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Unfortunately, I can't post at all on Twitter, because Twitter assumes I'm some kind of bot.

On the one hand, good for NC landing his new gig. But, on the other hand, I feel like the wheels have been shot out from under Sprina before they even left the garage.

I agree, @DramatistDreamer. In a way, this country needed these rude awakenings from SCOTUS. For too long, we had been complacent, or lazy, expecting our government to fix our problems for us, without any effort on our part, and not once ever realizing that there might come a day when our government couldn't or wouldn't fix things for us any longer. More than ever, we learned this week that we can no longer rely on our elected leaders to save us. If we want real, lasting change to happen in this country, then we are simply gonna have to get up from the couch and save ourselves.

I thought so, lol. Thanks for the confirmation, @Vee. Like I said, I don't see much of a future for Paramount + - or any of the bigger, more expensive streaming services as they exist at the moment. For one thing, I think they all grew too big - both in number and in scope, for lack of a better word - and too fast. Someone announced, "Streaming is the future!," so everyone and their cousin hopped aboard and created their own streaming service. Unfortunately, for cable subscribers who were looking to "cut the cord," because their monthly bills were becoming outrageous, asking them to subscribe to all these services (Paramount +, Disney +, (HBO)Max, Peacock, Netflix, Hulu, etc.) wound up defeating their purpose.

When Douglas Marland died, I think TPTB made a conscious decision to pare down much of ATWT's canvas, believing that only Marland could handle head-writing a show with such a large cast. That's why so much was phased out once his final story projections concluded.

I agree, @te.. Heather Locklear was VERY green when she started on "Dynasty" (and on "T.J. Hooker"). Even if she hadn't improved, however, she still could engage with other actors in ways that Charlene Tilton couldn't. Overall, I just don't believe Lucy was necessary to the show, or to Gary and Val's backstory. David Jacobs could've left Lucy out entirely and said J.R. had his goons threaten Val into leaving Dallas over some trumped-up scandal, like pictures of her face superimposed over someone else's nude body, suggesting that Val was involved in pornography or something.

Are you talking about the streaming service, @Vee? If so, then I agree with you. I don't see much of a future for Paramount + (w/ or w/out Showtime) either.

I know Harding Lemay said he detested melodrama, but if you ask me, those scenes were awfully melodramatic.

First, it was the "p*ssy tape;" then, it was the (alleged) "pee tape;" and now, it's THIS tape. When will that man learn to check for bugs and wires, lol?

I read once that Nicolas Coster's favorite soap role was as Steven Andrews/Dave Gillis on AMC, which was ironic to me, since he was part of one of AMC's most notoriously convoluted stories, IMO. Yet, even in that thankless role, I thought he did a great job.

I agree, @soapfan770. I wouldn't suggest killing off Abby anymore, but I do think this show could rest her until they figure out what to do with her.

I agree, @Paul Raven. The sci-fi- and action-adventure-type stories work only when you have the budget for them. Otherwise, you're reduced to watching Dr. Rolf brainwash someone with a deep fryer and a pair of salad tongs.

Unfortunately, @Manny, I feel the same way. From a creative standpoint, DAYS isn't "dead" the way I thought GL was. The characters and storylines need help, and under better circumstances, they could be helped, too! However, in DAYS's case, there are just too many, overwhelming obstacles - like you said, @Manny, the fact that Peacock is one of the smaller (and, from what I understand, less successful) streaming platforms; the fact that DAYS writes and tapes so far ahead that a course correction, if even possible, would happen so far down the road that viewers might just throw in the towel; the fact that inflation and such, along with the soft numbers, will continue to play a major part in determining the show's budget - for this show to overcome. That's why I have resigned myself (more or less) to the fact that DAYS cannot be fixed and just to accept the show as it is for however much longer it's on the air. Let me guess: DAYS is so cash-strapped now that every scene of every episode will take place in the (in)famous Blue Room of Boredom, lol.

I don't care what David Zaslav tells the public, either directly or through a flunkie spokesperson. He has every intention in the world of turning TCM into a different network entirely. Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and everyone else at Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies better watch their backs, because Zaslav's coming for them next.

