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-- A root canal is less painful than these Nate and Stephanie conversations. -- I'll keep saying it: Vivica A. Fox is TERRIBLE. -- The lingering looks between in-his-40s Nate and in-her-60s-with-the-pulled-face Stephanie are gagworthy.

Dolly. What a loss. And now Jane Fonda has me crying again.

-- I don't know what's going on, but it feels like this show has hit a rough patch. -- I feel like we're getting conversations we've already heard -- just variations on a scene. Part of the reason is that characters disappear for too long and the writers think we need to be reminded of what's going on. We don't. -- Hearing Tyrell tell June that he loved her did not feel earned. I don't know where that came from. -- It feels like the Tyrell/Jessica break-up was never meant to be important -- as if they never really cared about them -- because this whole thing seems fumbled. -- I guess we'll never see Smitty and Martin in bed. It's always hearing them talk about no one being home followed by them running upstairs for sex. -- Again, we hear Smitty wants to talk to Lia about the blood plasma crimes. GMAB. -- Vanessa, Dani, and Andre spend so much time talking about Heather and her relationship with Joey that it's absurd. No one does this in real life. --It only took a year and a half for production to listen to us that Joey's casino backroom is ghetto. -- Yes, the ending with Crazy Stalker was surprising, but that kind of thing doesn't save an episode for me. Aside from the last 30 seconds, it all felt like filler.

-- Laura is such a terrible mayor. Turning her office over to Ezra Boyle? 🤣 -- Hudson asked Brook Lynn so many questions about Phoebe that I LOL. -- Tired: Anna's panic atttacks and hearing "JJE" over and over and over. -- This works, though:

Agree with all of that. It feels like Josh Griffith wanted to torch the place on the way out.

-- This Marie character is fitting as a way to end Josh Griffith's writing era. Terrible, charisma-free crap. -- Vivica A. Fox continues to suck as Stephanie. Completely miscast.

-- Terrible writing for Ridge. In his talk with Steffy, he had no reason to bring up Finn's and Steffy's fidelity with each other. Talking with Carter, he had no reason to bring up Carter having an affair with Hope. Awful, contrived, forced writing. -- However, I will take as much of RJ as you can feed me.

-- Another meh episode. No real movement on anything, and an "it's a dream" fake out doesn't save it. -- We're really going right back to Hayley putting poison in Bill's drinks? -- Neither does Leslie with her hot dog dick quips. If they think that I'm all "Ooooh that's so edgy for daytime!" they're crazy. -- No idea what they're doing with Leslie. Ending last week's show with Leslie hugging a teddy bear on Eva's couch was a choice -- but never followed up on. Today we get an apology to Marcel. What the what? -- And don't get me started on Leslie talking about her marriage and husband. We're supposed to believe this woman was swallowed up by a guy and put up with lousy treatment for years an years? Make it make sense. -- Overall grade: BORING

Love him. I love a hot jock with dorky white boy dance moves.

I agree with all you said, including the rehearsal time and direction. Still, I put some of this on NC herself. She went on and on in that interview about researching Lexie, but I have no idea what she got out of her research. She "watched the show" and did a lot of Google research and THIS is what she came up with? Towards the end of her run, I thought she was good in a couple episodes, but no actor should have me saying "She's been lousy in this role, but she's better today." I know NC has an acting resume, but if I were her, I'd leave this DAYS stint off my list.

-- I co-sign with everyone else about the Lexie story. What a godawful mess. The entire arc has trauma porn written all over it. -- I feel as if the entire Lexie story was written so they could have this Friday episode with Lexie dying as Johnny and Chanel's baby was born. They cared only about ABSOLUTE CINEMA. -- The Leo stuff continues to be nauseating. Playing Javi as having puppy-dog eyes for him is pathetic, and it doesn't help that Jacob Martinez (Javi) is awful in the role. -- I don't know what to say about this show. We get good characters and we can see good story for them all over the place -- and then we're continually disappointed. Seeds are planted, and then....nothing, except to go somewhere else. Relationships are teased, and then dropped, sending characters to other relationships like they're part of a pinball machine game. -- Of all the soaps, I feel as if DAYS is the one that offers a glimpse and hope and then goes NOWHERE. Every time. -- Cwikly and Ford were kept for far too long.

I looked him up and found this: Graduated cum laude from Princeton University with a degree in Computer Science and a finance certificate. Joined Goldman Sachs in 2018 as a technology analyst, working his way up to an Associate and eventually serving as Vice President of Futures Technology until June 2024. Transitioned to Citadel as a software engineer in July 2024. Citadel is a multinational hedge fund.

-- Agree that the teens are being written in a creepy way. And since when are kids that age this focused on seeing their brothers and sisters? -- It's hilarious that Scout is always, always wet after doing laps in some pool. -- Jordan wins for most depressing bedroom ever. She also wins for scar victim who looks a lot worse on Friday than she did on Monday. -- Curtis's goodbye to Des and Trina was decent, but the song and montage was overkill. Emotion was actually lost. -- Those Pentonville jail cells are tragic, but at least the prisoners get to wear new scrubs from J Crew. -- Why the hell did Sonny even visit Sidwell in jail?

Can someone in wardrobe please stop dressing Ridge in sweaters that highlight his moobs?

-- Honestly, today's show was skippable. The whole thing came off as "Let's remind you of all the stories we have going on...and we'll get to them next week. Maybe." -- It took a 2-second shot in the previews of Bill catching Hayley talking to Randy to see any movement in that story. Before then, it was rinse and repeat, including Hayley and Randy (no disguise) meeting in public right after showing Randy (in disguise) following Heather. I am tired of the Poison Bill plan. -- I'm still having problems with Tomas being so stupid and going so rogue on the Madison lawsuit. It just makes no sense. Of course, it's also senseless that this nuisance lawsuit ever got this far. It shouldn't take a legal mastermind like Bill to handle it. I wish the case were more believable. -- This show loves bringing back stories we thought ended months and even a year ago. They think this is magical. OK, fine. But can we do with fewer "unknown caller" messages on phones? Chelsea wasn't the only one who got one -- so did Andre. -- I'm disappointed we got no follow-up and explanation to yesterday's show with Leslie on Eva's couch.