Faulkner

LOL I just don’t want that generation of Abbotts to suffer another loss after Colleen, Delia, and Keemo. Just keep her off canvas for long enough that they can reinvent her if they choose. Or just Keemo her. (Although they’d never treat a white Abbott like they did Keemo.)

A man of his age and status would absolutely have grown children. Sheer lack of imagination + being cheap af.

What JG did was absolutely grounds for dismissal and perhaps a ban from ever holding another writing position. Up there with the all-time worst stories ever in the genre. I would love to see YoHarmony and stuffy Naya in scenes, but Amanda’s whole family is another story that’s been dropped.

Oh God. I can’t even with Devon. To saddle him with a child in such a bizarre and insulting way, especially when his first child died in utero…it’s nonsensical. They need to put him on the quick road to accepting Abby and Chance’s main custody of Dom, at least to facilitate their exit. The other alternative is for Chance’s mental state to deteriorate so much (or it leads to him suffering a serious injury) that he needs out-of-town treatment, Abby follows him, and Devon assumes full-time custody of Dom.

Jeff from Ghana 🇬🇭 but 🇺🇸 based

Totally weird. But it sorta underscores the idea that she’s not needed and they should send her, Chance, and Dom out of town. Ashley’s not on enough to be a factor in Abby’s life (same with Jill/Nina for Chance, who doesn’t have a connection with his Uncle Billy at all), and Abby/Chance have no deep or believable relationships with any other characters on the canvas. (The Abby/Mariah friendship was a plot contrivance.) Get rid of them and bring them back when they have a purpose and are played by competent actors.

Yeah, they’ve pretty much ditched Chance/Abby/Devon/Amanda (thank god), the budding Chelsea/Rey attraction, Billy/Lily/couch, etc. The Teriah wedding is basically comic relief at this point.

The Newmans are so dominated by Victor. His kids are chess pieces that he moves around, and Nikki is a cowed, battered wife. I prefer the layered sibling dynamics of Jack, Ashley, Traci, and even Billy. Plus, they’re all played by superb actors (again, even Jason Thompson is fantastic, albeit miscast). The Nick/Victoria/Adam trio just doesn’t do much for me, and Victor/Nikki have no siblings on the canvas now to counterbalance them and bring out different colors in their characters. It’s just the same old, same old. Victor shouts at one of his kids for betraying the other, demands family loyalty while offering none in return, etc.

When did Paris and Zende get couple-y again? Paris’s reaction to Finn’s death could barely be more casual lol. I don’t blame DW but this is what happens when scenes are only written to convey information and not emotion. I guess it’s good that they’ve finally really acknowledging Finn died aside from the Sheila/Li stuff.

So bored with the Newmans. The Abbotts are so much more dynamic to me, even in their currently depleted state.

Mitch from Tampa 🇺🇸

Frank James is in custody.

I wonder if it’s possible that Annika Noelle could play Steffy-as-Hope while JMW is on maternity leave lol.

Phyllis talks to Amanda like she’s a nuisance. They have zero friendship chemistry. This is what Mishael came back for… Ashland doesn’t work. At all. I do wonder if he’ll eventually team up with Diane.

Premieres Thursday, June 9 on Peacock. Some first-look photos:

Cast is set for the all-winners All Stars season:

They act like we don’t live in the 21st century and understand how things work. Yes, it’s a TV show, but things like that take us out of the illusion. Maybe a lot of the older viewers wouldn’t question it, but this wouldn’t pass the smell test for even my 83-year-old mother.

The most boring direction possible. These effing shows aren’t worth our time.

Gerardo from Cuba 🇨🇺 in Miami/NYC 🇺🇸

That’s cute.

This show is *very* poorly written right now. Just not thought through enough. The racial optics of the story don’t bother me as much as it’s all so stupid. Esme framing Trina falls apart under the barest scrutiny. The PCPD have never been the brightest bulbs, but this is beyond silly. When Esme first appeared, I had imagined that she would be somehow responsible for outing Curtis as Trina’s father, which would have devastated Trina and make more sense. But they wanted to do an umbrella story and make Esme the new supervillain to replace Peter. I suppose the ambition is admirable, but the execution is abysmal. It makes me not want to watch. Nikolas’s idiocy, for example, is too frustrating for words.

Yeah, I thought about that too, even though Esme has been waaaay overexposed and a pretty one-note, crybaby villain, and Trina has often felt like a supporting character in her own story. We’ll have to watch the trends.

The ratings are something to keep an eye on. They seem less than fabulous.

This show is so incompetently written that it’s embarrassing.