As I've said, I think DAYS could be salvaged if TPTB would do away with the camp and the gimmicks and re-commit themselves to pure and honest storytelling. Unfortunately, even if Corday/NBC/Sony were to score a new EP like Shelley Curtis or Wendy Riche, or a new HW like Nancy Curlee or Pam Long, the fact that DAYS continues to tape its' episodes 17 years ahead would ultimately work against them. If the show's ratings or view counts or whatever magically went up on Peacock, then TPTB would pressure the new regime to give viewers more of the same; and if they inched downward, then they would likely panic and mandate that the show has to get even wilder or else risk being dumped from the platform. Either way, if a better production regime were to take the reins, it would be MONTHS before we'd get to see the results, and who knows what could happen, both on- and off-screen, in the meantime? In a perfect world, I guess, DAYS would hire a new EP and HW pronto, dump the appropriate number of episodes already in the can, allow the new team's stuff to air or stream as quickly as possible, and simply eat whatever production costs they have incurred on the "lost" episodes. However, as @Vee puts it in another thread, the studios and streamers are in panic mode. They're crashing, slashing and burning (or burning down). They're stripping whatever properties they can and selling them for parts. No one, especially NBCUniversal/Peacock or Sony, is gonna be interested in simply scratching months' worth of (shitty) episodes and starting fresh. Honestly, @j swift, I feel like AI bots have been writing DAYS since at least 2000, lol.

If Ellen Wheeler's creepy Mormon version of GL taught us anything, it's that... Frankly, @AMCOLTLLover, I don't feel the same sense of futility about DAYS that I felt about GL toward the end of that show's run. I think a new HW'ing and/or EP regime could save DAYS - even a DAYS that's been relegated to a third-rate streaming service and has had to rely for the longest time on found objects on the sides of streets for its' costumes and scenery - if they would re-commit themselves to telling smaller, simpler, character-driven stories that matter. Like Bill Bell once said, all you need are a man, a woman and a waterfall, "and who in the hell needs the waterfall?!". IOW, the "disaster" you've referred to, @Errol, is something that will play out on-screen down the road?

Perhaps, her best friend, Freddie, played by Kim Fields, will be able to explain everything?

Does DAYS even employ a casting director anymore, or does Ken Corday or Albert Alarr merely send out a group text whenever they need to cast another character?

I hate to say it, but even finding out that Whitley is on Megan's payroll and that Megan has paid her to brainwash Abe would be welcome at this point, lol. I'm just afraid that, down the line, we're going to get a scene where Abe bumps into Marlena or Kayla and mistakes them for characters on his "favorite soap opera." (Again, DAYS, this is how you treat one of your few, Emmy-winning veterans?)

I don't get the difference either, @carolineg. IIRC, "Eddie Maine" was just a stage name; he wasn't a split personality. Ned was still Ned, and he still knew who he was and who his family was, too. In my mind, Ned is playing a game with this Eddie Maine stuff, so he can lull Nina into a false sense of security, only to lower the boom on her later (preferably, during her and Sonny's wedding).

I agree, @Wendy. MSNBC and NBCUniversal are like everyone else in the media. They don't recognize the danger in continuing to give that man airtime. They see only dollars and cents. A long time ago, before he ever stepped foot inside the WH as Commander-in-Chief, Donald Trump said that the press and the media needed him, because, without him, they'd never sell as many newspapers and magazines and commercials. Sadly, he was right.

Maybe "Darling Nikki," lol?

It doesn't make any sense to me either, @carolineg. Maybe an explanation as to why Synclaire, I mean, Whitley was so obviously obsessed with Abe that she kidnapped him is forthcoming. At the moment, however, the fact that we know nothing about her motivations makes this story even more bizarre than it is already for me.

I don't know why, but I feel like Abe's story would be much more effective if Renee Jones were back and playing Kim Coles' role. Of course, RJ's return wouldn't be permanent, since she's probably very happy in her retirement; and Whitley couldn't be working as a nurse at University Hospital, since it would seem odd to have someone who looks like Lexie working where she had worked but nobody bats an eye about it. On the other hand, Abe could have recurring, gauzy flashbacks of Lexie and assume that that person and the individual who's keeping him now are one and the same, with RJ's Whitley maintaining the illusion that they have been together for a very long time.

The Mac/Rachel/Janice/Mitch storyline was probably the last time fans were excited about AW.