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I was Team Leslie in the exchange with Lia. I don't like how Lia treats Ashley and considering she is likely part of the plasma ring she has zero room to come for anyone.

He'd sooner quit than agree to play that.

It is just a soap so you can't take it that seriously, but at the same time it might have been better if Vernon's connection to Victor was framed as Victor being a huge benefactor to civil rights causes if their connection was going to be positive.

I see your point, Aback. It might just be ignorance on the part of the writers, but it is problematic if they don't see the negative of a politician doing favors for big business.

Elon has been harsh with Jacob at times for not falling exactly into line with him so it's not hard to see that he would have issues with Izaiah who totally went into another direction.

Soap writers have forgotten what the working class looks like since wealth became a soap staple.

As far as Lynette and Hayley go that can be explained that scammers burn through money quick which means constantly having to find a mark. Expensive clothes, jewelry and dinners do add up over time.

I think working class is the right word for what the show is trying to portray, but the writers put Elon too high up the ladder to effectively sell the family as working class.

Barrington County has been mentioned as where Fairmont Crest is located so I am assuming that Elon is chief of that county. Jacob arrested Dani for shooting up the wedding and that was definitely in Fairmont Crest. But the implied pay scale is still off. A metro area police chief at minimum should be making 150k a year. Now a dispatcher would be on the lower end at about 50k, but combined the Hawthornes wouldn't be working class.

Darlene's wardrobe is budget friendly, but her attitude is elitist. She acts more superior than Anita does and I say that in reference to how she treated Naomi in the flashback.

For some reason I would love to see Catherine Hickland play the role. If not her then Janet Hubert. I feel like casting could really get away with colorblind casting this part to get the right fit.

It's very much deep insider politics, but some politicians who have been primarily focused on civil rights have supported big business in hopes of winning the long game for equality.

Hayley calling Bill's daughters annoying was hilarious. Vanessa is a trip. She complained about judgement and then flipped the script by judging Nicole for seeing two men. The demand for an apology was totally delusional. Madison's mother finally got her in big trouble. This might mean that she's actually going to show up.

It really is a waste to have Leslie being so self-centered and not actually defending Eva. Of course that would require Leslie to take some responsibility and acknowledge that she put Eva up to a lot of the negative things she did and Leslie is nowhere near doing that. Smitty breaking into Nicole's computer was surprising and has the potential to create a lot of drama if done right.

Lynette is pulling an Icarus and flying to close to the sun with her scamming. Hayley might end up putting her out of commission or someone else she scammed will do it.