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@Franko Ah, yes. This was also the beginning of JER’s kink for torturing Sheridan. She finds herself locked in a magicians coffin while on a date with Hank at the lobster shack in this episode also. I’m not disappointed to see Hank in these earlier scenes. I felt he was way too underused. Once the show locked into Luis & Sheridan and Ethan & Theresa, a lot of those “side” characters kind of fell away in the later years. I recall the tall blonde Hank (can’t remember his name) literally having chemistry with just about every young female on that show. It was a missed opportunity to explore his romantic interests!

September 1st 1999 - I miss the pacing of the earlier episodes. It felt like each member of the cast got a good amount of exposure and there wasn’t any one character that felt overexposed. I will say though, the amount of Grace/Faith in these earlier scenes were PAINFUL at times. I know that actress screen time gets reduced significantly and eventually leaves the show but I think the writing for Grace was just too corny. I mean, in this episode she is talking to herself about something terrible happening and she repeats the same crap throughout the rest of the show. Poor Dana Sparks must of been SEVERELY overworked in those days playing twin sisters. Sheridan looks stunning and I must of forgotten what happens in July/August episodes because why on earth is she on a date with Hank? Sheridan Crane is supposed to be this high profile woman. What is she doing with just a regular Joe Schmo? But Beth with her long hair in these scenes are really a marker for me for pre-crazy Beth days because we all know when she shows back up later with the short hair, sh*ts gonna hit the fan. Young Charity and Miguel are adorable. That is all.

Well Lisa Rinnas book and hot tea about Robert Kelker-Kelly was interesting, to say the least!

Are we going to actually be able to see Victoria in Milan with Summer? Or are we just gonna keep talking about it endlessly? My guess is no, because there has been no articles about Summers return to the show. I don’t see the point in making this trip to Milan such a large part of the plot if we won’t even be able to watch it on our screens.

I’m thinking about starting Passions from the beginning (well, September 1999) because I watched July and August many times already. I may post my thoughts here as I go back and re-watch all these old episodes. I need something to numb my brain for awhile while I’m laid off from work. If anyone wants to join me in rewatching and discussing old episodes I would love to hear everyone’s thoughts!

So now that I see the real story we are being cheated out of is a Kyle/Audra/Noah triangle.. can we ship Sienna back to L.A? Or atleast put her in an age appropriate triangle with Nick and Sharon or something. Audra has chemistry with both Kyle and Noah. There is real potential there.

i have been a notorious Phyllis hater for pretty much my entire soap watching life but even I am feeling the need to root for her in this storyline because someone explain to me WHY half the cast is hating on Phyllis and acting like she’s some power hungry b*tch but continue to support Victor who has done 100x worst than Phyllis has ever done. All she’s done is take a stupid company and no one will shut up about it. I get really annoyed when one character gets centred out by majority of the cast when most of them have no room to throw any stones. They did this to Sharon years ago too and I hated it then and I hate it now.

I don’t know this Stephanie character but I of course know Malcolm. I just know this return is gonna be about something so stupid though it’s hard to get excited. Malcolm is still Lilys biological daddy though right? I guess if they’re bringing him back to be apart of Lilys storyline it could work

😂 JG doing everything and anything to hold onto his job. I won’t complain about having Malcolm back though. Hey, Josh if you really wanna impress us being back Victoria Rowell. Thanks!

I’ve been enjoying having characters pop up in the middle of the episode too. It adds an element of surprise when you didn’t really expect them to be on that day. Also, we are finally getting a good variety of sets again.. I will give credit where credit is due. The storylines itself are still absolute garbage but I will acknowledge minor improvements when I see them

Joshua and Sharon already confirmed in their interview this past month that the show is going in the direction of Shick once again but it’s a slow build. I doubt anything will come of this Burrows and Sharon interaction other than friendship. I have not always been a big MO fan, like at all.. but she is kind of impressing me with this storyline and it’s just been a nice welcome change to have Devon and Abby back and getting to see the Chancellor mansion again. The same characters and sets all the time get super boring. Also can we do something about Billy and Sally? I don’t like these two together at alllllll.

