gunning for him. Andre would probably support her fully. 😲

I think I like Izaiah already. He implies that his dreams were crushed (whatever they were). Betcha he's gonna blame his dirty cop daddy for that.

Andre's established background as a lothario makes any scenario possible. How about he's on the run after being caught romancing a dangerous mobster's wife. Or maybe his wealth doesn't actually stem from an inheritance after the death of his parents, but is actually stolen mob money. Anything! I love the mystery feel of it though.

Whatever is going on with Andre, I'm just glad that something is brewing beyond him just having endless sex with Dani. That is not a storyline. Andre was established as a wealthy world traveling lothario. I don't mind taking a peek into that aspect of his life. There's lots of potential storyline discovery.

Same. This is feeling more like the show it should've been from the jump. More character mysteries. These characters were created with too much interesting background to just go to waste.

I'm glad they decided to bring up Andre not ever being photographed. This was hinted at in the first week of the show. Andre wanted to take a photograph of his aunt and uncle. Something having to do with the hospital if I recall. Kat, out of nowhere, offered to take a picture of Andre and he refused nervously.

Opinions about this, that, and the other are everywhere. Someone stated on FB that a lot of things feel deliberate in some of the writing. Saying that the show is intentionally emasculating the men, the black men in particular. I don't know, but you can't ignore how they keep the character of Ted moving. Even Bill is looking like more of a victim now. He threw away his marriage and family unit to be sucked in by some PYT who just wants to kill him for his money. And then there's old man Vernon. Please don't tell me that they're writing this old man, who should know better, as carrying on with some other woman, young or old. Smh.

The jury will always be out for me as to whether or not Eva is Ted's child. Let's just say that there was no implication, nor was it shown, that Ted had "dotted all the I's and crossed all the T's regarding this matter. I didn't understand him just accepting this parental allegation by word of an unhinged mistress.

You're right! There's A LOT, on paper, that should've actually worked from the very beginning. They established these characters with very interesting backgrounds that could've given most, if not all, of them intriguing stories from the jump. Backgrounds such as........ Current and retired senators, Psychiatrist, Plastic Surgeon, Cardiologist, Real Estate mogul, Investigative Reporter, Nurse, Firefighter, Police Detective, Lawyers, one with his own firm, Former model, designated playboy (where are all of those brokenhearted women Andre left behind?), town gangster...and so on.

IZAIAH!!!!!!

Good character revelation, even though I kinda think it was something of a rewrite. If so, that's OK. Because soaps used to do this quite a bit in the past with pretty good results. Now, will they allow this plot to flow decently, maintaining audience interest, or will they suddenly put it on the shelf and return to it in February of 2026?

If news ever drops that she's joining the cast anytime soon as some unnamed character, let the speculations begin..........

Well hello COUSIN Randy. Well I'll be. Little Hayley got herself some family now. I always thought she kinda favored Candace from The Haves and The Have Nots. Now she seems to be developing Candace's attitude too. It's already working for her.

An emphatic NO to Kat/Jacob for various reasons but also because Kat doesn't fit the bill of allowing herself to be in a most tacky position of being "the other woman." That’s reserved for low rent women like Hayley and Leslie. Kat is bougie and high maintenance.

I'm inclined to believe that Ted was pulling a con job on Leslie, or so I hope.

Looks like an AI generated image for The Wizard of Fairmount. "Follow the magenta brick road, perhaps?"

I can't help but wonder how to interpret it. 😳

This new show is being replaced with reruns of some old series from the 80s? 🙄

What is Joey going to want from Martin in return for his help in rescuing Chelsea? Smitty's right. Danger lurks with Joey so ain't no telling what kind of a price Martin will have to pay.

Right! "Walk and chew gum at the same time" is what the really old folk used to say back in the day. Also, that's exactly what EON managed to accomplish. There were plenty of traditional soap moments while incorporating equal amounts of suspense.