I love Stacy Haiduk and I loved her as Patty and even Emily Peterson (I wish they could have kept that character around for a real romance with Jack). However I’m torn about this news because there have been way too many villains on this show lately.. it’s super unrealistic even for a soap to have a new psycho villain pop up every few months and not even get proper resolution for any of them. It’s dumb.

Abby is a Newman but you’d hardly know it based on Nick and Victors non reaction to Dominic being kidnapped. I liked the scenes of Nick comforting Sharon over the news about Mariah kidnapping the child but why didn’t his mind immediately go to Abby and her well being? And where is Victor in all of this?

Electric as mother and son on Days? Cause I know we can’t be talking about right now.. There is no sexual chemistry between them. It’s so awkward. Sharon making them sandwiches and the family acting like this is Noah’s little girl friend from school coming over to have dinner with the family is SO CRINGE. This woman is in her 50s what on earth is she doing with this little pampered boy?

I must be in the minority here because as someone who historically has hated Phyllis since she was a shameless home-wrecker in 2006, I am actually rooting for her in this situation because to me, the Newman clan is even more dreadful when they’re all ganging up on someone and it’s always nice to see them get knocked down a few pegs. I still think these storylines make no f*cking sense, but I’ll root for Phyllis in this instance if it means the Newmans lose for awhile. I loved the storyline that MTS suggested in one of her interviews about all the Newmans losing everything for awhile and having to be homeless or live in a dingy motel, like that show Schitts Creek (which is what she compared it to). That would be great to watch, and the humour that could come out of it? It would be something different and fun.

Oh wouldn’t that be just what we need right now. Sharon getting kidnapped again on top of all the other kidnappings happening this year 😂 honestly wouldn’t shock me at this point.

Sharon looked really pretty yesterday with that sparkly jacket thing she had on. I’ve always liked her fashion until this new wardrobe lady took over. She does such a great job with everyone else’s looks except Sharon’s. They dress her so matronly lately. It’s definitely a hit or miss

The Chancellor mansion today compared to that September 1998 episode they aired during the Holidays. Ouffff what a downgrade! No doubt about that. Do those sets even still exist today I wonder? What even happens to them? The large dining/party room Kay had along with that large outdoor area with a pool. I’m going to assume that stuff is all long gone. I just wonder what happens with it.

It does seem like we are getting more sets, so that’s one good thing I guess. We are actually seeing the characters in their homes again instead of just sitting and chatting at Crimson Lights or the GCAC. Hopefully it keeps up..

Wow. We actually get to see NE on Monday. Actually kind of surprised.

And why? Why are we jumping to this when we haven’t even addressed the whole “Mariah killed a man” which happened months ago and was supposed to be the legs this storyline is standing on, but we’re just gonna drop that like a hot potato and start a completely new storyline? Super glad to have more Mariah back on screen more but let’s make sure we’re incorporating all aspects of this storyline and tying it together before we just jump to some kidnapping BS. I’ll wait to see if it all ties together somehow but I’m not gonna hold my breath.

Next week Jill spoiler Sally spoke to Snapper & discovers Jill has “taken a turn for the worst”

Chelsea is just coming across as a huge a** kisser to the Newmans. It’s giving desperate. Even Sharon wasn’t this desperate to “fit in” with the Newmans back in the day even though she yearned for Nikki’s approval, atleast she had her own personality. Chelsea trying to stick it to Phyllis at the coffee house was embarrassing. Acting like she has some kind of moral high ground to stand on because she’s married to Adam who is a baby stealing psychopath (let’s not forget that)..

That’s because Sharon is looking at the pile of sh*t of a script in front of her and struggling to keep a serious face throughout it all. Can’t say I blame her!

I mean I watched Michael Fairmans interview with Sharon Case and Joshua Morrow from a few days ago and he does kind of make it seem like the show isn’t going in that direction of Nick being an addict but we’ll see I guess. It does seem like it would be an unnecessary layer to add on top of this already messy storyline. Can we atleast address how Matt Clark is still alive after all this time first?